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John, soon to be six, is an 'extremely handsome youngster
with shining dark hair and big brown eyes. His background is
Spanish.
With Spanishj as his first language, he is rapidly learning
English. He is a bright youngster making good progress in
senior kindergarten.
Because of some unsettled early years, John is insecure
and anxious about the future. He is cautious about giving his
friendship and it will take him some time to accept and trust
new parents.
John is neat and tidy, taking /good care of his belongings.
He loves the outdoors, especially anything to do with water,
either in its liquid or frozen, state. He likes to play with
anything on wheels. This youngster is full of rhythm. He
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John will be a darling son for parents who can be patient
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LIKES TO SING AND DANCE
PAGE SIXTEEN THE LU KNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1977
Dungannon Once ‘-former Lucknow Ripley W.I. Hold
Resident Passes Morning Meeting
Three years before. the
Goderich Petroleum Com-
pany drilled for ail in Saltford
and struck salt instead,
Dungannon was centre of a
brief but exciting oil en-
terprise, when a large
surrounding acreage was
leased, taverns were
crowded, and an oil derrick
was erected south of the
village.
The Huron Signal,. seeing
Ultimate benefit to Goderich,
joined in the jubilation, but
cautiously kept an "if" in its
report, dated October 12,
1865.
"Down 10 or 12 feet," it told
its readers, "on the farm of
Mr. Struthers (Stothers),
where dark sand is strongly
impregnated with petroleum,
some 2,000 acres in the neigh-
borhoqd have been leased....
After being offered the
tempting sum of , $10,000 for
his farm of 50 acres, we un-
derstand Mr. Struthers has
entered into an agreement
with Mr. (Sam) Platt to go on
and bore the well:for one-half
of the oil that may be found...
. If friend Platt strikes ,a
flowing well, which, he hopes
to do in a few weeks, he will
doubtless think himself • well
repaid for his trouble, ex-
pense and loss of time. If the
discovery of oil in our im-
mediate neighborhood leads
to the development of a new
and important resource, it is
impossible to estimate the
extent of the benefit it will
confer upon the town of
Kincardine Man
Named President
John Slade was elected president
of the Huron-Bruce Progressive
Conservative Association at its
annual meeting held at the
Formosa Community Centre.
The rest of the officers are as
follows: past president, Bruce
Keith of R. R. 2 Teeswater; first
vice-president, Barry Schmidt of
Kincardine; second vice- president,
Art Bolton of Seaforth; secretary,
Victor Fox of Seaforth; treasurer,
Earl McSpadden of Seaforth; chief
financial officer. Dr. Gary Gurbin
of Kincardine; auditor, Earl Ken-
nedy of Kincardine.
Eighty people braved blizzard
conditions to attend the meeting
and hear guest speaker Dennis
Timbrell, Ontario Ministry of
Energy.
apital
gallon can of coal oil and
dumped it into the well
without being discovered.
"Next morning the diggers
took a shovelful of sand and it
burned brightly. They had
struck oil! Riders were
despatched to Goderich,
Lucknow, Port Albert and
surrounding villages with the
news. ' The village boomed,
taverns were crowded, stores
did a thriving trade. A
cotripany was formed and
people flocked to subscribe,
for stock. A derrick and
engine-house were. built.,
Finally, word was delivered
to the promoters that
someone had dumped coal oil
into the well at night, and the
boom ended."
"White Christmas" and 'Christ-
mas in Killarney".
Martin Cretier gave a humorous
reading "Petey Snake". Diane,
Debbie and. Donna Raynard favour-
ed with a trio. Mrs. Tom Pritchard
gave a piano instrumental.
Lunch was served and Tiffins
played for a dance. A very
enjoyable evening was held by all
present.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Enrich Culture
Of Canada
To the Editor -
Dear Sir,
The column by Mr. Art Andrew
on education "in Ontario, particular-
ly bi-lingualism, made me think of
what a number of the ethnic groups
in the cities are doing to preserve
their language and culture in a new
land. Thousands of children' are
growing up knowing two languag-
es,, English and the language of the
homeland of their parents. I know
this from experience.
As some of your readers know, I
have been teaching young children
some kncOrledge of piano playing.
(I try not to , say I • am teaching
piano!) At present I have 5 Greek
pupils and one Latvian pupil who
cannot have lessons on certain days
because they go to Greek or Latvian
school after the regular school day,
where they learn the language,
literature and history of their own
culture. They are truly bilingual.
When they answer the phone in
English they turn to the parent and
relay my message or question in
Greek or Latvian. The smite is true
of former Finnish, Czech, YugoSlav
and German pupils.
Besides learning the two langu-
ages, these children are making a
great addition to the culture of
Canada. Not just two culture, but
many cultures to enrich that of the
two founding. races.
Your sincerely,
Margaret A. Pritchard
The death of Mrs. E. 0. (Leola
Elvira) Gallagher of 2045 Trent
Drive, Medesto, California, occur-
red on December 26th. Burial was
in Oregon.
She is' survived by a son A.
Lionel and a daughter Patsy.
Her husband, the late Rev. E. 0.
Gallagher, whO passed away in
December, 1967, was minister of
St. Peter's Anglican Church,
Lucknow from 1928 to 1932 and' was
minister at Wingham from 1938 to
1944 before moving to the United
States.
LOCHALSH
Bob MacKenzie of London spent
the weekend with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Ross MacKenzie.
Weekend visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. George Moncrief were Rus-
sell Moncrief of Guelph; and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Brunetti of
Windsor, who were married on
December 15th in Windsor. Mrs.
Brunetti is the former Margaret
Anne Bell,' daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. MacLean Bell of St. John,
New Brunswick.
The Ripley Women's Institute
was held at Mrs. Nick Peet's Friday
morning, January 7 at 10 a.m. and
proved a great success.
There' was a very good attend-
ance and everyone thought that a
lot was accomplished. The roll call
was answered by a premier of
Canada. Thank you notes were
read from those who received a box
at Christmas time.
On January 19, 20 there is a
training school on "Focus on
Litring", with Mrs. Gladys Colwell
and Mrs. Nick Peet as leaders, to
be held in Ripley. The Officer's
ConferencC is to be held the first
week in May and Mrs. Nick Peet
was appointed to go.
The euchres are to start on
January 17th with the Institute
sponsoring them and the commit-
tees were chosen for every seeond
Monday night.
Mrs. Effie Sutherland was the
speaker and spoke on her trip last
year when she travelled to Toronto,
Edmonton, Yellowknife and Inuvik,
north of the Arctic Circle, also
Dawson City and back to Vancouv-
er. It was most interesting, with
their way of life so different and the
price of food so high.
Mrs. Peggy Chappell thanked
everyone for'taking part also Mrs.
Peet for the use of her home.
Goderich.''
It was a five-gallon can Of
coal oil dumped by "two
lads named John," that oc-
casioned the 'Dungannon .oil
boom, according to Gavin
Green in his book, The Old
Log House. He °gives the date
as 1868, but that evidently is
an error.
"South of the village about
a mile," he wrote, "on a farm
owned by a man named
Stothers, on the Wawanosh
side of Mail street, they were.
digging a well when the
diggers reported strange
noises. Two lads named John
thought they would keep the
excitement going, and one
dark night they went with a 5-
Program Dance
At St. Helens
A very good crowd attended the
program and dance held in St.
Helens Hall on December 28th.
Mrs. Peter Chandler was chairlady.
A rousing sing song with Mrs.
Bruce Raynard and Mrs. Tom
Pritchard started off the evening.
South Kinloss Girls' Choir favoured
with "Come Gather Round",
"Each Step I Take", "Shepherds
Heard the Angels Say", and
"Happiness is the Lord". Celia
Chandler played a piano solo.
Marie and Anne Boyle sang two
duets with Marie accompanying on
the guitar.
Elizabeth Black, Judy Hunter,
Shirley Loree and Karen Young
entertained with their instruments
from the Lucknow Band. Chris
Naylor gave, a 'reading on "The
Cremation of Sam MacGee".
Steven Pritchard sang two solos,
BY W.E. E LLIOTT