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THE, :LUCKNOIN'• SEN'T'INEL, [LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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:10 , YEARS AGO . 1955'.
.April 20th, .1955
During :an electrical storm,
lightening struck, the ` barn.of
Andy Ritchie at Lanesville.:Two
cattle were killed`: and a cement
water tank was. completely shat-
'tered. A bolt stru. k at the farm
"of Glen Walden—the same night
and burned .out the hydra at the
.°barn
The -Lucknow District: Cd-oper
ative grocery storewas disposing
of its stock, in preparation to va-
cate the premises which had been
bought by Greer Radio and: 'Elec-
tric.
Elec-tric..
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Mrs. : -.Mary (Phillips)" Wall . of
Ingersoll, her son . and four daugh-
ters , were reunited for the first
time in 27 years. The family con-
sisted of William Philips of ':Wal-
ford- in the Sudbury district, Mrs.
Emmerson' (Rachel) : IrWin, Luck -
now;" Mrs: John (Roberta. ).. Mac
Callum,, Kincardine, Mrs.. " Dan
(Eleanor) ' 'McGregor, : Toronto',
and. Miss Lucy Phillips, Ingersoll.
Resignations of• Harvey . Bride,
Miss Jean 'Osborne, /,Miss Eleanor
• Plumsteel and :Ii. B. Burden
were 'received . by. the. :Lucknow
District 'High School Board. An
• . advertisement for three teachers.
listed, the .:minimum ', salary for
non=specialist' at $3,400;' specialist
$3,600, .maXirum :$4,800.
'Miss Annie MacKay suffered
a : fractured right. wrist in a fall.
. Ashton daughter :..Beverley, 'ughter , of
Mr and Mrs: ' Lloyd Ashton' was
among 170' : GirlGuides. from all
'parts : •;of Ontario to receive ' cher
Gold Cord:' certificate. at a ,pre-
sentatimi at Convocation.'. Hall;
�`L,1nn►ersity of Toronto Beverley
was the . first • Lucknow . Guide to
• receive ` :the: Gold Cord' emblematic
of :the. , highest' honor a Guide ;can
earn. .
Allan McCharles,..R.R.. 3. Luck -
now, son of `Mr. ` and Mrs. Oliver
McChharles , was ' chosen to repre=
.. •sent Ripley, !Dist'r'ict' High School
at the Free, Press . Leaders Club.
The ratepayers of S.S. No.. 3
gathered to honour Mr. and Mrs:
•
Maurice 'Hodgins and ' Ellwood
who ' were 'leaving the Kinlough
area to, live in London: • •
Marilyn Carruthers was elected
president,, Irene "'Roulston . secre-
tary and Amelia Carruthers,, press'
reporter of " the • "Daughters of
Kairshea.'" .
Tom. Glen, of Ashfield sold ,his,
200 ;acre .farm'•tq' Gerald Walter
of,,near' Ayton, F ,.
Les Purves ,purchased. the Bow-
er' property on •Main Street. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Downs and
family .moved toBrighton' where
Larry .bought a drug store.
April '27th, 1955
W. C. ' Attridge, 'resigned • as
councillor of, the Village ..of. Luck-
now as he. hada managerial and
accounting ' position in . Toronto.
Mr. Attridge had . operated the
Lucknow Sawmill for 'over two
years.
•• Mr. and . Mrs. Otto: ' Youwsma
and family moved to` 'Wingham
from Ashfield .:Township• where,
Mr. : Youwsma , was4employed • by
Cecil Blake, 4 .
Dr Helen. Salkeld',. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Salkeld; flew
to) England to spend a year in
special research work at the Har-
penden . Experimental College
where she had"' obtained; her 'Ph.
D.•degree
Jack ` McArthur; manager .of the
Lucknow District Co-op ;;for three
years, •terminatedhis duties: '
Jack Collinson. at Kintail had a
Ited ` •.Rock hen's:. egg measuring
103 , inches . around the 'long way,
and 7?k inches around the middle.
It was an egg within an egg.
Ernie Crawford' was hired by
the Goderieh. Public 'School .Board:
Deaths Mrs: Rev. , R Fulton'
Irwin, Kingsville, Rev. and' Mrs.
.Irwin . resided in Lucknow, 1919: to
1922); Alex Lochart, `58,, Dresden
Herbert A . Graham, 80, Kinlough;
Mrs., . Louisa M. Gibbons (Bright-
•iff) 60, Ripley; David Chammey,
Wingham.
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profession or voeation. he may settle on, there
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• 30 YEARS AGO — 1935
April '18,'1935 ,
Siiverwoods • • downtown' office
was broken into for the third time
in less than two°'years., A case of
eggs, . 4 lbs; of butter and $25 in
change was stolen; , Constables
McClevis and, . Ferguson of Walk-
erton ..OPP. ` 'investigated: :
Two railway bridges; .•mon', the
farms'of Angus Graham and Russ,
Middleton were . beaig . repaired
by • CNR workmen - '
Allah. McTavish; Weal •draynan,
suffered' painful injuries when
.his ,team backed up pinning him
between Ithe wagon 'and : wall at
the, furniture factory.
Mrs. Rose Mary Sherriff, 59, was
found dead at her home, two cor-
ners east on the boundary, by a
neighbour Mason .Reid who was
delivering a; load of—hay., Mrs.
Sheriff:had' had collapsed between '
the house 'and`" the barn .suffering
a severe ,hemhorrage; Living a-
lone, she, was 'not found until the
following morning. •
Lucknow .village council sent a
letter . of. congratulations to : 'Mur
Mur-
ray , Murdock, the Lucknow : born;.
iron man of hockey, on • templet-,•
ing his, 450th consecutive • game
with 'New York Rangers. Reeve
Hamilton received a reply. - resi-
dentR. Alibi—was :was ,elected presi
dent of : the. Lucknow Lawn Bowl-
ing:
owling: Club • succeeding Dr..: Wm.
Connell. Fees. Were set at. $5 for
old. ijnemliers, $3 for new, $10for
a. family. T. Clare was vice.,Pres=
.ident and W. A : Porteous, secre-•
tary- `'treasurer
Pupils 'taught by, Clara I: Mac
Donald' at S S `. 2 Kinloss were'
Muriel McFarlan, Bobby. Burt,
Helen Thompson,_ ;Harold Halden
by, Morley Bushell, ' Sylvia Jack-
son...'
ackson., ::Eleanor M.cFarlan,'' Aisla
Bushell, ..Freddie Guest, Marion
Walsh, Norma Burt, Jean Thomp-
son, Audrey McFarlan, Everett.
'Lane, Ethel Haldenby, Ralph
Haldenby; ,Ruth Guest, Jack. Wal
sh, Edna `Jackson,
'April 25th, . 1935:
+Lucknow►► business' places were
taking ,'a hall .holiday:' Thursday
afternoon and were open Wednes-
day evening::
Free : talking pictures 'were' be-
ing . shown one • evening. at .T • W.
Smith'sGarage courtesy of : Gen-
eral : Motors: •
Miss Dorothy • Douglas was
home. on . furlough 'from .the :mis
sion. field in Formosa after six
years as, principal of ,a girls' • niis-
sion school. While here the is
land `.;was shaken by an earth-
quake.
Frank MacKenzie was ' presi-
dent 'of the Continuation : School
Literary '.Society: Bill Hewat was'
'editor of the school 'journal:
'Clark. Goble ..and Claudette Col-
bert' were' starring in "It' hap-
pened one night" platting at the
Lyceum Theatre ,in Wingham. •
Con Decker was advertising the
new Tip Top suits at $23.75.
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SO' YEARS AGO .1915
Aprii •8, 1915' �•
• Celia •E.' , B., nine;nlonth=old'
daughter of " Mr. and Mrs .• W. G.
Armstrong of Lucknow,. died af-
ter ,suffering. 'a .relapse following
being sick With a, cold.
Wm:. Iloughton of the' 33 rd 13at-
,talion " died from cerebro ' spinal
meningitis in Victoria' Hospital in
London .while in training'. at.Lon--
don. He was a -brother of Mrs.
Charles Steward of Lucknow.
Reeve Joynt purchased the . res-
idence and five. acres.of "land of
the date J: G. Murdock 'on Ross
Street. '
'Agnes Macguaig,. • resigned .her
position . as ,assistant superinten-
dent at Chatham General Hospit-
al after- two years there and. went
to 'Chicago to assume 'new. duties.
, Mr. and . Mrs,' John Joynt, Miss
Joynt, , Robt. Johnstonand Mrs.
Johnston attended the funeral at
Hensall for George Joynt who
passed away 'from •pneumonia at
the age: of 41.
,Archibald Harper of the loth of
West Wawanosh died at the age
of 72 •
A high school, debate featured
Alvin,. Cameron, •Margaret Mac-
Kenzie, Alicia Mitchell, Clara. ,
McKinley, Martha Hamilton and.
Jim Spence. :
H. A. MacMillan was. `teaching
Agnes Lockhart, Grace Lockhart,
Hazel McIntosh; IreneMcIntosh,'
.Florence McDiarmid, "Ada Mc-
Kay, • Evelyn Lockhart, 'Harvey:
McDougall, John Snelling; Ruth•
McIntosh,. Chan Morfolk, . Clare
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