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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JULY 1th, 1955
EIGHT PAGES
first burial` At K�ntai� A Cer�tu
Ago, Plan For perpetual. Care
A ,rneeting of the recently :or
ganized Kintail Cemetery Board
was held at; Ashfield .Presbyter-
ian Church on Thursday 'evening,'
.when. plans were` 'discussed for
proceeding, With the project of
instituting.., perpetual•'•ear,'e at this.
•century-old. �buraground.
To '.this end it Is planned to
make a personal canvass of all'
persons.' concerned, in the Kintail
community. and .surrounding die-
trict . during the 'week of July.
,, 18th,'Bill MaoD'onald, +Colin ,Mac-
Gregor .and . Finlay •R. MacDonald
Were 'appointed to conduct the
the canvass: •
hollowing the • 1oca1 canvass' it
. is the intention to send a letter
to all those: 'living , at a: distance;
and..who it is felt "will, •he inter-
ested • in: coritri•buting " to . this`
worthy :cause: _ The fund for: per
petual ,care will remain ppen for•
iu bhe .' donations •even':after the
initial: canvass is made.
Funds obtained ;vvxll .lie placed.
in trust so as'`.to. provide a• yearly
income,:.to:. hire . ;a caretaker and
take care . of, other., expenses.
Donald ISinipsore is the board
•' secretary and will mail officia
l
receipts for :all donations
First: Interment
The first'. interment in this
•':pioneer•iburial ?ground was •a little
ever one hundred ' years
• in December' 1854, Christy
MacDonald, infant child' of D. oai-,
eld. and Cath�rnie MacDonald was:
'.interred , there The .'late•Dan
MacDonald' of Kintail . was ' a .
youn;ger brother
Through the years the cemet-_
'ery has been,: 'maintained by
means of work bees In: the. past.
Sew years consider.:a�bTe work has.
;been done` under •the guidance. of
Bill . MacDonald, the , present,.
chairman of the board.: A' power
mower.was;
•purchased with ex-;
rs,ting funds arid considerable ;fill'
brought: in for - badly' needed
levelling. More voluntary work
twill be necessary 'to , put : the
grounds in, prosper shapee .•
instituting . Of. perpetual:
Caregives .aesurance, that this,
sacred '.spot , will :.be perpetually,;
e,Maintained in a proper condition
that will hallow the .memory of
the
ear1 "s ttl
ere and succePdr
ng:
generations Which have since' .b'e •,closed from Jule 25th • toeover
been: laid to rest there., • •• •Civic Holiday, August l.st, but
a,will 'otherwise be.:open forhand-
ling ..of essential job :printing.. '
• This ad-va-nce*natice 'is ''given-of600.811"had been yet:
Mr. and,Mrs„' James R,'Duriean so that those requiring advertis- �, , . ,�:Cost of the. resuscitator is. $470.
- -
.7 --announce-- -- ,in.. rrr-- r-reti - .. ma- a-dlust--their- - u
• ►t•]re-�errgage g--� P , ,ng--,. Y-• adjust--ah--addxtier�al$50., or. so- for
inent of their lana accordin ly.
daughter; Joyce, Isa- Plana g two . aux.rlrar tanks. The Si,* bun
s liel; to,. Mr. •,John' :Willia'rn Yundt Bred dollar . objective .provides
• .. 'sort.: of tdMonTate Yund
S.TE R_,Wg GH:E,D— ,.__
arise in . connection, with 'Maine - The 'marriage • will take place. at WELL OVER .TON tenance ail. '''operational train
1Vfonktorr.•Lutheran Church, July. ... ing.. � ' ' °
•
24th• at 4;00
• pan:,• • • Elliott Sandy. , of Ashfield has • .� Two.:reserve tanks 'are ..essen=
sold his big steer-and:•big is a tial.. There are two',oxygen tanks
conservative description for the with ' this' portable: resuscitator
0 three-year-old `.animal . t Aped .the with at .least..a 15 -;minute supply
scale at well` over a ton: It ,weigh each if used -continuously in r'e-
ed.2170.epounds v. -hen shipped and 'sp citation work.•
lost 40 . pounds by the tirrie it • Dtmations not previously ack-
was purchased by'Canada Pack- nowledged are as .foilavirs, Don
ere' 'at the, :Stock 'Yards in. Tor- Cameron• $2.00; Gordon . Ander-
,��o. o 1.094. -deer-ge -:S.t.ew. ;,rt LOLL
• Caledouran Cairnes will be staged Mr: Sandy bought this Holstein Alex :Sutherland 1,00; Luck,now
., to mark the ,centennial annfiver•= steer • from Glen, '•.Walden: It Women's;' Institute 25.00; • Lorne
sary of the opening of, the Soo wei'g�hed.'125 Pounds at birth, 'and -Parrish •.1.00 Victor Eakee :25;
locks. p g
d� , r - _ : loss '. - � , nshp of I�iny
_ in the'.interi-�.i�rnb 37'months has J. R.•.Lanc 2:00 'owy
The Band:, members- will. be ac consumed a. -pile of fodder to loss 10,00, Jack Campbell 2.00,
companied 'by relatives and other keepputting on the beef and Br\•ce• Elliott 1:00,•. Jahn Finnigan
„ 8cois”
wishing to. make.: the -trip. u;yas .well tinisht�d 'uheh it went .1.00; • ' Kintail. Women's Insti'tute4
The ''bus has. ,36... assen ger Cap- to 'market. It stood' about 5 feet; 10.00; Jim Hunter 2,00; J. W:
.'a,city arid at. the firstof t- e week 8 inches, and had a girth behind ' Jo�'nt 2.00; Ethel and Bell lob-
the . . - _ .. •,. so 2.00e Rr J, MacKenzie 1:00"
Rob -
there a er e still three, or four the shoulders of 95 rnthes. ertson ,, . ,
seats available; Allan Reed is the :.The animal Was quite. en at- Mrs: ,Jessie Allirr• . 1:00; Wm. J.
drivN ion. and. many ' viewed it at Robb 1.00; Mrs, Alex Gillies •1.00;
r. � ••. tracts,..� _,.-_... _ :w�...F.
1'he bus..will-ree t,__
leave at three the Sandy farm wre`�itr,ra�%�ert``"G�o'rge Swam I�•: 0, ... .Rntl
sari. Friday morning tome somewhat of a "pet". Car'p�pbetl 1.00; D. K. MacKenzie.
. y to be ter, c,' .. .. c . , �ibIowibra •.2.00:
tarry of, making :ferry •connections This big steer recalls, rncrnorre, 1.00, Keny
• .at, Tobormory 'for Manitoulin ;Is. of "the big steer" 'of some year's
]and' and" thence via Little .CC .. Stewart
' rent and�. _ ,. txr- ago ,owned • by C�a e�hed some
Espanola to Highway 17 of Ashfield which ; w g
and, Wesbivard to the Soo.- 2600, pounds at 'the age of „live
The l.;ucknow Band will corn- years
.Pete in the ctipetition for "B'', Tho Saxtdy steer, We are tolclr
bands ori. Saturday .ancrve,111 make 'would have exceeded this weight
the return .'trip on Sunday.. ..at, the age of five,
GIVES KINLOSS .LADY CREDIT
FOR *MUSEUM IMPETUS..
Th.e. Toronto Daily -Star :recent.,
ly carried .an ,article; pn the. new-
ly ,established Bruce County
Mu:setirre. ' Among those -interview,
ed was •Dr. J. F. ' Morton, .reeve'
of, . Southampton, who was a
guiding lightin the project.' Dr.
112etirton.gay.. _ :
most. credt to Mrs.
Walter ' MacKenzie. of Kinloss who
first, boosted , the . undertaking
back/ in • 1952, . .
TEN-DAY HEAT WAVE
EASED ON SUNDAY , .
„•A ten-day ,hot •and humid heat
wave eased ` on Sunday, • but•:still,
as this.' is written.: on Tuesday,
there's been nary' a drop of rain'
HOSPITALIZED. THREE'
TIMES` IN ,SIX MONTHS.
Bill Burt of the Kinlough dis-
;'trict has, -had hisfill of hospitals
for • a while,,nIn January he was
hospitalized ..in Kincardine with,
•jaundice.. In March he spent ' a
-while in St.• Jaseph':s. !Hospital
having x-rays, taken, ,and a. we ek
age' Sunday he underwerit an a -
pendectonzy in•,•'Kincardine Hos
pita, being able .to return longe:
on . Monday; of•this , week.
The neighbors were platin rig.
a bee to take off the hay for Bill.
VANDALS
N ALS. SMASH- WINDOW •
AT PORT ALB!.RT CHURCH
Last, week vandals broke the.
protective glass: covering: on one,
of the ,lovely memorial• windows
which were recently dedicated at
Christ Church, Port Albert..
Fortunately the 'stained glass
window .itself, was ' not broken,
.but .the repair of . such windows
is .expensive.•
-and. it's • . 'badlneeded. The. Ontario :`Provincial Police
Y n ' were. notified and are invest' at-'
ung
. Temperature's from June 28th �g
to July 10th . ranged from '80 .deethe • affair..'
grecs, up and: on: three occasions By a coincidence, ,Jtev.
reached ninety,The worst s p ll' Jennings, the: incumbent, took:as
was Friday :night a
aril Saturday hi s " text for last Sunday S t ser
when steaming humidity 'added 'mon, :"lie who is without sin
to the discomfort:' •among . you let' him ..first :cast 'a
nt hold
But this :heat 1l. c ��a •ston:stone.".'. Rev Jennings : wasn't•
,
'a,' ap candle to'that • of July:'7936,, aware of the vandalism 'until af -.
when for sig.'consecutive da s. ter the,service..
Y
;the temperature 'ranged 'around
the 100 -degree mark .for the hot' LADIES` COURT vC:O F
test week ' ever recorded- locally. The monthly meeting of
. The' daily "readings' were: July :os . r'""r+: Canadian ': Order, of
8, :. 98.5 .degrees; '.9th, 100.5.; 10th, : Foresters, was held : in the' Aux,-
99:5;
ux=99;5; . l l th,, 99.6.;' 12th; 98; "13th;
98.6.
ASS" MUSIC EXAMS
• Six .,.pupils of ' Mrs:. Shaddick
who tried Royal : Conservatory.. of
Music ''piano examinations,. sue;
cessfully ..passed, as follows:
Allison ' Webb,, • Grade ,a.; pass, lunch. was served liy Sisters Lois
Mclr tosh,',Noreen Pritchard and
Louise Andrew, ` Gs.alde 7, pass; 'Gladys Hamilton.
Mary!, Alhn,.. Grade 6,,, honors,
Joyce '.MacNay, Grade: 6, honors;
Ann`. MacKay, Grade 6,-•
honors,
iliary. Rooms; Monday 'evening.
Sister Margaret Wasney presid-
ed..
•P1
ans.were discussed to ha
e
a bazaar :in :Noverriber. It was
decided , to, have the picnic at.
Poplar: Beach on July 21st.. There`
wil be, no m --etirrg--- _August:
At :the 'close ' of the; meeting'
LAST OAL ESR. -:
Elaine •MacKay, Grade. 6, pass: "
INHALATOR FUND
SENTINEL HOLIDAYS
Holidays •at •The Sentinel Of-
fice ,are being ;held` earlier ',than
usual :. this.; year.. There will be
no paper published on July :.27th
or August 3rd -The office will
. ' ENGAGEMENTS
With the•,obJective innsight,. the.
Lucknow Fire Company are
sounding, a "last, call'' in -the ' hope
iaf winding up the resuscitator
campaign. •
Donations' to date„ have slightly
exceeded $50000 with *expenses'
of the campaign .amou:ntirig', to
about. $50:00:, Net receipts,,, at the
first . of the week, stood, at • ap-
proximaely $450..00.,. An., objectve•
erne
tore
teek
PIPE. BAND' GOES.
TO • SOO FRIDAY,
The Luck o
rr w Pipe • Band will
leave by' bus early 'Friday rnarn-
g--•f•or•~ Sault Ste; Merite-where-
'BORN
TREMAINB---at. Bechcliffe Priv-
ate Hospital. Hagersville, on
Wednesday, July 20th, to•,Mr" and
Mrs: Lawrence Trernaine of
SAringvale, a , daughter,. Laurel
Elaine . .
- A .
Grant MaeDiarniid Passes
MANY, ,SADDENED.•
BY SUDDEIr! DEATH
' .WILL HAVE GALAXY OF,,
DAHLIAS AND CLADS .
Kelso lelacNay of Paramount
visited recently with Dr. C C.
Evely at..th e Horne -ler -the' Aged"
at Walkerton, and reports' that
the ` Doctor will { have another
beautiful flower garden this year.
He specializes:` in :gladioli•'and
dahlias; and imports . the ' latter
from,: as far away as Australia
Dr. Evely has;. 1100 dahlias and 4
.1208' glads this year and when. •
they: " burst 'into bloom a few
weeks hence . will•, no doubt be a
sight to behold. . .
':. This ,district • •was shocked arid
saddened by the ; sudd4n • ' death
last •week of ' Alexander Grant
RMacDiar- id, • a lifelong and pro-
mirient resident of the•:commun,
ty He was 'in his. 56th year.
Seized with a heart -:attack last
Thursday -a, ternoon at :•Dungan.
:non, while attending a meeting
of the West Wawanosh Mutual
Fire Insurance ' Company, Grant
expired within a matter of, mom
ents. He •was elected to the Board
of Directors early this. year.
Grant was a -stin of the late
Alexander'MacDiarmid and Mary'
MacKenzie and was. born in Ash-•
field -'on ,September 24th, '1899..,
He operated the. home farm" iii,
the Paramount community until
,four • years ago,' when. Mr.' and
Mrs. `MacDiarmid arid their niece,
Bessie Reavie, ,who 'makes her:
horse with them, moved to Luck -
naw to •reside. •
The. MacDiarmid home was 'al
ways' .a' centre •`of wholesome hos-
pitality, and Grant and Annie,
as • they were ''familiarly know;
delighted in the'company of their
many 'friends;' and` their close
famil
Y sas ociatrorrs•'
They Were sorrowfully bereav-.
in • thea spring of 1939;•; when their'
.only "song and child, Douglas,. •.was
killed in! `a .bicycle car` collision..
Douglas was in his ' tenth ::year.
They also lost a child at birth.•
That was not :the, only- tragic
bereavement in the. MacDiarmi.d
famrily. Two years ago to ` the
•dayof Grant's death,.. his neph-•
ew y
17 -ears old.; Donald ' .Macy
•, y
'Diarmid, only .song of .Mr.,' and
Mrs. • Rae 'M acDiarrnid, ,'- was
cirov'ned at.. Gore Bay. Their sis
ter_'s=husband-, - Mr. ---N.. J. J. Mac-
Kenzie,` died very suddenly. over
'twelve years ago, within less
than . a year of . the death of ,their.
father, Mr. " Alex . MacDiarrnid.
• Mrs. MacDiarmid.'predeceased< her
husband •in 1936. -
EXPECT .TO : START
PAWING THIS WEEK
Paving operations on Highway
86 between : Wingham and Luck.
now • are expected to start this,
week.` The `contractor . is . Sterling
•Constrtiction. Company •.of. Wind -
Gravel. Crushing contracts 'have •
ioeen let ,by Sterlings to Joe K*r
of-Wingham and-Yundt Brothers
of Stratford They- ;have --been
readying'•the road for paving,and •
have been, hauling from. Jim' Cul
bert's,pit south of town, and from
Kerr's pit at NWinghanri.:
The mixing, plant has been' set
sup in aCulibert's • pit, and pouring
of the asphalt will commence this
Thursday or ',Friday ` : barring no
trouble,. It is hoped by the .cora.-..
pang: to have the job' completed"
in • six weeks.; . . •
According to an official' of the
Sterling. Company • .about forty
men are presently employed by ,
them, and a very small amount
of local.; help will be required.
Obtaining -boarding places for the
men ''seems to have :been : some-
what' of a problem, 'but at the
first of. the `week the . situation'
had been . ironed • out.
86 -YEAR-OLD . ORANGEMAN
STILL BEATS THE. DRUM':
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014
If '.there seemed. to 'be; a 'mini •
One of Grant's chief interests. muin ..-of fife'. and druid -music oii'
was his Church,: arid he• had been
a devoted and faithful 'memlber'
•of the United Church,: serving- it
well asboth an elder ' and a
,member , of the "Board of Stew
ards: ' •
A WonderfulTribute age of* 94; ;and ,:she is now . pretty
The remains . rested, at the' 'much bedfast, and :wasn't aware'
family haiiae•where. t
he bier was . that Tuesday . Was.. The Glorious . •
banked , with many, :many, lovely .Twelfth".:The : sound of the ':fife
floral. ' •tribu'tea ; ,of , esteem and 'and drum...would :`have excited
syrnipafhy: Scores !Visited. ..they lies, and there `would have been
home to ,pay their respects, but no keeping the aged lady in bed.
the -final• -and- wonderfu t, fif3•ng': and dr -u
:r•ame on Sunday when, hundreds 'ming was kept, to; a minimum in
;attended the-fttneral--service eon- the --vicinity of- the gest-O floe
ducted' by Rev J; W. Stewart of where ' James and Charles :Mc
;Cookeville, a close: personal. Quillin :performed '.briefly,
friend,' and: former pastor..Tak- McQuillin, .who is in• his 86th
-mg-7 as -his.; •text-;--' T have 'fo htY:year-hadTthe'-t. drum --hooked
the good fight, I have finished . on as usual, and demonstrated
the course, Ihave kept the. faith'',
Rev: Stewart emphasised • that
these/ words befitted Grant's ex-•
eni:plary life, ]':luring the service
Mrs. J. ,W.' Joynt and Eldon Hen-
dersor ' sang, .,Yond. ' Be the Sun- prize 'for :the largest group in.the
r
set", • with accompaniment by parade...
Elmer Ur'rrbach. The hymn "Abide
With .Me": was alga 'sung:.A,'piab
lie,, address system carried the
service ' to- the thron ' , -.of-
'Main Street on: Tuesday' morn-:
ing, there .was 'a reason.
For :years Mrs.- John Little of
town "'ha's been, up and :put bright
and -early in' her L.OB:A; regalia.
But.: her health is,• failing at,: the
•
that despite his; age he's• still:
quite a drummer. : He ' joined
other' district Orangemen who
celebrated the day in;: Blyth,
Aniberley• Lodge•, coped the •'
LOOKING FOR PICTURE OF
ST. HELENS -BALL TEAM
.J
doors, .1Vlernbers, of the Masonic
Order, numbering about* ninety,
attended in a ,body. and perform-
ed 'the last rites of the Order at,
the 'graveside; • with the graveside•
service conducted by 'Neil Mac-
Lennan • and. Worshipful Master
Harvey Webster. .Grant joined
Old Light in 1942, and ;had been
A faithful arid active meinber,
Fellow Members acted as flower
bearers. '
-Interment was -in Cemetery, the the. pallbearers being
his two brothers, Lyall and Rae'
Mactiiarmid' and. four brothers
.in-law. William, ]:Joriald'.:.:George
and Jack Blue.
Grant is survived byhis widow, •MacDiarmbid of Cleveland; •'and •
the •,,former'' Annie Blue,. by :his • two' ;sister, Mrs,, George D:
niece• Bessie Reavie, two broth.- 'Stoekihaii (Catharine)` of 'Detroit
ers, 1D Lyall MacDiarmid of and Mrs. 'N". ,i". J..' MacKenzie
Jamestown, New York; D. Tide (Isabel) of Lucknow,
Dr. Jim 'Gordon of Ottawa is.
trying to ;locate an . old picture
6f the St. .Hel'ensbaseball team.
This hamlet hada team to reckon
with many years back and Jim
Gordon., •woutd like to gat the
loan of a .picture of the squad
to show to his friend's..•
,Incidentally. Dr. Gordon has a
birthday this month, He'll be 86
on •July 14th,., according to'.an old
friend, :M'$arn ,D'urnin, who is
'pre ttyy sure that's 'the -date," whf tr
calls .for ;capgratulations and :best
wishes to this 'venerable .gentle,
mar,.
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