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LUCKNOW° ONTARIQ, ;Wednesday, January 8th, 1947'
EIGHT. PAGES
Young Wornan Passes, Spent;
Tran NineTearsin
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- ; In the early hours of Sunday
morning: death. came to :. Miss,
Muriel' Blake; *ho. for more than
nine years had - never-, spent a
P
night, out of 'her iron lung.But
g
Sweet to
, life was s w , her,,,•she 'clung'
to it,and w .: happy 5 s; and - heerful
�•, �•
.;despite her affliction,, . a. ..
It was on September 15th; 1937,
that, Muriel's ' illness was diagnot-
" ed as. poliomyelitis, that dread
disease .that had . •reached l epi-:
• demic proportions in the ;Province;
. but which: Was the first ease in
• this community 'As the paralysis:
spread Muriel .was rushed to Vic-
toria Hospital,,• London, .where
:She wadi placed 'in, a •.respi'r.-.
ator, -which was credited with
saving her '.life, and' ' from Which
---death;-.-alone- ould .---permanently
release .her -;-nine years and al-.
' moat four . months later.
Brother Died
•� -► ts..0fte;
. mission to the, -hospital, her 19-
. year „old. brother •contracted
sYmP. Ions. of ,the ailment and, died
within tem/slays:
He was laid' : to
rest on Thursday, September' 30th'
and that 'same' day the, distraught.
parents : saw: the . third member: of
their f
ter- 'Clifford's' funeral they.' left'
for London with,.... tx
heir niny ear=
. e-Y,Y
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old son Keith: ; Fortunatel' , ; the
affects we're ----not so'-severe4-and
onl .:one leg was:. 'aralyzed.with.
- Keith making a• complete; .recov-
ery.•after:: several_.rnon:ths' treat
mint. P ,•
•
gW
as C
iletely Helpless'.
'
.In'.Murie case.the''Paralysis s.
is
progressed it left her corn-,
ldiel less: even.
P.etel
y P to theP oint'
head. The. first sign of improve-,
• Merit:'. came some months Water
when she: became. able to move'
her. head froth- side to sidesligg ht-.
ly As; the: months ;progressed
Muriel:' regained `.some use of the
fingers .and, forearm of one arch
so"•,that by.: persistent'.. effort she
could: pick up a letter when 'laid,
in front of her. By tide e,,of .a
stick held in her teeth she could
turn the pages :of her -book prop -1
ped ° up, before .';her; and . by. a•
ore
MOVE TO ,CHATSWORH
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Durnin;.and
iLungthree children, �He1en, Mary and
i ,• 0f . Charles moved to Chatsworth o
n
Tuesday ()Nast'week, where AL.'
MAKEAPl L'ICATION' `FOR- lan has bought a lunch counter.
BUILDING T PORT" ALBERT . Mrs. Durnin •and children made
' .. ,, their
. home° in the village while
•
On the 'basis of new informs- Ailsa, was•oversea and since his
return a: few months -'ago. Mrs..
tion 'received at a meeting on
Monday night the Clansmen de. Dur`nin •was' active in the ITnited
Church, 'the. Ladies Auxiliary' and'
tided to make' immediate applica- . ; °
3 Jewel Rebekah Lodge:: °
tion: b War oAssets. Corporation ..
T residence . which . t e va
.,,• he h
to bt in -pile
of h:• ,. .. .
9 •a thePort ,Port Albert .
aiiport Gated is Hoyt tenanted bya Mr; and
'buildings, to be:movedito •
.the ' Village ' 'for. 'a - recreational Mrs' Relison Falconer, who mov-
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centre and.. other civic improve- ed from the Gammie apartments.
ment• purposes,;
Pres : at ; the meeting was . Mr. .
Ted Brewer".who gave a detailed'
report on ..the Progress., todate
of The Clansmen Chrrs s
" tni Se 1 .
a. a
Tuberculosis fund.°.The campai
co �rni t
m tee was riven full power
to ;administer the . fund :with the
reeves of Lttcknow, ,Kinloss, Ash
field.., ;and Nest Wawanosh ap-
pointed to act in -an advisorrcap-
acity.
the Pee-Wee,'hockey''
. e committee
and it was'decided to holdan. ice
carnival 'during. the winter.
WI LL I RETURN T
FORMOSA SOON
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Miss DorothyDouglas oftown
isamong Alifase who will return-
to t he ' ' ri
res a an . h
t
.F
arch `Ms
yt C
sion field in': Formosa:., Prior to
th e wwar 4 rn.. •'the Far. East, Miss
Dougl served in : Formosa, - but
more •``recently • was stationed,. in
British •Guiana, • from where`) kle.
returned on furlough last•.August;;,
Miss Douglas is at present:':in
Toronto and! relatives , here e:
.. root yet certain. of:.w when she' '''
.. ° .. h..�
leave for ',the ' East, but; it is -
petted it *ay, be ':.s47ome;time in
ary. • , : , ..
Itev. . James'': • Dickson recently
completed a'. •survey; of the mis-
sionary situation • in: Formosa- and
arned that of those.- who :sur-
vived' after..:being-drafted:-.for-w ars
service : by, ,the .,Japanese, Man .
areanxious to receive Christian
instruction As: war.prisoners they
were '• treated :kindlyiridiy
.,by,
-Allied
r
e
d
soldiers and ,have returned
to
their native land:,as ambassadors
orgood., will.•
Formosa will be `.the first 'mis--
sion in the 'Far East the Presby-
..
WAS
dial, her frail 'fingers could: tune
in the 'programs she 'desired:
But. that': was • the; extent of
Muriel's recovery. • Never was 'she
able .to . raise her arin "sufficiently
NIN . ET
, Y FIVE.•
Congratulations • to. Luckno v's.
grand, •old:. mn,W
a Mr. J. Lit
who ' n `Fr'id'a last; J: uar
qui "Observed' his 95th birth
da•,Li,ttle-still enjoy s rem
markably good -health and while
he :hasn't ,.the strength,.. that • lie
usel as:. able .be out
of doors ; and' down :street most
every day.
,A. son of the:: late Mr.:. and Mrs
Joseph . Little, natives of County
born 'just .after 't'he t rn of the
New 'Year in 1662. His pbirthplace.
: was Gordon Hill; five miles 'from
Port He.
Init
when W Liam was •$n. his
18th.: year he came to Lucknow.
with, his' parents, • brothers'‘ and
sisters, 'two,: of "-whom :arestill:
living, Mrs. Mary Hain in,. age 91,
of . Daisie, North Dakota, • and
:Thornas, of 'Barrie," who is the:
younger 'brother' by six years
Mr.' •Little: learned . the' shoe-'
IgrA
continued to• c!`iduct.a shoe,,store
here until he retired in- • 1938. He
recalls asi .many: as seven' shoe,-
`makers being ,,.employed "in his
SEAL' FUND DONATIONS
AEPROACH $1,500 MARK
Donat'on
� s to the local. Christ-.,
mas Seal Tuberculosis` :Fund
stood nt $1448i as of Monday of
kids week, yids totals represented
564 donations.
The fund; is not .,yet closed and
donations ase still being received
and welcomed by the localcorn=
mittee. •If you have not yet ; dbri
ated to 'this.. worthy"'cause. leave
your contribution at the Bank of
Montreal at :the earliest possible`
date. ' '
• WAS 85 011E MONDAY
•
1VIrs. .David Gillies:' of • WeSt
Wawanosh observed' her 85th
birthday on. Monday. She • is`
spending the winter in Detroit,.
with her daughters and ' has . the
best wishes of many friends here
on • thisnoteworthy. occasion.•.'
•
Jaim.. Carngie> At Paisley
Jim Carnegie„ former mechanic:
at Ostrand er's Garage, . is now.
at a e'
Garage.
'.'Position In Stratford
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:r.and Mrs Cyril Brown have
gone ,to,. Stratford ,to reside, where
•Cyril has entered the employ ' f'
Dominion' Stores. Mrs.;Brown wa
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her ' husband, who.. -served with
the ': R.A.F.,' ::returned recently
'father's ,shop. -Those' were the
' BARGAINS in dress materials*
06't Cloths.. The.•Store 'with* the
•Stock. THE. MARICET STORE.
RAN:QVBT NEXT WEE*
LucknoW Agricultural Society
is sponsoring a banquet 'in 'the,
• Town Hall . on Wednesday night;
6f • next ,'‘week, January 15th.
last, to any man or woman, 'in
"The Luckno*, Women's, Insti-
--,16te' is catering and ,will setVe'
fowl dinner: with 'all the
mings. An interesting program
arraiied and the 'guest
There is .ailimited number of
tickets offered on a first come,
first. served basis. These may ,be
.11,0bert MOffat,. and should, ,,be
..purchaSed by Saturday .,night. at
thing as readyAmade Shoes, ‘.or.
low 'candle that preceded the .ad-
vent of the coal. oil •lainp,..
ShOes *were built from the.sole
up with, Sole leather.. frorn South'
-Ainerica which' ..was 'tanned ,at
'Sanford and slaiighter leather.
tanned, in LucknPW by4lie late'
The Little fai#ity.made the" trek:
luaiber wagon:,There was .no ,rail.'
lirie north of dodericiL ;It was.
four •Years later, in 1873; that, the
Stecl 'was td Ludlinew
caused the village f9 flciuriSh and
expand with a,new.inipettis
;Mr.,. Little's :longevity comes
father lived to.be 90•4ears of age
and his mother :to .63.,Mr.• Little
wife .which occurred' in Mak of
1944. TA of their family, -Robert
and. Mark; °are' -predecestsect,
2 To 'Mr. Little, this community
extend's birthday greetings and'
best for Continued. godd
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occupy. The church -suffered sev ,
ere "pia erty:, loss on three mis
sion fields; Formosa, .-Manchuria'
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and ,J. pail ,The' Board' of Missions
decided at ,a :Christmas meeting
of the sub -executive 'to reoccupy
.with. a Staff at : least: equal to the
• number . engaged prior to the out-'
break of, war. The first•,rnissfon
cries will sail early - in :January.
Missionaries ;who are: to leave
immediately,. for Formosa . are :the
Rev, James Dickson, . who • made
wife; aTho the Rev. Ge.orge Ar„
is the son of ,the Pioneer. inission-
lie Mackay, So.oiettines'ealled the
' Two *omen miSsionatiei;
DorothY 'Douglas and -Miss 'Sobel
•
,Taylor, are.sailing early for For-
mosa where they„ war, MISS
Working witliC.the. Chinese Relief
V'Orrnosa :arid Will . take ;Oyer
the hospital :which. suffered'
ing of the island.' •
cluCed'',prices. The, Store With, .the
Stock. THE'MARKET STORE.,
The' S.O.S. Cluh is holding a
dance in the . Town Hall, Luck: -
now, on Friday, January! 19th.
Parrier's orchestija. Lunch coun-
ter. Admission 506.
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hold a pi3Ogrei'sive euchre' and
from, overseas.
ACKERT :LAID . TO
;REST .: HERE ON :FRIDAY
Eighteen ,years' service in the
United`Churcli' ministry was"end
ed °on Tuesday, December list, by
•the..death; of.Rev. ,Harold°:Ackert
of Ruthven:: He . was 54 years' of
Y °
age. -
e unera •.service .was held
in the ' Lucknow TJnited Church
on . Friday ,with interment
in
Greenhill Cemetery.
The 'obituary
will
appear in our
•next ,issue:
COMPLETE SLATE
BY ACCLAMATION
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Lucknow's 1947 ,Council and
-Board. of Education Were ret rn-
ed by acclamation last week, with •
two. new 'councillors,• and one zw,
trustee: •
Five n .nomi e
e s qualified;for. the
four council seats, but Mr. H,;R.
Mc QQ uillin: later ''resi ed- •
gn to prey;
vent an election. ;.
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At Monday ig htnomination'.
Y,ng s
:meeting .. Reeve Joynt was elected''
by .acclamation. •
' Two:.:councilnominees signed
up. after •the meeting, Austin Soli.
ornin of the old Board° and; Sam
Sherwood, a newcomer. On: Ties -
day Councillor' Harvey Treleaven •
of last year's Board 'signed up
"again, and H. R. M cQuillin,' an
ex -councillor. qualified, , q but later: .. .
•'resigned: when Clair Heale •
the .Lucknow Industries plant ons •
j
tered his -names .; - ce
The ouncil for `1947 will thus
consist of Reeve Joynt.and4'Coun"-
'cillors Austin Solomon,• Harvey
Preleaven, Sam :' Sherwood and
air; ` ea ey
For- the'- Board of. Education,•
Ernie .Crawford qualified' to fill
the vacancy caused. by the death,
of Gordon Taylor, and was. given
an 'ac'clamation along with the
`three : retiring,. in rnbers '» all,' of •.
whom:were eligible for re-elect
iti Stewart;. A. E. McKim ' -•
and . Dr. W, V." "Johnston.
Other members of :the .eight -
man Board are=