The Lucknow Sentinel, 1947-11-27, Page 1$2.00 A Year- .In
dvance; 50c, Extra to U, S. A.
ON THE INCREASE
. Village'.canvassers . are at Work
'conducting a , drive for funds\for
the new. •conlnunity. recreational
�v •centre;�If �yo z• . u have not..been-call....
ed on as.' yet, -''donations may be
left at, the Bank of .Montreal or
at the Sentinel Office. '
Although ,only a. few canvass-
ers.,'hay., made their .returns the
n Yradua in re
>b c a
;.,fundh•fig:.__ 11Y..,•, ,,s
ing and" .at the end't'of'the week
had , almost reached the -:$1,700.09
..sriark,
•
This; however, ..is• only a ` frac-
. tion of what is• neededto com-
plete . •and properly equip the
building to serve ' its frill purpose
as' a community centre of benefit
to young and old.
Previously acknowledg-
$1,41$.00
10,00
15.00
ed.
W. McCoy A
W. J,: Davison' '
D, Milne, Sr,' . _.
Wm, Stn ison. ,' •
Jos. Conley
Jack Fisher . ;.
Jas. H. Pickerin:
LUCKNON ONTARIO, THI,JRS., NOVEMBER 27th, 1947
RE'S'ENT
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�R�a�INTA
N _ •LOCAL SCOUTS JOINED' : VALUABLE PRIZES FEATURE
TO •MR'.AND MRS. IRELAND IN` SUNDAY .SEARCH. - .'
CE -RE FU
'EIGHT PAGES
After . the program and com-
mencement exercises of the Luck-
now High.. School on Saturday'
night,. Mr. `and Mrs. Hoag enter-
`tained=the' K,
staff''a?rd-p'es"ented-,Vlr;'
.and Mrs. R. C. Ireland witha
suitable gift with,'th.e best wishes
for their future, happiness
Mr. ;Ireland thanked the staff.
and expressed his:'appreciation �f
'tdhe gesture oreand
pleasure. he
ervedrom workingtogether
.
with the staff and, pupils.` of "Luck
new school., ' .
Earlier in 'the, term. the public
school staff also made..a .presenta-
tions '
• The boat••in which J. R, .Misener
was carried -outinto Lake Huron
eight days -beiaicer -was found ori
Sunday morning washed' ,u at
-Poplar' Beach; south , of, Kincar=
dine.., The'. boat was : • found by
Kenneth. .MacKenzie,. a . Huron
Township {farmer, ' and n had . dt
_,
been there :at ,..nightfall ' on Sat-
urday.
-'•Lucknow' Bo ::
Y scouts' joined. xn..
patrolling the :beach `on' Sunday
in Search of°the-body. Kincardine
Scouts patrolled from Kin
cardiae
I. to' Point Clark. Lucknow •Scouts
covered from Point •Clark,.to Port
Albert and a Stratford contingent
searched from ' Port . Albert to
H RI STMAS*SEALS Bayfield
'Lu •k
'b
.. c now - o s iakrng.. part : rn
the search under the dir
REQ DISTRIBUTED eetion �of
assistant 'sco'utmaster • Mel Stew-
.• At the we ek-end almost nine art were eith Kil atrick ;Br
F , .Bruce
Johnston,'' Donald :'Agnew Y .'Cla
ton Hodgins,, Ronald • Ferguson,
jack McKim; '• George Anderson,'
Jack McQuillin, Donald Stewart
and Lorne Cardiss.
hundred circular
letters went in
2:00• to', the' mails for: ;distribution in
' ` 2.0 -town ' ' and' com ' unit Eac en-
.
: 5.0Q 1n, ,y h ,
. velope, contained Christmas Seals,
'1.00. ..
representing a $2.00 value. House-
• o n s: `oss'
Curling Club .r...: '
V. A. Mowbray
• Wm Bushell
;A,: MacIntyre
• Noble . Johnston..
John McRae
J, E Little
Miss ' B. Roler tson
Miss •Lena''.Robinson :...
Dr: •Corrin • V is
:J: W, Jo
ynt ..: T
J. Kilpatrick:- ' •
L
ilpatrick-
L. E. Ashton : b......:;
Miss ` E. McCluskey
W,
C. Finlayson
.00
27.50
25.00.
5,00.
10.00.
1.0.00
10:00
25.00
5.00
at the : Bank .of Montreal, or , re-
turn the seals to: that office, ;if.
they do not • wish 'to supportthe
campaign '^Donations ,"in'. any, .A-
mount will be welcomed:
SENTINEL MAILING -LIST
Bfi3OUGI,IT UP TO DATE•.
The Sentinel mailling • dist
was brought up to date last
This campaign, s -p o n s o r e d Satu'rday, ;morning,'' . and sub
Locally.. by The Clansmen
: . Club .serDi 1pio�npayments
a m
eoats marde��ur.r.
is part of a nation-wide 'effort w a past s%veMaw ek
. ,
.:
to' eradicate the .disease tuber-'' : , are 'advanced, accordingly. ' `.
5.00 , culosi . • ich ;las
s .Which t year claimed. : A'llsubscribers are request-
6:00_ the lives of 5 000 Canadians •
and ed.; to .cheek the date- on the
50.00 with :which 60;000 are at present , ', address label. This 'willhave
..:25.00 Iii
a twofold purpo$e; 'to verify;
5.00
The Christmas 'seal do ations. '...the ' ``
n e credit given those : who'
.II
10.00:. donation
inance this `battle'
# which is ..a.1 :.� are '.iiir,a .
0:
. ped dvance, and, AO •
. Oq
t ronin'
., winning if .continued relent= . remind tiibse ` who are ao�, to
▪ • lessly. Not least on the. 'program .attend 'to' this. matter.
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9.5d
is assistanceand comforts for .The Sentinel sub ri tion
NOTICE'
The double-barredcross,..; an r still. $2.00 w Canada, : 2.50 to
o • ptrod-=oath `
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. e_..�orsaine Crossthe' ` Uni teestates.
those :ill with h
. 1 , the disease, • rate,.: payable in _ ad�aince is .
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Mrr-and—Mrs Ira--C—arrzpbell-of
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Ia'ow i � • � - • ...
nare • ' theirsymbolic. 1is ofa crusaue,
h
celebrating, .. �s , and,has
fiftieth . wedding • anniversary on become. the 'international enblen'
Monday; .Decetiiber ;1st. They, will of the .crusade: against T8.
.'be at home to their friends from•
",2 is 5 . in : the afternoon and `7 to
- 9 in• the' evening.
CLAMA'ION FOR
N LOSS COU ' I t ..
. Nc
Kinloss reeve and council, ele• ct
ed `by ballot a year ago, was;. re -
''turned to ,office by acclamation
at last ;Friday's nomination. meet-
ing presided.: over : ,
.:b. �► Mr: Foster
-Moffat.' . • " • •
With
the ditchuestion'
q • no
'longer •a',subject of controversy,
the meeting was not so•largely at-"
tended as in : recent years, and
passed -off very quietly
Reekre Alex MacKenzie ,re-
turned to the reeveship for, his
second' term.: Council members,
unchanged also from, 'last year,
are David .11..• Carruthers, John
Colwell, Russell, Gaunt and
Tiffin. A Geo.
There . were • only eight names
for the five � B
e seats on
the Board as follows: ••
' For Reeve
. Alex ,,,MacKenzie, by. Wilson.
Wall aid Wan. ' Staufer.
' George - Tiffin by Victor Einer.
son and Mac Ross..
. For Councillor'
,Russell Gaunt by J..'D. Mor.
rison and E.,Casemore:
George Tiffin 'by Fred New
roan• and'Wes McPherson: • .'
• ' Dari T McKinnon.b IV
Wes c -
Pherson. and .. ' y - .
Victor - Emerson.. .
D= H Carruthers by Stewart
McGillivray
and H. ,Miller.
J, • W. Colwell by David Car:
ruthers and. James 11IfcEwan.. • .VictorE ; .
merson by Wes Mc-
Pherson and ;Stewart McGilli-
vray.
o.
TO DISCONTINUE: TAX
ON DOMESTIC HYDRO RATES
An eight percent sales taxon'
domestic hydro bills willterinin-
ate .with the' next • billing. The
levy,'' was . a . Dominion war .rev-
enue . sales tax, and went into
effect during the 'var..
It was terminated. on Monday,
November '17th; •• and' after the
next local, billing will no longer
apply
The ' local.,. `domestic bill,ing
which 'goes -out the end of this
month covers the two months of
October and 'November: The 8
percent will apply on this bi11,,
less a 13 -day rebate 'dating back
to November 17th,when the tax
was eliminated.. • • •
,HIP. BROKEN IN:;
HIGHWAY CRASH
Mrs. Earl Cranston is a patient
in Seaforth .Hospital with a frac
ttired hip and pelvis, suffered in
an . accident on Highway 8 • early
Friday evening. �' °.
Three vehicles were •involved
inqhe : crash •. which occurred .3%
miles cast of Seaforth. Mrs. Cran-
ston was in •a light pick-up truck
driven by her . husband, Earl
Cranston, who , escaped with' a
shaking up. Two cars driven by
W. 'T. Whaling, R. 1, Stratford,
and Charles Berner of Stratford, i
figuredin the crash, with all
three vehicles leaving 'the road..
-.Mrs. Cranston, formerly .Gladys
Hyde, was the most seriously in-
jured. ' •Three :other persons, re-
ceived hospital first aid treat -
Ment but w'ere discharged.
COMING..4E•VENTS,:
REX . THEATRE FEATURE
"Queen of `the Futures',the life
of princess -Elizabeth, showing at
the Rex Theatre this Friday, 'Sat-
urday,•'Monday ,. -
AUXILIARY''MEETING
:The -December meeting of the
Ladies Auxiliary"to"the; Canadian
Legion will be held ' in the Legion
Hall on Tuesday -- December - 2nd
�
at 8 `o'clock: Christmas' 'gift ex-
change.. Installation: of offcers
g.''
ST: ANDREW'S BALLThe annual St Andrew's `Ball;
ander Kairshea auspices, in Car=
iegie Hall, '',Lucknpw,.. Friday;
November 28th. Farrier's . orches-
tra, •dancing. •9.30 sharp:: Old'' time
and .modern. •' Door'' prize, lunch'
,counter. Admission '50c.
*: ST: PETER'S BAZAAR
• `rhe. Guild of. St Peter's church
is holding a bazaar and sale of
work and tea in the Legion
Rooms,' Saturday, December 6th
at 2 3.0 p,m.:Draw'for coffee table
.and dressed doll.. Tickets ;to; be
had. from members of •Guild. •
ATTENTION BUSINESS MEN!
The December' meeting of the:
Business Mens : Association Will
be held in the Town Hall, ;Luck=
now, cn''Tuesday, .December 2nd
at 8.00. o'clock : to,decide upon.
Christmas plans. Full‘attendance
requested.
AFTERNOON TEA & BAZAAR
Under the auspices' of the Wo-
men's: Association of the. St. 'Eel-
A's- i''s- United Church• will' be, held.
in the Auxiliary Rooms of ,the
Legion Hall_ on .Saturday 'next,
commencing at 1.30. There ,will
be. fancy work including sewing
and knitting, home baking, 'creath.
and eggs, etc.,. 'for sale, arid, of•
ternogri tea Will be served.
'BINGO PARTY' .:TONIGHT
A monster bingo will, be .held,
in "the. Town Hall, tonight, Thurs-
day, November 27th; under 'Clans-
The
lans=
men auspices .
T e : prizes include
h p �e willsuch an
'array as 'chickens, grocery bas-
kets, -toiletries, •silver..ware,, china,
electrical goods.. blankets, .,etc. •
Play; commences.' at 8 o'clock..
Tickets• will be a:: games,, for 25e,
,with three' ' extra • special 'prizes'
at 25c a game.
ELECTION MONDAY
.I N .•AWANOSH:.
W.
For the first time in five iyears
the electors of 'West Wawa nosh
--will-10-.-'to ' -the ; polls- to—elect,; a-
reeve.:and council.' The reeveship:
is . being contested by Gordon Mc.-:
:Pherson and Everett Finnigan,
both •council members at present
Mr, M
cPherson has
M . been on the
Board: for nine years ; and Mr.
Finnigan. for.. five.
The winner will succeed Brown
. ship :.for ' five years, and : capped
14' years, bf municipal service by
bringing the Wardenship to'West'
1,.
Wawanosh this year. Mr.. Smyth
possibly, holds a: recordi oi'. length
of continuous—"'municipal' service
`in Wt Wawanosh,
Five For Connell
Five candidates' are in the 'field::
4
f`or`<the four council seat`s; with:
Mr David McAllister ;the onl
sitting,meinber of::: the ' Board
.:
seeking re-election -as a; council
lor. The' .other :. four candidates
are Thomas - Drck n '
Dickson, John � �Iyur
nin, Harold ": Gaunt:and 'Benson,
Johnston: Mr. Gaunt' `previously
pserved a four year term; as coup.
cillor..
, Trustees 'By Acclamation -
'Three members. of the: Town-
ship : School Area -Board were el-
, by acclamation.; for' a :two-..
year term. • They :are ' Kitchener
(Cont'
ued• on"
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TWO.NIGHT COMMENCEMENT
DREW CAPACITY CROWDS
'The 'T•own Ha1l was, .taxed to
capacity last Thursday. and ,Sat-
urday evenings °- 'for .the High
School. Commencement.' The two.
night. resentation was ' a : new
g .-p a, ,. .
venture, and • proved, highly :suc-
cessful. The. entire, program was
exceptionally well presented and
an' account .of it in •detail.' ap-
pears in the !Sighh School News"
column, written by Miss ,Jean
Treleaven _
-LIKE•
BROADWAY
WITH N•EW LIGHTS
,Lucknow's, new ;main • street
lighting system was. 'turned • on
Saturday evening for the fiest.
time, and .the transform tion was
unbelievable. In,'.`con'trast ''to a:
dingy "dim . out" under:' thea Old
system, •the new lights now' il'r
lurninate the main ,thoroughfare
like Broadway.
`The :Saturday; -night light -up
was from ..Finlayson's "Corner 'to
the intersection west of the Town
Hall: Work has since continued
to extend . the system. -to~ba 'point
east at, Treleaven's Mill,and west
ward' to, the Lucknow' Industries
plant.'
The new lights in stagger form-
ation are approximately 24 feet
above the street level and the.
new reflector 'type shade, With
500watt bulbs " are • suspended on
long 'arms, that illuminate • the
roadway and .sidewalk' with •equal
brilliance.' • .•
Its •,a job that is winning. coni
.rriendation froth. ;everyone. " • •' •
ASH F I ELD'BOARD
GETS. THIRD TEM
Reeve Cecil .1 ohnston a n
Councillors °Fray •Dalton, Mel
Dickson, Elmer Graham and R.
A. Grant, were returned to, ;office:
by acclamation for a third term
at Friday's nomination •meetin ::in
g
Ashfield
The three •retiring school area
trustees were . alsoreturned by
acclamation for- a two -ear term;::
'They are Walter ,Alton, . William
Hunter and Roy :McKay., The lat-
ter was ill in Goderich - Hospitalh
at'the time, but had made known
his willingness' to stand for the
office. • , ;
Reeve 'Johnston's' . name 'was
-the only one presented for. ',the •
.xeeveship ._:4Tvvox"outsiders" w were
named for the council in addition .
to the sitting foursome.'
Clifford. Crozier withdr evy• • and.
Lorne Fai;rish's nomination could
not be accepted as. ;he was. not: ,
present, and was not 'a are his
name was to be entered
The same .condition applied to
11.
trustee named• besides the three
board. memb•ers.:
•
Is New Regulation
Amendments to the. Municipal
:Act require that :for 'a candi4 ate's
nominationbe accepted b t o'y;
top Y`
returning officer,. the candidate:
must be..present: at the'meeting,
.or satisfactory evidence given
that the candidate has consented
to his 'nomination:
Another, ; • regulation in effect '
•'last:'year, is' .that ,a cand• idate nom :
irated to more than one office I
n`iay" ::resign at ' the '-nomination
naieet ,-or'.by,9.00. pm. the same
day, in'respect ;.of one or 'More.`,
offices for which he is nominated,
otherwise he will be. deemed to'
be nominated for the office for
which he •was .first nominated • •
Cr itiensin of 111..."5,.. Area
Chief criticis i
M m voiced ' at ,the •:
nomination meeting was in, con
nectiori with the:' Goderich High : .a
School' 'Area, with, ": 'which.• the .:
southerly:: part of, the' township is.
associated,.`• and'.,for which - it . is
assessed a' portion of the Icost.
T he following' nominations
were received .b:.Clerk C. ,E_ •M -'
Donagh. .
Y c,
For Reeve
Cecil Johnston-- by Wm: C;...':
•
Hunter and Walter' Alton'
• For Councillors
• Elmer; Graham b y Walter
Tiger,'- and Walter. Alton
Mel Dickson by J; A. J4:hnstony .
and 'Earl Swan.''
• Lorne Farrish by Earl; Swan
and Gordon•'Barger.'
Ray.'Dalton by John:',Quaid and
G•
eorge Bunter.
•
Clifford Crozier, by : John Cur
ran and' Thos. Anderson
H A;••Grant, by C. Johnston' and.
Elmer Graham.
For Trustees
• Walter ;Alton by Walter Tiger!'
and Elmer Graham ,
.Roy McKay by Walter Alton
and Wm. G. -Hunter:
• Kelso -McNay by : Gordon Bar-
ger and Earl Swan.
Wm. Hunter by Mel Dickson
and Walter Tigert. ;
TO PRESENT SOFTBALL
CUP' IN• TOWN HALL TONIGHT'
The Wm. Schmid trophy, em
blen-iatic •' of the Indoor .Softball'
League ,championsla.ip,'will be ':
presented to the Dungannon team
in the Towt1' I•Iall, tonight,' Thurs.
day. Y. • ' .
•The ,presentations:' . will;,t'a k e
place at a "bingo party staged- by .
the Clansmen, . with ,everyone
welcome. •
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