The Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-12-16, Page 10PAGE TEN THE LUCKNOW*-SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO , Wednesday, dec. ieth, 1953
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LOOK I N <5 * AC K W AA D S
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
Sixty Veart Af o
By mid-summer 1893, $400 had
been subscribed towards the
erecting of a public hall at St.
Helens. ‘
James Alton and Chid Mullin
captained teams for a barn rais
ing “at "Wm. Irwin’s ~ at ^Belfast.
’ The framing was done by, Jariies
Henderson and. the stone ‘ work
by Webster Bros, »
Alexander Woods of Con. 12,
. Ashfield, died suddenly ► in iiis
39th year. He was survived by
his widow .and three small child
ren.
An addition was raised to the
James Baird barn in Ashfield.
Teams were captained by Wesley
Henderson and, Jack Hamilton.
Framing was by Jas; McCoy and
the stone work by Steel Mur
doch.
The 15-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman McLeod of Kiriloss
was fatally injured in a runaway
accident on the farm of John Mc
Leod across the road from ■ the
lad’s home.
A: black bear scare had the
.Holyrood district, on edge. A
Lucknow hunting party of Tom
Little, Geo. Girvin, Dave . Moody,
Will Treleaven, Tom Douglas, Jas.
Bryan and with Wm. Dempsey as
guide, spent a fruitless day in
the Holyrood woods, but caused
j quite some excitement when they
returned with a “stuffed” black
bear skin prominently displayed
in the double carriage. Word, of
the “capture” had preceded them
and ‘Mayor” Peter Corrigan and
other Holyroodites were out to
greet the conquering Jieroes. The
story doesn’t tell what happened
when the truth came out.
Walter Stewart had the con
tract for erecting a block qf three
large brick stores for Mrs. Ar
Murray on the cornet of Camp
bell and Inglis St.- The old frame
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corner Was to ibb removed. V j
The death occurred at his home
in Ashfield ' of Wm. Murdoch,
stonemason, in his 65th year.
. Wm. Pagan died at Lanes in
his*70th year;
Successful entrance pupils at
Lucknow v and Dungannon exam
ination centres included: Lizzie
Ackert, No. 4, Kinloss; Helen Ar
cher, No, 9, Kinloss; Isabella Arm
strong, No; 4, Ashfield; Sadie
Boyd, Lucknow; /Lenora Dreany,
No. 2, Kinloss; Hattie Gallagher,
Lucknow; Edith Greer,. Lucknow;.
Marion McLean, No. 8, Kiriloss;
Ethel Patersonj No. 11, Huron;
Lizzie Paterson, Lucknow; Frank
Cain, Archibald Finlayson, Luck
snow; George Hulbert, No. 11,
Huron, Peter McKinnon,. John D.
McKinnon, Alex Milne, No. 6,
Kinloss; Alex F. Sutherland, No.
5, Kinloss; Minnie Craig, Leslie
Robinson, West Wawanosh; May
Mallough, Dungannon;. Harvey
./Anderson, _ Wim... J.__McKenzie,.No..i
5, Ashfield; Howard Durniri, Al
bert Duff, Wm. Treleaven, No.
16, . Ashfield; Fraser MacDonald,
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3, West Wawanosh; Reuben
Taylor, No. 2, West Wawanosh;
r Robert Lane, Tillie Lane, No, 10,
Ashfield; Maggie Johnston, Wm.
McAllister, Belfast.
Thirty-Five Years Ago
The death of Duncan MacDon
ald occurred late in June,
. Mrs, Wm. Dawson of Kinloss
died in her 82nd year. "s ■
In the entrance examinations
in West Bruce, the three highest
students wqre Bessie Murdie,
Austin Reid and George 4>oug«
las. Miss Irene Sherriff was tea-
cher.^?/ .• "■i'-
While: swimming at ‘,‘Sommer-
hotel building situated on this P°F$ & West Wawa.-
, nosh, Ephnam Snell, age 22, was
' seized with cramps and drowned
in pine feet of water, ’ ’
* Remains of the proposed West
Shore Electric Railway were dis
posed of by auction for $2200.
Most valuable item was the tim
ber in the trestle at Port Albert
which brought $455. The cuts and
gradings were, all that remained
as evidence of* one of the biggest
swindles qver pulled off in Wes-,
tern Qntario.
Smith MacLean shipped eleven
carloads of cattle to New York.
There were 210 head, which
would bring about $200 each. The
following week W. E. Henderson
shipped twenty carloads to New
Ybrk.
Butter was 40c, eggs 41q, hogs
$19.50, wheat $2.10.
Mrs. D. Murchison passed away
at Paramount.
. Pte.“Wilf red Nivins, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Nivins of town,
was home from: overseas, having
ibeen passed and wounded.— - -
Paramount . friends were, in
formed that Pte. Melvin Clark
was seriously ill^ overseas.
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‘ Twenty Year# Ago
The Lucknow Branch\of the
Bank of Commerce was closed.
Mr, L./ Finney was manager and
Roy Lightfoot accountant. ’
Bert MacDonald of the Am*
berley district had his barn de
stroyed by fire. A . little over a
year before his home was. burn-,
ed.
Bill Stimson, Jr,, made a favor
able reqpvery after (being impal-’
ed on an iron rod which punctur
ed his lung' when he fell 'from,
the mow On the farm of William
Griffin.^ - -~—
Mrs. James E.: Ritchie passed
away at Zion just six .months ~af
ter the death of her husband. « .
Wesley Twamley, 41-year-old
Ashfield? township farmer, died
of plural pneumonia. , .
The dinner hotise east of the
CNR depot was gutted by fire.
Seventy-six yeb^s- an Orange
man without ever missing a 12th
of July Celebration,' Wm. Miller
observed his 93rd birthday.
> Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hackett
observed their golden wedding
anniversary.
Mrs. Donald McFarlan of Kin-
lough passed away in her. 81st
year.
“Aunt” Lizzie Webster observ
ed her 91st birthday. .
Mrs. N. L. Campbell, sold her
xestaurant business to Mae Dav
idson ahd Mary Watson.^
Mrs., Phillip Mueller of St
Helens passed away in-her 32nd
year following the birth of a
son. The Mueller family had
come from Germany two years
before. .. .
Ten Years Ago
The Legion bought the Spence
home from T. E. Convay of Kin-,
cardine.
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Missing following air operations
j on . June 22hd, Coyle Russell was
reported early, in August as. i
prisoner of war.
Election of the Conservative
Government, saw John Harinx
'victorious oyer Hugh' Hill, Lib-
ieral and Henry Lantz, CCF.:
Harold McTavish, age 23, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Allan McTavish
of town> was killed in Sicily
while serving with the Royal
Canadian Regiment. He was driv
ing a 40-ton tank.
? Russell Buttpn was invalided
home from dverseas bh the hos
pital ship “Lady Nelson”. He was
taken to Westminster Hospital.
Charles McQuillinj who... ftras
serving with the RjC.A.M.C. on
the “Lady Nelson”, was . home
for a few days while the ship tied
up at Halifax. It had arrived
from Algiers via England.
Mrs. Henry Caesar died in Kin
loss in her $7th,year.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Armstrong
Observed their 60th anniversary
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
A. C. Barrett of London.
Harvey Treleaven bought the
Oliver Johnston residence. .
Sandy MacDonald, 5-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Mac
Donald, died following an ap
pendix operation.
Barbara, Ann.. Culbert, 19-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Andy//Culbert, passed away at
Windsor.
Alex MacKenzie,. D.F.M., was
reported missing following air op
erations early in September.
Squadron Leader (Dr.) J, Grant
Maf^enzie iost; his life On a spe
cial research mission When a 4-r
engine bomlber crashed in an in
land lake in Newfoundland,
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