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LUCK! OW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,, ,JUNE 10th, 1959•,
WINGHAIVI MINISTER HEADS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
115 GRANDFATHER
YYAS °FI:RST .CLERK:
•Herman 'IHernden of • Florida
vas a .caller in the• community
ast • week, the purpose of .hats
zs being eing to ;seek information:
about. his • forbears. ' •
His grandfather, William Hern
en, Was the first clerk- of the
'ownship of Kinloss .upon the
iunisip ality's, establishi hent over.
00 .years ago' — in 1855, Mr
lerndek held the office for 'one.
ear and was'• succeeded • by. Peter
,eid. • .
The 'Hernden family took up•
of 15, Range 2 of the South
'urliam Road, which they sold
Boyer Paul,who was the first
;eve of • Kinloss. The property
, , we understand, ',now part of
lac Lane's farm. •
The ,Hernden family, it appears
id not stay .long • in Kinloss.
erman's father, John Hernden
•as a lad 'of 12, when William
,me to Kinloss,
lierinan`'s' uncle; Charles Here
;hi a brother ofJol1n, : taught.
;hoof at Belfast. He boarded ' at
ie Sherwood'home and married
lizabeth Sherwood They. moor
1 to Manitoba in ••.1882.
When. Herman was here last
eek he called at various: places
here ,he hoped he' might obtain
formation: He Visited • J.• R.
Me, octogenarian clerk ,of. Kin -
ss Township, and there saw the
'st' . recorded . minutes of the'
rporation, /and photographed
s grandfather's 'signature:.'•.
Mr.. Hernden' called 'at . The
'ntinel Office, and purchased, a
py. of the:Lucknow Centennial
gorical book. •
SELL . QUICKLY
Cupboards which were ad.
yertised last week by Mrs.
George Kennedy, were sold
early Wednesday. evening,
and there were a ;Half .dozen'
Dr more enquiries after they
were °sold.
Lorne' Forster reports simi-
Lar results, He advertised
pigs'and a calf a :few weeks
igo, and they were • sold in
hort order.' '
IONS: CO#.N CANS
D: BE COLLECTED
�t the Lions meeting on Mon-.
.• night,. 'Members were; in
acted; to collect the Clubs 'coin'
is this week -end., They • have
m in homes & business places
the past several months: Pro-
ds will be .used Solely for
!fare work:
six -horse hitch was/ entered,
the Club in ' the Windsor par
at .a cost of $165:00, and to
p. defray the cost the meeting
ed `• to assess each Member
)0 •
!organ Henderson reported for
Finance .Committee ' which
oinmended that all • dues.. to
end of • 1959, ,be paid now,
, anyone wishing to withdraw
n the • Club, 'should pay his
s up 'to the' withdrawal date,
:arvey Webster expressed the
o's farewell to •Brock Cleland,
e of ' the better Lions" and
he could • take with him the
trance that every member ap-
:iated what he , .has done for
.
rock replied' that `it was .hard.
tay goodbye •arid they knew
'. would be 'a lot 'of people
activities that they will miss:.
ad been a privilege and hon
to. belong to . the Club, the
)rne Reid reported that 89
Wees and 22 Bantams in . the
?id had already indicated,
wish to play ball.. Lorne
'd for a meeting of commit
members on . Wednesdayy, •,to
Plans ` •for a town league.
ie.ne:ct and final meeting of
tern will be Ladies' Night.
TO HOLD DISPERSAL.. ,STALE
George Kennedy is holding a
dispersal sale of 40 ,head of
purebred Holsteins ; .at Pine •Echo:'
•Farms on Highway 86,' 4 miles
east' of Lucknow, -on Thursday..
of next week, June Nth. George
,has . been a ,prominent. Hereford
breeder for a good many years,
and more recently • branched into
the: dairy aerd.
BID FAREWELL
TO CLELANDS..
A farewell .party for Dr. and
Mrs. T. 'B, Cleland was held in
the Legion Hall on Monday even-
ing. 'At 'the lunch hour: Bob Mac
Intosih ,extended the best wishes.
of : the gathering for health, hap-
iness and, prosperity in their new
homes' Gordon Montgomery' 'riade
the .presentation of, a 'gift' of
ASHF'IELD COUPLE MARK,
3Oth WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
money k , .
Brock•Y, and Mary ,came 'here a.
little, over ten y. eais. ago, and in
replying, Brock said it was not
easy , to say 'goodbye, and • that
they •would always retain • fond
memories of ' this .community,
where they had .enjoyed .such.
pleasant and .happy business; and
social- ;relations.
Dr. and. Mrs:;. Cleland, ' with
their family of , five children;
Susan, •John, Jamie, ..David and
Sandy, planned :to leave on Wed
nesday for .S•ti:llwater, Oklahoma,
Brock has' accepted a position at
the Veterinary Faculty' of Okla-
homa State University, wler'e •he
will also do Post graduate work,
specializing in animal parasito-
logy. • r
Mr. and' Mrs.. Thomas Hackett,
Jr... of the 10th Concession ,of
Ashfield,- observed their 30th
wedding, anniversary, on Friday;'
June 5th. The occasion .was mar-.•
ked bytheir famil occasion/was
vV'ith a sur-.
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prise supiper eld at the home of
the Bride and Groom. 'of thirty
years:
A • lovely 400 -day clock .•was
,presented . to Mr, and Mrs. Hac_
.kett 'daring the' supper,.
They Have eight children,MVirs:
Earl Jamieson •(Donalda), Don-
ald, Alban, . Mrs,• Jim Errington
(Freda), 'Mrs:.LaVerne Cunning
ham (Lois), Joyce, Kathleen,
•Barry.. :
.,,SELL. 25. SHORTHORNS
' W. A. Culbert. and Sons of
Dungannon have 'sold, 25 females
'from their Shorthorn • herd• to' a
new ,breeder .at • Ottawa Dr,
G. G. •Paten�aude, a, young Ottawadentist
DISCONTINUES, SHIPPING •
For the time being, Bill Harris
of Ripley.' is " discontinuing the
business ` of shipping ..hogs, and.:
his explanation for this decision,
appears in, an advertisement in
this issue: .
The 85thGeneral Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in Can-
ada elected Rev. Dr. '.Alexander
Nimmo• of Wingham as modera-
tor at its ; oPening session Wed-
nesday night of hast week, in
Toronto..
Dr: • Nimmo was elected on the
first ballot. lie won over. D:r -
never; H: Johnston •of Fort . William
and Rev.• Donald S. Jackson, of
Port Credit,
A native of Ireland, Rev; .lYim
mo graduated .frons` Presbyterian.
College, Montreal. ' •
The last time • thehonour of
this office, was brought to this.
community •• .was by 'the, late Dr.
C, H •MacDonald; who for 25:
.years,. until 1950, was minister
of Lucknow Presbyterian Church.
THREE' INTERESTED .IN
1960. BRUCE WARDENSHIP
Three rural reeves have indi-
cated , they will be contestants
for the 1960 Bruce County 'war-
denship: They are Michael Fisher
of Culross, Roy •:Atkinson• of
Greenock and Wesley Aiken of
Amabel.'
TWELVE PAGES
ANNIVERSARY AT'
OLDEST KIRKS
Anniversary services were held-.
en Sunday at Ashfield Presby-
terian Church,.. ' and. South Kin-
loss Presbyterian Church, the
two longest established' congre-
gations in this immediate com-
munity. ••
At Ashfield the anniversary
guest preacher - wa. s Rev. Edward
McKinlay : of, Kimberley, B.C.
Rev..McKinlay, is a classmate of.
the present minister,,, "lacy, •D.'
Neil McCombie, and was ` in the.
East. attending the'General As -
Ronald
the morning service Mrs,
Roniald Forster. and Nancy , .and
Mrs: Stuart Jamieson and Diane
sang , "Bless This House," asa
double duet and Miss Helen Vid-
ean,. of Goderioh was soloist..
MIn the evening Mary and ;Kath-
leen ;Fisher of 'Whitechurch sang
a duet.; `Anthems were rendered
at both services •by the Ashfield
choir, with Mrs., Duncan Simp-
son at the organ.
• This marked the l l lth,' anniver-
j •sary of ' the 'founding Of the Ash-
) field congregation which was
first recognized. as, a mission• sta-.
tion in 1848: Actually: the. first
hardy pioneers from the' high -
lends 'of Scotland . had settledin
the Kintai•1 district ' some ten
years before' and' as a people who
Worshipped their God, J brought
the church with them and met
to ; gether ...for . services which
they themselves. first conducted.
The first.church was built one
hundred years ago. •
South Kinloss'. Services
At South. Kinlossa:Presbyterian
,Church services were conducted
morning and '• evening ''with• • Rev:
A, Clemnents of Palmerston as
•guest • rniiniste'r. Rev. Clements,
and the pastor of South; Kinloss,,
Rev R. T A. Marshall; had ad-
joining charges. hi Old. Erin be-
for coming CO' Canada:.
Special music was:; provided by
the choir under the direction, of
Mr Phillip Steer 'and with :Mrs.
Herb Buckton as organist: At• the
Morning, service !`Garden of; My.
Heart,'.', ..;was sung as a quartet
by Mr. and Mrs: .Philip .-: Steer,.
Frank MacKenzie and Ruth Steer
and .at the .evening, service/Frank
MacKenzie was soloist '
The history of: the . South; Kin-
loss• congregation' goes back 103
years, .with •its, beginning dated,
from the 'erection of a primitive
log' church 'north of the Second!
Concession . in 1856: This, little
church, in a clearin
gin ;the: woods:
was 'known as i.Vturdoch. MacKen--
zie's Church :owing: to the ,part.
he played in . its erection: In 1863*
the. "Biagi 'Church," . a frame +build-
ing; was built, and in 1911-1912:
its was replaced by'the. present
brick church:.
Harold :Percy, Kinloss Town -
.ship reeve, who was mentioned
as a candidate for the -office, has.
indicated • he .will not be in the.
field.; • Reeve Percy is chairman
of the County Home 'committee
which` will . be starting •a . $665,000
buildingprogram this fall.
'oters Decide The
JOHN W. HANNA •
John . W. Hanna,' Progressive
Conservative member:of the Pro-
vincial Legislature for, 16' Years,
is a lifelong resident -of Winn.
ham, 'Where he is a• retail mer-
chant.. '
• He was •. born. in Wingham • on
August18, 1889, a son of John
Hanna (Irish) • and Mary Louise
Young (Scottish), On February
20th, 1917 he. married Esther
Cafnpbell of Woodstock Their
only ; child, a 'Son, -John was . kil-
led in a tragic motor accident
during the summer of 1954.
• Mr. Hanna Was' educated . at.
Wingham Public • and: High
Schools. He is .president ;of Han-
na and . Company, Limited, long-
time dealers in Ladies'. and Gents':
furnishings at' Wingham:
Mr. Hanna is' a •• member of
Wingh.am • Presbyterian Church
Other affiliations are:. member
Albany Club, Toronto; 'Lion Club,
Wingha n • for 35 years and an
ex -president; and. A:F: and A.M.,
Wingham.• * 4
Municipallyhe was a former
member of . Wingham Utilities
Commission; a former alderman,
and Mayor ;of. Wingham 1936.41.
Mr. Hanna entered the Ontario
Legislature 'at the general elec-
tion of • 1943. He was re-elected
in 1945,. 1948, 1951: and; 1955. Mr:
Hanna; in the 1955 election,ach-
ieved an impressive majority in
a riding . which at one. time tend-
ed to be Liberal in character. He
has served on the Select Coni.'-
mittee on Cemeteries and has ;.
been a member of the Ontario
Racing Coirimission since 19.56'.
Issue
' A fast-moving Provincial elec-
tion campaign reaches its climax
Thursday, w�rhen electors go ' to
the polls . to ec�'tde the govern
'merit that. "" i direct -Ontario's.
destiny: for the next . four or five
years.
• When and _ Where To, Vote
Polls .will be .open from' `9.00'
a.m. to 8.00 pm.. Daylight:' Saving
Time, and the electors are urged
to turnout : and exercise the de=•
mnocratie : privilege and opportun-
ity .of casting a ballot: Vote as
you wish, but be. sate . to. vote!_
'In »Lucknow, No. i 'poll, • the
north-east section, will .vote at
.the. Legion .Hall; No. ,2, at the
Municipal Office and.• No. 3, at,
•the Town, ,hall. ,/
• Locally their is keen interest.
and much speculation in the 'out-
come . in ' Huron -Bruce :. where
Jahn W,..' • Hanna,' :Progressive
Conservative who has represent-
ed the riding: f or" sixteen years,
is seeking . re-election for his
sixth term. His- opponent is Rae
J. Watson, • who • received the
Liberal " party' nomination m
October of . last , year, • and has
waged a vigorous carripaign,since.
that . time. . • .
In the .1955 election Mr,: Hanna
had a majority of close to 1500
votes over Hugh Hill. In ' 1951 he
defeated Elmer Farrish, by some
2100 votes. ' .In ' 1948 Hugh Hill'
made it close when Mr. Harma s.
margin of , victory was less than..
300 votes. .
Here is ,how' they voted four.
years . ago:
1955 Summary:,
Ashfield
Blyth
Brussels'
Culross • Twp:
Carrick Twp,
Colborne Twp.,a ,.a„... 148
E. Wawanosh Twp: 294
Howick Twp..' , .: 657
Huron Twp. 530
Hanna Hill
468 313
211` 128
214 216.
330 429
326 754
362
249
557
190
Kinloss Twp, iii:..: a.;:a::. 405 233
Grey Twp, 328 490
Lucknow .i 1:, :. ..... i:.fi:.i:: 361 184
Mildmay.. 201
,i. iii:.,-v,i.:ii:i/:
Morris :Twp, 497 305
172.
�R.zp y ilii ii :iiiii iY ii:I •i
Teeswater iiiii i... i..ii.Ya:. 198
Turnberry p, i:i,Fii2liii 399
W. Wawanosh Twp:: 343
Wingham- •:.i.ii ::i,:ii1....iY 1,176
Canadian t'orces i:..ii.: 5
TOTAL ....:,:.,:i,.ai.ai:ii.YY /,244
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Thorsdoy,
RAE J. WATSON
• He was born. at Lucknow ' 48
years ago, a son of Jack Watson
and Anna MacKenzie of . Para-
mount He .went, to London as a
youth and'spent a few years with
Hbleproof Hosiery . before start-
ing 'a bicycle and sporting goods
business . which ' developed and,
Y
expanded rapidly. He ; sold the
business to a longtime eiinpioyee
over three years ago and • return
ed here, buying a farm on Con.
12' West . Wawanosh, where the
Watsons built a new. home:
Rae 'has held positions in the
Moose Lodge at the local, pro-
vincial and ' international level
and 'has been ' very active `in•
Lionisn�, having . just concluded
his term as Governor of District
A-9.
He is on the executive of the
Canadian, Bicycle and Sporting::
Goods Dealers, and as one of 'his.
hobbies 'operates a 36 -foot yacht,
the •Cycle Queen, which ° is pre-
sently docked ,at :Bayfield.
1Vir. Watson is a member of the
Lucknow Presbyterian Church'
He has four children: Rae, jr.,
London; Mrs. Doiald• (Dorothy),
Parrish., R.R, 7 Lucknow;' Jim, a
studenat •the Lucknow •District.
High School, and Robert, a pupil
'+et the Lucknow Public School:”
204 JACKPOT WAS
223 SPLIT
234 There* were , two ' winners for
264 ' the Legion's bingo jackpot prize
341 on Thursdayevening, with Geo.
2 Taylor and,Mrs. Garnet Hender-
5,769 son splitting the $100. prize..
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l Ot OUR YOUNG
HOCKEY PLAYERS
Jackets were presented to' the
Juvenile hockey .'team, and.: in-
dividual
tropphies to: B.antanls,
Pee Wees .and Squirts, ••at .the
regular • meeting of• the Lions •
'Club on ' Monday evening, The
boys, coaches, and officials Con-
nected with, the winter's sports '
program were•.guests of the Lions'
and were introduced by Bob
.MacIntosh, Donald MacKinnon'
and Lloyd Ashton.
Dennis Riggin Speaks
Guest speaker on this occasion
was Dennis Riggin, son . of Mr. •
and ' Mrs. Mel Riggin of :Kincar-
dine. Dennis isgoal keeper for
the . Ed.nionton 11'lyers, the top
team' in the Detroit Red Wings,
farm, system. 'He 'had the misfor-
tune to suffer a severe eye. in-
jury last winter and was hos-
pitalized for some time:
Riggin played fastball for
Lucknow', when Charlie Justice
*as here, and, he said on Monday
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