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ERY at Grosbeek in . Holland
recently visited •by Mrs. Henry
Hartemink of Kinloss Township.
40 YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 1935
With one exception 'the entire
teaching staff of the local school
remained unchanged for the com-
ing term. G. S. MacIntyre succeed-
ed C. A. Hutchison on the High
School staff: Other members of the
staff were Miss Frances McLean,
principal; Miss Amy Yourex;
Norman Calvert. Public school
staff, was Miss Kate MacDonald,
Miss Margaret MacCallum, Mrs.
H. G. Sherriff, Miss Isabelle
Murdie. Most teachers were '
rehired upon accepting a reduction
of $100 in salary. High School
salaries ranged from $1750 to $900,
Public School salaries were $960 to
$700.
60 YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 1915
The Goderich stage, for many
years a daily feature of the traffic
on the Lucknow-Goderich road.,
made its last trip as a daily • stage
and mail carrier,
Charlie Lockhart, a 17 year old
youth of Kinloss Township, lost his
life by drowning in Purvis' lake:
Two carloads of , army horses
were shipped from Lucknow to
Montreal. The shipment was made
by express. Shipment of carload
lots of horses by express was not
uncommon on the main lines, but
this was, the first shipment from
Lucknow.
Institute Present
Mrs. R. Ackert
Mrs. P. A, Murray was hostess
and Mrs. Bill McPherson Was
co:hostess for the September
meeting of the Holyrood Women's
Institute.
The program convener, Mrs.
Alex Percy, spoke on the topic
"Nutrition" and had a poster and a
bingo card to illustrate her pointS.
She also led in, some exercises.
Mrs. Bill MacPherson presided.
The Ode was sung and the Mary
Stewart Collect repeated in unison.
Mrs. Lorne Eadie read the minutes
and gave the treasurer's report
which included the profit from the
Lucknow Craft • Festival which was
very gratifying, and the president
expressed thanks to all who had
provided and served the meal and
ran the booth. The August
meeting, arranged by Mrs. Fred'
News and. Views
From Huronview
Miss Robertson and. Mrs. Over-
holt were welcomed to the Home at
Monday afternoon's activities.
Marie Flynn, Lorne Lawson and
Norman Speir provided, the old
tyme music and led a sing-a-long of
favouriteJunes...
The Blnebells4our girls from the
Clinton and Seaforth area, Eliza-
beth Gibson, Debbie Westerhout',.
Page, was. a 'trip to the Stratford
ShakeSpearean 'Festival 'for the
presentation of Twelfth Night, with
the Institute paying the mileage to
those who had taken cars. A
membership. • was given to the
-Bruce County Historical Society.
The 4-H course "Touch. of Stitch-.
ery" was discussed. A training
school will be held in Walkerton on
September 24 and 25th.
It was decided not to have a
display exhibit at the. fall fairs this
year and to give a donation to the
Museum at Southampton. The roll
call was "Bring a favourite product
and a commercial to sell it". Mrs.
Gerald Murray -was auctioneer for
the sale.
Mrs. Alex Percy read a poem
"The Dairy Cow". A well
prepared motto ' "It's not good ,
enough to know the cost, be sure no
quality is lost" was given by Mrs.
Marion Harris, who told how to
spend our' money wisely.
Mrs. Raynard Ackert was pres-
ented with , a lovely gift from the
Institute having been a faithful
member for 35 years. Mrs. Frank
Maulden made the presentation
and Mrs. Ackert made a fitting
reply and also contributed a
reading on Agriculture, which was
most interesting.
Mrs. Alex Percy thanked the
hostesseS and those who assisted
with the program. 0 Canada and
Grace closed the meeting after
which a delicious lunch was served. '
Miss Edna Boyle will be the
October hostess.
20 YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 1955
Paving was completed on the
Lucknow to Wingham stretch of
Highway 86. .
Work was progressing at Wm.
Schmid's new jewellery store.
The Village tax rate was struck at
48 mills, a 5 mill increase from the
previous year.
The final step in a program of
renovating and imprOving South,
Kinloss Presbyterian Church, in
preparation for the centennial
anniversary 'in 1956, was under-
way.
Re-roofing of the tower was done:
with aluminum. It was the first
time the tower had been re-roofed
since it was shingled in 1911 by.
William Fisher of town.
John Gammie purchased the
Maclntyre and Irwin Sports and
Auto Supply business in Lucknow.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Feagan
sold their general store business at
Langside to Mr. and Mrs.. David
Nichol of Niagara Falls. Mr. and
Mrs. Feagan .purehased the busi-
ness seven years previously from
Win. Brown.
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