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• PETIT1FOR. DROPPED 0.1PPED DEAD FROM
HEART . ATTA q.A, McoNDAY
LUI.,ii.NOW, ONTARIO, THURS:, FEBRuAR'Y 12th, 1948 •
RIVER CLEANOUT
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Atte February meeting of the
• Municipal Council; a petition -was
received bearing the signature • Of
s asking • at .the
ratepayer's,. th
▪ Nine -.Mile River through a per -
tion ,of. the village be deepened
and cleaned to afford better prop-
erty drainage; • •
Cbuncil• has the matter, under.
:•co
nsideratior"i and -the
adfice of an
.engineer :is' likely to be sought
• in the " matter, •
The ' petition. read as follows:
To the Municipal. Council
of The Village of Lucknow
Gentlemen:
Whereas the petitioners 'are
owners and .taxpayers in the said
municipality `of .,Lucknow and
whereas. their,property at certain
r times .of the year is flopded with
Water,' and at .all 'times'. the cel-
lars- are damp, we petition the
municipality . to • deepen the river
from.Campbell'St. to Canning St..,
and to also• remove the debris"
. un- er the bridge, known as the
'Flx Mill Bridge. • 1
Mr: Richard Pratt 'suffered ^ a
fatal heart .,;attack • on the Main,
Street on •Monday evening at the
supper noir.. Mr. Pratt. , was en
route •hoe an ' colla •.s
... ► �c� ped at tl•e..
:intersection
:a �{�
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�blo •
ck westof„. the
United Church;- Death was in:.
stantaneous.
Mr: Pratt. was in his 74th Year
and .had suffered frorzr' a heart.
Condition, for. .som �: tim ..!•
Some e. The • rez
mains were removed to Davison's •
Funeral Parlor where the funeral
:service,; was held ,on Wednesday
• afternoon;• conducted by his pas
tor, Rev. J. W. Stewart. Inter. o.
ment w'as in Blyth Cemetery.,
' Mrs. Jaines Burns, Sr:,. of town
iS a sister of .Mr. Pratt, who hack.
"made` his home in. Lucknow •for
several years. .• •
JOHN FARRISH` HAS
TOES AMPUTAT.E•.
Mr.' John Farrish is a patient
in Victoria: Hospital, London,
I here :he recently had the toes
of one,: foot : amputated, as. the
•result; of a gangrenous .condition
which had d.evel:oped .•!
Mr.' Farrislfis .widely:,known;
throughout'. ` Huron and. Bruce
Counties, • and, his many ` .friends
were. grieved' to learn of•his'
nessy
• Mr. Far. risk recently. sold his•
farm in Ashfield e d ' 'and 'has been
residing in Dungannon''until .such
time as he can obtain possession
• of his .home' in Lucknow:•
"'OLD. TIMERS'' TO PLAY
FOR ,,DANCE. HERE FRIDAY' •
MODERATOR WILL HAVE •• ?he Kincardine. Legion ., Old
BUSY •,TIME.: TILL JUNK j g
Rt. Rev. • Charles 'H.-,MacDon
•ald,• who in:• June will ,conclude
his , ter.m as Moderator . of the
Presbyterian Church • in Canada,
has aver `h
y cavyprogram map .•
letter . from L. E. Downs, • secret-
•ary. •of the ; Lucknow. Business.
• Men's `. Associatio.,p
As. 'secretary :of •the;Lucknow
• Business, M n's "'Association, I
have been instructed to forward
the_ appreciation 'of this organ-
ization to members of the Coun-
cis, past ,.and -present, for. ;their
efforts on' behalf of better light-
' 'ink' on .Main Street. .
The'newly. installed lighting' is
excellent arid is "a • credit oto the
town and the ,men -who planned
:it. We feel •that it is a` real step
•1 orward
an will
illdo great. deal
toweids and.
Lucknow ` an
•evenr'better business town. ' F
The by-law was; passed 'under;
"the Highway. Improvement ..Act,
whereby village estimates on road.
expenditures ' for 1948 'were. set
• 'at $.4894? This includes: an estirn-
ate of $2500 ;for 'construction arid'
$2394 for maintenance.
Council advised. the :Board ;of
•Education that they 'were. acting
on' ' the' matter of , students fre
`-quent ng the..;.pool room; as
l
••broht
u '
`
g to the.Councils •atten .
tion by a' deputation. from the'
Board' of Education. •`Y.
REV: DONALD -ON;. RECTOR;
AT MUNCEY. RESERVE •
Rev 'J: W. Donaldson former
rector of St. .Peter's,A.nglican
Church, . is -now 4ncumbent.: -at
Muncey Reserve. Rev, Donal sor
who• preceded: Rev. Joselyn int'he
'.'local par'ish, was - transferred to
13yran, from • Lucknow. Before
leaving for his new charge, Rev.
Donaldson ,was pr"esented with a
1urse'ofmoney. and`1VIxs�Donald.,
son•with a bouquet .of flowers: by
inerrrbers of St. Anne's: Guild..,
'WI�
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BE
N
NETY•
ONE .NEXT. WEEK
On February 17th; Mr. .Andrew
• Emerson will mark :his .91st. birth-
, ;day. In spite; of his advanced
years, Mr.:Emers'on is' quite' active
and alert and enjoys, unusual.
good health.
Born in Kincardine Township•
near Ber
vie-
he
has'
liv
ed his
• • tire life in; .thatdistri. i
ct until a
;• few •months ago .when he went to.
Spend 'the winter' months., at', the
,home: of his daughter,Irs. Ariggis:
Graham; east of Lucknow.
Mr. Emerson likes to recall the.
early days of the ox team and the
'\ Cradle and can relate :many hum-
orous incidents of logging bees
and barn raisings where work
and. the sacjzt1. ;life of the people.
Were closely ,eoinbined.
Mr: Eiherson. is the oldest
Orange .in the dihtrictr} and
has s
s
e1 '
m
d
0
ever ' ixiissed a l�tli
of Jury celebration:
fiis 'many friends
tai • .: .juin in Wish!,
m •the most hearty• congra=
tUla'tions.
c-
Donald will occupy 'the '• pulpit in:
his own church this Sunday, and
expects to 'be- at homeonly one
other Sunday' during the balance
of .his .term. as~.inoderator.
MRS.'.BILL SCOTT SUFFF ED•SEVERE ACR
,.
•
Mrs. Wrn: Scott, 'of 'Langside,.
formerly Donaida,: MacC•allum,.: is.
a' patient • in '.Wingham•.; Hospital
with a. broken' Vertebrae,
back. k'
.. .
,
The injury...Was received'.over
two••weeks .ago as she was get-
ting into' the car ;Mrs. Scott' will
have `to be ' in. ?.a east' for .some
time 'but is getting; along as;'well
as: eon. be, expected.. •
;OR 'i.E PASTOR ;ACCEPTS ,.
NX O AALL°
S A
�A FALL§:
• •Rev.:•Colin• Todd, minister •of
Geer getown -United : Church has
g , ,
accepted a.. call to Kitchener St
United, Church,:Niagar Flls:, His
father; ' the late Rev. T.
was pastor of, this •same chlrch.
man ears •a' o.
Ret,' Colin Todd was ;pastor ..of
Lucknow United. Churl , before
going to:' Georgetown.where.' he
has been for ,over six• years. :Rev
Todd came to .Lucknow" from:Vit•-
toria which was his first pastor-
ate' after.,.his ordination. At 'Nie
gar a f a.•lls he -succeeds Rev. W. D.
Stenlake who went to Toronto.
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D T S�
R E lJ:'N'I O N
`SCHEDULE. SETH.
• At t ' .auce • Conn Reuniori-
'1"y
Association executive meeting•
held recently a schedule ,of cele-
bration •dates was ,set for each
centre' in', the county that is ob-
serving the event.
Tl 'e "'homecoming specials"' will
arrive in' Walkerton on July 20Th,.
where a :celebration'will be held
that day •• "It' is.• expected that
thousands from all .over. Thr"lice`.
will motor•'tojthe County town.to
welcome., the old boys: and girls
acid to join in the 'opening day
festivities. .
Chartered busses will 'be ar-
ranged to toke•trainpassengers.to.
their old home -town . in other
;parts of; Bruce.* . °, '
: The celebration schedule
'follows:.•
July 20 ---Walkerton •-
July 2I --.-Paisley
July 23• --Southampton
July'' 24 -25 --Port L`lgin . +
July 26—Tara' •
'July 27-28-,-Wiarton
July 29--Chesley ,
July 30 —Lucknow y' .
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July 31 Aug', 1, 2_linc dine
3Ri icy.
gust p
a�.
August 4.•-»Teesrvater,
'The rear:w.•.... Yo`ctal will Dave
from itsretiirn trip
Timers will, play for. -a'. dance: in
the Lucknow Town Hall' on .•Fri-
day •evening^ of this week; • under
auspices of; the Lucknow Branch
of the Canadian Legion. This 8 -
piece..
-piece:: orchestra, features 'square
lone -s , . •."
imers will •be out •'in full+force
for this event.'
Prizes are being offered for the
best -waltzers:.: and • the oldest
couple' on the dance floor.
"Professional",. callers -off ,: will
be present• to put plenty, of'.zip
inthe square dances �:
ROBERT BARBOUR DIED
INENGLA11D SATURDAY
• The • •death occurred in Bright-
on, England, on Saturday, Febru-
ary 7th of Robert Alexander Bar-
bour, ,age 55 years.. He•°was a''son'
of h . late ArchibaldBarbour ''of
to
Lucknow.'Mrs.(Rev:) W. J. Watt
of • Whitechurch is a sister and. -a•
brother,.John.'Bar our '•.resides; at
Brandon, .Man.
"Bob"F Barbour as he.was pop-
ularly known here; wasblinded
during, World 'War_ I, and after
returning. here : briefly went back
to ' England for' '.treatment,• and
where he since made his home ••t
••A fuller 'obituary will ' appear -
next • week.
CURRENT COLD SPELL
RECALLS 'WINTER OF '34
Eight of -the first .eleven days of
February : have •seen • sub •-zero
temperatures .'recorded; • January;
record was similar ' with ; an' ab-
normal run of below • zero , wea-
ther Not:since January. 13th has
the ' temperature got; ;'above • the
`freezing point.:day or night.
KI NLO _, GH GIRLS
IN R
N G IMSBY FIRE�
;(1uhl.LOUGII NEWS)
:.In ` a ' :recent issue ' of a. daily •
newspaper it contained' the.. full
'account:;of the disastrous fire of
the hospital •at Grimsby,. Two of
our local girls .' were on the hos.•
pital• staff and narrowly escaped,.
with their lives: •1 ney, were -Miss
:Norma Biirt, daughter .'of
Mrs...Charles Burt and. Miss Aisla.
'Bush 11,: • daughter of ;