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LCKNOW, ONTARIO' WEDNESDAY, 'SEPT, 7th, 1905.
EIGHT PAGES .
BIG ENROLMENT
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AS SCHOOL OPENS
Sohool: . opening on • '.Tuesday
• again found Lucknow • Public
• School accomodation, taxed . pract
' `lolly to' capacity 'with Principal
s, E Collyer reporting, an enrol-
orient of -178 -pupils with"pr-ospects,
• of a few.more • students yet ° to
register. '
1, ; ' They scarcely know where to
. ut • them at the.-; Public, School.
{ _.. c re 165 in, attendance
There' weat
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the close 'of school in June. 'This.
term starts'With: 23. in kinder-
garten, a room -packing 46 • in
Room 1;-.35 in 'Room II, in four
groups; 34 in 'Room III, in :.three
groups:.and r40 in Room :IV; , .
At the high ',school,. Principal.
p, W. Hoag''forsees an enrolment
of about 175 pupils; which would
exceed any previous attendance
figures.. The attendance ' on open
ing day 'Aims 171.' . • '
•There are six -new members on
the nine -me nbpr High School
" staff, the . personnel and subjects :,George Potter who was- em logy
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- being taught : as :follows: P. W. ed:•for several ;years as.a harness,..
Hoag, �principal,=-.English, t istory' maker by the. late Alex : Rioss.
vho and : guidance; Wm. M. MacDon The Potter. family moved to Wis-
her ald, "science;' 'Walter: '- �Coult�haird
her , cousin, in 1916, where' �i,alph and
English, 'social studies, history; his: two sisters, Margaret and
tit Miss Mary Fulton; '•- English,' typyp- Jean, still reside. His parents'. both
m- ing, ' ; girls' . physical education'-; 'died and. are buried in Wiscon-
ena•John R. Abel,niatheinatics Paul
'ich , , sin:: , • , .. .
H. Pratt, industrial arts, '1"itis, , Ralph's mother was the former;
boys' physical education; . Mrs. Minnie'Armstrong f'
• Elizabeth Suter, French and
g o this '�om-
, E, 'be e ,
• -Latin; Mrs. John Heiwitt,' home
economics:' and health;' " Mr. G.
Fleming, m sic supervisor..
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ices The . Public -School 'staff ` is un-
Ger changed: Stuart :.Collyer, ' princi-
pal; Miss Rutby,'Webb, Miss Helen
ah : • Thompson,; Mrs.:Roy`•;'Havens and
ale '.Mrs. N J.'.. MacKenzie, -kinder-.
ike garten teacher.
There ate :twenty-four: begin-
•niers in. the :primary class, Grade:
ced I, :which has..ofilybeen exceeded
lrs, • • on one occasion: 'in. recent years.
;ate The Grade E class.. is as .follows: •
ihn Mary Bannister,.Bobby'Button,
ck- Douglas Campbell, Billy .Chester,
Ana Susan . Cleland, Royorid Conley,
ck- • . Donna Corrin,.' Michael. Duncan,
ice Charles Elliott,: Allan Gardner,
ber Lynn Hodgins, : Jimmy 'Hum-
)ur ' ` .phrey, Mary Belle Hunter, Ricky'
Jardine, Joan ,MacKenzie, • Isabel
MacMillan, B r:y an ,. Mowbray,.
Sharon Mowbray,'Arletta -Pol-
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lock,' Douglas. Porter, Nancy'
Saunders, BeverleyTaylor, Sandy'
.• Welsh, Mary Elizabeth Westlake.
NONAGENARIAN NOT YET •
ABLE' TO LEAVE HOSPITAL
On March 13th, , alrnost six
months ago; Mr.' Duncan 'Mac-
Leod.
Mac-
L•eeod • suffered a fractured hip
and his since,; been confined to.
Wingham Hospital.
, He tried using g` the limb a,`f
'few
days ago; , but', found. he's not
`quite able ' to get around on it•.
yet, 'and' will remain in. the hod -
pita' -for a 'few.. Ynore weeks.
Mr. MacLeod ` wi1L `; be',"' •93 in
Decernber.. His health.Lgood
:g
and he' is; in' fine spirits.
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LOCAL STUDENTS
WIN, BURSARIES.
Two 'Lucknow District : High
School students. have been award-
ed Dominion -Provincial bursar-
ies, 'with one of them also wing
n_._ng a.universit scholarship.,
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Mack', MacDonald,: son of Mr.
and Mrs.: W. 'F: '11IacDonald, Con-,
cession 4,• Kinloss; has, been.
,awarded ,a , Western Ontario Uni-
versity , scholarship • valued., at
$200.00. :Mack,'. who' graduated
this year, plans ' to'. enter West-'
ern University this month to, take
an honor course in physics and
chemistry. He received the award
for having the highest standing
in Grade XIII, ,having taken first.
class honors in eight subjects..
Mack: 'has. also. been awarded.
a $500: Dominion -Provincial bur-
sary. ;which will aid him , in his:
four-year' course at Western.
Ken MacNay, son of Mr. and
Mrs.. Alex MacNay, has been
awarded a Grade XIII bursary
at Lucknow. District High School,
,'valued' at; $100: ••
SON OF FORMER HARNESS
MAKER' •HERE LAST WEEK
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Mr. and Mrs.. Ralph Potter of
'Wisconsin were callers in ;town
last 'week, .while Ralph was re-
visiting the home of • his child-.
hood and. looking "up a few of
the old ,friends' who remain' and
whom he could recall.
Ralph's, ` father was -. the ;late
Following . is the list of pupils
entering `kindergarten• this term:
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• Walter •. Dickie, ' Garry Austin,
Jimmie : MacKinnon, John Cle
land, .Andy Ander on, Rt ddY
MacSween,: Judy. Stewart, Nancy
Corrin, Donnie 1Vlac ,ir non,. Bar
ry,;Letioine, David Button, Doug-
las, Struthers, . Linda Marriott,
Barbara Whitby, Terry • Taylor,
Eric Taylor, Billie Howald, Don-
. : Ritchie, 'Hue -0e Johnstone,
p Kathleen • Smith, Bobbie Mullin,
Donna Forster, Beverly. MacDon-
' BUYS VILLAGE HOME
Mr.' and Mrs, James Beaton
, • have : purchased the residence of
the late Mrs Ida 'I eyworth on
Stauffer St., and. obtained 'posy-
• essibn' on Saturday:
munity and *as. at ' one ' time ern-
ployed as, a' `seamstress. by Con
Decker.. She had a brother Leon.,
and and two sisters Sadie and
Mary Armstrong
;The:, 'Potter. home 'was where
George 'Taylor? Sr., new resides,'
�near•e Flax Mill, or what.'was
then the. Joynt- apple:evaporator.
At: the time the • family moved
frons Lucknow '• Ralph was em-
ployed : in the' furniture_factory,':
With Sam. Raeburn as foreman of
his' department. He is..engaged
'in railroading in.' Wisconsin.;•
While" here' Mr: and 'Mrs. Potter
visited . at -the home.":.of W.•- T.
Roulston, .:Huron " .Township.:' ; '
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,WYLDS" BROTHERS .;
so‘c R:I: P LEY D:A I RY
• Lloyd and Warren Wylds have
bought .the 'Ripley 'Dairy from.
Mrs: Florence Liddle, and -obtain-
ed� • possession. `on Tuesday. The
dairy has been Operated by Doug
Liddle. . . •
-The latest:undertaking adds . to
several enterprises the Wylds
Brethers--re=en�gag.,d-ii: '
Lloyd has a wood working
shop. in .Ripley,,'and, is' assisted
by Warren. in -,turning .out nov-
elties. and rubber Stamp , mould
ings. Lloyd also operates two
.school busses, ' and has , a ` mail
route out of , Ripley;
Associated with his other act-
ivities. Warren'is operating the
farm where :he ' resides at: the
corner of the t 5th sideroad and
Highway 86
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' TO NURSE FOR.
YEAR I N BERMUDA
Miss Donna Hamilton ' daugh
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ter of .Mr, and Mrs. Frank Ham,:
Ilton . of. ' Ashfield. Township,
leaves this week for Bermuda,
where she will spend .a year .on.
• the nursing staff ' of the King
'&lward VII Memorial Hospital.
Donna is a .1954. graduate..
Woodstock General Hospital and
had. spent the ,past year on the
Wdodstoc�lc nursing staff • '
FORMER RESIDENT .,
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'NOW' NINETY
Mrs.' Thos Alton ; celebrated
her 90th bithday recently: •The.
occasion was' marked ked• by,a family.
'dinner at Pleasure"Valley. Lodge,
Walkerton: Mrs. Alton makes' her
home in :I,pndon with her :daugh
ter, : Alma: .She enjoys the very
best of'`health except' 'she cannot'.
Move around' as quickly. as she
did . a . few , years ago. .•
Her .. philosophy through.' • life
wasti'; 'summed up : in 'a toast pro-•
'posed, by her son Tom, as follows
You're as young; as your. faith,'
You're as old.as' your' doubts.,.
You're as young as your.self
fidence,: :
You're �
as• old.' as :your fears.:1
You're, as' young as your hopes,
You're as old. ' as` ;your .despairs.,
'MARRIED SATURDAY
The marriage'. was solemnized
at.the ',United Church Parsonage
on Saturday, September 3rd, by
Rev: G. A' Meiklejohn, when
Joan `Isabel, daughter' of .Mrs. W.
E. McQuaig of 'Lucknow and : the
late . Mr: McQuaig, became the.
bride of Mr;" George Ronald Mc -
..Kinnon of •Sudbury,' son of Mr.,
.and . Mrs. Archie McKinnon
Teeswater ,Mr. and Mrs. McKin-
non will.• reside at Sudbury.
' •APPOINT}D MANAGER
'Ted ' Brewer .former. of ; the -j
Bank of Montreal staff at Luck -
now, . ' whet has-`beerr-at-&•trat
ford Since leaving here, has• been
appointed Manager of the Bank's'
.branch. at Don 'Mills in the: Tor-
onto .district,
Brewery . has been at`" his
Mr. -
new, post for• about .three weeks.
The. family spent, the week -:end
here, but will continue to 'reside
in Stratford ,until their. home at
Don Mills' is ready in;mid-Oct-
ober. Jirnrny returned with his
father -,.a;5 he commences high
school, •this term.: •
• ENGAGEMENTS
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1 be a,ccompan2ed`-`"t� 1'VI
Seranuda iMiss. - Ontario, announce the en
by two classmates,• ave, titer, Isa�
and Miss Ida gagement of their daug ,
:. n... .. Joh
Mary Jane 1VxcAsh
Lovell, bel Elizabeth. Elaine, to Mr
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The , a Nixon',.89r1.. of; Mr.
� nc three young nurses- will James Thomas � _
fly on Friday Mrs. 'Isaac Nixon, R. 7t Luck-
•from Milton to and M wedding
New York ''where they will board now. The wedding to take place
'September,..,
#or Beranuda. ' early in S. p
°boat •
UNABLE TO ' ATTEND ''
F. S. 'Thomas, Minister
of Agriculture •
Directors of the Lucknow. Ag-
riculture Society are '•disappdint
ed to learn that the lien, Fletcher
S. '.Thomas, Ontario Minister of
Agricultu will be 'unable to
lie* present to open the 90th ani'=
ritual fall fair, ' • •
Mr: Fletcher says' it• is necess-
ary for him to fulfil. an import-
ant, engagernerat"`in 'St, Thomas`
en that, dad`, He has ' arranged
with Mr. Alex McTaggart of the
Agricultural. Societi3es Branch _ of
the Department of'' Agriculture,
to act on his behalf on this' oc-.
,rasion. •
:wn,:firililillllta"i11i#!!1"Iiii �.�'� ,��4;11atekliiiI/.etiallr,
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TO ..COMPLETE JOURNALISM
AT COLUMBIA A UNIVERSI.TY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quinion . Walker
and Gary, Miss Carol Snider; Mr.
Wilfred Snider of Deariborn,.
Mieh. and Miss Barbara„ .Allen
of .. Chicago, • were recent' Week:
end visitors. with Mrs..Josephine
Cameron of B'eigrave. ' Wilfred;
who • has • just returned from
spending, the' summer' Months in,
' Acupulco; Mexirco, ' •will , :leave.
'shortly'for New York City, where
he will enter Columbia Uni-
•versity in September to complete
the final, year of his 'course' in
.journalism •and. •advertising.
HELD SHOWER BEFORE
GOING IN TRAINING .
Lois , Webster w s hostess• at,
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a personal shower held in honor
of Barbara Wilson lakt Tuesday
evening at ,a cottage`. at.. Port Al-
bert Beach.
Some thirty friends and neigh-
bors.' from.. Concession 6, . West
Wawanosh; • were present' for '.a:
pleasant social time and to .pre-
sent ` Barbara . with nunmerous
lovely ,personal .gifts; prior to
her entering Victoria Hospital,
London; '• as a student; . nurse.
SUCCEEDS HAROLD BAKER
Arthur: S. 'Bolton has been .ap-.
pointed assistant ,agricultural rep-
resentative -for .Huron County : to
succeed Harold : R. ' Baker. Mr.
Bolton, who is a recent graduate
of the Ontario ' Agricultural. Col-,
lege,,: Guelph,: is a native of •Mc
Killop 'Township,:: son of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Bolton, R. 1, Dub-
lin. He` attended Seaforth District:
Collegiate-, Institu-te and=was-a
;leader in junior farm club work
in Huron County.:. {
FEW ;':CH;ANGES'1 N
RURAL SCHOOLS
Holidays : are over .and it was
back -to -school again oil. Tuesday
for students and.,, teachers/:...
In the :. surrounding' ' rural
schools there are comparatively
few' changes in staff :personnel
In :West . Wawanosh there is a
new teacher at S.S. Ne... 2 ' in
Kinloss `there . are changes,. at
Langside: and Murray's ..schools
and- in+ Ashfield -:there. are . new
teachers . at; No. 6 and No 9
schools, : with Wilmer Errington
transferring to Port' Albert from
'Kintail, as Kintail 'and, Sheppard-
ton: schools, have been closed, re-
using t e 'area staff to thirteen
mem ;ars in twelve schools.
West, Wawanosh .Twp.
S.: : No..:17--Miss . Donna Mead;
S S: o. 2 --Miss Bernice ' Stan
ley; S. No ; 3, Township Hall—
Don I Cameron; SS. No 4,, Sit.
Helens --Beatrice McQurllin S.S..
No:' 12, . Fordyce -Ross Errington.
Music instructor --Mrs. Rodger of
Westfield.
• " Kinloss: Township ,
SS. No;:.1, Kinloss, Mrs. Doreen
Young,' S.S. No: 2, Kinlough, Mrs..
.Catherine Collins; S.S. No. 3, 10th'.
.Con,, ;Mrs..Joyce. McEwan; ; S.S.
No..4, Holyrood, Lorne Macken-
zie;' S.S. No. 5, Sixth Con;,, Mrs.
eitra-Maeravi-sli "S:$$.
Con., Mrs: Grace 'Johnston; SS.
No. 8, •'Langside, Mrs•. Dorothy.
Anderson; S.S. No. 9,' Murray's;
Miss Lois #i:ibey, . .S.S. No. 10;•
Whitechurch',`. Kenneth McAlli,
stem 'i
•Ashfield Township
NNd. 1, Port •Alb:ert,• Wilmer Er-
rin'(gion; No: , 4, 'Lochals'h,. ,Miss
Ruth Pentland; No. 5, Zion, Mrs,
Frank Ritchie; No. • 6, 4th Con.,
Mrs, Gwen Caesar; No: 7,
..;Mrs. Lloyd.. Nd. • 8,
Dungannon, Senior Room, ; Eric
Moore; Junior .room,.Mrs. T. M.
Durnin, No: 9•, Finlay's , School,
Mrs:.- Wm, "Aridi ew; No`Itr,--Scott's
KINLOSS 'REEVE I r
SADLY : BEREAVED
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The Kinlough-district home of
Reeve Iiareld Percy was sud-
denly, anti very sadly bereaved
in t u t. ' el
, he _,n;un Y passings sof a dear
wife-- and mother early. Monday=-:
Morning'.
Mrs.,Percy, , who :was: just'in
her 40th ` year was' in her iisu:al:
health ' until `ta bout : o'clock
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a ",. ten: o clock
'when she was stricken without"
'warning with what, proved to be
a cerebral' hemorrhage and, which
Proved. fatal within less than
three. hours. Mrs. Percy w•a$ .rush
ed to Wingham Hospital but
passed away .about 1.30 'Monday
'Morning tci profoundly grieve
and shock not .only her • lo -red
ones but. a " wide .circle .0f friends.
Mr, Percy,'who is reeve of
Kinloss Township, was elected to
that office in' March, -following
the. sudden death of .41 -year-old
Reeve David•Carruthers: from a
-heart"'attack;
Mrs.Percy was formerly Rriby
:•Christina• -Orr--,---daughter of Mrs.
Wm. Orr ' of •Langside and' • the
'late. Mr.• Orr. She . was ,: born in
Kinloss •Township• 'on April . 29th,
1916.. . ..
The remains • rested at her , late.
residence where. the uneral ser_ .
vice was held on Wednesday• af-
t�ernoon, conducted .by, Rev;
McDonald. Interment' was in.:
Cemetery.
Mrs.' Percy is' survived by her ;
husband and ,four young; child-
ren,' Bill, -David, Joan and Brian: •
Surviving, also to: mourn her loss
are. her . mother., four 'sisters .and
'six brothers, Mrs.' 'John. Currie '
(Jean) 'of :.Wingha n; Mrs: Oswald
;Rudi : (—Dokna)--of-=London;.
Wm:. Lapp" (Jessie) of Wingharm;:
'Mrs Elson; Arnold .(Isabel), Ear
Vie; Jim and Bob of Langside
Alex of Montreal; Bruce and
Richard, Northern Ontario'and
K.enneth,..SaskatcheWan. `:
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BELFAST MAN RECOVERING
FROM BACK: INJURY
Blake Alton .was in taws
Saturday evening for the first •
time . ,in seven weeks, `since ' suf-
fering a back injury from.lifting:
too heavy a weight,
With Blake''' being laid.up,' his
services w were missed at t.vo
farms, for he had ,been helpiin.g
out considerable at the ,fare of
his brother George, whose eye-
sight has been failing to a degree
that he is' now .racticall" blind.
George's failin eyesight is due
chiefly.'to.,a •dietic 'condition
that causes eye'hernorrh:ages that
leave scar . tissue that effect the .
sight. He has bean to'the best
eye • specialists in the; country!, '
but none offers hini any encour-
agement. ' George, however,• is.
facing : up to his. affliction and
accepting it courageously.. „
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IN COPEN, CONTEST
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Little. 'six-year-old Peggy iMac
'Donald's . piano;„ solo, "Wha'iens
areal . ,o , prize
in the open, variety arnateir con •
test. held at Wingliarn on Satur-
day in .connection with the. Fron-
tier' Days' celebration. Peggy's
prize was. $1000:
The little girl is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs• Robert MacDon-
ald of Holyrood.: Peggy, plays by
ear and has a remarkable.ability
for picking. up a tune. •
. The breakdown number• wad'
I oth 'one used •at the teen-tovw i gath-
eirngs at Holyrood Hall.- by the
�H.arris' orchestra,; and Peggy 're-
membered it, • : and visited . ,her
'neighbor, Mrs, Howard Harris, #;o
ori elle - sel"e on- arid'
soon had it off perfectly.
Peggy. plays . ,popular music,
arid: atter she hears .a piece that
appeals to her can generally sit: '
down at 'the, piano and' ,play it
tiff;
school, Mrs. Jam! Little; No. 18,
Belfast, Mrs. Grant 'Parrish; No.
15, Hemlock City, Mrs. 'Isabel
1VIartyn; No. 16, Crewe, Miss Lil.
hail Popp; No. 17, Cedar Valley,
Miss Sheila Feagan.
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