The Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-03-22, Page 1„ •
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YearlY In Advance 40e Extra.
TO REVIVE C.O.F.P.* • . . HAD EARLY DIV. •
LODGE LOCALLY
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• • •, oPened last Thursday night by
. The , Swimriiing seaSOn
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CSherwOod No, OO of the, G .
lent TaSker wh d
n Pine River, while investigat-
ing 'if the suckers had Started
running, - Glen had . narrow.
squeak froni, being swept down-
strearni,to the lake by the Swift
current that. was running.
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' LUCIC.NOW, ONTARIO,. THURSDAY:, MARCH 22.nd, 1941
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Court •°•'
Canadian Order of Foresters, is O. got a ticking
slatedfor. rejuVenation. Long.
• dormant, it was " nne of Luk -
now' . earliest fraternal societies,
and though not aetive. for diany,
years still has a 10Ca1 member -
'Ship of 18 . members in good He'd be ' a good prosPect for
standing. '.. , . .0 ' the 'Polar ' Bear :Club,-for..un,
For a number of year Joseph taunted:by the ice-cold Soaking;
Agnew has acted as financial sec-, he "wrung out" his clothes,.. don -
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. 0ratary•Areastirer, reMittiiii '.:. the lied his. great coat and kept,
"dnes of the faithful. Iew ,who proi3ing thestream with the. rest
• still retained • their membership of the party in their unsuccess-
izi the Order, and who have pro- ful quest for any of the firinv.
. fited substantially: by, so doing. tribe. ,, . • .. 7
- In recent weeks, Oliver Elliott ' • • , . .
.of Atwood, 'district manager of . • • • . ,
the CO.F., . assisted by, 'Lloyd" NEED THREE' MORE ,
Mitchell, Con. 4, Huron Town- CALF CLUB ENTRIES
ship; who' is part-time fieldrman, ' T'... ..,____. . ; •
have been*.einVassing. this area At least:three More entries are
with a view to reorganinz Court required if a calf club is to be
". Sherwood " into an activelY, oPTer" sponsored this year by the LUCK,-
ating lodge., ' . . • . - ' ndw Agrietatural . Society. Any,
• A list of between .1§ and 20boy or girl. considering entering
prospective, Members. has been should do so •at 'once, and def-
• lined tip to join the Order, and ...a initely before the end ofMarcli.
'pass initiation ceremony ;will be A meeting 9fthe..Agriculttiral
•-performed ' in Lucknow. :1'(.1"-)YrI Society was held last week; with
Hall' next Tuesday evening at theic calf club the main subject
• 8.00 o'clock. The. initiation will discussed; The local leaders.are
be •conferred by ,a 'degree; team Tom ,T9dd and Fred- McQuilin,
froin, the Wingham Lodge.' ' ...who can give full information to
Another feature .of *Ole' meet,. ankoneinterested in. joining the
irtg;cWill .be .the preSentationL-04Club.,'
50. and 25 year • jewels • .to old '•f
Dtte:tO a slim attendance at
'ineakers of Court Sherwood; who 'this meetingthe report of the
. are still in good standing, delegates, to the Pairs AssOciaion
•. ,•Mr. J. W. Davies of Brantford; 'convention was tabled Until, the '.
superintendent ..of fieldmen; and next meeting. ,L,,..
J. .c.,EVeleigh,, '.••provincial °man- • r . ••
ager, are expected to ,be. in at- r •
tendance ',At' this Italtheringi.,•••to
• Which members of district •lodges"
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FoRTY.YEAls.-WED.
.are invited. .: •
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MARRIED HERE
FIFTY' YEARS AGO
-- On April 3rd, Mr." and Mrs.
,Robert Parries of 719-4 A St.,
N.E., Calgary; Alberta,. will cele-
brate their golden wedding, They'
were married at the. home of the.
bride's brother,' Mr.,J., McRae,
Lochalsh, On April" 8kci,. ipoi. A
famly didder being .planned
for them by their:ten sons and
daughters, seven 'sons and dati-
ghters-m-law,,and twenty grand-
children, followed 14 'a reception
for . friends. , •
,Mr..and Mrs, Farries are both
in good health and enjoying life
among "'their Marty friends and
*family.
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Not ICE
Stores • Open This Afternoon
• The •.LUCknow Business'Men's
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Association annetinees' that •
busi-
ness places in Lucknow ;will re-
• Main open this 'afternoon (Thurs-
day) until 6A5 p,m., .clue: to the
hoficiay on Good „Friday.
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COL/PL.E•
SHOWER •TIJESPAI.III6111T. •
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"-Mis$-Agnes Conley, whose mar-
riage is to take 'Place on Sattir-
• day; Was guest of honor at a, anis:
• cellaneous - shower on 'Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs•
lan. Hunter. The shoWer. was • -
Mr.. and Mrs Neil.; NfacKen.:.
.zie of Concession 12,,Ashfield;ob;
4served " their' 40th vy-edding_ anni-z„ •
versery on Thursday, Maivh 15th I
y their
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-their . neighbors . and by.
ranged by the Lo -La -Le Club and
was 'attended ;by other 'friends as
well as her associates on the staff
of the Bank of Montreal ' 'where
h theywere
• :friends. :'from Lucknow, 'Ripley,
and Poderieh who called, to ex,
tend congratulations and: bes.„
wishes. Others from more distant.
points Sent their ' exPressions, of
good wishes too. A. ;message of
'`gre'efings ,and warm .congratu-
she has , been employed lations" was receiVed•from
A pleasant social evening Was. Minister, Louis St, ,Laurent.
enjoyed 'during .Which Agnes was Open house: was held that • af-
iliolivered•with many lovely gifts. tiernOori an.d a family dinner was
FUL:r. ALL. FORrangements were in charge f
'Mr. .and Mrs. MacKenzie's twO
FINAL RALLY daughters; Mrs. Donald:Blue and
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, • 77"" • Mrs. John: p011insein,
A twoweek series of evang- •The.family and 'immediate rel-
ehstic meeting•s conducted . by atiVesjOinethte. present Mr. and.
Rev. tett TiArnPr;', and sponsored Mrs. Mackenzie with, a lovely.
by the Clinton Youth for Christ,. radio. • , •
concluded • on Sunday,. evening 'Mrs. MacKenzie was formerly
with a Monster ,rally that filled ,Bertha ,Robertson,', ;daughterof
the Town Hall. :' , the 1.4t Mr. and Mrs. G. .o -
The High, School band assisted .} ertsoij The marriage was Per-
in the program. A rousing hymn, formed at the ,bride's t),Qtriti! at
Sing :was. Under, the direction of Paramount by Rev. J, S. Duncan'.
EirnerMinbach with Everett West 'Mrs... Temple Clark Was, bride's -
at thepiano, Vocal numbers were Maid, and Mr. Stuart •Robertson
Joyce and. Jean Camp- was,groi,mnsil,?.an. Both were Ores-
bell.and by. BillY•Xennedy. Rev,. ent .at last week's .anniversary'
W. J°. Mumford gave . the open- 'celebration.' The horhe was dep-,
ing prayei and Rev. C. A. Winn 'orated in .green . and white and
gaire the offertory : prayer, The the anniversary cake Wasdraped
offering was taken up by Mr.With the -bridal ,veil of forty
!)2d Mrs; John Kreutzweiser •and year'S, ago: •
r• and Mrs.. Aaron :Hoak: , - .and iMacKerizie are
Jerry ' Coyle of Dresden, who highly esteethed in the commun-
is lidw• attending Toronto :Bible 1 ty and a hb8t of. fiends extend
c011ege;..gave the testimony of their best Wishes. ' • • •
it conversion under Rey: Turn-
Vestintony was `giVen by. Mem.. ERSKINE 'COM:MEd-MOON
Tr•'s *influence!
bers,of the exectatie 0.f the OtiYs ELECTRIC •ORGAN,: •
held in the evening. 11 the r-
SEE BY THE
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HOLIDAY HOURS. AT
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LOCAL POST OFFICE
Holiday hours *ill be effect
at the. Lucknow Post Office for
the Easter ,week -end. On Good
IFridaY the office will .be .open
t from 10 to. 11.30 'a.M.`and for a
half hour after the sorting of the
afternoon mail. On Easter Mom -
day
. the Post Office will he open
from 8 a.m. to 11,30 ond
for half .hOur after .1/he sorting
•of the afternoon maiL
Again Wads Fruit Growers •,
The annual. meeting of Huron
County Fruit Growers' ,Associa-
lion was •held in' Clinton last
Thursday, presided. over ,by Pres-
ident J. Salkeld. who was re-
elected for a second term as head
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of the organization
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J. W. ,Joynt of Lucknow ex-
pressed .the view that .the, As-
sociation .should seek to enlarge
its membership and to. this end'
they should investtgate'the poss-
ibility of joining forces with veg-
etable growers. • . • ,
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FORMER' RESIDENT DIED
4N CALGARY SATURDAY •
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Mrs.., Thomas Anderson of
Lucknow has'. received word. of
the death of her' sister, Mrs. Wil-.
Sineltzer, which occUrred,
stiddenly' on Saturday at .her:
.honie in Calgary...
:Mrs. ,,SMeltzer„?. formerly. Mel-
issa Reed; Was.. a former resident
of Lucknow, being, a daughter Of.
the late Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reed.
Mr. Stneltzer, who .predeceased
his wife WaS at one tithe the
• • - '-oWner • of ,the- Ford', Garage here.
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• „ ere will be ,no story
hour for the children at the
Recreational Centre on Satur-
day, March 24th, or the -follow-
, ing'..SaturdaY, ,1V1,arcli .31st. •
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THAT the 'Senior-:ChOir the
United ',church 'presented their
play, "The .Minister's Aunt” in.
Dungannon last Thursday, and
next •ThursdayAvvill Stage it at
, St. Helens.• •
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THAT' March isn't giving up,
without \ a struggle. Springlike
• weather was ended temporarily
on' Monday by a heavy' fall of
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• wet inow., that made driving
, 'hazardous.. The temperature
dropped sharply Monday night
with snow flurries and con-
' siderable-drifting.:
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• THAT George Fisher; Boundary
East, ',has sold his: 'home farm
to
to Lorne and Joe Wall of Zion,
who sbtain possession in mid-
April. The Wall farm has been
:bought by D. A. Hackett,.
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"THAT Kerineth Cameron had an
. • • unusual and costly 'Mishap on
Sunday, when the hoed of his'
car *as. caught by the.wind
and' ihroWri up "in his' face",
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obscuring his vision and show-
ering with glass from the
windshield.,. When .Ken. got
•--1.stopried---:and stepped - out •to.
'survey the damage, he discov-.•
• ered n6t bOth. windshields
'Shattered, .but the cowling and
', front fenders dented arid mess,
• ea up in the freak ,accident:
• ton Youth forehrist organization, 1
'iacluding Mrs.' Viola R. Haines: .. The ..eornigre-2.L-ga(tion* Of ' ErSkattie.t
(31.,1.31.Y.tijf Miss Vivian McLean of Chtu'ch, Purig. of
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Avul.ghaR Clifford trap3t.:4,6.f.Bay. Pnorns,bYrnteerti4onn
field, Elzer 'Mattiaeau of kippen, Tuesday . night. f
atd Fiatik collar j6f vvinghatr: ,last. Week arid after- considerin
'Exe6.itive. memberunableto b e 'i,c,hmi d4e. iiPdsuh'I:tee7hi ,A., obtains, eer°gfan ' n"9?'ef rwe i organ,ta1 l --1 -1iee icntadt!zi e--
rnian.. Co., London, Another, im-;
vernent in the near futurewillpro , ,
.ahaee.redecdratiOn .ancrit new 141‘..6n-
;. The organ was clelivered n
Friday. Organist is Kenneth Me.,
ttencla- Allister and the assistant organ:-
, iSti Ilat'bara Wilson. ,
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Present were Sgt...A.,,R.• •Person
-of Mrs. Muriel Snider of
Exeter and Rev. Glenn each of
Grand Bend. , ,
Rev. Turner ,Was well pleased
with the reception here and
• stated that at least forty decis-.
i,otis were made by those
Ihg the services.:
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•Wlittbk and •Tom
Mac-
Donald. who have joined the
• Oartadiart .I4avy, reported for:
(intr. at London ,on Monday,:
THAT- in-feneWing-lief Sentinel,
Miss , Mary \ Struthers, of Tor
„ onto says: "1 would not like to
be without • The Sentinel' with
- all its news, of the, week from
Al:le-Old home town. I was glad
to hear that Mr. Agnew was
well enough to be; out again"
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THAT Glen , Tasker is at present
• on furlough Prior to his post-
ing with, the R.C.A.F. to Chat_
• ham, N.B. Glen reports at the
East Coast early in April and
will be, accompanied by Mrs.
TaSker an&sori, who;Will take
up residence there.
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The, funeral was in Calgary
bur-
ied.
Mr. .Smeltze_r is also bur-‘
Surviving are two daughters,
Gladys and Netta , and one son,
Gordon Srneltzer. Surviving also
-are two-7brothers,' Will of Galt
and Tom of Vancouver and one
sister, Mrs. Anderson (Lilly) of
Lucknow.
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RESPONSE GOOD.
TO R.C.C• APPEAL
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Red Cross canvassers have
been. at work locally arid are re-
ceiving a kindly and generous
reception- gerierallY, although' ',a.
9.64:1 deal of,. work 'rgrnains: yet
to be done.' • • • ' •
Rukalm'-resf,dents , may „ leave
their •donations at their neigh-
borhood Store, or. at 1VIeKim's
Drug Store, the tank of
Mon-
treal of , The' Sentinel Office.
Returns in. the hands of the
Financial .Committee treasurer at
the end of the week totalled $300,
made up :Of the 'following.
nations:.
Margaret Malcolm- .$5.00, John
McRae 5.00;' Wm. Murdie Se Son
20.00;.. E. Pirtbabh 5.00; W. G.
Andrew 10.00; E. McCluskey
10.00;'. Wm. Reid 2.00; Jack' Brad-
ley .5.01);* J. D. ;.Rc•sssssasssissas,
ley 5.00.; D. Ross, 2;00; Edward
:MaCKehzie';5.00;. Mrs. H. Horton
zoo; Mrs. Ewen MacKenzie 2.00;.
Alex McLeod 2.00; Dave • Hornell'
;5.60; Lucknow 'Chapter, 11,,A.K;'
10,00; Jerry Cranston- 2,90; Geo,
Elliott ,10.00; " Stanley 'Mustard
2.00S. Rider 2.00; ori -Mont --
gomery .200; R. Johnstone 5,00;
Helen Garninie 1.00; John Kruetz,.-
weiser 1:00; Mrs.- MeFailarie 1,00;
John Kilpatrick Kilpatrick 5,00; Elizabeth
Murdie '5:00; J. C,•'McNala, 10.00;•
SilVerWoOd DairieS, 15.00; Floyd
Wilson 2.00; Thomas M. Ander-
Son " 2.00; T. lurns 2.00;'
Chas, Mason .5,00; Ldrraine Mac
1.60; .4Freda, Hunter 1.00;
Lucknow Fruit Market 6.00;, Har -
Treleaven 5.00; ,Eileen'.FUlton
5.00; ,Harold Greer ‘5.00;, Thos. W.
Smith 5.00; Rev. A.S. Mitchell
2.90; Johnl R. McLeod 10.00; Dr.
W. J. Mumford 5:00; Annony,rnous
26,00;' W.. B. Anderson 25,00; Ross
Martyn 10.00; LiVingston
,ary 3.00; Dr. James Little 1000;
Mrs., E. ,Congram 5.00; Donald,J.
LoW" 4.00; John, Cameron, 5.00;
Don emeriti.' 5,00; Mr. A. E.
Durnin 2.00. *
CRASH FATAI7., TO.
KINLOSS MAN
Albert Scott of Con. 10, Kin--
loss, Township?: died on Monday.
night in Walkerton Hospital from
critical head injuries he received
that' afternoon, in a highway* '
crash two miles west of the '.
County Town. •• ""
Mr, Scott was whi a 'passenger in
a 4,4 933 model car 'driven by Jas. •
Edgar , of t„.th., Bethany' District,- ,
near the- Kinloss -Culross '• bound-
ary. 'Scott was thrown through
the windshield and suffered. a ."
crushed skull. Mr. Edgar' suffer-
ed severe 'fiacial cuts. •
The accident happened when
the Edgar car, west bound, was
in collision with .'a truck owned. ; • • .,
by ' the !Mount Forest Transport
'Company .and driven by Henry
'PaYne, • who was unhurt. Cpl.- •
Jack Craig Of Walkerton inves-
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tigated. • •• •
. Mr. Scott, best known in Kip- •
loss as Bert, was a son of Mrs'.
Robert Scott and the late Mr. •
• er,t, a bachelor,,.. ve the • ,
farm, adjoining: Frank Thomp-
son's farm on Con. 10; and Was ,
.employed by neighborhood .farm-
ers . PreVithsly lived on the,
Valad' farm on Concession 6. -.He •• , ,
was a , -unassuming
Besides his mother, a 'brother , , • '
Fred of' -Listowel • SurVi•Ves.
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ELECTRIC PAD SET riLLOVV
AND IVIATPUESP AFIRE
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Sound 'asleep with ,a fire right . •
under his his Pillow .*as the. eirper-
„V' tbr Baker.
ience recently of• ic . '• ., 4 ,
'Ill with' a. cold, Victor 'had taken
an electric pad to bed and drop-.
ped • off. to sleep with it- under
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out ,2.00 a.m. his dad; Ed. •
Baker,. was 'awakened . by the
smell of of smoke. After investigat-
ing from the cellar to the, -up-
stairs . he discovered the source
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of the smoke to • be .a smouldering
f re ha wa ea mg is w :
both •the pillow and, mattress in ..
•Victor's. bedroom.
Putting the fire' out,•, as they . •
'thought, Ed. was later aroused . . ••
again by. the .smell of sinoke. and
discovered that the .seat . of the
trouble hadn't been reached, and
,on this .4aceasion. the fire Was
'about." ready. t�-bre,ak., out in • .
•flaines.-This .time--they--made-eer- •
tain it • was out,'but not before •
a Sizeable hole was burned in the
rnattresS. ••
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L. STEWART TOP „•
TENOR SOLOIST
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val „last week; top honors an two :,, . . . • k ,.. • A. •
tenor solo; classes were, won. by • • , .. . . ,
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Lloyd Stewarit; son of Mr and .., , •;!.
Mrs. Philip Stewart of toWn.;. . ,
On Friday :night, Lloyd' scored ,
85 points• in winning.:the.oratorio
solo, "If With All Your 'Hearts",':
from Mendelasolin's otat9rio, Eli- • •
jah, • The :recitative ',was sung
quite „SuccesSfully. Lloyd.: has , a
real tenor voice „and the adjucti-
eatnr itifound pleasant: to listeri • . .
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..‘ .14.0Y4 .,,,wan 4, another -soloi,clast ------
the previb:ts 'Wednesday, .with a
score :of 0;•. , ' , 1. . . ' ' . . , .,
Lloyd is also a 'member of St.
John's, United Church_ Choir of ."..' .
Stratford, -Whose, performance on
Friday night won them the Red '
Seal .tiophy and highpraiTe' by
adjudieator Gordon Thorne. The ' . . • ,
.choir sang "With a Voice of Sine, . ..• , - ' ,
ing" and. I Will Not Leave You
Coinfortless". They received 90 • • ,." ' : ' ' ' '
and 88 niai4s, 'respectively; being ,..
the highest, mark Mr: Thbrne has ' • . .„' 11. • ;,. '':
yet given ' to any choir he has. ,,
heard in CariadOri, Festivals, , . P• ".. , " ' "
He , said the St. JOhn's Choir • • '',. :'
•perforrnance was easily the mosti • , ', Y, '
vigeretig,• lively and healthy ch r- , ' • • . ,.
alsinging he had, heard in Can, ,
ada and he rejoiced that it came
from a 'htirch choir, since ,churcli - , I -
•choirs frequently lack vitality, •
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