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MRS, EDWARD: THIOIv[•
lward J. Thom , a resid-
cknow, was honoured ,
4th on- the occasion of
birthday. Open house was
ucknow at the home of
Iter:, .Mrs. Campbell
n, when many friends
extend best wishes. -For'
y occasion Mrs. Thom
*chid. corsage ,.'the gift : ,.
indson, Ned Martin of
ch, California
horn` was born in' est
Township: on February
• She is'the'former
'Miller, daughter of
Miller and Barbara Wall --
married. Edward Thom 'in
LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO.
September, 1911. They resided all
their life in the: St.' Helen's area
until coming, to Lucknow°some
years ago'to live in one of the.
Anderson apartments' on Campbell ,
Street. Mr... Thom' passed.away
eight years .ago.
Among those;, present were her` ;:
•daughters; Mrs:' ,'Campbell,'(Margar-
et
Margar-et ) Thompson and :Mrs... Stuart
(Kathleen); Collyer of Lucknow:,
Mrs. ,Ron; (Helen)'Rothwell of Nor.,
wood,.. Her other dauighter.Mrs:
Al,(Jean) Martin *Of Long'I3each;:
California visited with her that
evening .by phone
Mrs, Thorn has' eight grandchil-
dren and two great .grandchildren.
[now Sentinel
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Cont t
..
:know; Sentinel received,
WeeklytheOntario'
:rs Associat'
ton lastweek •
,
lewspaper had received ,`
award for the. greatest
lent' in weekly newspap
:arid published, in. towns
O'population during the.
. First prize award went
ind Valley Star and:third
'ent to the Iroquois Post.
trd was presented at the
mventionof the=associat-
it'ethe Royal York Hotel.
o last Thursday,''Friday ,
day,
trd is a; particularly'lea
. P..
'or all the -Sentinel staff,
e •past year', extensive
ave. taken place. in the
n of this newspaper with'
e to offset reproduction
rinting in a central
lant. it was not .without •
tern that'these changes .
e , and the end" result, has
ifying and has' been cli-'
'the winning, of the im-
t award
:ulatiion of the Lucknow
a' 2325 copies weekly is
:.highest in. Ontario in
o the population' of the
Lucknow; at slightly
people
tinsel Was represented .at
's convention
Mr.:
Pon Thompson, Andrew
:an, publisher of the
futon Expositor,' was
resident of the Ontario
!n for the coming year.
Passes A
Clinton.
Robert J:. McNall of Lucknow
passed away.,in 'Clinton°:Public
Hospital' on Sunday., February
'12th..
Funeral.service :was, held on
,Tuesday at Johnstone and 'Son
Y .
:Funeral, -;Home, Lucknow:, with
temporary';entombment at South.
lK inloss Mausoleum.,-
HOSPITALIZED AT WINGHAM'
Vehicles .:Met Her d
_ , a
On In Sno.Storm..
William Humphrey of St Helens'.
is a patient in Wingham.:Hospital
following a noon -hour collision:
which; occurred. Saturday on the
St; ' Helens ,sideroad which runs
from Highway 86 to St 'Helens. in
West Wawanosh Township: `
According'to Constable,'. Greenof.
the Ontario Provincial Police at,
Goderieli , visibility was poor at
the time because 'of, drifting snow'
and'the Humphrey, truck'; with
Bill and George Humphrey as .
occupants, met head-on with a• .
car driv,'en by John Beverly Bilyea
of Kincardine, an employee of
Waterloo Cattle Breeding Associa-
tion, Bill and George:Humphrey
were, proceeding south:, home '
from work at Wingham ; and the
:Bilyea car was proceeding. north.
The accidentY occurred midway
�
'betweenwhat is :known to many.,
as the Miller and Thom farms,.
just north ,of the St. Helens school,,
Bill Humphrey was hospitalized
with broken ribs, a punctured.
'lacerations to the legs and ;
other cuts. Neither George Plumy ,
phrey nor Bilyea were hospitalized
Extensive damage resulted to
both Vehicles.
WEDNESDAY,: FEB'., 13th, ,1967
Donations Are Over
1200 'For Waldens
Mr, and Mrs., Bert Walden of the
2nd of Huron have found what true
friendship and: neighbourliness is, , ..
The ,Waldens .lost their home and
all„their personal possessions in a •
fire-iriwhich:.Mr, Walden luckily
escaped': with his life.":
In true rural style, neighbours ,
and .friends' were quick to come to
their aid, and a benefit dance was
sponsored on their behalf in Kin-
cardine -last week •
• In talking to Mr.. Walden on
Monday, The Sentinel learned' that
donations ,at /the dance, and follow
ing the dance, h'ad passed' the
$1200'mark and were still coming'
in.. Mr.' and Mrs: Walden are
thankfulto live in Huron. Township
a typical rural community where
true neighbourliness exists
Arranging: the• benefit dance in
Kincar..dine' were Hugh Mason,'•
Allan //Culbert., John MacDonald
and Bill Danforth
Mr: and Mrs. Walden have pur-
chased a • furnished house in.•Kin-
cardine and .will' move there short
ly.
Nanc yWins.:Walden
Speaking Co ent�st•
Nancy Walden, daugghter of Mr.
and Mrs:, Glen -Walden: of Lucknow
topped the .Public Speaking con-.
lest held at the North`Ashfield '.
,Public SchoOl last Thursday. In •
winning the class for grades seven
and'eight, Nancy chose. as; her
topic "4-H Club :Work" Russell
Moncrief, son of Mr and Mrs.
George Moncrief of Lochalsh,_ -
placed ° second, speaking on "The
.Canadian Armed Forces” '
,Runners u were
Jean Webster, r
Barbara
Wilkins and Carol Finla-
son.
a' an ed.
Principal A, N�, M cLenn t
`a a'
s ch a"for-h contest. .
irm n the date t .
es were ;Mrs. Dave MacDonald
and Ron' 'Ashkanase of the' Lucknow
District High. School and Mrs.
Alvin Robb of ` the Ripley District
High School:; .Mrs: A.N. MacLenn•
an was official time keeper.
A number of parents :were present
to hear the speakers. Judges had a
difficult, task* td perform as the.
•Competition was keen::
. Nancy and Russell. will compete
in Wingh.arn' on`March,4th 'in the
Canadian •Legion'Speaking Con=.
test and Nancy. Will compete in
Clinton on March 6th in the' Ontar ,.
.io public Schopl Trustees and
.12atepa'yers Association Contest,.'
Sher.'* Copy 10c 16 Pages
.......................
entennial
t.-
.Centennial'finally got• "off the
ground,; in:Lucknow on Wednesdayh
•February, .8th when a public' meet-
ing', called by the council of the •
village,, was. held in the Lucknow
,Town Hall. About 15 interested
citizens of Lucknow and surround-
ing district. were present to discuss
the formation of a Centennial co'
rmnittee for the village;
Reeve 'George Joynt chaired the
informal meeting and welcomed
those in attendance compliment-
ing them'. on, their interest incivic
'matters and the betterment of the
community
He said it:'had' been'the intention
of •council and the Reeve to have
people of'the Yg.. community or an-.
ize a :centennial committee :but
when no move hadbeen made '
within the commnnity, , it was :
decided to`call ,a'ublic
Pmeeting
in this regard'.
Various ways' of g observin Cent-.
ennial in Lucknow were discussed,
Reeve JoyntP explained, that the
village council had•:agreed, to co
.operate '
financially n helping.to . r.
�.
make the Lucknow. Fall Fair a
special one in Centennial ,year.
An Orchestra,' with a particular;
1,100110114004,11*
SeIIS'Cl.tlIe
U.S. Buyers
Andrew Gaunt of West. Wawan-
osh recentlysold six head . from '.
his Scotch Shorthorn herd at Hi
Hill fa rrri'
Five heifers were shipped by
truck ''to' William 'Morris,* of
.•. West. Liberty , Iowa ..One junior
•heifer calf went. to Francis-
' Barr' 'of Aledo• Illinois
Loses Finger
9
Cliff. Roulston, a Lucknow res
dent who is employed at Schaeffer -
Pen Co' •• in' Goderich, lost the tip
of his'left indexfinger in a
mouldingma
Mc ent last
line accxd
Friday. Y• '
The accident occurred .d,`about 10•
minutes before q uittin 'time Cliff g
was hospitalized:; at G'oderich for
three days' before, returning home
rnmi'
gee
appeal to young people',' is•being
arranged; for and.an artillery ban-
:try,- with a precision show , 'will be:
•in the parade, A tree planting
program 'was suggested' as well as
special church services. Reeve
Joynt spoke• of the arena renovat
ion program which willbe com-
pleted in Centennial year,
The meeting was .kept •informal' . • '
with all those•present expressing
their ideas,
Cameron. MacDonald was suggest..
ed as being a capable chairman to
head'. the• Centennial committee`
and he was to be contacted,in this
regard and requested tohead the •
local ;group. At, writing.' time Tues-
day ,, Mr MacDonald had not been
officially approached in this re
gard'so we are unable to confirm, is ,
his acceptance Or refusal of the.'•
.position .'Cam was involved ,in
Other. community. activity on the
meeting night.:and was not able to
be present.
A' our person c`bmmittee,was
named to•work with the chairman,
'when appointed:.. The committee
is made 'up of Mrs; •Morgan..:Hend=
erson Mrs; .Vernon Hunter, Philip.
Stewart•and'Don Carneron.
OPEN FOLLOWING EASTER'
Keith Cranston Is
New Custodian A
Brookside School'
Keith Cranston;hass been engaged
by; Huron County. School; Area .No.
2 as.•custodian at the newBrook='
side Public School located 'on the •
9th of Ashfield, just west of the
Lucknow -Dungannon. road Th�ere,',:�
were seven,app.lications for ••the •
position.
• Present plans are:,to move, ail:
equipment to the new' school' dur
.ng Easter ,week with classes'to
commence there on April • 3rd
Four, 54 -passenger busses ,have
been purchased bythe board to'
;serve the area which comprises •
most" of Ashfield and West Wawa -
,nosh Townships. Two :Ford. busses
were purchased from Montgomery
Motors Lucknow and two Chev.
busses from. Baird Motors in God'
oriel:•
Jimmy Black', 13 -year-old son.
of Mr, and Mrs; Walter 'Black of
the 4th concession of Huron Town
ship, is a patient'in Sick Childrens
Hospital in London following a •
Ski -Do accident "on Sunday after-
noon which might well have cost •
him his _life
Jirn's brother'. Bill had secured
the Ski -Do ollim:Scott of Ripley
for short time on -Sunday and
brought'it to their Huron Township
farm ,
Ski -Do rides have been'a popular
winter pass -time in°'this area and '
members of the Black family' were
taking; advantage of the'machine
Iii this fine:Winter afternoon,
Joyce Black, ,age nine was,.
driving` the Ski -Do and her brother
' Jim was 'a passenger. As -they
passed over a snow'covered bare)
wire fence,the ski of the- machine.
caught on the tip of, a wire which'
was above 'the 'snow.' The piece of
wire was ripped from the fence
, and flew up. striking:young Jimmy
':under the cheek ripping his face
from the ti
p:of the ear to the
centre of the.• chin.'. The'' accident
occurred about 5 p.m.
Fortunately, the pair'.were' only
about .106 feetfrom thehouse at
the. time . Jim was taken to Kin-
cardine• Hospital Where he was
attended by . DrTindall of Ripley
..
and later removed to London. The
injury, was not a painful one,' he
liardly`felt it, but the gash was
severe and he lost considerable
blood. Medical officials stated
that, if thegash had been: an/ inch
lower, he would have lost his life,
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