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_.UR'YEARS A O
Mr. and Mrs, (Grant Carricka of
portland, Oregon; si eat the. Past
few days with his sister, Miss
Christina Carrick. - They ' leave
¶hursday on their returnand
will be 'accompanied to Duluth.
by >Miss. Carrick, who. ,will spend
' ten days' there;
•Mr. Cerrick iSR a son': of the
late •Mr.• and Mrs. Robert°`And
yew , Carr�ick,• and was born at
' .•where their home. over-
Fantail uron • which is the
looked Lake li ,
•
only thing that ' hasn'tchanged
in more than a half century since
Ale Carrick. left here.. Hi recalls
as a lad. how potato. hoeing ,and•
.
other :such chores were often
neglected' by the enticement of..
Lake Huron's sparkling „waters
and the" urging of pals who came
along from time to time as Grant
was sweating it out in the field
overlooking' the water:
Olr. •Carrick came to Lucknow
for a time where he Was em-
loyed in. the. Lees. and Douglas
woollen' mills and later in 'John,
' ' • ''le eva ra_tor. He.�left
•-�eynt-�-aPp p�
�y .years
moi`
'here, yin: 1902�nty 'y'
ago --and. this is the first tine
he -has been back: • : • •
On Sunday he attended ..ser-'
vices at Ashfield Presbyterian
Church conducted • by Rev, ':Wal;
lace McClean of Lucknow and
Which ,marked the 108th anni
yirsary of this .district's, longest.
established congregation; This
was ;the, church. he attended in
__his . youth;_and ...it was: h. is. grand-
father, the. late Rev. Alexander
Grant, . who Ibecanne the first res_
ident rninister\ of thecongrega-
tion' in 1865.
Mr. and Mrs: Grant have been
--in Oregon for thirty4ive years.
Theyflew• east to obtain a: car
at Detroit ` and : will rhotor . back. '
DUNGAN NON FOLK
FIFTY YEARS WED
Mr; and' Mrs. Win, H. McClure;
Dungannon,• ' were ' fifty years
married today, Wednesday, Jure
'20th, They will celebrate the ;oc-
casion. on Sunday, July lst, when
'open, house will 'be held- after-
noon and evening.
1�rs. McClure was • formerly
Gebr ina: Sproul, daughter of the
late ' 1VCE and Mrs. David Sproul
of'' Dungannon. She -attended
school at U.S.S. No: 8, Ashfield,
which :was built by her grand-
father° Kitson. Mr. McClure, Bill
as he is popularly. known, •is a
son of the 'late Mr. and Mrs.
James;Mcelure of Colborne Twp.
and attended 'school at S.S. No.
4, Colborne: They were married
at the home of the bride's parr
ents' by the late Rev.: J. W. Rob-
inson. They were attended by.
Will Begley of Hanulton and her
sister,, Nettie • Sproul of 'Dungan-
non, The flower girls were Alice
(Sheppard) Lawson,. Clinton and
the bride's, 'sister, Clara Sproul
of 'Stratford. ' "
•' Mr.• McClure operated a tailor,
shop and livery 'business in Dun-
gannon. He later operated a• gen-
eral store on the Present Site.
of-Sthers garage, and 'later • a
trucking (business until selling
,out <:g
to` Omar~'Brooks a number
of year ago. Both are in good
health and are ardent gardeners.
fr, and Mrs. McClure have re-
sided in Dungannon .all - their
Married life. They have a family
of three daughters and one son,
Winnie,IVIrs: D, Widcombe, Wind-
sor; Laurette, ,Mrs:. A. . Hef-
ford, Toronto; Emily, Mrs.' Herb
I''nn� a
... g..a►. Dungaxrnan- and "Wirt: -J.
MCClure of Elmira, They also
have seven grandchildren.
over the • July 1st week -end.._• -
A.:
- _famil-Y gathering is planned
Ir,• and Mrs.. McClure are
members of Dungannon united
Church and; Mrs. McClure is a
lee member of the Women's
liiissionary. . Society.
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDN'ESDAY, JUNE 20th, 1956
WHOOPS,,' UP ,AGAIN;.
Well, paper prices are up
again, • The 'increase affe•ets
all .types of paper used in,
this office, including news
print.
During and since ••the war
paper prices have periodical-
ly rocketed upwards, • and
whether or not the latest in-
crease-,'' willbe final we
wouldn't', care to' wager.
. The latest newsprint : in,
crease leaves• u, s with one of
-two 'alternatives in an 'effort
tei cut down the cost of 'over
' 'run wastage. We can increase :
the single copy price, to 7c,
• or limit' the provision • for
these a sales, and withhold
them 'until afteir :our sub-
scriber list 'has been filled,
.and then offer. the balance at
'first-come; first-served at•6c.
,The • cheapest deal, of course,
IS a year's subscription at $2.50.
The fact we can never gauge
what the single copy sales' will
be, ••finds •us not infrequently
with 25 ° to 40 or 50 •letf over,
And 'occasionally; not enough if
107 -.--Par y: rest. :
Whatever policy we decide
onwill go into • effect the
first issue in July.
LUCKNOW 'UNITED CHURCH
SCHOOL HAS • ANNIVERSARY
The anniversary of the Church
School oaf : Lucknow United church
was held`. last Sunday with the
guest sp ker-- for• 'the- occasion
peing. William Rae of Hanover,
public .school inspector for South
Grey.
The children assembled prior
to the ' service, and proceeded to
'the church, • a'uditorium in a body.`
These taking part in the service
were Mr.. Rae, Rev: G. A. Meikle-
john and H., D"• Thompson, sup-
erintendent.of the Church School.
;Special music °,included violin
,selections by young. Douglas Rae
of Hanover, and' a -boys'. quart-
ette. . including. Tommy ,Andrew,
Russell Allan, Terry'. Rathwell
and David `Thompson.•
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ENTI.NEI
TIA'l' Gordon 3' Mont ome° and
Montgomery'
son James flew to Newfound-
land on Saturday where Mrs.
Montgomery a n 'd daughter,
Margaret, have been since the
death of her mother. They will
spend a cpuple of weeks on the
Island before the family re-
' turns home.
THAT .Nancy..Webster was one
of.•.the winners of • a carload`
pass ..to Owen Sound Drive -In
Theatre. ; • It's •questionab'le if
she'll be able to make use of
the 'pass, , :but that is . inconse-
• • quental, at by . being among
h:eLuck ones _ he -is-en-titled
"to'` a' chance on the: draw•forl
I . a sun-iiner cottage Later in the
season. %
A vaccination reaction put
the Publisher on his back the
•• .first of/the• :week.`. The arm
looked' to he ripe for an am-
putation job. and • the chills,
:high fever,,': pounding., head,
and no appetite• '(imagine)
'had us out for the: count.:
Not the least of the. discom-
• . fort 'Was weakness and the •
feeling that: we had .beet
clubbe from head to foot.
The /Junior member of the:
fainily :`fever batted an eye
when she was .vaccinated a
.few months ago, and it :looks
as if .Pop shouldn't have left
it so king. •
It's. about the ,second time
in twenty -dour years •that•we •
have been 'a'bsent . from the
• office, due to' illness.
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Jack : � acLennan, sore of Mr,
M
and: Mrs. Emile MacLennan _ of
.Lochalsh,`is in St. Joseph S Hoe
vital, ' Toronto, with, Multiple
fractures, which may' prevent
him from working for 'a year.
Jack is foreman of a construc-
tion gang in the . city, and was
struck p
h ,a _ s eeding car as he'
3_' ..• _pct_
crossed' the street. TH wa
ually knocked• out of his boots
by the impact:" The 'accident hap
per ect_iii✓ Sunda`, Jute 4 th.x...
He • suffered a triple fracture
of the pelvis and a broken should-
er,
end
net to mention bruises a
smock. '
When Jac'k,is able to be Moved
hewill, be 'brought by ambul-
ance to Kincardine Hospital;
THAT Tom McFarlan,. who - re-
,cently r• sora his. farm at Kin-
lough„. has • ibought. a home
Goderich through the: Harold
• W:. Shore . real estate agency.
THAT. brie' of. the -great pictures
.of all time,. `.`A Star Is' Born",
'starring- Judy Garland .:arid
James' .Mason, can be seen at
:The•:Playhouse at regular prices'
this Thursday, Friday and Sat-,
urday. ,Note the "three -night
run. •
THAT : the choir , of • the 'United
Church wired roses to their
••leader, Mrs. J. `W. Joynt, prior
to sailing for overseas. The,
• •flowers were in their state-
room- when':1V1r. and MrsJoynt
!boarded . the Ascania at Mon-
treal.
•THAT .Rev. and • Mrs:: • WnL .Math
eson . of Chesley ,have donated
' a •$1,000 bond to. the Chesley.
and District Memorial Hospi-
tal.; ,.
• TROUBLE:'
Last Wednksday before
type setting , was complete,.
and . before some prdofs of
type already set had been
corrected, ;an element burn-
ed out . on the linotype.
Thatended type setting and
:the, paper "went to bed" us-
eg "time, •.copy" tofill the
forms: • • • ..
The 'burning out of the
element cuts off the heat to
the metal ' pot'.and s the lead
.goes cold and hard.: A blow •
torch has to be used to ` melt
the metal and ladle it Out
•• , (there is ne drain on the pot) '
until. it •A dry in order to
• remove the : element, and re-,
place it, 'after, a rush
had been put into, Toronto -
for a new one.
• 1Vfury .Solomon's: help :was
greatly appreciated in get- ,
tirag the machine in opera-
tion ,again.
TO COMBINE. SERVICES
FOR SUMMER, MONTHS ' ..
The -co - ngY' .g -e atioris-.•of-the-aPx.s.-;
°byterian and. " United' hurches'.
will hold' combined seeeices for
the hpliday months • of July and
August. ,
During July services . will ` be
held , in the Presbyterian church
with Rev.. G.. A. Meiklejohn as
minister, 'and, during Auguat Rev:.
Wallace McClean will preach in
the : United church:
Sunday • ,School will be held as
usual in each church. • •
ENGAGEMENTS . .
Mr and Mrs: John Russell
Johnstone announce the engage-
Ment of •• their daughter, Jane
Maye of Mr. John Edmund Tre-
•leaven, son of ;1Vr..and .Mrs. Hart..
old Treleaven of Lucknow: The
marriage will, take place in
Lucknow Presbyterian. Church
on. Saturday, July 7th.
Mr, and Mrs. • Elmer Bushell,•
Kinloss, 'wish ';to , announce • the
engagement oftheir eldest ;dau
•" ht The 1 a Marianne' to Car -
•
THAT Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Swan
returned—last—week- fr-om__w....a_
meter, trip to• Cape Cod and
the,'Eastern States. Their child-
•roe,..Mary and Barbara; re=
mained with their.'grandpar-
ents, Mr. and .Mrs. W.-131 'And-
erson. •The Swan - family left
on Monday to take up. residence
in Hamilton : where .Dr. Swah
.commenced his internship in.
Hamilton General Hospital on
Wednesday.
THAT George Anderson . of • *the
Bank of Montreal staff resum-
ed • his • duties here' ori 'Monday
after taking a 3 -week course- GODERICH MAN INURED
at the Yonge and Froht Street' ERECTING TV AERIAL •
Branch in. Toronto. •
g' er, m
men Clarence Johnston, young
"est son ,of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Johnston, Holyrood.• The ' mar-
riage 'to take. place • in. July: .
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ATTEND FUNERAL
-Mrs:-P: W. Hoag -and ;1VIrs.-J C;
1VIeNab • went to Simcoe . last
Thursday to : attend the funeral.
of Mrs: W. J. Mumford. Her hus-
band, Dr. Murnfozd,ministered
here' prior to 'Rev: G. A. Meikle -
john, and for years had devoted-
ly cared for " .his 'semi -invalid
wife.
Mrs. , Mumford, suffered from
a crippling • and painful rheum-
atic condition for •27 years, and
of late months..complications ,de-`
veloped that added to her suf-
ferings. °
••o= ' Fred Squires, ,of Goderich suf-
THAT Isaac • Cranston . observed
• his :80th birthday .on Wednes-
day, June -20th. • ,
THAT 'Sidney Whitby, conscien-
-ions ..and..hard-working care-
taker at the Lucknow District
High School, was quite'. ill at
the week -end with pneumonia..
His 'condition vG,as considerably
improved on Monday. Sid was
planning to. undergo an opera-
tion, when it was discovered'
that he wasa wanking pneu-
monia,case, He was - admitted
• to hospital ' on Thursday and
the operationL pes-t-poned until.
1xe shakes off the pneumonia;
B:ORhi
BIDER—in ' Stratford General
Hospital on Friday, June 15th,
to Mr. and 'Mrs. Sandy Rider,
a daughter, 'Eleanor June. .
` K ,8t W Hospital
NA"YLOR-an y
PION EER. SMITHY
PASSED AWAY
Jaynes. B. Hodgkinson, pioneer
resident of,the Kinlough'- clis.
txict passed away in Windsor on
Wednesday, June 13th at the
home of his daughter, Mrs, ` Wes
ley ,.W,hite.. He was in .his 37th
year :and was the last surviving
member "of tilefantily of: the late '
Robert F, Ioclgkinson° and Mary
Ann••. ay,. Ile' . was born near
London but came as a child with
his parents • to ' IK inlough : m
At the age of 16, he apprentic.
ed as a blacksmith with. John.
Sutherland of. IKinlough' and lat.,:
er worked for Adam • Thorcnpson
of Lucknow. He- • .eventually'
launched into business for him-
self and operated shops at Kin=
cardiae, Glamis, and Armow, be-
fore '
be -fore' returning to his home ham-
let: +of ' Kinlotigh,, where he
tinned 'to follow his trade until
retiring in 1944. Since then he
had. lived ' with;, hit son . Wilbert -
until about a month prior to his
death When he 'went to Windsor ,
to temporarily reside.
- he<: d; ancon a n I e Hca
o lrgg �
Kinlough` prior to the• advent, of
the railway to Lucknow. ' They
came by. 'rail .to Goderich
then north by wagon trail. The -
shop now ' Occupied by, Walter
Breckles as • an implement: 'shop •
was built by • Mr. 'Hodgkinson:
•
fered• only , minor 'injuries on
Monday night, when he fell while
erecting 'a TV "aerial at the herne
of Clare: Johnstone; •
Mr. Squires is a member of the
Huron Tower Co.., who was d orn_g,
the job • for Johnstone and Son
Furniture.. •
elle was 'perched on 'a ladder
about ten 'feet above the roof
of the • house in the . process of
lengthening the aerial, when it
pulled from. its socket striking.
him on the chest, and throwing
him onto the. roof.
The injured man was assisted
dawn. -from ..•,the•..roofr..and after.
medical aid" • was • summoned, was
taken to Goderich Hospital,.
__Mr,,Squires his a cousin',of• M.
Sandersor`r -.et -town..
Kitchener, on Tuesday, June 12,
to Mx'. and Mrs. John Naylor, a
daughter, Norma ',Than, a sister
for Toni and Steve. •
Mr. Hodgkinson was 'a mem-
ber of :the I.O:O.F.. for over 50
years and had received his 55- •
Year '`jewel Members of •, the
Glamis -.Ledge conducted -a -mem-
- `
oriel service. in conferring the
last rites of the order';last Thurs-
day 'evening at the. McLennan -
MacKenzie Memorial Chapel. Mr.
Hodgkinson was a member of the
Anglican 'Church, Knilough, and: •
on Friday afternoon :alae --•:funeral
service was conducted . by Rev.
H. L. `Parker of Wingham '
Mr. Hodgkinson was,prede-
ceased by . his wife,' the former
Elizabeth Ann Hockin, who died
in ' J,anuary 1942.
Left to. mourn his loss are
three daughters and two sons,
(Tillie) Mrs: Gerald McIver, Lon:.
don (Elizabeth). Mrs." William • =