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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
(. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8th, 1954 ‘ :
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Looking backwards
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
Albert and George, had a tryout
ac Toronto Maple Leafs hockeyi
training camp at, Owen Sound.
. Ted Whitby was .appointed
night policeman ht Wingham.
The Maple Leaf Aircraft Cor
poration plajit commenced a con-
tract for the production of elec
tric recordAplayers.. h
Notice of ah appeal was issued
against the judgment declaring
invalid the will of Alexander
MacKenzie. At his death the
eistate lwas valuedl at /approxi-
mately $100,000, a large portion
of which was earmarked as a
perpetual education endowmerit
for boys from Lucknow High
School wishing to advance their
education.
For. all purposes A s h f i e 1 d
Township’s total tax bill, amount
ed to $52,530.07.
Alex Havens coricluded his
contract as mail driver on R. 7,
Lucknow, a route he had driven
for 21 years. He was succeeded
by Earl Cranston;
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Sid Whitby and Bill Webster
were in a car crash/at the Baird
farm west of town; The car, own
ed by Russ Johnstone, was de<
molished and while both.)wore
found unconscious, they, mirac
ulously escaped serious injuries.
<■ Donald MoCharles’ grocery arid
Rathwell ^ ;. Reed’s shoe store
were burglarized; the same night,
but th& loot was small.
Wesley Hudson of Kiriloss died
a short time after suffering, head
injuries -when either trampled or
kicked by the team he was driv-
ing^on the hay rake._____7l___1_
Joe ; AgneW, 5-year-old son of
.Mr. , and Mrs. jE. H. Agnew, suf
fered a knee injury When he ran
into the side of a. car during the
12th/of July celebration here~ 7~
Mrs. Wm. Fraser; passed away
len Years Ago
Gordon McGuire, son: of Mr*
. . and ■ Mrs, ■ W^7S.' - MOGuire^ was
Killed in France on /July 11th
•while serving witli a light anti
aircraft unit, in .support of the
invasion forces, .
. Dr. Jqhn H. White opened a
medicalpractice in the John-
■'/; |SW17/^
In a. judgment handed.down at
Gsgoode Hall; the l^sit will of
the late Alexander.. Mackenzie
EO.. \Alvih,; S>mith|; son of Mr.
and /Mrs. Andy Smith, was re
ported niissing on air operations*.
The Victoria Cross was award
ed posthumously to Fit.-Lieut.
David Hornell; for heroism while
his crew was afloat on the North
*. The Village tax rate was set
at. 40 mills; down 3^ mills from
; 1943,. but which was* more than
. offset by a 15 \ percent increase
in Assessment. :
t.; /Fit. Sergeant Frederick Hal-
denby, son of Mr, and' Mrs. Roy
____Haldeniby—of.. the: Blackhorse, dis.-’
. -trict, was \ listed as presumed
Malcolm Maclnnes, formerly of
<Con. 2, Kinloss/was drowned in
a triple fatality at a summer re
sort near East Tawas. Lawrence
Dyer and his’11-year-Old son also
lost their' lives. Malcolm’s two
children, Ann and David, were
. saved. It was an epic'of parental
heroism as the men struggled to
saye^their childreh,; when’ a leaky
boaf they had . rented, capsized.
George Lane of Ashfield died,
in .Wingham Hospital a few hours
after being tenribly{ burned iri a
L fire that destroyed his barn.
- Stanley Malldugh died sudden
ly at Hamilton. >
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnston
of West Wawanosh. celebrated
their golden wedduig- ~ ~—~—
. z : The famed Chin liper of Bill,
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in her 92nd year at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Tyndall Rob
inson.; -
Ten thousand pd°ple attended
the 12th of July. celebration ip
Lucknow*. Prize, for the oldest
Orangeman went to Wm. Miller,
in his. 94th year and who had
been a member of the Order-for
77 years. His death occurred jin
early October.
Ila Mae Saunders, . lf>-year-old
daughter of Mr. arid Mrs. George
Saunders, died from ^a six-day
illness with pneumonia.
Miss Dorothy Douglas arrived
home on furlough after six years
in Formosa.
.’Mrs, John/McQuillin passed
“awdy^risJ^six-^
death by drowning of her daugh
ter Ruth. , M '
Roy Finlayson’s hitting and a
spectacular catch paced Lucknow
to an 11-inning 6-3 victory over
Chesley in BruCe League play
offs. Lucknow ousted. Port El
gin in two straight, with Jack
Cottrill, Port’s mound ace, re-
ceiving a fractured nose when hit
jby one of Bob Carrick’s speed
balls. Port Elgin protested * the
series on Carrick; but their -pro
test' was not upheld. by the
Q.B.A.A. In the provincial B
pl ay downs Meaford ousted Luck-
riow witBTWarpy Phillips ipitch-"
ing a 1-0 one-hitter in the third
and deciding game in Southamp
ton.
The death of Thomas. Irwin .oc
curred a week after he had suf
fered injuries when thrown from,
thfe buggy/ /
Doris7 Wilkins and Phyllis
Blake were trophy winners at
West Wawanosh and Ashfield
school fairs.
Daniel Rose passed away after
a 14-weeks’ illness from a rup
tured appendix and complica
tions.
... Mrs. Gilbert Hapiiltpn- suffered
afracturedijshoulder.-inaear:ac-_
cident at the Second Concession
while returning from the Fall
Fair./ .
A, R. Finlayson, prominent
businessmanMdiedafterabrief
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Thirty-Five |ears Ago
Nursing Sister Agnes McQuaig
arived. home< from overseas m
mid-summer. ' __ ' . ’
Parkie Wiggins of Dungannon
had his leg broken in a ball game
in Lucknow in connection with
a fourmteam tournament between
Belfast, Lucknow, Ripley and
Lochalsh, which the latter team
won. . xRev. Fulton Irwin came to
Lucknow Methodist church from
Glencoe. • .
A picnic of Lucknowites, re
turned men and their families*
numbering 302 people, held a pic
nic at Point Clark. Fifty-one cars
made the trip.____^_peaee_(}ay_^celebration---was_
held in Lucknow on July 19th.
1 Bertha Blair, daughter, of Mr,
and Mrs. Ashley Blair, died at
Harriston at the age of 17.
H. A. Doupe resigned after #
years as principal of Lucknow
Continuation School, to accept, the,
principalship at Port Credit.
' The 1919 entrance examination.
class at Lucknow included Alex
Murdie, .Robert Andrew, • Evelyn
Lockhart, , Myrtle Webster, Belen
Thompson, Irene Rathwell, Kath-,
leen Hill, Dora .Mitchell, Ruth
McIntosh, Margaret McCallum,
Mary McLean, Annie Johnston,
Gladys Hodgins, Flora Andrew;
Tena Blitzstein, Frances Cain, Is
abel Chesnut, George Fisher,
Verna Hamilton, Martha Hanna,
Alviri Irwin, Jean Kennedy, Chas.
Morrison, William Thompson.
Round trip fare on the Grey
hound from Goderich to Detroit,
was $2.25. 7\
Lucknow’s tax rate was thirty-
five mills. *
Miss Gwendolyn MacLeod ar
rived home from overseas, where
she had been in charge of mov
ing picture’ films used for the
entertainment of United States
soldiers. .
-John-MaeDiarmid-of—Kinloss
bought the residence of* Dr. J.
C. Walk er, veterinarian, who
planned to go to British Col
umbia. ■ ■
Mrs. Reuben Spindler sold her
home to W. G. Andrew and went
to Toronto to reside.
The death occurred of Thomas
Murray* of Langside in . his 81st.
year. He had‘been Kinloss Town
ship auditor for 40 years and
clerk * and treasurer for . seven
■years, :
Reports were . frequent of a
nude or semi-nude man . being
seen at intervals in the vicinity
of Dickie’s.Hill,
’ Mrs. W. J. Taylor and daughter
Lyla -left for’ Detroit to. reside,.
Angus MacDonald died at his
home in Lucknow. in his 91st
year. ’
Laurine Miller won the. baby
-coiitesMaUSt.-Helens-SchooDFair.-
Sixty Years Ago
Revs. John Rose, of Ashfield,
-R»-Sr G, Anderson of St. Helens,
and F. A. McLennan of. South
Kinloss as well as Robert Har
rison of Ashfield, left for St,
Johns, New Brunswick, to attend
the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church.
The Liberal Government of On
tario under Sir Oliver Mowat,
was returned with a reduced*
majority, in South- Bruce, RE,
Truax, Liberal, defeated the Pat
rons of Industry candidate, W.
Valeris, by 131 Votes.
Rev. John Kenner, pastor Of
Ashfield Methodist Circuit for
three years, left for Staffa.. Dur
ing his pastorate Jiere a hew
church was' erected at Blakes and
Hope church cleared of debt. . •
Lawyer Hugh Morri sori was
promoted tp? captain of No. 3
Company; LUcknow,. of the 32nd
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Battalion, succeeding Dr. B?
Grant Jeffers of Chicago.7
•Cameron, Murdoch & Co. were
.advertising;;., corsets in a price
range from 25c up, and Wm. Com.
.riell was .featuring lace‘curtains5
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. Thomas Lawrence buili-a much,
needed stock yards and weigh,
scales at the corner of Havelock
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the•■•G.TJL tracks.
Announcement was made that
W. C. ’ Johnstone had purchased ’
the undertaking and cabinet
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arid..had acquired the..assistance
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Dr, W. A. Hackett of Ashfield ,
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Alex McKenzie, had a barn,
raising on the former McCallum
property, Con, 3, Kinloss. The . <
stone work was done by John
McKenzie and the' framing by
James Henderson. The raising :t
teams were captained by John W
McGarry arid Wm. Lockhart, with
thG former' tearil winning. .
The 48th Highlander’s Pipe
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edonian Games on September 5th.
featuring the drummer boy of
the. Crimea.,
Adam Thompson <was building
a brick home at the corner of.
Wilioughby arid Outram Streets, f
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