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Assembly Program
•The, .last assembly before the
Winter Holidays was held Friday
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afternoon', with the `Grade 7 class
of Room 11 in charge..
The program, which commenced.
with the singing of Q, Canada, was
announced by Jamie MacEwan. '
Following this the class sing
the scripture lesson, Psalm 42, in.,
three arts and • reoite : a prayer in
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unison
Jinn Hanna. gave a brief outline '
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f.;the :life of Mark Twain,: author;.
()Nile book`. Tom Sawyer... • Then •
Larr • Hayes introduced the.main
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number on'the program, a''drarnat:-
jzati'on of 'the:lesson in out reader
"I1ow; Tom Sawyer Whitewashed
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theFence": The main characters
---- i er —Tom S wyer Rcbert—�Wall
Jim Allan •Dunsmuir, •Ben: Rogers—
Cecil deBoer , Aunt Polly- ,Nancy.
deBoerThe narrators°were
Jeannette Barr and Barbara: L..
Stanley •
Several::musical nurnbers Were.
,presented:.' A trumpet duet by •
.Sandra Johnstone and Murray
Button ; piano .instrumentals• by
Marion J•ohristone , 'Nancy •deBoer
and •Karen Elliott,•.a Haw'aiian
guitar. selection.'.by Mary
MacKinnon and a three'part chorus,
by, the class, entitled. On the •
A`' dem -n . . -
o straton of gymnas 'cs •
by the boys completed the, prog-
rain which Closed with God Save
the'Queen.' •• •
Karen 'Elliotnd
aJeannette Barr
acted as acc'o.mpanists,. •
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POSTAL HONOUR"
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rugal routes., and then return with
the Holyrood despatch to Lucknow:
where train connections were.'
made.
He perfor.med,these duties until.
1956 when the post, office changed
from railwayto, truck Service.
Under the new system, the mail
was hauled .directly to Holyrood
by truck on the mainpostal run .
Peter's contract from Lucknow to
Holyrood: ceased to be at that
time but he has continued.to, drive
the R. R. 3 Holyrood route until.
the present time.:: He alsoa.ssis-'
ted at Christmas time at the.
Lucknow Post Office for 'seventeen
years'..
• Harvey Lindsay wa•s postmaster..
at Lucknow when Mr:, Johnston
commenced his postal service 52:
years ago.. Miss Susan Purves .was
postmaster at that time at "
Holyrood.
Peter's original contract was for
26 rrliles: daily .' • This included
the .Lucknow to HolyroodConttact.
He 'now,drives 17 miles daily non
R: R. 3.Holyrood,
In the ear" . days of 'Nits..
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Johns o 's service deliver. of the
t,n . ry
rdal
was by horse and cutter in
the winter and horse.:and buggy in
the summer; The •procedurelater.
switched to a.c.ar-in-thegood •
weathecrnonihs.:and•a horse 'and
cutter in the winter'. ',Peter told.
,the Sentinel that ih all the years
of driving the' mail from' Lucknow
•to Holyrood and ;return,'• never
once did he faitto get .back to
Lucknow:' He, recanted one occas=
`iron when' .he.walked the five 'miles
•from Holyrood back to •Lueknow'„
with .two;mail bags on his.badp;
Herecalled early .winters when his
horse 'and •cutter ran on :a `level.
With . the phone Mires, such was
the depth of the snow Peter
recalled. early:years'when''he
would cut to'the east: aftert•he,
•Fourth,. concession of Kinloss ;and •
go north along the river flats
.coming brut at/Allister Hughes' . ;
roper•ty. Another method of
avoiding...the•.high .snow .drifts ,on:
the roadway between Lucknow; and
Holyrood was: to cut west at the .
co
:.2nd Concession and go'•through the
fields until he reached the '6th of
Kinloss
For ten years; Peter kept a •
, horse 'at 'various. farms'in the
Holyrood area.: Hpwould driver.
his' ear.aas•far as Holyrood and then:
takethe horse the R ''R; 3
route. •
If such• were possible it.'would probably be a popular:
polity 'with Canadian Dairymen .'Losses from calf
deaths, during *'the :first .6 °weeks of age are often 'fie-
quent.' .
ny profess onSI-(��31-may--hero- r angers-.�.re noW
routinely :.injecting all new-born calves .with
UR":GAIN VITAMINS
t9 protecttheir calves. against
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SCOURS:
VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES
.SLOW GROWTH
SI R. -GAIN INJECTABLE; VITAMINS ADE' are(
vall si fro ryour-local Feed S-ervice-'Mill
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Only two ,postmasters have•
served at the Lucknow post, office
durrng. the 5:2 years.that Peter:
served the postal department
Harvey Lindsay was -postmaster.,
when he started.• and Kenneth •
Cameron succeeded: Mr. Lindsay
and holds the position, today
Susan Purves want postrnaster at,
Ho y,rood' when-.Mr.4ahnston
•'commenced ;work on the mail,.
;'Peter himself served for 10 years
as`assistant•to. Miss Purves, For.
1 1/2' years after_her, death he
.ran the,Holyrood stone for the
Purves estate and was acting
postmaster at. Nolyrood� he ;
other postmasters at Holyrood ,' in
order ,.were Gebr'ge, Colwell ,
George Percy.; .Morley Ho s:,'Sarn,
,Farmer and the. present, postmaster''
John Frook •
It ,is interesting to note•that in
all, the years, since =the formation:
of.,the Holyrood post office, only .
six rural' mail' drivers have been
involved in. serving the, postal •
patrons;. Phillip Stewart of
Lucknow was the original drrvet',
on R. R 4'Luc know :W1iich'was
taken over by meter Johnston. it,.
:beca'ne, R, R. 3 Holyrood and
Peter drives the route today.
R.R. 1 Holyrood was originally
driven.by Elizabeth Purves, and it
was taken:ov,er by Cliff Robb of •
Kinloss 'who holds the present
contract./-Wiiliana-'Stattexs held
HIGHWAY .I
GRAP,EFRU IT
Countr
4 MILES EAST OF LUCKNOW
Cordnation';ORANGE DRINK, 48 oz.' :.. . _..,'..
-Van Kirk Semi -Sweet -CHOCOLATE. CHIPITS,- 6 oz..
PURITY FLOUR,. 7 Ib. bad
AYLMER JAM; Raspberry,or. Strawberry, 24 oz. Jar
BLUE • BONNETT MARGARINE
.ICE CREAM, ,Tropical Fruit, Reg.°$1.15'
4--33c
r . 4
29c
61c.
• ,49c
Pr•
For 89c
the original R. R. • 2 Holyrood
contract ;and •P. A . Murray, .the. -'
present mail driver, took over •
from the Statters. family.
Peter Johnston, in his 52years •
of service indelivering the mail,
was ably assisted through: the:
years by his wife After their
family was raised, .Mrs. Johnston,
assisted in driving•the.route for a '•
number of years, with Peter always
taking."the trip:in the winter.
Only one "boxholder remains on;
R. R..3 Holyrood. now 'who was.
on.the•route when Ivlr..Johnston
::took itover. Richard' Elliott has•,
received the .'mail from Peter •
through every one of the' 52 years.,
Dan MacKinnon, .another orig inal
boxholder, now resides in Lucknow
and; has not been receiving his •
mail ori R. R.•'3 Holyrood for
some time.
Several ;familynarnes still . ;
exist on. R. R..3 which,were there
52, years ago when Peter 'started.
They are MacPherson, Harris
Congram, Hughes, McGillivray and
Carruthers •
In reminiscing over his years. of
'service , Mr., Johnston said. that :
rna.ny of;the ..children he used to
give a ride to and :from:'schpol are
row grandmothers themselves:;
Tuesday night of last 'week *as
a-_.nigh:.t—of-=r ogn.i..tion for Mr •g
Johnston at the Holyrood Hall.when
postal officials; friends, relatives`•
and patrons on.HolyrQod R. R. 3
gathered to pay tribute to his long
and devoted service . Mr.
Johnston was presented with a' silver
medal by H. _'F. Murray, district
director of postal services .for •
southwestern Ontario. He paid
:tribute. to Mr . Johnston's service
and stated that he holds a fine
record of achievement during his
ears:with the post office. The
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silver medal was inscribed • •
"awarded by the governfn:ent' of. •
Canada to Peter M. Johnston for
longand efficient service'; .' :Ther :
medal was awarded for fifty years
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oaf service_and Peter can now claim
two more • than.that:...The evening
was 'arranged throu'• h'the. efforts ` ,
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'of. Mrs :. P . A Murray,. Mrs . John;,
, Mt
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Mrs,. Cliff Robl and' other
friends. A special cake
was made to 1•rark the event.,
Besides' Mr • Murray `from London,,.,
other postal. officials were' present;
Ian Foote', 'su ervisor.•of Transport-.'
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`ation., ;London postial; district:'Ken
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Cameron, Lucknow Postmaster; .
John 'Frook , Hol rood •Postm;aster
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Gordon:Sutcliffe,.. Wingham Post
Master as well as `P. A. Murray;,
la fellow rural mall driver. . I'
:The ,entire• area joins in extend,
ing best Wishes •to.Peter for estab-
lishing•.a:Canadian`'record in rural
Mail delivery It •is hoped that he
might be able to:continue his '•'
service: on R. R; 3 for many.' years'•
to come.
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