The Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-01-01, Page 157
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TURNIP' FUTURE.
0•R..THI'S,ARE"A
H. Wilford= -of 'Stratford. was
4in town . -last week, , boosting
til
cessing business, which has ex-
panded greatly 'in recent 'years to
a'.
Point ° "that required the erect .
' ion' of- a large building . to handle
the . increased volume' of "ruta-
bagas' being grow in: the Blyth
district.. -
Mr: 'Wilford . `who.has' . ive
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:the 'lowly turnip,..a .prestiige':and
dignity on an 'international ma--
ket, sees a . need. to More attract-
ively package the. vegetable for
the consumer;. and 'which he be
lieves, wily add a further im
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FORMER RESIDENT "AWAITS"
WORD QF CENTENNIAL:
Former residents. are. showing
keen 'interest 'in Lucknow''s, one
hundredth ` ;birthda ori.
n or, a an icipatm
some. announcement about "'a
dome -coming ,celebration.
_ In renewing her Sentinel sub.
seription , Mra:. ' L. 5 J'.Z tang
(Mary MacKinnon) ; of . London,
says:
"I •sure :look. forward "to. the'
old'home,paper every week, an
will :�be wat :hi -
c n for•more-a a�
g.,
riouncements '_regarding Luck
now's; one' hundredth birthday.
My father'sY
. ,fainil` came to Kin-
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loss in 1853 • so the McKinnon
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na•me • surely..must rank among
the ' ld-tirriers"..
lst, 1958
THIS: ISSUE PRECEDES. TH.E
ADVENT OF THE, NEW YEAR
'petus to retail sale's •
Mr.' Wilford says, that the .tur-
nip is the : only •..Canadian farm
•. p oduet that .they need and don't'
grow' in the. ,United' States. • Can
adiari ; rutabagas , sales. * iri , the
States are :•chiefly east of the
Mississippi ' and represent '' `yet
'only.; on,
a -third of ' a ' .turnip per
person,per year"' "•
'Thus h'e foresees a great , ,poi
tential
market, and predicts that
this:increasing • demand will be
supplied , from' 'farms .that . are
some distance from the' metro-•
politari areas. The . counties' of
1furon, Bruce, Grey ' and Perth
Will provide the future , turnip.
groviiiag lands, ..and ;:will become
an . increasingly: profitable cash
crop
-% We are.:
. good produce s, but
not `goad saleemen, 'Mr. Wilford
says, and maintains that sales
manship is what is needed :to:
cause the 'turnip -growing indus
try to flourish:
He has long .held to the theory
that if you can't' obtain new. ,in
dustryy,; . double what • ypu hav
and the result, will be the say' e.
• lie, feels this ,`a lies more �._ tl•
P'p P Y
to' the turnip business. '
OPEN THURS.,.. AFTERNO;o 4
.Accordingt a de e• ision at
••.
the ' Fall ` :meeting . • of,the,
Lucknow. Business Men's AAs-
soeiatien,' bus i n .e s's ':places
Open
will: be•.o ally da ' Thurs-
day;
hr
p n y, . u s
day;' .January 2nd.
LOCAL` 13USYNES
S PLACES;,.
FEATURE CHRISTMAS' DRAWS
Man : Y
local business places fea-
tured: ,Christmas draws through-'
• out:' the , holiday season: Hall's
• Red • and 'White Store gave .away.
lour hostess chairs toM
rs: Bruce
lvdo . tacKenize, Mrs. Gor .
n Retch
'hie; Mrs.' Oliver ,McCharIes and
Mrs„ :Charles
Webster,"' all.
Lucknow :and r
l'Ienr outes. '
'
. , Ys Fruit ;Market gave.
three 'awards.
of $5,00 in mer-
chandise :;;to . Mrs... Geor' a Cran-
sto' g
i, , Mrs T: Mageffin of Wing-
.ham, ,and K. 'I L. MacKenzie ' and
,bn Qhristmas•Eve 1.0.00' in mer-
ndise , wag 'awarded' . to ':Mrs°
Keith $lake: -
Short''s
IGA Market' made. a
dl'fl* fora'complete ., : __.. 's
inner' for New Year a
sik With all,
:min .. all m
the tri.
gs. The ywiriner was ;Mrs,
•I ot,7ard l'3eirnes of 1Luckno •
At he Lucknow"Fruit
Mrs, .Market
• ,.: ...., W
R• . Solomon, hitechurch,
Ron a Krooler' chair; :Mrs. Bill
s, '?
r aR. 3• Gocierich, a table
lam, , -...
n; Mrs, Dan �Thorrison , a. TV
chair, ° '
WEE ki OF PRAYER SERVICES
TO START ON SUNDAY
The Lucknow • Ministerial' As
sociation calls upon all citizens.
to .attend these' services' of prayer
and inspiration..
Sunday,,January 5th, '7.00 :rn:
in, the Iaicknow, Presbyter-
ian Church: •
Monday, January 6th, 8:00 p:m.,
in, .St. Peters :Anglican
Church.
Tuesday,' January 7th, '8,00 ' p.m.,
” in Lucknow united Church.
iC'orne. and .unite in :the ;Fellow
ship,• of. Prayer :.. Go 'away
with a 'rich :-blessing, . May
God bless. our .New • ,Year:.
This issue of The:.` Sentinel
*oes •to press -
fat'
` that. afternoon :for pre -Nevi;
Year distribution.
• It is ,one' of the .few 8 -p
a
ge
• issues Which- w`: have pub-
lished during:. 1957. For, the.
most part: they have run 10,'
,12 .,and ' 16 pages each week. -
Several district • weeklies are
not publishing' this week due
to .:the NeW Year holiday
•being in' the. middle of thee
week. .
° It'. has'°been -a momentous-
.•
• and " busy year at .: The' .Sen
.• tinel, and to all our su.bscrib
:HOS'PITALIZED. SIX WEEKS:
WITH HAND', INJURY •
IP C.H R I ;TMAS'
Y:. H' o ` SE FIRE _ R
A timely' discovery and, prompt
and Mrs. Raymond • farniltori
from destruction by fire on
Christmas Day.. . The reside.rice is
on : the ''Second Concession,. of',:
Huron ' Township. :east . of • . the
Ripley ' road.'' • ; '
• Mr. and ,Mrs. -Hamilton. were
spending .Christmas; in. London
and, as the ,:damage. was of a,
minor • 'nature, they were s not
notified.. They received', their •
first inkling of what had. hap-
pened when they stopped. ;at a
local garage the ' next day.:' while. •
'returning home.
Wm. Porter, ',who 'Makes' his •
home at' Hamilton's, discovered,
the , `outibreak aft the noon hour
on Wednesday. Fortunately,: as
it turned - out, he had declined
: invitation.'out :for dinner:
Upon:: seeing ,' 'an ; d smelling .
Smoke, 'he discovered fire "in ; a
partition in an upstairs ;roorn:
'Insulation had:: prevented thea
blaze from spreading more .' rap-;
idly. Mr Porter ,.turned in an
alarm to .. the Lucknow Fire '.D
partrnent, and went- to •work =:
with • a bucket.. He • got a::garden
hose from ,the .barn which Jack
McGuire got hooked up and the
outbreak 'was checked when the
fire ::truck -'arrived.
It .Is"., „believed, • ,,that' the fire
started where the; .pipes passed '•
through the partition.
•Chimney Fire .
The Lucknow Fire Company .
was. ' alerted for 'a• second. -'time.
in two days, when•. late.: Thurs-
day .afternoon the siren sound
ed ' The cause • Was' ; a Serious -
Chimney fire at the farm of 'Jim;
Curran at `,St.; Helens,' Itsubsid
ed •without damage: " ..•
Stiff winds ''were : blowing •both
Wednesday and :Thursday, ,, and
had fire. got out of control the;
results' could have been . disas
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trous.'
•
Lloyd•McNall has been a pat,=
ient : in': Wingharn - Hospital :pfor
injury received' at 'work 'at 'the
Lloydplant in :Wingham.,
A' piece of ' wood penetrated
.Lloyd's. ,left hand, -'and with•' hi
fection later.developing,, the tin
-
Jury . has, been slow` in respond
-
Mg to treatment..
He is still hospitalized and it
wilitbe some ':tithe yet'before' he
is able to . return to- woe k
ers, advertisers, correspon
:dents: andfriends, we •.extend
-our-„,_a'ppreciation for '.your
support, good -will . and co
operation •• during' the year, .'.
and' extend heartiest best
• wishes' that for. oneHand all
the New Year. may beriche:
in ',tie. blessings .of, Good i
'Health; Happiness land Peace. '
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs °Jaynes. E. -Car-,
negie of Walkerton `.announce
the,. engagement of their daugh
Jeri ' Valerie Jean,' to Mr. .John',
• F. Wallace, son of Mr. 'and Mrs:.
'Percy Wallace: :of Walkerton::
The ,nitarriage will take place on
Saurday, January 25th, 1958;: at
Offerings will be for the C.an • 4';' o'clock in St. Paul's • United
'adiari Council of -Churches. Church, Walkerton:
Second Notices
TB Association
'The Bruce :County, • Tubercul
osis Association's Christmas Seal.
campaign 'currently . stands • at
$6,000, . ,according to. .the • latest
figures received from, the Assoc-
iation .-secretary, : Ms. . Norma
MacKay of •'Ripley.,
This . figure is two thirds ' of
the ;'campaign objective -,of. $9,000.
The, present receipts are, consid
erabIy in, ..excess of the corres-
• ponding °, figure a year. 'ago:. The;.
total raised last -year throughout
Bruce, -'was $8-,200,. and in View
of '•" the present standing, it
confidently hoped by :Associa- •
tipn officers that : the • $9,000' ob-
jective can' be,.reached:':'
• " • F011'ow-Up Letters, :
The first"reminder notice :went
out • in Decenber sand a ,second
follow-up= letter will go` out. by
Mid -January.: If you have
leeted 'to make a Christmas seal
:donation, you will:save: the cony='
mittee sending a second; notice if
you act;; .quickly.. Donations are
received at banks 'in the` various
Bruce County municipalities;
A. third ,,and final notice ' goes
out 'in iFebruai y;` and the. Associ-
ation., books close in ° March,
though ?donations ;to ' the - T.B.
fund • are . acceptable the • year
round. ••
•'Gifts' To Patients
' MacKay and. Mrs..- John
Mrs',
A. MacDonald.'of Ripley. paid a
pi'e-Christmas' 'visit to• Freeport'
San at Kitchener .and the Byron.
San at' .London, when. they prey.
rented, gifts to Bruce, Comity,
Latents, 't There are, six frorri-
f3ruce at , Frenort 'and , five at
B'vrori Iii' addition there were
others remembered. ed. ,at • izome,
f
,
Mr..- and Mrs.' Cameron `Mac
Donald, Mrs.' J .:C. McNab. and
Miss; 'Gladys . MacDonald attend
ed; the wedding df 'their nephew,
:•George Harris. and Miss ' Enid
Marilyn C'oombes, which ,was,
'solemnized''.in St. John's Angle-
pan :Church in: Sterling cin Sat-
u;rday. afterrioon. `
COMPLETE ABSENCE, OF
SNOW FOR -CHRISTMAS •
• 'For the records and -Of interest.
to readers at distant points, this
district, :had. `a green Christmas
With :a:'complete absence of sn.o.w.
and unseasonably high • : tempera:
There' Was.': sunshine'and cloud
dui. ing . the 'day', and ''heavy rani
at night. Thursday was • also
snowless until:: nightfall, .when a
skiff, fell that disappe'a'red on
Friday. •'••• •
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There has !been little snow •in.
DeCernb
, � � � , ` weather,
er with mild.
prevailing' generally, with a high
the mid -fifties.
•Yr•
The 'tem eratu're on dhristmas
Day• was 39„degrees . and '.a scan:
ning • of -the Weather `records
brought. to light Christmas days
that have been Milder, In 1895
the record for Christmas Day-
vV a,s .set with 59 degrees; 1898r
53degrees; 1891, ,48' degrees;
.1999.,, 56 .degrees. , a .
The light .- snowfall' of the;
Month of December ' to date is
err pha4zed by comparison. with,
D'ecenib:er• 191:0, 56,61 inches; De-'
cem'ber";' 1909, 61.5D• inches ,and
l 'ecember 1898,,,;46,8 inehes,.'m ,
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Wilfred Murdoch, .who :. is at
Frobisher Bay . in • the' Arctic,
spent, •Christmas; with his, 'fam-
ily in..Toronto...Wilf. was. .sched-
.uled to : fly` : back •'to the North
ern outpost.. on -.,Saturday
HURON : T• EAM'
E'DGED'.'
IN.DE�•T
A„E
The ' Huron' County Junior
.Farmers and Halton Junior Far
mers met recently in• Stratford to.
deterinir5.e - th' . 'winner's of the
second round of the Ontario
.:Junior Farmer debates. The ':res
!ol'ution''for.` the second .rdund. of
debates , was "Resolved That'
Farm People.: Are, Losing Their'
Independence".::,', To . .determine
winners..' in the .:Junior Farmer
debate competition . two separate
'debates are' held •.on the same
topic`'and at the same time, Each
county iri. the 'competition&was .re-
presented by a team ,of two . on
the affirmative :side of the' :res
elution and .a' team' of two sup-
sporting ,the'' negative. .
Ii the first debate Huron's, af-
firmative team .of,Lawrerice Nes-
bitt, Blyth;' and Larry 'Wheatley,.
Dublin, were victorious . by
a score. of. 1.04 'to'
162 over- Hal-
ton's' negative ..team of Bar.'bara
Cunnineham and Jean.Peterson
The judge' for this . debate ,Vas
Mr. Wilson J. Brown, School In-
spector from Mt.. Forest. .In the.
other • debate,Huron's ' negative
team,: of , George''' Ribey,
Goderich •••and 'Murray Gaunt, ,R.,
1, Luc'kn.ow, were defeated -by • a
score, of 153 to ;1.49' by :Halton
affirmative team :of Jean- Bird
.and Mildred Watson.' The. ,judge'
for thik debate was :Mr.: Wallace
.J. Knapp, R. 2; Galt, formerly
assistant :agricultural representa--
tiv`e .for Perth County:
' In: a case sgch':as this where
'a County worn one of,the 'debates
and lost .the, other, the total'..num-
leer of points determines the .win-
ner” of the' roiind, Therefore -Ial-
ton County, advances'..t:o. ,the 3rd
round with, a• total score of 31.5
points. as .compared •"to- Huron
county's . score' 'of 313". points
Halton County • were the •1956 .
champions in. the Junior '.Farm
er . debate and_ certain'l'y have'
strong, possibilities of "retaining
their championshi; :
• This ' is .'the se
nd year
that
turonCounty has' entered . the
Junior Fanner. debate
and :the
team Which` represented the Co.
are certainly to be congratulated•
on the fine showing:: in this
year's ',Ontario • Junior Farrier
debating competition, •
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TEEN -TOWN..
Teen -Town
held its last ,party
for" :1957 on Friday:. ''About 70
Teen-Towners • and fourteen vis
itors attended.
Garry Rayner, cousin of. Janet
and Diane Rayner, ,n ade a :big
hit with,.„ the Teen-Townei•s with.
his singing and guitar' playing.
Dance dates for 1958'•hav `not
been yet:'
BUY -PROMISING
YOUNG
6 lJLL
Andrew ,Gaunt and • Son- 'have e
purchased` ',a promising, young -
Shorthorn:, bull ' from . the 'well
known - 'herd of :.Reford' Gard--
house• of Milton,' t.
He is' A1die Chevalier, an 18 -
Months -old imported animals
bred by Finlay , McGillivray' of .
Scotland..' The .b'uli-, • ,sired by
Beaufort Chevalier, has an e'x-
cetional'l
y• fine background. IP
will~ ,become the Junior . sire' of
I the Gaunt herd:.
Ahlie ” Chevalier was co ' 1nsi s. ' d
-ne `
by Mit, Gardhousc`' at the._int'er
'BORN
.na.tibnal'• Sale at Chicago, where
CLELAND—in' *Ingham Genet. he. wasuichased.- by Arly, who
al Iiespital on S•atur.day, De,cQrn4 had entered a bid tin the a.ninti�i'I'
bei 8t1 -i- 1957to Dr. arid Mrs which he Was familiar with. and
'P. B, Cleland 'Lupkiow. 'a soli, ''feels he*,,hay great prospects
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