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OBITUARY
JANE BOWMAN
The death of Miss Jane Bow
man occurred at her home in
Lucknow abodt seven o’clock on
Monday morning, She was in her
88th year, but despite her age
had enjoyed comparatively, good
health, and had cared for her
brother, Adam Bowman, who has
been bedfast fur -.over five
months. . Ar ' ‘
L<^ Rwman suffereda weak
spell last Thursday morning, and
with complications developing,
' . thfe<end came quickly.
She was a, daughter of James
- Bowman and Annie Frances Mor-
reU, pioneer residents of Con
cession 10, Ashfield Township,
where Jane was born oh Novem
ber 15th, 1886. The family moved
to Lucknow when Jane was .'a
young woman, and she has re-
sided in Lucknow, - and in the
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1954
same home, for over sixty years.
She was a dressmaker, very cap
able and obliging, and by her
quiet, unassuming manner,’ and
her kindly smile, she made many
friends,
She was a faithful member of
Lucknow Presbyterian Church
and was a life member of- the
Women’s Missionary Society.^
The funeral. service, was held
at the McLennan-MacKenzie fun
eral home on Wednesday after-
-nobn”Conducted“by^Rev_Charles_
A. Winn- .interment was in
GreenhillCemetery,lthepallbear-
ers being Wm. G, Webster, Jim
Henderson, W. W. Hill, Roy Cul
bert, Donald McCharles and In
nes MacSweeri. ? ■
Miss Bowman is survived iby
her brother Adam, a niece, Mrs,
Jessie Carter of Clandeboye and
a -nephew, Wm, Buckingham of
Belfast.
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FAMILY HEARS OF
SON IN THE WEST ■
The Chisholm family of xCon.
4; West Wawanosh, were pleas,
antly surprised, on Saturday af»
Ternoon* when a man from near
Big Valley, Alberta, paid them..
an • unannounced visit, He was/ -r
Mr. L, Grant and was accom
panied by his son Ros-s. They are
co-owpers of the Grant Construc
tion Co. of' Fenn, Alberta.
Two years ago they bought a
-crusher’and-truck-from-the. Sandy*----
Construction
car at. Goderich and taken by/ *■
rail to Western Canada, but the
truck was driven out by Ronald
Chisholm accompanied by ;Clay
ton Rouse of Tare, It took al*,
most a week to complete the
trip. They found the Ontario
roads good motoring < but after
crossing the' border-line to Man
itoba, the travelling was much
slower. -
Ron stayed with the Grants' for
the greater part of four months
as one. of their truck drivers and
as they didn’t guarantee work-
during the winter ; months, be
sought: work with the Gulf Oil
Co. and has been with them eve//'
since and having a few: promo- ■ ;
tions to his. credit is doing very
well. • 1 'r .
Mr. Grant told, the family he
sees Ron every^eek and refer
red Especially to one of his con-
tacts wih him around the latter
part of January. Ron was ninety
feet in the air on a derrick and
that day the temperature Was 57
degrees below zer<j). He. under
stood he is planning a trip home .
during his vacation - this year.
Last year he went on a 4000-mile0
outing, up the Alaska Highv&ay
and' through British Columbia ,_to_._ /
see the mountains in all' their
splendour, the -beauties of the :
Okanagan Valley and, the. many.
lovely sights the coastal province
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WAWANOSH BREEDER SOLD
TWO BULLS AT ONT. SALE
Some 265 head Of Ontario's
finest beef bulls went under the
hammer at the recent Ontario
Show jhad Sale of beef bulls. To- ...
tab entries numbered-363 but 26 .
head were withdrawn and 72
culled before* the sale •
Shorthorns led in trie number '
of offerings with 132 animals
changing ownership, Hercfords
were second with 92 sales being ■
registered. Sales of .Angus .total,
led 41. :
dress Qf best wishes and Mrs,
M^son McAUister presented them,
with a purse of money on behmf
of jhe congregation. Both made
very stiitable reply> Lunch was
served by the ladies m the bas?-
ment. ■ - "4> 5 ,
The Dungannon United church
Y2P.U. met Monday, night Mar
garet Joy Durnin, convener fPT
Stewardship and Training, was: in
charge, Aifiter the opening/hymn
a dialogue on ‘‘Importmice of
Prayer and Worship in Life ,’ wa§
"gfverr by Margaret—Joyr—'Noima_.
Fentland and Marilyn Anderson,
/ftrn^s^ecid^t-to/sponsoi—A_play_ L
“Deacon Dubbs” by the Bayfield
Y.P.U. Mention was also*, made
of the coming Easter:Sunrise ser
vice. Games were conducted by
Lillian Popp.
Mrs. Cecil Blake Is
New W,I, President .
The regular meeting of Dum
gahnon Women’s Institute met at
the home of Mrs. Lome I vers.
■Mrs. Omar Brooks . presided,
Twenty members were, present
and .paid annual fees. There were.
3 visitors. A donation .of ^15Mwas
.voted to ‘Aid to Korean Widows’.
The. visiting committee gave the
annual report/ 21 calls having
been made. Conveners- of stand-,
ing committees gave their, re
ports. Mrs. Durnin Phillips, Dis
trict President, conducted the el
ection of officers for 1954-55 as
follow’s: pres., Mrs. Cecil Blake;
1st vice, Mrs. Dick Kilpatrick;
2nd vice, Mrs. Lome Hasty; sec.-
treas., Mrs/K. K. Dawson; pian
ists, Mrs. D7 Phillips, Mrs. W. A..
Culbert; press sec., Mrs. R. Fin-
tiigah; District Director, Mrs. O,
Brooks; branch directors/ Mrs.
Harvey Alton, Mrs. Herb Stoth-
ers, Mrs. Clifford Crozier; audi
tors, Mrs. Wilfred Pentland,..Mrs.
iGadl^itt^Finnigafrr hospitaliza
tion, Mrs, Wilbur Brown; stand
ing committee Conveners: Agri
culture and Canadian Industry,
Mrsf^-C^Grozier /-Citizenship and7
Education, Mrs^R. Irvin; Histor
ical Research,. Mrs. L. I vers; Cur
rentEvents, Mrs. Chas. Fowler;
Community Activities and,Public
Relations, Mrs. H. Alton; Home
Economics “and Health, Mrs. H;
Mole; Resolutions, Mrs. E. Er-
rington. Mr.‘ Montgomery, agri
cultural representative, was the
guest speaker and gave a talk
on “Agriculture and how ; it ap
plies to pur country!/ He stressed
(land) soil conservation as well
as 'the contribution we, as s.indi/
viduals give. Mrs.. Brooks thanks
ed the ’speaker for his time and
expressed a wish that we might
hear from -him'.at, a later .date.; Another highlight of the evening/' 7 The 1953 sale saw . 119 Shurt-
--was the, displaymg-^of a -f-ayorite ^hbrns, 95-Herefbrds and 35 Annis •
cookie recipe and sample brought ‘ being offered. '
by each. m®nber present. Re-! ; Average price, for |he 1954 sale
jclpes were exchanged and a box | was $437.65 for . Shprthoi-ns;
j of cookies was sent to a member4j$548iP4 for Herefords and $43'3.66
Q. BROOKS HEADS
DUNGANNON FAIR
{DUNGANNON NEWS)
. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McPher
son and little daughter pf God
erich and Mrs. H. R. Currie pf
Dayton, Ohio, were Sunday vi§L
tors with lilr. and Mrs. Durnin
Phillips. • > ’ .. ,
Mrs. J. J, Ryan returned home
last week after an operation at
Seaforth Hospital. We ire glad to
know her conditidn^is improving.-
Mr. Toni Culbert, -4th,'of9 Ash-
iiild. who waa~ririL7the "Western
Provinces last year, joined lbs
Navy in January and. is stationed
at' Cornwallis, , Nova Scotia. He
will have a mbnth’s furlough this
summer and-will be'back to see
everybody. '
Miss Clara Sproiil and Mr, • and
Mrs. J, D. Hesson, Stratford, were
week-end , visitors with Misses
Rebiha and Nettie Sproul, .
Mrs. Gordon Kidd, Islington,
returned home "Sunday after
spending a couple of weeks at
the parental home of ‘ Mr. and
Mrs, J. J. Ryan.
Sunbeam Club of the 2nd
a successful euchre
party of ,15 tables at S.S. No. 1.7,.
West Wawanosh, on Wednesday,
night High ;winners • were Mrs,
Harvey Anderson and Mr. Arnold
Stothers. The second highest win
ners were Mrs. Russel Brindley
and P.ave Sproul. Consolations
went to Mirs; Arnold Stothers &
Allan Reed. Miss Marjorie Young
held the lucky ticket on a quilt
that was drawn^by little Bonnie
Culbert, daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Eldon Culbert.'■/: ■
Visitors for 4he week-end with
Mrs. A. Morris were Mr. & Mrs.
AmdeispnJ^gfo^ and
Mr, and’ Mrs. Harold Mugford,
Donny and Wayne of Detroit and
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Drennan &
Reta of Bright’s Grove. Reta re*
^longer visit, while
convalescing after an operation.
The annual agricultural meet
ing was held Thursday evening,
with a larger attendance than
usual Mr. Howard Sproul, pres
ident for the past two years, gave
a brief outline of the activities
during that time and thanked his
loyaR supporters. Mr, Cecil Blake
acted as,,chairman Mr. Marvin
Durnin, who has been secretary
for tfye past 18 years, reviewed
the financial standing and mark
ed progress has been experienced.
Howard Sproul made a few sug
gestions for likely improvements
this year on the grounds, such as
moving the present barn back- to
the fences, and enlarging it for
ihore horses. . WoTk will be done-
on the track, such as draining and
other improvement; a new judges
stand Will be built. The officers’
are as follows: Pres, for 1.954. and _ _ _ ___ L_______ __ ________ _ ____________
1955, Omar Brooks; sec.-treas., Lon the. sick list/ Mrs. Brooks! forAngus/ These figures com-
, Marvin Durnin; 1st vice pres., rwelcomed.^the new. president,. Mrs. pare with $519.96; $547.54 and
.Alvin $herwood; 2nd vice. pres., j 0. Bla^ all .mem 7 $558.57 respectively in 19o3. To--.
Mel Dickson; track committee: nbers for the -e/lendid” cb-opera- \ tai average* price for all breeds.
.Reg McGee,.. H.O. Jeriry, Ben ■ tion during her term as .oresident..! at the recent sale was $464.9.4 as.
Goldthbrpe.^OmarJBrqoksy Alvin J ■ Soyn,e 75 Young pe6^ from compared to ,$535.92 in. 1953
SherWood, Eldon Culbert; may^Loridesboro/Blyth, Goderich, St.j Andrew Gaunt of St. Helens.,
^Helens, Nile,' Ashfield' and ,Dun-|c'
I gannon gathered for the monthly11
iZone rally in Dungannor^.United
Allan Reed- Associate directors ; 2hurc^ on. Tuesday of'last week/,
i’Dunn8 the evening, of inspiratioh, i Gordon Saunders, George .Saund- ffeyow'Ship, recreation, s t u d y j
ers, Cecil Blake, Frank Pentland,
Bill CuIEert;___Wilbur Bfown. ■ ■was h®ld- When
> Arnold Stothers, Tom Culbert, H. ■ ut, nTAC7’ .77In The Fall.Pair itf eet for ?h ?f.Blyth,. Jack Webster of
. A. .i . ■honn^.lona Griffith was iud/d :
• ’ A faver4^ HaiAcrafinn.rrf . ^7“^ -T 7‘. : ■* ’7:-i7
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I Societies met Tuesday, March 23
1 . iri «*<*"•.« ir\-1 • ’ InP Ai- "Li ..
t.quei at '^Londesboro. Those ati-
/ Omar Brooks,
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Tnm nnlhprt'H..*?1** Walpole and Iona Griff-1
a Jerry. Tho Fall-Fair is set'for JacK,
-i .. . i .. . .. 1 : Londesboro-. competed 'for the,
— .7?. ... ;■>-—'Ju—fudged :
.. A large delegation.of presidents the winner in the close cont^t-
'Worship led.by Ashfield Y.P;U..i
i »7 :7' C -V' • 'vas a fitting close to that part'jfor the annual.meeting and ban- pf the Evening's activities, and'
j.quet at .Lpndesboro..-Those at-.-tras1 followed.-bv lunch 7
' I tending from Dungannon .were Mr. Mel'ReW of Tornio iwas '
j Qmar Brooks, Marvin Dutnin.'-faome ,for the week-end. ■ 7
• (Mel Dickson. Mrs. O. Brooks.and JL-S. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Gard/'
her. who'had spent'■ the Winter.'
.. .■with ■. their ;sister,:. Mrsf .Albert
Camp-zell, Auburn returned home';
W-.....Mb,'...: /md.; Ml--' .77
Mrs. Herb Finnigan.' . :
’Farewell Presentation .To
itev. ahd MrS. & A; Wiiin
Erskme . Presoyterian Church' on , Wednesday of last week.
' night of ’last week- fir"a-’social' Ga<ish:7 scent a few days
..with .•; at.: «•"«.. j/oth//
and presentation to Rev. . C. Al ..George, podges'. '
*and".MTs, Winn who-'will leave V' Miss Flora* Durhim Edmb ecoh---
■■ shortly.-forhew'Charge at’:r>iJtie. 'r-mist/w^ h’we for' a' -■A short program was enjoyed in. .-week' with ’her oareb? Mf and ■
eluding, .an ‘ organ selection by Mbs.- R. J, Durnin and left. Fri
'Barb'S/a Wilson* solbs by; day vise s a-t‘Jewell7 Reed and Margaret Black -poy's. fia-F M •'5> at Col‘
ahd' a violin selection by Elmo'r ■ ' ■ ■ .....-.L.......-,.......
. Reed, ^dconipahied at' the. piand' ■ -She .toqk hum .for better' or for/' by her mo^Cr, Mrs. Allan Reed. ■ worse,, but he -was Worse than -
u{ .Herb ^tethers read an ad- -ghe took’ him ' ‘ '
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Stick's on irehr bumper — rfeft.ec's
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