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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, NOV, 25th, 1953
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but Lucknow^s . “was nicer’*:
Spirited Move Started To
Revive Local Service Club
HAS GOLD-RIMMED GLASSES
OVER CENTURY 0LD
While rummaging’ through
some old .keepsakes the other
day, Mj. J. R. McNab came
upon ar pair of glasses which
are 110 years old.
The frames are of pure
gold, and the lenses were
hand ground.
« Engraved, in the gold frame
are the words “From Dr. Gil
bert. McNab to his father,
1843’’. The recipient was Ken-
% nedy McNab of Scotland,
grandfather of Mr. J. R. Mc
Nab, to whom they .r-vf ere
eventually handed down by
his father, John McNab. f
A-spirited^movens^dn-foot to
revive and rejuvenate the .Clans
men Club,. Which has been in
active, for some time; 1
. At . a meeting op Monday night
it was a question of whether to
fold up and make way for a
service club with national apd
international connections, or to
continue and revive the local
club.
There were seventeen of the
twenty-eight members present at
the meeting and it was felt that
there are certain financial’ advan
tages to operating a local club.
The meeting was in accord that
never was an active service club
more essential in the Village
, than at present.
To pave the way for Whatever
course the meeting might decide,
the resignations were tendered
and accepted of President W. V.
Johnston; vice president, H. M.
MacLehnan and secretary-treas
urer E. H. Agnew.
Upon unanimously deciding to
continue the Clansmen Club, an
interim executive was set up to
“review7 and revise the constitu
tion and submit their recommen
dations at a meeting n£xt week..
This interim executive; is com-,
posed of chairman, Chas. \ Web-
ster; vice chaiimam Wm. Schmid;
secretary, Gordon Fisher; direct-
•. ors, E. H. Agnew and Stuart
• Collyer. '
The, group was organized as an
Areha Clulb ‘back in 19315 and in
the spring of 1938 adopted the
title of The Clansmen, a name
submitted by W. -L. MacKenzie
in;>clui>namingeontest.
In the years that followed the
Club was very active in pro-
mpting the Arena, financing wel
fare Work including glasses and
tonsilectomies, sending smokes
overseas, and the final project,
the Recreational. Centre, which
_- depleted the Club’s resources.
A deficit of upwards to- $40.00
> was personally liquidated by the
members at Monday’s meeting to
' • clear the slate for the re-organ
izing .program. The Clansmen — — v:- -■———have-ralsed-and-sperYHocallynDver*w^ere~the-Township-€ouiTCTl“ha^
$12,000 during the past years, and
enthusiasm ran high, on Monday
night that the Club can and will
still play a major roll of civic
. promotion in the Sepoyown.
. A. vote of thanks was tendered 4 ed the7 retjring reeye and
warden of Huron, Cecil Johnston.
Elmer had previously served for
five years as' councillor. -
There is a possibility that he
may seek a fourth term as* reeve;
Members of Council , are. John
Bradley,. Andrew Ritchie, .Ken
neth MacKenzie and Cecil Blake.
The. latter qualified to fill the
vacancy when Mr. Graham step-,
ped up. ’
All .four councillors were re*,
elected a year ago,'in an election
for councillors only Jhd which
resulted in“The^^\d^ of, ToHri
Kelly, the. new ; aspirant.
--Th er e-4s-^no--”doubt--that“there-i
are members on Ashfield Council
that have reeyeship aspirations,
No one is saying who will take
the step, or when. ;
West Wawanosh
In West Wawanosh Reeve Har
old Gaunt is completing. His sec-
ond/term. He is also a member Of.
the Huron County Roads Com
mittee. Harold was elected by ac
clamation two years ago, suc^'.
ceeding Everett . Finnigan,, who
as reeve to accept, the post of
Bruce County assessor;’
West Wawanosh Councillors in
clude Ben Johnston, Gordon
Sfrirthers, John burn in;; all vet
eran^ by point of service, and
Harvey CUl'bert who has served
two year's on the Board. He fill
ed the vacancy caused when Mr,
•Gaunt took over the reeveship.;
• As to “what’s cooking” in West-
Wawanosh we haven’t .heard a
thirig. ’ . * , ' ' ’
NOMINATE FRIDAY
IN TOWNSHIPS
Friday is nomination day in
Ashfield, Kinlpss and? West- Wa
wanosh Townships and there are
some pre-ndminatipn _ rumblings
of pending elections, stemming ih
some quarters, it ‘ seems; chiefly
due to ihigher tax bills. .
^’1 . Bust what, if anything, happens
" in any or all the adjacent muni-
^i^alitiesTTs^nybod^ guess.
There have been rumors of an
election in Kinloss, Ibut ' with
ReeveW)ave Carruthers a candi
date forAthe wardenship if elect
ed, a contest that would include/
the reeveship seems unlikely
Reeve Carruthers was elected
by, acclamation three years ago,
and has been returned without
opposition each year
Councillors at that time, Decem
ber 1950, were elected by ballot
as follows, Harold Percy, P. A.
Murray, Farish Moffat and Dan
T. McKinnon.
Reports have it that there may
be some questions asked about
the $12,000 grant to/ Wingham
Hospital, but these too, may fail
to materialize.
Hospital Question In Ashfield
Thp hospital question is likely
to be to the fore in Ashfield,
as yet neither accepted or reject
ed their 4 percent share in the
. amount of $8,000.
Reeve Elmer Graham has fill
ed that chair for three years,
since elected by acclamation to
LOCAL NIMRODS BAG BUCK
AND DOE ON MANITOULIN
A party of local hunters re
turned from Manitouliri Island at
the week-end with a big buck
and a doe as" itheir bag< The big'
fellow, officially regarded as/ap
18-point buck/was shot by Blake
Alton and dressed 200 pounds.
The points do . not indicate^ the
age, we are told, but are effected-
more by conditions under \vhich
■they live, especially in regard to
food supply. '
The doe was shot by Tom Hack
ett. t Others in the ■ party were
George Whitby, Grant Ruther
ford, Lou Whitmore Of Blyth arid
Lloyd Hutton of Wingham.
for their faithful services as pre
sident .and secretary from the
time the Club was formed. The
retiring president advised that j
in the future the Club adopt a
policy of changing executive* of
ficers every two years.
W. W. HILL MASON
FOR FIFTY/YEARS
' At the November meeting
Old Light Lodge, A.F. & A.M.;
last-weekT^^
was presented with his fifty-year
Masonic jewel. The' presentation
Was made by T; J. Salkeld, see--
., retaty Of Old Light, and in re
plying Mr. Hill did someremin.-
iscihg on, the changes’ he has
seen in Masonic circles in the
half century.
' “W.W.” joined Tudor Lodge,.
No. 147, Mitchell, ,in; 1903. He
came to Lucknow in July of 1904>
and immediately transferred his
—-membership^hcroT —~?.
strong was master that' year.
Mr. Hill became treasurer .of.
. Old Light, in 1918 and held the
office fo/ thirly*fiye years until
his retirement iat the first bf this
year. •He is a charter member of the
. local Chapter of the Royal Arch
Masons< and Was the first mem-
< ber to* join the Order in“May dr
> 1005. He has been treasurer .Of
the ^Chapter for 41 years, , and1
continues io hold this office.-
SEEK COMMUNITY
HALL AT KINTAIL
A public .meeting will be held
on- Thursday eyeningbf this week
at jCintail Hall, to discuss -the
matter-of establishing a cdmmun-
ity/hall at Kintail.. ■
The. project is being sponsored
by the Rintail Women’s Institute,
and it is hoped\to promote it un-
,d er—-the ■ ■ C ommun i ty—-Hal 1 s ■ ■ •Acetr
Jerry Montgomery, Huron County
Ag<' Rep, - will- be .present, and
Steve Stothers is slated , to act
,;as! chairman. '. ' . • ; ,
Anydne interested is.- invited to
attend, Lunch will be served.
The Kiri tai 1/Hall which fS priv*
ately owned, ..has been used? by
■the Institute to some degree^ but
4s 4n a ’ state - of- disrepair* that
Will present a. major undertaking
to move, remodel and equip if
td $roviaO a modern halt .
EIGHT PAGES
STEELE MacKENZIE DIRECTOR CHRISTMAS SEAL
OF U.S. INSURANCE GROUP - ~
Steele C. MacKenzie, assistant
general manager of the Domin<
ipn_„Lifev_„Assurance Company?
Waterloo, has been elected a. dir
ector of the .Life Insurance Agr
ericy Management Association in
Hartford, jCcjpn. • • ’
The announcement, was made in
Chicago, where Mr. MacKenzie
has been attending the conven
tion. *
Steele is ,a son of; Mrs. R. V,
MacKenzie of towh,. and Luck
now friends xwill be pleased to
hear of this important appoint
ment. —*•
The annual Christmas
campaign, proceeds, of which are
misednn the constant war against
tuberculosis, .have again been
distributed mails in
this community. .
v The campaign is on^a county -
wide basis under the direction of
the County organization. • The
Clansmen Club is the local spon
soring organization. »
Donations -are made at the
Bank of Montreal, Lucknow.
Miss Hazel Culbert, local hair
dresser, underwent an appendect
omy in Kincardine Hospital on
Saturday night. It is uncertain
when she will be able to resume
her 'work.
Night classes in basic English
for New Canadians, in commer
cial and shfep work courses will
definitely be held at ;the Luck
now District ‘ High School, but
the opening date has not yet been
set.
.Final approval from the De
partment has to be received be
fore the courses will start.
MISSES GUINEAS
BY A WHISKER
- --Murray-Gauntr-soir of“Mr.;"ahd"“
. Mrs, Andrew / Gaunt of West ;
Wawanosh j had the top Shorthorn ’
steer in the»4?H Club c<WP^itiOn
at the Royal Winter Fair;
In topping the Shorthorn class;,
Murray’s steer qualified for the
coveted Queen’s Guineas compe
tition but he lost out- by a whisk
er. Qbservers said they neVer saw
three animals—One from each of
■the beef classes^—so evenly mat
ched before and a good many
Who watched the judging were
‘betting” on Murray’s Shorthorn
to take it. ‘ .
The winner was an Aberdeen-
Angus steer owned by Ross Gra
ham, a 17-year-old Paflmerstoh
district lad. The prize ;has a value
‘ of $250 and the champion brought
| the comparatively fabulous price
of $2.25 a pound on the auction
block..
The Gaunt steer, which weigh
ed 875 pounds, sold for 41c.
There were 46 Angus, 43 Here
ford and 38 Shorthorns shown in
new schom orvFriday evening of '-their respective—classes ^to^pick^
[ the Guineas finalists. ♦Only other
j member from the Lucknow 4-H
Club. to exhibit a calf was Barry
! McQuillin. Barry’s calf was in
I the second prize group, weighed
I 950 lbs. and sold at 30%c.
I Boys 14 to 21 are eligible to
compete in the century-old Guin-
H< S. COMMENCEMENT
FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK
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I The Lucknow District High
School Commencement will be
held in the auditorium of the
mexUweek? '■ ■ / • ‘ , ' ~ ■
The iguest speaker fOr the oc
casion is Mr. Joseph Connel, sec
retary of the Kitchener-Waterloo
Y.M.C.A. He comes very highly
recommended and will have both
an „ entertaining and worthwhile
address. ' ' ... - __
. There will be selections by the eas competition instituted during
Band and Glee Club. Norma Sher-
wood will give the valedictorian
“address and Wm. Conron. of
Wingham will be the soloist.
the reign of King Edward VII.
Dad Did Well Too
Murray - wasn’t stealing all the
honors? for his Dad did well also
at the Royal. The Gaunt herd
FORM. FARM FORUM a ft*- 5th> ,7th „arif 13th-
• ua Kkt A A Thelr senlor yearling heifer wasIN Mr. Mr AMfANO$H tops in her class, in which 28 ani-
" ? ~ " | mals were shown. She stood next
, A Farm Forum group has been to the reserve champion. They
organized in West Wawanosh and 'also had the 7th place animal in
for the past couple of weeks the this class. They won 5th for the
group ihas met in the Township two-year-old heifer and 13th for
Hall. u It has been organized as the summer yearling.
a township Forum, but it is hoped
that the movement may spread
and other groups will stem from
the parent body..-
The grdUp was organized at a
meeting on Monday, November
16th, at which County Farm For-
Um officials were present. They
included Charles Coultes, past
BROKE COLLAR BONE
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■ Al Bakerson of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Baker, is going around with
his arm in a sling these days. He
suffered a broken collar bone
when he slipped and fell while playing^ru^y^t^tlm^Ublic
School grounds last Thursday.
“NEVER SAW ANYTHING
AS NICE”, AS NEW SCHOOL
In his opening remarks at
the Ladies’ Night concert on
Friday, Master of Ceremonies
Bern Conway said, “We .go
al! pyar: aiid X’yejneveri seen •;
anything as nice as your new
school, inside and out”. ’
Later in the evening, after
he, had an opportunity to look
beyond the auditorium; he
added that they had . just
. completed a $750,000 school
in Londoni which isn’t J, -2, 3—
with ypur„ $270,000 building”.
? Another compliment was
paid by a lady who lives
within the Walkerton School
District She said“ that, the -----y*'" 77””^ *7— -__•___ _________________________-Walk^rtnn bigger X0JX^yi^aiim)an^Mn&r--Gerdon- -RODERietC—CAMPBELL DIES
77 Firsts At 11 Fairs
The Royal winds up the show
season at the Gaunt farm and a
cheek-up“^hows^h^^KeiFBhdft<.
horn herd won 77 first prizes at 111 fairs this fall, and won second .
[ place on forty occasions.
Greig, present county ehairman,
and Mr. Greig, county secretary.
Gordon MacTavish, president
of the West Wawanosh Federation
of Agriculture, presided at the
organization meeting. Mrs? Wm.
Kinahan was elected secretary of
the group. , .
The second meeting was 4i.eld
On “Monday night with: Albert
Taylor as chairman. It was re
view night.
The death of Roderick Camp
bell occurred . at his home in
Lucknow early Tuesday morn
ing. A native of Kinloss Town
ship, he Was in his 79th year. The
funeral service will be held on
Thursday afternoon at 2.00 p.m.
at the McLennan - MacKenzie
Memorial Chapel, conducted by
Rev. G.S. Baulch. Interment will
be in South Kinloss Cemetery.
Banquet Speaker Cites Ways That
Drive Young People From Farms .
the Huron Federation; stressed
that there were hot enough—-less
than '3(k—farm forum, units;imthe . County and they are noticeably /
lacking in Ashfield. - .. —
• Steve Stothers had the crowd
in4the, usual uproar before he ex
pressed bis pleasure at being pre
sent and harked back to his
Rep. days in Huron County
Ashfield.. •
John Hanna noted that
Federation Js gaining ground
.forsaW, a great future, marked by
progress -and. prosperity in Oh-’ ■
tario and;-Canada; Mr, Hanna re
ferred to .the plan being' worked
out by the Ontario Department. „
of Agriculture to have a farm'
program televised oh the, ’new
London station. . ..
Set Provincial Record
. Harold Baker,‘Huron Co. assiste '
ant Ag, Rep, referred to Murray ,,
Gaunt’s success ,at Toronto a’n^
said that fourteen 4-H Clubs in
the County had 100 percent corn- ,
plotion to set a Provincial record.,, ,
There were '347*?juniors in 4-H
Work during the’year? ;
He passed on the idea of Ash- '
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Suggestions on how to /keep
young people on the farm were
handed out to Tuesday night by
Bob Carbert, CKNX farm edi
tor, who was guest speaker at the
-AshffeldT'Fedef'ation of AgricuL-
ture, annual meeting and banquet
held ih the Recreational, Centre.
Lucknow Women’s institute
catered and the large gathering
Was well stuffed’ With turkey arid
dll that goes with if to'fortify
them for tbe intefesting^1^ Hour1
meeting which followed.
President Jack MacKenzie pre
sided and Mrs. Duncan Simpson
‘was accdmpdhisf’ for a sirtg song
.ted by Ray Dalton? who also sang
-trcuuute of solos,.. i'/"'• ■" ' ■.~
•^Reevd S; E. Hoberlson welcom
ed the’ Federation >to Lucknow
and yice-ipresident Bill Culbert
introduced ^those at the head
table, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gra
ham, Mr. and Mrs, Wilfred Short-
reed, Gordon Gregg, ErRobert- :
son, Howard Blake, Mr« and Mrs.
Jack, MacKenzie, ■ Harold Baker;
Mr, ’and Mrs. Bdb McKercher.
Bob Carbert, Steve Stothers arid
John Hanna, M.Pj?:
^Mr< McKercher, president of