The Lucknow Sentinel, 1955-09-14, Page 1955
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'OFFER PRIZES FOR
'FAIR DAYFLOATS
Ways and means, of specially
Marking the Luckno t Agricul-
tural Society's :90th annual fal
fair were' •disogssed at . a direct
•ors'• ;meeting : last• ; Wednesda
night.
have �..
• �- 'PrizesIbee ;
ia, 'offered;; for
floats and it is 'hoped that rner
:chants, industries or gan'iza •
�. , g , . tions;
• and individuals will • :take up : th
Calithunapian Parade idea,'and
make it one that Will fittingly
mark this ianportant milestone in
the history, of the show.. •
There are prizes of $15.00,
$11).00• and $5;04 being offered for
the best floats, but ,apart from
any monetary' return, it• is' hoped
that the, community will, get be-
hind the parade and make.it a
spectacle to see:.
.There, are prizes., of $5:00,: $400;
$3.00, $2.00 and $1.00 for .;the best
decorated bicycles, The floats- and
bikes will :intersperse sortie. 300
• or' 400..: public • school children,
with • the procession headed 'by
'the Lucknow Distriet High School
Band. •
Besides the rural 'school ,con-
tests and other competitions on
the "grounds, Lar1.1leywwood and.
His• Gang. of entertainers will
present' a grandstand show :dor-;
-ang the -afternoon. = ;
There will' be the ever-popul
square dance contest and • the
tug ,o' •:war for the John Hanna
': West..... .a.
: trophy W wanosh holds
`the , cup; ' having edged` a: Kinloss
.. team last year ' in ` a ` pull that
carne close'to' .being: • a draw.,
• It is hoped, to 'have .four` teams
• pull this year, and: to°round up
teams from the adjacent. town-
: ships-th F•air Board has named
Bob Simpson, ` Ashfie'ld, Frank
McQliillin; West. Wawanosh; '.A1
Ian, ari MacTxltyre, Kinloss •and Aus
-stin :Martin; .Huron: �.
Donald Blue will; be master of
ceremonies.
-.Outstanding Concert•
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For the evening entertain
i merit
highly -rated concert troupe
from Listawel has .been billed.
This; will ? be a variety. pr• ogram•
that features the Listowel, Coun-
tfiy Squires male quartette. . Pian-
ist is Ken' MacKenzie, son of Mr.
aa'd Mrs: Roy I,M�aeKenzie of Rip -
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There will ' (be' `a dances; of
course;""tofollow, with music by
Henderson'•s orchestra: •
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PRIZE. WINNERS
7Cour two of the Can-
radian Order of Foresters held a
,40 i ' dance in the. Town 'Hall on .Fri -
„qday, evening to music by. ;Car-
f'ather's orchestra, at which a
p ize draw ' was held. The win -
450 S ners ,• were: 1st, Alex Havens,
$25:00 -2nd; 'Russ, Button, :a.:tri
cycle, and: 3rd, Art Gilmore, a
quilt.
ATTENDED MARRIAGE OF`
' THEIR NIECE AT ELMIRA
• Mr and Mrs.. M. Johnston of
_ .town and,. Mr, and •'Mrs. Steve'
Price of Ooderich, •were at Elmira
recently 'attending the miarria_
their' • niece, Marilyn'' Joan
Johnston and James Gilles .Good-
• win, both .; of Elmira, ' .
The ceremony. was . performed'
in .. the Presbyterian Church by
Rev. Eric A, Read, a former class
mate of'. the briegroom. About
one hundred guests were '.present,.
Maid of honor was Miss Shirley
Johnstori,..sister of ,the 'bride, and
the bridesmaids were Miss Janet
Barnes of Elmira grid Mrs: Mar -
.ception followed" at Con.estogo:,
The bride, 'who •is the daughter
of Mr: and Mrs. John Alexander
Jo�lanstori �is a ._..10, .. A' tlirj xnusica
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'service, .
Consideration has also been.
given to ,changing • !the• , hour af,
starting the evening service un-
til 7.30.• In the meantime' the
longtestalblisghed • ,hour of 7.00 '
o'clock continues. in effect;
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT.,.14th; 1955 •
FORMER ASHFIELD
PASTOR
WRITES mom YIRGiNIA . . NEED ADDITI.O•NAL
'EACH ER.,AT L.P.S.
4An • interesting' note from Dr. ,r
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TE N PAGES
IN RETURN
STERN M TWO MONTHS' H. E P.C' U PS' L'v CAL
CAIVIDA.
.
Wm.Or Rhoad accompanied his • Enrollment. .Mr. and Mrs, . Wm. A. Ru sell ; _
newal to The c • • • e+n�t. at the Lucknow returned • on Friday 'after a two Effective September.
Sentinel which Public School last: week,'broke all months' ,visit in Western • ,'1o' the
he says. they enjoy getting''as' it recordsan � ° ' • • . .Can
Hydro Electric 'Power ,' Commis -
he
s til , in too Y t . a d requires the services. ada, Their son Stewart'- and ; dao,--' sion °has • increased its charge � o
th friends of an. additional. Yr. emlber. on •.the hater.. Isabelle resi • i - e -f t
in the eomxri�inty�--Dr; Ahead ' , , __� .,.... � .v__. _ ghter d� n� R�.glna.� the;.,'.m. local--•-fr-oin�.
,Rh ad -staff, . if.a• :gaiallfied• teacher •call• 'he al• e- vi ited•• in" ih
was a` former-.. ' 'Aa - ., , Y � t,hie Carrot $43.75 `�to`$45.50` per ki�loviatt� per'
a at hfield be obtained. . River.` district 'in: Nort .
and..Ripley Presbyterian church- '; q , � ' heti' Sark=year:; , '
- - •. Th., . Board 'is currently` adver-' atchewan and apt .Creelman• where
es. .•.. At the •Ssep�tember, •�neetlnlg of
tiring fora'primary room teacher. Mr. and Mrs.. Russel, formerly' re- . Connell held
The • RhQad family is now T at : ,:.• •. c last '•txteek the;' fol
. , ....... W'itla a, primary class` of '24- 'side` i-. .
:Mcl7oyyeil,. Virginia, and' friends . ;ROOM'
. s,,� .It 'uvas •'their ,first trip back lowing coinrriunication •"was. • re- - . .
starters, Room I is crowded .with ' to' the. West "since moving: to the ceived : from the H,E.P.C.':
:here will 'be interested in hear- 46 .pups • .There are four ,groups East eighteen years ago.. ' "
tea
.H.E:P:C :lias concluded' a
HYDRO CHARGE.'
ing about the children. 'Rebecca
is in .• third. grade. John is in'_ 8th
grade and - goes to • high school
for. this • grade. William, Jr.., is
also in high school, in 10th grade,
Priscilla has just entered Bob
Jones University in Greenville,
South Carolina, . It. is , quite a
,large school of •over. '3,000, stud-
ents from all parts of the world::
Dr. ,and •Mrs,_ _.Rhoacr have just
returned • from taking • her to
Gres ivlle..
FORMER LUCKNOWITE DIES
AT 51 -FROM ' H. EART ATTACK
On . Saturday, September.' ,10ith,.g
the death occurred in Ashtabula,
in Room II' and, three groups .in
Room III, :an arranged -lent' that.
was devised by the 'staff to . try
and relieve the ever=crowding
and give all students a 'fair'
Chance: Room IV has forty pupils.
in Grades VII and VIII this term,
which taxes the capacity of /this.
room: •
The .Boardstaff
and'teaching '
•
conferred last week with. School`
T'nspector Evans, *and the best
solution to the problem rests in
Mr,: , Russell was particularly review of the probable change
interested in the modern methods in cost of powers to h dro- muni -
of wheat handling, both in har- 'cipalities 'in 1955-56.' In ' estimat
vesting it and elevator operations, ing ` the future cost trend, con-
The West, he says, has -about : the sideration was given . to the re-
second biggest wheat' c'rop.'of all oentdecision to 'combine and
time, and of excellent : quality, .pool the cost of 115 kv. trans -
although. the ;elevators are still mission lines Ari the Niagara;:
jammed with. last year's . lower Eastern and • Georgian Bay
div -
grade wheat, • • isions. on a , kilowatt over'.
The delivery quota for this. the Sourthern • Ontario. syste.m
year's,.year'Sr crop- is eight bushels to load. The': cost . wasassessed in •
the. past on a •kilowatt -mile 'basis
for. each division.
"The Commission wishes "•to
advise -that as a result of 'these.
studies the'.following interim rate
will be used for power supplied,
to. your municipality on and gr -
ter,
,,
ter ' September. 1st, .1955--$45:50 •
per kilowatt pera'year".
Apart from the fact that Luck -
new' is -to pay more -for-bydro-
which does not apply to all muni
cipalities-the' foregoing will lap
about as clear as .mud' to Sentinel •'
readers, as. well as to '•;the• Pub-
lisher. Some murncipalities."are
.'
receiving '• deductions; while scme
are unchanged
• Receive Damage Claim
• Council received :a '.letter from '.
Wm A. (Bud) • Hamilton point ,
July rainfall--totalled'-less-than--ing--out' . t :gid h gb Iwinzt had •
the .acre, with some. crops yield=
the success the Board . has in ob- ing as high as • fifty bushels to
Wining an additional member on the acre::
the_-statf, an,.
-Would .increase Mr., and Mrs: Russell : travelled;
the personnel to six members, in- .on the CP,R.'s' modern new train:
eluding the kindergarten teacher. ' , with the dome , cars, and ,enjoyed
If g. qualified `primary • teacher !their' trip very much', •
Ohio, .of Lawrence Alexander .can be, obtained an additional
Finlayson,' following a heart at- .classroom will be set IIP*In this
tack.. He .was• born• in .Lucknow ;respect. there is no prdblem,' 'as,
in 1904, . son of,_the late Mr -a since the _opening,.. of .:the .anew..
Mrs. Donald Finlayson;bnd highschool, the'public school has
but left: full. use.8-room building.
of the:
there when .a young man: ; and
for the past 28 'years has'• been
associated with' - the Cleveland ATTENDING ; 'CONVENTION:
Electric Illuminating Company of AT THE WEST COAST
Ashtabula. '
Larry, as die *as .known, to his ',Don' Thompson and his. cousin
many friends, :will be' • greatlY e • Bob Hewat" . are . spending p ndiiag 'this
missed' in ,hia community,. where„ week at the, West Coast where
he was a member of the Loyal :they. ,• attended the Canadian
Older -of -Moose and :work -ed -un= Weekly- Newspapers Associatiorr
tiringly for his ,'two favorite pre:- *convention. held in Hotel :Van-`
j.ects, •Mooseheant and the. Amer • couver on Monday, Tuesday and,
ican...Caincer Society. • Wednesday. ..
He leaves'-t'o-mou-rn-1ri•'---Toss—They left-- b: '. tr-ai fr .. ,
Y-- A -orr�-Tor-•�'
.his wife Myrtle, daughter Mrs.' onto on Thursday night, arriving
Lois Parobek of Cleveland; sons ,iri Vancouver. on Monday .morn-.
Lawrence of Corning; N.Y., Jas, ing for the opening session. They
at home, .two grandchildren ; and
two sisters, Melinda and . Mas.
Pearl Skelly:• of Detroit. •
Funeral. services' were held on
Tuesday _with burial at:•Saybrook,•
Ohio..
RESUSCITATOR DONATIONS
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• _,D.oriations to .the'L:ucknow.laire.
Company's. resuscitator. fund, not
previously acknowledged, are as
follows Whitechurch Women's
Institute $10.0.0; •Raynard Ackert
2.60; Harold Campbell $1.00.
Clansmen 25.00;. Andy Hamilton
2:00; Isaac "1!'erguson
TO' MAKE EVENING
SERVICE --CHANGES
.Effective , later this 'fall the
congregation of Lucknow United
Church' will. lose the Services of
their' choir leader and 'organist
for the evening service:•
.Mrs. J: W. 'Ja ynt, who has giv-
en 'long and faithful service • as
choir leader, feels- she can no
longer 'carry on '!the arduous dut.
o services , a da , . and
Mr: Elmer. Urnbach requires
Abe relieved. of his evening duties, .
to cdevote more time to • the care
of his mother who is invalided
by •a rheumatic condition, • •
Both Mrs. Joynt. and Mr. Um -
bath will carry on as Usual for
the morning service. The change
will not take place : until some
tiirie in October: .
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In the meantime a .committee
is busy ,arranging for other music
Talented-lnertm'b'ers-vf' the-eonggre -.
gatiop, to . take part in the even-
ing s fir. vice, and • some ' surprises
and variations . are promised in
tlr
evening
SUMMER DRY,
SEPTEMBER . • .
RAINLESS TO 'DATE
There's .ben "nary" a 'drop: of
ram in . September to _` date -at
least not enough to officially
measure for recording '-purposes
The', September drought cli-
maxes an unusually dry summer,
with pastures literally burned
'up, so that in many cases :•cantle
are being, fed: tosupplement pp' t the
scanty picking they. can find.
an inch --,to be exact; .9f;. 'August.. caused a large limb to ;break
pi oduced more : rainfall than.• was doing damage .: i..
g.. to h s home and.
generally credited to it,; possibly. TV -aerial Mks: Hamiltonsaid that
iiecaus_e...ot,,..excessive ;hea-t .Aug=• --as -he--=-had: previously warned
ust rainfall was officially record- Council that this,,tree was' clang-
ed.' at 2;22 inches. .This moisture'erous and requested its .removal; •:.
was soon dissipated by burning he is .holding the Corporation: •re •
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sponsible for ' the damage to his.
property. , , '
The matter .was, referred to the -
compariy which *carries . the muni-.
cipality's ..property dainage 'incur -
plan oto spend• the•. remainder of t
the week visiting relatives in
Vancouver. and seeing' the .sights
at. 'the . Coast. ' •
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ernperatures. For twenty days
n August the mercury was ebe
ween • 80 and 90 degrees and; fol
five days of the month it was.
vet ninety. Thesecond hottest
ay on record locally ' • was on
August 2nd .with ' a ' 99 -degree
SILO=FIJ.LING MONTH.AHEAD
Cern', harvesting has followed
the .regular pattern : this 'season,
and -is about a month ahead o f
schedule: ""Corr%. cutting started
early in 'the, month, and many
silos are now filled. This is in
contrast to • the ',average year
when .silo -filling is an October
.NEW MEMBER
JOIN. AUXILIARY
The Ladies* auxiliary _to _the
'Canadian Legion held 'their Sep-
tember. meeting '• in the Legion
Rooms on Tuesday, September
6th.. The members were all
-agreeably surprised at the new
look the rooms had taken on.
The ladies who did the •job --all
their °time and labor 'free of
charge -sure didn't. make - any
mistake! Hats Off. to them'for, a
wonderful 'job..•
to One new member, .•Mrs7 orne
Wall, was • installed The Branch.
has adopted a veteran :in West-
min'ster, Mr.. William Hill.•
It was agreed • that the first
;Shoot Party 'be held in the• Leg;
ion Rooms'on,' Friday, October
7th and that pne be held each
month until the end of the year:
The date for the annual ,bazaar
to be held in the Legion Rooms,
is Saturday, December 3rd.
Tt'P ladies had the pleasure. of-
seeing the films which Mr. Wil-*
lied Anderson of town had taken
when on his drip to Europe and
Britain. These i t .. _ .
-- _ ____...i�..�_u1'es..w..ere very
much enjoyed .by ally'` 'and Mr,
Anderson was duly thanked, This
was followed by a delightful.
lunch which was• prepared:: and'
served by . to committee, The
happy evening .was closed by the
singing of "The Queen"...
the Hoapital school of nuts=
nig, '' .
After a `wedding'.trip to Mus -
Yoko 'the
uskoko'the young; couple will reside
in London.- where Mr. Goodwin.
i.5 a, student at the University of
Western Ontario McZieal School:
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temperature. • .
WITIL PLEURIS-Y---�••.
Sid' Whitby, efficient and hard-
working caretaker'' at . the ` Luck
now District High,:'School, is .ill
with pleurisy:_in Wingham_•Gep _
eral Hospital. He was taken to'
the hospital last, Thursday, and
word this week is`' that he's get-
ting along nicely. In :his absence,
Mr's. Whitby is doing a good ` job
if substituting' as "lady janitor”
Council•' , were divided on ' `a --
motion to rent the newly''pur-
chased sump pump at a ; cost of
•$3.50 per hour for man and pump.
councillors --MacLeod' _ and Web-.
ster:,and' Reeve Haniillton . sup -
petted' the motion: Councillors
Mowbray and • Joynt voted; neg- . .
atively . The pump was :purchased
.earlier -this -year -s•-a-.cost..-of -ap
proximately $500.
The. usual grant of $12.50 ,was
made to !the Bowling Club. .
The Departrnent of Highways
is' to ' be petitioned for the stat-
utory :grant -of: 50 percent on.
road expenditures -=amounting :ta
BLIND CAMPAIGN
TO START SOON.
More than' 30,000 mailing pieces
are being prepared by district
blind fora the annual operating•
$1,652.38: • : •
G: ' Wagner was allowed, $15,00
for a • calf injured, ; by -a'- dog :and
resulting in its. death. '
'A letter from' Mr. and Mrs.
Roy ,Black pointed out. tlhat .a
year --had gone by with: nothing
fund ' campaign of the ' Canadian . done: About removing the.tree:
National Institute for -:the-Bl'ind 'stump from"---tjheir---lawn -----They
opening Saturday,,September 17. stated :they would like ' if this
Working in the n xditoriurn o ` could be done this . they .'
the training centre :and home for could improve thei'lawn: • They
the blind in London, residents of also asked if .a better job' co'uld.'
the .honk }, and other 'blind , are not '. be . done in repairing ' the
assembling literature which sidewalk that Was 'broken.: at
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be mailed to residents of Huron, their front 'door.
Huron,
"Council -
Middlesex • and ' Perth Counties
Reeve Hamilton .and.eouncil-
this. week.. ' for MacLeod'were appointed to
Residents ,of these three coon- see' Mr, end Mfrs. Black,
ties are being asked to contribute
$11,000 C:N.I.B: needs $57,000 for HELD RALLY DA -Y` SERVICE
the ,comingyear, 'abut Community
Chests and Municipals Councils The United' Church
-have..•.ah eac1
�.._�_ -fairy Sunday
Y`��Fledg�ezl'�4b()00. ";r�chooi ': ra-Tly 'may ser�vnee ; was....
As mailing pieces are being 'held on Sunday afternoon with
prepared, E. F. Wheeler,'C:N:.I.I3. Superintendent. Glen Walden pre -
Field . Secretary, is • visiting the siding It was. an open session
,s son .
can paign•--ehanrfnan- rn--ea-ch--corm-_ with..-stonek gild -by, .Rev '-G
Meiklejohn and' Mrs. Harvey
livering campaign literature and Webster. Garnet Farrier played,,,
'discussing objectives in ‘ each -two saxa hon ac -
town villa e• and township... p e numbers .with..,
, g companament by Mrs. Farrier..
The chairman in the Luckriow; For the time •being Sunday
'district `is. H. b, Thompson, and School will continue to be held,
the 'objective is 175.•00.'
1 prior to. the'morning service:
rnunity, of the three counties de-
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