The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-12-15, Page 2*
THS LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIOPAGE TWO
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.WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15th, 1954
Ten YeanAgo
Field Day champions were
George Chin, Wilfred Black/
Helen Mowbray, Beryl Solo
mon.
i Mr, and Mrs. David Erringtorf
celebrated their 50th wedding an
niversary. ;
The 'Lucknow Consumers Co
operative Association filed ap
plication for; a co-operative char
ter.
Donate Blue purchased William .
Bushell’s bakery^at Ripley.
2,396 copies of the Fifth Ration
Book were distributed locally.
FQ. Dawes and LAC. Baldwin
frbm Port Albert Air Navigation
School, were killed when their
Anson bomber crashed ’on' Bob
Purves’ farm two miles south
east, of St. Helens. They were oh
a routine check-up flight after
the plane had undergone repairs*
The two Old Country airmen .
were buried in Maitland Cemet-.
ery, Goderich.
W. Innes Paterson wrote an in- .
terestirig article oh his recollec
tions of “The Dark Day”.
Donald “Dinnie”. MacDonald
was the- first local resident to
make ten blood donations and
received a^ gold pin^
Rev. E. O. . Gallagher, former
I Lucknow rector, accepted a call
as pastor of St. John’s Episcopal
Church at Globe, Arizona.
LOOKING BACKWARDS
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
ian Church Sunday School.
Mrs. James Findlater died in
Toronto, The funeral was held
from the home of her sister, Mrs.
K. McLeod.
George MacKenzie died at his
home north of the G.T.R. station
in his 101st year.
Ashfield "Township Council de
cided to .give a medal and fob to
each returned man from the
Township.
Twenty Years Ago
George , Kennedy was Nobl e
Grand of Lucknow Lodge I.O.O.F.
A Boy Scout troop was organ
ized under the?, leadership of Dr.
R. j. Bowen. Patrol leaders were
Doug Clark; Harold Ritchie, El
liott Webster and Elwood 'Solo
mon. . .A refrigerator car was filled
with foodstuffs at the local" CNR
depot for :s h i p m e ri t to . the
drought-stricken areas in Sask
atchewan. 558 bags of potatoes
were among a great variety of
donations -received- fromthrough-
Out the community.
Mrs; Mathew Sproul was lNoble .
Grand of the-local. Rebekah, lddge.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Garvey of
Kingsbridge celebrated their
gplden wedding.
Mr. Jesse Button died in Wing-
hkm after a lengthy illness. /
Crippled with rheumatism for
^several yfears, the death of Jas.
Agar occurred in his' J77th year.
Fred Carruth, 37, was fatally
injured in a motor accident near
Chatham. He was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Carruth, form^
er Lucknow residents.
Sixty Years Ago
A large barn on Peter Scott’s
farm, Con. 10, Ashfield, was
struck by lightning aqd burned
to the ground.
Special rates and increased
train service was being arranged
from distant points, to bring
spectators to the Caledonian
Games. ,
Mrs, Duncan McKinnon of Con.
4, Kinloss, died at the home of
her son-in-law, Aaron Fitzell of
Holyrood
. Thomas Corrigan, son of Peter’
Corrigan’ of Holyrood; lost his
foot and a portion of his leg,
when the horses started up as he
was making repairs to the binder
which was in gear. His brother
Joe was with him. Drs.-Gordon
and Tennant amputated the
mangled limb below the knee.
Messrs. Berry & Cp. opehed a
drug store in Mrs. Murray’s new
block.
Thirty-Five Years Ago
■ Lieut. Clarence Spence return
ed home from overseas. He was.
with the Imperial Army and had
just completed air force train
ing whqn the Armistice was sign
ed. '
. Rev, S. M.; Whaley of Durham
and a former pastor of St; Helens,
returned., to his old charge to
dedicate a memorial bell.
Ed Racine, after returning from
overseas and, obtaining his; dis
charge, left for a visit to his
parental home in Switzerland,
Mr. , George Mathiespn resigned
after. more than forty years as
superintendent of the Presbyter-
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DUNGANNON STUDENT
WON SECOND AWARD
ies at the University of Toronto,
registered in the engineering
A Dungannon student, Douglas
Reid, has been awarded a second
scholarship, according to an an-
nouncement made by A, R. Scott,
principal of Goderich District
Collegiate Institute.
The County of Huron second
Carter scholarship has been
awarded to Douglas, son of Mr.
'and? Mrs; William' Reid. .The
scholarship is valued at $60.'
Earlier this yfear, Douglas was
awarded a MacKay Scholarship,
valued at $200 for the highest
standing in Upper School exam
inations at the collegiate.
He is now continuing his stud-
course.
Langside W.M.S.
The Langside W.M.S. held their
Christmas meeting at the home
of Mrs. Orr. ' The meeting was
opened with the call to worship
•by the president. Prayers were
given by Mrs, Peter Moffat and
Mrs. Charles Tiffin. Mrs. Lloyd
Moffat read the scripture from
Luke 2. Mrs. Bert Moffat gave
the meditation bn ‘‘TheStar’’’
Reports were given by all sec
retaries. Christmas hymns were
sung and the meeting closed with
the Lord’s prayer in unison.
WINS JUNIOR FARMERS
PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST
•Mrs. Austin Martin of Huron
Township won the Bruce County
Junior; Farmers and' Junior In
stitutes public speaking contest
held recently at Underwood. Her
subject was “Teaching’’. Mrs.
Martin qualified, to enter the
finals to be held in Toronto.
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