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JUN,J;'1401.r 1945;;
111,1.'W7r:Y
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WITH THE_T `.OQ
•
OBITUARY.
iJil:i )%►Irl:S.'McCROSTIE •
In Grassy •Lake`, Alberta. -Tri
Junev 9th, there pLiss(rd' away a •
once familiar f'igure.ori the streets
uc now, •Ut more particular-
ly so around St. Hcleit and: Wc'St.
Wawanosh 'of•: which township. h'La
ha(.1 serVed ' a's clerk To malty.
•
A
w Sentinel, L.ucknow, Ontario : SEV11N'
OR
MRS MATIIEWWELSH
rs Mihthew Welsh, the form:
a5!fz:at lei•
home, Concessiorl• 3, Huron, on
May ,213th,'A- f,iOra1 °service was
i'c'ld`_ at the home un ; Wcrdr cesd.ay
ccrnducte h
d` YHut-
n . , �..__...___
° , - ----4 1.1----1 i •vv r, -pcxsc rr -.71 Ci,. Chino •,usj. teal tr,,
• Stratfar d' sr�c nt t e wecfc grid at:, ` , C. � r
x• f� son:,: A, public se .•vice fol-
ie,wed in tine ,River church.'whier).
w<is' filled .with:'. relative=s; . old'
1r re-ncl5 tabu .aceiarntances of .the,
the homi'' of his brother;.Tom and , 1y ze Rev: J,
tl°ic�� I 1
Mrs,;:Macpernalcl, Aichie's. oldest.
son-Stew:urt, who-ls a Member 'of
lraveS shortly for
servIC ° rt1; t�lb,fi ctClfic,
was Wilaiarrz 'S, McCrostie
last sur vr•ving .sort of 'the late Jolm
McCrostie,.•onc: ui the pioneer se.1 •
tlers=;of. West •Wa.wanosii•• He had
reached. the ripe age: cif' tarilzos•t
f?pNALI) I1A13'1CIRK•
BACK I'ROM.'OVERSEAS,
, 4
. CSM n: S: (Donald) • Habkirk
:readied, Lcancior :.e�rf 'Saturday on
•his way bbc.k'from overseas•.: The
-first of the wc'cik Donald. and Mrs.
Habkirk, the,
' reides' at Munro;'
'visited •in. Lticknow-' ;with Don's
'mother at.the ]tome'of. Dan . ar
.Chi°ist5r Grahatn; ._
C lvl IAb irk was through th.e
• .ltal ati campaign in w=hich be sof=
fered' a fo'ut wound from whici '
he is:pretty well; recovered.:Don-
`.' ariiong the, first men 'to
leave Oietti :Britain, aand.his party'
made;thee Atlantic, On.. -the
French tinier', .;P=asteur; •
MB 'D C •McM9ERON. LEARNS
.•TWO'; NEPHi*S::.MISSING:,
i D C,'MCMor rari of town
nephews, .the M'cMor.•rari.' Brod ers,
of Kamloops; B,C:, , are miss=ing,
The ''two• •br'others, ' Amore _and
Melvin
we '•
re La'
ncaster pilots
thesame bomber •squadron, They
had.b
ath
started
out for••t
hesa
me,
tar,� `.�. •� ;•.:.
get: butt Melvin s.... lane :dee '-
1?•. el.
ei ed• trouble.'and p a he•'h
,, had to turn
back 'for
re p.,
s
air '
' s
Thi .
�:• crew �was�
-then sent -on another mi wort from.
which' the
Y not
di
d�
return... t'
rn. Kis,,
brother:..Eln•iore returned. d safely.;
that night :but early in•May went
oat ' on •' another .mi
, ssoii • '#iGom
which he too ,.f
,..._: �...::.,_ ailed to_return.:�.` .
FO.;';Mely:i'p..:1VIcMoi sari' was 28•
so
Year fa
c .a
n
g , .. d FO, E] more NIc
'°Mor
r
n
a was three
' '.
ycars: 'younger
• GENEROSITY SECONI)__T_O__.
ONE` FLIER IN INDI
AW..IT•.•.
R ES
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435 Sgdn ; RC A
Wed Ma
Y.
.:Dear
Mrs '•
Hollyman • •:
and Mrs. Johnston
India
1945::
1fwas. wi
th sur .rise's'
P . nd: pleas: r
lire that I' re
•
,exceed your.earton of,
smokes. yesterda '
. J�• . I rn: -afraid
-1 didn't have Canadian cigarettes,
1'd give up :smoking altogether,
-as, the ..ones; .we.:. .
worthy get. here• :are iqt
Y of the' name.
I:have received 'three 'cartons
of smokes •from
p 4•differe;.nt_: organ
'izatrons• in Lucke O . w
two• ow• in `the -.past.
months:'o In' •'view. of:' 'what `
sortie- of the boys e
]tome ' Y get. t from • their
•towns, much-' large'r than
Lucknow •,.1�
m proud .to say'yo.ur
support and
generosity is second
to 'none.
tin
;deal ; • d g at.
since
We- first came here We
have.: ."ver 'a. .Y,,
-"very-. nd canteen, ..where
'ecarib. , . . .
Uci things as, soup,.
Jam, toilet. arti
.. c,les;
.
aurae 1•lernz ' catoh.u• •,o,
slotially; for. the �• p cess-
a b equivalenf'of 50e
bottle. Everything pis necess' �.--
�ilY quite expensive;'.., ar
'the, � ,.•
.an
a
dr
ran
Legion supply us•
port
s equipment . and
movie pno',ect.
• blot_ ole or The'. films ate
rth_ard:.,.t,.. re a
,We are get M 'times" though,
e very'fortu
place to :naie.io:..haVe .a:
swim fairly oldse and .
weather :is w,.� : .. tthe
cnroY 'it, aim enough, 'so wit
get •
,app.oc.r
matel
Y seven.da 's.� leave. Every'three 'monthssad
rt s a real. treat t "
civilizattpn ' °get •out•
spent.. fol~ a.few'days. I
an last,, leave' in
d had a ver .Calcutta';
1
have
, v enjoyable time
the ve be n livii 4. in a• ten :
past. six, � t for
thou` months;': there are t
enough. basial of
. • '(grass" and;
•
eighty onza, year=s' andw
1 r as' • hole. J
Mi". Hutton' Shake cart the verse
and.heart a
• e.ie gad• artd •betolns- ihe,dir`st'ir iiitti•
He '8v,as., born • Op...the, eddy • Mc,-, . of tl:re�tn that ;dept ', •Mr;. Niclrulson
Cr ostie• homestead wh'pillc, lie:.: j.zc tit also spoke'..-',efriphasiring the qu;a•1-
the' first ' -forty:five ye1.45' of its
a, , itie�s of fidelity .'.and ho�5prttality so•t',•
.life, continuing fo. work the ftirrrri (Itnineut in Mrs' W'.1 h' life., -..The:
y tr l a feu wee=ks hrx••.: But now is Christ :rise7ri�t'i•om the.
for'e� 4 is' °
•dc+ath �:
after; the death' of `his c s s
parents nt choir Sirzd ceingre'gat%ur7 sang 'two
many years ago. On the death •'t,f of her • iay.or rtc:.h'ymns, "Ito. trio
his youngest ;'brother, John ta. 'hill will lift,rninc: eyes',', grid "The:
druggist in Gr assay Lake Albet•trr, Lord's iii' Sh
h.•weilt• to that-`t`own a phei:d,- ill nnt,
ed there ti=ll the:tirne of his death...•
The.old homestead Burial toolc,eplace : —at,- the
n'olct`
eptzew, William G.=1VIcCrustie;
he •sold to lr,
who' resides on • the ` adjoining
faun.
.Pr Osbyter'ian` the
lakeside 'nearthe mouth of 'Pine:'
River. Mathew Wella who'.. died,
He •was very
in 1937 had wished to be laid .at
y.populat among his• last in...this.
many' f.riends for his :affablc:� drs quiet sppt, pezhaps
�' mother :•.a .•carried..
i om: sailrn ..
row boat• to the. ,beach close:- by
efficient worked in. the activities' h
�eight
position and his rvcr,-r'� t'c'causc his th h d
tadiness to him f the
held in .time of need.ie was ,an g •taoat in a
of°the Presbyterian e'hiareh :at St when he was a babe of ht
months
Helens for. „years; He,. also loved 'His life _had 'been;:spent j
:in the. corrrrnunrfy, h(. owed 'the
k-.rods • cif sp•t arid•, was --t
l014t-sur-v-rv-r rg Mel bel of the once
a woods.:.
noted baseball r4ri a of':St. Helens'
t'}r • n;ergh l c ;rs—rn:
Will., as:., he .,;.m
..,,as ' farn.i,larly. • And now, lci7rd hands brought
known
to his -many friends,.never the.rernains' of his •behoved 'wife'
M.o.-tried rr.ied „apd. .is survived:.b • v to. ` her •place. by his : side, .All'
. y onl ,..:
one.; about gi cert` -trees and shrubs shut.
sifter;-,Mrs•``f;Dr ):...Go aon • oto •..
Battle_Creek; \Michigan,.:A, srs'ter, .cut the lake,' lilacs .were rn bloom,•
'Sobel', s,, a reat area ,o • .
• bel',;.passed away.oiily 6 months ' g :, fliles of, the va=lley.
hid t:. �.
o ' a`'• the � h .heir blosson•is 'an
g • , ,,.•t• Ihome��of litr sister . in �. > , d as feet
Battle..Creek. -• trod Over'a: bed'of, t yme.a sweet
Interrndrit :Wis. at GrasSY. Lake, of memories, :of 'the. heroic.
..,5 ive
Alberta; ,of;`which 1 c ;'v8 of first•settlers rose
. •
�a,eheha•:1:�
been. a
resrdent• for: la tthirtY
-Th
The .
pa 11b
carers -
were Thomas
fiveears Welsh, .Thomas Blfn:.'Step
hen
.
.•
•
w
, Alton
Smeltzer.;Berf4WalL.
fA�CsIDENQTHdenWand- rthur.H'umh reY
Mrs
Bab .Brown of
Londoir rs
visiting: with her::parer)ts, Mr &
Mrs: Wm:
Evans.'
•
Chr Murray'strna'was a .daug' h
ter, of Alexander Murray
and
l.lrzabeth.-Martin,:..bothn-atr- s of
In•vea'riess S
cotil'•a•d 1VIi~:
fr 1VI:tr�r�.:.
d
BMaa�ri�y
a-n-•sdl?
r-
r
,•:- 1l
._.... .
•s ?roneer
t •.
:,.--g.—eaei•,ln..i
,dg
dd
:oo
k•_=rng
w
y n ermany,
when..
•
•
•
7f l
•
0
arrant W'
an �.
Officer � • r G. G. Mac,
1. 'Without
fuss 'or fanfare, , W r
•rant• Officer Alex. G .MacKenzie.`
I.,'. •fir
D F:IVl., arrived a't his:'hom 'here'
.on..
r
ued�
s a ..'
ev '
e'
nrn '
y, g , ortly after
ten;.o, clock. It ..was• •;a crownin
rri
ome'.`
nt•rri: '
hl . lifer the fullfln
., ent
of
which. ch ry
e
h must: often;:have des-
paired' as he languished in a Ger-
man
er-,man prison camp for over a:year
'
•
and .: •half:'.` _
Durrrb ,that .tirrrt� °his., -wet ]zt
g
dr opped to :105 pounds: and they
we
1 r
*ere ?e _ teial]
y starving"when glib=
era%d.:ince then, :Alex' has ''re=
'
and Mrs ,Cififord,Johnston.-,TAso etiirtYpdundsi
evening .with
Moffat
r.:
M. a
nd' .
.Mrs.`. .4.°11n‘
JzrhnMcInrie
ti tt
n
n gvi.14ria.was=b r-
n�-
and "attezded overIta1 adG
• the e going -'was .really tough,
had well over rest -fifty, operations to
•
his credit, ' ar d a was due for
i•
leave to Canada : _ $
. plane
was „shot.,. -down. on.
the .'ni' ',night,
:of
August ,31st, 1943. • Three ,' days
7
vT (�"
to an
rman
a
missions
1
p.ublic`scho6l.but tram BrantfaO
•
s,
`John. and Bob atten=ded the;:Mc
Innes.famil reunion ren at the h;ornc.
of Mr '
. an rs.�- ' :
d �. ,, Robc,rt;lVl:clrrne.,
onS ,.
aturday. rr
The Mission. Band meeting et g •Was
held onSaturday, at the.hor'nc, o
Mrs: Farish 'Moffat.' Attenda` is
12i Miss YG;race -Richardson`re
1�,:
pared th'e program `and the'presi
dent, .'Betty Miller,'' Was -
in the
chair. :;
Mi s .Rbbert• Stewart• is ss :5
.'z .>,ting
at the home of Mr, 'and, Mrs.' -Den,
ald• 'Martin.
Mr.' John Mclnnes Jr., apgnt
Sunday . with Mr, Bert G:r-itnalbv,
.Cdl•legiatc :;she received', `her•:`tea-
cher.'s .Cel tifi'eate. Two of ilur '
on s
schools; No: 1 and; No. 9 `were', the
I. sc ne.of.•
. e her- tea '-
'act via`
g acs
:ancl p.arent5.:wer e p1:0sed that she
taught;' their' •chi'ldr en '..srnging,l
f' when it wasp.Pot. a program .sub;
d 7ec.t. , .
- Miss Murr'a
v was a sfrm
v
.'
k
• aciou5 .rind °:very attractive• girl'
:whom .Mathew •.Welsh 'wo» i •to be
his' wife:, 'The were.`rnarr ed`. at'
.Y r
Lucknow by; the' Rev • D. '.Cameron
t'nd' old timer's 'declare 'that theY.•
were a hands lint . They'cant
p. e•
to:_ thei,r ,faire ,on:': concession ,: 3
purchased in'• 1872 •' or 3 ;by' the.
Welshes from David Walden, one.
'of the v',ery'• 'earliest`_settlers::
boo huts) to,;'go 'around. 'm :'gett=
se• to ]t, now:; a d :wL' ave
>,t •trued up prett.,y'vwel.l, including
an_ electric li=cit,:
• The' weather has' been 'real nice,
if• a lrtif e: hot, up. to about "a week
Ago. The monsoon hasstarted
'now, so we'll'. be•: getting ° lots: of
rain in4he next. The
rcountry is very; rough. ar.otind'
here,, consisting mostly of jungle,
and: mountains. There .are ,a few'
rice• add s in `th fe• ti] i
Our. mail service bas.' ,been.
:splendid:' here: -.T 'ust ally-' '•+fit -i&-'
ters in ten days or:' two. Weeks,
parcels and papers, lake from' 3
to '4 months I- get rtiost ,of. the
Sentinel's,. so' I• kerj:p pretty:, wen'
posted on the ;local• news. .
Well Ie
uess I'.jl close now be-
fore
g
fore 'you become bored' to death
with, the "Mystic cast», I bog Nota
to accept my h'ear'tfelt thanks and
appreciation. •
. • :'Yours sincerely;. ' • .
'`Arnold Thomson'.,
Quite' ;` unaccustomed" •To "tn:
cxi:gencies, arid 0conOmres':-of 'farm.
l'ittr,""rrst .na rainy `Wel'sli;
`harnnler:ed • tut. c n the": anvil of
life a sti'.00t, z.persona1it in} h
v whit r.
endurance -fortitude, fidelity; sae-
rifieti, with :xinibitionfor the ed-
•tiention'of her children Were -Out-..
•`stand>,nt, : qualities.
She and h'er 'hull and • had in
common -a keen'sense of hum
our,
appneciation . of books and
'P3 MICA' _,b.e.liet.. •tha_t �honae _xw.itli..
hd
i
mt
B•
•neg'
nh'
za.
.m.
il
e
,
later. his. mot. her \Mr
Kenzie, was advised
h
� Da`
ela:was y
miss-
ing, but wordwas received three
week's later that ...he was a
pkisoner . of war.
Fordevotion to: dut
Alex had previously been award
ed t h -e Distinguished Flying
•
.•
Medal,which c nferred upon
'Majesty TheKing.
Alex was amng some four
,thousand airrien,and soldiers :-who
returned to" Canada aboard'the
k enchlaier F steur, whichdock-
°
i,•.
s �f .Ww rd4W
dt I%iTfax, c n: Thursday On ;
:Saturday a
Y mor
n ing
Mr
s—M
acKe
n
'zie received •a phone call .. frorn
Al
eh 'at,
M
, ontreal.;••and;.she"'Wag
in.•T•oronto.t9 greet her
son when:.
he arrived there:Monday e• veering:.
On Tuesday`evenrrg`.;theywere.
'met at Guelph , .fro m vhe
re they'.
motored Borne..- L4:. •
•
welcome..
Seven sons and' daughters
,
seventeen ,grandchildren .an d
eight great grandchildren. fdre
'in `
this:: family group into which':i
all . the year's .deat
m
never cae=but:.war took two o
its number.: in the 'Great War a
the Battle -.of: Montreuil. 4-Wood
n.
Murray, •Welsh; •a Sort; was *en
by a commanding' officer with',
patrol' to Iget a German` gun. th'
was molestin. them.Not a
th
of 'em. ever :refiir'ned: His•moth
er,. Mrs; Welsh, as ::the c]c;' e, f.
-te war" wen o on • on, 'Ontario
and. •received •from'p the' ands f
�.
:Edward, 'tlie.. Prince of Wales,
Murra.y's Distinguished rConduct
Medal.
and Mrs...H. R. •'Rutherford, 'Ott
awa.:A. s isste'
p- of 1Vdi`s V�elsh, �1VIrs
Algeo,'`Iives .in. hew' York
G
BOUHT FAIR, FARM
f R=obert •.'.Re.i
e d, ,,Boundary West,' ..
t has purchased the 5'0 -acre" ,' from Prank Fair .arid which •
uritiI
t recently. vitas' owned .W
by elbg
er
a.. ton . Webster.,B•ob''s nlewly aequir
at' ed acreage lies' •directly across the
road from h.i
xn ,Wer.Id 'W=ar #I -,Pilot• -Officer'
served in the
•Douglas. Murray Elliott,' a grand.-
.son;
rand-•son; -was' listed' for many, months
7.:
,
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4'a
A-T—H @F-ItE ' I . •KAI1�1E
OCCURRED AT SEAT
• The, death :occurred at• his hom•e •
Se forth. on 'Saturday.
of Rev.
C. C.'laine retired 'minister • •of .
the Uri'ted ' Church,•. in .'his 84th
.year.
i.:
y .m
K`'in `•
a ha' ,
e d
'
Methodist and United churches
Cecil....WH.i:t. .
• ectrurch,•CBurtriglit
. Erow,nsville, ' Granto_n
• ,: Coedits-
Toro, Cuottaiii;—'1 .ainesvill
e, Dor=
cliesteri,, Atvvocrd, arid Dung an'non
g
J'He was born at Dungannon but
when: • a :'child his `parents had.
imnv"ed to Gor�ie.'where he s Pent:
P
much of his young- life. •
Surviving are. a •daughter arid
two 'sons, Miss 'Luella, . Ottaw'ii;
Melbourne, ,Winnipeg, , and•Rev.
Irving Larne,: Dunnvile,
Dr.' Me'lbotrrne Kahle had a vet-
erinaray. practise 'in Li:toknow for
a tiii're before going. to Winnipe
after October 30, 1942,, as miss...
ins, then presumed, dead., e. en=,
listed '
r
n 1940,:received his wings-
children':
in rs`childr en is •'th& beet' p1ae'°':rn• •th.c at Fingal, 194,],: went to England,
world'. and an interest iti their. ha ,. ,.,• _..._ i.. g ..._..�
An WO'been: over ,G"�ermany in nurn-
farzn. ,ero'us• raids and 'was then sent
•Hospitality matiOcl tie elonduct
of.hthc e. 'Asttiei •..childre.n
giew.'up and. had homes of •their
own, the chii'lren flocked 'to the
form in the summer tithe, regard-
ih.g it. all as thoir.Own andcalling
their tardf4th.f.;1: "Dad"':,with the
utmost , • 'affect on' r. d.nd •.respect. •at home Mrs. T: R. Elliott, Osh-
Friir:nds and .ieJatives`eve o'u.nd ova; ;Vlrs. George :Beatty Va a rn.'
to:the IVl ddle' East. It wash Under.-
stood
rt
der:-
stood. that he was: captain of a
Wellington bomber on a raid the
'night he was : lost.
The family are Thomas ''Welsh,
Huro;i; Mrs W. L. Hackett, De-
txoii•;. Mis ..Elizabeth G.' 'Welsh,
mss, m•. --2w 100rM•.=1= FMT.7 • s. -"..MO•• ..-..mm_ .._;:;
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