HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-11-15, Page 3WEDN13sDAY,, NOV. 15th, 1961
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Pie Fillings • 3,foi $L Cake -Mixes:
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E D. Smith 'Cheri* or Raisin. 20oz. tins Pillsbury Orange; Pineapple, Spice, Double
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Pound package.
SUNSPUN ICE CREAM, pt. brick 25
SUPREME FRUIT CAKE, lb. size 59c.
SUPREME FRUIT CAKE, 2 lb. size,$1.15
Weston Maple Guest Calke, reg. 39c -35c
Red &White Holiday Value
C?rduroy Decorated Cushions,16" square
with buttoned Centre, full rane of colour.
$1-29 with $5.00 purchaie-
. •Local and General Persistence Paid
. .• .. • . .Off In SeekingFriend's Forbears
Jeionte. Valad; formerly. of
this. CormirimitY, • recently under-..
went „majorsrirgeri. in ' Stratford.
General 'HoSpital. , '•• • •
•10ward. McGuire of.'Whigham •
, vas a recent Viiit.Or with Mr..
doe Wall: of -Lticknow.
/figs :Christena Carrick is
spending this week', in. London
with. Mss.Lottie. Armstrong..
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Mr., and Mrs. Grant Eckens-
, and and Mrs: 'Frank
SchumaCher :were recent Visitors.
• at Windsor with Mr. and. Mrs.
Calvin McKay (Eileen' Valad):
'• Mr. and'. Mrs: '.7Olia EinersOri
visited on Sunday Whh Mr:' and:
Mrs. Ralph Hill of Purple Grove.
Mr. and•Mrs. John Mixon, Cal,.
vin; 'Glen and •Marjory of Brus-
sels, Mr. and. Mrs. Isaac Nixon!
spent. the week -end with Mr. &
Mrs: Carman Nixon: °: Toronto.
Mrs.. R. . D, MacDonald of
Sarnia. has been visiting with:Mr.
andMr01'Co-y'liavens and family.
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Mr.' and, Mrs. Jack NaYlor and
•three children, Tom, Steve and
`Norina: Jean of Whitby and- Miss
Lorna CamPbell of Toronto spent
the week -end fit the home of MTS,,
R H..' Thompson. • • •
Miss Janet Rayner, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rayner; has•
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passed her registered nurse ex-
aminations. Janet IS doing private
duty nursing iz H nilton. Hos-
pital. •.
Mrs. .
Sant .1teid'retuined
alter visitrng .with Mr..* and . Mrs•
W. R. Farrier of Whitechurch,
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this 'past Week.
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,:.UNITED ClICURCH.
Rev
Howard W. Strapp f
Minister : I
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19
10!06 Church School'.
11:06 a.im; •Morning Worship
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Lucknow Presbytelian Church
Rev. Roderick MacLeod , I
Minister
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10:00 a.m.,' SUnday, SchoOt
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11t00 'MorningUrorship
The persistence of a Californian
in 'trying to locate theformer.
home of the father of .One of his
friends,' :paid off last week for
C. J. Maier of Oxnard,. California.
Mr. Maier: is a :native of • the
North-western .states of Montan.:
'a and North Dakota, and is :noW,
•living in: California.. He had , a
• friend in. Montana • by the name
of. Irwin MapDonald, whose fa-.
;diet was born. in. LucknoW, and:
who died when Irwin was an. in-
fant. IrWiri'S Mother' was •from
Montana, and so .the farriilY had.
little knowledge ,Ofjust where
It was Mr. MacDonald came front:
Maier; who makes Sort •pf
a hobby in locating people, or
their relatives, • had exhatisted
..every U.S.;A. source of 'informa-
tion in trying to get inforfnation.
about Mr, MacDonald, to he took
his Vacation time .to come across
.the. border and Search out the
Village of LucknoW. •
lie had an old Obituary ciipping
from apaper th Great Falls, Mori
."tana annouricing. the death Of
'Harvey MacDonald which Occur-
red at. Great Falli. on December
17th, l93.1 at the age: of 48. That,
was :thirty years agoi •
.MaCDcinale.was born in
•Lucknow andat the age of 23
went Westin 1906.' There he
married and had a farni y of
three sons, Joe, IlarrY and Irwin:
The obituary annouricerrient gave
other survivors, living in Canada
as: his mother, Mrs, Robert Os-
born, 'a brother and a' sister. :It
turned oUt.'iat the names of the
brother and sister as given in
the, obituary, were incorrect, and.
as a result; "didn't.ring a .
Made Many, Contact. •
When. Mr. Maier •called at The
Sentinel Office .on Thursday, we
Couldn't be of much direct ,help,
but made several phone oils for
him and finatly he gotsome re-
sults. •
Our contacts, and Suggested
Contacts in Lucknow, included
Mrs. James MacDonald, Mrs. No-:
• the Johnston, Mrs. Eldon Hender-
son, Mrs: Christena 'MacDonald,
Lloyd. Bell and then Mrs. Bob
Campbell who • was the former
Wilda Osborn. =Her mother was
visiting her at the time and the
"tip-off" was to see W. S. IIVIcs
Guire at Ripley •and from there,
. Mr. Maier' called on Mrst, Mac Mc-
Gtiire, to coMplete the informa-
tion he was seeking.,
Father A nSmith
Harry° MacDonald was boriit in
Lticknol,v & was a son of Neil
MaeDonald &Margaret McGuire,
Neil MacDonald learned the tin-
-Sinithing.in uc now an upon
his death his 'widow and Children
mimed tO. the Second Concession
of „Huron nearby her • birthplace.
Her lather was Wm.* McGuire.
Ars. MacDonald: later' ,married
Robert OsbOin. • , • •
The Miebonairl Children= attend-
ed. school at Clover ,Valley . and
Harry spent a good deal of time
youth :at the 'borne of Mac
104...Quire: It. Was then that W. J.
ItOrilstOn. Of Huron Township: got
to.know• hirn well, and Mr. Rotil-•
ston recalled •,.incidents •Of their*
youth. One was ascaron his
chin from a lhockeY playing mis-
hap, and :another was 'the time
that Harry was knocked uncoils,.
ioue bY a iightningbolt: •
Harry had ia brother William
'and a sister Neilena, named after
her. father. She was known to
Huron Township • friends as
"Lena." •
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COMMENCEMENT
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• Delmar Lindsay presented pub-
lic speaking • awards to Joanne
Crozier and Terry Wilson:
• Charles Webster made the pre-
sentation, of the Dr. Johnston
Shield .for the highest number of
options, • to ' Fraser Ashton; ' the
School CitizenShip, award to Bar-
bara Murray, and the Grade, 13
language award to Wayne Kirk.
Grade 10diplomas were pre-
sented . by' Frank , McQuillin,
Grade ,12 by Allister Hughes &
'Grade 13 by Gerald Rathwell;
A. coronet quartette ' number
was played by Terry Wilson,
Denver' Dickie, Alex Hewitt, Bill'
Andrew. The..Glee Club sang a
enuimberLof selections:and a spec-
ial arrangementof Th Queen
in conclusion. The choir was un-
der the, direction of Mrs. „Brian
Howlett with Mrs. Laural Hewitt
as accompanist •
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Gave Valedictorian
The , Valedictorian address was
given by Fraser Ashton; son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ashton, who
is now attending 0.A.C.• • •
He said that while this occa-
sion marked the official fareivell
of the 1961 graduating class, the
comnencement sigriified a .true
begihnrng of more difficult 'Steps
ahead and greater responsibilities
.in which their training it Luck -
now District High School will
stand them in' good stead.
•• Newswise The. Sentinel can't
keep up with sOine. Of the van-
dalism: :that ' goes Am' locally., In
• some eases •it goes • unreported ; tO
the police. , • ; • ..
Since • last ' week's 'Hallowe'en
"resume'.',of doings, we have
learned of other escapades which
add up to a need: for • Some,. ac-
tion •—even if. it •might he a
Vigilante Conlinittee. '
pre -Halloween activities,
Planks.: were removed from the
grease,' pit , at Anderson's Flax
;Mill and disappeared, presum-
ably down the ',river. A wheel-
barrow Which' disappeared at, the
Same , time • was •I recovered later
from the river. •, •
On Hallo*een the Storage shed
across the river from the flax
mill , was broken into, and' the
mattress and' head of , a dismant-
led Jed Cross hospital 'bed Was
removed from the building. The
head 'of ,the bed was thrown 'into
the river, although the mattress
did, escape this tate.'
Bags of 'feed flax . were dump-
ed about on the .bridge and the
metal railing; damaged, with one
piece of pipe being bent out in
the traffic lane as • to create :a
For .this , training Fraser
pressed indebtedness to teacher;
• school boards and parents.•Meni-
bers of the 'staff received per-
sonal mention with a special tri-
bute to P. W. Hoag who. had
been their principal .for .all but
the final year of the graduating
class. The Valedictorian said Of '
Mr. :Hoag, "His inspiration, lead-
ership and great patience urged
us forward and constantly guided
us.. We sincerely hope__. for ' •
speedy recovery from his illness.'
Fraser ,emPressed . app. reciationt
of the honour Of reiresenting the
graduates on this occasion, and
Said that while' their future paths
may be widely divergent, "in
our 'hearts we :shall not be divid-
ed." • •
.; To the undergraduates he said
that knowledge and grades would.
not .come easily, but •commended .
them to Strive for the :goal of
graduation. •
•, The ,valedictorian trophy was
presented to Fraser by Prof..
R. J. C. BUrgener of the•Depart-
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ment • of PhilOsophy, Waterloo ,
University. • '
.ProL Burgener '• was
speaker and was introduced by.
Mr. HoWlett • • ' • '
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• While ,tthe 'audience ..Was gather
ing, piano selections were played
br the following students: Shelia
.1.1cQizillin, Carolyn Mathers, John.
.Andrew,, Mary Ellen Shiells, Mary
Andre*, Alex Hewitt Mary AIM'.
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Broken windows are compara-
tivelycommon at any time, and
there were some on Hallowe'en,
•.night, with the most serious de-
StruCtion at. the ". Presbyterian
Church. •' •
. A leaded, stained glass window
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in the- basement was sinashed. by
a pop bottle: To replace and re-',
pair it will cost in the neighbor,
hObil of $50.00,. •. '
The Air- For: Comfort &
COndit• ione4 •• Ei4ertgOmeig
Now: Playing — "OIDGET •GOES ..HAWAIIAN'P •
In Technicolor ' with Janie's:. Darren Deborah Walley
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, November 20t 21, 22
= Special Attraction
The Show that activated Mr. ,Krushchev
Cole
Porter's "CAN CAN"
In De Luxe Color — d
Frank Sinatra, Shirley Maclaine, Louis Jour en
and Maurice Chevalier
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, November 23, 24, 25
• C.;lenn Ford Maria Schell and Anne Baxter
A tremendous adaptation of Edna Ferber's epic story ,
"CIMARRON"
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