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The 87th annual •fall fair of
the Lucknow :Agricultural Sec-
iety was the "best show in years"
according to the general opinion
of those in attendance who ex-
eeeded some 2,000. persons , for
the' biggest crof0d. ` , in se�vera
g8
' years. •
'Preceded by a week of rain,
, the grounds were.Mrater logged in
spots, but the day dawned pleas-
antly bright and warmed up ; in
•the afternoon, for the, ;best. day
.of the ,week,
'Tothe accompaniment of the
tunes, of the Lucknow Pipe Band.
and • the Lucknow District High
School Band, three hundred, pub-.
lic school pupils from ten, district
schools' and :the local public
Scheel, paraded to, the, park 'where.
President Andrew ' Gaunt spoke
briefly,••before Donald Blue, M.P.
for Bruce; officially- opened:.the.
fair. Others recalled , to the 'plat-:
form. by Master. ''of~ Ceremonies
Bab. Carbert Were John' Hanna,
M.P.P. and Elston Cardiff, _M.P..
'for North' Huron.
dull
Theme. 'wash'ad t . llruoment 'all
afternoon, and it was nearing the
supper hour' before the ' final
:events ''were' run off, and the
crowd dispersed.
In the rural` 'school chorus and
. yell, competition first place • went
to, the'1p-student'school 'of :Zion,.
with Mrs iLorne Johnston..the
teacher,' Second was, S.S. No. 13,
Ashfield (Belfast), Mrs: Gwen
Caesar,• teacher;- 3rd, S'a,S No.. 10.
Kinloss: (Whitechurch), Mrs. An-
nie . Norman; : teacher, and with
an
OirOlnigrAttit.:40:, ' ils for the
• •largestieliool; 4th, S.S. No. 5 Kin-
loss (6th Con.), Miss Joan Camp -
,
teacher.
Other schools taking part were
S.S. 'No. • 15 Ashfield (Hemlock
'City), Mrs. Clara McTavish, tea-
cher; : S.S.' No :g Kinloss (Mur-:
ray's), Miss Marion Triebner .tea-
• ,cher; S.S. No. 9, Ashfield, Rae
Stanley, teacher.
In the public speaking contest'
Kathleen Fisher bf 'Whitechurch
was first ' and `Emaline • Miller of
Ashfield, second. .,
Crafts and p'''rojects.
•Crafts-,=lst, •St. Helens. school;
2nd, S.S. No. '9 Ashfield; S'S.. No.
10 Kinloss.
Projects--lst, S.S. No; 9 Ash-
field; .S.S. No. 4 At. Helens; S.S.
No. 9 • Ashfield,.; S,S...._No.40-. Kin-
lass: .. .
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Tractor . 01a118. Overcrowded
The ';tractor driving rodeo was,
a popular event and was under
the directions of .Gordon Kirkland
•
.with ` Ag. Rep&'.Butler -and Mont-
gomery and J, S. Kilpatrick; act-
ing as judges.
•There. were 11 entries' fn the,
over 16 class, with ' prize' winners
being 'Carl Finlay, •.'Kin+card4ine,
'(.Cdntinued _on. Page
PRESE
'frQ ' ANDY ..STEI N
Mi. Andrew Stein moved; from
• the 'Paramount . community the
first of the 'week tb his new'. home
in' Wingham. Prior • •o his. • e 'art -are .
e neighbors showed. 'their
esteem 'by presenting' Andy with
a lovely radio. The presentation.:
Was made:infori all' b'� Orland
Rich � . .. y . , y..
ards and• Jack 'Henderson.
Mr, Steinwas delighted with the'
;gift and the
'.kind ',thoughtfulness
,,af ,.the.-.rieiglhborhood.'in. so
niernberin him.:
• Andy, as' he is popularly
known has resided for 28 years
on ,his .'p r ..
araxri,ount farm which he
',bought from. the late James
Struthers,
'The new owners are 'Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin • Hamilton ' (Gladys
Gibson); who Were ntl .mar-
• tie . • race y •
d. Alvin. shad 'previously' been
employed for'the past • six :years
h1` aCk Me.lntosh.
LUCKNO.W, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCT: 1st,, 1952
FIFTEEN PENS OF HOGS..
AT FAIR WEDNESDAY
t m There 'were 15, Pens of four
hogs each •,competing in the' T
Eaton Company bacon hog com-
petition at The Fair last ItVed-
nseday The -hogs' were auctioned.
off .by. Wellington Henderson and
brought a price: of : $26.40, slightly
over the current market price of
$26.00. •
,The -g
ho s care judge" on• k.ear-
sass basis at the • packing- plant
and the prize winners are not 1
yet announced.
SUFFERED HEART.. ATTACK
Wilfred Murdoch of .'Toronto
suffered a coronary thrombosis
'attack 'last week, according to.
word • received here by Mr::' and
Mrs,. 'Cameron MacDonald, Wilf'
suffered the., seizure while ..at
work and was rushed: by 'ambul-
ance to .' .St. Joseph's `.Hospital,
where he will be hospitalized for
six weeks, •
LUCKNOW PIPE. BAND
WANTS NEW • MEMBERS '
In talking to members of the
'LucknoW Pipe Band :at the Fall
,Fair last Wednesday„ we learned
that the band is : open for young
men or teen age boys ".who are
interested in learning piping' or.
drumming.
Anyone .wishingto take advan=
tage 'of this. opportunity :shorn
.d
•contact Pipe Major. Roy MacKen-
zie or any Member. .of:the Band..
.MRS: D..KENNEDY.
IS NONAGENARIAN
On' 'Wednesday, . October 1st,,
Mrs. David Kennedy ; of White
church: joined the ranks of :'the
nonagenarians when shee quietly
observed • her 90th birthday. In
spite • of advancing 'Years, Mrs:
Kennedy enjoys comparatively
goad. • health .and. 'continues' to do
Ali' her own household. duties. For
many years' she has " aeted' as
Whitechurch correspondent. ,'to
The Senti el, and. on occasion
still' t writes ,aneitems e for the_
paper. :
Mrs.: Kennedy was formerly
Jane .Fisher,' daughter . of the late,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fisher., She
was born near Seaforth and came.
to the Second of •Kinloss 'with,
her .parents while in ' her ,early
teens. . • .
Seventy years ago.' last April:
she. married . David, Kennedy who
predecased •her 14 years ago last
December. 'Per the :greater 'part
of her married_ life she lived on
the` farm en the boundary, at.
It'che's Hill . pew. .owned by her
scan ..George. •
To `Mr. and' Mrs. Kennedy were
born ,'a • family of :ten. .children,
eight :of' whom are living, Alex
of : Winnipeg, Peter with his
mother at •Wh•itephurdh, Dave of
Victoria 'Duncan .• of Wingham,
Annie 'of Wing!ham, Mrs: Harry
•Tich'borne .(•Agnes) of, Goderich,�
George on. the hoine farm and
Mr's: Lorne Durnin (Jean): of:
West',Wawanosh•..
Will died in British Colunilbia
a . year and a half before. his
Lather s•death
and 'John was kill-
«Y :Woi°1d=War
i e ° :�•ed irr''`a�t7tin. rtr• ,
Mrs, Kennedy';has one brother
'living, George Fisher . of .North
Dakota. She was predeceased by
''two other brothers. Will Fisltr
of the Boundary East and Doctor
Duncan: Fisher iri` the West. A
sister and two other brothers died
Mrs/.
Ketindecly's ;nmnyatuflraitei ondss
jeiW in
arid best wishes cobn
;this very
Special. ,birthday anniversary. .
in childhood
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SENTINEL. MAILING LIST
REVISED 1HIS WEEK
A revised mailing list is be
ing used pay . The Sentinel this
week, crliere .has been some
delay in correcting the list,
'and some ' subscribers have.
been , 'enquiring about the
"old date" on their label;
So, check your . _• address
label with this issue to 'see
• -if proper credit has "'been gi�v
en, and in case of error,
please notify us at once.
. A check of the label will'
• also' remind delinquent sub-
scribers that their paper its
.in arrears, while others. will
;;e
Jb, reininde h t it's renew- •'
al time for them. Please at-
tend to it promptly. • .
RECEIVE .MESSAGE
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:FROM . ARC--TL_C BAY
By racliotelegram from the
telecommunication service of the
Department .of ' Transport; Mr.
and • Mrs: R. H. Thompson have
received word from their son,
Robert A. Thompson, whois'sta-
tioned at Arctic Bay in the far
North,. as a radio 'operator at this
weather station. on the `northern
rim of Baffin Land.
Bob reached Arctzc ;Bay on
September Ist, after a Month's
trip from Churchill' aboard the
supply 'ship C. D. HowerThe ship
wasa little ahead' of schedule as
ice 'conditions in the ':northern
waters were .:'favorable,, and ••a
planned stop at the new: air base
at Thule, Greenland, was not
made::
A series; of letters have been
received f rom Bob logging hiatrip.
to,:Arctic Bay.' Naw,, except for a
Christmas air " maul" dt; cap-, coal
nlunication Will -be confined to a
monthly 50 -word` radio .Message,:
or through contacts by "ham"
radio operators.
One .such message; was received.
from. Earle Turner, 427 Notre'
.Dame. Ave., St . Lambert, Que-
bec, who 'operates amateur radio.
station VE2CA and picked up the
following message •from Bob on
'September ' l:st, ithe day of his ar-.
rival, "Busy : getting settled . and
organized. • Am pleased With the
setup. We have comfortable quay
tees, best of food and a good
cook".. .
' The radiotelegram from Ottawa
',was received later in ' the month.
Bob concluded ;his message' this
way, "if you hear ofham
any ha
-eperatua•s tell--them-tolisten-ptz
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VEOTJ on twenty 'meters'.
On . Saturday '..:evening Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson had a phone, call.
f m'Ray Hannnock of St: Thomas
at Arctic
whose ,place Bob . took
Bay,'.:Mr'. Hanncock ,.had .•just 'ar-
rived .,homer
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr. and.Mrs. Earl McDonald
of '' Kiritail.,announce the engage-'
ment of their daughter; Velma
May, to Mr. Harvey }Norman, son.
of Mr. and; Mrs. Norman
Hoge-.:
darn, 'Paisley.* The wedding, to
take place. on October 1.1•th in the.
Ashfield :Presbyterian Church...
NIECE_ BURNED. •
TO `DEATH IN WEST'
.A n=iece of 'Miss Martha Clifton,,
of town was burned to 'death ' in•
a fire that"swept her home at St.
Thomas, ,North Dakota on Thugs-'
day night, Septerriber 18th. • •
Her young teenage son, Char-
les, .suffered severe 'burns to ;his,
body and -.had •'both: ,arms• {broken
in leaping to safety,
The fire. victire was formerly
Grace: ,Clifton of . Brucefield,
On:'learning of the tragedy Miss
Clifton and her nephew,' George
Clifton of $rucefield, pew from
London' to St Thomas. George
Clifton is a coria of • the lady
who lost her life:
Miss Clifton had .,:not rettfirned
on Tuesday and details 'of the
agedy ,are. net known.'
TEN PAGES
mloss Fatally Hurt
In Tumble Down Cellarway
TED COLLYER SUFFERED'
BACK INJUIR ', WEDNESDAY
Ted Collyer • has been used .up
fol• c the' past week with ,a 'pack
injury suffered last W ednesday,.
He was knocked over while help-
ing his neighbor, Philip Steer,,
load 'pigs;. but thought little of
the jolt .at the time..Later, while
in his own barn, the injury
str•aok "liitn w th 1r force • an
-unable to walk he:• had to crawl,
to, the house for help.. . He'll have
to take it easy for a ,'while: ' • "
PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST'
ATTHOLYROOD_THIS -MONTH
The annualpublic speaking
Contest for public' school pupils
of Kinloss. Township' will be .Held'
at Hoyroodd on Friday, October
17th, accordii g to an .announce-'
rrient by Reeve . D. H. Carruthers
The winner of this township
competition will be eligiblefor
the :,Bruce .:County contest to be
held in Paisley on November 7th::
In . Lucknow to .date ' prospect-
ive candidates for, the contest are
few in numbers, and it, • is . ex-:
pected that it will. be held, at
the school.' .' •
NEW :BI:BLS 1N.
LIBRARY,
PUBLIC IZ.ARY•
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A service of thanksgiving. and
dedication upon completion of the
new. Revised Standard Version- of.
the Holy. Bible was held •in the
United Church on Tuesday- even-
ing, with local clergymen office
ating;'and members of the various
congregations .represeenrted--albeit
in .mall numbers. A choir rep-
resentative of the ;participating
churches, ',led in the service af.
song.:
Clergymen taking part • in .the.
service included Rev: H. L. Jen-
nings, Rev. G.• S: Baulch, Rev..
Grant_ Mieklejohn, Rev.. 'C. A.
Winn, Rev. J. R. Dickinson and,
Rev. W. d.. Watt. Rev: R. • D. ` A.
Currie was also'.' present.' Laymen
.assisting in. the service were Jim
Henderson and:Ernest Blake:
• Rev. Baulch, senior memberi,of
the local Ministerial. Association
1n pozr t�.Of-service-here--in:fro
d'uced, the' other .members of. the
Association, • whose presence,: to
gether at this •history making oc-
casion, wv'as a matter -of special
interest.
Rev.: H. L. Jennings ,gave :.they
address and emphasized that the
w version Of the Bible was •in
the living language of our. time
�-a language we can understand
without loss of • meaning or' the
holiness' of the Divine .Word.
"Revisions of the..Bible_are__not
new, he T illustrated, but this is
the first revision since, the 'king'
James version written. 341 yearns
ago
"The new Bible, Was revised • by
91 Bible scholar s, whose labors
in this respect •' took fourteen
years 'They. have preserved the'
beauty of the King James version
but 'freed the Bible"' of•; the out-
dated:* eXpressions " that make it.
hard. to understand. •
Copies Presented ,
Copies of the new Bible were
presented by members ,.of the
Ministerial Association on behalf
of the local Christian Education
,,Coun'cil ,: tori Reeve -S E. -Robert.,
soon; Mr. Ernest Blake, ,chairman'
of the Christian Education Coun-
cil; °Mr::P. W. Hoag, high' school.
principal, Mr, Stuart Collyer,.
pubic school. principal and" Mr.
James Pickering on behalf of the
Library Board. Each replied grac-
iously. to the impressive presen-
tation Ceremony; and. Mr:' Picker-
ing stated that the .Library copy,
would be placed on >a "table in
the reading,roomn.
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�t�*.y'� i•'#rpt
The death of Mrs. Wm. J. Mac-
•Kenzie of .'Concession 4,' Kinloss,
occurred in Toronto General H'os
pital early Sunday morning, less
than twenty-four hours after . she
had suffered a fractured skull in**
a fall dwn othe c'ellar(way at the.
home of friends at Fruitland,
Mrs. • MacKenzie had gone to
Hamilton a week or so before to
Visit members of her, family and.
as. sperrd'ingr the week -end -With
cousins in the Fruitland district.
The mishap occurred about -4 a.m.
'Saturday morning, . When Mrs. •
MacKenzie fs believed to 'have
mistaken the cellar door for the.
adjacent bathroom door; and 'up -
On opening it is thought to have
hurtled to the cellar floor .below.
The home where she was: visit-
ing has:the•ro s :all, on the
: one floor.. M gM
Wm' MacKenzie Was
heard .getting up' and,without
putting on : the light (apparently
so she wouldn't • disturb .the
'household) was. niakrs"ig • her way
to the bathroom, The bathroom,
cellar.: and outside doers are' all.
grouped, together' and. it is con -
eluded that Mrs,..MacKenzie open-
.ed
pen-.ed the wrong 4bor.•
She was found unconscious at ..
• t'he . bottom 'of the stairway and
never. ;regained•' consciousness..
She . was removed to Hamilton
General 'Hospital where x-rays.
later .that morning revealed •:a:
severe'skull fracture and. a brood
clot 'formation; that it. ' was 'es-
sential to remove.' Mrs, MacKen-
zie was taken to • Private . Patients .
Pavilion,. Toronto General' Hos-
pital,' where a leading brain spec-
ianst''`performed •" an operation'
that ' 'afternoon, . Mrs. MacKenzie.
appeared' to rally and,': there •was
hope . that : 'she • might recover.
However,. 'she suffered a ` relapse,
later that evening • and passed'
:away about ',1.00;. ;a.m.•Sunday
morning.:
Mrs. MacKenzie: was' -formerly
Elizabeth, Ida Howe:and was 71
years of age... Her, h'usband pre-
deceased her in mid-April of this
:.• The funeral service' was. held''
in South . Kinloss Presbyterian.
Church ' : 'on Tuesday. 'afternoon.
;with . interment in . South Kinloss
Cemetery. y •
WON GUESSING CONTEST
Mrs. Cliff Congram 'was the •
winner of the' guessing contest
staged at the, Lucknow'District
Co-op's display booth at the ,Fall
Fair. Mrs: Congram guessed "there •
were 4135 ,'beans in the jar, just
three off -the actual ' number. Of
4138. Guesses ranged from. 500
to "22,000. Her prize was $5.00 in'
cash: .
K I -N LOSS' FARMER
IS NINETY-FOUR
On Sunclay, ,September 20th,,
Williarri Congrar'n, oldest male
'resident off ,Kinloss township, cel-
ebrated his :'94th birthday : at a
family gathering, at the Congram
hone at Holyrood. ".•
Advancing years have.' dealt
kindly . with this esteemed resi-
dent •''and pioneer citizen: Al-
though confined to bed he reads
withoutlass
g es and keeps abreast
of current events through ° cpl-
ums of daily and weekly, news.-
papers.
ews-papers. Lt is his pleasure, too; to,
-draw ' from hrsF"`storeigkiSe of .
mernory incidents 'in connection
with the earlier history of this:
district. He takes itiuch• pleasure
from the visits. of friends:
A .birthday • pake With 'g4
candle_ • ated the birthday
eelebra.tion, at which his entire
family was . present: Mrs„ Mal-
colm Lane, Kinlotugh; Mrs. Harry
Camipibell (Pheobe)',. Kincardine,
township and ,.Leslie,. and Cecil
Congram, Holyroodo '
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