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THURS.,, DECEMBER 2nd, 1943
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
PAGE: SEVEN
WITH THE TROOPS
Spr. P. buimiri of I etawawa
Inilitai y . camp spent 'the week=
end at his home -here. •
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Wrn. Stimson, Sr.; of' the 'Vet-
Brans';' Guard of. Canada,• spent
the week:end at:.his 'home here.
Bill has been ' stationed at, Fort
. .Y Henry. •�
~ , Air. Force ,uniforms were com-
mon over the . week -end with the
' following ,boys enjoying "forty -
eights",' or ' Longer, Gerald Cul-
bert, Bob McIntosh, J. C. John-
ston, Ted Collyer, Jack Cook and
Allan McCharles.
Worshipped In Rev. MacKay,'s
Old, Kirk In. Scotland, .
Scotland ' is . a- grand pl_a,ce . to•
spend a• furlough, says • Gordon
McPherson, forrrierly of Holyrood,
in a letter to his mother at Mil-
verton. ,Gordon is :with the Can-
adian Army overseas and. 'spent
from October 29th to November
k 7th in the Highlands of Scotland.
titre tern- nS---tacit^
ness and . Inverness . and attended
services at the old Scottish: Kirk
Where Rev. Angus MacKay was
pastor. Gordon is an accountant
in the..R.C.O:C.
Enlists. in R.. C. A. F., W. D.
Miss Sarah Louise MacDonald:
• daughter of Mr.. D. A. MacDon-
ald of Lochalsh; recently enlist-
ed in the Worrien's. Division of
the R.C.A.F..and has been post`
ed to Manning .Depot, Rockcliffe;
for,. basic training: Prior to en-
listing., Miss MacDonald was em-:
"ployed, .as. a secretary with' the
Greening' Wire. Company of Han--
ilton.' The young lady is a niece
of Mr•s.11onald MacDonald north
of the `Village. '
'ZION
The d news of :the ..death of
.Mrs. B den Ritchie of 'Windsor
'was, received here. • on Saturday
evening.Mrs. Ritchie had • been
jell all, s •miner and, was confined
:to the hospital since' July: Mrs.
Ritchie was well known in• this
vicinity and beloved by all 'who
knew her. Sincere sympathy, is
extendedto Mr. Ritchie and fam-
ily in their great foss as wife
and mother, Those attending the
funeral from here were Mrs.
Ernest Gardner, Mrs. Charles
Ritchie, 1VYr.9 and'• Mrs. Wesley
Ritchie, Messrs. Will, Edgar; Gor-
don Ritchie, Cecil Gardner:
Mr. Lane Gardner who report-
ed' tote Navy in Hamilton- has
been tr rlrsferred to Quebec City.
- Mrs. • •owse of Lucknow spent
the we k=end .with Mr. and Mrs.
Wilf Ritchie.
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Mr. :Mrs. Ralph 'Nixon have
gone tospend the winter with
their d ugTiter, Mrs. ,fames Me -
Kay' an <lyl•,,i., McKay of Paisley.
+ -Mr. and Mrs. Mel Dixon and
little .s ns, _,,Arthur• and. Tommtny
spent Wednesday' with Mr. and
Mrs.' Cecil Gardner. •
We are glad to report an im-
provement. in Mrs: Robt. Pitch-
ie's .condition. She has been ill
for the• past two weeks with
'pneumonia at her daughter's;
'Mrs. .�rrristrong Wilson, Luck -
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dance on Friday night here in
the Orange Hall. Lunch will be
served.
Mr. Keith 'Hackett was home
from Wingham for -the week -end.
Mr. Harvey Ritchie is spend-•
mow: dathatt''
Mrs,' Elmer Wal and Mr. WalI
of Culross.
SON OF FORMER BANKER
ON CANADIAN DESTROYER
The Canadian tribal destroyer
"Iroquois" recently had a thrill-
ing convoy experience and•"fig-
tired in' one of the outstanding
rescues. of the war both from a•
standpoint of its_, success and. of
heroism displayed". Lieut. D. H.
Gilbertson • is the paymaster of
the. Iroquois,,and he; had ,the -joie
of; feeding and caring far the
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rescued 'sailors,
D. H. • Gilbertson is a .son= of
Mr. and Mrs DaGilbertsori
cif .Simcoe and formerly of Luck -
now: Mr. `Gilbertson, was ,„a for-
mer member of the Bank of Mon-
treal staff -in Lucknow. He .has
another son Ben; also in the arm-
ed services:. •
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After a merchant ship in --their
convoy had been set afire, mem-
bers. of the crew of. the, Iroquois
plunged into the sea time:. and
again to rescue -drowning men.
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- , SH•f 1ELD NOTES
Mr. and . Mrs.. P. Campbell,'
Lloyd and Lorne and =Mr. and
Mrs. Will •Humrphrey of St. Hel-
ens; • Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Menary
of 'Lucknow and Mrs. Bill Reed
of Auburn spent Friday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. • Jake Hunter.
•Mr: and •Mrs.' Earl Gibson and
Dick Reed . spent Sunday, with
Mr: George Gibson and Susie.:
Messrs. Peter and Kelso McNay
visited with Mr. Patrick .Gilmore'
on Sunday. "`
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hunter and
and Mrs. Lloyd Hunter vis-
ited with Mr. and Mrs. Jahn Mc-
Kinnon at Tiverton on,.Friday. •
. Mr. & Mrs.'. Jake Hunter spent.
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Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John'
Campbell of Belfast..
Mr. Gordon Ritchie ' left Mon-
day for Walkerville '; to attend
the funeral of his 'aunt, Mrs. Bo:
den Ritchie, which was held"•on
Tuesday afternoon:
We -are glad to know that - Mrs.
Robert Ritchie, •who has been
quite iii with pneumonia for'some
time is making favorable recov-
ery:
NUMBER OF OLD. AGE
PENSIONERS DECLINES
BLACKSMITH WAS
ALSO. DENTIST A
By J. W. MacLeod
In this modern age when coin -1
modifies, both , necessities and
luxuries, can be procured with,
out too much difficulty, it is' iii-
teresting to look back' to an era
when each . corrimunity dotting
the broad glands- of. Western On-
tario- was self sufficient..
An example is Kinlough,: • in
Kinloss•Township;• Bruce County.
A-hs(n11et shortly after 'the•. first'
settlercleared. lan.d,• in the; late
fifties, 'it still- rerriains rciuch the.
same. Indeed, the population' noW.
is about the sarne as, at that time,
though in, the surroundi.ng,-'€arm
area it .is doubtful: if there are
now. half as many people as 'at
that ,time. • •
• But in a hamlet which boasted
a ' population of 23 and 'was .4'
stopping place •on the road which
-lead from Lucknow to the more
heavily' traveled,. "Durham" road
f roin Kincardine east, these 23
• of divers occupations were able
to do almost anything and meet
all the demandsof a pioneer.
people in the country surround-
ing Kinlough.
In• 1864, when Thomas Malcolrh
irs vrewe • e ro roads . t t-
tlement he • found it cc;ntained
three •churches, a store, a hotel,
post • office, smitky,' shoemaker
and p school: In fact one of the
buildings 'sti l' standing and' oc=,
ciipied by. George Haldenby ser=
h'a
The . total number of • old age
pension applications received •in
Bruce County for the year ending
Ot%ber . ' 21st,, 1943, , was 78 as
compared with 84 for' the pre-
ceding year. The number ` of
pensioners- on the- .pay list as, on
November lst,.1943, •was 693 Citi-;
eluding 17 blind pensioners) as
compared with 700 for 1942.
The •applications received due
ing the past year were distrib-
uted. among the local• municipal.-.
ities as follows: • •
. Townships: Albernarlk 4, 'Am-.
abel 2, Arran 1, Bran 3, Bruce
3, Carrick 5, Culross 3,.;E•a,stner
3, • Elderslie 1, Greenock 2, Hu-
ron 0, Kincardine 3, Kinloss 1,
Lindsay 0, St. Edmunds 0, Sau-
geen 2. Total 33.
• Villages and Towns: ' Hepworth
O. Lion's head 2, Lucknow 4,
Mild -may 3,7 P•_aisle_y._1,,-Port_Elgin;.
•2, Ripley 2, Tara 5, Teeswater
4, Tiverton 0, Chesley 0, Kin-
cardine 2, Southampton 1, Walk-
erton 6, Wiarton 11, House'Of
Refuge 2. Total 45. • •
At present there 'tire 23 old
age- pensioners who aro inmates
of the House of Refuge and who
receive the nraximun pension
which is Raid • to the County
treasurer for their maintenance
The income frorn this source dur-
ing the past year is about . $5500.
As ""the' pensions have 'been in-
creased recently from . $20.00 to
$28.00 per month the; increased
eventie from the inn'tates may,
the eifimated a bou' e- tam
of $2000.00. • '
e�cl; as• the home for: Iiirnioug.
first dominie..
Daily needs' were perhaps more
readily provided. The school:-
master,
chool-master, James Johnston, 'lot only.
instructed the young,' but as-
sisted in othier work necessary.
in the tiny settlernent.. Perhaps
he `even lent ' a: hand to David
Arrnstr en e, ' who conducted .a
store .or the brawny hlacksniit�.
whose r=ime •was' Porter..
whnse •-- adside' _hearth glea,nr'l
across reed from hiS
Maxw" ;',•Stevenson .was. a . mas-
ter builder, who bad learned the
craft in the oldland; anal he was
chosen to build the first Presby-
terian church.' On the same pro-
ject worked Thomas Bailey, .a
plasterer, -and, John ' Young,. the
community stone mason.
Services were 'much in demand
of John Basso, who followed the
trade of well'digger, and Arthur
Drainey,a pump maker, - but
probably not until. Mrs S,tev
Bradley had been . called - in . to
exercise, her acknowledged' pow-
ers as. a diviner to select a suit-
able spot for the well,
An upright saw was almost the
LAURIER.
The community extends con-
gratulations aids fest wishes to
Mr. John Cowan,' Sr., who cele-
brated his eighty-ninth birthday
recently. A birthday. party was
held by his daughter,'Miss Ella
:Cowan. Among the guests.. were
Mr,.' and Mrs. Ewart Jarhieson,'
Mr. and Mrs: John Cowan, Jr.,
Mr: and Mrs.'Charlie Robb and
',sons, Rey;and lVfrs. W. -Q. Rhoad.
and Priscilla,' 1VIr:'sand .1'4ys. D. A.
MacDonald.
-Mr. Jack Bradley, Henry'•Mac-
Kenzie, Frank ,:Hamilton•• and
Clarence' Shaw spent last Thurs-
day in Listowel.
We congraiulate 1VIr; _ Ned J.
MacKenzie, who was appointed
to be our new councillor for 'the
•coming year, at . the nomination
held last Friday.
How -stimulating to meet a
clerk who will meet. one• half•
way -you know;'' /the customer ' is
right, if .he can prove it
sole 'stock in trade 'of Eli.'Stauf-
fer.'s mill • 'but he . managed to
fashion ,lumber from• trees felled
on'the creek bank near the site
of. Kinlough, and Thomas Taylor,•
the shi.figle..raaker,: pi,J.ed his trade
near :•y. a 'rune • an. o n
Anderson' were. farriers.
An unique: place in the corri-
munity's` life was' filled by . Ed
Thompson, - wko combined the
duties' of- blacksmith and dentist.
Forsaking. his' anvil • and hammer
he would take. his. "key" and : re-
move an offending • molar, there
back to the... smithy for ,more
work.'
Like modern communities,. Kin -
lough Of' the sixties had its draw-
backs The tax collector, ' Jeivitt:.
-'v 'name, • and Peter. Corrigan,
'•-iliff and auctioneer, plied their
"..-^4e1, while John Nicholls is
• amore than.
,nlitician.
-gaged in -more lucrative. en-
were*Cash Johnson and
hn Vance.'' livestock' dealers,
and David Dickie; whose pioneei.
nursery . provided • shrubs and
trees for thea entire district..
Boyer Paul sold tinwafe, much,
in demand by the 'backwoods
housewives and Kinlough boast
ed a daily mail service. In the
summer Months and until the
snow :came the trip . was made on
horseback and in the winter a
cutter was used.
Kincardine was the Letitlet .for
such produce as was . raised. To
bring •in to .town with the team
of oxen meant ' a • journey re-
Attiring two days to complete.
WHITECHURCH
Tpr. Donald Ross of London
spent the week -end . here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs,. Robt.
Ross. • r "
Mrs. Ted McClenaghan and
baby spent ' a few days' last week
with Mr. and'Mrs. George Mc-
Clenaghan.
Mrs. Wes Leggatt and• . Miss
Leila :Leggett of Wingham visit-
ed on 'Sunday, with .the -fortner's
father, Mr. John`' Mowbray.
Mr..�and Mrs: Albert' Coi 1te 4
and Children, Marjorie and • Jack
visited,on Sundayat Pais1'ey• with
Mrs., .Coultes' parents,' •Mr. and
Mrs. Kerry. Mi;s. Kerry is in
poor ,health as, she had suffered
two strokes within the • last • few.
weeks.
Mr. Robt.. Y. Carrick and Miss
Susie Carrick moved' to Lucknow
last • week for the . winter. months,
where: she will be near her work
in the aircraft factory there.: '
Mr.- and Mrs. Albert Coultes
and .'little son Jack, visited: or.
Monday . this week , with Mr.
Coultes' parents, Mr. and . Mrs.
G��?,rge Coultes of • East :Wawa -
nosh. Wawanosh.
Mr. and Mrs..Gordon. McKay
and Barbara McKay of Wingham;
also Mr. ..and 'Mrs.' Alex Mow.
T ,.r;,,.,, .,,a. g-d_gn.e- day
hay-o�.�-=-v�-r-
last week with Mr. and, Mrs: Roby
ert Mowbray. • •
Mrs. A. Kirk Whip has spent
the last two :months' .in;
Gau.nt's- house, has returned to
live with her daughter,: Mrs. J.
D. Beecroft. - • •
Miss Faye McClenaghan spent,
the week -end with her aunt - and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs.:George Mc
Clenaghan.
Quite a number from, here 'at-
tended the big horse show ' it
Wingham, last Thursday ' evening.'
The United church had.. a.social
evening in their ; church base -
ment en Friday.
The Missiond_had..,a.:very
-uccessful thankoffering in -the
l iseiner-it • of 'the. Presbyteria!i
church last Friday evening. 'The
children put on• a . good program •
With Mrs. • Dawson Craig' their
leader, • in charge. , Lunch
served by the mrerribers of 6;:he
Mission Band, and a' social tircu)
was. s'perit by all. r
'Mr. and Mrs: ��.orne iDurnili 8z� '
sons J. D. and RQss of St. 'Helens
visited on'Monday evening with
her mother, Mrs. David Ken.
nedy.
BORN
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eral Hospital on .Thursday, Nov
ember 18th to Mr.' and Mrs. Cani.
eron McTavish, Lucknow; 'a son.
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