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The Fastest Gun In The West Joins With
The Most Brutal Hands In The East!
MIRAN
AND THE .
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ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
ON WITH
THE NEW
•The Amberley-Huron Snowmo-
bile Club helped bring in the New .
Year with their annual New Years
Eve Party at Reid's Corner's Hall.
Disc Jockey, Brian Elsmlie was
--unable to come but Doug Blewett
and Bill Baxter saved the night
with his tapes, records and
amplifier system.
Everyone see ied to have had a
fairly good ti e, there was a
surprisingly goo turn out. Lunch
and hats were ade -by the lady
executives along with Mary Baxter.
Also a run was held on the 29th
of December with a soup pot at the
end of the trail. Bob Lyell and
George Dunseith attended the fire
while Doug Blewett headed the
run.
NO MORE WASHBOARD TRAILS
We have purchased a machine '
this year for grooming the trails. It
does a super job as most trails
would be unusable due to the heavy
traffic and heavy snow fall. Signs
were also erected by the club.
Wishing you all a happy and safe
snowmobile year from the execu-
tive.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1977
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Whitechurch United Church
Christmas concert was held in the
church Friday evening, December
17.
The opening recitation was given
by Richard Moore. All sang the
carol "0 come all ye faithful". The
youth choir sang Go tell 'it on the
mountain and Shepherd -s in the
field abiding. Recitations were
given, Merry Christmas by Kim
Laidlaw and Baa Baa Black Sheep
by Lisa Chapman.
A play Candles was given by
Nancy Quipp, Karen Quipp, Linda
Moore, Cindy Moore, Kim and
Janet Laidlaw and all sang Joy to -
the world. Jack Whytock played a
violin solo accompanied by pianist
Mrs. Garnet Farrier, who was the
pianist for the evening. Janet
Laidlaw gave a reading.
Bells was played by Kenny and
Calvin Quipp, Jack , Whytock,
Nancy and Karen Quipp and Linda
and Cindy Moore. The Quipp*
family sang Up on the house top.
The choir sang Home for the
holidays and Jingle bell rock.
The offering was received and
dedicated by Rev. Wilena Brown.
The Sunday School is sponsoring a
little girl in Brazil and this was to
support her. Jack Whytock gave a
reading.
A skit, Jack in the Box, was
given by Cindy and Linda Moore,.
Nancy and Karen Quipp. Murray
Gibb, Richard Moore, Kenny' and
'Calvin Quipp. Janet Laidlaw
played Star of the East on the
clarinet. Cindy Moore sang a solo.
Jack Whytock followed with violin
.solos.
The Nativity PI4Y, The Greatest
Gift of All, was played by Linda
Moore, Cindy Moore, Janet Laid-
law, Nancy and Karen Quipp and
all sang Joy to the World.
The choir sang Here Comes
Santa Claus and the jolly old fellow
arrived at the close of the song.
With the help of the Sunday
School, Santa went to work and-
quickly distributed the gifts to old
and young and left as quickly as he
had arrived. •
10 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 1967
Lucknow police were investigat-
ing a New Year's Eve accident
which shifted the west wall of the
Lucknow District High School as
much as 4 inches, in one place. It
appeared that some New Year's
revelry included the wheeling of a
car into the west side of the school
building.
The law firm of Crawford,
Shepherd and Mill of . Wingham
purchased the legal portion of the
Ripley business of Ross Marty-n.
Mr. Martyn retained and continued
to operate the general insurance,
bonds and investment portion of
the business with the Wingham
firm handling the estate and real
estate Vart.
Gas and oil "fever" had again
hit this area, with drilling being
carried out in the St. Helens area of
West Wawanosh.
30 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 1947
Service badges were presented
to Mrs. A. E. McKim and Mrs.
Wm. Hornell for long and faithful
service to the Red Cross Society.
Fire destroyed the farm home,
and most of the contents, of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Laidlaw of second
concession, Kinloss.
Muriel Blake, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs.Ernest Blake ofAshfield,
passed awayin her 27th year. Nine
years 'preirously, September 1937
at the age of 17 years, Muriel
contracted poliomyelitis, that dread
disease that had reached epidemic
proportions in the Province but
which was the first case in this
community.
W. J. Little, Lucknow, observed
his 95th birthday.
Official weather observations
listed the 'December '1946 low at 4
above zero and the high at 59.
dettees. Rainfall .measured 1.29
inches and snowfall 29 inches, and
only one complete day of sunshine
in, the thirty-one.
50 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 192'7
The large "snowy" 'or Arctic
owls, which in this part were •
considered a rarity, were reported
quite plentiful. These beautiful
winged creatures 'were reported to
have been seen in many parts of
Western Ontario and many in this
Former Lucknow
Resident Passes
MRS. DOUGLAS GRAHAM
Mrs. Douglas Graham of Bramp-
ton, the former Mary • Ellen
Hamilton, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson Hamilton of
Lucknow, passed away in Bramp-
ton on January 1st.,, 1977. She was
in her 64th year.
' The late Mrs. Graham is
survived by five sons, Ben, Donald,
Bill, Carl and Murray, all of
Brampton; two sisters, Catherine
(Mrs. Sam Emerson of Ripley),
Florence (Mrs. Fred Bridle of
Dresden) and one brother Archie of
Hamilton of Goderich.
She was predeceased by her
husband a few years ago.
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immediate section.
Robert Johnston completed his
term as Reeve of Lucknow, after
representing the town for fourteen
years, four in council, and ten years
as Reeve. He was succeeded as
Reeve by D. M. Johnstone.
Christmas Concert
At Whitechurch
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