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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-06-24, Page 25»AGE TWOi r T THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24th, 1953 WHITECHURCH Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ruppell, .Mrs. Huippell Sr. arid Miss "Pamella Huppell of Listowel visited with Mr. and Mrs, E. G-roskorth on Sunday: Quite a iew from tlje White- church United church attended the Brick church on Monday ev- ^ning when Miss Agatha Coultes, missionary, showed films, pn Her work and othdr interesting pictures. • Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Newman IGelehr’ated their_25th wedding an-. Tiiversary at Stheir daughter’s, Mrs. MacDonald at Walton, The fam-( lly presented’ them with , a cor* onation ?■ chest of silverware and <he Presbtyerian church7with? a 3-tier end table. / . Mrs, Wilson, Sr., is visiting her ^daughter, Mrs. Fairbrother at /Toronto for a few days. PICKS IIP TORNADO-BLOWN PAPERS FROM FLINT . '7' ‘ ‘ ;.......... * -j Charles McQuillin, Who teaches school at Grand < Bend, S.S. No. 15, Hay, was home for the week­ end and brought some souvenirs of the tornado at Flint^m<4he form of scraps of paper blown a distance of 100 miles or more. One was a cheque, long since cancelled however/■' an order blank of Sears Roebuck of more recent , date and, by coincidence, the cqrner , off a greeting card, with the words, “Hello Neigh- ibour^—y;- Ayhen the first wind-blown sheet was discovered in the school grounds, teacher and pup­ ils took an excursion^ through the nearby fields which added Several pieces , to the collection. PURPLE GROVE Mrs. Sam Emerson' and Hilda attended the gnaduetidri rif Bay* mond Emerson in Toronto recent- ly, • Mr. and' Mrs. Kenneth Scott & family sdf Stratford, Mr. and Mrs. VARY MRS. JOHN MacMILLAN . Largely attended . funeral ser- ivices • were held last Wednesday for Mi's. John'MacMillan of Lon: don, and formerly of Lucknow, ♦ ' + A 1 b ‘ Transportation A. I She had been in tail, o CJ7?y It7nao v?1'?’■rr ■ ■ ins health for some time. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Howard Har- 1 .A ’«».«■ ..._cn HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES LAST ?ERM IN OLD BUILDING The school term is fast drawing to a close. High School students ^Completed their year last week, and on Friday of this week pub­ lic school students start the sum- mervacation. -—-———-— For high school students it marked the last term in the “old” /School, which has served as a combined Public and High School for many years. The fall term for high schooPstudents will operi in the new Lucknowpistric^THigK School, and, the “old” school will ’become solely a public school, with Grades 3 . and 4, which have been accomodated for two years, in the Recreational Centre, re­ turning to /fdiiher quarters.. SIX BANDS TO TAKE* PART IN TATTOO FRIDAY Six bands—the Owen Sound, Kincardine* Mount" Forest and Lucknow Pipe Bands,Seaforth* kiltie Brass Band and Lucknow High School Brass Barid — will converge here on Friday for af rousing band tattoo in Caledonian. Park^at-8.30.——L _ r—■.— In case of bad weather the Jberif will be held in the Arena. The band program wiss’be. sup­ plemented iby numbers by Mel Lavigne and .his Bluewater Boys, and by spme tqprranking Scotch dancers frorri Owen Souridj tutor­ ed by a former professional dan* cer, Amy Johriston. Mel Lavigne, as Canada’s champion old-time fiddler needs no introduction and his band will play for aMance to follow in the Town Hall. • » * • ’ / _______ ' ■ ______ Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Howard Har­ ris, were recent visitors at the, home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cur­ rie. . . Mr. & Mrs. Herb Maxwell, Mr. and M^,_ Joim Walker of jgfcks^- burg visited at thb home of ’Mr.' John Emerson On Sunday. • ” iMr. and Mrs; Victor> Gawley, Velma, Marlene and Gladys . visit­ ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Trouces on Sunday., Messrs. Calvin and Donald Rob­ ertson spent a few; days with Mr. Kenneth Robertson of Zion. Mr./and Mrs. Donald McCosh, Mary and Dickie visited with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colwell of Kin­ loss on Saturday evening. Miss Winnjfred McFarlane vis* ited at her home recently Sohn, Carman, Ralph and Del­ bert Nixon ^visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Emerson on Sunday. Mrs. Burton Collins, Mrs. Ste-l wart Needham, Mrs. Peter Lee­ son, Barbara and Iyna attended a 'shower for Miss Vivian Fisher- at the home of Mrs. David Car­ ruthers. - JR. GEORGE LEITH was elected by acclamation.to fill a vacancy on the Listqwel town council. He is a produce merchant in that town and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leith of Hamilton and formerly of Luckhow. When the tornado hit, window glass, dust and debris blasted into the room where operators were working at the long distance and information switchboards. Some of the girls were cut by the flying glass; all were ordered to another floor where, it was safer. Even before they were asked to go back, Marna Levan (left above) and Pearl Roberts (fight) returned oh their own to their, switchboards. Mrs, MacMillan - was 60 years of age and was formerly Mae Cecelia Morrison, daughter of the late John. Morrison and Cather­ ine Kennedy of East Wawanosh and Turnberry Township. . Qn June 12th, .1923, she mar­ ried” John MaqMiilan who .pre*- deceased her on' November 28th, 195L They had farmed in Kinloss Township until retiring tri Luck.-, now a few years ago. Following1 her husband’s death, Mrs. Mac­ Millan moved to London to re­ side. She was held in high regard by all who knew her and was av good friend aqd neighbor and devoted wife-and mother. In Lon­ don shq was a , member, of St. Michael’s Ronian Catholic church, a menfber of the Altar1 Society arid the „ Catholic Women’s League? . —TheTremains_rested_a1rfhe-John^ stone Funeral Home, Lucknow, until Wednesday morning when solemn requiem high mass was sung at Sacred Heart Church, Teeswater with Rev. Fr. Brick as celebrantRev.__Fr._R_ E. Keon of St, Michael’s R. C. Church, London, aS' deacon; Rev. Fr., S. Toth as sub deacon; and a neph­ ew, Mr. Rae Morrison of'Toronto as master bf ceremonies. Present in the sancutary was .R^Y- B, Durand of Wingham. ’Interment was in Teeswater R. C. Cemetery. Pallbearers were Scott Patterson, John Kilpatrick, Pharis Mafhers, Archie McKin­ non, P.. A. Murray, Frank Mc­ Cormick. . • ■ Mrs. MacMillan is survived by two sons, Myles of Hanover and Laivergne-of-TorOnto-andvby-two-i daughters, Yvonne and Patricia of London. Surviving also are two brothers and two sisters, C. A. Morrison, Toronto; W. E. Morri­ son, Brantford; Mrs. Cletus Ret* finger (Catherine) and Miss Anne Morrison of Turnberry. I Predeceased besides J^er hus-1 band were two brothers, Angus1 and John and a sister Margaret. MRS. WILLIAM MacDONALP The death occurred very sud-j denly at her home in ’ TOeswater I last Thursday, June 11th, of Mrs. William. MacDonald, age 66. The former Elizabeth Simpson was bom on' the 6th of Culross, a daughter of the late Mr. arid Service Pqtween ^J>iingannoii and Lucknow . ' and . • • - ’ CHARTERED bus and ■ ’ • . ■ ’ “ TAXI TRIPS > .. Can also arrange charter trips with Western Ontario ' Motorways. SEE OR CALL /Allan Meed Box 47, Lucknow ' ’Phone Dungannon 46 Collect .Member of Ontario Motor . Coach Operators’ Association. LANGSIDE NEWS Miss Marion Triebner and pup­ ils of S.S; No. 9, Kinloss, enter* tained her school~section tb~~tfie~~~ annual picnic Friday afternoon. : Games, ball game; and lunch were enjoyed by all. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. ’Evans and Teddy were in London Tuesday. . ^.Mr^ andMrs. Neil.McCallum_oL^ Lucknow spent Sunday with Mi< and Mrs. Wm. Scott arid attended anniversary services.. ■ , The Young People’s Society is invited to the home of—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller Friday even­ ing. Mr. Currie is to address the meetirig. ‘, Mission Band will be held on Monday afternoon instead of. Sat* urday in the chuTch-entertain ing : — Teeswater Mission Band. ;■ Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Scott (nee, Mabel Hedley) on. Ahe.lb irth._o.L ason Saturday:,___ June 19th. in Wingham Hospital. Mrs. Wm. Evans entertained at a show,er on Tuesday evening in honor 'of Miss Vivian .Fisher, ' Who' ‘ received many lovely presents. Vivian graciously thanked, every­ one. '■. ■' Good crowds attended anniver­ sary services in Langside church cn Sunday. Rev. D. G. Campbell of Seaforth gave inspiring mess­ ages morning arid evening. The t . choir gave special music for the occasion. . ' . CULROSS CORNERS a daughter of the late Mr. arid The home of Mr. and Mrs. Mid- Mrs. Arthur - Simpson^—In—1928--fbrdHVall and -Donnie is ; taktiTg- SARNIAS worst night... Truly there are times When no price can measure the value of your telephone service —‘ ready when yOu ■** waht it most. Such a time came to Sarnia on fjfay#2ist. When the tornado ripped through the downtown area. -—That night; Bell equipment -^Iho telephone building A itself—built, to. stand Up in emergencies,, came • ? through One of the toughest tests,. ZLn^emergency power Unit kept building and equips meht alive. Dial mechanism, property housed, re* ■ mained undamaged. Light from the Bell — shoWn . . above streaming through the building^ shattered, doorway-^was for hours, lhe only electric-’ light in ' downtown Sarnia. It became a beacon that told of , " service Working for nearly all of. Sarnia^ i2;6db. customers. Less than ,1200 telephones were put out of action and .by the end of the next day alLbut_a few_Qf_ these Were baqk in sefvice^thariks td 'telephone rneh frdm Sarhia* Windsor and Chatham. Outside wires ■; - suffered .littfe'damagTbecau^ihey werTdth ground t,otit of harm’s way, or overhead ini reardane» Eueas, safer, from falling trees. , - ’ Chief Operator Alice Ed- : wards (shown here directing an off-duty volunteer to her 1 post at the switchboard)- found, all but those more. rowl/o seriously cut anxious to go . back to their switchboards; and when the room was made safe by plant men, they did. In addition, girls off duty came in without being called, and rendered - first aid; gathered food, eppked meals, and refused to leayc until they were no longer required. One girl from Quebec on vacation in Sarnia came in <0 help. As one newspaper columnist Wrote, ZAc Re// opera- -I she was married to William Mac­ Donald, and they farmed in Kin­ loss until just aver ri year ago, when they retired to Teeswater. She attended Langside Presbyter­ ian Church: Surviving besides, her husband, are two brothers, William and Hardy Simpson of Culross, and a sister, Mrs. Graham Moffat, also of Culross. \ The funeral was held from the W. G. Church Funeral Home on Saturday at 3.30 p.m. Interment took place in Teeswater Cemet­ ery. Services were in charge of ReV. Mr.. Currie of Langside, as­ sisted by Rev. A. J. Simpson. < Pallbearers- were six nephews,. Lloyd, pave, Tom, Bert, Jim and .William’'Moffat. < ‘ ' ASHFIELDNOTES on a new look these days? It . is being painted by; Mr.. Moffat and •men.-' ■ -,■■■•- r'''.;.' ■;''' ' -■ Mr. arid Mrs. Everett Whytock and Garry, spent Friday evening With Mr..and Mrs. Alex Whytock. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stewart and Harold: .spent Saturday, at Owen Sound and. attended the circus.. . Mr. and Mrs, Bannerman, .Tees­ water, s^ent Sunday evening with Mrs. Mary Wall, Mr. and Mrs.,Ron Stanley, Kin< loss, were . Sunday ; visitors with Mri, and Mrs. Tom Stewart. : . Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Zettel & Jean Elizabeth - and Mrs,. Schu*. macher, Formosa, spent Sunday evening witlj Mr< and Mrs. Jack , Schumacher and Helen. 1 :... HONOR BRIDE-ELECT tors were the heroines of the Sarnia disaster^ i Miss Donna Hamilton, nurse-in- training in. Woodstock, spent a fe\y days at her home here; Mrs. Mac Hanna of London W’Ss a week-end visitor with"Mr. ■ and Mrs.,'Frank Hamilton. . , - Quite ^a number from, here at­ tended the Drumhead servivce'in Tiverton on Sunday. ' < ReV; G,. S. Baulch Of South Kjnloss was' the guesf speaker for the Presbyterian annfvprcar- 2 i the bell telephone company of Canada • THE MORNJNG AFTER —; the Beil building tfeindt di a . - i , , ; «y«ool?o‘f.0ntlnulhfl vices on Sunday. The choir had prepared special riiUsic and. wete assisted--at the -morning~ service~ by Mr. B. Farrell of Ripley and in ‘ the evening by Mr. Vinbach of Lucknow.; ‘ , Mr., -Malcolm MacLenhan,« of Barrie called on friends here on Saturday. He and Mrs. MacLen^ •. ■ ' “week-end at their Cottage' at pt, Clark, . A miscellaneous shower in ,hon:- our of the coming marriage of Miss Mary Radcliff Was held at the! home of Mr. and Mrs.' Alli- ster Hughes on Saturday evening; Mrs. Harvey Webb led Miss Rad­ cliff to a tastefully decorated chair to the strairis of ‘the. u ad­ ding march played. by Mrs< Will. Rutherford, Miss Marjorie Stuart Wheeled in a Well, filled basket of gifts. Mary was' assisted in Murray and Isabelle MacPherson> • y_ser»~ veiling Jiie—gifts^by-JVt-issx^J^onLi A short program, consistccl^d. music, Scotch dancing and a sing-, song, after which a dainty lun. h- was Serived, rounding out a plens- ant everiirig. Among*the guests, were Mary’s only living aunt, ?Mr&. 'MacPhersdn ■ pf».ppek-- Herb Bu|nstead and friend,: M?...... Milton Taylor of Meaford. - ’/. • *"i' ''A’'' ' *