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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
•.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2lfh, 1N9
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IN WOODS NAME l YEARS..,>
Lorne_ .
St Helens Farm
Mr.' and Mrs Tom Stewart
. report that their<grandson, Brian
Stewart, was -on: the Royal Canad-
ian Navy ship Kootenay. On her
'third day at sea 210 miles. off •
England,, the Kootenay was .rocked
by a mysterious engine room exp-
losion, bringing, death to eight of
her 230- member- .crew and 'injuries.
to nine others. It is not known
,/ whether Brian was injured or not.'
Pine Echo Sade
Grosses X11,510
The Pine Echo Farms Production
Sale of-Polled--Hereford-Cattle ,
held at Walkerton on Saturday,
was a good success with the sale
grossing $11;510. George:
Kennedy of R. R..•I Lucknow is.
the owner of Pine Echo. Farms.,
located on Highway: 86 between
Lucknow and Whitechurch,
The overall ave .Gae; on, 23 lots
was: $500.50
-Nine serviceable:. age bulls aver-
aged $582. ,even cows; six.with:
'calves' at .foot., averaged, $520..
°$even bred heifers averaged$380.
Thelargest individual buyer at.
the sale. was Elmer Russwurm of
Mildmay•who bought four bred . .
heifers for .a .total of. $1460. Loc- •
ally , ' William and Russell Button
• of Lucknow.' bought two of the'•
.better bulls for $510 and $600,;•
respectively The bull which:
Russ purchased was .'13.1/2 months
old and was sired by the $7800:` •
Super Domino 175 and: out of an
imported cdw purchased'.. at Dodds•
'''° Dispersal.Sale in Quebec
Joe Dilworth of Durham bought
the top, bull, and, highest priced.
animal at the sale for $760. Milt
Filsinger of Mildmay `bought the
se'cond�top=bnl fer 690
The 'top cow was sold :to Oscar •
J. Meyer' of Mildmay for $665
Bryce Curtis of Kimberley bought
heifer for$506.
Yesterday, Tuesday;,•Octobe'
28th was. Jessie's day. •
It was the 102nd birthday of
Miss Jessie MacKay.of Lucknow,
the • village's grand old lady.
Jessie observed the 'occasion at
her `home on Gough S, reet 'in the
village' where, she lives with her
friend and companion Mrs. .•Will
iarn (Annie)MacIntyre,
As Jessie commences her lO3rd
year, she continues to enjoy life °
to the fullest...Nothing pleases
her more than a visit from .friends
and she had many ofthese, on
Tuesday
° She enjoys comparatively good J.
health and is about most days;
She is keenly interested in.comm-,
unity and, church. affairs and in •
the welfare :of her many' friends, in'.
Lucknow and surrounding district..
Jessie is•one of nine.children
born to. Hugh MacKay and Cather-
ine Kerr. r She was born in. What.
was known'to many as the Graharri
home, which was located 'just a
west of,the Supertest garage;. and
which has been dismantled:. Acr-
oss the
cross';the road, on. the United •
Church grounds her father operat-
ed. the first blacksmith shop';.: He
was,a native of Glasgow and came
to Lucknow 'after the founding of
the village
•Six; of the MacKay.., family were
born; in Lucknow ; Maggie ; ,Donald ,
Angus, Jessie, Johnnie:, andk`Hughie.
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erne W �,dods of West Wawanosh
has sold. his 100 acre farm:on the
10th concession , .near St. Helens, •
to Russel Irvin of Ashfield. Russel
resides on •the 9th of Ashfield ; just
west of the Dungannon road.
• Three :generations of the Woods
family have farmed the property
Lorne's grandfather; the late ;Rob-
ert Woods, puchased the, farm'
from, Edward Morton in 1871, Mr..
Morton had taken up the farm
from the crown in 1857 Lorne's
father ,;the late Robinson .Woods,
later farmed, there and. Lorne
himself, has spent a 'lifetime on
the farm
The farm; has been 98 years in
the. Woods name.
His father planted a fewapp1e
trees on the farm with. Lorne later
developing the orchard which he..
has operated for 50 years. During'
that time , the Woods name ..
became well. known to consumers -` • .
of fruit in this and over a wide
area
The sale was completed on Sat
lurday at an auction which saw
a•S
Allan McIntyre of Kinloss. auction : `.
the property and equipment.' • Mr
and Mrs. Woods will move shortly
Lo their ,iew huine on Havelock,
Street South -in Lucknow'
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Died At'Pinecr�st
Mrs • Frank Todd of St. Helens
passed away on Sunday, October
26th at Pinecrest Manor Nursing :•
Home, Lucknow She was in her..
85th year. •
Funeral:''serivice will be conduct-
ed on Wednesday October 29th at
2'p .:m : at the Johnstone Funeral
Home , Lucknow with. interment.
500, at'.GreenhilTCemeter
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Dr. William G. Thomas,"
year-old Niagara Falls dentist,
a car in that city on October nth
Well known to many in this cornm
• .unitY. He was the husband -of the
foriner Clara McQuillin. daughter.
of the late Mr •and Mis. Harry •
.Quillin home is' now awned •by
George Newbold. ,
Dr. Thamas had Worked at'his
dental office at the corner of
Ferry and Main Streets, had pick“.7
ed*up some groceries and, vitas .*
walking home.' He was crossing
ond Hill Presbyterian Church, '
when struck by a station uagon,
was pronounce& dead At the
Dr; Thomas; a dentist in Niag
ara Palls for close to half a cent -
Hill Presbyterian Church where he
ha.d Served On the Session' for 4,0,
the pasi 20 years. •e had taught.
Sunday $Chpol'there for more
than 40 years,. Di. Thornas was
a 1926 dentistry graduate froM•the,
pniYersity of Toronto.
Surviving ate his wife Clara ,
one son William Henry Thomas,
his mother, two,brotherS, three
Dr.' Thomas' father was CaPtain o
the Maid of the Mist Ear mOre' ,
th
'Robert S, Thomas, is fire Chief
in Niagara Falls..
, The funeral wag. held at Drumni.
ond Hill Church on Saturday , Oa.;
ober 1.8th with burial in Fairview,
Fareweli Gatherin!
for Parish Priest,
Leaves for Malta
KINGSBRIDGE NEWS
Reverend Father H Galea S.S.
P. , who left for ,Malta,, Wednes
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day, October 29 to begin his new.
duties as. Su •erior General.o the
Fathers - of the. Society of St . Paul;.
was guest, of honour at a farewell
gatiering.in the school gym
Sunday. evening October 26.
Attending were Reverend Father
Mooney of Sacred Heart Parish,
Wingham, and Reverend, Father •
'Moynhan of St. Peter's Parish,
Goderich; and many parishioners
from St. Joseph's Kingsbridge,
St Mary s•.Luoknow and -St: A -u
ustine.
„ The pro ;ram o.ened b sin in
'0 Canada' and the'-Chairman'sV •
address wasgiven by Gene, Frayne,
President of Si. Joseph's Parish,
Council. The first':number was
an •accordian solo by Mary' Bongert•
man..
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Some Pumpk
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Dale McInnes,;: son' of'Mr. .'and
•Mrs. Dan Mclnnes of . Holyrood ,
has row n • a pumpkin that will be :' :'
g •i
the envy of; gardeners. in this area,.
The pumpkin is 34 inches high,
71' inches in circumferenceand
weighs 150 pounds,
Dale received the •.seed from
his uncle, Robert Beyrer of North
Carolina
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Pa
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Grand Knight, Mark Dalton' 'And
Joe Tobin of Stratford , rnembers
of Father. Nagel Council of ihe
of the counCil.
Mrs. Jim O'Donne Lucknow•
gavetwo readings which applied
Very fittingly to the OccatiOri.
Dan Aubiti, Dungannon'; prpyed
to be a star ,,while he played his
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Wednesday 'Of lag week iesulted in
serious injury to twerKinlOss resid-
ents and complete destruction Of: '
the siXtb of Kinloss •.• Wesley.
,iclent of the .6th of Kinloss, was
prOceeding.eait, 'The twa cats
were in 'C011isiOn it,the gate of •
the farm,' airport And summer
ofTeeswater. Mri'. Gilchrist was,
Bab there to pick up a' tractor.
Mr, Young had taken his•xife, to
on the:sixth and was en route '
hornt at the time. 'Both Were
alone in their pars.
:The accident happened
thought that it• was about half an
Houston, Of Holyrood'happened on
made from the home •of Stewart '
McGillivray, just to the West of •
e ace], ent scene. Ken Houston
removed M'rs. Gilchrist to Wing: -
ham Hospital and Stewart .
McGillivray drove lyir. Mang
I Mr. 'Young:,s condition was
icause for concern for some time,
He suffered a ruptured spleen and
,had surgery to .keinpve the spleen
that day, Hesalso suffered • from .
shock,' cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Gilchris suffered a badly
shattered left knee cap and in
surgery that day , her knee cap yas
rernovect: She received a ,broken
tOe on the Same foot, broken -
a badly cut mouth, injured nose
And, elbow as well as bruises.