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1,14CKNOW-, ONTARIb W.ED,NESIDAY AUGUST 0, 1958
TW.g1411t FA,GE
PREMIERFROST
SENT GREETINGS .
The following telekram from
the Ontario PriMe ,MikiiSter'waS
•-• read at the ',opening .per'emionieS
.on Saturday by Centennial Sec=
•Jf.taStuart Collyek• It had
been received by J W Joynt,
honor..4rY Presicieht:
am, pleased to eXtentl, the
congratulations and-%heSt wishes
of the people of Ontario to. tbQ
••• citizens of Lucknow on the. .hap1:
py occasion of the community's
100th birthday: The festivities I
am sure will be. second 'to none
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Former Princii5al Was armly Welcome
s rITO7V
ried Out in the great, 'tradition,
Of, your Scottish ancestOrs. On-
tario can be justly proud of the
cOntributionS tria.deto Our. peon-
orpic't cultural • and social life by'
Oininunities such. as Lucknow,'
It has been .the people .Of villages
itich as this that , form rnuch "of.
strengtli'of our great ProV-
• Vince arid , country.,•• Without the,
harU work and sacrifices of • the•
pioneers and, their succeeding
generations„ our country.. .poiild
•.• never have attained•the stature
it•bas,today; I. am •,sure that' if it
was possible lot "be with
'you 'tbday, ,the founder of Luck7
now, ' Mr.• .Jame s SOrrierVille,.
would; as I am, be justly pleased
•• and. proud of the progress, made.
.this village during the last
century May it cOntinue. • . •
.. 'Leslie M. .Frost, ,
,Prime Minister Of Ontario..•
• T,OM:ROSS. WAS, HERE,,
• NEARS c,ESTirtrRy.. MARK •
Tori Ross, still tall -straight
• and stately • despite his 97. •
• years, ;was One Of .the early. •-
. arrival§ for; ,the :Lucknow
Centennial, although he was .:
persuaded by his relatives to,
lave his parlor pipes at
.horrie in Toronto for fear his
•enthusiasm forthe...skirl of
:.•the.pibroeh'night .cai.lse him
to .overtax •his Strength, He
is justly proud., of :the: fact
that lie doesri't require :glass
es, has a thick thatch of White
•hair, and- .nO't ; a pain or an
ache, although- troubled' a . lit -
tie .with dizziness.
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• Toixi.had•a "seat of honor"
.g.near . the platform' on High;
land Day ' Saturday, along
O With. his bcisOm friend, NeilO '
VIdeCallurn.
MANY VISITED' THE,'
:BEATTY ;LADDER,. FACTORY'.
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There • Was, , a grand turnout
fOr the "Back,:To-Schoor cere-
monies--; on Saturday 'Morning.:
Some were late, naturally, .but.
everyone.. -Was: there because they
wanted to: be. , •
Was. an ...oPportunitY. tci.'meet•
--fornier--Telassmates., and-----teaphers-
'arid to visit :the school'. on :the:
hill .Where iany learned itheir
3R's.. It -Proved' to: be all of. that.
Some 400 Signed 'the school
reg-
ister and probably half as. many
more didn't. get "around' to it"
in the, eXcitement of 'meeting old
•friends. _
Pictured aboVe: ire 'four: of the
participant's which The. Sentinel
Cameraman .was ableJO Left t�;
right is Alex W. Smith,,.program.
.chairman and a'.pUblic „school 'in,
spector • now resident at Oen
Sound; Dotipe of .Port
Credit, principal 'of• the Lucknow
Public School some two score
years ago,;' Miss. Helen -L. Thomp-
son, or the .Public School staff
and convenor the "Back,Tio.,
Sehool" prOgrarn; Andrew M.
Thompson, public school princi-
pal, at 13owinaiville, :who brought
greetings .,ori, behalf. Of former
Pupils.
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MET:'ON CORNER: WHERE
O , THEY PARTED 4.4, YEARS:AGO,
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Mary, Smith . and Mary -IVlac-
Lean were boSonr'sfriends. back
in public' school days in Luck -
now .i, Their . friendship ..was otear•-•
.fully Severed: °a long'time .ago,•
as • they • bade farewell at- , the
Methodist ,(United) Church 'cor-
ner . Mary Smith was on her Way
to the station and Mary MacLean
sad/y. turned .her footsteps.•th -her•
. home. just east Of the, Village
• During 'the Centennial , they
met again for the first time in
42 years, and •orithe same
, .
cor-
ner where -they, parted over two
[score: Years' ago. . • • '
Ineidentally, as a sort of ; anti
clitnak tO hk hunian intereSt•
Not Ar. 'AccI.dent Or Banged.
• .Fender,
••...Police Earn
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The Centennial. celebration was gins, and he wished :to :aCknow-
aecident-free' and ahnost as 'free le'dge the assistance in 'traffic
of any. "incidents" It was an control received: from Fire Chief
amazing record, and • did • -George Whitby and 'members of
not ;receive rePortsof as: much the Brigade. Also, he had a
as a banged fender., : ,mighty : goOd ' Word. to • say r- for.
Speaking of the'Police,: they Jimmy Boyle, and his Valuable
are .receiving. high ..praise from and willine'assistanee with the
the people of the Village and sound truck. ' •
the entire populace of this Place. In fact, all the way through
which. was-27sWelled..'ten,fold at everybody was -happy, and Com-
. times during, the four days. . plimentary of the handling and
A four -man corps from the organization of the Centennial
Kitchener • Detachment •arrived : there wasn't a word of bickering
here on Fridayafternoon and or dissatisfaction reached our
a a i *Of i ih ears': it was SiMply UnbeiieVablel
day until the final. stragglers had
Pretty ,rnuch,. disappeared .by 4.00
ori, Tues ay. mor in .
.- The force waSo. under -
vection senor officer ' Jack
Open haus hel i dicall story,, Ma .s! smith thairied , a h d busy t me tng t and.
cl Per .
eabh day at . the. Beatty 'Ladder 'Brown" and Mary MacLean
Factory, found Many .ViSitors married a...`131aci,.'..*.• • , :
dropping:. • to a ou d -and '
, oo • r n •
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marvel at what they Saw, as thiS
, • plant. :reaches - a Point of final
.tenevation and fuli Proadticti"on..
R": lAristoW, plant .:Manager,
and plant employees shOWed the
Visitors the ••ladder:. making, pro.-:
cess, %and. :the .surprisingly
aurnber of rnachineS...involved
their . manufaettire..' ••••
To many Who 'remember it, and
worked ;in it, as: the ••"old furni-
ture. ,fabtorY", was a, partic-
• 111arly-: intereStlirellitilt—''" •
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FILL yACANCiEV
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ON'tOUNciL 0. -
Two, vacancies that'have.
fisted fer,•sorne time on, the Luck
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NO Village 'Council were filled
last we,k with 'the appointrnerit•
of Hic Treleaven- and M;
Sanderson:
'At -a brief sessiOn they signed'
tlicdeclaration of,offic6 and were
invtisted by Clerk, g Agn;_m'
totipeillors'TreleaVen arid ban-
derson 'wereappointed'•by
Coun-
clito fill the unexpired ,portion,
•of.'the,,year '1058, They Will fill
vaeancies tatised by. the "reigila-
Samuel'the dith' ,SherWood arid
of VV: Webster,
Mr Tr1eavn served, on the
Board 'a •number . of yeti go
111i%: Sandersori is a tieWctilter to
the 1a1 *unittipai field;
SUSPEND SENTINEL . •
PUBLICATION ,:TWO WEEKS
. Holidays will start at The.
Sentinel Office this week and
that we. mai have a' couple .
of, weeks to relaX a, bit,. there
will be no issue of the paper .
en August 13th or 20th:, . •
The next issue of The
Sen-
tinel. 'will. be Wednesday,
•- "August' 27th.• '
initting, to Publish:, the Cdn•-•
tennial registration. list in.
subsequent editions. ,
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HENDERSON—in Wingham Hos-
pital On Saturday, • August 2nd,
1959, to Mr.: 'and: •MrS.-' janies
01CONtsiOR SHOW
MADE BIG HIT
O It seemed that every Centen-
nial event was a. highlight. The ,..
Billy"' •O'Connor' show certainly
was •arid the arena was packed
on. Saturday nigto , hear . and
warmiyandaprvrild.ucrkitehepseeti oStramraS
of
moT'e;., than
had been,predieted; and riot only • • '•
did the O'Connor c4st demon-
strate that, they are • highly tal-
ented performers, but are "real' '
pole: •They entered into the
spirit of the -Centennial and 'were
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girls", and fully appreciated' the ..
friendly greeting •of the crowd, . .
and the warm reception of their
host and hoSteSs, Mr. and. Mrs. •
George Joynt, who .versonally
,entertained the cast:.• •. •
Three other .spectacular .vaude-
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ville acts were weaved into the .
O'Connor •program, to 'make it • .
simply a "terrific •show".• There •
was Gloria Peebles , with her
trained animais act, the keppo
Trio in acrobaticbalancino ano.
an "Elvis. PreSley" type •guitar
strummer and songster. 0
A "wide -vision" stage was' built
in the arena; where the .,asphalt • ,
floor; hockey cushion and dress-
ing 'rooms sparkled with 'a , new
coat of aluminim paint; ,81:tecia1'•:..
lighting effects were used to, en-,
hance •.the show, t, sponsored by
Coca Cola of Canada, Limited.
Reeve George ,Joynt, responsible
for "booking!" the show./intro-
duced Mr. O'Connor .and -the , cast . • :,.
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irLepresed:to them, on. behalf • • • •
Of the ,audience :and citizens' of
this community . a very, hearty
'thank you" - .•
Members of the troupe iribitid-
ed: "Bubbling" Billy O'Connor, •
singer .and pianist; Sylvia Mur
phy,' SOngStreSs, • who later left ,
for a 'New -. York ; engagement, • ' •
O aoe'y. Hollingsworth,: dancer; The
Hansen Sisters (Florence . and
Andrea) .violinists, who recently,..;
Completed. a tour with Guy
Lom-
bardo's band; ;Pat Doyle,- Irish
comedian' • and :members .': of the
O'Connor band, Doug -MaCLeOd,
,Kenny Gui, Jackie. Richardson -
and:Vie Centro. They do not 'nor-
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mally play. for dancing, but they
did ,on this occasion and "beat
out` ;the rhythm": as they further': •
entered 0 into ,the,.spifit and
thusiasm Of the delighted Cen-
tennial - crowd.
Mr. and Mrs., 'Gary Cooper of •
the McCann-EricksOn Advertis
ing.,Agency, which handles Coca-
Cola advertising were .pfesentfor,
the occasiOn", and were guests of
Mr., and 'Mrs. .Taynt,:, '
IVON
THE.. STEPLADDER,
Hodins' 0 P P His associates Henderson Cif Lucknow, a dati,- • With program number' 2923,
'0 0..George , Erririgton of Dungannon
were Robert 'Scott,' 'Ron Dubrick• ghter.
and .Bruce • Crew. •• was the, . winner of • the Beatty-
This . • fourSorne. taine` in, • for
much.' praise in their handling.
of the;,crowds and the Mainthin
ing • of order. •.There ,didn't seen'
to be a belligerent. person in the
throng; ;
.tilt,. on ,the. other hand, the
od...thingL..01
say about, their Lucknow recep- •
Oen...They .were. never 'received
FORMER ASHFIELDITE
WON $1000 BOND
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Winner Of the '1000 bond
:the Centennial lucky. ticket
draw was Earl, Sherwood of
R.R. ,5, dpclerich, and form-,
• The draw Was made at the
Centennial •ball. on -Monday
betterthan here, said Jack Hod- • night. , •
• ladder. It was presented •tO him •
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.on Monday nfght.by W. L.
;Kenzie, I -•
The prize,. syn;boiia of the first
0 00
O ladder,. produced bY• the Beatty . •
Ladder factory in LticknoW,
PUrchaged by the employees
it carne..Off•-thd. prOd11041ne,•-•-•,,,4••
June, 'and was presented -AO ' •
• the Centennial Committee,
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asSurely Lucknow's Finest ur
The Jur tiocv pent enni 1
itim
story. but. the 'einorie•s :of
O th6s6 four clayS• '
lonct6ieeven thani the
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..altn6A .unbelievable, undngs
•who crOwdett: thiS, Senor'
;town fnr and 'happy
Itiour,s; Memory will dim as.
to the trite enormity of these
throngs, but .the camera wiiF
have baptureci them .for I•so'S.... •
terity, , • . •
..Out, while memory
•nothing can 'erase the deep
and abiding )py and pleasure.
of this hotrieCOMingand it
brining tOgettier. Of Old
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„riot as:4 this way again"., ink it all was a sPirit, a Sept-
. friends, sone of whorn the fondest hOpeS,
•O NO 'matter how strenuous..
00 and exhauStin4 „were • dciightfilJdays and nights, all; •
't99.•oon it Wawss'ending ancV
O irne.nt—tliat' something ''\i.rith-
in the , hearts and Minds 'nf
peeple. that werds cannot ex-
preAS... The handlap the ;
,with it came the heart tugs smiles,., :the reMi Aseenting,
• and those ''Itanp - in - the - the 'fellowships and fitiallv
,thrbat",, partings.' Fr Auld
• Ling Syne" \Sas hexer had'
; Such significance. •
Word s Inadequate .‘ •
It , was more • than enter-
tainment or celebration .
it. was .originally 'planned, it
was a homecoming ari1
proved to bethat far bond'
the lingering partingiand the
• nostalgia of if all, are
thing .that no journalist ,Ciant
O relate. • •
Tuesdaycarne the calin•and
Abe' reflection of,it all — and
io there were but • 'telt it
..,•had been ..Lucknow's tineat
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LEFT •TTIESIDA, ON 'VEAR'.
LONG WORLD TOUR, • •
• MiSSMargaret Macniarmid drd
.a friend from Wiridsor leftLon..
n airport .'6n Tuesday, on ;filo' -•
first leg 6f :a year's trip. .around •
the world, by air. -
Their. Journey started w,egtWar.
to v‘anoottr and then :across
the •Pacific ; Honolulu • and
•Ilawaii,.They,Plah th ,visit
-countries as Japart./Pdia, Africa,
iSteW Zealand, several turopean
leountries • andthe tititish. Isles,'
Miss Macrilarrnia is a sister: of .
Mrs. Walter MacIcentie, Of, thwn,, ,
Margaret recently completed 40
years in the teaching profeSsior4 •
thirty-fiVe years Of. which , she
spent in WindSor.. • "
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