The Lucknow Sentinel, 1949-10-06, Page 11
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$2.50 YearlY Xn AdYance 50c Extra to U s 41,10.1c.NOW, otkirrAitio,. THURS., OCTOBER 6th, 1949 TWELVE 'PAPES,
EARLY FOR OPENING
iindreds Attend RitesGETBANQUETTIVKES Council Petitions For
'or Accident Victim
Hundreds. of;sorroWing •• and
• ,Sn'tpathizing, friend4 'attended the
Itiperal service ' on Saturday
af-
ernOQfl for 'Mae litithekcird',4.0,.
• Year,Old' West Viawanosh young
ihan; WhO Was instantly killed- in
,highway .accident p •a"st of
BraniptOn.' on Wednesday, after-...
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• The' Service,' held at the' borne
of his parents,: Mr. and Mrs., Wm.
Rutherford, was. • conducted •by
Dr. C L MacDonqld of LticknoW
- •Presbyterian Church. who spoke
,most comfortingly and feelingly.
He was assisted by Rey. G.- M.
' Newton' '.Ocf St..- Helens 'United
Chureh. Mira; J W. Joynt •was
soloist, • acconiPanied, 'by Mrs. 'I.
H. Hall. A public address .sYstein
• carried the service 'out-of-doors
to. the many who 'overtaxed the
accorripdation', of • the spacious
home. , ••• •
- Provincial Police- trim.
Qoderich detachment' provided a
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traffic escort to 'Greenhill Cern-
• etery, ;Where Mac was borne to
his last 'resting place .;p3i .t.hree.
cousins*, Ross and •Graeine.Ander-
son ', of Belgrave and Win:
Phersenot St. Helens; two neigh-
bors, Ronald MaCCroptie a' /id
HimiTiSErey; and .asehool
chum.; Russell Stanley of Llick-
. Expressive. floraltribute's, 'in.
profusion Were carrieda
- by Jack
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Alton, :D. A. . Hackett, Wilfred
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Hackett, Hugh D. MacDonald,.
George Webster, Alvin Alton,
• Harold Humphrey, Bill Hunter,
rilake.m.ton, Harvey Irwin, Geo:
Cranston, .Harold Henry„, James
'• MacPherson Allan Rutherford'
was one of four tont- of Mr: and
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Mrs.•
Wm. Rutherford,: whose
• farm honie is a mile • east 'Of •Be1=
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'` fast, '.virliefe Mae had :spent all his
•young' life.. He was in.his 20th
year having been born on March-
19?0,L. Mac attended: Belfast
public school and. Lucknow Nigh
•.School. Little':mere than -a year
age; he married lean Margaret
Treleaven Of LuelinCow; only daii-;
• ghter of 'Mr!. and Mrs. Harvey
Treleaven. They were residing on
the farinladjoining•Mac's parental
home. . •
• Besides •his young widow and,
,;. parents, Mac is survived by three
• ;brothers, • Hugh L.• Rutherford' of
the Provincial Police Force at
Penetinguishene; ; Wm. Grant
Rutherford of the Toronto, City
Police.Force, and John D. Ruth-
erford at. 'honie. Surviving also
••• are. his ,grandmother, Mrs. Wm.,
B. 'MacPherson. of .Lucknow and
'a. little niece, • Matireezi Ruther7
• ford of Penetanoishene..., •
Was • Instantly Killed'
T w h i ch,
• shocked -and' saddened the .corn..
• mimity,;••occUrred shortly before
three' o'clock; , standard time, .last
,'WednesdaY ',afterrinen. The 'first
inkling his family., had of the
trageqy ws late that afternoon,:
when a ,Tororito.' reporter called
. the Rutherford home, shoriaY af-
ter Mrs. Rutherford had retUrhed
fom, the LucknoW Fair. Mac had
Planned' to return by way of the
Village and pick Up some articles
. that the' Rutherford family had
(Co!itinued. on page 12)
ENGAGEMENTS
Yfr. and Mtg. Thomas Culbert,.
Dungannon, wish tO announce the
eng0gement of ...their daughter,
Violet, to Mr. Lloyd Allan Ritchie,
enly•son of 1Vir, and..Mrs. Wesley
Iiitchie,'Litoknow, the wedding to
take place: October 15th.
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The • official opening of. ;the
Lucknow and ,goiiiiriuxiitsr
Be-
creatioia1 Centre is all Set for
TO...FORM CUB AND
SCOUT TROOPS.t,
The Organization • Of' •a BQ.Y.
Scout trdop and ,a Cub Pack was.
endorsed at publiC meeting on
Monday .evening,•, ' abott
eighteen gentlemen in attendande,
Wm; Hornefl,. presided for the
.ineeting. •• ;
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GrOuP. Committee ' to. 'back
:the organizations was: elected .•as
chairman, Rev: A. E.
-Tavener;• Vice-chairman, K. Q.
Murdie; seoretarY, Floyd. Wilson;
treasurer, A. E.
rnembers, • Wm. MacDonald
and Gerald lia.thwell.
• Stuart . C011yer w a i • named
Scoutmaster and Elmer Umbach
was„ Proposed as Cub leader, if.
he would •accept it. : ' •
Bill PaPpas-and--Wm-.--MacDon-
ald were.narned as .ari':Apple DaY.
•Conionittee- . • •. • •
Rev.. Tavener spoke ;informally
to the gathering on .Scouting and.
•Oub 'Work with Which he has, had
oed deal of 'experience,. ..and
has been closely associated. It had
:been aSsumed,that he Wouldtake
over. the ,acttial leadership of the
new companies, but Rev. Tavener
felt , that . his SerVices., might be,
morevaluable in : instructing and
•assisting leaders, who Would-. he
Mere perniatiently - located than
.Cub Pack ageis, from 8 to
with Scouts in the 12 to 17 year
class,' although .Rev..": Tavener
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pointed out that enthusiasm ,for
and • the Support of ,ScOuting.
knOwt no age frorri!'. 7.
next IVIOnday evening, The open-
ing' ceremony will be .marked by
• iban,cjut, at six ,o'clock 'sharp:
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At the • ctober ....rneeting on
Tuesday evening Lucknow Mun-
AccorriodatiOn is f
450 rcapal ..Council unanianously sup
to'
ported, a .niotion.. by Councillors
Plates. arid ,.k first come'firsit
Tickets
NtG'NO: and Robertson„ requesting
serVed..-• .are obtairiable at
• the _Batik• of .Montreal or Bruce County
Grcicety...,• dish. a. ;new district
The bancluet , be follow6d' to inelude ail of •'-this• ^n1114jeiPal-
a ,session •13ingo at'8.30, Ad- •i:t3r' •••"" 4 .
IJJ JL mission to the Centre is free for Special' forms areto be filled
'•bing.0 Players. Dancing'- will, be out in'Petitioning County Council
held in the north .wing to mune
by Farrierls orchestra; There will
be a $0arge for dancing. •
CONDITION IMPROVES, -
TO BE OUT OF LUNG SOON i Viously -.gone. on record as facr
•. . . . .. • . oring a. iiigh School ditric.t with
. Slow, but encouraging improve- LtieknoW- as the centre. TtigsdaY•
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mentHis•: noted in , the condition night's motion, however, ifollew-
--of-'411is§ -Marie Cupskey, 1:7 -Year- ed • a ' meeting on Monday night
•.old. ••:,daughter of : Mr. and Mrs., 'galled by Ole. Chamber of COm,..
Sant.' euPskeY of Belfast: , ...:• merce • when the Matter ' of a
TMarie'was-stricken-. With .*:p-ciliol-Lai .0•114ch°01-.-aist-iiet-----..clis•-•-
about a .month ago'. and became • cussed. At, this ;rneetinig. .orlirnif-••
so COMPietely paralyzed bY: the tees were •appointed tb '.interyiew,
attack that :She could not. move municipal councils concerned or
•a • muscle. To save her life she 'affected by this: proposed :Pr&
was placed in an iron lung at :eedure.; " ... ;' , ' - ':- ''.• '.: '
Hamilton. ,' _ • .: . . :-, . Messrs: A. E:.MCKim and Robt.
.. '..Marie was able- to be out of Rae Of the • Board of ;•Education
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the respirator for an hour on •brought thematter before the
Sunday, and it is expected that Village Council. It was pointed'
She • will shortly be . independent out 'that :no ,nialor expenditures
of this 'life-saving device. When Would' be 'involved for some time
this is possible, Marie willre!?: at least in establishing a*. centre
ceive hot -pack treatments that. it here:: If, has been Suggested, that
is, hoped will ,speed..her recovery the Recreational Centre could be
from the paralysis. . ''' . ,. .. used in which to teach 'shop Work
'..Already she .can bend'• her ,and domestic . science, Tand *Void
right anm to.. her .shoulder, and the necessity • Of i building pro -
move 'the', fingers on her left gram at present. : ..: .._ • '
The northern' .section of West
Wawanosti ToWnship has, been
voted out • Of the WiriOam .Dis:•••
trict but Will not be permitted
by the Department to:. withdraw
which, would finally have to be
ratified by the Department 'of
Education. • ' •
. • The Village Council -had, pre -
hand; at. well as her toes. Doctors.
have encouraged her parents that
sliwi1l yet 1e a.b1e to •Walk
again. '• • . '
air row
ifort To
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The Weatherman did his best
to wash out Lucknoiv's 84th an-
nual Fall air last' Wednesday,
but crowd f upwards of 2,000
Persons defied the all -afternoon
'rain, and crowded.into thelarena.
where' the show went on» as tett
it could
Ninerural sChoOls :and .Luck -
pow 'Public School made:a 'color-
ful parade, some 250 strong, to
the Fair. Grounds headed.,by the
Brampton iClOWn., Band. The'. par-
ade got .underway- Promptly. as
a light sprinkle fell . It stopped
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momentarily While Agricultural
Minister Honorable T. :14. Ken-
nedy spoke briefly to .open the
show, and "then ,the Rainmaker •
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let loose with a pour that sent
everyone Scurrying. for cover
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,-.Tresident-George---Kerinedy7re-
ferred to the Minister of
culture as 'hav;ing done. More for
the • Ontario 'farmer .• than any
Other man, who had held the posi-
tion and 'called on john' Hanna,
to --intro.rkree -.the
special guest. Mr.. Hanna intim-
ated , that in the future Lucknow,
Wouldhaire greater and' better
fair grounds. • •
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Hon. T..L. Kennedy said it was,
a great joy and thrill to see the
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young. people takindiPart in the
Fair. The directors can only .make
:.the fair good as the farmers.
and :fownSfolk :enable, them tof
but. by community effort ,and.
with the -children taking part tlie.
fair is bound to be suceessful, •
• St, Ilelens Wins
• The rUral schools taking part
in the parade and icorripeting in
the chorus arid yells' were
No. 15 Ashfield City),
hi'. r v
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another district As "formed
eaerman s.
to accomodate them.:With the
••- necessary approval, it willbe 1951
as Sh ut:-The-
._ _ow before' the Lucknow district could
be established. The Board would
Miss Flora 14415cinaid,. teacher, ; fie represri. tative of each'. muni-
SSNo 4 Ashfield (Lhal 1) cipality, or Portion thereof in-
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Mrs. Roy , MacKeriiie• S.S.,NO 9 eluded inthe diktriet
Kinloss' (Murray's), Miss Grace
Moir; S.S. No. 13 Ashfield
fast), 'James ..Barger; S.S. NO.., 5
Ashfield(Zion), Miss ..Ada Web-
ster; S.S. Ashfield (Loth-
ian), Miss Marne Irwin; S.S. No.
4 West 'Wa.wanosh ,(St. Helens),
.Eric Moere and Mis Beatrice
S.S.MQuillin;.'No.. 100 Ashfield
(Lanes). - Mrs. James Little; S.S.
.No. 9 Ashfield (Cherry Grove),
Miss Shirley Sherwood. Music
supervisors • Were. Miss 'Marion.
MacDonald and Mr: Baxter.
The judges were Mr., Ander-
ton, nnisic supervisor at Lucknow
and Mr. Kinkaid, "• IPS. There
Placing of the ,first four schools
was as follows!' S.S. No. 4 West
(Continued on page .12)
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• • stilt rat' Repair •
Tuesday night's Meeting. Was'a
two=hour ,session, much shorter
• than' liana.. It: was,2rePorted that
work would oommence next week
to restore the •flow of . the No: .1
well , • ' !: •
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A court of • revision on the 'new,
equalized assessment .Was slated
for „ October 28th T The' :starting:
time was set at 7,30 o'clock as
it'Was considered it "might be a
, •
long . ;
At the request of •the
• Luck -
now Branch a the • Canadian
Legion, Remembrance Day was
proclaitned a civic, 'holiday, al-
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thOUgh,regretWas eXpreSkcl-that
in. the past .it had net always
been .observed.100 Percent. .
The question Was raised, of
":. COMINd., EVENTS 'liability insurance or cOverate by
t h e Workmen's Coroperisation
.9„WIN, „G. M. Board,for '..members ' of the Fire
The :Bruce County Plowing 'Co,•a'rid.this IS to be investigated.
Match will ;be held October .7th
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•at the farm, of Brtree Esplen, Bur-
The Department is to benOt-
goyrie. Also to be seen, — farm )''ifieCI. that delivery of .the •-fire
Machinery in, Action; Junior
truck has 'been received' and the
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ProVincial grants, on same ap-
Fanners Tra.ctor 'Rodeo; Ditching
plied for. Lticknow 'is eligible for
'4;st Machines and by DynaMite.
'a 25 percent grantr. plus an
Program startSat 9.00 a.m..
• 'ditional 10 percept as thisis the
PUPIL.-fARENT NIGHT - fir,st Pumper. the Village' has ever
Lucknow High,School will hold owned. ..
piipil-parent night in ,the To•Wri ' Reeve Solomon reported that'.a
Hall, on Friday.- October 14th, Lltighways engineer had inspected
at 8:00 .o'clock, when: Dr. James the %drainage bottleneck at the
talinaii, chief • librarian of .the west of the ivillage which'is
University f Lohclon, will speak 'flooding the park and adjoining
on "Life •and Labour in Pioneer properties,and that 'stepi• would
Ontario", Everyone Weltotrie; Attrrbe taken this 'tall tO' remedy' 'the
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NEED OLD
FOR FIRE WEEK
.: Byproclamation 'of, the
ernor.,General; the iteek.,of
ober 9th to 15th, has beenl,;.., -•••
aside in Canada-lat:Fire Prever • -
tion and special .reciygr • .
tion is being taken locally of t • •
occasion by the newly organi7i•
Lucknow' and District Chaant
Commerce. .A special efif•
wih be made next week ,by
,public fi'
hehazaambraecront(sicinaki.v.kse, th7
• Art Breckles is Chairman of the
••Charnber'S Fire Prevention Com-•:•
inlitthe,"'and has several ,ideas
mind to specially mark the week.
Thereis a 'need..for anold shack
which'. someone. Might be :Willing ,
to contribute to the cause. This
-Would----lb-e--/-inoVe-cl to a --'suitable
lOcation for , .burning, with the
Fire Company t,being. called . out
feQi.iim
apPraenctt:.•i:se run with their new
q
.MerchantS an d househ:Olders
are .asked to make • this.•
..week by. Seeing, that bath-, ,
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merits: are cleaned, out and, other
fire, hazards removed. •'' •
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Losses of life ,a n d propetty.
through ''fire in Canada continue ••
to rise' arid the real tragedy of • •
such losses is that about 90 poer- •
cent of ,them..need- not .:have oc- • '••••
curred. 'Proper precantions and • ,
training Would have eliminated
them -Realizing the:need,for
Cational work in this field the
Lucknow*Chan-ibeF Of Cornmerce
iS working whole hearte dly with
the of Com- •-
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merce •in pyorrioting the
ebser-
vaiice of Fire, Prevention Week,
as a spiting board for ---a year.; e. :
round policy of care and caution
*here, the fire demon is concern- • •••
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FIRE. TRUCK PRI‘Irt. /.
Lucic:noW'i new fire . truck ar-
rived last Thursday afternoon;
,and that eVeriingla•demoriStration
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as given in "lifting ‘w.ater •frern,
the river, incl. in drawing it off
at the hydrant . at the Post : Off
flee. •Delegations ; froin Mildmay
andfrom theCentralia district
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Who are, interested in the
pur-
chase Of a pumper, saw the dem-
onstration supervised by an in-
structor of the La •Frande Conn- /
pany,•He remained in town until
Saturday 'morning: '
In Order to familiarize them-
selves with the 'operation of the •
new truck''' it 'wajitlecicted_at4. '
meeting,. of • the •Fire CompanY on
Monday 'night, to hold drills
twice Weeklyfor:the next MOnth. • •
These drills will be held on Ttiet•::
day and. Friday evenings: It will
take considerable practise for the •
•I3rigade to apeedililicd effigent='. :
operate the neW truck.
No Admittance, • • '
The truck is now housed in the
new fire hall, to which there is
,absolutely no admittance, It is '••
only natural,,. that there' Will be
much interest in the new vehicle, ••
but randon't entry of the Fire • ,
Hall cannot be permitted, and Abe-.
"No AcIrn.ittance''' signs Which yril; , •
be shortly placed on the doors,
mean jUst that.
Ate. ve the door of •the btnldtng
has, been painted the sign "Fire
ifalV,;• The, work' was well done
• bsi• winhie ,Stew&rt, daughter., of •
Mr, and Mrs. Philip , Stewart,
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