The Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-10-20, Page 1In Advance — $1.00 Extra To U.S.A ' .
Kinloss. �ou�l� 50 Years Married
LUCKNOW; ONTARIO
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Mr. and Mrs; John Ross of the
10th concession of .Kinloss .obser-
. ved. their 50th wedding anniver-
sary . recently and all eight of
their family :.were' home•:to mark
the occasion with them.
Although no : formalopen house
was,' held , the Ross farm on the
10th. was ' buzzing with friends and
relatives for the entire Thanksgiv: '
ing ' week -end. The ' couple were
the•recipients of''.many gifts and,
remembrances,' one of which was
a 'chair f r om their neighbours
around the 10th where they have
lived since their marriage on 0e-
tober 5th, 1915.'
• Mr. and Mrs. Ross . were mar-
ried in Toronto. Mrs. Ross was
the - former . Edith Crossman :.of
Balcarres, Saskatchewan. Jack,
as he isknown by most every-
one, . is the son of the late .Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Rosswho farmed
, L
. •on, the 10th before him. The cou-
ple met in western Canada where
Jack was working but since their
reside. 'in Kinloss.
Sixty-two -tiwo attended a family din-
nerYyy
at Walkerton over Thgiv-
ing
iv
ing with. bagpiper Sewers of Tees -
water adding a Scottish flavour
to the 50th ;anniversary meal.
Members of . the .Ross family,
all home for the occasion,,` were
sins Norman and Bill of Wing -
ham, Donald of Port Credit and
David who farms across 'the road
from the • home farm; daughters
Mrs. ` Gertrude (Trudy) Brewer
of, Toronto, . Mrs. . Alex (Mabel).
MacKay of Milton, Mrs. Robert
(Eileen) `. ' Million : of ,North Bay,
Mrs. John (Edna) Marchuk of..
Fullerton, California. Mr. . a n, d
Mrs. Ross have 24 grandchildren
and 9 great grandchildren, most
of whom .were home for the oc-
casion. Also visiting at the Ross
home to :.mark ' -the anniversary.
were Mrs. Ross' sister, Mr: and
Mrs. Neil Young' from Nanaimo,
13.C., as well as her brother, Mr.
and. Mrs. Tom Crossman of Stou•
-
marriage they have continued to ghton,Sask..'
AlexF
RUMMAGE SALE 'HIS. `WEEK
: Smith. ®rme GIVE THE LIONS A BOOST
This Friday 'and.: Saturday is
Lucknowite, Spoke. Rummage Sale time
About11rUCe Trai' have • b g f
�. know and the .local p Lions Club
been ' makin plans, under
the chairmanship o Elwin Hall,
The October meeting of the fortis pop
• h ulat
r even•
Lucknow •and. 'District Horticult= If you have not • been contacted
ural Society was held in the Town for: saleable 'items, give Elwin. a'
Hall, Friday night. ring and he and his crew will•
'Miss Ada Webster, vice presi- be• at your door .in a 'jiffy.
• dent,' conducted the business mee= A bake , sale is usually held on
ting. The meeting approved ,the Saturday in conjunction with this.
"Decorated Homes Contest".'to' be event and ' it too again will be . a
this If you're
'sponsored 'by the Society,in De-' featuummage sale fan, you're in
ce titer= This contest was spoln-
jointly with the .Lucknow far y a treat this N¢eek end; : or ' if
ceBranch .309 of the Canadian Le- You ti e never been • to one, you're didate in 'Bruce and. member of
gion, last year. m '.for even a bigger treat'. Come .
The• committee of Mrs: Russell and.' •see for yourself. Its at the parliament' in the 1 a s t :govern -
1' Archie Smith , store . on m a i n „ nt
hlips. and Mrs. Chris Cook pre street.
pared the program for the even-
ing, when Miss Rosaline • Phillips
pleased the audience with two ac -
Gordian selections. • CAT IN - WHiTECHURCH
Alex Smith of Owen Sound and, (Whitechurch News) •
WEDNESDAY, OCT, 20th, .194S.
REVERT' TO STANDARD
TIME ON SUNDAY
This week -end provides ,,the
opportunity to , pick-up..that
extra hour sleep you "lost"
last spring.
Daylight saving time offic-
ially ends at 2:00 a,m. Sunday
morning so standard time will.
be ` in effect' on . Sunday. ,
So, don't forget to turn.the '
'clock back.an hour upon re .
' tiring Saturday night. It will
be ,dark at supper time 'there
after, ' but it will brighten up
the mornings -fora the'early
birds.
.Two Mill Increase
In Wawanosh
Council of W e s't Wawanosh
Township . met as per ' adjourn-
ment on' the afternoon of_ Septem-
ber 23rd, the • day . following ,the.
audit.: completion. Al•;�1 members•
were present;
The auditor's, report was pre-
sented •to Council by the Treas-
urer., On a motion by Councillor.
Smyth, seconded . by Councillor.
Jefferson ' the auditor's report .for
1964 was accepted.'
After considerable examination.
of estimated figures for. 1965 and;
pending`; further scrutiny a: motion
to : tentatively : set the ' mill rate•
for 1965 at 14 mills for Farm and
Residential Assessments • and . 16
mills f 'o r Commercial Assess-
ments ` was . made• '. by Councillors.
Jefferson and Smyth.
Reeve Lorne Durgin+ informed
Council he expected to'be absent
during ' the week of. the' regular
meeting and would appreciate.f
Council. could meet a; week . 'ear-
lier. ' Council , adjourned to meet
on October 4th : at` 8:30 p.m. •
A special meeting . of the.West
Wawanosh. Township: Council was
held on the.'' afternoon of Septem-
ber 24th.
Upon further:examination of
1964 actual and estimated• 1965.
figures,: Councillor Jefferson: made
a motion to rescind his.:motion
of ; • the previous day :: to set the
mill rates at `14 and 16 .' mills.
Councillor Smyth seconded t•h `e
motion. • •
On a. motion by 'Councillors Er-
rington and ' Smyth the 1965 mill
rate' for •Township purposes was
.set at 12 mills for farm and res-
idential assessments 'and 14 mills
for; commercial, assessments.
Last year's mill rate : was 10
mills for farm a n d • residential
and. 12 mills ' for commercial.
ALVIN 'HAMILTON TO
HOLD• 'KINCARDINE .MEETING •
The Hon. Alvin Hamilton, for-
mer minister of agriculture , in the
Diefenbaker government, will ad
dress a meeting in the .Kincardine,
Legion Hall on Thursday of /this
week at -2:00 p.m.
The Hamilton visit is in support
off John Loney, Conservative can -
Sunday forenoon a fox attack -
a former. Lucknow' boy presented
the Bruce Trail in pictures which
vividly portrayed: t h;e . beautiful, ed and fought with a cat on the
'interesting lawn at • the.home of • Mr and
. things
s tonbesena Y. by travelling Mrs, Jas.. McInnes, Before men
' the
on foot over the: marked trails, could arrive with guns,, the fax
much 'of' •whip'. is over private had crossed the. road into a Corn '
proper(S.
• ..:,. field
•
The trail follows the Niagara
All are warned to be aware • of
Escarpment from ,Niagara . Falls these rabid foxes ' which' are ,'be-
th Tobermory:. and '. eventually .it coming v e r y ';numerous in the
•ish- surroundiicinities.
oped to extend t� to .Manitou- :ng v
lin
Island. Next . year t h e trail k •
,,
•
• will be linked up with its' United DUNGANNON BIBLE SOCIETY
States counterpart, the Appalach- CANVASS' REALIZED $1S3.90'
m Trail and it will then be posy ` -� --
sibie ' to walk f r o m , Tobermory The canvass• for • the Canadian,
dawn to Georgia, provided , that Bible .Society has been completed
one has the stamina and the time • with a total of •.$153,90 s e n t to
for such an adventure.• headquarters.This• was Made pos-
The ,purpose; of , the trail has sible by • the individual' canvass of
been to get thepublic out -into $10055 four memoriatris of $29.50
the countryowhere they can enjoy
• (Continued on Page 3)
Receptibr� Service
Held At St.` Helens
'(St.' Heiens•News)
Orf" Friday, evening Rev. J. R.
Wheeler of Auburn was chairman
for a' reception . service for,,Rev,
A.E Willis as: the minister of
Calvin. United • Church at St. Hel-
ens,
el
ens. Rev...Gordon Kaiser . of the
Ashfield charges delivered, the ad-
dress.
Greetings from Huron Presby-
tery were brought by Rev. A.
t
Higginbottom of Walton. • Lorne
Woods,_recording steward, exten-
ded a. welcome on behalf of the
St. Helens church. Rev. B. F.
Green alsoi extended a welcome
to the Willis family . At the con-
elusion of .the ,evening, lunch was
served by 'the ladies..
Having taken pp residence at
thee manse, a warm welcome is
the Good Friday service, of -extended to Mr. and Mrs. Willis
and from the .• community. �.
Tering of • $15.85. • •
$200 Fine In
Five -Death Crash
W, Girvin Westlake, 20, of Wil-
lowdale, -the ' driver of a• car in-
volved in the accident which took,
the ' lives of five members of the
Jack MaeDonald family of Luck-
now, August 22nd, was fined $200
and costs or 30 days ' in jail on
a charge of careless driving in
the matter.. • A charge of ` danger-
ous ' driving was dropped. West-
lake was given two weeks to pay
the - fine.
The accident, whic h occurred at
Zetland .bridge on Highway :86,
took the lives of John MacDonald,
son Thomas, daughters Margaret
and Jean MacDonald of Lucknow
and son-in-law Robert Smith of
Sault Ste. Marie who was the
driver ` of the . second car. The
only survivor in the Smith car
w a s ..Mrs. Robert. Smith (Etta
Belle MacDonald) Of Sault Ste.
Marie w h o isstill hospitalized
from' injuries received.
cTwo passengers in. the Westlake
ar from Willowdale were 'also, in-
jured.
HON. PAUL MARTIN'. AT
KINCARDINE; :•GODERICH
The Hon. Paul . Martin,minister
of external affairs, will: speak : at
a noon 'luncheon this Fridayat
the Bruce Inn: in Kincardine in
support of Kent Lamont, Liberal'
`candidate in Bruce riding.
Mr: Martin will arrive at .God-
erich airport, proceed. to ' Kincar-
dine, 'then, back into Huron riding
where he will catch' his plane for
an Owen • Sound meetingthat eV -
ening. ..
Before leaving Huron Mr. Mar-,
tin will attend a coffee partyat
the . Harbourlite' Inn, Goderich, at
2:30 .p.m.,In support of Mait 'Ed-
gar , • Liberal candidate in • Huron:
Single Copy 19c, 16 Pages
OLIVER McCHARLES SUFFERS.'
BADLEY'. GASHED HAND
Oliver McCharles, returned home
from • 'Kincardine hospital Saturn
day where he had been•a "'Pa-
tient With a .badly cut, hand, hav-
ing
; been caught in the hay baler
• The gashed hand required about •.-
'forty stitches to close andis now
in a cast.
SCOUT APPL' E DAY A SUCCESS
GOOD PAPER COLLECTION.
The Lucknow Boy Scouts real-
ized about $75.00 • this. year from
their Apple Day! John l/lacKen-
zie, John' Johnstone and Donald
MacKinnon were top salesmen.
Jamie Elliott, Jim •Henderson and
James MacDonald won prizes for
the best decorated baskets. ,
Last Thursday 'the ' Scouts held
a° paper • collection in Lucknow
and;. Dungannon. The paper has
been trucked away; but• the am-
ount received -for .it is not known
as :yet., '
Three Sisters
After 53 Years.
Mrs. ' Wm. . Jackson , of Kincar-
dine,
incar-dine, formerly of Holyrood and
Kinlough and Mrs. Thomas Hoc::
kley of Preston, formerly of Kin-'
loss Township,' were reunited last
week with their sister 'Mrs. Mar-
guerite Gammick; . of: Aberdeen,
Scotland.
'Mrs. Gammick arrived» at Mel-
ton by jet on Tuesday, October
12th. It is.fifty-three years since
the three sisters , have been to-
gether. Their home was origin-
ally in Englandand they parted.
when young girls. •The three :la-
dies are all now.. in their, seven-
ties. 'Mrs: Gammick is greatly
impressedn. with Canada, and
thinks is "just
it .; is
beautiful."
Tom Pritchard of Lucknow' is
a grandson of : Mrs. Hockley.
•
Janet Carruthers Receives Goad Cord At...
Church Service,.: Highest Guiding Award.
(Iniended for Iasi: 'Week)
Friday evening, marked a very
special occasion in' t h e life of
Janet Carruthers when she recei-
ved her Gold Cord at a 'presen
tatiori held in the Lucknow Pres-
byterian Church. Janet is the.
sixteen -year-old daughter of Mr.
a n d Mrs. Virden Mowbray ' of
town. Guides, Brownies, relatives
and• friends of J a n et, ;special
guests and other interested Per-
sons attended the ceremony. '
The processional of Girl • Guides,
leaders and guests entered the
church with the Guides, taking
their places in the choir loft. Mrs.
Jack McKim, who conducted the .
service, welcomed everyone pre-
sent. The congregation sang, , O
Worship the King". Mrs. 'McKim
led in prayer 'using the Founder's
Prayer. The scripture was read by
Rev. Rod McLeod, Janet's min-
ister in the . Lucknow Presbyter-
ian Church.: He chose' the story
of Ruth as his text.
Mrs. Bert Dijon '(the former
Winnifred Aitchison) of Harriston,
(Continued on page 14)