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Friends were saddened on Mon-
day, January 27th to learn of the
sudden passing of . Mrs. Gerald
(Violet) Rathwell. She was 63. Her
death was attributed to an aortic
aneurysm.
Mrs. Rathwell was the former
Violet May Pagan, daughter of
Ralph A. I. Pagan 'and Norah
Harfield. She was born at
, Brampton on February 14th, 1911.
Following her marriage to Thorny
as Gerald Rathwell on October 6,
1941, they resided in Lucknow
where Jerry, as he was popularly
known; was a shoe' merchant. He
passed away on May 10th, 1968.
For the past five years until the
time of her death, Mrs. Rathwell
has' been •librarian at the Lucknow
Public Library.
. She is survived by two daughters
and two sons Mrs. Evans (Barbara)
Helm of, Lucknow, Beverly of
Toronto, Torn of Durham. England,
Terry of Lucknow , and three
grandchildren.
Besides her husband .she was
predeceased by her parents, a
sister Barbara Joan Pagan and two
sisters in infancy.
Mrs. Rathwell was a member of
Lucknow Anglican Church and was
affiliated. with Lucknow United
Church- and the , United 'Church
Women..
The funeral service was held at
'St. Peter's Anglican Church, Luck-
now on Thursday, January 30th•
with Rev,, George Garratt and 'Rev.
Doug Kaufman as ministers.
MacKeniie Memorial, Chapel was
in charge of arrangements.
Temporary entombment was at
South Kinloss ' Mausoleum with
final resting place. Greenhill Cem-
etery.
Honorary pallbearers were Lorne
Reid, Less Fetter, Peter Edisbury,
Harold LondrY, Ernie Crawford, .
Bill Johnstone.
Active pallbearers were Alf
Herbert, Harvey Webster, Cliff
Crawford, Roy Havens, Les Hazel-
den, Austin Loree.
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20 Years •Ago
JANUARY 1955
A gas war in Chesley brought the
price down to 38c.
Miss June Harris, 20 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Harris of Kinloss Township, was
instantly killed , in a highway
accident, at Clandeboye. She was
enroute home to spend the week
end at her parental home on
concession 10. The accident
occurred in a blinding snowstorm.
The Lucknow Fire Company's
annual Burp's. Night Ball was long
associated with stormy weather,
and the January 1955 dance
revived the old superstition. .About
10 O'clock that evening King
Winter struck' in •earnest and within
three hours dumped a foot of snow
on the diStrict. Visibility was
reduced to •nil and motorists were
either stranded or were driving
40 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 1935 .
Treleaven's mill pond was the
terminal for Henry Mather's driv-
er,. which ,put a sudden stop to its
short runaway dash. Mr. Mathers
'and his son Pharis were starting for
home when the. horse Aecaine
unruly and as its spirited• dash got
underway, was turned *in at Tre-
leaven's mill' by Pharis who was
driving. The dash ended with the
steed being catapulted into the race
at the rear of the mill. The. cutter
Cwas badly damaged and although.
Mr. Mathers was thrown - out.
neither occupants were injured.
At the annual meeting of the
Dungannon Agricultural Society
the following officers were elected,
• President, Jas. 'Lyons, who was
returned for his 4th term; 1st vice.,
Ross McPhee;, 2nd . vice, Art
Culbert;. secretary-treasurer, Chas.
W. Alton. •
60 YEARS . AGO
" JANUARY 1945
Due, to increased price of flour
the local bakers advanced the price
of bread to 6c per loaf.
Officers of the Lakeside Hockey
League elected for the year were
President, G. A. Siddall; Vice
President, W,, E. Henderson; Hon-
orary President, G. EL Smith;
Manager, R. H. Thompson; Secret-
ary, A. E. Millson; TreaSurer, H.
R. Allin; Captain, B. R. Mallough.
Members of the Lucknow Hockey
team were, goal, W: Reid; r.
defence, C. Reid; 1. defence, C.
Allin; rover, H. Allin; centre,
?Allison; I. wing, E. McCoy; r. wing
N. Hedley. •
The Grand- Trunk Railway Sys-4
tem was advertising winter tours to
94th Birthday
Observed Recerqly
Mrs. Charlotte Weatherhead of
Lucknow observed her 94th birth:
day on Monday, January 6th. She
was formerly of West Wawanosh
Township but has been ,a resident
of Lucknow for a number •of years.
Murray Gaunt M.P.P., on behalf
of the ,Government of Ontario,
presented Mrs. Weatherhead with
a commemorative plaque.' She also'
received greetings from Prime
Minister P.E. Trudeau.
Lady Directors
Review Fair Work
Mrs. Win. Arnold was hostess to
11' members of the. Lady Directors
Committees of Ripley Agricultural
'Society on January 30th. The
convener, Mrs: Howard Thcimpson
was in charge Of the meeting and
expressed her thanks to all for their
fine co-rOperation during the year.
She reviewed some of the work of
the committee: 1 She had met with
the Needlework, 'Arts and. Crafts
and Flower Conithittee to revise the
prize lists for 1975, The secretary,
Mrs. Wm. Arnold had met with the
Domestic Directors. These lists
had been prepared before the
holiday season and mailed immed-
iately afterwards, Judges' fees
were increased to $15 at a
Workshop for Judges held in Owen ,
Sound last fall. Mrs. Oliver Mc
first -day of Fair will be appreciated.
Mrs. Jim Brooks and •Mrs. Stewart
Brooks have agreed to again help
with noon meal on first day of Fair.
The Purple 'Grove Women's Insti-
tute' and Junior Farmers will be in
charge of the Booths. It was
decided to add a Coverall apron to
the Needlework classes and more
yeast classes in the Junior Section.
During a lunch break served by
Mrs. Howard ThomPson,, members
discussed many small ways in
which the work of the Fair could be
improved.
Mrs, Wm. Arnold has a granite
pie plate and Melmac plate left at
last year's fair. •
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THE t-LICKNOW SENTINEL,
Charles is head of a committee
preparing a display for the conven-
tion. in Toronto on February 19 and
20. Ten names have been received
to attend the convention. Anyone
may go and spend two days' in
Toronto by contacting Mrs. Wm.
Arnold.
The financial report of Ripley
Agricultural SoCiety was reviewed.
There had 'been 1251 entries in
women's •work alone. Mrs. Howard
Thompson was returned as conven-
er and Mrs. , Wm. Arnold as
secretary. An assistant convener is
being sought. Added helpers for
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