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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 1 NOW lipThe Tmie.To :"Order Your Sprig SAVE AS. MUG:H 'AS 41,1.00 PER TQN • on some Brands . ' No • Agent • Fees T =- Just„ Small Trucking • :Charge: 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;` "The Sentinel . 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