The Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-11-11, Page 113.00 A Year In 'Advance
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDN .SSDAY, NOV. 11th, 1959
TWELVE, :PAGES..
FINE ,PROGRAM AT
COMMENCEMENT
The Lucknow District ' High
School Commencement on Fri, -
.day evening provided. one of the
best and most enjoyable pro--
, grams for a large and apprecia-
tive audience.
Gerald . Rathwell was,; Gohair
man and Mrs. Ate -Dowell the ac
companist.
Guest.: speaker .was Rev.. W, A.
Young, O.A.C. padre, who father
the' .late • Rev. G. M. Young was
mini's ter at South ' Kinloss at
one time. -Rev. Young hai.. a.
sense of humour which ;he used
• effectively 'in an.address which.
stressed that While education
is.very' important and necessary,
rather than scientists striving to
outdo each other to • reach the
moon, . we : need more middle
people with wisdom:
He was introduced • by Mr. Al=
lister Hughes and • thanked' by
• Mr;. Warren Brown.
The Listowel Male Quartette,
making its second appearance
here in recent ' weeks delighted
the audience' with • their various
numbers, sung with• ,':ability and
sincerity
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:Intermediate certificates for
the completion ':of Grade • 10 were
presented • by Mr: W, R. Howey
as Well as proficiency cups- as
follows: Grade..9 English,, .Mari-
lyn Cmeron, Donald Durnford;
Grade ' 10, History, 'George Bush-
ell; Grade 11 . Matherriaties, ; Hel
en, Campbell, Jim' Watson;•,Grade
12 • Languages, Bill Buckton
• Grade • 13 Science, Donald Hage
dorn.
•Mr:.Ron .Kelterborn' presented
the .athletic. • awards:' • Sr. • •girl,
Kathleen •`Hackett, Intermediate
:, girl, Baribarai Ha'ldenby Junior,'
Mary , .Purdon.;.. Senior' . boys,'
• Douglas 'Stanley; Intermediate,
Paul �Ilegderson Junior, James
MacDonald.
Gordon Fisher presented ;pro
fieiency shields: `Finlayson
shield for ,'Grade 9, Barry John-
ston; William •. A. MacKenzie
shield • for Grade 10, George
Bushell; William A. Schmid
shield Grade 11, Helen 'Camp-
bell; •English shield • Grade 12,.
• Bill Buckton,
Rev: Young presented the se=
condary school graduation dip-
lomas, • and : the' : honour gradua-
tion•. diplomas.
• Bill Andrew' presented' BillBuckton. 'with the .Band Mem-
�bers' :Shield..Mrs. ' Philip Ste -
(Continued on Page 12)
IGA. STORE •TO •
CLOSE THIS •.
'WEEK
Lucknow • LG.A.' Grocery will
closethe end of this .week,. 'as.
the proprietor, Charles Short
• has taken a position. with this'
company, known as •the Inde-
pendent.
nde-
e •
P ndent . Grocers Alliance.
The Short family came to
Lucknow in .late .winter' of 1955
from Brantford • where , he had
operated an • I.G.A. store. Char. -
be took over here on March 1st,
upon .buying the business • from
• Archie ,Smith, who 'with his '
family returned to Atwood. • It
Was 'over five years previous.
that , Archie had . bought the
business from 'W. W. Bill. ,Mr.
Smith still owns the building.
Until 'the end . of the week,
Mr. Short is' offering a'10%. dis-
count on most every item in the
Store, ' After that LGA. will
clean out the merchandise, "lock,•
stockand' barrel??
• Charlie developed good
business during pa g'
ng :his stay here,
but has been offered 'a position
with the Company whichis pre-
ferable.
Mrs. Short, .their. r
' son, Arthur, •
and . infant daughter, Sandra.
Lee, . will continue to reside here
for the time being.'
SON OF FORMER, RESIDENT
TAKES ACCOUNTANCY POST
• .William G. B w has accept
ed, a position with, the firm of
Gaviller, �Mclintosh and .Ward,
chartered accountants . of Owen.
Sound.
Bill• is the son of Mr: and
Mrs. A. L.•Brown,. his •mother
being ,; the forme,,. Ruth Wein-•.
tosh, daughter. of the late Mr.
and • Mrs.. Peter • Macintosh of
Kinloss Township.. •
• 'Mr. and .,Mrs. Brown 'moved to
Vancouver' two years ago and
Bill remained in London to cOrn-
plete, his chartered accountant's
course atter graduation from
Western University. His younger
brother Don is a • student' at the
University of British Columbia
and plans to fly East at 'Christ-
mas to. spend the holiday with
Bill: '
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"RUNNING WILD"PROVED
TO BE A BIG FIASCO `
• The dramatic and musical pre-
sentation ``Running Wild" .had a
short .. stand here. last ' week. It
opened and closed' , Thursday.
night, in one of the biggest
stage fiascos ever seen here.. ~..
The cast, which fell far short
of: the advertised' 75 . to 100 peo-
ple, was • insufficient to fill all
the roles, and some who took
parts to 'help put it over, did so
with little or no rehearsirig, , and
a :,confusion of scripts topped it
off: During the show, one in : the
audience: was ;request exd tohelp
out by playing the part .bf the
crook:`
The ,merchant was exploited
in the .scheme, andother devel-
opments during the;week; made;
it questionable • if,• the show.
would go on, but the sponsoring
"
organization was. under contract
and in a dilemma
There,.: were twenty adults in
the Thursday night . , audience,
and. with• •due ` credit, to '• diose.
who :` "stuck with.. the ship, it
was 'a presentation that wouldn't
bear repeating,
.ASHFIELD NATIVE:{
.HAS . COLLEGE. POST
Dr:. William' ,T. Andrew, has
been .appointed associateprofes-
sor of horticulture, department
of plant • "science, University of
Alberta, and, will . take up his
new duties on November , 16th..
A 'native of Ashfield, Dr. An-
drew is . a ,1944 graduate of the
University' of Alberta: He holds
a master's degree from: Utah
State Agricultural College and
adoctorate in vegetable produc-
tion. from Michigan State Uni-
versity. Since 1950 he has been,/
vegetable specialist at the Sou
therm Illinois University school
of agriculture.
He has held positions witha
seed rowing
:firm andhorticul-
tural.
horticul
-
tural..experiment stations in:Can-
ada: At 'the •Illinois university he,
has conducted extensive experi-
mental programs testing garden
and coinhercial vegetable crop
varieties and culturalpractices
iia. addition, to his' teaching dut-
ies.' He has been chairman of the
agricultural ' migrant'. committee
of Illinois 'for two years and a
member of . the Illinois Commis-
sion on Children during the past
year. .
Dr. Andrew is the son of Mrs.
John' F. Andrew .(Edith Trelea-.
ven); . of ;Edmonton and the. late
Mr. Andrew. His father headed
the Experiinen.tal ,Farm at Ver-
million, Alta., for . a number of
years and climaxed his career as
Deputy Minister of Agriculture'
in Alberta.
• William was born In the Zion
community :in_ , Ashfield, 'where
his parents resided before going
West. He is a nephew' of Mrs.
Gordon. Kirkland of Zion.
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BITS LOAD LIFTS
TRAVELLING. LION
The • Travelling .' Lion didn't
stay long in the possession of
the Lucknow and District Club.
A bus load of Lions from Zurich
were . visitors' : here on Monday
night, among therm Jack Banni-
ster, formerly of the local. Bank
of Montreal staff.`: •
.The • contingent . trooped in
singing .;arid proved ' to be• quite
a gahg of songsters• and whoo-
per -uppers. .
Lion . Gordon Montgomery, • 1st
vice-president, presided and. Mrs.
Montgomery supplied as accom-
panist, 'and played for Eleanor
Reed • who contributed two vie -
lin .. numbers:
Lion Bab Macintosh reported
on having attended a zone re-
creational. meeting, and advan-
ced ..the suggestions • of a • shuf-
fle board court and horse shoe
court as' a possible• club• project.
If. available, the. Town, Hall pro-
perty ` would be ideal
• Lion• Gordon Montgomery re-
ferred to the 67th wedding an-
niversary of : Mr., and. 'Mrs. Wm.
Humphrey of St Helens, and
added that he felta senior citi-
zens , club' room •was • worthy :of.
considerations
;Lion • Leonard MacDonald an-
nounced. that the Committee
,planned to•• personally contact
"members .tri arrears of dues:.
It was' •decided that :Meals
should be a :$1.25 ' instead of '$1:,
so the caterers will' have some-
thing worthwhile for their ef-
forts.
Lion Lorne 'Reid reported that•
they planned' to sponsor ;Squirt,
Pee Wee and Bantam. .hockey
again, and rural' schools were,
being , contacted for • prospective.
players.
Donald :MacKinnon reported
on a successfull .Hallowe'en': par-
ty forthe children and ..acknow-
ledged the services of ' Piper,
Frank MacKenzie.
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AGRICULTURAL. SOCIETY
HOLDS "WIND IJP" MEETING.
Directors of the Lucknow 'Ag-
ricultural Society met on Satur-
day '.night ; with president S. E.
_Robertson presiding. Purpose of
the meeting, was to review the
financial aspects of • the, fair, -and
decide on prizes.: for several
events, that . ' were last minute
additions to the show.'•''
Prize money : Will be .paid in
full.
SEVERAL QUALIFY FOR,
NONAGENARIAN "CLUB"
Lucknow has a nu►nber of
residents who could qualify • for
a nonagenarian's club,,and what
a club it would be,, for these
senior citizens are remarkably
alert, of :. ;mind, and in several
cases, •are spry on footto a . de-
gree that. belies their longevity:
Arnohg.' 'those who are per-
manent residents,. of the Village
are: Duncan' 1VlacLeod, .96,• Rev:`
Robert .Macconnell, 95; • William
A. Russell, 93;. Miss Jessie Mac
Kay, 92; 'Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Burns, both 91; John MacRae,` 91;
Mrs. Christena ' MacDonald,, 90
and,' -who may we have over-
looked.
LOOKING FOR CURLING •
STONES, NONE IT SEEMS
Had a letter last ' week from.
J. C. Carruthers,,,manager of, the
Bank of • Mointreal • . at • West
Lorne, 'whostates they have, or-
ganized .a ;curling cluib there and
*are loolcing for stones
Remembering' that. in 'the''.old•
home town there were ,many
enthusiasts of the roaring game,
John r wondered if. they might
be able to 'Obtain , any stones
here.
• Our inquiries indicate that no
stones '• of .any value are likely
to be obtained here: If however
anyone has any which they wish
to''dispose. of; here's. •a chance...'
NAMED HISTORICAL
SOCIETY PRESIDENT. •
S. E. Robertson of Lucknow
was named president of " the
Bruce Bounty Historical Society
at the annual mneetinig held :at,
Port 'Elgin last : Thursday. ' He
succeeds ` Mr
';Kruk, ` of • Chesley.
.: The Society was : organized a
few • years . ago, with `. the-` object
in mind :•of..perpetuating Bruce
County lore and history, :..past•
and present
BROUGHT FIRST. DEER,
TO . TOWN MONDAY '
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The deer season ; wasn't ..long
underway on Monday, until Jim
Boyle and Lloyd (Hap) Hall.
were : •back in town' with a : young
deer, - which it Would . seem
would give there the distinction;
of bringing the first deer• ; to the
, Village. '
Its. was just eight o'clock when
they, drove onto main street,, to
give Some of the early -bird
shop keepers a chance to view.
. the kill.'
STAMP VENDING MACHINE •
INSTALLED AT 'POST OFFICE
No need • . now to be • caught
withogt stamps. •An. outdoor.
stamp) vending• Machine • has
been installed . at the Lucknow
Post Office It . is located at the
west side of the building adja-
cent to theleiter r Oro
P
The machine 'will dispense a
book 'containing five 4c stamps
and five lc stamps: for 25c: This
assortment makes possible an 1
combination of postage required.
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,DISCUSS CHECK•.
,OF VANDALISM
Hallowe'en Vandalism and the
year round .rash of window
smashing, . were informally dis-
cussed at the' Novembet session
of the Village Council which
was• a Tontine pre -nomination
Meeting. ;
• It was agreed that ' nextti Hah,
low. e'en additional ,police show
be, 6n patrol. The suggestion• was
made . that possibly '•a $10.0.00 re-
ward for information leading' to
the apprehension • of vandals at
any time of the year • might be
effective • in bringing the offen-
ders into court, with evidence
that , would • convict.
Reference was also . made ' .to
recent robberies, which 'raises a
•cho`rus for policing,' which is
both costly and no guarantee of,
its effect'iveness, aswell policed
towns. also have. their `breakins.
`, 'Silverwoods, in •particular; has
been victimized on so' many •'oc-
.
casions that Reeve Joynt• felt .a.
burglar alarm might be installed
'effectively at this plant. Such
an alarm,: it was pointed out, re-
sulted in arrests being made in
Hanover at the week -end.
Nomination date was .set „VT
M onday, -November 30th; With
deputy returning ., officers a )-
pointed as follow in event: of an
election: ' No. 1, Fred Jackson;
No.• 2,, Richard Webster NO. , 3,
Leslie Purves.'.. There are' indic ;-
tions there will be at least: one
;,Vacancy. on 'the.. Board' ` due .t.).
the. prolonged ,illness of .Council- •
for Harold . Treleaven Coun• i'1,
received •a card .of :appreciati^-i
from Mr: arid Mrs Treleaven for
'their remeinbrance
Council, is-to'acknowledge the.
contribution of the. , Luckno ,.
Women's :Institute; Which' has .dc
nated "thirty chairs for • use in
the • Council 'room" in the Town
Hall...y
' A ' pool room license of :$6:f0
for the first table was • granted
to • Cowan's' restaurant, where a
table was installed in the base-
ment
`.
some . time ago:,
'Council expect to end the.
year 'on'the,borderline financial-
ly, possibly with a small :deficit:
Additional . paving : was done in
the Village this year when it
could be done at a low .price,
that was estimated 'saved. the,
Ynunicipality '.$1,000 in compari
son with. • the costs at a ; future
date. ,
Pre -season reports have been, PETER JOHNSTON'
to the effect, ' however, ..',that .
there aren't too: 'man' EADS• BOWLERS
' y 'deer , in ' _T
the district this year: • President•
.Jack MacDonald
'chaired' the annual Meeting of
the • Lucknow ` :Lawn- Bowling
Club, held at Ritchie's Barber
Shop. A spring meeting is to be
held • in the ' form of a banquet
with Ken Cameron, . Jack Mc-
'Donald, Harold ..Ritchie and' Fred,
Jackson in charge. '
It was decided that fees would.
remain the • same for' 1960 and
that ,theclub join. the Provincial
Lawn Bowling Association.
Peter Johnston < will . serve as
president tor the next year.
Other officers appointed were
Ken Cameron, ',vice, president;
Harold Ritchie, ` secretary -treas-
urer:. Jitney committee is. Har-
old Ritchie, Alex MacNay,. Lloyd
Hall, • Ken Cameron;. . member-
ship, Rev. G. Geiger, Mrs. Ken
'Cameron, Mrs. Jack,' McDonald;
Jim ;McNaughton; grounds, Fred
Jackson; Roy Finlayson, Jack
Fisher, Jim- McNaughton; tour-
nam.eht, Ken Cameron, Roy '
Fin'ayson, ,Harvey Webster, Wzri.
•Schmid. , • •
The, club had a. very succesi
ful year with„..,twenty-ni.ne paid'
up . ,nen members and ten wo-
men' men: ei.s. r
NINE. COURSES
START AT RI PLEY
Ripley 'Community' •• Night
School. commenced .last . week
with nine courses being held,
and an initial .enrollment, of
i. over. ` eighty,, and, whichP is ex ec-
i ted to,run to' a hundred. Two or.
three ' more ,can be accomodated
SWEEPSTAKE WINNERS in each class. .'All classes • are
HAVE• BEEN VISITING 'HERE held in •the High School with
the exception• of wood.working
Mr. and Mrs. Bert . Ashton which is at the Fire.- Hall.
(Velma Culbert) of Detroit have The courses are for • a period
been visiting with her mother of twelve ,weeks, and with the
and' other * re°latives. in the com instructor m each class are. as
munity. follows: 'Leather . carving, Mrs.
sweep -
they left
vs until
the heat was off.. `The phone
stopped ringing," he said
after, the Windfall was announ-•
ced. •
Mrs. Ashton took'the jolting•
goodnews in stride, but Bert,
says it sort of got him, sand a .:new class and very , popular)
few days away from it all • in Needlecraft, no teacher arrang-
Canad r, looked good to them.. . ed for at time of writing.
Winners . of $140,00. Frank Pair Woodworking, Roy
stake prize, Bert says Graham; Ceramics, Mrs. Ken
the city • for. a few d • McFarlan; • Oil . Painting, . Bert
Henderson, Owen Sound; .Sew-:
ing, Mrs. May MacDonald; Weav-
ing, ' Mrs. .Finlay MacLeod;
Typewriting, " Warren •Brawn
Lucknow; ;Folk Dance,.. Mrs. Ron
Keddy,' Owen Sound, (This is a
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