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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-08-06, Page 1th. '1.94,. Cad---�.-�.�:. to' 'quickly pipes., and •ts waving,' c, the team` the' latter li.11; There. r that. at Indian:. lines. '!The the' pipes I' think. of and when- ., I ca See ee i. , straight ' if.'wailting:., LI Street. • • $2.a0 A .Year. In Adv. e:,;41.00 Extra To U FROST E� LUCKNOW, ONT ARI SENT R EETi4NG the ©ntarw Prime • Minister- wase. • red at the opening ceremonies • on' Saturday by Centennial' Sec-: retar', Stuart. Collyer:.:It hid been received- by--- yV;: Joyn"tx;:. honorary president: I , am pleased!, to extend th'e congratulations' and bestwishes • of,. the . people: 'of Ontario`; to 'the'.,: citizens' of Lucknow, on the hap_ pY occasion of the community's lOOth birthday.. The. festivities ' 1 am..sure will be second to none The following telegram .from Tied old in .the great of your Scottish ancest tario can: be justly prou contributions 'made 'to o omie, cultural an,d• socia communities •:such 'as L It has'been the people of :such as this • that form the strength Qf our, grea vince and Country; With; hard 'work and sacrifice pioneers and. 'their sue generations our; caun,tr never have • attained- the it has today. I am sure th• was possible.:for. him to you today, the, founder of now, Mr. Janes ' Som Would? as I:'am, be •justly and . proud of the progress by this. village during t ' century... May it continue '' Leslie. '1V,I. Frost. Prime Minister of O ' . nt tradition ors, .On- d >of .the ur. 'econ-. 1 life by ueknow,. villages much of. t , Pray - out `the.I s of the ceeding l, Y could statur,'e, atifit- be With. Luck- erville pleased•., made he ' last TOM..ROSS WAS HERE, 'NEARS, I(• - S CENTURY MARK • l'• :', Torn. Ross, still tall, stra :and • 'stately : 'despite '.his : 97 years, was:: •one of-: the:'� e .arrivals for'. the' •.Lucke ;Centennial,. C . enters Dial,•:. ,although li' 'r g he W persuaded by his •relatives leave his' ; parlor pipes home in Toronto:, for fear enthusiasm for the/'ski•rl the pibroch might Cause h to overtax his:strength 'is justly proud' of• the ,: that he�doesn't• require'_.glas has :a thick thatch' of wh hair,. And "not. a, ,Pain .or ache, although troubled tl g ubI ed. a lit e with dizziness. Toro had : a ',seat., of:honor" of :honor near the platterm on: High- - land 'Day'.'Saturda�` 'along • 'with his bosom friend, ;Neil . MacCali um,:. MOT' VISITED . THE ,LADDER; FACTOR ight: f hill where. many' learned ,their arly '- (,3:R's., It proved .to. their• e all of that'. aw Some 400 'signed the 'school• re Was ',..7: g. :I to". MET ON CORNER • 'WHERE.' , at 1 THEM: PARTED: 42 YEARS AGO his Of,: :Mary; 'Smith and • , • iV�'ary Mac- im • Lean''''were bosomy ,,,friends back He . •in public sohool days in Luck - act , crow Their friendship :was 'tear- Ss- .:fully 'severed' a long. ite . as g time ago, the, a. • b Y bade farewell • an ••• Methodist t file (United•)- -Church ner.. Nlar.. Shiith Y .was=' on her.way': t to the' he. station and •1Vlary MacLean* sadly turned -her footsteps' to, her •home just east.: of the, Village. ' 'During the Centennial', ' i t h.e Y met :again .• for. the first.: 'time' in Years,. and • ,,on ' the. same. car nor where they' •partecd' over two NESDAY,, AUGUST • • There was a grand,. turnout, for the "Back;To- ' Schogl" cere- monies On • Saturd Some "were:' ay • ''morning, late'aturally., but everyone was there because ' wanted to be. . •It they Was opportunity 'to •meet •former classmates • and, d and to� nd .teachers visit the schoa on tli I. score years ago.:. X• Incidentally, as a- sort of anti-. a11'y story, ;Mary' Smith 'married ra $ vin • and • Mary.' ' NlaeI;ca Married 'a'"Blac)c".• Open '' house held . • er each da• Periodica .at Y the Be, . t •. at y Ladder Fa etory, found many , Visitors dropping ,in.•to. look around, and: marvel :at ';what they saw; as'this Plant reaches ` a point ' o f •'final renovation and.: full prodUction`. �,- : iC.. R. Bristavy,- • -lana. an P rnaiager_. d plant' employees showed th visitors ,the ladder making'C. pro- cess, e s ' s • a : n d the surprisingly .large number of•machines' involved in their.' manufacture.: o many who remember it, and worker' i.n ." as .. it, the "old f rr#-: tare factory", ' it was a partic- ularly interesting tour, ILL • VACANCIES CI Qty p� �j Two • vacancies that have eX- • iSted• tor' time poly • .on the �I,tiCk-Luck, Village Council ` w'c" f llci•1 last w'c't'!t with .the ' a 6Phediiii'tnii 11 of llat`a1 - ..: t d rI`'releven acid ' IVI. l' :'IiliC"' Striders - on: .At a brief .ewes ibri the the ,dc` � ,,,• the; Sigilctl, cl.aratiort of offrce' and rtrc5lic�., iri•vestcd b. Cou Y, Clerlt E, II `Agi t?w,• nrillors Treleaven and Sang tlei;son were- cl toappointed by Corina:: fill the une�xpir'ed 'iaortibn 0, f the e ear 1.958: They will fill vacancies n C1 es caused, by the resigrta, • tion . of•Sa 'u1e1 Sher vooc and • the death .otic, AT. 'Gr 'Webster: Tc1 e a ve n s e ry ed a n the , Board he a r d. M. a r�ttr'ia'beir` of years r' untie ..... , ago, the trson is a' lnewcomerto local • climax to .this hurnan; interest' SUSPEND SENTINEL •PUBLICATION TWO••.WEE}KS -_l`-i o7 i days cr 'il;l. c tar_t.'- at The Sentinel ;Office this week and that we 'may hake, a; Couple p of weeks to lelax.a hit, there j :Will be rio isue. of the paper on ' August • 13t'h '•or 20th. . •• The..n I cit issue '. 5 'of °� The Sen- ti,iol . • wil! h W'rdrieSday, August 27th; • ' We a iticipata, ..c•pace pcir l T i i t't I'm rr-tt)�,, •t '` "5 .' i•. ' n. 1 1i4 ii` t*�c t.zi, 1C'1111"iRil• t'eg;iStratio sii!7sr't!ucn't • edn'onn ,: • • inter, ....� ,,.��•�•,;.«,� and Prq:bably haif'as snore didn't �.et: " o ma t" g arotxrid to .•it" in the excitement of'meeting' old friends.:. g Pictured above are four of the participants. which: The Sentinel ti cameraman was ' r' nd up" .able .,,to ,«round. p after • the program.', right . is Alex : .Left. to W. Smith,, program chairman and a. public school i- -• spector. no* 'reside • t n. n at 0 Sound: H.A. Doupe of •Porn. • credit, •princi pal ofihe, L.ucknow. Public School: .some. two •years .ago; Mitt .Hel score He/en L. Thomp, • son, of 'the public .School staff arid convenor• of the' ":� •off School" $ack-To program; .Andrew Thom son .. M. p ,public'. school' princi, Pal at; Bowl-ha/wine,''who greetings., on brought . behalf � • of former pupils., `Sentinel' Photo cc'Iden !olive 1 I ' The Centennial• celebration' accident=fre .'• was e and almost as free of any "incidents"', It' . was an arnazing' record, and ..Police di': d not 'receive reports of as. 'much as 'a.: banged fender: Speaking of `the. Police are receiving, they high ' r "� ass e P from the :people of .the Village 'and the: entire populace of this pia'ce Which ' was swelled `ten -fold times duringthe four . da s<; at Y A . four-inan '. cor • ps .from ' the'. it ,K the Der D. et'� ac h me n t arrived. ri v e dI here' on -Friday 'afternoon and a had ,a busy time of it night',,an day. Until it Y. the n-fi ., na • 1 str a 1.. er 5 g g ha pretty' much disappeared by 4;9 a m. on Tuesday Jnorning., )' • ' •The' force was, under' th:e.' dir ection of senior officer , Jack Hodgins; '.O.P.P. • His �sso ' were Robert a ,date' t Scott, Ron; Dubric and Bruce Grew. ' Y This f 0 ursome .carne in for much : praise ' in their ha . dlin g of the •crowds and the.::'rarnt. ' g ai n ing '01 order.. There didn't. seem 1 }.a be ,a • belligerent person in, the tbI ong. • But," on the other; hand, the Pollee ha.d. some .good things• at about their'L' ' g to u � ckn 0 w cep d 0 > i'tion They were never -received better than here,. said Jack Hod- "1":�'r' ! X10 {�":f� T: ( 11,'f i,isj:ii i •It'wiry• !'' . r t .. 'ti' 1.,11 ,r, Ii r •T r:. ii; tilra•r' i `i' ryr,i':' „=ix! r r a .i 1L,, t•� ,.i.t�i 1I',d i V iY .Y I. ' fit;�_n 1t'i it ,1 r nrt 1 „it.l1.\,' • hrltii',.. ,1 : ft'10l v 'l C1;1'i1 ''dim .6:thr'.titrd .t.�i,� i ii1 of•ti5c�rt�5. ill"i)i3�,.t'si ' kith ti( fir's o..t'aptli'tcd.'thein £}I pas-,: eT"ity. lilt mein* tit rel othrrtg c'an.; t,i ase: the deep' nd abiding ,fo;v and •pleaSurt this- boil ecoinfng, and its ringing` 'together vf, old •n ra 0 municipal.. field, b .1 LUCknow's sorr,eof w1icijn "will. ?1•'r} INV this' Way,.asain",', • ri lit .itte.r hots' strenurtis and c'xilittigt'iir4 `. L -ei [' 'those o 't;l')!&II days and rid nights, al'l. tr,n ,'ooix it • Was 'ending • arid \V,i,th 11 •(ani ' the heart. tugs • and tho.,e "turbo- t' - he_ in thr.,ort`", partings '•r,F.pr } aiY Syne" . ,has neter':had .• such• significance. tVords '"Inadedi'uate rt was more than enter ta'inrleiit or a celebration. ;�•s was originally 'planned,• it. • was a' g homecomin: , and if proved to be 'that far eyond gins, and • h�= ' e wished shed to acknow� ledge the' assistance in :'traffic 'control 'r.'eceived from. Fire Chief Ge r e� George Whitby and members'f the Brigade F: Also,'• he. hid a mighty good . -Word .to say, .. . Ji'riminy Bo. l ,for Ye and nd his valuable ole land willing assistance with the +.so ' : und. struck..• In fact; •, all the I Way thy' : gh everybody :was -happy,. Y ern - and cam= Alimentary., of the handling and organization n z t' g a ren of 'the, 'Centen'riial: There' wasn't a word o. or' : d'issatsfact• s� f bickering dissatisfaction .reached ch e d .ears. s our It was simply unbelievable!' BORN HENDERSON-=in Wirrgham vital on Saturday, August 2nd 1958, . to , , Mr. and • • Mrs.. James s :Henderson ;of Luoknow, , a•''datz O R . M E ', R ASII!IFLELDLTE: WQN ` SI0,0O' -BOND �t?i' n er b f t h •' � e las . in the' Centennial • luck ticket ket •. draw was .Earl Sherwood P.R. 5, Go.deri of i.ch, and,: °i'Q.rni� erly: of. Con. '10, • Ashfield•. . ' e,..,d'.aw ,was.naade atz Centennial -ball:.: — - night. nctay "Finest 'th'e r'fan'dest hopes: 'trnderl i�'�*it y. 1r�. b all Was a spirit, a scant-' Itne`tt.:-.filar.seincthing .i,u'ift1- ` :[in the. hea,ts', and itimds cr.f . t • people that ;or cls . annot c, - • The handclasps, , the' siltiles,th •er, ....In,. �, ei7iii'i [�Cericinb, the fellowships ' and i'inall', the lingering paitiIg S and the nostalgia tai i. g it. thing that'.no ' o e relate. 1ourna• 1st carr TWELVE CON NOR SHOW q MADE I3J ;i' I.t seeramed that every Centen niai • event'" wasp a :highlight; • The Billy O'Connor: show was and ,the arena • was - pack•ed ;certainly an was pack y nighty. to -hear and warmly .applaud • these. • stars of radio and': TV; The. performanc • proved to he alt, and." more, than,' • • had been predicted, and not only did the O'Connor cast demon- strate that they areighly tat - erste. d performers, but .are "real" .• • • -ate- spira of the Centennial• and .were welcomed here, as- "old 'boys and girls",; and, fully appreciated the friendly • greeting of the crowd;'. and the warm .reception of their host •and' hostess; Mr, arid Mrs:. eorge Joyn•t,' who personally • ntertain.ed the cast. • Three other' spectacular vaude ille' acts were Weaved into 'the ' O'Connor prograrl11,` to make- it mply •a "terrific show",' There was Gloria. Peebles with. her ained' ani r ais • act, the Keppo • ria in acrobatic. balancing .anct "Elvis Presley'' • type guitar • rummer and songster, . ' "wide,visiron". stage was built the: arena,' 'where the asphalt: or,. hockey `'cushion and :dress= g, • .rooms sparkled . with ."a ' t of; aluiriinum • 'new . Paint, Special. hting effects were used ,.to - ce .the sho en w, 'sponsored ; by • .. , ca' Cola ,; of , Canada;' Limited eve George Joynt, responsible "booking', ;.tie. sho. . ed ,' : , ; w, intro-•• . Mr. O Coxinor.a' And • the,cast ' expressed to -them on • the. au behalf dience• .arid. • - . d eitiiens ' of s community a' very' • hearty• ilk' you , Xl2emliers--�af the trou p "Bubble Bill •O 'incliid- g. ' y .O'Connor, • gar and pianist,..' Sylvia. Mur- songstr'ess who Pater left a' New York engagement:} Hollingsworth, :dancer; The , en ,Sisters. ' (Florence. ' and •' ea )' violinists, :who recently fete • : � eptly da tour with Guy Lom-•: 's• . band; Pat Doyle,` ed is n and-. mer�ibers •of" the" • nor band, Doug'•MacLeod, Y Gill, Jackie • 'Richardson. c Centro. They. do not nor- la A for Y d a ' nci n b� u g, t.t he °. n this occasion arid' •"� e .r ythxn'' as'. Cher, they` further ' • • • d 'into- the :.spirt and' en-,. • rri of .thc 'delighted.: �Cen re :v si tr T an st j�A lin fog coa lig •han ICo RRe for duc and of'. .this "th ed:. sin Phy, for Joey Hans Aridr co Imp tarda come O'Con Kenn and. Vi malty, did out ,th entere thi&sias tennal crowd. Mr. .a and Mrs. Gary:. Cooper of .. the. McCann Erickson. • A•dv ' ':- ing Agency, which handles Cons Co. -:• ca Cola. advertising Were present for.. the occasion. and were guests Mr and 'Mrs.Joynt. of WON' TICE STEPLAD DEQ '' With. program .:n' umber '2923 G ('j' ea r e:- Err-' " - t] i ;a to - n g Qf�' D was the winner of ung:annon the Beat, • .: ladder: It was:presented rn P me dt'• ohI on " rn Monday n da night ght•'bY W: L; Mac Ke ' nz ie. The prize,•'syrnbolic of the ladder, ,produced first.. ,• , b ,th . Y e.L. �att Ladder :factory.' in Luck 1 s nab, was •' • •' ,��. purchased'by the ens" e Pl Yees when i t came, off the production line i. e • zne� , and .,:�;�,a�.�:�•eirttadb-:.to.-.-.,,i;mm...:-., the Centennial`' Committee. LEFT TUESDAY ON YEAR • LONG IVORZ,6 TOUR Miss, ' Margaret MacDiarinici and a friend .from Windsor: :,left Lon don aitpoit on Tuesdthe on first ,log of he a year's trip arotilid he world •by ail'. Their Jbu'rney s•tartedT ; � cstivai°tl to Vancouver• anal` then aeras: the Pacific to .H'oi1ol •Ha t� ail txltt and They 'plan; illart; to visit sci:ch countries as JAapan, India, Africa, fli New ,.*Zeiland,. sev'er'al European: countries 'arid the lv'ritish ,Isles. Miss 1Viaelr?iaY'rnid is a sister of :• Mrs, Wailer MacKeiizzie- of town. Margaret recent ly cbrripleted• ars in the teaching :profession. thirty:'five years. dt • which she spent in Windsor''.. • Tuesday came 'the calm and thereflection of it all ._- and no there Were but. it,. felt. ` ,, had 'been lruoknow's' finest , J "hairy"' - , Y ye y • ,n. 001 K u•.