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WE: LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUGKNOW, QNTAR,IO •
WEDNS. AY,, SEP2" 3rd, 105
CKNQW . SENTINEL
..L.uckoow Ontario.
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Eastablished. 1873 Pttblishe,d Each Wednesday :Afternoon
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L. C. Thompson, Publisher, and Proprietor,.
WEDNESDAY, ',SEPT. 3rd, 1952. • •
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SON OF FORMER EDITOR
PALLED .01 E LAST WEEK•
;, .;A caller in town last week
was Mr. Jack Naylor Of Tor-
onto, Whose father Mr. J. L. Nay-
lor ,was at. lone time. editor of
1111e Sentinel: for: a brief period
• .early ;in the present century, Mr.
. Naylor 'bought* the paper • from
Albert McGregor and in turn sold
it to A. D. Mackenzie in 1910. •
Mr. Naylor went from Here to
Seaforth • and eventually tq .Essex/,.
where he still resides, and where
• . he, is °still • 'engaged in the lumber
business. He is: 85. ,v '
His . son Jack : travels for a `•.
wholesale firm, . and it was, • yin.
This `connection that hewas in
Lucknow last week,, -and .drop-
ped' in .at The. Sentinel. `He went
to school • here. The /family ;resi-
dence ' was 'wlhereMrs.. James
-MacDonald now Jives, across thee
road from. what Was then .Dr.'El-
liott's ' office. Mr- ' Naylor: remem-
bers W'inriifred • Elliott as 'tie
little girl ,across the street, ,and
of his .:• school chums, `.Mildred'.
Spence .stands out in his memory,.'
The reason ---Jack ; had about 50'
warts on his hands : and Mildred
burnt them .off•:' with acid pro-
cured at her father's drug store.
The trouble with being a gobd
sport is that you have td%' lose
inn order to prove , it.
Kinloss United Church W.M.S,
The Kinloss W.M.S held. their
July meeting at the home of Mrs.
Wesley, Leeson with a good. at-
tendance. Mrs. Lorne Hodgins
Was convener. The topic for the
meeting was - Temperance. The
president, Mrs. H. Bannerman,
welcomed Ray. 'and Mrs: Pur-
chase to the meeting: Ori July 27'
the. W.M,S'., took charge of the
church. service. Mrs. l.. Banner-
man • opene • ' the :service' assist..
by Mrs. Wm, Campbell and Mrs..
Ronald Stanley. •Misses Mary, and
Betty Stanley ,gave a very .pleas—
ing duet. The ladies were privil-.
aged to have Mrs.. MacGregor
Bruce, Presbyterial president, . 'as
guest 'speaker. Mrs. MacGregor's.
•topic.. was Christian Stewardship..
The :August meeting of the W.,
M. S. Was held at the hone of
Mrs.,: Ben ..Iiuitle, Kincardine,
•with a. goad attendance. Mrs. Ell:
icon . Hudgins was convener. •The
roll call was aneweredby •a verse
about Naomi. The .ladies accepted
the .invitation . to attend the W.A.
meeting at Kinlough..Mrs. Rut-
tle introduced. Mrs. • .Street; the.
guest ;speaker. •Her• address was
very „much enjoyed. 'Mrs, Dean/
Hewitt gave a vote of. thanks'to
Mrs. Ruttle and Mrs. Street. A
delicious lunch teas served by
Mrs Ruttle assisted by her sis-
ter, .Mrs. Fritz of Listowel: A:
social hour was. spent. ' •
MARKS NJ N ETI ETH.
BIRTHDosx
Hearty congratulations are ex-
tended to Mr. Robert C... Mc-
Gowan,. esteemed and, life long
resident of the 3rd concession of
East Wravutanosh, who, znarked;'his:
90th birthday on Sunday, Aug-
ust 31st. The occasion was obi
served quietly .
Mr. McGowan is among the
Oldest living , residents of the
township.. It is. 100 years ago
since: his father, the late Walter
McGowan, settledon the 3rd ::con-
cession. AcacoRna nied by four
,brothers, George, ' .Robert, Gregor
and James, " they took up 1;000
acres • irony- the . CrowZri, . and as
Ythe. descendants :grew in num-
giber, itbecame known as the Mc-
Gowan settlement. The name has
n end still is, pr"
inerit in the' life of the commun-
ty.
n. was a orn
Robert. C. McGawa . w � ,
the son: of Walter McGouran and
Rebecca Cunning. He • vitas :one of
:a'• fatniIy .of seven children. In
1894 he . married Maggie.Murdoch
.of Ashfield,: and the ,'couple .rrrav
ed one lot west' on the •3rd' cion
Cession from. :where Mr.• 1VIcGow-
pan was- born: Mrs McGowan died'
in April,, 1950.'
His, irnrrnediate family.. consists
of four daughters, Mrs. C.. R;
Coultes,' Belgrave, Mrs; : Fred
Reid, 'Varna; .Mrs Harold . Buf-
fett, Carson'v. elle, : Mich:; and Mrs.,'
George Charter, at home.' He has
12 grandchildren . and 12 ,great
4randehildren.
McGowan continues to en-
joy reasonably good, .health, :and,
is a frequent visitor in Blyth. tie;
is a. valued' and devout Member
of Blyth United , Church, and
through the; years• has given :of
his services freely:. on the various
church boards. At the present
time he is an honorary member•
of the Board'/ of Elders.-- Blyth
Standard.
A FURNACE? A WATER HEATER?
PPIN6? NEW TOILET FACILITIES?
A COMPLETE' PLUMBING 05101?
FE' is installing theswin the homes
of ,thousands of . C dian'.
farmers every rear.Tack over a
• Farm' bhp ovemeot Loan with your
nearest B of M.manager. Why not
do it now whllleit's on your mind?
AN/C. OF MONTREAL
edgiviA474vartosi
WORKING' WITH 'CANADIAN; 'IN EVERY WALK ¢OF LIPI SINCE 1$17
ADIS
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400.K LNG BACKWARDS
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
Sixty Years Ago ••
• The ,residence of Martin Mc-
Innes, Con. 2, Kinloss, together
,with`all its contents, was destroy-
ed by fire..
The death of Wm. Gardner ,oc-
curred in his• 80th year. He came
to .Ashfield in 1854;
W. J. ':$rumpton. was: offering
21 Bounds. of granulated sugar
for $1.00. Brown sugar was*. 27
pounds • for $1.00: ' ,•
The Sentinel carried frequent
reports of . the exodus. to the.
"'northwest": Henry . 'Young/ A l f
'Davison, ,Thomas Pierce .arid •Har
ry McKinnon ware: among thein.
pmT Thee xnarnmonth•'scorn wap ra,c_
:ed at the• new Cain Hotel. It
.was 100 feet by' 76 feet •With two
wings. Barn raising captains were
John McGarry, and Kenny 'Mc-
Leod..
Mc-Leod.. Mr, McCarroll was the con-
tractor and James McCoy the
"framer..
A..;'pait of oxen brought here
from. Thessealon were sold icy.
Roderick McKenzie; Con. 2, Kin-
k* fto
in-loss.'to Charles .Milne. They 'Were
8 -year-olds and . weighed 4505.
Pounds. ' Mr. 1Vlilne ,planned to fat-
ten them .for the English market,,
The :remains, 'of. Daniel; Finlhy
`son were (brought; to the: parental
Thorne at Lochalsh for: ]burial.' He•
died in, ;Colorado in a mine asci=
dent when.. his : back .was broken
by a falling' rock:..He Was 40.
Wm; Bamber, :12 -year-old son of
•Samuel'Bartber, the engineer at
the Lucknow furniture factory,
was. almost instantly- killed when:
caught : in the driving belt and
carried around. -the main 'pulley,.
severing one of his limbs from
the ' body. •
HELD SHOWER FOR
KATHLEEN FORSTER ,
Mrs.°. 'John Gaunt • and .. Jean
were hostesses last Wednesday
evening for a gathering of friends
/who Met to' honor Miss Kathleen:
Forster wiitli a • —miscellaneous
shower of lovely wedding gifts
Mrs. George Fisher; was chair
lady for a program that included
community . singing with Jean
Gaunt at ''the' piano; a reading,;'
"Mother's Cooking" by Mrs. Fred
Newman; : highland fling: by :Kath
leen anct Mlary . ""Margaret Fisher.'
withaccompaniment by ,.Mrs
Fisher; a dueet::by, Mrs.: Newman
and Mrs: 'Dws Craig, and two
contests. Marjory Elliott assisted
Kathleen in opening bie gifts.
Balanced diet-ewbat`\you. eat at
buffet supers_ '_
Bruce County Tuberculosis Christmas Seal- Campaign Executive
• A central° 'executive has » been
eIeetedtip handle the operations
of the Tuberculosis Seal Cam-
paign Bj9lce Do.untyreplacirig:
the individual com,riitteea which
have functioned in, the past. On
. the:executive aret front•, . '3r, John
wt.•
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A. MacDonald of 1lipley, Mrs!
.lien McKay of Ripley (secret-
ary), Cliff Houston" of Southamp-
tzsrir C, . L Smith of Lucknow A
K: Charlesworth of Wiar ton (Mice
;president; Dr: T. S. H. 'Robinson.
of Walkerton; . Dr:. W. V, John=
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ston of, LiaeknoW, (;president)•; K..
R, Davidson 'of Walkerton; "San-
dy" Marnoch. of : Southampton
.(treasurer).: Cut ;courtesy'.
of
Kincardine NeWs.
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Thirty -Five Years_ Ago
Five carloads of horses ' being`
'shipped . West by Hank and• Rob-
ert Irwin were in a • railwRiy
.smashup' near For( William. 19
of • the animals were killed. '
• Dan MacDonald, one of the
first two Lucicnow .soldiers, 'to.
enlist,, was invalided home with'
a shattered elbow.
"Uncle. Rube" was presented• in
the Town " Hall by a cast com-
prised of: T. S.. Reid, ,Robert
Brown, John Cook, Ernie Mill
son;• Evan Geddes, D. Gilbertson,
Thos. Watson, Aylmer Aitchison,
Frances Siddall, 111rs. G. H.
Smith', and Lila Taylor.'Miss• Ma-
belle : Allin.. sang"' a solo between.
acts •
A card was received from Fin-
lay McInnes, prisoner -of -war
:'Germany,. expressing. thanks : to.
the local Red Cross .for parcels
received.
The ,kitchen' of Jack Watson.%
home was almost-ctestroyetTby
fire :which' broke out while thaw-
ing . pipes. . ' .
Dr. D. 'A. McCrimrnon died at
Ripley early in March in his 82nd
year. He came .to Lucknow'. as a'
school 'teacher. in 1.865 and 'two'
years. late ente ed MoGill'
versity to stCdy medicine. Upon
graduating the set tip practice and
was Chief 'ofIthe Caledonian Soc-
iety , 'and the •.moving spirit in'
organizing the Gam'e's. In 1883' he
sold his, practice 'to Dr. . Mc,Kid
and went to Ediniborough to take
a , pograduate course. He s-
lurried to: Lucknow two years
later to resume his practice.' He
moved to Underwood in 1890 and
five years later came to = RLpley'.
where he practiced • until his
death. His wife was, formerly.
CREWE
Recent . visitors • .w:ith Mr. and.,
Mrs. Clifford Crozier 'and. family
and .Roy Maize were Igr. &; Mrs:
Colin Crozier and 1t.glas of
Blenhiem `sand' Mr. Billie •Maize
and son from St, " iaambert, , Que.
Mr. and -:Mrs: -(Dunlop of.- Sea,
forth .visited over the week -end
'with • Mr. And M
lic rs Lorne Hasty:
'Sc re -opened Tuesday for
the corning. year: iss Ada. Web -
iter s teacher land two begin-
ners,
egin-i rs,Anneke Youwsma and Jim
nriy Anderson:' : .
Mr," Donald Curran and Norma
Sherwood !have gone to Lucknow
Hrgh; School and Douglas Reid to.
GoderiOh, Collegiate for the com
ing yeas
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Elizabeth WilliarnSon.,, of Luck..
now.. They, had, seven children,
Horace, Hamish, aAlex, Mrs. (Dr,)
Coulter, • Mrs. (Rev,) J. M. Heli,
ton, Kate and A.,elia.
Twenty Years. Ago
:Fire destroyed the home- of,
Bert MaePonald east of Amber,
1ey and the home of George and
Joe Murray near .Lanside..
.By a vote of 148 to 26 • Luck.: ` •
POW ratepayer/ favored, the. pav:
of ` Havelock St '
George Brooks was critical'
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injured in a- Motor 'collision at *'
the Gravel. Road intersection at
the Second Concession.
Teachers • salaries were slashed •
to ' total of $.810 • Eby the School
,Board. • The reduction. in Contin-
uation School salaries was . $450
with $360 loped • off the Public-
school
publicschool • teachers. Remember, the,
year . was 193. • •
Rev. &T, Tuc
ker'-of Dorchester.
and :Rev. R. W. Craw of 'Luck;
.now exchangedpastoral' charges;
Rev: E. O. Galla,gher.concluded,
four years '.orf• .service in St.: Pet:.
er's :parish.
iMrs T. F. Cain, formerly .Ann
Corrigan, died in: Montreal.
Albert_ Willson . died suddenly
a" few/ hours after being stricken -
that afternoon while.' attending
the races at: `'Seaforth
A : large barn' on . the farm of ,
Jim ' Shexnvood, .West' .. of Crewe
was destroy, ed by :fire. • .
"Aunt"Lizzie ..Webster" abserv- .
ed her 90th birthday on July 29
Ten. Years Ago
• Following in
his father's foot-
steps, Rev: John Calvin. Mackay -
became moderator of the Free
Church of Scotland.', . •
In separate car accidents, Chas,
Alton, tax : collector. for' West
Wiawanosh, and. Wilfred MVlcCar-
thy,+ Ashfield collector, each suf-
fered skull .fractures on the same;
The polio ; :epidemic of 1941
claimed its fourth victim in midi
March when Jean Winterstein,
9 -year-old daughter of ' Mr. 'and
Mrs:: 'Nelson' Winterstein,:. passed
away in Vitoria Hospital where'
she .had been a patient .for fivte.
months. Three others : died the
previous fall, Merrill Gibbons,
Donald MacKenzie and .Elaine,
Irwin. Jackie Ferguson 'and''Keith.
Kilpatrick had less severe. iparal
:ysis wwhile Lorne.: Reid lost. the
use of. his legs and .has since
used a wheel chair ,to get about,
$300 was dgnated to• the Red > .
Cross from the proceeds of a
community. bridge • and euchre
'marathon. . •
A r cid �freld gun;- n relict=off
World 'Mar I, which sat at the
Bowling Greer' park was turned
is for scrap.
P.O. Arthur Young, who' visit-
ed .here "at. the Hoallynan home,:
was. reported 'missing" on .air oo-
erations late in March. • He was
•later, reported as a prisoner of
•
In" raid -April, Alex Andrew, and
Charlie Webster .took over the
Fairview. Dairy from Ewart Tay.-
lor:
Sgt: Pilot Allan Barnaby . Mac-
Keith, son •orf Mr. and .Mrs, Ewart:
MaoKeith of • Vancouiver. • was
'killed on active service overseas.
He was 23.
Mr; and dVlrs: Neil' MaCCallum
were 'honored • by ;I angside''folk
prior to :roving' to LacknoW.
Misses'. Ruth' and Sylvia .Cur= ,
ran were 'home , from. Goderich
for the holiday weekend..
,Mr. . and Mrs, Benson Shackle-
torn spent •Mjecinesday' at Toronto
Eat: '�•--- .
' Mr. ,and :Mrs. Jith . Book and
(boys' visited-xecently�wa.o:.r� '
Fred Cook and family at 'West .�
field. , •
Mumps are on the go 'again.
Mr. Will Reid .is eche latest. Vie. -
tint.
time.
Mrs. i' . '
JIM, Sherwood and Bert
McWhinney :spent a day :at Tot.
onto Ex. inat.. weel+<a.
Mr.: and, Mrs. Mac; 1VYcLaughlin .
of D,etro t visbted, Sunday with'
Mr. •.and• Mrs. Ra /mond Finn': an
and family: