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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-04-18, Page 1■7 AN IMPORTANT TRUTH ’ jVes 7. tended.the anniversary supper at t, 1 ■ •n y-ns at* in 4 .... .J ...... t. Five years later /he bought .fifty acres in Kinloss,and .in 1888]he came to lot 25* con. 7, Kinloss, where he MISS ROBERTA JOHNSTON UNDERWENT OPERATION ...........>• f 1 MURRAY MURDOCH SENDS THANKS TO LUCKNOW PEOPLE i^tor" varieties such-as spy and i trees Iraririg the brunt' of ?of cutting, out Hall on Monday, April 22. ; McCartney’s /orchestra. Miss Roberta Johnston, daughter .of Mr. and .Mrs. 'Robert Johnston of dcma?;Al)^ frdst became fully Local/Bowlers Organize On , Monday Night And Hear Favorable Finan- 'cial Report Of Last Year’s Activir- ■ ties.., •'! . Among, those from this' locality tending the recent Spring Show WALIER-ROSEZ Brussels, Ont. .,$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2.50 OTHERWISE - —=■; .----~ -----— 7 VETERINARY SURGEON W. J. KELLEHER, B.V^o. / / ’Phone 29, Ripley, Ont. ; FOR iSALE—Seed Barley,; Q. A. C. No, 21/ 85c peU bus. Oryillei Durnin, ®>ne 78 r 12, Dungannon. } /'..'Ir^A.yED-7rto.- the premises ; Of ^^ MrsZjames -Punris. A ,yvhite^l^^^ hound./'Owner cap havp same by pay-, ingr expenses. < / -4,—■—„ ............................ A;.. ------------ FOR RENT=«Stone house™ on- the Fred MacDonald farm. Reasonable rent to suitable tonani^ / P. J, McMillan, Lucknow Guim’s SKdr Gain FERTILIZER— fresh stock arrived, prompt defivefy. Stuart E. Robertson, Thone 60w, Lucknow. j ' FOR SALE—W. B; Sweet Clover, good clean seed/ Scarified $4.50 per bushel. — W., G/ MacKenzie, R, 6, Lucknow, ’Phone 26 r 7 Ripley or at Robertson’s^Seed Cleaning Plant. FOR SALE—Quantity of Barley, O. A. C., No, 21, 80c a bus. and some bailed oat straw. Rod McDougall, 26-28,. Ripley ■'' ADMINISTRATOR’S . SALE of village property and household furni­ ture at the residence of the late John Hackett, Lucknow, on Saturday, April 20th, at two o’clock. See-bills,—----- Well. . Henderson. Ajjlc*.„ Joseph Agnew,, Administrator. BABYCHICKS Barred *^kaJan^vS.C.^W^ Leghorn chicks. Superior Grade/ line bred from IL O. P. and reg­ istered stock from 25 to 30 oz. eggs at $10.00 per hundred. May, one cent less. ' ... •• z. Police Investigating - Sunday Night Thieving SiJverwpqd’s D»wn Town Office Broken . Into, For Third Time In Less Than /Two’'Years.’ 'y‘. T' A bold bit of shojp breaking was ' carri'^lTouV Vill&ge^diiririgFthG’ early hours of Monday morning, when Silverwood’s dowhtown qffice. was broken into—One case of No. 2 grade oggs valued at, about $3.60, 4 pounds of .butter and $25.23 in silver and coppers, included the loot of the, thief or thieves., < „ . . This is the third time in less than two years that this shop has been burglarized. i The first tinie nothing was stolen. The. second time,-change amounting to less than $2. was the total" loot; Both these rather unsuc­ cessful attempts were made a year ago last .summei;.. J J When Bill Webster opened-the shop on Monday morning, it. was plain that the shop had been broken into. Noth­ ing had been amiss however on (Sunday when Bill had occasion to go to the office. , Entrance was; gained by way of the storage room, either by prying a window or by picking, the lock on the double door. From there, the door into the egg candling room was. for­ ced, and this permitted entrance to the main office. “The™butoer and' silver Were in boxes in- the-candling—room—andthe“thirty­ dozen case of eggs that was taken was one of the 78 that were, in the in the office was. forced but it con-, tained nothing of value. ___ ____ Provincial Officer McClevis and. Constable Ferguson of Walkerton are working on. the case. WELL DOWN, 150 FEET Th^WOiK™of—drilliiig“th3-^econdary- /el! has reached a point when1, the Tfbw can be put to a test. The well" has been sunk a depth o£ about 150 ?et /’ rid the flow is estimate! at about. 75; gallons a minute. If the well when subiected^to Lthe /requiredJtest,. provides a continuous, flow, of at least 50 gafioiTS-a-miTrate;—withorrt-neffct.'t— irigihe_flBw“of™the,™present“jv(?lVthe: bonding company will have filled their, oblige/rns to the village in this re­ spect. The water however,, must be of a quality annfoved nff hv the *Prp- incial -Health Department. ' . WON AT CLINTON . LqCRNOW. QNTm THDHSDAY, APRII. 18th, 19&5 , \ Wawanosh Resident Finds ^Neighbor SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS —■ ... 1 !. ............................... I" ■■■»■■> FOSTER-HOMES WANTED JTherChildren,s-Aid~Soeiety-of-Htn>r on .County have several children to be placed but, and are appealing to the / citizens z to take a good child into their home. There are at present in the Shelter at Goderich one-baby boy of six months; one baby girl, nine ' months; ohe baby boy, eleven months; one girl of three years; one boy of five years; one boy of six years, one ; of eight 5,nd on© of ten years; and /.SUB FEES BROKEN ANKLE , A fractured bone in his left leg was a painful injury, received b^y Donald McLean, cop,j42, Ashfield, last Thursday ^afternoon. Donald had his arms around the neck o% a ^te^r yv)iich he was in the act of tying u^, The animal' Became- a, bit; unmanage/- able and. threw Donald Back on theT floor. ..Realizing, that his leg was ia^ rjured^^ona;ld -Tmade~a~ trip to—town;; when the X-ray revealed a, fractured ankle. The leg was put in the/cast/ 1:he following - morning, ai painful; ordeal for which Donald did noCtpEa an. anaesthetic.'* The injury will lay Donald up for some tiipe, which “ip particularly unfortunate- at this. buSy season.' ' ! ' ■ When Murray Murdoch* Lucknow born boy, engaged in his 450th con­ secutive hockey game with <the New’ York Rangers last January, the Vil­ lage Council sent him a message of congratulations in . achieving; this “iron man’’ fete, Murray concluded a successful season with the Rangers who were in the N. H. L. playoffs, and then found time to reply to his ^hundreds of messages of congtatula- TionsUTHe wrote to Reeve Hamilton- as follows: s 42-33 155th St, Flushing, N.Y. Dear Mr. Hamilton, ° . I want to thank yourself, the Council and Citizens of /Lucknow; for their kind wishes sent to me by wire last January. I certainly appreciated them very much, although my tardi­ ness likely has led you to believe that I didn’t. I hopi^that some time, may­ be this summer, as ~ I ? am staying down East, I am able to visit the old .home_to.wm...Thanking._you_-again, » Sincerely, -j'-— -----—Murray—Murdoch- Dravm an Injured Mr. Allan. McTavish, local drayman, ““ffored—painful—in-jui-ies-at-thefurn- -i tui-c—faclorylas t-Friday wh en-his. te- m backed up, pinning him between the uno--n and the wall of the build­ ing. Mr. McTavio.i v.-?.3 chu/ht across the chest and shoulders, and though ho bones were broken, the accident, left Mr. McTavish so bruised . and that he was unable to lift his and since has been off work. . , . ’ - *IV-'—- - .. . /. Dead Mrs. Rose Mary Sheriff, Daughter 01: 7 "Pioneer Wawanosh Wmiljr Found ; Deady On Tuesday—Death Had Oc- curre$ ;■ Monday Evening; •;' . / Word of the death of Mrs. Rose Mary .^Sheriff came with shocking, suddeness on Tuesday morning to her relatives and friends in this commun* ity. Mrs.. Sheriff, who lives alone, just two corners east on the» boundary was stricken with * a severe ‘ hemhorrage Monday evening that caused her death before she. was able to sum* mon help. ' " . . , . Mrs. Sheriff had gone to attend to7 her few duties at the barn where she evidently became ill, and w^hen on her way to the house was stricken and collapsed, tqi he found.-the , next morning by Mr. Manson Reid,. za neighbor, ;whQft he delivered a load bf bay to the premisies. / The death of Mrs/ Sheriff will be a particular £hock to her aged moth­ er, Mrs.’ Peter Torrance, who has riot been enjoying the best of health; and who, had Spent the. winter with her two daughters, Mrs. Anderson and Mrs, .Sheriff. Only l^st vifeek did Mrs. Torrance leave Mrs. Sheriff's, home and return’ to her own home. . . , Mrs. Sheriff, v^ho was- within/'a -couple-df-week-s-of~her-60t-h*-biFthday1 was a daughter of Elizabeth Miller and the late Peter Torrance, arid was, Torn.-on_the—famiLy—h.o.mesfead,—just a mile east of the. village. « About 3?9 years ago she became the-bride of Mr. Jack Sheriff arid moved; to her tieW home not far. distant from the place , of . her birth, and where she ever proved herself a-, good neighbor and one much beloved in her commun­ ity/’.../../....................................................... . ._ . A..member. .of__SQuth KinIoss church . the funeral service is being held to- -day^tT-her—late—residenGey-eoridueted-- by her pastor, Rev. J. L, Burgess, 'with“”interment"“in~i’’SOTrth“Kinioss- - .cemetery! ’ ■' 7 Mr-. Sheriff died' three years ago last fall; and Mrs.. Sheriff is now sur- -rived—by-heri-aged—mot'herT-oner-sisterT- afid one brother, Mr. Hairy Torrance’ .of North Bay, who is home for the funeral. The Bread 8 g _• < g ■A The Bread < Heal th HO V 1O of Health ■ QUALITY AND SER VICE, OUR MOTT0 • We NW®; //■' Del iciousHotXJ FOR 400l> FRIDAY HOLLYMAN’S QUALITY BAURY Phoiie 36 < Lucknow I— / ’ '............... ' I II. N I. . I. I. I..................ft III I ' ' • ' nr. „ *ll I . I.\ ■ ■ / '. Everyone who thinks about his eyes at all must arrive attsome / conclusion regarding them. But. much experience has proven that * there is usually a vast difference ~ between what one thinks and the 1 facts. Every well-informed per­ son should recognize this facto— nothing ’* of any value" can be , known- about the eyes previous ' to an examination. ARMSTRONG’S Eyesight Service- OBITUARY ; GEOKGB G. MOFFAT 7 , Following a brief illness', George G. Moffat a resident of Kinloss, pass­ ed away ori Thursday morriing, April 4th, in his eighty seventh year. Mr., Moffat, eldest sori of the late Wil­ liam Moffat and.., Elizabeth Graham; was—born at NetheralbiciT-Dumfriesr- shire, Scotland, on August 28th, 1848. 'On June 21st, 1871, - he married Jane-Thompsonand-seU^saiUfdf-Can- ada spending his 23rd birthday' at .sea__; _1 ' After working for one year in iltjJhe^came-To, Culross To Robert Armstrong’s, who helpedz him to locate a farm. He finally bought Lot 35,/Con. 8, Culross. The’rest of the family, including, his father and mother arrived from Scot­ land and settled there. ’Thb“‘c®di«n“are^alFTi^Iti^l^‘m^oir-anu - well-mannered, and would fit into any .good home. , Anyone wishing to take a child is invited to get in touch with Mr. H. T. Edwards, superintendent of Mrs. Olver, matron, Children’s Shelter,, Goderich. - ‘ / HAZEL GEDDES will be >at Miss Culbert’s ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24th/ , For Permanent Waving Prices $3.50; $5.00 ; $7.00 School Girls $2.50 • ? ’PHONE 13W for APPOINTMENTS J/ EASTER DANCE Plan to attend the Easter dap£e in the Music) . General admission 25c. CONCERT TONIGHT . ___Lucknow Continuation School -will . hold an open literary meeting in the Town flail; tonight, Thursday, April 18th, at 8 p.m. Adults 25c. Family j50c^ ■ DANCE «, , Remember the. dance in the Orange ... Halt under .auspices of ,L. O. L. 428, on Thursday, April 26th. Sepoy or­ chestra^ Lunch served. Gents 25c. Ladies 10cJ ■ DANCE • - \ ... re will be a dance in the Par- 31^ St. Augtisiine, next" Wed-T nesday evening; April 24th? Mildmay Night Owls ■ Orchestra. Admission Couples 50c: Don’t miss this dance. “Enter The Prodigal” A 3-Act .Comedy . By Special Arrangement with. ' the W. H. Baker Co., Boston., will be presented, by St. Peter’s^Dramatic Society in The Town Hall ,J tuckmow FRIDAY, APRIL 26th. ....; Presbyterian Orchestra - u- Cameron Geddes—between acts .'h‘ .- GENERAL ADMISSION 25c. LITTLE’S Shoe Store _Wo_ hara a Valentine > MEN’S WORK SHOE • best Mennonite Grain, Iron . Heel Plate, good Leather Sole, Panca Half Sole, extra. These shoes are worth $4.00, will sell them for $3.45 a pair WOMEN’S RUBBERS birthday. Mrs. Reed continues quite, active, . attends to the duties about her home, is a tegular church atten­ dant, and is frequently seen aboout the 7 village; " - . ’ ■ Her many friends are pleased that time is dealing so kindly-with this esteemed' resident and in wishing her “many1 happy returns’’ a<Jd good, wishes for continued health and con­ tentment in the twilight of life. ■?„ . ■ _ _____/...____i— EASTER FLOWERS —Cut Flowers, Potted Plants and Easter Lilies. Call, and see our display. ’Phone 88. ■ . SOLOMON GREENHOUSE Mr. Moffat served for a number of years as Trustee and Secretary, of the school, director of the Culross Mutual Firq' Ins. Co., license inspector of South Brbce, councillor, reeve and clerk of Kinloss (having prepared twenty-one assessment rolls). During the war he served on the Tribunal. Of a, family of eight, two, sisters, Mrs. Stuart, Teeswater and Mrs. Emmitt, Toronto, alone survive. ■ Besides his sisters, he leaves ' to mourn his loss, seven sons, Foster, Peter and Robert in Kinloss; William J? in,, Hamilton; Thomas1 in Culross,. Jamel and-Lance in Alberta, and two daughters, Uhristena in Toronto -and- Bessie. "(Mrs. Craik) in Tepswater., His wife: and one daughter, Maggie, predeceased him. There are also. 28 grandchildren and 14. great grand­ children. . The funeral services which were, very largely attended,.were conducted' by -Re„v Pollock, assisted by Rev. C. McDonald, Lucknow, with inter­ ment in’ Teeswater --cemetery. The pallbearers were five sons and one grandson. . . . * . -—■■ ■—£; tended . the anniversary supper at North Street United Church on Tues­ day and suffered the actute attack shortly after. , • H. R. Allin, President Of Bowling Club was showing a pair of colts, rising a year old, with which he won three firsts and a second prize. S; E. Rob-, ertson’s colt won second prize in his class. George Kennedy with his here- ford cattle, was also a prize winner. V(ork On Railway z. Bridges k Progressing Two Ov^-head Bridges, East and West OlPTown Are Being Replaced Railwaymen. For sbnje tijAe now, gangs of rail­ waymen, have^ been centred at Luck- hohr, while conducting operations in replacing two rail ray bridges, bnc, bn Angua Graham’s farm, to the east the other on Russ Middleton’s'fatm. north of the Village. - • / Work ojf driving the spiles at th /Graham bridge *;has been completed -and the driver, a .mamoth 90-ton pipce of' machinery, with a .five Kammer is being used at the Middlo ■ tofi bridge at present. ' The Graham bridge, the larger of the two, spans the gulley and right of way on. the Graham farm. The previous metal structure has been] condemned gs' dangerous for a yearj or so and trains havb slowed down in crossing it^Many a village youngster .has 'knowi that almost paralyzing thrill of being, in this metal frame-' ^work below the rails aS the train went .roaring across. That thrill will no more, for the iron, bridge is being replaced by a wooden structure;; iSeven bents of spiles. haVo bc^n, placed to support* the new bridge. These spiles are driven from, 10 to 25 feet into the ground and when the Satori • hammer-'strikes these spiles, (stouter than an average telephone poje) they go down as much as .2^ feet at a blow in somfe cases. .The work - progresses in Such a manner that the bridge^ being, newly erected, is always passable for in* cOmitig and outgoing trains, which at iimeb are somewhat delayed from their’ regular, schedule however. A. sidimr is laid to accomodate the the LITTLES SHOE STORE Orchard Damage Evident As Trees Are Cut Down , t ' ‘ , » * . ’■ .f* Winter Killing Wipes Out 85% Of Apple Trees In borne Disjkict Or­ chards. • » i • ■ . • <* A ■. A dri/J Llric'7gh the country this spring emphasizes afe not before rea- Hzcd except by those affected, the amount of damage - done 4 to” apple orchards during the continued sub­ zero temperatures of the winter of li>33-*34- ' , ■ , ’. <* ■■ ■ ■ It is not uncommon to find upwards to 85 % of the trees in an orchard led. “Thij is the case in the noted orchard of Mr. Ken rife th Cameron, as •’■ell ■ as in ■ the old portion of the orchard of his neighbor, T. J. Salk- •The I apparent during \ the past, summer —ifh wi ’•aldwit dh* daki'n^e. Work these trees took place in many or­ chards during the past fall and even this spring and in thijs locality it isn now *-a common .sight to see A LYCEUM THEATRE SPECIAL Grace Moore in /One Nigbt of Love,” is on the screen this week-end at the Lyceum Theatre, Wingham, and is certain to please theatre goers. . The feature is termed “the most glorious musical romance of all time” and as such should hot be missed.,See F ad elsewhere listing sUpporting reels.. Card Of Thanks . The Moffat family,Wish to thank their friends and- neighbors' for their acts of kindness and expressions of sympathy, at the 'ttthe" of their recent bereavement. siding is laid to accomodate machinery, oh wheels, to allow passage of the traihs, .....: . Z .. . . . .. iu 13 nvyv vc* >vinniwu vv | few straggling trees, replacing what. [Was. formerly, a prided orchard.. [ in Mr.' Jpatneron’s prchatd during the-past year .130 tr.ecs.’VoVd cut-down and it Was also necessary .tn do a pruning many trees which were par­ tially damaged? Mr. Cameron estim­ ates that he will have between 440 and, 150 cords of apple wood opt' of the neeessary butchering o’f his dr* chard. Lucknow bowlers reorganized at a' well attended . meetings on Monday evening, presided over by the vice?* president; ’Iff.'^^'AiltH^Tff'tlre absence of the president, Dr. Wm. Connell. A review of the past year’s activities revealed a*- Satisfactory seabon, fin­ ancially, that included the. purchase of a roller. <Fhe Club feels that the organization and the property is an asset to the village and urges that the Club be supported, which can be done by contribution, if membership is not desired. Fees for 1935 ^remain unchanged at $5.00. for, old members, and $3.00 for new m’embers, with a family fee of $10.00 covering all members re­ siding, uhder one roof. 1935 officers, are: HOrtnPres., John Joynt; Pres., H. B. Allin; Vice-Pres., T. Clarke; Sec’y.-Treas., W; A. Ported,us. —-qdmt^ittees+•were'ustrbck as fol* lows: Grounds Com., W- McQoy, JR; Rae, R.' Fisher; Membership Com., G. H. ^Smith', ’ Joseph Agnew,’ Wm. McKenzie,. Cam. Finlayson; Local Tournament* Com., R. Robertson,,. H. Agnew; J. A. MacDonald; Finance Com.,; H. R. Allin, T. Clarke, W. A. Porteous, Dr. Johnston; Annual Tour­ nament Com., H. R. Allin, W. McCoy G.-H, Smith, and ,R. Robertson, this committee a,lso 'to look' after outside twilights;' Booth Com., J. A. McDon­ ald-, Garfield. MacDonald. It- wasHleeTd;ed“that -t^ club jdinTrpfKtfi^i^f'orihci^Tihd’""G^ Bruce Associations. ' The following dates were set for Lucknow touriia- mefits:.. Scotch Doubles, June 12th and July i8fh; Rinks Toi^hament, Angbst. 15th f '’ T”*'-1- 11th. a i. ‘PLASS. ENTERTAINS; ’ The Young Men’s clasp . pf . the •United^. Church, was host at a very pleasant social-—gathering ; in-—the Orange JJalLon Friday evening, held in recognition of the success of the church hockey team. Court whist was enjoyed in. the early part of the ev­ ening, with the winners being Mrs. Grant McDiarmid and Dr. R. L. Tre^ leaven. Dr. W. V* Johnston was. awarded the' ‘corisolaiioh' prize. A ; tasty lunch was. served to about seventy-five in attendance and dancing was then enjoyed wi^h music supplied by MdCartney’s orchestra. Following lunch, Dr., Johnston, cla-§s leader, spoke briefly,. paying a Tdm^ljm§nt" to' tlie’ team' for their success arid Tpr their good sports-- mansbip dilrifig the season. A group photo was ^resepted the team Cap* tain, who expressed the thanks of the and Irish Trebles, September team for the delightful function ar-* ranged to do them honour. WINGfiAM MUSICAL COMEDY PLEASES LUCKNOW AUDIENCE ' “A Dumb Waiter” Well Received On Tuesday Night. By Large Audience “A Dumb Waiter” a two-act mus­ ical comedy, was . presented by * the . i Wingham Dramatic . Society to a large audience in the Town Hall here on Tuesday evening. The presentation was -under. Band auspices, with dance following. . . The dance steps and catchy airs of the supporting chorus in colorful and finumerous costumes, was a fea­ ture1 of the performance. The man­ nequins, a fashion parade, between, acts, v^as also a high light of the en­ tertainment that was well received by" a pleased audience. - The play was under the direction of *C. B. Armitage and R, Spittai, musical director. Jean, Christie and Mrs. C. B. Armitage, had charge of costumes, which were enhanced by a- special lighting effect. Gowns worn in the;.fashion parade were supplied by the Rush Ready-to-Wear of Wing- ‘ hwm, . . i. _" ; The cast of players was, Agnes Scott, a widow after a man; Mrs. Rodger Oke, landlady "of the summer ..hotel;- J!<rB^^.-B^Aijmitage, .. her. - daughter; Dan Gillies, a disguised detective; Gordon, MacLean, the ‘‘French” waiter; Jean Christie, a friend of the landlady’s daughter; R. Spittai, to whom she is‘engaged; A. Bishop, a “wall street” crook; and Dr. A. Irwin, an English nobleman, by necessity, who excelled in his hum­ orous role. . Member s'of th echorus were Irene , Ellacott, Dell Walker, Alberta Mac- Lean, Alberta Walker, Vesta Fox and Vera Fryfogld, Harold Kitchen, - Cyril Murray, Jim ’Thompson,, Morris.. Christie, Harvey Burgess and Jack McKibboh. 1 ■ . ’ '■rar'sav^^ ” Mr. Park, style expert, will bo at/ Temple Clark’s next Wednesday morning, offering suit and extra pants at, $24.50. Suits are regular $22.00 Value and extra pants regular $6.8fl value. You save $4.601 Higher priced • suits" accordingly! 0