The Lucknow Sentinel, 1950-02-09, Page 3• TI•�l'URS., FEBRUARY. 9th,, . 1050 � , ; .
THE LUCKI ow SEI TII FL,. LUCKNOW, .-ONTARIO.
Mrs, Ellen. ' McNeill is • spending
the .winter months with Mr and
Mrs, .Walter • Mason at •Blyth. ".
Mr. and 'Mrs. 'Robert, Fisher of
Hamilton spent . the 'Week end.
with Mrs. David 'Huston.
Mrs. Jake. Hunter of 'Ashfield.
has leen seriously Ill. in 'Wing -
ham Hospital. . ••
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Mrs. R, .H. Th4nipson spent, the
first.,c the .week: in. Toronto with
her mother and ster.,
Dr; W. J. Mumford. addressed,
the district, meeting of the.•Miri-
isterzial Association held in Wing-
.
., ham :on ,Monday. .
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Messrs. G, A.'.Greer• and Grant
MacDiarmid were inducted as
elders of the United Church , et
the Sunday . Morning service
Mrs: Wm, Robinson, who has
been, •111 with 'pneumonia, is con•
valescing' at• the. home of her dais.
. r ghter.; Mrs. John Kilpatrick;: Mrs.
"Robinson is 88 •years,•, of age.
:Alex •Maclntyre, who is: taking
his second pre=meet year .at Tor
• onto University, spent the 'week-
end at his ,home, 2nd Concession,
Kinloss. !'
Mr.. Robert. 1VicNall, Clifford
and Cecil and :.Mrs. Ellen 1VieNali•
attendedthe. funeral. at Auburn
on.' January 80th of their 'nephew;
and cousin; Mr. Thomas ;1VYcNall.
Mr, and Mrs. Joe Leslie ' arid
Gordon'. Leslie . of, Granton and
and :'Mrs. Henry Carter... of
Brucefield spent. Sunday after
noon with their parents, Mr: •and
Mrs.. Sam •Durnnn
Gustawson of. The Pas,
Man;, Mrs. .. W.. Abernethy , of
I3ow-sman, Manito)aa,..-and:•.Robe,:=
.Strathdee o : Ripley, were :Mon -
•f uPeY�
day , visitors 'With " Mr: and:,` Mrs.
Wni' 'Robb.
•
. Wellington, "Pelt" McCoy was.
taken to' Wingham ,Hospital on
Tuesday. He is' ill; with: 'pneu-
monia. •
Mr, and Mrs. Ed. Thom, who
have. spent the' past month in De-
troit,. are:. "'visiting in Norwood
with . Mr. sand. Mrs. Ron Bothwell,
They were accoirn.panied by their
grandson,. Neddy Martin, .
Mrs. Harry Anderson returned
.ten days ago from. Wingham „Hos-
pital
os-pitaf where she had' `been .a pat=
lent with the Shingles, and from
which she,'is,plowly convalescing:'
Her' aged ther is• :still confined
to the hospital, ,.
Mrs: ' 1Vi',argai; e.t MacPherson•' 'Of
Milverton entertained at •
ner onSunda -February 4
Y� y 5th in..
honor of•• Gardo_n ;and. Ina • Mac-
Pherson's bythday,. Friends were
present from' . Hamilton,. Dundas
and '':Milverton.'
The' regular meeting of the
Wornen's Institute vtrili be ` held
in the :Town Hall; Lucknow,, on
Friday, February 1ath..Directors,
Mrs. Elmer. Johnston,., ns.
Reach..
Hostesses, Mrs. Congram, -Mrs:. R
H.' Thorn son Mrs.. Eddie' John
P ,
stoic; Miss .Ki*athleen -McIntosh.
Mrs
Terrence: Anderson,.' who
,had ` spent the past '' couple : Of
weeks 'in : Toronto _ with her : sis
ter; .;. Miss , Grace; Maclntosh; re-
turned • ho•nne.. on :Saturday ac-
companied by. • her •',sister who
spent the week -end ,here Mrs..
Anderson is . much, improved in:
health ••
.:Mr.. P.• W. Hoa rinei p 1 of
Hoag,. `'p Pa ,
Pucknow High Schoo1,taught his
first. lesson .•; in more':..than' two
months On Monday.` Mr... Hoag'
suffered a 'severe. heart attack
late in --T
o ember ar�
This.
has° since
been resting.T _ i
, week s: duties
have been: resumed' :on :a part
ti:ine :basis.
Letters To. The. Editor
Editor Lucknow Sentinel,'
Dear Sir
• The Arena; ' Committee . decided
to build a ' badlY needed • refresh;
Ment' booth.. in .the arena as 'mar y.
of . 'the hoce .:fans .. wanted : one
there, sothe could • et ``' pin')
.
of -coffee aY g a .P
fnd a hot dog. `The COM7.
mittee ught .o the material � an'd
b :
;'made.•a contraot with:•Art 13reck-.
les to build ;and run the booth
for this ..season: Ever . thin g. Was'.
.Y. .g.
going-' fine"and .ready -to go when
two: of the, hockey players who
P Y
are interested ':in therestaurant
business •in° the'; town,: got 'some'
.: of the hockey p�. � players together on
b .'.• 'Thursday afternoon' ' and had., a
rt meeting with the• Arena .Coinrnit
tee; The outcome of that. meeting
ch was 'the hockey team.':refused 'to
play ; hacke :if the booth :Wasn Y
'ri u opened ' �bt .; anyone: in the: .arena.: J Y
Mind'you;. there were'. only about.
es : half a .dozen m
players' at the meet=:
mg.I wowld like to hear through.
your paper ,. the feelings : of :the
•hockey players and fans, Surely
Lucknow: is not narrow minded:
;;: aricTiarit thrngs:.to stand as they
'are:,
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A ' Hockey Fan.: .
in,
a •
len
ing
itt-
Ger.'
by.
Rrs.
•LU-CKNOW
jUNI1EDCHURCH.,
l linister .Rev W. I. 'Mumford,
• M.A., B.D., S.T.D.
Sunday Febru1. th I 1950
y� ar yr 2 ,
! 11.60 `a.m.: "Accept No Sub '
stitutes" ' i
12.15 ' p.m. Sunday, School.
7:00 pan.: Service withdrawii i
in • favour of Dr. :• Mac-
Donald's'farerell service.
Worship ` is .wholesome. You,
will feel better all. week after!
waitin; • upon god in His • 1
sanctuar'y..
•�roarsoorantu nilorr oiiIMRIF wu.4;140 ifibl,etio}l...,
PA'RA:MOU'N
Murray,H
'arriilton:of ' Carnduff,
Sask. . is visitingwith'` .Mr:. and
d.
.Mrs: . Kingsbury;
Mr)•Kin sbur . is `in''Hami ton
receivungg. .yl
treatm,ent;.for his eye:
• .'..Mrs'. M. Shier. •: of Berviei' vis
5
iting Mrs. • Jas; Webster. ...
Mrs:Elliott Elliott Fells(nee :' �rtl
M ;,My e
'Webster ' returned: 'h o m e t
.), ur o
Smooth•:Rack Falls She "spent
week .here 'after attending the.
funeralof her. brother-in=law,
Mr. Eddie Johnston. :" •
:Mrs. Philip ' Smith,' ' assisting
Mrs; Angus . Graham, •east ' of •
Lucknow.,'
1VIx: Alvin..:Hamilton spent . a
• fe,w days in ,Toronto. •-: y .
Paramount .Women's Institute:
held. a progressive euchre ',party
:in the Legion, AuxiliaryItowns..
Mr; ;•and Mrs.• Frank : • Barkwell
won the• lady's,.and g
` gent's' high
Y . g
score .prizes:.
United • Church Q.P.S. ;
meeting: on -'Monday
night: was addressed by Elmer
U nbach, whose talk.. was...about a
leper. colony After the opening'
;devotions and . prayer ; by Dr: W.•.
J. ;lVFumford, .!business was dis-
cussed. ,
is-cussed..Two. .interestin'•''contests
were conducted. and . a vote of
thanks tendered the.,speakei.
THE. VOICE OF TEMPERANCE
;Chief 'justice J. D. McRuer has
given it. as his 'judgmenti that,
'"Liquor is at ',the,'root of most;
of thecases.' of homicide .coming
'.before the courts, and in ;'some;
large Mea'suree.yes pon'sible for. the
too frequent attacks 'bn Women
and girl's and other s e• r i o u s
grimes.. Liquor and.brokenhomes
are the two great forces for crime
in our community'.'. The 'judg-
intent. of the chief justice should
be enough to deter any common-.
sty fiom opening un, pr. increas-
ing :its 1liqUoioNitttletg0 The More
liquor—the more crime .--Advt.
OBITUARY
ANGUS GRAHAM;
On. January 21st,' there passed
away at lois home on the Boun-
dary east of Lucknow, one of
Kinloss . ToWnship.'s best known
and highly respected •residents," in
the person 'of Mr, Angus Graham.
•Mr.` Grraham was the 'son of the-
late Donald Graham, and Ann
Smith and had•; lived his entire
lifeon the ' Graham, homestead
Where . he resided ' at the time, of
his death, With the exception of
a; few years, spent in Michigan:
Mi. Graham 'was• known for ;his
sterling; '' qualities andI kind and
genial,dispositic n, r*rl iclr won for
hxni a host of friends This was
evidenced by the largea attend-
ance and: beautiful..flo"ral tributes
at •the funeral s'erviee. He was :a
lifelong .member of .the.Presby=
terianchurch and fraternally he
' m�.e
was a mlber of" the Orange.
Order: In • 1.917 he was united in.
marriage, to Miss Annie Emerson
of BerVie, :who survives. to mourn
his passing ,along with two bro-
thers and two, "sisters,, Dan and
Jim;'. Mrs. Habkirk; (Maggie) of
Lucknow and, Miss Mina of Chil=.
licothe, Ohio. '
The funeral services were con-
ducted !by'R.ev. C. H. MacDonald.
of ". Lucknow, TheP allbearers
•w.ere P_u.rvis, _:Vanson ,Reidd
,
Frank Graham;- Part :11VMaMillan;.
Gilbert Hamilton and Joe Mac-
Millan "
THOMAS` McNALL
The funeral: of Thomas McNall
who 'died
,; with .shocking sudden-
ness '. Friday : night in his 54th
year,`; was> held' at Auburn, Mon-''
day,: Januar 30th, Mr. MoN•all.
had. 'apparel:41y been..in his u 'ual
hea"lth and had attended the Con-
cert ; in ;the . Foresters Hall the:
night' of his .death. ' He, had just
left the; hail.*.to go home ''When
he suffered a.:."iheart ; attack and
=succumbed: The son of Mrs: -Geo::
McNeil of •.Goderich arid', the late
George
McNall', 'he , W
he:.w
as born in
Ashfield .:t ownsh i.P
:in �; .1896:
Twenty eight years "ago ;he mar
ried Mary, Ellen Medd. .Follow-
ing .their. marriage they liv&d for
a . number of -Years east ,:of Au-
burn andsince. then on the P Y,
Mr Tennant'i`s survived .b y .` his.
wife, • formerly . Mary' Sanford;
son, ::Hawley, S.:Tennant of: Mon•
•treal•, • two' ,daughters, Mrs. Lewis
Hiagey -of: Brantford,
'Mrs. Kenneth.'.. (Marjorie)\Pennie
of London;13 grandchildren and
one sister.' Agnes of Walkerton.
.' WILLIAM ,PURDON
.Mr, .:Win -Purdor passed '.away
after an Hines.* of ; four Monthsin W>ng;liam`'Genera;l Hospital:on
Sunday, Jan. 29th in:his.:;eighty-'
ninth ,year. •Ile was theson' of
the; •late • Mr. and'`Mrs. . Robert
Purdon, "who came from:.Lanark
and raised >their . family' :on•;ahe
12th oaf West Waysranosh. He niar
, ried ,Isabel :Stein, who predeceas-
ed ' hiin about'. 14 years ago- ; To
them 'were born six , rchildre'n
three sons; Robert,;. Jahr and'Al
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MacDonald. 'Grandsons acted ' as
'flower' bearers.
•' Mr. Thompson is:. survived# by'
one • son Wesley; of { Kineardirie
and ' three "daughters, Mrs:: Rus-
sell Bushell (Gertie),; Mrs. Wes-
ley ,Guest (Effie) and Mrs. Fred
Blackwell (Ir'ene) Anorther dau-
ghter,' Mrs 'No(ble • Guest (Lillie
May) died in February, -19411
JOHN F."TENNANT. .
John' Frederick .Tennant, , 'age
73-.: years, died ' in St.. '.Joseph's
-Hospital, -Lond � n • : -o ' -Thursday,
o n
after. a lengthy illness. He was
the; only son • of ` the .late "Dr. • and
Mrs:. J,: S. Tennant, of Lucknow,
and wdas 'borne: here: He; has .been
a resident ofs:London. "fors over 48.
years and wasa former manager..
of the Dominion Life Assurance
Company office in that city
Mr. Tennant Was, a Member of
Old Light Lodge,. e,. A:F. ' & ,1M.
his father having been one of the
charter. rnebers•.
mof the Order in
Lucknow'In London Mr. Tennant
was a -member°of the Kimanis
Club,. London . Thistle Club...;and
St, Matthew's' Bowlin �g � .Club.
'The funeral. -service was held
on Saturday' at the • Millard'
George funeral'•home in London,.
conducted;' by, • Rev; A. P. 'Gillies
of Centennial United Church,as-
sisted' by,• Rev; , John A;' 'Aglnew
Burial was in Woodland cemef-
•r
Medd heniesteed west of Auburn.
He. Was :a veteran 'of. •the: Second.
World War '.•'Besides ; his' mother
and; widow, he:is survived • by
three sons, '.Stanley` of •Welland;
Rolbert and Wellington at home;
,three 'brothers,': Sam Goder.'ich`"
George. °and. ;Wellington, :'Blyth
and :One sister, Mrs..' Bert Craig,
Auburn. Aprvate
i�.a� .funeral•service
at, the .Arthur funeral home was
followed :by a.• public service 'at
'St 'Marks:Church.•. The' , rector,
Murray ''Wyatt '. was .• i
h
car a The. 'pep bearers were
g pa
Lloyd Sw>ck, "Fonthill; Orval
McPhee 'Gordon Stewart, R ,' J.
Phillips,
.8d. Wilson '• and '"• Ken
er
Scott. , .The :flowbearers , e were
Douglas McNall Elgin ;McNall
• �. g
Donald. NicNall
Chester, N1cNd"ll ' ,
Len Arooharnbault, Clifford 1Vic-.
Nall, Roddie. Johnston and ;Ray',
McNeil.. Burial*as.in Balls cern.
etery.
JOHN THOMPSON
The death, Of Mr. John Thome-'
son. occurred in. ,Kincardine,;Gen-
eral Hospitel:
Gen-eral..Hospital • on Monday,. Jana_
ary ,30th• in: his 86th yearHe
suffered a ,stroke the pr.eviot s
Thursday.. " •
Mr,. Thompson vas born. in
Huron Township His wife. was
the former Jane. Nesbit, who pre-
deceased .him. 49 years ago,
Mr.
Thompson lived in the West for
sone time., returning: here thirty •
three years ago. He had made
his home with his daughter, Mrs.
Fussell' Bushell of i inloss. Town-
ship. •
The funeral' s'ervi'ce was held:
at Lin.klater's Ft ieral''Home con-
dtictedby Rev. G, Micklejohn, as-
sisted b -y . Rev,:G •S.. B)aulch! In�
terment was ing Kincardine Cern
etery The111„ bearers: were
W i m,pon
'�io s
Waiter
H o..a d ,
,Thornosof; Stanley. Thompson,
Sans N4sbit, Win. ,Burt and TOM
IOW
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.din; and three daughters, (Mary)
Mrs. Frank Coulter; ..Mabel ' and""
Nettie who passed away in early
girlhood. aVir.; and Mrs...'Purdon
*erealways devoted to their
family and church., He was
honorary .elder isn 'the United
Church, Whhitechurtl, at the time
.of his passing, He •was: always a
very '' honorable' and . upright._
friend . and neighbor: Besides his
family, he 'leaves to•,maurn'him,
14 grandchildren, IT -great grand-
'children, two ibrothers, Mr Alex
Purdon of 'Lueltn–O annRl Robert.. .
Henry ;Purdon , of Moosomin,
Sask:, and one. sister, .:Mrs, W&n.
Dawson of the viilage The` pall–
bearers :were:: his Six grandsons, •
Clifford ' Purdoin, Borsch ::Pardon, :
Kenneth .Purdon,,,Billie • Pardon,
Archie' Pardon and..Alex. Coulter.
The .funeral .serviice` was .held
. on
Tuesday 'afternoon the.Cur
rie 'funeral home, >. Wingham,.. tq
Wingham cerneetry, with his Pas-...
,
tor, Rev. M G.' pewton in 'charge,
assisted by':Rev. W., J. Watt and
Rev: .R. G: •A. Currie
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J VARY . =
SECOND LOWEST-'ON'RECORD
January •wiras a' niOnth . of odd
ities so.;far as'•�weather was con- . •.
•
cerned.. High . for the month was
a `summerlike temperature of `64
degrees, rees on' January2Gth .with '
g ..
o i 'eve, zero ` on,
Janua' �'.,8th. Rainfall `w ".
ry as 223
inches' and snowfall. 8% inches'
,for the est second . 1•ow a - .
• J nuary
',snow -fell ' on 'record: The all-time
low was 41/z inches' in .•1937.:Jan-
uary was a cloud month, with
only four 'completely 'stinny,: days..'
Although ' abnormal - in . .many
•waYs, 'such..January oddities: are.
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not 'Unheard heard ; of in this district.
The ;highest • rainfall:. on
. . .: record
was 3:69•' inches in, -1890
Pansies tlooming the middle,
of the month.. A, -perusal';, of .the •
:Weather records.' '.reveals that
•farrners were plowingori Januar
. 2nd 1996, and frogs ,were heard.
• Junior . Red -Cross' :;members
have sent nearly, $20,000; ;worth of
clothing , to children in British
War' Nurseries alone.
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