The Lucknow Sentinel, 1955-03-30, Page 1$2.59 A yeaOn Advarice-4.1.00 Extra, Te D:S.A. .• •
„ .LUCKNOW,. ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1955,,.
TEN PAGES
Elect Percy Kinloss Reeve”.
By .FOutteoii Vote, Margin
elected reeve of Kinloss
T
ownship • in, lItIonday's by-
-election with a 14 -Vete margin
ovo Dail' MacKinnon.
Percy polled : 236 votes to: Mr.
• MacKinnon's .222. ."
• Mr. .Perey, who wasserving.
hi 7th term as councillor, sue-
ceeds the late David H. Car-
ruthers, whose sudden death
created the reevethiP vacancy.
It was the first reeveshiP con: -
test in ICinloss since 1948, when
George' Tiffiri . edged', out ..Alex
' 'MacKenzie 338votes to 309 for
a total reevethip ,fitp11 of ' 647
votes as against 458 votes ' on
. Monday. Sunday's storm made
electio,n day prospects look grim,
but roads were plowed out early
in the day to permit tile electors
to get out • ,
,
It was in the 4943 election that
"Mr. Percy was first elected to
office At' that time Mr.: Mac-
Kinnon was re-elected after a
2 -year absence from the Beard.
'
In the 1950 election,Council=
lor,-,Rereilt-Lheader_
that. time •David Carruthers re-
ceived the.reeveship ilt•y ,aeclaina7
.tion and the Beard had been re-
, turned since then' by aeclama-
fion .each year: .'
SUbdIvision ,Vote
•
414hereHvitas' about a sixty per-'
cent vote cast on Monday, with
the Whitechurch and Blackhorse
__pellS_Ls_how_ing, the highest 007.
. centage .of available votes. The
'heaviest 'voting °wasat the Kin-
. lough, 'Holyrood • and Second
'Oncession voile., -
Deputy returning officers arid
poll clerks.'Were as • follows: No.
' 1, Blackhorse,. Ivan Geddes, Jim
.1vIctwae;. No. 2, "Kirilougli,:•.Alek
• Percy, 'George. Graham; Net.. 3;•
• :Itolyrood, _Mark • Johnston, •: Jack
Ackert; No. 4, Second Concession,
Frank MacKenzie, W: J. Irwin;.
,Nd. 5, Langtide, Wes Tiffin,
Dave
. __Moffat; No. 6, Whitechnreh,'Don-
ald Ross, Milan Moore.. • ."
The. voting by .`sub, -divisions
was as fellows: '
•
MacKinnon
1 40,
sp
.50. .
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-AsfikELD. LADY _sniFERE
BROKEN ARM FRIDAY ,
No. l•
, No. 3. . ... 58
94
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No, 6
'Mrs. Andrew Ritchie of Ah -
field ;suffered a brOkeriarm in
thfl at her home on Friday
while. papering.. She. broke. the
main bone in her right arm.. ,
• The Ritchie "ebnection.',', have
been having' more - than their
sharp •of ill fortune. Robert Rit-
chie recently miderWent an op-
eratiqn in London, but is pro-,
,greSsing •favorably and should
be home. in a few days. His wife
is • not • enjoyingthe best of
health. Then on Monday,. Mrs.
.A.*J, Wilson ,(Tilly 'Ritchie) had
to be taken to Wizigharn•Hotpi-
tal.''
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PRIZES FEATURE. IGA ;GRAND
OPENING THIS' WEEK -END..
Charles Short, who took over
Smith's IGA Store the first of
the Month, it 'Staging a grand
,opening on Friday and Saturday
of this week:, • • '
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A ful/-page---advertiseMent"-4-n-
this issue li-sts a few.' et the big
values' that . will ,-be.... fo,u n d
throughout' the store, and feat-
ures. .the ,free offers that
make, this a sensational opening.
There lard free tea. bags, 'grocery
bags .and children's •prizes, as
well •as ,a lucky prize draw for
' jeriior , inik:masteri, a wrist
watch and an, elettric. corn ,pop -
lerotal 222 236 •
Narerina,tion Next -Tuesday
In contesting the r,eeveship,
Ceurieillars Percy and 1V1acKin-
rain beth- had to resign their seat
nn lhe". Board, and a 'nomination
.meeting has beencalled for Tiles-,
+w-day-next,--April-5thTfrorn-100.4e•-
. 3.00 o'Clock to*.nae candidates
to fill these Vacancies.. Should
an election be required it will
,he •held on the bellowing Tues-
day -April 12th ' •
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•NEARS, CENTURY MARE
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A noteworthy event Will be 7
Observed on Friday, April
14 at Baker's Private Hos-
pital on the ,occasion of Mrs
Fletcher's' 99th birthday.
Fletener.'enjoYs goixl
• health, speak t theGaelic an
loves the bagpipes and
they'll -be. Skirling on friday
for .,her. Mr. Baker 'invites
• anY of Mrs. Fletcher's friends
to call on her;
FOUR. ARTISTS PERFORM
HERE ON FRIDAY
,
Music lovers are. antieipating
the concert to be presented in
the 'Lucknow •District High
School auditorium on Friday
night, featuring four DePartnierit'
Of.Education •artists. • ••
ersOnnel of the troupe . are
Joseph -11,ach, violinist,. who is
Much in demand as a' recitalist;
Angela Antonelli; soprano, who
has had many successful radii)
and stage roles; 'Manfred Stier,
'lyric tenor, who is. a:, .talented
•young singer and Tele Podolialr,
,pianist, who • has extraordinary
skill at the keyboard, and 'is now
on the Censervatory'faculty: '
-The ceneertis sponsored by
ethe-High..-Schooli-Literary Society,
and it is hoped that a 'full audi-
torium will greet these • artists. • iHmeeting will be.. in-. the Town
ATTEND .lkTNCARDINk.
AUxHAARY•ANNIVERSARY'
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Mrs: Florence Pegg of Torentii;
provincial :chairlady..of the On-
tario.. Provincial command of the,
Canadian Legion, was a dinner.
guest , /eat' Thursday . of Mrs.;
Philip MacMillan, preSident, of
the local:A:ranch, .
They were later joined by Mrs.
:Luella•Hall'ef Blyth, Zone Com-
mander, and the threesome at-
tended ,10th. anniversary
party of the Kincardine •Branch,
which, Mrs organized e de-
cade age. Mrs. Pegg' also. organ-
ized ' the•LtickneW Branch which
Will :•observe • the. llth• anniver-
sary, next' Week.
. Mrs. Pegg .has the distinction
of being an AuXiiiary member for
-35 year -s --aid
.PrelinCial: board. for twenty
serkvii4g for -L5 -year -terms.
each as seeretary-treasUret Pres-
ident •past president and now,
chairlady
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The 1oCa1, pretident,' Mrs.' Mac-
ASHFiiLD SCixo0Ls GET,
•"FLAG • ETIQUETTE" CARD'S
Ashfield. Township -Scheel Area
Board is • .pIating. framed " "flag
etiquette" cards in Township
schools. It ' a commendablee
-ino.ve; for fow---adults;---let- alone
children, have much •conception
qf the de's arid dorit's and
"FLYING KITE'! • ON
SATURDAY NIGHT CLOSING
• The heWly farmed Goderich
. Retail IVIercharits Association is
endeavouring :to ,learn the • re-,
E'tiori of 'neighboring towns to
Sattirda3; :night 'closing, whieh
:•eems tube finding, considerable'
favor in the Lakeshore town.
- The. $ignal-Star reported' mix••
secl feelings in the •matter and
' said, !It is believed that Luck -
now is definitely •against closing
• on Saturday night".
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ONTARIO LITERATURE'
During the past V‘Teek we. re-
ceived 'a Portfolio of "Ontario lit-
erature with the compliments of
• • John W. Hanna, M.P.P. The sel-
;ection included sev•eral articles
en the functions Of the Legisla-
• • turo, a parliamentary., guide, 4
brochure on This is Ontario, an
• ..\illustrated catalogue of Ontario's
til,t4r..1414,4csiditouritt-TotentialtIr
.hrld' a 'crossword puzzle of the
• province by counties. „
,r
to, Ale. flying :and us -e of the
Union Jack..
'.The •CardS list.' fifteen pleases
pertairthig to the flag, when and
bow it should be flewn,..its •tiw-
nificance on 'pUblic buildings, its
use •in parades, .and deCerations..
The various Clauses are not
only instructive „interesting,'
Clause .8, for instance, reads: ',`At
pUblic meetings, the flag should
be displayed above and behind
•the speaker, 'but should neVer.
be used. as a drape for table. or
platforrn,• and nothing must be
placed • Op% it": 4
Such "flag etiquette" 'cards
might well be in every . school
and in every Public building. ,
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HUSINESS MEN. TO 'HEAR
THEATRE FLAN. THURSDAY •
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° ,meeting of the`, Lu
Business Men's Association
been called tor Thursday*
ing of-thiS week-to:hear a '-th
know.
• has
even -
operation • Plan outlined, The
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INTERESTING 'MESSAGE
UNDER WALLPAPER,' •
•When Mr. arid Mrs. Howard
Cowan were removing wallpaper
this week froma room in :the
apartment 'above their: .restaur-
ant, they, diseovered. an interest-
ing .pote, peneiiledon, the Wall.
It was...dated •Septernber 27th.
-1935-,' and read: "First paper -ever
put • on *these Walls: Plat on for
Harry Lem by R. J. Cameron,
painter . and .decorater". Then
there was this • footnote:. "First
day' of .fall :hard":
CHIMNEY • FIRES' SATURDAY
GAVE. BRIGADE TWO RUNS '
Saturday's gale was responsible
far . a couple .of chimney. fire
Calls for the LucknoW Fire Bri-
-gade. . Shortly , after,. 0.00 .ajrA.:
they 1:were Summoned to Jack
England's home at, the Second
Concession,: and ,about: 4.(10 Pan:
made a run to the former Mac-
Morran borne, •where Mr. and
•Mrs. Jack MacKendrick•reide....
Fire bombs Were Used to quick -
13r quell-botir-chiriiney-firesr4nd
at the MeeKerictrick home' mein-
ibers-ofilre-,)13rigacle-t.did-.--a pipet
cleaning jab for 'the residents so
that, they eould quickly fire Up
again. : '
.haS been., 'an •Auxiliary RETURN•FROm' TRIP
member for
48- -year-s--having-
joined in Wingham. • ,
CONTEST PRIZES ARE RING'
AND. TRIP TO NEW YORK
If there are Wedding ,bells in
your .futtare, just listen to this!
Schmid's Jewellery it 'offering
you a thence towin a free
Bridal Bell diamond ring and a
seven claY "HoneYineon at .the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New
York City" With all expenses
paid! That's right, you •can win
a Bridal Bell diamond' ring, ,re-
tail Value $100:00 an,d a seven
day honeymoon' in New York
City, with plane fare; hotel,
meals, shows, night clubs, sight -
seting; tips and., ncidentals all
paid for, •• , •
The diamond ring is .mr.
Selunicl!S---prize inthe big Bridal
Bell Diamond Ring Essay Con-
test and you don't have to buy
:a thing to he .eligible to •awin it.
Just drop into his store and get
your entry form. Then write your
essay (100 viords-or less) ' on•
"Why'. I Want ' My. Engagement
Ring to be, 4 Bridal Belldia-
mond", and you nay be the
lucky -winner of a beautiful
Bridal Be(11 diamond ring, the
4parid,;.Vrize.,,,,„‘tteimplopli trip; or
both. The contest closes pfir
,
30th.
SOUT HE RN -STA 'rf S
, one of the w ter s. wors
storms, Mr.' and Mrs. T. J."Salt
keld returned on Sunday from'
a halclai in the:South,-They7aer-
accoMpanied by Mr.., and Mrs,
Fred Middleton Of, Clinton, .
They, made the trip SOUth by
Way of Ohio, Kentucky and Miss-
issiprii• and then. to . the •tip • of
'Florida •,with mid -summer • heat
prevailing. '
Storm 'conditions were first Cr -
countered on Saturday on' reach-
ing the. Buffalo district,..and the
trip ome threugh Sunday's
bliz-
zard' was Something . that won't
soon he forgottep.
MRS. JOHN LITTLE IS
93 ON THURSDAY
Congratula''. • 0
wishes to WS. John Little:,
',Nth() observes her 93i d' birth-.
• day C)11' Thursday, March 31st,
at the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Bert 'Ward. "
Mrs. Little, enjoys compar--
atively ood health, and. is
up every day, ,enpys her
ieals and sews without y
glasses. Her memory isn't so,
keen at times' 'hit generally
----hai4-retairreci-her
ties. to a remarkable degree. -
a11 and ca11 ed r 7 o . .30 shar p.
FolleWing closely' the closing
Of. The Playhouse Theatre; a
rep-
resentative Warner' Bros: Via-
ited the last Week with
a plan designed tokeep'a picture
show in ,operation here.. •
The pian, which, requires a co-
operative effort on the part ,Of
local • businets men,.. will be out-
lined in detail ,at • ,ThiirSday
,nights . meeting by the Warner:-
Bros. representative: A hill:turn
out Of business men is requested.
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ARNOLD ALTON HEADS
HURON ,JUNIOR FAR1yIgRs
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'Huron juriior. Pariners meeting
in Clinton last week elected Arp-
FALL FATAL TO
JOSEPH ENGLAND
DeAth came'came'to• Joseph John ,
England in Kincardine Hospital -
last. , Thursday Morning a few
'ours after lre--Iracl--stiffereet--a‘
tall down the', 'stairway at the
home of Mr. aigt Mrs. Jack Swan
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of Bervie where:, he had \ made. •
hg name 'far. the Past. two. years.. •
.England was •t
Wo
months of • his 90th year. Ile :had
had a sick spell a few weeks ago,
but was in improved .health and
'was able to be up ,and about .
each day. In the early hours of '
last. ThurSday,. morning he 'got, •
out, of bed; and was heard mov-
ing about; but -before members
•of the household could reach him, .,
he tumbled down .the stairway .
suffering • head • injuries' 'Which
rendered him unconscious and to
Which •he, succumbed before neon.
haur in Kincardine Hospital,
Ehgland •was a on of the
late James England and. Eliza
Park: He was born, in Turn -berry,:
Township on May i9t1i, 1865, and
spent his youth In Winghoin: . In •
November 1885, he married Eliz-
abeth : lane, Pritchard, daughter'
of. Mr. and Mrs.' Henry Pritchard •
of the Olivet district, and to this
rria e were born eight child-
ren, three of whoin died .in in -
f nty.
Mrs. England, predeceased 'her
husband in.: October
1948 Sur-
viving are two 'daiight.e.iS., Mrs;
;jack. Swan. (Lena) of „ Bervie; •
MrS. .Nellie Ibbotson Of Flint,
Michiganland three sena, •larnes
and 'John ,of LucknOw. and ThOs..
of Galt; ..altO two sisters, Mrt.:•
Robert Deyell..of W.ingharri, and
Mrs,' Hebert Saint . Wingharn
-There • are twenty-one. .,•grand -
Children . twenty-four great.
.grandchildren; '• •
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The funeral service was held
on Saturday at the McLennan •
;MacKenzie Memorial • Chap ,
Conducted by. Rev. John Prest of ;
St:. John's Anglican .Church, Bei?'
Vie., 'InterMent Was. in Ripley
cemetery, the pallbearers being
-six grandsons, 'Harry Swan, Kin -
old AltonOf Ashfield as
esi- Toss; Jack Ibbotson, Flint, Ted
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*dent of their Association.' Arnoldi England.; : Elora; :DOA England; •
is . the . elder son, of Mr.."andlisars.l.ESticaantdhrGinaletS..; .' and Gordon
Walter Altori. .• • ' .
,President - of the Junior .Iesti- .'The flower' bearers Were Billy
tute is miss, Lois Jones of and Bobby- Swan,' Ross •Smith,
ter). • , 1. Leonard Phillips, -Harold ..Hurn-
' Larne Hackett of Ashfield is a Phrey and JesePh Kurcharski.
Junior , Farmers'. director, while D,uring the , service. Mr. Elmer
Helen' Little . and Lois. Alton .of 'Urrilb.a.ch sang, "Abide with ,Me'
and "Beyond the Sunset" with
, - •
Ashfield are on the. Junior Insti-
tute board of directors: accompanimentby Mrs.. , Jessie •
Mr:- England waS' a Stalwart; •
lindesteious getmnhcriratl
many friends: in, this. corlimunity.
He was .an expert on drainage.
:problems and his services' were
in constant demand ..in the com-
munity. Despitehis almott
sy.Sterri. of •SpeCial, 'grants estab- Ing, Until a few years age when •
lished by the Province to .assist he'retirea.and spent his declining
primarily in special ;welfareinat, years with ;members of the fa.ln-
ters 'whererequired and at the, fly, He rarely., was ill andhis
in Kin cardinc3'
mnt• • • • Hospital was the only time he
. In a communication .from C had ever been hospitalized in his
*H. Dunbar,' minister of IVIuniei- four score and ten years..
pal Affairs,:. it 1.estirnated that '
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VILLAGE GRANTS'
tuoknow is to receive Muniti-
pal and 'School grants in the
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municipal an,d school boar4S in
Lucknow.will receive special ast
Sistatice.in 1955 in the following
ampuntS: •.
Municipal ...... 681,00
'Elenientary Schools' 580.00
-Secondary Schools 480,00
$17,41,00
•Kinloss will .receive:. ,
Municipal, Per eapita ..$ 970,50.
Elerneritary Scheols 768,00
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These unconditional .grahts, it
is pointed out, Should be consid-
ered when the -Municipality and
school -boards are determining
their 1955 `pfogratri and rates and
when estimating the amount of
provincial grants to be', publislied
on their tax derrrands.
These grants are; .eompletely
uncondition,al but • are given
primarily to assist:. in special wel-7
yfare.mattemyarid.,-.1r6 „aim -4
.employment.;
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TEACHER RESIGNS,
Mr, Ilarvey . 'Bride,: a member
of the LucknOW, District ' 1-ligh.
School* staff for the past, twc.
years, has tendered his resigna-.,
tion effective at the endef...-the
term.
GUIDE, ASSOCIATiON. CARD ,
PARTY WAS BIG SUCCESS
, Ac card, party.sponsored lay., the
Local Association Of, the Girl
Monday evening with , about
thirty-five 'tables of play'ers in,
attendanc,e. The -event Was hod
in the Recreatfon_Hall.-
Prize .Whinipg, Shoot players
were 11/fiss `Arinie MeLeod. and „
Alfred RitehIe: Bridge, Winnei.:4
were Mrs, Cameron IVfacDonald
and M. L; Saridersort Lucky chair.
winners were Mrs. Chas.., Short
and Mrs. Robert Hamilton,
akunghLauwAgraecusy.:46,ndutte—
a very enjoyable evening, "`,