The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-10-27, Page 20Reading and
Writing
Helping Your Child
Improve
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'wEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27, 1.94
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YEARS AGO.'
OCTOBER 1966 ,
- Loss and damage was light at
Lucknowpistrict High School from
an early morning break-in.
Rev. Benson Cox, a native. of
Kinloss Township and a retired
Anglican minister who served
various points in Canada and the
United 'States, passed away in his
93rd year.
Miss Jessie MacKay. observed '
her 99th birthday on October '28
and was Lucknow's oldest resident.
Gordon Wall, clerk' of Kinloss
Township for 4 1/2 years, resigned
his position effective the end of
1966. Fraser MacKinnon, treasur-
er of Kinloss Township since the
fall of 1962, was appointed to
assume the combined position of
clerk-treasurer, effective the first
of 1967.
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30 YEARS Apo
OCTOBER 1946
With ideal weather prevailing,
more than two thousand persons
'attended the 81st Lucknow Fall
Fair ' on September 25th. John
Farrish was piesident of the
Society,' and Tory Gregg, roaster of
ceremonies a for the afternoon
'program.
Gordon Taylor, popular you**
druggist in Lucknow, passed away
initis 39th year.
Five Holyrood district young
people had a :narrow escape from
death or serious injury when the
car in which . they were driving
burst into flames after being struck
head-on by a truck. The quintette
included George Colwell, driver
and owner of the a new 1946
Dodge, Mrs. Colwell, Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Hodgins and Gordon
Hodgkinson. The accident
happened about three miles from
Galt.
Effective in Lucknow October
1st, in common with other centres
across the country, the price of milk
ad;.ranced 3 cents, to 15c a quart.
Pints were 8c and cream 17c.
70 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1906
Connell's were advertising
ready-made suits at $4.95, but
worth $7.00.
John Joyit's and A. T.
Davidson's large block of stores
BROOKSIDE
HAPPENINGS
CROSS COUNTRY
A cross country run took ,place at
Point Farm on Wednesday, Octob-
er 20 involving several area
schools. Brookside ,School made a
good' showing and won five of the
eight pennants.
The individual results were as
follows: junior 'girls, Linda Taylor
2nd, Jennifer Drennan .3rd, Peggy
Gibson 4th, Allison Graham 5th;
junior boys, George Alton 1st,
Glenn .Raynard 5th, Ray Martin
7th„ Mike Durnin 8th; intermediate
girls, Collette Kenyon 2nd, Karen
Metzger 3rd, Michele Dickson 5th,
Kathy Little 12th; intermediate
boys, Gerald Cook 2nd, Jim Young
3rd, Bernie Burgsma 4th, Allan
Mc'VVhinney 5th; senior boys,
Eddie Davidson 1st, Karl Morrison
3rd, ,Simon Forster 6th, Brian
Hackett 10th.
The Grade 8 classes, accompan-
ied by Mr, Jewitt and Mr. Liddle,
took a field trip on Friday morning
in to the Museum . in Goderich,,
where they , spent an interesting
and profitable time.
were nearing , completion as was J.
G. Anderson's block which was
under construction. .
A team of horses of James Reid
of Ashfield, driven by a young man.
named 'Bowler, got off the roadway,
at T. H. Treleaven's mill' and the
`horses fell into the mill race. One
horse was saved but the other was
dead when assistance was secured.
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