HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-06-12, Page 15WpDNESDAY, .JUNE 12th,.' 1063
THE • I.UCKNOW SrENTINEL LUCKNOW..ONTAR D•.
WiSk To Leorn Of: found clothing .To Sobstontiote. •
:Pioneer_ itelativ
e {barge Agp nst 'truce CoEngineer
The Oncoming letter self-
explanatory
and if anyone has
•any, information to offer, it
would be most .welcome;
Box '82, •• •
Timagami, OMarig.
Mr. iStuart BObertspri,
Lucknow, .Ontario.
Dear 'Mr/ ;Robertson,
•
I recentl'- received a letter
: Y r
• from Mrs. Hilda Downey of. the
Bruce County Historical Society,
-and she ,suggested that I write
to you regarding. the following::
.Over the:. past -few' years we
have ,been trying to find out
:what ibeeame of en early rola
tion of my huband — namely
a Margaret Lindsey.
. 'Briefly .her°e / is • her ' story:
Margaret • Lindsay was born in
1$40, daughter of, C•hristop`her
B Lindsay and „Margaret Lind'-
say of Goderich (actually. on • 'a
farm 10 tri .south of Gode-
rich),..(The.,!". farm was in • the
Huron .Track obtained in ..1630
when Christopher came ,to 'Can -
Ada and ' and is; still.,. owned. by my
.husbands;"'people today) Same-:
tittle after 1861 Margaret' . mar.
vied a :Mr. T. Lawrence of
Lucknow, and there' 'the tale
ends— 1w'e; , could find no more
on her,
Then, last : winter: I came
across a copy of the August 1958
Lucknow' 'Centennial Book, com
piled by Campbell .: Thompson,
editor oaf ;the • Lucknow . Sentinel:
In the very excellent • book I I.
noticed . quite a few 'references.
to a Mr. T,• Lawrence, and °I.
wandered • if this cpuld be. our.
Margaret's,, 'husband.: The.:.;abook
'says that :Thomas. Lawrence Was
on 'the'. . firsst Lucknow • 'Village
Council in. 1874; He . was Past
Master, 1882, of the ; Old Light:
•
County road 3 from Paisley
north to highway 21 will' be
assumed as a development road;
by the province' for pre -engin,
eering works, Bruce County
Council •was told by the 'county
highway committee at the June
session in, Tolbermory, -
. Walkerton Deputy Reeve• Per-
cy • Pletsch had. been delegated.
by council to meet ' with: High-
ways Minister ;McNaughton:, re-
ques•.ting special - •consi'deration
for some. Bruce roads. '
Theminister iteld Mr. iPletsch.'
the deyeloj ent ,road north. • .of
Hanover ' • to Chesley will .be'.
graded' in . one year instead of
two, as originally planned.,
The committee told council it
had investigated ' chargesthat
eoun'ty' engineeer Eldon Yundt of
Walkerton -'hindered •construction
of • certain roads in ' Bruce as
development roads, 'and "we
found nothing. ' whatsoever . to
support this accusation."
At. a nomination meeting three
weeks. ago• in Port' Elgin., Lloyd
ITolinson, :.former • PC candidate,
charged that , the engineer had
bucked ' p'°ovincial plans to es-
tablish' roads, in; Bruce as:<'de-
velopntent roads,
A trequest from Bruce Feder-
ation 'of ` Agriculture.4 that' : roads:
employees ta'k'e greater ,.precau-'
tion in picking up loose wire and,
pickets when :removing' ' snow
fence hadb een co . m
plied with;
$741,000. For Roads
: Approval Was/ received for,
roads°• : expenditures 'totalling
$741,000 Of this, • $471,000 is for.
construction, .and ;the remainder,'
for :mainten•ance • •
In :' asking for an '; `increased.
county .'grant,: a Salvation Army
representative ' said • there has'
been more than the usual nun.
'ber •of • unmarried mothers in
the .past 'year from Bruce 'eared.'.
for by the or+ganiza ion.
Cost of the nine ' cases was
•$4,344.
• The Bruce • County solicitor
has, been instructed to take ac-
tion against the parties responsi-
ble • for the fire.„ which des-
troyed the former garage on
Durham street, Walkerton. The
fire is said to have started when
tar 'being; 'heated for roof re�
Pairs exploded. ;The building was
used .by Bogdon and Gross Fur-
niture Ltd. of Walkert'on• as a
warehouse at" ,the time of the
fire. _ u
The county has received, $16,-
000, insurance for 'the building
and wil,7 sell the lot and building
shell .to.' Walker on for :$10,000:
The legal action will be to. re-
cover the` :balance ,ef. the loss.
Aome' Nears Capacity
The county 'home committee
reported the 92ebed 'home at
Walkerton now has 15 residents,
and e . Waiting .list is anticipated
soon To relieve 'this; it Is plan-
ned to place some .. amlbu4•atory
residents in : private.' homes.
The agricultural committee"
recommended grants . Of : $20.:00
each to ther horitcultural . socie-
ties of : the county:
The legislation committee ap
proved • a Federation of Agricul-
ture : request that ,provincial ed
ucation .grents to sohools closed
by iblockee, roads • in stormy,
weather not be'.cut' a .
Also ,approved~ was .Simcoe
County's resolution that• to qual-
ifs •forelection•.to council a:can-
didate must' : ewe in the mninici'
patty for -.'et least .six months
prior . to the election.
Lod e • h to "M.tib f
•Royal: ,Arch :Masonry in •1874;
;Fire Chief of the Lucknow' Fire•
•Law
Dept. in 1$94, and D a avid
�., . �, �,
rence'; was . 'Treasurer. , (David
At
could have ,been • a son ` as David
' a .Lindsay 'family : name).
' Then the book gave a history
of . the 'Hardware Store in Luck=.
now, Webster arid MacKinnon.
Apparently Thorn as Lawrence
estalblished:. it over 75 yearsago,
followed by David Lawrence,
who e' acted Bert , Alton,; Ashfield.
oPr Mrs.. . Ella Alton,:: Wingham.
The Centennialhook infor-
nnversary
.a.
Dungcinnon
,' (DUNGANNON. NEWS)
Mrs. .Stanley 'Reid, is visiting
her daughter •GMrs J. 'R:: Camp
bell at' Trenton.
Mr: and 1Vfrs. Thomas -Webster
on :Sunday -.visited Mr, and Mrs:
turiatel a�ve '' no . , account• ' of visited . a • couple of days' with
Y g
�G;
gar• •
Lindsay. .. My husband is the
grandson 'of. . Margaret's , brother,:
a�
•a_vid-".--who stayed in :the
fawn near.. oderich..
Mrs. • Downey ah tight'• that
Mrs. Lawrence, but 'we are Won- " • ' •-,her niece Mrs ' Gordon Finni-
rlering if
she :was 'our Margaret,
Mr. ,Dave Reid, who was.. vis.
'tin his parents Mr: 'and Mrs::
�, g
Stanley: Reid . and:'tbroth'er, Mr;
le Mel 'Reid. has .this. week been on:
a .business trip to. Chicago and
Maybe ou 'would/"..have ;heard of Montreal,.
Y Y. •
this, Lawrence family, and , if
Mrs: T. Lawrence was .Margaret
• Lindsay; :ewe. would 'certainly
af like to . meet any descendents
,that might. be living around; Recent visitors with Mrs, li°-
•
Mr. and; Mrs' Chas Wardrop
and fetidly, Shepparelton, '•expect.
to move soon .to the residence
Of. the late' Fred Boech•]er, which
they .ave lately . purchased:
there: today: In. the 'Centennial
)book n;o• :mention is • made 'of., the
Lawrences 'after: 1904 e- so: it
.night Passed ' • assed away or'
,
moved to another. city. „
P*sibl. .we May be ,down
Lucknow M the fall, . and if so
will try .to see you My husiband,
is a piper so we/like: to attend
•the Highland Gaines' at Fergus
Arid hear "the bands: 'I know' that
Lucknow ..is 'famous :for its ..Scot-
,trach ipeoiple as :.your name
indicates. , /
. I too am •of.Scottish descent„—
being- .related to the. 'Matiiesons
:who once 'lived in Inverliuran
Tiverton,
Thanking you;, I remain
Yours truly, •
Mrs., .W. D Lindsay:
vine Henry were 'Mrs. • Glen'
Hines and Judy •of Goderich and:
Mrs. Fred:” Boechler, Auburn
and Mrs; .Win. Beckinghram •"o'f
Belfast. •
Mr. and Mrs: Robe Irvin at
tended' the Orange service et, the
Salvatiori Army 'on Sunday and
later visited; his' sister Mr's: Per's
cy. ,Blundel1. :
Mrs. • John; 'Palls is this week.
visiting her daughter .Mrs. Wil
bur Hopkins et • Milton, • '
Miss. Flora •Durnin, .Mar.kdale,•
m
visited at •the • hoe; of her fa-,
ther Mr..:R. J. Dur'nin, who `re`-
turned.'with.• her' Co Ma:rkdale
for..a visit.
'Buck.ingharn of. Belfast.
visited :Jack' Chisholm' one day
last week.
The ladies' • Guild met at the
• • `� home of .'1lrs, Boil �uVlale' an• 7'hur�day evenrL,Birth's' • .. ,
.GAYNOR .-=- At Alexandra, Hos,
pital, Goderich on June 1,. ,1913,
to Mr. and„ M'rs'. Leon Gaynor,
Goderich, a' sore, •
COOKE ,..._---....:ib-. _ sons
Hospital on, 'Saturday,. June 8th
to Mr, and Mrs, Harold S. Co kEi
of ' Kapuskasin�g, a daughter,
K.iniber 1:e. Jane,.
y
STE:EVIES In Wingham Hos-
pital'
os-
pitali'en� Wednesday, June 12th,,
to Mr. and Mrs.• IDon• Sleeves,
of 'L;ucknow, a, daughtcr, a' sister
ar.
everting, ..Mrs 1Vlole,
secretary, retl.d the minutes.of.
the last meeting and the Rolf
rail was,
answered wi, "spirit!'
'a verse
.., .:;
Containing 'the word spirit,„ . It
was decided to have a 'congre
•gitional picnic the latter •part• of
u *' dieeir i fe—er finishing:
y' Ouches embroidery of
oOuchescin �the.
t.
church linen was reviele d. Mrs.
Toga Young closed the ,meeting
wrath' prayer Mi',,.. Mole the hos-
less ,at the close of the after=
noon served i`ifr•eshmcnis, •
Purcliase
b' B•rrrttiri • JToma
. , O.
' We 'art' �p1,(''
� t
CaSea hear of
the business transact:on by •Dr..
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171
Croxii 'I'r«st
TRUST INVESTIMIENT CERTIFICATES
5/0 _
5 year term r
200 Queens Avenue, . London
E
RipIey.HUronHCentral Schoi.I;
Grade 1 Registration
• and, GET - ACQUAINTED
Tuesday, June..- 25
2 to 2.:30 p.m.
. Age 6 'Years'. By.., December .$1, .1 .963
Pupils :Should... Be . Accompanied B Parent.
P P ; Y,
Refreshments ' will be ' served
Deferg Decision To Disband Bruce EMO
Until County Council November Session
Bruce • County 'Council,' in ses-
sionlast week. at . Tobern bry, ;
deferred ' until • Noveniber 'action
which would disband the Coun-
ty's Emergency., Measures Or.
•ganization.. :.,
Lack 'of interest by the : ,puiblic'
was the' 'reas'on' iven fol ` the
g
motion: 'Chairman ' Irwin ' Lob -
and Mrs. H., A. 'Se Vokes .of Tor- !••
onto who are. planning to return
to :the village, having :purchased'
the residerice :of, Mr. and M�•s.:1
return sometime before.Sep-'i
tember: Mr ,and' Mrs. M. '•Dur
gin, 'are.. ?bu
.• planning on ilding• a
'home on the - -site. of their . for-
ty -acre• 'farm, eastern . part of
Marvin Durgin.: They expert to
the village. = . • •
Recen tors w Mrs t
,. visitors _Rte..:
bert Ber'e were . on Saturday 1VIr.
and,. .Mrs, Eldon ' 'Culbert and.
family; On Sunday :Mr & .Mrs.;
Harvey . Culbert and family,
nearby, ' Mr and Mrs • Adam
Johnston, • Mr. and Mrs HaroldJohnston, Goderich. '
Mr: anad'. Mrs. ,Victor: Erring -.ton and Mr.and 'Mrs° Will..Ir
vin were. 'Sunday' visitors : witth,
.Mr.:arid•' Mrs,. Percy Blundell;
Goderich and :also attended the
Orange service. at ,the •.Salvation
Army church w
New •
' Minister •1n, July•
'Rev. Mr; Vehuise ,of Blenheim
has accepted.' the Pastoral char-
ges of Dungannon, Nile• and: Port
Albert . United churches, . taking
over the Jet "of 'July to replace
Rev.' N. L.':Gostenyi: We urider-
stand',they. 'have a family of six
withthree at home. A soon was
ordained last -week into the
UrgesBrUce Spend
�re.Ofl;Rouds
Bruce County, should spend.
more. On. roads, engineer' `Eldon
;Yaindt told 'county'council last
`°week...
,Claiming that criticism of the
bounty road system is increas-
ing, he Said councillors mus•
",weigh the. om I '
c air
ts�af m
g. p •�
torists against • the .protests of
taxpayers:." .
The . county has allocated7 /z '
Mills or $400,000 for roads'
this
year ibut subsidies will ` increase
th'e. amount available to ..nearly
$1,000,000. .
• The. pest -winter took a"hea.
heavy
bite `out of , thebudget —, over.
$94,000: Average cost '.over the
past five years has been • $270
a mile and .3f5'iper' cent -of . the
total road budget is _Spent' in
winter.
• Mr. Yundt advocated ; buyin
g
a snow 'blower • which, he said,
could be rented' to other county,
municipalities . wh:en ..not: in . 'use
said it • was; , wrong for
Bruce to rely on other counties
for:' •snowblowers° Last . winter
the county . wase sent blowers by
Waterloo.. :County, ' Toronto and.
the provincial highways' depart-
merit.
Frost action this spring' has
been the worst since 1960, said
Mr, Yundte All. highway proj-
ects are 10 days behind.
Commissioner. Suggested
In other ,business, council
heard a• suiggestion that a our
ty 'assessment commissioner, be•
appointed. •
Donald Willis, supervisor; with.
the department 'of municipal af�
ministry. :
Mrs. Simon. •1‘etcltay, after
spending 'a.'° few weeks with rel-
atives in London, hasreturned
to the home of her daughter,
Mir. and Mrs: Irvine , Eedy.
.S.Unday school anniversary at
the Dunganon• • United Church
was observed 'on, Sunday with
the, church :filled to, capacity
with teachers, scholars,• the con'
greg'atiori and, many . visitors. ;Mr.
`Frank. Pentland ,planned an in-
teresting ,service; with :Rev, G.
Lewis, Auburn as guest
speaker and K. K: Dawson lead-
ing.. Mr; Elwite Hall was in
charge' of the ,Lucknow H.igh.
Sc,hool Band of, 21 mei r;bers who
occrupiee the 'Choir left and pled'
in , tithe.. singing of hymns, .. viith
Mrs. L, F.; Stingel at the' organ,
The band played several num;:
bers,--ef -saered"-iiiusic: ,and—a •!u-
ett was sung 'by WiGlla 'Dickson,
soprano and Mary Elizabeth
Westlake, alto; ''both of Port
Albert, Rev: N. L. 'Gostonyi, ,the
rpa'sto, teak the service at Donk.
:ny'brook for Rev, Lewis who
gave :a fine` MessageThe band:
gave ;scute , fine nuni;berS outside
folliiw ng' •fihe. serviee,, At ` the
singer : of Walkerton ' 'said the
work is' . vital, ' but . admitted it
has been;'•' difficult to organize
Municipalities.
"It • is . hard to interest' people
in something Which does not .af
feet`' •thean immediately:
Deploring' the ' ,defeatist atti
tude which he said some have
toward nuclear attack, >he. main-.
tained emergency measures.'as a
county .responsilbihity. .
A. motion to abolish ,it was
spearheaded , by . Reeve ,Ernest
Greer ' of ' Kincardine TTwnship ,
and
Head
.' Mrs'° Tessio .•Grekg. of. Lions•
,-"Most people are
estecle'. 'they 'said. .
Not Turned Over -
In:
verIn other business,
seph Moran of Walkerton. ;was,
the, centre of a .fuss over 1,11/2
,acres of property', -that: county
council •agreed''to' give to ' Wasik
erton. • a'
_The county ,stipulated that the'
land• • alongside Silver : Creek
,must be ,U$ed either ,for a park
•or • : for, `-`a flood retention .basin..
Mr.' Moran ' said the land has
not yet :been , turned over and
wanted:. to .know why.:
'He and clerk Stuart Forrester'
argued. : about ;.whether' Walker-
ton has ;complied •withthe Coun—
ty stipulation,
The mayor .said the Saugeen
Valley ' Conservation " Authority;
wanted the town to buy: an ad-
joining : 21/2` acres as, a site for
a .dam for ' the flood 'retention
basis -.but the •$2,600 .asked, 'by;
the owner was too"'h;igh, he said,
Tn ' other business,'Mayor Mor-
an asked the .c.oun•ty. to ;,farm a
committee' for , Canada's centen-
nial, in 1967, which is ,:also the
ariiiversary of ,' the also
estab-
lishment of Bruce as •a separate
county and also . Walkerton's•
100th aniversary as a town;
Ask, Financial Aid
A . request for financial, help
for a 33 -bed •addition . to Bruce
County Hospital, Walkerton; 'was
made '.by Carl Larsen; building
committee chairman:
He said the Hospital Services
Commission has approved the
$53'1;00.0 addition but wants to
not inter:: •
Mayor °'Jo=
fairs, said' in. the near future know' how $300,000' not covered'
assessor's will have to pass' tests by grants or cash, .on hand will
and be licensed. • ; ' be •raised:,
Council ideferred . a.p.pointrzrent ' Mr. Larsen said it has' been,' ' •
of .a • cozisteuction safety engin proposed to raise 'part' of it from
eer .until .its . Nove,miber session. 'municipalities , served • by the.
Clifford yGilbert :_.of.-.W.iarton hose ta1 -on--a .pa-tiei,t,day;pait
r r,
was :appointed ehairrnan• of..the,
county , library :cooperative and ,+
George. McLean. of Ripley viae- I.
chairman.
close of :the • service; the ',band
and visitors . Met in the base...1
Merit where 'the teachers .setved
cool 'refreshments,
cenntage.
The • tourist committee of
h e
County .+council• refionimended
that the county pull rent, of the.
Grey -Bruce Tourist , Council , "be -
Ousel' We aren't getting results,
from The r coney •we. spend,"
•Effbrts will be made to have
Bruce declared . ,a region on its .
own.