The Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-03-19, Page 1r#,
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19,'195.3.
SIXTFEN PAGES,
iuys Property Adjoining Fair
Grounds For New Sales Barn
PLANS CHANGED FOR.
PEARS`ON'S VISIT TO BRUCE:.
•Liberal, Leader tester' B',
7'earson Will be in. Wiarton
next Tuesday morning, Mar,
25th, at 11.30 a.m. to address
a gathering in the Arena:.
Plans for his Bruce »visit
had to. be changed`.- to: keep
his tightly, packed' speaking
engagements.
It was originally' planned
for him: to speak in Kincar
dine but the locat ,,fin
hanged "t' ' "W arton to •
keep an Owen Sound date.A •
His Wiarton visit was set,.►
: for 12.00, noon, as announced
ari: advertisement in • this.
issue; but' since it was print-
ed, the 'hour has 'beenset
back to:
Luckno•
w ,Agricultural Society MacNay�, who has 'definitely'an' over two • score
had a highly .successful year. in .nounced• lyears:
that � ,he �' cane no •'•lon er.
1957, according•t
o.•repor'Fs 'heard carry:, •on,, �due � to'•the' �pressure
at the'�annual'meeting last'Thurs- of other 'interests: :,
ex
has •
• ,, `held
day the . office since 1949, when • he
However;•the Society must find succeeded Jose - h,`A
•a' ,new secretaryd to. •succeed Alex had a gpaw, 'who
,. .. _ acted': in ' that :capacity *.for
•BACK FROM WINTER • , ''
HOLIDAY, LJ HONOLULU.
Mrs.' 'Frank, Xing. was: a visitor
here this week` with her Mother,'
Mrs Jaynes MacDonald: Mr.; . and
Mrs. •,.King spent, 'three weeks
this winter in Honolulu `'They
flew to the Hawaiian Islands''
from.. ':Los Angeles, :Making
the
flight ':in a, little::over.• 8 'hours.
On' their. return -.,Y ,p .the sent a
couple .of weeks .at `Miami, be-
fore. returning, tai::their home in
Toronto. _
Frank is .at present in:St. Louis
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'FORMOSAN. SANGALLS.
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.ing,' :
a Pu
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, Mrs. King returned to:her home
�OVC�.ASHOME.on Tuesday:. ,and vas accoinpan-
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'led byher sister, Mrs. M. San=
,
A link with the Far. East was :derson.
,. more intimately forged 'last
week Someidea' of tie p
leasantwhen a native:Fornosan andan -weather in Hawaiiis :the,
,fact
associate of Miss :Dorothy 'Doug-
that an insurance •gu.araiitee. •. is
.las-paid a visit to the lace of offe
' p �.. red to visitors staying for
her• birth
and to her home here five days, or 'more: in the islands;
' He was Mr.' Su -ti 'Tan, prim 11 for more. than.' 0 :;percent of
•cipal,.of. the Presbyterian; -Mission
in ` For 'the time df:.•their stay; the of=
mo
sa, Free � China,'•'
which mission ,school Mi • In ,ficial, temperature drops•b`elow`75
which
has taught ss Doug ,degrees at'!midday, they, will .be.
and.g
.iven many' refunded' their' "full ' round -fare
years of faithful -service 'in ° far-;
off , trip. •
Formosa.
• ' MVIr::.and. Mrs •
• :.. Van
' :: „• • ..Kin .; 'have "one
Mr. •,Su_ti Van .visit'ed ''in -._ wing- g
•�.haan.-with. .
W g son, Bill, :agc'"1�,• who rs : a � stud=
Mr.: and:.»Mrs. ,Horace 's ' : i
Aitchison,an , , ent at „St. Andrews Ccl age• at.
d came over to Aurora:.
'Lucknow• to visit Miss Christena • �' '• '
'Carrick, an aunt • of Alias,' Doug=�
PRICES' SLASHED FOR
SHOE. SALE, .STARTS .FRIDAY.
On page 14 of this issue
is a• •full • page advertisement•
announcing a shoe sale which .
gets underway on, Friday at,
'Rathwell's Shoe ,Store:
!It's. a 'store=wide %clear
ance of.quality :footwear .at
t e rut i f ic savings. Many of.,
the . items listedare at 'less
than wholesale ". ,price..' It's '
a chance to outfit' the. whole
farriily..for' spring'. at big. sav-
Mr, Su -ti: Tan':
a will return to
Formosa : in May.. He 'Said
very' glad
to ` have been in Can-
ada,: as ,�e oiten wondered what.
,
thea missionaries had
ori' ad left behind
d what sacrifice'sd
they••had
made to take. the Gospel' to For -
mora, Now he knows:,
ExpTSa
• VISITORS' WELCOME.'
'The new Jersey rI
J.e y diel at the
farm' of Gordon `'Elliott,-. A' ber-
ley,; is -nicely 'settled arid to date
two` ihore, heifer• calves • have
been born
All visitors,;i' nccludng; child-
ren,
'ld-
ren, are welc.me. 'at the :farm
at any time.
Pictured albo.ve during =last..
Thursday's•:meetirf are Gor
g ° ,don:
Kirkland, left, '. .who ".was _re-
elected r opresident; for a • second .:
term .and Secretary, 1V adNay:
.Photo'.
.CENTENNIAL: DONATIONS
OVER ' $100.00 LAST WEEK,
Voluntary donations to: the
Lucknow• •. and' , Distric
t •Cen:-
teiinial 'fund, •have;•.as we
Saidlast. Week: started t
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roll; l
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RETURN FROM SOUTH
Mr,:. and Mrs: Ernie Ackert .re-,
turned on, Thursday ' from St.
Petersburg,. Florida, where.. they
spent the past few weeks:. The
weather was •a lot cooler this
year until about ten •days -before
their return when it warmed up
to ;,a normal 65 to 75 degrees.
While in', the', South, Mr Ack-
ert passed his• Sentinel along to
L • A... ,Finney •who• at'. One; time
Boob Macintosh• ;has purchased- ,
the 10 -acre field immediately to, -
the 'west of the •Caiedonian-Park••.
from Russ •'$uttbn.
• It. will ' be the site
Community Sales Barn, which
Bob. proposes to erect' this year.
The !building will be Calbout 160 '.
Eby 40 feet, and the location will
provide ample parking space for
the • weekly • Wednesday sales
which have grown rapidly since
first ' organized, less than ten
years ago.
The • community sale idea was
st.rted �.
e ate . Jo n Maclntosli,' "'He
bought the property, just north of
'Main'• Street., in . the heart of the
Village '• from , Janies Johnston
who had:, ,run a livery stable :and
feed 'barn for a number of ;years;`,
It was the
former' McLeod.`•
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o-.
Since : Mr. 1VIacKIntosh's death
in 1953,. Bob has carried on the :.
,Community Sale which , has
reached a point where`::expansion.
and :parking facilities became a:
rnus.t. .
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PLAN:..POLICING.
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iCentennial pr o. gram ` ;plans' ..'
have ,,taken .definite form during
the past week .in ;a seriesoff
meetings. ' At • •Saturday 'night's
was manager of the Lucknow;
+branch of ' the Bank of ; ,Com` -Kenzie
.meeting, W.. �, .. Mac_,
enzie of the.` program; ;commit
mance: ; tee. presented :a 4-day.draft:as
prepared b • Gordan .e
Y don ••Fisher: � The •
outline provides' a 'basic plan far ,
the daily "activities and th.e corn-,
O .g.E .EXT
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anittee • is ...Working zealously to;. ;.
fill in. the `details.
Mrs J.:. W. Joynt ' has : lan •
, P s= .,
laid for the Friday 'evening
opening .garden party and : Miss
Helen Thompson, who heads . up
the "Back-;to;-School"�o
c mmittee,: ; .;
'reports • that:, planning detailsfor,
this',.event.are, being finalized. •
On Saturday evening. . Provin}
cia•1 Officer ,Lou ..Boyce; ' outlined
suggested policing plans, which
have the : approval ' • of the
Com .
mittee. ••
It .15....proposed ,that • a
police •. ' ; -
cruiser and• a crew of four
or
five provincial police officers
. be •.
stationed here for. "the duration!'
to, , have 'charge. of :traffic
trol and.
general. law and order
enforcement.,
It , is felt that their h r presence . , •.
will be •a deterent to any rowdy
ism and could - wellr
p event any
undesirable incidents.
Thedesire;is,•that
...•homeconiers,
visitors and .entert'ainment seek-
ers have aood tine•
g ,but rowel= • '
ies, .trouble makers and obnox
ious drunks' cannot be 'tolerated..'
The purpose of • the
Provincial. cia
l:Po ice will .be :to 'provide an es-
sential.
traffic direction 'service,
contribute
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to .contribute' to
the •general
orderliness. 'and. resulting pleas-
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p eas
ure and good will ' of the
holiday ; „"
The: (Executive '• has recommen-
ded that an official:.
request ;be
Made through rriunicipal than-'
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nels for the services Of the •Pro-
vincial Police:..
REQ CRO
The annual financial' campaign
Donations . , received , 1.a s. t of ,the Lucknow' an.. ' 'District
'week amounted ••to- Branch of.. the ,Red' Cross Soc
raisingiety 'i s';SC, h'ec.uled . .to get under -
the total'to $�? 1.50:` • -. ,
. way next :week, with a•' house -to,;
• Contributors •.• last. week. �: ` house blitz .canvass on Thurs'da
a Y,
were: - Donald Henderson • 1'1Vlarch •27th:. •
Mr and ,;Mrs.. Harry' Gan '' The local branch has Contin:
;` nett, Toronto,. Mrs' W: G. 'ued •post-wai activities without
Thomas, ,of Niagara , Fal•lscessation, and each year adds , to
Campbell Thompson, Don-
ald. Thompson, Miss Mar ar-
'et'. Pickering, , Misses ''Jessie
and •Annie McKay, H: , D.
• Thompson, Dr. James Little,
• Mrs: Amanda . Scott, William
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BOBBY SIMPSON' HOME
FROM 'THE :HOSPITAL
'Bo'bby .. Simpson,: 3 -year-old
sonr of Mr and Mrs.: Bob Simp
son of intail; Was, .brouglit home
an: Saturday frorn*Sick Child-
ren's Hospital in London,. and is
ableto' , be up .and` about again:
Bobby' suffered ' a_ compressed
fracture of the. skull .'inabarn
fall.:He :will have to 'undergo• an,
operation in about six months
to havea. plate inserted in: his
head.
.'Bu.t he's fine 'a ai.n except for
being••a bit shaky, although Munn,
and :Dad• will .have to keep' a
close :eye on him until after.:his
'operation..
'its distinguished ..record of ser
vice to; and support of,'this great
national hurndnitarian organ za=
tion.
While no rural .canvass is now
made; residents of the surround-
ing farming community: have re_
'aporided generously On. a' volun
Lary • basis. Rural • contributors
may' leave their donations
at M
c-
Kims Drug Store'or the
Bank
ink
of Montreal..
The objective for the Branch
ch•
this year is .$1,100` , and it will
.take an al1-out. effort to 'reach.
this figure. •
Total" contributions
last year
were. $907, which was ,'down; »to
previous years. ' •
-.Be prepared when the' ;canvas-
'ser •earls; and rural,residents . are
urged'.. to make ,'.their `donations •
at an early date,'so, the campaign.
can be' speedily :brought 'to a.
successful conclusion, ' arid re-
lease the vo.lunteer workers so
:they may divert. their efforts to
Centennial and other civic pro-
jects;
Don't ariake a carnival aval out of
• Your".Centennial, tennial, warned John
Brent, in addressing •a' meeting'
0
f.the heads of the' '
mittees various': come.
and the .Executive.:
Mr, Ere er
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for. Cly , sports announcer
X and master of ' -
moriies for care ' .:
Barn Dance the widely travelled
tonal' ., has' had much
e)dperience in
such -, .. organizing
events. Iiis advice , and r -
commenda`t,ions : at ' •,
mg
eati. last week's
s were invalubale, and
ettled". some problems' thatithe,
committees have been struggling
Tar. headedB
hMs rent ..j . up Wi•
ng -
75th anniversary reunion
!few years ago, -. has , and has since
:entertrilal Not A Carnival; Shun Lotteries an
directed such celebrations as 'commended that am�blin" ames, publicity. Startin.... `
g g g p y g and keeping
Frontier Days. be prohibited as:they only invite 'programs,' on.' time is of the
ut
Since • the Centennial project I trouble. Celebrate it as a birth- .most impo -tante..•
was ; launched' there have . been i' day, keep it clean, so that' when Control Concessions
those locally who have tried • to it is ' over the homecomers can. Mr., Brent dealt: at some • len .th
l i I'refle t on thegrand time' -.e..
keep iii ,mind that primari y t , . c me they. • With concessions. He stressed.
is a homecoming'. and •a reunion had without' any t9buts'',, to: `de- that' the control' of ~ these must
And
mist
of" friends • old and young, :with. (. tract from those'happy .. memor- be. with the
Y g,pAy , Centennial Conces
entertainment of secondary: con= ' les; signs Committee,: and permits .is'-
sideration;
•is=sderation, • exploitation.. to'he 1Vlr: ' Brent did some straight sued • o.: every ..
andg t, ,one coming
definitely guarded,, against. forward talking' about :merchants their .jurisdiction. This will pre-
In
e-In Mr. ,i3rent s remarks . • he r.esponsibilities: and everybody vent "racketeers" from Moving
.Lem�phasized just such thoughts.. "getting in 'the . parade". • You. in: He' recommended issuing con -
!"This is riot a . carnival, it :is'. your, should have ver•ybody in' town cession privileges. to people and
lone doing somethin he • added.: :It or, nit the .
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one hundredth bii thday, arid' d ng g, _ , It ganizations of . community;
aS' 'suxch• is sothething' personal gets them •interested. , one Of the few ,exceptions`;being
and '.with deep ig1nficance , : he The speaker • outlined ' several' a reputable midway concession
'said..He' warned ••against. Pester- •siigvefitions • for adding color to confined chiefly to rides:,
ins people with raffles ..,and• re, ' the (went and for• getting .wide Mr, Brent also instructed his.
►ambling
audience on wars; ande
�yi ins of
collecting, admission fees • which
are'essentiaf to the .financial sue-
cess: He outlined 'some' tricks
that will »be devised 'to "%feat.
their' way in".
"Johnny" had ..many. questions •
fired at `him. during the vening
and he knew the answers, Reeve
George Joynt thanked 'him on
behalf of the group for his very
helpful and instructive outline of
the many phases' of such` an° Un-
dertaking. Mr ' Brent assured
the group that, he Y '1Vas always
read.. andtd Y
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willing.., to. be of help,.
and that he had connections
which might' be helpful 'in un `
d
iiig out the ,program,
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