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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
GREETINGS TO YOU!
Weextead to owr<»aiy cMfoaort
aed frieods oar best wishes for
pood tbieys aed bappiaess ia '541
PRIZE WINNERS
AT LOCALJTORES
Christmas week iri Lucknow
stores featured several draws for
prizes, merchandise and cash
awards. Mrs. Murray Henderson
won the Five Rioses Flour draw
at the Lucknow Co-op and re
ceived a tricycle. At Ashton’s’
Ladies’ and Men’s Wear, Mrs,
Stuart Collyer won a wool blan
ket as first prize*and teddy bears
went to Mrs. Chas. Cook and Mrs.
Noble Johnston: Mary Mur die
was the winner of a lovely new
bicycle: from the draw .at the
Lucknow Fruit Market:
Winners at Hall’s Grocery
were: 1st,, Mrs.: Stuart McGilli-
yray, $10; 2nd,. Mrs. Cliff Craw
ford, $5; 3rd, Charlie Anderson,
case of canned goods; 4th, Mrs.
Lloyd Hunter, case of canned
goods; 5th, Mrs. Bert Ward, 3-lb.
box of chocolates.
Mrs, Ernie Carter won the tFive
Roses draw at Smith’s Food Mar
ket and received an electric
clock. At Henry’s Fruit Market,
a lovely doll with a five dollar
bill pinned to it was won by
Lome Fafcish.
Stenographer: How can I keep
postage stamps from sticking to
gether?
Secretary:: Buy; them One
time.
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Jj. extend every good wish for the New Year. ~ J
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WHITECHURCH
Wishing everyone a Happy and
Prosperous New Year. *
Mr. Jack Aitchison spent Xmas
with Mr. and Mrs. E. Button at
Lucknow.
Miss Margaret Taylor spent, the
week-end with relativse at Luck
now’. .' ■
We are. sorry hear that Mrs.
Jas. Aitchison is in Wingham hos
pital with pneumonia.
, Mr. Gordon McGee underwent
anemergencyoperatiori: /in the
Wingham Hospital ;on Sunday.
Betty and “Joan Hamilton of
Lucknow are visiting with their
grandparents in the 'village.
. Mr. Kerry, Sr., Mr. and 'Mrs.
Melvin Kerry /and Mr. and Mrs.
Lawson Majury and family, all
of Paisley, Mr, Nelson Kerry of
Walkerton, Miss Marjorie Kerry
of Toronto, Miss Mary and Bert
Kerry of Eden Grbve all spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. A.
Coultes.
Mr.Chas. Gillespie of Kitcheri<
er spent thjg week-end with rela-
WEDNESDAY, DEG, 30th, 1953
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LOOKING BACKWARDS
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
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Thirty-Five Years Aga
iJfrs. D. Murchison was found
dead at her home at Paramount.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm., Allir| re
ceived word that their son Har-
.old was hospitalized m ’ Britain
from chest , wounds.
Mr; and1 Mrs. David Kennedy,
Boundary East, received word
that their .son; Corp. John Ken
nedy, MM, was killed in' action‘
in Frahce. H6 /was 21./ His ibrbr
ther Duncan, who bad been
woUnded overseas, had returned
home. v / -
. John Habbick was Wounded in
the arm -overseas. Andrew was
killed two years before and Wil
liam was gassed and had been
invalided home.
Pte. ?G. O. Ryan, son of Mr.
and Mrs; Peter Ryan of New
Westminster and formerly of
Kinlough, was killed in action.
Another brother had been killed
previously. .
A. P. Stewart informed Luck
now Council of his in.tentidn to
close down the electric light
plant.
John W. Hudson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Hudson, Second
Concession,. Kinloss, was report
ed killed in action.
Wm. Geddes, who had been iri
the cooper business in Lucknow
for lover 50 years, died in Ham
ilton. . v
Corp. Jim Baker-of St. Helens0
was. another to fa'lf .in France.
. The local school and public
buildings were (dosed and pub-j
ljc meetings prohibited here on’
account of the influenza'? epi
demic that
country.
Paramount
broken into
of cheese stolen.
Phillip Berger, brother .of Mrs.
Dan T» McKinnon of Kinloss, died
in Military Hospital at Moose Jaw
from influenza and Harvey An
derson of Halkirk, Alta.; and for: ___
mqrly of Zion, was also a victim well, P. A. Murray,
of; the epidemic. Locally Mrs. R. ~
Orr’sdeathwasattributedtothe
samecause.____ ______ _?___ ___ ?
A report taken from an Old
Country paper of R. A, Hibben’s
death from wounds, at the age
was' sweeping
cheese factory
and about 50Q
the
was
lbs'.
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Rev". John Little of St. Helens'
accepted a call to Rockwood.
Rev. James Scobie was induct
ed as minister at .Whitechurch
Presbyterian Church. <
Wm, Struthers died in Luck-.
now in his 71st year.
Other ’flu, victims were’James,
McMillan, sori of. Mr, and; Mrs.
Milas McMillan J’' Alex Irvin pf r;
Concession 9, Ashfield; Wesley
Sherwood of Wilkiey Sask.;? Alex
“Johhston, Son of Mr. and- Mrs? ; '
Wm. Johnston of ’ Ashfiefd. '
Ten Years Ago
F.O. George McQuillin, -report/ .
ed missing in mid-January, was
listed as “presumed dead” in the
679th R/C.A.F. casualty' list is- u
sued in September.
Late in September, Alex. Mac- <■
Kenzie, D.F.M., was reported to,
be a prisoner of, war. This word
came about three weeks after he
was reported missing.
Frank Todd & Son sold a heif- .
er rising two years for.$1500.: ..
Re^'D/T. L. McKerroll,. for- '
mer Lucknow minister and mod
erator of the Presbyterian church
in Canada, died in Toronto. ’
Muriel Blake, who Had? spent
six years in-an iron lung in. Lon
don, was brought to Lucknow to
the home of Miss Sarah Mallough.
Muriel was a victim of the polio
eidemic of 1937, which left her
completely paralyzed and claim
ed the life of her brother, Clif
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Acclamations were given in thp. ;1
“three adj dining ; townships. Wes? 1
Wawauosh, Reeve Brown Smyth,
Councillbrs---—Everett—-F-innigan---—
DaVe McAllister,; Gordon Mac;
Pherson, Wallace Miller; Ash-
field, Reeve?Gilibe$t Frayhe, and ’
Councillors Lome Johnston, Fred
Anderson, Cecil Johnston and
Neil J. MacKerizie. Ashfield lost
its deputy reeve at the end of
1943. Kinloss, Reeve Richard El
liott, Councillors Alex McKen
zie, Dan T. McKinhon* John Col-I
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A* *5i dawn*, may yon ,
wake up to find dial your'
fondest dream* htrire como
tnio4n the NEW YEAR!
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£ at this season, we add our sincerest hopes that good
g fortune, good health and happiness,(may be yours g g throughout the New Year* 3
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Mr. and Mrs. Les’Burnett and
family spent Christmas with rel
atives at ListoweL,
r^iiristfflas“visitm_3rtie“1i^
of Mr. and Mrs;.Art Mbore were
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Moore and
family of Preston,, Mr. and Mrs.
Keri Dickson and Allan of Bel?
more, Mr. and Mrs. W. James
& family, Mr. and Mrs. E. Moore
and family and Mir? and Mrs, C.
R. Moore arid Ron.
Miss W^innifred Farrier of Tor
onto is holidaying with her par-
w°ro 01 ine 01Mr. and Mrs. Carman Farrier | ^er., sjstef^in-law, Mrs. John A
Rev. W. H? Mitchell an'd his
wTfe,D^. HelenCrawMitcheTl,
^nd-iheiic-thretLehildrenT^amved——-
home from China.
Dr. Wm. Malcolm* age 82, and .
his daughter; Mrs. Dorothy Pear,
son, reached Canada from Japan. ~
Lucknow Council by acclama
tion was Reeve J. W. jdynt and
councillors Austin Solomon, Thos. ,
BoyeSi Temple Clark and Hany
Nixon.
grandson of Mrs. A. Hibben of
England to pay the supreme sac
rifice. Bob was living with his
pareiits in Ashfield when war
broke out and he enlisted in 1916.
formoHvhitechliu^h
LADY DIES IN WEST
Mrs. Alex Purdon of town has of Mr. and Mrs. .Orland Richards
ireceyed word of the death of and, Mr; and Mrs. Dick RtehardsJ
were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Russell
I and Mrs. Lome ' Wall, White*
! church. • ...
. • Christmas guests at the home
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and. family of Long.Branch are '■«'.X, i . h , . “visiting friends & relatives here, ../ .ajU. ... Y ,. ’ I ?. Family, and Mrs. Clair
^s? Irene Sparling? Marie and ““‘M® M*®0®!!1?!? a?>d famlK?aJS17'
Douglas of Wingham spent Xmas £“T1®1® .lnvalld./°r £.M»iR»ymoftd Richards
with her .nArent, Mr anH-*r„. ^ore than six years since suffer- Flesherfcm; Mr. and Mrs. Norvalwith her parents, Mr. and' Mrs.
T. H. Moore'
Mr. and Mrs. E. Groskorth and
family spent the week-end with
relatives in Unionville: and Tor^
onto. ‘ M .
JMb:. and Mrs, Russell Chapman
' arid 'family"? s'i>erit'" the week-end
at Aurbra:
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Laidlaw
arid family of London ate spend-
. ing Christmas. and,. Ndw Yeats
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jas. Laidlaw and Mr. and Mrs.
punter near*. Lucknow. .
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Watt and!
family of, Dungannon . spent’
.Christmas with his patents, Rev.
and Mrs. W. J.. Watt. :.
Mr. and Mrs.r Clifford Farrier
•and family of Kincardine spent [
Christmas with bis parents, Mt.
and Mrs. W: R. Farrier. '
Mrxand Mrs. Walter Bell and
Heather spent , the week-end dt ■
BurforcL ]
Mr/ and Mrs. Herb Bucktbn &
family spent Christmas with Mr.
and Mrs., T. Morrison? •: ’ ,
erich spent the week-end- with
her mother, Mrs. D. Kerincity and
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ing a stroke.
She was in her 64th year and
was formerly Maud McDonald bf
Whitechurch.- / ,
■ She is 'survived by, her husband,
three sons and a daughter.
DEFEAT QUESTION OF
LIQUOR OUTLETS IN RIPLEY
I The question of‘establishing a.
i liquor store and brewers ware-
| house in Ripley was defeated last
; Wednesday by a narrow margin
1 that fell short of, the sixty per
cent approval necessary to carry-
such ,q. measure. ' ;
The vote, for establishment ■ of
a- store was. 149, against 140; -and
-for—a"1 warehouse—'ir~
against 15% '
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Fleshef^dn; Mr. and Mrs. Norval
Richards, Guelph. ; ,
Miss Donna Hamilton; nurse /
in-training at Woodstock, Miss ’ .
Frances Hamilton Of London, Mr.
and Mrs. H. McQudlliri and Hick '
ey of Point Ediward spent Christ-’
~mas~at-Xhe~huiY^^
R. Hamilton. . t
• Mr. and Mrs. John Elphick &
family/ spent Christmas at the
, home of Mr. arid Mrs. J. Leeson/
Kinlough.
Misses Edna Cook, R.N.; Eliza
Cook, R.N. and Viola Cook/R.N . ■
.of Owen Sound Hospital, Mr. an-1
Mrs...Henry ^MadKenzie, and Mi>”
Alice Mackenzie of Lucknov.
spent Sunday with Mr. A?’ Cc>nk '
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’berley and Mr. and Mrs. Bert- Me*- :
, Donald,. Mrs. C. “MacDonald, of
Lucknow, spent Christmas with
Mr, and Mrs. Eldon Henderson.
/1 Mr., and Mrs. Warren Wylds.
and three children spent'Christ* ?
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PARAMOUNT
A Happy 'and Prosperous New
Y®X to A/' • « . . | ana three children spent'Christ-
and wr«•?’Mr' Mrs. Wld's parents
AX A/ ,??ld'artd spcnt !4r> and Mrs- A- Stone, St. Marys. .
wJSrSw“ ' h D’- Kln<sbury!B»: Mr; andMrs. Dair Mfrldr assisted—
f ” ! With chores and spent Christo'.:^
t da.s' Ham!& Y'ith Mr, and Mrs. L. Wylds. of'
Larry spent Christmas with Mr, Ripley. •
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