HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-01-20, Page 13WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20th,..1960
T11E 1.UCK4siOW .SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIQ
PAGE THIRTEEN'
BACKWARDS
• THROUGi I. ; THE SENTINEL FILES.
Ten Years go
Mr. and ' Mrs. Garfield. Ostran-
der, 'residents ' of Lucknow. for
38 years, returned to Picton ' to
y ,make .their. % home, .
Isabel .MacDonald was engag-
ed as teacher of Grades: '1 and 2,,
Succeeding Marjorie Cramm.'
(Mary, Ann)• . Tre-
leaven, Lucknow's:oldest and
longest continuous resident, ob-.
• served. her 90th birthday.
Dr. William Fawler,a former
Lucknow practitioner, resigned
as head of the Bruce ' County
Health Unit to except a similar
. position" at Brockville.
TweOtY Years Ago
Some ' two hundred local 'stu-
dents. lined iip under' a hot sun
at the • station 'yards at Stratford,
.were among:many who,.failed •to
`.get ••a . glimpse.: •of the 'King and
Queen when the pre -arranged
train :"schedule wasn't carried
out as anticipated.
The 50th Jubilee of' the build-
• ing of the . Presbyterian Church
was .• fittingly observed. `.
Holmes,:.97, of Port
•Arthur • and , formerly. of Luck-,
now,; was presented• to the King,
and ,Queen on thein • Canadian,
tour. He 'was one of ` the; • last
survivors :of the • Fenian raids.
',and believed then. to be the old=
est war. veteran •in' Canada.
at Pat McDavitt's hotel., •'
present • Supertest. corner.
Thomas ,Lawrence, who had
been in the',.hardwar'e business
for 40.. years,.- died' here at the
home of .his son, Dave ..Lawrence.
.The •death of..,• Miss Georgie
McMillan, ,age 31, occurred at
the home of her . sister, Mrs.
MeQuillin : in' California. t
`District' • towns were agitating
for '. rural telephone• systems` and
Sentinel Editor, • J. L. Naylor
was urging Lucknow to "wake
'Helen Ford of No wood High
School Willa Ford . ofa
Mapleand
Arth zr Ford af' the Winnipeg
Telegram; . were holidaying at
the .parsonage • with Bev. . and,
Mrs. J. E. Ford.
Sixty. Years Ago
Mrs. Wien. Murray an Ashfield
pionedT died at the .age, of 80.
Officers of ' 'Lucknow • L.O.L.
were, ',William .McQuillin,
Cooke, Neil. McCorvie, .David,
Archer, . las.. . Lyons, William
.Taylor, A. T. ;Davison,' R. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Little` eel::
ebrated'' their 50th •wedding an
niversary.
Reeve . J. O. Murdock, who had
held that • office for ; three years,'
announced his • intention of re-
tiring, at the end, of the •year .
James Henderson liad the .con
tract. for a n'ew. 40 x' 60 stable
Forty Years Ago'
District- deaths: Donald Mae
Leod, Con. 4, • Kinloss, :.55 years;
Mrs `, James CarriPlbell, : Con; :13,'
West, Wawanosh;: 96;, t avid Gil -
hes, Boundary East,' 56, Thomas
•. 'Murray of Langside, 80.
Miss: .Money : • was ; engaged, to.
succeed ',Mr- . Doupe with Miss
.Frances _Spence 4 as • her assistant.
:The : Public school staff 'was
'Misses . Nira Woods; 'Margaret
MacKenzie," • Joan. MacCallum,'
Isobel Murdie. •• •
Miss.; Gwendolyn MacLeod, was=
given a civic . welcome . on , arri-'
val here after: returning `from
• overseas -.where . she. had served
•with . 'the . entertainment section
.of ,'the' United ;States .:army
Luck'now's;' tax • rate ' was' 35
mills: ,
' Reports ' were current of a.
• `•wild :man :in ;.thee Dickie's Hill'
area, 'who made -'numerous ap_
.pearances in • the nude or scant
dressed.
Mrs. W. J. Taylor ;and her.
daughter, Lila left •Lucknowto
• make' their home.. ,in, ` Detroit
Where another daughter,. Mrs.
Holmes, resided.:
• The < Luckhow, Apple' Evapor
ator was advertising for Peeling
'apples at 45e to 60c: a bag. "shake:•
• thef dowri and fetch them in., •
Fifty 'Years Ago
A• . branch . of •the; Moral' and,
Social: Reform Society of Ontar-
• io was, organized • here.,. with Rev:,
,
• D. ,T. L: ' iMaTerroli as . president.
Reeve.,John Joynt .received
confirmation • of-.• a A'donation • of
$7,500'. from Andrew :Carnegie
toward the building of the Car-
negie Library in: the; new. Town.
'Hall.
• Under the signature of James
• 'Hamby,' tenders.: were. called for
:a shed 160 x. 50 feet at Ashifield. '
Presbyterian Church, on a ce-
ment foundation : and with. gal-
vanized steel covering.
Thomas Webster made a • mass'
delivery of implements 'with-,
• : teams in ,town to get the equip
• ment,
An item frau) the Ottawa Free
Press stated that E. N. Lewis,
M«i'•. for 'West, Huron, introduced
,a measure', in the House of Com-
nlotis:. known as the ' Daylight
Saving bill.
• A 'controversy raged over the
stie of the new 'town; ' hall, and'
library` Some „ wanted' the .old
`town hall iihrary and fire hall
tor'ri down -to make way • for the
newWw' ild tig�, That site was the
Batton' and. Trevett were buil-
ding: a large,. addition ''to . their
dry kiln. •
The Belfast • hotel and stables
were destroyed • by fire. It', was
one of the oldest hotels in this
Part' ' of •the ..country . and had
been. built. by'John., McCrosite.
At the time of 'the fire it was
berated by John Hamilton for
the .estate of M. C.. Cameron, , of
• Goderich •
1. ,Rev; Father Corcoran of Tees=
water held . services in the new
'brick Roman Catholic church at
' Iiolyrood
;George Burgess went to Wood-'
stock'where he • had secured a
position in a 'furniture` factory.
.The. death, ' occurred : of W. P.
Paterson, Con . ' 4, Kinloss ' and'f
senior • 'elde. r of . the Luchnow j
Presbyterian session. He was 85;
John. Joynt andfamily MOVed
f rani St, 'Helens, to their Luck-
now ' home ori Ross. . Street...
There were ' 206 students in
the 'four, departments of . Luck-
flow Public • School, The "princi
pal was D,' D. Yule.
Ashfield Council for 1900 ..was
'Reeve Morgan Dalton and Coun
•ra
ciilors, W.. Bunter, John Bark-
ley, John McIntyre and Thomas
,Stothers:
LTA, OFFYCIALI Y" •:ENDS
IN . HURON 'AND , PERTH
Federal 'orders -in -council have
cleared the way for the control-
led sale of liquor and beer under
provincial' ,legislation in Ontar-
io's :Perth and Huron Counties.
Two orders -in• -council, ,pub-
lished in the Canada . Gazette,
'revoke previous'. orders placing
the two counties under the •pro-.
visions of ;the Canada Temper:.
anee Act.
The two counties last Novem-
ber' 30th, in a federal plebiscite.
voted ;strongly . in favor, of - end
ng prohibition. 'Huron County;
has ' been under the C.T.A., leg
islation since April 28th, 1914,
and Perth County since • Septein
•ber 1st; 1915
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MacMILLAP.:
Agent For Elmira and Harriston Fertilizers
Thompson of London. Gordon
Bridge sang "Beyond the Sun-
set.”
He is survived by his wife and
t.wo, daughters,. •Kathleen,. : Mrs;
Henry Heckler, Greenock; Viola,
Mrs. Eugene Bridge, Kincardine
township and, three . grandchild-
ren,, also one sister, Mary,: Mrs:
Angus 'McLennan and five, bro-
thers, Harry and Allan, all, of
Toronto; • Charles and• • John. • of.
Ripley; Dan of •Lucknow;` One;
brother, 'Earl, predeceased: him.
The • pallbearers' were , Clarepce,
Ernie: and . Maid.o Wylds, . Myles.
Armstrong,, ' David Fleming and
Angus McLeod. His nephews:.
were flower' bearers: Interment
took place in, Ripley cemetery.
Teeswater stores are closing at
6:30 ' on Saturday evening dur-
ing the winter months.
OBITUARY
,, WESLEY A WYLDS.
There passed away, suddenly, •
on Monday; January 4th in,m
cardine General' Hospital a be-'
loved` . and highlyesteemed' resi-
dent Of Bel.* in -the"person of
Wesley . A. Wyld�s.' The' late Mr.
Wylds was born in •.Huron' town
ship in the year 1897he 'was the
son' of' the late,: Mr. and :Mrs.
Henry:'Wylds• of Ripley. In April
1919 •he . wed :.Murde a McLean
of Huron township. He farmed
ori the .fourth' :concession of Hur-
on for ei ht •ears lat r moving
g Y �. c,
to Bervie; where 'he operated a
'chopping mill until -j11 health
.forced his retirement.
Funeral services 'were : held on
Thursday, January 7th . at. the
:McLennan Funeral Home, 'Rip-
ley. Rev. George Sach'- of. Bervie:
United Church -of which Mr.
Wylds'wa0•;a member. officiated,',
I assisted ' ,by • the . !Rev. John;`
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