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THE.IUCKNOW SENTINEL,.:LUCK$OW, ONTARIO
' WITH MARGARET. T.,HOMPSON,
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10 YEARS SAGO
APRIL 1959
John M;. (Mac) MacDonalds,; son
of Mr. and Mrs .:W. F.: MacDonald
of Lucknow was awarded; an ..
.$1;800 scholarship to do post" grad=
uate work for his master's degree
in science
A.C.• Agnew:offLucknow was.
appointed Wingham assessor,
Mr. and Mrs. Ira 'Campbell :•of
Lucknow were • honoured. by -neigh-
bours, and friends before -moving
from the village to Belgrave.:
Murray Murdock's title. .as the
" iron man of hockey, which: had-,
.iron
for 22 'years, was broken
when Johnny Wilson of the'Detroit
• •Red Wings played his 509th ` and • •
510th 'consecutive games. •
The •Kintail Community Centre
was officially opened with a card
• party and ,box social Thehall was
the former Kint ail schoolhouse
,„ • A memorial electric•organ,. rec-,
.ently installed in the Langside •
Presbyterian.,Church , was °dedicat-
.'ed at a special•Stnday service. •
-Kenzie., known_as> 'Big _Rory"_or.
"The Ashfield Giant" was so. ,
termed because he stood over' seven
feet in his stocking feet. He •was
born in Ashfield'. Later the family.
moved to' the second of Kinloss.
Roderick as a young' man Was a '
stone mason's helper in the employ'
of Steele' MurdochOne of the jobs
on which he worked being the.
construction of the Finlayson, Block.
An able musician and Scottish
piper, Mr. MacKenzie. at one time
was Pipe Major .of the Belleville
'Katy 'Band'. A fter leaving
Ashfield, hewas associated, with:
carnival and circus life. In. 1914
he, becathe.'head'of his own show •
in the States, known as
McGregor Shows.
50' YEARS A
APRII. 1919 •••
q• .
and Mrs; Malcolm Beaton
and family were honoured when. a
number of friends gathered at their
home to bid farewell to them as'
they were soon leaving for•Seaforth:
• David Todd .purchased the house
O YEARS AGO' and lot in St:. Helens,, owned by •
APRIa% 1939 '
• Mr,. and Mrs.. "George Burgess and
, 'Miss Mae Davidson of Toronto
returnedto the village •to make
their home 'in the Davidson, .
residence •on Havelock 'Street.
• Stuart Collyer' Was elected waled-`
ictofian 'for; the-1938,-39--class--of the
Stratford Normal School.
Roderick Bain MacKenzie Ash
field native; died in Houston]„
• Texas, in his75th year: Mr, Mac
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Mrs, James Baker: Mrs. Baker
!was moving to Lucknow.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson of ,West
Wawanosh left for Sackville New
Brunswick, where she organizeda
community'nursing centre
SirThor•nas .t shite, minister of
Finance,,introduced; a bill in Pari-
lament-atrthorizng the issuing of a
new one -cent piece for. Canada.
The new, coin wasp? be much`.
smaller than the one which had '
been in use since, Confederation.
Passes At
Pinecrest Manor.
NIXON .MELVIN
Thomas Nixon. Melvin, a life
long resident of Culross Township;,'
passed away at ;Pinecest Manor
Nursing' home,..Lucknow ,•on Tues-
day,
ues-
day, March 25th, aftera lengthy
illness.. He :was in his '81st year:.
Born in: Culross : Tdwnship , July
5th, 1888 , he'was a son of the late •
Thoinas Melvin and 'Eliza :Ford ,-.0n'
Tune 30th 1920, he• was'marrie.d to
Mar
Holyrood institute
Hold "At. Home":
KINLOUGH' NEWS
•On Tuesday eveningthe Holyrood
Women's Institute members with.
their husbands, families and
friends enjoyed the Annual ."At
,Ziome" .inthe township hall `at
Holyrood. Fifty sat down'to a
and farmed in Culross all his life ,
Until about three years: ago'when •
ti his health .failed: He was a•
•member of Salem 'United Church.
Sui+iving are "his -wife; two son
Thomas of Culross and Arthur of
Chatham; seven' grandchildren,•.one
brother Ford of St . Thomas; one •
:• sister' tits. John (Thirza) Bell., • Van•
couver B C,
Theifun'e al washeldli Friday' at
' the MacPherson Funeral, Chapel,
with Rev .J. C Downing of the tin'-
• ited Church -officiating- Ser -vice
was at 2:30 p . m , Mr. Ben Farrell
of Ripley, •sang "..The 'Old Rugged`
Cross".:Te.mpotary entombment
'was inn the chapel at 'Teeswater
Cemetery, and the final resting •
- place,will be Baptist •Cemetery,
Greenock.
•Pallbearers were A.H. McTavish
john Quinlan, Gordon Bolton, Lin_
ton Sitler, Lorne Becking and, Wil-
slain Lidsay.Ca in flowers
�y g.
w�Pr_e_Kelvin i,amnnt,. RucsseI Bantisl
sumptuous'•meal after the singing
of 'O Canada. and. The Grace. Barb-;.
ara Murray, -Brenda and
Heather Hewitt were the Waitresses
•Mts -PT M t ay7 W.i. '
presidentwelcomed everyone and
a toast -was -proposed . to the' men by'
Mrs: Lyman Sutton.who said what
a `pleasure it Was.to seethe men •
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s - take -sine -h -a i--�interest-� rrthe-Instit=' '
Jack Moffat,, Alex Sch'iestel'; Andy
Bannetman;and Earl DickisotL
Relatives and friends attending
,from a distance were from. Guelph,
Acton, St. Thomas, Chatham', ,
er, Lucknow,
Hanover AWalkton� ., . , .:
Mildmay, Sarnia and Burlington,
Ute "At•Home" and hoped every .a;
one present:' had a pleasant; •
evening. Morgan Johnston gave a
humorous, reply:
P.A. Murray proposed a toast to
t-he-Wor en's4nst at -e -and -paid a
fine, tribute to the Holyrood •branch':
as well•as in many places where
'the women-undertake-many-worth—
while things for,both Horne ::and
Country. Mrs. Jack Ackert
fittingly replied on behalf of the
Institute and .outlined various ach-
ievements whichhave added inter-
est 'in
nter-est:'in the community and in the '
monthly meetings'. .
Everyone was then invited tothe
auditorium of the hall for a social
time and euchre game. Soon a
most enjoyable evening was brought
o•acose
:Mr. and Mrs. William Eadie and
Mrs. Charlie Hodgins of Wingham
and Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Ackert of
Lucknow were all present. Each of
the ladies are former officers of the
Holyrood Women's Institute„ Mrs.
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Ackert is a Life' member. Another
life2mc nber-presen
Howard Harris,•
Mr,.and Mrs, Bert Nicholson and
Lois •were guests at the Goessel
Slessor wedding on Saturday
Harold Ha•ldenby of Sarnia spent a
couple of da"s with'his,"arents andY P•.
•nds-in••the-a
Lois Nicholson spent the week-
end, at her home .here.
Mr, and Mrs • Delbert Hedley,
Gary, Cathy Paddy, Beverley,
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Debbie and Karen of Holyrood
to their h:
over the •week -end.. We welcome
;them tooitt`:eomtntanity.'.
Mrs, Charlie Hodgins of Wingham
Edna and May Boyle visited
Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Malcolm Lane and -Hugh.,
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