HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-01-31, Page 15Fire destroys shed
BY MARIE PARK
Fire of unknown origin Allan Rivett Who plays for
completely destroyed the
driving shed owned by J, C.
Drennan on the sixth conces-
sion of Ashfield. The fire.
started about 8 p.m. and a
tractor, harvester and- sever-
al forage boxes were lost. J.
C. and Emily are vacationing..
in .Jainaica haying left Friday
and are unaware of the loss.
Alex Chisholm escaped
serious injuries in an accid-
ent at the Nile crossroad,
when a vehicle driven by a
• Wingham area man travel-
- ling West failed to stop.
Alex's truck was first caught
on the right bumper and
spun around.. The other
vehicle then struck • his a,
• second time •causingthe
truck to come to rest on its
roof. He had to smash a•
window with a hammer to
• crawl through, as the doors
were both sprung shut. A.
passenger in the other ve-
hicle is a patient at Wingham
and District Hospital,
Congratulations to Gary:.
and.Dawn Richardson, on the
birth of a new so, Scott -
Alexander, weighing 8. ib. 8 ,
or., on Saturday January
27th at Victoria Hospital in
London, They are residing in
the Jack •Phillips'. house.
• Sympathy of the commun-
ity goes out to Nels Pearson
and family on the;leath of his
sister, Lerma Belle, Mrs.
Dick Finnigan of Seaforth
who died in Clearwater, Flor-
ida, Thursday, January_ 25, in
• her 68th year. Sile is also
• survived by 5 daughters and
3 sons, 18 grandchildren and
5 great grandchildren. She •
was predeceased by a broth-
er, Gordon. Funeral Service
was held on Tuesday, Jan-.
nary 30, from the R. S. Box
Funeral Home, Seaforth. , •
Mr. and Mrs. Caes-
ar havepurchased the former .-
Brown* Smyth house. •They
hope todo. majer renovations
b.efore moving m. L•
Mr. ' and Mrs. Jack 'Phil:
lips, Andy, Jason and Anita -
of Hensall spent theweekerid
with Nancy's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Mole.
Mrs. Cecil Blake arrived
home Tuesday from a' 10 day
visit with son Bill, and fantily
in Cambridge.
Congratulations to Bruce
and 'Faye /Rodrigues •.(net
Bradley) on the birth of their
first • child, James Thomas
Hamilton, on January 8th.
Proud grandparents are Bill
and Ettabelle Bradley of
Goderich and great' grand.
parent, • Tont and • Hazel
Webster and Mrs. M. Ash-
ton; London.. •
Winner of last week's
Lucknow Community Centre
Lottery. was Doug lirOWn.
Congratulations Doug.
Will Marsh Of *Goderich
and Mrs. Winnie i3e11'
on Mel Jones on Saturday.
Mr. Marsh is 93 years old
and still keeps house for
himself and wallts out for his.
groceries. •
Mrs. Barb MacAuley is
home after a stay in Goderich
Hospital. Her mother, Mrs.
Ena Barker of Goderich; is
staying for a few days to help
out.
Cindy Lafromboise of Lon-
don spent the weekend with
her sister, Sandy. 'McWhin-
•
ney, husband Rob, and child-
ren. She spent Saturday
night at her friend, Glenda
Park's home:
• Harvey Culbert is in Tor»
onto this week attending the
Canada Farm Show.
the Lucknow Midget team
played at Ripley on the week-
end in the tournament held
there. His teamwon all three
games they playedand were
overall champions. Allan had
one goal, and five assists' to
.his credit. Congratulations!
Scar Rivett took part in
the hockey day • held • at
Wingham on Saturday, when
Lucknow Bantams defeated
Wingham. Both boys are the
sons of Jim' and' Sandra
Rivett.
In a November 1936 copy -
of the Sentinel a story ap-
peared as to the naming of
"a picturesque village on the
Nine. Mile River in the
County of Huron, Dungan-
non".
For some time after the
Township of Ashfield was
settled there were no mail
facilities so in 1852 a post
office,was established south
of the present yillage. In
1854 a store as started to
the north. lii 1855 William
Mallough of County Tyrone,
Ireland, came •and after
laying out the site of a props. -
ed village, called it Dungan-
non, in honour of the town in
Ireland from where he came.
That will make our little
village celebrate its 125th - Chairman for the election
birthday in 1980 and give our •of directors was Len Mc- •
PoPtilation something to Gregor. The 4 directors are
think about' by way of •a Rob McWitinney, Greg Park,
reunion of sorts. , John Fielder and Randy Kerr
AGRICULTURAL SOCIWY • for a3 year term. Mickey
On. Tuesday evening, Jan: Giesbrecht was put in for a
uary 23, the Dungannon Ag-
ricultural Society, iwith. Bob
McNeil, president,in
charge, held its annual meet-
ing. • •
In his address,. Bob thank- •
ed the different committees
for all their help during his
past two year term of office,
andwent over the highlights
of the past year's events.
Secretary Dorothy Brown
read • the minutes and Fred
Durst of the firm Durst,
Vodden and Beinler, gave
the financial rePort RI 1978.
Mrs. Louise Bradley, a
faithful director of the society
for 25 years, was presented
with a plaque by Dorothy
Brown and Bob McNeil. -;»
Gord Riley who is in
charge of hall,rentals gave a
report, and asked the ladies
about supplying coffee and
doughnuts to the West
Wawanosh fire insurance
meeting. on February 16.
Sally' Wright reported 100
more „cook books have been
ordered and will be on sale.
Diane Park reported on a
dance to be held by the
'recreation committee on
March 17 to raise funds for
playground equipment. The
• ladies are to make plans fora
euchre party to be held 'on
February 14. • •
It was decided this Sept-
ember's Fall Fair is to be
held on Wednesday 19th, and
Thursday 20th with a dance
on Friday the 21st..
one -year' term due to the
resignation of David Caesar,
who had one year left of a
• three year teifn. Lunch was
served following the'. meet -
41g. •
LucknoW Sentinel, Wednesday, 3ineasy 31, 1979. --Page 15
Louise Brindley was honoured at the Dungannon Agricultural Society's annual meeting last
Wednesday evening for her 25 years of service In the Society. She was presented with the
Agricultural Service Diploma by Dorothy Brown, secretary, and Bob ( McNeil, Society
president. [Sentinel Staff Photo)
DUNGANNON
UNITED CHURCH
The week of January 21st
• to 28th has been. the Week of
Prayer 'for Christian Unity.
Sunday's second scripture
reading and sermon tbeme
were taken from the Guide to
.the Week of Prayer which is
observed Inter-denomma-
tionally in many communit-
ies.
The children s story,
"Look' for me in the child-
ren's eyes", told of a teach-
er's experience and how she
received help by bringing
Christ into the •classroorn.
The choir gang the -anthem,
'Morning has broken".
CHRISTIAN •
Foumwsgur CHURCH
•
About 40 people from the
- church group met at Pine -
crest Nursing Home on Fri-
day evening toput on a brief
• progratn for the patients
there. Plane solos by Gary ,
Martin, Wendy Martin, Ir-
ene Martin and Buetta
Mii-
tin • were enjoyed. Musical
numbers were given by the
Johnston family, and a song
• led by the boys belonging to
the "Torch. Bearers" was
much appreciated.
A number of hymns by the • .
congregational group were
sung • both in the aSSembly
man and in the 'halls. Bob
Snyder played a closing'
number on the piano and
Pastor Lawrence offered'
prayer. - :
HAVE YOU VISITED
• THE NEW
Me. 'Net0/15..
. Health -FOOdS.
•
In Kincardine?
Flour, grocery,
All naturals,herbs,
•- Vitamins,
Homeopathics
926 Queen Street,
Kincardine
Phone 396-7679
Final
Mark • own
SALE
P TS
• SKI JACKETS
Reg. '26.98 to '84.98
HALF PRICE SALE
$1 3.!`' T0$42!9
• • .
•
LONG PARTY DRESSES
COMPLETE STOCK
Reg.;311.911 to 79.98
FINAL MARKDOWN SALE .
$ 99 9 ..$1 4? -1
Price
and More
. , 'COMPLETE STOCK • ,
, .
SHIRTS -BLOUSES
'PANTS-. SKIRTS
1
pRicE
COMPLETE STOCK
DRESSES
Reg. '33.98 io!,69.911
HALF PRICE SALE'
•0 TO .40
$ 9 6 9 $ 3 9 9'
WINTER COATS
• COMPLETE STOCK
EXCEPTIONAL, VALUE. GOOD SELECTION
HALF PRICE SALE
TO; ‘iA °f Ar •
$3499 S 99
999
Our policy is "NO CARRY OVER"
at the end of each season. To clear
our winter stock we are again
reducing the present sale prices
even lower. Savings are now 50%
Our complete winter ready-to-wear stock
1/2 or more off our regular low values.
• /. COMPLETE STOCK .
PANT SUITS
SUPER SPECIAL
2 RACKS .
SHIRTS -BLAZERS
GUITARE SPORTSWEAR
FINAL MARKDOWN SALE
All prices
reduced by • :4) and more
Ground Floor Fabric Centre
SPECIAL SELECTION
BY PANTMAN, PARIS STAR, THIRDDIMENSION •
2 PRICE
FABRICS
Final
Markdown
2 !RICE
LADIES WEAR
SHOPPERS
0 SCHAEFER'S OODERIC
SQUARE LTD.
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