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LUCKN.OW,1 ONTARIO
• WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 8th, 1970
Single' Copy 15c'
16 Pages
Storm Snags
Area Once Again
.readers in this4rea about the
. April 2 snow.storm 'we experienced
last Thursday, but for, those read.-
ers at a distance it might be inter-
esting..to know that it• was •probably'
the winter's worst,
Many motorists were stranded
as high winds swept drifts up in.
'banks and Visibility was zero at
.tirnes. Many others shovelled
Itch way to,,tkeir:destinationsand
took hours doing 11.•
• . School buses were.stranded and,
ran irregplarly. Some area stud-
' ents spent the night with friends.'
.Just one week previously, a' •
roaring blizzard had brought driv-
ing to a standstillon the eve of
Good, Friday. Many -motorists
were stranded at this time as well.
As thiiIs Written on Monday,
April 6, snow banks are piled
high and cool weather hasn't mov
ed them too much. Skiing at the ••
Caledonian Park was good on' the.
• weekend after the tow was •
--shovelle&ontlf-ha-d-heen bu-ried
in now on Thursday.
• It was generally a good:winter;
• • -ui wrest of us haye---hatenough of
it and Would welcome some.Warm
spring days.. • . •
Died Suddenly
.John Ewart Taylor' of LuckribW
died suddenly at his home on
Friday, April 3rd. fiewas 71
The funeral service•was concluc•
ted at the Mackenzie Memorial
Chapel, LucknOW onSunday
April 5th
Temporary entombment was at
South Kinlo:ss, Mausoleum:
Legion Send Andy Whitby To.
Hockey School For A Week
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1st Kinloss
Hold Father
and Son Banquet
: Seventy fathers , ,SOTIS and guests
were served a delicious banquet .
-on-Monday evening March 30 at
Holyrood Hall by the ladies of •
the*Scout Auxiliary and their
helpers. Anne Ackert entertained
with music on the piano while
guests were arriving., • : :
Jamie McEwan was Scout
Chairman and proposed a toast to,
the Queen. Rev. Robert Clyde
of :Bervie :United Churchcsaid -
Grace. Cub JOhn Sutton proposed
a toast to the fathers. Lloyd
Ackert replied for the fathers and.
proposed a toast to the ions.
—9-Oliii-1OFis ,'-dliaffina n of the ---
Group Committee, introduced
guests at. the head table and also •
the leaders.Rae Haldenby , John
Vari.Beeri and Bruce Colwell and'
assistants Min Ackert and William
• Dickie, Each father introduced
,--hirnself--and his son or sons. Greer--
ings were, brought by Mrs. P.• A.
Murray from the. Holyrood Insti-:
tute-who , ' fi
Likknow Branch of the Cariad-.
ian Legion will send. Andy Whitby,
k5 -year -Old LucknoW youth, to
the Billy Harris -Dave Ke'on•
hockey school near 'Toronto in
August. / • .
Andy, ,•on the left ,was present-
ed' with a. cheque for a week at, the
sdhool by Legion president , Irvine
Eedy, at the regular meeting of
Lucknow Legion lait week: Andy,
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spent a week at the school last
year and:will spend ,two weeks
there this. summer. He, played his
hockey this year with the, Lucknow
Bantam team. •, . ,
He is the sonofMrs.Sid Whitby
of Lucknow and the late Mr.
Whitby. Mr. Whitby was a veter
an and Legion member.
- Photo by Don Johnstone
n Same'Farm
For 89 Years
• Dayid McAllister of West,Wawa
nosh observed his 89th birthday •
on Saturday, April 4th,:
He is .the son of the late
Wil-
iaam McAllister and Jane Anne
Wilson and has lived all his life
• oh the 6th concession sof West
,Wawanbsh near St. Augustine.
•' His sistqr Josephine McAllister
resided 'With him. She passed
away four years ago. Another •
sister Mrs, Archie etsy esser
of'BlueNiale died a number of
years ago.
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Mr. McAllister says, "Althbugh
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1•Can't get around as fast as I
used fe? enjoy Jyiair1 g-o-od"
health." •
move o e
Lucknow Home
and...Mrs, Brii•ce-Mac„Ke-nzie
and Mrs. Mac.Kenzie's.iister Mrs...
Gladys Reedmoyed last Saturday
froaLthe.Corner of Havelock and
Gough Streets, where MacKenzies
resided...Orihe past 14 years, to '
the • foriner Sherriff house, now a ,
duplex on the corner of Havelock
and Willoughby, which Mr.. Mac-
Kenzie had purchased some :time
ago
,Garry Spencer, accountant at
LIC Bank' of Montreal, LUCKIIUW,
-ncerariti-d augl it r Tia-cy;
who ha /been residing in half of
the duplex, moved on Saturday to
•Exeter '
.•• v lacirStreerSourh.
hree roperty
Sales Completed
TwoLucknow homes and a
• Langside property have been sold
recently by Barry McDonagh of •
LucknoW agent for•Don Holst
Real Estat e
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'Jahn Green, who has been resid-
ing in a trailerinthe Langside
area , has 'purchased .the property
f William Scott at_llangside
John'operates, Langside :
Distributors. He acquired the
house, former blacksmith shop
:and 1 3/4 acres of land. Mr. and
Mrs. ,Seoti'Moved to Lucknow
some time ago and reside on. •
Mark Birthdays
The TOWn and Country Club
---held_,ajalohda-y---par.t-y-lasv:W•eek
for menters born in January , •
February and March. 4
$4 people were present with 21
celebrating,birthdays.
• The Programine included a sing-
song led by Mit: Ernest Lewis
with Mrs. John Hall at the plant);
rhythm band selections, Mrs:, '
Ross Cumming accompanying
them: oh die"piatto; address by
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.Mrs. Elmo ( Marguerite) • • • • • • • .
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Sanderson, daughter of Mr. and •William Loree of Lucknow
Mrs. MaicKenzie; and •family „ . has purchased the W. L. MacKen-
haVe been residing in the other zie house on Havelock Street,
hay of the dup1e.
loss .Scdiits, from Orville Elliott',
reeve of Kinloss ToWnship, from.
Lloyd Ackert ,•District Commis-
sioner and from Volinan Taylor, ' • '
District President. .•
The tables were cleared awaY • '
and an interesting program follow- .
ed with John Frook as chairman.
Ron Stanley Moved a vote of •
,thanks to the ladies for the delic-
iouS. meal, Mrs. Gordon Wall,
president of the'Auxiliary/replied..
JainieLizmore gave hit. speech
On "The Little Red SchObl-house".
The Cubs and their leader, Rae
Haldenby led in a `sing7iong.
They then presented a skit. The
Sifts presented a skit "The joys
of winter cainping". :The Ventur-
ers', slut was based on their trip •
last surnmer td 'Sudbury. Algon-
quin Park and Wasaga Beach. The'
speaker, Jack Kopas Of..Wingtiarri
was introduced by Lloyd Adkert.
Mr-:-Kopai-ga-ve-Sa-very-Tinteresting
and thought proVoking talk on • .• •• •
"You". He was thanked by Bruce
Colwell. . Mrs:- McEwaTi presided •
at the: pianO fOr ''The Queen".
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LETTERTO THE, EDITOR
Former Residents d,
Gather, Met After::
Sixty -Three Years
Apt. 1005; •
Islington, Ontario,.
March 30, 1910.
The Editor, : • • •
•The Lucknow Sentinel,
•-L-nekri-Ow, , OftaflO
DerSir: •
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• Redently Miss Adda Treleaven;
Bessie-;Graham.(Mrs.• Beverley T.
Sangster), Gladys Spindler (Mrs.
Andrew Wallace) and' Wesley L.. .•
Ham Met at the home of the latter
and spent a very pleasant evening,
recalling their schZiol'days In.,and
around •Luckhow.
ngs-ter,--had-ke-Pt-a -clip-. -
ping frorn 'a 1947 edition t
Lucknow Sentinel, in which
the "40 YearsAgo" column iisre.
Mrs.. R,. G. Nicholls , " Who Am
I? Have we. lost our sense of ' ° house on Stauffer
-Street at the
-Itte1tiscrum7-da-rite northern outskirts of the Village.
nurnbers by Mr,.• and Mrs. 1ZOn Mr, Loree teaches at Kincardine ,
"4et'an. Mr. and Mrs4 Bill Hald- High Sdhool. Let) Huber resides
enty, Mr: and Mrs. Glenn: NOble, in the rear of the • duplex which he
Mrs.Bob:Gilehrist and Bob Sun- purchasedThe front is vacant ,
theft; •duet by 1\11'2s -E Lewis and ha v_invrec-e-ht*.beetomt, ie -d -h -,„--
IZ-r0ii7iTild.11 ace° tipanied. by: Don ,Willand who was employed by
Mrs. Ross Curnthing, " .B ,, luewater Paving..
the names Of the •st9dents•who
were successful in passing the
entrance .examination at Ludknow
in 1001. She had attended the'.
South Kinlost.schoOl, but the •
just horth of LticknOw United
• others were•Lualindw students,'
Church., It is known as:the form -
;Gladys Spindler awarded,•the.:
er Newton home. Mr. and Mrs.
Loree resideGold Medal for the highest 'Marks.
• in the Hartford
that year in the West Bruce
Torate.
The group was entertained
before lunch by Mrs. Evelyn Bark
at the, piano, and Les:Purvis
,on the•violiri. Through a mis- °
l'understa riding , we misse.dthe
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MOuth'organ selections by Mr. •
*alter Dexter which were on the
'Programme. We' will call 'loudly".
for you next time. Walter. •
.M nd•Mrs. William Rogues
Of London have guic,hased the
ivIctruits home on HavelockStreet
ndrti in the village frOnT,Pinlay
McInnis of Inuvik, North West
Territories, Mr, and Mrs. Bogies
plan to' retire to Lucknow in the
near future.
Miss :Treleaven lives. in. Toronto
and the other three within almost
'a stone's throw of each other in '1
Bermuda Holiday
Mrs. William Andrew of -Ash-•--•
field and her daughter Mary of
London have ,returned from a •
very enjoyable holiday week' in
'.the beautiful islands •�fBermuda.
.They were guests at the Buena_:
ii-frof el:on Hamilton harbour.
--They Made the trip-by-a-ir.
SKI HOLIDAY •
. ,Dr. and .Mrs. M.: 1-1. Corrin
..Lu cknoW spent Easter wee -k -at ,
Mont Tremblant•Lodge , Quebec.
PLAN OVERSEAS TRIP
Retires After 45
Years Banking
• Charlesl. rrianager-of
the Bank of Montreal's gxeter
branch for the past 12 years, is
retiring after a:45-yearbanking •
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• His successor is John E. Irvin'
06 was previously manager at
• Mr, Smith joi,ied the B of M
at Waterford in 1925 and served
extensively at branches through-
outOntario:.. He was appointed
PcountahLattweed ‘itn 1942 -and
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five years later, became manager
of the Athens branch. He became
manager at Lucknow in 1949 and
at Blenhe im_thr ee_y_o_a_r.c-a_ftp_r•w:a Ed
He had beenmanager'of the
Exeter bratich'since 1958. '
The well..known banker has
served as treasurer of the Exeter
hospital board throughout his 12
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rano iiii611i. el!
had not met during thee, Intel -yen. -
Ing sixty-three.,years. They all
lOOk backon their childhood tn
and around LucknoW•with happy
memoriesarid a strong sense of
attachment tO the spOt•where they
Were raised.
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YoUrstruly,„.
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sm. i iv ie. ...re NIA Ir. r.
•the executives Of the Curling Club
and Lions Club. He is a member
of the Exeter if Club. •
Mr.and Mrs, Smith plan to
remain in Exeter•but hope t�
cei-
ebrate Kt. Smith's retirement
with an extensive trip to Britain
and Europe.
Mr, and Mrs. Smith and daugh-
ter Charlene are well remembered
by Many local tesidents;
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