The Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-09-09, Page 1LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9th, 1953 EIGHT PAGES
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MARK OPENING
OF NEW SCHOOL
• A new era in secondary edu
cation in this community was
ushered in on Tuesday, whep the
t doors of the new Lucknow Dis-
trict High School werfe 'thrown
open for the first time to^a^stud-
f en t"bjody^that^^^^
bers any previous enrolment.
The opening day enrolment was
some thirty or more above last
year’s figure.
This auspicious occasion was
marked by an informal opening
ceremony held iri the spacious
and attractive auditorium op i
Tuesday^norning. .
Th^wssembly opened with O
Ganada and the School Song un
der the7direction of Mr. A. W.
. Anderton, music instructor and
with Carol Gardner at the piano.
The scripture reading was taken
^by^ar,Qly_n^Gibspn-Land_Rev.-G^
Meiklejohn led in the Lord’:
prayer. Rev. Meiklejohn and Dr.
Mel Corrin were on hand with
their cameras taking some ‘shots’
of the proceedings.
Mr. Robert Rae, chairman of)
the Board, and Dr. W. V. John-
jstpn, addressed the gathering, re
ferring to /the work involved in
the building of the school and
the beauty of it. Mr. P. W. Hoag
thanked the Board members, and
“Bless This House’’ was played
over the public address system.
In welcoming the students,
Principal J?, W, Hoag asked for
their co-operation to mai nta i n
the building as a thing of beauty,
arid to neither deface or defame
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/ i Mr. Rae introduced the staff
>nd upon singing “The Queen”,
they adjourned to classes Flow-
ers in the auditorium were made
available by T. J. Salkeld,, a mem
ber of the Board.
The school exceeds in beauty
and appointments the expecta
tions of the most optimistic; arid
Caretaker ^Sydney Whitby work-
ed unceasingly to have every
thing, spotless1 and shining for
this 'Opening which brought to
fulfilment the dream of a new
_Jchool_tiL_ ser.ve__the^district,-and-
Wnich was not achieved without
the overcoming of many ob
stacles, and considerable pessism-
ism in the early stages of under
taking.
•AGED LADY DIES
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The death of Mrs. Wm-. Robin
son occurred on Monday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. John
Kilpatrick. She was in her 92nd
year, The, funeral service was
held at the McLennah-MacKenziP
Memorial Chapel on Wednesday,
with interment in Maitland Gem-
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SET DEER LICENSE FOR
FARMERS AT $2.00
Art Breckles of Clam Lake
fishing resort has been appointed:
an issuer of deer licenses. The
(resident license is $5.00, with a
special rate of $2.00 to farm1 own
ers. This permits only one deer
to such a farm family. The $5.00
fee applies to .all oth^r nimrods
in the same household.
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SCOUTS TO AGAIN HOLD
±APER .COLLECTION _
Lucknow Boy Scouts plan. to*,
hold another paper collection
later this month. Newspapers,
magazines, cardboard, cartons and
all waste paper are acceptable.
The Scouts and Scout Commit
tee appreciate the public saving
such paper, as the proceeds help
to finance camp expenses and the
purchasing of supplies.
SLIGHT INCREASE
AT PUBLIC SCHOOL
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Opening- day enrolment at
Lucknow/Public School on Tues
day was 152 students, a slight in
crease over the figure of 146
which/enrolled a year ago.
—The—beginners—on—^Tuesday-
numbered 23 youngsters, t h e
same number as last year. Grades
1 and 2, taught by Mrs. Isabel.
Havens, have an enrolment of 42.
Second Room in which Miss
Helen Thompson teaches some ad
vanced Grade 2 students, as well
as. Grades 3 & 4, there are 36 stu
dents; Seating in third room ’*■ is
overtaxed with 43 students in
Grades 5 and 6, taught by Miss
Ruby Webb. Grades 7 & 8, taught
by Principal Stuart Collyer, num-,
ber 31 students, with the entrance,
class unusually light this term.
Public School now has the en
tire building available. Immediate;
plans call for using the former
I high school science room as an
Lar-t— rooin^andsdence^dassrooriL-
elation for 220 students. Potential I The beginners, who treked off
to school for .the first time on
Tuesday are as follows: Russell
Allin, Eileen Baker, Robert Ban
nister, Peggy Button, Roy But
ton, Anita Cline, Gert De Jong,
Donald Fisher, Brian Gammie,
Chester Hodgins, Jainet Hofstede,
Barry - Irwin, Brian Johnstone,
Cherry Jardine, Grace MacDoug
all, Carol Ann MacIntyre, Eliza
beth Pollock, John (Buddy) Prit
chard, Keith Roulston, : Terry
Rathwell, Jane Smith, Wayne
Wagner, Sharon Whitby.-.
attendance, from the; district at
present is about 175, although
this is reduced somewhat by stu
dents within the area attending
other. centres.
The school serves the Village
of Lucknow, Township of Kin
loss, and portions of the Town
ships of Ashfielch West Wawa-
nosh, Culross and Greenock, with
representatives from each muni
cipality on the District Board.
Of concrete block Construction,
designed by Philip C/ Johnston,
architect, the school7 is situated
on a site of seyeral acres at the
south-east of -the village.
In addition to
tooms, the new
modern facilities -r. ______
. home economics; shop work and
modern in design, the structure
stretches at one-story height on
a fine campus. The grounds are
being continually landscaped and
m time should add cOnsider'aible
beauty to the entire surround-
mgs, 7 ’
A large portion of the side.-*! shoulder. Neither
' wall .area is ’completely :glarfsed" .1 work yhd' paHry and other baked
making for admittance of a max- i'^ood^ aren’t available at Mullin s
imum. of sunlight. Both the ex-1 for-the time being.-Arrangernents
-terior arid-interior of the school f nave.been made for;a .supply oi
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?.'inishap occurred as Mr,-
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nishings are of’the-latest design. ^rs, Pent and daughter., were re--
" 841 -’*• “ turniha from;the beach la.st.Wed
nesday evening, A ear driven by
the nine class
school includes
for teaching, of
CAR ACCIDENT
affects bakery
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his
-;rs~t-h e—r esttl-t—e-f-an-;ie-
Stewart . Mullin, -proprietor
■the local , bake shop’. and
baker Anna Pera, • are both
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cident last.’Wednesday night.
7 Stewart suffered’ fractured, ribs?
and has since developed pneu
monia; Mr. Pera, Hollander
who/ recently .‘commenced work
ing at Jhc ■bakeshop; suffered
what is bblieved to be a fractured
are able to
vvjupi.uiejy nrouei n m dppvju* - tj/rfruu
ance and equipment, Rooms are cmers,
heated by temperature-controlled/ The
“eahng systems, all interior fur- Mullin
lor students’ studying comfort.
THAT Mrs. Josephine Cameroh.j'Kenneih. Mcteod is
!><<s r,etjirned t6 Belgrave from entered the h'ght .y...
Wingham Hospital. Her dau-'-with a'.head-on .
:. *tef, MrS.-<3ed. Linley' (Grace): >«g; 7he..«h^" hd bralsX and '
of .lMnoit. is spending, sohte raped with-<uts and bruise, anu.^
time with her, »' «*. sticking up» *
Wingham Hospital. Her dau-
a. shaking up.
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FORMER TEACHER ;1^o°™XTSRi^sTnts I KOREAN VET WAS
VISITED HERE
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Miss Katherine McNabb
Winnipeg was a recent visitor
the home of hep cousin, Mrs. R.
"H^Thpnrijjson and while . here met
a’ surprisingly large number 0f
^Qldr-fnep^s^ and
she had taught at Paramount, the
Second Concession arid Lucknow
Public Schqols. < . ' /
Miss McNabb is a daughter of
the late Rev. John McNabb who
mipistered in St. Andrew’s Pres
byterian Church, Lucknow, until
the union of the St. Andrew and i
Knox congregations in 1886. '
Rev. McNabb’s first charge was'
at South Kinloss Church where I
he was ordairied and, inducted I
in 1867. Two years later, he went J
to Fort Garry (Winnipeg) as a
missionary, later returning to On-
tario suffering from the effects
of exposure and hardship on this
outpost. Frorri a charge at Beav
erton he was called to St. And
rew’s Church in Lucknow. He
died here in 1901 after a long
and painful illness with rheum
atism arid .was laid to rest in
South Kinloss Cemetery.
Mi$s>; McNabb was intimately
known as Kate to her friends and
since her visit here, Reeve S. E.
Robertson has coine across a sou
venir -folder issued ’in January
1908, evidently when Miss Mc
Nab left Paramount school: The,
Board at that time was composed
of Messrs. ,W., Struthers, A. Mac- -DUrmid^ndrTt-Pickeringv----------
Students under Miss McNabb’s
tutelage were: Sr. IV, Margaret
Murray, Aipy Clarkson, Lyall Me?
Pjarmid, George Smith, Mary
Struthers, Zetta Congram, Roy
Agriew, Robbie Macintosh, Leroy
Towle; Sr. Ill, Mary Pickering,
Earl Smith, Maggie Clarkson,
Jennie Griffin; Jr. Ill, Anna Belle (
MacKenzie, Lalla MacKenzie, i
Frank Clark; /Efrierson Towle, I
Ernie Clark; Jr. II, Grant Mac-1
Diarmid, Melvie Clark, Calvin
Towle; Sr. Part II, Eldon Hen-1
derson, Lome Hamilton; Jr. Part i
II, Eddie Andrew, Maggie Mac- !
Donald; Part I, Frankie Ketcha-
baw, Earl Webster, Bertha Clark-
of
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sorb Annie Pickering, Johnnie
Andrew, Sadie MacDonald, Lizzie
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DONALD BLUE STATES HE IS
NOT THRU WITH POLITICS
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The Southampton Beacon re
ports that Donald Blue was iri
the Lakeside town recently when
he intimated to party stalwarts
that he is. not through with poli
tics. He stated he will continue
to take an active interest-in the
affairs of the riding and plans
to seek the ; Liberal nomination
when election time rolls,around
again,.
Present life membership
TO MRS. WILLIAM PERCY
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The Kinlough Presbyterian
Women’s Missionary " S o c i e t y
which was held at the home of
Miss Margaret Robertson honor
ed Mrs William Percy when she
was presented with a life mem-
made by Mrs. Clark Needham.
Mrs, Percy made a fitting reply
&rtd thanked the ladies for re-:
mem.bering her. ' .
FIRST TIME BACK ^SlNCE
leaving here 39 years ago
Mr. arid. Mrs.’ Peter. Fitzell of
Vermillion^ Alberta, have been
Visiting with old friends here,
■^nd .with his -aunt, Mrs. MKlcdlm
Mclnhes-and - members of her
family in the Wingham -district.
Mr. Fitzell is '-a sbn. of the late
Mr/and Mrs. Aaron Fitzell. Peter
was employed here at ohe time
by R J< Button. He* left Luck
now 39 years ago and this was
his first trip. back to the old
town, " where ’ he noted many
’changes and only ‘a few familiarchanged ilnd only ‘a few
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< Peter Torrance, who is named
after his grandfather, has been
appointed an inspector of public,
schools with the Ontario Depart-
ment-ofEducationandwillrreside7
in Cornwall. He is a §dri of ’Mr.,
and. Mrs. iHarry- Torrance bf-108
First Ave., North Bay and, form-:
erly of Lucknow,
! Peter attended public/ high
school and Teachers’ College at
North Bay. He is a graduate of
Queen’s University, having ob
tained his Bachelor of Arts de
gree; and a9graduate of the Uni
versity of Toronto where he re-
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BADLY WOUNDED
Sgt. Wilfred Snider, only jgrand-
son -pf Mrs. Josephine Cameron
of Belgrave and the late„Ken=_T
neth Cameron, was flown from
Osaka Army Hospital in Japan '
to tCalifornra early in ‘ Aiigust,
then to the Fitzsimon’s Army hos-
’’pital in Denver, Colorado . which ’
specializes in neuro-surgery,
Wilfred was severely injured in
; the heavy Korean fighting last
I June. He Was wounded by mortar
fire in the eyes and face,, hands,,
arms and legs. He recently under
went two bone operations on his
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verity ui lurvmu wnere ne re- went two bone operations on his
I ceived his Bachelor of Pedagogy . left arm which is back in a cast.
I degree;. \ { Bone from , the hip was grafted
j Prior to . I.P.S. appointment, j into the arm to release the bat- .
Mr. Torrance was principal of a; tered„ nerves. Wilfred will be in
I public school in Toronto. J the hospital till mid-December .
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7oi!NG I.AD BREAKS .-WRIST
I IN FALL OVER (FENCE I retuJ" vOm®, tO' Pearborn.
■ I Mich.; when he plans to resume
u j t his studies in Ahn Arbor Uni-While. climbing over a board /versuv
fence last Saturday morning,; • .? ~ ... .. ; ,
George Carter, eight-year-old son "rijii del.ii/Cof- Mr. and Mrs. Peter Carter, Jl HI RTY-TVvO RlNIvS
Con. 6, Kinloss Township, had /jjrpr AAOkllS AY
the misfortune to slip, falling i ®
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heavily to the ground oh thej ——-
other side, breaking his left- wrist:1 Howard Agnew and Joe Mac-
He was taken to Kincardine Hos- j Millan with two wins and a plus
pital where the arm was set by of 22» took first place in the
Dr.:j“BrTindall/a^^
A. E. Couch. The young lad will tournament at the greens on
have to wear a cast for at least i Monday. This increasingly pop-.,
the next six weeks.
KINLOSS PASSES
HOSPITAL GRANT
'•ular. annual event drew a record
entry of 32 rinks.
----A—downpour— of-rain-about—ten—-
o’clock brought the tourriey to a
sudden end, preventing' the 3rd
game from baing played. Prizes
were awarded on the twotgame^T...
At the September meeting held standing as follows: 1st, E. H.
^on Monday, Kinloss Township Agnew, Joe MacMillan; Luck-
’Council gave approval of a $12,00“ now; 2nd, H. Vodden, Blyth; 3rd,
’ grant to the proposed new wing D. Lahn, Hanover; 4th, D. Cam-
at Windham General 'Hospital; eron, Walkerton; 5th, R. Sparling,
Kinloss’ share on the pro-rata Goderich; 6th, J. Sutler, Clinton,;
basis is 6 percent. - |r'7thf Wallace Miller, Pete John-
The sum will be raised when ston, Lucknow; 8th, L. Schueler,
required by a debenture issue, Walkerton; 9th, G. Baechler, God
details of which» have not yet i erich; 10th, Harvey Treleaven,
been definitely dealt with. London, Harvey Webster, Luck-
Rev.* H. L. Parker, Mrs. Iris now; R. Finlayson, Jim
Morrey and the Reeve’ of Turn -Cameron, Lucknow; 12th, W. Mc-
berry Township comprised a del- Coy, ^Robert Rae, Lucknow; 13th,
egation which interviewed the ■ , SandersoHj G. . MidPherson,
Kinloss Board on Monday. Lucknow; 14th, G. Mathieson, “
Ashfield Township which lack- Goderich; 15th, J. Patchell, Ches-
ed a full board at their last meet- i. Panover;
ing, deferred their decision in. ^h» ^Cuming, Q. Bell, Luck-
the matter. Ashfield's quota is no^ 18th» w- Hawke, Southamp-
• (ton; 19th; K. Scarborough, HanT 1
> 21st, F. Love, Hanover.
set at 4 percent or $8,00Q.
opinion vote of the ratepayers is
to ibe taken;- It is suggested that,
if favorable, similar action may
be taken by Clinton and Goder
ich hospitals ata later date.
In JKpst Wawanosh a public ’ <werf 20th, H. Thomas, Brussels;
2._ iL. •_ 2.1st F Lnvp Hannvpr
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MARY MacKENZIE PASSES
. In failing health for a time,
death came to Miss Mary Macr
Kenzie at Goderich Hospital on
Thursday. Her home was a-mile
ribrth of the Village. A private
funeral service Was held at the/,;.
i .j. .. ; , ^Johnstone Funeral Home on Mon-.
ri ?n-^JJrlday 'with, internment in South
months, Donald McLellan of the
Elginfield district had his barn
flattened bv cyclonic winds. In iikiveii d/>d<t*d ▲ it-
i June his first barn went down UlSVtIL rUKI KAI I
'arid had just been replaced by a Ap I ATE MINISTER
new aluminum sheeted structure/-' c fVli pi ■ J I EIK
TO PLAY PIPES AT BARN
OPENING, FIND IT FLAT
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Kinloss Cemetery.
Last Friday’s storm, which broke* - •
the heat wave, destroyed the new * A • portrait of the Very Rey.
barn, flattening it to the cement Charles ;H. MacDonald, for a
walls. ’ Two boys in the stable Iciuarfer century minister of Luck-'
escaped injury by remaining in now Presbyterian church and one
■ ;xvide—while—the—bam—crashed—over-—trme—x_moder-citor—of—-th e—Gc-rie-ral—
head. ' ■ I Assembly was . recently unveiled
I t-_ . u j ! j 1 at the David Perrie Memorial, A barn dance was scheduled. Ca .at Kin(ai].
fpr that evening, and four local | ,Dr.w MacDonald had
pjpers, Frank MacKenz^. W^ of the r{me moVe(.g in
•and -Archie Mc.Qu.llan and- D; A. thg-egtabiishmenf of ‘the summer
MacLennan. were scheduled, to: caf) u^d, on] b th synod 0{;
open the.-festivities with bagpipe . Hamilton' and 'London' ahd ■ had
selections. They reached Jhe Me-i.been assOciated With the under-
Lellatt farm to find the barn flat . takjMg jor many years,
and the neighborhood dumfound. | The portrait .^/s. unveiled -by
et - Ly xueco Sd cafasfaophe his sort, the 'Rev. R. D„ MacDon-
which did other, dajhage in the. aId 6f Tilisonburg. .and received
^irnnty. -/....... ■ • !.bv the Rev.. F. .T. Rarr hf Sthhf-
Twq ibig trees beside the Me-
LelUh home, which escaped’the
June, blast, Were twisted off. on
the stump on FHday.. Asphalt
shingles which had replaced
wooden shingles stripped off the
house iri June stood on end after,
■ j fry the Rev. F. J. Barr of Strat-'
ford. The. Rev. W. B. Mitchell of
Kincardine conducted- the service,
assisted <by the' Rev. ,P. .Schissler
of Innerkip; and the Rev. Wil- .
liam LatVson of Lbamingtbn. Tbe
memoria 1 address was given ,by.
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Friday’s blast and torrential rairi 1 erich, and fcersohal remiriisence
beat in arid ran down through * of .Dr. MacDonald's part in the
the. ^ilirig" 6f this newly redec*: camp’s development by" the Rev.'! *
crated house. ;■ ' • John Pollock of Wingham. ■
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