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' LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17th, 1955
EIGHT PAG'E'S '
Born. Hers; 9U Years Age, ee
4th Generation . In. Mill Business
Walter E. .
Treleaven was 90 K LOUGH LADY SU
IN RVIVES
years young. on Monclay,..and is HUSBAND ONLY 4 MONT1ii
-:'--now born resident. He was born
the :Sepey Town's oldest Luck- .
in the home where • he. still • re
"sidesof Au1gust 15th, ,1865: , .
IIB' was e. 'born just the ; yea
•aftei. his' father,:also Walter Tre
leaven; had contracted with `Ja
Sorriervill•e to build the. presen
/mill for .the sum of ,$6,009. M
Somerville: had owned the . ori
• Leal. mill built by.. Eli . Stauffe
which' sat between. the site .. o
the' ..present ,mill and Highwa
ti 86. •
Walter "Jr.', has lived to se
• "a fourth 'generation of Trelea
vens' engaged in the milling biusi
tress, which has ,been in the fain
l'yr-continuously•and• is a, co:mph
nient• to the integrity of Luck
Ames oldest industrial 'insti�tu
tee:,
is •the last surviving
member of a family `of eight. Be
was. a son . of - Walter Treleaven
and Jane:.M;oQuoid both famil-
ies being Pioneer- settlers on the
Sixth •of Ashfield.
Walter's..grandfather was Wm:.
Treleaven, Who come . from Corn-
wall, England, when Walter, Sr:,'
was a lad of si m was a' stone.
• cutter and s ttled 'at: Kingston
ngston'
before coming to :Ashfield where
• he spent' the.remainder of his
Gays: His wife was.Jenefer Chay
ley, who also died in Ashfield :.at
the age of 103.
.Entered Ministry.
Walter` Jr, •decide t
, . d a an early
age to enter the ministry, a de-
cision that was inspired by his
father, who had told tem the.
-'' :story of •Tli-e- heist-: sine ;he was
a lad on. his 'father's- knee.
Walter; Jr:, was neither a. big,.
nor a rugged lade and as' a ,teen-
ager he:found. the. bags; of wheat
in his. father's •.mill weighed more•
than he did. It, 'was' during, the
ministry of Rev. George Turk '•.in
• Lucknow Methodist Church, that
Walter was accepted b Confer-:
ence: as. a., candidate: rid acted'
as a ministerial •. assistant. at 'Kin-
cardine and: Stratford ,before .en-
tering Victoria• College. He, was
ordained:'by• Conference at ' God-
erich in :1894,' :and Served in' var-
ious charges, His father had live
•
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g
f
y
e=
ed to see, his ordination,' and after
his death ' WM. Treleaven ,took
charge of the mill. Rev. Walter.
Treleaven was megsbengeet. S_ir
Ston near Drayton when •.'he re=
ceived a wire that his brother
• William .could live only a few
- vt+eeks. For ' six months he• .coni
muted° between Stirton 'and' Luck-
Pew in. charge :of the -pill during.
• tale week and taking to the pul-
• • pit .on Sunday.' To keep the mill
in the family, he "withdrew from
lie m nistry in July, f 1906:
During his tire' in the milling
.business h'e made improvements.
that increased production from
7to 400 'barrels, daily, . He re-
mained..
e-pained• active in . the business.
until 'a.• few- years ago. Mr. Tre-
leaven suffered a heart attack
" ome .four mm. t}is._eage__.bu_t
now in improved , health His
:niemriory. is excellent end he. coni
• -nits many poems.' tired hymns
to memory, one . of `• his favorites
being '`b ;Little Town',of Bethle-
hem";
which he recites, word"ee-
feet, y p .•
still .possesses a keen
verase, of humor-.
laugh . . ,. , ...and .,his .hearty:.
fern
still, rings. put to help keep
fern young'' in, spirit, • Looking
back over his ninetY '' • years' he:
-e-e-says-"it ser 'siblit'a .'day since
the •young bloods from the Sec-:
and Used to come to tow . do.
beetle n to
etl _ with _the '1oc-al- boys: And
ai wasn't only the peeing bloods.
many trf the .oldsters after they
had imbibed at the 'bar •
• ',�vere b r too long,
also . ready and -eager to
settle any fend with the fists.
1Vtrs. Trelela'renwas the 'form -
..Margaret
form -Margaret • linlet. of White;
The.' death':.of • Mrs. . Herbert
Graham . occurred suddeii'ly •' at:
her home • on • Sunday, -August'
14th. Her husband predeceased
herr; just- four••months 'ago
Mrs.Graham, formerly, Emma.
MacLean, was . in her, 78th year.
The funeral was held from the
McLennan-Magkenzie Memorial
Chapel on Tuesday to South Km-
loss ,Cemetery. '•
Mrs..Graha n is survived. ;by.
three • ,daughters; ' Mrs. Melvin
Johnston (Betty), Listowel; Mrs.
Levi. Eckenswiller (Mary), Sea=
forth; Mrs. Joe Cassidy •(Kath,
leen),.Teeswater; four ,sons John,
Ann Aribor, Mich. Arthur,' Geo.
and.; Roy of Kinlough;-six grand= '
children arid a brother,' Robert
MacLean of Kincardine,
MOTHER , HONORED
ON HER'*:BIRTHDAY':
A. family ath•eri• was held
at; ;the :home •g, ng of Mrs. Robert 'Scott
of Lanesville to' honor Mee.Isa-
belle MacDonald -,cif Lueknow. on'
her' 75th a birthday ;
. • Frank::Ring of Toronto arrang
;ed. a program ' and by, -using a
"family' tree", sketch; captioned
'"Great. Oaks From Little Acorns.
Grow", he, traced .four gener
ations. of the. family; with ,anter
esting comments about all pres-
ent.
Mr. arid Mrs.. James' MacDon-
ald had a' .family of: ten children.
IT'S. ,BEEN PLENTY HOT' ' •
IN THE FAR ,.NORTH, TOO
It seems we have no. monopoly.
on the. heat wave that has had
Ontario in its, grip. rifest of the
summer. . ,
and Mrs.. Che'ster•�. Feagan
of Langside- have' 'had a letter
from their' seri, Constable Hngh
Feagan of the, R.CC,M;P. at Ake
lavik "in the -North West 'h'errt
.torites;' where `.'at, ,pr,esent•.it is
broad daylight for ebqut twenty
two .hours of the day, 'Wit�'h the
temperature in the nineties "all
day". .
Hugh: has . been with , the
R.C.M.P. for five gears: He 'spent
three years at .Whitehorse , and
Mayo, and in. late June f le,w up:
to., •Aklavik'. where he will ' be
stationed • for a • couple o., years:,
An:. accumulation of time off, may
permit. hien to; ,get borne next'
year, however, for his holidays. •
Hugh' ,"'states' that. they• have
been having it generally .from
warm to hot since he arrived in
the. far north: •
ACCIDENT VICTIMS .
•ARE ALL• IMPROVING'.•
There's: .general good news
about the. seven ,accident• victims,
who suffered' various\ degrees ' of
injuries in the 'two -car craeh
ten days .ago
•• •' The three most 'seriously., hurt
have been taken. .to' Victoria
Hospital, London. Susie and Geo:
Gibson .were 'taken' by ambulance.
on '' Tuesday and '.'Barry' Hackett
was: +aken dpwn'.on Weanesday
morning. He . will receive .'treat-
ment on his badly' injured knee.
Bessie Reavie had -,.tier . collar
'bone set en Tuesday morning: in
BORN HERE' 90. YEARS AGO
a
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WALTER' E. TRELEAVEN
Oldest Lucknow-born resident,
marked his 90th: birthday . on
Monday:. Wee , born in the home
where he still, resides,
OCTOGENARIAN WORKS
FARM WHERE HE WAS BORN
Svlr: James • M': Hodgins; of Kin.
lough is •another, :farmer, who de
•spitethe••fact"he,has reached the
octogenarian' elass isn't prevent-
ed
revented from taking his part 'at hay-
king and .harvesting, . He operated
the .binder'.• o n' his farm and his
son John's' • _farms, while his,
grandson 'John H. 'Hodgins . drove
the tractor. He also assisted with
the ;threshings. Mr.•' Hodgins is
still enjoying •�eood . health' and.
still works his, own farm, •: taken,.
upby his, fath;''the late John
Hodgins, . when it was standing
Wingham Hospital.: where she bush:
The • father., three sone. and two' will be a patient for' •oboist ' an-
-daughters, :arse- edeeeased. The- y -I r t r e weeks. -
Mrs. Lorne MacLennan (M:argar-. be ' discharged on Wednesday,
are Harold ' who died,in '.infancy ..Mary ' Alton
•,,`was expected- to.
et; Harold and '.Alvin „ who died and Beattie Gibson .is expected,
as young men and Mrs: 'William to; be able to leave- the hospital
`Kempton (Helen): by 'the'' end.' of "the' • week. Lorne
The five livini.members of. the Hackett was discharged the mid
family. are Mrs. Robert Hamilton' . die. of last .week:
(Sadie);' Mrs., M. L:: Sanderson
•
Anne; ; Mrs. Robert . -S c o t;t 1.
LEAVE'. FOR;' SCOUT
(AnYanda) ;: Mrs: 'Mike. K'osmyria
JAMBOREE AT \NIAGARA
(Phyllis) Mrs. Frank; 'King'
(Rae).
There are 1b grandchildi•en^aiid' ' Ian Marshall will represent.
nine'.great grandchildren. •;.the .Lucknow •Boy Scout troop at
Mrs. Robert Scott led; in 'a
sing -song' after which Jim .loss
myna; Donald '•Scott and Larry
Hamilton presented tieir grand-
ma. •with a beautiful chimes man-
tel clock, and a roller 'rocker.
A .0 e.t unc eon was serve.
froth the dining room tattle,' with
a pink, and white setting centred'
with a ` large birthday cake:
Photographs were taken of the
four 'generations, .the ' daughters,
Mrs.'-, MacDonald ' and her five
sisters, 'the 'grandchildren ° -and
great gra•ndehildren.
Plans werediscussed for a
o Hamil-
family "reunion and B b,.
ton was• elected chairman for
1956.' . ••
,
Those'from a distance present
were Mr. .and Mrs. John . B. De
Cott of Dayton Beach, Fla.; Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Kosmyna and Jiim,
Toledo; Me. and Mrs. 'Harry •Fow-•
er, , 'm on .• n Mrs. Fran
King, Toronto. Present also ,was
the only sist:ee-irela«• . Mr•s. Neil
1V1acDonald ''of . Kinta•iI..
church, To them were born three
children, Mrs, '. Simon "' P)ewes
(Mildred), and Harold Treleaven
both _ of whom are associated in
'the operation of the mill. An
.other• son; Bill,. died et the age
'of 15• from •Meningitis, His .meat
occurred°"afout a Yearn hh-1
before his Mother passed away.
in 1921.• "
av�en_ is .;urnud:.:..of._hi.
Mr. Trcic.
four grandchildren ree
great.. grandchildren.
To Lucknoves gr: •_: al man,
and prominent industrialist, many
friends -,join in extending 'hearty.
birthday greetings and best wish.-,
es, ,...
iw
no;emftii 0 AI 4111
the tten day World Jamboree at
Niagara -on -the. -Lake, : from ' :Aug-
ust l8th to August 28th. '•
Ian , left ,;ori . Tuesday ' for.;, Clin:�
Ston where . he will'. join other.'.
Scouts for pre=camp ;instructions:
Thy w-il-1 tr-a el- te--1 iaga a : 'kayo
ilius on Thursday. `
•
ANIBERLE.Y WAS .BEST'
.)rRIMARY. PRECEPTOR:Y•:•
A ':mile -long. parade.. ,of . Royal
Black Knights marched. in God-
erich . on Saturday to : celebrate
the relief of Londonderry in 1.689:•
Spectators lined the •Souare in.
drizzling. rain'' to, watch the par.
ade . ,..
Amberley: Lodge won the
award for the'best prima:;y pre=
ceptory, •. .
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COLLEGE. STAFF
Steve. •Stothers; son of M. and
lelrs,,•Sc B. Stothers of Luckno v'
has accepted 'an .appointment' to
the staff ;of the animal •science
department of the University of
Manitoba;:with liis duties to Com:.
.irience with the. fall te'ern:
Steve has a string `of Tetters
his , name ; B.S.A,,--4 ,8c. -ancl
Ph,
e spent four•years et the On-'•
io Agricultural 'College, Guelph
and for Years at Michigan State
Cell ege. •.
hie
.graduated a year ago at
Michigan State .College with his
doctor's d' ' "ree 'and has
ythe.. past year in post -graduate
♦Y
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•
INISH'•'LUCKNOW-
ROAD :IN RECORD, TIME •
The Stirling Construction Com-
pany completed paving the Luck -
now to.:Wingharn stretch of.'High-.
.way 88 last week,: well •.ahead of.
schedule; The asphalt' plant, lo=
Bated in the Culbert pit:sout;hi'of
Lucknow,= has . been .dismantled,
and• we uunderstand the Company
'pwi11 ' move their ;'equipment ...to
the North Bay., district to coin=
mence "another paving contract.
•The •pourin.g of the two.•layers
of hot roll asphalt from :Lucknow
to Wingham took ; 'exactly four
weeks, ' which wag twoweeks
getter• than' the estimated time if
everything went well., .
Afactor_ire themes•
which the work was carried out
was the prolonged dry.spell dur-
ing July and early August. The
paving of 'this• stretch . now .pro-
vides an all -paved road to .Tor-
and--is-another• link in the
program • of paving • Highway '8'6
from Amberley to the Guelph-;
Kitchener Highway.
,I
CHURCH, SHED
GETS NEW ROOF
Church T e • Lucknow Presbyterian.
.The
shed, presently under " .
lease ;by V.' A', Mowbray.' for the
*toeing. .of registered :grain, has' /'. •
received %•a••:'new • roof 'of green-
tinted •.asphalt shingles.
• It Jock 64" squares' to cover the
•expansive ..roof which. is about
100 feet '.long with .a 31 -foot,. six
inch rafter., The, shingling. was
done iby, J. 'M, Greer and Stewart .
Levis,. and they have it. figured ' • .
out that' 'they drove 'over' 30,000.
nails •in re -roofing . the' building.
.It Was, last: shingled. in '19,12.
When the shed was enlarged`
'.and
renovated, The 'cement work at
that 'time ,was dorie by Jim '1Vliiler'
and the carpenter -work by,: Jack
Henderson and Win. Fisher,.
.
The original shed was laid out, •
we are inform'ed,' by. Joseph Ag-
new, father of Joseph' Agnew of
Lucknow, and sat between Rose
and_ Gough : St. on "The ' Com-
mons" . comprising ',of some five
lots, owned by. Knox Presbyter
ion Churcl'i. The: church was to
cated on the . site of Clark Finlay;
son's '-.house. ` Knox ' Charch, •-in
which ,'the Gaelic. • was. spoken,
originated after ;a division ''of.
Satith' Kinloss Church: St. And-
rew's was the other Presbyterian
•congregation,' which Aid not use
the :Gaelic: 'The "church was l.o
cited on the site _ of the :present
Catholic Church:,
Upon the union of Knox and, -
Si.
Andrew's in. 1866, , immediate
plans were Made . for. .the con-.'. •,
struction •of the present' 'church,
'named only `as..:the "Luelen'ow.
Presbyterian Church. ' It " was
opened in:1890: The ;,slyed'at Knox
'Church was moved ''to: the site
;of the 'new church and over 20
years later, Was enlarged and re -
elled`aseit-tee today. -
GIVE WHEEL ` CHAIR
IN AUNT'S MEMORY
The Lucknow Branch of the -
Red Cross 'has •received
proved, collapsible type, • Gend
ran Boulevard wheel chair. It has
been given' by Mrs. 'W.. Willets.
.(jean' MaeMiIlan)" in memory of.
her 'aunt, ; Mrs. Jessie McInnis.
This brings to' six. the' numiber
of. chairs 'in the Loan Cupboard
W'-iich'.ane iii .use in the cornmeal -r
ity nearly all the time,
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JOINS RED AND.
WH ITE FOOD :CHA I• N
• o•
Few 'villages' of this; size.•can.
:coast' the modern, attractive.
stores that are. ` t:o be .found in
he Se -toy Town, .Local merchants•
'have kept step with changing
tarries 'arid have •been q•tiick.:-to
adopt' rYa o d er n. 'merchandising
methods;: •
Hall's Economy ;'Grocer`•, 'oper-
ated by' Lloyd "Hap" Hall, has
recently .'affiliated with ,the Red
and White; 'organization 'to' pro;.
vide fobereiluirements at chairi
store prices. ,Some..4'00 food mark-.
ets 'in' . Ontario ate '.associated'.
with-the---Red--and White t;rgan=
ization..
A representative "of this' group,
was in town last week and work'.'
ed throughout.'. the night last
Wednesday with "Rap", in re-,
arranging the .store, •
On Friday a new ftror•en food
eou.nter • was ,installed. Plans 'are -
being
arebeing' Stade for a big "opening"
to ,take :place shortly. • •
EFN DS- FORIWOj R
tL
YEARS 'WI'H':C'Pli
ern' ]ate July, John Barbour of
Moose Jaw concluded forty-four •• •
years- of -service with the 'CPA.
He has 'been A. conductor •'out of
Moose. Jaw since •1949 and Pre-,
vi.ously was at Brandon, Su:ther-
land' and `Smith Fails: He began
his :railroad career as a 'brake --
man
.brake -man in 191.1
His ,father, the late Archie Bar-
ibour, was section 'foreman at
LLucknovlr kr irany. years. Mr. .
Barbour has• .a: sister, Mrs. Edith.
•Watt, residing at Whitechurch.
Rev.. Geo e...3Y:atteof ii-zrgannon
is a nephew: A brother, .Robert
Baraour, .'who was 'blinded 'in
action, in the closing' hours of
World War I, and a sister •Maud,
were tie other ,• members of the
Harbour family.' Bath have pass-
ed on.
' When John Barbour brought
g
his
last train into Moose jaw
on July 19th, he was met by his,
Nvite and' farnily of two sons .and'- ""•'
'two daughters, as well . as by+'
neeny friends:
Later over ,.forty guests were
present at a special supper' 'iii'.
the 'CPE uan•quet hell in Sr.. Bar-
bou.es honour.
Mr: ` Barbour, who • is. 65, was
born at° Win,pham and resided in
Lueknow.with his parents
prior
to 'joining the railroad; .. , i
Mr. 'and M'rs' plan . lan, to
•
move to, 'Vancouver to reside..
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