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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-01-01, Page 157 } 0 " r • $2 50 A.,Year In Advance -41.00 $1.00 Extra. To U,S.A.LU:CKNOW, .ONTARIO • WEDNESDAY,. 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 , g n :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 • S w� Y. ,es` he as 0 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- . loss in 1853 • so the McKinnon • 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 •• 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. •'••• • • 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 , • 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, • Y 4 • I • 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 k • :'r �• •