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THE LUGKNOW .LUJCKNO%..ONTARIO
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J.O�KING. BACKWARDS,
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
10 YEARS AGO 1955
April. 6th, 1955
Eric Herbert •Clayton, 12 -year,
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert.
Claytonof Concession 2, Huron
Township drowned the 18 -mile
.River.- attempting to;:- retrive ' a
watch. It was believed ' that 'it
was the shock, of .finding• the water"
:so deep and cold' that, caused his;.
death rather *than drowning. ° - _
.Mr. ;and Mrs. John:.Nonkes of
'the Petrolia district and natives
of Holland purchased the farm if
_Gordon 'Brooks ori. Concession 2,
Huron. Township;
• Mrs. John Munro. ,of Aberdeen,
Scotland; mother ',of Mrs. Harvey
Hall • of Detroit and formerly . of
,Lucknow; Wag in. hospital follow-
ing injuries received when struck
by a car...
Mrs. Peter' Fletcher, the., form-
er • 'Margaret MacKay of. Loch,
alsh district, celebrated her 90th
birthday. at the Baker Private
Hospital where. she had.:been. 'a
patient for over 'three years.
Bill Stewart Jr: of • Glenn's. Hill
;purchased from Gordon Mont
gomery,. the frame building just.
east of the Ford Garage, and
which: for many years was owned
and operated as an implement and
seed plant by the late W. G. And-
rew. Bill tore down the old land
mark:
Sybil • J. 'Barger, daughter of
g..
Mr. and Mrs. 'Howard Barger of
Barger
Ashfield, and'. a; , Grade 13 • stu-
dent at Lucknow District High
School represented the school at
the London Free Press'., Queen's
Club.'
. u h: Treleaven ,Grade. 11 stu-
dent. at Lucknow. District 'High
School, was chosen to by • the
school, . to spend Easter week in
Quebec Province where she would
live with ; a French family.
BobForster; 10 year-ol son
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter. Forster,
had his leg fractured -in a fall at
his father's farm " home near. Rip-
ley.
ip-ley..
Jim Needham of 'Ripley'wassel-
ected. one sof the four. young Ont-
ario , farmers, members .•of . the.
Junior Farmers' Association, to
tour the farms. in Erig}and and
Scotland under the auspices. of
the .• Ontario Department of Ag--
ricultun e. '
Melvin J. O'Reilly,. formerly of
Kingsbridge, was guest of ;hon
our at a_ retirement_banquet-.given_
by the Canadian.. National Ex-
press at Windsor. He was retiring,
after over 41 years, with the' Coni:
•pang. .
Howard' Robinson had -six rows
of potatoes planted along , with
some onions. ,
Mr. 'and: Mrs. Bob •MacNay arid
daughter took. up residence at
Port Arthur, while Bob .was sail-
ing.
Deaths .-- Mrs. Peter McDou-
gall, 77, Manitoba (Mary Gollan
formerly: of. Kinloss); Mrs. Wes-
ley' Hedley; 76,, Glamis •'.(Martha,
Ellen Gibson)..
April 1.3th, .1955
Rev.: G. A Meiklejohn. of •the.
Lucknow United Church receiv-
ed .the following` into church •mem-
bership: Nancy Webster, Lester
Burden, Joanne ' Hunter, ". Jean
Richards, Joan Crawford, .Shirley,
Irwin, .:. Marguerite McKenzie,
Fraser Ashton, Eldon Wraith, Mrs.
Harold Ritchie,:; 'John Wraith..
Lloyd. • Stewart, ; son of Mr.'. and
Mrs. Philip 'Stewart of .town, was•
promoted to the .position of super-
visor.. of eight Loblaw ••grocery
stores five .in Hamilton,, three in.
Brantford. Mr. , 'and Mrs. Stewart
planned to move from. : Kitchener
'to Hamilton.
The first in a Series of three
clinics 'for the prevention of : polio-•
myelitis, : ' was ' Field with Grades
1 . and 2 pupils receiving; .treat:
ment.
Miss Katherine MacKenzie
•who
was. spending two 'years teach-.
ing in Germany spent her .Eas-
ter
Eas-ter vacation in;. London, .England.
Alf Ritchie",bou ht : the; frame.
. g
building occupied by Morrison':s
harness shop., and Schmid's china
display. shop owned by Bill Sch-
mid, • and was . to/ dismantle 'the
building. :• Mr: • Schmid• planned to
replace .it with a modern ' brick
front' store. .
Lloyd; Ackert accepted •a posi-
tion in the personnel 'branch' of
the United Co-operatives. of. Ont-
ario at Toronto.
Walla, a Conn
ruthers were elected to fill the
two vacancies on, the Kinloss.
Township, Council. The .vacancies
resulted when Dan .Pr :MacKinnon
and 'Harold Percy reigned their
seatsto contest the reeveship
made vacant by the death'
of
David'Carruthers. Others running
for the council vacancies were
Carmen McQuillin, Jack Ackert,
and Harvey Hodgins. The Kinloss
Council was then --.comprised of
Reeve Harold Percy, Councillors`
P. ;A:- Murray, Farrish Moffat,
Wallace Conn and' : Elliott Carru-
thers:'. R. A . Grant of Ashfield had
been a member of Old Light Led-.
,ge for fifty-three years.
A petition was being circulat-
ed among ` cottage owners at Am-
berley Beach, with '.a view to hav-
ing a garbage .collection . service
established;.: at this rapidly grow-
ing .resort. The service would 4be
for July and August. The cottage
owners would bear the cost of
thee service which, would be added:
to the owner's tax bill.:
• Shirley Moffat, daughter of "Mr.
and: Mrs. Robert Moffat of Wing-
ham,
ingham, formerly of Lucknow; ac-
cepted . `a teaching position in Kit-
chener.
Deaths: M.S. `Andrew ' P. Stew-
art, • 76, Lucknow (Jean • Isobel.
Canunings):. .
30 YEARS AGO • -- 1935
April , 4th, 1935•
Sid.:Smith was :;presented with
:a silver `medal at :a gathering held
in . his honour in the Zion Orange,.
Hall: The medal, donated by the
Ashfield Council was 'given in rec-
(ignition of his presence of : mind
and timely aid and assistance in-
effecting,the rescue of Miss. Dor-
othy McQuillin and her 'companion
in distress, while bathing' in: Lake
Huron on July lst, 1934, on which
occasion,= her sister Ruth ' lost her
life.
Considerable damage was done
to the . kitchen in the ' home of Mr.
and Mrs. Clair Agnew when fire
broke out as a resultof an over-
heated' stove. Dave Milne with the,
the aid of 'a • bucket brigade, :car-
ried water .°from ' the nearby pond
controlling the blaze until: fire-
men . arrived. Harold Johnston.
was . alarmed by the heat ofthe
fire when he was : delivering
bread and : notified Mrs. Agnew
who was visiting Mrs. ' J. S. Mac -
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lE BEER STEIN
Gusto Butcherung
Mon days - Hogs, uin by 4:00 p.m,,
CATTLE;; CALVESand LAMBS EVERY DAY,
EXCEPT SATURDAY
We do. :Curin .and_ -S' oki1 'Beef,:._Pork, ..:and _..Lar... b.:,.:
Curing m rrt . , . . _ 'For BetterService,-
And
ery ce ;'
Soid Whole, � Half or Quarter . , • : � S ..,
And Lower .Prices Call Ripley 100.
CHAS.
CHAS.. HOOISMA r-; Prop:
Kenzie, Harold's next stop. The
house • was situated o:i the south
side of . the main street, east of
the United Church. ' ` '
Thechurch league hockey.ended
g
with a social . eveningplanned by
the losing.teams inhonour of the
winning team ' from ''the ' United
Church. DrW. • V. Johnston; lea=
gue president, was chairman for
the evening which was attended
by about 300. A trophy, donated
by Mr. John Joynt was accepted
by the team manager -\of the .Unit' -
ed. Church • team, Dr. R. L Tre-
leaven.
Council planned . 'to : rewire the
heaviest burdened wire ' in town
with a heavier wire. The line: ran
from ' Robert Rae's, south :on'
Havelock,. St. and west on Willou-
ghby ' Street , to . Wm. Murdie's.
There. were 41. services' in' this
district.. and the cost of wire and
labour was estimated ' at:, $285.
Charlie Anderson,' Sid Smith
Lloyd Hunter and Tillie • Ritchie
were received into Church mem-•.
bership in : Zion.. Church.
•L. M. McKenzie, Dungannon.. ad::
,vertised the new Master Chevro
let for 1935 priced from $885. It
had five *famous modern features;
"Turret Top" Fisher :body the
first real. ° alt. -steel body ever ` of-
fered in the low price field. Knee
action for safety and ' comfort! .
Blue Flame Engine, the valve -in
head type used in . costly cars!
Weatherproof C. a b 'l e -Controlled
Brakes! Fisher'No-Draft Ventil-
ation. Standard series models
priced as low as $722.
Mrs. Chas. Durnin Sr.' celebrat-
ed her 85th birthday at the home
of her . daughter Mrs. • Colin. Mc-
Donald; St. Helens. That day also
marked .Mr' and Mrs McDonald's
wedding anniversary.
Deaths --- Mrs. Thos Hender-
son, ` Whitechurch; : Mrs. Wm..
Lindsay, Saskatchewan, • (t h e
former • Alice Miller, West Wa-
wanosh) Thomas ' Rathwell, 87,
Clinton.
April -11th, ,1935s
RalphNixon. '.of Belfast 'corn-
munity celebrated~his 95th.. birth-
day., His father Jahn Nixon lived
to be 104:
An indoor garden • party, . held in,
the Town : Hall under the auspices'
of .the •Women's ; Association . of
the' United Church, Was something
new and unique. •
Walter Sturdy, a veteran ern-
ployee of the. local furniture fac- •
tory, ' had• his . ring finger ; and a
portion of his little finger sever-
ed and the other fingers: on his
Aleft.: hand injured • by the • flying
teeth of the rip saw he operated
at the factory. • ,.
Miss Elizabeth 1VIacIvor, who
was ':teaching in Northern, Ontario,
wasforced to jump from an' up-.
stair window it her night attire
when the house at which she was
boarding caught fire. • She came
to .. the home of her parents Mr. ,
and Mrs. L. MacIvor, Con. 4, Kin-
loss to recover .. from a severe
shaking up and burns: • I
R. J. Deechman was selected as
North Huron Liberal canidate • to.4
oppose George Spotton, Conser- I
vative member in the. ' coming el-
ection. ,
Trouble that arose between the
Belfast School''. Board and' the Ed-
gar M. Dean and 'Co., over the
purchase of sanitary toilets at
Belfast school was • settled • in
court at ;Hamilton, to
.the Board. •
Hugh Taylor returned from a
month's, trip through • ' Western •
Canada ' as far as Saskatoon. He
visited many ' former Lucknowites,
among' them, Mrs. T. E. Finlay,
then in her 94th. year, Dr. Valens,
Dr, Anna Nicholson, Mr,and Mrs.
Leslie Agar, Very Rev. W. L.
Armitage, MXA., D.11., ' Dean of
St. Paul's Cathedral in. Saskatoon.
;Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. Roblasoon,
East Wawanash, ' celebrated their
5Qth: wedding ranniverasry:
The icegone, the 'boys were
playing a form of shinny on the .
pavedstreets in the village; This
was `.thought to be very "dangerous
as the 'boyseither didn't hear. or
diregarded the approaching cars.
One boy was knocked down by a
horse, but not .hurt.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack West': and son:
of Ashfield,: took up residence. is
Ripley, • where : Mr. 'West was en-
laced as mechanic .in Robert
Bell's garage
Second Concession, Kinloss
News reported Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Miller and. Betty moved 1
their home near Langside and `
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Macllntyre
and family of the 4th concession.
moved to the Nicholson farm.
Deaths:. ; James M. Munroe, • 66'.
Winghham (one. time. ; dentist . in
Lucknow); John Tout, Ripley
district; James Walsh, 21, Pur-
ple Grove;George Graham Mot
'fat, 86, Kinloss • Township (clerk
of townshipfor many ears);
years);
James Warnock Hunter, 74, • Lon-
don (former
on-don.'(former 'Zion :resident' and; was
then ' in the : grocery business : of
Earl :. and Hunter in Lucknow.
50' YEARS' AGO .- , 1915
Apri:. 1st, '1915
Mr. W. S. MacLeod,.. a son-in-
law of Mr. , John : Joynt, became
a ; partner with . Mr. Bell in the
hardware business which was for•!
merly "Bell and Dowse." Mr.
Dowse : had sold his interest in
the 'business. previous ' to this. . •
John Joynt defeated J. G. An-
derson . for the office of reeve,
left vacant by . the ` death of John
G. Murdoch. The votingwent as
follows on.. the north and south.
sides of - Campbell street: South
• Ward, Anderson. . 46, Joynt '. 63;
North Ward, :.Anderson: ; 86, Joynt
109; a majority of 40 ,for. Joynt.
Mr. Joynt lived on a farm : near
St. ' -Helens
Wm. Currie, Goderich Town-
ship resident, was kicked by a
cow:
Death -- Rev. Rev. David Ryan, ,84, --
London, -(Methodist
4,•rLondon,(Methodist_ minister who
once lived , near "Nile)
W.I DIRECTORS CONTINUE
TO SPONSOR •KOREAN. CHILD
Mrs..:Francis Gemmel of : Rip-
ley:
ip-ley: presided at the director's
meeting of the ' Bruce South Dis-
trict Women's ' Institute, : held at
Belmore on . April' 1. Forty-two
members, representing district
directors, presidents and secre-
taries were welcomed by Mrs.
Alvin Mundel . of • Belmore. • The
secretary, ,.Mrs. Donald MacKin-
non reported on the adopted Kor-
ean '
or-ean' child and the district 'planned,
to sponsor -het for. another year.
The members were . informed that,
the' Area Convention would be '
held in • Owed' Sound, November.
16 .and 17th," and' ' thea District An-,
nual• • at Bervie on , May 20th. Mrs.
Wm, Arnold; Purple Grove, ' pre
sented the curator's report : and, •
requested each branch to, send her
any publish"ed' booklets, commem-
orating anniversaries. Mrs. E.
Bowe of Kincardine 'announced
that the Bruce County Tartan
committee would require. 'dona-
tions from the ,Institute 'branches
for the necessary sales promotion.
A slate of officers wasg prepared
to be presented at the District
Annual. Other • speakers were
Mrs. Donald NlcCosh, the prov-
incial ;Board Member, Mrs. Har-
vey Houston, Area Public Rela-
tions Officer and_.Mrs. Victor Em-
erson, Area Secretary. Some plans ,
were discussed' for commemorat-
ing Canada's . centennial. At the
noon hour,' all enjoyed. a ;tasty
luncheon,: served by the ,Belmere
ladies: N