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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-01-06, Page 2PAGE TWO . —'I" ' ’■..... ■ "T»— CARS CRASH IN WESTWAWANOSH (ST. HELENS NEWS) Icy roads and poor visibility caused by the high snowbanks ■were blamed for a motor acci­ dent on the 12th Concession cor­ ner north of St. Helens on Sat­ urday afternoon. Earl, .Durnin was turning off the 12th from the west, and Bill MacPherson was going .north when the cqI*- lision occurred. Isahelle MacPher­ son . was thrown against^ie wind- . 'shield receiving fgci^JHJuts which Were treated by Dr? W. V/ Jdhri- .. ston before she was taken to Wingham Hospital where * she spent the week-end.»Other occu­ pants of . the MacPherson car es­ caped with a severe shaking; up, 'but Mr. Durnin suffered injury to his knee requiring medical at­ tention. Both cars were exten­ sively damaged. Rev. George Watt of Dungan­ non will conduct a. baptismal service in the United church next Sunday morning with service commencing at 10.30. Note the, ^change in time. < The ladies are reminded of the meeting of the Women’s Institute at the ’home of Mrs. Ernest Gaurit this Thursday “afternoon at 2.30. Roll call, What health rule did you emphasize to .a child? Young Peoples Union The . Young Peoples meeting took place on January 3rd. The vice president, Murray Taylor, /was in charge. Doris Miller had the topic ‘‘Stewardship & Train­ ing” and was assisted by Bob Lyons and J. D. Durnin. J. D. Durnin read the scripture and Doris Miller had^ a prayer. The guest speaker was Rev. Mr. Scott -7_ from Blvth, who spoke on “Stew- ardship as a way of life and. a. practise of/ Christianity”. , The * meeting Closed with the benedic- . tion? : The St. ^Helens Young Peoples Union held a skating party m . theLucknow arena on December 31st. After skating everyone re­ turned to the church for the lunc,h which Mrs. Frank McQuil- ' lin' and Mrs. Lome Woods had prepared. Following this,, .every­ one joined in a sing-song. St. Helens Happy Haridicrafters The first meeting of the pro- " ject, “Being Well Dressed and/ Well Groomed”, was held at the home of Mrs. MacPhersori, our Clubdeader, on. December~31. The . girls’ club is now known, as a 4-H club. The four H’s stand for Head, Heart; Hands, Health. The following officers were elected:, pres.* Norma Murray; vice pres., "—Isabelle~”MaoPhersoTrr-secretaryr Irma Forster; press reporter, Anne • Todd. Mrs. MacPherson gave notes on plannirig a slip .. and types arid styles of slips. Mrs.-. MacPherson demonstrated how to take measurements. The horne assignments Were given and "a . social time was enjoyed by all. The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Norma Mur­ ray on January 4th at 8 o’clock. ' The .first “Community Night’.’ under the auspices ’ of .the Vfo? me'ri’s Institute was held in the Coplmiiriity Hall on. Monday ev- ' ening with a. large crowd. Mrs. Elwood Barbour, the president, was in the chair for the program which opened with community . singing led by Mrs. Andrew Gaunt with Mrs. Chester Taylor at the piano; Other numbers in­ cluded piano solos by Joyce Mc- Donald7~Norma Forster and Ed— die Gaunt; a solo by Anne Todd; duet by Norma 'Forster yand Lois Miller;, two-part songs and sel- ectibns. by the/rythm band of St. Helens . School arid a short play “Bringing Up Junior” iby pupils of Fordyce School. Dancing was enjoyed to music, by Mr. • George - Stuart, Eldon Milter, Charles Mc- Quillin,, Murray Gaurit with Mrs.- Stuart and Mrs.: Fred McQuillin as accompanists and Bob Lyons ■~™and~-Mrr-Gtflbert-:ealUng-^ff72——-;- The ladies are reminded of the • meeting of the Wbmen’s Institute this. (Thursday) afternoori at the hom£ of Mrs. Erhest Gaunt. ‘ The singing, of Christmas car- : olS' led by Mr. Harvey Sparling_____ ___________ with Mrs. E. W. Rice at.the piano enjoyed under trie direction of . opened the annual Btinday school * Mrs. Sparling; Mrs. Murdie and concert held in the basement of /Mrs. Brown, after which lunch --. the- church^ay wi th-a-prettily—including—ice^ -cream* -brought•-'■•a- lighted Christmas tree, on Wed- very pleasant evening to a close. OBITUARY .-MRS. GEORGE TAYLOR Death came suddenly on Sun­ day to Mrs: George Taylor, Sr., of Lucknow. For a number of years she has suffered from. a diabetic condition and of late years had undergone amputation surgery that included the remov­ al of an arm. These ordeals and suffering she bore with a cheer­ ful light-heartedness that , marked her life and won her admiration for’her forebearance. \ On Sunday she was stricken Avith an acute seizure arid was- taken by; ambulance to Victoria Hospital,' London, where she passed away ^shortly after admit­ tance. . Mrs. Taylor Was in her 62nd year. She was formerly Winnie Louisa Duffin,-and was born at Pol ton, Bedfordshire, England, on October 26th, 1892. She was one of a family of eleven children of John Duffin and Annie.'.Eliza­ beth Chamberlin. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were mar­ ried- at London, Ontario, on March 30th, 1920^ and, since then have resided in Lucknow. The funeral service was held at the Johnstone Funeral Home on Wednesday, afternoon : con­ ducted by Rev. C. A. Winn of- Lucknow Presbyterian Church. Interment was in Soujh Kinloss Cemetery, the pallbearers beings Wilfred Anderson, Virden Mow­ bray, J. C. Armstrong, John Mac­ Donald, Sr., Stewart Lavis and George Whitby., ' . ' .. Besides her husband, Mrs;-Tay­ lor is survived by. one daughter, Mrs. Garnet Henderson (Eyelyn) of Lucknow;^ a son, George, Jr., of Lucknow and four stepsons, Edwin of Clive, Alta.,;-Albert of Toronto and Lewis and Norman of Lucknow. SW“i's“s^ •and three brothers in England, and was predeceased by one bro­ ther, Walter Duffin. LANGS1DE The Y.P.S. met in the church- Monday night at 8.30 p.m. " a . The annual meeting of the church is to be held January 11th at 2 p.m. -.. . Mr. hnd • Mrs. John Crowston and family spent New Years With Mr. and Mrs. Will Kennedy in Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ritchie, Mr.: and u Mrs. Fred : Tiffin, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tiffin spent New Years with Mr. and Mrs. Vic Emerson, Whitechurch. Mr.* arid Mrs. Eugene Conley and family spent New Years with -Myrand—MrS. David Scott.___ MrTWesley Young was re-elect- -ed as trustee at No. 8 annual irieOtirig and Mr. Pat MacMillan re-elected at No. 9. ./ Congratulations to Mr. & *Mrs. Wm. Emmerton who were mar­ ried in , Kincardine New Year’s day. The ibrid e was , formerly ’Elora Crowston Tout, formerly of Langside. They joined the rest bf the family at dinner at the , home of her sister, Mrs. William Kennedy, Wj^ghaim WALKERTON police have hand­ ed out over fifty overnight park­ ing tickets to motorists in that toWn, in an effort to rid the streets of cars for snow plow­ ing operations. The ticket brings an automatic $1,00 fine for. the first offence. nesday evening. The superinten­ dent, Mr. Lome Woods, presided, tor the program which included* choruses by the Juniors and the .senior girls; piano solos by All- son Webb, Joyce McDonald, Mrs. Chester-Taylor and Bob Murdie; Vocal solos by Anne Todd, Gladys McDonald and Phylis Barbour; a duet by Joyce McDonald and Donna Woods; recitations • by Shirley McNeil arid Terry WiL -sen-;-~a—read-ing—by--Margaret-M-il- ler; a flute • number by Terry. Wilson and an amusing skit “Cat Pie” by Bob Lyons, Doriald Tay-. lor, Joe Gaunt, Marvin McDon­ ald, Dick; Curran and Crawford McNeil. Games arid contests were ■ ’ . ■ 4 . • . ■ . . * . * ' THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO FINED ON TWO CHARGES ARISING FROM ACCIDENT- On charges of driving While hi$ ^fejljty was , impaired 3 and dangerous driving, Tom Morrison of Whitechurch was fined $50 and costs on each charge and his license suspended for 30 days. Sentence was imposed by Mag­ istrate Dudley Holmes in police court in Goderich. The charges arose following an WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6th, 1954 a--. accident last September east : of Paying. W notation Lucknow, involving the. E, . . Baker family and in which crash Mr, Baker suffered very serious head injuries. , V I “Keep, the change,, the good old . tSh' Sentinel’s worth more anyway?*.. .'•-i.’n: ............ , Injured In Car Accident ..Mrs. .Oscar Keiffer, R. 1,. Wing­ ham, was admitted to Wingham Hospital on Friday, suffering; vGEE, WE BETTER RAISE IT! 1__r.„_ ............. ——- I lacerations’to the knee, contus-/ A greeting card received dur- ions and shock, received when . ing the holiday season had $3.00 the car driven by her husb»n^r tucked away inside for a year's struck a bridge on the Sixth Uhe; . renewal to the paper, Accom- of Turnberry. • '' 4 1 ft I 1 z 7 •>. SAVING? .rr f 9 W®WWW/S-// um you. SLIPPING • ‘i : OX »»•XX I I kA TkiM’ A As- , aWJL CuW&YYUS/Xy / 9 7 / YU.H So i/nte tH 0£d Y<2xUl Did yoojt xJOAKwyfi ... (H - 7. .... ... . . ■_ ...:. N ou>... w. N Y<hs/c,. pmxx <sjWArntfl. imW :Mp to byip otl^olJc& Race (JUL i^exwt I ■Mbi/ng at"NIYBANK" iw 1354 i • . . . . , ■ . . .. Uickrtow Branch: MURRAY-COUSE, Manager'