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WEDS :PAY, Vie, .poi fie ,
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL.
LUCHNOW, ONTARIO. .
"The Sepoy Town" On. the. • Huron -Bruce Boundary
'Authorized as .second class mail, Post. Office Department,.Ottawa
Established 1873 -7 -Published Each Wednesday Afternoon;
Member, of, the. C W.N.A.. and' the O.W.N.A,
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L.; Campbell Thompson and Donald cr., Thompson, Publishes
WEDNNESDAY, DEC. 20th, 1961.
LOOKI N•G :BA'CKWA ':DS
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TIROUGH 'SHE SENTINEL FILES -
Ten Years. Ago:
A :nudist who,had caused quite
a sensation and: not a little . fear,
at resort centres along. Lake. Hu-
ron, was caught on the• Bradley,
farm at. Amberley.
carman McQuillin suffered very
severe. head injuries. when . eru-
shed'. under a combine, He' was
rushed to London where' he
spent three hours, on the operat.•
'ing table undergoing' • life-saving.
surgery. .
• ' The home of••W3lliam• Baldwin,
75, on Con. 10. Ashf ield, was des-
troyed by' fire. •
'Ed Baker :opened the nursing
'home in the former Mitchell re-
sidence. ••
Highway .86 from Lucknow `to
Amberley was. :.being paved.
Mr.: and Mrs. Charles Webster
sold their ladies' and men's wear
bussiness''to Mr. and Mrs. -M. L.
Sanderson.
'Norman Welwood bought The;
Market Store .business from,.•'M'rs.
.William Hornell.
Oscar • Hodgini'' 'suffered. a
double fracture of the pelvis and.
other injuries when struck by .a
. .passing car, while' working at the,
paving machine ws't of ,Lu'know.
Alex 'G; 'MacIntyre was award-.
ed , a five-year scholarship/at Ox-
ford University, England, and•
sailed in September on board the
.Maurentania.to. • .continue, • his
studies in medicine.
Jinn Wilson,: 'West Wawanosh
Township farmer, lost . his . right
land in a corn forager machine.
,,Fire did considerable damage
to• The Rectory; occupied by Rev..
and. Mrs. A. ;S. Mitchell. •
By a vote of. 19.0 Iso • 18 Lucknow.
ratepayers . gave approval to , the
hard surfacing :'of the majority.
of• .streets in. the Village. Cost • of
the : project was. estimated 'at..
$22,000,x'half 'of which was ;gov-
ernment rsu!bsidized:.
S. B. Stothers .retired He• was
known as . the Dean et the Agri-
cultural' Representative :Service.
Authorization.. ' was received
from the Ontario:_Municipal Board
to proceed with' sketch' „plans of
the Lucknow District High School.
�` • Don McIver; , 43, suffered fatal
head injuries 'while dismantling
a barn on the 6th Can.
John .,W. H'arina: was re-elected'
in Huron -'Bruce. His • opponent
was Elmer Parrish.
Harold Gaunt' succeeded. Ever-
ett
ver ett : Finnigan as . reeve of West
Wawanosh. Councillors were
John Durnin, Ben Johnston, Gorr
don Struthers, Harvey Culbert
Ashfield • Board , for 1952. was
comprised. of 'Reeve Elmer. Gra-
ham .,and Councillors Jack ' Brad-
ley, '.Andrew Ritchie, .Kenneth -
:MacKenzie, Cecil Blake.
Harvey Houston had, six cattle
suffocated , under, • several hund-
red .bushels of grain .when the
granary floor collapsed. . , -.
Kinloss. Council ,was .returned •-
Reeve David 'Carruthers and.
Councillors; Harold Percy, P. A.
Murray, , 'Farish. Moffat, Dan T.
MacKinnon. ' • '
DDonati'ons•.from .residents of the.
Townships • of 'Kinloss,; .Lucknow;
,Ashfield and West Wawanosh, ex-
ceeded. the ,$1,600. required, to pur-
chase the United Church shed'. •.
Twenty 'ears. Ago
"Owing to 'opposition thereto,"
the Municipal Board refused. the
application of the .Village. Coun-:
Cil .' to dispense with a -vo_te of
the electors in issuing. debentures
of '$3,500 to 'cover. the purchase
price, repairs. and renovation, df
the "Geddes' Block" as a .muni
cipaloffice azid apartment.
• Norman Campbell,: .38, • of
Blackhorse; died of head injuries
received when ' thrown • from • a
farni wagon' when the ' teaxn ran
away.
•
George . Colwell bought :' the
Purves Stare at ;'Holyrood.
Rev.. R.'.C. Toddassumed his
duties . as pastor, of. Georgetown
United Church', 'and was Succeed-
ed by Rev., J. W. •Stewart. '
Alfred; .Emerson ' of West. Wal
wan'osh' •suffered .. a: weak -pen
while haying. and fell` :froth. the
load suffering . injuries , which.
proved . fatal. _ ••
Rev. G. G. Howse of : New-
foundland' was inducted as mini-
ster ,'of' Ashfield. Circuit.:; United
Church' •
Wilfred 'Mintz; age 19;.: died of
injuries received in a motor ac-
cident near, • Seaforth.
•Dr. 'D., .D.• Carpeneto, . assistant
•to Dr. W:' V: Johnston, took over
thee:Ripley practise. of, Dr,' D'. R.
Finlayson who accepted an:: ap
pointment to the staff of Christie
St. Military, hospital in Toronto. 1
(7?"cArz-to-kt,...-
Rev.. A,' A. • Maloney of St.
Peter's church; . was assigned
chaplain at the RCAF' training
school at -Edmonton.,•'
Robert J. Thompson, 28,. young-
est son. of Mr. and• Mrs D M.
•'Tliomps.,on, died at Kincardine
after a brief illness.
Benjamin. Donnelly of Corr
Huron, died of a• fractured. neck,
which he suffered in a fall in
his barn.
'James 'Valad of 1.101yrood;. died._
suddenly at the : age• of 5#.
Lucknow property owners vot-
ed 94r.to 78in' authorizing Couri-:
cil to proceed with a $3,50.0 de-
ibenture issue in connection with
the Geddes Block.,
A large barn onthe farm of
Ernest and. Harold Gaunt, Con.
12, West " Wawanosh, . .was des
troyed by fire.•
• Mr, and: Mrs.; D. C; IVIacMor-
ran observed their 50th wedding
:anniversary.
Merrill ,Gibbons, 3 -year-old son.
of Mr. and Mrs. George Gibbons,
died of • infantile paralysis.
Dr. G. A.,' Newton, a resident
of Lucknow for almost half 'a
century, died following a severe
stroke.
A ' quarantine. was. • lifted . fol
lowing a polio "epidemic" that
struck the Village. Keith. Kil-
•patrick, Lorne Reid, . Jackie Fer
guson and Jean,Winterstein•.were:
ill. Lorne's legs were, perman-
ently paralyzed and Jean's 'death`
occurred several 'months .later.
. The association of flies! and
,the polio; .Virus, caused a move-
ment for a' ,municipal garbage•
collection system. ,
Mrs '"Leslie Wardell Isobel
Grant) died at the age'' of ' 33,
Her death wasattributed to polio.
A third. `victim • in. this 'comm t
pity was Elaine Irwin, 14 -year-
old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
'Emerson •Irwin..••
Jimmie Helm, 1lryear-old•son '
of Mr. _and .Mrs. • Robert' Helm of
Zion drowned . in a small, barrel
of water..
'Kinloss Council fort 1942: was
comprised of, .Reeve...Richard El-'
l;iott, returned by acclamation:,and
Councillors George Tiffin; Dan,:.
T. McKinnon, Earle .'Hodgins and
Alex ,MacKenzie who were re-+
:elected by •ballot."
.With the , fall.. of Hong.. Kong,
the fate: was ,unknown ' of Sgt.
Charles •Jewitt.
Tirty. Years :Ago
A . rare event, an• old-time
b •
arn raising was held at the farm
of Jack and Finlay MacDonald
near Kintail..d�ohn •Cameron was.
in charge of the work acid Don-
ald MacLean and. Frank Johnston
were . captains • ' ,
Almer Ackert of Holyrood died
after, a lengthy illness at the, age'
of 40.,
Fire.. destroyed the: barn $ •on
John • Emerson's farm; Con. 12,
Kinloss. '
John ' Wilson:. of .Auburn was
honored on the 62nd anniversary'
''of his initiation as a Member' of.
Old:.Light Lodge; W. V Johnston'
Was 'master of''the • lodge on..this;
HAD FOR CUB
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)eas�n's best wishes
and may you count
this Christmas among your,1.-1..
happiest,..
its spirit longdwell
our Thome and your heart
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We Thank You . Sincerely For Your
PATRONAGE, FRIENDSHIP and .GOODWILL
and extend our.
BEST WISHES . FOR CHRISTMAS
-and the'
:NEW YEAR .
. ' /: From The Staff Of
SILVERWOOD DIRIES LIMITED:
Lucknow, Ontario
occasion
Roderick "Big Rory: MacKen-
zie of 'Ashfield died in •Goderich
hospital. He . was ,• a powerful.
man 'who 'won the contest for
throwing . the 56=pound ,weight at
the Caledonian Garner in Duck-
now and was anchor man,of the:
Huron ' County tug of -war tearn
which D. R. Macintosh took to
Zorra to. 'compete against' the
world's •charripion .Zorra team.
The teaching staff at the Luck-
now High School was Miss P.. E.
MacLean, .principal; Miss •Amy
lourex,' Gordon :,lohnton, Olive'
Alton4 •and in the Public School,:
Miss Kate 1VMacDorial:'d, Miss Mar-
garet McCallum, Mrs. '11., G; 'Sher -
riff; Miss Isobel Murdie.
Labor Day, Monday, September
7th, marked the•completio'n of the
installation of the , domestic wa
tek4 and fire protection 'system, at
a cost expected to be somewhat
under the $05,000 estimate. Wa-
ter vias then fit for. domestic use,
and the project;' done With' pick
'and 'shovel, had provided consid-
erable employment for those whq
would •have been arnoilg the in=
creasing numbers of un'erriploy
ed in 1931.
Tile 'Luck.now Table Co: ,was
employing' 32 men on a 'fuf:t.ime
basis; ciespite•econo'xric conditions,
and a sprinkler system Was in-•
as ,• a fire safety measure)measure)rnade possible by the nc.n' Water
systestalledm,• '•
Chester `Lee bought+thc "1''a►'
ily Theatre" building rwned ,by
b: C. Taylor.: ancl' closed sine the
advent of. the `rtalkiesl' fir', face
converted the ,building t:7r hotel.
accornrnodation,
.For the third time, ii1 yCa'r
jury failed' to rach'a .Verdict ra
the case of Gilford ai�rl r#arveY
MofcNetheilchargedofNovawithr�ntiaarm
.tu
ed`
holdupof the ]3t•us; els br c.
Bank.•
. Ashfield Council •w.r;•a"' elneted`
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