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.WEDNESDAY, AV. GUST 6, 1958;
,STORICAL, BOOK
TI Lt.. AYAI LAB
There has been a big de-
nand for "The ' History .of
Lueknow",, a 180 -page. ill-
ustrated .book,. published in
conjunction with the,' Centen-.
nial,
There, are 'stil,l, a number
of book's,. available, however,
. but anyone anxious to obtain •
' •'a copy, should .not. delay for : .
we. expect the .extras will he
picked, up rapidly
' Books, can,'. be 'obtained,
over-the-counter at several .
° places„ on Main Street! . or
marl . •orders Will be looked
after' by vfri.: �Arex `,"AridrQ* •
There are also a few• copies
of the Centennial issue • of•
The Sentinel ; still . available.
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Roy •MacKenzie, pipe ;mayor' of
'the . Lucknow Pipe Bard,. which
'played. 'here 'for the •Centennial,'
was the'' only. member of the Band
. who played at the, 1910 :reunion.
Mr..and Mrs. Earl Lindsay; of
Toronto:" hadn't ,'spent many min-
utes at the garden party on ;Fri
day -night when Earl, "ran. into"
Anson 'Glrvin, a ,;native' of . the•
Nile' • district • whom he .• hadn't
seen.. since Anson : went West! in
1905. Mr. Girvin is a brother of
1Virs Fred Anderson.
Stuart " E. 'Robertson, . who can
look back a good many years, is
satisfied it was by . far thebig-
gest .crowd ever to be. in Luck
ndw.
'the Arena corner.• Jack is of Jef-:.;
ferson City;.,Mo.,; but ' is presently
at .God'erich.. Ile .was born at
Kincardineto where his •father
moved ''to 'take, over the Queen's
Hotel:. Jack's brothers, Angus: and
Bill were ;born .here.:..
�•, * *'
•Another' octog enarian: to retuth.
,was, Frank''Grummett' of Aunts-.
elle and .a native' of .Kinlough..
He is ' 82, .:and left,he e',42ears.
ago., He accompanied his son -in-'
law and daughter, Mr. and :Mrs,'
Harry May, Ma , -publisher' of the
Burks Falls 'Arrow.
One 'of the; historical' books was,
sent.,,by J. R. Lane of Kinlough.
to his 89 -year old brother-in-law,
Percy Purves of Oregon -
Jack ,Henderson•: claimed the
distinction ; of ' having the ; first
barbecued ' chickei, "lhot :off the,
F
a� -rom Friday h throu�,
, . gh . to
'.griddle.:.
.the vee. hours of Tuesday morn.-
ing. the .demand for chicken e
tinned,
• nearby; • to the barbecue
And,Y ,
pit • man .' .ladies: of ' to-Vn and
' 'Country,', trepreseritativ'e of vari-
ous' organizations, °' staffed • the
Ceptennial-operated booth where
donated homemade pies; and cake
• provided the dessert to round out.
the` 'eal, ph1 ice C e 'and- bey
those
se
another ` o
• s. It Was of
erage
many "terrific.. efforts".
There • were .many .Who have
:passed' .the four score mark, and
,others ',Wird are ,over the •.four
/score and ten; ' who found 'real
r in ` .ing.
enjoy meat the horxie-com
Not the least of these was Abe
Bli.tzstein of • Toronto, who is 8'i
and kept 'lip a steady round of
meeting friends and visiting old.
hauii'ts:Ile was accompanied• by
his son Calvin (Kelly) and his
daughter, Mrs. Hanna Labovitz.
We caught (with °the camera)
Rev, Bill' Henderson and Mr:
BlitZstein, "buying and. selling"
M iskrat 'skins' as of old,
'Bon of •a '.former h tel keeper
was a Centennial visi or,. He '% as
1'' 'so�
of s
:"a:D ad
J8i`�k•, ''4S C on . , An
Maof3onald, ' prt►prietor,' of
hotel by by„that mine which sat ' n
.Stauffer of Brantford, a
great-grandson of Eli Stauffer,
Came -to •the Centennial. from
Lindsay .where he had , attended
the funeral of his. wife's . mother,
a '�irho away in her9.7
passed assed w t
h
•
year
* * •
Doreen Lindsay, who is a . tea-,
.
cher of art in London , v
vas aCen-
tennial visitor • and informed The
Sentinel she was. tiri • search of ' an
old” • Washington, squeeze- .press,:
such as The Sentinel' donated to
the Bruce .Museum a year ago.:
`...J ree�" �" studied `art' .Mc
o n
where she 'found.., this' old type
press of value :in :her work. She
is' a •niece of P. M. 'Johnston, her
„mother
being• the.former- Isabel.
Johnston, who . along with'Jean',
• pf r Elmira
Goderich e h and Jack of
were all' "home":
Many family gatherings took,.
place'cluring the 'Centennial. Mrs:
,Elizabeth Alton,. age 87, who has
long been' a ' semi -invalid' with
,'rheurnatis.m, was among, those
4who found .special 'joy in being
together' again with her .family
and brothers and their kin. ,Prim
cipals• of the gathering, were, her
verothers Dr, • Dick' Laine
b,. ..� ,
Andrew drev4 and David `Lane,
3,.`R. Lane, Mac Lane; her dangly
bG. Reed (Debbie),
t r Mrs. W. ..
d three' sons, Nelson, Jack , and
arty Ed was unable' tobe down
f m the West: There' was an
a pretty. alert Brigade and some
modern equipment. • Despite : the •
crowds the Firemen made • fast
runs. Neither alarms proved .ser
iouS. .•
"The 'first call. •on Friday after-
noon was, to an outdoor fire' at'
Howard. Robinson's property at
the north-western, outskirts of the •
Village.
• On Monday a flash fire in the
•attractive cedar float of. the
'Beatty Ladder Company occurred
after it reached the ;park.. Guest
Mitchell narrowly "escaped being
burned, and a • bystander. assisted
Dianne Bristow. from ,the . float
.1 before she was in6serious danger:
others ripped..tbe burning bran-
ches from 'the. float,. and this
ignited the grass, .:but . all was
under control kn. a few minutes,.
underlying' saddness however, ,'whenever' and :whenever- requir-
due to the death this spring of ed:' and . that was almost con -
W.
W • G.. (Bill) Webster, who had stantly.
looked forward eagerly to this
reunion;
s• * .
Registration opened. on Friday
afternoon at. the 'Public Library
and, continued daily until late
Monday. ' afternoon. There were
fregagent line-ups at -this ".%veil-
staffed and: -well organized focal'
point Over'. 3500 people .register-
ed
ister
....� , g.
esl. i uding about : 3100 adults
and atom , 400 rhi)dren: Probably
half .as many more intended to,
but for divers reasonsmeter got
irmipti to iit .
•� '
Per T ... kaid •ftar 0e
for. theg. tiom bond on 'Fri
ads r`::aftie rn,.: An 'hour :and ` a
half. t t had reached • the..
old
Offrcorner ;why we
:'`r•an, ;irate,. 11,4r.t and Doupe.
and family. •• wl c!h was oaie of . .
the too few chces we lad • .to.
have .a •i`eistreT`ychat..;
*.*..•
Robert Lyons, brother of •Miss
Jean Lyons, was here. . for • the
Centennial. He has.been with the
KIniberley-Clarke Corporation for
_3_0' . years, ;, and ' has' held a ' 'high
executive position with this com-
pany which' has vast .lumbering
interests; • in Canada . and: the
States ' Bob :is now taking it• eas-
ier and acting as ! consulting ens
gineer for the p ny, and has •
taken "u . ermane-
n. P:P n residence at
St. Petersburg, Florida. .
Adjectives • ' fail • to deseribe
Monday's ` calithumpian . parade.
,and the 'teeming' crowd i town
that /. day judged, at anYywhere.
from 10,000 to' 20,000. Ourguess
is you couldstrike a happy rried-
ium; and :not be ; +far wrong.:
Speaking'of the Fire Company,.'
Chief George.Whitby, says they
I
' have --been -- taking -sonnei: •r-ibbing
about. the laddersi. falling oitf the
truck . enroute, to'. the Robinson
fire •It .s0" happened that they
had been, taken off the • truck
for . d'oitig some deco sting, by
other..than Fire Company ' mem=
bers, and had 'not been clamped
cin after .ben'g' =replaced. George.
added, "irou don't take time to
do: an. equipment . check ' when.
answering ' an t, alariri".
*
H:• E. ,(•Herson) •;Armstrong, of
Aylmer, arid his., 'sister, Lottie
Armstrong • ' of London, . were
among ;the Centennial visitors
Their . brother, George Arinstrong`
of Vancouver, was not able t6
'Make the trip. •Herson started in
.the banking business'. under G.
Siddall, private `'. banker, was'
bookkeeper`:at the:.furniture fac-
tory; and .:was: later' employed
with the., Traders Bank before
going into the insurance business..:'
'He is still an ardent lawn ..bo�rl
erat76.
The Gillies family held ' a gath:-
ering on Saturday evens g• at: the
supper hour at the home of •M'ern
and Charlie . Cook. Present' were,
Mr. and Mrs_ Roy Cringle (Mag-
gie); Mr.- and lkilis..Hank Kreuger"
(Jean) of Detroit); Jack Gillies;
Mr. and , Mrs. ,Goldie, Cockwell
rr" a ka M2s :
to bias; as '.the--.'New�' , 'rl •
-CI ears
Helen Mac:Iritosb of British C�oTr ''Mardi Gras had ' nothing on this.
• * * * '
Thearade route -was lined
Pn
from . start to finish. From the'
United Church to the arken-
trance a mass of humanity over-
flowed the sidewalks ontorhe
rd in "a bulging, orderly crowd,,
ya
t
hat farq overshadowed anything
we've ever• seen along the Eaton..
Santa Claus route.
*
As Bob. 1ViacCalluin summed it.
up,..at Y'h
n • urali with a little. home
Y
umbia.. Maggie, ::Mere, Jean' .and l *
Four• colle a classmates of quite
a few years ago '-were in, ,town
on Sunday' at the same time; Rev,
i.°J. W: Stewart, Rev: Bert Lillico,
Rev.: ' Gordon Kaiser ;of •Ashfield
Circuit "and Arthur Phelps, CBC
•broadcaster, • arid • a retired Eng-
lish professor, who. at one time
studied theology; heolo; • .
.. g3' ,
w * *
Earl Lindsay of Toronto • ate
tended the. :'Old Light Lodge
meeting on Sunday,; and •had, :We
* understand, the record of • being
`the past master now l'ivirig whose
terns in office dates back the
farthest:
*'
Jack are daughters and son . of
the'late David and Janet (Thom,)'''.
Gillies:
Back for the Centennial ,was
Mr, and..
Mrs. James Armstrong.
ofCit_ tar v,
St, .. who left the .Para-
mount district 45 yearsago. She.
was the former Lizzie.. Smith,
S h,
daughter of Andrew' Srhnith and
Frances Martin. .She is a sister
ofe l
th ate. R, Martin of Par,
y n,
ani ount
Throughout the Centennial the
mobile public•'address 'system of
McKee Bros., Elmira, ' was' in ser-
vice at no , cost. „Their ' district,
representative, • Jim . Boyle, • was
Some excitement and 'drama
in charge of • the'unit:and. per was added to the Centennial act
-
famed
farmed 'an' invaluable service ivities;by two fire alarmsw'.p
ro-
dispensinginformation, ing to ourigghors ..that Aveaye have
The oldest vehicle .in the par-
ade' w's . the 'surrey with the '
a Y
fringe .on top It is 166 years old
bearing the manufacturer's date;
1792. The vehicle •was entered by
the:. Agricultural Society ' with .:
Gordon Kirkland ,as the footman..
Gordon Lyons'` tearri was used ..
with Gordon :at'. the reins.
13th Annual
an ;6aures
Victoria Park, Fergus.
Sat.,AUgi 16th'
Cii'thrio's 'Outstanding'
Scottish' Spectacle
•A. full day of `pipe mtisic, ' a
dancing, athletics, • •
Adults• .
75c�• . Children 25c'
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M-
•0. 0 ,• a.m.
Come�� . at 0
Lunches served. on grounds
barite in the Fergus'` Arens
at' 9.10
rc
'Harvey Smith's C� :,
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