The Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-08-06, Page 15WET NEBDA'Y, "AUGUST 8i 1958:
TUE LUCKNOW .SENTINEL,;
The Special events, winners:
were not available' on. Monday
night for public announcement
ut the results •:contain some in
teresting . and rather astonishing.
information,' .
The oldest man, present, was
• Thornas Ross of, Toronto, age 97,
n second place was Johnny
Roulston..of Marchwell, ,Sask,, age,
90." Jim MacLeod was 88, and,
Garner Stanley 85.
The oldest lady was -.Mrs S.
E „MaoItrnnon of Toronto, age 93.
Treasurer Wins, Baby; Honors
Honors for the first baby born
in the community went to Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Henderson, • who
h ad . a ''baby girl arrive in Wing,
ham 'Hospital on.'•Saturday, , Jim
isthe "C+entennia Co_�R',�:
easurer. .
From Hawaii
To Miss. Norio Best ' went the
honors ot haying come the far-
.chest : distance - from Hawaii,:
over 5,000 "miles. Miss Best •has.
taught school in; Hawaii for the
past three years. She is .a grand -
'.daughter of Mr. and Mrs., W,„ T3.
(Boden) Ritchie of.. Esser, her
mother being, the former Joy
Ritchie.
H, H :.Malcolm•. `of California
carne 3,060. miles to attend the
event.
The. • Eldon Lowrey .family;
numbering;' eleven, 'took honors.
for the •. largest ' family, There
were nine'"in the George Fisher'
fat/lily.. 'plus' : grandchildren . and
in .laws, and the ;Emb erlin fam-.
.fly numbered nine.
James A., MacLeod of R.R 3,
Holyrood, was: 88. on August. 2nd;
qualifying; a's the over 80 birth-
day , marked 'during the Ce.nten=
ugust .3rd. •
Married during. the Centennial
and present at it,, were Mr,' arid
Mrs. A. L. Weiler , of Walkerton
and', Mr. and Mrs. Roy:C. Mc-
Leod.
ur�tlreds Thronged Campus. For
arden Party To Open Centennial
An old-fashioned garden . party
• provided an' • appropriate 'home-
coming setting as the curtain rose
last Frida. ,evening on; the 4 -day.
Centennial celebration. The, gar.-
den :party, was held at the Luck
now District grounds,
Hi h School
g
the beauty: of which was'en
•. hancbd by. 'decorations that . in
eluded the effective use of. Chin-
ese lanterns. Tea • tables, ice' cream.
and' candy, booths were, well '"pat
ionized,• with neatlyattired young
girls 'serving;' the tables.
•Hoznecomers•..and ; visitors . had
started r e Se
, to return o t Th pdy
Town:as soon as the holiday
n
seaso , -
commenced: The. tempo rn=
creasedas the, e'tent neared, and
• all last week the influx - grew.
By Friday there was some por=
tend of the cavalcade to come
which reached. its : full: crescendo;
by Monday:`
At Friday ;night's garden party
the, more -than- 00 ° seats . `were
quickly filled.. and the standing..
' crowd, which • moved.. quietly
about 'greeting ' friends, • far ex
'seeded innumbers, we believe,
those: seated.
Frank MacKenzie and Archie
McQuillan piped" Reeve 'George
Joynt and Chairrnan W. L. Mac-
Kenzie : to the • ,rostrum, where.
• •Geor'ge spoke words of ;welcome
and "W. L':" .took over the .MIC
duties for an interesting .pro
gram, arranged "by Mrs. J W,.
Joynt. •
0 Canada_ and a Flag Drill op
ened the program. Miss' Margaret
Rae sang ' a solo. The Highland'
Fling ,was danced by Mary Al
lin, Marilyn' Henderson, . Mary,
Finlayson; "duet, 'Trlma and Joan.
Forster;, 'solo, :Florence McLen-
nan; square dance ' by. Second
•Concession school students,' Miss
Carter,, teacher; musical number
••by ,the ,Hoff. Shots, Wingharn;
'solo, Mrs. Jack' Hewitt; • old-
: tyme • choir:'
During intermission the :Dur
ham Girls Trumpet A3ancl put on
1mpressiVe'displayat the cam=
pus groundsacross the' creek in,
a • charming setting This "crack
band played on the• street' and in
the park :and headed a` torchlight
parade that proved quite .a speet-
acle as darkness ' settled.. In the.
:arena Slini Boucher and his Gold-
• en Prairie Cowboys drew a large
• crOWd in the first of a' series of
INTER.COtflJfy •
,BASEBALL
SENIOR
Saturday, Attgnst 9th
Gtielph at 'Listowel`
All .Public School children FREE'
Minor Teams ESB• if arriving
'in a body.. .
1181'0117EL
1KEIVYOR)fAL L'A;RK.
four'dances' held in the arena.
The asphalt floor had' received:a
a
coat •of .aluminum paint and. with
the use of wax and cornmeal.. ,it
produced an •,-acceptable dance,
floor: '
But back: to the • garden party.
After intermission Mr.vand Mrs.:
Garnet .Farrier played .a piano
and saxophone . 'selection Mary
Allin, Marilyn` Henderson, Joan
MacKenzie danced the Shean
Trubhais sola(,; Allan,' Stewart,_
Montreal; Alice Blue Gown num
ber by••``Lucknow' Beauties" old
Wile . square'. dance.. by Mr. and:
Mrs:'::Ted Collyer, Mr: and Mrs':
Fraser MacKinnon, Mt. arid Mrs.,
.Currie Colwell, - Mr. and • Mrs.,
Lloyd MacDougall, . caller, George
Lockhart, .music by Mr. and Mrs.
Elliott' Carruthers; quartette, Mr.`
and Mrs Raynard Ackert,' Mrs.
Morgan Johnston, Garnet : Far-
rier; ,old time ,. t e fiddlers; Dr.
James Little, 'John .WraithElliott,E
Carruthers, W. L. MacKenzie,,
Mrs. ' `Ivan'' Conley, banjo; Mrs:.
Jessie .Akin, pianist; step done-::
.ing, John MacKinnon; Kintail
r,aale quartette,. Finlay:
MacDo
n-
aid,'Elmer MacKenzie, Sandy
MacDonald, Peter Lierman, ac
co artis• Mrs.. Duncan': Simp-
son;
im
n?P. t,...p-
son; solo, 'Miss Winnifred ;Mur.-'
ray, Windsor; Irish' jig, Mary. Al:
lin, Joan MacKenzie; concluding
with .,Auld Lang ' Syne . and. The
Music,. was supplied by the
Lucknow High. 'School Band..
cKNOW, QNZ4I :Q
School day. memories :were re-
freshed and reminiscing was
rampantwhen. several : hundred
Lucknowites '•trooped ' ,back ' to
school on Saturday mornin .•oto
g
hear their teachers of bygone
days; to, those who
. to,:pay tribute
have .answered .the call of the:!;.
Head sailLer • and to' visit . the
schooruse on:: the • hill .where,
they' Aarned the 3R's. There they
were,able' to • compare the trend I
in education .with those; reading, 1'
'rit ng .and. 'ritlimetic• days and.
to, inspect Pect re `
: x .
�stern
b s
note: books, • art • work.tet ook and pic-
tures of • former days. : '
The lower lot :was the lovely
setting for the back -to -school
program. Surrounded :by. lovely
maples, the rays of a bright Aug
ust• sun broke through to actually
spotlight the speakers' platform,
the duties of • chairman, and Mrs.
Jessie Allin presided at the piano
Naturally, .there were those who
arrived , late, but not those who
caught • the. round -the -town. 'b'us'
pick-up service, and one speaker
noted there: was -no', "apple for
the teacher".
The program, which was under
the convenorship ••of. Miss .Helen
Thompson •opened with 0 Can
ada and greetings from Charles
Webster, chairman of the Public
School Boar d
Greetings were brought. 'from
past. •andpresent school ;princi'-`
pais, Mr. H A. Doupe of Port
Credit who 'first carne to: Luck -
now to' teach 45, years ago,..Mrs.
Clinton Smith (Kate MacDonald).'
of Seaforth; J. D. -Ross; Cayuga;
P. ,W. Hoag' and S. E. Collyer,
Lucknow.
Andrew Thompson, principal P ,Pr Pal of
Bowmanville Public . Scho ols,,,
brought greetings on behalf '`o f,
the students. Mrs.. Wm. ' Hender
son (Peggy MacDonald) of Walk
AGE;ELEVEN
For • sound counsel' and a. fair price on a monument
correctly designed from quality 'materiah
rely on
SKELTON ' .EINORIAL.
• Pat•'' O'Hagan, . Prop. , r
Establis. ed" Over Sixty .Years
Walkerton Phone 638`-w
Ontario:
MPORTANT MESSAGE•..
• From 'Your•
e ►ca . erv�ces
I—' We: wish to •announce to our members that' they.'; are -
registered with the Ontario Hospital Services Com-
mission.
om.mission;_
II—That we; wish the ' pink reply: card sent to:each H o ureaa
H
holder, be returned to us as soon .as possible.
•
III -After January:1, 1959, in order to remain a member
of Huron . Co -operative -Medical. Services it willbe nec-
essary' to have the .MAJOR MEDICAL 'PLAN, which
pays:
(a) 80 %• up to $5,000.00 of Physician's and
Surgeon's pro
-
•fessional services,; as ' recommended ploy- Ontario Med
ical Association tariff • '.•
(b) ° .Services ;ierformed by a . registered nurse . when
ordered ,by. a physician;
(c) Ambulance service special drugs,'. a liances: thr-
P hp �,, e
apy, when. Y Pb ordered a physician . Y , over the $500.00
deductible clause.
IV—We are also offeringImproved, an:
' :
Surgical .Contract:.
V---We;:are tie;, official collectors for ;the Ontario Hospital
• ..Commission for. • OUR MEMBERS, :'w.ho` wish ,us' to do
so.
erton , conducted a sing 'song' and. '
. , . mother the former Belle : Carrnc •
the: Junior pupils of S.S. No; ' 1, was a member • of the • staff, ' a
•Huron. Township, performed in a
one time: J. M. Game, I:P.S., wa
square dance. Miss Bett h3lack.
y .colied on;for concluding remarks.
is•'the teacher. Mrs., Chester - "Those.. who are : known `
:erton ,was violinist and 'Mrs. W.
to have
• passed , on are: Wm Middleton,
A. Collins, pianist:, •
•
Dr: D. A. McCrmmon 'James
Rev : Wm.' Henderson-'
• •of Walk Warren,.. Angus McCharles,� • Ch'as.:
erton' conducted. ''a memorial . ser- Cliff, W. H. Smith, Sara 'Bur -
vice for';former teachers known g gess,Miss MacTavish,• Miss . -
Od'
to have, passed on, and • as. `he lum, Mr. Priest, Harriett Moody,
read the°' names Mrs. Otto Peter -'Miss . Powell, George Middleton,
sen (Marion Stewart)placed `a Miss.`.RitchieMiss
'Ritchie, Wallace, 'Mr.
flower • in remembrance . Marion's Lan Mi - Murray, .
Lane, rss H. MurrayMiss Cam
mother . the.former ''Jean Cum- :e
eron, ' H. S. MacLean, P.',M. ' Mc-
mings: and her aunt,. Miss. Eliza Eachern,J. C. Ross, MaryHun-
beth
,.
beth Cummings_ both taught in` ter, - D:. D.• Yule, Miss Hambly •
the' •"old • home school" : 'A' •• few Miss MacGregor, 'Bella IVIacPher.-
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moments of silence followed and son, Miss E. Maxwell, Mae Gra-
Mrs. T. A. -Leishman (Maryham, Miss M. Gra; i
, ant, Mass Nlul-'
Dou las) of Markham, sang"0 lin, Ida:Patterson,:`
g .Helen > Archie
Rest In The Lord". Her late bald, Belle Carrick,,M. S. Chris
k" tie, •Miss J: Walker, Jean Cum
t mngs, Joseph `"Stalker, Ethel
s' Cameron, 'Frances McLean,' C.
Ewers, Margaret M tCharles,.
Isabel 'Mur'die Cassie'.MacDoriald,.
Irene G..'. Sherriff, . Elizabeth' • •
Cummings, :''Nina` `Woods; Mabel
Money, r,Mr. ; •Elliott; Laura Mor-
ton, NormaThompson, Mrs. Hel-
ene Sherriff, Marion, MacDougall;
C. Chappell, -' Mrs. Jessie Crispin.
CARD "OF THANKS
Mr. Elwood Barbour 'wishes to
Sincerely thank his many friends
who remembered him with',,visits,
cards • and treats while he was
ill; with a special thanks to those,
who assisted • with the work' on
the farm.
WYLDS FAMILY .HELD,
FOURTH. ANNUAL REUNION
The,,four.th •annual. Wylds fain=
ily reunion was held. last, Sun-
day afternoon. It took the form
of a •Picnic supper in Lansdowne
Park : 'in Kincardine, The Com
mittee :in charge of 'arrangements
was 'Mr.: and. Mrs. Warren Wylds
of Ashfield Township and:: Mr:
and •Mrs. , Elmer Wylds' •of Kin-
cardine, •
.Fifty-five members were pres-
ent coming 'from Ashfield,.Mur-
ton Township, Ripley, Kincardine,
Bervie, Greenock, Brantford and
'Toronto: M'cinbers , coming the'
farthest 'distance were Mr.. and
Mrs. To Morrison and: Mr.Bill
1VIorrison of Manitoba. The old-
est member present was' Chrystal
Wylds: of ton., °6 west, Huron
Township:
.
The, cam
mrttee appfor
.., ..sointed' :Ernie
:.
Mr
next Year is ,Mr, 'and ' .
Wy'lds. and Mr. and Mrs: Clan-,
ence
Mrs. James 'Netterfield, Mrs.
Sidney.Srnith, Mrs. Ross McNish,
Mrs. Fred Creighton were guests
of, Russell' Middleton•. from Tor-
onto ,for
or-onto.for the Centennial.
• Mr.. George . Alton : of Sault Ste.
Marie is' spending a week with
his sister, Mrs. Wm:. Irvin • and
Mr. Irvin, 9th Concession, and
other: friends:
British; . Columi
ursome. Meet Here
F`ro'ln the four corners , of . the,
Continent, former residents came
back for 'The Sepoy Town's Cen-
tenniaL •
Pictured ` here is • a foursome' G. V. Towle (nee Long) .arid Mr.
from Vancouver. Left to. righty .Towle.
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are,,, Mrs :'Vi1'm. Hewat (Frances
'I',hompsdp,, Ardonria 'Hewat; Mrs,
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