The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-07-13, Page 240. `O
Hyl ,Jane Warwood,, ,Toronto)
v.. you' ever wondered what I'
a e y e' to jv m •the'
` •tt wo�,dd b... 'like* l` e
. �
neo; ? Perhaps you think :.that
airily , .
;it.' is a place ,of unlimited free-.
10otn *here paren�tS never salt . no
:their• children or perhaps you
iaioture; • a wild, •uncivilized place:
It is ' , hop . that.. the following;
,t nil .
.paragraphs '.:will prove: 'to, •'You
what . wa .. wonderful` plaee. the
country is;
• D , going.** • on to other
.
points, I should. . like , to .clarify,
-My initial statement.. "No" is, 'a
Word usedd • probably more. often
"iin;'the . country than in the • city.:
.The smother says, ;"no, • you can,
riot play in the; stream,'.' or -"no
you cannot drive the. 'tractor."
. These ' examples' show the word'
`"no" being ' used to protect the
Child:. In -the city a mother " has;:
:playgrounds and fenced -in back-,
yards : where, her : children Can.
play s.°in . safety.:.:The' country.
mother doesn't have.these facili-
ties. Some; of the many dangers`
•the ; country include road;
streams;. animals and farm
equipment.: ' "Na" 'is a' word.
Which - the teenage ill or boy
often' .Bears:' This ` time is iised °
to protect his or her good name.
rot . instance,, we • see. Mary , and"
John, Pitting In a car ' on a 'coun-
INCK;NOWSEN I .. I,u KNOW ; ON'isM
PRE.hlUP 41+ ,EVENTS
HONOR SATURDAY '[1RDA7 BRI D!E.
$A��W,ARNQ�: �.
�N.RQU!
Thirty Years,
THE SENTINELFILES
!Chanes, ' Stubbert .leased; the.
Cain' Hauset,.
'pl?e 'Villa a C #moil appointed
two men to canvas the ratepay-
ers . tb determine how many
would patronize a domestic: wa-
ter system, being considered.'
Chief objedtions' were the old
familiar ' pessimisms:; • "It will
swamp the •Viliage," "Nobpdy
I`
will biy' property because of/the
tax load," ' "It would drive the,
people out, of town."
Arabell Cameron, a student
nurse at Guelph General Hospi-
tal, was seriously.. `. ' ill: with
pleurisy. .
Born on the Second Conces
sion• in .1857, the death,of. Alex
Nicholson .\ removed a member
'Of a pioneer. family: .
John • Pur•ves, age 72 of Holy -
rood, collapsed and . died sudden-
ly as' he was about to leave. for
Calvert Falconer's: sale. He had.
been. <. widely kngwn for over
fifty: years as ; an. auctioneer, the
art of which he acquired from
his uncle, Peter_ Corrigan.
The' barn;, of W H. , Kempton
of Ashfield was
destroyed' ,by
fire. r
At S.S. No.Andrew
9 Kinloss,
Thompson was teaching,. Zonal
da McCallum., ' Stuart' Dawson,
John • Patterson, Catherine ` Pat
terson,` Harold Purves, Billy
lylaeKenzie Betty MacKenzie,
Goldie Purves!, Nellie MacCa`1
lum, George, Wraith, .Agnes' Pat-
terson, Jean MacCallurn, June
Morrison, Leola Wraith, . Donald
MacKenzie, Maimie 'Purves; • Wil
fred • Mintz, 'Mary' Wraith..
.!Clarence . Murdie bought :..the.
grocery business from Elmer''.
Johnston :who" had bought it,
from Mark' ;Cassels.
Mrs. John Miler, Sr.; age 77,
died " at . the home of her ;son,
Wallace' Miller.,:
,Mrs.; Jaynes, Baird died at her
home west ' of Lucknow at the
age. of 91
try road''after dark. Even if they
are, 'ten miles away Even
Mame
they' will surely be recognised
and rumours'• are ,easily 'Spread
;� :Spread
Iay busy -bodies are
really • don t.i`
mean for make. trouble, but ; the
fact., is`'that every tine:.the' story
s repeated, '-it changes ,,and 'usu
ally. for the worst.' • In "the city,
U: the 'couple were even ,two or
threemiles away ° : from home
they ,would: not be recognized &
,so they" have less.trouble 'keep
ing their good names. It is• easy
to 'realize why parents^must.I
control their children ,:more in '
the *countryy 'than in: the city.
If ••you •think ' the country .:is..
" .
'uncivilized,,.vwhy not allowme• to
explain yoixte, iinfatnided ideas:
Cornnionly; : when , a a city ` person:
`.tears Sorneone say :that he .; is
going •'to the country, 'he thinks
that:the Persian -will,he living in
a very: crude way, with no mod-
ern facilities.' This, is: en example
of the . ignorance . of the city peo-
ple because nearly every house
Ys equipped 'with all • the- modern
.conveniences: , found in ;,,the city.
rG City'folk. also have'"the' idea that
the ' people iri , the country. 'are
:isolated and' '• rarely see their.
neighbours. This`•, is about the
• 'silliest 'idea of all. We see
Louise, and > Arthur twenty' -five
years ago: They had a borne':and
buggy in ;which they, ' went . 'to
Church on Sundays and 'to meet-
ings'And socials `at neighbouring,
. farms .on.: week -nights after .the
chores were done...; After the
, horse and' buggy we see-them''in.
an extremely, ild, > worn-out car
which • is really too • tired to
move. • Now they . ,come to • the
city . quite: often . in their new
1960 Austin, 86 you see, country
people:. •arenot isolated at all»F&t
never have been; . Besides new
car's,. the farmers also have e1eC
• tric milking' machines, and other
' modern , equipment , which ' com-
pares , with the modern facilities
for use in, city .life: I hope that
.people lirvng ' in ' the
areas
•now realize: that the people div-
ing` in• the rural areas are, civiy
lined.
Iii? the city a few ,close neigh
boars . probably are very, friend-
ly and drop into ' .each others
Houses* for tea. In most `cases,
though, people living,' on , the,
north 'end of the street do not'
know the people at ' the • south
end: Iiithe country things are
quite' different. The people are
-brought together . by , the '. schools
and churches. . While there is
'more none Church,. is
only one school and ast this is
not large there . will be very few
pupils in the school that •do not
h o. • now each ether. •. ,and Sports, pucnics .and dancing
are on the. weekly agenda at the
high school. Sheila, .for example,
is . a third forin high` school stu-
•dent. Friday nights she goes to
the dances at . the school, Satur-
Forty Years' Ago'
Lucknow ,'ratepayears. 'endorsed.
the HYdrg -law . by 184 votes
' aobtain hydro
o. � Z, in a m4Xe to a�b a yd
power. The village had. been ser-
viced by the A. P. Stewart: pow
er plant, but as a result of a
disagreement.._ 'between . Mr. Ste -
Wart an the Villa°ge Council,.
Over purchase of: the, `plant, the
local.., generating ' system'., was
closed. down . and . the Village ex-
perienced
x
perienced,,a blackout period; be-
fore hydro. was introduced::
Mrs. William .•Wilson, age 92,
died at' the ' home of. her son,
Walter Wilson, Con.. 12, West
Wawanosh.
At S.S. No. '12 Ashfield, T. M.
Keinpton was teaching: J. Mc
blain, L. Rob!b,xC. Rossy•M:,Jamie
son,' J. MacLennan, . E. $hiells,
D. Boyd, A. McNair', W. Ross,, V.
Robb, -.J. Ross, ' A. ,MacKenzie, .E.
McLean, . C. Brown, "W.. Robb R.
Shieils, K. Boyd.
Miss Margaret ...McClure,- who
had been employed ° for 5: years
at Mr..; Joynt's Office ' left ` for
Seers, Sask., .to live. With„ her
r be -eaved
brattier, who had been bereaved,
by the. death of his wife.
Mrs. T. F. Cain received word
of the ; "death of her brother, Si-
mon .Corrigan- of Chicago, and a
native of, I3olyrood.
Austin Solomon sold his . gro-
cery business to Peter Graf
who
combined a butcher and grocery
business.
The Village Council decided to.
take :strict' steps to enforce the
Ontario:' Temperance ' Act. ` (ten
men havin. been fined for be-
ing intoxicated, on the streets).:.
g
Other . by-laws to be enforced
were: to stop horses,; `cattle; 'and
'fowl from : running at large; • : to
stop fast, driving on the ' streets;.
to stop bicycle ,c1e driving . on > the
sidewalks ;: and to , insist ... that
stores be closed ;promptly at the
t'ir'es =asked' -for::. on the ,;petition
signed 'by. the merchants. •
NAUGAT'VJCK` :ANNOUNCES
WESTERN ;EXPANSION
The Naugatuck '' '"Chemicals,;
Division of Dominion lubber
•Company': Limited has .announ
ced' . that ' . preliminary engineer-
ing has been: completed and con-
tracts letfor Western Canada'.
first ,basic, pesticide plant w The
plant will be located in Edmon-
ton area:
The Edmonton plant is : the
main part of a' $1,600,000. expan
sion' program in agricultural
chemicals being undertaken by.
Naugatuck'' currently: the 'only'
basic; producer : of pesticide pro
ducts, ' in Canada,- Representing
an ..investment of . $1;400,000,, the
western unit will produce :2,4-D,
2,45-T,. M.C.P., . and pentachloro-
phenol. ' •
The first three :are .general'.
herbicides which have: previous.;
ly' been made m Canada only at.
Naugatuck's main facilities in.
Elmira. while pentachlorophenol
is a 'wood • .preservative which is
not manufactured in Canada at
present.
William Hewatformerly of:
,Lucknow, • •: has been associated
with this Company in the *est
for some time:, : •
•
day to `a show and during the
week she is active in, ,some ' sports
and a spectator at others. Sheila
also belongs to a 4-! club and
participates in mnany church ac-
tivities, Quip often•the .churches-
will combine, for a Special ser-
vice, concert.or picnic. No mat-
ter where you go you are of-
ways ' made to feel welcome.
There is always something to do
and congenial company to do it
with.
Dr...Sainuel ,.G: Smith of Bien,.
heim .has,: moved' to :Wingham,to
assist -Dr. Bern 'Corrin.
The , Clinton'. Hosiery .Mills is
being closed andan..effort 'made
1
Noreen Kilpatrick, daughter
of. Mr, and'Mrs, rghn S. ilpat
rick, of Arkona and • formerly , of,
Lucknow, was honoured' :at a
series . of .prernttptial events.. No
reen's, .marriage to Zoltan John
Gnat► took', place on, .Saturday in
Arkona United Church; ,
In early May 'the• lady teachers
pf . the *staff o!f • Essex District
High Sehool held a .kitchen sho-
wer for Noreen at the home of'.
Miss' Elizabeth 'Brown, Kings-
ville.
A dinner 'shaw.er° was given by'
Miss Nanette 'Chouinard at the
home of her 'sister -in -lawn Mrs.
Robert , • Chouiariard of London.
Noreen was assisted. in • opening,
her. gifts by Mrs. Nora Crellin.
• Mrs. LaVerne Hawken & Mrs..
Hanford Butler of Arkona held:
an evening.tea at, the home of
Mrs: ' Bawken when the: bride
elect was presented with a 'tea.
wagon. •
LOCHALSH'.
WEDNESDAY! JULY 13th; 1960
BRIDE ELECT• FETED AT:
MORE .'l.RE.' 4PTj4L EVENTS.
Recent visitors. with Mr. and
Mrs. D. ` • R. MacKenzie' 'where
Mr.: and. Mrs. Jim,. MacKenzie . of
Detroit .
Miss 'Edna. Cook, R.N. of .Owen
Sound has ` been • holidaying .with
M. and Mrs. ,Henry' MacKenzie.
'Mr:, and Mrs. Donald McChar.-
les of Brantford and: Mr. Allan
MoChar!les . of Toronto spent the
:weekend . with' Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver. MaCharles and John:
Mr.` and Mrs. Donald:MacKen-
zie spent a few d s. visiting in:
Clinton arid Emibr
Don ,
:*Mr. and :Mrs. Fa 'sh rrx are'
on a, trip' to Western. Canada and
will attend, the Calgary Stanip-
ode.
Mr. and ,Mrs. !George
livray visited with Tillie . Smit'
in Kincardine on ' Sunday. • •
Louise Maclennan ...and Bruce
Millar spent the week -end With
Mr. ,and Mrs. •Emile MacLennan
A` number, from this district
attended, i Anniversary . Services
at " Olivet 'on Sunday;
VietimS 'or the , triufitos, are
Carole and !Tan Finl'ayson,''ph y1.
lis. 'Bradley -and Allan Robb a're
recovering from. the mumps' also.
We *are ` happy to ,report that
.Annette, daughter" of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ken Eiiphick has returned
home ,from' hospital: 'in , London.
to. sell the' plant• which has, op- c,
erated', since 1905.
REV.' .PREST TAKES
ON .NEW ROLE.
Rev J R Prest, of Holy 'Tran
`ity 'Anglican Church,�•Lucan, and
St. James .Church,' Cland, eboye,
,will take up new : duties as :in-
terdenominational , educational
secretary . 'of the: Saskatchewan
Temperance Association on Au
guist.;lst.
•*, Mr , :Prest's ' new duties ` •will
consist of • travelling, lecturing
grades' to. 12, in, various schools
from Monday ; to Thursday, ' and
preaching' on .'Sundays: He will
attend summer; courses :this year
in Saskatoon and next year at'
Yale University.: '
In his ,new post, Mr 'Prest will•
also be • honorary assistant of a •
Regina Anglican Church:
Mr Prest served in the •,Bank
, of Montreal in Ontario' -branches
for .13* years.. He spent several
months . on a .farm , in the Niagara
Peni#isula, and took a short
course 'at the . Ontario .Agricul-
tural College and later attended:
Huron College at'London.: .
His first. charge. wase at Bervie '
Kinlough: and ,Kingarf in` .Bruce.
County, while. he continued stud-
ies through • Huron College..
Mr.. Prest came to Lucan Jan-
uary '1st, 1956;.and completed ,his
studies for his Licentiate in
Theology in 1958; and continued
studies for: his Bachelor of Arts
degree., • ••
Mrs, Prest is the f cr'i'er. `Mary'
l�ielen' Louise Ashby; They have
two sons, ,Peter and Harry.
His father, the late V. N. Prest
was at one time manager of the
Lucknow branch . of 'the Bank .of
Montreal .Rev. F'rost's .brother'
Harry, died in' an air training
accident; in Western Canada'
during '"World ' `War 'IIS
By now you must realize what
a wonderful place the country, 'is
and I am sure that you would
love to go for a visit too:
(td. Note :This article is a
student's essay written by a
niece of Mr. and Mrs. Art. B'rec-
kles, Who. is. a 'high school stu-
dent hi,`Toronto), •
•
Mrs, A1ex„fAndrew entertained
her cousins . and other relatives'
at a shower in ' honour 'of her
niece, Jean, Anne Richards Mrs.. ,
Roy. Havens made the presenta_
tion toeau, ,Anne who •.was as-
sisted in, opening her gifts by
Sharon West and Anna MacDou.
gall, In her reply, • 6he bride etc-
tended an invitation to .. the
guests to ;a trousseau tea : to .4be •
held at, her home. on Saturday,
July 16th: y,
'Tuesday evening, July 12th.
friends and neighbours . gathered
'at ,the .home of 'Mr. and Mrs.
Orland Richards to honour their
daughter, Jean Anne.
.Following a _ program of .read-
ings, contests -and musical num-
liers,. ' a short' address • was read,
'The 'bride . was then presented
with miscellaneous: gifts.
After Jean Anne thanked her
friends, . refreshments: " wereser-
ved,' bringing a pleasant even-
ing to a close..
KINLOSS NEWS
• Mrs. E. Drummond of :Virden,
Man. is visiting with her sister
and brother-in-law, - : Mr and,
Mrs.' Douglas Graham;'
Dr. and 'Mrs. Hugh ' MacMill
an,
missionaries from Formosa' and
Miss Grace Macintosh. of Toron-
to are holidaying at their cottage .,
at `.Bruce, Beach. • •
• .There were good crowds' at the
South Kinloss Anniversary on
Sunday with `a ,former; minister,;
Rev. G. :Beulch delivering in-
spiring sermons. Mrs.. Robert.
pbell was guest soloist.
Anne' . and Ruth -Graham are
enjoying ' holidays with:,. their.
grandmother, Mrs.:: Jas. - Barton
of Drayton.
T1heExplorers and
groups met at the 'home
and Mrs. Ira • Dicke on M .
afternoon: All;. enjoyed a
and :a •picnic ,supper follow
their regular Meeting, :
Rev and • Mrs . Baulch,
Margaret. ,and; Anne. were '
h.Q C.
of'. Mr,
Monday
swim
ed ..by
Joyce,
guests
Saturday night with Mr. ; and
Mrs.. W. -F. MacDonald and on
Sunday 'night at the home• of
Mr. and Mrs.. Frank MacKenzie..
usiness, college
To Be Here frjon+
icrals
LEW SHORT:
Lew • Short, Director
Wells; Summer School
London, WILL VISIT
MONDAY 'MO,RI�ING
business education • with
Lucltnow area wh
etaries, stenographers,
ves. They represent
organization " In`k Wes
don, Viloodslock, H
Short' and Mr. W
NOW TOWN HALL f
all, young people
urged to visit them
or,. to make an ap
ELLS ACADEMY,
of Development,.and :Carlton C.
We Registrar for Wells Academy in
THE .UCKNOW AREA ON
, JULY 1 8TH. They ,will discuss
bus' young ' then and' • women from,
the.o are interested "' in. careers ,as
seer,
junior accountants and. exec . `
;cut' the : largest business training
tern Ontario. with schools . 'in
Lon amilton, , Stratford & Kitchener.
Mr.' ells Will he located AT LUCK-.
from; 1 0:00 am: to 12:30 noon
anddesir�ious of a business' education
are : ' Specific de.
titexe. If .you wish:'specific
tails pointment in advance; write to
W306' KING STREET„ LONDON,