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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-10-25, Page 1f $4.1110 A Yoiii In AcIvaneo $1.00 Extra To USA; . This Saturday ; October 28th, is a very special day for Lucknow and surrounding districtand a particul- arly special day for Miss Jessie MacKay Of the village who will observe her 100th birthday:. Jessie resides in her home on Gough . Street and her friend and compan ion, Mrs. William (Annie) Mac- Intyre resides with her and assists her in her household duties. .Jessie enjoys comparatively good health and is about each day,. She is keenly interested in .community and church affairs 'and, in the wel- fare •Of her many friends in Luck- ' now and surrounding district. lessie.ls one of nine children born to Hugh MacKay and Catherine Kerr. She was born in 'what was known to many as the Graham • home. which was located just west of the, Supertest garage, and which has been dismantled. Across the road, on the United Church .grounds, her. father operated the first blacksmith shop He was a native of Glasgow and. came to Lucknow after thefounding.of the • village. • . . . • 'Six of the MacKay ,,family were born in Lucknow, Maggie, Donald, Angus, Jessie, Johnnie and Hughie. In 1673, the family moved to the farm. atop the hill on the Second of Kinloss, just west of the Luck - now -Holyrood road. The same • year the railway was built and the Sentinel was founded, and the paper has continued to come into the MacKay homes since then. • The three others in the farnily, • - 'ILUCKNOW, ONTARIO Annie,.David-and AleX ere.born at the second concession . -Jessie is the sole survivor of the family: The parents and all other members Of the family have been laid to rest at South Kinloss Cemetery. The MacKay family have long been devoted servants of South Kinloss Presbyterian Church. When the family moved to Kinloss Jessie was six years of age and, ready for school. She attended pub- lic school at the second of Kinlos$ Jessie trained in the United ' States as a practical nurse and spent about fifteen years in Chicago practicing her profession and doing charity work with needy families. As a nurse, she special-. Ized in obstetrics. • WEDNESDAY, OCT, 25th, 1N1' and recall's a, Miss Morrison, as her, first teacher She later attended • LueknOw High School. • As a young Woman, doctors red- ornrnended that Jessie go to the "frosty clitriate", of Duluth for . health reasons and this was the ° start of about 35 years which she • spent in the United States. It was in 1890 that Jessie left for Duluth and it the next fe‘f years she lived and worked in various places in the. United States. On the way home for a visit in 1897, she attended the Chicago World's Fair. , She trained'as,a practical nurse at Milwaukee, ,specializing in 'obster ries, and later spent about fifteen 'years in Chicago serving as a . nurse and doing charity work with needy people. She studied at the ,. Delaware Water CIO Sanitarium and became proficient as a masseur in giving the Water treatment for various sicknestes. , -, • Jessie went to Europe in 1904, again on the advice of doctors for health reasons. In 1922 she returned to the home farm in Kinloss upon the death of one of her siSters. In 1949 the • MacKays sold their, firm to Herb NicQuillin and Jessie, Annie and Angus moved to Lucknow where Angus died a year later. Annie" .died in 1964 at the age of 90. • / Jessie's mother died about 1897 and*.herfather about 1907. Only one Member of the.Mackay family ever" married Be was Alex who resided in Edmonton His , • wife.is living and still•resides there. It's tea time.at.the.MacKay house, and Jessie, always a gracious hostess, pours a cup for Mrs William (Annie) Macintyre whe has assisted het for the past five yeatS. The •cup is one depicting • Saskatchewan and the area around .• gastend where Mrs. iviacIntyre, 'sided a number of yeam:ago2lt was given 'to her as a gift, The tea service is one given to Jessie on her 100th birthday which we described elsewhere in this article, The IUCKNOW. Ripley Aron Accident •• • kw•P'',""'r, sc, trilts,“..****Hti*. 'W-41 et )00 ItutS jittriVe5i. fotkoor.0. total To Joe Scott Own,' wetk ,„ Six Years Older Than.:.Sentinel The Lucknow Sentinel was estab- lished in 1873, when Jessie MacKay was six years old. The paper has continued to corne into the MaCKay,homes•since then and Jessie is always interested in the news of,I)ucknow and dietrict. . „ 'Jessie has A niece Mrs.. John (Dor- othy) Lammie and a nephew Donald MacKay, all of EdrnOntOrt. There are six great nieces and • nephews• ,. • ; ; The Sentinel reporter spenta Very pleasant couple of.honisSatUrday' With Miss MacKay and Mrs. Mac- Intyre who has been a real friend • to Jessie for the past five years, • •When asked what she credited for. her longevity Miss MafKay.rePlied in very certain terms, 7Content- Miss MacKay will .be ,at• home to' her friends On her,birthday, this; Saturday, ,'October 28th from 2 to • 4 p.m . 'in the afternoon. and•1 io ' 9 p:m. in the evening... . • • • • . The Sentinel joinswith others in the Cominunity in extending birth- day and Centennial greetings to a (ine lady who has spent the greater part of her life in the service Of' others. Happy birthday Iessie.,• may you continue to enjoy life Luck - now in your second century... • • •;MORE PICTURES ON PAGE 8 eekend: Breakin. Montgomery Motors in Lucknow was the victim ofancither break-in eriii the weekendilte'fietilktarTi discovered Monday morning.;, and Provincial Constable Andy, Burgess ' of kiticardifielniiestigated. 8nrry..was*gained to the.bialding trough a rear east side back win- dow About $8. •rin schange was tolen along with tonit 'cigarettes. Hallowe'en Party In Arena Tuesday Next Tuesday night, October 31st is, the night of ghosts and goblin's and such, and, Lucknow Lions Club hiVe cooked ..up a.Hallowe'en Party for the children in the Luck - now Arena-, , , • • A parade of Spooks, led by the. ,. Lucknow District High School Band will leave -the -Public ScIrOul at • ,7:00 p.'m. and ,parade to the arena, . Cash prizes, will be given, fbr costumes for pre-School`uP to grade eight, -There will'be a peanut • . scramble and treats for the kids. It's a night for the whole.family, make sure you're there with them, 111011141110111111111011111111.1111111ini11I111111, . TURN 'EAll BACK Daylight saving time officially , ends at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning so standard time will be in effect on Sunday,' . • • This week -end provides the tunity' to pick-vp that extra.hout sleep you "lost" last spring, ddiff fofget- to • him back an hour upon retiring Saturday night. It.will be dark at supper time thereafter but it will bright-. en'up the mornings, for' the early - birds • . • , . • .. •