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PAGE ELEVEN
(DUNGANNON NEWS)
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Descendants of the late. : John
Finnigan and his wife, formerly
Mary Jane iVIcMath, pioneer set-
tlers, from. Amherst lisle to the
Finnigan homestead, 4th of West
Wawanosh, gathered at Lions
Park, ,Seaforth, on Sunday for
the' annual get-to-gether and
numbered eighty five..Some we
know_ of attending were Mr. and
p Mrs.. Richard .Finnigan of Gode-
• rich, .Mr, Finnigan being the last
of a family of eleven; Mrs. Olive
C
ulbert, and. Miss Pearl' Finni-
•,
' an °.4
f ' Goderich; Mr. and Mrs.
' ' Percy "Finnigan,. Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd ',Finnigan,, Toronto; 1VIr.
and . Mrs. -;Raymond Finnigan;
Mr.. and. Mr's. Chester 'Finnigan.
.and David; :Mr. and Mrs. • Herb
Finnigan; Mr. and Mrs. Kitchen-
er Finnigan, Sandra and George;
.Mrs, Erma • Anderson,' Pauline
and Bi.hy; 'Misses Myrtle and
Christine Finnigan, .Benson and
'.Gordon; Mr, and Mrs: Will Fin-
nigan Mr. and Mrs, Robert El-
gie, Seaforth and their • families~.
from. Sarnia, 'Galt and kitchen-
' er; ,Mr. and Mrs.. Roy Finnigan,
:Auburn; Mrs. ,.Alf ' Habel and
Jimmy of . Port • iColborne; Mrs.
Alvin Sherwood and Robert, of;
the village; Mr. and:. Mrs. John,
Finnigan,: ' Keith ,and .Lynn of
Wingham; Mr..arid' Mrs. Everett
Finnigan, Walkerton Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Manz, ' (Gwen Fin
nigan); • who. ,have recently recently : re-
turned from spending' a year in
* •Australia., as teachers.: They . en-.
joyed the travel and also visited
..nineteen 'countries.' TheY have
been : engaged as teachers for
next . year: in Toronto:'. Officiale.
of the picnic were :pres., ,Mr.
Bert Finnigan and secretary, Mrs..
Erma _Anderson. Elected.'for next
year's picnic :are .pre sident, Mrs.
Robert Elgie and secretary, Miss
Pearl .Finnigan: •
Jones Family Gather:ngp
Mrs. 'Frank Jones on Satur-
day entertained': for a family
gathering at ,her''home.,.The. visit-
ors were Mr W. J. Moffatt, • a�
'brother-in-law of Edmonton and
his sister, . Miss .'Alexie : Moffat,
. and another sister from Pinker-
, ton, Mr' and Mrs. , Wilfred Mas
sey, (Pauline Jones$ Cleveland,
,Lynda and Kenny; Mr. and Mrs.
Weldon Rudow, (Bertha Jones),
Allan and Betty, Elmira;. Mr..
and Mrs: Steve : Helesic.' (Donalda`
• Jones), Michael and .Robert of.
.`Goderich Mrs: Minnie Jones and'
.son Mel; east of ' the. village.''
the family' enjoyed meeting
their ' uncle, Mr. Moffat; *hose
wife was the former "May.. Jones.
He was one time a school prnci
pal gat" Dungannon. 'but. is :now
retiree.. .
Mrs. Bert McWhinneY. had'
Calling on her Monday evening,
her cousins, Miss Elizabeth John
ston, Essex, :1VIrs. Ida Better, ti • *hose
wife .wM. 'McGugan, Pal=
merston.
Mr. arid Mrs. " Wil1 Irvin on
Sunday Visited their : daughter,
Mr°
and Mrs. Percy '. Blundell,
' Goderich: ' '
Mrs. Glen Springer andchild-
len of Tillsonburg visited a coup-
le' of . weeks with.' her parents,
Mr, and Mrs Harvey Maize,
Visitors 'for a" few. days with'
Mr, and Mrs. Bert Maize ° were
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Oke and Mr.
and, Mrs. Floyd :Davis, Toronto,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Irvin and
family on Sunday ':Visited .,his
sister, Mrs. Eldon Irwin; Sarnia.
Mrs. George Ribey . (nee Ruth
Orser) and infant daughter, ;Jane'
Marion (Jamey) are home from
Goderich Hospital: •
Mr.• and Mrs, Keith- Cranston
On'Sunday visited Mr, and Mrs.
ankh. McCrostie and ' Mrs. Isaac
Cranston Who visited Mrs. Ag,:,
nes :]ktrnin of• Goderich:
A gathering of the children
and ' grandchildren of all: who
had spent sonie time in the home
Of Robert. and Etta Durnin was
held Saturday on their spacious
lawn rm celebration of their did-
pond wedding.
The guests were • Chester and
',eta Durnin and •their three
'hildren. james, Marjory, Jane;
ANDREW -LANE REUNION
HELD IN i CKNOW >!"ARK
The Andrew -Lane Reunion
was held on Thursday afternoon,
July 23rd .tit Caledonian Park,
Lucknow, The attendance was
rather smaller than usual, but
those who .attended, enjoyed. a
pleasant" of ternoon, with a. ,good
program of sports, musical num-
bers, and a delicious lunch, in
eluding . an abundance of ice
creairi;
Prizes for :races ; were as fol -
.lows: boys, 5 and under, David.
Carruthers, Jerry. Bere•; iboys, 10
and under, David Button,._Rod-
ney McDonagh; girls, 12 and un-
der, Judy Reid, Donna Sparkes;
boys, 14 and ander, Keith Maul -
den, Donald , .ndre^w girls, , 16
and under; Mary Purdon, Judy
Reid;. • single • , men's • race, Ross
:McDonagh; married 'ladies' race,
Mary Bere Kicking 'the slipper,
Jarnes and Peggy Durnin and
their four children, Cindy, Pat,
Susan and Joey, Majory and
Larrie. Tornko . and son' •David',
Jane and Gerald Loughner all of
'Irwin Pennysivania; Lottie (Hef
ford'• Roach) and daughter Ber-
nice and granddaughter : Linda
of Listowel; Flora Durnin of
Markdale, and her ;friend Nora
Creyke and son ,. Murray of
Schomberg; Leonard and Evelyn.
,Crawford of Wingham; Burt. and
Stela Crawford and nephews
Barry Bogie •and ,Brian 'Shear-'
down; ' Katherine. and Jim :Wil-•
son and son. Murray, of • Port Al
Bert; "Grace. Crawford and, Ellen
Durnin, sisters .of Etta and Rob -
A Celeb •ration was. previously
held on December ,27th ' for other
members 'of. the family..
The Women's .Missionary Soei
ety of Erskine :Presbyterian
Church met at. Harbour Park,
Goderich on July 24th with, Mrs.
Arthur Stewart presiding. A
moment of silent prayer. was ob-
served;' for • the late :Mrs.- Robert
Fitzgerald followed'by. the Lord's
Prayer. ' Mrs; .Robert .McAllister
took the devotional and the meet-
ing closed- with the Glad Tidings
Prayer: by> . Mrs. ' Mason , McAlli
star. Following the meeting the'
W.M:S sponsored a ',picnic for• the
Sunday. School with races and
genies for the,,children and some t
for seniors,: also. Ball was played
while • the ladies:. prepared a
hearty lunch— .
Mrs. Minnie Jones' spent a few.J
clays' last • week ,with. 'her sister,
Mrs.` B' F. Rice of Detroit.
Toronto. Nurse Passes •
The relatives and friends' of
Miss Rebecca iGrace, MacKenzie,
R;N, were'. :saddened ' +by her,
death at' . Toronto General Hos-
pital on Friday,' July lOth, 1959,
in her. 62nd year. She was : the
daughter of the late Donald and
Mary MacKe9zie of the 4th con,
cession . of Ashfield. She :is sur-
vived . by one sister, Miss Mary
Mackenzie . and two 'brothers, Dr:
.Hector. Mackenzie of . Vancouver
and Donald of Blyth. Service
was conducted on Monday, July
13th at the Johnstone Funeral
Home in Lucknow where' the
body was '-resting. Rev. Alexan-
der •Nimmo officiated: :Burial
was' to • the . family plot in Kin
tail cemetery: The pallbearers
were -David :.Mackenzie, ' Robert
Simpson, Robert MacGregor,
Jaines. McMillan. William ,Clark.
and Bert Crawford. Many floral:
tributes were received from •Tor-
onto `friends, from the:nurses and
board of Management of Toron-
to General Hospital and' from,
relatives and friends in the sur-
rounding district.
Cousin Dies
Blake. Brothers, Cecil and Har-
old,'
ar-old,• and •Miss Beth McConnell
have' received word of the death
of, their cousin, Rev. Dr. D,H.
Gallagher, secretary of the'Board.
of overseas..missions., He was
ini.nister. in • Port Elgin Presby
terian • Church, Lundy's Lane, St.;
John Church, Oakville. He was
elected- president of Hamilton
conference on May 30th, 1939. at
Runnymede Lihite.d Church, To-
ronto. In 1955 he received the
degree Doctor of Di•vinity.
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Mary Purdon, Barbara Finlay-
son; Married men's race, Irwin
Carruthers, Fred McQuillin;
Guessing the. number of beans in
a; jar, Douglas Allen. .
The minutes of the last Re: -
union
e:union. were 'read and .approved.
If was agreed that.we leave
in •the. hands of the Committee
the place for having owr reunion
next year.
The following officers 'were
elected , for next year.: • Ores.,
Steve Stothers; vice -Pres.,. Oliver
McCharles; Secy., Bessie Maul=,
den; Treas.,. Jack McDonagh, •.
We " were favoured ,by ,two
dance numbers by Jane and
Barbara Finlayson and Margaret
McLennan ;with D' A. MacLen-:.
nan supplying music on the pipes.;
Donna ' ;Sparkes of ' London;
neice . of Fred McQuillin 'played
several selections on her accord:
The births, marriages, and
deaths which had . been recorded`
during the year were ,.read, and
a moments silence was, observed'
in•amemoryy of those who .had• as..
sed away. These were: Mrs: • Nel-
son Webster., Windsor; Mr . Flex-
man Barkwell; Lucknow,
Denald Lane,' Montreal, ' Baby
Nancy McDonagh, Kensington,
• Fred. • McQuillin . contributed
mouth organ music, and Mr. D.
A. McLennan supplied more . bag-
pipe. music.
Prizes for the .. youngest . child
present 'went tp, Jeanne (Roberta
Reid,. to the ' oldest person pre -
sent, Mrs, • Elizabeth Alton; to
:person from. the greatest dis-
tance. Nelson Webster, Windsor,
and to the' longest Married cou-
ple,
Mr. and Mrs. W. g. • Reed.
And so another Andrew'Lane
reunion came to an ` end with
everyone agreeing that it had
been a very pleasant get-together.
WEDDING BELL'
JOHNSTONE' -- RIBEY
The. Rev, A. J. Orr of. Kin-
eardine offiiciated at a ceremony
in Wesley United Church; Sat-
urday, July 25th, at 1.2:30' When
Lois Ann .'MO exchanged vows
with ''William Robert. Johnston.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Ribey,. 12th
concession •pf• Bruce Township
are parents :of the bride and the
groom. is the 'son- Of' -Mr, and
Mrs;'.Wilfred Johnston of'.R.R. 2;.
Paisley.
The bride chose a floor length
gown of . imported chantilly, .lace.
and tulle, over satin featuring' a
fitted 'bodice ;with jewelled: sab
rine. neckline, and'' a :bouffant
skirt decorated 'with tiny bows.
•A jewel studded,coronet held her
full' embroidered , s;ilk illusion
veil and she ,carried.' a white
Bible crested -•with rose budsand
ribbon.
j
Miss, Joyce Ribey was maid
of ,,honor and bridesmaids were,.
Miss Margaret ..Ribey, sister of
the bride and Miss Ann 'Ramsay:
They were gowned alike in white
nylon . organza embossed with
turquoise taffeta. The junior
bridesmaid, Miss Mary Gray,
was similarly gowned in. pink.
Glen Majury wasgroomsman
and guests were . ushered by
Lloyd Johnston, brother of the
groom, and Murray Ribey, broth-
er of the bride. " A
The wedding music was played
by Miss Janet. Gaunt, Hanover,
and Mrs. Jim Teeble, Port Elgin,.
was soloist.. .
A reception Was ,held at Under-
wood United Church. to. over 90. -
guests..
0.,guests... • •
For: travelling, the bride donn-
ed . a powder blue linen sheath
with white accessories
The couple will: reside on the.
groom's; farm at Gree lock. • .
'The bride i.s. •.a , graduate ;of,
;Stratford` Teachers' "College and.
'taught, for 2 years at SS. No. 9,
Kinloss. .•
A petition.. bearing .400 Apia -
tures has been presented to,
Chesley Council seeking the est-
ablishment. • of a liquor store 'and
beer warehouse.
,MAGIC MARKERS • •
Because of so many .requestfi,
We now have available the handy.
!Magic!' Marker". Just lift 'the
cap and ; it writes en anything,
dries instantly; For .home,. work
'arid play, it just:•..can't• be beat.
Available in 8: colours, only $1.10
at The Lucknow Sentinel; •phone.
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