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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-05-12, Page 1in HURON CO. CROP REPORT Legion. WON WRIST WATCHThe V 1 HOLD CHILD HEALTH CONFERENCE MONTHLY CHILDREN BAPTIZED AT MOTHER’S DAY SERVICE RETURN FROM MISSION FIELD TO BE DELAYED SHOWER AT KINGARF FOR SPRING BRIDE I ' ■’ . TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCH GENERAL PRACTICE PLAN EIGHT PAGES$2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY 12th, 1954 local kirk holds anniversary Anniversary services at the Lucknow Presbyterian Church were observed on Sunday, exact­ ly sixty-four years* /to the day since the opening and dedication of the present church. It was - on May /9thr 1890rthat1 RevHWmr McLaren of Knox College con­ ducted the services and ceremony . that brought to fulfillment the new church, a project; that was started after the union of the two Presbyterian congregations in Lucknow — Knox, and St. And­ rews. The new church was simp-1 ]y termed “The Lucknow Pres­ byterian Church*’. The church was built during the ministry of Rev. Angu§ Mac- / Kay, whose nephew, Dr. R. G. MacKay, of Thamesford, conduct­ ed the services here on Sunday. Rev. MacKay, now retired, Was a former minister at Walkerton and at. Tivert’on, and while at Tiverton acted as interim-mod­ erator, of the Walkerton congre­ gation, at the .time that Rev. Wm. A. Henderson accepted , the call to that church. Rev. Henderson \yas present at. Sunday night’s service and closed with prayer. The service in the United Church was withdrawn and Rev. G. A. Meiklejohn took the scripture reading for Rev. MacKay. Dr. Mpc£ay’s subject in the morning was “Choose Ye This Day” and in the evening “The Problem of a Square Deal*’. ——Speci^l~mirsrc was "rendered iby" the. choir tinder the direction of Organist Norman Taylor. A lad­ ies’ trio of Mrs; J. Waspey, Mrs. R. Forster and Mrs. S. Jamieson sang “Eternal Love” at the morn­ ing service and in the evening Miss Roszella Mullin assisted them in the quartette rendition of “Are . You Living For . Saviour”.' ■ \ . “MALE” GOPHER HAD LITTER OF YOUNG ONES While Bill Ritchie was visiting in the West with his parents, he aid everything from trapping gophers to branding cattle. A couple of gophers which he trapped were uninjured and Bill decided to bring one of them back East for the novelty of it. The female was disposed of and the .‘male” gopher picked^ for the trip to Sepoyville. But, to the sur­ prise of everyone, this gopher had four little ones before leav­ ing the West. They were quickly despatched, but Bill has the mother caged up here, and which is causing considerable interest , among those who have never seen this western species grounds hog. TO REFOREST KINLOSS FARM First step in the reforestation ’ of the form of the late Alexander MacKinnon wa^ taken last week ■when Bruce County forestry inen, aided by. about 100 public school children from Hurpn Twp. —^choolsr^eFput^sbme“8;600 con­ iferous trees on eight acres. This 200-acre rolling farm is situated about two miles east of the “Bjg Church”, on the. Second • Concession, Kinlbss. On this farm stood a log hotise, relic of .’the pioneer era, until last June when it was destroyed iby fire and. the 85-year-old owner? Mr. Alex M.ac-* Kinhon, 'met death in a fall down the stairway after attempting to ■, the blaze, . . • ’ Bruce Reforestation Committee Purchased • this farm, “"adding ~To the large ■ ’holdings Which Bruce County now owns for reforestation purposes. ; We understand it. was pines which, were set out last week. The County forestry men used '■? luechahical tree planter and Wore ably, aided by the school Children who*<brdved a chilly day ' help, with the work. Christian Family Day. was ob­ served at the morning service in’ the Uhfted Church on Sunday, When Rev. G. A. Meiklejohn bap­ tized the following children, Linda Gail, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Murray Henderson; Nancy Pauline? daughter -of; Mrr and Mrs. Glen Walden;,Gregory John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hun­ ter; Dale Gordon, sop of,Mr‘. and Mrs. Wpi. Hunter and James Gor­ don, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Montgomery. Rev; Meiklejohn was. assisted in this special Mothers Day ser­ vice by Mr. Wilfred Drennan who read the scripture lesson and by Gladys Kilpatrick who told the children’s story. The choir rendered an anthem and a Mother’s Day song was sung by Joan Crawford, Nancy Wdb- ster, Lynn Cause, Carolyn Math­ ers, Patriciri Thompson, Mary Al­ lin, Judy Webster and Karen Burden. The next. Child Health. Confer­ ence will be held in the' Legion Halt Lucknow, on Tuesday morn­ ing, May 18th. These conferences? are held monthly on. the third Tuesday of each month, and will be continued as long as mothers with babies and pre-school-age children continue to take advan­ tage of‘them. °_______ The Conferences are conducted by personnel of the Bruce County Health Unit, .and are sponsored by the Lucknow Branch of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Canad- ion Helen Nicholson, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Nicholson of Belfast, was pleas­ antly surprised a few days ago to receive a lovely 17-jewel wrist watch in the mail. Her name w*as drawn as. the April winner in the Derrymalt box top contest. HELD INSPECTION OF L.D.H.S. CADETS TI--------------T“-------------1------------------------1--------—----------------------------—---------------------------------------- The annual Lucknow District High-School cadet inspection was held last Thursday in the arena due to the unfavorably cold wea­ ther. The cadet corps,’ under the leadership of Cadet Major Geo. Anderson, was inspected by Major B. Platt, (R.F.) 21st A|TK dFtegt. of Winghalh,. .and Lieut. J. P. Drohan, A.C.T.O. of London. Major Platt. commended the corps for their excellent showing, and said that he regretted the fact that Mr. Wm. MacDonald was unable to .be present at the inspection.. Mr. W. O. Cochrane, supply teacher for'Mr. MacDon­ ald, had very cabably taken over the instruction: and training of the corps. . Besides the usual inspection, procedure; the afternoon includ­ ed numbers by the High School “Bandrdemonstrationby-the-girls, and a route march through the village. The -officers of the. cadet corps included Comirianding Officer. George Anderson; 2nd in Com­ mand, Dan Rose; Sergeant-Major, John Jielm;-.Lieuts. Ben Moulton, Helen' Weiler, Ruth' Johnston and Betty'Stanley;- Sergeants, Geo. Richards, Irene Elphick, Shirley ■Hamilton and Beverley Stanley. The color party, and their es- -cbi^mWWirS^geantrBobr-Mm^ ton, Sergeant Al Baker, Bombar- Mowbray and .Gunner Doug-Hal-} denby. ’ . * * ’The instructors Were; chief in­ structor, Mr. V/im. MacDonald; civilian .instructors, Mr. Hedley f Burden and Mn bandmaster, Mf. P. W. Hoag; girls* instructor, Miss Jean Os-- borne; Mrs. Sandy Purdon of towii has received word from her brother, Angus MacKay, that his return from the Mission Field at Jhansb India, will likely be delayed until 1956 due tq a shortage of work­ ers. ■ ■ . The Canadian Medical Associ­ ation’s. new College for General practitioners will ibe launched, of­ ficially at the Association’s an- nual meeting at Vancouver in, June. ' Dr. W. V. Johnston is the exe­ cutive director bftherieWprOject and took over his duties recently in Toronto where an office has been set up. The college is de­ signed to improve the all-round standard of general practice medicine. ’ The’MacKay family had plah^. ned to return next year, when Angus was: due for, his furlough. On his return to Canada he will be ordained into the ministry and will accept a pastoral charge in his/homeland, from which he has been absent for a good' many years except for furloughs home. Mrr and Mrs. MacKay have two children, Donald <and Mary El­ len. Donald will return to Can-: ada in August to complete his education. . . FIREMEN HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET 4 ............ * ' • The Lucknow Fire Company’s fourth annual banquet, which has become a popular annual event, was held in the Recreational Cen­ tre on Monday evening^ when ladies of the Women’s Institute served a delicious turkey dinner to a gathering of about sixty, including Firemen, and their wives, members of the Village Council and honorary firemen and their wives. H. D. Thompson acted as chair­ man- for some impromptu after- dinner speeches. Fire Chief George Whitby made references to new equipment that had been obtained and also to a program of practice drills that are com­ ing up to keep both old and new members ■ sharp in fire fighting "methods; ; ~~~ ’ ” ~ : Ex^Chiefs Austin Solomon and K. C. Murdie were called on. W. J. Davison, the most senior honorary member recalled when they kept a team handy to hook onto the reels, and how in 1914 transportation was speeded up when he obtained a Foyd furi^ about which he frequently used for hauling the equipment. Next came the most junior member of the Company, George Taylor, who attended his first meeting last month. - Reeve S. E. Robertson recalled that at one time the Fire Com­ pany was the main relief agency in the Village and many a needy person was provided with a load of coal or wood, or other neces­ sities in time of need, not to mention the Christmas boxes for aged and shut-ins at Christmas. ~ME Robertson recalled other projects^ sponsoring of the Brass Band, the Bowling Green park, the cleaning out of the stumps from ,the mill pond (so- it could be used for boating, etc,), the purchase of the arena site, and inore recently the construction of the new Fite Hall. Mr. Robertson said that the land at the bowling green park ! was given to the. town by Dr. Wm. Connell’s grandfather, the late James Sommerville. It had originally been laid out as a Market Square, as was, so cus­ tomary and necessary in the Old Country. . The four new riiembers on the Company since^ the last banquet, Harold Gteer, Brock Cleland, Bud Hamilton and, George Taylor, were asked to “take a bow”; —Deputy-Chief—Bill-—Johnstone- thanked the’ ladies for the delic­ ious supper and Mrs. Chas.’ Cook replied. Others called on were Cam MacDonald, Jack Cook, Joe Mac­ Millan, . most recently retired member, ,Sandy MacLeod, the newest couricil member and Cam’ Thompson, ' . • Bill Bolt took group pictures of ‘ both the ladies/ and . the men: W, J, .Davison brought an in-. 1-j4eresting--rpi&ture^to-^the---meetmg-|~Gn--us-foF~-a^'g-0od-old--t-im of the 12-mari Company back in ich --acted—.as- guard -of? honor at the funeral of their late Fire Chief Wm. J. Taylor. The picture was . taken outside the Anglican Church , where the fun­ eral service Was held. . Progressive, euchre followed, with Mr, and. Mrs/ Alf Ritchie as the high cbUple, winning a towel Set. ' A shower was held in the base­ ment of Kingarf Church’ recently in honor of Mrs. John Carter (nee Donna ;Hewitt) at which she re­ ceived many lovely gifts. A pro­ gram of readings and piano music was enjoyed and lunch was ser­ ved. : Mr. and Mrsl Carter, recent newlyweds, are residing in the former home of. the late Miss Mary MacKenzie, north of Luck­ now. .Weather remains cold and wet and seeding varies throughout the County, some being complet­ ed, others not started. Fall wheat looks exceptionally good and pas­ ture growth is surprising, icon- sidering the cold weather, Quite ’a number, of Rattle are out* on pasture. Prospects for' a hay crop are very good. Fruit growers are quite busy with their spray pro­ gram. PRESENTATION BY KINLOSS FRIENDS A pleasant evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al- lister Hughes, on Friday? April 30th, When some friends and. neighbors gathered to bid /fare- -well—to-Annie—and-J-im—MacLeod- before leaving the farm home on the 6th Con. . The following address was read, by Mrs. Alex Sutherland: ’ Dear Annie and Jim, It is with regret that We come to know of your intentions of moving frorii the .fine old Sixth Con. borne which was for ninety years, or more in the MacLeod name, and the centre of hospital­ ity and good will to us of our time and I am sure to those of the pioneer days gone by; / Necessity often brings such changes on which we do not wish to dwell at this time but we must endeavour to find that silver lin­ ing beneath the cloud. You were indeed the . kind of neighbors and :frlends that go to, build up such citizens which make for a better community and ^country-on-^the—whole;———— Jim, we always . enjoyed your ability to talk on the issues of the day with the. vim and vigor of a real politician.’ It is a pleasure to us, Annie, to know you are riot going far afield and that we can visit with you and you with us often. You, Jim, we hear, have your mind set on the'wanderlust for a time but we hope you ■ will sooris. settle amongst us Where you cap call We ask you,. Annie, to accept -this-parse-expressing-in--a-small- Way Our esteem for you and best Wishes for the days to Come.and .Jim we ask you to , accept this" gift. ’ • ■ On behalf of yotir neighbors and friends of the ’ community, Ross • MacMillan; Allistef Hughes, Alex' Sutherland, Walt.er G; Mac- Kenaie, Archie Maclntye. . ■ SPECIAL TRAIN FOR FALLS TRIP Several hundred public school pupils from Bruce will board a special CNR. train for Niagara Falls on Friday of this week.. Some . 800 students, teachers and parents are expected to make the party_ which will require some twelve coaches arid, two locomotives. It will be the secdrid^ special train, on , successive Fridays to the Falls from the Messrs. Game-.’ Gilroy inspectorate. Last Friday’s group ran into wet weather, and this week a break from .the, Wea­ therman is being hoped fqr. . Students making the trip are from the four higher public school, grades, and will be in groups in change of a teacher. About 70 students* from Luck-. now Public School plan on board­ ing the Falls special and for many 'of them the train Qrip looms as the highlight of the out­ ing. The lower grades will . .get* a holiday as the entire, local staff . is going along to help take charge of the Lucknow contingent. ’Sev­ eral rural schools are also plan- ' ning to make the trip, although some will not go, as they have . their annual bus trip planned. Two sections -will run from Kincardine and Southampton and will hook-up at Palmerston/ At Welland, the travellers will pour into, busses for a motor trip through the blossom country. At ' Queenston the noon hour box lunch will be eaten and after an__ afternoon spent in seeing the Falls and historic sights in the area, the party will entrain at The Falls for the return trip. The evening ~meal“will be eaten: ” on the train. Tee cream and choco­ late bars will be for .sale 'on board the train. The special is scheduled to pre­ cede the. regular jnorning train, and to arrive , back ahead of the night train. The departure hour from the local depot is 6.40 a.m:, D.S.T., and’arrival home is sche­ duled for lLp.m. RECEIVE FIRST RENTAL 1 EE ON OIL-LEASED LAND A year ago the. Imperial OiJ Company made a survey of farm lands in the block betweep the _Torran/ce_and^urvies__Lake_side:— roads and-the Boundary and 2nd - of Kinloss. AM land owners in . this area wer©'signed up for ..oil drilling rights by this Company and the survey was then extend­ ed considerably. . , There has been no further word, of any test drilling in this area, but recently the property owrien concerned . received their first annual rental fee of 25 cents per acre. This reimbursement is paid through the Bank. HEADS STAFF OF TWENTY-FOUR Seven hundred' students of Cob lingwoocTand District moved into their new school last month arid \ on Friday, April 30th, the new Leqlle:giate—Was—officially—openec;—2 by Hon. W. j. Dunlop, Ministei of Education, and a "Collingwood, high, school graduate. The principal at Collingwood it Duncan A. MacRae, BlA., a nat­ ive of, Ashfieid "Township : arid a. SOn of Mr. John MacRae of Luck- . now- arid the late Mrs., MacRae ‘ Duncan heads a staff of ’twenty , teachers. ’ ’ •. ' > The school is built on an 11-acrt site. The two-storey classroom -blOck“eoiTt-ains^Ieven^lnssruonibnr^ home economics, sewing, art and' •in u si c -room sypl u s tw 6 shops; four— science, laboratories, library book' room and teachers’ room, as weli storage- and washroom facilb ties.. . ; ' -o * The building' is laid nm to. per-, mit extensions, if ■ necessary,, to* increase the accomodation to ar eventual- enrolment of, 1,000 stu­ dents.