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,THE LITCKNOW SENTINEL.,. • LUCKNOW, ONTARIO .
• LO'OKI NG 'BACKWR0'S •
THROUGH THE SENTINEL . FILES
Sixty Years Ago
Dr. J. '-H,, •Garnier, secretary of
the School Board,• was advertis
ing 'for a . teacher for the ' first
•class.
Founded in 1874, .,the 15th an-:
nual Caledonian Day in 1890•'was
another big success: Tuesday saw
huge crowds gather' as special
. trains arrived, ..and some of the
prelifiinary events were run off
prior to 'Wednesday's' main coin-
petitions. Officers of the Associa-
tion 'were: Chief, Dr. D. A. Mc-
Crixninon;, 1st' Chieftain, A. , Mc-
Pherson; 2nd Chieftain, John
Scott; 3rd chieftain, D. 'Mc1V1i1-
lan 4th Chieftain,Win,' Mein-
tosh; treasurer;`, John Murchison;
•cor.' sec., D. D.Yule; fin..sec., G.
E. Kerr; 'standard bearers,• •Dug-
a1dE .McMillan; James • . Purves;
'marshals,. P. McIntosh; A. L. Mc-
y,p
Ka pipers, D. MVlcKay,tD. B. Mc-
Kay, C. McKenzie, A. Anderson,
Jr., A. Stewart.. '
The town was • gay with flags,
bunting' and evergreens and • at
night Chinese :lantern enhanced
the. scene, A. lo'�ely street: arch,
the.
was built •at the Postoffice .by W.
J. Brumpton'and Malcolm Camp-
bell
and. `gat . the McGarry House,
the proprietor ofthis hostelry
built a : similar' arch,
., o :of 'Sault ..Ste.•
John:,MePhers n ,
Marie,' self• •acclairned world's
ion: shot': utter.; was defeat
-
.ed
P
•ed by. C. .Currie of Parkhill. Cur-.
rie' broke the local record.:for .the
light.stone b.hurling it' 52, feet,
y
3 • inches. " The Caledonian cadets
under : Capt.' , G • :Kerr, :gave::. a
ing, called a . draw. •'Dr NcCri'm-
mon captained the • Bruce -team
Made up as follows: Hugh .Tay-
lor, Kinloss;_Alex Nicholson, Kin -
Principal H ,A., Doupe under-
went an appendectomy •in Wing-
ham Hospital„
;loss; M. McClure, .Glamis; John
Murray, Huron Twp.; A. McIn—
tyre,
cIn -tyre, J. Gillies, W, McSwain;
Bruce Twp, W. McKenzie,*R. 'Mc-
Kenzie, : J. Stringer,' , Kincardine,,
The• Huron team captained lay
Dr..; -McDonald,: of Kinlail,,-..was.
composed; With one exception.. of
••Ashfieldites, J.- D. Mathiesen, R.
McKenzie, ,W, Johnston, John,
McKay,. Alex, McDc nald,'. T. Hen-
derson, J N. McKenzie, M; Mc
Donald, - John ,McKenzie "Ind. V.
Vanonrman of Bel 'grave. •
fancy drill.:.
'.But the 's'.ensation.• of the' day
•was the Huron -Bruce tug, o' war:
`After. two false starts, the third
' draw lasted 11/a. hours `before be -
,The Sentinel published a let- 1
ter from Gerald Holnbeck, whO �
was'in hospital at Le Havre with
a shrapnel wound 'in the leg, Ser
ving with the 9th Batter -of . the
Canadian Field. Artillery he de=
scribed at some length the action
in, which he:. was wounded, •
Thirty -Five Years Ago.
The death'occurred at '.her
home on Havelock, St. •of' Chris-
tina : McLeod, widow of the late
Malcolm . MacDonald.' Mr. McDon-•
ald met: a tragic death about' 35
years .before, ' when ' a: well 'lie
Vas digging: south , of town `caved'
in . aeavin ' him • unlder , several
g.
feet of earth,;
The. deaths'. Occurred, ' of; Mrs,:
r Lees in her.78th:year:.and'"Bob.. Stoddart was ;featured, in.
Rabe tB
'of 'Peter Tori ance' hi his 73rd a pole vaulting exhibition.. at the
Miss Mabelle. Allin, ;a pupil of
Mrs. George H. Sinith, . received
her `A.T.C,1VY'. at . the college ex=
amination,
Mrs, Roderick Cameron died
at Lochalsh' in her', 76th: year.
a
SUFFERED•LEG FRACTURE' IN':':
ACCIDENT AT AMBERLEX
George Hobbs, London, is in
Kincardine Hospital suffering .
from injuries received in an•_ac-
cident at 5.30 p.m. Sunday, when
a truck driven by Mrs, George
Hobbs went • out of control one
mile south; o f Am,berley on High,-
way 21. * .
Mr, -Hobbs suffered a broken
left leg, and °his wife, faee and,
.head injuries Shp was released
after'. ,treatment•.,
Provincial Constable.' J. Finne
gan of. Goderich investigated and
e",reported ' that • the light truck.
Mr. and ' Mrs. Hobbs were driv='
Wing -went' out of *control on . a
slight, grade -and. rolled over a
number: of times.. The , truclt waS,
etel demolished; according
compl , y
tq . police.
•'s Ago:
o.
Year g
Twenty
`Miss. ;Mary'' Cook of Paramount.
was second 'out of 278 contest -
',ants taking part in the ' Junior
Institute judging competition' at
the C.N.E.,.:
Richard ; Vanstone, K.0 , .•died.
at his home in'. Winghan,
Collyer had` his left
,. Josephy
hand badly mangled when ;caciglt
in the rollers at Treleaven's Flour.
Mill
Rev, and MVlrs.: R. W. ' Cra.w re-
ceived a cable . from China an-
iii the' arrival there o`f',
ri�otinc g
their daughter, Dr. Helen Craw. '4
g•
year
Lucknow Fall Fair, claimed,tobe
the history
of the
the best � .
.i Cain r and W � A,, ,�� ,
Klass 'Annie
Kearney were married at St.; Au .Society.
Y
gustine on' June 30th:,
g•
•
'r teller at the
D : C. Towers,
Bank of • Hamilton,..was trans-
ort Wiliam: As lead-
(erred to Tort 1,.
.Mrs.. Alex MacKenzie of -Tees.
water ' and .. a 'sister of , Richard
Elliott of"Holyrood, ':died '.in` St.
Michael's .Hospital, 'Toronto, -.in
her 37th year.
er of the Pipe Band he did much .
.to establish: a1"14". .maintain,, the Gordon•' Johnston was appoint..-
Band's- reputation. Ernie Millson ed Scout , master :as. the 'troop •was
succeeded,. hixn • as teller; .Brown, reorganized.
Mallough took Mr. Millsoti's:place
and Evan Geddes joined the bank A ' farew.ell dinner was tender
staff 'as. junior. member, ed Miss Marithi: 1VtacPherson as
• ' she retired from the'nitisirig staff
!egister&
tometrist
Has .opened an office for the practise .of
Optometry in. the office-'forrrier.,ly oc
cupied by• Dr. R.' C. Redmond, on;
PATRICK`. ST.
Payment " for social. security
measures such. as baby . bonuses,
unemployiiwnt insurance, etc. are
expected to •cost Canadian tax-
payers' 'about half a laillion ` d'ol-
tars, • in thea present .fiscal year.'
This sum' will exceed by $22;000,-
000" the total of all Dominion goy-,
ernment expenditures .for; the fis
cal: year ended in March 1935.
el the :National 1V1ilitary Hoi'rie
Kansas, and*returned to Luck-
now to reside.
13'n•�e�ieh
Listowel .•.Hospital ,at a• student:
J •'Elgin. Tom, former •'' West'
Huron school .inspector died in
3.
Professional Eye E camnation
OPTICAL SERVICES
'Phone 770:
arbage c�uectkn
Service T� End
"The Municipal Garbage Collection, System is
to be terminated for , the winter months.
THE LAST COLLECTION OF THE FALL
. will Be
Th-IURSDAY and FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2,
All Householders are requested to take:
'note: of these dates. • •
LUCKNOW MUNICIPAL.:CQUNCIL
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'THilltS., OCTOBER' '26th, 1950'.
FOSTER. HEWITT, earlier this
month, began: his. 20th, -;season o.f
network broadcast commentaries
on National. Hockey League
games. ' 'ain thia' year,•. every
A' ht • at 9.05,his` fam=
Saturdayhight
ous voice goes, out over the.CBC
Trans -Canada network introduc-
ing another of :the play-by-play •
'broadcasts which ' have 'become ;a,
tradition:: Now in. his: middle fort-.
ies.'he has few equals anywhe:°e: '
in sports broadcasting With his
estimated` _five 'million..'listeners,
he shares a, wealth of knowledge;
for -''it was he Who handled. Cain
'ada's :first ; hockey b : oadcast back
in, 1922,:' and he has 'been. at. it
almost:. without, a _break,::evei•
since. As in past seasons, Foster..
Hewitt also. presents ,' i .report on
sports` scene'every
the Canadian'
Fiiday p45'
at '7 ' p:zn, .an Dominion
RADISH WEIGHS. 5 POUNDS
This T�i week a' 5 pounel radish.
••
sort ;of belittles:: -that; 17 -pound
cabbage .we were , talking' about
last week.. This :monSter radish.
wasg rown, by :Dan • .M, .Innes o,f,
Holyrood.,• :From. the tip; ;o : •the
rootto the tope of . the • foliage it
measured three *feet,'" Viand• looked.
m,00re like• a mangel than a rad-
ish so faras size • Was coricer ned::
It was a • common. ' white radish
and had 'a root :forrnation. that
resembled' the : hind, .:quarters,; Viscount ;A ex.a ,:• ndel,: •is. the "l7th•
. iyoung Governor-General :of C a`n Ltd L
complete ;with .tal,.f a o y g
pig;
WITH 1428 qualified voters on"
the :'assessment 'roll,' ,Wingham
taking•the ! ;ne c£a7ry . 'ste,p
to select a deputyrreevc ., at .the
D:ee(mber elections.
since Federation.
'Goderich." •
At; S S ,No. 3, West Wawanosh,
Miss Lena Hackett: ;was teaching
Robert McAllister,.. Jean Purdon,
Ila Fowler,' Elwood Fowler, Ern-
est Durnin, Joe' Helen
elen
Durnin, Helen Fowler,• . Harold,
:
Irwin, • Elmer Foran, . Roy Fowl-
er, Leo: Foran, . Norman Foran. _
' Ten Years Ago'"
,Fire. destroyed: the barn' of Ste -
•'wart' McGillivray, Con.:10,' Ash-
field. A barni full of hay, 1100`
bushels., of grain and 16 pigs were
included in the loss, On which
there ,was ho insurance,
.
Jim Murray's. barn was dei
stroyed • by : fire., at Paramount.
Mike Ilogan's'threshing separator
went, tip in the conflagration , anal
Art Cook "lost a quantity of hay
and grainwhich he had .stored
• in the Murray. barn,, where•., :it
was being threshed.
Isaae,Ensign 'died after a. weeks
111: * ' iwitti, pnettnionia..-.,, .
Harold Allin won the "Volum
Cup" awarded by,'Beattie..Bros.
to the salesman having the high-
est ..volume' of business• 'in the
.year. ,
Malcolm McLeod died ' in Chi-
cago. A native of Ashf ield'he 'op-
erated the first' •steam powered
threshing Machine in this dis-
tric:
I'
,,,e4tre.
itoro
too
trim%
‘r 401 11111
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rte:
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MR JONES "REFUSES 70 LET 60 OFH/S CANADA SAV/NGS BONDS/
ONDS ".
�ins travel faster
on
lri 1,948:*the 'savings of 'Can:-
adians through- 'life• , insurance
savings;was mire than $800 ,for
every mans Woman and:child• .
Montreal ,is „;the second alargest,
Frt:nch -'spe'aking city in the
world. k r
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