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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-05-12, Page 2» 7 •1 I ■ 4 THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO * ■I ONTARIO HYDRO AT WORK FOR YOU AND YOURS .... ■ ’ ■ , • V . r ’ PAGE TWO •............... CROWN DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL QUEEN ■ * WHITECHURCH ' Mr. and Mrs. George Weber of Kitchener. spent the^ -week-end with his /brother,* Mr. & Mrs. Carl Weber.; -J *' ’ ' *' ■ Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs., Carl Weber were Mr. Jack Mock of Harriston, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mock and Ken Mock of Listciwel. onto spent the week-end with, her ■. '< „ THOMAS HENDERSON' , Thomas Henderson, 76, form­ erly of Whitechurch, die4 m Lis­ towel Memorial Hospital on Fm day. His sudden death was at­ tributed tp a heart attack. _ . He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hingh David Hendemm His first wife, the former Isabel­ la Jane Purdon, died in 1935. He I married Mary Hammond^in derson was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church, Listowel, Mr. Henderson at one time o^r erated what is now Chapman s Grocery Store „ in Whitechuxch, He sold the business to Charles Whiteman. . .The funeral service- was at Listowel on Monday with inter? ment in Wingham Cemetery. Surviving are six sons, David, Listowel; Robert, Whitechurch; Charles, Toronto; James, Brant­ ford; Lawrence, North Bay and Andrew, Quebec. SON OF RIPLEY POSTMASTER ON LOST AIRCRAFT Sub’-Lt. John A. MacLeod of Ripley was a member of the 4- man crew of the Navy. Avenger aircraft reported missing last week while enroute from Ber­ muda to Summerside, P.E.I. A widespread search was made by air and sea Off the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia,, coast where the air­ craft was thought to have come down. ..John MacLeod, age 22, is the son of Mr. arid; Mrs. J. A. (Gus) MacLeod of Ripley, where his father is postmaster. \ ' ■ J . ' . . ' . 7 V • 7 She: “WhenTwe were7 first? mar- ried, you used to tickle my chin. Do it again”.. . He: “Okay, which one?” : va married Mary xiammonu mMiss Winnifred Farrier of Tor- Iand she died in 1S;52. Mr. Hen- onto spent the week-end with.her ■ ■” •parents, Mr., and Mrs. W, R. Far­ rier. ....... ■ ■JMary Lou, daughter of .Mr. Mrs. Robt., Adams; Sandra April, daughter.ofMir. and Mrs, Chais, Moore and Milton, Russel, son of Mr. and Mrs? Russel Rurdon were baptized in the United .Church on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tichborne of Goderich, Miss Annie Kennedy and Mrs. Dune Kennedy of Wing­ ham and Mr. and ' Mrs. Lome Durnin of St. Helens spent Sun­ day with their mother; Mrs. D. Kennedy. ; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Farrier and family of Wallaceburg spent the week-end /with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Farrier. Mr. and Mrs. Russel .Farrier and Marian and Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Gillespie and family, all of Wingham, visited with; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Farrier on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin McClen- aghan and Michael, of Kitchener and Mr. and Mrs. Irwin McClen- agan & Mary Lou of St. Thomas spent the week-end with their parents, Mr, and Mrs. B. IX Mc- Clenaghan. Mr. and Mrs. F. Tiffin, Mr, & Mrs., C. Tiffin and Mr. and Mrs. R. kitchie visited with their mother, Mrs. M. J. Tiffin at the home of Mr- 'and Mrs. V. Emer­ son. ; • Mrs. MarshaH of Tbronto is visiting with Rev. and Mrs. R. D. A. Currie. * E. S. Watt & Sons are having some work done inthechopping mill this /week. Rev, and Mrs; Geo. Watt and family of Dungannon visited with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Watt. . ■ , ' Mrs. Irene Sparling, Marie Sparling and Ken Damn visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. HrMoore. ■ Miss Olive Terriff, R.N. ;of Listowel, spent a few .days last week with her mother, Mrs. mJ Ross, . Mrs. , Gib Gillespie; Miss Olive T-erriff, R.N. and Mrs. Pocock, graduates of Wingham Hospital,- were among the Wingham nurs­ ing staff to attend the Florence, Nightingale services held in St. James'United Church, Exfeter, on Sunday evening. They all went through the new hospital at Ex­ eter after church service and a social half hour was enjoyed. Miss Shirley Perkins of Wing­ ham visited With Rev. and Mrs. R. D. A. Currie on Thursday ev­ ening. Lucknow District High School auditorium was the scene of the season’s smartest dance on Friday night, when the Students staged their annual bairin association with Cadet inspection exer­ cises held the previous day; Highlight of the* evening was' the ’ crowning of Miss Helen Weiler, a Grade 12 student/ as Queen of The School. Helen is the daughter of Mr; ■. and Mrs. Joseph Weiler, Second Concession. She is shown being crowned by Miss Audrey Ross, daughter of ,Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ross of Lochalsh. Audrey was a close, contestant for<the Crown. > zion:'';;;.' Hairies of Windham. » Mr. and Mrs. George Hunter j Mr. and Mrs. Bob Macintosh, Visited Sunday With Mr. & Mrs. I Mr. and Mrs. John McKinnon & Jack Bradley. family, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hun- Mr.- and Mrs. Harvey Ritchie; ter & family Visited Sunday With visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Will Hunter. a'........' ' - ; NO.IN A SERIES ... YOUR HYDRO AT WORK FOR; YOU AND YOURS YOUR HYDRO ^^1 Power, supplied by Ontario Hydro is the vital factor in making the Province’s in­ dustry the Colossus that it is today. The 19,913,540,926 kilowatthours of electricity supplied to the Province in71953 by ^^Ohtarid Hydro was equivalent to a labour force of 88,500,000 men? Few indeed are the industrial activities that are not dependent on electricity and many of todays wonder products are possible only because of the magic of Hydro power. More versatile than any ’other form of energy, electricity supplies industry with light, power, heat and control in a wide \ range of applications. Here is. another 7'^‘-y^Xariiple.;0f\'^<..?.. 1 •IM- I.E Information concerning Ontario Hydro can> be obtained by writing . to your Hydro Chairman, 620 University Avenue, Toronto. ■ ...................... .................. '■ ■ -ifi- -n:7 7'. vers were placed a;t the yy the- Gillies family in WEDNESDAY, MAY 12th, . 19$4 MARK RE-OPENING AT WHITECHURCH (WHITECHURCH NEWS) A large crowd attended the Sunday .morning service at the , re-openirig; of Chalmer’s Presby­ terian. Church in Whitechurcii when Rev. R. D. A. Currie preach­ ed a service for ri three-fold pur­ pose—-that of dedication, bapt­ ism and Mother’s Day. ■, • Services have been held in the school room while the interior of the church was being re-dec- Orated. ~ , Due to a bequest left to the church by the late Mrs. C. VE.. Murray, Mrs. Johnston Conn de- . t dicated a /baptismal font and four collection plates, purchased with part of the money. Her. daughter, Miss' Ruby Conn of Wingham, then uriyeiled them, and Rev. . Currie led in prayer. Mr. John McGee of Calvin, sang the dedi- . cation hymn, No. 310. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs; Hugh Simpson, Anne Darlene, was then baptized at the new- font. She w’ore her grandfather Simpson s gown'in which he was christened* 78 years ago. During the service . Kathleen and Mary Margaret Fisher sang the duet, “My Mother’s Bible”. Rev. Currie, preached a most in­ spiring sermon on the Home and its place in the spiritual upbring­ ing. Flowers were placed a;t the altar ^y the- Gillies family in memory of their parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. David Gillies and were later presented to Mrs. . David Kennedy. Mrs. Annie Struthers of Luck- ’ -now rhas ^pent--the- past week - with her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Simpson. Mrs. Struthers, Mr. Gordon: Struthers arid son Doug ofSt7“Helens;MrrandMrs7Wm~ Simpson and son Doug of Culross. sperrt Sunday at. the home of Mr. Hugh Siiripson arid attended the baptismal service for little Anne - Darlene on Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon and family of Harrison visited at the home of Mr. Wm. Forster on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Wall of Langside spent a day last week With their soih Mr. arid Mrs. ha Wall.’ - • - - Mr. and Mrs. David Gillies and L.D.H.S2_NEWS A Queen is Crowned Highlight of the Daffydil Tyme held on the evening of May 7th.. was’the crowning of the L.D.H.S. Queen of the year, Miss Helen Weiler. Never did such a charm­ ing, and lovely, queen grace a -throne.—Her-_court_-consisted_of_ Audrey Rbss, first in line to the throne, and attendants Gladys. Kilpatrick and Laurine MacNain. Congratulations are due to Queen Helen. r Dancing was' from 9.00 to, 100 in the school auditorium. Ex- . students, students from other 4ocal schools and the School Board were honored gUests^The dance music was supplied by the “Esquires”, who made their first . appearance locally. During lunch, the Four Lucknow Lads (John Helm, Dale Haldenby, Ken Mac- Nay, George Anderson) sang three pieces accompanied by Mr. . Harvey Bride on the piano.* A very’ delicious lunch of sand-, wiches, coffee and cake was ser/’* ved. (. • ' ° YelloW and green streamers radiated from the walls io con- , verge at the centre from where an iriimense daffodil hung. At the , entrance to the auditorium stood a white arbour which was suit­ ably decorated with daffodils., Credit is due to all who labored with the;, decorations./’ . In the statue dance Marie Dun­ can and Barry Hackett proved to be the most .irtunoibile aftert the music stopped and so won first prize.’ Beverley Ashton and'Kh o. dance Audrey Stanley and Bih' Gibson^lby^-a-^stroke b£...fafe...3ye,rt:y.r.;. standing near the west’basketball basket and as a result won ’first pri?,e. . .The formal gowns of. the ^irls were "a /beautiful sight but, un­ fortunately; the boys just forgot their; tuxedoes. However, , all ele­ ments combined to .make this dance the most successful of the season. : ’ ' •, ’