HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-08-04, Page 6j>age;six ..THE LUCKNOWSENTINEL, LUCKNOW,ONTARIO
Guelph Firm In Hew Premises,
St. Helens Native Is President
Wellington Motors of Guelph
^recently marked the official op-
’ening of its jiew and modern
’premises at 65 Gordon Streetj
^President and. sales manager . of
the firm is Wilson. Woods, form
erly of St. Helens. His brother
-in-law, Arnold Barbour, is vice-
president and general manager.
” Woods .was born on the
. jfaTm of his parents, Robert: and-
•Sarah Woods,, at St. Helens, and
; received his primary and second
ary education at. St. Helens and
Ducknow. .
Following this he operated his
- own farm in LucknOw until 1930,
when he entered the Ontario Ag
ricultural College. He graduated
, . from the college^in 1936 with his
degree in animal husbandry but
instead of returning to the.farm,
turned to the automotive Indus-
- try. . ;
Mr. Woods travelled to Dundas
where for four years he was a
member of the sales staff of an
^automotive.firm in that area arid
learned the rudiments of 'the
x automobile business;
In 1940 he moved to Guelph,
where, along with Arnold Bar
bour, he ' founded ... Wellington
Motors Ltd. ? in that city* Until
1944, when Mr. Barbour sold his
-automotive initeresits in Fergus -and Elora, Mr. V^oods managed
4hecon^
Following tiie fire that struck
the firm?s premises on June 30,
1952, Mr.. Woods was appointed
.president and Sales manager in
the reorganization of the y com
pany: • .
• Mr. Woods and his wife,: the,
■ former Lena Hackett of Ashfield,
whom he married in 1937, have
two children,Ted and Nancy.
Thirteen-year-old Tpd is now a
student at Victory School in tips,
city and Nancy * who .is 11 years
of age, is attending Central
. ^School.
In spite of the, many hours
that, he must spend in the run-
• . alirig of Wellington Motors, Mr.
Woods finds time to engage in
Janany other city, activities.
He has been an active member
of Waverly Masonic Lodge of
’Guelph since 1940 and is a mein-
ber of the Rose Croix* and Scot
tish Rites orders of the Masonic
■ ■ -Order. ■ ■ • ■. '•
Mr. Woods is a member of
Dublin Street United Church,
taking great interest in the act-
ivities of that church.
He is jalspL „aninterested parr
licipant in curling and since 1940
has been a member of the Guelph
Curling Club.. \
Arnold Barbour, born; in Erin
Township, attended high, school
arid business college at Orange
ville, and has spent his lifetime
in the . Furgus Guelph area in
farming, insurance.and later the
automotive business. .. .
Mrs, Barbour was formerly
Mary Edna Woods of St. Helens?
They wer? married at Erin ^in
1918, and have a daughter Dor
othy, who is now living in Port
Credit where she is married to
Ralph MacMillan, and has two
children.
Wilson woonc
. > Dorothy is a graduate of ttye
Fergus High School and in 1941
received her degree in Horne Ec
onomics from Victoria College of
the University of Toronto. :
Mr. and Mrs. Barbour also
raised their nephew, Robert Phil
lips, from the age of 7 months.
He is at present residing in Ar
thur wherO he is married arid has
three children. *
In addition to his business life,
Mr. Barbour is also actively in
terested in .other phases of the
life of this city. He is a member
of Waverly Masonic Lodge, hav
ing previously been a member of
Mercer Lodge in Fergus for many
years. Mr. Barbour takes an act
ive part in the wprkk of Dublin
Street United Church, and is also
a member of the Kiwanis Club
of Guelph.
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KINGSBRIDGE
Mr. and Mrs, Wrin Hergeriroth-
>er (the former Mary Griffin) of
Chicago, visited at the' Kinney
home during the past week.
. Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Vogt and
babe Ursula of Wyandotte, Mich,
and Mrs. Peter Vogt* fer. of De
troit, Mrs. Michael Mainguth and
< Mr. and Mrs. Van Donmck of De
troit were recent visitors pt the
home of Frank Sullivan.
Mr. arid Mrs. Jos, Reid and Mr.
Victor Finnic of .Toronto spent
. the week-end holiday at James
Wallace home.
Miss Mary Ann Kraemer of
Kitchener, spent the holiday
week-end with her sifter, Mrs.
Gene Frayne arid family.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene O’Keefe
and three children of Hamilton
are visitihg at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jos. O’Keefe;
Sympathy .is extended to Mrs,
Doherty upon the sudden' death
of her Sister, Mrs. Michael Kelly
, of; Bly th, whose,: funeral took
place ori Tuesday morhirtg.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Austin of
Timmins’, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mc
Conville of Toronto* Mr* and Mrs?
, JLen Woodley and babe, of Tor-
onto, andMrs. Ambrose Hartman
and 'Shirley, of Kitchener are On-
joying two “ weeks. hdlidays~^at
. their home .here, • *. 1
Mr. arid Mrs. Cletus Reynolds
and Ann Marie of Sudbury, Joyce
Sims and Nora Reynolds of Tor-
onto were Week-end guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs.’ Ray Dal
ton, , ’' ■ , ' j t.
Mr.. anti Mrs. Dan Ddyle bnd
family of Detroit* Mrs.- Theodore
' . PURPLE GROVE
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A number from here attended
the church service in the Angli
can. Church, Lucknow, when the
Rev. H. L. Jennings preached a
very inspiring sermon “wtQ about
60; members of the Black Knight;
Lodge and Orange^ Order, taking
for the theme df his address “The
history of the Christian Church’’.
Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Towle,
Wiho have been visiting at the
home of Mr. Ralph Hill, left for
Montreal to visit friends in that
city before returning to their
home in Vancouver.
-^CbngratiUatiops^oHMTT—^Mrs-
Lawrence, Stanley who were mar
ried last Saturday.
Mrs, Vina Percy- of Detroit vis
ited' friends around . the Grove
last week,. • t.
Mr. and Mrs. John Emerson at
tended the presentation for Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Glass in Kin
loss school on Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Morley Bushell
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Currie
attended the 19 th Field Regiment
R.C.A. at. Guelph on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Steward of
Millar ton visited at the home of
Mr./Edbert Bushell last week.
.. Grace Louthran of Listowel is
visiting her friend, Brenda Cur-
Tie. ■
Mrs. Donald MpFarlane visited
her mother, Mrs. Jones of Wingr
ham.
■ Mr. Delbert Nixon of Belfast is
visiting at the home of Mr? and
Mrs. John Emerson.—■■......
Mr. Morley Bell arid Alex Mc
Farlane^ and Lome, of Stoney
Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Hector
Knight of Picton were recent vis
itors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald McCosh.
Mr. arid Mirs. Victor Gawley
family visited with Mr. Bert
Brown of Paisley on Sunday:
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Collins re
turned, having spent a few days
in TJOawaT^r^
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relatives.
Foley arid daughter Eileen of
New York, spent the holiday
week-end With relatives here.
’ Miss Helen Bishop of Detroit,
Mrs. Ursula Hebert and George
of Detroit are visiting with rela
tives Here.
Mr,; and Mrs. Gene Dalton and
babe and Mrs. Fletcher of De
troit spent the week-end. with
their
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Brophy and
Mr. Frank Dalton of Goderich
were Sunday visitors here, also
Mr; and Mrs. Earl MacLaren and
Gerry O’Briap of Goderich, en
route to visit Mr and Mrs.,- Carl
Schneider who have a cottage at
Wasaga Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. T, J. Lannan of
over the holiday. Mr. and Mrs.
J. Fitzgerald' and babe and Jos.
Murphy of Listowel, MjsS Reta
vDoherty of Goderich, Miss Maur
een Vassella of London, Mary
Theresa and Frances Martin of
Hamilton, Miss Mary Murphy of
Toronto were, other week-end
visitors.. ;
Mrt. and -Mrs. Gehring and Mr.
arid MfS. Manning of Toronto are
visitors aat’the home df Mr. and
Mt and Mrs. I^eor Glare and
Mrs. Philip,Ryan and children of
Toronto were recent visitors at
the home of Mr. and. Mrs. Walter
Clare. • '' ’
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