The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-12-21, Page 2.UCKNOW SENTINEL. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
THE . LUCKNOWSENTINEL
LUCKNOW, . ONTARIO
"The Sepoy Town" . 'On the Huron -Bruce Boundary
Authorized as' set&d class mail, Post Office Department,; Ottawa •
Established 1873—Published Each. Wednesday Afternoon
.Member .of the C:W.N.A..and the . O.W.N.A.
Subscription Rate,$3.00 ayear,; in advance.--; the h}e U.S.A., $4.00
;Campbell Thompson ,and. Donald C, ' Thompson, . Publishers
WEDNESDAY, :OFC. 214, '1960.
` HOME TOWN GREETINGS
By Dean ' MacLeod.
A greeting from the old Home Town
At Christmas, Letit be, •
Just full of homey things set down
To gladden you and me,
Thisy ear's end ` when we gather up
Our minted coins of treasure
That we ..havestored in Memory's cup
To add to , future pleasure.
The feel ' of. rain, the scent of sun ,
On , lovely flow'rs growing,
The things that helping hands have `done,
The joy that comes- in knowing
The never-charginglove of friends
That makes tl1 •daYs worth while,
The thrill' of pleasure that attends
The going of the second mile.
For stores that cater to all need
And : courteous servants there
For workmen :.who give constant ,heed
To make the place more fair,
For those who minister to ills
That come to young and old
And .who have disciplined . their ' wills,'
In ` sacrifice not told.
'For. broadloom streets beneath our feet
Our Civic. Fathers' planning,
And bridges. too so ` firm and neat
The -hhne mile. River : spanning.
For school yards full . of laughing youth
On whom the future centers
yAnd churches with their doors forsooth
Inviting .each; who enters.
The message that was brought to men
'.By angels.. from on high,
Still ,comes ' to ' Us' as clear as then,
And fills our Christmas sky.
The promises to earth of peace
To- people of 'good` will
Are ours to claim and, cannot cease
To be rich . • treasure still.
Though war clouds gather more and more
Amid the ';worlds: unrest
In counting, o'er our precious store
know that we are. blessed.
• And now our greeting is expressed..
In prayer that . God looks down.
And blesses you ` as He has blessed
Our little country town. •
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Fire ' hazards are always ' increased at
Christmas time by, Christmas trees that be-
come increasingly dried out from day to
day and by. the lights . anddecorations'.
• which adorn them. Overloaded electrical
circuits & frayed /cords add to the hazards.
Another word of caution by safety officials
is 'the location of Christmas trees. Be sure
that standing or fallen it will/not block a
doorway exit in case of fire.
The Canada Post Office Department
has ".again adopted its annual policy, of
"selecting a list of weekly papers in which
to carry paid advertising instructing the
public about . details of Christmas mailing.
Of course everyone helps 'foot the bill, but
the Department would appear to assume,
that only a• portion of the public need the
instruction. Could .this be a compliment to
the folk ' of they smaller centres that they
dont require instruction : about. Christmas
mailing — or are we to assume,'that we are
too stupid to benefit from
it
None the less, we continue ' to "give:
publicity to the local post office staff, in
appreciation of their services during the
year, and with the knowledge that our re-
• peated suggestions year afteryear, about
tying up Christmas cards, buying stamps in
advance, and mailing early, have had re-
' sults that to some extent have helped' to'
relieve,'some of the pressure at the local. lev-
el on hard-pressed" postal workers at ' the
Christrrias . season.
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I HEARD THE. BELLS .ON
CHRISTMAS DAY
Memorable Christmas sentiments, . which.
have become a popular carol, were penned
by Henry Wadsworth. Longfellow, when he
'was stirred . from his pensive sadness by
,the chime • of church bells on 'December.
25th, 1863.
I :: HEARD the bells on Christmas Day.
Their old, familiar carols play,.
And wild . and ' sweet
The words repeat:
Of peace .on earth, goo".d-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had corm,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled aloe
The unbroken song
Of peace ••' earth,good-will to. men!
; o n
Till, ringing,' singing on its way,
The 'world revolved from night to day..
A voice, a chime, /
A chant sublime
peace ' on, earth,good-will' to. men!•.
Then from each black, accursed mouth,_
The .cannon • thundered.in the, South, '
And ' with the sound
The carols. drowned
Of peace --on earth, -good-mill--to __mien:!__
It was as if an . earthquake rent
The . hearth -stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth,. ' good -will to ' men!`
And in despair I: bowed my head,
"There is no peace:. on earth," I' said;
For hate is strong .•
And 'mocks the. song
Of peace on earth, good -will to men!"
Then :pealed''the bells' more loud and deep:
"God .not • dead; nor . doth He sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right Prevail,
With peace on earth, good -will to men!"
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If all printers were determined not ,to
print' anything till they were • sure it would
offend no body, there would .be very ` little
printed:. --Benjamin Franklin,
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BUY YOUR TREE
(Hanover Post) '
While there .is little. respect shown for
other people's property .by too many peo-
ple, ' bothlchildren and adults, it is `the far-
• mer, we believe, who has the toughest' time
• 'trying to protect himself' against trespassers.
In the spring- and summer, • he has
careless fishermen to contend . with, in the
fall it's , hunters who bother him, and ' now
at this season of the year it's some thbught-
less 'or worse •people • who head for the
woods= anyone's woods, with an axe in
hand to obtain' a Christmas, tree. '
It is an odd. 'fact; but true, that'<many
people seem to believe that `they" have a
perfect . right to go into any wood through-
out the countryside, choose a tree of suit-
'able size :and shape and walk . off with it.
But they haven't the right Not : any . more.
than the farmer from whose• property they
would take the tree, 'Would have the right
to walk into the thief's garden, or store, or
factory and help`himself to some choke bit
of produce or Merchandise.
Treesare valuable in themselves and
they are necessary to theland. Moreover,
they cannot be replaced in .a year..
Have your Christmas tree by all .means
btzt buy it from those who raise, them for
that purpose.
WEDNESDAY, .DEC. 21st, 194
�QO.KI'NG ICWARDS
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
Ten Years Ago:
George Percy's general . store
at Holyroo.,d was saved from des=
truction by fire by_ the Lucknow
Fire Department.•
A , mid -summer vacancy on:
Lucknow Council •resulting from;
Councillor Herb McQuilliri join,
ing the Royal. Canadian Engin,.
eer. Corps, was , filled by win,
Murdie.
• Harold Greer installed the . Cecil Myers, 38,. husband oof
'first, television :in Lucknow • at the former 'Verna McQuillin of
the • home of his parents:' Lucknow was,, drowned at lyoii..
"Aunt Polly't . Treleaven, suf. ' tiac,
fered a fractured hip at the age -Archie ' Mason, 20, 'son of
Mr.
of 91, incl. Mrs, WalteMson. of East"
Bobby r# Champion; .age 2'fi Wawanosh, .vvas ' instantly killed'
years, son. of Mr, and Mrs, Harry in a'•car accident near. Auburn;
Champion (Eva Sills) lost his life Doug Clarke joined the 11,x,-'
by drowning • at St Marys: MP,.
Hartley• hisason's ci�op On
Hall. sold restaur- The barn and se
ant to Harvey Treleaven, the farm of Mr, and Mrs. Ste -
.Dr. F Scott MacKenzie, a' na- wart. McGillivray; Con. 10, Ash-
tive of Ashfield ' was elected nao- field was destroyed by ' fire
derator of the 76th -General •As- Rev. G: M: Young ' of South
sembly . of the Presbyterian Kinloss . accepted a call, . to bro-.
Church. in Canada:., More: • • .
Departmental: approval was The .secondary • municipal• well
received for 'establishing ,of • the to -the west of the original well'.
Lucknow District -High School •;was ,being' deepened in •an -effort ;F
District•' embodying Laucknowi, to. 'get''away from' .the turbidity
Kinloss except SS. No. 10, . and it produced and to increase. the
the :. northerly - portions of Ash- flow.
field and West Wawanosh, .Af- W E. ienderson, local drover
ter a • determined battle headed shipped two special freight trains
by.. Reeve J. C. McNab, Huron pf beef cattle; totalling 10
'County. Council in `.special', ses- freight cars with; accomodation•,
sion called by Warden, Cecil John- for 340 head which ' averaged,
stun,., 'voted .15: to •14 . approving close to .,1,500 ,pounds each;
withdrawal 'Of West Wawanosh Ewen A. Moore; grandson of,
from the .*Ingham Area -to join Mrs. Ewen MacKenzie of • Luck -
the ,Lucknow area. now was one . of, 31. crewmen
Jim. Godfrey, :25, husband of " who were saved: when the Can-
Donna • McCartney of Ajax , and adian. -destroyer. Margaree ,was,
formerly • of Lucknow,, died in sunk in...the North Atlantic with,
the flaming_cab of his transport a loss of, 140 • men.
truck .,where he was,.:trapped in The brick home of John Mal-
a highway crash. loch,' Con. 7, Ashfield, was des-
' Wallace ' Conn's barn was'des- " troyed by fire. .
�troyed'.by fire after bhing struck': Bell Aircraft Corporation com-
by .lightning. menced operations in the Luck -
'Neil McLennan bought:. W. J.. now furniture factory: which had
Davison's ;funeral and .furniture been idle • for so . e time.
business.---- Miss Mary Ra; welLdied-sac
°After 5 test' holes were sunk denly South Porcupine.
a , satisfactory water supply was Dan e, who had been
obtained for . a third- municipal making + - me with his aunt,
well,` to the south of, the flax- Mrs. Grace Long of . Goa. 12,
mill., Ashfield,-clost:.his life when the
Elmer .Graham succeeded War- Anna C. Minch foundered in
den Ceoil:'Johnston as reeve of Lake Michigan.
Ashfield.. Councillors .by accla- Acclamations returned the . .
!nation- were John Bradley,- An-, councils ' in Ashfield; West' Wa-
drew. "Ritchie, 'Kenneth .MacKen- wanosh and Kinloss although in
zie and, a ,new ' member,''` Cecil the later case..the Ackert 'ditch'
Blake. controversy, was . hotly,; ,debated: '
Mrs. Harry- Lee of Toronto, the; Kinloss; Reeve,: Richard' Elliott;
former Margaret�Rintoul of West Councillors, Alex Mac$enzie;
Wawanosh,/died, .of foot:.. ion- Earle Mod ins•. Dan T:
.. poison- g , •
frig, : two hours after eating 'Sun non, George Tiffin. Ashfield,
day - dinner which included ' a' Reeve; Alex MacDonald, Deputy;
vegetable believed to have • been reeve; Gilbert Frayne;' Council=
wild parsnip. Her husband be-. lors, Lorne. Johnston; Fred ,;11-
came
ncame critically.. ill .and. .was ;in- a derson,. . Cecil Johnston. West
coma, but recovered.. Wawanosh, Reeve, Tom Webster,
David ' Carruthers. • 'succeeded Councillors, ,;Brown Smyth, dor
George Tiffin as reeve of Kin don': MacPherson, Wallace Miller,
loss.. .Councillors elected by bal- Harold. Gaunt. • _ •
lot were :Harold Percy; P. A. Kinloss ratepayers' voted: 90 to
Murray, Parish Moffat . and:,Dan 8 :against , the • Council 'Serving
T. MacKinnon.' for a' �two�year term as a war-
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West Wawanosh Council by .time measure:
acclamation , was . comprised of d The • death: occurred �" of Mrs.
Reeve A Everett. Finnigan and C: 11. MacDonald four days be:
Councillors Ben Johnston, • .Har- for"e, Christmas.
old. Gaunt, Gordon Struthers. &
John:' Durnin. : a. Thirty Iraq's. A go
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A three -year -Old London child
'Natty heats Ago
y
whose , parents were fishingat
In June of ' 1940. Aar Minister` Silver Lake, died from throat
Power announced an expenditure ' wounds when bitten bya dog at
of more. than $1,000,000 to esta- the faun *of Frank Brown•
blish an' Air Navigators' School R. IL Bennetts Conservative
at Port Albert. / (Continued on Page 19)
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JOHNSTON'S RESTAU
FANCY BOXED•.: FOR CHRISTMAS:
All Sizes
CHRISTMAS lCE • 'CREAM SPECIAL
on Half., Gallons, and Bricks
• Phone 266-W,. Lucknow