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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-02-03, Page 2... Z . ’’r ..’ '...•■’ ' ' * ” '/ •’ *L', *•. .' ' 1 > » I 4* d<c* MntLx\ D;1938 ' i s i y Long-wearing luxury is the big \ ■ ToV: ... ' . * . with Tex-made! made's big boon to your budget! See the beauty of TeX-made,. cur­ rently in ydur favorite store. Feel" ♦he comfort -* buy if — wherever yoU see the Tex-made Sign. : FAGE TWO . tjie mjcoqW TARIQ . 1953 Review From Sentinel Files "j;"’ August 12th \ ? Mrs. Noble Johnston was in* ‘volved/in a motor accident near Kingsville. , The second meeting in 2 weeks' was held in Lucknow, to discuss the proposed, new wing (for Wing­ ham General Hospital. The Liberal Government was swept back into office in the Fed- bfaj election. — LucknowMunicipalCounciLde-^ ferred action on the matter of a $13.000 grant to thie new wing at Wingham , General Hospital. ' September 2nd Lucknow Council approved the $13,000 . grant to Wingham’ Hos^ pital when the board stipulated that it was an active treatment hospital.4 ’ Plans were almost complete for the opening of the new Lucknow District High School/ Lucknoiw Juvenile softball team were pitted against Virgil in the Q.A.S.A. semi-finals. ? / Mr. and Mrs. R. A. (Dick) Tur­ ner left fdr Regina, where they entered . Bible College., for four years' to “^prepare them for , the mission field with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, an. in-, terdenominational organization. JDeathst^ames Pickering, Mrs. Catherine Spindler, Mrs. Wm. R. Martin,; Lauchlin C, • McIver, Thomas Hallam. ' September 9th A portrait of the late Rev. C. H. MacDonald was unveiled in his memory at the David. Perrie Memorial Camp - at Kintail. .. Kinloss. Township passed their grant to the proposed new wing of. Wingham General Hospital. —An informal opening ceremony was conducted in the auditprium of the new Lucknow District High School. The Lucknow merchants’ Labor Day tournament attracted 32 : c , July 22nd ■ \' Alex G. MacIntyre received his B.A. degree* at Oxford Univer­ sity in England. • ■ Miss Dorothy Douglas was hon- , ©red by the Presbyterian congre­ gation in recognition of 25 years’ missionary service. Flying Officer J. H. Barger spent embarkation leave with liis parents before sailing for Ger^ —many-.-, ? ■■ .. ■Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Wall* of Con.6. Kinloss, observed their,. 54th’ wedding anhiversary. •• Deh ths: :Ws. Philip Hogan. Jply 29th A public meeting, was held in the Town Hall for discussion and explanation of the proposed new wing for Wingham General Hos­ pital. ’ / Holyrood Women’s Institute ob­ served their 40th anniversary. Charles McDonagh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack McDonagh of Zion, had his neck fractured in a-div­ ing mishap in London/ Jim Oliver suffered a fractured x pelvis and a badly -fractured] wrist in-a fall frpm-the hay mow at the farm of Mrs. Ernest Wilk­ ins, Ashfield, , August 5th J-/}/ Archie M^cQuillan, 15-year:old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Mac- Qu'illan • of - West Wawanosh, “stole the show*' at the piping competitions at Port Elgin high­ land games. South Kinloss Cemetery "Mem­ orial Gates were dedicated at an impressive ceremony.-— —- Elmer Johnston of Elma. Town- ship, narrowly escaped death When , he, Was Attacked by an enraged bull. ■■<„••• __ _ThedescendentS-Of__the__late_ _ Donald and Murdoch MacDonald, renewed, old ties at their 24th reunion. Deaths: Mrs. James Forster. rinks, .’ s .; Deaths: Mary. MacKenzie, Mrs. Elmer Webster, Dr. Norman Wright,. Miss Grace Richardson, Mrs. Wm. Robinson. ; September 16th Percy Karl Dickson, age 27, of Kincardine, was drowned at Fish­ erman’s., Cove, iClam Lake, - situ­ ated .on the property owned* by Ant Breckles .of town. '■ Mr .and Mrs. W. G. Reed cele­ brated their fortieth, wedding an­ niversary. / ' .-/* An interesting Culbert family reunion wias held at Sunny Acres Tourist Camp, on the. Bluewater highway south of Kincardine, Lucknow* main street was tak­ ing on a new look with the re­ moval of the hydro poles. A parking by-law was drafted by the Lucknow Municipal Coun­ cil. Deaths: Susan Kilpatrick. September 23rd Five members of the E. Baker family were involved a motor accident < with Tom Mor-, rison of Whitechurch. The acci­ dent occurred at a point in front of the farms of Pharis Mathers and Ed McQuillin. Bill Pappas left- town for Brantford <where he is associated with his brother-in-law in the restaurant business. D. A. MacDonald of Lochalsh was presented with a lovely Bible on behalf of the Canada, i Bible Society which he has serv­ ed for a half century. Final plans were rounded out for the Lucknow; Fall Fair.; r -- Deaths: George Shiells, Ernest Buswell. .September 30th .Bob Thompson returned home after spending a year in the Arctic at/Arctic Bay bn the north­ ern shore of Baffin Land. (Continued on Page i) in •r Bank o Lucknow Branch: MURRAY COUSE, Manager ' . • _ u,| — II■■■ ii.mw ,IWTW.-.riT—•• re" -C. 00KI NG BACKWARDS THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES Sixty Year, Ago A. T. Davison was worshipful Al^x K. Milne, a pioneer of . master of the L.Q.L, and Angus McKenzie was secretary. Reu C. Miles was rector of the Anglican Church; Services were • at ■ 11 ,^m>/ anc^ 6.30“ and Sunday School at 2.30 with „ ^m^^^-Ho]naes^s^supeiint&ku ■ dent, \ ?Amotionrwasreeordedon-~the_ village minutes as .a “tribute of respeeband admiration for the retiring Reeve and warden of Bruce, James Bryan”, His succes­ sor to the. reeveship wasit James Lyons. 4 Wm. ..Tayloy sold his farm on the Gravel Road near/ Kinlough to Oliver Johnston. The Marks Bros, were coming to Lucknow. Admission was ,10c V. or 20c for reserved seats. Officers of the Kinloss Branch Agricultural Society (as it was then named) were: president, Peter McKenzie; 1st vice, Wm. Anderson p 2nd vice, Peter Cor­ rigan. Directors;—Ashfield, James Lane, John Jamieson, John Mc­ Intyre, W. Kighley; West Wawa- nosh, Malcolm MacDonald, James Gaunt, W. McQuillin, Walter Wil­ son; . Kihloss,.-Henry Thompson, J. Crowston, Alex Nicholson; Huron, Alex Patterson, James R. McDonald; Lucknow, Jas. Bryan, G. W. Berry, Jas. L. Patterson. The auditors were John G. Mur­ doch and’Wiri. -Connell. Tom Little was ’leaving Luck­ now, having bought a boot and shoe business in Dungannon. Thirty-Five Years Ago Angus Beaton passed away at the home of his. daughter, Mrs. J Pickering, Cpn. 14,j Ashfield, in his 80th year. A- Lucknow Men’s Christian Association was organized to meet in the Council Chamber each Sunday afternobn. Officers were: pres., Dr. G. A. Newton; vice pres., R. H. McQuillin; sec., A. D. Mackenzie;! ireas., G. H. ■Smith. ■ . - Lieut. Ewart Cameron arrived home from overseas. Students Of Form . Ill of Luck­ now Continuation School were, M.. McQuillin, P. Congram,'. J. Mc­ Donald, S. Burns, M. Rathwell, R. Mitchell, N. Thompson, V. Mc­ Lennan, L. Errington, K. Murdie, L. McDonald, H. Durnin, W, An- drew, I. Hamilton, ,C, Douglas. B. Clarkson, G.-McNay, H.' Tre* leaven. : • Jakej-Libei was offering “high­ est Ndw York priqes” for all kinds of raw furs... Influenza claimed, the lives ’of two Ashfield residents, Mrs. Pet­ er ; Austin' and Miss Mamie O’Loughlin, in: her 24th year who was stricken.; wliile, visiting with her aunt, in Goderich. . ’ Millions throughout the world were dying of influenza, which was reported to be the most deadr ly plague. since . the “Black Death”; In Ontario1 there had bben 7,158 deaths' in the past three months; , .. ' ’ ■ ■ ■ • ’ * ’ <4 Twenty Years Ago Mr. and* Mrs.' George Gillies ob-’ served their 67th wedding anni- _ver sa ry„„a t~4h ei r—resi den ce—nor th1- of the C.N.R. depot. ' ’ * Mrs. N. L, Campbell and Lorna- left; on an extended trip to the West; Mrs: Campbell had been a resident of Lucknow, for 71 years, apart, from -four years spent in - ■Manitoba:' /• .■ ’ • j’ ; Mr^ John • Joynt. was . critically ill, wiith his life hanging in the • balance, . ' • • • The local relief committee .de­ creed that in 1.03.4 ho-relief orders , essing a^li.qudr permit of <a , license. ’ . , . . : Mrs. Gordon Ball of Ash field dWhtef;of.' Arihur4 Clifton, died 1 n Goderich. Hospital in her 35th year. ■ ’ - Hunter ..was- elected nres- fdcnt of the 'Agricultural Soc­ iety, succeeding Peter Watsbh, ■ ■> ... ed* his 400th consecutive game .of WEDNESDAY, FEB, 3yd, 1954 ■ ■ hockey with the Naw York Rang­ ers. this, district, died at Guelph at the age of 96. He was ah ardent horticulturist and his flower gar­ den where Philip Stewart now lives is well repiembered by an. earlier generation. . . ■ • . Ten Years Ago Bill Stimson had a - couple, of close calls in Italy from “Jerry’s mortar, bombs”. One tossed him > into the air and he suffered, a" • twisted leg when he “landed”, which put him*out of action for a few days. ? Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eckenswil- ler observed their1 60th wedding anniversary. - ■ Helen’(Ella) Archibald died in Sault Ste. Marie and wias laid to rest in . South Kinloss Cemetery. St. Clair Irwin died suddenly In St. Michael’s Hospital where he was preparing to undergo , a thyroid operation. He was in his 4(lth year. AND DADS MAKUFACr^PlD B T JOHN DICKINSON & CO (CANADA LIMITED i Place Your Order At THE . SENTINEL OFFICE Phone 35, Lucknow FOR BETTER BUYS IR BEDDING. SHOP AT the sign of better living all Over J Canada sheets »< blankets pillow slips triads right here in Canada