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• ONTARIO
'Wednesday; December 24th, 194T'
LUCKIITO�N SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, O
° :THE LUCKNOW 'SENTINEL
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Ludlow; • Ontario.
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'Estab'lished 1873,— Published Each Wednesday Morning d,...•
L.. C; Thompson, Publisher and Proprietor
Wednesday, December' 24th, 1947 '•,
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1V1[E CH
RISTMASl•, .
R_RY
Christmas is the'inost woinder-
• ful time of the• year. . A.. -time of
and receiving :.a :time "o#'
giving ... _ , � • a % .ti
,coy aru1 : good cheer and . 'Opel
,
good ..ill fills
when the spirit�,,of g w
• men'ssouls: , .
•It is a tithe to •:exxte%d :hearty
.
:wishes for health, happiness . and
prosecrit • -4-''to say simply. and
Y , • •
sincErely''the old "fashioned, but Rise, and •si'read your. Christ
tried and trtie• greeting,- 1Vlerry l ;: Haas, fare;: IAD TWO. WAIIDENS NOW..
7rs7neiiie .St,ill the. Mare, that SHORT REEVE :AND C E. R,K'
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TE WOULD HEAR
THE ANGELS; SING .
If ye'wbulcl \Bear the angels sing
'Peace. 'mi. earth•. and mercy
•. xllzld'' '
Tlink of Hirci ' who• Was once -a
< child,
On Christinas day in the znorning,
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Letters To• • The Editor ...
Dear Sir: '
Sometimes when we country
folk have to depend on the neigh-
.hers Jor a ride to •town funny.
things happen: Qne elayiagt week
four of us were lined up at vei
ous place's along the road await-
ing for •the MCDiarrnid bus.: The
driver and' his wife ai'eboth„very
good natured ;about it all, only
objecting: to•.aziyone of us. stand-
ing in the centre n of the. road °to„
Say 'How .do” to ..an •oncoming
car, • which indeed • did happen on
this .occasion:' . Two' more , ladies
were .Safely. taken on: and' when
itTne to the- last .on the line'
ca
she said, she allowed: four or five
`cars to pass ::her, preferring to.
wiz it •fox the 11rlcDiarrriid .bus, No
doubt about At there' is :a .charm
a'bou't. that 'b o
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• "One of The Passengers .•
If ye Would hear the, angels sing,
Christisnas and, a• Happy New Year.
to • all. .
But• transcending all is'the ..an
niresay of , the birth. .of the,
Christ • Child, , the Saviour, ` of the
world, whom. We a71 should woI
ship and adore -•-This is Christ-
mas:
COUNCIL QUALIFICATIONS
The � � ua ifications ' `which' the
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Municipal Act; requires for a can-
didate for :council'.' are but the
:upualifications ,which go to make
• a good • councillor: •
ni i_ al Act 'he.
Under : the Municipal
• must be either :"a ' householder,
that i . to .say .a•: resident owner
or':' tenant, sessed .for; a dwell-.
• artment ' in : the muni '
frig ; or ' Apar •
e. , or` in.
eipality : hich •hoccupies,
mayif
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e : alternative-•� he .
he .cis .assessed • on the last revised.
'assessment oil f ' an amount
share, ..: .
On• Christmas; day in the morning..
_Rise and bake .. .... __•
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b
read
Christians; rise, the.' world
is
bare;
• And blank,: ands. dark With• want
and care, .
Yet Christmas comes in, the rriarn=:
in'g:
If ye wonld Bear the .ar els sing,.
,LT�1JC
fire;
'And: see that 'ye .pile .:the;• logs
still'•higher
ii Christmas. dayin thesnlorning.
M.
L00 KING: BA.CI+C ARDS
T -IRCUGH . THE SENTINEL . FILE,S.
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Sixty Years:Ago
• Win. Ridd1e's-ta oon
Ashfield @ was destroyed b
West • Wawanosh , wnship. has,
lay.inn ::to two
been, :able , to
wardens, this'•,year, but one; Ash-
field
faeld wag points • otit that they're
short •• a • reeve and
going to . be .
clerk• this• .coming :year as.: both
these officials. reside on the.Ash-
field° side of the road
The , 'incoming:., -reeve s,'of • West.
Wawaniosh, .Mr. Everett,. Finnigan
and •Clerk. Durnin Phillips, who,
�] '� of West .Wawa=
is also secretary.,. •
Rise arid light your Christmas
fire;'
rise'. the :wor'ld
'.Christians,
old,
d `Time.' is weary,and worn;
And .
r or
and .cold;
enable' him .to. enter
sufficient .'tb,' h in . the morn-
.. •Yet Clirstizias .comes mart-,
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'on the voters'` list'' as a.�municipal :• • •
ing
r.;Th villa '�es and:townships; .•.
:•electo g
:the amount is $100, in cities $400,
and' he: resides in or '.within" five
miles of the Muri'ecipality:: Iri any•
,i is.
event 1%e must be a' British •h sub --
Feet he. must •be entered on the
votersi list as;•'qualified to vote
at': r iunicipal ' •elections;: and .he.
must not .be disqualified, under
the disqualification. provisions :of
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' Some.. • 6f ',the qualifications
'which 'are not ...legally re uired
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bat .:.which deserve
: careful coin..
_-sideration by , those • who ;would
• .stand' 'for election' to''couneil,. arid
`t'hose •:who nominate` and . vote for,
candidates, include ;the, following; /Shed by The Oxford tract,. as their •guests
' P
he have . an
a . retia
1. ' That ,PP . Univer ity Press 4 new:, bridge • . is to be Gori
tion . of the value of' our ' .dente , :_ o strutted 'arid. `t . water ' course
cratic ,way of 'life. REINDEER' LIKE 'SANTA'S 'ehanged :just ,west of Dan Mc'
2 That his' record in. his bust mean's" sand'' Emile Nlchenilan's
o. Do you know that reindeer, like
•• d co
m
unit undertakings:
riess an m
Y
.demonstrates his 'Suitability , for• the (team that Santa Claus drives
,' ' office. over:-the_aiousetops'. on-:CChristmas
murricipal of f c
Eve • live in .Canada?: During 'the
• .' 3. That he has 'proved,' hi�rriSelf � ,
If ye would' :heal: the angels sing;
• 'Christians! see' ye let, each. door
Stand 'wider than it'e'e°r . stood
before, • .
'On Christmas `day: in the morning
Rise, and 'open wide thedoer;
•'-Christians, ' rise!. the World . is
"Wide,'
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•;. outside,
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Yet, Christmas coone s inthe
morning.
BY ,Dora Greenwell (1821-82J
in.;the, oxford Book of :Carols
side iii`Dungannon,; and incident-
'all'y on ;:the: Ashfield' side of ;:the.
road,;''which gives this.'adjoining
municipality' the claim -of having
two reeves , land, two clerk$ ; or
so o`u'r:' informant argues ••'V\'• •
guy'
Kincardi$e' Home:
Mr; and Mrs Peter Carter, Jr.;
ve urch:ased
Con.'. 10, .Kinloss, 'ha . p , . ,,.
the ':house . and • 3 -acre :: lot' : of Al
Maynard in.Kincardine and will
move froth 'the farm to their new
•horie:in the. •spring
Win, Connell disposed'
e ma ' ia'ge' was'. solemnized
of W;, L. MacKenzie and Marx
fire. M.acintyre:__..�.,_ . ,
Y, ' Mrs, Samuel MacDonald, for.,
o his
rnerly ::Marion McKinnon, died in
dry., goods stock to G. W; Berry Kinloss, in her 78th year, 111ar'
Jas Rowand was elected Ile -1 tied in S 1 tland ..in 1866, the
form candidate ler the riding' of young couple settled on Con. 6; 0:
D 'E Kinloss, that same year.' '
'Mr, Wm. Connell„ noved.to his
r ew..storel .recently. fitted up in. •
the Murray Block, '
Mrs... John McDougall' died at •
her` home in;. Kinrloss in her 36th:
West Bruce. He• defeated
Cameron of ' Luckno:w , on the 5th
ballot 54 to 31. 'peter ' Corrigan: of
Helyrood also contested the con
ettioii and wa's Delegates.
•on
v,.
the 3rd , ballot; Delegates. froria,,
Lucknow were Alex McIntyre,
che,
U�r; 4 ,1VIcCi irrimon, J. crena.
Win. ,;Connell; A: McQuaig•, ,Geo,
Kerr; from. Kinloss;:•.J 'Kaake,'`
icholls,. J. Lane, John;
Jacob N
Nicholls., , Geo. McIntosh, James
McLeod': Pr McIntosh, Alex Nich=
bison, Kenneth McKenzie, ,Thos.
Mur• ray, Arch Gordon, John, Mire-
house, .
Maggie , :McMillan, o f •Para
mount; age,.'16, •; died, after a
•lengthy illness,. She. was the sixth
of the .family to die 'Wiithin: t'en
years, her', Mother; tt?o brgthers,
,and three sisters • having. ' prede-`
'ceased her.' • : '
W: and J. Moody purchased the
grocery business from R. Graham::
Mrs.:' Malcolm...MacD'onald, age
56 years, died at her' home • on`
Con.` 14,, .West.` Waw.anosh
W, ORK ON HIGH
ENDED' FbR W
AY86
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Forty Years" Ago
Tlie. 27th annual "convenition of.'
the .Sabbath •School of Ashfield
Circuit; was., held in: Hackett:
'Church: Winners.'' in the scripture
memorization contest, were ` Leila
Blake, G.erdon '•Smeltzer, .Ida'
Sherwood and. Nota'; Sxneltzer. •
Mrs. '.J K M. Gordon and dau-
ghter left' for, Gravenhurst to join
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the »ocf er _•who •was,,physiciarr at
,year, 'r. -
Twenity, Years Ago
,•
William George Balls iof;'.St,
'Helens: suffered a, herntarrhage .on •
Lucknow 'Main Street' wid passed •
away. suddenly; ' : ! • ' `
• Miss 'Dorothy Douglas went to a
Toronto to •take a•' course: at fife..
Presbyterian Deaconess-. 1•i:orne in
preparation for entering • upon •
missionary work. Her brother,
r e:.e' termed o�
TGe n -Kn G
o ale
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and E
Mr. Mrs. A, 1�1cliun were
in.Halifax •:attending �l convention
of •railway ticket -sellers.
A ;•.large barn on the farm .,
west of Kinlough, owrtied 'by .liar
ry 'Logan` and ;operated by Mr, •
Fitzgerald,; was destroyed by fire
Mr. James Campbell,. a former;
•
Brantford at .the age of J1 Mrs,'Wm. Struthers died at het
home here in her 71st year •
•-ontinuation ''Sch of field •G . School d day .,
.champions 'were, Sig. • g.ir 1; Helen
Mac Donald Jr: girls'
�. . � girls; Annetta
Fisher;' Sr. `:boys, Donald Gra t;
Jr..;boys, Jack .Brabsori ,
Ackert Bros . won .,the'' grand
championship prize 1(.41.,the best
` arload .lot c steers at the."Tor=''
onto Stocker .arid Feeeler Show, ;
At Kinloss; School . Fair,' Marr
Y'
:the; sani`torium. • ....
Can. Decker ,: urchased the Cox :;won first prize i' :the public'.
Vacated • b ' :J ' .S. ',Hamilton, `sp aki ng. contest. Thci c 'were• 13
house v c . Y :" '
und. • contestants.
who' went to•. Owen: So � ' ` "•
� Ashfield W. M.' S:,Meeting
Work of :,road -widening, hilln of the
The annual Meeting h
field rw.M S: was held'at.the home
Of Mrs. Neil J..1VIac1Cenzie11:,,with
Mrs.,s:; Duncan. 1VlcKe�izie'•in ch.a rgge
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of the program: A4 .:nut'hber • of
cutting, , filling . and fence "build ' `
Mg, on Highway 86 from Amber=`
ley 'to:: Lochalsh' has . been . diseon:
inued for the winter, and the;
c .� „ . • ea oek and, _
McQuigge: have moved •much` of,,horn
D... MacI e
n re ,gave a s
;Miss Sadie ;Johnston was appoint
p=',
wed - r siderit for the `coming '
e b Year
A prayer; of thanksfor.a sue
cessful year. was. •.given by Mrs..
Duncan MacKenzie:; A ve•r,y'
dainty. 1 z ch,was servedby•the':;
hostess.A •`
their 'powerful ,equipment::to. the
• history ' of each. • hymn' a'nd' its
;Owen Sound ;district.... I•�rior. to
• Mrs. Johi•Cowan read the ''
Leaving. theyfield, a; turkey din- ,Writer. -
....scripture �aesson; and: Mrs.• Nei.
icer at :Kincardine; with •some 20..•
`merle •� dis= .MacKeiYzi.e. gave. •:a splendid .tom-••
residents of the A b Y nientary on it: The roll call :was ;
answered by verses pertaining to:
hrist: ' • Mrs, N.- J.
the ,birth of- TC
MacKenzi'e, gave the lesson :from
i. al
e educt o
' .study ook on a
the b
.th•
system of India. ' Short • Christmas .'.
i Attie.
•• em ' werere d b
Mss
nos, a y.
�eDonaid, Mrs. Emile MacLen-
nazi and,Mrs, D. R. MacKenzie: A
very' .interesting .letter from`' ev.
was read
Nin. Dickson of` Formosa e
by Mrs. D. A:•: •MacLean..A pleas-
nig' part of the progra n was the
presentation of, a 'life mm,ember
ship • to Mrs:: R'iioad which was
made Possible by Mrs.: John .Ross,
'who, recently moved• to .LucknoW
by, giving ,.$25• for .a membership
to someone in the Auxiliary, The
business ii eetinrg'•�• followed;
Were" h "'
-
e e card •tre s
and thea
re-
ports
urer's• report' showed the allocar
tion, was. reached, and .exceeded..
Election of officers took place and
Mrs, Neill .1.'MacKenZie who had
been.
• the: capable president for
the past two ,years, 'resigned and.
not
judgment
• and
to be ofso nd
u 'only that, ' but also'
4. That lie be bf good morals,
. and conscientious in ; •ser'ving„
others:
5. That ,he be the • kind of per-
son ,who can ; work in .co• -opera-
tion with' others:.' found placidly roving all, he
Arctic lands around < the pol--�
6:That he have good.: healthy µ' c
.7.. That' he will 'be" free t de -northern' Europe, •northern' Asia
• ' the, necessar Aline to the
,vote , Y
f the
, discharge of the duties o
office to which .he is elected. No
• nniatter;how able he is, an. abseil
4. •tee eouncilior is .:not• `much of an
The Age, when. glaciers covered
Ontario, Arctie .reindeer roamed
through.. southern ` Canada. " With
the Mastodon, woolly rnaminoth,
and musk-ox, they existed along
the bleak, barren :borders ' of ' the
great.. ice' sheet,' Today they are
and northern North America. In
races •iiorth-
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Lapland, h e
whit mb
La a
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.ern Sweden, . northern Finland.
and northieastern: Russia, .the,rein-•
deer` had been domesticated for'
asset.: to a council Centur`ies..1n, Arctic America.: the.
8. That his princial% motive . in wild reindeer is.. called . caribou;
seeking office 'is the ,' advance- With the great reduction sof Can -
merit of the welfare of the .whole 'ado's reindeer 'herds domestic
municipality, not for his •person-
al advancement, or simplrfor the
•:honor of being elected,—Muni-
,.cipal Worid'J -
0
reindeer have been: brought in ,to
take their :place, and Eskirnos, are
now being trained ,to. 'look...after
'herds in Canada's northland. You
Will see several' types, of caribou.
farms.. Widening•o erations were.
P.
a point just east
carried. ou •.to
t
of Lochals�i,. and much of the.
I.
work .of moving : pole• lines "and"
-building new • fences. has " been
completed almost .te the 15th side
road. ,
Hog •Special Winners
• The *inners. in the .T Eaton,
on
"Co.; Special an hogs at Walker-
ton
Christmas .'Fa'ir which were
judged ,on a carcas basis were as
follows 1,..',Wilfred Sutter, Walk
ert4n; 2, George Mannerow, Ches
ley; • 3, Austin `Martin, ,Lucknow;
4,• George.Gowan, Allenford; 5,•
John Cronin, 'Mildmay; 6, Ralph,
Kuntz, tz Mildmay. e a in
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p g
were very ,close •as there were 36:
entries in the competition..
exhibited . in the Zoology galler"
.' Speaking in Seaforth recently, ies of the. Royal Ontario Museum.
Premier George Dreliv laid. the , • •' - o
• responsibility for the ' current,
shortage'of hydo power, at the
• doorstep• of the. Hepburn. Govern-
fnent, Withh' this•' we are .not at
tempting to tlisagree : but, while
hydro expansion -activities Have.
been pushed ahead' ..at.breakneck
speed, surely }the current short-
age, if. itis as ; aoute as :it appears
to be; .must have been , forseen
by 'the .Drew Administration or
the H.E P.C..long ago,. Or is. the
Whole affair just another'political-
lootball
,' • 'This is the season to 1he Merry:
'It 'Is, also the season to be: wary!.,
The Ontario Department of High-
.ways. reminds' motorists that 'in.
December,.1- holiday driving' and
winter 'conditions. combine to
make . this joyful month a very.
dangerous Month: D.i:ive with ex-
tra • care --and cheerful;; not
tearful.
It:, lay' be trued County's: Show'
but it's 'still 'the- "!Walkerton.
"'Chris'tmas Pair", with. the county
capital ‘getting , all ` the 'publicity.
.
Sailed To Old Country'
Rev. and Mrs. A. W; Brown,
formerly of• the''Ashfield Circuit'
Charge, , sailed recently far • the
O1d Country from ':New York, on
board i it. the ' Queen Mary. Rev.
Brown! is• ori leave ,of absence due
to papr health. •
PAISLEY'S, NEW RINK; will be
in use this winter. An intermed-
iate • "A" team, lead ,by the veter-
an ,George ,Graht, has been en=
'tered in the
MISS JEAN WEBSTER of West
Wawanosh, and a member o!:
•Clinton Public. School staff for
several. 'terri'is; has tendered ,.her
resigntion effective December
31St. ,MISS, Edith McClenaghan,
lielgrave, has been nanied to sue -
deed Miss Webster, as teacher of
Gra&..fl
w i! Ywhtw .47,4 .iiia$
Best ' Wishes fat• a Very
Merry:ClfristmasTime' and' . a.,
may you have a,n :e;etra big
share' Of all Gond Things,
This Coming Year,
oPURDONI
BAKERY
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. .SEASON'S.: GREETINGS. ., 3
.Just a Greeting' io• wish . You' tij'e'''' l'
Best of Good Cheer, Not• :only at • 1'
dearChristmas. ,` but ,all through the
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And With this YOletide Greeting
m1? 3
goesbusiness otic iappreciaton;•'of .�riendly
g
d
•relations,
Wa
Wi'n s ►
HUDSON 'DEALER, LVCKNOl?i►
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