HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-03-09, Page 13WEDNESDAY, MAR.. 9tli, 1960
SECOND OF SEVEN
S:ISTERS.. PASSES
'KHE LACKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,. ONTARIO
PAGE THIRTEEN
i1+fR,S1. , RODERICK IVIacKENZIE:.
' , The death of ' Mrs. Roderick
MacKenzie, a .beloved and, prac-
tically a .lifelong- resident of
Ashfield' Township, occurred in
Toronto General Hospital on
Thursday,•March 3rd. She was
in her 81st year.. •
Mrs.. MacKenzie had not en
joyed .the best 'of health for a
time; and had been making her
.home with her daughter, Mrs.,
C. • R. Jackman of Lorne Park,
near Toronto: She was hospital-
izde , only a • few days.:
She.' was the former Sarah
Alice .Taylor, daughter of David
L. Taylor of Scotland and Fran-,
ces Johnston of Northern Ire-
land. !Sarah ,was born in Ash-
field on 'October..1lth,, 1879, and
was one of a family of seven
sisters and. four brothers; :• The
'brothers . are predeceased and
1VIrs. MacKenzie's death is the
second '• break.. ifi . the seven 'sis-
ters,MVrs. '. James Montgomery
having..`passed away. last June.
• In February 1914,. she married
Roderick • MacKenzie . of Ashfield
w:ho, predeceased her in 1931.
' Mrs. MacKenzie was a Chart-
er member of the Kintail Wom-
en's 'Institute, and., upon the: oc-
,°casion .of the ' 50th. anniversary of
'its foundinglast fall, .Mrs. Mac-
Kenzie Was present and had :the
.honour of cutting the birthday
cake. • She was •one. of the. early
• secretaries of, the Institute.
The funeral service was 'con
ducted by • Rev.- Neil: 'McCornbie
of Ashfield Presbyterian ...Church
:.at the 'Johnstone Funeral Home
in . Lucknow .'.'ori • M'onday. ..Mrs.
Gordon Montgomery was .organ-
ist.• Interment .was in Kintail:
Cemetery. The ..pallbearers were
five nephews, ,Gordon. Montgom=
.ery, Lucknow; Warren Wylds of
A.shfield;•. Bill ..MacDonald, ; Kin-
tail, Donald` MacKenzie, of Port
Albert; D. A., MaeLennan,..Loch-
alsh and Cecil Webster` of Lon-
don: A profusion of '•floral
butes Was born :•by 'relatives and
neighbours::
• Mrs M ac �enzie ` is surviiieci
'One
by •one son, David hof ,Kincardine;
one , daughter,!, Mrs. C. R. ' Jack-
man . (Ethel) . of Lorne: Park and
a gr nddaughter, Miss 'Beverley
MacKenzie of Kincar. dine "Five
sisters : survive, Mrs 'Neil Mac-
Donald :(Maggie) of Kintail; Mrs.
Alex.Johnstone' (Annie) , of,•Chi-
cago; Mrs. Dan WYlds:' (Ethel)
of I Ashfield;.,Mrs. Jack Cowan
(Edith) of Ashfield; Mrs. Bob
Wagner. (.Isabelle) of • Detroit.
She was predeceased by .' her
husband; a . sister, Mrs. Catherine
, Montgomery and ' four brothers,
Will, 'Charlie, David ands Fames
ytlio' died in infancy. s:•
A •
DDRESSED' W.I. ON'.
CONDITIONS IN H.OLL4ND.
Reed's Corners Women's In-
stitute'
nstitute', meeting was held with
Mrs: Donald. 'Courtney presiding
and Mrs. Bob Courtney as' acting
secretary. This meeting had as
its the ."Intel •national♦ Day"
'so . each Member was asked: to
answer, : the roll. call' ,. with
• "Something . I have learned '•from :
a new Canadian." The • District
Annual will be held in . Luck -
new on June. 10th,: The group de-
cided .not • to enter :the Tweeds.
muir contest this year.' .Very .in-
teresting current events . 'of •. the
past year were -read by Mrs.
Jack Reid., The leaderstraining.
school for the 4-H Homethaking
Club "The' .Supper ' Club" to be
,held March 3rd and 4th:'was an•
-
nounced. The motto of the day=
Those ' who plant kindness,
gather love" was very ably giv
• en . by Mrs. Mervyn Hooey:,
Mrs. Wilfrid • Steele introduced
the guest' speaker, Mrs, Peter
Vanderlay Who . spoke on , " liv-
?ng conditions • . in Holland."
Frv'eryone enjoyed hearing this
• interesting talk acid found 'the
maty articles brought by the
speaker .quite. inforMat ve, '
The meeting closed and: all
enjoyed a social time,, with Mrs..
John 'teed and Mrs. Kelvin Hen-
derson as hostesses.
March weather which held no
hint . of •spring's approach, pro=
vided "excellent ice .for the .earn-_.
ival last, Thursday night, • but it
was a bit too much on the chilly
side ' for the spectators who were
outnumbered. by those in • cost
ume..
There, was ' an unexpectedly
large turnout of. , those in, cost-
umed with little folk quite con
apieious.: The regalia was .varied;,
colorful,;' comic and original, and
it wasn't an 'easy task for the
judges, who were Mrs. Harvey
Houston, Mrs. Mark' Raithby and
Mrs. 'Milton Rayner. •
The event was sponsored by
the Lucknow and District Lions
Club, . with the committee in
charge headed by Donald Mac
,Kinnon. The Lions, do.not con-
sider this annual event a Profit
makirvg� • ,venture; but. on Thurs-
day night the prize money and
other expenses . were consider=
ably inexcess of the• receipts..
The ;Country Lions had .. more
roar in theist ' than ' the short-
handed, anaemic Village Lions
who' were `overpowered .4-0 in a
brooinball '.game which was .the
concluding featureof the night.
Jack Henderson was referee.
• Queen, of the carnival: was 11-�
year-old Linda:O'Donnell, daugh-'
ter of Mr.: and Mrs. Jin' O'Don-
nell. . • .
Prize winners were : as follows;
Pre -School • and Kindergarten,
ancy, Margaret ..Montgomery,
'Susan Hall, 'Kenny • Hamilton:
Coiriic,' Kim, Cowan,: Linda. Ham
ilton, Joanne .McRae.''Couple,,
!:Bonnie •Boyle .arid Lorraine'
Doyle; Cathy Joynt.. and Janet
,Cook.
:Grades 1.. 'and.2 - Fancy, Gail
Jamieson, Deborah Corrin,Carol
Drown, Comic, Roy. Geiger, Dori-,
hie . MaoDonal'd ,Allan Andrew.
Couple, .Nancy Wealden and Lin-
da,' Walden,; Joanne Greer: and
Greg. runter.',
Grades 3 arid 4 , •= . Fancy,. Nan-
/ Kirkland,
an-/,'Kirkland, ..Murray. • White,
Drew MacRae.' Comic, ' Eleanor
Whitby,' Pi mny Collyer;'° Garry,
McKenzie. Couple, :Terry ,Taylor
and . :Linda' Boyle, Roddy Mc-
Donagh • and:. Beverley., 1VIacDon=
ald '
Grades 5 and 6-- Fancy, Joan;
-McKenzie; Donna Button, .Marie
Brooks Comic,' Elliott, Whitby,
Marybelle Hunter, ,.,Bruce •: Hen-°
Berson.:; CFouple, Barbara. Came-
ron ,and ' Peggty MacDonald; Don-
ald Andrew and •Doug.'Campbell:
:Grades 7 and 8 ' Fancy,
YOUNG PEOPLE 'TAKING.
LEAD ' IN TEMPEIiAN'CE
Mr. 'Hubert McConnell a re-
,presentative ''of the. Ontario
Teinperance Federation,: gave a
Most .forceful` sermon in.' the '•Un_
ited Church on Sunday morning:
It .was not one of • facts and fig-
urets, ' or 'of condemnation.
:Mr. • McConnell took the 'pen,
sonal iMy Son," "My. Daughter"
approach in keeping . them from
the thin ice. ". and treacherous
paths of beverage alcohol in
seeking theanswer to this pro-
bleni that 'is 'resulting.. in ' an al
cohol, soaked . society.
He , pointed out that the ab-
stainer, the alcoholic, the ..social
drinker, the ones who boast they
'can "handler ' their , liquor" ' :all
.shrug off the problem;. as' their'
responsibility.
Butyoung ; people are facing.
up t� it, and he:Went on to des-
cribe the spontaneous results of
a youth rally which led to, the.
formation of 'roc Alpha, a teen
age organization, to Combat the
evil. • The Temperance Society
is fending its support in' various
ways : ,to this new group.
Mt: 1VMoConnell felt the solu-
tion .rested , largely.. with. the
Young •People and parental
guidance and e,tample,
The brewers and distillers
soon lose their old Customers, he
said. They need • a new crop Of
customers, and maturing young.
people have it .vithiri their.
power top punt many of the Out-
lets "out of business," by re=
(raining from' patronizing them.
Costume at Lions :Ice
,r1iva
A BIT Of 'IRISH was appropri-
ate for ' the . March 'ice carnival'
sponsored by the ' Lucknow and.
District: Lions Club .'last Thurs- Mr 'and Mrs. Glen Walden of
day, Here are • pictured ',Linda�'Lucknow,. who received a best
and Nancy Walden;, daughters of couple prize' in their Irish •.attire.••:
Sherry "Jardine, • Sharon , Whitby,
Marilyn Henderson. Couple,
Dianne Humphrey .and Ann' Ar
nold, Mary Murdie and: ' Cheryl;
:Whitby. ..
High School : —. Fancy,':. Sharon
g,
O'Donnell, Betty'Mathers, Barb-,
aro Icomic,, Jim Wat-
son, . Marjorie Alton, Doug. Mac-
Kinnon.
Adults -Fancy, Gordon.
.. -�- Y�
Bailey,: Jack MacKenzie, . Cecil
Blake. Comic, :Shirley < Sinclair,
Mrs. Al Hamilton, . Al Hamilton.
e
Couple, Mrs: Jessie ` Alhn and
Russell Allen;
Races:
Boys, 6-7 John Einberlin,
Jimmy MacDonald,Donnie'. Mac-
Donald. Girls, , 6-7 Donna
Mullin, .: Gail . ' Jamieson, C of
Campbell: ' Boys, 8-9 ;=' . Terry
Taylor, Bob•Humphrey, tied;
Y � p y�
Drew MacRae Girls, 8-9: Don-
na Pentland, Marilyn Armstrong,
Nancy., Corrin. Boys, 10-11,, --
Donald Andrew, Keith.. Leder,
Jack .Mullin. Girls, 10:11,— Bar-
• A i."•,.
baro' Cameron, Mary • Finlayson,
Marion• Button. Boys, 1243, --
Ross Forster.,,Kenny Kirkland,
Russell. Allen. Girj, 12-13
Marilyn : Henderson, : Barbara
Rathwell, . Marlene Porter. Boys,
14-15 Ross .Forster;. Douglas'
1VIeKirinori, • Bob Watson: ; Girls,
1445: —` :Linda: Button, Kathleen
Hackett; Shirley. Sinclair: Men's
race Ross Forster,,' Dr. M. H.
•Corrin. Musical 'chairs: Boys,.
Ross Forster. Girls, Marilyn
Henderson.
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