The Lucknow Sentinel, 1946-05-15, Page 1j
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LUCKNOW, ' ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY • 15th, '1946•
LOCAL PASTORS BAPTIZE
tL� e. �... : ti �.•..,� Revived� With.
THEIR GRANDCHILDREN •
. J -As -Leader a cessive Sundays two of It, is rather unique the 'ill
,., More; than a score of boys, out-
, numbering parents ...ancr grown-
•
ups by 3 to 1, attended an en,
thusiastic' Meeting' on , Thursday
night • and voiced `their • desire to
out Troo re -organ,
Sc
a,
have a Boy p , . g
ized' in Luckngw
Preliminary," but very definite
steps ',weTe taken to that end be-
' fore. the Meeting concluded, with.
Rev. R. A. Joselyn of . St, Peter's
1,chureh appointed as ' Scoutmaster
• and Alex Smith and, Melvin -Ste
s ant Sc utmasters. '
• wart, assistant 0
Former . members of the ' Boy
'Scout Committee, -Messrs. Wm;
• Murdie, A . E.7 -McKim, Wilhani
Hornell and Campbell Thompson
.expressed a wi in
1 ess . to
had1 gn
again act . on thiscommittee prior.
- to the meeting, .at' which three-
new members :were • added,'
Messrs H D Thompson, D. R.
MacLean and J. A 'Thompson:
'The meeting was addressed by
„Mr, H. C. Firth of London, district
missio
rom one_r w:ho_s ke_ e tl_
po dir c ,y
to the boys on :the obligations and
objectives ;of Scouting, • and later
answered the several 'questions
"-they had t4. ask, and'., distributed:
Cub and Scout, literature to them.
Keith- Kilpatrick; Jimmy MaoMi1
lan; and Morley Chin': were named
as :acting ' :'patrol. leaders,: and
:Bruce Johnston as' an acting Sec_
and::- Thee Scout :.age is fron ,12:. to
18;' and it is expecte, that:a patrol
or ' two .of . older boys . may . be
--argan-iLed, acrd that : still rror-e-
early teen . age lads ,will Want to
join.
After the boys .were dismissed,
k. .Frith—confers e
length with the new leaders' and
members . Of the Group :Committee
when;:- - --
details of organization and
leadership were. discussed, and a
meeting of leaders and committee
members: set for'^Friday evening'
at St Peter's Rectory.
(Continued:on page 10)
hl EF -I-V_
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HO
.NOR itiA1S
WELSH
On
Monday • ay ' •evening a large
congregaton.
ne` hb
ors
' and._
friends gathered in fain "River
United church' to pay honor to
Miss . Elizabeth Welsh who • is
leaving the community to make
her home in Lucknow: -
Rev.. J:
C. Butt
on'': resided over
� _, .P
an enjoyable :program - in which
there were selections b the Pine'
River, Y'
��nen's -quartette; readings
ay -Mrs: Thomas Blair and Miss
MargaretMcMurchyT. solos by
Mr, Archie Courtney'' and Miss
Bertha Walden. There
were ad-
dresses of appreciation .by Messrs:
). • James,.. Courtney, J. M, , Beatty,
Walter Walden a n ci Walter
Brown. Duet by. Mrs; 'WM. Court
ney and Mrs. Eckmiert mouth or-'
•
gait selectionby
Y Albert t Aiken:
.
papists for the' evening;
Mrs
were- Miss Marian c . � McDonald .and
Wm" ,Courtney..
Mrs, Bert Walden read a coni=
-,Ydress, to- ad - Miss Welsh
and Messrs.' Arthur Humphrey;
Bert, Walden and Lorne Reid pre-
senteci the honored guest .with an.
electric radio, as table and
.:, a floor • IAN), � . lamp
lamp, Others who assisted
ere Mrs• John ,Reid; Mrs. Wm.
Wilkin, Mrs, ' ,Arthur:_. Humphrey
and Mrs. Lorne Reid,
• Miss Welsh 'thankedbanked. ,her many
ds or the beautiful gifts and
th
for their ,kindness to her during
m any years . when'
. organist; „ . She was,
rn the "church,
Lunch was
served and a� happy
evenings' brought 'to a- close by
singing the National anthem,
DAYLIGHT SAVING .TIME
NOW IN EFFECT HERE
"In • response to a petition Sub-
mitted -at their -regular meeting
last 'Tuesday night; the Lucknow.
municipal council gave approval
to 'the. observance ''of ,Daylight.
Saving ' Time 'in Lucknow,
To avoid any confusion on Sun-
day, "fast time".. did not, officially
go into effect here until Sunday
midnight, and will be ' observed.
until
September 29th.
During' thin , period the Luck -
now Business Men's 'Association
has decided to .remain ' open on
Saturday: evenings ..until 111;45.
The::Post Office went on D.S.T.
today (Wednesday) but mail
despatches will continue as usual
on standard:trine-in-keeprng with'
train schedules.'•
BOUGHT
RICHARD �.
GARDNER
FARM AT ZION
r. an -1Gli Ffichard' aG rdner
of Zion have sold their farm ;to •
Mr Joseph Wall and- his son
orn-e-of.:Alberta-arid-formerly-o
-
Concession 8, Kinloss. Township:',
�The._new` pro rietors_wilL et o
,, P 6 P
_session . before e the - end ' of th
month and Mr Gardner is hold -
ing a : clearing ,auction sale . on
Thursday of this. ,week. For the
meantime he ' and Mrs. Gardner �r±
plan to make, their home at Dun -ON H OU S I .N G
gannon with her. sister, Mrs; Fitz-
_gerald:
• Mr' Wall
Lorne and his dau-
age's, ;clergymen should each per-
form the happy, duty of baptizing
his grandchild..
On . ,May .5th Rev,„
C., :Pi. Mac-
Dosald and Mrs • nald Were
Re
at iillsdale where v.`MacDon-
ald officiated. at baptism ..of
Macs
the
h i s granddaughter, ,•. Margaret
El.izabet ,dauhter of Rev. 'and
Mrs. Wm.. A..Henderson. '
Last ' Sunday morning' 'Rev: J.
W. Stewart hada similar pleasant
duty -in his own church when he
christened his little ' granddaugh-
ter, Deanna Dawn, daughter of
Mr. ;and;.: Mrs. Melvin Stewart.
PURCHASES' FORMER,
MASSEY-HARRIS BUILDING .
Jack Kil15atr-ick-has-disp- osed of
the :west . half: of! his Main ..street,
premises o ' N. sW .Winterstein.-
This' part f the. buildingad oin-
.,
ing the Kilpatrick residence, was`
occupied ' until recently as the
M-assey--Harris-�shop; and -was -for=
merly ' the location of • the "Old
Post Office"
Mr. Winterstein who as. the
Hudson' ;motor agency will turn
the ground floor '` into a show,
room' and, work shop.:
NAME MEMBER.
QF "PARK BOARD,
1v1r, .W. J. Davison has been
named a member of the Caledon-
ian Park . Board,' to succeed the
late G.: H, Smith: The appoint-
ment'. ,was ' made -by the Village
Council at the -May :meeting. This
three-man board is comprised' of
F. T. Armstrongof Gotle h W.
r'XC
J;'"Davv an ;pd • the reeve of ;the
municipality, at present J. W.
Joynt
The revival of ., • baseball in
Lucknow, and the necessity. • of
having some work done • on- the
diam
ball' d in
1 on the: park, brought
out some interesting,4and little-
known factsf c
o
. this Park Board.
d.
The Boarwasestablished at�
the time that the. Caledonian
Societ
Y bavethe municipality . a
qunckk.claim;'de
ed to the park, and
the, agreement pertaining hereto
bore the signature of ,Mr. John
Murchison, secretary'
, •of the•'Soc-
The "management and 'control"
•
Of the park is under the' )urrsdic-
tion of the Pari Board al h
• , ,t ough
the Council .isresponsible for.
footing the bill for improvements,
and failure to 'do so, could result
x L inuirrrcipality iti�itie
to the park
The Agriculture Society -has the
obligation of providing addraw-
ing '.filling. -Which may..: be required
'andas required, to level theP, ark. •
:D A'T.IAIrl AT] (}intrnent�.. to the •:;.�
• est c�n.n _..� p . Park
ghter, Miranda; returned recently
from the West. 'He '•i a.. brother
of: Mr; Thomas. Wall Who resides:
north of the C.N.R. depot.,
Board are made b ,•the Municipal
'Council ,on the recommendation
of the survivor mernber::
At --a: =four-hour session of the -
Village : Councia last
Tuesday
night, it was. inevitable that the
come . up' Little :hope was.held
that ` anything : ,could •, be .achieved
-this--year-;-i n:der ;the_'‘..Wartmie
Joins: Bank Staff
Miss Edith Elhott�of Ripley
le is
housing...situatron. would ;again
' the new junior member of the
• Bank of Montreal staff, having
commenced her new duties last
iruesday
RECEIVE HYDRO. Housing plan., but the Integrated
Housing Plan :and the ; National
TOWER CREDIT ..Housin P-lan hold oss bilities
The 13th Power ,Bill was re-
ceived by the Municipal„Council
last week,, revealing, 'a, creditt.of'
$2,360:79:• This --represents the dif
:ference: between _the power bills
phid. during the year, on an`
estimated :basis, 'and the actual
cost.`of •power as, determined at
the end. of the _fiscal ;year: by the.
Ontario Hydro Electrie Power
Commission.
this year's 13th; ;;Power
.while quite . satisfactory, is down
almost a halt • over the previous.
year's Credit. "• H o w e v e r;" the.
amount; paid the HFE:P C.' in 1945,
was approximately . $5,000 less
than the previous year, which is
partially attributable to lower
.local.,:rates. _
r.
The H.EP C ',,rn its 'summary
report lists the' Plant
value
and
total assets of the local system a's
$84,764.40:
''';Other 'interesting, figures reveal
293' domestic users; 83 commercial
users and 9 power; users,; 'for.a
totals 'of ;385 local' system custom-
ers. .T'here are 72 street , lafrips of
40.0 watts, costing ;,;$14 a lamp
and seventeen 200 -watt lamps at
$25:00 per unit...
The' Systeire -..1945 earniit s
were as follows:
`Domestic
Commercial 3,695.38
Power ;..+ ..,... 9,9$5.64
'Municipall Power .....•
4;4$.77
Street, Lighting .:....:...,• 1,546.00
Miscellaneous , 172 52
'Total Earnings' . ,,.... $21,423.24
Total operation . costs
and fined charges $14,117:40.-
,
$14,117 $0.-
45
ur us
Net S p� ,
On thepowxpenditure side: cost of
rer i ptc �hased amounted- to
�
$10,271.52.
for veterans,' who are interested:
in building and, owning a tome.;.
On Tuesday morning of-
ficial word was •received by,
•telephone;- that due .-to 'the.
lumber shortage, _ it was.
lumber
•t o undertake ":an Y.
Po `..
hoppsing'construction' in Luck-
no'w, : 'as. material was not
available for :•' contracts al-
ready, .entered_.mto.
•In discussing: the housing prob-
lem,. Reeve Joynt : questioned
sharply, "If there is . not co-oper
ation among citizens of the town,
What, in the name' of ,common.
sense can the; Council -do- about„
it?.f
Ile pointed out that' we have
.industries trying to carry on,
.needing men arid homes • for them.
If people won't renthomess-or--liv
ing' accomodation' how,is the town
going to go ahead, These men.
can't live •.on . the' sidewalk,_; he
added.
It was pointed out at the'meet-
ing, that the municipality. -Owned
a splendid building lot'• --which
would be available; at a..very
reasonablefigureto anyone+sh
a
ing tdbuild, a '.home:
COMING E. VE TS
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES
' Will be 'held in South Kinloss
Church, Sunday May 19thi:.Rev::
A. H.. Wilson. of Whitechurch will
be';the'.special speaker': Special
music. Services at '11 a,m. arid'
7.30 'inv. .Daylight Saving Time.•
BOWLING :MEETING
A • re -c rganization meeting' of
the Ladies Bowling Club will be
held in the Town Hall, Lucknow,
tin Friday evening, •May, l7tb,"'at
8 o"clock sharp. ' Alt interested:
ladies ' are`" urged to attend,
i•.
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APPOINTED 'ATO LONDON -
TEACHING STAFF -
. Miss "Hilda Tmley, formerly
of Lucknow, and - who ,for the •
past two .years has been : teaching •
in Wingham,' has accepted a posi-
tion. on .the 'London Teaching.
Staff with dutie o ommep a in
September.
Her two ,sisters Misses • .Eiva.
and Ferne T amle .hav � een
on the London staff for .the' past
year, and last fall her'father, Mr.
Wallace,Twamley,•, moved to the
city to reside,
LOCHALSHNATI VE
IS. COUNTY: JUDGE
'Mr. Ian MacRae :of: Strathroy,
'son of Mr. John- MacRae,_R. 3,
Luckto Mrsnow and.the . la Mac-
Rae,
a-
c
Rae, has 'been .'=named:-Iunior. `:
county judge' of Middlesex.. The
appointment was announced' by.
Justice Minister St. Laurent,
Mr.: MacRae will fill'. a'vacCancy
created. by . the death last fall of
Judge A. A.' Ingrain, of London,,;''
and .• when. �re,�.iu r" `
q_ f he' would
move to London from :Strathroy,:
said he ` hadn't given the matter
Much thought as yet, and due to''
the housing situation one could
not move around very readily.
: Since 1941 •' Mr: MacRae, a for-
mer barrister,'has': held the post
of '.magistrate in Middlesex Coun-
ty. He was born on the .MacRae `.
artat , Lochaish in • _Ashfield
Township 43 years : ago,, attended
Continuation School in .Lucknow
_.and_after graduating : ,from. Os
goode Hall,= went, to Strathroy .,in
...•
1926 toac r
t' rse law. .Judge Mac-
Rae is:.a _Liberal' ancl. a' Pre by -
R'1
•
ow
MacRae was formerly
Miss • •Winiiifred Elliott of Luck..
now: 'they have no children:
hrietiari Ideals
1
errnans
Capt. R. D. MacDonald who re-
cently returned.after serving as
a padre with the' Canadian Army
of i Occu a -
. p ton . in •, north western
Germany,, was the guest speaker
at the United •Church' MPS.
;meeting ori Y
Monda '...evenin ....._
g
While . the : occupation forces
sometimes ` wondered why theywere stationed ,there, other than
to foster ' within them a bet-
ter. appreciation of. Canada, Capt:
MacDonald cited- three purposes::
First as •-a P
:. assive deterent ' to
those who would foment National
Socialismunrest; secondly, to im-
press the ability of the Canadian
soldier, and ,thirdly, • to guard
against 'a tremendous influx into
that . • •area
food'
where
,supplies'
were: comparatively plentiful, to.
a degree that a quarter of a mil-.
lion.Germans• were transferred' to
that ,zone.
The. Canadian ' soldier , h•a.d
proved himself on the battlefield,
but had his shortcomings as a,
peace -time "spit and polish" *sold—
ier in the :eyes of the militaristic
German people. .Capt. MacDonald.
felt that ,for years to' come -}Can
adians . who be' known, and re-
membered in Europe as "egg.
eaters',
Two • Classes
In'• Germany there are two
classes —.National al Socialists, and
those who passively accepted• the
doctrines• forced ' upon them to
escape concentration camps, tor-
ture and
ortureand death. The. former could
be divided into two classes, fan-
atical Nazis and Nazis who Would.
listen to 'reason and hi time might`
be 'weaned, away from this pol-
itical 'system. • .
• (Continued on Page 3)
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reat:'. Pe1
o, lei
RECEIVE SERVICE BADGE
FOR RED CROS$ WORK
Mrs: A. E..McKim and Mrs.
Wm, Hornell, of the Lucknow ,.
and Vicinity Branch, Canad
ian -Red-Cross ` Society, Were
'among the 878 members boa
ored recently at the annual
meeting of the . Ontario Div-
ision of Red Cross when they
were nominated for a Badge
of Service. This ist an honor
conferred on them in recog-
niton' of : the service they
have given to the Li cknow
and Vicinity Branch.
,COUNCIL MAKES GRANT
TO BALL TEAM
Meeting last week the 'Village
Council 'Made 'a grant of $50.00•
to the newly re -organized Base=
ball; Club, and also agreed' to ,foot
the
billfor putting the ball
diamond in serape:
Bruce County ' power grader
waseinployed last week to "skin"
the ield_ and eo e "
m arm ,
weathier, the crack'of the: bat will
soon be heard, as the boys; settle
down to practise, '
BAND TO PRESENT
CONCERT SATURDAY NIGHT
The , Lucknow High School' '
'Band will present an hour's band,.
concert on Main Street on 'Satur-
day evening next, May I,8th, .un-
der the sponsorship of the. Husi
r_ess Men'•s Association.'
`The one-hour concert will com-
mence promptly at 8 o'clock Day-
light Saving Time.
'a a-