The Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-09-16, Page 11
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LUCKNOW, 'ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16th, 1959
TWELVE PAGES
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Douglas Starts Back To Formosa
It Was: thirty -orae years • ago: 'in,
September '1928, that ,lVIiss•Dor-
othy •• Douglas first sailed for
:Formosa fer' service• in the mis
cion field of the Presbyterian
Ohurch in Canada,,
On Wednesdaymorning of this'
7. week, • another furlough having
been concluded; Miss . Douglas
started out on her return Ito For
mosa and 'this: time it was al-
most . like • "going:.honne." She
has .been in the' one residence' all
these many years: This wilt be
her last 5 -year !period Of service
on Formosa, and upon . the 'con -
elusion : of this ' term, she• will
return .permanently to Canada.
Miss' Douglas: teaches English
and religious training' .'in the
Girls and ,Boys Secondary school
'at .Tarnsui, Formosa, it was ,or-
iginally a ` girls' .. school This
Cerin there will be an enrollment
of some 700 of which about 550
• have requested , dormitory acco-
modation. :This ;g'routi provides
numerous other activities for
Miss :Douglas, apart .from school
'tuition. ' •
•1VIiss Douglas 'has been on For-
mosa continually with; the ex-
eeption of holm 1943.. to 1946,
during World :War II when 'she,
served in British Guiana.'
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Dorothy will sail'fromSan
Francisco on ° October 10th on
the • President Van Buren, a
freighter'' carrying about..a dozen
passengers,' and will .call' at Ja-
panese• porta. before • reaching•
Formosa . about • ;November 7th.
Miss Douglas is only fourteen
miles , from • Dr.: and. Mrs: Hugh
,MacMillan; natives af' Kinloss
Township, :. who are ' at .. Taipei,
"Formosa:. • •
Formosa, :named ':by the Port-
ugese, means '/Beautiful'' 'Isle."
It' was under Japanese 'rule prior
to. World War "hI, 'and •.is now
.:under the rule of Nationalist
•China, and is now referred to
as Taiwan, which in . Chinese
means terraced' slope, :and is
discrirptive . of the terrain
• • Visits ; Relatives
Enr oute to San Francisco, Miss
' Douglas 'will visit with relatives
and friends in the States. Two
stopovers will be' at Portland
with • an uncle, • Grant Carrick.
• and at St, Pauls with . an aunt,
Mrs. E. G.' Johnson.
Miss: Douglas flew to Canada
last year, with several "Sight:-
seeing,
sight-seeing, stopovers in the '::Middle
East, Europe and the ' British.
Isles. During her furlough ;she
has done. a good deal of lectur-
ing and has addressed ,. many
ladies 'organizations on, the/work
in Formosa....
Dorothy is a 'daughter of :the
late Mr. and Mrs. George Deng-
. las: lier parents both died while
' she was : on .the Mission Field,
:, as• did her brother Carrick: • . .
Made' Presentation
At the morning service in the
Lucknow Presbyterian 'Church
on Sunday, Miss Douglas -las was
presented with a
generous gift
of money from the congregation.
The presentation was made on
behalf of the -congregation by
'8, E. Robertson, clerk of session;
1�orman Taylor, chairman of the
1Vlanaging Board, and Rev. Wal.
lace McClean,'" • .. • . •
MME: PRESENTATION TO
DEPARTING LIBRARIAN
The Lucknow Public Library
Board entertained Friday' at
Jehriston's Restaurant to ' bid
farewell to Mrs. A. E. Marshall'
and to welcome the new lib-'
• rarian, Mrs, Marion E Petersen.
The chairman of the board, Mr.'
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StuarCollyer, ;gave • the ad-
' dress and Mrs. ' Marshall,' who
has capably served, as librarian
was Presented with a silver
dollar .for : eael year of ` service.
NEW, YORKER VISITED IN
COMMUNITY LAST WEEK
Evan fiolt 'of New 'ork• was
': a ' visitor • in •Lucknow.., last week,.
where his mother, Jean Gordon
Murray was raised. Shewas a
daughter 'of Mr: and, Mrs., . Al-
exander Murray. Mr. Murray.
was one of the Villages early
'residents, and a.' property owner
Of considerable extent in . those
'days. , He owned the ..;Murray
brick block, .which:, now, contains
Greer Electric, The Market, and
Shorts hGA., as well , as the
block occupied now by Sander: -
sons and The Mayfair restaurant:
Evan's father was. Joseph Holt,
and Evan :was born in Chicago.
While :;here , he visited Greenhill
Cemetery,' Were 'Members of the•
family are interred •in the 'Holt
vault: A. familiar haunt of his
youth' was the Pine' River Cheese.
factory,: which; the •visited to ob-
tain agenerous supply of Cana-
dian cheese to take back ; with
Mr. Holt is a nephew' •of Mrs.
Margaret (Murray) ..:'Algeo' ' of
New York City who was 90: years
aif age last 'April; and is still;
enjoying remarkably good health.'
FORTY-ONE IN.
• KI NDERGARTE
A N
Forty-one little ••tots.. started
off :,to kindergarten with. the op-
ening. of .school last ":week. This
is iby far the,largest. enrollment'
since the. kindergarten ''was est-
ablshed and ; requires morning.
and afternoon, classes, with Mrs.
Helen Hall in charge: ' • .
Morning • 'Class • .
Ruth Ann Brooks, Joan Chest-
er, Kim. Cowan, Graeme Elliott,
Anne • Geiger, Barry Gollan, Ste-
ven Hackett; .:' John Henderson,
David Humphrey,. ,'Allan' John-
ston, Patricia Layne, David•. Le-
der, Ronnie 'MacDonald,,. Joanne'
McCrae,Brenda McLeod, Cecil'
McKee,, Lorraine McQuillan, Eli=
zabeth Ritchie, Tommie Ritchie,
Dorothy:Wagner.
Afternoon Class
Douglas Anderson, Anne Hae=
kett,' Steven . Hall, Susan Hall,
Graham Hamilton', Kenneth Ha-
Milton,. Marilyn • Hamilton, Linda
Henderson, Dale Hunter, Mary
Jardine, ' Ricky 'Leader, • Brenda
Maize, 'Melvin .McInnes,., Pai tela
Mitchell, Ellen' O'Donnell', Wayne
Pritchard, Murray Reid,. ; Terry
Reid, . Brian. Ritchie, Lois • Ann
Struthers, Edith Ann Whitby.
IJUCKNOW LADIES • ENJOY
VISIT TO MANITOBA •
Mrs. Christena McDonald and
sister, Miss Janet McDonald' of
-Lucknow have returned, home:
after 'a very pleasant visit wi 1
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. •Reidof,
borg, . Manitoba, also Kenneth
and family of Arborg and with.
the • Reid families ' in Winnipeg,
Mrs: Bob Thorvaldson (Eileen), '
Russelland family and, Grant
and family. `
While 'in Arborg, Mrs. McDon•
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ald was.. given 'a birthday din-
ner in +honor of her coming birth-
day:
irth-day: in October. •She: Was pre-
sented with a lovely , electric
clock by the Reid families: •
Miss Louisa MacDonald and
Miss Marion Parry, . school tea-
chers ;from Toronto who took
Mrs. ',McDonald and sister west,
also'• enjoyed' the ,birthday din-
ner :and meeting the Reid famil-
ies,. Dinner was served. on the.
lawn with 'flowers 'everywhere.
Mr. Reid:•` specializes in' roses and
• is an ardent horticulturist..
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HONOR KINLOSS COUPLE:
ON 25th, ANNIVERSARY Parking .Lot Among .Th•e Projects'
Mr, and Mrs. Harry Lavin of FroDi::se:d, For LionConsideration
on Tuesday, September • 8th on •
the occasion of their silver •wed-
ding,` anniversary. Many relatives.
and' friends called ''td .extend..
congratulations and best ..wishes,
and Mr.'' and -Mrs. Laois' received,
numerous lovely . anniversary
-gifts . and -remembrances.." '
Mr; and Mrs. ,Lavas, • the • farm.-
er Mary 'Campbell' were 'Married
at the • South 'Kinloss Manse, by'
Rev. • J, L.' Burgess. They have
one -son, Jim.
The preceding Friday evening
a .surprise party was held, when
twenty-eight relatives "invaded'':
the L,avis home with "eats"
and :gifts to enjoy a ,pleasant so-
cial evening, .
Harry and Mary were pre-
sented with two end tables, a
breakfast% set .of dishes' • and a
lace.' table ;cloth. '
DISCUSS. NOEL
DECORATING •PL•�
AN
An, '' executive meeting of the
Lucknow' ' :and District Horticul-
tural: Society was held on' Fri=.
day.. evening. The 'do's and don'ts
of the successful flower showy
were --•discussed. ,The ' prize list
will be.: changed,' but little for
next year's show with a 'basket
of roses .and 'a• basket of ;mi±ed.
annuals Being ,added. •
The • meeting ° .' discussed a
Christmas : '.decorating project,
and while' willing to promote
such a winter beautification .pro-,
gram,-. the Society would require
some -organization to finance the
prize : money, : necessary to en-
courage home owners 'and busi-
ness :meni to enter the contest
whole .heartedly.'
The meeting • also': discussed a.
showing of • spring flowers, •but
nothing definite was done in
this .regard.
•Tulip bulbs, .direct from Hol-
land, will soon. be arriving to
' a value of close. to.. $300.00. In::
view, of this, tulips; would- feature
next spring's 'show, if such can
be Arranged.
The, regular monthly meeting
of. the Society will be .:in • the
Town Hall on Friday • night. By
request • there will be another
demonstration of flower arrang-
ing:. There will be, a plant' or
slip exchange at this meeting.
MOVE KIRK. SEATS..'
FIND HALF •PENNY
Bob McAllister of West
Wawanosh'':townshi-p brought '.
• three old': coins. to . the ' Sen-
tinel • 'office , last week • that
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were found in `the .Dungan-
, o
Dungannon Presbyterian . Church
while doing some moving.
The floors at the church
are being ,refinished, and
all the seats • were being••,
moved, apparently for the
first tithe since the church
was built. 1885 is the year
enscribed' on the front of
the church.
Two large pennies dated
1859 and 1882 Were 'found.
These large coins were quite
common until a few . years
ago but are rarely seen to•
day. The` third' coin was a
half penny . marked bank
token on • one side . and . on
the other side;' Bank of Up-
per Canada; 1852.
It • would seem that •one:
member of the congregation
had a consistant ' habit . of
losing his, Offering as the
coins were• all found at the
sane ' plaee,• ' •
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• The Lions Club is "shopping"
for projects of,general .co7nmunl-
ity .benefit, in order 1 to keep it
an active service' club:: •
The first.meeting of the new
'term • was held on .Monday' even=
ing ''with 'newly elected Presii-
:dent :Cecil . Brake :presiding for
'p g
the first time.. At., the ,conclu.-
• sion of . the meeting the• Presi-
dent asked for project . sugges-
tions and the following were
submitted;ark benches and
p _,
trash cans for . Car np'bell . St, 'a
�Christmas decoration program
; and a parking • lot, properly lit
and hard surfaced. •
The. President had suggestion
slips passed out, asking the
• 'membersto express their views.
in writing on project activities,
to be turned in at the next meet,:
•.ing on Monday, •September 28th,
•and to be held: at Kinlough.
'.Lion 'Stuart 'Robertson 'expres-.
sed his ..views on: a parking lot.
He" felt that. the town owned
property. just 'west of. the arena,
arid the 1 two lots • oto the west. of
that abutting on Highway 86,
and owned by the Agricultural
Society, 'would. provide splendid
parking grounds: Fill, would be.
required . on the Agricultural
lots: Access would be conveni-
ent. in two ways, from•the
way and .County. ,Road south.;
',Municipal rest rooms are located
at the. . West end of the arena.
A flowing well -'m the park adds
to the . ,facilities. that ,would.en-
HIGH. JUDGE 'IR,
SWINE AND. BEEF.
Duncan. Campbell, son of Mrs.
Norman Campbell. of "Black-
horse," • won the • Bruce County
Beef Producers trophy `. as the
high beef judge at the Bruce
County Junior !Far hers' livestock
judging competition held recent-
ly 'at ` Ripley Duncanalso, won J
tops' in , the' . swine judging and:
won'. the Bruce County, Hog •Pro.-
ducers •trophy.:He missed out on
a gold' watch by five points as'
he :finished four ipoints. ,behind
Art_ 1VIcKague of Teeswater who
won :'the•.:overall , championship
having' the high' aggregate of
points.
Duncan attended Lucknow Dis-
trict High School and , is well
• known in'this area.
Duncan also won $5.; -by, being:
the -Sigh senior, Art McKague
was high 'intermediate, John
Brydon of I ,ipley .won $5. as high
junior: and 'Dale Farrell of Rip-
ley won , the. novice award, the -
CNE shield'
Over 100 competed in the jud-
ging competition, with a' note -
able. inerease in the number of
girl entries.: Because of the heavy
rain, the 'livestock' was' not taken
to the Ripley Fair Grounds. ,In -
,stead, judging was, done at the
farm of Hugh' Mason and Jim
Needham: ' •
Dan Rose, summer.. assistant at
the Clinton agricultural office,
able development orf this loca-
tion into a, picnic . grounds, and
roadside• stop, so much in • de- •
mand today by tourists..
Lion' Gerald R.abhwell supplied
as• 'songleader for. Baynard A -r-
'keit; The 'President expressed
regret in the illness • of Raynard.
arid Harold 'Treleaven, ' Lion. Ce L
• eilthanked the. members for
their attendance: and called. for
their, . full co-operation.' He ex
.pressed appreciation. to ' Lion
Caen Thompson for .assuming' the
bulletin editorship and ,to Lon
Wm /Schrriid for re -assuming . the
banquet and meals chairmanship.
'The President. 'repeated the . oft
mentioned, plea for : members'.
Who could not be present 'to noti-
fy: Lion Bill by ,Saturday. night.
The secretary's report was read '
by Durnin Phillips, newly elected'
to this. office. • He also . read the
complete list: of committee merry-
hers: as struck at a :recent execti-
tive. meeting. • Lion Harvey
Webster outlined the duties of
some of.: these `committees, on re'
quest, and has full information in
this' regard in book •form for Any
committee member, not aware '`of
his ''responsibilities.
Lion' Jack - .McDonagh, the.. new-
ly elected 'treasurer, gave his i• e "
port.
Lion K,' C. Murdie gave an
interesting outline. of the :Inter-
national ' convention in New
York, an experience. to. remem-
ber,. ,and which' featured , .out
standing speakers and a 31/2 -hour
parade which was. "out..' of this
world,":.apart. 'from the : busy:
round -of entertainment provided.
Lion:, Virden 1V owbray, •the other •'
Club delegate„ -Will add his : re_
marks at a later meeting.
Lion Kelso ' iVleNay reported on
the:. Retarded Children's -school
at Wingham, which :now Ihas its .
ownbuilding and classroom,
There were' 8 pupils last term. •
At .present •• there is ia need for
funds for the .ro'ec
INSTALL 18 -INCH TILE
UNDER HIGHWAY 86
was one of the judges.
GEORGE BLUE DIED
SUDDENLY IN DETROIT
The. death of George Blue of
Detroit and .a native of the Am-,
berley. •district,occurred sudden-
ly on Monday at. work. .The.
funeral. service will be held on:
Friday at the McLennan :Funer-
al ' Home in Ripley`. A Masonic
service will be held on Thurs-
day at 8'• ,p.rn.. •
George is survived by his wife,
the fortner Sarah MacDonald IV
Lochalsh and two daughters,
Mrs:• Anna May Pretz and Mar:- :
jor.ie• Blue of Detroit. • •
An •• I8' -inch 'asphalt tile , was.
recently laid under Highway' 86,.
west of the • Ford ';Garage. •:The
• installation. was required •be
cause of flooding at' the. Beatty
Ladder ' Factory,. from surface
water off the Victoria 'St. hill
which , was recently cut and. ' ` •
hard; surfaced. .
The tile carries the water ac -
'digs the road to connect with
the catch 'basin and drain' to the
open ditch* west of • the arena"
It was .riot permissible '.to- .
break-up the Highway :hardtop,
and Graham- and Graham, earth
boring contractors '' were ..engag-
ed
.engal-ed to excavate under the pave'
!Tient for the big tile..
.They .were•unable, however, to
bore under the Havelock :Street
pavement, to permit" the: laying •
of 'pipe to '' "hook 'up" the new
No, 4 well with the water sy-
stem m;aiiis. This job. ;will have
to be nconipleted manually, ' ' • •
COMPLETE .ADDITION. TO
LUCKNOW SALES BARN
Robert 'MacIntosh, operator of
the weekly community livestock
sale,has completed an ''addition
to the west end of the new sales
barn built just a little over a
year ago.
The addition . Will • provide
more accomodation for this ex-
panding enterpri e.. •
A consignment stocker , sale is •
scheduled for Monday, October
5th, with xoom for 500 head, on
a first consignment, • first accept
ed;' ibasis.
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