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LUCKVOW,. ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, .JUNE lst', 1961),
TEN PAGES
At9 Hai• Wicfespreadf ter of Mr. and Mrs. • Clare;
Johnstone of Lucknow re •
Alert and active,• acid with a
keen memory about . incidents
happening', in early years, Rev.
Robert Andrew Macconnell rear -
ked ' his: 96th birthday ort Sat-..
urday,. May 28th, Rev Maccon-
Hell has made his ,home, at the
Greer Nursing Horne in. Luck-
now for thepast three Years.
Prior. to • that he lived at, the
home 'of Miss Elizabeth Hen-
,derson and .the late. Miss; Pearl
'Henderson • of Lucknow,, . He
never misses his • daily '.'walks
about sthe Greer Home, comes,
downstairs regularly for, his
meals . and: with the better wea-
ther has spent considerable time
on , the verandah of the home.
Rev. Macconnellwas born at
Blyth in 1864, the < Son of Wm`.
and Hug Tena (Vain) Macconnell
There was a- family of. two sons'
and three daughters. of Which
he ` is the last : survivor: Rev.
Macconnell's father was . a.: far-
mer and laterbaliff of the: dia.-
Arid.
is-.trict.. The family lived at both
Clinton' and Wingham.
Rev. Macconnell says'' that any
• reference ' to his. life ' and. Work:
would be ' lacking , without refe
rence to his mothex, • "who was.
indeed , a :handmaid .of her . Lord,
whom • ,she : honored by instruct-
ing her,' son to'carefully ,.and' :di-
1'
li ent read' the tib
le,.!'
y , ble..
• At Winghain,' Rev. Macconnell
• learned the trade ' of ` cabinet
maker with : 'the ,firm' or Scott.
and, Bell, ,He eater worked' for',
John Button . of •Teeswater, Prior
to Mr. Button.: coning to .Luck-:
,2 now, 'After 'Working in - . Toronto
'for a period. of time, 'Rev: ' Mac-
connell;;.•,went, to rWpstern Cana-
da,•It was while working in B.C.
lumber camps that he experi-
•'enced the call of .the ministry..
For some time he worked, among
the camps asa slay :preacher,:
before going to college in. Vari-
couver. where he was one of the
first students of a • new college
there: He was': ordained at West-
•
(Continued: on Page 12),
MEETING ARRIVES .' .
AT
S UT.LON
The congregations of •' White-
church and; Langside Presbyteri-
an 'Churches met last Thursday
night in'. Whitechurch with • a
committee ,of Huron -Maitland
presbytery tb consider the fut.;
ure of the ,two charges.
No irrunecliate solution to f the
problein was. arrived at, but var-
• ious, possibilities were advanced
and discussed..
The Presbytery Committee
ROBERT 'MACCONNELL
•
:PLAN,`: THURSDAY
FORMASS SURVEY
School Section representatives
of the Federations of Agricul-
ture 'in.. Ashfield, West Wawa-
nosh and Colborne are -: being
Called : to .a meeting at the ,Parish
Hall, Dungannon:' en Thursday'
evening • of this week. •
• Purpose of the meeting :isto
lay plans. for the • participation
of thesetownships in the Huron
.County T.E. mass survey,, slated
for . this .;summer.
Present plans 'call for theT.B.
.testing • machiine t.,o• be • in ' Dun,.
gannon: on . July. 29th and again
in Dungannon • on August ,3rd
'for the tuberculin- tests.inspec
tion.
The survey'this time will :in=
elude` both . x=rays •and tubercu-
lin ,needle testing, which previ-
ously has been confined 'chiefly
to high school students, Now: the:
tuberculin ,test is 'recommended
for all .up to 40,. -who may also
have an 'x-ray' if desired. The
x-ray, will, be utilised ` for 'those.
over 40 � '
' At Thursday, night's meeting it
will' be necessary to' arrange for
clerksand helpers to assist the
staff', in . charge of ' the machine.
. The' survey is being promoted
by • the Federation of Agricul
ture. In Ashfield the president
is Wm. G. Hunter; West Wawa -
nosh, Wrn. Caesar; `Colborne,
Mer Hunter..: • • ;
cently lost her ice cream
scone, to a brown .squirrer
who. apparently has a taste
for such food. Helen, •a grade
six pupil at. Luckno* Public
School, '.was; eating the cone,
while pushing her bicycle
..up "Quality .Hill."
Opposite the residence "Of
•Ien Mowbray, the b,oid little, .
animal crossed the• street
from west • to east, ran up
Helen's leg . and arm, took` a
bite• of , the ice cream and
proceeded to. sit on the bicy-
cle seat and eat it.
Helen;attempting topet
it ' apparently scared it, and ,
it took. •a, little nip• at . her .
fingers• and made .off , in an
easterly . direction over the
embankment.
EV.
FIRE DESTROYED
ASHFIELD> BARN,
,
•
` Fire on Friday afternoon •com
pletely 'destroyed a barn on the-
DaVe MacKenzie- faun,, ' Lake
Range, 'near the • Kintail 'summer
resort. The barn is .on • the ,Mac-
Kenzie .homestead which is 'rent-
ed by • Lorne Luther.
Lorne andWMrs Luther :vcrere
at the. farm where Lorne . •vvaas•
•
seeding. Their truck was • nearby
the barn, and when the outbreak
was _:discovered .Lorne suffered
urns to the arra in Moving. the
truck. He. •received. medical• 'at
tention .bit the burns were; not
serious •
Mr,• MacKenzie had. ' been at
the- farm a. short._ time before..
Cause .of the' fire is -'"unknown.
Lost in the, blaze .-was 'a' com
bine and a 'quantity. 'of baled `don Geiger
y, g
ha belonging td' Dave, • as well Rev-. Steed attended college
as seed barley , and . fertilizer be= ;with .:Rev:. Geiger, and rite' stres
longing to the L.uthers. „sed the, privilege of `- performing.
We rid"er t and the baptism. I3e is areturned
u st that the �
insur-
ance had lapsed:.
The :Lucknow Fire -Department
was'.called, • While it was loves-
'bl h 't�h •
L.,ake Tragedy Last';Week Recalls
Same Spot Tragedy 13 Years Ago
...
At the first 'of the. week 'search'
• O.AC. GRADUATE
DAN ROSE
• Dan Rose, son •of Mrs. Eliza-•
beth._Rase .and the late 'Dan Rose,.
was among the .recent graduates
at the 'Ontario Agricultural 'Col-
lege; 'Guelph. Dan is assistant. ag-
ricultural , representative•in • York
County with : headquarters at'
Newi;i'rarket.
BAPTISM' WAS.
UNIQUE : EVENT '
A .baptism ,unique in .the, his-
tory of the congregation,:was ob-
served in' the United : Church on
Sunday .when ' Rev.' Harold. ,Steed
of Moorefield performed the 'sa-
crainent `o f:'baptism `:'for 'the'. trip-
let sons of Rev. and Mrs. ,:Gor
sv a to reac , ' e scene in time
• was comprised of Rev. McClure • .
of Malesworth Rev: of FF' VACANCIES
Br ,� Green S A,
tissels and. Rev, . McKinney of , . ,
reesater.. *BEI .N G F I LL E D •
/ With' South. Kinloss: congrega-
• tion becoming part of the Luck -
now -Dungannon charge, the two
other charges of this fernier 3 -
point pastorate cannot support a
resident minister. ' A resident
student minister was one . pro-
' 1 opal, Wirtghl m is too large to
accept,"Whitechurch '.as a 'second
• charge, and Teeswater. ,which
to combat :the fire, it was feared
it might. create a threat to -sum-
mer cottage properties
• Warehouse Fire Monday Iugii, by the ;mother and Paul
Robert b
In mid-afternoon" on 1VlondaybyRev. Geiger's mother';
an outbreak of "fire wasered..in the Webster'. and 1Viac
discov.. Mrs. Roy Geiger. The _babies are 18 :weeks, old
Kinnon warehouse, • behind their today;; and were on their best
t'' h d ar for Fh behaviour: •for this memorable
occasion.
Guest 'soloist ; was. Mrs. _ John'
Larmor,• of, Toronto; an' aunt of
the, triplets.
efforts • had proved -fruitless
recoering; the body of Frank..
Linklater, 42, a Goderich district
farmer, drowned in Lake. Huron
last Wednesday, afternoon:
He was trying out a fibreglass
'boat from Pointe: Farm .to Port
Albert where 'he was to' be met
by his wife, and return by car..
He: was observed clinging to the
foundering iboat off . the Martin
Point and by the time help
could be obtained, both he ani,
the boat had disappeared under,
the .water. '
Mrs." Linklater is the .former.
Anna Reid, daughter Of the late . '
Mr. and:' Mrs. Jacob Reid' of
Glenn's Hill, north of Dungan
non, She is the: mother of nine
children, six'daughters . and -three
sons, ranging in : age from 6 , to
19 years,
The Linklater' farm adjoins the
airport '. at Goderich Mrs. ' (Dr.)
Wallace (Dorothy) of Goderich'
is- a sister of 'Mr. Linklater.
• Lost - Life ' In 'Same. ` Place
Last week's tragedy in the
deep,.,water %cove at this ,point:
along the Lake Huron ashore,
recalls another tragedy which oc-
curred at •the eXacit place some
13 years ago. Ill the fall . of 1947,
Jim ` 1V1u'sener ,of Stratford was
duck hunting • at this spot; and
was swept : out into.•.the lake
when, he attempted to, recover a
duck which he had shot down,
IThe• overturned boat was ;later,
found near Bruce. Beach, but Mr,:..
Misener's : body was", .never ' re-
covered,'
WINS'52. A . ' 1
$ 0 T L
TEEWAR
S TE BIN
• Mrs: Joe' MacMill n of • Luck
now won ,$520 :at. the 'Teeswater
'Lions ,'Bingo • last "Week: . Mrs.
:MacMillan 'won the' $500 jackpot.
;s •
missionary from .Angola. in Afri- prize' and. also split lit
a� $40 'bingo•
ca and mentioned the : coincidence with John. Molntyre' of Wing -
that
'it was .a.missionar. y' who; ' ham. ' ' ' / "" '
had baptized ;Rev. Geiger:. _ Sharing a $100 prize were f,
The children. were presented three people, one. of 'which was'
for baptismin this order: Ross Mrs, Bell of Holyrood.; Sharing
Gordon, ; by the father • Alan ' $40.. prizes' ' were: • Mrs. Wafter
'Arscott of Whitechurch and H.
Beadle. of • Auburn,
cares ar w e s e. aures,.
were.' licking up the .siding to
the steel covered roof 'before the
outbreak was ..extinguished by
the, Fire" Departrneiiit. ' There was
.:a suspicion of: .fire' • crackers in
connection :with this 'out'break.
Damage. was not serious.
This warehouse; . which sof.-
feted , .roof damage .from .,.snow. ,a.
couple of winters back, was,• re-
cently rebuilt and renovated by
HULATRIO' A' H,IT.,
ATILIONS.SHOW
Cecil Blake, Bob :-McIntosh &
Charlie Webster . revealed hid
•. den . talent' at. the Lions . Club •
Sponsored • "Billy O'Connor'
arena
Show" i1n the'Lucknovv '
HELD' GRADUATION show"
g ' °' last Tuesday night. The .three
BANQUET AT: LDHS some were part of an 'audience
r . . .. participation act put on ' by the
• 'Another first was held ' at the Skyliners, one of the acts.in the
Lucknow District High School ,show.,.. 'Coached ' by. 'the lady
member. :' of . the' •Skyliner, the
men put on a fine demonstration
of the Hawaiian • Hula.
Omar Brooks, Bill Schmid and
Charlie Webster were the three •
Original names'. requested to ;'par-.
ticipate in -the act but the first
two were mysteriously absent `
when their names were called.'
Cecil Blake and Bob McIntosh
gamely filled the vacancies, • .
Cecil Blake, , president of the .
Lions' Club; welcomed'"the crowd
Which. numbered about .1300: He
Grade; 12 and 13 students, with. said .that he felt' the club. was
the. reply Iby Mac '1•1VI'acDonald presenting, 'One of the best
1VIr. P. W. Hoag thanked' " the shows in the province' in aid of
Grade 11'students and ,Mrs, He- the artificial.'ice fund. •
witt for the' excellent banquet, George,' Joynt,reeve of the
and Joanne Alton replied on be- village and ' a personal friend of
half of the; catering group Billy "Canada's O' Connor, introduced hirci
n
Tables were ',nicely decorated as , Arthur , Godfrey"
for the 'Occasion, place cards' and praised him for his work in' •
were in the form of certificates, .promoting and developing 'Cana --
tied with blue and white ribbon, cdian talent. He referred to the
.
the' School colors. ' Each of the splendid show presented: by •the
Grade 12 and 1a girls was pre,- ,O'Conner troupe at the Centers--
sented with', a cox"sage, the ,pre- .nia1 and said he felt that this
paration of'which Was in charge show. would be every bit as
Of Marine Bristow, Mary Alun, good ' •
and Joanne Alton. (Continued on Page I21
Webster . and MacKinnon ' after . on Monday night ,when a ;."grad-
acqui.rir g •the 'property:, / • . cation banquet" was:held in
'honour 'of` -students .of•Grades: 12'.
.'and• 13 ,
kn.o w
Vacancies • on the; •Luc,
District High School Staff are : ,
being filled: • FOUND. 50 -YEAR-OLD
Mr A: MacLeod of London .FOS `IN FLOWER BED
has been engaged as science tea- •
While di in in• a ,flower bed
havet
cher.. Mr ' and Mrs: •MacLeOci. o g
i. o , children of public, , at her 'home' in the Village
e. •1Vlr. MacLeod will (which' to old-timers 1S. known
school ag as' the :Jimmy' Anderson home)
succeed 'Mr., M. ` R. Ballard who
Mrs. Ted: McC•lenagnan unearth;
noW 'satisfactorily has Kinlough ',has:. been supplying since the out 'to •be a
• :. ed what turned
as a second charge; can Scarcely first of the year following the r, ld Dinnie watch fob' issued.
take, .in. both; • Whitechurch and death of Wm. MacDonald Dona
Langside. Mr., Edgar Branch of Windsor to commemorate;the 1910 ''re-
. - . �.� � " _ union.
It, might• be a possibility for has indicated his acceptance of
Lan of. Industrial Arts When it was polished'tip. the
and the position name. H. Anderson ',was scratch-
as "*as me
gsa e to join .Teeswater,
rationed earlier, White-. teacher: •° .He will ' succeed Mr, •
ed :oil the' fob: Hughwas a son
church ms ht be taken care . of Volne. . Rae, whose . resignation .
Y C effective at...the end. of of the late Jimmy . Anderson
in'the Bluevale Be1more pastor -: become. fv,.ho. was organist ands:choir lea
ate,.
June after: a th'iee-year term der' at the Methodist church, for
AO df these 'ideas are purely . This week the'•Board was. wait I ears' over a half cen
, . assurriptions >of What could trans- .ing, ; word froth • a.' prospective many yo „
•
Dire.. In .
'could g. fury ago' n the Meantime* the two commercial teacher to succeed
con. has b Hugh, whose death occurred
gregatrons are grorng: for; a Mr: Warren Brownowhoi. $offal
soli, o • • t ears n
been
o was married to the
' ori the"staff w'o years- Millie 1VIa
i m. , former cGregor of
tura. ; ° _-. es of thin' `vacancy , will.:
ti summer,. services Filling, Whitechurch.. Mrs.: Anderson is
Will bee o
ntinued as usual with corXi fete the ,staff and while one a. sister of° the late ,Mrs. 'Jack
pth d rson, whose late
occur
i s chiefly, .Interim
student
hnnisters supplying the pro i 1 d, et,
He de
pulp, d f� � 1.� to obtain suitable houS�
� so ve ano '
mo era ve ops, red in. March,
cr is Rev" . i
McKinn• ey., . ing a'ccotrititodation °
Amur -
Grade 11 students of the Home
Economics class, under the dir
ectidn • of Mrs. Hewitt, prepared
and catered for -a srnorgasboard.
cold , meat and salad supper.
Members of the teaching • staff,
wives and husbands, were ,at the
bead'' 'table: Mr. M. • R. ' Ballard
asked the Grace. Mrs, Elizabeth
Suter proposed the .toast to the
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