The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-10-06, Page 1*
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1954,TEN, PAGES
SENTINEL TO MRS. GLENNIE
IN SOUTH AFRICA .
$2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.
Rain Chased Fair Crowd To
Cover, Marred Fine Show
/ ■ Sunny skies last Wednesday
morning, raised hopes for a fine
day for Lucknow's 89th fall fair,
- but-- the ^empermental Weather
man blotted out the sun by noon
and. followed with afternoon
downpours that turned the
grounds into a sea of mud, and
kept the crowd confined to the
shelter op the Arena.
The rural school song and yell
competitions were getting nicely
underway when the shower start
ed, with Kintail School giving the
final number in a downpour, hud
dled beside the platform, while
the crowd ran for cover. That
ended thq outdoor grandstand
performance, but so far as poss
ible the exrents were held_in_tho-
arena, where a large crowd mill
ed around. ;
The indoor exhibits were . es
pecially .good this year, with the
flower and baking displays much
improved. There was a good stock
show, with judging carried on'
despite the intermittent deluges.
There were,.rides .and midway at
tractions, on the grounds, plus-a
number of merchandise and farm
implement displays.
These, coupled with a full af-
. terndon’k grandstand perform
ance,, and a big crowd that was
■at the point of flocking to the
/air, gave every indication of- an.
exceptionallyj good show;
At that the sodden crowd'
cheerfully made the best of it
and enjoyed the activities . that
■ were switched to the Arena. The
Lucknow Pipe Band, the Luck-.
. now District High School Band
and the CKNX Ranch Boys eh-
! . tertamed between other events.
Seven Schools In Parade
Seven | rural schools and the
1 Lucknow Public School formed
j a parade of some 300 children
1 to the Fair Grounds. Rural school
competitions in-the song and yell,
was never keener with, the stud-
, dents typically costumed to rep-,
.. resent their song. First place
; went to SJS. No. 7, Kinlbss, (Sec
ond Concession), Mrs. Lome
... Johnston, teacher; 2nd, S.S, No.
13, Ashfield (Belfast), Mrs. Grant
i Farrish, teacher; 3rd, S.S; No. 9,
; Kinloss, (Murray’s), Lpis Hunter,
-----teacher; 4th;~S3S, No. U, Ashfield
r (Kintail), Wilmer Errington, tea-
■ cher.,
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FIRE DESTROYED
KINLOSS BARN
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A fire of undetermined origin
which, was discovered shortly be
fore npon on Monday, completely
destroyed the large barn on the
farm of Maurice Hodgins, Con
cession .. IQ, Kinloss Township.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hodgins
were away at the time of the
outbreak, and the fire had gain
ed considerable headway when
discovered. Mrs. Hodgins had
taken a crate of poultry to the
Walkerton plant, their son E1-.
wood was in class ht Lucknow
_Hi g h_S ch ool-an d-M-auri ce ~was~
doing some work on his other
farm when he . noticed clouds of
smoke billowing forth; Upon, ar
riving home, he found -it, im
possible to get near the already
doomed barn.
A. call was
. Lucknow. Fire Brigade, and upon
arriving they ' " * ’ ” ’
efforts oh' a.
t\yee.n the house and barn, which
contained several dr.ufhsTof gas
oline. Fortunately ■ a strong east,
wind whs. blowing away from the.
house and shed. * • •
The. barh contained the season’s
crop, of Hay and grain; but no
livestock-was in the building at:
the time. Implements and equip
ment were also destroyed in the
conflagration, The loss is . pari
t.ialiy covered by insurance,
W. A. GROUP HAD CHARGE
OF CHURCH SERVICE
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Group 1 of the Women’s As
sociation. had charge of the even
ing service'in the United Church
on Sunday/Mrs. Orville Jones
conducted the meeting, Mrs; Alex
-MeNay^Tead the scripturearid
Mrs. Harold Allin. delivered a
very fine address.. Duets were
sung by Mrs. Raynard Ackert
and Mrs. Morgan Johnston and
in the choir anthem a. duet, part
was taken by Elizabeth Webster
and Shirley Irwin.
The service was impressive and
well conducted by the ladies, who
took charge in the absencq of
Rev, G. A. Meiklejohn, who Was
preaching .anniversary services
near Hensall.
. The Sentinel has readers in far
distant places, A direct subscrip
tion goes to Miss Dorothy Doug
las in Formosa, and now we have
added Mrs. Jeanie.-M;%-Glennie-te
our. mail subscribers. She resides
in East London, South Africa. 1.
Miss IsobeLMacintosh of Ham-’
ilton periodically sent an accumu
lation of Sentinels, to Mrs. Glen
nie, and . she has expressed such
pleasure in receiving them, that
a gift subscription was ordered
sent to South Africa When Miss
Macintosh visited-here, last week.
Mrs, Glennie’s hfisband, the late
J, A. Glennie, was at one time
local manager of- the Bank of
Hamilton, then located in what
is now Smith’s Grocery.
turned in’ to the
concentrated : their
shed., located be-
ENGAGEMENTS’
Mr. ahd Mrs. Hedley B. Burden
-of-Lucknow/’Ontarib, wish to an-’
noun.ee the engagement of their
daughter, Melvina Alexandra
Shirley, to John Murray McDon-
agh, son of Mr. and. Mrs. J. A.
McDonagh, Lucknow, Ontario.
Th$' marriage will take place in
the near future. Her uncle, Rey.
James A. Burden, MA., B.D.,. will
perform the ceremony in the
United Church at New Lowell,
Ontario.
TO PLAN FOR TEEN
AGERS TRAINING
ERECT HOME FOR
BURNED OUT VET
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Thanks to the local Branch of
the Canadian Legion,, veterans’
aid funds and Others who have
lent assistance in .one way or an
other Dick McBride will shortly
be Comfortably housed in his own
home again.
Bick lo$f everything he had but
the. clothes he Was Wearing and
some loose change,* when fire de
stroyed the cabin on the farm
■ .‘of Peter Johnston latb in May,
and which had been home to
^DicV4or^-several“WeaTS7™v“"““““
A building 18x14 on the former
. ‘‘Sandy. Smith place” in Kinloss
was purchased recently by Leg*
ion officials and moved on Stuart.
Jamieson’s truck to a location on
the highway a short distance
.north of the Village, There work,
bees 'have been underway to'fit
./the home for occupation. Finan-
• 'M assistance foiFThe project
was received from the Legion’s
, . provincial oajilteenfund
^Wtct-^D;V;A/^eneVolentfuncl/
The property will belong to the;
j Lucknow Branch 'Of the Legion
. • but will be available for Mr. Me*
Sride’fe use so long as he requires
it ' ' . •.;
' 4 To /aise additional funds for 1 mg ’
ihoject a blanket and fowliC’
will be staged in. the Re
creational Centre. thi^ Saturday
gening by the Legion, • and a
crowd is anticipated -to help
the cause/
TO BE, OR NOT TO
BE ENFORCED
The matter of. whether or not
Lucknow’s four-hour parking by
law is to be enforced came Jo the
fore at Monday night’s Council
meeting, when Omar Brooks,
transport operator, appeared be
fore the Board and posed the
question. - . ? .
. His action stemmed from a
ticket they received recently in
connection • with the parking of.,
their’tractor trailer on the bowl-
-ing-g-reen—road"TrearbyTthe prem-
lses. Of Gordon Brooks.
A $1,00 ,levy Was paid for ex
ceeding the four-hour limit, and
Omar appeared bn Monday, night
:t.o ask the Board; frankly and
calmly, what \they planned to do/'waapQn
about enforcement of the-by-law *
Which went into effect last No
vember. This; we understand, is
JheFfiijn^ffckM^ That .Jias..been
issued^., ■. ' y . . ’ ' •
Mr. Brooks felt it was n&t good
business to p’ick on one person.
It is not a matter of dollars, but
the principle of it, he added, and.
stated that’ if it was not with
drawn he. was prepared to My
a complaint, -
Councillor Mowbray pointed,
.out that the question of 'whether
a vehicle was' creating ,a nuisance
entered into the. enforcing of .the
by-law, Reeve Robertson stated
■‘thartifewhad^^v^'cdf^
,and had to ..make .a .move, ■ • .
'. To this Mr. Brooks replied that
-how. that they -.had made the
move it was a matter of enforc
ing the. by/laW.' or withdrawing
r The. Board: Ind a full, night’s
work as a Cou*'t of Revision,, and
I adMurtiod the. regular meeting
TmtOWIay^^ furtheKcW
- cushion or 'ge'tion on, this-'sub44.
headed a _Brigade, askmg.for. a hose, trailer
winch . c.itllil' be ..Riii’Chased /?■
SI00 ahcl would be used, to to-
iitace the old hose. rteK in aarfy-'
Hiti .....v.hose t‘®a o-
.Tire when the truck miRhi be out
nf towit, 'We hose' would, also
be used r<>r street washing and
Other stu-n'' purposes, so* as not 10
disturb those carried . on the
truck. • • : -■ ' ' ■
.delegation from - ’th?j
EXTEND WELCOME
TO NEW PASTOR
Rev; Wallace- McClean was in_-
ducted as minister of Lucknow
and Dungannon Presbyterian
Churches; at a joint meeting of
the two congregations last Thurs-
day? evening, L,'.'1
s Rev. McClean assumed hi§ new
duties on Sunday. The charge
has been vacant since early in
April when Rev, C. A.;Winn took
over the pastorate of Dixie Pres
byterian Church.' Rev. McClean
come here from Picton in the
Kingston. Presbytery.
. Thursday night’s induction ser
vice was presided oven, by, Rey.
G. S. Baulch,. moderator of
Huron-Maitland Presbytery. The
steps leading up to Rev. Mc
Clean’s call, and his acceptance
of it, were narrate^ by Rev. J.
R. MacDonald of Ripley and
Ashfield/ who has acted as in
terim-moderator during the va
cancy.' ' / .
-—The bciinun ~was~deli v^red by
Rev. John . Fox of Hensall, who
warned against any slacking or
abandonment of the work of the
church, pointing out that dis
couragement was '«■ the. chief
'weapon in the devil’s arsenal. He
stated that the church sometimes
heeded td launch into the deep,
to escape the shallows, of indif/
feren^ Today, he
said, there, is new emphasis on
a Christian evangelism of the
pulpit and the pew..' . «
Rev. Baulch conducted the cet-
ermony of induction and extend
ed .the right hand of fellowship
to Rev.4 McClean, as.' in turn did
other, clergymen- and lay officials,;
in attendance. . .
Rev; R. J. Boggs of Moleswortn
addressed '• the newly inducted
minister and the congregation,
stressing the need to be co-work-
hrs^ntlr'^d^Tor^the^con grega-
.tion he said he rejoiced with
them in theirrhappy settlement.
‘.Give your minister a' warm-;
hearted’uwelcome and uphold the •
pledge ■ of your call”, he said. 1
(Each has a'.paft Jo take and h.
contribution to make and a min
ister is only as good as the; con*
gfegation he gets/, were Re^....
to a.
very--fine address. '' : '
Other Huron-Maitland • rninisL
r es e hF"‘“”fSrrH.' the3 ■r i ridu ctibri'
wore Rev. Wm. Mitchell, Kincar-
; dine*;' Rev/ Alex 'Nimm0, Wing-
ham: Rev. D. J. Lane,. Clinton,
chrk of- Presbytery; Rev. D. „.G<
Campbell.' Seaforth; Rev. John
Tollock, Wingham.. ■/' '
’ A reception . followed in the
Sunday School room, when Rev.
McClean was introduced to .his
congrpgatfon and given a warm.’
tyhlcome, during . a very pleas
ant ..social, horift ’ .
A Training Conference re
work among the Teeri-Agers will
be held in Knox Presbyterian
Church, Teeswater, on the even
ings of October 11, 12 and 13
at 8.00 p.m. each evening.
■ This is one of the many Train
ing Conferences on Teen-Age
\york being Held throughout 'the
Presbyterian Church in Canada
this Fall, in an effort- to meet
"a felt need in the •matter of . work
among teen-age. boys and girls.
The purpose of these Training
Conferences is fourfold.
1. To assist
church groups for teen-age boys
•and—girls—in-.every- congregation/
2 To launch the new Sigma C
program for boys and train new
leaders for it‘. To train new lead
ers for C.G.I.T. groups . and to
assist the present leaders.
3: To emphasize teen-age church
school classes and to stress the
relationship between such class
es and the weelc-day groups.'
4. To enljst the support of re
sponsible church members and
leaders for work among teen
agers. '
On Monday night, ‘ ministers,
elders, managers, W.M.S. officers
and ihembers, Church School sup
erintendents and teachers, pres
ent, leaders and prospective lead
ers of teen-age bo^ys and girls,
_and--other-—r-epresent-atives—Troirr
some nineteen Presbyterian con
gregations are. expected to at
tend. , ■. . ' '
Qn Tuesday and Wednesday,
leadership training, will, be given
in C.G.I.T. and Sigitia C work,
among teen-agers. .• " • •
in , establishing-
SIXTY-FIVE YEARS
IN SHOW RING
■ James. Forster- of West Wawa-
nosh Had his agricultural team in -
the show ring at Lucknow Fair
l^ri^ek, to set/^record of some
65Tyears of continuous competi
tion. ■ ‘
Mr. Forster’s father, Joseph
Forster, started him in the show
ring at’ the age of 17, and he has
missed only one show in the in
tervening years. He will be 63
cn Friday, October 6th. - •."'•’
Mt. Forstgr had’the distinction
of driving his team to the Fair
last week, something that is rare
ly done any more, in; this age
of motor transportation.
In our interview with Mr. Forr
ster, he went back half a cen
tury or. so, to-recall the, greatest
falrtair thrill ‘ of his life. It was
the team drawing contest, which
he won for several years in a
row and which was the final and
thrilling climax to the fair, then
held at the show grounds north
of Alex: Hamilton’s residenbe.-
Nine teams were in the contest
one year with the Forster team
finishing first. Jim gave some of
the credit for his success to the.
horseshoeing ability of Adam
Thompson, who always did his •;
shoeing for him. Tom Moore had
a team entered that year, ^pnd
Mr. Forster thinks he is the only
man living who had. He recalls •
a couple, of other entrants being
Jack Purves and Bob McGuire. -
, The regulations called for
moving a load of stone on a
straight pull.^ A swinging;, pull
pvoul^_krr6cE“dbwh the marking
stakes and disqualify/the team
ster. The weight of the lpad was b
increased by adding more stone,
or men, until the winning team.
w*as declared. He recalls one
pull, when twelve big men were
added one by one to the load.
It was the highlight, of the fair,
and for James Forster the big
gest thrill of his sixty-five years
in the show ring. .
WAS SERIOULY ILL
A heart condition brought on ,
by spasms of coughing, resulted
in Mrs. Robert Rae becoming
critically ill in Wingham Hospi-
tai. So grave , did her condition
become that her husband—and——
daughter Marg ar r -were called to
her bedside early Thursday. Mrs.
Rae rallied and by Sunday was
able to be moved by ambulance •'
to Byron Hospital, London, Where she is somewhat improved, but is
likely to undergo a lengthy hos
pitalization^ < /, ' .
Court Held Midnite Session
On 6 Assessment Appeals
At the October meeting of the
Village Council on Monday night,,
the Board . convened as a Court
qf Revision On the 1055 assess
ment roll, and. sat-till well after
midnight dealing • With . a Ha,If
dozen appeals; Those of W.’ C.
Atfridge and George Joynt de-
veloped into iengthv-discussions'.
; W. C. Attridge entered appeals
against. the property and busi
ness agsment on the sawmill , and
also on • the ..assessment; of. his
Havelock St. residence. Mr. At-
, tridge supported. his appeal' with
detailed figures in. cqhnectioti
with the purchase and operation
$f this indiistry and • also* per-
taining to his^homa.ln-compari--
sprt With several other village
residences’. He quoted, recent sale
how his’ assessment was much'
higher percentagewise, compared,
with 'the sales value. • ■ °
County Assessor Everett Finni
gan explained the basis Of assess
ment of both properties; and the
rerappraisal of the sawmill' since
the appeal was entered, . In com
nectlon With the business, assess*-,
merit’• on the sawmill a difference
of opinion was voiced over the
ratufe of the.business with Mr.;
1’inhig^n .listing, it^as .a,lumber.
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manufacturing plant, and. Mr. AtT •
fridge regarding the operation , as
the processing !of lumber, He ask- .
ed for, substantial reductions. or
he would take the appeal to the '
Judge, with Mr. Finnigan quite,
satisfied to . have him do- so, as
he.- felt . the basis of assessment ...
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the .manual’, without .which ' they
.would be back to the bld guess--■ ’ •
work system, he Said. ... . ■. ...
/ George Joynt appealed his
house assessment and on two lots '
and a barn ’ to the west of his
residence, .one with an outlet .on
to a blind street, the. other With,
none. Mr. Joynt compared other.
-Qualit-y~Hill" 'properties,/'which ,
Were assessed from. $500 to $600 • .
lower, than his, He took particu-
,ptic.g$...ahd Jised^thgfip^tn-1 ll.ii jd.naRte erf
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the discrepancies, in. assessment
of vacant lots, with his two baOk • / ”
lots, assessed at approximately
'$200 each, while hey cited in- , • ■■...•
stances of better located lots at »
$150. He suggested that the Board
should look into this and queried 4 "
local Assessor A. C, Agnew as to
how he arrived at these figures.
Alex MacNay appealed his ’ .
house’assessment/ pointing, to its- •' ’ v
location, and the surface water ,;•■.•• '
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