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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-12-26, Page 1I V •i F ♦ z $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2.50 OTHERWISE LUCKNOW. ONT., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1935 Century Mark J Amid Flood Of Congratulations ( : ... - • nil Delightful Old Lady Met Hundreds [ SHORTEST 'MEETING ON- RECORD,/ 1 “Euekn© w-~r-Village~Go uncil"—with” councillor Ariderson, the only absen tee, set a record fpr . speed an Christmas , eve, when they held a three-ihinute session that, goes into the minute book as ' the shortest meeting ever, recorded. The meeting opened at 8,09 p.m. and adjourned at 8.12 p.m. with business completed, which was the final passing of -the by-law authorizing the debentures to pay for the new bridge, the new sidewalk and widening of the streets. SINGLE COSIEST 5 CENTS 1 ■ VETERINARY J. M.KAINE, V S i B.WSc. Havelock St* Lucknow ■ ’PHONE 104-W Graduate of - Ontario Veterinary College, University of Toronto Charges reasonable. Day or night calls promptly attended ...to - Office in. theresidence of the late Mrs. W. E; McDonald . -I - ■. ' ' • • Had Narrow Escape When Team Of Horses Wap Struck By A Car And Killed Near His . Home Iff Semane—Is Recovering From Bad Shaking Up.» When Tom Farrish was nearing The Bread of Health i. •. ,x I PENTAL DR. J. E. LITTLE Dentist X-RAY SERVICE Office In The Johnston Block Telephone No. 5 MUSICALINSTRUCTOR Learn To Play This Winter ART. McCARTNEY — teacher of . Violin, Banjo and Guitar, Special instruction for children and begin-? ners. Commence at once. hisf arm “home about three and one- half miles east „ of Remans, Sask., last Thursday evening, he drew .to the' side to. allow an oncoming ca*' to pass. The driver of the car, how ever, failed to see Mr. Farrish, who was driving a tearii and; cutten and a head-on collision was the result. The car was badly smashed, one horse killed—instantly and the other fatally injured. Mr. Farrish and the driver of the car were seriously,cut and bruised but are recovering. . Mr.' Farrish, a native of Ashfield, is well known here. He is a son of Mrs. Dayid Farrish of Lucknow. Of Friends And Received Bundles - Of-Messages and Letters Of Con- gratulations-—Old Seaforth Friends . Present Her With Birthday Cake Adorned With One Hundred Candles. . " ( STOVE FOR SALE—Perfection Oak heater, burns coal or wood.— Apply to Wm. H.,Jansen, St. Helens. SEED CLEANING—We are how prepared to' clean any kind of grass seed. — Stuart E. Robertson, - 'Phone 61-W, Lucknow. HEAVY SNOWFALL HERE, NONE A FEW MILES NORTH LOST—Collie dog, “Bud” black with white ring around neck, white tipped tail and white legs. Please notify Charles Durnin, R. 2, Luck-* now, ’Phone 45-r-25, Lucknow. TENDERS WANTED — for 30 cords of green majile and beech body wood, 18 inch, and-for 20 cords of • dry body, wood, beech and maple, 18 inches, delivered at “the Church, Lucknow. Dry wood requir ed immediately. Tenders w411 ceived by the undersigned Decehiber 31st, 1935. United be re- up. to Hugh McIntosh: Lucknow. ......... , .i _ i - , ,. . NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH. WEBSTER. All persons haying claims against the Estate of Elizabeth Webster, late of the Village of Luckfiow, in the County of Bruce, Spinster, who. died on dr about the 25th day of June, 1934, are hereby notified to send in to the undersigned Executors on or before the 31st day of Decem ber, 1935, full . particulars of their claims._Immediately-after, J;he last mentioned date the assets of the said ; . Estate ‘will be 'distributed amongst regard only to the claims of which . the Executors shall then have notice. DATED at Lucknow this 3rd day of December, 1935.. « Frederick Anderson, W< G. Andrew, ‘ ‘ Executors., U. F. 6. ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Luck , now U;F.O. Joint Club' will be held in the Orange Hall on Wednesday, January 8th at 2 o’clock p.m. H. H. Hannam, Provincial Sec’y. of the U;°F. 0. and secretary of the United Farmers* Co-Operative Co.; will ad dress the meeting. All members of this Club are cordially invited to at tend. John Jamieson/Sec’y. NEW YEAR’S DANCE The New Year’s dance will be held in thrown hall on Wednesday night, January 1st, under Lucknow Fire Co. fees. Music by Hogan’s orcfies- unch , counter, free coffee.- Ad • n, couples or gents 45c plus xtra lady or gallery, 25c. 1 REE TINGS and T H A N K S th Sincerity and Gratitude express our appreciation, best Yuletide wishes for ery happy New Year.. SHEWS iVntch & Jewelry 'Store WET SIMILAR FATE 8 ri -i [mas trees and motorists em to agrees this year and the heels of our local - tree nocked down twice, comes a ireport from Kincardine, The |e the mishap occurred in the I town, it was necessary th the itree, but the second run Imdid the tree and broke |rth of colored lights.of,■colored lights; Lsst Friday while this districtT'was being buried beneath a heavy arid continuous fall of snow,, just a few miles to the north, the air was clear and the sun shining. Starting on Thursday evening, about a.opt of snow, light as .Wathers,, J?eil within twenty-four hours arid kept the sky overcast all day Friday. At. the same titne, from Rivers- dale, east and northward, the sun was shining and the pavement into Walkerton, bare of snow.. The ats mosphere however was 'much colder. This decided difference in tempera ture arid snowfall within a few. miles wss.ouite astonishing to those who experienced the strange occurrence. VHlaje Resident For Sixty Years, Passes Mr. Ben McClure Underwent Major Operation Last Week And Passed Away On Friday Three Days Later Death x?n Friday morning removed one of' Lucknow’s old-timers in the person pf :MT“BeTTajah" McCIuire,-who" -for-^raciricrrlly^^Txty^years~~h-a's7—irr his < quiet and unassuming manner, been a prominent citizen and one highly respected arid esteemed. Mr. McClut'e was in his 84th year, but was remarkably active, although troubled at times with a stomach ailment. Last Tuesday he was opera ted on in Wingham Hospital, and on Friday morning, three days later, he passed away. Of Irish parentage, Mr. McClure was. born' near Georgetown. As a -young man he inade his way-to Hur on, farmed for a very short time at. Glenn’s Hill (now1 William Stewart’s farm), and in 1876 - came to Luck now: A miller by trade he and his brother, W<<. J. McClure operated the Dominion Flour Mills, which was situated on the river bank, just -at the ben J in the road, near what is haw Mrs. Dave Hackett’s home, op- pqsite Miller’s gravel pit. About twelve years later, fire raz ed the mill,, and in 1889 Mr. MClure went into the grocery business and was engaged fin this. until about 15 years*Jago.. Then for more „ than' . 10 years he was engineer at the* Luck now Furniture /factory retiring al most eight years ago at the age of i76. j ;Q-' . ■ s His wife, formerly Rebecca Mal- lough ,passed away in April 19’28. and for some time Mr. McClure's . sistep^in-law, Mrs. Steivart, has been making her home with him. Mr. McClure Fas been a faithful member of the Lucknow Presbyter ian church, and was the only original surviving member . of the Board of Elders. The funeral service was held in the Presbyterian church on Mon day afternoon,. conducted by RevS 0. H. MacDonald. During the ser vice Mr, Mochrie sang ^Thy Will Be Done”. Interment was in Greenhill cemetery. • A loving family of thre'^^wEigh- ters and three sons mourn the death of their father? They are Austin of Montreal; Will and Margaret pf Saskatchewan; Joe and Jean of Niagara Falls" arid Mabel of Toronto. Mt. McClure was oiie' of^a family- of nine. A sister,; Mrs. John Harvey of Acton and two brothers, Will-of Wellington, B. C. arid Dave of Indian Head, alone survive. Few there are, very few, who will live, to be one hundred years of age. ; Few; there are, possibly, who would wish to. do so,^ unless, living could still possess for them some of . the pleasures that it still holds for Mrs. Robert Hays, who on Monday? cele brated her one hundredth birthday. In the comfortable hon|e of her daughter, Mrs. A. G. Elliott, Mrs. Hays met hundreds of people on Monday. She shook "hands with' them she talked with them, she laughed with them and "she thoroughly en joyed the day. She was quite excited over, it all, as. excited as a youngster waiting, for Santa Claus, Seated at her Side, while"' she rnet her callers, was her oldest living friend, Mrs Elizabeth Courtney qf Kincardine who is 81 years pf age. r A highlight of this rarely occurr ing event was the presentation tc Mrs. Hays of -a birthday cake, by Lucknow residents, v*.ho were for mer friends at Seaforth. Adorn in-" the cake were 100 cafidles, which, were lighted at four o’clock on Mon day, afternoon, when this group pf friends . called in > a body. To Mrs. Courtney went - the task of blow out the lighted candles aria Mr. George S/ Rob ertson h/1 the honor of cutting ■ the. cake. Mr. Ro- : .bertson and Mrs. Hays had ’ a hai)- .. py . time for . a few • minutes as they/ recalled by-* gone ’ days at 'Seaforth, where years ago ,Mr. Robertson delivered bread 4o -the- Hays— home. —Mrr- McNab. a noth er member—of.—the__circle of - friends, first .learned Ao know Mrs^. Hays, under the- same circumstances. *this past summer, Mrs; Hays en joyed a motor trip to Seaforth with Mr. Hill to meet old friends and on Monday, when Mr. Hill called, she1, recalled'the trip and ‘ expressed an eagerness to., repeajt the journey , this coming summer. In reply to a re mark by Mrs; McNab, about how well she looked, Mrs. Hays remarked, “Do T look well ? You should have- seen me 25 years . ago!” she said. Those responsible for. this fitting presenta tion were Mr. George S. Robertson. Mr. ahcf Mrs.- J. R. McNabj Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Murdie, Mr. and Mrs, Sam Carno- ^han. MisseS Elizabeth and Isobel Murdie, Mr. anil Mrs. J. W. Joynt and Mrs. Freeman. Congratulations Flow Jn Prior to vher birthday, and through out the day messages of congratu lations qnd best wishes poured in. Among the 'messages was a letter from Mayor A. D. Sutherland on behalf of the people of Seaforth. Mayor Sutherland is a brother of Mrs. Wm. Murdie. The home was a mass of cut flowers and potted blooms, the gifts of a host of admir ing friends. A beautiful bouquet of roses was presented by the Village of -Lucknow. ' 1‘ ‘ A continluous stream of visitor's called on .the old day to personally extend felicitations. Mrs. Elliott and Mfs. Ian MacRae received the guests. Asked'by the Sentinel, “How does it feel to be one hundred,” Mrs, TTays paused for a’lyioment and then made the||lwitty reply,'“Well I don’t feel much change.” Late in the af ternoon the Citizens’ Band serenaded the centenarian, and then went in- Moors to meet her . and play a . few , numbers. Mrs. Hays enjoyed the nyusic. iShe was a soloist -ip her youn ger days and even yet can sing quite sweetly -and occasionally does. Remarkably Active ‘ . Mrs. Hays Is-remarkably active and enjoys splendid health. She eats well and sleeps well -and until a' few' weeks ago was able to, and enjoyed reading:; She AA/.now denied’ this pleasure though,, as her sight is dimifigf. Her memory^, though failing somewhat, still serves her well. (Contitmed oh Bage WEDDING BELLS 'HEi XTH^-MacKINNON- A quiet wedding was solemnized at .St, Peter’s rectory on Saturday morning, , December 21st, at ten o*clock, when Rev. J. JJ. Geoghegan united “in marriage, Mrs. Ida. Mac Kinnon and Mr.' John Jacob Hey worth, both of the village. The cere mony was witnessed by Mr. and: Mrs. Melvin Orr. .Mr. and Mrs. Hey worth are residing in Lucknow, where he is conductor of the Citizens’ Band.. ■ ■.—?—4-^—^--. _ . SISTER OF JAMES^ FORSTER DIED, IN NORTH DAKOTA Mr.“ James Fprster has received word- of the death of his sister, Mrs. McCradie, which occurred last Thurs day at her home in North Dakota,, where burial. took place. Mr§. Mc- Cradie was -born on the homestead in West Wawanosh, which her bro ther James still occupies, and where Mrs, McCradie .visited for a time two years ago. ' She is survived by her bereaved husband,’a daughter and -two. sons arid by three sisters,. Mrs. - MoVrison (Jean) of Minneapolis; Mrs. Cliff of. Lucknow, at present visiting in Tor onto; Mrs. Jas. McQuillin of .St. Helens; and by. three brothers,, Dave of Vancouver; Will of North Dakd? ta and James of Wawanosh. 7 Place Elk In Bruce . Similar Move Was I^dposeT^y - J-—W:—Colwell. When' He Rep le-"” »ty Council Three truck, loads of elf, let loose in the Bruce Peninsula, north of Wiarton last week, saw government authorities start a project, some what, along the lines of that proposed a. few years ago, in County councji! by tylr. J- W. Colwell, but which was' given scant consideration. Mr. Colwell was Kinloss Town ship's representative at. Walkerton. ,at .that time and he suggested crea ting a game preserve for deer and other beasts^ of chase by fencing off a portion of the' county - north’ of Wiarton. . , Mr.Colwell's proposal does not seem to have been* taken seriously by members . of the County body However governnferit authorities have recently "realized the merits of stock ing the penirisula with. game, and sent thrpugh the first contin gent "last week. About 12 animals, chiefly year -old does, were in' the . shipment, which came from the ' Governjnent preserves at Pe'mbroke. CHRISTMAS PASSES The day much looked forward,to for many weeks’’,' Christmas,, came and went yesterday (Wednesday). Locally the day was - spent chiefly in happily family gatherings, and it is a day when the family bond-.is a very real and foreeful thing. At night the younger set enjoyed themselves at a wen-behaved dance in the Town Hall. The skating rink, open for the first time this year,’ also had its share' of patrons. All together Chris tmas eve and‘the day itself. passed off qtfietly in the village, with noth-, ihg. occurring; to mar the general joy of the 'Occasion. , In many ^omes, the British Em pire radio broadcast in the morning, •and the Canada wide hook-up-in the afternoon, were heard with interest- Particularly impressive- was' the speech of His Majesty King George the Fifth.' No 41 ' BORN ' •LANE-^Ih "LuknoW, <m Tuesday; December 24th, to Mr. .and Mrs.. Mal colm Lane, of Kinlotigh. a sort. wt rm-.-i.Tra i ini, Nmi rm j -j „ L The Bread r miealtfiF > QUALITY AND SERVICE our motto . OUR GREETING... At this season pf the year when the spirit of kindliness arid joy WE WISH FOR YOU ALL GOOD THINGS Christmas and New Year’s are times for pleasant recollections and happy memories of business associations, which affords us < / the opportunity of RENEWING OUR PLEDGE OF SERVICE TO YOU; HO L L Y MA N ’S QUALITY BAKERY Phone 3.6 Lucknow Students Excel In Entertaining Program Varied Program Presented As School . Adjourns For The Christmas Holi days—Field Day Champions Pre sented With Medals. No sooner were Christmas exam inations recently completed, than students and teachers, of the Luck now High School swung into a stren uous period of preparation for their annual Christmas concert, which they, presented in the Town_ HaJlj^a. a full house on Friday riight, which proved that zero weather and deep snow in a minor obstacle to1 clad and mother, when “John” and “Mary’ are “doing their “stuff” on the stage. The ehtire performance -was a de lightful and. entertaining one, with out a dull moment arid the young people ‘have* rightly won. many a pat on the back for their part in the succesful show. ... , ; e ~ The 'Literary Society’s 30-voice Glee. Club opened with two choruses, with tlie (Society’s pianist, Miss Eun ice Newton,- at the piano. The presi dent, John . Martin, welcomed the audience expressing the encourage ment gained from their presence, especially on such an -evening. The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were given by Marion Vohnstoh' and Charlie Jewitt. A feature of the evening was the -presentation, of medals to field? day? ^irirnersr^^'Rdbert Rae ^spoke brief-' 4y^be-far’e-^^^peFfarming^he--^U‘ty;—iir which he was assisted by' Miss. El ” leda Hunter. The following are the champions and runners-up in their respective classes: Sr. girls, Hilda Lane, Dorothy CJraham; i Jr. girls. Jeanne Lowey, (who was absent). Margaret Salkeld; Sr. Boys, Charlie -Jewitt, Harold Thompson; Jr. boys, Jack Leith, Orland Patterson; Char lie Jewitt replied, thanking all those who had assisted^ in the Field day, and Jn apologizing for his efforts at speech jnaking, stated he was , more at home on the athletic field. A novel number was a radio, broad cast by 21 boys, depicting realistical ly, an amateur hour. Bill Hewat was qnnouncer and the broadcast includ ed1 [the following numbers: a chorus by the group; a piano instruinental by Rexford Ostrander; the reading of the school, journal by Harold Thompson; the . Sailor’s Hornpipe danced by Bessie Stewart; a solo by Fred Wainwright; and a farce solp .by Gordon Miller during which he was ejected from the “studio”. Another' chorus concluded the .broad cast. A reading by Vera Lasenby and a piano solo by Jane Hornell, were other nunibers ori the program. Of particular interest was a display of g’yinnastics by several boys, includ ing tumbling, pyramid building hnd other acts. Little John K. MacKen- zie and John Martin made an amus- irig contrast as they teamed up for some of the acr.obatics. ‘‘Christmas At Stebbins” was a short play, excellently presented by Donald McKinnofi, Helen Hamilton. Melvin Morrison, Arlene Jewitt, Mur-, iel. Solomon, Etta Belle McDonald. Gordori Anderson, Lane Gardner, Jack McLeod, aha Ellen Andrew. Another, well enacted short sub-, ject was the “Beau of.” Bath” an 18th century reproduction, iri^typical and beautiful costurhe. Bill Hewat was the beau, Isobelle Hamilton the belle and Cameron Fiilll^son the butler. “The ISecond Minuet” was worked into the- number arid danced by the beafi’ a)ffd belle, . and then sung in' conclusion by a quartette- composed by Marion Johriston, Arlene Jewitt., Heleri MacDonald arid Marion Mac Donald. . . TEACHERS HOLIDAYING Among the teachers, who are holi daying at their homes here, we note: Olive Robb, Toronto; Olive Alton, Bronte; Harold Burns, Fort William; Myrtle Webster, Wellesley; Lent Hackett, Belgrave; Mary Douglas,. Kitchener; Myra MacDonald, Wing ham; Ada Webster, Zion; Gordon Johnston, Clifford; 'Bill Henderson,. Whitechurch; Mary Rathwel^ North ern Ontario; Vera Sherriff, Dorches ter; Helen Thompson, Hanover; An drew Thompson, Toronto; Malcolm Watson, Waterloo; Alma, Alton and Flora Andrew, London; Harry Alton. Walkerton;., Edwin Smith, Listovrel; Katherine'McKenzie and Marion Mc Dougall, Teeswater and Margaret McLennan, Toronto. OTHER CENTENARIANS Within recent years several resi- . dents in the village, and commyj^tv . have reached the century mar their names were recalled on Monday, when Mrs. Ha] brated her one hundredth Among this group of cente now all deceased, are John B Ashfield, who lived to be Mrs. Roderick McLeod of theM con., who died in Lucknow whereV was making her home with Mrs. Dougall/ Mr. George MacKendk.. grandfather of Miss Dean McKenzie who lives north of the C. N'.ty de- ' not;4 Miss MacDonald, an aunt of' Mrs. Kenneth. MacleOd and Mrs. Angus McDougalirmother of the late John McDougall—of-the 2nd—e&nceB-— «ion„pf„rFanlioss. ^Another old-t-iraer “ who passed the century was the father of Cap tain Alex McKay, who died in Luck - now in the year 4904, at the age of 1.05. Captain McKay himself, re cently reached his hundredth birth day at his home in Alberta..day TWO FIRE CALLS A third fire alarm is to be expec ted daily, zfor' they generally go tn’ threes and over the week-end tho blood curdling screech of the siren has twice been heard. On Saturday morning, a leaky exhaust pipe caused an outbreak of fire in. the basement of a local in dustrial plant. Several extinguisher bombs were used to good advantage and had, the blaze checked when the fire brigade arrived. On Monday at nooii hour, a second run was made to the home of Mrs Wilson Hamilton, but the blaze in a little pantry off the kitchen had been extinguished. Mrs. Hamilton’s1 little grandSon is .thrilled by fire, and al though the. matches were well hidden ; away, he resorted to lighting a pieco of paper, in the stove and starting a bonfire in the little closed room. The base board was burning freely and the room filled with smoke when the discovery was made by the grand-. mother, who had smelt the smoke and was endeavoring to find the cause of it. ’ Tn' neither case was., it necessary to tbrn on the ,water. If you. are a fatalist and anticipate that, third alarm, it is to be hoped that the de velopments are no more serious than has been the case in the first ? two. •f RETURNING FROM VISIT DETAINED AT BORDER According to. a despatch in 1 Ast week’s dailies, little Lillian Doyle is back at Holyrood, with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cor rigan, .after a visit with her father in Mundelien,' til. -The trip was made an. adventure through » a misunder- standing on the part of immigration authorities, who detained the little girl a week at 'Port Huron before she Was returned to Canada. ' •