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WEDNESDAY, Aila 10th, 1955'
OBITUARY ..
ARCHIBALD MacINTYRE.
• The community was 'shot
and saddened again :when
learned that Archie Maclnt
had passed away suddenly fr
an acute coronary- thrombo
Aust after as
Saturd
30th, as the family. w
preparinlg .to go home from, to
he •slumped over in the .car'
Lucknow, '
He was born inrKinloss..To
ship on January 3rd, 188'4,
the • Maclntyre . hornestead ,•
Concession 4. Be was, a son
the . late—Duncan_.._Mac . t- _re-
c1n Y -a
• Mary: Ms$ oc ,Of .. the •orig.
• family.' aP six sons and, five' d
gbters; :four 'survive,
in 1929: he "was 'married -
Norina Ni�c-holsoh and.'" in' 19
they ,moved to. •their. prese
. home, . Con: 2,. , Kinloss.' He
actively. engaged in. .farming
his. life. The"season's . threshi
had been completed ori ' th
f arm Saturday: . afternoon.
Archie • had '..a •• friendly , jovi
.manner ' whic'h won .him Ma
friends. He was a kind ttcl .hel
•nei�gli�bor: •
He Was •a` member. of Sou
Kinloss Presibyterian • C h •u,r'c
swhere' the funeral ' service,
Wednesday afternoon was _larg
1 ' attended:. Rev; G . S. •Baulc
former pastor; •condu:cted t
Service. Intei,ment•' was in Sou
Xinloss . Cemetery.
For many years"he .was
active member Of the Managin
Board: of .the church and he ser.
ed . on. the -South Kinloss ;Cem
etery Board • • :
Iris chief . •interest• and .pleasur
was 'his . home and family1 wher
he will be sadly 'missed.
He .:is survived by his wife an
four children, 'Alex, who arrive
.'froln . Oxford; *England to 1•:,b
' with the.family; Allan and 'Don
• ald at home;.. and .`Mary Anna.. c
St. 'Jo'seph's Hospital, .London
and,. by ttwo sisters, (Mary) ".Mr
W. L.MacKenzie, • Lucknow
(Elizabeth) Mrs.. L. G. .Soffa
Rivercourse, Alta., and two• •bro
niers,' :Alex ..'G . of Eastend, Sask
and Wm.; -of. Cori: 4, Kinloss.'
The.. . pallbearers •were •Herb
McQuillin, Harold Stanley:,, Leon
,ard Maclnnes; Harold: Campbeil;'
'Alex • •Mac'Kenzi.e and.: George
Lockhart.
Friends w.ho: •.attended from
'distance .` were Mr. arid'..Mrs. Mik
Werchi�mak, Mr. and; Mrs. Pete
MacKinnon, Flint, 1Vl:ich 1V1'r
Chas. :Norfolk and .. daughte
1leveriey from Hillside; N.J.; A
Nicholson; M.P., and son Alex
ander from Sturgis/ Sask. •
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FredMartin.' Flower • bearers
- were • Arthur :McInnes.' • Walter:
Dexter, Goldie, •Mart:in.';and Rob-
ert Harnil•ton`
Mrs. Cook is survived ' by
son, Cameron, : of Lucknow a
daughter, Mrs.' •Mary Covey of •
Florida, and , a brother, John.
Cameron of Tordnto. Besides -her
THE LUCKNOW 'SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
?UIRPi G:O'�_
. E THREE
SUCCESSION'; NONE SERIOUS,
Lucknow Fire Brigade has' been
comparatively' •fortunate during<
the. prolonged .dry spell,: • and
while they did have three calls
'in five days, all were for' grass
fires, ' and none of serious , pro-
portions.. • tr`"'
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Two' local calls were' to. the
vieinity of the 'homes' of Harold•
Humphrey sand Alex Havens. The
third was.. a rural call to the Sec-
ond . Concession. A grass fire
which originated in' the roadside
ditch at . the Henderson farm had_
spread%' • :.Qirfensvely before ex-
Mr, and Mrs; .Albert lackweli
and son Bobbie of London Visit-
ed at . the home of Miss. Margaret
• and Donald Robertson,
Mrs. .Brindley of Rive.•rsdale is
spending a few weeks• with her
daughter, 'Mrs. 'Frank Dore.. '
.Vr. Donald McKay returned
home from London hospital Much
iMproved.1.. '
Mr. Edbert Bushell suffered a
painful injury to his foot last
week. , •
Quite a number' froM. Purple;
Grove ,~,have'•'been• 'attendin_ 'VOL,
catio Siancjol` rta"FKinlou ".
• gh.. which:
closed' Friday eveni '.
good attendance,•;
Mis- s °
Edith. Stanley, of 'London
'Mrs..,Gleii Stanley . andild ,
clat ren;::
Mrs. Frank Stanley, Mr. &. Mrs.
Leland --Stanley of Millarton were
visitors at; ,the home; of, Mr, Mil-
ton ' Stanley • on ' Sunday,
Miss Rosylind Swan spent the
week -end at Point Clark with
her friend, Miss Marion Parker:
Master Delbert . Nixon visited
last week with' his ' aunt, Mrs.
John Emerson::.
'Visitors • at Mrs. 'Burton Col-
lin s last week were Sheila . Pat-
terson; Linda Robertson and Bili.
ie McKay. •
Mrs. Ralph� Hill is spendin •a•
couple Of weeks at Biloxi, Miss-
issippi. '
Jimmie. Emerson- is: --spending
some .}4oli;days at :Langford Mills:
;Camp.
Mr.. and . Mrs.:. Al!bery Shelton
and family returned
home.. at Peace • River, Alberta,
last .week. •
Mr; and .Mrs. Francis Boyie;
son visited .with .the ]atter's par
ents, Mr. and' Mrs Ed Farrel, re-
cently.
Visitors at the .'home . of • Mr:
and. 'Mrs. . Victor Gawky were
Mr. and. `Mrs. , Eldon. McConnell
and 'family :of `London,
Visitors .last week with Mr.. &
Mrs. Don McCosh were. Carolyn
and :Barbara Forster.'. :,
Westerner .Visits.. Brothers
Alb.ert, Stein • :of Aylesbury;.
Saskatchewan, is. visiting , with
his brothers, Andy. Stein
Wingham and formerly of. Para -
Mount and John Stein .• of • Kin.
cardine ''Albert is, • 83, .,but you'd.
•never guess it. He Was. ,born' in
Fast . Wawanosh and •has' been" in
the West for 'fifty. years,
• MRS. ARTHUR COOK ; •
The :death of Mrs...- Thomas
Arthur Cook' 'occurred .at: the
Baker: Private Hospital gn..Tues
day, July 26th ',after a ` lengthy.
illness. For the past several year
rs--"C k: d ween a -" rn'd, bu
she' bore that;affliction with the
same cheerful .fortitude : that
marked' the long illness she en
dured`:so ,patiently. Despite ,'the
years she' was 'blind' s�he.'.alvvay...
maintained a ' keen ' nterest •• in
people and the happenings in. the
tanitnunity.• •
Mrs. Cook was in her 76th year
and had. been a: lifelong resident
of the,' 'community., She' ,Was'. a
'daughter of Archibald' Cameron
and. Mary MaeM:urchy of .. Huron'
Township where she w.as born•'on
October 27th_ , 1879, ... _
Qn,May 20th, 1908,' she was
married •to Arthur 'Cook 'at the'
micron–hrbrri-e; , •n •, in ass,:
.and they took up 'residence on
the 'Cook 'homestead • in the Para--
•fmourit .comr.unity . ,where Mrs.
"Cook ;continued • to residee until.
moving to:Lucknow a few ,years
ago.- Her husband predeceased
• her in October 1947.
Mrs. Cook 'had been a patient
at Baker's Private Hospital. for
exactly twerity.one months. 'She
iias been triticaily' ifor the past
three. Months. and4 during,. that
bine Was visited by ..her daugh-
ter Mar' Mrs: J. A. Canvey of°
Miami, Florida, 'rho was unable
to attend the ;funeral which pias
m
held frothe,
l McLennan -Mac -
envie • Memorial Chapel to
Kenzie' Memorial "Chapel.' to
Greenhill Cerrietery 'on' ',uly 29th.
Lrhe ,service: was ' conducted by
get (rant .Meild john: Pallbear-
ers were e1sp. 1VIa?Nays,: ' a_.ir Jirrr
s husbd,Lshe teas; predeceasecL.by
t :a !brother,D:uncan in 1933; a'•sis-
ter Mrs: Adam;_MacDonald '(Mar-
garet) in '1047 and a' b'rother,
Archie Cameron;. in• 1y48..
ROBERT FERGUSON
-The death of Robert Ferguson
of West Wawanosh Township oc-
curred in... Wingham .. General
Hospital, on Sunday, : July 24th..
Mr. 'Ferguson was within less
:than 3 months of his' 90th birth''-.
,.than
He was one of- :nine child-
ren :of James Ferguson and Mary
Woods of West Wawanosh where
Robert was. born ;on. O toter 13,
He was a member of Dungan-
n • h"arid d fui'niel.
member of the, Foresters Lodge,
Dungannon; the •'Orange Order
and the • Black Knights.' Purple
Hill Lodge at London.
The •funeral service was coni
ducted, at the ''McLerinan-Mac-
Kenzie : Memorial Chapel .on
Tuesday, . July 26th, conducted,
by •Eev, H. A. Dickinson of God-
eric}i:•,in the absence of Rev. Geo:
Watt: .
XntXment was in . Dungannon
Cemetery, the pallbearers being
Wallace 'Wilson, Isaac Ferguson,
Gordon Smyth, John Finnegan
Brown. Smyth, Will Cranston.
Mr. Ferguson is survived by
two'•.broth'ers, Isaac arid Gourley
on the home 4arm. ,He was pre-
deceased:, by tWe!, sisters, ' Alice
and Martha, and four brothers,
his '.twin :brother, James, . and •
Will,, John and Albert, :
ro,
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tinguished.
It,' was very ' evident it` -had
started at the :roadside, esun-
;ably,'from a cigarette tossed .care-,
lessly. 'by 'a motorist:
'TWAS: A' LAZY .BUT
RESTFUL HOLIDAY
Holidays are over and it's down
to, work again for The Sentinel
staff. The Publishero spent, a lazy
but restful ten days at the beach,•,
free of the responsibility of hav
, ing ,,to get : out , a paper, and pro-
viding a ;.lull that gave the .op-
portunity .of getting ; better ac-
quainted with the junior member
of the family, '4 -months -old, Jo-
Anne. ' •
It's ' a ,rel'iei to relaxeyond
}reach. of a telephone ani for a:
few days not to be governed 'by
the clock and the deadlines that
must daily be Met• in. 'the:print-
ing and publishing business,•
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B,..Y VOLUNTARY DONATIONS
-The Luoknow, Fire .Company
has the resuscitator and two aux-
iliary tanks .paid for at a cost
of $515,00. ,
The response to the campaign
has been. vary gratifying with the
fund grossing $610. Campaign ex-
penditures and instruction costs
amounted to $70,00. This. leaves
a..balance • .of,' approximately $25
to purchase some incidental
equipment such : ' s. towels that,.
Plight be' necessary -when the
gqi ipment• •_was --i,' -use. Ther are-
a few -donations likely tq .be• rg
ceived yet and will ibex' put` in
this reserve fund for .replenish ,
ing oxygen tanks .and such main-
tenance:,
ain:-
tenance: ; co`sts as' may. 'arise. '
Donations to the • fund not.pre-
viously 'acknowledged are:, •Lloyd
MacDougall $2.00, . Ed' Thompson
1,00; Mrs. Orville, Jones 1.00, .01-
i.ver : Glenn ,2.00, . Mrs. Nelson
Bushell 1.00, Brock C1.eland 3.00,
Clair •Agnew 1.00,' Thomas Mac-
Donald 2.00: • •
TO;.TE'ACH IN: SCARBOROt7GH
Miss. Evelyn MacTavish, dau-
ghter of Mr. and :Mrs: James
MacTavish, .Huron; Township, will
teach public school 'in Scar.
: borough' township,. She attended
SS: N o.--11, Huron :Townships and -
Ripley' District High .'School. She.
is.particularly 'interested .iii music
and .reading and was, a Memfber.
of the Glee •C1uwb while' .attending
Stratford Teachers' College.
S`T: iEEENS'
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy ,Ward, and Donna
of Windsor were visitors With Mr;
and . Mrs, George' Stuart ,recently; •
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Durnin, 'Mr,
and Mrs. • Wilbert; Durnin. and
Janet Durnin of London' were
guests of Mr. Wand .Mrs, James.
Durnin. '
Mrs. W. E. Gordon, is a patient •
at '•the• Baker Convalescent .Home'
in Lucknow, .
Mr. and Mrs.- John Sparkes. hof
London, were. visitors with Mr. '.
_and -:Mrs -Fred. MCQUill li -•�- _- 7_ --
Miss `Margaret Millet `who
has s`ent the as.
p ,.p t three montihs ,
nursing at 'the Ontario . Hospital,
London, is, .enjoying ,. a • -week's
holiday at heir home here before
•returning to ••.her.. duties ' as • a .
student nurse at ,Stratford Gen-
eral Hospital.
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INFANT FROM TEXAS
BAPTIZED AT PORT ALBERT
On. Sunday August 7th; Lorn°e''
Derek Kane, 7 -month-old son of
Mr. and ,Mrs.•' .F. J. Kane of Fort
Worth, ,Texas;: �viias . baptized by
the Rev: H.•L. .Jennings in, .Christ -
Church,• Port . Albert. Over.: thirty.
relatives and friends. were pres-.
ent for.: the service. The god-
parents .were Cora Cook, William•
.Kenneth Cook:- and ' Mary 'Kane.
Mrs.. Kane 'Wag . formerly Lorna
Grace Cook of '.• Stratford. The
Cooks were • along the ' first to.
build a summer residence at Port
'Albert.
• .SOMETHING.•DOING ALL ' 'HE TIME AT
Sponsored
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T Kinsmen Club of Goderich
BIG. MIDWAY
GAMES OF CHANCE MONSTER BINGO,.
SPARKLING VARIETY SHOW
- at 9.00 p.m. each night
in front of Grandstand.
Top TV and entertainment artists from'
i. •orent Qemeciy=-acrobats; ccordi r `
ist, ventriloquist,; magician, dancers,
novelties, etc.
'CompietelSnew show on
Friday • and Saturday night.
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DRAWS FOR PRIZES:
1.'. $ 1,000 Bond.
2. TV set or 10 days' 'trip. to Florida►
4: for two. • '
TEEN AGE DANCE
Thursday, August 18
Admission free
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Door prizes
8' to 12 p.m.
HAIRSTYLING, FASHION SHOW �.
Arena Auditorium ` GIANT FIREWORKS DISPLAY
Friday,. Augu st 19th at 81
p m•. Saturday'
ing August 20th
rrness Races Saturday, A ugwAna-
0.014, .r Agricultural Park •
2,25 classified
OPEN RUNNING RACE
.2.20 classified'
2 PONY RACES
Free -For -All
SADDLE CLASS'
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SEE THE INDUSTRY OF HURON ON. DISPLAY
. at
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