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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-07-23, Page 19Vk,"�NESllAY;: JULY 30th, • Luckno THE LUOKNOW• ;SENTINEL,, LUCKNOW; ONTARIO Barn Picnic 2, centennial year, „has '• 'been marked by numerous. progressive .. • *hitch; has been the constructiQP • vated seating for .about 459 peo- ple. A modern new weigh scale: is • iodated in. such a. Way tha ,The steel eoyered . building, '160*40 leet, is situated to the ' immediate west of 'the Caledori;-• , fan •Park,. just off Highway 86, and the site provides envie park- fa'Cilitiet :for- truckers, Miles to the' weekls,i Wecipeselaye • The building bas a. cattle wing .'eoniodation for, abdut 140 cattle.'" .The east' wing is fOr ...hOgt and is' aIsei Penned off., lit has ceinodation for. between 800 and. • Permanent Unloading end I'm& in the eentre 'of ,the building. , is ,the selling: ring. and: euttion- FATHER MINISTERED: HERE • on their way to the Sale ring. „ ,Contractor for the building'wat The first sale in theneW build- ing was held on WednesdeY !July 16th and. attracted a Mon- Intosh held. "open houte,"' the ed to, tee the new, replaces' the forrner sale barn on 'Inglis Street, . Whialr. was:, for barn, and- to a,. laterleneration was knoWn. only as. JiMmy ttone's. livery,: and •••sUbsequent feed nern;'' Until .the horse be - father, the late • John -.N.. ..Sentiriel photo . HELEN'S naW. and Mrs /George Sttiart and Mr. Stuart for the ,Cen,teimiial." congratulations endiood-With- es go to Mrs • RobinSon Woods who observed her Nth.' birthdaY sPeridin,g'the week at the, form- ARTHUR R: FORD Pi7om .1907 .to 1916 Rev: Ford Was 'of -Lucknow Methodist .Chtit.ch. Arthur, R, •Pord, a• son ofythe Parsonage„ present. editor-in7chief of the 4ondon• Free Press. 'Orate here:. 'John Webstei.. the August .rneetirig. of the tlie'COMMunity•Hall..On Thur - day everiing:Augtist PurdOn. Demonstration in .rug-rhakirig. by Mrs.:Allister. • spent, the .week-erid at, the) hortiel ..DorOthY .Taylor visited;.fOr: A. ;week in.;Kinearditie.With ::tergearit to rookie; '"1"ViPe. favorite picnic tpot and by ticO:Pe `and' carriage or carry -all, the 37, lake 'was holt the least, Of' : the .. In re booklet publiShed, hir the late ' Oeorge Jardine,: entitled, he relates that his: father,: R ert Jardine, tOokaup land to t e. south of Point aark. (then Pinej POint), lin .the..yeard850, .and in ed at first hand the story of those : Work 'on the Lighthouse was 'begun in I8..57i and coniPletpd the .neXt year, 1858 1--L a ceu.tury ago. and A lime kiln wet built .nearr, by the site Where . the 100-foOt structure waS to ' be reared to carry' a beacon light •-•to warn mariners 9f the dengerous shoals Six. Frenclunen from. PariS, brought and. installed -the .mat- eriel for the light dome ,atop the the stone work. The firSt light keepers. were. John. youlig and Riggan,-John Rae, MurdoCh Mac- Donald, george Rae, JOhn Little*, john CamPbell .of Amberley;, end the present light keeper,;,,John C.• Campbell:, who. Was 'a resident Of. •Lneknow,: when' he received the. 131)Pintineht. in '1947. "' • -1913 Soinit Mr. Jardine:told ost:verions. ship, wrecks :off Point 'Clark,' but pone -reniptely cornpare :with the lake' disaster of •Noveinber .9th, 19,13, when • 'severel- 'freighter's floundered in the furiOUt seas, and driving snoW . and, freezing up in:the vicinity of Point...Clark. James Attie. Wes the receiver Of lwreckage and assigned. Mr: Jar. - .dine to patrol the .beach in the liicinity' Of. the. Point. He'lotind. the bodies.Of six. men -and a,Wo.: !man' betWeen .his home arid the 1.ghtho Se anion theni the Call' washed up 'neer Murdie's cottage: 'Some Of. the bodies were inter- red in. the mariner's plot In,.‘,C4OdL. :itun, frorn Pine River,. ib.. south, of the: former Jardine.property;' had 'its:. beginnirig: almost fifty years 1VItirdie ;:was:. the neXt..to build' in,1913: Thome§ • silo ton, and Alf ' A... Copy ' of .The Sentinel of uly 22nd, 88, , carried the fol- lowing story about a Pienic at the. .TROPITY',,AT STAKE AT KINGSBRIDGE,'GARDEN-OARTy 440 • 'ball team and the Port Albert. „This ;game is a feature of the kin8Sbridge, Garden, Patty to'be. 'held that evening, With SUpper '-.4erVed .from five 'o'Clock. The it'8"chedUled'for 6,30 at: the year, '.an'd Win' :for thorn' this' yeat-ikOUld. have It becOlne ,their permanent possession.,,.Plottired' above 'on the left jarties hefty, rhanager of the Port Al- frorri Bill Hunter of lAtcknow, manager of the local .tearn;, ORS CENTENNIAL SPECIA , Lighttl.c)os6 d" .81499kt...Ppy. iik.I-itiron's rippling waters; un- •cier.thebleze Of a ;hat . July stip faricY. .free On Vedriesday: was thejr.S' enCE..the..wOods tang With rth6ii laughter': and' •shout; and Wind and Watet:e0Oed their It was the OcCation Of the •411 - it tOok, about 80. vehieles:to can:. Niorted on the greensward.and. in- haled the .bracinebreezes.:•There, was no lack. of amusement:at apy time throughout. the Ease-, Of ;.'kerioUs kinds 4. croquet filled. the day, ,While on. the lake two. boa6, one carrying, bbre; the visitors over the Water:, The Lawienee and.John Peart -felt as and 'the. wey' they, banged, And Mangled :the :football wet a te.ti theirbreath. •in the lake was' indulged, to:"sOine extent', • had iriany" visitors and between; the. 1.5qats. and -the tower, the. :Viewed in every.- re,spect ;the, outing was a Mott:pleasant end Menit for!? satisfying the inher wants ,:were.. -excellent . *and the• . ,rnoSt happy ., state'. of t.things: ire',.think glue. credit Shotild be heaiied. There ,sorriething .akin to.. the.: charmingly.' rornantic 'greensward, beneath 4 stumner •Supreme. Well that's' the way lit ter' spending . the day thuSly, browned by the tun', Invigorated ,by. the ibreezes..and Perhaps' a lit,. tie. tired froni too Much StrolliPg.', : 6.07. P.m. HOMe Was reeChed by' Mg the 'most enjOyable,and - .sonie'•eVerit of the seaton. Thp MacMillan Clan., • . Andrew M. MacMillan • Was born' near Lochaish, Scotland," in arid Flora MaeDonell. In 1:940 he, with his bride Jeanne Matheson, and accompariied by: hi.S :Mother, 'brothers:end .sisters, 'salted from Kintyre' • on the- West •Coatt. of Scotland. Eventually' they "arrIV-' ed at Toronto 'arid proceeded, -to Guelph, later procuring lend hear a familiar figure as he traVellecl from place. to place' .selling his nursery stOck. He died in 1920 at the age of 102 years. ghters and one son, Miles, who was ,married to Mary 'Quinn Of ed to Kinross *here he resided :Until his death 41..1931; His wife predeceased him .in 1912, was 'a verY"Sucbessful far?, !per and highly esteeMed drover o arid cattle kitlyei°. There, Was a "faMilY •'91 :five .daughrerdi Mrs. Menefee (Mary) ,of 9klahOnia; Mrs.: john Griffin lielen) of De trOlt;. Mrs. Sohn Woclis (Annie) Whitehorse, Hugh 'and 'Duncan. of. petroit; James arid John -(deceats- ed); Patrick, who still resides on the family 'farni and, JosePh of MecMillari'S Meat •Market, Luck-, how, who ''have a. family Of one daughter, Gail: of Montreal and two: sent', Clifford and jim are the .sixth generation of Mac- Millatis since the arrival of their InCidentally the "Clan 1V!ac- Millen" ,of North America 'Plan- ned a gatheringoxhich took place in 'Haniilton on July' 25th tO 27th. Mr. end ..Mrs.; Jim, MacMillan Mac11,1illari 'Of, LucknoW attended the Clan MagMillan gathering in over the week -end -BUYS 'DAD'S. FARM 1. Lthe farm of his father, 'Ern st Ackert, who hes lived -on this • IleYnard hat 'been '',.busy the .strtiet, built 'under; Permit; the . Provincial .Department of .Health. ,The,riew building 1,32• Ilaynard, who„ has' been hutch., has r.noved shit wholesale ancl.re 'tail Watcher :business' intp. the heW ,premises this week, , Plant it ecitiippe& fo handle. a large amount of beef .as' the coolers ,Wilt hot& between. 50 to .60 carcaSses. he:. intends to 'be kill- ing .holti also, in this abbatoir, . About 6,000 peORle attended frorn ali points of Canada and tY.SA': Sir Gordon and Lady MacMillan of 'Scotland were honored, tnest-S..