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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1939-07-06, Page 1• t$2,00 A YEAR—IN ADVANCE -50e EXTRA TQ U: S. •A: KEN EKI'ti 4S BEING TRANSFERRED TO -WATERLOO W; S: K Ekins, of . the Bank' .o f Mondreal: staff, here. for the • .pas,, three and a , •half years, ..has .received oo. i •tra sf rto Waterloo. notice of.his . n F His. successor will be H. M. Perdtke. of -C°anipbellford. The' change will be.` made this ''week it Is expected, Pxob=; - ably Thursday.:. PEARLMANWS .MID:SU.MMER SALE STARTS THIS FRIDAY Elsewhere ilei this ' issue appears P• a dlaplay advertisement;, . ,that: an- ' nounces the commencement'' on Fri- day of; B: Pearlman* mid-sprn.nrer. , salez with a wide range of, offerings in seasonable, nzerchandi'se ,at bargain. sale prices; .•Included in theoffering is one ' hu. aidred ladies'' silk dresses, at values up. to. 47.50 going on sale at $1.00. This .bargain.•festival com- :mences' at .9 'o'clock this Friday ntorn- ing:Read the ad thoroughly, and take advantage of ,-this money' saving op- portunity. P-portunity. it • 'e OFFICIALLY OPENS - POST OFFICE 'Lucknow - Out Thur ay. July. .fith, 1939 Postmaster=General Performed . Off dial ' ' c't Thursday' Afternoon 1Fo1• lowing :A 'Short.. • Program . Of Speeches ;Riding• ' Flepredenta- •. tives. With a�special golden -key; The Hon;; NormanAlexander:..Me arty; poet - Master -general of ,Canada„ officially opened Luckndw's 'new ''$18;000' Post Orifice last Thursday; afternobn, at the conclusion of an appropriate .pro- gram that. marked the 'event. • The weather •cleared after an all.- ; permitting the program out. as arranged, with, large gathering ; in was one of the few A "HITCH BIKER'S . FRI•END To give' a' couple of Lucknow lads. , a lift' was a friendly 'act, but to go: to the trouble of trying to return a pair of swim trunks toone of the un- known lads, should stamp°' him mit a' real.;genklearnn .- - .• • ;'•Pestmaseer H. J. Lindsay, received. a parcel; in •the mail Tuesday,postage. prepaid, . accompanied • . by a letter, fr'bm •Toronto,Signed D. L. Davidson, which explained that the parcel con- tained boy's 'bathing trunke,, which one of two :boys left in his 'car. on. Sunday: , . The writer' explained. that he :had picked the; bogs. up near •• Bervie- .and: ° driven them :. to , Walkerton. ."One of them was .was ofi freckled faced kid" and they were around 15 or ,, years of age. They said they lived in Luck - now. The letter. 'stated •he' wouldap- preciate "if; ' ,the postmaster • could locate them • and give them to whom they`•belanged.' • . • morning rain to be arried a ; ' co (--- to atten ranee. It •Mc Lar has arae Mr.. tY. public. ,spec c � , made since his cabinet appointment in January. • , From a.' speaker's platform in front of the . Post . Office, W •B., 'Andersen extended, a ;welcome' on behalf' of the community. •'. Musical numbers were.. p ovided by the Pipe Band,'With Allan McKim .the youngest.' memberof the Band; playing a; solo' num'b'er. ' The presentation. of a bouquet of., roses was made to Mr. McLarty by little. Betty MacDonald,, looking sweet in a dress of yellow .organdy,. ' A1114 -CROP HARVESTERS ' COME ' TO DISTR•I T " Five Alice-Chalmersall=crop hay veaters,•arrived at the local depot Saturday and,'iriere unloaded on Mon- day.; were shipped ipped fr o m. La�h� PorteInd;na. This is the loadf, th combined harvesters andthreeehers,.ever .unloaded in liar - on,, County; the local • agent being;: Alex Hackett of 'Ashfield: They `are, being' delivered to various . points in the • district. An Unusual. Sight,. ` Deer are 4not an uncommon sight. in this dfstrtot, :but it's probably. rare to see a little fawn, about two weeks old, having its breakfast, a. did T. J. Salkeld , early one ' morning this week as' he. went for the cattle The fawn and its mother -were. mingl • ' '.ing with cattle and sheep as .if they :belonged to the , barnyard colony;: and were unaware of Mr. Salkeld's ores- . ,ence as he approached to within a hundred yards of them,, HONOR LOCAL LADY AT' B I RTH DAY PARTY COUNCIL AIMS: TO CHECK SPEEDING The recommendation that a Provin- cial Traffic Officer' ]ie regaested to check . up on, .speeders . in 'this com• iliunity, from. time; to• time, Wee 'voic- ,ed at the: meeting, of • the Village Council, on Tuesday night -7' In' ' diseusing 'this speeding , mei- ace it was pointed out that many. Motorists and truek' drivers; ap.-' p roaching' the ,village from all direct ions; .continue,at 'an; excessive rate of speed. When , well: • within the bord- ers, of the village. Speeding:.on "other streets of the village; .,..particularly Havelock' st.,:was also. condemned.., • Mr. Willis •of the General Electric Co., discussed, with Council the ,mat - J.. D. !ROSS ACCEPTS PR.INCIPAL.SHI'P . Mr. John D Ross of Lucknow, who for several tarns ./has taught in the exceptionally heavy''grade sehml at The ac ond, has4'accepted the pos- ition pos- it .nP ' rof r;net p a' of the Lu ckno w Public ;,School, • and teacher; of.' Grades VII and" V?Ii •...T . ' Mr. W. R. ''Tomlinson, M•i''. `o8. 'ter of ornamental street.lighting.',. He .. McI.art a ., t . to gwe :defitniite, . figures -Y: was. au -,-1,b•4 ,b•4 a dative' of Elgin; of Scotch de on. construction costs; so ' that the cent, a brilliant .lawyer who formerly practised in Western:Canad'a,'and. now thecapable Postmaster -general of Canada, and one .bf , the best liked Men at Ottawa. ' Mr. McLarty .replied that, ,it was: a pleasure'to' be invited to Lucknow, and referred to the . naming of the village. and' that historic. instance %n the neige 'of., Lucknow, India, when Jessie . Brown was the first to catch the saurid of the pipes, playing "The Campbells are, coming,". which her- alded the approach of Sir Colin. Camp= bell and his Highland troops .bring- ing relief. to the beseiged'city. •'' 'Mr. McLarty , paid :tribute, to . the sincere effort and: boundless '.work .of W. R. Tomlinson, the local member. Referring to the, appointniefii; . • et Malcolm dampbell;' on July''1st; 1860. as, .Lucknow's , first postmaster, Mr. McLarty said that f'tpm: whathe had heard and learned, ' of this. first Mer - chain in Lucknow, he must have been one of the' most, remarkable men of his : time. . ' • Annbal postal revenue locally . in those pioneer days was less than $600, he said. Today it has increased ten fold and parallels .the growth of .Post- al . services and revenue in the Domain= ion. Referring to this development of postal service, 'Mr. ' McLarty tol of , the • trans-Atlantic mail' Service in • augurated' the Saturday previous,, which made air mail service around; the world now a reality and, which, he said, should prove a force ' in the promotion of world peace and good, will. Unfortunately, he added, there are some 'countries who can only see in' this development, a more active measure of warfare. • Air mail developiftent in Canada has now ,.reached a total .of 14,180 Miles. . On March 1st,• the transcon- tinental service was established froth Montreal to' Victoria., By September feeder lin s will connect with St: • John, Halifax and Charlottetown. Other. speakers included, . W. °A. Golding; M.P. of Seaforth; R. 1. Deachman', M.P. of Wingham; W. R. Tomlinson, M.P., Port, Elgin; W. E. Sinelayr, M.P.P. for Bruce, and •W. E. Treleaven who gave an ''histo'ric'al review of the village, which We refer to 'elsewhere. • Mr. R.. J. Deachman, speaking in optimistic vein; stated he believed• we have come to a period where. this nation 1 will move ' forward, reading from an article of 1890, whieh Could apply exactly to the period through „Which we Havejust passed. Put idle Men, on idle farms, with idle money that lies in the bank, he recommended to retestablish agrieultpre. Mrs. Robert Hamilton, a resident of the village for the past few' years Observed-, her: 80tli birthday on ,,Tues• .. ;day,. when her 'niece, Mrs. , W. J. , Spindler .'entertained friends and rel., atives yin the afternoon and evening in he honor: Friends and neighbors called durinp ''the afternoon to extend congratula- tions when they presented Mit. Hani • ilton with a lovely black leather Purse. .The presentation -was made by her sister, I Mrs. David Huston. The guests •were' received by Mrs. ' Hamilton's granddaughter, Miss Mac Barkwell. Candles in the figure "80” • adorning the birthday ; cake, were • lighted while the ladies sang.. "Auld Lang Syne" 'and "For She's A 'Jolly. Good Fellow." Board is as yet without an accurate• estimateof what this new street lighting plan 'would' cost, _ Work Must , Be Authorized Among accounts presented. far pay- . . ment, were those for work and . mer- chandise of which members' of the Boardknew nothing:. In one instance " The appointinenh:of Douglas.: Clarke w4§. made last: week, but he decided tq. • retain' his position at Powassan: The. choice at the ,time was between ` Ross; (;n. Tues-• LVIr,,'Clarke .anti '. ., day. night, Mr. Ross was given first choice of .the'position, with two other outside, applilcants placed next in-line, should Mr. Ross be 'finable to accept the position. • Hit) appointment was announced the following •morning. where road work was done, the Chair- man stated the work had been done • unknown. to him and ':without his .. authorization. ' Council, will put the foot down on this sort of thing it was agreed,- and all 'bills must have the `O: K. of . the Chairman of . the respective .commit- ees before 'being paid. With; 80 .per, .cent. of :relief costs being assumed. by ;the Province, local relief costs will' be lessened. The .Vil1. age share of .the City .of. ' Toronto' account for the past month being $5.28. Local 'accounts passed I totalled FATHERS WITNESS SONS, GETTING DEGREES A rather unusual' incident occurred Met ° Thursday .it.. the regular meet- * of 'Old Light Lodge, A.F & A•M•. 'wh two -fathers,• members of the order,: saw their 'respective sons re: ceive degrees, raising them in ; Mason- ry. R. Douglas MacDonald, on •' of :Rev. • C. ;H,: MacDonald was a' cand; idate for the second degree, while George' Joynt, sort :of,, J. W. Joynt received the first :degree. . Afternoon tea was served 'by the hostess, assisted by her sister Mist, McGill and Mrs. Hamilton's grand daughters, while . Mrs. W. J. Little poured tea. 'in the evening, members of her family arid. other relatives, number- ing about thirty-five gathe'red' for a very pleasant evening,.in further. • honouring Mrs. Hamilton,, who in spite of her eighty years, is in splen- did' health and rentarkabl'y alert Mal :active.. " tF� Mrs. Hamilton Was formerly Susan Cook, a daughter of the late Francis Cook and Martha Whitehouse. Her family home' was the farinribar Para- mbitnt nnw owned 'By her brother, Arthur. Following her marriage to -her';.late•- _husband, .Robert . Hamilton, 1 Mr' and lyMrs. Hamilton lived in Ash- field on the farm now owned , by her son Frank. ' • Mrs ''Ilanititon has two sons, Bob and Frank of Ashfieldand a daughter ug-hter gra, Barkwell•••yy�•f Huron, Theme are , .. .. Y.Y. ;� °,..Huston, . _.. •_ two sisters, Mrs. Lucknow, Mrs. Borst, Glranid Rapas : and a ' brother Arthur of Huron To'rvnship. AN-NOUF NCE WINNERS O• PROFICIENCY SHIELDS S Ferre Twantley won the shield for General- . Proficiency,. presented Irby Mr. ;Wm. ,MacKenzie• to the students ofGrade X, of the Lucknow. High . S. shoo Carolyn' Allin and Ma , r Y' Salk- cid deserving honorable . i, amention. • A similar.„shield': was. presented ,by Firilayson ;Bros, fpr Grade. IX. w s:• - won . by 'Catherine John a Helen Orr and Muriel close competitors. .s 'PUBLIC SCHOOL PROMOTION REPORT Grade -VII to Grade VIII, June 1939:. Names • in alphabetic order.. Allin; Jean (hon,); Agnew, Katherine; Chin, William; ,Dahmer,; Verna; Ferguson, -Lorraine' (hon) Ferguson, Reg. (hon.); Johnston, Ronald, (hon.); Mc- Cartney, "Norman; McInnis, Ronald; MacDonald, Mabel, (hon.) ;• . Miller,. Doreen* '(hon.); Webster, Jean (hon;); Webster, Kenneth; Wilson, Jack. Kate MacDonald. The Reeve vitae • authorized to pre- claim,' Monday. August ,7th,• a Civic: holiday. ' The 'matter of °a municipally own- ed„ weigh scale was discussed with no action taken, ,It was pointed out. that of three scales in town, none can, weigh';certain loads.'The scale can only, weigh stock.. up to a. 4000 pound limit. The Anderson scale has . been condemned by the in - Spector and, the :Murdie' scale .his .not sufficient roof. clearance to accom- odate • trucks .and . high 'loads. R. J. Moore wasrecommended as, a County Constable;: following, a letter received from County Clerk Forrester With reference to. the following mot- ion, in part, passed by County. Coun- cil at their June session, "That . all County Constables' in the County of Bruce be automatically retired from office after July 31st, unless the Council of the local municipality, in whish the constables are resident. sends a request to. the:Crown Attorn- ey -that they be retained:" Won 2:16 Class ' June Gratton, oWned by D. J. Mc- Charles, finished.. .first in three straight heats in' the 2:16 class., to take first 'Money of the $450 purse at Strathroy • race§ on D minion Day. • Left Per Sarhia" Rev. J. IC. ' and Mrs. McGil' livr a y 1eft fin- on, M.bnday where they will make their; home; The' have been residents' of the village for, a . time since ev'. McGillivray 'resigned his ehar'ge' at the Ashfield Presbyterian Church. ' M. E,. MacDougall, •II Impetus ''was given to the growth of the ;village by,the surveying Of the road to Kinloss in 1863. . Ten years later the village was incorporated, and Mr. Treleaven related the rivalry between. the 'Counties , of Bruce and ;;Huron to determine in which county, the village would be incorporated. Lo- cally opinion .,was so •divided that. a vote 'on the matter` resulted in a tie. Ati appeal was made to the Legisla- ture to, decide the issue, with Bruce getting the.' village. Those in 'oppos ition claimed that R- M. Wells, who represented. South Bruce at 'the time, used . undue pressure to gain his ob - • jective. • The first . council included Males l' Campbell, • reeve, and . Councillors :Thomas Lawrence, Charles gooney, Alex McIntyre and Walter Treleaven. Mr. 'Burgess was the first clerk and treasurer,. •, Mr. Campbell, as first merchant. kept 'everything and anything. Among his first opposition were such men a. Walter: Armstrong, John Treleaven, Al'ex'Murray, Charles Secord, Bingen-, and Little. These were honest, •,:en- terprising, substantial "men, said the speaker, deeply. interested in the wel- fare of their town. Such men, of equal calibre, as John and George McHardy, 'lilerr Bros., Tweed 'slid Smith, and Robert Graham followed, until at one time this village grew to a population of 1500. Early industrial activities, included the Somerville flour mills purchased by Walter Treleaven, and in which family it still remains today, Mr: Treleaven also ,built a sawmill on the present MacDonald site. At this time there Was .the • Burgess and Hunter planing mill; Lees and Douglas wool len .mill; Hugh ' McKay's Iblacksnuth on the United Church corner; Cam- eron and Miller wagon factory;, Jos- eph Little's shoe store, employing as. ;;many as 8 :and 10 cobblers; Joseph Grenache's shoemaker's slum' and the Grassick Harness shop, followed "by, Proctor, Alex Ross and Gallagher. There Was the tannery and five grain elevators, with farmers standing for hours to unload their grain. Referring to the• social and sporting life of the village, Mr.' Treleaven first spoke of the Cal'edenitin game ,'at- traotingG .ten' and . titr elve thousand• eo . l• o .,, Do nald.. Dinnie and -other It li re; stalwart Scotch who pertained here,. of the ball clubs,• the lacrosse and JUST ARRIVED—A : shipment , of new .summer dresses;. to be included at., safe prices, in our mid -summer sale, starting Friday. . B. PEARL- • MAN. 'RIPLEY'••TO VOTE .' SON BEVERAGE..ROOMS', • Following the circulation of Ga .pet-. ition, signed by 25'. percent. • of the ' • ib1 voters of `R;pley, recently • ag Rp�Mesett, ;to the Ville, Council and sent on to the office of',tlie• provincial secretary,. the voters • of .Ripley are, going to be • asked to' ballot• on the question, as -to .whether or not the . 'legal sale of beer. and ;.vines,: in erage 'rooms ' will be permitted: in Ripley . . • ' ' • The .provincial' lligliot control board • has 'set the date' for •such a vote for • Wednesday, August 13, when the res- ident voter's,. male and female, of • the age of 21 years,• will have the right to'. exercise their franchise. It is 32 years last. May, since this n}utiicipality;, as a part of the town- ship of Huron, voted on the local op- tion :law- and went env,:It- *as the , fi'rst'p'lace in this whole section of the country to. enter the dby column. ' There are many. arguments, pro• and eon, regarding' the advisability of such a move; which will be freely aired, from n'ow . until the • dat.e trf the. election. ' The tentperan'ce forces are organizing to fight this move and it' is a tpecteid, i the contest will • get tinder' way in ila short time. • • cricket' clubs and lastly the social ° y' ` orf tliet►t. Continued on . page four) Lucknow II. S. Entrance •Board: • ENTRANCE Following are the 'mines - of those candidates who •were successful io obtaining , High 'School Entrance Standing' at Ilucknow: Bushel, Jean ' Button, Earnest , RESULTS , Grade, V To Vi ' Names in alphabetical order. Honours—Albert'z Chin; Patsy Mil;. ler; 'Gordon Mullin. Paps—Joe Agnew; Bill Allin; Ellen Armstrong; •- Winnie MacDonald; Al. lin Stewart. MACES A n• with ilkins as. FOR LATE.: ARRIVAL Hon. Norman McCarty, Explains .Late Arrival At Lucknow , And `: Apolo-. . gizes To Lad's•' Of The Women's Institute Who 'Catered For. The 'Ex- cellent Luncheon.. ' GAVE THUMB .:.NAIL, INSTALLED AT.SVIATFORD SSKETCH OF , `VI•LLAGE .,Mr. A. E. Millson• of Stratford. was last week )nstalled as worshipful Mr. W. E. Treleaven;, Son Of A Pion- master of Stratford , Maaonie Lodge, eer Family Paid Tribute To Steri :No. 332, A.F: & 'A.M. An . excellent ing Qualities Of Those Men Who picture of 'Mr.., Milison: appeared in Established, . This Community= -Ile- vie ral Ci oc r t me es S , .called ' With, I , ec , •Iteltgtous• and Sporting, Activity . Of. Earlier Days. • . ': Of partic•ular local interest' in •con- iinection :with the opening of the ; Post. Office; last ;Thursday, was the hist- ori alrevaev , ,'so far as,. 'time :would peInit, given by'Mr.-W. E. Treleae'en.` And it was :in capable hands for . Mr. Treleaven, a son; of Walter Treleaven, a pioneer - industrialist. of .the, village, has . been" in .close and. intimate Con- tact with all phases of the develop- ment •of this community 'throughout his lifetime. • " jl • Present at. the 'opening was Mrs. Thomas Watson, of 'Lucknow, a daughter of , Lucknow's first, merchata and Postmaster; • the; late" Malcolm Campbell., Mr. Caritpbell was appoint- ed postmas'te'r .on July 1st, 1860, and for, fifty-four years.. the: post' office continued in' charge -of the Campbell family. Mr.. Campbell died in. 19.01 and his daughter, Mary, new Mrs: Harry Pierce. of Winnipeg, carried on until 1914. Following her resigns: - tion she was succeeded by the present postmaster., Mr. H. J. Lindsay.'' Delayed more than an. hour .last: week, in reaching. :Lucknow for; the luncheon that preceeded the opening of the Post` Office, the Hon. , N. A: McLarty, ' .postinaster-general, very graciously extended his . apologies to. the ladies of the Women's •Institute, who did. the catering,, and in a most. excellent manner: • ` .1VIr. McLarty,, who breakfasted in Ottawa at eight o'clock with thesun shining, left by plane for Lucknow, vii Sky Harbour at Goderich ;but weather, etacortaitered" bad -'flaying; . and• his• pilot, one of the best.in''•Canada landed .with some difficulty at 'Ter - onto, and.;'wouldn't venture to' . com-,' pfete the. flight. Continuing by motor car,. 'engine trouble resulted •from 'tor- rential rain encountered, which' added to the ;delay. Mr.. Meter*said he had assumed however that the :lunch-. eon `wott;'ld` have gone •on 'without him: •The banquet tab'l'es wereattractive- ly, laid, a profusion of summer flow- ern adorned the room,.and the lunch eon itself was of the finest; that mer-. ited . congratulations. '.- Mr. W. 'B. Anderson was luncheon chairman,' and voiced his: appreciation of the' honour,. ,as • a tribute• to his `late father, . Mr. Ji 'G. Anderson,' who had been a member of the local .del- egation ` that 'petitioned at Ottawa for the. Post Office:.; : • Mr. ;Anderson read. telegrams from L. H, Snider, Conservative candidate of Bruce, and W. S, Fenton, of Port Elgin, warden. of Bruce, 'expressing regret at being unable to -be present. Mr. J. May;.- postai service superin- tendent. ef uperin-tendent.'ef the London Division was` not present either; •leaving Mr. Hugh Hill- •il - of Colborne, the lone luncheon speaker. • • . , Mr: . Hill traced the growth of. post- al service since 1721,, when : the -first service was ,established between Mon- treal and Quebec with couriers •tray- elling an 'foot or horseback, to the preset i. day. when Canada's,. postal system has: become one of the best in the • aorld..He predictedthat within a L .very ' few ,Years seventy-five per. cent. of Canada's mail service would be by airplane... " l ' Gammie, Ross Hamilton,' Jim - 1leftderson,' Eileen (hen.). Johnston, Jean 1VIacDonald, Donald (hon.) MacKenzie, Donald McClenaghan, Eileen (hon.). �M•`cFarlane, Audrey (hon:) Ma'am' - eICint, : Alan (hon.); Mintz, Glen, `" Orr, Melvin (hon.) Parker,. Ann • Prest, Stanley - (hon.) ,Purves, Elliott Purvis, James* Reid, Lorne (hon.) Ritchie, Norma • ' Salkeld, Helen (hon.) '`Solomon, Marjorie t`.. Tithe .Diann Y + y.; •. Valad,' Helen •' Wadel, • Margaret Wylds, Doris, Grade VI To VII Hone u r:s —' Shirley , Culbert;' J lin Ferguson; Donna McCartney;' Rob- erta Phillips; ' Doris Taylor;. Jack Treleaven; Mae Webster.' Pass -=Lois • Henderson; 'Roy vens; Allan Johnston; Bill Johnstone: Ivan ..L.loyd; Mary Mc'Quaig; Jessie. Reid; Alma Salomon; Patsy Trelea- sven;einGeorge Taylor;Ruth Winter- , . • 4.I • • Promoted To Grade IV Honours --Wilfred Black; Jean Taylor; Margaret,ITreleaven; Jeatil Treleaven. . Pass—B'eryle Solomon; Billie Mul- lin; Lawrence Salkeld; .Rtith ' Dah- mer; Betty MaeCartney;. ,Gwendolyn Stuar ; ,Jean •MacCreight; Betty Mac•• Donal; Jack Stuart; Jean Reid; Ei- leen Purves; George Stanley; Velma, Stanley; Betty Griffin; Jack 'Fores- ter;' Joan .MacQuaig. S Recommended—Joy Johnston; Frances Brown; Dorothy Brown, Promoted : To . gGrade V .. Richard Turner; Carrie Milne:; Wil- da Irwin; Helen MaeCreight; Grant Gollan; Elaine Irwin.; Ivan Hender- son: Promoted To Grade VI Mary Louise Porteo is; Mary Lor- raine Johnston; „ George Chin; Don - aide Nicholson; Roy Aitchison. J.. Henderson. H. G. Sherriff,. Promoted From Grade I To Grade II. Names in •alphaletical. order. Honours—Anderson, 'Mary; `:Brown. Jackie; 'Chin, a Margaret; Gammie„ Dorothy; I( Johnston, Jane; Kilpatrick, Keith; ,Milne, Gladys.; Mullin, Mary: MacMillan, Jimmy; Stewart, Winni- fred. . , Pass -Docker, Billy; En'cberlin, Douglas; McAlpine, Marilyn; McCart- ney, Bialy; Webster,' Shirley.'. Recomm'ended—Gollan; Phyllis; .Jr- wiri, Maxiene. - Grad h 1I To •Grade IIIE; 8 Honours—•Aitchison, 'Tommy; ,Cook, •Viola; , Graham, Min; ,Johnston, Ar - donna; MacMiltai , . Clifford. ' • • Pass--•.Champ'ior,, Pansy; Chin, Mary; Gollan•, Willielntine; MacDoti-'. ald, Donald.; Malo y, Mar gar et; Milne,". '14IuidoC.Mary,Nich- olson,Marion; Statifey, Ry, Web stem, Helen. • • ' •. Promoted to Grade V -Chin, Frank., the Beacon -Herald. J. • W. Joynt of a rs reply. ' • s e k town ryas ons, of the p e n ing to the toast to' the visitors and Cameron 'Geddes was soloist, at the :banquet. The Area Post -0"h-- was 2:.frame" building', where Davison's store now stands. After Mr: Campbell's appoint- ment, his . son-in-law, • Win. ,Mellis was in charge -of •the office .a also the express , business. Later the . office was moved to the Mu'rdie. Block; later to the' present Connel Block, and•fm- ally early this year to the new per-' manent `quarters: ' ' • ' Mr'. Treleaven'sreview, of 'the will - age'.went back to the time of Eli Stauf- fer the first settler, who 'built a sawmill near' the site of the present flour mill. He was • given 200 • acres - of land cres"of::land •for his` pioneer work, bet shortly. sold • his holdings tot' James Somerville. .A survey and sale of• lots followed in '18584 that was celebrated', by; a ' .gunpowder: salute,' made. rips`-° ible by depositing the powder in :auger• holes made in trees. - I am :far more interested in any man's Christianity than I 'am in his religion; his personality than his 'nationality. -Jac°k Miner. ' PLENTY OF, . RAIN LAST WEEK' ' •• Waeleeine ,weak;... even though they did disrupt haying - • operations' which., are •generally 'un- derway:. Showers that started early • Thursday; morning; • continued. , till af- ter the noon:hour; when • the weather ' cleared in 'time fur the.,outdoor eniony int connection with the- Post Office opening. ••• k Friday however, brought torrential rains locally; In the morning so heavy and prolonged was the do.rnpaur ,that storm sewers ...on • 'the ; 'main street' couldn't cope with , the deluge, and becoming, partially, clogged, the• water On. the road• had; risen' to: the. sidewalk . level before the downpour, ceased.; That.afternoop there was..another•de- 'luge followed •.by a' drop in •'temper-• attire •that made for • a'delightful .hol- iday week -end.: ' •• WATCH. FOR.THESE: • •On • page four .of ' this 'issue is. the Sunny :Service "advertisement • an= : nouneing 'the opening of this service •station, 'featuring :low sniped red gas- . oline.: Wm. Schmid'sa ad offer you '. special••silverware bargain good for a limited 'time, rand ' Thompson's ad • lists.' week -end: grocery 'special's: You haven't read' The 'Sentinel • until . y, ou have read all.:the ads: GYPSIES MENACE: AGED LADY Two buxom gypsy ladies who in- truded the home of Mrs. David Gillies, east of Lucknow last week, proved themselves' very 'undesirable visitori, and 'their brazen manner was an up- setting ordeal' for this aged''lady. Asking for a drink 'of water, the ladies declined to drink at the pump and insisted on coming into the house for pit:, There first enquiry when in- side was' as to where . the roan of the house •was, and the fact that Mrs. Gillies' son was' nearby on the prem- ises probably had a deterring effect on the gypsy 'visitors 'pressing their demands. , They wanted money and Mrs. Gal- les' purse and finally -before they un- willingly left empty handed tried to insist. aeon. taking 'a table cloth off the table WON LAST:XVVO GAMES; , With Bob Craig 'holding the. Ripley Juniors to two ' hits, his :teammates took a liking to .Huffy Harris' port - side slants and the Dungannon, nine walked' off with. an. ensy_.7'to 1'vict- ory in their first home appearance' :rf the season on Tuesday. That .made it two straight for the Dungannon .lads who last week .scored a tenth -inning run to . beat Walker- ton 5 to 4. • It was no doubt members of this sante ;party that visited a store at Whiteehurtlh• acid depalrtid hastily after the store keeper demanded the right change for a purchase they were naki1ig. Making out that they had only a. five dollar•: bill,. when adked to pred'uce it they 'left the,tstere. ,A load`of gYpsies recentlyvisited Te es w itLr 'ttriil if ` ' are'ii:tl pTi w"e'rtrifer y y undesirableeusto'ners for when they departed from that village a w'arn- G C D,,son Seeretai Chin, Harry; Chin Jim ing' ryas sent to Mil`drnay to beware :ar • �r..0.S5„ Condition Serious 'Miss,' Isobel Murdie who has .sttf- ered a serious heart:ailmentfor some ime, is confined to bed again and .her ondition this week has been regarded as' quite grave. f t CON Dill ON iS, IMPROVED •.; Ivan' Rawlings, . who suffered it fractured skull in,.a ear accident near 13gffalo, recently, is • making quite a' favourable recovery, In • our last accident oe.. a e ctdeitt t the had i sue we star d e . n - curred on Sunday, Rather it ocUrree' the Wednesday •previous and for the following ferry days 'Ivan uas utte:�ti- StioUs.. : Sr