HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-06-30, Page 9DUNGANNON
. Th6 Dungannon Women’s Im
stitute held tsheir Jtine meeting
at the home of Mrs. R, Finnigan
on Thursday, evening with the
president hi the chair. The meet
ing opened witb O Canada, and
the Mary >Ste.wart Collect..Twen- j . ---
ty mernbers answered the roll. Members of the legal and medi-
(.•aH,/ -‘A > Canadian Food Rule”,' cal. professions* a prison psychol-
Five visitors were also.••.present;; 9S>st, a clerygman, an educator
The treasurer’s report showed , abd a social worker 'described
satisfactory returns from the* eac^ his oqethod of meeting prob
booth at thtf area - picnic. There!-enfls PQsed by alcoholics. Very
was discussion on attending holi-1 recently the Society for Dentist-,
day week at the O.A.C., Guelph, f°r children, meeting in Tor-:
from July 12 to 16; also the In- onto, had Dr, Bell, medical de
stitute picnic at Harbor Park,' ec.t°r of Toronto’s Shadowbrook
Goderich, on ‘ July 29th. Mrs. Health Foundation, address them
Hodge gave . the motto, “Health °n alcoholism. The same speaker
is wealth, let no:man be a spend- £ave a lecture on the same suib-
thrift”, Current events', were giv-* ject ]ast fall in Convocation Hall
en by . MrS; Fowler* .followed by at a meeting sponsored^ by the
community singing. The topic Hoyal Canadian Institute. The-
was prepared, by Mrs. Harvey pe°Pie ;at large are evidently*
Mole and given by Miss Beth Me-' awakening to the gravity of this
Connell. Mrs. Crozier gave a talk health menace. Alcoholism is the
on the girls’ project and some of fourth most deadly disease in the
the girls showed their slips and w°rld, according to the findings
record books. Mrs. l?opp gave a of World Health Organization,
demonstration on leaving wool-1 ^ranqe» a '^eer and ivine country,
len yarns in scarves, etc. After brabks second in the number of.
'the collection and *The Queen”, alcoholics per' 100,000. of popula
tion. The population of HamiL
ton, Ontario, is_.Jess_by_some;
_ _________ ____ ____f 40^0.00 than, the number of! al-
year-old son Of Mr. and Mrs. Al- "COhblics we have, in Canada. The
vin SherwoodK took suddenly ill combined populations of Owen
on Monday evening artd was rush- Sound, Stratford and Woodstock
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rlj.Rnl/rtd ’ PICKS UP SNAPS TAKEN
'OVER SIX YEARS AGO
combined populations of Owen
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THE voice of temperance
Alcoholism has made the head
lines very frequently,’ of late.
MPPEN DISCUSSION ON ALCO
HOLISM MEETING FEATURE”.
That was a reference to the Can
adian Conference of social work
being held in Toronto in June,
aemuilbllavivxx VXX weaving WUU1-I vyuniVXJ,
len yarns in scarves, etc. After.! ran^s second in the number of.
the hostess served lunch.
Underwent Serious Operation__
“Little Robert Sherwood, seven-
ed to Goderich' Hospital where
he underwent an operation for a
perforated bowel.
NEIGHBORS HELD SEND-OFF
PARTY FOR MRS. GIBSON
does not equal the total number
of alcoholics we. have in Ontario.
These are startling statistics. The
Ontario Government is concern
ed, for it plans to set up 22
clinics in Ontario for the treat
ment of alcoholics.—Advt.
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Mr, and Mrs. Sam Gibson and' — ~ •
family moved last week to their LADIES’ AUXILIARY PICNIC
farm on the Bluewater Highway, HELD AT KINCARDINE
south of Amberley. j ~
. Prior to their departure the The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the
.immediate-neighbor-s-gathered-fqr—Canadian—Legion--hel-d—their~an-
a little “send-off’’ pafiy at which nual picnic^ at Kincardine on
Mrs. Gibson was presented with
two beautiful china cups and
saucers, s
An amusing program featured
the gathering with each of the
eleven ladies present contribut-1
ing a number.
Thursday, June 17th. It was
beautiful picnic weather and the
majority of the crowd took,their
first dip of the season in Lake
Huron.
The contests were .in charge of
6 M . . . i Mrs.;- Ronald Forster & Mrs:»Rob-The *Gibspn home here has been 'ert Macintosh and were as. fol-
purchased by Hugh Sutherland.
in Wingharh
I lows: 3 years and under, girls.
Donna Forster* Sandra Thomp-
|son; boys, Hughie Johnston; six
j years: and Under, girls, Judy. Reid,
/Karen Wasney; boys, Jimmy Mac-
j Naughton; 9 years apd under,
gifls, Trudy Thompson, Judy
Reid; 14 years and under, girls.
Nancy K. Forster; walking race,
Mrs. Jack England, 'Mrs, Bob
Reid; paper plate throw, Mrs. Joe
Wasney, Trudy Thompson; call
ing the cows, Mrs. Ronald For-
OBITUARY
GEORGE E. BOVVER
The death of George Enoch
; Bower occurred
General Hospital on Saturday,
June 19th. He had been in fail
ing health for some time but had
been hospitalized for only a few
days.
Mr. Bower was in his 77th
—year-rJie-grew”to-mTanhuud_here'
and returned to thfe Sepoy Vill
age to spend the latter years of
his life. He was bom at Dres
den in Chatham Township, on
August 22nd, 1877, being a son
of Enoch Bower and Mary Edith
Madden. Enoch Bower was a
■sawyer by trade, and at one time
operated a sawmill at the corner.
of the Gravel Road and 12th Con-!
n cession of Ashfield.
•In . 1903 George Bower arid
Florence , Hambleton were mar
ried in Lucknow and later went
to Western Canada, residing for
a number of years at Veteran,
Alberta. George was a stationery
engineer and’ pattern, maker, and
was a most efficient tradesman.
Upon returning to Lucknow in
1941; he was employed in the
Mapld Leaf Aircraft plant and
then in furniture" making until
- the~"plahr^clbsed;,/ Upon retiring
Mr; Bower spent , much of his
time in the wood-working shop
adjoining his residence..
•He was a member of the
United Church and the funeral
service on Tuesday, June 22nd at,
the MeLennari-lMacKenzie Mem--
Orial Chapel was conducted by
the pastor, Rev* G. . A. ‘ Meikle-
john. Interment, iwas. in , South
Kinloss Cemetery, the pallbear-
fefoX, RoyjJBladc^-J.ohxu-Kilsr
^PatrickrJ; M? Greer, N, E? Wiiv
wstem,.Thomas .Burns^and.J.-ML
"■ JoyriL . ■ - . . •• ■.
Mr; Bower is survived by his
^(yw> a brother, William J.
• ^ower of Lucknow; and a grand-
son, Lawrence Wayne Bower of
K^kland Lake. He whs prede-
ccased by an orily son, Georgfe
Andersoh’Bower, on January 29,
1943.
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ster, Mrs. Herb McQuillin; ball foy a while! Some matters of im-
throw, Mrs. Clair Johnston, Mrs. mediate business were brought
Ronald Forster; kick the slipper, if or ward by Mrs. MacMillam Our
Mrs. Philip pnext meeting is to be July 6th.
Although the' crowd was not
Oliver (too large, everyone went home
i little tired but having
the
Nancy K. Forster*
MacMillan; 100 yard dash, Mrs.
Clair Johnston, . (Mrs. C"
Glenn and Mrs. Jack England, ’ feeling a •]
ties); hop, step and jump, Mrs.' enjoyed ,the afternoon to
Jack England, Nancy K. Forster; limit?
touch toes with wrist, Mrs. John
T. Carruthers; most f
walk, Over 50, Mrs. Herb Me-
Quillin, Mrs. Wm. Buckingham;
oldest member present, Mrs. Car
ruthers; birthday closest tb pic
nic, Judy Reid; driver with larg
est load, Mrs. Peter Johnston.
, Lunch was set out, Grace was
sung and? everything was quiet
ROY JEWELL . . .
Bower, on January 29,
/ Dale Bohnert of Hamilton
a caller in town at the end of
the week and while here dropped
into Umbach’s Drug Store and
picked’ Up a folder of snapshots
1 taken over six years ago. Larry
Downs was proprietor of the drug
store at. that time.
The Bohnert family left Luck
now at that time and the snaps
were never picked up. When in
town last Saturday Dale enquir
ed about them t and to his sur
prise Elmer was able to produce
them.
Dale is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alf Bohnert. The family lived in
the apartment above the theatre
when Alf -was employed in the
furniture .factory. They returned
tc Hanover and subsequently to
Hamilton. Dale, who is now a
jeweller, has an older brother;
Berkley* and a younger brother,
Neil.
Director of Farm Services for CFPt-RacKo meets
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Roy Jewell does a roundup of news items from West
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