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WOOD WANTED—50 cords of
beech and maple, body Wood, . 16
inches. To be delivered by April 1st.
Apply at Sentinel Office.
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VETERINARY
J. M. KAINE, V,S., B.V.SC.
Havelock St„ Lucknow
’PHONE 104-W
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary
College, University of Toronto
Charges reasonable. Day or nigbit
’tails promptly attended to
Office in' the residence of the late
““Mrs.. W. E. McDonald ‘
DR. J. E. LITTLE
Dentist
X-RAY SERVICE
Office In The Johnston Block
Telephone No; 5
MUSICAL INSTRUCTOR
Learn To Play This Winter
ART McCARTNEY — teacher of
Violin, Banjo and Guitar. Special
instruction for children and begin
ners, Commence at once.
., DCST — About ^-4— weeks ago,—a-
large black “ collie dog, wearing a
collar bearing A. Stinson’s name.
Please notify David Brooks, R. 4,
Ripley, 28-r-9, Ripley.
TENDERS... WANTED — The™uhr
jdersignedi-will—receLve—tenders—up-to-
January 10th, for the cutting of 50
cords of 4-foot soft wood. — James
Forester, ’Phone 43'-r-12, Lucknow.
• TENDERS WANTED — Marked
tenders will be received by the und-
•ersigned for 15 cords of green maple
and beech, 16 inches Jong, body wood,
ropened January” ”20th~ De-
3k,'^y at S. S. No. 12,. Huron Twp^
' bV March 15th.—R. G. Martin, Sec’y.
R. 6, Lucknow.
-TENDERS WANTED ~~
Tenders will be received by the
undersigned up till January 25th,
for 12 cords of green body wood,
beech or maple, 18" long. Delivery
to be made at the school of section
No., 15, Ashfield, on or before the
15th day of June 1936. -v
__MacKenzie, Sec’y., R. R.-3,—
/' ......;. .....Lucknow,. Ont j-
Tenders will be received by U.S.
S, No. 4, Ashfield (Lochalsh school)
. for 6 cords, gOod body wood,. beech
and . maple, 16 inches long. Wood
may be delivered ’ anytime before
June 1st, 1936. Tenders close Jan
uary 24th, 1936.
John R. McLeod, Sec’y.-Treas.,
, R. 3, Lucknow.
- RE OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS
All accounts owing the Estate of
Dr. D. Geddes must be paid on or
before January 15th,. 1936, in order
to administer the estate. After that
date it wilP-ber necessary to take
step's to collect all acounts then un-
■ .Pajd. , ? • '
Mrs. J. A- Robertson, Executrix.
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Luck
now ..Agricultural Society will be held
- in the Town Hall, Lucknow, on
Tuesday, January 21st, at 2 o’clock
p.m. All members, are hereby noti
fied accordingly and requested
attend.—-Joseph, AgneW> Sec’y.
PLAY AND DANCE
• "A play .. “Aunt Emma Sees
Through,” will be presented by the
Kinloss Young People Under the aus-.
, pic.es of the Holyrood Women’s In
stitute on Monday evening, Jan. 13,
in Holyrood Township Hall. Dance
after the play. Admission 25c. Ev
erybody welcome.
New Cretons, Draperies^ Curtains,
etc.—THE MARKET STORE.
McDonald Bros.
'* Shoe Stere
Mew Cut Rate Prices
on all lines of
RUBBERS
COMMENCING
TO-DAY
to
It
$2 50 OTHERWISE LUCKNOW, ONT., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1956
MARRIED ON THURSDAY I Prjndpalship
Lucknow Home Bereaved
As Devoted Mother Dies
Mrs. Wm. Armstrong Passed Away
Sunday, Following A Five-Weeks’
lllnesH—Leaves Her Husband And
t " Youthful Family Of Seyen. ,
Sorrow ushered in the new year
L .fof-~M-r.--Wm Ar^mstrdng,—• Jr^—a nd-
his youthful family of. seven ehild-
s reri, for on Sunday death 1 removed-
ffom. th|s Lucknow home a loving
wife arid mother.
Although Mrs.. Armstrong’s com
ditioni was knoWn to be .critical, her
t^death early Sunday afternoon Was
unlooked for and came as a distinct
shock,, not only to the community,
. but also to her family,
For five weeks Mrs. . Armstrong
had been seriously; ill with a heart
and kidney condition^ and for the
past four weeks had been a patient
in Wingham Hospital. On Saturday-
afternoon . her husband visited with
her and found her feeling so well,
othjit he arranged to return on Sun-:’
day and spend the day. However, a
change came early Sunday and the:
pleasant visit turned out to* be a sad
vigil by a death bed.
Mrs. Armstrong, who w^s in her
42nd, year, was formerly Pearl Rin-
-touL Born in West -WawanoShT“She*
lived at Whitdchurch all her . life/
until her marriage in. . 1912 to Mr.
Armstrong. - . ' ,
Her home and her family have
been her chief interest, and Rev. S.
Tr-Tuekej’“who-conducted“the“"funeraL
-seryice—om— Toes clay; pard“lTTi'ftihg’
tribute to the devotion of this young
mother, Who seldom left her own
fiireside, whete she worked incessant
ly to the limit, of her strength ,in
pursuing her many family duties with
love and devotion. , . *
The funeral service was held in the-
-United—-Ghu-reh, with! interment in
Greenhill cemetery. Four sons, Wil
son, Alfred, Cecil and J. C. and twd
nephews, Norman and Armstrong
Wilson, acted as pallbearers.
Besides - her ; sorrowing husband,
seven children survive, the youngest
eight years of age. They are Wilson,
Alfred, Cecil, J, C., Frances, Russel!
and Ellen. Another little girl died
when 9 months old.
Out-of-todvn relatives attending
the funeral, J»rere Mr. and Mrs.. Gdo.
Garton and . son George, of Whiter,.
church; Mr. W/ J. Coulter, Zetland;
dand_iMr_A- -J. • Armstrong and son
and son Francis; Mrs. A. C. Barrett
and sons Victor and Leonard and
Mrs. J. W. Mathews and son Billy,
all of London, .’ ,
CONDUCTED FUNERAL SERVICE
i FOR ACCIDENT VICTIM
' Rev. S. T. Tucker was at Dorch
ester, a former pastorate, on Mon-
day/ conducting the funeral service
of James Hunt of that village, who
died in the. hospital in London on
Friday, following critical injuries
received in a highway accident the
day previous.
. Two other passengers of ' the - car/
one of them, being Hunt’s 13-year
old son, were seriously injured, but
are recovering,
.The accident , happened, in the
height of a sleet storm/as. the Hunt
car. met a big International bti> on
a bridge near Deleware. As they
were about to pass,, the car skidded
in front of the bus and in the impact
the car was crushed in and carried
for. 40 feet. « .
Roof Collapses
Rain soaked snow on Thursday
eyeni'ng, saw an old landmark “The
Ciin House” barrt, damaged beyond
repair, as the roof caved in under
the weight and smashed’ out the up-,
per portion of the front of the barn,
part of which has been used for
some rtime by' the -Douglasl brothers.
Roy, the only horse ih the. buildipg
at the’ time, escaped injury.. . _
Sentenced, For Car Theft
Clarence White of Dundalk was
sentenced last. week in Goderich by
Magistrate J. A. ' Makins to one
year in the Guelph x Reformatory,
upon pleading guilty of the theft of
Bill Brown’s car in Wingham, late
in November.” /
Fire Destroys Home
. Fire; breaking out about ten o’clock
Tuesday) evening^, completely de
stroyed the fine frame farm home
of Mr. John McMurchy, a half mile
south of Ripley. Overheated furnace
pipes are said to be the cause of
the ' blaze. Mr. and Mrs. ’ McMurchy,
are only married a few months.
——On- Thursday. last; January 2, "
at their home at Belfast, Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Sherwood, quietly
observed a memorable event in
their aging lives—their 53 rd
Avedding anniversary.. This aged ; .
couple, are^ practically • lifelong' | following reference to Mr. K.. M.
- — - - - Mae-Lehnah, ' is a naTiv'e /oj. »tHe’
Township, of Ashfield. '' /; ’ ’ ’
Active in-Boy Sco'ut. work and .oth
er " .....
.Malcolm MacLennan ., assumed |he
' ~ ...........i School,
Barrie; this fall, and is carrying on
.(efficiently in a position occupied for
'(more "than ' forty years with 'great
credit to himself by James Marlin,
who retired at the close of the 1934-
35 school year. " .
For.pierl.y vice-principal of Prince
In Succession To Robert Fisher (of Wale's 'School; ■ the*; principle of
promotion-, was followed . by ' tbe
Board'»of Education in raising, Mr.
I Mr. K. M. MacLennan of Ashfield
Township Secures Important '
- Appointment
|'. The Barrie Examiner- makes . the
residents of, , the community and
/for some/sixty years have been
1 members of Hackett Chunch.
Mr. Sherwood is not enjoying
good health, which is regretted
by his many friends in the neigh-' | Principalship of .. Victoria
ood, where they are much be-
." loved.- •
• • •OLD LIGHT LODGE
OFFICERS INSTALLED
Mr. Sam Murchison Becomes W.M.,
«
community activities,.' KenneUjz—.
Mr. George M. StuartMr. George M. Stuart of StF* 1 ■ v \j jl uuutavivn m. i ft111 iVJ I\
Helen’s, ably conducted the: iristalla- MacLennan* to the. head of another
tion of Old Light Lodge officers last Lchool when the vacancy occurred..
Thursday eyening^ The slate of bffi- ~
cers for J the . ensuing year is: Sam
Murchison, W.M.; Robert Fisher.
LP-M?; Donald Blue,- S.W.; Fraser
Paterson, J.W.; Rev. C. H. MacDon
ald, Chap.; W. W. Hill, Treas.; A.
E; Buswell, Sec’y.p Neil McLennan.
"S3XT
Rae. I.G.; Wr B. Anderson, S.S..
George Kennedy. J.S.; R. J. Cam-;
eron, Tyler; W. J. Davison, D. of 0 i
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WAWANOSH REEVE
-MENTIONED--FOR-^AdmENS^^^^
Mr. Wm. J. Stewart, who . is com
mencing, his sixth term as .reeve of
West Wawanosh, is one of five
reeves named as ^possible .candidates
for’ the Wardenship ".of Huron County:
The selection of a warden will- be
one -of the Council’s first duties,
When the session open's on Tuesday,.
January.. 28th. Other possible can
didates are Wilmot Haacke, E. Caiv
diff, P. W. Scott and ,R. J. 'Bowman,
Born in;Huron County, near Luck
now, nn.September 4, 1904,"Mr. Mae-'
Lennan is a son of Mrs. MacT.en-
nan and the Tate'Duncan MacLennan
who passed away .two years ago. He
attended a rural, school,' S.'S. No. J2,
• -w.4 • , ...in;Ashfield Township, -Huron County-;- Qrah Crawford,-J®.; Robert | Ulcknow' fiiKh Sdrool, arid then
Stratford Normal School’ from .which
he graduated ' in 1924. After* three
|years’, experience teaching ..in a rural
school, business life beckoned,' anti
,|,M.r..;-MacLe.nna-m - held -■a-.'—rpspons-ible-
commeFcial Life / -for
'time. In. the fall of-193-1, he came to
Barrie as vice-principal of Prince of
Wales School, and when the .opening’
occurred in/Victoria School, his pro-'
motion was a natural sequence. .
Mr. MacLennan is a member'’-of
Old Light Lodge, No, 1#4, A.F.. &
A.M’.', Lucknow; St.-Andrew’s' Pres
byterian Church, .Barrie; Barrie
Kinsmen Club,, .and is the newly .el
ected president, of Centre Sfrpcoe
Teachers’ Institute.' Boy 'Scout work
has attracted his attention, and. he
has been Scoutmaster of
Barrie Troop of St. Andrew’s Church. I.
Last summer he was Camp Chief "of
the Boy Scout Camp at Cedar Point,
north-west of Penetanguishene. ■
'. Tn-St. Andrew’s Church circlesShe
has been very active since he came
to -Barrie—moreHrhair four years .arb/’
the Young, Fs op]e’s. _ So riot y- M e n ’ s
^Thid "Wfis^firsr^pin^e given by fhe l ^^16 Class and" Men’s Club having.
.... -------.—^bgaged-“-hfe“alW
'reputation of doing well anvthinn'
he undertakes. Mr. MacT.ennan is
unmarried.
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A Backward Glance At 1935
Happenings In The Community
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Deaths Bring Sadness To Many
Homes—Council Activities, Num
erous Accidents And Many Note-
: worthy Anniversaries Are Among
■ o Interesting Happenings - Recorded
In The Sentinel.
James Little, Kinloss; Mrs. Donald
Blue, Amberley; Mr.,. John M^Keith,
Oakville; . Mr. Thomas McConnell,
Lucknow.; James Thompson, Huron;
Robert Drennan,” Ashfield; Robert
Fitzgerald, Ashfield. ’
February
• January relief co^tsj jumped ■ to
$110., doubling that of December. ■»••
Mirage of Lake Huron was strange
sight viewed in Lucknow.
United Church congregation holds
annual nieeting and hears that near"-*’"'"
J.y._$5000—Was—raised—for^kpurposes----
during the year; / ,
Lucknow seniors beat Ripley 9 to
8, but loose at Kincardine 8 to 4.
Church league hockey opened ;with
the United and Anglican teams each
registering, victories. '
John Munn of Ripley dropped dead *
w^ile taking part in a concert in
that village.
Two. sisters, Kathleen and Helen
Thom underwent, appendicitis oper
ation within one month. J
450 Manitobans, attend Bruce /
County Oldtimers’ gathering.
Audrey Henderson honored by
"> prior to entering nurses*
training school.
David Misner sentenced to 15
years in Kingston, in connection with
: of which he
- • -1935 has passed into - history;, To
some it brought success; to some
failure. ■ It brought sorrow to some
and to others joy. To some no doubt;
it \y,hs “just another'year” with1 little
to . disturb ,.thje....sfeeady,„.eq.uilibium..of.
• Ahetr^dal^^ctiiHHesr^;:—.
’“Let us glance backward through
the Sentinel files of the year and
briefly summarize gome of the high
lights recorded there.
January
. Reeve A. W. Hamilton and Coun
cillors W. -B. Anderson, Wm. Murdie,
Donald Ferguson, and. Nelson Bush
ell, returned • to offie by. acclamation.
Home of Mrs. Wm. Johnston bad
ly damaged by fire.' “ ’ . •
Robert Rae newly elected trustee,
along with G. H? Douglas and Wm.
MacKenzie.. ." ’J
Lucknqw -Sentinel installed new . ‘newspaper press. ' riends
. Richard Elliott elected reeve of
Kinloss, and Arthur Graham, Angus
McIntosh, Alex McKenzie and Mac
Ross, councillors,
, The editor and assistant , edj.tarLs
of ‘the Literary Society, eommenced
-:-^ua^in:teresring—?-^Sp6tlight’±^--eol-umm
i .in Tbe_^S.en.tinel.-------—-—■—
;T.u-cknow entered Senior team in
W. O. H. A., grouped with Ripley and
Kincardine. " ‘ '
Citizens’ Band reviewed year’s Ac
tivities reporting band assembled
108 times with average of 20 mem
bers present. ‘
Rev. C. H. MacDonald appointed
School Board secretary, without re
muneration.
Village Council accepts proposi
tion of Surety Co. to drill 2nd. Well
to fulfill their water supply guaran
tee.' ■'
Lagt minute goal gives Ripley
4-3 victory over locals ip opening
hockey game of the season.
Council deadlock on. the appoint;
ment of a. pumphouse attendant;
with Alex Havens retaining the posi
tion. ,
’ Presbyterian Church, held success
ful congregational meeting when in
formed that the budget allocation
had been exceeded. .
S-. C. Rath well elected for third
term as president ” of Horticultural
Society at annual meeting.
’ Agriculture Society directors hold
anpf^nieeting and discuss at some
length expiration .of lease on’ the
rink used as a sjiow; hall. .
Kinlpss Townghip set relief, al
lowance at not more than' 8c per 'day
x>er/member of the family, j
"Lucknow tied. Ripley 2-2 in pver;
time and lost to Kincardine 6 to 3.
James Lyons, made present, of
DvhgJjnnpn Agricultural Society for
I th- term. •
Mji/ray Murdoch completed /450th
consecutive hockey game with New
Vprk. Rangers'.
Church hockey league' organized
and ^schedule' drawn up;
.Warden Duncan Munn- presided
over wipter session County Coun
cil. " v '
St. Peter’s Church held Vestry
meeting a,nd • heard enduraging re
ports;
200 attend Women’s Institute “At
Home.” ' ' ' ; . ./
Huron County Council increases
salaries of clerk anff^tredsurer, each
'$300. '.
D'eaths: Mts. Wm. Matthevvs, of
LOCAL MAN IS HIGH /
SALESMAN FOR BEATTY BROS.
' ' 'A, ’ "—; :
Mr. H. R. All-in,, who is the Repre
sentative for -Beatty Brothers, Lim
ited, Fergus, on tpe boderich .to
Owen Sound territory, has recently
^received -var-
xhair_____~
^finTpanv foF'lfigh^tA-bales'l'n^a' cbn-
test running ’ from' August until
Christmas.' This is ; the, fourth con
test Mr. Allin has 'won during
past year.'
tlie
Second
Labatt kidnapping
stoutly claimed his innocertse. ’ __j
Ripley wins 11 to 9 verdict to
.^imina.te^u.ckifow:_-from--W. O. H. A.-
. playoff' birth, but-Senovs ended their /
home games by taking 3 to 2 decis
ion . from Kincardine.
Harvey Anderson of Ashfield was
elected to t’he -West Wawanosh Fire
Insurance Co. board of directors.
Mr. Oscar Casemore was made
presentation prior to taking over
new duties with Sil verwood Dairies
in Stratford..
Series of public meetings com
mence as Bruce County^s first step
to eliminate warble fly.
Interesting sketch of growth of
first settlement here, reiates that
village was first' called Balaklava,
and later, following the Indian Mut
iny, • named Lucknow. ,.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Katake celebrate
56th wedding anniversary.
Presbyterian and United teams
score Vins in week’s church league .
games, with United victory protested -•
United and Presbyterian teams
win anti qualify for playoffs.
Mrs. Hilda Miller had purse.stolen
jn Windsor, but was dropped by thief
and ■ recovered. ’ % "
Deaths: Mr. John Hackett, Luck
now; Wnp Campbell, West Wawan
osh; Harry Horneil, Toronto and for
merly of Lucknow; Murdoch McGre
gor of JKintail; Fted H. McAllister,
Duncan Graham; Kinloss; Arthur Mc
Donald, Orillia; Dr.- A. W. Wilson,
Seattle: Marvin .Reed, Ashfield.
Weddings: Albert. B. Alto'n and
Jessie May'Wilkins; Sylvester Ray-
nard and Ch'fistena McFarlane.
March
Council issues' notice tha?t . relief
ends, the last of .March.
Packed Kall hears .the Anglican
play “The -Re^d-Headed Stepchild.”,
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Devenny and
family front a northern Saskat
chewan.’ outpost, . near Churchill,
visit in ‘ Ashfield with her mother,
open modern
' Warm Comfortable Underwear
Garments for every member of the
family.-,THW MARKET’ STORE.
Celebrates 80th Birthday
Misses M.. and S. Mallough
Mrs. T., Alton of Lucknow,
Monday at|| Albert Alton's, with their I WEEK OF TRA YEli '
.sister., Mrs. Wm. Blake, who with ; ____/ . ■
her family,, were celebrating the Prayei. seryi(?es are bein„ held
anniversary" of her 80th birthday, the ?yarious churcKes each “evening‘
when a.very pleasant time 'was«spent |tbis week urttn Frjday. Servic.es. the''
first of the week have been well at
tended, the first service being held
ip.' the Anglican Church ' on Monday
evening, with Rev. W. J. Patton, the
speaker.' He was supplying for. Rev.
and
Mrs. T., Alton of Lucknow, spent
New' Quilting Materials for patch
work, linings, etc. Battings and wad
dings.—THE MARKET STORE.
7
. [Tucker, who Was. conducting a fun-'
eral service that afternoon in Dor-
r evening’s Service.
.........- . Presbyterian Church
Did not live long >
v |V‘"« novice mat.To Enjoy Sister s Fortune Chester. jTuesday
' ' ‘.......... ’ ,I was in the . Pr .....____
Miss' Eliza McCurdy, 80 Years Old, I when a representative of the pible
Died Ih 'London—Inherited $12,- Society spoke a-nd ° accompanied his
000 Last. July Upon.»Surviving Her address by lanpejai--s-Mdes. Last ntght'
*J - | Rev. MacDonald spoke in' the'United
." —.—-— . . 1 J-Church. Tonight’s ^service is in
Miss Eliza . McCurdy, in hey. Sfithl South Kinloss Church with the week
year,, died in a" London Hospital concluding with a service in the Pros-
last week, after a period of failing | byterfan1 Church on Friday night.-
health, for sorpe years. ;
Miss McCurdy vyas a .sister of {
the^lat^ Mrs. George Burgess of
Lucknow, hnd it will be recalled that
Aged Sister 60 Days.
1 PUT ON STAMPS > '
«...*« , • .1 p^acin£ stamps on letters, rai/
’ate m'July, Miss McCurdy inherited than placing, coppe'rs in the r'
$12,000, according to the. terms . of[.boxes, would be a great
wj-P ,of he^ sister, Mrs. Matilda^t0 find much appreciated bv rural
pvaris, Which stated thht Miss Mc-imaM triers,• .especially during ’the
Curdy must survive herdays be-1wintel.- months. With ‘‘fingers' pro^
|bab'ly nearly numb. it... is not an
j easy: task- for'' the driver to phll’ off a
mitt'in zero weather, and .-attempt
to spick up three coins. .As ,well as
the inconvenience mid ' discomfort,
the driver also loses * considerable
time if he encounters avnurpber of
these coin deposits. Rural. mail pat-
ronSj. would be doing, their ■ delivery*
man? a good' turn by keeping a few
stamps on Hand for mailing purposes
Card Of Thanks
Mr. W.m. G. Armstrong and fann
ily, ..Wish to express "their heartfelt
gratitude
for the various kind hets, and expres
sions of sympathy during the illness
and at the rime of' the death of a Cargill ,pnd formerly 'of St. Helens
loving wife and mother.
$12,000, according to the. terms
Evans, which
rather
mail
convenience
to and much appreciated by
fo're inheriting the small fortune, i
Mrs’. Evans died,, in May, anfi Miss i
McCurdy lived , to claim the inheri
tance late in July, although by her-
death last week/ she has - been in
possession of. -her new found wealth
only a short time.' . ■ -
fey the terms of the Evan’s will,
Mr. George Burgess of Toronto and
Mrs. Jack Gillies* of B.C. (formerly
Ada Burgess)' received $1000. ehch.
■ Mri jBurgess is a brother-inti AW- of
Miss Mhe ‘and Mr. W- J. Davison.
When Mrs. Evans made h^r will,
she realized her jsister was quite ill,
and it appeared.doubtful if she" would
live long. For this reason she pro
vided that the estate-go to her sis
ter only if she survived her by sixty
days
to friends 'and neighbors
Mapgaret MacKenzie, Lucknow ;^Mrs.
Mrs, P. «Hogan.
- MacDonald Bros
shoe store in L^ucknoW.
Presbyterian team won first play
off game 3 to 0.
Village- Council discuss’ cancella
tion of. license as fiance hall com-'
plai.pts "■were received. Council re
mained deadlocked when matter of
a pumphouse attendant was again
brought up/
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