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• NONApENARIAN
.1.:.#,.1 1) TO REST
Mra. Thomas MacDonald
A link with the past; and es-
pecially with pioneer days–in
• ;this Community;•: was broken on
Saturday, May 14th, •by the deaith
of a beloved • nonagenarian, Mrs.
• Thomas MacDonald, who passed
avl3'•ay 'at ,Seaforth at the home of
'her daughter,, Mrs. •C. , E. Smith,'
with ;.whom she has ..Made, her
foie for the past few years
Mrs MacDonald 'observed. her
93rd birthcay• on..:January• 25th
She ..had . ,enjoyed comparatively,
,good..health and had reitained .all
her; faculties to a remarkable de-
, gree to permit her a. pleasurable
evening of life, In recent weeks,
however, her strength had failed
rapidly and her passing. was not
Unexpected; •
Mrs. MacDonald was• formerly
Janet Bieaton, and was. born at
Crieff,. Ontario, in 1862, but .care.
to,. Kinloss Township with. 'her
'parents as a child of seven years.
She was :a :descendant of 'High -
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land Scottish • forebears and loved
• the music , of the pipes "and all
'the, old Scottish traditions. It
seemed fitting hat her birthday.
• should fall on the, birthday. an-
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niversary :of ;.Scotland's., band;_
Robert. Burns
in • .1882. she. married Thomas
MacDonald who predeceased' her
in 4932, the year of their golden
wedding anniversary. •.
`Apart• from some ;twelveyears
' . spent in the Algomadistrict this
esteemaible .couple were :coi tin-
+uous residents of .this ;conimun
Although Mrs.. MacDonald
has been at Seaforth for some,
time; old friends here.: kept in
closetouch• with this, dear old
The' remains • were brought tothie : •McLennan -MacKenzie' Mem
oriel' Chapel, Where many . called.
to extendtheir sympathy acid re
spect, and where the ftuieral• ser-
vice was held ori Tuesday after-
moon, . Mar. conduoted1 by
Jtev. D. Glen Campbell. . •• •
`' 'interment was ' in Greenhill
Cetnetery.: the pallbearers' being
3.: L. MacMillan, Archie and Wil_-
liam •MacIntyre, Allister. Hughes,
J. M. Greer and Walter ,MacKen-
zie.' Fiower bearers , were .; Messrs.
M McKellar _ M__A. IReid-_-and- E:-
Geddes of Seaforth,; Frank. ;Mac-
• Kenzie,: Ewart , •Taylor,f.
McLean, '•Grant McDiarmid, ,Wir-
liam Fishery Jack; Campbell. and
Otto. Petersen, all of Lueknow.
Mrs. MacDonald i.s, survived riby'
three sons, John and' Garfield of
Lucknow , 'and Lorne of = Peter-
borough 'and. by'; one daughter,
Mrs.. C. E:: Smith (Kate) of Sea-.
forth•
Mrs: MacDonald , was • pre -
•=deceased by four daughters,:
• Mary,who died while they'•re
: ,,stod-•at-Thesi+.:lon,"Mrs. -Elizabeth_
Clans, 1Vtrs. `Etta Belle Mallough
and Mrs: 1Vtyra Lockeridge, whose
"death occurred just, a. -.Year ago
on M'ayu°9th:
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•NAME' DELEGATES FOR.
W.I. DISTRICT , ANNUAL:,
N., . • —":7–
Mrs. Ira Dickie was .hostess for
the May meeting of the Kairshea
-Woisiet s Institute--The.-pr-esidenft-r
Mrs. D. L. MacKinnon,' presided.:
The ,delegates appointed' for the
District Annual were as : follows:
Mrs. T. Collyer, Mrs. H.. Laois,.
District Director, Mrs:. A: Mac
.Intyre, president. Mrs. D. L •Mac
Kinnon • .and alternate,' Mrs. R.
Martin. The scripture,' Was read
by Mrs C. Colwell: A five Min-
'
ute digest .of';the hand' book was
given by, Mrs. A. Maclntyre. Mrs.
C. Rouiston gave a report, of the
Bruce County }ally atTeeswater
and 'conveners of standing com-
mittees•:gave highlights from their.
discussion 'groups; .at the Rally,
The, motto, `.`One inch of• pro-
gress. is .worth a yard ;of'
taints' was . taken by Mrs. F.
;plaints"
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Moffat,. Mrs. Sheer entertained
' with , a solo, Two readings by.
beanr__:MacLeod.: were. -enjoyed.
Mrs. G,•Irwin read from the Fed-
rerated News. • Denver Dickie ,fav-
ored with a violin solo and Doug.
• las Dickie gave a piano solo..
The roll • calx was answered by
"A Manufacturing firm and. its
' well con-
...,...-.. ' .• • location'!, . Mrs, C. Col
.. a dr' 'inti trMrst-" `re,..`"Ma
Donald thanked ',the hostess who
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, 'LUCKN•QW, O
'WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 5
. . Y 25th
ONTARIO
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AIDED
More . ,than a billion . dollars.' worth:,, of • farm.
products havebeen sold by Ontario farmers in
• each of the last three ,years -nearly, double the
output of ten years ago.
Deveiopf%ntof.new crop varieties and thorough.
extension work under the present administration
• has expanded cash crop acreage .in Ontario by
more'tfian 400. per cent.
Departmental herd improvement have
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GOVERNMENT
Maintained livestock output at 70:. per •cent of
Ontario farm. income.
The Frostadrrunistration'`'has introduced the
.most advanced Marketing legislation.. ;of : any
Canadian province. •
Community _ _living inn -rural areas has • been'
bettered through Frost government. grants. ltast .
yoar these 'amounted ;to a quarter. .of, a •million `
.dollars for 108. community centres;
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'OUNDLEGISLATION .H:AS ` BROUGHT BENEFITS
FO ALL .ONTARIO FARMERSs
HERD IMPROVEMENT has been .. encouraged ` through ' the Frost Government
program which pays farmers one third the purchase price of all -thorough- .
bred sires. Grants to date amount to $56,000.
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'LIVESTOCK . LOSSES ARE � REDUCED by governmentor
provision
Warble Fly and vaccination against' Brucellosis.
• CHEAPER FEED. for livestock is demonstrated through fivepasture improvement:
.stations- established under the present GoVernment.:
• ENDLESS SEARCH for better : crop varieties at Ontario AgriculturalT.College_
and: Western ' Ontario Agricultural School is ' m4de.• possible. by the
Department of. Agriculture, :.
O FUTURE .FARMERS already : have received :a ' million, and a -quarter dollars• in
cash lo•ans' from ;the provincial government. .under the.: Ontario ' Junior;
Farmer. G•oVernment.
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L•oan. Corporation.
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.replied fittingly. The meeting
ended,, with •the . Queen ,and :Iii
stitute grace, A Social hour was
enjoyed. •,
Th June Meeting is at$'the
home of Mrs, T. Collyer: Direct-
ors, Mrs. S. •Chislett, . Mrs.,• ,H.
Houston,. Mrs. F. •Gilchrist, Mrs..
E. Keith.
urc ven1ng•.Auxi iary
The May meeting of the Luck
now United . 'Church_ ELe ih1g
Auxiliary was held in the, church
Fealow'shtp •Roorn with an attend-
ance of 32: Mrs. T. A, MacDon-
ald's theme for ;the opening was
"Live and. Give".. Mrs. Wilmer
HoPtey offered a prayer for our
prayer parttner and home mission-
ary, Miss Gollan. Lunch 'for :the
next Mission Hand meeting 'Was
and Mrs. Alex. Andrew.. 'ushers:
.for the WM:S. Sunday service on
,June 5th are' Mrs. Charles Web-
iter and Mrs: $ruse 1VIcKenzie,
Miss: Elizabeth Webb wilt be our
special sp.eakei for• this 'service.
`Mrs:Leonard Ritchie took charge
of the program, The• 'scripture
was read by, Mrs. Har,dld iRitchie
and Mrs. Clifford Crawford, led
in prayer, The last Chapter of the
s u• y • 00 wasvery capably
given by Miss Jean Osborne en -
teed. "What' of 'the Future",' She
pointed 'out that. there is a rising
National. Government i India
and although .at r t it is
g p.
against Corn/minis . ` .i Watch-
ing
tch .
g, a
ing closely the effects of Com-
rnuttisrri in China. -It is a couhtry
that presents the same basic pro-
blems—dense 'population,, illiter-
acy, hunger and^ disease.. The
vti A ri .,r pre. c��'`ac an e�wi
take-u.plaee•'-within- live .years • re.
garding, the freedd n 'novo enjoy-
ed by our missionaries and 'he.
advocates: building a • closer part
n.ershi,p with our .Indian• Christ-
ions in case theyare left to 'carry
on Christ's , work .without. mis
sIonaries. A talk on "Life in a
Trailer 'Village" by Miss, Mari
garet. Rae with Mrs; Harold Al-
lin .ast questioner, •was very in
f -or 1 ativ,e M1 -s ---Roy— Blaek gave
an appropriate reading on. "Ems
pire :•'Day.". Miss .Margaret .1" -tae•
favored .with :a vocal solo , and
Mrs. _Harold Al
lin.,with .an_instru-
mental nimbnr. A hymn,
and; the
rnizpah 'benediction closed the
meeting.: `Lunch • ,was served by
the committee in charge.
Life May rust begin ai.t 40 for
.60 -.since tik -was 20.
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Again Remanded, '
'Dennis Desmond, R.R. I, Pink-
erton; is scheduled •to',appear :in
police .,court 'in, Walkerton, on
Thursday •on acharge of .abdUc-
tion,` He 'was, given another re-
mand when • he appea:,►'ed twa
weeks ago, ' '
RE-CEivE �'-e-ITI-�EN.Ul(f:IP, .
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Sixteen people were present.
ed with citizenship japer at a
special Ping."
land
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Court with Judge .Frankn
land presiding. In the group were
Johanna. Van Osch... Jack. Van
Osch and Peter Vain Oseh., all of.
A.R. 3, Luckriow; mod natives of.
Holland.
Among those recommended for
c�"i�izeii p w
Bakker of RSR. 2, LucknoW,
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