The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-12-26, Page 6It?
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6' L cknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 26, 1979
ucknow's oldest resident is 103 years
Annie MacKenzie, Luck-
now's oldest resident, cele-
brated her 103rd birthday on
Monday, Her room at Pine -
crest is filled with flowers
and birthday messages taped
to ribbons hang on the walls
. about her. bed. She is a very
popular lady.
Her . orchid corsage . was
sent from "her favourite
florist". Many ofher-friends
who .live in Toronto have sent
flowers on her birthday. The
florist who sends. their flow-
ers now sends his own
birthday flower for the lady
with the special birthday..
The flowergirl at her wed-
ding, Gladys Thomson, Van-
couver sent a pot of spring,
tulips. More tulips came.
from her. close friends, fielen
Ross, Toronto who celebrat-
ed her 100th birthday .,in
Deceber.
Mrs. MacKenzie and her
sister, Ethel drove to Mlver-
ton for Helen's wedding in a
horse and buggy. On the
back of the buggy was the
trunk carrying the dresses
with leg -o' -mutton sleeves
they would wear to the wed-
ding.. The two sisters stayed
a week. At the time it was
quite an occasion for two
young ladies to take a trip of
.this kind,ontheir own.
A great grandniece, Ann
Thorsteinson, Vancouver,
Bruce informant
reveals identit
The' mysterious "Mr.
Schultz" who leaked Ontario
Hydro reports on seven in-
cidents at the bruce Nuclear
Plant revealed his identity on
Monday, Bill Taves, 32, a
nuclear first operator at the
Bruce nuclear power station
accused Ontario Hydro of
misleading the public with
half-truths about the safety
of nuclear power.
Taves told reporters he
resigned his 'position at thi• •
Bruceplant because,he fel'
he had violated, compar,
policy in releasing. the- .re
ports.
Taves said he would mak,
himself available to the set
ect committee . which hely.
special hearings last week to
consider the reports, 'Taves'
warnings'. about safety prob
lems and Hydro's' explana-
tion. Taves
xplana-tion."Taves would answer the
committee's questions when
it holdls a: full-scale • inquiry
into nuclear -safety this sum-
mer. �• . .
Taves criticized. Hydro's
tendency to give "half of the
story" to the'public. and
Hydro's lack; of prosper train.
ing , and retraining ' of it
nuclear operators.
Taves said the recent ex•.
posure of two' Bruce main
tenance workers. to an eXces-
siv..e dose of radiation was
"Only one case of Ontario.
Hydro determined to return a,
reactor to service at " any,
cost.
" Taves said he . believes in'`
nuclear power and called the
Candu reactor ' among the
safest' in the world. He . also
said Hydro probably has the
best safety record of any
Vandals
Two Lucknow youths were
sentenced to 15 .days in
Custody after pleading guilty
to seven counts of wilful.:
damage in the, village of
Lucknow and -Kinloss- Town-
ship, between October 22
and December 3, 1978. The
sentences were handed down.
in Walkerton Provincial
Court a .week ago,
Upon their release from
custody, : the youths will, be
on probation.. for one year.
They were alsoordered to
make restitution for the
damage to the amount of
S396 each.
A number of windows
were broken in the related
incidents as well as the glass
door on the front of the
Lucknow arena. Windows
were' also smashed at the
South Kinloss^ Presbyterian
Church, 'total damage am-
ouitted to $766.78,
company in Canada.
"But they still believe a
killowattage of cheap power
is worth more than any
possible adverse publicity.''.
Taves said the severs incid-
ents documented in the re-
ports . he released weren't
startling in themselves, but
thepotential, of simultaneous
failures is a serious concern.
Hydro spokesmen flatly
denied Taves' charges Mon-
day, a i • puting all of his
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allegations about Hydro's
credibility and lack of ade-
quate training programs.
Hydro , spokesmen . also.
said the criticism by Taves
about Hydro not giving the
whole story on nuclear safety
was. unfair.
"One week before Harris-
burg, we wouldn't have been
able to give away a signif-
icant event report (reports on
incidents and accidents at a
nuclear plant).
who is 16, took the time to
make an original birthday
card. for Mrs. MacKenzie,
The card is decorated with a
pencil drawing by Ann, It's• a
tribute to Mts. MacKenzie
that a teenager would take
the effort to create an
original card „,for her birth-
day.
One of the cards from an
old friend, carries the greet-
ing, "You are pure gold".
Despite her, age she has
many friends who ask about
her and continue to share her
happiness on her birthday,
Mrs. MacKenzie was born
on March 12, 1876, the 'fifth
child of a family of nine. Her
parents are the late Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander Paterson
who lived on 'the second
concession of Huron Town-
ship.
After attending Clover
Valley School, Mrs. . Mac-
Kenzie
entered the' School of
Nursing -at Mountainside
Hospital in Montclari, New
Jersey and graduated in
1908:.
Her school, of nursing
recently, requested that the .
families.. of `the graduates
return their graduate pins: as
they are rare. Mrs. MacKen-
zie decided to return her pin
before her death and a nurse
The Lucknow District Co-op would : like to
thank you for your patronage during
the pastyear and express all the best in 1980
We will be closed December 26th
and January lst
Watch for our
Member's
Midnight Madness -Sale
Monday, January 21st
We like to know our customers
by name!
who is working as a private
duty nurse at the Mountain-
side Hospital wrote to Mrs.
MacKenzie and asked if she
might wear her pin. 'Mrs
MacKenzie's pin is being
worn again by a nurse who is
working, instead of lying in a
drawer asa memento.
In 1910 Mrs. MacKenzie
married the late William
MacKenzie of Lucknow. She
lived in; the village until her
husband's death in . 1941.
Their family included Kath-
arine,.twin sons, Thomas and
Alexander, another set of
twins, William and Frank
and another son, John.
Katharine is living in
Thornhill. •;Frank lives in
Kinloss "Tofvnship and John
Lives in Toronto.
Three of her children are
deceased.' Alex died in Van-
couver in 1961; William of St.
Clair Shores,died in 1963 and
LUCKNOW.
* CH RISTIAN
REFORMED
CHURCH
Rev. L. VanStaalduinen
SUNDAY, DEC. 30
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Tom died in Walkerton in
1976, •
A stroke has left Mrs,
MacKenzie unable to speak
but she is alert and enjoys
immensely the visits of fam-
ily and friends,
LUCKNOW
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Rev. Wm. Munshaw
B.A. M. Div.
SUNDAY, DEC. 30
10 a.m. Sunday School
11. a.m. Morning Worship
Everyone Welcome .
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