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THE f UONNUW ."SBH (Il i,;, LUCKNOW,. QNTiL O
' . WEDNE.S AY, NGV. 30tJ ►. 194.s.
THROUGH THE SENTINEL; FILE.
Ten Years. Ago t
Rexford .Ostrander opened the
l`R.ex Theatre".
,Roderick Farquhar 1VIcCharles,
son of Mr. and .Mrs. Donald Me.
Charles,. age 20, died a few hours
after receiving severe head .inn
juries in a fall througha trap!
door in the barn on •the neigh=
boring Stewart , farm.
A, school area was established
Ashfield' to. become ,effective
with the election of .a ;five -man
board at.. the Yeaes end,
.., •Rev. and Mrs., 'G. G. Howse
and family and::
to Gerrie
John McKinnon retired after
41 years': service with the Cal-
gary. Fire. CO., of which he rose
to the position of. Which
In the Court of Appeal the
grill • of the late Alexander Mac
• Kenzie of . Kinloss was ruled to •
. be' valid. After,lieciuests to South
Kinloss and Lucknow Presbyter-
ian Churches, 'arid ;to nephews
and nieces, the residue of the
estate was, to go. to an, education-
al endowment fund for. male
- members . • of Lucknow High
School.
Jean:. Graham returned .after,
.seven years • In—England.'. She'
went'. to England as a child nurse,
'entered training there, ,and con-
tinned to practise -upon. , graduat-
mg.
_Sgt. Charles Jewitt,'' missing
• sincethe fall of :Hong Kong, was
listed • as 'presumed dead. word
was ever, learned ,of•:his fate.. •
• Mr. and ` Mrs . Wm "A. John-•
ston...of •Kintail celebrated ` their'
60th .wedding anniversary.: • •
Twenty Year Ago:
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Dr. James Little . opened his
'dental .,office in.. the Johnstone
Block.
:Rev. D:. T. L. 1VIcKerroll was •
elected . moderator .of the Presby
terian Church in Canada.
.;Lucknow merchants were feat-
uring' a :Dollar Days sale, which
included ,• . a Friday . night street
dance and many 'free prizes.
-A-drinking ; fountain: was 'in -
.stalled on ' .Main Street:: by, the
e
Women's' Institute. -
Ernie Pullen, who was . employ''
ed by John •Hodgiri's of Kinlbugh,
died of injuries received in .a hay.
ing accident • when the Whiffle -
tree ' on the hay fork broke. •
The death of Wm.., McQuiliin
occurred--sucdden at est
Wawanosh farm.'.
'The recently organized Luck=
now Boosters Club was spear-
heading a drive to have the Main
Streetcurbs removed . to widen
the roadway.
Forty Years A go.
A ' two -cent stamp cheque 'went
into effect in mid-April, 1915 . as
a war 'revenue measure. • .
Dr, ' A, G. Elliott .bought a Ford.
runabout. .
Lachlan Macintosh died at his
home ',in Lucknow at the ' age :of
Robert 'Bean, a ,Carl'ow. district.
farmer, was murdered when' shot
in the •back with a shotgun.. while
driving home.,,after night by
horse and buggy.. `• G .
John Jby'nt".:bought the Wing -
ham Advance, which was owned
and edited by George Spotton. A.
G. Smith, foreman at The Luck -
now .Sentinel,, was'. appointed edi-
tor •and business manager of The.
Advance. .
Jahn. Purvis of Hoiyrood was
chbsen Conservative candidate in
South • Bruce..
Mr and Mrs. J. H. Ackert ,mo -
ed 'to : Lucknow. They had ',come
to Lucknow More . than 38 years
before as, bride and groom.:Mr.
Ackert was : a wood turner and.
started furniture making in . a
small scale, which ' was the,: found-
ing o£ Wha _eventua11y became
the •Lucknow .Table Company. 'Af
ter .,five .years here Mr: Ackert.
bought 'the ''sawmill at Holyyrood.
and then . branched 'into farming
and', cattle raising:' '
An 'advertisement recommend-
ed spending. Dominion Day at
".Kintail. Dock"; Motor boatex-
elusions, a baseball tournament
and sports ' events were; listed as
the .• entertainment:.
Thirty Years. Ago/
gs • were...28d, butter 30a:.._arid
'hogs $11.50.
, .Rev..C. L. Langford, Anglican
minister, left Lucknow for Thed=
• ford: . .
Rey. Angus McKay of :the Free.
Church, Kingussie and his . son,
Rev. J Calvin 'McKay. of : the
'Free Church mission at Peru;,. in
South America,, spoke 'at a 'spec `
• ial. meeting ,in Lucknow Presby
terian Church where Rev.. Me -
Kay' had._in isteredUtti .enty-odds:..
years before. '
Pupils in Junior. Second at the
, Lucknow Public School were
Jack • Wilson, Cecil Armstrong,
Doug ,Clark, Stewart. • Collyer;
Donada Thompson, _ Fred .. M'ilne,
Bill MacKenzie, Lillian: Horne;
Jean MacMillan, Alfred Arm-
strong, Isobel Hamilton; Maudie
Fisher, Lennard Webster, Isobel
Douglas, marry Sherwood,' Geo.
.doynt, Christine 'Finlayson, • Mar-
garet • Baker Elliott . ` Webster,
Alex McIntosh, Frank MacKen-
zie, Flora Webster, Audrey Hen-
derson, George Whitby, Leonard
MacDonald;: Charlie Palmer, •
A Memorial tablet was dedicat-
ed at S.S. No: 9, Kinloss (Mur-,
ray's Sehhool).. The unveiling was
done by. Mrs; Kennedy and Mrs.
Hudson, who' `il,ad • lost' sons in
the *war. ..
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George Lawrence, and Crawl
iF on nk- -week .bi
Niagara Falls, Buffalo,
Cleveland and Detroit, returning
via London. . • . •
Dr J. S, Tennant suffered in
vuries •in a runaway which pre-
ented him from going to, the
Old . Country as a member .of the
High Court ,of the Independent
Order of Forsters.
"Six magnificent'.. evergreen
arches spanned the Main Street"`
for• the holding of the 12th of
July celebration • in. Lucknow that
drew a. crowd of 10,000 persons:
(the report said) and featured a
parade nearly,- a mile' long.
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'CULROSS CORNERS
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Rev, and •Mrs: ' T. J; McKinney.
of Teeswater and Mr. J. R'. 'Lane,
of Kinlough were callers • on .the
line on Tuesday.
Mrs, Wm; Wall, who has: been
convalescing at the home of her
daughter; • Mrs • Jack Schu ,mash-
er, returned to .her home at Kin
dough ' last week. . " • , ,
Mr..'Reginald.'Brown , accom-
panied friends ' on' a motor.%trip
to • Windsor on' Thursday:
• Mr.. and Mrs ,Art Hodgins were'
dinner guests Friday evening , of
Mr. -and Mrs; Perry Hodgins and
Sharon. • . •
Last week saw an _ influx E Of
deer hunters into the cornmunity
but there were a lot more Dun.
ters . than . deer. Several Of . the
hunters stayed at the' . home of
'Mr; and Mrs.. JaJek..Sohumacher.
Mr. and Mrs. .Gerald Stewart
of Kincardine, Mr. and, Mrs. Ron
Stanley and family of Kinloss
spent Sunday with Mr. and''Mrs.•
Terri . Stewart. • .
Mr, .,and. Mrs. . Wm. Wall and
Allan of Kinlough spent: Sunday
With - Nir. and Mrs, Jack Schu•
-
Fif ty.. Years Ago coacher aanci'``I#elen
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Taylor &"
Angus, McKay,: age •:105' years, ; Allan .and Mrs: George Bell • of
diedat the• home ,of his. son • Alex.
McKay,. Of Lucknow,
Thomas •Graham Mathers, a
native, of 'Kinloss, was appointed
to the .Manitoba 'Supreme Court
bench:
.'Peace• was s declared . in the On Saturday,:.November., ' 26th,
the Club girls met at the home:
Of Enda Wall '' and . opened the
meeting by singing "The :• More
we get together" and.: the pledge.
Kincardine spentSunday with.
Mr. and .Mrs.. Jas. Wraith:
Mr. and .Mrs. Don Willetts and
family of . Uxbridge visited ' last
week .with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs.. Dune •. Thompson.
Pussiari-Japanese 'war with Rus-
sia suffering ' a severe defeat
:Neil MacKenzie of Con.:4,
loss;; e'. was Crushed' 'under : the
.wheels of a 'threshing machine. The roll. call ,was answered by
He 'was .40 years of age.. 8 club .girls and the leader, Mrs.
. D.;.. Cameron 'was elected Perry Hodgins. Mrs. Hodgins
High .Chief ; Ranger_of the High 'showed. the .girls • how. `tb make
Court of the n''IdeP endent' Order their,, •own bias_ binding out of a
.of Forstera for. ' Western ,Qntario square of material., Some of the
Enoch: Bower. was :offering his 'girls ••worked ; on.' ,their dresser
-sawmill and shingle mill for sale: scarves.. A :_change was decided
it •'was located at • the 12th Con.
O Ie• . on ' e rave ''oa•
• John Clark, teller at. the . Bank
of Hamilton for five •years; was
transferred to head office ' at.
Hamilton. `
Mr and Mrs. Bert Snellgrove
Moved 'to .Manitoba. He was in
the' blaccksniith business' here.
Thomas Webster was appoint-
ed agent for• Massey -Harris ' im
pieinents and opened a wareroom
next ood`r` to' B; McClure`s groc-
ery. •
Masonic 'brethren placed • a
'granite montunent' .in. South Kiii-
loss cemetery to the memory of
Dr. .• J:. S. Tennant.' • .
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Sixty Years Ago
W. Rider's Teeswater . teek:
over the, blacksmith shop form-,
erly occupied 'by ,Mr.; Flobd.
The ' .des occurred ofT W.. H
Smith, . 58, •who operated a book
,and stationery store. He tat..tght
here for two years, was' clerk ' for
nine years;' secretary of the Ag
.ricultural VSnciety,.4ea_der he-
Methodist Church . choir, ' and
prominent in 'church 'and frat-
ernal circles.. Pallbearers were G.
W. 'Berry, 11 D, "Yule; ' Thomas
Reid, J.. Peart, P. MacKenzie and
W. Taylor. •
'Win. -,Gordon ,*as noble grand
of Lucknow. Lodge I.O.O.F.
.A 72 -foot squarebarn was
:raised on the farm 'of John Mc-
Lean; West-=W'awan.osh.:The :frame -
and stone work was donne: by
Messrs. • Stothers and Wm. Me -
Whinney.. "
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