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riculttiral College, University
Guelph, chose his helmet town of
;know to address the Grey -Bruce
;a Convention of the Women's
titute ; Lueknow Town Hall was
t to capacity last Thursday ,
ning to hear Dean`Rchards and.
,nyLu,:knowites and residents,.
r the surrounding rural area av,
ed themselves of the opportunity
visit briefly with the speaker and
yew old` acquaintance$. .
NORVAL R. :RICHARD
he evening started r4ith banquets
Lucknow Presbyterian Church,
:know Legion' Hall and Lucknpw
ited Church when women of the
;know Presbyterian, St, Peters
glican and Lueknow .'United'
arch catered for the meals. Be
ise of the registration, 351 ladies
vas impossible to'have them .dine
under the same roof. •
allowing the banquets, all adj-
ourned tp the Lucknow Town. Hall
where Reeve George Joynt of -Luck-
now welcomed the ladies,to the
Sepoy Town.. Mr. Joynt was highly.
complementary of the work of the
Women's Institute both ori a local
and national scale,. Mr. Joynt said
he believed the local W, I,' were
performing a; community service,
which no other, organization could
perform ; •,
• Greetings were extended. from
Mrs, Everett Small., provincial;
'president of the bil`, I •and George
Gear, Bruce County agricultural
'representative,.
Violinist. Mrs. 'Eleanor Irwin of
London and formerly, of this comm-
unity .rendered, several numbers
accompanied by Mrs; Ross Cumm-
ing. These were well. received by
the ladies as were Scottish dancing
and piping by'Heather., Connie
and Joan MacKenzie and Frank;
Ian and Rod MacKenzie..
In his remarks, Dean Richards
said he was pleased ,sa former,,
resident of this community to be
'able to associate with the convent-
ion in ,Lucknow.. He said, he valued
his .assoc iation. with the Women's
Institutes throughout the years''
whichhad beet} broadened through
his work •at MacDonald College
and O.A.C:
Mr, Richards said .that where.
ever one';goes and. establishes him,
self and' his family,. thereis always
a tendency to thinkoof. "home":.
This community, where hewas
guided` by his parents, where he
attended church, school and Sun-
day school have_ many fond. mem
ories for him. Mr. Richards said`.. •,
he had many, many rich memor-.
its of his boyhood days in this
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164 Enrolment At
Enrolment at the Ripley District'
igh°School this term is,164 stud-
its and 44 of these are being •
ansported to Wingharn as part•
the vocational classes there..
0: tale their' classesat the Ripley
Hoot ,' (''
Last year the total enrolment
as 172 with 140 taking classes at
:pley'.and" 32 going to; Wingham.
Albert Wylds, •.principal of the
pl'ey school, is teaching upper
hool math .andbiology'to grades
and 13; Mrs..Marioh Ernerson •
teaching •lower: and middle
.hool math, and lower and
piddle school science; Mrs: Kath
•ine Collins is•teaching French;'
!uben Burnett is .teaching lower
nd.'niiddle school'geography,
[fiddle school physical. education;
Liss Margaret Machan will teach
aysical education, guidance
nd art;. Mrs. Rose Robb is :teach-
fig English; Mrs. Barbara Burgess
the teacher (*history,
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Family Presented •-•
leaves Ta•leach
Ir. and Mrs. Dave Anderson. and
lily were presented with an •
;fish China set of dishes and an
ctric frying pan by friends and
ghbors of the Paramount district
their departure', from the coram( .
ty. .. '
Anderson has accepted a
km as teacher of a school near
iston.
RipleyHigh School
geographyto grade 13; 'Robert •
Damsma•: is teaching Latin' and
lower school physical education,.
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John Dean BuYs,.
Amberley House
John Dean of Raprid,City , a mite
north .of Lueknow., has purchased
the home of Gordon. Elliott on •
Highway 86 near Amberley: The
house•,• and one acre of land, 'is
about half a mile east of Amberl-
ey'on the south side ofthe road ;
and was formerly used by';Gordon
as a home for a hired man . 'Cord'-
on' recently sold 'his farm which
was across the road from tfie house
John,P purchased Rapid City.school:
some time' ago and converted it.
;into living quarters. , . •
• The sale was made by F. F.C. Van
Eyl, localagent for John Bosveld
Real Estate ,•. • '
Toronto Nan
Buys Kinloss Farm
The farm of Gordon Dorscht on
the 6th of Kinloss• has been sold to
.Win..H. Jansen of Toronto who
plans to take possession by the end
of this month. ,
. This farm was formerly owned
by 'Wm. Griffin of Lueknow.
The sale•was arranged:by Stan.
Kay., local agent for Hoist Real
Estate Ltd: • •
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ALamlton Buys
Main St. Building
Alvin Hamilton of Lucknow has
purchased the•"express office"
building on Lucknow's main street
from the estate of the late Eliza-.
beth Henderson, The building is
located between 'Al' s, Mayfair
Restaurant and The Lucknow Sent*
inel.
• The late Miss He,nderspn operat-
ed the CN express business out of
•this building for many •years and
as well had, a book store there. In
recent years; it was used as .a
sports and auto supply store and
Crest Hardware, occupied the
building for" a period of time foll
owing their . main street fire a
couple of years ago.
Dale Martin Heads
Student Group At
Ripley High School.
Years
Dale. Martin will head. the,Rpley.
District High School .Student 'Coun-
cil for the 1966-67 school term.
He was picked as president of'the.
student organization.
Other officers of the group are
Elliott Lowry , vice president;'
Marilyn Thompson, .secretary;
Corinne MacDonald, treasuret;
form representatives are grade 9,
Brian MacDonald; grade '10,. Joan
Thompson; grade 11A Susan•McLay;
grade 11B, Steven Elliott; grade
12, Janet Hamilton; grade 13,
Bill' MacKay, + .
BieaksCOiIdrboflc
Dianne Hawthorne, 11 -year, -old
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Frank. q.
,Hawthorne of Lucknow;, fractured '
her collarbone while playing foot
ball on Monday 'evening.
:Dianne and other neighbour.
children were playing in a field be-
hind the Hawthorne house. Donna'
Greer, who was, carrying .theball,
took a tumble and Dianne fell
over top of her:.
She is taped and strapped and
rather; uncomfortable, but Dianne
hopes to return to school Wednes-
day. It is'the *left side of,her
collarbone which is broken',
leaving her, right arm free to
write.
Board To;4ffer
School For Sale
The Whitechurch'school.will be
put up for sale by the Kinloss
Township, School Area Board early,
in •October. With the closing of,
the school this term; and the trans-
porting of the pupils to centralized
schools in the area, the Kinloss.
`Area will have no further use for
the building.
Eighteen pupils from Whitechurch
are.now being, transported. to Luck-
now•.Public 'chool where 'they'
attend classes ,and sixteen others
take classes at Kinloss Central.
School. The Lucknow and Kinloss ,
Boards will become one thefirst
Of next year and in order to acc-
omodate 'these pupils, arrange-
ments
were,.made between the.two
boards effective the startof this
school terrn
The Whitechurch' school is a
relatively new building having:
been constructed in 1930. It is 'a
red brick structure, with a full
basement and is oil heated. The
school is located 1 1/4 miles
north of the village of White '
churc .. • '
•A'N D' MRS. ALEX HACKETT
M. and Mrs. Alex Hackett of •` t.
Lueknow , celebrated their Dia-
mond Wedding
ia-mond.:Wedding Anniversary Mon
day.. evening, .Labour Day, with a
• family dinner: at Tiger Dunlop
Inn. °
Mr. and . Mrs. Hackett received
warm greetings and best wishes,
and many beautiful gifts from
friends and neighbors.
Mrs.- Hackett is the ` fcrtner
Janet Hunter, daughter of the late
Mr.. and. Mrs:: William Hunter
Mr Hackett is the eldest son of
the late Mr, and Mrs. Joseph
Hackett.
Photo By Kearns
•They were .married at the `
bride's home at Zion by
the Rev.
W.A. Smith of the Ashfield Unit-
ed .Church They have five child-
ren , .Cliff ,.: Gooerich; Tom, Luck -
pow; Mel, Roil Elgin; Mrs • Pharis
(Maizie)..Mathers. '.Kinloss; . Alex.
Ashfield . '
Mrs. Hackett is the last surviv-
ingInembeer of her family. ° Mr.
Hackett has three sisters, Mrs,
George Minter, Mrs. Wilfred'
Drennan and Mrs.: Ewart Taylor
and two brothers, Tom and 'Harry.
.ail of 'Lucknow . •
West Wawanosh Erect Memorial,
West Wawanosh Township has
restored a pioneer cemetery and
has erected, an 'attractive memorial
to the early pioneers on the 'site.
The cemetery is located -on the •
2nd concession of West Wawanosh,
just east of the Dungannon -Nile
road. The: second is 1.1/4 miles
south of Dungannon •
The cemetery has been in ruins
for many .years and was over -run,
with thorns, weeds, stones and
even elm trees. Restoration of the
cemetery wastarted several years
s:
ago.; but this summer the project
swung into high gear. The 'above
picture showsthe memorial which
.was erected with the masonry work
being done by Gordon Anderson of
Goderich and :formerly of Dungann-i
on, and township road superintend-
ent Harvey Culbert. Harvey was
assisted in the finishing off by
'Jack Rivett and Leslie Schultz,
Many of the stones hive - been :re-
moved to other burial grounds 'throe•
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y yn. •.,M.41.46' r.."Niw...4• Vita - Y
11% 7.71,1V irr4.070)
ghout the years. The remaining
stones which were still in a state
where they could be salvaged were
built into the memorial as seen in
the .'picture..'The Sentinel copied the .
names which were on the•tombstones
and we were amazed atthe youth,
of those whose death had occurred
Dates of burials go back. to ,the • .
840's, •
Names on the tombstones are Jos-
eph Chapman, died 1858, age 22;•
David Baggs. died 1870, age 63,
native of Armagh; Ireland;.'Sarah
Tackaberry, died 1869, age. -29,
wife of .John; William Phillips,
died 1854, age 26; Jane 'M M. Phillips'
died 18'70, age •3; . Susan" Philips,
ied 1871 age 4 months; .Jane Finni-
gan , died 1858 , age 1 year ,. Ought-
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aught-der of John and Mary 1, Finnigan;
dames Kerr, died in the 1840's,
age 32; Children of Robert and
Martha Davidson, '•Rebecca, age 2,
ied in 1862 aid Robert, age 1,:
ied in 1869.
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