The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-04-28, Page 1$2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.EIQHT PAGES ■4-LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1954 9
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.1Revival Of "The Games1* Given
Setback By Poor Attendance
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The movement aimed at a re-
vival of The Caledonian Games
in Lucknow received a’ setback
L. 'by the poor attendance: at the
public meeting held? last Wednes^.
day night. There were about 20
in attendance,, with about a half
dozen business places on Main
Street represented.
The; meeting had ‘been given
wide publicity, apd had been
“talked up”. As one of the pro
moters commented, “I had 25
people promise me they’d be here
^pd I don’t see one of them”.
Purpose of the meeting was to
discuss the pros and cons of re
viving . “The Games”, for which
Lucknow, and District was.inter
nationally famous before the turn
of the century, and with this'
traditional background it is felt
by some that Lucknow is a “nat
ural” for air annual “big day”
of-this type. ■ . g
There does appear to bfe a good
deah of interest' in the" project,
but on the basis of last Wednes
day night’s attendance it could
. be assumed to be of the passive
“let George do it” type.
Those in attendance Wednes
day were favorable, to reviving
‘The Games” and felt they could
be a success. Financial backing
i was the problem that concerned
some, while others felt that they,
ri^dnotwprrysomuchonfhat
score if sufficient active interest
was in evidence.
One. plan fqr financial support
was a blitz canvass of the district
.. for membership in the Society at
a small noininal fee. This, how-
ever, would takri a good number
Time Too Short
Jjn view of the turnout, the or
ganization of a Caledonian Soc
iety-was not possible at Wednes
day night's meeting. Such-action,
it was felt, would Have been
essential if the project was to be
proceeded^ with this year. •[
Two Alternatives
There were two alternatives
which the meeting saw. One that
- a committee meet with the Pipe
Band £ Executive to discuss the
possibility of a co-operative xef-
fort in staging a tattoo and bring-,
ing in a “big name” band.
The other, that possibly a well,
known promoter of “The Games”
in other centres, might undertake
to promote (the project here for
the initial come-back effort.
Wednesday night’s meeting was
presided oyer by Kenneth Cam
eron, who outlined what had
" been done to date in an effort to
■' create enthusiasm for a revival
of the day that once made Luck
now famous.
The various speakers, while
recognizing the many problems
associated with, such :an under
taking, were'" optimistic that it
could foe done, and while there
was keen disappointment express
ed over the attendance, some
were, cheerful enough even to
suggest that this was to be ex-
pected\at an initial meeting.
—— Among--those—whq—expressed-
their views were L. C. Thomp
son, S. B. Stothers, Mr./and Mrs?
Jim MacNaughton, Cecil Blake,
reeve of Ashfield, Alex MacKen
zie, Frank MacKenzie, H. D.
- Thompson, Wilfred McQuillan,
Russ Button, Garnet Henderson,
Roy Finlayson, fC. C. Murdie,
M ord on Montgomery, Victor
Baker. 7 '. < '
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KEP. IN HOSPITAL TO UNDERGO SURGERY
£
& X- ‘‘Gerry” Montgomery,
genial agricultural representative
«>r Huron CoUnty, <was taken to
Clinton Public Hospital last week
sb Crhergericy operation from
Which he is recoverying. as well
• expected. A second operation
js scheduled. for next week.—
Ghntori News-Record.
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MOTHER AND CHILDREN
FLEVVEASTFROMYUKON
—Mf^HaH^GampbelWtndMwb-
children,’ Brock and Loree, are
visitors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Cyril Campbell of Ashfield,
having arrived by TjC.A. at Mal-
ton airport on Saturday,
Their home is at Mayo Land
ing in the Yukon, between, flaw-
son City and Whitehorse. The
first leg of their flight was from
the Yukon to Edmonton.
Harry and his brother-in-law
are in, the .garage business at’
Mayo Landing.
Week-end visitors at the Camp
bell home were the four Camp-’
bell sisters,., and their families,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer. Harlton,.
Mary Helen and Tommy of St.
Marys; Mr. and Mrs. Vic Kanna-
pin and Marilyn of Kitchener.;
Miss Eileen Campbell of Kitch
ener; Mr. and Mrs; Ross Gam-
mie, Garry, Bryan arid Dale.
Organize Auxiliary Branch
A r branch of the Ladies’ Aux
iliary to the Canadian Legion has
been organized , at Ripley. Of
ficers are: pres., > Mrs. Murray
Pollock; vice presidents, Mrs.
Don Mason, Mrs. Bill McCreath;
recording sec., Mrs. Roy Bradley;
corresponding sec.,: Mrs. Beth
McLeod; treasurer, Mrs. Wilmer
McKay; standard bearer, Mrs. .Al
lan. Wylds; chaplain, Mrs. Hazel
MacDonald,
JOHNSTON FAMILY
GOES TO TORONTO
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Dr. and Mrs. W. V. Johnston
vacated their Lucknow home the
first of the week and have moved
to Toronto to take up residence.
The Doctor has been in Toronto
for the past few weeks since
assuming his new duties as Exe
cutive Director of the Co|lege of
General Practice,
In going to Toronto Mrs. John-
stqn is returning to her former
home city. She came to Lucknow
as a bride some twenty-nine
years ago and, in the intervening
years played an • important role
in social, civic and church act
ivities, and made many friends
■here. ./*,;r’ . ■
On Friday evening a number
of friends were entertained at
the home of/Mrs. Wz. L. Mac-.
Kenzie, when Mrs. Johnston was
presented with a junior mixmas
ter. .
Their daughter, Nancy, a Grade
IX student at Lucknow District
High School, Will, finish out the
term here, and is staying at the
home of Mr, and Mrs. John Kil
patrick.
Dr. Johnston’s practise and
premises has been taken over by
Dr. M. H. Corrin, and the Corrin
family will move to their new
home this week. They had tem
porarily been occupying the res
idence of the late John MacMil
lan on Main St., which is now be-
7ing offered—for-sale^-————i—
SCOUT PAPER COLLECTION
WAS HUGE SUCCESS
The Lucknow Boy Sco.ut waste
paper collection which was held
last Thursday was a huge suc
cess. There was about ten tons
of material collected and it was
shipped that same afternoon in
a big tractor trailer that was on
hand to, be loaded as the salvage
came in,. : 1 ...."™
A boUble of Dungannon mem-
^__i_^^^S^tit^Troop~hadnbeem
busy in that village and had col
lected quite a quantity which was
included in Thursday’s shipment.
Locally, a considerable amount
had also been left at the storage
depot in the community shed.
It is expected that another cqL
lehtion. will be, held' at a |ater
date.
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PEACE CRUSADE
VISITS DISTRICT
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. On April 23rd and 24th, the
Pilgrim Virgin Statue, of the Lady
of Fatima visited the district of
St.—Augustine—and—Lucknow^
There is a very important mess-
age f or._peace. in our .world which
goes with this visit,. Most ’people,
Catholic and non-Catholic alike
recall the book published a itew
years ago called “The Song, of
Bernadette” and later the movie
produced by Hollywood of this
book, under the . same title. This
book and movie told millions of
.people the world over 'of the
apparitions in Lourdes, France,
of the Blessed. Virgin Mary in
1858 to the girl. Bernadette/The
story of the apparitions of the
Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima,
Portugal in 1917 carry a similar
plea for penance and prayer. Six.
apparitions were given to three
shepherd children at. Fatima in
1917 during the First World War
on the 13th of each, month from,
May to October.
For seven years statues carved
to bring but as closely as possible
what the Mother of Jesus looked
like in the apparitions have been
taken from Fatima, Portugal and carried by land, and sea, and ait
to be. used as an object lesson
to bring this- message tp the
world. This plan has developed
into a veritable crusade of pen
ance and. prayer to bring peace
to our war-torn world befpre it
4s_destroyed_and—enslavedby-
Godlessness hate, arid greed for
power.
Father Patrick Moore, of the
Scarboro Foreign ^Mission, Scar-
boro Bluffs, Ontario, who visited
this district with one of the Pil
grim Virgin statues and preached
the message has been travelling
for *six^yeafswoh'this' particular
and unique mission. He has cov
ered 180,000 miles by land and
sea and air.
In September 1953 he began a
tour of the Catholic Diocese of
London, which will terminate
May 25th, when he will move bn
to another country. In these six
years he hris preached in nearly
all the Caribbean Sea Islands,
through South America* Alaska
and many places in Cdnadri.
The manner of carrying the
statue of Our Lady of Fatima
atop- the Ave- Maria-sound truck-
and reciting enroute from town
to. town the prayer of the Rosary
is, carried out to beg God’s bless
ing and protection th rough/the
intercession of the Blessed Vir
gin Mary upon all peoples, homes
and families .of whatever relig
ious denomination. Generally a
motorcade of cars accompanies
the Ave Maria/van from town
to town. /s'
Father Moore has preached to
thousands in other countries in
the. streets over loud speakers.
In South American countries he
has talked in capital cities oyer
the radio, warning against the
godlessness and the slavery of
Communism/He has been inspir
ed by the good will of ,non-Cath-
olics everywhere to the appeal
for prayer and penance to save
our world arid to save souls; He
feels that even yet if men in
general will , only listen and live
better, lives America may yet be
saved from the heavy threat
which now hangs over us of an
all-out war which’ will spell de
struction of many of our, larger
cities. His cru^Ade will -go to
other countries and other parts
of Canada. Godlessness, he says,
cannot'forever reigiV and God’s
peace will eventually be given
to our country and to the world.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
UNDERGOING OPERATIONA • • • ■ •. ••• • . « - • .......... -
Mr. Wm.. MacDonald of
Lucknow'. District. High School
teaching staffs entered St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, during-
the Easter vacatiori. and as a re-
sUltof.the“check-up“is“this“week
scheduled to undergo. surgery, ,
^Mr^GQcfirahe^of^vthe"Ohtan 0”
College of Education has been
secured temporarily to supply for
Mr. MacDonald. . ..
WINS UNIVERSITY
SCHOLARSHIP
Billy Armstrong, a student in
chemical engineering at Queen’s
University, Kingston, has been
awarded a $900 scholarship for
post-graduate studies..
pill has won a scholarship each
"year at Queens,; with this, -year’s
award'the. most valuable of ail.
He graduates at the end of the
current term. His Dad
graduate of Queens.
. Bill , is . the son. of Mr.
Malcolm Armstrong of
thur. His mother was
Bessie Murdie;
is also a
and Mrs.
Port Ar-
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Arrive From Holland
Mr. and Mrs. Simon de Boor
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dick de
Boor arrived from : Harlingen;
Holland, recently, after a journey
of fourteen days. They are;visit
ing at h the homes of their two
Sons on the 2nd Concession of
Kinloss Township. ’ .
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WEEK-END BOOST
FOR BENEFIT FUND
A' week-end follow-up to the
benefit dance staged last week
for Sid Gardner saw the fund
substantially increased by dona-
tions“totalUng$134:00^The_fund
was kept open until the first of ^Ju^^v^le^hen ^- dt^ti—-
$83.00 were received at Webster
r and McKinnon . Hardware and
$48.00 at The , Sentinel Office.
Donations received at. these
two centres up to Wednesday of
last week, plus the dance and
lunch counter proceeds, totalled
$537.40. Follow-up donations of
$134.00, have , raised the total to
$671.40.
This does not include donations
received at the Community Sale
which .rank the figure to well over
.the $800--mark'. '
Deeply Touched •
When last week’s j Sentinel
reached Sid in his .hospital bed
in Victoria Hospital, he was deep
ly touched by the kindness of
1 he folk of this commi^nity.
Sid’s1 condition continues to
improve. The left forearm, and
elbow which was badly shattered
in addition to other' injuries, is
now responding to treatment.'
7he arm ha^ td be set three
times. Finally it was pinned, and
the attending doctor is now sat
isfied’ that it Will be* Q.K.
It is expected that the cast will
be taken off the amputated limb
on Thursday, when the condition
of tihe limb will determine the
next step to -be takem ----- --——
Sid will be up. on crutches at
the earliest possible date, but
that will be impossible for a few
weeks until the cast is off the
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BLIND TEACHER
HELPING THE BLIND
Home teaching of the blind—
by the blind—is underway in
Huron County this week, one of
the many services provided ..by
The Canadian .National .Institute
for the Blind from the $5,400
raised in the county campaign
for funds last fall.
Miss Susan Miller, member of
CNIB’s. Home teaching staff, ha^s
been helping a blind, deaf bro
ther and sister at" Dungannon, a
,lady„.PJi .a farm hortludiLGoder-
ich, and a boy at Seaforth.
The Seaforth boy is receiving
pre-school training in preparation
for his formal” education.
Miss Miller, who is almost com
pletely blind ^herself, is attached
to the St< Catharines CNIB of<
fice. She is spending two weeks
in Huron County on this visit,
teaching braille, handicrafts and
other skills -to county blind.
< „ Huron County gave $5,400 to
CNIB’s operating fund campaign
early last fall, $1,500 from a
County, Council .grant, $3,900 by
“pUWc subscription. “
PURSE PRESENTED
KINLOUGH COUPLE
A social evening was held oh
Wednesday night of last week at
Johnston’s Corners School, near
Walkerton, in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Porter, who moved
recently from that neighborhood
to the Kinlough community.
An evening of dancing, was en
joyed and at lunch time Mr. and
Mrs. Porter were presented with
a purse of money by James Rich
ardson, after Morris Tolton had
read the following address;
Kind Friends and Former Neigh
■ ibors,
We have learned with profound
regret that you have moved from
-Our-immediate-vicinityv-and-haveMacDonald,
gathered here tonight to pay tri
bute to you. , .
i Your uhselfish spirit and in
numerable deeds, of hospitality,
coupled .With ypur constant cheer
fulness, has xated out deepest
appreciation and esteem. ■
.You and your, family''will be
greatly missed in our community
life, and trust we rnay be favor
ed with yoUr presence at our.
social activities, at least Occasion
,ally^.^<...^.........
■ May you , have hfealth/ ^happi-
2nessL. and,prosperit y. showeredon
you and yours iin abundant meas
ure in your new home*
As a. slight toketuof our friend
ship we ask you to please accept
this pu^se 'as a reminder of the
time, ymi ,spent in. our neighbor
hood* ' . , . •
Your friends arid former neigh-.
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VARIETY CONCERT
B|G KINTAIL HIT
The Kintail community hall
was packed to capaciay on Wed
nesday for a variety concert
sponsored by the Women’s Insti
tute, with proceeds for the hall
fund. The event was a &riash hit
with local “artists” excelling
fhemselves on the stage.
Donald Blue was chairman and-
the epneert opened with O Can
ada, followed by “The Family
Album”, with Mrs. Reynolds, age
87, as the grandmother, showing
Jithe^bumlL4o^er-little-gr-arid——
daughter, 8-year.-old Kathlepn
Dalton. Others taking part were
Beverley McKenzie, Mirs. Fred
MacGregor, Mrs. Henry McKen
zie, Mrs. Stewart McLennan, Mrs. ■
George Moncrief, Mrs. Wm. John
ston, Mrs. Hughie McKenzie, Mrs.
Archie McMurchy, MrS. Jerry
Dalton and Mrs, Martha O’Neil.
Kintail School pupils gave a
musical number, followed by a
quartette by “Mrs. Jack Collinson, ‘
Mrs. Jack McKenzie, Mrs. Stew
art McLennan and Mrs;- Bob
Simpson; Scotch dancing by
Elaine MacIntyre arid Marion
MacLennan; a radio show with
Jack Gould as master of cere
monies and Colin Howes as radio
announcer; duet by. Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan Simpson; chairman’s ad
dress; male, quartette, Allan Mc
Lean,. Diinoan Simpson, Finlay
.' 1,—Elmer—-MacKenziOj——
tap dancing by Mrs. Glasgow,
Auburn; solo, Ray Dalton; piano
number, Mrs. Duncan ' Simpson;
a skit by Colin Howes, Mrs, Ste
wart -McLennan and Nancy and
Mrs. Harvey .Hagedorn; solo, E1-*
mer, MacKenzie; accordion selec
tion, Peter Leirman.;. . _ '
Highlight of the evening was
the fashion show with < “gowns =
modelled” by Harvey Haigedorn, ‘
Grant Earrish,/.John MacKenzie,
zie as twins, Finlay McDonald,
^Jaol^Cpllinson^-^RayJDaltoh-^ang---.—
“Easter Parade” with the “mod
els” joining in. The cdmnfentatbr ’
was Mrs. Dave McKenzie.
“The program concluded
remarks by the president,
&ay. Dalton.
Accopipariists WP^ Mts.
can Simps,on and Mrs, Danilo- •
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