The Lucknow Sentinel, 1950-04-27, Page 1,•
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$2.50 Yearly 'In. Advance —. 50c Extra t'o U,S A. ' LUCKNOW, 'ONTARIO, THU1R,SDAY, APRIL 2t1, .1950
HEAR .FACTS ON.
'DIST R'I CT --.SC H OOI.
Specific inrformation,..regarding
. a . proposed : District • High School
at Lucknow wassubmitted at a
gathering . of .district ` municipal:
officials held at the. Lucknaw Re-• '
creational Centre last Thursday:
afternoon . •
meeting. The m. n • `'was.' called.. y.
Reeve. J.' C, McNab o'f ` L ,,
for.''`the purlpose' of brie -
gether. . the :er»tire council s
'Of Ole municipalities' cone n
thl'.matter. This meeting
ed 'closely upon the ,,return a
deputation to Toronto, w d
•conferr,ed with Mr: Duff; e
Department . `of Education,
who informed the delegation
ex-
plicitly,., the requirements
r
formia . Luoknow High 1
district and of the every 1.
•Department grants . that d
'be available.' This''de .'uta
P
•eluded Reeves of the .mu
ities- of Ashfield,• Kinloss
now:. and West Wage
apo d
representatives •of the B f
Education.
lle
ueknow,
ging to
.board
erred' i
follow-
ed
Which had
Duffin `of tlh
and
'ex
f o
'School
liberal.
ool
tion in
nicipal
, .Luck
sh And
Thursday's meeting::': .pre-
. was , pre
sided : over by. Reeve McNab, and
wag': a three-hour ; discussion that
left the picture much' clearerand`
wave' each municipality. • definite
estinmates on their share of the..
.costs: of a' d'istriethigh' school;
including capital •costs of a new
school :and.of maintenance. -costs.
A breakdown of 'these costs `alp
plied to the Village of Lucknow,
and the Townships .;of: Ashfield;.
Kinloss.. and' West Wawanosh.
Members of 'the -Huron Township
Council were invited :to sit in at,
this 'meetingso:.tley would have
a true picture of *h°at• _ wasbeing
:aimed .gait- here,' and that no `effort,
•was;;being;made or .intended " to
steal" 'any? area;rihtfu.il� Belo
. g .. ,,:. 3' rg
;,ing to' •any other' district. ,
A. delegation' from . the Luck-.
now` Board:: of Education also sat
in at -this meeting
0 CHICKS• ON DISPLAY . '•
:811,01::
CRAWFORD:'S HATCHERY_.
he brooding section of Craw-
's. Chick Hatcheryis
something, i' really
h. ng•; to see . at present with
' pens" filled . with 'Sone ` 8;000
les .ranging in ages' from da'
oldto t3 •weeks. -'The' 6 -week-old old
birs.'' are about 'readyto go to
themarkett:as.lbretlers^
ariouS
. I:
�pens.,are being. ;brood-
edto . an, age ora delivery. date
to suit ,the customer :''and one
+batch i$'b in .,
'being .deliv=
erY a:t.. 5 months, of "age, or; about
u
the : laying, stage;
• The chicks are all ,hatched' on
the; rprernises in .modern inicuba-
tors, and:hatchery
P g 'facilities • er
mit ••the hatchery to' fill any re-
quinernents ' of the customer,' •
' The birds specialized in are
New'p-
an:-HaRri p - d. Rock: Cross, •.Lr'g:=,
horn and Rock' Cross 'tnd•,Barred;
Pocks, CIair Johnston is in charge
of the brooder room which. ac
eupies' the entire , second, floor of
this • spraci'ous wilding.-
•
COM PILES HISTORICAL 'DATA':
ON OLD THRESHING ENGIN6S
11 ' S. :'Turner ' of Goderich is
seeking :information from, old
timers' on • the . early • steam thresh-.
ing. engines., Mr; .Turner used . to
run; these old engines .as a. young
"lad and still i etai.:ns' a sentimental,
interest. Noting how -'completely,
they . halve' disappeared from.: the
.scene .he has begun'collecting old,
catalogues or 'magazines so that
°he might preserve their Pictures.
and; descriptions ,,for future glen:--
ei ations _The search 'for _ this
material interested him to• a point
where he' decided to coinpile ::as
•
corinplete an, historical record of
the -old type; engines as it is'posse
i'leie .to accomplish 'at this late
•
Anyone in this connrriunit'y who
has .: any pictures or' information
will greatly oblige Mr,' Turner by'
their- assistance:
capita ...
costs were tbased on "D. epartinent
`•of Education figures and the :es-
tireated cost of ,operating a, "alis-
trict'school; based, on 'the 'actual.
•costs of operating 'the present
school wi
• th 'ale nate- allowance
. rnade, for other
costs; 'that' would
be . associated with a district.
school::'
Reeve 'MacNab: pointed' out that
. ;these fvguxes were as accurate
'an estimate as could, be, arrived
at, because; ,he said "we :inLuck-
now
uck=
now,: want to know Where ;We're'
going, too•»
Mr; McNab stressed . the. need.
,for early decision in the 'matter;
and ernPliesized applying thatn ,
for
a district high school : does . not
co,
mint the-niuniciipalties to any-
', thing..,A High School Board . ro
'eseitatuvte ' e '
of..all municipalities
would " be : established,, w h i.c~h'
could throw.. the Mole`ro'ect
overboard if ` P 7
it:did not seem fees
-
o o proceed. •
Councillor .Dane T. • MacKinnon'
stumped the natter a tby'sa °ing
there "never p y e
, _. _., :-.had ,been a ;more
rm)ortan't°,mceting than this and
one : of far-reaching effe " '.
g ct , and
• he e pressed; what seemed : to be'
the general, feeling of the • Meet-
ing that now was the time to.act.
"FIRE
ASKS 'F
EIGHT PAGES
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CATTLE'
PRICES,
T N EV1F.. HIGH
Prices for, cattle set new high
at Alex (Sandy) MacLeod's
.auction. sale last Week, 'The sale
wasa great success and Sandy
says. that Men Henderson prov-
ed to ,be a very efficient, auction:
err',
Ani5ng' the "buyers:. was: Wel-,
Place •M acIntosh ' who-• operates a
farm '15' miles from Toronto,, 'He'
is• a ,nephew Of. the., late D. R.
Macintosh of `Lucknow and Wal:.
lace clerked here at one., nixie for
his uncle. :He' bought ..nine head.
of the MacLeod cattle.
. Top price at the sale for a cow
was' $305." Her two -day-old' calf
.brought $66 making a 'total- of
$371 for the Fair. The dearest
calf. at the scale: went ;lot $74. Tl e
cows- 'all went:.comparatively
high; •
Mr; . and Mrs. Tom MacKenzie
° of Schumacher: Who halve bought
the MacLeod farm, -Were in at-
tendance' at the sale. They .get
possession . =of . the farm • on • May
,,•15�th-and will. shortly '+rove here.
Mr. and Mrs.: MacLeod will "short:`
ly 'move to their home in Luck -
now.'
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ISEE BYT
SENTINEL
a •
MRS. J. S, DUNCAN LAID
TO:. REST IN GREENHILL
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The, death of Mrs. Kathryn Mcg'
Intyr'e Duncan;; a rietive of Mount
Forest, occurred suddenly en'
Monday; April 17th at: the home •
Of her son,, Kenneth S, Duncan. of
Thornhill.
A rfozir er ;beloved resident "'of
Lueknow, •Mrs: Duncan ' was the
widow. of the Rev. .Dr; James
Duneat, who : predeceased her
two years ago, ..Rev, Duncan' was
rminister. of ' Lucknow' Presbytery
ran Church. from August' 1910 un-
til 1916; when he accepted a. call
to ,Steelton.
+His death: - occurred about
years ago, and' he ,was laid •torest
`.in- Greenhill Cemetery... The' fun-`
erral , service for 'Mrs: Duncan was,
:held' in Thornhill United Church,
lass "Thursday -'morning, with
-terrrnent taking place that. after
noon in the fam;ily•plot Nir : Green-
hill Cerri'etery. '
Mrs. Duncan is survived by two
sons; Kenneth of Thornhill and
Tori •of Sault Ste; Marie,
PROMINENT KINLQSS
FARMER PASSES ..
The death of David Carruthers ;•
a ; lifelong resident,' .9f .'; Kinloss
Township, occurred in,;Wingham
Hospital '!last Friday.; The funeral
• "servile was. held . from: -:-his ' late
residence .ion .Monday afternoon
with' interni nt, in .South Kinloss
Cernetery. '
His 'obituary will"appear in our
next. ..issue;
,WAS CRITICALLY ILL
Mrs. Lawrence MacLeod nee
Jean.::Struthers) Underwent .an
I THAT the .K i . 1 ern•ergency, operation in . Wing-'
n o s's: Kulbs are:
«' aa., harp;, Hospital :;on 'Seturda.Y, and
wolves ..
:. tie. eat. At `a; . Post- _ , . , .:. ,
post.
season hocke ban - wet is makinfay orable progress,now
I , y • q last after a very'critical eriod.
week, 25�.;layers and executive
players Y. tr a :Mrs. MacLeod -Was takeni' on
j members gobbled up 69 lbs. Of to
Sa
turd+, Upon � the'arrival of a'
• I• ur ey: .a. the >•trirn rings,*0
d11C1' 4iLe11 L uppea 1 o L: wiLi
cake and :five ,ga dons of ice
•d .ereem, _Tlhere was • 'a little ice
cream • left". .:S. -N
MORE'• EQUIPMENT . 1 �: � o one°vtia
I' sick
McMbers of ;the, Lucknow Eire.,.
THAT Wilson. e. A. '.t . .
Company �rppeared.. before � .rthe ems rong o,
Village Council at.�a special meet- Nobleton"regards the renewing
inig list the
. night; .to of'Ms. sulbsciiption as the:ch�ance
point`:oiut the need for : additional • to ' say . his annual "hello". "to
equipment • if, the,'municipality is. - the Publisher;:: who received
0
.g
pany answers • rural call's, Apart him, Wilson',' wants.: to 'be .re-
from;this it' was pointed out that.. n?erribered to all the good` folks
'a certain atnou�nt ' of . additional . in Lucknow,"In refering to, Mrs
hose is *required. rto give, ,proper N: L. Campbell's death, he said
protection `in, outlying:`secti.ens of: • • "She wase a :grand: person and
;the Village...• 'always :the; same,, whenever .you
Memlbers' .of :the Bi:iade took met her. Your -obituary vas ex-
i'nease em t:"s.' that. evening at . ecellen't; as it described. her
e
.ex- c ia,l, r e s nalit
the no th uth and eastern g pro erfectl
tremities of'the; Village. --and de= —o—
tided that the resent vo,lume of THAT : i
. • present ... , ,. . p aceecis .af • the dance
',hose cai°rieeron the Erre truck is sponsored by ',Zion
not sufficient to co i,c properly ''Friday.nig�ht.ainounteri to'about
•bad • outbreak at these ex •$85, Which will' ,go •to Marie
1•
1.:.. . ■ .
tion as an •internal:'' emho g
and rushed her • "to Winghirn• Hos-
pital• and .'to .;the.. 'operating room
s•
immediately. ;For a time'r'.Jean's
condition was °` quite . poor an
d
grave. concern' •was 'felt •;fdr-:her.
f 'siirvi 9tal,
® G�LT HONORS'
e s a liar e n cin= e n e er earn LOCAL D D.G.M
HOLY'ROOD STORE
SAVED FROM FIRE."
George' Perry's general store
and ' residence :was .saved from
destruction b -3 e: fire., on. Tuesday,
by ,the Lucknow .Fire Company's
new fire.truok.: The. Ripley. Bri-
,gade, also reporecied • to the !alarm
to 'lend:assistance'.although: the:.
blaze `• 'wis ,`•, under • control '' upon
their arrival. They made. the six -
mile" rup over a gravel „road that
• h•as; : een inpoor : e nditi
ib
a � on this .'•;:
spring aid `slowed :thedown.
The'loan.
e Ripley 'slowed
, - w; as not turned
in until' after the'Luckn, call,
when it appeared' that ;the ' build-
ing was doomed.: •
„The Percy;, building is the for
.mer Purves Store on the north-
west
, corner at the .'Holyrood
crossroad. --It "fias ry been a land-
mark since .early ' days'. and had
the. 'Eames got out 'Of control • in
t .his • large rambling frame build
ing t ' y .might •well. have wiped,
oil hamlet. _
'.There h'ad ;been a`c imne fire.
h, Y
in the. building earlier thatda •
Y
gat h ,.
and' it is considered to; have been..
the ' cause 'of the outbreak'Which
was discovered at. the noon hour
The flames were quickly rearing g ,
between the . joists,' Under' the, up
stairs floor and went • licking' up ;.
both t1'ne • north and : south. , par-
titions in the ':upstairs to •the at;
tic. Thick `smoke' filled 'the. up
stairs and poured from the. build
e.
•ing, so that many believed, it was..
d o.orned.
hose line; pusripinig lir
ectly from the truck tank ,proved
sufficient to extinguish t h e
flames, '• .with." a ;bucket brigade
helping to keep,the the tank• supplied
from. an :open; ditch nearby
The. • Lucknow:. ` drafting tubes
were .dropped into a well • across
the road, and •hooked onto the
Ripley � pumper :.but :this supply
was not needed.: "
'Fire damage . was corfsiderarbre"
two upstairs, bedrooms while
water caused • the.. chief, damage"
o. they iivin.g room below. Tlhei e
t
was no fire or water damage m
the store and. post 'office at .the.
front of'.the .buildix g.:
The, Lucknow : Brigade • made
g..
another' very` speedy.. response.
The' truck was' out of • the ':Fire
Hall in': about' ha
•if a. minute flat,
and.'was.driven to..:;Holyrood
p ever, Bud Thorn�pson at. its
top speed , of �'frorre' 40; to ,45 miles.
..an hour. ;
T. J. Salkeld,' °District. Deputy
FIRST TELEVISION SZ'+T.••
Grand: Master of Huron .District
., paid his official: visit to :his• ho. ' e IN ' QPFR"AT><ON. HERE:
official 1x1
d ,lodge last Thursday night, •and
as a' special tribute: to hirn for
the distinction he'brought to him-
self and Old,• Light, :there were'
well over one hundi-ed ineinbers.
and visitors in' attendance; it was
the. largest Masonic'turnmout here
.:. in rnany1 many moons;: and; • as
n '
Mr. • Salkeld:'remarked,'. ,he,-. was.
overwhelt`iied by' the reception.
g
f1: i • end' One of the 'first teleca. t . `
to • :attain • to .th.is office was tl*e
ibl t with a
• ..WASTE PAPER COLLECTION.
'IN MAY . BY SCOUZ`S, , :CU>SS-
•Luckhow Boy Scouts and Cube
will hold a waste paper' collec-
tion in May, .and ask :,all house-
holders in•
the village to .kindly
' save `ktll a. .
,'Waste ;paper; magazines,
catalogues, cartons
�-ara th ` , � etc." In slyort
Y rrig.:thet s ,m,ade of paper,
even scrap .paper
• ed' as p Per will be .CollEict>�
a paper ,
:•;to handle
p baler. is available •
rrdle ''this.• Scrap paper can
be Prided 'in
cartons or �b,ags:.;or..
'Con:vt,nit�nt
tsth t 'handling and. all.
c i periodicrals should', bo
bundled Securely"
The •
CriZlc
etron date • will' be are,
lto`urtced, later, but. in the mean-
time householder
4atYe their aper s are asked to
treu�r'i,e "points: There. is' at* present •Ci psk.ey .to ;prov%de' some e
700 feet of:21t2 'inch Bose and 300• } those. little extras ' which' sh
feet -;of 1 i z inch hose on, the' t -i uck. e
'The -Brigade's : i•eguisition. was
fel' 'an additional. 800 feet of 21/,
'inch, hose:and 300 feet of 1'1 e .inch
'hos.e, together° with a siarnese
.cou;pIing,..and nozzles. This.would
Provide f the
rov do mole ,hosC for the truck, member • of 'the,e crus o
,and auxiliary equipmerit. possible : Winghanl hinsmen'S Minsttrel
on .the hoe reel that would Show, which is filling' numer-
len, the..truck was Bus. engagements, ,with .proceeds
be av aihible w for the artificial. ice,arena
out of the imlunicipahty;-Thepies ,
ent arrangement is prat when the F o'
fire truck is on a rural ealliAlex THAT 'it would belappreciated
.Havens stands by at the Fire. Hall , .very much if'copy for:display
.with the town' truck, • to take the ads was received by Monday
auxiliary equipment in case of a night ' Tuesday noori is the
local call. Hove*ever° tint ..present =deadline.. '
there .is • no..auxii ary equ imeint ,o �...
available and it was. this matter:
'that the Brigade brought to the
Council.' attention last week, The
s
urgency of the ..matter was ern-.
lihasized' :at the .time the Brigade
a`n,s�wet ed. a :West Waw;;nosh call,
leaving :the village without
tection. •
• . 'the material requested
Cost of q
by the Brigade 'would he in, the
neighbor°heo:l of $2,000, which
',provides a problem in financing. (Cont iitied. cit page 8)
The Jest nmember of Old ' Li ht.
•
Lucknow's . first: _television
is ,iii. operation and while lie :#he. ;lie
ception isn't. perfect, it.is. sur-
prisingly .
Ip b Y, g od in- view; of •'alis
distance from: the „source of.the
telecasts. '
Haa till ..Greer has installed
sailed::.�'„
set: at the .'hone of '1•iisparents:
Mr
. and;: Mrs. J 1Vi`:• Greei...and
had It in .operation 'last 'Week -
• may desire, and . to encourage
• her in her courageous battle -to
overeorne the ravages of• polio.
,r .
HA MissKathryn'
new is
to be 'viewed was the 'Than .ei -
1_ g
1932.:. Deniel.P.at n._.
erso was .., DriC
. T� . �ree're living ..Loom lead a� „self
'G, M. in .1949. ,�
late•• George T. Aitchison in 193 Detroit hockey'. am
y e• an
.. g d th;c •
• In;. in .1 rban wet hall ,out crowd of ,friends 'for this;
_, q ,James erforinaece
Little, Worshipful Master of'Old p _ - as tie.,,50 miles?
. ..
recoinmei7ded as the mr
Light, � w.�
a g t, presided. and Ret , A. E., rstance from the
telecast source `. r._:..
ford good reception,. tli'is game way,,
•picked up` from the Detroit Neil;'
station more than 150 miles di
taut. s
The 'telfyisiA :aerial is aboxtt
interesting review, of . early. his- 15 feet high; with .numerous ar' '
le
tory of. Lucknow,and .of Old. ••. ov
. • .. which extend lorizorrtiall.y foli'1
Light' Lodge in .•particulaij, 'which t1. e to % •'
at this time is markin�/ its 83rd ast.
•.
.birthday; Space does, not permit
TOURING 'ONTARY
OONCCF
EXPANSION DRIVE
1
A. M. (Sanely) ,Nicholson at if
visit.
of last vt`eeli •-at the honer c"r
his sister and brother-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs: Archie MacI:7tyro.
Sandy, was CCF meli:belt for
•M
r:
•
'Kenzie.Saskatchewrnx,fur ili
years but was`: defeated i the,
June eltctrpFast year. Eels
1.7
U �
cit s .a
a �,;
� �.. C�11
t in
c'i.
Cl�R� 1 rm �' ,
cttc .1..
w rrth. •they. CCF three-year expire
THAT the Lucltn'oW Agricultural
Society has. ,booked, two plays
forpresentation. in leucknow:
The ' :first one on; , May 26th,
"Emibert . Get "Wise", Will be
presented by. St, Goorge's• Dray
"'rnatic, Club of Harriston and
the 'second perf'orrnance will be
by an :Auburn, cast ' on., June
2nd, entitled' "Raggedy Nan'", :
Ta.verier :led iri .grace. The toast
to Gl=and Lodge Was proposed by
George Joynt; . and was respond=
edto. by the District Deputy...In
his ,remarks Mr. Salkeld • gave : an
us to .give'•this :historical review
,Pe this issue, but we hope to -pub-
lish. its highlights' at a later date..
W. B. .; B. ;Anderson proposed.. the
to .
toast to the visitQrs;,:who- camefrom ` several lod. es : ail .the dis-
,
s
trict. These celled 'on to reply
h clucicd ' Bros, Cavin, • Fowler
7et' fei'son . ,
Mo nig.oe, Vran,, Wy:cic
MacKay,,Philn and •M cKeenman:;
The teast•'to the Candidate was
proposed byy Neil MacLennan
and responded to by, Walter. Wale
sioim
den •'
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