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Vii, D. SiD 4••' , ,JULY 16th, 1958;
THE LUCKNOW < SENTINEL; LUCKN•QW, ON . ..IQ
Sonnething !piling :Him Back
Lane Gardra.er who is; sailing
this season on "The Queen of`
the Lakes' , the , S.S. Scott Mis=
ener, sends -along, a, donation to
the Centennial and says, "I feel
something pulling 'nip back. to
Lucknow for 'the joyous occas-
ion". Lane's nickname aboard
ion".. Lane'snicknarne aboard
ship- is "Deep Sea,
DONA
EW.S AND VIEWS
+•OMES.
FROM GERMANY
ln, • sending a donation to, the
Centennial' F u n.d Mrs.; Ken.
I. $ridges;. (Mae. McMahon). says:
• '''We would, like to wish you
I, ..every" -"success , and. do. ,,,,,wish we
r could go `biackm.hiame'� but, as.$hat-
is impossible,,We look forward to
The Sentinel to keep us in 'touch.:
"The weather'over here is very.
cool, do wish we had` a little
heat from Ontario. Themajority
of RCAF personnel are travelling
to Brussels this year to see the
World's Fair. We spent a few
days the. 24th of May week -end.
The city'' of Ninelles, near Water -
plot of ground to the RCAF 'for
the use of their ' personnel visit-
ing the Fair; There were 88 fam-
ilies there the week -end we' were
up. The buildings of the Fair are
so unusual and modernistic it is
almost. impossible to. describe
them :but' no' doubt you will see
plenty of pictures of ,• them • in;
Canada.. ' ,
"We are planning on leaving
;for Denmark next Saturday but
•if it doesn't warm up will be
tempted to : go south instead.
• "This: is •quite • an ::experience
to be over here as you no 'doubt,
realize, ,after ,your trip, and' the
`ti . is certainly 'ssin' q ui k
me . r yPa, g � c
Sincerely, Mae .Bridge.
•* * * '
Last Member of Family
Sarah Boyd Nelleger .of
South Pasadena, California,` the
last member of one of Luck.now's
:early families, regrets she .will
be unable to attend the;Centen'
nial, ,but sends along a donati.ori
and an order for a historical
book.
**.fit
I egrets She Cannot Return
'Mrs. R. A. McKellar. Of. Elrose,
Sask., :rites: ,,
• "L;• am sorry to `say 1''will not
be .able to ,,be ', present at your,
'Centeirnial gathering because of
be:. illness in our family. I have been
back. twice ,since, corning' West, in
...191Q; ,It: would indeed''be a .great
• pleasure' to meet some `of 'the old
friends: once' .more"
EAGER.TO SEE. OLD
SCHOOLMATES
,. Box '220 p. a usk �sing, 'Ont.
.
June 30, 1958
Dear Campbell,
'I havebeen 'quite interested 'in'
your `Centennial columnand ani
;hoping' Some of. my old' sohool-
;mates will:be able to make it•as
I•intend to do.. I :would.,certainly
enloy,,seing "Hanle". Alton,. `.'Step!
da" NlacXenzie,. `.`,Pelican"' . Mac-
Donald, "Soapy"' Douglas . and.
Harry' Alton, who at one tine
was my` •teaeher at the old Sec=.
and School. Russ Reid .used to
scare the. daylights out of me
'With a : great rawhide strap ' in
the old Second Schaal—Last tame
I saw Russ was during:, the:war
when he was A'' captain hi the
`,. , .
This Centennial has ;•a ,special
significance for all the MacDon
AS, `Because 'i , },s the centennial.
of my • father's birth. He was
born M February .1858. I was
:just counting up his descendants
:and by my count he has at . least
53 living, descendants.) , hope to
raise the UniOn 'Jack on 'the ; old
MacDonald '' place north . of the
§cation. and keep it flying for..
the•Centennial week in. his hon-
our.
1, hope to see you during
tenni-al week. '
Sincerely" yours,.
Ross• L. MacDonald.
to. •
ho
eth .
ler
ed
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Sorry, Can't Be Here • ' '
yrs 1ewton James 'o£ Point
Pelee, in ,ordering a ,historical.
bcok, says: "Your big celebration
is';',really getting ' 'pilose. 1 'read
every word about it in The Sen-
tinel mid s ricere1y. hope -it will
al'l the turn popple .have
hoped, 'planned • and worked so
-very . hard. for. 1 amsorry we
woret he .there,",
GETS POSTING TO
OLD .'HOME AREA
No. 18 Coy RCOC
`Churc�l:1111 1 afnitobar
Dear. Campbell: ' : •
I have been wanting ..to send
a small contribution to the ,Cen-
tennial fun-cf./or some: time and,'.
do• so:, now, 4 .you would be good,
enough ' to turn it over to the
proper person • Would you please
also pass on. to the committee
zny congratulationson the hand
ling. 'of • ubli it • n theme
. "'t in' ' tair' ears, have
been;•"excellent and -am .sure the
many' .other.tasks in' organizing
such :can event, are being equally
well • planned and .managed.
We. are ;hoping ..to '.be fortunate
enough to reach Lucknow dur
ing the . celebrations.. As .yet ,h
cannot say. when however.' My
movements. during the sunznler.
are : not too _clear ;as; yet.' AM be
ing transferred, from hereto
London., Ontario, in ,At gust;:,>we
are planning to leave Here in,July
and take seine leave which should
make 'a' visit to Lucknow poss-
ib:le.. However leave in the army
does not: ;always materialize, ,,as'
planned rid so. we can -not def:'
n .it' at• present. •
hisstation since.
t is extremely.
isolatedand mos, :of • the time the
Weather..'is windy : and, unpleas
ant, :The' friendliness of all. per
sontlel here; •however, by far, out -A,
weighs ,the geographlcai and .ell
rnatic disadvantage We also
have 'excellent ac&:omodation and
all :in. all it Chas: been a very
pleasant tour of :duty
Needless" to . say I am • very
pleased with the London Post-
ing,. Yt, will .be • the :first' time dur-
ing my- life, . in the Army when:
`i 'have been located in the Luck
now area. I'ani'therefore looking
forward to. :renewing old• ac=