The Lucknow Sentinel, 1952-02-21, Page 1.7
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LUCKNOW ONTARIO 7'HURS FEBRIJARY .21sit, 1952
••After serving for 45 years. as clerk Of the • Village of Lnek- ,
now; Joseph Agnew retired- this month,.. and is succeded by his
.sen, E."Abward Agnew; who has been associated with •his• father
in•municipal affairs for :Several •yeara. 'Mr. •Agnew is pittored.,4;
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above in a ,fainiliar• setting at • his desk:in the Municipal Office, '
with hissuccessor standing beside him • • . •
• FELL INTO CISTERN; WEE,
GIRL ESCAPED DROWNING
While listening to the London
nes on Tuesday morning,Mr
andMrs. Sam Reid. heard the an-
nouncement that thek grandr,
' daughter,: three-year-old Lynda.
.'Clipperton,'had eacatied, death on
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Monday afternoon when she fell
into a neighbor's Cistern..
Her .Mother, Mrs, R. Clipper
ten,•.,,had been looking or Lynda
: jar sOme.tinand_diStO.Veredi}er
screaming: an d hangzng onto
something in the well. She was
up -to -her neck in Water in the
deep cistern.% The police were
calied-and-ruslietrthe-littlegiri
to. Victoria 'Hospital, She was
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paralyzed bY the cold water,
Lynda • was , recovering nicely,
however, but x-rays were to be
,taken on .Tuesday before dis-
char-ging---her-frorn-,-the-hostrital.
•• 100 -YEAR-OLD BUTTON •
In-going-thrOtigir-a-buttorri
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at the home,of Misses Jessie:and
Annie MacKay, they came, across
, a button that is 100 years old.
'There is a _metal back on the.
buttonin which is. imprinted the
Words, 'Patented December 1851',
• The button th belteved to be off
a 'frock coat 'once ()limed by their
- - -father. .• •
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• ETIERNTIFir0i40Williayn 1- •
F, MacKinnon has
_been named for-, -membershiri'-irr
the :Arts and Science' Honor ,Soc"
ietY or the University of Western
Ontario, which is the highest
• honor • Possible for • arts and
science' at Western. •
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' Bill la' the t'son of Mr, pan
1ViaeXinntin • and the late' ,M.:rs.
MacKinnon, and 'is one of five.
fink Year Students Who have,
beeit-aWarded the' heriterMeth7--
f bershijo "-the. Honor Society is
awarded annually for otit.stand-.
1ng contribution .to e.x.traTcurri•-•
cular activities. "Br average -Must
be maintainedBill has been. a
• Member of the Arts and Science
1 Council executive for the past
year.• •• •
Members sp honored receive an
Honor Soeiety ring and a en -
grayed -scroll at thp annual ,gract
l?anetiet,:
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THAT a publishedstatement of
election expenses of John W.
Hanna in 'the last election,
• • to,tali $2,662./0. The 'statement
• is issued. by his official agent,
J. H. CraWford.
•WARBL,E..CANVASS-
IN W! WAWANSH
At • the' annual meeting of the.
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SENTINEL
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•THAT Re'v. Benson • Cox is Plan-
• ning to, leave for New York
early in March froth where he
Will .sail on a Carribean, cruise
and to South America. The trip
• will take him through.the Pan-
ama Canal. • •
.THAT Mr. George A. Greer is
enjeYing mueli improved health
and it is not upoommori to see
•.hirri'doWn street
THATpriZe :Winners at'the Shoot
Party on Monday night, ' with
ten tables playing, were Austin
SOlornon and Mrs, W. S. Eadie.•
THAX the .directors of, ,South, Kiri-
loss 'Cemetery Corporation will
,Canvass lot owners or relatives
in this community for funds to
CemPlete the erection • of mern-
orial gates and fence. The pil-
lars, for 'the west gate .and arch
• bearing 'Memory . of. Our
Pioneers" I will, .be erected as
soon as possible. • .
THAT -Mrs.' Roy Culbert is to
• Undergo an operation in Wier-
, ton Hospital today . and 'My;
Culbert left this week' to be
• with .her. Mrs. Culbert has been
....re-
cineiv.Winigartnolnedsicinarce •t;r1aesattrilf;,iillt:
ir
the hope that surgery might .be
avoided, " • .
THAT The Sentinel has had re-
quests for a few Copies of thd.
January 31st issue,which, we.
cannot fill. If .any of •our read,
ers have' this copy on hand, and
of no further value to them,
• ,we ,woUld appreciate 'receiving
anle' .
THAT Donalda Mac'Quaig, , dau-
ghter of Mr. „and .Mrs. . Dick
.underr._.•
Went an appendectomy in
•Wingham Hospital Ori Thurs-
• day.. Donaida• is a ;member of
• the .staff .of the Bank of Mon-
• treal. • • • ••
WestaWay.ianosh-tinit= el -the - Fed-
eration .of Agriculture,' it 'Was de-
cided to. conduct a canvass, with
a view irk.Otablishing a town-
projeet. The canvass is to be
made by the Federation ,directors
who will seek to .have .411 resi-
dents owning cattle, sign the. re-
euired forms' .authorizing: the:
eotiricit.to go ahead • with the
plans. The petitions. are to be pre-
sented at the next 'meeting,. of
Council. ' • ••
e mee mg
• Township 'Hall
.last, week with
•idents `Wallace
was , e
on Wednesday of
the retiring .pres-
as chair-
• The •COunty,secretary, Gordon
'Greig,.:addressed the meeting,
emphasizing: the ' benefits the
„favrmer has 'derived, through the
Federation. Thecampaign aimed
at the eradication of the warble
fly, was dealt with by G. :w.
miontgornersti :1-1tworr...coupty •:Ag
Rep and his assistant, John °D.
Dialer dealt with Junior Club
1\if,•CouiteS of .Beigrave exT.
plairied the 'Proper 'method of
spraying 'for, t Warb1es.1„ Brawn
Sinyth also spoke briefly. , •
Wallace Miller 'expressed the
•Wish to retire .from the' presi-.
dency and Wm Al. Stewart re-
tired as secretary -treasurer,. an
pffice he rha.' held 'since the Unit
was organized in 1941, •
• Of f I cer s- &lee teci • v,:e'r e us. f
lows: Gordon MacTavish, pres.;
13i11 Kin'ahan, Vice pres.; no
Caesar, 9.teretary-tronsure1; Di
eetora are. Fred' McQuillin. Allan '
Miller, Donffld Murray, Gordon
Sinyth, Kitchener Finnigan, Lloyd
Craig and OrVal. McPhee.:
Other'officers elected Were:
Cream Producers director, Harold
Gaunt; Hog Producers director;
Bill'Gcmd; Poultry Producers
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ector, Lloyd'Crg
THAT Mrs. ,,Enierson 'suf:
fered..injury 't� her hand and
.ariti the first of the week, when
• c in au 1 ne-Vringl:-..
Or of the Ikashing Machine.
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THAT. from'. the .proceeds of a
:card' party at Crewe School,
.$5.00 was donated to the fund
in aid for the Blind. The •tea-.
cher, Miss Ada Wel3ster, and
her students areraising funds
• for it'.bus trip in the „surnrper.
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!THAT nt: W. J. IVairriford:will
be. in Toronto -next week-
• tending the sessions' of ,the
Bbard of Evangelism and Social
Service, . with „representatives
Prosent from all parts 0± the
Dominion, br. Mumford, who
' is head of the Hamilton COri-
Terrence Board of Evangelism,
• will act as • chairman of the
sessional committee on moral
issties, at nekt week's assern'-
bly, ; •
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af,Mason'i
Sunoco garage is going ahead
with preparations nearing corn-
pletion for removatof the -front,
of the briCk' building. During
the past ).veck• •a 'frame building
ht thb rear of the garage was
torn dawn,' This binlding was
biei,,M,CGpry Hotel stable,land
,irt the ,wrecking of it another
old landmark, and a relic of the
h&rse and buggy day, disap-
pears, , •
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HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS
TAKE -ALLEGIANCE. -PLEDGE
A xnemorial service was held
last •Thursday, afternoon. by stu-
dents and' staff of the 14uaknow
District High School, Noreen Kil-
patrick plaYed two hymns; and
Joyce for the singing of "Abide
With Me".'• • .
The student bodytook the
pledge ofallegianceto Queen
Elizdbeth- II, as approved by the
Department of Education
.Two. minutes' silence was •ob-
Served and •the impressive. ser: -
ice •concluded with. the singing
of. the National Anthem. • ,
BOB CAMPBELL NAMER
PRESIDENT OF CO-OP
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At a directors' meeting of the
LucknOW District Co-operative
Inc,:held on Thursday , evening,'
•%Robert Carripbell. was named as.
President, succeeding Wallace.
Mille,r. 'RobeYt Barkwell is .viceL
president and Alex :T.. 'MacNay
secretary -treasurer and • acting.
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-manager.. . .
r. Ma$Nay recently_atterided
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a zone Meeting of •Ce-op,:mana-
gers held at 'Durham when s. the
main subjectof discussiori Was
the fixing of .a .price :•level on
'CO-OP feeds and. seed. fpr ; this
TwELyt'ihip:RDREip.'.
IN BLIND BLITZ
Up .to ,Saturday eight Luck -
now and COMinunity had contrib-
uted. almost . $1200 •• to the. locai
campaign. to aid in the construc-
tion of a new honne and rehabili-
tation centre.. for the blind of
Western Ontario. • .
'Total receipts UP to that :time
Were $1189.17. The bulk of this
-456.92—was donated by
Vill-
age . residents and Was largelY,
procured in in, a, ,three-hour blitz
•canvass conducted by Members, of
the Madiati Legion last Thurs.,'
day - evening: • .• : •
By special • envelope sent ',out
in the Mails, or by other ,volun-
tary ' means, ' ruralresidents :cont
-tributed-7-$206'.25 an the Corn-.
rnittee anticipates that additional
donations .will yet be received.'
• Donations to Saturday night,
not
netpreviously. acknowledgcl,...aieL.
Village of :Liieknow
Wm. C. Johnston, $2,00; S. Jam-
ieson, 1;00;. W. .0. Webster; 1.00;
Stan Mustard; 1:09; 'E. Button,
1.00; R. J. Button,. 5,09; Jos.,Ag-
new, 1.00; E. '117Agnew.7-1.-00T-J.•
o ns one, .00T-L71c,r-bc on-
aldr2700-;-LR-oy-Finlays'ari; -109 r11.
Cowan, .1.00; S. C. Rathwell and
Son,_„5.:09; belrg,...zilollyinanl, 1 0
A. E. McKim,5,00; G: Gollan,
z.00; Gordon Fisher, 2.00; Mrs, J.
MacDonald, 1.00; M. Sanderson,
2.00 Mr. R. Chin 4.00' John
Hall, 5.00; MisaeS.P. and E. Hen-
derson, ,2.00; A. Wilson, 2.00; G.
Montgomery, 2.00; 'Joe.. MacMil-
lan, 5.00; , Floyd Wilson, 5.00;.Dr.
•Brock -mars: -jack
MacMillan, 500; SePoy Store, • . • '•
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EIGHT P.A10.ES7
PAT Titio:un
THE LATE KING
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. Minus any of 'the pageantry that . •
marked the funeral of His Most •
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Gracious Majesty King .George.,
VI, yettouchingly impressive
was . the community memorial
service held' in .I.JucknOu :Pres-
byterian Chunch teat Friday .„....;,-
morx4ng at eleven &chick, scarce. •
ly an hour. after the King had
been entombed within the. great'' • .
stone. walls of 'Windsor Castle.
A choir representative of the
Anglican, , Presbyterian arid Un -
lied Church, led, in, the. singing, ,'• •
With Norman Taylor presiding at '
the organ: Rev. Chas. IA. ' Winn ."
presided for the service; Rev A,
S. Mitchell led in prayers for the •
Royal Family. and Rev., 'Dr. W.
. Mumford .deltvered a fitting
and moving addresS. ,
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Member S -of the Lucknow
Branch of tAhe. ,Canadian .Legion
-the ---,Ladies
Scouts,Girt Guides and the Vill-
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.a.ge Council •atterided, the service
in a body. At the ConClusion. of
the, service the 'congregation stood, •
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silently, for 'the organ salute "The • ...• ."
Dead lfareh..in • • • • .'-'••• • '
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Dr. Mumford . took fOr the
theme of: his address Isaiah's .
eeverY 'Of God in. • his , grief and
sorrow, and' stressed that in 'these
difficult days the need.i's greater, .:
than ever • before to catch the . : •
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visioii:�f:G�d .and let Him enter
into our lives. • . . • •
In the life of George VI there
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is a lesson and a:. message he • • •
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Said,, pointing out,how• he had; fit - • ••
ted 'himself educationally, ,merr-
tally and spiritually/for the tasks., ,
of life.. He was a Man who "did
with his might what his hand • ;'•
found to do" . • •
4' A gripping.silence..shrOuded the
congregation as • Pr. Mumford 4'. • •
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paid ti to his home life, and, •
the huinahness Of the Royal ram.; •'
ily, adding that in. a, most . per.=
sonal way millions of -hearts Were '
sad and many tears shed in con -
mon sympathy '•'-„ •••
Xing 0eorge• VI, he said was
every inch a king, but a,bove all • :,
was every inch a man. • He had
:an understanding . mind, a . . •
pathetic heart_and-aLdeveted-wilt. • .
He had a •Christian devotion t� -0•`
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duty. The•Bible was his constant • •
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companion and pi aYer .his. daily
resort, and, he did his duty in ', • •
-the'-strength-that-God'suppliee • ,
Dr. Mumford referred to their
hornelife, and , 'constant and • af-
•fectionate references - to • "The
Queen And I", in all his utter-
ances, tp his pecipte-Dr___Mumford-- . • - -
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to sfir$
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farinliar quotation
ing's chLiStmas message; "Go
out in t14 darkness and put your
•_aiaod--i4to-the--handof Oodi--That
Shall be to you a•light, ancl safer
than the known way".
f we so -face the future we ••
•somedaY will. find • ourselves
sweeping throughthe gates of , • •
:the. new Jerusalem, • the speaker
conclude& .
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'DEDICATE NEW
5.00; :N. Winterstein, 5.00;• Alan ASHFIELD ORGAN •
Hunter, 3.00; John Kilpatriek,
-3T00; .N a -re Johnston, .3.00; Miss
E. McCluskey, 3:00;' Donald •IVIC-
Kinnon, 2:00; .C.: Finlayson, 2.00;.
H. ' Mathers,L2.opi MssR
ella •2.00.;• Archie, SMith,
200; Lorne Johnston 2.00; •'Er.hie
CraWford, 5.00; • •Mr. Welwoodi.,
2.00: Wm, Schmidt, 106; Robert
Moore,. 2.00; Mr. M. SherWood,..
4.00;.Miss,Dorethy' Cook, 2.00; C.
,Congram, 2,00; W. Hersidersen,
2.00; S. J. Pymrn. .1.00;,•IVIrs, Mc-
Innes,11.00; Ws, Habkirk; 1.00;
Mrs. Gillies, .LJ)0, Jas. Graham.
1.50; Geo. Bowers, 1.00; Miv Ven-
ning, 1,00; S.. 1;.00; Bruce
MeKenzie , 1,00; Mrs: J. A. Horne.
Ritchie,•1.00;
Gibson, 1604; Thos.. Anderson,
2.00; Jean Osborne, 5,00; , Sam
DUrnin,•1.00; Mrs.'
S, Rathweli, 2,50; Win„ Murdie,
10.00; K. Miwirclie, 10,00; .E.
Um-
hah, 5.00; Miss E. Murdie, 5M0:
MacLennan and MacKenzie; MacKenzie; ,5,0'01• .•
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• Ashfield Presbyterian •' Church •••-'
was filled to capacity •Sunday.
evening for the *special 'service
f...-cledibation of the -new $3000 , • , •
Hammond electric organ, recent,ly "
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installed in the church, • , .„
• The pastor, •Rev. J.- R.'MacDon..
delivered an inspirational ad:.
es, and per oi med the dedica-
tion ceremony that Marks "a red -
'letter. occasion'in the religious • •
life of this mere' than a: century
Old 'congreiaticin. 'The new organ
ieplaees foot -treadle Organ • .
that had been in use since 190. ' •
' Mrs. Duncan (Simpson (nee Li14 • • ,
'ban Carruthers),, the present . •
ganist, gave am Organ recital at •'
Sunday night's service. Spetial
music --waS contributed by the ,'•
cheir under the direction of Fin-
lay Maei?onald and soloists -were'
Mrs. "Duricati• MacKay, Who sang
"The Last Amen" and Mrs, Jadk - • .; " • -
1VfacKenzie, who sang, "Ble s This ••
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House.