The Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-05-12, Page 5- ' WEDNESDAY, . MAY 12th,• 1965
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, L,UCKNOW, ONTARIO
120' YEARS AGO:'— 1945.
April, 12th, 1945.
The home of Mrs, 'J'ames . Valad,.
east of Ilolyrood, was destroyed
by ..fire.' ' .Mrs. Valad's son' and
daughter-in-law . Mr. . and Mrs.
Jerome Valad ' were, living, in 'the.
house• at the • time.. . •
Rev. J. W. Donaldson . preached ,
hisfarewell sermon in .St. Petr
er's . Anglican Church. -Ile • was
transferred to the Hyde Park Par-
. ish near . London. •
Mr. and. Mrs, John• Gillespie of
Whitechurchobserved their 64th:
wedding anniversary;.
•Sa.m Reid of Zion purchased the
' village residence' of Misses Mar-
garet .and Sarah.'. Mallough.
... Dave .Marshall' accepted: a pos-
ition as a 'mechanic at. Stayner.
For '.a time he. was employed . at
Ostrander's 'Garage and. then the
Maple Leaf Aircraft: plant.'
The Teeswater '.Fish. and Game
Club planned to restock Silver
Lake with• pickerel.
Miss Kathleen Reid of Lucknow
'was student teacher' at St. He1-
• ens School .and Miss Grace
Weatherhead : was at Belfast
School
• Mrs. Simpson of . Kntail - re-
ceived ' word .that her son Rob-
ert, : who • was in the , Air Force,
had ' arrived• safely overseas.
Mr. and, Mrs.. Frank: Johnston,
Kiniough, received wordthat
their , son Pte: Harvey 'Johnston
.•was severly : wounded overseas.
•
"Vflith The •Troops" -' Harold
Hyde, formerly of St. Helens, was
in' hospital overseas having- suf-
fered' a serious coronary„ throni-
bosis. Pte. Angus McAuley,form-
erly of the . community, arrived.
overseas. Nursing Sister- : Muriel
'Farrish, daughter of Mrs. Kenneth
Farrish of Ashfield, ' a: r r iv. e d
overseas. • Lieut;. • H. D, ""Bud"
Thompson; in ' Gernany, men-
tioned seeing ' Clarence Greer,
John . Dahmer: and Clair . John-
stone. Harry :Chin of the .R.C.A.F'.
had met Bill Treleaven".'and J. C.
Johnstone on the airfield. P.O.
Fred Haldenby of Kinloss• Town-
ship, , son of / Mr. and, :Mrs Roy
Haldenby, who. had 'been 'a pris-
oner of war fer upwards to a
year, had; . been liberated by, the
advancing ' Russian armies.
F. G. Todd, St. Helens, attended
the annual convention' of the Ab-
erdeen -Angus Association.. in Re-
gina..' He was elected first vice-
president ler a second term.
Schou had,, some time
before ' <this,.. purchased ' the Alin
block in .which ' Morrison's' Har-
ness Shop and • Belle. Robertson's
Millinery Store was 'located.
Deaths Miss Letitia Dreaney,
.81, Dungannon'; ' Mrs. Wm. Kemp-.
ton (Helen MacDonald) 39, Para-
mount; Miss Mary (Minnie) Reid,
68, Culross .. and Teeswater; Mrs
Kenneth Bell, 56, .Goderieh
April 19th, 1945
.Death : came to Mrs.'.. George Al
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4, twit a. little tipne 1
Now they're having fun while Mummy, tries .to
. . do a job rakingleaves., But al
l 'too soon they will
be the ones. raking leaves and doing other chores,
and before you can turn around they -will be off
to College; With Stiff Life's aid, their father has
done his best to make the family ,as' secure as
possible, His children's college' education.. is pro-
vided carefully thought out, insurance.
video for ,and a . ,
program Will provide the fancily with. an income
in the event of his' death.
I'm associated with Stan Life of
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R.R. 2 Lucknow
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ton. (the former 'Elsie Mae Vint)
32,• sixteen hours after she and
her •husband were both severely
burned at their home about 21/2,
miles south • of. Lucknow on the
Gravel Road. , They . Were in ' a
drive shed pouring some gasoline
froma small drum into a' can.
whena.. gas lantern, 'hanging . a
little distance away, was believ-
ed to have ignited the fumes
from the gas, In a: moment ° Mr.,
a, d'' Mrs. Alton's clothing was.
afire. Besidesher, husband,- Mrs.
Alton left two girls, Betty., 31/2
years and Marjorie, 16 -,months.
During a .sharp electrical' storm,
lightning struck •r a spruce tree
near the village home ' of Miss
Laura .Archer.' A ball of 'fire 'shot
across the kitchen but caused no
damage to' the ,house. The., tree'.
was'' badly splintered.
Gerdon Irwin, son 0f
Mr. 'and
Mrs Jamesrwin,
concession' 2;
Kinloss, was badly hurt in a mo-
torcycle -truck'. crash in London:
J o h:n. W ; Hanna, prominent
Wingham merchant received the.
nomination ' as Progressive -Con-
servative: candidate in theforth-
coming .Provincial: election
;Boys 'were setting the hair style
with the brush cut in .evident pop -
clarity: r • • • ' .-
The Ladies Auxiliary to the.
Canadian /Legion celebrated their.
first 'birthday. •
The. Ripley . Planing Mill oper'•
ated by Cooke and' Cannell was:
planning, to . start : on ' a large. gov
ernment 'Contract in the making
of :egg cases ..for: 'Shipment over-
seas. A large. frame .building was
constructed. at the rear of the
-mill to serve as a kiln:
Zion reported seeding opera-'
tions generally completed.
Thomas .Moffat purchased . the
farm . of, Duncan McGregor, . 4th
concession of ,Culross. Mr.\ Mc-
Gregor bought Mae Rosaa.t farm
on the 2nd . concession •of: Kinloss.
"With The ` Troops" Donald
MacIntyre arrived overseas;`. Al-
ex MacKenzie, a 'prisoner. of "war•
at Stalag .4B, reported in a' let-
ter to his. mother Mrs.' Wm. • Mac-.
Kenzie, that food and mail, were
scarce; . Captain John Ellis' •Stoth-
ers, 34, was 'decorated for.' gallan-
try in' action. 'Captain, 'Stothers is
a cousin of : S. B. Stothers - of -Ar-
thur,
Ar-thur, Mrs. H. 'Horton' of Ashfield'
and ' Mrs. Jessie Crispin . of town.
In raising .. well in excess: of
$5,000 ;in the:, recent drive, the'
Lucknow ' and 'Vicinity Branch . of
the .: Red Cross . set. an•. , enviable
record and one which. far excels;
'many other,' centres by compar-
ison."
Bill Crawford, of .. Lurgan., lost
400 4baby. chicks when his brood
er house went. up•'in flames.
• Deaths Miss Isabelle : Mac-
Lennan, 76; Gustavus Hood,
Buffalo.' ' • •
40 YEARS. AGO , 1925 •
April 23rd;'.1925•.
..Baby : chicks ' were 'advertised at
18c, '15c or 12c , each, depending
upon the kind. •
...John' 'Hackett sold the residence
he bought . • from ' Mr.. Darrow to.
J.S. MacKenzie of town...,
' '.A ',Softball league was organized
in Lucknow. Officers were presi-
dent Rev. C. L., Langford, vice
president MacLean Johnstone, ' se-
cretary -treasurer . Dr. W. V. John -
sten, , membership. committee, A.
Turner, T S. Reid, Robt. Rae.
The membership fee was placed
at 25c, '
Four'th Concession •Kinloss . re-
ports the . farmers' having finish-
ed' seeding and 'had nothing to
dou„t,Sucker Fish." •
The ote on the question4 as to
whethe the Lucknow. •Presbyter-
ian congregation should enter the
United Church resulted in more
than two -to -one against entering
the union. There were 266 ballots
cast. Of these three were spoil-
ed,
poiled,. 183 were marked against un-
ion and 83 for .union, giving a
majority of 97 "against. It . 'was
estimated' that only 34 refrained
from voting gr were.prevented by
absence sence or illness. '
A 'few inches of snow • fell ;ac-
coinpaned. by 'sleet,lightning and
thunder. • • .
Gideon H. Ruttle, , Good Roads
Superintendent for . • Bruce County
for four' years, gave* up his posi-
tion and bought 1Vlunn's hardware
at Ripley. No successor' Was ex-
pected to be appoin d as the
roads had been br ,ght. 'up to a
state .where' they co be handl-
ed
through the County Engineer's
office without the assistance of a
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'•Deaths. aMrs., David. Stroud
(Martha Johnston),; 82, Kincar-
dine; Mrs. .Mary. Stewart, 82, con-
cession 6, Huron Township.; Don-
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Lana,1(forxrerly of. Ripley)..
April .30th 1925 •
Mr. and Mrs: Roderick, McCrae
and family ' moved . from ' Lucknow
to Rapid City to the house where.
Norman Stewart lived.: Mr. Stew-
( art . moved into Angus :