The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-06-22, Page 10,00 A Year In Advance —,$1.00 E*tra. To: U.S.A..
CKNOW, ONTARIO' WE1NF DAV, JUNE •2tnd, 1960'
TEN . PAGES
HORTICULTURAL
PRESIDENT NAMED
(By C. R. Bristow) ,,
The June , meeting of the.
Lucknow and District Horticul-•
tore Society . was held• Friday ev-
ening, June . 17th,-' In Carnegie,.
Hail,' with Rev. Gordon Geiger
presiding. The .treasurer's report
disclosed that with only one out-
standing account . unpaid,'. we had
a balance of. $21.20 in the petty
,, cash and a bank balance of
$77,3.7. Some of the plants may
have to 'be replaced ibut. to . date
all are 'paid. for. Correspondence
from the ladies of the,. Presby-
terian church,•a letter of apprec-
iation; a letter 'from' Rev. Jen-'
flings stating he would ' be .un-
:able to -act on the show commit
tee, a replacement for him was
left over -until a later. date Cor
respondence wasread from Mt`.
Epps re the annual 'meeting for
the district to 'be held in.'C;hes
ley this',year, July 8th. S. B.
'Stothers'' wasappointed a voting -
delegate andany': other 'volun;
Leers 'could contact either Mr.
Stothers Or Mr.' Bristow.
Mr. Geiger emphasized' the
fact that ,tulip, orders„ ,:must. be
sent in 'immediately.. He stated
that this would be his final. Meet,
ing as president and asked the
decision of the • meeting • if they
wished the first -vice ':to step up.
or if they Wanted to: elect some-
One. It ; was moved by Mrs. Mor
•gan Henderson, seconded . by : Mrs
:A..E.• .McKim that Kenneth
•Cameron step up to the .presi-
dency. Mr. Cameron'.; agreed' to
-do. what he . could to ' help along'
the '.society. Miss. Ada Webster
is second -v ce president: and she
declined to advance to: first -vice.
It, wasmoved by Mrs. Welling
i• - on ���llend�erson•,,;sec�i�nded :a . i� y.M.rs.
Mcl im. that, Mrs.:'Morgan Hend
erson be • ' first vice president.
Mrs. Henderson .. graciously, ac-
cepted the 'position..., Mr. • Geiger.
then called ' on .
a Mr. Cameron to
take over for the balance • of the
meeting. Mr. Cameron said he.
would 'do' his best :but that it
took .the help of everyoneto
make a thing ',:like the horticul-
ture society.
orticulture.:society.' a success. Mr. Cam:'
eron introduced our ' speaker,'
who needed no personal introd
uction --Mrs.-• A. E : s
�, . McKim. Mts.
'Melim spoke of her recent tra-
vels throughout . Europe. She said
when she left there' was a ''foot
df; snow in her back yard but
six hours 'after she left Toronto
she stepped out of .the plane into
glorious sunshine to • . behold' • a
beautiful :bed of lovely red '•;tu
lips. :
In France • she saw .the :chest
nut trees and thought it , ueer
that theyshouldq
be So severly..
pruned but after seeing: •The :re-
sults she found that. ` it was well
worth while. All offices,; ' rest-
aurants,. etc.
used floral decor:a-. rofusely, much more •s"
o
than this country. Along the Me-
diteranean; 'for some fifty . miles
one of :the chief crops. was car-
nations.. These d wer •
bunches and sold .b, e•done up' �n
y 'street ven-
dors' at two ' cents per flower.' •
In Rome
leas .. the ,profusion pf.•aza-:
• eas attracted ,her. The .Melt of
steps . known as , the . Spanish
steps 'were: lavishly decorated
with azaleas of all colours, mak.:
ing,• a marvellous panorama . of
colour, '
The ,countryside throughout
Europe� g
is. latticed with stone
walls: and fences; In or on'. these
there were plantings of 'flowe s
,there
- , ., gs r
many.kinds. •Geraniums .dro -
.ed: P
gracefully down from many
ehuitks and.
: fern, .
•.edto , maidenhair urful fuschias. • •
At e
Florence the sce • e
scenic •'at-
traction was wisteria one
: 1
being ...gamed exte►
extensively • to
'Wisteri
presenting a very..;stop
endows sight. In Italy . she, found.
the, lakes very tiny. an corn'-- ari-
son to our
;Venice.. . ; .1Vluskoka� lakes, xn
there were a ' reat - man
Walk's •� ' s .some canals
as well a
(Continued of • Page 10)
LOCAL GIRLS ARE K -W NURSING GRADUATES
01>
AiffY
'BEATRICE ` GIBSON
daughter' of Mr. and. Mrs. Mar -
Shall' Gibson of .Ashfield, was
one 'of the 1960 -K-W graduates.
A..class of '35 .'received their' caps:
and :diplomas .'
RED CROSS TO AGAIN'
SPONSOR:: SWIM COURSE
Those wishing to take swim-
ming instructions at.' the Tees
water Lions. Pool this .summer,
should make application' at the
Lucknow Town tall' on Satur-
day afternoon.
• This Red Cross Water Safety.
Course, is promoted by 'the
' Lucknow and District .:Branch, of
the ' Society, which'' provides
transportation to ,-•-.Teeswater
twice weekly, as. has -been done
for the past few years. The
swimmer pays . the pool. fee.
Eight years 'of. age; in' '1960, ; is.
the starting age for the course,
With noacre him t r
McDOWELL.. FAMILY TO
MOVE TO COOKSTOWN •
Murray McDowell. of Ashfield
Township has recently .accepted
THREE" LOCAL: TEACHERS
TO TAKE SUMMER COURSE ...
•Mrs. Lloyd Hall,. Mrs. Lorne
Johnston and Mrs. Jaynes Mac-
Tavish, all teachers •at Lucknow,
Public !School. next term, will''
take• five week summer courses:
starting July 4th: Mrs.. • Hall and
Mrs. Johnston will ' take ' . the
course at Owen Sound with .Mrs;
MacTavish's :plans still notde
finite. Mrs. Hall will • take not,
many methods, Part One (kinder
garten), with Mrs.' Johnston and
Mrs. MacTavish taking Part. two
(grades 1, 2, 3.) •
Mrs. MacTavish • was • recently
engaged as •the.: 8th member of
the staff, at the schedule salary
of $3,400. '
SET UP PASTORAL
RELATIONS COMMITTEE'
DONNA WOODS • l •
daughter of/;Mr;.'and. Mrs.` Lorne '
Woods of St. •`Helens was a'
member of the 1900 graduating
class'. of the Kitchener -Waterlog
Hospital school of nursing.
a '.sales and service franchise ,for.
Surge Milking'Machines' serving,
an area between Toronto and.
Barrie. He will'.be takinga'"•,two-
week course;.sin ; Chicago . relat-
ing to . the business. The family,
will be moving to Cookstown on
July lst.
In April Mr.; McDowell sold.
his Ashfield farm to Herb Wild -::Anderson.
gen of the 'Chatham district, who
SUFFERED SHOULDER
INJURY IN, CAR MISHAP
Young Billy Crozier,son.
of
Mr. and 'Mrs. Clifford Crozier of
Ashfield,: suffered'r,a broken; ,col-
larbone .in. a car ':mishap on' Sat-
urday afternoon,; two miles east
of Lucknow.-
His
ucknowrHis `sister,, Joanne Crozier; .suf-
fered
suf-fered a .head cut which required.
several stitches and .a'• cousin,
Doug Crozier, escaped ,injury.
• They were returning to' Wing=:
ham following the funeral ' of
'Mrs.:' John Blake. Joanne was
driving her grandfather's Volks"-
wagen which' ventout,'of con-
trol and overturned in the ditch.
Mir, was ,,thrown-o�xt�.a:and . was::
pinned under the car, until those
first : to arriveon the scene .re-
leased: him:
•
CANVASS IN PROGRESS,
The. '' Salvation • Army Red
`Shield 'Appeal. is. currently'., be-
ingY
`:conducted in this district,
and some ,generous donations.
have been reported.
The •canvass'is being made by
members of the Lions •Club who
are., asked..to_complete. their calls
at an early date.
Treasurer of •the fund is W... B.
also, bought the R. T. Kilpatrick
farms. `
L.01. HEARS ANGLICAN ,IN.
PRESBYTERIAN' CHURCH
Rev. H. L. Jennings, rector of
the 4 -point Anglican parish, con-..
ducted the L.O.L. annual 'church
service' in ' the ' Presbyterian
Church, Dungannon, On,....Sunday
evening
It was ; . the Presbyterian'
church turn for the aL.O.L. ser-
vice,. but : the congregation • is
presently :hearing a minister for
a cane and with the Dungannon
United •Church minister in , ill
health, .Rev.• Jennings "filled. the
breach:" • •
aIt wase his 5th "service" that
day. • Rev.. Jennings exchanged
.With Rev. S. R. Lupton of 'Kin-.
cardine, .Who . conducted the, an-.
niversary service at St. Peters,
Lucknow and also took. the Rip-
ley service.
Rev. Jennings . conducted 'ser-
vices
ser -vices at Kincardine . and Pine,:
River; had his regular 'services..
at Port Albert and 'Dungannon,
and completed a , busy Sabbath
with the Orange service at night.
It was Rev. Jenning'"s first
op
-
portanit to visit St. -Lukes Ang-
lican., 'Church at Pine River
.where he served: 28 . years ago
as 'a''summer minister during his
student day's. '
He is remembered 'there by
older residents of the .congrega-
tion
congrega-tion; as .the nervous young 'stu-
dent . who. at .his first service for-
got to announce the offering.
.PICKLED OR PITTED
i4f Steve ' Stothers should
decide to throw a party, he's
got one ingredient to add a `
Tittle colour and variety. to.
the relish .plate. At thea auc
Von sale : at: the Horticulture
S"ocet :Y'meeting .: on Friday
nighhtl, Steve •had "the high
bid on : a ar of cherries; •
He thought the' .auctioneer
said pitted cherries, but
what he bought were pickled
.. cherries. • •
'RECEPTION ,OF. 'CHURCH-
MEMBERS : SUNDAY'
A communicants' class of nine
young people who had 'met
weekly • for instruction during
the ''past; two months was 're-
ceived by -.profession of :faith into
church mem+bership in the 'Unit-
ed, Church. ori Sunday.,
They were Tom Andrew,: San=
draBrooks, Wayne Brooks, Peg
gy Button, . Roy, Button, Joanne
,Conley, : Beverley •. Mackenzie,
Mary Murdie," John Pritchard.
Dianne Bristow was received
by transfer •of membership from
Melville United Church, Fergus,
The new members' were wel-
comed'by Rev. Geiger and Ernest.
Blake, clerk of session.
At the service W. L. ,MacKen-
zie, as delegate ,torHamilton ' Con-
ference,
on-
ference,, summarized .Conference
pable and inter-
esting
in an
esting manner, and itev. Geiger
spoke briefly In supplementing
his repor't',
'At a 'meeting of the Official
Board of the United Church on
Tuesday of last week a pastoral
relations committee 'Was .named
to take ' :immediate steps in ,the
matter of securing •a minister to
succeed Rev. GordonGeiger,
whose, pastorate ` officially F' ends
at the end of June.
Rev. Peter Renner of. 'Teeswa
ter United Church was named
by Presbytery .' as- Interim -mod-
erator and: he met with the com-
mittee on Thursday :'evening
Members : of • the committee
`hard .a 'prospectiv'e candidate on
Sunday;,, who will meet with' the
Official Board on ' Wednesday:
FOAMIER. LUCKNOWITE
,POSTED TO ` FRANCE ` -
W02 Wm. Jewitt of. London
and' formerly of Lucknow, has
been posted to '' Paris,' France,
SHAPE, head uarwters-;. Bil has,
i°
served in • ,the Canadian Army.
'for several years. and has post
ings 'to Indo-China ' ` and New-
foundland.
While in the -Farill
East;
visited Hong Kong, • -and : ,.the
grave. of • his brother, Charles.
Jewitt, who: died when that bas
tion. fell .to the :.Japanese in
World War II. '
Bill and his wife'' and their 2
children sail on Friday ''from:
Montreal • `on 'the "Acadia." His
overseas ` posting.` is for a -three=
year. 'stint.
DEATH. .EAT : EN:DS 'PLAN:
TO vISIT :BROTHER
W. L. MacKenzie of town : had
Plans completed, and :his ticket
bought for a' trip to British Col-
uinbia to visit hislast, surviving
brother, . Peter- MacKenzie,. when
he received. word :recently ': of ; his
brother's. death. •
Mr MacKenzie' was , 91 years
of . age:. He was a son ,of. John
:MacKenzie' and Ann :MacDonald.'
His ,father was one of the• first
settlers in the Paramount dis-
trict .an Ashfield .where Peter;
was ';born. ` He grew: to young'
manhood in the community and
followed the blacksmith. ;trade
in' Ripley :for a time before:go
ing; West, where . he devoted 'his
life to mission :work.
His a o' r
H s de th, ecu ad at the Dr:
Francis Nursing Home at Gang-
es on Salt Spring, Island;• :near
Vancouver • Island. He hada been
in failing ,health' for a time,
Which 'decided his brother to
fly West to visit him'. It is ,twelve
years since' Mr,. .MacKenzie ' .and
the late Mrs. MacKenzie . visited
him while on. a trip to the Coast;
. "W. L,", is the last ; surviving
member of a, .family. .of, eight:
Peter was,:predeceased by four
brothers, D.. -G., Neil, Alex,. John;:
and;, two sisters, Mrs. Jack .Wat-
son. (Annie), and' Sarah, McKen-
zie. '
:Mr. MacKenzie has cancelled'
plans for 'a.jet flight to Vancou-
ver, but Will leave in a few . days
on a bus trip through'. the West,
•
TO SAFETY TAPE
'BRUCE BICYCLES
All Women's. Institute branch
es in Bruce County are under-,'.
taking the project of "having
flourescent safety tape ,appl.ied,
to all•bicycles,. and surveys are
to be made to determine the ex-
tent of the job.
Red tape willbe attached to
the rear fender and white.. tape
on" the left front fork of the
bike. The. tape shows up well at
night and will, make • bicycle
riding more safe at dusk orafter
dark.'
The owner of each 'bike -'will
also receive ' a set • of Highway
Traffic Act rules, with which he
or she should be ,familiar.
• For this undertaking . Bruce •
South District,; of which ' Mrs.
Victor Emerson is .president has
been " divided into two sections:
The ' one area , includes branch-
es y at Armow,; Bervie, Tiverton,
Kincardine, Reids' Corners, Lis-
burn and Ripley. The : other area.
includes .Whitechurch, . Teeswat-;
er,, Belniore, Lucknow, Para-
mount, . Kairshea, • Holyroo'd,
Purple Grove and Silver Lake.
The' tapes:, are passed from. one
branch to another, and each is
requested to take a "census" 'of
bicycles todetermine their : p tae ,
needs, so thJat• there will be ' no
delay in. 'passing the tape rolls .' .
on to the next branch.
• Each .Institute . is to tape,the
bicycles in• the schools nearest •
to `them. It is: hoped' to complete
;•the project Eby early; July.
Mrs: ; . Gibson G$llespie,, "Mrs.
James . McInries, Miss 'LoisFal-'
,..
cosier '. and •Mrs. V. Emerson cal.;
led at three neighbouring Kin-
loss Township ' schools, S.S. ' Nos. •
10, 9;, and 8,' and , learned . ther e
is a total of 42is :
b cies .t o. be '.
Y
ATTEND FAMILY.:REUNION::
The, Armstrong family : annual
reunion was held at •Springbank•;
Park; London, on Sunday with •
members•atherin '' from several • -
+g' g .
points
In' at'tendance from Lucknow'
were, ' Mrs: Harriett. Witson, : Mr.
and Mrs: J. ' .C. Armstrong, Mr.
and Mrs..A . J. Wilson, Mr. and,.
Mrs: Jim Aitchison
and family:. .•
A :CORRECTION, HAD
THE WRONG PARTY
Last • week We reported .a , care
accident at • Toronto in of
Bob Gardner; . formerly of ;Luck-
now was injured. Thee'' report
stated that the car in which Bob -
was a passenger ', was driven by .
Wm Bain, who we presumed
was a former Wingham . man, and;.-
a railway employee.
•Williarn Bain, age. 27, former
ly ' of • Winghnm and the only
Bain. family ' from WingJ.am ' in
the employee of „ the CNR, is
:working at Stratford, and was
in . no . way involved' in this ac-.
tide/It, according, to a letter re-
ceived from 'him. %
We regret the implication &:'
any inconvenience or embarras'
sment the. item may.Fhave.. caused_.,:
Mr. ' Bain. •
SENIOR CITIZENS z HAD
PLEASANT OUTING'
•
On Thursdayafternoon of last ,
week a h- otorcade of some of the
senior •citizens of the, United
Church . congregation • enjoyed • a •
drive to the beach, along', the
Lakeshore into • Kincardine • re-
turning by way. of . Bervie. and •
Kinloss.
On their return rnenabers; of
the W.A. served sandwiches, tea;
Cake andice cream to 'the groin
'with thirty-eight enjoying the
r
refeshments and social time.
The• successful event was sponz
sored by the .Official Hoard and,
,Ernest Ackert thanked .the-lad-
ies
he 'lad-ies for their part in providing
refreiliments,
a
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