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LUCKNOW,
BRUCE.: COUNTY' ASSESSOR,.
�: _• . SEAFORTH CLER'IC,,
ONTARIQ, ' ,• THURSDAY, MAY' 24th, 1951
AT ANTN•IVERSARY.
Anniversary services of the
Lucknow . Presbyterian, Church
were • held on Sunday with Rev.
D. Glenn Campbell of . First Pres-
byterian Church,, • Seaforth, : as
guest Speaker. :Ire delivered nous'
rag.. addresses ,.at both services,,
which marked ;the. 62nd'• a. nniver-
sary of, 'the -.building ' of�•,the' pres-
ent church
It was ' Rev.': Carnpbell's " first
• s.
time• in the pulpit:of the Luck-
now church and he entered it
humbly, ever mindful of the long.
service rendered the congrega-
tion by Dr.: C, H. MacDonald, who.
,. is..now seriously ill .
EVERETT. FINNIGAN Prominent
West Wawaxrosh farmer, and
reeve ' of the Municipality for .4
• 'sears; has been appointed, assess -1
or'.for . Bruce 'County. • . •
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'BUSY: WITH, RAINS
Kinloss Township. Council' has
been k pt busy' this' spring' deal-
ing: with a;series of 'drain:age''byZ'
/laws that will involve an expen
diture ;in. excess of •$18,000, .borne
proportionately ;'by those rate.
payers {benefitting by the drain-
age schemes •
' : Sevensuch.. drainage by-laws.
• - have, or are in the course ofhe-
ing•,.dealt with All • are ` repair' or
extension 'jobs :to existing drains
with the exception of the•McFar
lane ,by-law, which 'covers •a new
ditch:
The -
b an� the. y • a 'ws d, h amount
to : be provisionally -.'borrowed
each case are as .,follows
• By -Law; NO. 4; "Ross Municipal.
Drain Repair, and I'mpravement' ,
$.3,570 00• • .
By -Law•, No 5, '"MacDougall
Municipal Drain Repair",' $635°00::•
• By -Law No. • 6, .."McDonald-'
Bushell Drain and North ,West
Section of'the, Black', reek .Exp
tension Repair :.and k mrove-
p J P
mein", $4,760.00.
By -Law No. 7, . •"McFarlane
• Municipal Drain", .$2,150:00
By -Law ,No: 9, "Ackert. Drain
Extension", $1;7B2.00, •
By -Law :No. 10, "Harris Mur i-
cipal brain" ,. $4,650.00.
"Nine Mile River Improvement
By -Law", $1,355:00
• Total'amount 'required to fin
ance these projects 'amounts to:.
$18,902.
. Special music was rendered by
the choir* with Mr. Everett West
at the ••org,an.•
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.At. both ' Services Miss Ruby
Webbs -alar -al -group -from Third;
Room sang pleasing , selections.
The group included Rita Collins,
Elizabeth' Webster, 'Donna John-.
:stop,, Betty Arrnstrong;•; Dick
Murdie,. Billy Kennedy .and Billy
At`. the , morning service• Mrs,
Philip Stewart and Mrs. Cameron
Ma:eDon.ald:'sanig, the' duet:;"At'the
Cross. Roads".: At the evexiii g
service Miss' .Marian :MacDonald
sang. "Green Pastures" and 'Miss
MacDonald, Innes Ma.cS;weeh
and Everett • West were heard as
a':trio' in ",Redeeming .Grace"
Among the, flowers 'was a bou-
quet in .;memory `:of.Miss Marron
MacDougall, ;.by her sister '.Eve-
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TQ . GRADUATE IN JUNE
of
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Miss'.Mary, Johnston, daughter_
of Dr and Mrs..`W..,V Johnston
town, will `graduate in: June
from Western University;: Lon-'
on, where she .has `completed a
ui`-year' '•course :in secretarial
'Science.• •
•This is a' popular• -course :with
cal youngladies. Miss Margaret
_ g ,.
releaven;` daughter ` of Mr, and
-Mrs. Harold Treleaven, has ,an
-other • year to ` put iii and Miss
Mary•Anderson,•., daughter of Mr.
and , Mrs.' W.. B. Anderson, has
completed '
p d her first •year.
LAD AND HIS., DOG .
MAKE F. -H. FRONT COVER
• The front cover of the May Pith
issue of the "Family Herald 'car-'
ries a picture of Ross Durnin and
his pet ptnp "Lassie". The picture
• was' taken •by Bill Bolt, whose'
photography,,, efforts 'have fre-
quently ,made a hit with ru'ra1
magazine publishers., •
Ross Durnin IS the 11 -year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Dur
nin• . The pup was, 'about 'four"
months old When the picture 'was •
taken. Ross has o wide grin, •las
he 'holds the: pup Which' perkily
.eyes the • eamera. .•
ENGAGE TEACHER
Miss :Helen .. Walker 'of. Turn-''
(berry Township has,been engaged
as teacher at S:S N Kinloss
Township (Murray's .School) She
will`. succeed. Miss Grace Moir.
,Miss Walker has had four years
teaching experience in .Turriiber='
ry:.•
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr.. and Mrs Douglas Graham,
R. 5, Lucknow, announce the .en-
gagement of their: daughter, Mar-
ian Elizabeth, to Warren George
Zinn, son' of. Mr, and Mrs; Ervin
G. Zinn, R. 1,, Dungannon. The
wedding to take place in, South
Kat ions Presbyte raft hui ch -.-a
3:00 p.m. 'ori,Saturday, June 16th.;
• Mr. and. }Mrs.. Thomas ' Hackett
of ' 'Lucknow• announce the eh-
gagement, of their/eldest daugh-
ter,* Donalda• Pauline,. to Earl
Thomas Jamieson, son of Mr. and
P . el - : ii. i.eson of Win_ .'
the 'marriage to take, place.
a Juke
16th. : in . Hackett'. •United;
Church, Ashfield, �at 2.30. p.m•
Mr:: and Mrs Donald Bain.Mc-
Laren announce the engagement,
oftheir draught r, Nancy ,Mary
Elizabeth,; • to .Ronald Elmer John
Ston, son of Mr. and Mrs. . -Elmer
Johnston,' ''Lucknow,. Ont. The,
marr'iage•will take place on June
9 at 7 o'clock • in. Holy Trinity:
Church, Port; Credit; Orit..
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WAS :98' ON' WEDNESDAY
Miss. Sarah Mallougli,' It N;,
quietly observed her 90th
• y. birthday on Wednesday, May
22nd, at the home of Mit,.
H. Anderson,. London• r:lVliss
Mallough has been confine&
toher bed for the Past four
months with, a heart 'con'air
tion....
• ,'Miss• Mallough's; m a n y
friends, tri 'this , coinnrriunity,
• extend hearty ;birthday greet
irigs".
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•; �.IFTY YEARS MARRIED.
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Mt, arid' Mrs. 'Harry Tierney o
'London observed' theii•r' 50th wed-
ding : anniwersar'Y on ,May 10th:.
They • were Married `in Dublin;:
Ireland. ori May 10th, 1901, and
carne to Canada four .Years Tater`,
. They .have•one son, 'Marais of
London •:hid
' one daughter, . Mrs;
Kitchener.
.
fiidney ;, ecker of Kitchener
Kr. and Mrs.
r`Tierney made
, .
their home in Lucknow .for !> :
short titre and friends here loin
r 'atula'tions and
in
short
conga u .
best •wishes.,
r p •.
BORN
Tt33�LOR- -in ;Wingha n' General
nda- May 21st to
Hospital on. Mo
M'r:' :and Mrs. George Ta `lYog ,l • a
• son, a brother for 'Seven l ey.
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DISTRICT SHORTHORN
BREEDERS TO HOLD, SALE.
The' 7th annual sale. of pure-
bred •Shorthorns staged by W . 'A.
Culbert of Dungannon, Andrew
Gaunt of St, Helens and Clifford
Keys of Varna, is set for Clinton
Lions Arena an Friday, June lst.
Forty. head,;' ° consisiting; of, , 34
females, and site, bulls, are Up 'for
sale. These•,cattle 'are all 'highly.
(bred and are. second to. none
amgng Shorthorn' herds in' the
‘..province: , ° •
Mr. Culbert '`has'.' consigned '22
,animals • to the sale, and' Mr,
Gaunt and, 'Mr,: Keys, •.nine `each:
1`%' TON •TIMBERS TO'
SUPPORT. NEW BUILDING G'
Constr,.ta tion .is under way. of.
• MacLennan and MacKenzie's, new
�b:uildin.g on Main• Street, "over,
the river"..• ,Six Douglas fir tini-
bers, 'weigning 11/2., tons each will
span the , river and .• saupport• the
new structure. These .were • r•oll-
ed'° into 'place last:°week. and car-
penter work has since been go -
THAT :the Ladies' Auxiliary, to:
the' Canadian °Legion are
"throwing" a; big dance 'tonight
(Thursday) following the soft-
ball game between the.Legion'
naiires ..end ' Stratford •, Kro.eh
leis:
THAT Rev:`. Charles: Winn• 'con
ducted services 'in Wingharri
`Presbyterian Church; on Suit
;day, '-with 'Rev.' Alex : Nirmno
taking the services in Seaforth,'
while' Rev. Glen Campbell was
'preaching anniversary.:services.
in Lucknow.•
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THAT: the Hamilton N o r mga:1
school choral society :.won''the
Medal' at the' musical festival
in Westdale.' United; Church;,
„Hamilton,. -' recently; . Gwen :Tre-
leaven, a., student at Hamilton
Normal`, is.. a rnem�bre, of the
choir which.. was heard 'On Sun=
day :afternoon Over' ; CKOC,
• Hamilton. •
;THAT Mrs R.; .J. Cameron suf-
. feted a light stroke a .:on : Satur,
'day morning,; and w.as, taken to
Wirrgham on Sunday where she
will' be' .hospitalized' for, a time
THAT the'old Shed in the Cal'
edonian 'Park is being offered
for sale. It .is • a. step by. ' the
A: ricultural Societ' . • tow ard's
improving the. park °,where e it,
fronts the.,:lighway.
THAT all 'the ladies;who.volun-
teered, '.or .are willing to help
stage a banquet for the Pee',
Wee and Bantam hockey teams,
aro asked to meet at the Re-
creational : Centre -on Saturday
evening at,,9.00 o'clock to .plan,
the'. event
EIGHT ]AGES
KINLOSS : PUPILS
PLANT TREES
Upwards too hundr-ed stu-
dents from the .Senior Classes of
nine schools • in Kinloss Township
took part in .a. tree planting .pro
grain fast Wednesday.
•. :In four 'hours some 5000 red
and white. pine trees were set out
on. th"Sidler Farm" on Con-
cession f.,'Kinloss, a mile: west of
• Langside School, This tract, pur'
chased, from" Archie McKinnon;
is one:.:of, four properties bought
in; Kinloss • Township by the Bruce
County Refarestation Committee,
and which total ' 300 acres. •
• Each school was, responsible for
planting about 600 trees last Wed,-
nesday, and • were under, the 'sup-
ervision of Inspector J .•M.. Game.'
Other' officials in attendance
included J. CE Jacl-,on Of Owen
'Sound, zone. forester and' his as
•" sistants, 5.'" Hamilton' and Ernie
Dunes,, and Robert Solan• of Dab
•:bington, , chairman, of. the Bruce
• Conservation Committee: . ' .
: limaxing the day's 'outing was•
ing right ahead, a ball'' game ,on the nearby farm.
AT• CLUB. LEADERS •
'PARTY IN' LONDON '
Ray' MacKenzie, the represent...,
ativ;e of- the,: Lucknow District
High School iii•',the:•Leader's Club
sponsored• by the London Free
Press, •: joined .with• more 'than 60
Wier Western .•Ontario students
as guests•:: of the paper last' week-
end.
On Friday : the , :group„ toured.
the- University' of `/Zestern ,Ori
tario . and the ,Free. Press build:-.
I ing'.. They ¢were ;entertained' :at a
theatre • party that , evening: and
an Saturday ,Saw, WOSSA field
and track competitions.
Ray is the.: son of Mr. and Mr's.
of Ashfield.
Henry -Mackenzie
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FORMER RECTOR 'IS
ELEVATED TO CANON
Rev John 'H Geoghegan, of
New • St.. Paul's Church, : Wood=.
f stock, was one of four :new .canons
appointed fast• week by Rt Rev.'
G: N. Luxton,, Bishop of 'Huron.
Rev, Geoghegan. was . a former`
rector in Lucknow, coming 'to
St: Peter's, Parish in. 1932..
On•e oa:the veteran synod mem-
bers in attendance at last week's
sessions in London', was Rev.. W.
-1,.Eceleston_o London.4.1e• wa&
•r'ector here. from `1916, to. 192E
of� Dan T: McKinnon° ' The Stu-,
dents were' treated' to, chocolate
. m,ilk Eby the Bruce County Com-
mittee.
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Attend' Walkerton • •Meeting
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A' civil defence 'meetin . 'was
held 'in . Walkerton :last Thursday
afternoon for members of police ;,
:,and fire departments in:the• dis-
trict. A. government:: official :'ad'
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dress.ecl the ';,group on the :subject, ..
and,'dealt With -.the :aspects,,- of
atomic warfare '
In attendance from Lucknow'
were Fire .Chief K C;'. Murdie,
Police •Chief Alex Havens and..,J..•.
MacMillan.. '
NAMED • "THE•, VOICE"
Marilyn .Kilpatrick named "The
Voice". correctly in • The' Play-.
house. '-contest last week and won
'the $10.00' prize offered ' by, . Bill
Pappas The week -end,'' picture'
featured "Francis" the :talking
army mule; and -"the:voice" "was
:.that of Chill Wills. There were
over 150 guesses''anywhere from,
Clark,.: Gable to 'Clifton Webb,
with rnany.,patrgns not even. haz-
'arding,a iguess.
-Incidentally, The Playhouse
proprietor met Chill.. Wills per-
sonally •during World War II.'
when he was. M:C. at an army
sho r iraabra,Lor;where Bill w'as
stationed at' the time.
est WranoIi I eeve' 1ained
�: • � Assessor For • Cou t �Of . . ice
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THAT Mr. ;and Mrs.. ' Alex
(Sandy) Purdon, 'Of Lucknow
' observed their :golden. wedding'
• this ''Week. A family •gathering
is' ibeirng held today '(Thursday).
'to mark the event, . ' . ••
THAT Mrs. Allan':, Turner has
• been engaged as teacher• at the'
• Second Concession -.School •-She.
succeeds . Stuart 'Collyer,. •who
has taught at. the Second 'for
four years;: and' Was recently
,appo'inted. , .prin'cipal• of the.
Lucknow, Public :School, with.
duties commencing:. in `Se,c:them-,
bet '
THAT .Miss Mary Porteous, dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs; 'W.
Porteous, who is taking a four.;
yeai,.•4ieti•tian course'• at Mac-
, Donald College, Quebec, Will.
spend the summer at Toronto.
:Western hospital: Mary coda-
mences her: duties next Week,
-.'She has another year oto• put in
°before graduating. '
• . , .riff'•.b..-+. + _ .
THAT dogs alae not 'permitted Oto
run at large within the corpor-
ation during the period to'July
15th.
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' West Wa ranosh farmer' "a n d
reeve' of the municipality ' has
been chosen, assessor for the
County of Bruce: •
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' There were 14 : applications`"tor/
the position This, :nurnber was
reduced .to five at.':the first sit-
ting of 'the committee • appointed
by Bruce County . Council to • sel
. ect an official fors: this new full-
time County: position:.
'These ,five applicants were in-*,
terviewed ----personally by the'
Committee at a meeting in Walk-.
erton on Monday night with the
final' . and unanimous choiced of
the five, -man Boardh ,being NIT..
Pi'nnigan,- The appointment' has
to be ratified ibyi Bruce County.
Council . at. the ,June session, and
must Also have the approval of
the Department of,Municipal Af-
fairs. • Chairman of ' the County
Corn'rilittee is Reeve' J. C. McNah:
Has Valuable Experience
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Mr. Finnigan has, qualifications
that favored him for the post' aryl.
which -Will 'be 'of definite ' assist
ante as he undertakes', the .diffi-
cult y:task 'of equalizing the, ass
essinent of the County under' the
new provincial -system.
Mr: Finnigan is • a successful,
farmer,'' and 'with' the aid of a
hired man, ,operates 375 acres in •
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mat imine -'rifles
.from Lucknow. He :currently has
completed seeding about 200 :
acres
r Finnigan has nine years
municipal experience. He served
as,.West :Wawanosh ' councillor for
;five years and' is 'presently 'Serv-
ing his fourth term as reeve. He
has been ,prominently mentioned
as a . cand.idate for. the. 'warden
ship in 1952,.hut of, course,'' bows-
-out of the picture. with his new • '
appointment.
For ;two :years Mr. Finnigan
served '-on. the Equaliziation ' of
Assessment Carfimittee of Huron
. Council and thea first year
.County.
was the only.' rura•1. member'' ori
the' 5-n'tan Committee:x , He has'
'gained valuable experience b3
this service. •' '
The duties ,. of the nuts .office'
will require Mr: and IVIr.s. Finni- ;
gar to eventually *take yup rest-
'clence; .in Bruce County, presunm-
ably in "Walkerton. •Mrs.Finnigan
has not been•,enjeying the best
of health, • .an . her, husband had
been edntemplating'. giving " up
farrri�ng. Appointment as. County,
assessor will hasten this ;action;
and res'lt' in Everett dispos,iing.
of his 'fai tri holdings.
Mr. an d Mrs. Finnigan an have, one
'daughter ' Gwendolyn, on ' the
London teaching staff.
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