The Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-01-30, Page 2Alexander MacKenzie celebrated his.95th
birthday Saturday. A native of Kinloss
Township, Mr. MacKenzie moved into
Lucknow in 1959. He has one daughter,
Kathleen [Mrs. Farish Moffat] of Wing-
ham, one grandson Gordon of Oakvi)le and
three great grandchildren.
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His grandfather died in 1881 :and Ads
grandmother and three of the "unmarried
girls" stayed, on the.farm'for a few yeari. In
July-of 1900. his grandmother died and the
three girls moved to Lucknow, His father
took Possessien of the rest of 'the farm in
1902. It was in the MacKenzie name, for 112
years until Alexander sold it. to a neighbour
in 1966,
He married. Sarah Elliot of Holyrood
1915 and they had one daughter Kathleen
. Farish Moffat) of Wingham. Mrs..
years and would give, the Sermon Ooth
English and Gaelic. "1 used to tnke`,InY
grandmother inthe horse and buggy to hear
the Gaelic," he said.
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BY DON HAM
Alexander • MacKenzie was a little miffed
Friday 'when he couldn't pick up any Bobbie
Burns music on either the radio or television.
`qremeraber when people 'used to come
from,' all over, in any weather, to the Bobbie
,Burns ,Day dance at the town hail,. They'd
;come by horse • and • cutter despite the
weatherr he said. •
'Mr. MacKenzie has too good reasons to
remember Bobbie Burns, the great Scots
''bard. First, his grandfather came'Ito Canada
' froin the highlands of Scotland' in 1861,
Second, Mr. MacKenzie's birthday falls on.
r _'._Jan._,26,1he_ day after Bobbie Burns; Day_.,
Mr. MacKenzie was 95 on Saturday
MacKenzie's
.
In 1851, when Mr. grand-
father came to Canada with his wife and
"three or four" children, they lived in
Puslinch Township south of Guelph. ,
In 1854, , however, there was a big land
sale for the*County of Bruce in Southampton.
The ex-Highlander made the,trek by foot up'
to Southampton where lie purchased 100
acres, Lot 211, on the fourth concession of
Kinloss Township for seven shillings and
sixpence, the acre (about $1.57L
Wben Alexander's father, John, grew to
"Young manhood", his father gave hint the
east 50 acres of the farm. After he married,
John fanned there a while before his:father•
offered him an additional 10 acres of. Un-
cleared bush at the back of the west 50;
A sin0 shanty was the bush and •
the east SO was rented to Bob Quinn- for a
feW years.
It was in that small shanty that Alexander
was born. in 1885. " --- •
"There were different families starting up
in the bush then," said Alexander,' "Iisually,
they'd have a little stable where they'd keep
a cow or two and maybe a rail pen with a pig
for their own use. ,
and .drove untaids his' year., "I wctild have
• likettto have had itAil I was ,94)," he said. "I
neveif had an,:accident. arid 'I I' had nnly fent
cari:itt 411' thafthne."'
mac4,en*ie served on Kinloss Town-
chip CounciLircun. 1932 22_1947_,and
Kinloss reeve for the 1947-48 term. For
many years, 'he was a director of Bruce
County. Plowman's Association. . ,
As well as farthing, Mr. MacKenzie droVe
the cream truck for the Teeswater Creamery
for two years and in 1931 he went to Grand
Valley for a year where he worked on the
largest single-span bridge in Ontario at that
time. , - • •
One day a „ man was looking out the
window of his cabin. It was.. a Sunday. He
had a pig in -the cedar rail pen 'beside the'
stable and in those dayS there were bears
and deer all 'through the bush. ,
"He saw a bear coming after his pig but
even though he had a gun, it .was Sunday
and he was a religious man. He wouldn't
shoot the bear and it ,got his pig. That's a
true story' my father tact me.'?
AleXander's grlandfather's brother„was
minister at the South Kinloss Church for 25
- MacKenzie died 'I mind when there were no paved streets in the fall of 1930.
Mr.- MacKenzie got his first car in 1917 " Turn to page 4.
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billion to Ontario hospitals this year, up $164
million over the last fiscal year.
'The provincial budget palls for an increase
of nine per cent on all hospital out-patient
services, plus an additional one per cent •for
a total of 10 per cent on out-patient services
in hospitals where the Ministry's active-
treatment bed guidelines have been achiev-
ed; an increase of 8.5 per cent on all hospital
programs providing chronic, convalescent or
rehabilitatiVe care; an increase of 8.5 per
cent on active-treatment in-patient service in
small hospitals having 50 or fewer approved '
beds or whose net-budget last year was $2
million or less; a 7.5 per cent increase on
activeAreatmentin-patient service in ,hospit-
als larger than those described above.
In announcing the budget, yealth Min-
inter Dennis Timbrell said the budget
planning this year "continues the Ministry's
thrust toward the best use of in-patient
hospital beds while encouraging alternative
forms of care."
The trend toward alternatives is accen-
tuated. in Ontario by the aging of the
populatiOn 'and the decline of the birthrate,
he said.
"These two factors are .a challenge to our
, capability of dealing with chronic and
degenerative illness, Our planning last year
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Bed numbers, in the province have not
changed. Their use has changed, according
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