HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-08-05, Page 1• n, lQ R^ ^s — .�,�. '•MRe
\•lr.; end k4rs, Tony Johnstone
'and son Paid., age 4 of Luck:1°W
areWon'a t ree'weeT trip•to"—
England.'
o '—Engla.nd.' • .
They left by aii froin fromToronto'
on Monday and will spend their
time in Fngland,visiting with
Tony's. grandmother \'Its, Hugh
'N tiiian , aunt. and ut%cle.\lr: and
:.•Mrs.Sian Lawton and cousin Jud-
ith Lawton al `Moulton , near
Manchester,
•
Tony is the 'son of alr, and 1. 1rs.,
.1. C: Johnstone 'of, Lucknow .: 11•is.
mother, 'the former Joyce
l\brn�an-erf Lnglaj�d.-a-nd--s-lre stud--:-•�
were married in Ett�;land.,
while he.•was se►ving''ove•rseas Our -
ing-th'e second world war.' Tony
'was bon in r'iigland and came to
Canada with hisniotlie.r•at the.
,� .•o' s,.
'About four years ago, .\Irs... J. C;
.Johnstone;inade her first trip hack
to •Eng land since coming to Can-.
. ada . Tw'u .years ago her sobs
Brian and Donnie visited with
their _gr.andpa•rents in. England ;,„Mr''...
Norman has nce.d-fed and 'l'ony'r
visit witli his ,t;ra'ndnrotlier will be.;
tie'firs't'time 'she .Iiasseen h iii '
ince he left for' C:i bads :4is. an
i11,14.11'1
Tony,,; Donna zt'nd Paul 'fl'ew .to.
England 4)14 an ...Air :Canada. charter
flight,, ..
SeitineI Creates
LAGUE" Scare"•
•
• ,There are tinies, after:anissue:
of the paper hits the street ,'when
we: hang our heads. Last week
produced such a . occasion.
Some of,our.'niore' sharp. eyed
-.readers -would 'he concerned by
the fact. that theheadline .} . on the
front page indicated that the
Dutch Canadians from this 'coin-
niuni.ty presented .the: ''plague.'
to the .Lucknow Legion. .
.. Actually; ,the Legio►a • metnbees
at the presentalion are still all
quite. healthy. No one received•
any deadly disease. It was only:.
a' "plaque" which was presented.,
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Last,MemberOf
Pioneer family
Dr, Charles: A, Donovan , a'
'rifer°nhe.r.of a pioneer 'Kiii.loss •
Township family., died recently .
at'Oak Forest, Millais at the age
of roti , •
He had been operating his p.rae.:
tice until last November, ,
Dr. Donovan was horn and rills. -
ed on the 10th of .Kinloss 'on the.
farm tiow owned by Gerald \fur-
ray and formerly owned by his
father P. A,.,vlurray. P:, A. Mur-
ray is a nephew of Dr• Donovan
and Miss Mar.g'a'ret ,\1urray of
Culross is .a.. niece.
LI''is death•'•rett . tJ1e.la t .
member of the 1:)''onovan fat�iily. `.
Dr.. Donovan, is survived, b\ his
wife. I:heir. only.child; a son
Charles. died' in Fe•hrtiary, of last
year'.
Lucknow Native
Is 90 Years Old
A Luc.kii w native , Mrs. Albert'
Benjamin (Witrnifred Mary)
is today , Wednesday August 3,th':
.iiiarking'her _9Ui%' birthday..
_
She was. horn in Lucknow,; her :
mother being Anna,Jane Grundy .
(nee Wheeler) and her father,
.Frederick George .Grundy.- He was•
a genera1merchant .in the• village:
The ,family -consisted of five
i .
clatif,h'rers and.two.sons, and .of:
those: Winnifred Mary Niall and,
the ',baby: sister ;'.11rs.' Hazel:.
Kathleen Harding; :widow :of'Paul
S..; Harding', survive.. Although _,..:.
not the. eldest, Winnifred :\lary
has , .s -o. far -lived : s, - , g
As a. young lady,in'Lucknow.,
she.wa.s:a member.of t..Peter`s..
Anglican Church in which she
tateght -I Sunday- School 'C1 -ss - n
occasion she played the 'church'.',
'organ, and at other times sang
with the Choir She. studied' singe•
ing in Hamilton with' the'late%lv1rs•
Martian maphy who held forifi zys
.a 'teacher of voice at The. Loretta
• Convent . ' Miss Grundy was also
an artistin oils and Water-colours..
The Cir-rand-y�fi.ii - :
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WILL`. MAKE APARTMENTS. •:
EImo Pritchard _1_
Buys2Home
Elmo Pritchard of Lucknow has
purchased the residence of ,Mrs.
Albert .Alton-.�,^, •144. r -tom
Lucknow', a block north of the
main street. •
• Mr. Pritchard plans to snake
four apartments and remodelling "
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Sth, 1970
1,I.r.:&Mrs.,I,id1er Wraith Are 66 Years
Married,. Forinerly'M�nuged Sentinel
Single Copy 15c
HOLIDAY TIME
This. Will be . the `last' issue Of
The Sentinel until August 26th,
`rhe 'office, will -close -close this Wed-ne -
day at 6 p.m: and will re-operi.
again on Monday, August. 24th.
There' will be,no paper published
on August 12th and 19th.
Correspondentsarid' any contri-
butors of
ontributors'of news -are, asked to
submit, it as it happens: News
will be edited •thro,t,ighoixt the hol
idays• News May be Flailed or
deposited in the letter Slot in our
door, '
•
vs/ e'hope you .miss .the .paper
while''we're gone,. See you in
two weeks,. •
tilt end ; ''WaIter Wrattli-of
Teeswate.r,observed their. 66th •
wedding anniversary recently
\:lr• Wraith is 88 years old.and
his wife will • be 88. this December
Walter is a native of Culross •
while \Irs, Wraith is the former
.Marga -ret Ca'nnpbell°of Puslinch., -
(=ollow•it1i; their' iii4rriabe in Tees.-
water, Walter worked'as manager
of the Foundry for a number of
years: When. A. D..McKenzie
;,owner of,the �Teesweter News,
purchased the .Lucknow' Sentinel,
i-red--W-a-l-t:e-r-to ' m -a ►ia.e and,
edit the.Lucknow paper,; It was
Luc.know their, two children,
were born. The Wraith's have
manyfond.'iremortes of their'15'.
-'yea rs-ii The•-Se-poy=-Pew-n . •
They later spent. some .time in
Toronto where: lie Worked at
journalism. with 'various papers..
Walter was one of;th'ose:to, cover'
the Halifax exiilosi'.on for, the'
Toronto, Star. Il.e•worked, for
Many years iii Toronto as a police.
reporter,•
111 1U18:.,they .►_et_ur_necLto e
•Lucknow• is now Piuecre.st ,Manor •
Nursing home.
Followllig her marriage on :Dec -
'ember 20th, 1902,'Winnifred...
Mary inoved to Atlanta , Georgia
Where .. .
• _ ■ ■
ship with his: eldest mother': The
s•1\11 ll+-res-idenc-e .was its Druid }fi7Ts:
They joined St. Philip's Epis
copal 'Cathedral, iii Atlanta ,
in Georgia. On t-wr�-oe.•e riots \h -s:
Niall was President of the St.
Mary's Guild. '
\1r• Niall died in 19.'.31 and rests.
nin •West :View :eeittet -rel-dant-a:
In 1947. Mrs. Niall and her
dP
aughter', Miss Wiiinifred Joseph-
ine. Niall niove.d their residence
to'; Toronto and both now' reside on
Erskine Avenue in North Toronto.
and .renovation of the home coni
mencel the first of this week.
The sale was completed by
Barry McDonagh, local !agent
• for Don Hoist Real Estate
•
water purchasing the -home •
in which they still reside. Walter
continued his writing for _news-'
Japers' and magazines and.did
great deal of.local•photography,
• Their daughter, Mrs.: A Die.
Their • son Ja'Ines , who lived in
Oshawa , p ssed away three yeea;rs.
aro They have r) grandchildren
and.4 great.'urand'clii•ldren..
..Both \ir, and i.Iis, ::traith:are•'.
ith1eto
1 he up . o d bout each:•
day. Mrs.:Wraith does her own
housework, washes a did' irons
their laundry :and'do€s the shop-
ping uptown. Mr: Wraith•isn't
as active,, havi•tg never Belly
•recovered from a fall suffered
sortie years ago 'in which
ll s balance' was.affec.ted.,
Dori 't Miss
Sepoy Days
'rRWIN - Mr.' and ;Mrs. Al Irwin •
of Timmins wish t� announce the
birth of a -daughter in St. Mary's.
',Hospital, Tinirriins on Tuesday
July 21st,.1970. a,sister for,
-1Na-r-r-eri-a-t�d Da -r. -:r -y1..
gra-t-rrrat o1 . tv-.i. fitte uld -.
HcstsAt 'on the occasion of tlieir'66th:
�itiniuersary,
Autograph : Tea:
Open House Held
On 88tlrBirth_.
The family of iMrs•. Robert H.
T'hornpson of Lucknow held 'Open
House on, '1'htirsda;y ; July 3Oth'
in honour of her 88th birthday.
Many.neighbours relativei;and.
_frieuds---c 11ed to exterid con.gratu' •
lations and• best wishes on this .'
happy occasion:
Mrs Thbnipson is' the former
lsabella .Ca.thpbell; daughter of
The truce County Historical
Society held•an Author's'Auto-
T,ia;plr ea', on--WednesdAy ;• Lilly •
22 in Port' Elgin, at which: Norm
an McLeod .' author:of the. Book,
• The History of the_• County, Of
Bruce from..1907 - 1968. auto: •
-graphed many`, books.. Mr. and .
Mrs. Pharis MatI ers' were host
nd-hnsesat the tea.
,Mr. H. Sutherland of Port Elgin
had a `display of 1970 Year Books;
' Mr.' Wrightson of Port Elgin a
d'isplay•of Mounted Bruce: County
- 1arild' Flow-ers• Mts: '13a '
IIonald s. sil.idnder_ -- _
Campbell and was born. in Luck_,
now on: August. 11th:,' 1682 and
where shehas lived for Most of,
her. life •
ueerngthe g -u e`:
g s•t
s with Mrs
Thompson were her. two daughters;
Miss Helen T.hompson.'of. Luck-
now and Mrs.. Wm. (Prances)'.._
Heat of Elmira.: Pouriri r tea
were \lrs,''Thom•pson's sister
Miss Lorna: Campbell and her •
two.,daugh.e.rs-in-la'w Mrs.. L.
Thoi.uspsoii and: Mrs. H. D.
Thompson, Assisting, in serving'
were'granddaughteis Janet Thomp-
Murray Hunter; Mrs.:Don Biles
an d Mrs, DoTThd 1p.;ori. Two
great granddaughters were at the,
gues:t hook, Susan and: Nanc-
Thompson. y
Mrs . Thompson has' two sons •
Harold. Bud of .Lucknow and Bob
of Windsor; two daughters Helen
of Lucknow , Mrs. Wip ,.Frances
Hewat of. Elmira; 12'grandchild -
:ren, ,and 9 great grandchildren.
:
Her husband,.two'sons Campbell
and Willard'and two daughters
Donalda and Norma (1\11-S. Price.'
: N-_4'10?r�---ate- cieoease-d •
:wood a.'.display ;far; the deneal•-'
ogic•al Society; Mrs. Hilda.Down=
ey•and Mrs`:' J. IV1cLure:a display'
of Old, Trme'Pictures.of Houses,
and'Local'Hastory Books, 'a pro
ject:they are carrying on for the
society; Mr. Patterson of R,
Owen Sound , gave an illustrated: .
lecture 6n;the Printing of the'
Book.
Iisit-€ncd�:
=or First Time
Mr. and Mrs_.._Le-nte-`de Boer and `
'two daughter Hilda and Simona
of Zwaagwestende Holland are
visiting with his ;parents Mr. arid'
�--1c:7k:tow
and otherrelatives in the area.;
leme is a Public •School pra.n-
Opalal in Holland and is the only
memberof tlj. d:e.ae.r-f.�ni-icy •
'of five boys and two girls.; :who
re.tna ined in Hoila rid
Mr. and ivlrs. de' Boer and girls
made the trip here by air on
July 13th and are spending four
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