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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-06-08, Page 11st,. 1968 LUCKNOW, ONTARIO •a IN LONDON HOSPITAL o � George Henry Suffers Stroke Two Girdds Frim K.W. HoSpitat prances Cowan Honoured By, Students • SAVE 79c. lE 20c 79c SAV 1 • George Henry; 54 -year-old. Belfast area farmer, is; in Victoria Hospital in London after suffering a .stroke on'the weekend which affected his speech. ..• 'Georg'e was stricken on Sunday. eveningwhile doing chores but ..• other than'the loss of speech, it did not noticeably affect him. He worked on Monday morning, otherwise feeling well. f. ' After seeing the doctor on Mon- day ' afternoon,. he was sent on to London. IE 7c 59c NE 7c 59c VE 8c 79c', ovo E:20c D9.c EREI• )f 'the adults' rt in .the any were , 'Morgan. ening' ammie; : • pan Taylor; eron Mac - . (t! ay Scliool, . MRS. FRANCES 'COWAN Saturday, 'June 4, saw the corn- legion of a life long ambition by rs; Frances Mary Cowan of ,Luck ow when she graduated as a nurse om Kitchener -Waterloo: Hospital'. • Mrs. Cowan was honoured on, e occasion by members of the' actuating class which numbered xty. 1She 'was, presented. with an ngraved silver tray by her fellow udents in recognition of the en-: ouragernentand-help she had, iven them 'during their three: ears.in:•training:, . The award was surprise to Mrs... Cowan. : The udents made this special ,present tion themselves in recognition f her special .concern for them. the presentation, it was re-. arked that she had always given' eely of her time to: help her llow students and that her door. ad been open to their problems . : t all times; .,'Attending the graduation in itchener .were Mr. • and Mrs, onnie Nicholson (,Lynn':Cowan): f Kitchener, Glen Cowan of itchener, Kim; Cowan, Mrs. lara Webster 'and Bruce.MacMill- n of Lucknow. • . )sed o(•the ': :y rendered rid 1" a timely m "reds-: f}�c 1arg n •recent , Lucknow District High School oard, at• their regular meeting n Monday night, set the 19'66 ill rate at 15 mill, This is. • one mill over last yeays rate f1.4: , • The mill rate will•raise $51.',158 r maintenance and • $29,.689 for benture purposes for a total of 0,847. RS •MARGARET• FARRISH Also graduating .from. the Kit- chener-Waterloo it chener-Waterloo Hospital on Sat- urday was Margaret Ann Farrish, daughter of Mr. , and Mrs. Bob • Parrish 'of'`Kitchener and formerly of ,Ashfield . Margaret is the grand.' daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred • Farrish of Lucknow. Attending the graduation were ' Mr. and _Mrs. Bob Farrish, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred. Farrish' and Irwin Campbell. DINNER FOLI,.OWS • A dinner, honouring the, two graduates, was held following the, graduation at the Anglican. Parish Hall in Lucknow..• • Guests at the dinner,` besides those attending the.graduation exer• vises, were all of the staff of Mrs. Cowan's Log CabinRestaurant in ' Lucknow; who have .assisted during the •three year training period and. who, Mrs,. Cowan felt, were 'partly responsible for her being able tt i take the nurses training. Margaret. also had as her guests, brothers and sifters,. and uncles and aunts. Following the .7 p.m.,•dinner, catered to by the Anglican ladies, open house was held .at the Farrish farm in. Ashfield. Waiter Dexter :Sells.Huron'Farm.'• . Mr, and Mrs, Walter Dexter have sold their Huron Township•, *Tim in the, Lochalsh -area to Dave Elphick'of that vicinity. The 100 acre farm is located on highway 86, about six miles west of Lucknow. '.� An auction sale is being heldat the Dexter farm next: Tuesday, June 14th.. . • Carl Whitcroft, of Lucknow, who recently:sold'•his share of his • partnership in a Teeswater garage,, ,has opened .a Fina garage in, Auburn:.• The garage, the onlytone in:. Auburn, and 'which. has been closed •.for a couple of years, has just beenpainted and new gas pumps installed. Carl opened up Monday of this The people -in, the At -burn, area are happy to have the services of a qualified Mechanic located there. '• The 'former Graduate Nurses of the Wingham General 'Hospital held their annual meeting` at they Queen's 'Hotel, W Ingham , on Wed- nesday, June ed- nesday,'.June lit. • Mr.and Mrs. James Carr enter- tained the Nurses, husbands and•. friends for the evening. . Mrs. Kay Green Grand Bend, presided for the short 'business dis- cussion. • /l. Officers for the •coming year. are' President Mrs, Green and Sretary Treasurer. Mrs..Neil MacDonald of • 'Teeswater. •. The group were pleased to have present Mrs: • Gibson .(Eiunic'e) Gill • - espie , Whitechurch, . the eldest grad, also Mrs, Olive Boss and Miss Isabelle Fox. 'Mrs. . Gillespie is 84 years of age,: ' • There was a good attendance and a pleasant evening enjoyed. Sharyn Mowbray, 17 -year-old daughter of •Mr. and Mrs. Virden • Mowbray of Lucknow, will repres ent Lucknow District High School, in, the Federal -Provincial youth travel program,, and will spend about a.' week in the home of ' another. teenage •girl in Edmonton. The visit will be.matle'in mid - .August and this western teenager• will later return -to spend some time with Sharyh in Lucknow. Sharyn will leave Owen Sound with' a group of 24 other students and they will journey together to Edmonton by. rail; - The entire centennial federal- provncial .youth travel' program will embrace about 3840 young Canadians with the aim to'.prov • ide students with ,the opportunity to travel outside their.native :province to learn first hand some- thing of the geography, of the ' country, its•educational and pot-. itical •institutions,.its .cultural and industrial achievements, and the • beauty .ang variety of; the Canadian scene. The selection of schools who viill participate ,is made by lot on a regional basis by the Depart- ment of Education and the Ontar- io Secondary School': Headmaster.'s. Council. The principal of each school, assisted by staff mernbers,4. wasinvited to•nomin'ate a repr `.'- • entative .from grade 11: •_'.Beginning.Monday+. June.13, Lucknow Police Officer Ernie Heffernan will do spot checks' On automobiles, and.will contin- ue this 'until the end of the month. All safety features of cars will be checked•with charges :laid ..accordingly for any serious defects. - Might. be a,good'.idea to visit; 'your serviceman and'.save Ernie some time and possibly you some' money. . • his home in Ashfield .on Sunday,.:. Rev. John Wharry • May 29, after S 1/2 months Victoria Hospital, i ondon. Ordained 'In vey was in a car, 'accident at that daindn el time in the Belfastarea and suit- .. ered•a badly factured leg: LOfld0n,1'husda He is home fora month and y. - further treatments for then has to' return to hospital Harvey's friends were pleased to see him out once vain and hope fora complete recovery very :soon Engage Teacher Lucknow District High ,School Board has engaged Ronald, P. Ash kanase: of'Richrnond Hill to teach English : and History to grades 9 and 10 at the school Mr., Ashkanase. is 'a graduate of York. University and will takea summer course. A large garage, which doubled' a storage shed', burned to the ound at the supper hour on Mon- y .night at the farm of Henry. ettnan. The Drennan farm is cated on the 9th of Ashfield, ose to Highway 21, in the 'Kintai) ingsbridge area.. The garage sat about 20 feet f the north-east' corner of the ennan homeland fortunately the ind was blowing to the north ay from the house. A 'wind owing to•the west would. no . ubt have destroyed the house d possibly the barn on the Drenn- an farm. The'Drebnan. family lost their home by firea few years ago at Christmas•time and have'since re- placed it°with a new house. Cause of Monday's Outbreak is not definitely known but itwduld seem very likely that lightning might have struck the'shed. Theme area experienced a severe .electt- rical storm about this time. At 5.20 p.m.. the truck was placed in the garage with no sign • of trouble, and the family had their supper. It was abouts 6.40. when the fire was noticed, and by that time the garage•was a, mass of flames. Henry at first. thought it was fog drifting past the house window , • and upon checking, found,the fire. He succeeded in getting the truck 6ut of the garage, but a hay baler,. grain auger, motors and numer- ous small tools and parts that • would be stored in a farm shed were burned. • Lucknow Fire Depatment,res- • ponded and stood by to protect the house arid other buildings. Windows in the house were broken by the heat of the fire,., REV. JOHN DAVID WHARRY B.A. B.D. • Rev.. John David Wharry of Mr, and Mrs. William Wh arty ,. Lucknow, was ordained by the London Conference of the United ' Church of Canada, on Thursday evening, June 2, at London Mr. Wharry is a ;•graduate of McMaster University and received his Theological training at, Pine • Hill Divinity,'Hall, HalifaX,- •Nova .Scotia. Mr, and; Mrs. Wharry have. been assigned to••serve in the . Newfoundland Conference of the United Church,"' Donald Stewart Brooks, 'son of Mr. and Mrs,. Stewart Brooks of 12,'R. 4, Ripley, graduated Satur- day, May 28, at Waterloo trniver.- city, as an electrical engineer and LS employed in Haimilton.. '