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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-05-26, Page 2A, r f I, t II I / CURRIE’S CORNERS 44 ’ f r I7 DRINK THE; • LUCKNOW SENTINEL, ONTARIO 1I When you order your drink, say “I’ll have Coke”. <• Then you’ll know how much better your favorite ■ dishes taste when you add the unmatched ./• goodness of sparkling, ice-cold Coca-Cola. PAGETWO -? L.D.H.S. NEWS Oratorical Contest Lucknow, $440. Jim Stewpt and ] Midland, a Lizzie ghter Alberta of Toronto, TvTr - T Tz».A TT«H C*__• J Steven from Lucknow. ’ Authorized bottler of Coca-Cola under contract with Coca-Cola Ud.’ BOTTLING WORKS Goderich, Ont. Phone: 489 , .Colcfe. it a registered Wede’ made ' .....' r ................ u . . ..u..:*.I :f , ■ - ■ ■. r • v "". .. .............. .......................................... ..........-.... ........ ..... »■ j. - -J.Ntg.'....*..'.'..,,1111 -h'lirinfirnrrtiiiiii ■imTwrLh TOP SHORTHORN OVER ONE GRAND . \ Thirty - six head of Scotch Shorthorns were auctioned off in the Lucknow Arena on Tuesday afternoon and brought a total of 'Sia.SGO, or an average of approx­ imately$377. The event was the annual con­ signment sale of W. A. Culbert and Sons, Dungannon; Andrew C.1 Gaunt and Son, St. Helens; and Clifford Keys and Sons, Varna, The 1953s sale grossed $16,130, With 37 head averaging $436. The top. animal last year was $100 ; below Tuesday’s top heifer, but a year ago the nine top female^ averaged over $700 to pull up the overall average. ... Grant Campbell of Moffat was the big money man of the sale. He bought three heifers from the ^Culbert herd, paying $3,015 for the trio, all sired by Calrossie Cock Robin. They were the three top animals of the sale, with Maple Emblem Marigold B top- jping the sale at $1,100. Her twin ■ . sister, Maple Emblem, Marigold 4 brought $975 and Maple Em­ blem Broadhdoks 15th, $940. The -T^-^^riext—in^he^high-price-field-Jwas. . Maple .Emblem Rosebud 2nd, pur- ‘ chased by ’ Thomas Webster, of Dungannon. Lowest priced animal of the • Culbert consignment was/$215, with the twenty-three animals .: from .this herd averaging slightly over $411 for $9,460, • F\>ur bulls were include^ in the sale, three from the Culbert herd and one from the Keys, farm. Top price was $300 with an aver^ ^ge of about $273. , ,i Six lots from. the Keys herd brought $1,330, for/an-average of $230. Seven females were consigned^ by Andrew Gaunt and Son, bring­ ing a fairly consistent price of from $275 to $555, totalling $2,720, for an average of very close to —$390^ <? ■ . ~ . . . : There was a large crowd „ on, hand, and a well built ring, sur­ rounded by bleacher seating,, pro­ vided. an ideal set-up for this ' big annual .events Buyers were as follows Bulls . —tGAO. Durnin, Goderich, $300; John Armstrong, Zurich, $300; Harold Lewis, Kincardine, $270; . Ernest Gaunt, Lucknow, $220. Females—David Watson, Dray­ ton, $190; • Ref ord Gardhouse, ' $305; Wm. H. Cranston, R.R. 2, Auburn, 2 females, $500, $310; M. C. Tyndall, Goderich, $300; Grant Campbell, Moffat/ 3 fe­ males, $975, $1100, $940; J. F. Mc- Farlan, Ailsa Craig, $485; Thos. Webster, Dungannon, $775; Ross —Taylorv--Belgi^ve,^2S04^S!JDlfc nin, Goderich, $255; R. D. Boyd, Clifford, 2 females, $225,. $250; . George Kerslake, Kincardine, 2 , females, $215, $175; S. A. Mc­ Eachern, $215; W. J. Russel, UnioriVille, 2 females, $525, $500; M. H. Taylor, Belgrave, $300; Edgar Wightman, $250; W. C. Cestricher-, Crediton, $195; Har- ■ ry Needham^ Kincardine, $255; H R. Wright, $300; Wm. J, Fal-j cdiier, Brucefield, $175u; Lloyd Needham, Kincardine, 2 females, $255, $240; Gordon Higgins, Luck­ now, $330; Donald McTavish, .’ j Chesley, $555; J. A. McWhiriney, Paisley, $380; Elmer Woods, ' Lucknow, . $275; Eeriest .Gaunt*. On Friday, May 2Tstr~riV3;20 p.m. ” an. oratorical contest was held in the auditorium. The con­ test was open' .to all Grade X, XI and XII students. The judges were Mrs. McKim,. Rev. Baulch , and Rev. Meiklejdhn. At the time of this Writing, the winners had; riot been announced. The Contes-. 'tants, their subjects , and the order in which, they, spoke fol­ lows': Helen' Weiler, “Function of Education”; Jim Reed, “Opera4*; Marilyn Kilpatrick, “Citiz-cntW*’T Mack MacDonald, “McCarthy and " "M cC ar th y i sm’ ’‘pLixirine" McNain,* “Prince Edward Island” and Jim Hackett, “Our Forests iri Can-1 -adi an Literature”. / .1 D. PHILLIPS SPEAKER AT CQLWANASH J. F. MEETING r .... ...4 * • • "-'V< The regular meetng of Colwan- ash Junior Farmers was held in the Parish Hall, Dungannon, on Tuesday evening, ■ John . Clark introduced ' the guest speaker, Durnin Phillips of Dungannon. He spoke on how the Junior Farmers were the back­ bone of the Federation of Agri-: culture of tomorrow. Chester Fin­ nigan moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Phillips. The Junior Institute met ih the Dungannon school. K^y McKin­ non and June Nivins gave a, re­ port of their trip to the Junior Farmers Conference at Guelph. At the joint meeting; Doreen Lamb, Chester Hackett, Ted Hor­ ton and John Feagan volunteered to go to the trade fair at Blyth and help in the Junior Farmers’ booth. The boys decided to hold ball practice next Monday even" ing, and the “final arrangements were made for the dance on Fri- 1 day night. . ' The evening was concluded with Jim Scott playing for a few dances accompanied by Mary Durst on the ipano, and Jim Giark-caUmgy— ----- - FORMER DISTRICT RESIDENT DIED AT LONDON The death of Alvin W. Bowles occurred in St. Joseph’s Hospi­ tal, London, on Sunday, where he had been a patient for a couple of months. ' He was a former resident of this community and was born arid (raised on the Bowles homestead between Lucknow and Belfast For several years he has oper­ ated the Bowles Cake and Pastry Shoppe at 7.19 Richmond St., Lon- dbn, where he had resided since 1927. . "■ Mrs. Bowles was formerly Es­ ther Millicent Hackett, daughter of Mrs. Ida Hackett of Lucknow and- the 4ate David Hackett. Be­ sides his widow, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Lawrence (Dora); a sister, Mrs. Wm. Stover (Annie), and a bro­ ther, James' Bowles, all of Lon­ don. The funeral service was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Logan Funeral Chapel, with in­ terment in Mount Pleasant Cem­ etery; • ' aid Scott ‘visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnston. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Robert . Scott were Misses Joyde and Helen' Little, Mr.. and Robt,.- Hamilton,, Mr. and Mrs. Art Thomson and family of Goderich. • Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stroeder of Walkertori visited with Mr. & Mrs. Jas; Little. We are sorry to hear that Jim’ is confined to bed WEDNESDAY, MAY 26th; 1954 fred Farrislr were Mrs. Minnie Horne, Mrs. 7' z family of Toronto and Angus MacDiarmid anj Girvin and, Mrs. Mae Th'ain, da£ C* ’ ::: t.and Mrs. Lloyd Hall, Susan and Steven from Lucknow. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Haughton of Toronto and Mr. -McQuaid re« these days with pneumonia. Mr. & Mrs. Elliott Sandy spent Sunday with Mr., and Mrs. Wm* Wareing. / ■ ■ ■:Sr. and 'Mrs. Elwood Miller & family of Georgetown visited with Nir. and Mrs. Harvey MiL len r ‘ Miss Winnifred Farrish is visit­ ing with friends in Detroit.. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. WiL mained for the week,. United Church Evening Auxiliary • The . May meeting of the Even- ling Auxiliary was held at Mrs.. K. Cameron’s hoine. The scrip­ ture lesson was read iby Mrs. A. Andrew and narrative followed by Mrs. K. Murdie,- the theme ‘beifig“The“Ghristiair^“his“Voca'-i“ tion. A report of Bruce Presby- terial, which was held at Port Elgin, was prepared by Margaret Rae and read by Mrs. Murdie arid a report of Hamiltpn Conference, held at Kincardine on~May 5th and 6th was given by Mrs. H. Webster. Readings were given by Mrs. C. Thompson > and Mrs. P. Mathers. At the close of the meet-, ing the Hobby Fair was held for which Mts.. G. Joynt acted .as auctioneer. Lunch was then en­ joyed. , 7 . - LORNE B. REID SELLS HEIFER F0R OVER $1,000 Thirty-one- of the 47 animals consigned to the annual National Holstein sale held May 17 at Oakville were sold for export. Four went to Argentina, six to. Venezuela and 21 to U.S.A. The general average of the sale was $681, which compares with $674 last year and was made without any exceptionally high prices to boost it. Top was $1,500 received by J. tyt. Fraser, Streets* Ville, Ont.,-from-Raul Chiso of ,i Buenos . Aires* Argentina, for a bull: calf: Chiso also bought the top fernale at $1,250 from David R. Stevens, St. Marys, Ont. L. B. Reidr Ripley, Sold, a bred heifer for $1,025 to Guy^B, Montr gomery* Ronceverte, W. Va. This . w^s the second highestprjch le* ceived for a bred heifer. c i ( r 1 , . * ,< ahd Leo Courtney, During tile past week and the sharon and Desmond motored to weeks to come, Grade .XUI have London on Saturday, (fen and/^llbe holding classes/ Mr. Harold Johhston of literally “hight and day”-. Even’tail* Mr. and Mrs. A'dam John- on May , 24th there were classes. s.ton of Goderich and Master Eton* ;... . .......'■......•../’A--;./................. .............................. ..............' 3rd VICTORY IOAN BONDS have been CALLED FOR PAYMENT JUNE 1st IF YOU HOLD Third Victory Loan 3% Bonds (issued November, 1942 to mature November, 1956) they should be presented for payment on or after June 1st through any branch bank in Canada, AFTER THIS DATE NO FURTHER INTEREST WILL BE PAID The interest coupon dated November 1st, 1954 and all coupons dated later than this must be attached to phf>-bnnds when they are presented for payment. Payment will be $101,26 for a $100 bond (arid for other denominations accordingly). This payment includes a $1 premium as required by the terms of the bond plus 26^ which is interest at 3% from May 1st to June 1st—the period since the last coupon became payable. Government of Canada Byf-BANK. OF CANADA, Fiscal Agent. v -w I I. ' i '