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LUC)CNOW, 'ONTARIO, THURS:, SEPTEMBER 16th,, 19.48
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This month, Mr," . C."Rathwell i -
of town commenced •his 61st year
M.the shoe'i business, and 'is 'still
' actively engaged every dayat
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e kench'.I a .is:, one -9
few practising shoe tlr:epair men
who, learned the trade in the days .
'when shoes were all .hand -q ,ade.
„, ,; And he has never lost the art.
In fact, • Mr: Rathwell 'now. has .r
an order• for making a special pair I; •
of boots, and expects "to start the e
ebb very, soon. • Anticipatingthis-.--
new experience is • Lorne Reed, ,,
who is Mr.. R.athwell's assistant
and is keen to do his. Dart in
helping build these shoes from
the . sole up. Lorne last the ' use '.
of his legs. . when struck with in=
4antile paralysis' a few years ago,.
He courageously faced his 'afflic-
tion
affliction arca' decided to learn the
shoe repairing,; at :which' he has
ateeonie,•qukte,_efficient,:under .,Mr _.
Rathwellys tutelage.
Mr. Rathwellwas born.77 years
ago, on February 12th, 1871, in ' C• • IFtATHtt'ELL
Goderich Township..A fourth Sixty Ree ars •In ;The Shoe Business
generation , Rathwell '.now...,owns.
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.1.ne fArin near Bayfield on which
nine children Of the late Mr:.and,
Mrs; 'Samuel Rathweil; of.,;Whdril
father,. a,. natiVe;,Of Ireland: and
his :sons "ciriginally took up a
,whole black of: land :in Goaderich
ed his three-year, apprentiCeshiP
,..With, .C. Cruikshank of Clinton,
. wimp .he. was ,,intrOduced 10 the
carefull ',intrieacies, 'of ,. making
. shoes. .to Order,-. There were0
manY. styles, to choose., froM, then.
';'.,,The standard footwear for .men
• was the 'long kip botot thaCcarrie
pulled on. with straPs. -The ladies
• When there waiTa hill in made -
td -order shee making, ;the cob-
.blers went. AO work ,at making
After :•SerVing his apprentice -
:Ship.' at Clinton, Mr. RathWell
Zurich, before establishing a busi-
; neas for at Varna.. That
Was. Over. 54 yeare ago,. and_ by
then a:litrn in Georgetown was
starting to offer ready -Made
• It Was at Yarni that Mr. Rath-.
well,' vet hia helpmate, Letitia
keYes, and': they. were married
•there on June 19th,' 1895: Three
, Years ago they celebrated their
golden wedding fat their home
here; an• eVent. that was. fittingly
Three',Of their fapilY of four
children Were beim at, 'Varna.
Irene viaa born, at Gorrie, Where
•her father later had a shoe ,busi,-
on. April' lit, ;1911: in charge' of
JOhn 'Joynt'a shoe 'repair. de-
couple 'of years' :later Mr:. John,
Ackert and mr. liathwell entered
(Continded on pat! )
Beach on. Priday, eVening ..as
larewelt,pirty for Grace HuSton,
• who left for Kitehener 'on Mon:,
dY• grace received numerous
mementos. •from her ° ng
he:Peach on one of the Anderson
Flax -min, trailer Wagons.' drawn
by I\lacIntyre's tractor with Alex
'The Lueknow Rangers' will re.,
sume their Weekly 'meetings, ancl
will meet in the Legion Rooms
7 0,'cleck; Girls from 15 to. 19
SUFFERED HIP FRACTURE I HUSTON FAMILY CARROLI, URGES -
DAy AFTER 91st. BIRTHDAY
Margaret Mallough GO TO KITCHENER
observed er 91st birthday: • Mr. and Mrs, Wesley Huston
Iasi week, and the day fa? and Grace lett for Kitchener on
lowing this memorable .Occas- Monday to reside. They have
ion, she had the misfortune. bought a home there *-and 'Wes
to fall and fractOre her hip. has a position in the men's and
'.She is .a Patient in Wingharn ,:boys' wear dePartrrieat atiGaUdys
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, • disposing of 'entered a -Part-
TO .PLAY -JUNIOR A. fiershiP wfth Harvey Treleaven
' in the 'Quality :Shop, which they
. After successfully operating this'
George Chin will wear the business for More. then three
uniform of the Stratford krolh- years.they sold out this.Lstitinne'r
lers Junior A Team"this winter, • to ,Chas. Webster. • ,
ana Will shortly cominence train- The. conSeciuence Was -.• that
ing with this aquad,,It is expected LucknOw 'gained one and, lOat two
that:ice' will- be available. in a very 'd irable families, The Tit-.
few days in the Classic City. key n fa Hy' lOcated in Xincar-
: George .will take resident eek the Hus s deParted for
in Stratford arid .attend Stratford Kitchener., '
PARK • REPAIRS
Mr. J, A. Carroll of the On-
tario Department of Agricultnre,
Huron - Bruce, paid a visit to
Lucknow last ,Thursday after-
noon'. mr. Carroll had earl'e
a ernoo of icially opened the
Blyth Fair. -
'gain ,, purpose of his . visit to
.Lucknow Was to MsPect the.
„Community -Recreational Centre '
.cial grant. of $2,000 'Was, asaured
earlier. -thiS , year. . Mr. Carroll
rooked the building over care-
fully. and took with'' him .a „pro-
l'posed ' interior plan of 'layout, . .
drawn up by County Engineer.
Stephenson and which is design-
ed to server the' Most pasible
eonununity uses. 'Mr. Carroll wast,
non committal.; but. it is under- :'
stood thc Attorney General's De-'
.partment will decide if the'pro-
Collegiate 'to complete his final They were ,astiYe-raemb,sers....-n ' PreSent.,;act. .•---
Ge.-.1rge and Elliott , Little Were Church, both Mr. arid Mrs.'. Hus- Mr.' Carroll ..iiisited the :Cale-.
in ?Stratford the end of. the. week ton 'Were enthuaiaStic botvlerS,, donian Park' and the Town H 11 '
. for a Personal interView with arid 'Wes was a' valued Mern,ber before' leaving town; „and it•inight
the Junior A squad, when George
was signed Up. The Warren Bro-
thers froth Goderich will also
shouldbe teamed will. this pair
of Mistier's; 'for •a HUron-Bruce
some .and should produce reSUlts:
at• the ticket wicket as 'these lads
have a hoSt of .followers. in this
' Dal.,!e• , Pinkriey; Master mincl of of The Clansinen Club. Qraee was be conclnded that he, 'considered:
RUSSELL KELLEY
this Year in the. Entrance Class. the care arid maintenance rather
1KINLOSS-KINLOUGH 'c
, , royt.meilts, all of which work
The ,1-19/1.. Ruksell Kelley,
minister, of health in the Ontario
cabinet, (wilt be present to . of-
' ficially. open the •Luckn' otv Fall
`.Fair on the afternoon of Wednes
day, Septernber,29.th. This. inform:
ation was forthcoming from Mr:
'John " W. Hanna, Ir. ho arranged
, 'And :don't be: siii•priSed 'in: his'
opening remarks if Mr,
water •district and in hiv:Youth
in the Sepoy 'town. •
`daY• and Wednesday, SePterriber
'28th and 2.9th; will be the 83rd
annuateihibition in Lucknow. Its
the oldest 'civic inatitUtion in the t
cOnurninity to have Operated con, t
tinuOuSly -ter. such a 'period:.
TI,vo •year8 ago George played
Junior A for :the •Wiftdsor. :Spit;
fires and, made. a' gOod showing?
Last winter . he 'returned '
SchOol here....and.. the. Chin line
was again intact: to the delight
of local and 'district laris. They
helped • lead The Sepoys „the
onship, and ,the Free Presi,i
noW it appears that . the
parting of the, ways is .final for
he .ice lanes• are concerned.
has a '• job. in Toronto that 'Will
ead'. to 'pharmacy, Albert Is , at
present working .on the boata •arta
George is' packing for Stratford.
' Centre a . interest :in 'the indoor
exhibits . will be the KintaiIJ
:Men's' Institute quilt, . Which won
firSt Prize at the Canadian Nat -
exhibits from acrois the Dom-
Iniom designed 6y
made by rnerribers of the'l<intail
Institute. It has, an. appliqued
Maple Leaf •for the centre '11lcick,
picting Canadian industry and
The' inter sehool Corripetitioni
are alWays of interest, When.rural
'schosals compete :in choral sing-
ing. The fair geta upderWay. with
a school children's parade ,headp-
edty the Moltke Brass -Band, and
Ley will • be intioduced to the
crotvd: -the -' school :chorus- `'.arid
immediately. '
REIT BFf4!!ING!
-field has bOught the •McGregor
Property on Main St, which ,waa
forMerly the Reid Bakery ,and
restaurant :We understand. Tom
building into apartments,:
. :(1gessrs, Henderson and
-Ruisell Robertson) have. purchas-
'd 'the. building "on the .briage”
on the north side' of 'main street
known is' the Allan Block, rOe
biok Includes the Satvrnill Of-
fice.. Ginning's. Barber Me,,
Kay'S Shoe. Repair and the most,
'easterly part the `premises is
• , the weeds at the park, imProving
E ing a fence 'and other. such im-
ReV. J. Angus &bilk' 'tniniter is eligible .for liberal gOVernment
.of' South Kinloss and IcirilOugh assiStance% Told that draining the
dered his resighatiOn to.
Piesbyterian • Churchei has ten- Park' Was one 'Of the first easen,
I Rev. Smith 'has been p448t,01' Of 1 project completed :this Year. '• .
!these tWo chailes since April Ist;I: , gi....‘Crroll strongly, favored a
. Mrs. • George •Breoks of Huron
TOwnshiri has, bong-sh the:. village
'residence Owned-Av. Alias; Laura.;
Archer'S own home; and' Which is
HONORED AT' Mai:1*E*
MiS. Mac Rutherford (forMerly
Jean` TreleaVeri) Was gueat, *of
honer at a !Shower held recentlY
at the home of, MiSs Bernige
Shad4ick.' Mrs. J. W. Joyat and
Miss jean MacMiltari“ had cha'rge
of the ;Program that contributed
much to. a, mOst•,. pleaiant .social
lovely miscellaneous gifta, ;and,
expressed her thanka to thel
friends for" their kind thoughtful-
.full scale prograrn tO. make this
aite the agricultural
aports. field it well' could Ape. •
• His silence Upon .visiting the:
rrovi'm :Hall Was .proof :aufficient..
that he' :waSn't impressed bY
care and!Maintenance this.'
building receiVes-
ing which has been Under lock:
Mg Of hinds to, cornplete'the pro-
ject,. was a litter of odds and
could quickly' have remedied, •;
These observations , that were'
so:apparent when Mr. Carroll vis-: °
show places -of the community
demand an - awakening., of civic
e'onditions and Which will:. find
expression, . .co-operati've,: act-,
ivity and general interest:to make
these .facilitieS and: utilities all
STRUCK, BY CAR,.
LUckY TO BE ALIVE
..Mrs. John* Fqrayth,. mother- OE
Mies. Helen Forsyth of LticknoW;
miraculouSly escaped. fatal. injur-
ies when struck:by, a'. motor car
pn the .highway in front of their.
day mOrning as -Mrs. ForsYth was
crossing the highway from ',the
The' boy's' and girls.' calf chin , ail b C • 'a
eomiNG EvENTS m ox. ars were ppreaChirig
from both, directions, • but Mrs.
In COinniunitY: Memorial Rgue, '8he AvaS struck by a west bound
Competition,. and the gator"' mar- .
the agriculthral exhibits, arid the .
cattle and liOrse Shott. at the Ideal
. liCantinued on .page
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,,NEWLYWEDS KONORED, AT •
RECEPTION' ON FRIDAY.
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kfall on Friday evening. Dancing
lurich „hour' Mr. and Mrs. Boak
:Were presented With a :liberal
purse of Money. Lorne FarriSh;
Jim, Little • and EWart, Jamieson
had 'a part in the presentatiOri,.
and a congratulatory address was
read by,Gordon Johnston.
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'Whitechurch,. Friday,: September
17th...tincler;auspices of the Vt. 1:
ter. Everybody Welcome: Admis-
curve The driVer. Was a.. Tor-
ontonian enroute to Kincardine
in , connection tvith the' sale
th.e defunet Ripley Woodworkers
Group Xo. 3 of the, ' W.A. of ero feet ., by. tile. impact,: gxtent
the United Church wall hold a of her linjuries WAS pot known
baking sale on Saturday aft r for a time, but on' Monda:t:
noen, 'September 13th 4t 3 P.In- were' takeh at Walkerton lios-
INDOOR; SOFTBALL MEETING and distressing. •are not seriotis.:
A meeting will' be held in the r Mrs. Forsyth suffered three biok-;
Town* Hall 'this Friday...evening.1 en ribs, a fractured collarbone !
September •17th at 8 o`elocX, to and' a. cracked nose. and was':
disettSs re -organizing 'of the In-- bruised 6 -Om head to foot, °
door Softball League, Alt those She. waS able to returh to her'
SPECIALS in men's- Fall under -,.1
men's work clothing. , The '''Mar-
.ket 'Store. The . Store with the
ENGAGEMENTS
'nourice, the' engagement their
daughter, Apna; .Elizabeth, to T.` .
of Mrs. Alice liawles
t'Inniscarra", *Newmarket, :Ont-,.
ario, and the late Dr.' Edward •
•Hartley •Robipson:. The marriage
the iiiift° 1:ipuse:Chanek Toronto.,
Mr; 'and Mrs...gwart AlePher-
.gagement of .their daughter,, Fslor-
eneeafgtu...rite.' to Mr. Raymond
Harol&Snell, son of Mi. and Mrs.
nia,,,:aee to take place the °Ic.ttbr
part of -September:.
Mr, and Mrs, John Bus?1611„
ald "Malcolm Metwan, son of Mr.
arid Mrs, %lames. Mcgwan, Kin-
loss. The marrrage to take Tilace
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September .25th.
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