The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-12-24, Page 9WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER :24th,, `120
`THEA ,L' UCKNOW` SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
PAGE NINE
At University
JnAIaska `
Percy, Barr , 'a son of Mrs; John
"Barn of Kinlough; and .a ,graduate.
of Lucknow 'District High School,.
is now attending,.university ,at
• Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Percy" is..enrolled in a B., Sc.
program, in mineralengineering
in the college of earth sciences. •
'and mineral. industry..' He is,
working part time for The univer.-
•pity.in'the mining laboratory,
doing preparation and analysis
of gold ores. • . . •
:For four weekeilds he puts in
,about eleven hours 'a day on a ..
drilling project and found it.
interesting to be, drilling where
.the,oldtirners worked in the "gold
rush days of 5Q to 75 years ago:
• Fairbanks, is., an oil boom town,
and over 400 flights a day leave
Fairbanks, for the north slope
` Next ..to Chicago,, it is the`busiest
airport.in the U .8 , A .
Percy :was• married inliuly and
had been living in Edmonton He
• went to. Fairbanks in August ,
enro11ing in university, in Sept-
ember. He is a graduate of the.
Haile ybur °Ontario Provincial
y y,, '
Institute .o. f,,Mining...
Passes In Hcsp.itaI
Charles Joseph Robinson of
Kinloss Township died at Wing.-.,__...
ham `andDistrict Hospital on
Wednesday, December 17th., He,
Was: 59 years of age,,
The funeral service washeld,
on Saturday, December 20th
from the MacKenzie Memorial
Chapel; Lucknow with temporary.
entombment' in South Kinloss
Mausoleum.
'What's- :the trouble, Doc?
asked ,thee patient
'I'm not exactly sure'', replied
the, doctor,, 'but if you ,were a
building' you would be condemned.
Miss Jesse Mackay
SeHs:HerHOU�.:
Frank....King Retires As Executive .
ice -President a Director
Form Snowmobile.
Club Locally •
A Snowmobile Club. is being
organized for this district and W
the, first neeting'of,a•number,of •
interested people was held on.,
Sunday.
Russ Button has offered h'is
farm house , the former Bill
Stanley ;home west of Lucknow.:, •
to' be used as a club house -and
theLL farrri. -lands. at—the-rear - on
,
theproperties of"Russ and Bill
To Earl MacDonald
garl MacDonald.of Ashfield
Township has•purchased the'
home of Miss Jessie 'MacKay on
Gough Street in Lucknow. Posses-
sion will be obtained. in March..'
'Mr. MacDonald has sold' his
farm -on the 10th concession. to
Mtn and .Mrs...LHerh.H:ammond_of
•Tillsonburg.. They ,'have 'a•
family of five. Earle was .forty
years on the same Ashfield farm:
Miss MacKay, who was. 102
in October, has lived in. the
Lucknow home since 'moving to.
Lucknow from Kinloss a number
of years ago with her. sister and.
brother who have since died'.
Mrs . William MacIntyre has
made her home with Miss •
lvlacKay•for a number`of years:
Button,' will'' beused as runs.and
.,will• butt up to: the, village . limits .
Membership :'fees will be $10
,per member. $2 per•day or
.night will be charged for outside ,
members:
' Contact Bud Hamilton or
y
Gerald--Priestap if ou:are:inteer
P
ested . •, •
Purina After28 Years Ser keTo firm
Local:readers; wiu be interested
in an article which, appeared.in
the. November issue of the Canad—
ian Poultry Review concerning, the
'retirement of. Frank King , well
known" in the Lucknow community.
Frank is married to the former
Rae:Mac'Donald-, daughter -of .;
the late, Mr Wand• ,Mrs . ' Jaynes Mac
Donald of Lochalsh' and' Lucknow.
Kin
The
T . gs have :,a son Bill -Who •
spent a. good':deal .of: tinie'here:
al.a
The article read.: '
Frank J,. King, executive vice-
president and; director of.Ralston
Purina of Canada Ltd. , has retired
after ,28 years of outstanding
service to his .firm.. ' The ,story of
his ;career reads like a "clime -to,
riches' .novel. . "
It was ,in 1'933 that,Frank grad,.'
uated' from: the .Ontario Agricultur-
al ,College ; ,where jobs for grad -
bates were
radbateswere scarce during the,
height' Of the depression . For
some time he•worked ifor.•Siiver
woods Dairies, Ltd:. ;'.and then ,
joined -the staff -of -the Livestock •
ger
•
Co you and . your family, our wish is for all
the merriment and excitement of this ' festive
season all. the joy
and warmth `of a Yuletide celebration.
And, may we thank you for your much appreciated patronage.
FROM ALL 'OF US AT
Don Thompson
Tony Johnstone
Bev Thompson
Dotitie Johnstone
Muriel Ritchie
Margaret 'Thompson..
Merle Elliott
Frank 4. King
Branch, Canada Dep artment.of
,Agricniture in which position he
'worked as an. R O.'P. inspector;
His •early contacts with many ",•
Canadian dairy:'cattle breeders
served him in good stead when "his, -
next
is •next: move' to. Purina took ;place as
a:, poultry and livestock specialist
His ability to 'organize interesting
,farm meetings within •the various ,
segment' of the livestock.;industry..
for, Purina 'ou"stomers and prospec-
tive customers span led.,to•hts:
appointrnent.as a'distr'ict sales
manager, then regional sales :man• ..
ager and finally to 'the position'of
executive vice -president and dtr-
ector :of his,company Though .
now retired, he still remains' a ' '
director as well as.a consultant"
specia1:project-s ,
Perhaps poultrymen. will remem=•:
ber Frank best,. and his, partner:
Wm: Garfat, as the founders of •.
the comrnercial broiler industry
in .Canada.. It was•back.in.1944.;
yes twenty-five :years ago: that
these •two :men started a process-,
ing plant in. Aurora; devoted
basically to" the, killing and
inerchandising'•of chicken 'broilers,.
Choice Cut -Up 'Chicken by, name:
The p'rant-° is -now• -know -n Cheek
erboard Farms) . .They had their ' • •
problems', for in those days• super
Markets saw no future' in oven-
rea y broilers, so these young 4
partners opened seven•of their`•
own exclusive put -up chicken,,
stores as_pilot projects.: Their
'siic"L 's led:to. eventually .
convincing the supermarkets that
they hada winner and the "rest
is history !
Frank and• Mrs King have one .
son Bill who is doing 'post graduate
work at Wayne State ,University,
The Kings have two'new homes,
on or near gol Courses, one in
Florida and the other in Toronto
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