The Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-08-09, Page 100 A' Year'In
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'ARI) WEDNESDAY, .AUG, 9th,
19G1 ..
TWELVE, PAGPS, •
a. Gathering asks.. to
lungside Sch.oI.
A centennial. anniversary was.
'Id at, Langside on Sunday
hich had two fold significance..
. .
marked the one hundredth: an-
versa/7 of the establishment o f
e, lst 'school at, S.S. No. 8, Kin-
ss, and as well marked the
a sing of 'the school. The stu
•nts; of this section whichhas;'.
►w became a part of Kinloss.
!hoof Area No. '1• will hereafter
,transported: "to the central
tool being, built at Holyrood.
The weather 'Man. wasn't very
operative on Sunday and fore-.
the 'proceedings to ' be held,
doors. Despite the 350 per-
ils who attended, the accomo-
•tion proved 'ample. The pro
am was held in the church,
d refreshments __were served in
e nearby school and
iring ducking the rain show-
�, „but otherwise having little
feat on,the ardour of the gather
and`: the enjoyment of meet-;
old friends and ' •new: •
Earl in ' initial. plans were
Oe for
JulY ,. r the gathering" with. Wm.
'ans appointed'as : chairrnari &
ss. Gordon Wall as secretary;
her torn'm ttees appointed were:
vitations, Farish Moffat, . Gdr-
n Wall; Lunch;• Mrs. William
.ans, Mrs. Cliff Young,
Cyd Moffat, Mrs. Everett Why=
Mrs. James Young,.' Mrs.
Are ,,Moffat, ,Mrs:. Wes 'Young
d their husbands; Program,.
b Orr,. Wm. Evans, Donelda:
ott, Gertie Tiffin, James Mot -
,
Philip . Steer; ' Welcoming
nmittee, ,'Wm. • Evans, Wes • and
ff,
.Youngg :Graham Moffat
r 'hams and
telly citizens :of the section,'
Its.Ii.siIig
school was no doubt influenced
by the fact that the previous year,.
1873, the register reveals ..that
therwere 146 pupils enrolled,
in the one -teacher log school,. By,
comparison, the enrolment en
June 30th, 1961' was 22; pupils, :
At the turn of the century in
1900 the tender of William Nich
lson
o of , Wingham was accepted.
for building a new school "ata.
cost of $980. The old frame.
schoolwas sold . to the Canadian
Order of Foresters for $46.00 and
now serves,. as a community hall,
R. C. Ireand was the first: mu-
sic teacher in 1936, although the
records show that .Jack, MacKen-
zie of Con. 4, Culross. and. Mr,:
,Skilling of • Teeswat r conducted
singing lessons over4 years, , ago.
:Over the--years-:-the.-mill rates
have varied from •2 trills in 1898
to. the present levy of .16 mills.
History Compiled
historical booklet was cern-
ed
omed by Mrs • Farish:.Moffat, ,'as-
ted by Mrs:: Charles' Tiffin ..&
s. .Gordon. Wall r
t was iti ,February, 1861 : that
neeting was first held to' plan
a'sehool on ground offered
Robert Farish. • This was a
structure with some thirty
it residents ;of the community
Mpg in a log -cutting bee:
;hairman of "the , first '. school
ird was 'Robert Young; : secre-
y, ' Peter Reid and trustees,
in:MoBurney,, .John: MacKen-
and David 'Black:
1embers of the last- Board :to,
&office a hundred years latter
,Everett` Whytock;' 'Robert
Clifford :Young With Gordon
11; as secretary, •'
'irst teacherinthe school was
cert Chisholm :at' a 'salary' of.
0: The highest salary paid was
n' 1874 a . frame school was
it for $560 :on the ,site of the
sent •sohcol; Lot, 25, Con. 6,.
property bought 'from John
l`. Letitia Morrison for $50.00.'
decision to ;build the ziew.
ctogenarian
..
ark birthday
Zrs Nellie Scott of Brussels
1 on 'Friday of this week, Au
-
t llth; observe her 85th birth-
'. Mrs: • Scott, • affectionately
awn
to• many of her"friends as
l ` as relatives • as "Aunt Nel
made her home in 'Luelciiow
a, number. of .years with her
e, .Mrs. Orville Jones and Mr.
es.
in
Lucknow she triode a •
t of friends and was an: active
'nber of .. the Lucknow United
'rah, Presently Mrs Scott
tes her home at Brusselswith
niece, MrX and Mrs. • Norman
)ver, but still loves her visits
k to the Sepoy• town.
trs. Scott has
i. , . one daughter,
resides in Western 'Canada:
reat 'part of Mrs, Scott's mar
life
Was spent in Western
'ada, although• she is a native
the Gorrie area.
Teachers Return ' ,
'During the century -there have
been 46 teachers at . S.S. No. 8
Kinloss, ..ten• of,. • whom were in
attendance at Sunday's ' reunion:.
They, • were: Mrs. Victor 'Emerson
(Valetta, Tiffin) of Whitechurch,
who •.commenced her first teach-
ing assignment in Langside school
in' 1918;.Percy Agar of Islington;
Mrs. :"(Jean Lane) Phillips : "of
Fonthill; • Graham: Pinkney of
Ajax, Miss 'Jean'. 'Osborne- of
Bervie;. Mrs.: Howard Cunning
(Catherine..MacPhersoi) of Vank'-
leek; Ont,; Mit.Gordon • .(Mar-
jorie) Wall. of. Con. 6 Kinloss;
Miffs. ',Bill Humphries (Marjorie
SAKES .39TH, ANNUAL'
CEMETER, Y PILGRIMAGE.
M&&Donal'd)' .of Walton; Mrs.. Dan .
(Annie) McInnes of Concession 10
Kinloss and Mr rvi 'le Gra c e.
Mts. 0 1. (• c )
Ellioat •of Holyrood who, was •th'e
last teacher at
The teachers each ' answered,
the ".roll call arid spoke briefly;
' ern h 'on th • d ' ri-
with p• asts: 'the In est
ous. qualities • found in. pupils at-
tending ' :S.S : No: 8, which was
not': always so evident • in other
schools:
Unable To 'Attend
The oldest. living ..teacher at
Langside, Wand: who also attend-
ed school:there:is Mr. W. J. Mof-
(Continued.. .on Page r9.) •
It was on .August 2nd, 1923 that
Dr. A. G. Elliott died from a heart.
attack) while watching a. Luck
now - Kincardine ball' garne - in.
the. Lakeside town, .
Every ear 'since ' then,, Bert
'y
Ward has never missed taking a
bouquet to the. Doctor's grave in
Greenhill, for in his sudden pas
sing, Bert lost a good friend and
a • considerate employer. Bert,
among other tasks; .looked after'
the doctor's horse. Day .or night
Bert' drove the •Doctor over .win
ter roads, in fair or stormy wea-
ther, as .he. .responded to farm
home cabs,
Bert '
also: placed a boizguet on
the grave ' of Mrs. Ward, , the
former Marion Cater.
B.ant�flis Competing.:
. .
For; Chumpionship•
By ; virtue 'of their double .vic-
'tory 'in Desboro, . on Monday,.
Lucknow' Bantam Softball team
has' advanced into: the ,Western
Ontario Softball finals..Lucknow
eliminated Whitechurchlast week,
in 'two straight, :and ori Monday
met :Desboro On 'their: home dia-•
Mond in- a' double 'header, .the
first game' at 4 p.m. and the. se-.
•coed at 7• pm..•
Lucknow•, took the . first game.
22-1• and the second 772. They play
Mgr -Acton here . on , Wednesday
night, and go back to Monkton
Thursday in • the best two out of.
three : affair for the champion
•
July Rainfall
ship.
Ernie rchison
Visits Home Town
'New :Huron Township Industry To ae..
Located 1n Fowler Cheese Factory
A new industry for the Ripley
area, Ripley Chemicals, plans to
be in. operation in : about two
weeks. The new business. is under
the general managership. of Don
Lowry, son of James• D. Lowry,
a native of, Huron Township 'v ho -
is.. presently plant manager of
John$ -Manville;' Toronto.
The new •business venture will
be located on 'the 12th conces-
sion' of Huron Township, 21/2, miles.
west of the 15th, in the old. Huron
Cheese Factory which is. being
.renovated. Several years ago the
cheese factory was. purchased by
• Mr. aid Mrs. Ernie .Murchison
of
Toronto are. visiting—with his
brother-in-law and .sister,' Mr. &.
Mrs. F. T. , Armstrong of' 'Gode-
rich and ' formerly of Lucknow,
arid; this week. paid ;a wish':''to
the old..: home:• town.
• -Ernie is the : son of the, late
Mr, and•. Mrs. `. •John , Murchison..
Ernie left 'Lucknow in • f 905 ',and,
has since',made his',home ;in
ronto, aid for a number Of. years
prior to his retirement •manufac-
tured an' exclusive 4ine'of ladies'.
dresses.
•His father .operated a book,
stationery. and jewellery store•
the Campbell $lock,' east: of
•.Murdie's':Store before' it ..was '`de-
hent On.Record
stroyed by ..fire • 'nd, rebuilt as`
Fanners who have been trying
to .complete: haying operations• &
get harvesting • underway : have
been grimly:,aware that July' was.
a very wet month:'
It was so wet in fact as to 'set
an alltime high' for July rain-
fall: in this Arnmediate ' vici.nity.
Total rain 'for the :month totalled.
7:64 ,inches which. caused J. ' M.
Greer, the .official weather ob,-
server, to scan the record Which,
revealed the new 'record.
• Lowest 'rainfall.. on record for•
July. was, .44 inches away .back
in 18&8..' •
, This . ,past' month produced a
high . temperature of 88 degrees
and a low' of 43 de'grees..Accom-
pairiying the. 7.64 inches • of :„rain
were 11 thunderstorms, quite un -
Usual when compared with • last
yarwhen hen thunderstorms were
comparatively rare.
From a rainfall standpoint, Au-,
gusty seems to be collaborating, for
the first . six days of the month
have brought another 1.71 •inches
ofrainfal'1, • In fact it's been • a
wet season generally, with June
contributing 4.77 inches Of: rain,
Since the first of June until the
'first of this week, the above fig-
ures total 14,12 inches of rain.
Hay has deteriorated, sortie of it
to a point where it has been
burned in the,fields. Grain crops
are badly' f lattened and with the
ground so soft, considerable dry
weather . is urgently ,needed to
facilitate h -al ,vesting, •
the Joynt BXock. :
MrMu.rchison was treasurer of
the -:Village prior to .the 'office
being *combined as clerk-treasur--
et. ' under Joseph ;:Agnew: Mr:
Murchison was treasurer of the
municipality during • the't'ime• that
negotiations were carried out•to
obtain a:'•grant from, the .Carne-
gie endowment fund to aid in
' the construction of the 'Carnegi:e
Library and Town Hall
Mr.,' Murchison was the • last
bonafide member of the•.Caledon-
fan : Societyand in, 1928, while a
resident 'of Toronto •the Caledoni=
an Park was .deeded to the. Muri-
' icipali:ty., Mr. 'Murchison's signs-
• ture appears •on the . deed.
r
Enjo.ved. Motor Trip
ToThe EastCast
Mr: and'•Mrs. ;Oliver McCharles
accompanied by •"1Vhr, and Mrs,
George Kennedy arrived home at
the week -end after a . two weeks'
vacation through Quebec, . New
,Brun
swick, Nova Scotia & Prince
Edward Island, where they called.
fon' .Mr: and ' Mrs. Murray Mac-
Donagh, •
Froin there they travelled down
the coast 'Of Maine',, New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts as 'far' as
Boston and New Y'oi'k City . to
retiii n by Way of the New York
thru way 'to Niagara rails and
home,
university, Don . Lowry and a.
friend 't¢Qk a two-year round,-
the -world -trip, spending the past '
14 • months working in Australia,' ;
.Upon his return in June, Don,.
purchased the buildings and sept,
to work to put' 'the plant in. ; op'-
eration.'
,Ripley Chemicals Will *manufac-
ture ' ,base paint, industrial paint,
barn paint, anticor.•osive coatings'
and concrete coatings. They will
commence. ' operations 'working
from the .base coat, :but plan to
instal machinery within six,
months to do' 'a complete opera
James Lowry. ..• After., attending: ,tion,.
Emmeline -Miller Q# •Ashfield
Cytology Technician At K -SII Hospital
After. sending.''a ,technician to.
Toronto General Hospital''for a
special ecial' 'six-month .,.course, the
,
pathology' deparitment of Kitch-
ener=Waterloo Hospital has• .an-:
.nounced it will . T`enter more
broadly 'on a, much. larger
Seale". into the field of cytology.:
C tolo is::tlie '. microsco ,ic;
Y gy p
study of • body cells; particularly
from the viewpoint 'of "cancer.
Walter Hatch, ' administrator,,
told' the last• meeting of the . Hos-
pi•tal,..Commisson that the hos-
pital.
os-pital,. previously had to . rely •
largely enlaboratories orfMont-
real and Toronto 'hospitals' for
cytology work. '
',Naw • that. the_ tests can be
made at our sown hospital,, . we
'expect ,a much' wider use` 'will
be made of 'cytology, 'said. • Mr.
'Hatch. •"I't ` is a ' most: important
advance . in `;the service; , offered
to the city and district by • this
"hos-ital:
p •
•
The technician, : Emmeline
Miller, formerly of Lucknow., .re-,
turned from. the .'Toronto:, course.
recently' and the• new•' program,
wase instituted .July lsst. . . .
,Emmeline • is the , daughter of
Mr, and ' Mrs:' .Harvey. Miller, , of
Lanesvil'le and a 'former; student,
at 'Lucknow District High School.
Dr, . Lavern Fischer, patholo-
gist said malignant or cancerous
tumors are 'made up • of millions
of •..cancer' cells which may; by
invading blood . vessels, lymphatic
,vessels, or by contact, spread (or
•metastasize). to. distant': parts' of
the • body: These cancer cells May,
also shed ' from the surface of the
tumor into. surrounding'secretions
or ':body fluids. ;
He said in .cytology, or , cyto-
pathology as it is often called,
medical' ' science .' endeavorss to
study,': surface, ,smears acid ab-•
norinal' body. fluids:
• "In so• • but
we not only
diagnose, but hope to . pack up
cancer early, when it can best
be treated for cures, especially
in .cancer' of. the cervix in wom-•
fir. ' Fischer. said. the `work' re-
qures special knowledge as well
as specially trainecr technicians
for processingand staining and
screening:from fluids. '•
He said. the K -W• Hospital de-
,partmentof pathology has, in
'the•.past done a limited' amount •
in this • field, but is • now , enter-
ing on 'a muchlarger scale.
°Cervical srnears from. well•
women.'can be examined: and,
detection 'of cancer• .cells .before
clfrii:cal manifestations are pres-
ient, can Abe.. done' said Dr.
Cher: "
Robinsons Honor
At Farwell Party
'On •Wednesday. evening',: Aug-
ust 2nd, Mr'. and Mrs: Ross Ro-
binson : were honoured at a din:
ner party • at Tiger Dunlop Inn
with 'the Lucknow Co -Op .direc-
tors: and their wives in • atten-
dance
• After' a turkey dinner, Warren
Zinn gave a few • remarksX Ross'
Henderson in a few well chosen,
words` addressed Ross and. Marg
and expressed good wishes'; in,
.Ross': new appointment & thank
ed him for his 'co-operation- • dur'
ing the 'pastefew.'. years : ;in.:Luck-
Warren. Zinn.::and Allan Miller'.
:presented Mr. and Mrs. Robinson /i
pairif
p
of Step-up a
with a p •tbl s
e�, Ross.
'and: Marg, both, replied expressing
their thanks and hoped, : they
would still :be 'able. to keep in
touch: with their Lucknow friends..
'The remainder of. the evening
was spent in playing cards. w'
Municipal:. `�a�c Rate U� 7.4 M�I�s,
W�rle.Village� Rate Remains Unchanged
A.t- the. August meeting; of the.
Village ' Council, . the municipal
"tax rate for • 1961 was struck at
64.4 Mills,' an increase Of 2:4
Mills over the 1960 rate of 62
mills. . . •
The increaseresults frorri an
edgingup of the county, high
school'.'•and public, school rates..
The Village rate remains un-
changed. A comparison with last
years rate' is as follows
1960
County 12.5
14,6
L.D,H.S: 8:2.
Village
1961
13.
15.9 .
8.8
26.7
84.4
The levy is •desigrte•d to raise'
a 'total' • of'' '$59,450.41.
The total assessable residential
property totals $646,700 and, the-
assessable • commercialProperty-
for • county and • Village purposes •
totals $314,984. Assessable com-
mercial property for schools and
local improvernetits is .based • on.
a 'figure of $338,984.
• LTnconiditional grants .�frorn the
Province total ,$3,036, . reducing'
the residential ,tax '.rate to 59.8
mill's':
Cotlnc•il' sought . a itnorization
fi°or.iT.E.P,G':for thr; expendi
tine . of `$5,000 ' to .'xtend n,ew
florescent street lighting fixtures
beyond the business•. section "'ren
Carntibell St. and tOi divert exist-
ing ,power lines.
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