HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-07-11, Page 5WN1 SDA,Y, JULY .11th, 1956
ST. HELENS
Congratulations are 'due Eddie
Gaunt, who received honors in
Grade V.L I Piano and Terry Wil-
son, who received first Cass hon
ors in FGrade IV piano in' the re-
cent Royal Conservatory of Music,
in Toronto examinations held in
B13ah..
lark :Silver Anniversary
Mr, and Mrs. Cliff Murray
Were honored.. recently ' at their
home by relatives, and ' neighbors
on the occasion og their 25th
wedding anniversary, .: A short
program and a social time were
enjoyed: During the .evening Mr.
°Eober't.McAllister --read`- an --ad-
dress and on I'pehalf of the neigh-.
bors, Nlrt Johnl Cameron and Mr:
Lorne Durnin made the presen-
tation •9f a .;Wall mirror •ari'd a
.tri-lightlamp:, Other,' lovely gifts'
included, a. hostess' cliair. from'the
family.
Ivan. McQuillin commenced
work. on Monday as a laboratory
technician in . the • Naugatuck
Chemical .plant• at Elmira. The
plant is in connection, with the
Dominion Rubber Company.'
Barry. McQuillin, David Kirk-
land and Bill Pepper of Seaforth.
were at Grande • Blanc, ' Michigan,
judging as a, team at the_ Shirt=
'horn field day and were Success
ful in winning the trophy. Mr.
pepper won first' 'prize. and Barry
third in.,the .judging. Congratula
ions.
Dual Wedding Anniversary. .
• Mr. and Mrs. Fred McQuillin
.;were hosts recently to around 25
relatives who :gathered' to cele-.
brate the '25th wedding, 'anniver-
sary• of ,Mr. and Mrs. ' John
Sparkes :(formerly Muriel Miller)
of London and Mr. and' 1VIrs. Al-
vin Miller of Strathroy. Mr. arid:
Mrs. Sparkes •' were married on
July, 4th, 1931 and Mr. ' and Mrs:
Miller=on-3-rrl-y 1st:
• •Congratulations an.d best
wishes to. Mr. •'Robinson; Woods,
who • •on , Wednesday, July hl th;
celebrated :his 90th:.birthday. We,
are sorry 'Mr.. ; Woods is ' not. en-
.joyingthe bestof health:
Children's Day„ at W.I.
' The meeting .of St. Helen's Wo-
men's • Institute . wasp':. held on
• ' Thursday, July. 5th, in the corn-...
munity . hall. This was Children's
Day•and there were 14 children
and , 28 adults present. The roll
call was answered by -"A alar-
acteristic I. adinire•. ih .' a child",
and'' for the children, "An animal
sound"; The financial report :was
given with cash on hand being,
$155.84.,1t was announced ''that.
the. council had been .. contacted
about ,-the . cemetery and that: it
:was tobe given a good spraying
this summer. This,' will :' be..the.
-third time . it has ,been ..sprayed
and it is thought, that .this: will
` clean ;up all the (weeds.` The • song
0.''Canada was' sung. Lois Webb
gave the motto, which was pre-
. pared bk' her sister Ruth, "A
habit starts like a cobweb and
grows like a cable" - Joyce Mac
,Donald gave '4:i. reading on
''Friendship"': Nancy and Patricia
Cranston; Dawna Aitchison and ,
Gladys,, McDonald sang a song,.
"bouquet 'of, Rosemary". "Flow`•
Gently Sweet.,Afton" was .sung,.
Phyllis . B'arboursang a solo,
"Brighten up the. Corner where:
THE LUCKNOW • SENONTARIO
. __._. •... Tom,: LUCKNOW,,
You are'. Miss. W. D. Rutherford
gave the current events and Mrs.
Elwood Barbour gave an .inter-
esting report of "the, district an-
nual at Blyth. The meeting- clos-
ed; with the Queen T picnic
'lunch was served on the lawn
after the children's games. The
next meeting is` to' be an even-
ing meeting in August. Mrs. Bert
Alton 'is going to demonstrate
making mats. Melodies from the
north of the village are requested
to .bring• a few cookies. and front
the south, . sandwiches,
BOUGHT HOUSE FOR $10.00
DOWN HALF CENTURY','AGO
S.; E, Robertson came acrossa
docurnent recently • which relates
the terms' of a real *estate trans-
action about fifty years '.ago --in
1907 -whereby' ° William McNall.
bought a.''home• in, Lu;�eknow .for
$10.00down and $4.00 a • month.
The purchase price of house' and
lot was . $260.00. It,, is the resi-
dence now owned 'by. Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Congram. '
Mr, McNall bought thep '"p'
p-
ertson, who had purchased it
from .Duncan MacDonald when
he sold out his butcher business
here, Mr. MacDonald had prey-
iously been in the butcher busi-•
• ness in Dungannon, He was •a son
of Red John MacDonald of• Con.
12, Ashfield, and was ' born on
the farm now ' owned by Lorne`
MacDonald, ,
Duncan MacDonald'•s wife was
the former Jennie McInnes, dau-
ghter of Fiddler Jack McInnes of
the Paramount district.
One interesting detail • led to
another, as Mr. Robertsonrelated
the story. The house referred to'
was purchased by Mr., MaoDo
aid from t} e•' Hector ¥acLean.
estate, Mr. Mae•L• ean; ••was "precen-
tor at -the. Gaelic- service which''
followed the ,regular morning
service in"'the Lucknow Presby-
ter"ian Church' during the..p. pastor-
ate of Rev. Argos Mackay..
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••OPEN TWO .EVEIITIIITGS
Clinton 'merchants,. 'or many: ,of
them, are now open. both Friday
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Phone 181
Kincardine
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PAYINHI.GHEST PRICES FOR
LIVE. POULTRY • . •
Pouhtry Culling .A Specialty
tri accordance with government 'regulations, our poultry
coops are thoroughly washed' and disinfected
for. your protection. ..
months' trial period of: , keeping
-open Friday, . terminated at the
end of June; with several-mer-
chants,
everal•mer-
chants, reporting increased sales
in • con�Gparisoii • with • ,Saturday
nights iii; 1955. ° ••
Now they are, reittetant to dis-
continue 'the' open. 'Friday, and/
with : other merchants'favoring
Saturday,, the result is that many
business places. are open . both.
nights. , • .
"People just. aren't buying ori.
pro
' .nights, ,the way they
city from the' late ' George Rob- and Saturday evenings. A three- used to", some .merchants claim.
World Lodge Delegate
At• the , annual sessions of the
Ontario Grand • Lodge: of the QddfelloWs,`In-
dependent Order of.
the retiring • grand master,' Geo.
E. ' Harrison . of ',Kincardine, •'was ;'.'
`elected to represent thee'" Qritario;
jurisdiction ....at • .Sovereigli
Grand Lodge of -the World • for
ten Years. Mr, Harrison is •a,
nephew of Jennie and Noble •
Pierce of 'town.
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When yoU buy something for
a • song, look .`out .for the accom-
paniment
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panimen. ' , •
Tooled "To Repair/ -.Ali Makes Of
Tractors, Ivlaelrilnei & Shop Work
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