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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-03-31, Page 2X 1] rU4 J •>l > 1 ‘ I .* ill a, j A 113.lt | 7.0< 11.01 12,1. ' 3.01 i ■ PAGE TWO . ’ 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. SPECIAL FOR MARCH AND APRIL for average 5 or 6 room .house Wingham, Phone 426 i 7 I i Pn7. -Ch-ief" WHowf. F. Yiuwg, ^rodt/Jle police'fcebd lof thi pd^it itxfeen ' • ' • YetSri.. /Pundite-ifs' founder end dti»id.Hc difector-of the giHi" C.thle'ht i/dtra' end mi ■ s-ugle band soonjored .by1 iSje; A&bciatiarL ’ THE TELEPHONE IS ESSENTIAL TO A COMMUNITY’S SECURITY AND PEACE OF MIND Chief of- Polite declares ’’ Brockville’s popular chief kiibWi from experience the tremendous reassurance people feel’ just knowing that < any hdiir of the day or night they can depend on the telephone in case of need. , ' , ‘ ' : .You may never have to call the’ police. Yet the fact femains^tliat jbu■Vnd'/'ypuf family feel' more “secure — more secure — because of your* telephone.. Peace of mind is an extra value that is part of your ‘ telephone Service: a value that cannot be measured. v • <’ THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OP CANADA f 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 possesses. '•"/■•■ ? 7;; ••7 •’< ■ • ’ -■ 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 i ’ , . . _.. . , I Societies met Tuesday, March 23 1 . iri «*<*"•.« ir\-1 • ’ InP Ai- "Li .. t.quei at '^Londesboro. Those ati- / Omar Brooks, HOI MO ' Mr, and t .. and I first home by* th Assoc a . hal ■ at, Hi eniplt His s ler.- At- .ship ..the. sente a tril ..■■’•"•■• '■was.: Watsi sente the I Mr the ■ //-'choir Harold Adams, Wilbur Brown? i 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 ' ‘ ' ■i.. ■ New, Scotchlite Reflector Emblem Display if proudly! Marks c "careful, driver, soundly injured ' Stick's on irehr bumper — rfeft.ec's Headlights for ixfrd night pro-^- tion. Cohie in fdr ydurs .taaoy. jrr| It 3, Goderich - 80-8 Dungannon 0 STATEFARM INSURANCE ■ Stale Form Mutual ■ Automobile Irifvrohce Cc'npa'-v SVaT« FdJWtrfe hiyrb «ce • ■ Slale Form Fire■_ ■ oha Caiyotfylnpfanu Cd-p'tf**“ ' ' F/orrie Offtce-B/oorniAy/dn, 'is/ir-'f * "b pays to IrtWyottF Stole Form age'’1'