The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-05-19, Page 1z
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TA^ricsiXn Mr«. James Dr. M. H. Cori'm. . overloi
£rant McDiarmid, Mrs.. P. W. biack, . ;ivirs, rwv -Hoag, Mm J. wi Joynt, Mrs. N; Mrs*
J- MacKenzie and: Mrs. Kehneth McQuilVn, Mrs. .Alex Havens,
Cameron ■ .. ., Nrt Peter Johnston.
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|2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S,.A.LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY 19th, 1954
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dexter
Celebrate 55 th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs; Edward Dexter,
7natives~“dt'?^W^
residents of this coriimunity for
forty years, observed their 55th
wedding anniversary on Sunday,
May 16th, \
1 A family gathering was held
to mark the happy occasion and
intimate frterigs called during the
day to extend congratulations and
best wishes. “Open house*’ was
not held as Mrs. Dexter’s health
would np| Permit, but flowers
and cards were received in large
numbers ffom other friends and
well wishers., Letters of congrat
ulations were received from
Prime Minister Louis ’ St. Laur
ent; Premier Leslie Frdst, and
Andrew RoibinSon, M.P.
Mr. and Mrs, Dexter have two
daughters and a son, three grand
children and three greatgrand
children. The family circle was
compiete for Sunday’s gathering,
including Mr, and Mrs.* W. J. En
sign (Elsie)/ -pf (St. Catherines;
Mr. and Mrs. /Howard Robinson
(■Emily) of r Luckndw; Mr? arid
Mrs' Walter -Dexter, Paramount;
Shirley and" Billy Robinson, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed < Laroux (Ilene En
sign) and ihree; children, John,
Robert. apd Sharon LarOux of
Parry Sound.
r Although they ’-retired” to
Lucknpw some ten years ago, Mr.
^Dexter ’ig still actively engaged
in the blacksmith trade to which
he was-/^rst apprenticed some
sixty-five? years ago in England,
Ted or/Teddy, as he is popu
larly known, has never dropped
that hontieiand. accent of Lincoln
shire wrierie^e was one of eight
iboys born W the late Mr. and
Mrs, "ChaH«^> Writer. Four bro
thers survive with Charles of
Sault Ste. Marie the only one
ip Canada. ’/
Mrs. Dexter was one of ten
children of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Taylor of Alford, Lin
colnshire. She was the only one
of the family ever to come to
Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Dexter were
married, in St. Mathew’s Church,
Skagness, England, on May 16th,
1899, Seeing ’ Canada as a land of
opportunity, Mr; Dexter came out
~riirT9I3 and spant the' winter
shoeing horses in the lumber
camps in the North Bay district.
In the summer of 1914, he was
joined by his Wife and family
; and they took up residence at
Paramount; where Mr. Dexter re
opened the 'Gordon blacksmith
shop at the corner of Highway
“86 and the 15th Sideroad, known
as “Little Buffalo”.
There he plied his trade at
which he is a master workman,
and branched into farming; His
son Waiter is on the farm which
his parents vacated to move to
Lucknow. > :
Mr. Dexter will be 81 on. his
next birthday. Mrs. Dexter is 79.
Their, many friends wish, for
them continued good health to
enjoy more such happy anniver
sary occasions.
QUEEN OF BALL AND FLOOR
SHOW TO FEATURE DANCE
The (Ladies’ Auxiliary to the
Canadian Legion are planning
something special for their an
nual spring dance to be held in
the Town Hall on Friday even
ing. '
There will be the choosing of
the “Queen of The Bail*\ whose
title will, rib doubt be based on
such graces as charm, poise,
dress, etc.
We can’t guarantee such daint
iness by the boys of the “Kintail,
Fashion Parade”, bu.t you can be
sure they will have “it”': .This is
a hilarious number and will be
a floor show feature of the dance.
Music will ibe (by Carruther’s
orchestra. There will be a lunch
counter and a prize draw for a
quilt and serving tray.
DIG UP RING THAT WAS’
LOST SIX YEARS AGO
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Mrs. Clare Johnston is ,
again Wearing a black onyx
ripg which she lost six years
ago. She. and her sister-in- '
law, Mrs. Stewart Lavis, were
planting potatoes a few days
ago at the home Of the lat
ter’s parents, Mr, and Mrs. \
James Johnston, when, Eileen
dug up4he .ring, which Anna
had “thrown out in the dish
water” a half dozen years
aigo, and when polished up
was none -the worse of its
long interment. . -
BONUS IN LIEU OF
EXTRA TEACHER
DO WELL AT GODERICH
MUSIC FESTIVAL
, Three of Mrs. C, Shaddick’s
music students took part in the
music festival at Goderich on
May 14th and made a very cred
itable showing.
Jp?.the Grade 5 piano solo “Son
atina in F”, iff which there were,
eleven contestants, Joyce McNay
was third with a mark Of 82 and
Elaine McNay,. 4th, with 81.' Jn
the duet class. Grade V, “Morris
Dance’v Joyce arid Elaine were
third with a mark of 83?In trie Grade. 4 piano solo class
there were 14 contestants with
Eleanor McNay,placing 5th with
a mark of 78.:
•TEN PAGES
LOCAL LADY ON
W.A. EXECUTIVE
■, At the fifth annual meeting of
the Bruce Presbytery Women’s
. Association of the United Church
held at Tard last, Thursday, Mrs.
PfW. Hoag was elected as third
^eq-president of the Association.
" ties °^ce automatically car
the Presbytery. Parsonage Com-
Lijmttee.-——
Mrs. Hoag is a past-president
,Qi the three groups of the local
. Association, and is .quite familiar
tyith W.A. work. ■"
Those attending the Presbytery
■ session from here were Mrs.
p/ant McDiarmid, Mrs,. P. W.
BUS LOAD ATTEND
RALLY AT EXETER
The annual Zone Rally tor
Zone 11 of the Ladies’ Auxiliary
to the Canadian Legion, British
Empire Service League; was held
in the Legion Memorial Hall, in
Exeter on Wednesday, May 12th.
There was a good crowd in
attendance and they were wel
comed by Mayor Wm. Cochrane,
by Mr. A. Beirling, president of
theExeter" Br anchofCariadiah
Legion, and by- Rev. N. Knox,
Legion padre, Exeter. Mrs. Pfaff,
president of Exeter Auxiliary as
hostess also welcomed the guests.
’Mrs. Hall of Blyth, Zone Com-
rifander of Zone; 11, was chairlady
for 4he ‘evening and the guest
speaker was Mrs. Long of Tor
onto, who is past president of
the Provincial Command of the
Auxiliary.
There are twelve Auxiliaries
in Zone 11, the newest one being
the Ripley-Huron Branch which
was formed just a month ago.
Total money raised in this Zorie
last year was approximately
$19,000 and there ate almost 600
jnembers^iL—Chrtario-^
31 i Auxiliaries and there are
19,000 members.
The business Session was inter
spersed with readings by Mrs.
McCann of Howick Auxiliary;
musical numbers by Kincardine
Auxiliary, consisting of piano in
strumentals by Mrs. Connell arid
a chorus by the group; and a
skit, “What A Family” by the
Exeter Auxiliary.
The Queen and a delicious buf
fet luncheon ended the evening.
Mrs. Pfaff of Exeter, Mrs. Hall;
of Blyth and Mrs. Lang of Tor
onto', the presidents and secret
aries, of each Auxiliary, were pre
sented with corsages. A draw was
held on a beautiful hand-made
lace tablecloth and was won by
Mrs. Ducharme of Wingham. A
hugg doll, dressed as an Auxii-
iary member, as well xas an add-:
itional wardrbbe, came to Luck
now to. the delight of the large
contingent from here headed by
President Mrs. Philip MacMil
lan; It/ yvas’ won by Mrs,. Bob
Armstrong. .
' The bus load from Lucknow,
consisted of MrS. Sarah Collyer,
Mrs. Kelso MacNay, Mrs. Mar
garet MacFarlane,: Mrs*, J. Mac-
Naughton^ Mrs. Welsh, Mrs. Jack
Henderson, Mrs. Les Purvis, Mrs.
Faced with • the probability of
a record - breaking enrollment
next term of about 160 students,
the Lucknow Public School Board
and teaching staff met in special session last week!
k The question to be decided was
whether the four members of the
present staff, all of whom have
been re-engaged, could cope with
the enrollment or if the hiring/of"
another teacher and the opening
of an additional classroom would
be necessary.
/ The final decision was. that the
present staff carry on and so ar
range their grades, ”as: to equalize
the enrollment as nearly as poss
ible. Prospects. are for an over-,
capacity of some 50 students in
Grades 1 arid 2. Tentative plans
call for the teaching of three
grades in each of the other,
rooms/ but this arrangement will
-be- worked out by—the staff ~at
a later date.
Salary increases of $150 were
made across the board as well
as a bonus of $150 to each teacher
for the additional work
in carrying on “as’ is”, rather
than hire another teacher.
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr.- and Mrs. James Ansley
Henry of Wingham wish to. announce the engagement oi their
younger daughter, iAudrey jean,
to James Arnold Currie, son of
Mr; and Mrs. Robert A. Currie
of Wingham. The marriage will
take place on Saturday, June 12,
1954, at 3.00’ o’clock iri Wingham.
United Church.
Mr. and Mrs. W. David Scobie
of St. Catharines, Ontario, an
nounce the engagement of their
only- daughter, Elizabeth Mary, to
Mr. Patrick James MacMillan, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L^ Mac
Millan, Lucknow, Ontario. The
marriage Will take place on May
29th at 9.00 o’clock in St. Denis
Church, St. Catharines, Ont.
Mr. arid’Mrs; S. J. Scharbacri/
of Riversdale announce the en
gagement of their ‘ youngest dau
ghter, Imelda Rose, to Leo James
Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. P.
A. Murray of Holyrood. The mar
riage to take place in St Anne’s
Church, RiVersdale on Saturday;
June 5th at 9.30 a.m.
SHORTHORN SALE
HERE NEXT WEEK
The annual auction sale
Scotch Shorthorns from the herds
of W. A. Culibert & Sons, Andrew
C. Gaunt & Son and Clifford H.
Keys & Sons, is slated to be held
in the Lucknow Arena on Tues
day of next week, May 25th. '
, The event creates widespread
interest among cattlemen, and
townsfolk as well, and will no
doubt attract a large crowd to
The Sepoy Town next week.
A well-illustrated sales cata
logue has been issued this year
and widely distributed, with
more extensive' coverage of Un
ited States Shorthorn men.
Theofferirigincludes23“head
from the Culbert herd, 7 head
from the Keys herd and 8 head
from the Gaunt herd—38 head in
^n?JhadALup-.of _33femalesand
5 bulls/ / ;
The inside' front illustration in
the catalogue 5 shows Murray Gaunt’s steer which was the 1953 I
winner in the Shorthorn* class in
the Queen’s^Guineas Competition*-
Other illustrations depicting the
quality of this stock include a
group of heifers at Culberfs
Maple Emblem Farm, and a pas
ture scene at Gaunt’s Hi-Hill
Farm..Many of trie animals being of
fered are illustrated in individual
pictures topping their pedigrees.
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FALLS TRIP WAS
HIIGE-SUCCESS—-
LADHAS-ARM—
BADLY GASHED
•Tommy Rathwetl, 10-year-old
son of Mr, arid Mrs. Gerald Rath-
well, suffered a badly gashed
right arm on .Tuesday evening at
the Recreational Centre. The gap--
ing wound that lay open trie
under side of the forearm requir
ed -30 stitches or more. The “sew-"
ing“ operation? which took some
Mrs. Clare Johnston, /Mrs. James
Joh ns tori - Mrsr? Lor n e~ - J ohns ton,..
Mrs. Jim. England, Mrs. Harold
Stanley, Mrs. Jack England, Mrs.
Bob Armstrong, Mfs., Austin Sol
omon, Mrs. Joe Wasney, Mrs. Tom,
Anderson, Mrs. Lloyd Hunter,
Mrs. Ronald Forster,, Mrs.- Roy
Black, Mrs. Philip MacMillan,
Tommy was on' the way to/ffujb.
meeting, and as he was enter ng
the Recreational Centre, his -arm
went through the glass in. the
door, in some unaccountable man
ner* Tom Was alone, but,, dashed
into the hall to Ray Stanley, one
of the Cub Pack . leaders.. Ray
gave some first'aid treatment arid
rushed the lad to the Doctor’s•
■ office. ' 7 '
A 13 - coach excursion train
from the Kincardine and? Owen
Sound lines, carried close to a
thousand public school children,"
teachers and parents on an ex
cursion trip to Niagara Falls on
Friday. Perfect weather favored
the outing.
There, was a seven-car train on
the Kincardine line and the twp
sections were hooked up at Pal
merston.
’ There were close to 75 from
the lpcal school made the trip, as
well as a number of-rural school
children, and it was an excited
bunch of youngsters who board
ed’ the special at the local depot
about 6.40 on Friday morning,
and they were surprisingly gay
and lively as they trooped off the
Jrain at 11.00 o’clock that night. x
^__The,.^entire—JLu cknow—£taff-~as-
well as a number of parents kept
gelose eye on the Lucknow con
tingent during the. "day. Stops,
■were made* at intermediate points
between here and Listowel, with
a large Teeswater district crowd
joining the party at .Wingham..
All the excursionists, packed
lynch boxes for two meals on
board1 train. Buses carried the
sight-seers • through the Niagara
blossom country and to points, of
ic-_interest-—cwoute;--not-
overlooking the - gigantic hydro
iioWenjleVelopmehf now well-ad--
vanced*.
The group entrained'at Niagara
Falls for the return trip, -and all
aboard were unanimous that the
outing, was a well managed one
and enjoyed by all, even those
responsible for the youngsters
under their care, and who h,ad
undertaken the. journey with
some, trepidation.
COUSINS AMONG
ST, JOSEPH.GRADS
Two Lucknow, ’••/girls were
among the 71 graduates of the
St. Joseph’s Hospital School of
Nursing, who received their dL
plomas on Tuesday ..at_apsr
pressive ceremony in - Thames
Hall of the University of West- /
ern Ontario. It.. was the largest
graduating class in the/history of,
.the hospital and. the Most Rev.
John C; Codyr bishop of London,
in addressing the young ladies,
said that his wish was that they
would be noted for thdir quality
as well as quantity.
The two Lucknow girls /are,
Abigail (Gail) Loretta MacMil
lan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. MacMillan and Patricia
(Patsy) Monesta MacMillan, dau
ghter of the late Mr. and. Mrs.
John MacMillan. Pat now resides
in London.
A reception was held at the
MacMillan home in London^ and
the guests were entertained at
dinner at the Hook Restaurant,
prior to the graduation exercises.
Those from the Lucknow, com
munity, besides Gail’s parents,
were Rev. Father Toth, Mr. and:
Mrs*. Robert Rae and Margaret,
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Kilpatrick
and Gladys, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Hogan, Mrs. Jesisie Allin/ Mrs.
Beatrice Yovari, Mrs? Charles
Cook, Mrs. Wm. Swan, Miss Mary
Anderson, Miss' Eleanor Plum
steel, Mr. and Mfs. Milas Mac-
/Millan. .. ' *, " . . ../'./
Other guests were from Strat
ford/ Wingham, Toronto, Detroit
and Oklahoma City; Mrs. Mamie
Menefee,-aunt- of-lhe; MacMillan
girls, was present from Oklahoma
City, The occasion had double
significance for her as she, too,
graduated from St. Joseph’s forty
■years ago. ■ •? _/ ’ '•■/...
FORMER MINISTER TO
PREACH* AT SOUTH KINLOSS
The 98th anniversary service?:
of South Kinloss .Presbyterian
Church will be held at 11 a,m.
and 7.30 p.m. on Sunday, May
23rd, with a former pastor, Rev;
J. L. Burgess of Hagersville as
guest speaker at both services.
The choir will provide specia l
music, assisted by soloist Allan.
Stewart of Hamilton.
TO CELEBRATE WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY MONDAY
Mr, and Mrs. Peter Vanderley
observed their 25th wedding an
niversary on Sunday, May 16th.
arid Will mark the1 event by a
social. evening in Kintail Hall,
on Monday, May 24th at eight
o’clock to which their friend?,
are invited.
DRAFT PLANS FOR
MR; PEANUT VISIT
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The monthly supper meeting of
The Clansmen was held^ at Chin>
Restaurant on Monday evening,
when the^ business session wasL pretty much corifined to finahz^
_in g__plans-f or—the—^p^hut-blitz—
in June. Highlight of that event
Will be the visit,to town of “Mi.
Peanut” and the spectacular
Planters Peanut float.
Proceeds of the campaign win
be used by the Clansmen to pro
mote .service; and civic projects.
. On Friday, June 18th, a blitz
of the town will be made, by Club
members selling cocktail tins of
this Coriipany’s product,' and on
Saturday, June 2&tTv-^the da to
-the., big—float—w-ril—tour—the—
•^a. peanut tag day will be stag-
' This, event has gone, ovdr b:/
in other centres, and The Claris
men are , enthusiastic that they
can make a- success of it here. ,
Fifty cases of nuts are due t«>
arrive in., town in a few days
and from now td the end of June •.
it will be “peanuts, peanut^,
everywhere’*) arid a muhehi mv
good time lies ahead.