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WEDNESDAY, NOV.
THE WOCKNOW, •SENTINEL, LUCKNOWS ONTARto,. • ..
Letter To The Editor
October 22.. 1967
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TO rthe EditOr, , • A
LucfsnoW Sentinel, •
Dear Sin . •
"Born - To Mr.. and Mrs, George
Washington 'Berry, on October 14,.
a daughter , Clara Elizabeth
'Arabella", That news item may •
have appeared in the Sentinel - if
there was.a Sentinel in those days
October 1867. The important.thing
is, that baby.is,still living and I
called, on hertoday. •
• ;TWO weeks agoyou-had a.small
notice that Mrs..'Lalla (Berry)
•Sritith, formerly ofLuCknow.,
• would celebrate her ipoth birthday
• the folloWing week.'Sol sent her a
birthday. Card, not out of 'curiosity .
but,beCause,she was my father's
• first:cousin. Her:father: was the: •
great uncle I had-nsually 2 ,
heard spoken Of as Uncle Yank (for.
••:ohvibus reasons); Her name Lal
•always'interested Me too . I learned
to-day•that a small child had first
Called. her Lal because she couldn't.
sayClara.2and•that name stuck all
:these years.. • .
I•found:,COusin Lal at the home..•
of her: nephew Ernest 4rrristrong
da very happy, .alert, spry little'
lady she is too Her hearing Is a bit
dull but otherwise,she seems .no
more than 75 Truly she is 100:
.years young I.S:he reads..goes to
church -every Sunday, and receives
•and entertains all her 'Caller's;
sitting in.an arm chair in a sunny :
south window.. She told. me about.
one caller on her birthd •who
told her: that the air of Huron and
Bruce must have some special •
quality to, induce such longevity
She was tired and hOarie after
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H BIRTHDAY
chatting•with about 100 callers on
her birthday, but ihe'loved every
minute of it. • ' .
She told me about greetings,
received from Queen Elizabeth,
the second, Prftne,Minister•Pearson
and Premier Robarts. It was a • •
thrilling and happy day for a fine •
and charming old lady.
yours sincerely,
• The, Country Mouse'.
• ToStage etopci.
Christ.m0s. Fair
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• These past couple of years, the
Departinent of Education; through
its Cominunity Programs Braneh,
has done pinch to encourage the.
local crafisnien' both fromthe learn
ing level; the teaching level And
frorri'the,Selling level'. New'. craft,
Schools are springing up, Craft'.
groupi-•are formed (an; active one is
in,God,erich) where 'different mein:- •'
bers take turns in teaching the rest
their cra.ft. Skilled.teacheiS are
hired to come to instinct the group
and craft classes are organized.
Teacher. training .courSes are availa
ble. and local groups are sponsoring
their Own craft shows'and sales to
encourage thebuying of, locally .
Made handcrafts 7 the true Canad-7
. •
LiSt year a group of Colborne
Township artists and craftsmen'
49.itiediagethent On.their
.firit such display and called it the.,
,"ChriStrnas,Conntry ,Fair" and held
it 2 days in:NOverriber when people •
were beginning to think Of Christr,
piece Davenport Suite
Special $139.60
. .....$0.8•••••••x!owee•i.4•••••1
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IMJETTE SETS-- 4 AND,6 CHAIR SETS%
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PRICED. TO;CLEAR.
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Piece Dining Room, Suite
4 CHAlltS–r BUFFET — HUTCH
•,'Reguiar; $25q 'At '$199
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• • kimemBeit THE BOY SCOUT PAPER.DRIVE
• THURSDAY, tioligmBER
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F1..RMS. FOR SALE
50 acre grass farm, all tiled on
Concession If, Koron Township:-
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100 are Vraas-farm—ftVC•owetstt•OA''
• • . 6, Huron Township , ,•.
100 acre grass farm on Concession
14, East Wawanosh.
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100 acre farm, good' buildings, on
Concession 10, Kinlost. •
ASKING 'PRICE $16,0(10'
Moderate down payment will buy 4.
this 100. acre workable
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100 acre farm on Concession 9,
Kinloit:- Very good buildings.
ASKING. PRICE. $12;750
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HOME
7 roil') home on Clyde St.,
Lucknow. ,
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT
F. C. van Elfi,
• BOX. 193, LUCKNOW
PHONE 528-3618
rrias,gifts,' Nearly one thousand
people came to the show and tie.
results of the venture showed that
,•it :was _what the.public wanted
This year this sarne''group; known
asr et sh:n. tC tohueni jr a C4 or ar f td S. PC thcor si)t
mas
Country Fair" in early:November:1,
Lucknow Resident
ied In Hospital
MRS. TYNDALL ROBINSON
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Mrs.•Tyndall,RObinson of Luck -
now' passed away in Winghain
District Hospital on Saturday,
October 21st from complications
following surgery She was in her
.82nd. year. . _• • •
• Mr's. Robinson Was the fOrmer,
Edna ,Phoerne, Fraser , daughter of
I raser'• and Johann'Munrd.
She.wai born, iri• Kinloss Township
on July1St ' , .
l'On January 4th, 1904 she married:
Tyndall -,Robinson Of Kinloss. When
they'were first married they lived
on the '5th concession , Kinloss,
later moving tolter old home ••
farm onthefith concession.
Robinson passed away in Deeernh7
er; 1936. MrSr. •RObinsOn moved.
to Lucknow in 1944... •
She is Survived:by two daughters,.
Lena' of Goclerich, and Elizabeth ••
at. home, two. sons Charles Of Luck.
nowand George :of Trenton; a sis-
'ter Mrs. LahrettaFreed ; Detroit;
five grandchildren and one great
grandChild% •. ,
Besides- her. ithiband she was
• predeceased by a son Howard 'iri
January 1961', fotir.brothers Alex, .
GeOrge; Charlie, John andfive
Sisters, Betsy,Annie e 'Mary, ,
'Hairinah. Lena: • •
i.trieral service was.'Conducted-Or• i
Tuesday* October 24 fromMac-
Kenzie Memorial Chapel..
Lucknow With interment at South
Cemetery. Rei. Laird.
„Stirling had charge of the servide;,..•
Mrs. Tom Pritchard was. organist,
Pallbearers were Ross MacMillan;
Alex :MaCtlitosh 13en, Ruttle ; Elm-
er JohnSton„ Al Wraight i-lossack
Bain. •• ,
A nurnber of:nieces and nephews
attended the funeral service Irani..
EtrihrO, Detroit, Uniondale and .
Ldndon.
Costume Winners At Fall Fair
The Sentinel turns back the
calendar a few weeks in publishing
this picture, one of the many we
took on Fall Fair day in Lucknow.
Unfortunately, space and cost pre-
vents us from using all thepictures
• Mrs. Mary 'Claremont of Goderich.
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winner in the original centennial
costume class worn by a 'visitor to ••
the Fair. On the right is Mrs. Wu_ . .
fred Mack of Aurora. Mrs. Black'.
won first in the copied centennial
-we take'. Shown ' • on tne left is costumeclass. •[ •
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LOCKNOW MAN ON EXECUTIVE 11
Present Retiring.
out
COin. •-•
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.L.t,Johnston 'of
recommended for the position of
Distriet Commissioner for Saugeen,
ony, o one:.
...Sunday Speaker:
ST... HELENS
rnornin Service
Helens Church was conducted by
Tony Johnstone of Lucknow • . ,
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Distriet.Boy.Seopts by the annual Just a reminder of the W. 1 on •
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fall' meeting of the District •Cotincil ,TP,ursday afternoon at .2:3u inh .the
held at Walkerton lastWednesday hall• . , •
night.. The appointment of a ongratulatioris to Mr.' and Mrs
District Commissioner is made by Roy Gardner on the arrival of 'a
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the ProvipcialiCPutiPti for Ontario. son on October 25th in London
on. the recommendation of the .Disr" Mrs. Gardner is the former Nancy -; •
triCt Council concerned ' 'utran'of this community., . •
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. • . • Jack Aitchisoh of Whitechurch
. 'For several years 'Oast, the was a Sunday, evening ;Visitor with
position of District Commissioner mr. and Mrs. Gordon McPherton. -
'haS been capably filled by Archie '' The P.C.W. are holding' their
annual bazaar, bake sale. and tea.,
on Saturday in the Lucknow•'.Legion
Hall at 2:30.
GoWanlOck of Walkerton, whose
retir'ciMent is necesSitated this year
clue to ill health.. At the annual
Meeting Mr. Gowanlock was Nes- '.
ented with a Scout 'Clock desk set in
recognition of his twentyrsix years •
of service 'to Scouring in Saugen•
District,. Retiring president, Roy
Hamer of 1-ianOver in making the
presentation, paid tribute to Mr.'
,GOwanlock's long and faithful ser -
'vice in the interests'of Scouting.
. -
Officers electedte the Saugeen
District Executive Were: Mel Hart,
:Walkerton, president; Ross Johnson.
Hanover, .1st vice president; Nor-:
man Taylor. . Lucknow, 2nd vice
president and Bill Ross. Durham,
secretary' -:treasurer.
Highlighting the a ttintal* meeting
were an address by AlexiThoinpsori,
of Meaford, ProvinCial•Pield Exec-
utive for Bluewater Region, who
spOketm the New, Scout Prograin,
which will be adopted in • its . •
entirety' by September:. 1965, and a
film by George lohnston-Of the•Sau-
geen District Centennial Scout - , our
ofthe Eastern Provinces duringjhe
•pastsurnmer, • • , , '
Sorrie.75 scoutand cub leader's
and groupcdtrunittee, personnel. '
fron throughout Sattgeen District
attended.the meeting held in Knox
,Presbyterian Church..,Walkerton,
tiff zmaJorrtfritipoirtneir.„.440A4igi:
Mrp And Mrs. Relison Falconer
and' farnily of Sarnia spent the.
weekend, with his mother, Mrs.
Cecil Falconer and ort.Sunday
Hugh Poole and family visited At • ,
the 'same home.
Last Tuesday evening,Mrs. Beryl
Davidson of Stratford, Secretary -
Treasurer for the Tuberculosis Ass-
ociation in Huron and Perth and •.,
Mrs., &Ansi Huron' County Health
Nurse were at Whitechurch Comm-.
Unity Memorial Hall. The audience
was few in numbers but they show-
ed their Slidet-and told of work -
being, dime: • • •
oyes 10 LUCKnow.
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• Williarn Ket.;..ha aw sold his Par-.
amount' farm lastspring to •Beverle}
MacNay Of -that area and moved:to
Lucknow in early October.
' He purchased the foriner,I0e.
Johnston house in th'ei surritner, ., •
whieh'has been tenanted by Mr:
'and !qrs.. David Kirkland.. The first
Of October the ,Kirklands moVed •
the Greer house in West Wawanosh,
south east of•Lucknow „, • •'.` •