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•.$2 SOA Year i<b,'-Ad�Vance..-$�1 00,.'' Extra: To .V.,S:. i,t1CKNOW, ONTARIO WE
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irsi
T�. Lorne
fra;9e'
Death`' came `suddenly on Tla;urs'
.day', afternoons January 17th,;' to
Martyn . Lorne „MacKenzie, who
. was; 'fatally . burned in, a small
• garage ;which :he:, operates
.Toronto, Wordof ' his',death ,,,eanie
cKenze
nn
ICE
ICE '.BL.00]KADE• FLOODS
N W STORE' BASEMENT
An extremethaw and ,an
ice :blockades at the' bridge a
as a . shock to relatives and ; block south ;of Main Street,
-friends,• many of whom 'repaused � the -Nine
side in ' ' Mile River,
the SC : ,Helens, ands,Dungannon ,to .rise, far above its normal
district a level and
Lorne, was -working alone. that day.` , o .
afternoon and it is believed that The ,basement Of Wit A.
his oily clothes ;;became ignited : 'Schrnid's new jewellery store
as ,hewas about to light either was inundated by the flas,'
the stove, or l as pipe;• w3iieh was ...flood,. but nostock was dam
l.
freshly filled With '
h: fobs o The : aged.
-Stave --with'not lit. The water dropped, qui±vk.,
;Mrs MacKenzie teaches schoolly when the ice jam was re-
a ' sort ,distance from , her, thus- leased. Many cellars " had
,band's garage, and she Made 'the ; : leased. Many cellars had
shocking discovery when she •water as a result of ' this Ja
n
called at: the garage after'school. nary thaw.
4
in
Lorne-, was.59th year.
. his
He was a son ;of '.Robert .A. Mae-• DON AALDENB.
Kenzie and Matilda Plunkett and • '8
AN.SIIEER-�O :LONDON.. _ d
was born in West ` 'Wawa/lost" .
•Townshi on February ,22nd
1898., His aged mother is still
living and reskles.in'; Wingham,
but
spends- : the
winters
with
• rnembers of : her family.
Lorne, . as e: young man, ' had
an a
fur$ .
1 flare as 8h automobile
mechanic' and operated the first
garage at Dungannon in connec-
tion with his'father's:hardware
business. �bout
°
twenty
ago, it was razed by fire, 'in-
in-
cluding half a' village block, and Mrs.
John :Carruthers under -
he . was ;thefirst to rebuild •and went a' ,ma'or :o'. a ; , '
business is '
wha �
n.., t. is the:;.',-. .. ....
present to
. tors .Hospital on.:Thursday ` ;Mrs:
s d '- o
n f .
p Robert Irvin:: ;Cariiuthers �, will be. ;'hospitalized
" , ° on. bout •i
erns +t :"
7. A, ;,
a�tu.
teen
. w... i:• ., ,..
years " ago a trio''; s .�,
lapa �
years-' he has spent in' Toronto.
He is survived by- his ,wife,':
formerly Dorothy Webster,dau:.
t
>� eer
of Mrs... Jahn:, Webster of
St, Hele
ns .and the late Mr. Web-
ster.'
Web-
ste .'
r, Besides .his aged mother are
two sisters, ..-Mr
.._ a. Pearl McEadi-
ren of London and, Mrs. Otto
Popp (Amber), Dungannon.
Lor.ne
was a Member of High
Park United ' Church Toronto.
Rev. George . D. Watt pastor 'of
Donald Haldenby, who ` has
been, a 'member :'. of the Bank of
Montreal staff at Walke:vV
r elle
has received 'a transfer -to the
Bank of Montreal, London, to be
come 'effective" on Monday,': Jan-
uary�t
y h.
'Don : is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
N.
N.; E. (Ted) Haldenby of West,
ford -and' began his banking . ,car -
e'er at , the : Lucknow : ,branch.'
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CHURCH,: REVIEWS :
SPLENDID YEAR.i. •.
23 rd; .1 57 -.
A. year of marked interest'ain
the work of Lueknow .United
Chupe,4i, and'' of gen�r ous frnan
tial.support of, the; k.An. ail,
departments, ' was reviewed last.
week at.'. the annual : Meeting,
which was: preceded by a delic=-
ious buffet. supper 'served . by the
Women's' Association,'
Rev. a' A. ,Meiklejohii pres•.id-
ed, and T. A Cameron, acted-; as
-secretary.. Rev,- eikleiohn'' gave
the statistical report �f 'the' con -:5.
gregation:: showing•'a membership
of 441 persons;. plui' 70 .non -rear
dent' members,. There' were 20 re-
moved ,by death and certificate
;during the year and. 19 .received
by certificate' and profession of
faith. There were..19 'burials, one.
marriage'' : "'despite leap year",
and 21 baptisms.
E3rne'st.
Blake,Clerk
of Session,
read the names.:of'tihose who had
passed on during the .year,• and
this so'1 .;m e
erxrn tarn nt was cornclud=
eddy ---the singing.:: of . "Forever
with the Lord". The-
ndud;.
ed:' Ernest 'Gardner, Miss 'Eva.
Greer,'' William Love,:Mrs. Louise:
Naylor, Baby .Eliza
bsth
Ruth...
Whitby, Mrs -:-•Thomas `•He ,
James DeGruchy, Mrs. Simon
Plewes,. , Richard Baker,' • Homer
Harris, Robert Sutton, .; •Adam'.
Bowman, Mrs. James :Burns, Paul
Ernest' :Meiklejohn, 'JoseP+h' D.
Anderson, Mrs.. :Annie C. : Bar-
rett,' Kenneth :MacLennan,,, Mrs
S. `B.'Stothers . Mrs.: Wm G. Ar -
m
strong.
'Elected
t. the
year term are.:W., W.
. L. acK
M , enzie:
Kelso.MacKay. and L. C.•'Thom.
P
n
tC
u � P e...
r Lions
Mer '.
chandise • . rrz and..cash.• .:.
P es on :.1Vlonda ' night. Y gh�t. � Of '.course .�t
donations'. axriountin�' :to'. • more::'i'
g. • .. IS -not necessary :- to be. .present
',than -than $500,have
_.. been: donated to to beTa-:winner
the.:Lucknow `1.
.. Lions C ub . Yri con- . ` � The come efe list'. of .• prizes, _.,
„ .. � , , • P �z-es, in tiger.. spoke , af.,-
'nection ' With `'`'Charter Night, order`• of tiheir.. value ',are re lrste;d, change in the''a ricultural-
: :• . >; �';, .„ . , ..,g ” .nidus
which will . be observed • next. , elsewhere In this.. issue... Priz tr .0.ince
1Vf ,• W
- . , es , y since. the .turn of the century.'
onday: Will be. 'a±warded in the: ':oder He 'stated _ - : '
: Order that..-frftY six ::years
A Spectacular `display df,:some; they are drawn;`, The :fi'
fty. pr,Yzes ago, all one needed ; to : get :i .
•fifty: merchandise prizes are now: have a.into
. � tots], value , of :well. over, . basins ,
IIu>ri -r_ :. Tss for; himself was 100'
b' aannor luted -Chi rc con - he=wrrfdow --off 4 00:00.
., .... . .._... .. ..:_.. � `:. -acres of -,land, .a ;iew isriuplLLements�
ducted a:. private funeral :service' Johnstone s Furniture Store,' . and,•
is .
.Be sure';; to have a:look': at this and � a-' strop � � .'
: , � . . ; : ,: . , . , . . ,. -.: • . g wife.. JO....'tibia ''da
, ,oh. Monday afternoon' at the Mc- these will be; won.by the lucky. tre .., 'v i • ' .,.. Y
. .:: ,. , • , .mendous. and. varied . di : la „and a e. it' � ost '. • .. , ;,. .
.;' ., .- •., Y .., . , . ' .:. .,.�Y .g c . ,s about $30,000 .to
Lerman, . and MacKenzie: •Memor- 'ticket..h'olders' in. the Lions Boost- of rr •'• .
.... p zea. `You'.11 .be: sure, 'to::.wvant. .,get set � tr .properly..
ial 'phapel,''Lucknow.The pall- -er 'raw . aimed
• •:; P •
d , . . at assrstmg-tli'e ;some ',tickets ,to ��have ` a h
.� .,.,,c ante
rs-:•were.,....Rona:ld�-.M.cC . - ,r -new.l : _ : .o-... �..- a . ._ +, - �
•, ., rosti@,.. . y-orgarrrzed• .+eluirs ;to ••get off of. ,bem . .a' ,winner as • as
Aubrey ,Toll, Lorne Popp, Alvin on a sound :financia"l, •footin . ivi the' .
„g . ., g �.Lions club`.a .boost,
McGee, 'Harold ` Blake 'and ' .e..i ,:
Cecil . Tickets , •are, on sale, :from ' alfi enable:•'them to,:; immediatel '"'
lake "-interment was Made in • rnembers, ' at: 25c• each :or five for dertake a' '' ` '
• , , . ....'dertake program of., civic and
Dungannon Cemetery.:, $1:00. The- draws will , be.';'tnade welfare work:,
- GES.
R'E,,ELECT AS -IFIEL'D FEDERATION PRES;
° ..Despite winter's' grip on ,the. introduced' the ' uest' table, ;l'-
g Oi
,
district.there.was. a ;large' crowd ver Mc;C'harles, who was re-elect-
at the Ashfield .Federation .,of . edfor a second term '
as :president -
Agriculture
banquet and •• annual
4 , . Mrs. McCharles lady director
ineeting_helat=Kin -sbrid n -a e- o
g g rd Howard Blake, ..,;!who,
Tuesday evening of last ' week. served for several. terms .as
Pictured left -to right are e Arn-`rotary-treasurer. .
old 'Alton, ..,vice .res;
who
president, ::: ,� . ;;
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ttendance At Federation
Despite St�rmy Weather
"Where are we
.
.going
in
n agg
ri-
culcur@. was•the topic
chosen
by guest speaker; ''Swas s of
Roger�
CKNX at the annual meeting of
Ashf'
Li
ON •F
SOF
C R
$ A
TE.E� :
LE
CTED
a s sora in.
.: - , .. p ... satin "of.• the ::..
Agriculture in the Ki : i g .. .
sbrrd
n.g ge .Lions ' :
C]ub on Monday :evening
Hall' last Tuesday night. Mr; TT_,:, t,_
S.
ass.:
W was :introduced. ,b � Donk,.
Y .late of officers of the anew :Clu?j'.•
Wil` i1. ^' i lbt�rarre ToWtithi
president of the. Huron. ;County 'The .slate.:as presented :by the
Federation He'outli'nedhis farm- nominating s comrnitte'e., was;• ap
frig'} background in the' Paisle .
poved' ':•wi bout , than e. The
district, 'and: complimented ;him' g r
resident : '�ecret
•.• .. fine. ••. •,,...: ., .,s _ .ar .and' •tie sur=, :....
on; the f;ine. jab
„lie :wa P a
J s doing:, er had .,;
been'', .revou5l'..
on radio;- a p __Y appoint-
d but' it was .
.until• ;-�-
., , .. . ..._ .. , . Monday, . .'
e comp ete executive was:
,elected:
Webst -
e
Harvey, , , r , as named,.:
honoary President of the l d
C u o : '':
as.. 'he was:: the last President'
of•
the -nodi c -t C]an
de'fin��r�.=er�Clu-b
which :bowed out',to make • Way.
for 'the internationally, affiliated:
organization:'. •
'Personnel
•
of.-
the .:Board':
is as: .
foil__ -
.ow
1st' vice' pres., Chas Webster;
2nd •ic : '
� , e•, pies,; Cecil >�l `
. �. . ake 3rd "'.
vice pies , Wm. :,Schmid • 'Secret'',
•arY, E. .0:. Agnew'', trek.,
.Sanderson; • Lion : • Tamer, Frank'
Thori?"Psvn; - Tario •'i vuister; • Albert
Chin; 'one-year directors; Harvey
:Houston; Dr ...T., B: Cleland; two
year . director's, Charles • Short::
Dr. M. Ii Cor`riri ;:
•
'The • various co:nmit�tees pare
named' by . the �pr:esident: and his.
executive q .
Plans were ;rliscu sed for Char-
ter• Night and :fhe, P,x'esident..ens
-phasized' 'the fine' 'array, of ;draw
prizes that ',had been • obtained
and stressed 'the importance of p:
Pushing the sale of . tickets,• which
-`l o everyone would be pleased:'`
to buy.• be felt,•
Chas�,:Webster raised t:he, ticltzes=
-titer of sonic chi nim al ga';n7eti _ fot -
ba'Yter Night; and`.��,as"n4ined
a
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LUC-KNOW'S-1957 C
TOOK OFFI-C;
WEEK
Lucknow's 1957, Municipal ness "transacted.'
Cou•r 1� ,, . •
cr ..
l
00
k
t the , , : meeting-. ,a•
.._..:_, ....... ._.. ._declaxatron.__.of- ....P�tu , as _',_ L._. _�
xed the meeting
:
. members
ad
rfficeon Mondaymoining last3ourned',are merbersof the e
., .wek, and reconvened for a 3- Board and town officials. Pron
t
session -,that afternoon,row, left ..to right, C tncrllor
�ommrttees ,Were 'named,. Sandy MacLeod, 'Reeve' 'George
and otherw:frrst-of-theWyearbtsiw Councillor Sarra,el
Sher -
weed) Back row, E. H. ',Agnew,
clerk -treasurer Gouncilldr V
Webster, 'Councillor Wm; • A.-
(Rud)' Hamilton, Town Foreman
-Alex .Havens.
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_The.�.sp ak:
P� �present
day agriculture, was. -".tour �ho-
: g g
and that, 'the only y way , to
face' the;future was on an Organ.-
ize'd and businesslike basis, '
Start ;•.One:Son,
H said that 'because of .the
higts of getting, startedin
the farming business :a' "man
"could no 'longer.,successfully start
.a..nutnber of._boys•-as�=farmers `and -
give "'them the' land and equip-
inept
quip-
i ent'need'ed to -:be successful,' 1-fe
said'that' a man's lifetime savings
were required to start one son
in : 'farming, 'and 'that" a :father,'.
Should •thinkcarefully before
choosin'kr the hOy to_ suceaed -m
on th'e home faun..: In. stating
that only 1:5 ercent . of thenor
ii ation ,was engaged .in, farming,
;Roger , said that *one man nlus1.
'now produce what ten ;kion did.
%ears ago,-
rt)
bf.
He .',chi nplimented.the Feder a , can�tn.tte•e clict•irman t4� • 1dok af-
tion and said .that',it ',',WAS the"ir' tor;.this,
void ';rea'ching: the city that Will L. rc., Thontpson annotinc.e i -
inak'c for a •b ighter° future :.ip: that' "'�°"
farming,
art ait� c rttentc 3t�t;1'' . bce;t
• ni,adi to have., the Pt e5idcttt pp
11 Culbert th R„,ed TTre s;j�ttjK pear. en tk�1�;- `Z' Far
Y.
er.• � . us i•i"i
ran- on' Wednesday ev(Aning �t'a
. rr,ht .ftani,' -.-v-tee-- .e;4 -i -den,- ''
cf'the Pedex°afro;;:lig ('list ter. Nicht •
infroduced thc�. The Weine is in�4itu y'
iii hogs i' ei itrg o1 the ban'tlurt rind':it as
SWass, Bill Culbert 'carbo ifi a past: ;anticipate,d . , that 1..•€tth, i' er
p.
.resident or the. Federation;; Mr,,•. nnitling•' there .will •'%e about - ,260..,:.
and Mgrs: Oliver MC -Charles, prci- ;in attendance;/..,
;'dent .'and . lady ' direct:or • of the ' p .in 'the, C"Iuh�
:• ' Me�nibershi r�o'�;
Federation . respectively; How a'r d 'a •o ' c 1 .
1? ac tea.si t R:e
Blake; sec. ---truss and Mrs. Blake: , .• • ADO e .., Gent,l . n
ed ai e. -,, Y 7�i
. ., F`i as
.. , _�, er )t2srll_ta�nt�n ..Ott.....:,
Carl Hemingway of'�-Brussels, NN. 'd'e .. .. _
Feder Sen; : Alla?r Rt,cwd,
.new ffildnian, and Mrs. Heini n;-i�r�z�nc ,
•. iii,, Reid,, Artre �' , ,.,. .
�tiav'':Mrs:.: ,.... .: , },• 1�, rhl�s-, lirabt: (.,'a•1iil�� � •
Arnold Alton,,, Rev ,,`.bell,
. .,sH.w .A
, .Van Vyncktl. Doug Mci\ eil,cotin Carruticti, '1ale` A1tl
i;' .Vrr.typrrdent And a1VMr. V1cl elVe•1T1t,. Sant Alttii'",• C' a1t� John-
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