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IFMR,THCONCESSION JMINST°N 11tEvN1014 HELD
AT HARBOR PARK
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARiQ-
Miss Maxie Smith who spent
The winter with relatives in Ham-
ilton, is at- home now with her
mother on the farm.
Friends and relatives of Mr:
and- Mrs. Kenneth Henderson • of
Moosomin, Sask., are pleased. to
Aglow they are planning .on being
back here for the reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira ,Dickie ; and
boys spent a day the first of the
week withrelatives at Hope Bay.
• Mr: and Mrs. Archie MacIntyre
and. Miss • Hanna MacDonald vis-
ited at _the :'home of Mr. W. . '.,
MacDonald lhst Sunday;
, Mr,,`Angus Graham has improv -
The annual .Johnston' reunion
was 'held: in Harbor Park Goder-
ich, ,on. July 3rd, with :iii attend-
ance , of 80. Guests were present
from Detroit, •Flint, Mich,; Sar-
nia, Wallenstein,; ' Exeter, Holy-
rood, ' Luucknow, Goderich and
•ed in health so much that he is
able to help his son Alan ,,With•
all the farm work. .
Mr. • and Mrs. R. Martin and
Austin visited . Sunday • at the
home , of their daughter, Mrs.
Alan MacDonald, 6th. Concession,'
Huron. ;
CAN STEAL
YOUR BUSINESS,
4 • • No business can 'afford to faca
riskii *which should• be covered by insur-
ance. Let as analyse your needs, explain.
how surnrance can protect your. business
front loss in many:"ways. and arrange plan• .
• ned Pilot policies to cover all eventualities.
We wiite Pilot Insurance to cover set
vt tedrisks in Automobile, Fire, Personal
propertji Floater, ' Bar6lacy, Carbo, Eleva-
tor, Teams, Plate Glass, General and Pule.
' lie' Liability, Fidelity, and Surety • Bonds.
P. S. STEWART, Phone 8, Lucknow •
R. T KILPATRICK, Insurance Agency, ' I ucknow
Representing
PILOT INSURANCE COMPANY
Clinton. .
. The retiring officers were: •pre-
sident, Miss Edith Johnston;. vice
press, Mrs.'T. J. Drennan; treas.,
Mrs. ',John Moss; sec., Mrs. Har-
vey Mole. The following accepted
office for next ' year: pres., Mrs..
Norman Allan; vice Pres„ Keith.
Johnston; treas., Mrs: Ed John-
Ston; sec., T. J: Drennan, .
An • interesting feature ' of the
day was the presentation of gifts
to the older members of the
group: Mr; and Mrs. F. Johnston,
Clinton; Mrs. M. Ohler, Goderich;
-Mrs. A. Johnston, Goderich; Mrs,
F. Johnston, ''Lucknow.' •
Prize winners in., various con-
tests
oi'1tests were: coat .race, Loin. John
•stop, Donnie. Mole; wheelbarrow: .race race Lorna Allan, Paul Moss;
paper plate contest, Arnold Dren-
nan; : Men's, sewing'. contest, B.
Clark • potato race, Lois. John-
ston's'. group; sack race, Paul
Moss; kick the slipper,' Mary
Johnston skipping contest, girls,,
Mary Johnston; skipping contest,.
boy's,' Fred Moss; . girl's race; •7
years . and over, Anna. Mae Dreh•-
'nan, Mary .. Johnston 'girls •' race
under 7 years, .all winners; boys
race' over, 9 :years, Jim. McCreight,
Allan Johnston . Dick Stieler
boys, race, .9 years .and., ' under,
µDonnie Mole, Bruce' Johnston;
.boys race,°5 years and under, Joe
Drennan, , Zane' Brown.
Entrants in the baby show, each
of Whore was declared a winner,
were • Ronald Drennan, Kenneth'
Wilson, Donald, .::Powell, • Murray
Johnston and Janeth: Johnston.
After the • sports a Ipeanut',
scramble was . held, : candy, bars
distributed • and: • ice :'cream ger-
erously• served.
THURSDAY, JUL•'` , lath, • 1111$
LOOK I N'O BAOKWAR.DS �.
•THROUGH THB S N'�' NEL 'FILES.
Sixty Years Ago
An amicable settlement of a
liable suit was arranged between
D. E. Cameron and the Walkerton
Herald. • . •
•
Alex Ross and David "Sherriff
shipped 'a'. carload• of horses to
Dakota. •.
E. Edwards, yt►?£o ' had car-
ried'on a .� shoemaking business
for some time, took Mr. Alletal
inn as his partner. They planned
pn w stin thd-
Intogo'e
formerlyane: occupied bye Jamebyils.
Sommerville opposite. the bridge
on. Campbell St
Jenny Johnston," daughter of
John. Johnston of Ashfield, was
united in marriage to Samuel Mc..
1Vrannus. of Dakota. Rev. L' eask
officiated, .: '
'Walter Farries and' A:S_pindler
left from' LaneS for Dakota and
Duluth respectively.
was, decided 'to Postpone• the
building of the new Presbyterian
I' Church: for a 'year, A collection
(committee was appointeld. as fol-
lows; Adam Thompson,, William
Connell, Angus Beaton, .}Malcolm •
MacDonald and Roderick `Mc-
Bain . .
° '
Malcolm Campbell obser��cd his
69th -birthday.:He had been post-
master here since;'the' office. was..
first 'opened about :thirty .years
before, .
Farmers
Modern •Harvesters :xcursion to Hel p Canadian
A= New Era in Harvesting Started. by Massey -Harris Combines.
•ris bines rolling across the' country to the: grain' fainting areas
.Trainloads of .Massey -Har ,com g„ .
r
are a common sight nowadays:•' They have replaced 'the once .fan -minor annual."harvesters'
• excurs'lons'which brought thousands of harvest hands to the prbiries: .
•
'them,
., { p � .: brought'
• many advantages to grain growers.:'
Modern mechantcat harvesterslike the'Mcsse 'Massey- r Ileti;combines, have.,
With them, crops can .be harvested •with the _minimum. of
great • p, » p
manual labor, .a fea�turt'wfiirn, ►n times like' these, ex sneered farm help
•
is in short - supply and wagates ,are high.
Mosso ' -Homs self-propelled' earnbines:speedup harvesting -one man can cut and thresh
50 acres' and upwards in a day.'Operating costs are low too with. d self-propelled-one`motor
• supplies power „to propel' and o pP erate the machine. ereiThs no expense ;for twine or: stooking.,..
And the, combine has done away with the'work, .worry and expense of threshing' time.
The demand , ' combines indicates.the trend' .towards modern' mechanical harvesting: Froin
far
ries with capacity increased greatly, more and More. Massey -Harris comnbines are being
facto • p ty 9 ,.
' built to help. Canadian farmers harvest their crops easier, quicker and at:less cost..
MASSEY-HARRIS COMPANY, LIMITED
Established 1847
Winnipeg► Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon, Swift Current, YorM n, Calgary, -
'
Edmonton, Vancouver,'tororrt0, Monfreol, Moncton
F. rty . Years ,A'go •
E dward Earls
. ' died at the honre
of • his son, W. J..Earls. •
Mrs, ,Dune n Grahar , one ut
Kinloss -Town hip's pioneers; died
- ! in • her 84th year: The funeral
service was conducted by.° Rev,
F. A. McLennan of .South Kinloss•
Church. '
• Abe , Blitzstein of the firm• of
Mendelson. and Blitzstein went to
Toronto to meet 'his wife. upon '
,her arrival' from Mimsk; ',Russia...
Mrs. Mendelson had arriyed,from
Russia a'few months before.
• Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stalker
were appointed organist '& choir. '
•
leader ' respebtively of. Blyth
Presbyterian' Church. ,, "
• .Finlay Stuart ;'Anderson, 14- .1 ,
year -:Old ' . son of Mr. and Mrs:
Archie . Anderson of St.: Helens, •
died 'from' an abscess on the brain,
that surgery failed to overcome
A Citizen's 'Club was organized...
for. the, •Prbtection of public •
health,' beautification of. the..vill-
age' and thesimprovement of pub:
lac grounds;' "Officers ' sleeted •
were: ' president, ' J. G Anderson
OBITUARY
MRS 1;07 MacLEAN
The town and • cot imunity of
Gladstone, Manitoba,was, shock-
ed and saddened recently,: by the
sudden . death. of Mrs. D. A. Mac-
Lean, a '> native Of. the HQ1yrood
district ; •
Until the day before- her death
she :had'been ,about as usual at-
tending to her .office and home
duties.' On..Frid;ay, • :she . had, lie- •
come ••: somewhat ill' but not suf
ficiently. • to; alarm her . husband
Or relatives 'It: was consequently
a terrible; shock to aTl to learn ;sec, G.''ll„.'Smith;. Con :, p... C
on. Saturday .inorn'ing_ that she Taylor,`) G 'Murdoch Win Mu;•
assed wa ' duriri the •die, R: T Douglas: ��'. • ��anL.,
night . D. Sherriff, •W J i eCreem.
Christine ' McLennan, the .dao The death.'of Robert `Mc lir
ghter : Of the late` Mr and • Mrs.• occurred in.:his 71st your..
ha.it
p . a y g
'.McLennan,
was three ' miles; west of Glad-
'Iiwent'ears A Via,
stone, 1,vas' born at Holyr.00d, near The.deathoccuared_u1t ....�.1 ii
Luchnoi x .'O:ntario, 'Jul'- 25, 1880, '1 f , ,
f:loyd, '11 y ear -old , o
and (went to 'Gladstone .,with her') M.is 1V. D: 1VIaeKen�."'''
l parents in the spring of 1891.',She .
receiMr;.. and ;Mrs Ai•fr 1Ii:
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t*ed her: 'education in e 'thmoved ,from.'Walker t ,.:'
I 'Gladstone ;; school.. '' nova, :to •reside
' On 'Octob'er '30th:. she -'be
•190t,:.. Charlie Hedgers ;.••.:
came the:bride of•Donald`A, Mac I Bank' of Montreal st } '.
Lean, who survives .with . three , }Joe :"Johnston' ai i ,� t �l
daughters: ,Margaret (Mrs F.,'D from: a tri to California.
p,.
Saunderson of Regina),, Hector Mr: , and :;Mrs:wAlt°N Ru 01)-
at-Virden
1)
ins (Mrs R. D. ':Hamilton of•
'served' their 60th ^ �N•c ,la1t1 Y ?n1=:�;
Windsor,: Ontario)..and :Wenonah,_1 versary on. April' 7th
(Mrs K. A Moyer of- l'irden). !' Mrd A..' R. Finlat ° 1::..1.41.11.
.
Also surviving are two brothers Robert Johnstan''s .i E •.i � �•` on
•
and two sisters, ,j., • K.. McLennan:
.1of Gladstone, D. D ' McLennan
o#„;Regina; lyIrs. A: Wilson of Re
Bina' and Miss Justine :McLennan
'' of Toronto. There ;; are 3 grand,
'children.
Mrs MacLean was a • devout
member ` of • the - Presbyterian
Church andi .later'. of the . United
• Church. For many years an act-'
ave member of the Women's Ms-
'„
sionary4 Society,
she:filled ''the
"Qualityill":
H
W. C. Webb• .one of. ...e;,rly`
'settlers of the% St •lie=, . s dis-
trict,. • died in, •Vieto..a
•11 lt�,l
in his • 75th `year��_.t
:mastoid operation:
Mrs: Ben McCaul e. r7 el away
in her 67th year.
.� ,led
Mrs. :Fred" Stanley
:froin 'a'. three. Months' i.t't . in •
, •
England . '
: .' i%izyenred
Duncan ' McLeod c�
office of secretary .for. some time.;
building a brick horiye : on Statidri
She was. also a member , of. the Street•
choir of the Presbyterian' church;
a member of the Gladstone W L
a ,,past president of. the ' Woliiien's
Hospital Aid; an. activ`e:. member
of the Palestine Chapter No.• 7,
•Order 'tit the .Eastern Star of
which she• was 'pla'st Worthy Mat
She was a great°iover of nat-
ure as was evidenced by the
proence of beautiful flowers out -
Side and inside 'her home.'She
, Plane . .
will be long remembered by her Piloted' His Fast
Archie, Barbour, • foirin,,,r••C,N.L.
se+i'tion ;foreman, • died in his 77th
year. Mrs.. Barbour'• died in' >: eb'-
'ruary' 1918,, a few "months before
their. son Robert was, blinded in
action overseas 'on the last day
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of the „wary' I •'
Roderick .Carripbel.l 85 y ear -old•
resident of. the Lothirn 'district,
n .A ,
died . opril • 19th:•
many friends for her• outstand-
ipg qualifications • as . a home-
maker. • • ' '
Since her' husband's health be-
came ” uncertain she has carried
on the 'duties of the County Court
Office • in a most Capable and
corteous manner. °
The funeral service was held
from the . United .Church, Glad-
stone; Tuesday.- June 22nd. •
.GordonVC
E. MaePhers ,n,
• � r,:7 iS ttith
loss Township native _, t` and-
the Bell telephone ( , ,'
shirr .was fortunate t c.c "'Y hold-
ing' a' .lucky -ticket'° v..01. gave
him his choice of :a , ' ;t,eeilig.
flight or a duel insti-,1,:tioil 'sou,`
ndsor y�,y; ig Club.
from the., Wi �
Gordon chose the ;titt�•r , and're-
'.
=„ ,
ceived quite a thrix: ` : , piloting
a plane •'for the. first ti::te,