HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1947-03-19, Page 7WW1 ES Y; ,MA RCU 19.. 1947
D: U N,,G A N 1V
• The Dung
annou branch' of the
Red' Cross rnerat the -home of
M..rs. Lorne Ivers on• .Tuesday af-
ternoon for the, annual meeting.
Marvin .I3urpin, president, 'vas
unable to be present .due to . ill
health. Rey. Rogers'" presided., The
officers. for 1947 wereelecte4' as
follows: president, Marvin Dur-
• xrin: ,, vice president, Mrs. Otto
POPP; secretary, Mrs.. ' Everett
Finnigan; treasurer, Mrs;" Lorne
Ivers; auditors, K, Dawson' • &`
Mrs. Charles' Durnn,. It . was de-
cided not to": have a. drive .for
rriernbership„ this E year, but to
keep open books ••with the Charter_
,inernbership It . was announced
that$1l,421.57:ri'as•the balance on
hand., A 'discussion; took` glace, on
peacetime :work but ' . definite.
..... ^
plans were not•
JAMES • SNELL
'There passed :away in the early
ours. of Monday morning an old
,.h
resi�.nt of
•and highly .esteemed
Colborne • Townsllip, Mr.' .James
Snell,, in his 91st year,' .being ill
only since last ;Thursday.. He, 'rem
'sided with his' daughter, Mrs, Tel
ford Niton since the death of his
-in=iiul
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- �:'n:.<.92i::•1?iek-<�►as=-horst.
�Nwxie i k
lett 'Township and farmed. in
Morris Townshipi and lived seven.
ears. at Winghaiin.' He was a man
of: ' terling qUalities and lived'
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THE LUCKN.W SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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extending • a friendly . attitude; • 0
a family of.. eight : children ,e is.
is`
survived by...lour : Mrs, Telford.
Nixon w(Lovie), Mit, Herb Pent-
land (Grace), Miss Entma Snell,
Toronto and John of Landesboro,
Funeral service .will be held 'on
e• nes •' ay ap.mi a e; ome.
of higdaughter,- . Mrs: • :Telford'
Nixon, 10th Con. of Colborne
Township wth-Rev-Ar. C:ronhiein-
pastor of 'Nile, 'Church; in charge,
assisted .'by Rev; H. Snell, Auburn.:
Interment in Blyth Union `cert:-
'cry
Library Board Meets
;At the annual meting •of the
Dungannon Public Library Board,
Rev: W. J. Rogers was elected:
president 'and 'Thorton •Eedy sec
`area's for, 1947 with; the fallowing
board: Miss ;McLean, .:A;: •Sm'iti ,,
Miss E: •Elliott, : Mrs. J.. Ryan, Mrs
E. Finn San, '
,.Mrs. Cecil, Blake,•
• Miss Helen' Anderson, Mrs;ldoy.
Rutledge will continue. as librar
fan :Three new, magazines. were.
'suggested :and will be ' ordered.
It was. also`:.decided to "'add 36
works ' of . fiction,' ,p3 books for
juveniles; and 8 .'rion'fiction, :to.
• ttie shelves A motion w'as carried
that the president; and-rsec.+treas.
• review ' thg t t make
hours at9'the library will - Irony
to,.'6 . p nt on 'Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays: and Fridays,
9 a.m. to -12.30• pan., on Wednes-
a. o ' p m; op a
• urday. , The: library' membership
fee:.was' ,set at '5(1 cents for:;.six
months and 75c fora year. A.
:.memlier�;is` allowed, to_. borrow 4
books at One ; tirtte.
St. Patrick's Social
A St. :Patrick's social; sponsored
by the Dungannon United'.Chtrch
W. A,• was held' Friday evening;
• with Rev, .W.: J. Rogers presiding• .
fon the :following program:' chor-
uses by Dungannon school pupils;
a St : Patrick story, , Lois.. Web
ster; solo, l oy .Rutledge;, trio, •Roy,
Tutledge,• • Orville. Stable : an
Everett »,'Finnigan ; solo, Betty,
'Rutledge; . ,piano duet, Lillian
Popp and'Mrs. • J, » McWhinney;..
re'citaticin, ' Jimmy' Reed • •
Y Reed; solo,
Tommy Fowler; humorous journ=
al, Mrs, M. Reed; sac), ,Mrs. Rog-
ers; .".instrumental trio, ,Gladys
Rivett, Helen. Stothers and Mrs.
1T, Stothers and reading, Beth
McConnell, Betty Straughan and
Emily Durrlin conducted "several
contests, ••
BORNE Thursday,, March 13th,
at Goderieh Hospital to Mx. arta:
Mrs.. Cecil Make, a. son. Both are
doing fine,
BITU,A,RY
WILLIAM MOORE
Mr. William Moore, a native of
Kinloss, passed .away „tat Calvin,
North Dakota, on, Saturday,. Mar..
lst, in his ,83rd..year.' A;. sori..of
the late Mr, & Mrs. Isaiah Moore
of 'Kinloss, he. left here 61 years..
ago going to 'the lWnber. woods.
near Fort Willam...and Duluth,
then' farther. west vwli,ere h a took
up land in Dakota. He was mar-
ried 57 years ago to Janet Fiem-
Mg, who predeceased him in -Sep-
tember of last year; They spent
all their married life on the farm
, _to which.....they moved:. 57 .years;
ago.
Sur.viving are ;seven. daughters:
and four 'sons: Mrs John
Shaeffer
Shaeffer .of Calvin; Izetta at
EUCHRE TROPHY • home;: Mrs. Clousion (Annie) of
-The Huron Old Boys, Associ'a- Grand •. Rapids; Mrs. Russell
tion sof Toronto will hold a bridge s
Spanks (�gnes) ' of Banna;� Mrs.
and euohre at the lie iconian', Howard CrockettRuby) of .Cal-
vin; Mrs. John Mc oriald (Viola):
of Hanna; Mrs. ,Reuben Vetter, -
Club; 35 Hazelton Ave,. on Fri-
day; March 121st. There will be
the usual special'. prizes for the kind e(\elva), Thorpe, Minn. Ar-
►rinn-er's: ,'A- ri to re: will be -Thur. Earl `and'ar Calvin,
of C n,
a competition to declare the best and; William ofalif •rnia ,. 'this
G o.
.Pair • of euchre players in the As- teen",grandchildren sand one great
sociation. A. trophy . has been 0do-
Hated to be called the' McLaren.
'Memorial Trophy; to ' 'honor a •the
memory of the lateJ: A. McLar-
en.. Two
cLaren..:Twd men,; two • ladies or' 'a
mixed pair :may. win the 'cup'
which'' will be 'competed. for an-.
all -: ri,t:•rants` rrtust -:eorne x o
�u rm
e ec ion of uron o
ty. , .Entries. wit ' be; accepted
•the time Of •the competition..
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March 22nd License Deadline.
Hon. ;George •H• poucett mini-
: iter of , highways. has ,:announced•
that .1 • view b t ieL unusual snow
vailin •in (Many
conditions r
pe 8 a Y
parts of 'the province, .which 'have`
prevented many motorists.' from
securing - :their new . •• registration••.
plates,. the 'term'of 1946 motor
vehicle 'permits:, and `drivers' j;lic-`
ensps• has- hPen' .furfiier Q.fid
2 dded
to: March 2. The' minister a
that there ' would:. be. no. ;furthei
extension beyond' that :date,
Aged Man
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.Mr.'.,Wn _Hawkins :She p«rd
ton,. who was visitingfora while
With , his slaughter,; Mrs.,Leslie.
Johnston inthe same vicinity met,
with a nasty accident on Satur-.:
day night,'• When coming down
the stairway., he Missed' thefirst
step,. Which.,Made • him -fall :: half
way, to the first. landing: ` :It. is
considered a . wonder. that bones
grandchild,�' "also three brothers,
Johne of , Alien, N., Dakota; Thos.
A '` echiir
f:�Wh.it chr.:an. ,:A�thur_Af�R
5, Lueknow,'
WILLIAM A. JOHNSTON
W lliam and. John Johnston,,
Ashfield -born twins, celebrated
their 92nd birthday on Tuesday:;
March' 12th.'»They' continue: to en
joy remarkably . good health: John
is a resident of Bellingham; State -
'of Washington, while William.:'
• JOHN JOHNS.TON .
continues. to reside'' in his' native
Ashfield: At .present he and Mrs;
Johnston 'are. visiting ., wd-th, their.
son;, Noble and. .Mrs. • Johnston. ;in'
Lucknow,. as Mrs. Johnston • has
not .: hien-enjoying the best- of -=
• health.• .
F r.
prayer it •. unison, Roll call was . gave- readings 'entitled Being a
'answered • :by a oOrnmandnient.4
The minutes . of .. the :last '.meetin
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were readand mad -opted. Mrs W.
S. McGuire -read a letter from:
v. .
United Church • W. M. S. Jugoslavia.' Mrs. Jas.. McTavish
The afternoon' W.M.S- iof the read anarticle On. Christian ste-
;ekoa-ATrited "th:arch :et.. atMits.
.
he-homre-of-Mrs. h�ilfred Ami r- -----
•sor% for their March Meeting. Re-
ports. were,: heard • frorn .various
sornmittees arid • plans {for the
_Easter thankoffering were `made.
Miss Eva Greea.•presided ;tor
well prepared pro..gramrne.: 'The,
• r e 'es d--
Rae.' s. 'Rober•
Mr tion: ve. `an •ri-
g�
teresfing ;report• of the United �.
Church-:CMrs : Harvey
•Webster ' gave a, vocal-. number.'
'A . very timely': current event,.
Indian:' rirdependenee; was' , re-
-ported -by -Mrs. d. C:`Mi -ab firs.
Roy •• Black introduced the Sixth-
'chapter of the study book on:
India:: A very pleasing trio'.
rendered by Mrs Hoag, 'Mrs; Hall
;and :Miss :.Welsh. :The, ;meeting:
4closedwith;_,a' hyrrin and rniznali
(benediction•: The.;host'ess served
a dainty lunch
• v'xtend ;Best Wishes
The . W lkerton Herald -Times.''
had •, this o • say in . part, after
Lucknow .Bantams ousted the.
Count? ,Town team:."The Luck
:no* boys.are °good clean •.players
and well deserved their win. The'.
,Walkerton •,boys wish'. them` good.
::luck.and hope •they, go through to.
Win. ; the 'Ontario championship";•
were 'not , broken,' as it .was, he
received al bad shock 'and °a large
bruise en' his forehead -and about,
the chest, Mr,. Hawliins is 86•'years
health with the exception of:'irti
paired., eyesight . caused` by :.cat-
aracts, ;btit only to hinder reading:
of close work.. He is'a well known
-carpen= er afid utld er .• 77olek=
•ed at_ his 'trade until only recent
years
,Ther: ,Dungannon ,•Badmrntan
Club Washostess to the Ripley
Badrnintert,. Club, .last. Thursday
evening,when games were enjoy-
ed. Several_ doubles :were' played
Off .and as reported 'from here,
that Dungannon 'gained in points
on • the visitors; About •:35 young
people' were present, and • 'were
Served refreshments ;at the :`close
of the evening. ; The club also,
within that week, engaged in:'tw'o
toboggan parties, .one at the river
hill and the; last. one;' at .'Glenn'ca•
nilt, later returning to the hall.
for, hot "lunch.. The Dungatthon
'Cub : has been invited to ,return
the - Visit •..at. Ripley this .Thursday
evening's . :: •• : •
Miss Bernice Blake, B.A., » of
Lambeth was 'a` week'.=end:visitor
with her '• parents,: Mr. » and :Mrs..
John Blake..
• ' Mr. 'and Mrs. Len„ Christilaw
steward" : and ."India, ' a land of
i
p lgrimages Mrs. Alexa McTav
ish read • " OurWorld• also "lfridiarf
taken • f r o m. the . •Missionary,.
Monthly. After singing a• hymn••
the meeting : was closed by' 'pr• ay
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A BEVERAGE -ROOM -VOTE 'has-
been . requested ; by the proprietor
of the.MacDonald :..House .in Ches
ley. The town council has decided
to takeno-action unless a petition --
is .presentecl.
etiti n--
is.presented. • a•
Presbyterian Guild
•' A,'St., Patrick's social •,was. held
.on Mohday , night; .March. :17th...3.
SamChin .gave the scripture
reading.'�The bible • study' was .tak-
en . by Miss ' Mary .McLeod;. ,°,The
Lord's: prayer ''was repeated in
unison. A .girls' chorus . favoured'
with,.a song nand very interesting
lantern slides on the .hansi 'field
were 'shown., T,l. script for; this°
•was read by. Mrs; Jaynes Little:
Mary .Murdoch • read' Tagore's
.prayer for his .country, A lovely,
piano solo .was played; by'Nornian .
Taylor: Mr. MacDonald closed the
'meeting with prayer. Conte$ts
were. • then, conducted , and lunch
.was',served..
DUVET`
The Women's Missionary meet-
'and daughter Leona of Nile• and ing was held in the church on
Mr, and Mrs, Anderson . Mugford
and son„ Harold, of Sheppardton
were Sunday visitors with their
parents•,'Mr. and Mrs.,Abner Mor
Thursday afternoon. with 't lige
president; :»Mrs. Alen McTavish,
presiding.• The meeting opened by
singing "pass me not, 0 .gentle...
Saviour'', foIl:wed'by _fhe.,Lordts
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The typical (Avner is . a woman: She lima in Canada
and she owns slightly more thai i ten sharesinthe
businesg.
At the end of 1946" there were 24,844) owners—a
record. total—Ninety—five'out•of •every hundred live'
in Canada. They •come from all walks of life, from
everyProvince, and ownmoue than three-guartera
'of all the shares: of Stock.
Today, •after sixty-seven years of service, .more of
the •Bull 'Telephone Company of Canada is owned.
byCanadians :aha
n' at any time in its history. .
�`T I .TILL YEILE,PNON•E 'COMPANY OF ''CANADA:
. owed ky Canodtoit ad oprraimpd hr coendiaot to
providffr thfk. bat, telephone ,service at tiro lowest tint
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