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The annual' meeting , of the
Lnc�ow. acid District Red` Cross
Society •was p,e'1d on Friday after-
noon With a scant attendance .• to
hear the reports of another sue-
cessful year,. . 'The,' local 'Branch
achieved spectacularaccomplish-
'metesg: the `war years, and
durin•
its post -War peacetime activities.,
We •been most .laudatory..
• The: •annual campaign for funds
always ' meets witha: generous
•response . and ' last year close; rto•
- ,200 was contributec1 The funds
w1ere further boosted by a $200
legacy from the, Estate of the late
J. R. 'McN ib,: who ..was a former
president.. of the Branch and, al-'
: ways 'interested, . in Red : Cross
work:
This 'legacy will be .used. local-
ly • this Su;nmer ;. to promote the
water safety cainpaignand swim-
ming instruction program for
„children..of the 'community,
Branch officers we're'. re-elected
as follows:: president, 4..}3: Stoth-..
ers; vice president,' `James' -Hen=
• Terson;' 'treasurer • G. M. Couse;
secretary, •Mr,s.. 11V. B. Anderson;
• campaign :'chairman;. James. Hen.;.
person: Work . Room: convener,
Mrs..4.. E. ,McKim; hospital v i,s
'iting Committee `chairman, T. W. .
Smith,
The . financial: statement was;
gwven-as• follows_<;by -G.. M._Couse:..,
Receipts•:
Jan:. 1, 1954, balance :;.:,.$ ,.620 g4:
Campaign receipts ,.t, U43.55
• Estate sof J.',R;• McNab : . . +•200..00
$1,964.39
Expenditures
Canadian; Red CrossSoc. $ •706:84
Blood' transfuSi• riffs: , ;;:. '20.00'
Welfare ivrliateeaa i
veteran) ....;... 80;41
.. Swimming • instr=uctions,,' in= '
eluding transportation -w 112.00
• Cost of materials used.iin"'•
Makin clothin'g,. gar- .
g` -,
. n erits, etc: :331.63.
:Sendry expense •.:; ...: 6.80
'..'Balance on hand,` 11ecem•- •
fiber 31st, 1954 '....:,, 706,71
c ' $1954,39'
Work .Room. Report
Mrs. A. E. McKimn,':. convener •
r, of the WorkBoon ,Committee,,.
reported as •follows
Your:.workr'oom reports a very
successful year;'due;t eche cheer-
ful co-operation.• and help Of all.
-. theelad=ies -in 'our Vicinity. •
Materiel-. was bought through
Red `. Cross Headquarters, cut in
the workroom and distributed to
workers.in the''homes.
• Thirty quilts. '*ere quilted by'
all woinefi's: groups, church and
lhsti:tute. • •
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The sewing consisted .of articles
fere-layettes, girls' nightgowns
and :boys' pyjamas 280:. articles:,
The knitting consisted of girls'.
•and- :boys' _ svveatei•s, •baby . over
the -knee booties' and' sorters 76
.articles; Total '336.
Each , «roman, member of .:the..
executive was. responsible Torthe
cutting, distribution' and comple-
ien of one hype orgarni'cnt 'phis.
s'har•ing of work and, resporis'ibil
ity eightened the• work of the
convener and'thariiks'a.re extend-
ed to•all who sewed, knitted Mand
„qu'iiteti, in full measure; . •
through the loan cupbo-a d,.'
one .was. helped.. • Hospital.,
bred, crutches, wheel chairs: and
Other egti ireent' was loaned. -We
sineercly hope that more itse will
be tiladc of.. the articles in this.
cep}5oard t as„ year,. they 'arca
'yours to u_:.
• sv011ening Instructioe' Report MALCOLMV1 CLAlwli
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ANNIVERSARY SALE
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Bargain -}wise. shoppers have
been, taking .advantage a f Janu-
'ai y. sales in 1ocal:•stores,, To these
'is •addedf,an anniversary. sale, corn
mencing Monday at • Butt'on's.
Meat': Market. A novel `idea
ing the week -long -sale, is 'the
daily ringing ofa concealed'alarm
clock: At the- time- it rings : the
customer who , is paying for :his
or her order •at the time, will
have his • money' refunded, • • and
the purchase received. free. There'
will .be• more than, one free order
on
.the Saturday' Of the sale, If
no one is' in the• ,act of paying
for • their -meat When the ;alarm
goes off, 'it . will be reset: until
a, winner is declared. • .
BURNS NIGST'BLIZZARD''
WAS OLD, TIME *STORM . ' .:•
The: Fire. , Company's' annual
Burns Night •ball` has long 'been
associat'e&. with .stormy' weather;.
While this has. not 'held •truefor
some r time, Tuesday; 'night cer
tainly:' revived • the old superstie
tion.
• 'About, 102. o'clock that evening
.King ' Winter, struck in earnest,
and, .within ;.three hours dumped
a' oo f -snow ---ore theedistrict.�
Visibility;was reduced. ;o nil, and
motorists 'were' either stra nded. or
were driving 'blind,
The storm cut the. attendance,
at the 'dance, but, did; -not`, break"
early. enough to affect the at-
tendance at the • hockey. match:'
• The: snow 'stopped as •quickly
as it had started and plows . were
at work early Wednesday morn.
ingreopening; the roads
WHEELS. STOLEN PROM
TWO , A.UTOMOBILES' •
Thieves were busy in the 'corn
-munity :recently "in the gaine of
Wheel ,snatching • °' from.. auto
mobiles •A car :at: the Ford Gar- `.
age had a wheel':;remove'd' ten
days ago, •and. en Tuesday night
of :;.lash week Gordon,' Morrison
lost two 'Wheels., ,
• Because of snow conditioi s'.he.
had his car pa ed'. near. ' the.
I,ighway. :The t of `or thieves
jac•ked up_the v icle and ',made
oif with 'tvwo wheels:IP.S They
left- the ..hub caps. ancd studs. •
APPOINT' "CARETAKERS ''
FOR' .ASHF.IELD •'SCIIOOLS
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Ash1 field. Township. School Area
Board has "appointed the. foilow-.-
' ngcaretake —rer -thee various
.public : schools sthe Township,
Mrs: Clay=
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once Eseex;' S.S. -03,
l:..y Parrish; S,S. 4, Lochalsh, "Mrs,
G Finlayson, S 5; 5, 'Zion, Chris
Raypai•di°S:S...6, 41li.:Geo».,,tll/lis:
lyIcal Stewat't, S.S. '7, .12th ' Con.,
Anhui Heine,' S.5. 3; ,Dung,L nne'r,:
Chas. F'owi.er S.S 9, :Ott',
'M. E. Andi•:ew; S S, :10, Y.,ane5-
vine,. Robe; .Stott; S.:e11,
pardtmn, Mrs. Edna M,C. ibe;. S.S.
'12, ; (closcdl, .Set• incl: W, Gibson;
5,S, ,13, . Bel fast,', , Har y If ackett;
S.5
15, f•Ientlock City, , Mrs, Roy
1VlacKay, S,,S 1b`,: Crewe, Chester
Finnigan, 8,8, 17, Cedar Valley
Lawrence. Bleck;
.w..; .....
1141( ISSUE WAN,TEB
The Sentin
el has had pec `ttcsts
,for ;.,,,.a.x•l',.,
several copies of The Sentinel
of' l e(`G'inber 29th, which WG'
ia,blc., to fill. if .l•rt i c
are . tint„e who .:haat/e this : issue°
on, han'clf` and no further, u e ..for
it,
we. would, ' Appreciate. receiv-
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leg a few copies. ••
.occuri•ed suddenly..in Toreeto ons
Thursday.'He was. related to 'the
foberteon tarn and was known
to mane hero tt •.the' Clark ,fate,
ilsr frequently Visited'` with Misses
Ethel and 'T3o11 '.B•obert on:
Mi'. Clark Was',as.ociated with
the 'Mas ey- tari•i•' Comeeny pi iot:
to •• ills r :th•einent and :a few
yeat':, 'age was -sent • to 1nGL a by
thci Conipariy. 4 •
;W, 'ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26th, 1955
NAME• OFFICIALS .0P
BLAKE UNWED CHURCH •
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urge ��at bore Use
Biakes United Chureh held
their annual meeting Thursday.
afternoon, January 20th, in the
church. Rev. J. R. Dickinson was
in Charge and:apened the meet-
ing with prayer. A..favorable re-
port 'was given by all the treas-
urers. The Session 'members for
'the coming year 'are, , T. Blake,
I .Cranston, Wm. Irvin C. ;John-. .
sten; Stewards,---� ,.
drew, W, 'Zinn, :R lrv.;in , en -
C cER---RES-
IS. : �T ..
t� IN� '�T .
HREE •
OVERNIGHT EARKING
aAN ON -11AIN ' STREET'
It facilitatet h proper plow-
ing of Main. Street by the De-
partment of Highways night :shift
crew, overnight parking is re-
quired to be discontinued during,
the • Winter. months.
The, Village Councilis serving
notice 'kV this effect . in an • ad
vertisement, 'iii this,,issue.
ary; Trustees, R. -Kilpatrick, W.
Andrew, 1w Cranston, C. Kilpat-
rick,'', Blake,. I:Cranston,. J. Hoak,
Twarnley choir leader, H.
Blake; ushers, K. Cranston, L.
Morgan, • J. Irwin; D. Kilpatrick,
J. & 13. Andrew; K, Johnston, D.
& G. Curran,; auditors, K;' Blake, J.
Cranston; 'anniversary committee,
music, • .W..._ .Ziri —e and R. Arvin:,
flowers, • Mrs, W. 'Andrew, ' Mrs,
K , Menary. The •, meeting .Was
closed with • the benediction by
ReveDickinson. • ,•
WT•each Sunday' by :radio, and the
/.►I iTEER , .
Bible .takes foremost place in her.
HYPNOTIC •SLEEPER, ".reading.
Mrs, MacDonald: was formerly
• Dam,ant, `the' Hypnotist; is coin=p, Janet ,'B'eaton. She was of : Hi gh=.
ing . to Lucknow next 'Wednesday, land Scottish Parentage, and. ; tho'.
:Thursday—.and Friday, February born at Crieff, • Ontario, canna to
2, '•.3, ..4,: under auspices of ' the' Kinloss Township' 'as.' a child. In
Canadian L• egion. , , a' • • 1882 she. married m rxred Thomas Macy
A Yell; orso ago, : the: Legion .Donald. who' predeceased her in
sponsored a ,similar show, which' 1932;. They farmed in ;this -coni-
attracted :large :crowds ',during, a, .munit and in•• the .The s ion
,.•.y sa,, s,
week-long'.:run trict': for. ,adtirne before returning
Damant .recently .' Performed in 't0 Luck 'now ' . to .. establish' "their
-,Clinton •••and -w -as•.- held_s over._.for :w home. Of late, wears Mrs., Marc
a fourth _;night. F Donald' has lived at Se'ai—rfhe
.
this community'Janearye•25th
is synonymous with' .the anniver-
sary of 'the_ birth of .11,obby Burns
and. o•f • Mrs, Thomas .MacDonald
'who ''Was 03 years of '..age on
Tuesday; • '
—Mrs: ' MacDoziald'sis
health re-
s,
.markably'good Or 'her advanced'.
age and`.:she: continues to have
many interests.:,Always . a faith-
ful church • attendant, . Mrs.: Mac-•.
Donald .,now `hears two` 'serv'i'ces,
To 'prove the powers.<of . Da- • _ with' • her. •dau' hter
;g , Mrs .: Clinton`,,
Merit; Legion` officials- are' calling' 'Smith •
for. a volunteer• or.. volunteers During:"the Past year Mrs.; Mac-
whospend :the afternoon Donald was bereaved , by.' the
the
prior .'to the. 'show. in a `hypnotic' . death :of herdauehter, Myra ••Mrs,
sleep in ;a .show;' window on Main' Alfred."L ockerid a :,
Street„
C)f'a family of eight Clildren,
.,This means -of ublicizin the': four: r .' iv
. ... -., ......� g a a • e. l uvg, Jack and',,Garfield
show : is very, successful as great .of Lucknow, . Lorne:• .of- Peterbor
ough and -Kate (Mrs:' Smith) of
Seaforth •
.Mrs. MacDoraid's many Lucke
now ...friends join 'in extending
congratulations 'and best '.wishes, ;
interest is taken 'in' the "sleeping
beauties”, be they male or .fe-
male." "Who'll volunteer'" is the,
question , that,. Legion. Present
Kenneth. Cameron 'is asking.
OUR NEIGHBORS
•P,/.SS N 1 N ETY : MARK
Front the rolling hills 'of ,Kin=
loss Township comes a record of
longevity . that nay . be hard to
gurppass,:.,From neighboring pion-
eer homes; all •within a mile' and.
ae quarter, have come four stale
war.tecitieens:• urho today have all •
reached • or passed the ..ninety
ma • rk.
t
Aithoigh,'no longer'residing on, .-
the •Sec, d
three of the fo n� '. as a i
�r Ur _.9zi ,.Gr#ar ans. • ';
are , residents of Lucknow, •
Eldest of the foursome is Diin-
Can MacLeod of, town who ;was
92 on Christmas Day . and is still
enjoying comparatively •g orod:
health;'although 'less active now.
• His: sister-in-law, . Mrs. John
MacLeod, was ninety on Janie.'
ary 10th.: She .makes her - home
With her daughter, -Mrs.. Harry.
'Nikon.- Mrs. ' MacLeod • is .in: quite:
frail health. • • .
"Mrs. George : Melvor' ' and jacle
Gollan, a niece and nephew : of
Duncan • MacLeod, are 92 and 90
years respectively,. Mrs. Maclvor,
formerly Lizzie ' Goll:an, regeles in "
Ebor, Manitoba. 'She..marked 'her
•992nd birthday. this-':'neonth. Her
brdther, John, will be'.90 on Feb:
ruary 1th. He is •physically in
Comparatively ` good : health, but.
his `rnerniery. is failinghim
Another' meamber of the Gollen
family who is :nearing, the; ninety
mark .-'s Mrs: eGeorge Fraser
,(K.ate) of Reston, Mn.a
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COUNGII 'AUT;<ORI2:E5
REPAIRS' TO i' ARENA
The Village Council has authy'
orized the, Arena Committee ::to
proceed'•ineinediately,with repairs
at - the arena, the :costi of which
may run tothree' or four hun-
dred dollars :and will •be'assum
ed
by ; C;ouncil
The repairs require.—the install-
«tion Of steep cables to correct'
anr3' eliminate • the spreading.;' ..of
he : framework,
FIVE GENERATIONS OF' LZUCKNOWITES
Pictured above are five. 'gen-
erations of Lueknowites,. and
Which is not a common , occurr-
ence, In thecentre', proudly hold:-
ing her , great-great-grancldat4 h -
ter, Sharon M'aeNay, is. Mrs: John:
Itow•e. Seated beside here are her
' daughter',. Mrs: Robert, Hutton.
(Birdie); and her.tgreat grandson,
p•
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Robert MacNa .i Standing is Mrs;
Howe's granddaughter, Mrs,, Alex
jMacIlay, formerly' Margaret tut-.
ton, ,M.
• rs. •Bowe is 91 years~ of .age.
She formerly .resided in Lucknow
but• now makes her home. at .Am-
herstburg with ,her daughter Lie-
Mrs, Garrett Feyge. The pie-
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tu"re was taken at ,Arnherstbitrt
and the cut is by courtesy of The
Windsor:" Daily Star.; • °
Mrs.'
Windsor:
,has: twenty six
grandchildren'' fifty-seven great
grandchildren •and. her 5 -months- '
old great -great-grandchild, ?hat•,. • . .
on,
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