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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-11-24, Page 1to report at Aidershot in Scotia. George likes—the— and will likely stay /n his three-year stint is up. i BUYS GRASS FARM from when’ Mr. Mac- Office..has* nos- for old residents SCOTT FAMILY INJURIES NOT YET DETERMINED 12.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S A back north McConnell as ohe Of stage. The ceased. to also SUggCoWaexcel’ .themselves m wmdoiV and trip, store' decorations* t ■ It was decided to remain open Thursday afternoons" during i ■ evenings week* com*’ also suggested’ that LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24th, 1954 Kinloss Federation Endorses The Hog ’Marketing Agency Alvin Hamilton of paramount has purchased a 100-acre grass farm from Henry Gilmore, across the road from the Gilmore home­ stead? on the Paramount sidezr road. The farm is less than a mile-from” Alvin?s~home’~place," which is the. former Stein farm. The Township Hall: at Holy­ rood was well filled on Tuesday > night for the annual meeting of —r the Kiirlo^ Township Federation of Agriculture, which went on record as endorsing the complete action of the Hog Marketing Agency. This resolution, moved and seconded by Raynard Ackert and Ted Burt, was'heartily sup­ ported after the meeting had heard an address by Charles Mc- Innes of Iroquois, president of the Ontario Hog Producers, which Mr. Frank Maulden, in thanking the speaker, referred to as having pulled no punches, made no excuses* for mistakes which may have been made and _ » gave the . information- that -many­ farmers ' lacked, in connection with fhe comparatively new Hog Marketing Agency. P, A, Murray, chairman of the Kinloss, Federation, and also a County director, presided and gave an outline of activities since the formation of the unit. Secretary -..treasurer Frank Thompson read the minutes.. Mrs. , Frank/Maulden gave two read­ ings and Gordon Wall an accord­ ion SO10..;'.-':;. '■ Alfred Brunton of Tara, pres­ ident. of the Bruce County Fed- era^dh^tressed the importance TowJishiD—JJnit*^—Jim- Powers, Bruce County fieldman, introduced the speaker, and pre­ ceded his introduction by stress­ ing what the Federation has and — -can do in helping solve rural social and economic problems. He referred to a third Farm Forum .h^vjn.g been, organized in kinId^ari^i^i<i^tKere: was jroom griculture’s Hope Bites told his rural au rice?’.that they belonged to they biggest and most important industry, in the country and that in the Federation of Agriculture in Canada' lies the hope Of Can­ adian agriculture. ./ : He stressed that the farmer must hot only be a producer but a good marketer. The fact’ that this. wasn’t possible individually, gave rise to the central selling _—-ggencyTT-to-eliminate-the-middle’ man who had no responsibility L to the producer. , 1/ The Federation . secured gov­ ernment regulations under the ■ Farm Products. Marketing Act,. / and . when processors would not / . negotiate, the hog marketing agency was set up and is known . as the United (Livestock Safes. To Direct Deliveries I; m Regardless of whether hogs go * to the stdek yards or packing F plants, the are all sold by the I,'/ Agency, but bargaining power is lessened When hogs go? direct to .. the packers. The .Agency has ; - plans for enforcing a complete direction program for the de- / livery of hogs. The query if some ’ truckers got a rake-off from the processors, brought smiles* ' Mr. Mclnnes did hot, deny that / mistakes* had been made, and he p said the system should be exam- / ined critically' to be sure it is |! the right biie. He compared mar* it . kets in, the. .States and ’in other ■' .provinces with .the Ontario mar­ ket before and since the Agency j /was established, and quoted fig- L ures running tq, several jnillfon , dollars whereby/the Ontario hog 1 producer had benefitted* “We / . have made $10 for every $i ,00 it cost”, he stated. ■ • ^^^^M^^Mnnes^referred^rfQ^ problem that still confronts theiri. ■ It is that ,of-a small surplus that prices, and when it-i ? / ■ Sets into-the hands of speculwM . «—v ■ ■ . ■Upsets’ the-stability of the mar/’^h Thursday afternoons- dining ? ket, which the Agency has sought I December’ until C.nMst to maintain. The. answer is for: and t< . remain open < l hog produeefs .to.'take still’ an-’khir’W,.• chJISKS i- SO. t t other step, 'so they c.-'n control mincing Monjaj-- J, tfun-' i . te surpluses,' and' disr ” I It a/ Hwi/ ■ them in-hunger stricken count-i.^ny, "• ,h„ r ,tin->’/ota. WJ-dier< «es,-W as they will, so as mrttDny ,‘,L ' ’etc; ' . / . J ''.’' (Continued on to'id> r0' pmcJaim it : . ■ Induction At Bluevale ReV’ Maurice McNab__was__re-- contty inducted as’ minister of the Bluevale and Belmore charge Of the Presbyterian Church. Rev. ,S’ Paulch X South Kinloss, and chairman of Presbytery, had charge of the induction. Rev. Wallace McClean of Lucknow addressed the minister and coir- gregation. B.-A. OPERATOR overcome BY MONOXIDE FUMES Bill Hunter,, who operates the B.-A. Service Station, had the unpleasant experience on Friday of—being- knocked out bycarbon monoxide fumes. The ringing . of the office phone saved him. - Bill had a car running in the garage but had the tail pipe hose attached and out the door, How­ ever, the deadly fumes were ap* parently .being wafted back into the bujlding, and he unknowing­ ly had about had it, when the office^ telephone rang. As he reached the office, “the lights started to go but”, and Bill col­ lapsed on the floor before reach­ ing the phone. His brother, Ver-, non Hunter, happened to be in the office at the time. Some fresh air quickly revived BilL and al- though he remained on the job, felt the effects of the gassing for some time. i - • Full extent of the injuries suf­ fered by Mr. and Mrs. John Scott pf London and formerly of Luck­ now, had still hot been deter­ mined when relatives from, here Visited them on Sunday. It had not then been possible to take complete x-ray pictures. Mrs. Scott is the more seriously injured of the two. Her head, injury, is ‘causing considerable concern and she has continued lapses. She suffered' a broken nose, but it was questionable if the jaw is fractured, as first thought. In addition Mrs. Scott suffered a fractured leg above the knee. Mr. Scott’s condition showed improvement It was then doubt­ ed if his ankles, were fractured, and ft possible hip. fractured was being regarded as likely to be a pelvic injury. 1 Their son John, who suffered a fractured nose, was detained at the hospital until last Friday as he started hemorrhaging the injury. MERCHANTS PLAN FOR SANTA'S VISIT The Lucknow Business Men’s Association met last Friday ev­ ening to. lay plans for Santa’s annual visit, and despite a * slim attendance of eleven members, the meeting enthusiastically ap­ proved. of making this a more gala occasion than / in. recent years,. Russ Button, president of the Association, had charge of the meeting. Santa Claus day was set for Saturday, December 11, and a big parade is being pFanned, with The Clansmen and possibly . „other_organizations-joining—w-ith- the Business Men to make this a colorful event. Free Show Week Later It was decided at Friday night’s meeting to make the par­ ade. the. feature’ of Santa’s visit and to stage the usual free show a week later, on Saturday, De­ cember 18th, if -arrangements can be made, with The Playhouse Theatre. The. Santa Claus parade will thus hot have to be' started quite so early, and all the . children can parade, whereas in other years they joined the theatre line-up and left Santa pretty much to himself.- ■ in fact, for.this year’s parade, it will be a requirement that all children of paradeable age join the procession, to obtain a treat* The bags of sweets will be dis- tribufed.only..to.publicschool^^^a pre-school children. M, L? Sanderson and Elm^r Umbach were appointed collect­ ors. As there has been no prev­ ious collection this year, a fee. of $5.00 was set, to cover trie costs pf -the Santa Claus day and picture show ■ apd other- lhcideh- tal expenditures, of ..the Associa- The meeting requisitioned the Village Council DICK MARTIN RETIRES, JACK CAMPBELL FOR COUNCIL Richard Martin has .retired as J/reeve of Huron Township, and: his successor will be^ decided at the polls on December 6th. Can­ didates for the, reeveship are Chester Emmerton and Claude Dore. There are five in the field for the / four /Council seats, John Campbell, Russell Collins, John C. MacDonald. John McMurchv and Alfred Walden. John Campbell, in the above list, is the lighthouse keeper at Point Clark and a former Luck­ now barber. - -■ '■ ■ SON OF FORMER RESIDENT WAS JET BOMBER PILOT An interesting but belated clip­ ping has come to hand, with re­ ference to Lt. Fraser Bouck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bouck of Schoharie, N.Y*. Mrs. Bouck was formerly Iona Paterson of Luck/ now, daughter of the late Dr. Dan Paterson. Lt. Bouck <hgd ten years of flying /with the U.S. Air Force. He served in Europe during World War II and then in Korea -where he had many dangerous ^missions over enemy territory as the pilot of a jet fighter-bomber. He has since left the Air Force to take an engineer’s pqsjtioii ;in_ Indianapolis. He received his G.E. and E.M.E. degrees from Purdue University. Lt. Bouck’s wife is a native •of Jersey, Channel Islands, Eng­ land. Sil>e was .educated in. Eng­ land and France and prior to her marriage was a stewardess with British European Airlines. TEAR DOWN OLD LAURIER_OFFICE The, old house that for.,,manv_ years served ias a Post Office in the Laurier community of Ash­ field, is no more. It has been torn down, for What use can be made of the material in it. The house was on a grass farm owned by Dan MacLean of Lochalsh. The house was built .between 70 and. 80 years ago by John Bain.. It was later owned by John Jamieson,. iSr., who was postmaster for many years. Mr. Jamieson was a staunch Liberal and is credited with naming. it the Laurier Post Office, after Sir /Wilfred Laurier. That commun­ ity and the schoolhouse became known as Laurier, a name that is still retained, The schoolhouse has been clqsed -for some Tihle, and the children from the Laur­ ier, Section are transported by bus to Lochalsh School* The Laurier Post Ofice receiv- ed theTnail by stage coach, which plied between Kincardine and Goderich, making the south trip in the morning and ‘ in the evening. Bill was long associated, the, drive^ of- this Laurier Post. Office ----- exist upon the advent of rural mail, with the late Jack Hamil­ ton as the first rural mail driver td make the circuit to Amberley and .south to. the 12th Conces- ' field vf or the " 'return The old landmark still stood- until last, week Loan razed it' . Laurier Post, talsic memories who ‘ got their mail there in­ cluding such still ‘familiar, fain- Lily ’ names aS ■ MacKenzie, John­ ston; Bell, MacDonaldy MacLen- Kempton, Bueglas, TOWNSHIPS TO NOMI NATE FRIDAY Friday of this Week will see nomination meetings in the three adjacent ^townships of Ashfield, Kinloss' and West Wawanosh.* There were elections in both We§t Wawanosh and Ashfield last? year, which would lead to the assumption that acclamations would be likely on Friday. It is four years since there has-been' an election in Kinloss, and there the situation could be different, aS there is increasing evidence that a ballot may be in the of- <fing.v ‘ <• •••’■ '■’ y” ■••>* In Ashfield In Ashfield Township the Board is comprised of Reeve Cecil Blake; who was elected in a three-way battle last year, and Councillors Donald MacKenzie, John Bradley, Andrew Ritchie & Tow Howard who were the pick of the ratepayers from a 5-man slate. /■'■.' Marshall Gibson, Jack Gould and Walter Alton were elected as School Area Trustees from four candidates. They are efect- _ed^for„_a^twotyear—ter-m—Retiring- trustees this year, both eligible for re-election are Marvin Dur­ nin and Clifford Crozier. , *' In Kinloss The Kinloss Board is compris­ ed of Reeve David Carruthers, Who was .elected by acclamation * four years ago and has since been returned each year without opposition. The four councillors elected by .ballot in December, 1950,/are Farish Moffat, P. A. Murray, Dan T. McKinnon and. Harold Percy. Kinloss is. not in a. public School area, arid therefore school trustees are’ hot elected by a general vote of the ratepayers. In West Wawanosh The West Wawanosh Council is completing its first' term since elected by ballot a year ago. It was the first election in six years. . jrheBoard. Js-.headed-by-Reeve- John Durnin and Couhcillors Harvey Culbert, Orval McPhee, Eldon Miller and Lorne Durnin. The council has also had a hew clerk this year im the person of John Foran, who> succeeded Durnin Phillips, who resigned , at the first of the year after thirty- one years in* the clerkship. The township treasurer is Clarence Greer* / ‘ : . / School trustees re-elected last : _yearby_accIamatiom.for-a-two- ; year term are James Curran and ' Harvey , Anderson. The other three members of the Board who ’ automatically retire this year, but are eligible for re-election, .. are Wrri. Webster, Ted Mills and Wallace’ Miller, ' • We . understand that the Wa­ wanosh' Public School Area with a rate of 3.3 mills, enjoys' the. reputation of having the lowest rate, in. Huron County* . * KOREAN VETERANS ARE BACK HOME George Irwin of Lucknow and Francis Hewitt of Bervie arrived home on Monday after more than- a year with the Canadian Army in Korea. Both are in the Black Watch. George, \yho- is 20, and who will have be0i in the army two years in February, i^ a son of Mr. and Mrs. . Spence Irwin of. Lucknow. A family reunion was held Monday evening to mark George’s return. , iMr. Hewitt is a married man with five children* The Canadian Force returned on the American troopship Marine Phoenix, which docked at Seattle after a 1'5-day Pacific crossing direct from the port of Inchon on the west coast of Korea. “ George Wasn’t much impressed with Korea. It’s a rugged coun­ try, and during, the winter seas­ on is damp and cold, although the snowfall is light. Many of the people live in huts of mudv and straw or in holes in the ground. There are many orphan­ ed children, and want and pov-; . erty are everywhere in evidence. Many are hungry and poorly dad even .to the point of nakedness.’ George spent about turn months in Japan during his Korean ser­ vice. He was there for a six- weeks’ course, and spent a two- week leave there. And, s p e a k i n g of " leaves, George now has a sixty day fur­ lough. He will leave late in Jan­ uary jSLova army when AMBERLEY NATIVE TO SUCCEED ALEX HAMILTON Mr. Robert Henderson of TilJ- sonburg takes oyer the duties as C.N.R. station agent at Wing­ ham, this week, succeeding Ale?< Hamilton of Lucknow, who re­ cently retired. Mr. Henderson is a native of . the Amberley district and com- ' menced his railroad career in Kincardine some thirty-five years ago. He has seven years to go before reaching the super annua-. , tion age. —Miv-Henderson—is—an—uncle^cf—~ Garnet Henderson; local C.N.R. agent. FRUIT MARKET CHANGES HANDS Ivan Louzon, jfrho has operat­ ed the Lucknow Fruit Market for the past'eight years, has dis­ posed of/the business to Cyril Brdwn. The new proprietor tpok charge on Monday morning. . Mr. Brown is no stranger to . many . in this community. . His 'Wife was formerly Dorothy Nix*//,' on, daughter of Mr* and Mrs* Harry Nixon of Lucknow* Cyril’ came ,'to Canada in a the latter part of 1940, and was sta­ tioned at port Albert airport uh? der the British Commonwealth . Air Training plan* He and - Dor- -bthy---Were7-married-“rmJ4)427Tmd'^~ later went to England ■where he . remained in the R^A.F. until his discharge in 1946, when they re­ turned to Canada, to take up per­ manent residence*. Upon his return Cyril became • associated with Dominion Stores* He -was manager of the •Godbrich Store for- some time., arid for the past year had,1 been in charge of the Superior Food ‘ Market at Clinton. . '> .. ■children, Edward, age 7 . years, and Carol, age 21^ years/ The\ ;are moving- ' to Lucknow this, /week and- are taking /up.’resi­ dence in the' home of the late ■ ’ Mrs. Heil Gillies on Main Street; In disposing of his retail busi- • ness, Mr* Louzon. win devote h-is . , full .time to the ^wholesale frtr/t, and vegetable business,-, and wid act as suoplier for Tne Fru/f ' Market. The Louzon family .is ’returning to Goderich to reside^ .