The Lucknow Sentinel, 1955-04-06, Page 24114
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THE LUCKNONTy: 'SENTINEL, 1.41J(.1KNOW, .ONTAWQ
to.
WEDNESDAY,, APRIL ath; 1955
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TRYING TO .TRACE FAMiLY„,
LIVED 'HERE YEAR'S AGO
Postmaster • Kenneth Cameron
has received a cletter from. Mrs.
4.„. 1L..IVIcLatcliy, 1811 Chateau,
' Helena, • Montanna; -Soliciting his
aid. in trying' to find ,some trace
• of.her father's family, who lived
• in Lucknow soine years, ago. •
The letter speaks for itself, and,
is in part, as follomti:
•. "A good many yeart ago tny
father and ' 'his four sisters.
• (George D, Gray, Lillian, 'Alice,
Azinie and Nellie Cirak) were
• brought from Scotland to Luck-,
now, Ontario, So I'm trying to
get a it of his life history. At
the. time he was taken there he
. was about 7 .or S years ,014, I
think,. and made his home with
an aunt and uncler.,Their name
•
.was • Me.Bahe (I'in' not • sure ,how
had two
one called
cOntact, with
••farrilly.• Qf
very 'old.. .
rn in Strok-
ivein hopes
a trip thru
d the black.;
he lived'in
to the States.
• .it was spelled). Th
• boys, • or at • least
•' Sandy.
• "We have lost all
oiir father or his
• course the/'d all b
• . "My mother was
ford, Ontario, so I
of tonie, day makin
that.part of, Canada
"My father learn
smith , trade while
• Lucknoriv: • and came
•'at the age of 21".
IS KEPT libSt IN srITE.
OF HAVING. RETIRED :
note from. Rev. A. S. Mit-
chell, a' former rector. of St.
Peter's parish, says. that the
Cannot get completely_ away...froth,
.Lucknow. They are' retidini .,in
HarnittOn. • '
From ReV. Mitchell's letter' we,
citiote;,- • +, • _
"Here wehaveRev, \J. D.; Gil:
mour; 17.4tho it rector of 'the
Church of St. John the 'Evang-
.elist. He tells me. he hag many -
pleasant recollectiOns 'a Luck. -
now and wishes to be remenriben.
ed to old friends. Mr. and Mrs.
Fisher live a few . doors down.
the street and We have had
few ..eveninit. together.
"You might give the ideal Ang-..
Beans a 'reminder that we'd like
to see • More • frequent' news. Of
their activities.
"Somehow we ‘.keep quite busy:
Mk .wife very.; active. in .a Wolf
Cub Pack. and' 1. never have' a
free SundaY'%.
BORN
COOK—in Wingham 'Hospital 'on
Wednesday, March ,30th,: to Mr.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES '
EXCEED EDUCATION. COSTS
SOCIAL 'EVENING
ON ANNIVERSARY
A very sociable time was spent
Motile Recreational Centre, Luck -
when , neighbors- and. relatives
'gathered honor Mr,' and..Mrs.
• Herb McQuillin On the occasion
:of their thirty-fifth wedding an,
niVersary7
• A short programme' included
readings by Miss' Annie MacKay,
Mrs. A, IVIcQuillin and Mrs. •Bert
Alton; • guitar •and •Mouth organ
selections ::by Lorne Reid .and
Violin selections by Roy IVIcQuil:
lin. Highlight. of ,the ,Programme
was a performance by Mitt June
McQuillin of .Toronto, • ayenttil-
oquist, and her, puppet, Butch.
•Dancing' followed With Music
•.supplied. by Lorne Reid, Roy and
Ed MCQuillin, with accoMpani-
inent, by. 'Misses Annie MacKay
and June McQuillifl. After a
h M and M,rs
•
• The per Capita. expendittire for
alcOholic 'beverages in the Dom-
inion of Canada in 1953, exceed-,
ed that of, educatiOn, •acdorcling
•to figures tabled, in the House.
of 'Commons, in, 'response to a
question asked by A. M. "Sandy"
NicholSoni OCF member of :Mc-
Kenzie.' • • • • •.• • •
• 'De, reply, appearing in 'Han-
tard, was as' follows;
Mason) a daughter, atiet Char; Per , capita •• •experutures .. in
•: and Mrs: Jack Cock ,(Shirley. • . .
Canada:in. 1053,' as ettimated' by
— ,
lene. • ••
• KEITH — General
Hospital, on „Sunday, April. 3id;
1955, *. to Evan and ...Margaret
•keith` (nee -Graham), 'a: daugh-
• ter, a .sister or, Brian. ••
•
. HAD SUCCESSFUL WEEK -END
• OPENING- AT. IGA STORE.
Chas. ,'Short's official, opening
• of, his' •Iti.A Store Which he took
over from Archie. Smith, . was
an unqualified success on Friday
.• and, Saturday. Free tea bags t�
• the. fitit fifty custdrriers Were
quickly .inapped • on FridaY
• the d.ominion.bureati of statistics
•were: ,
Tobacco
Alcoholic beverages
• Cosrnetics and toilet pre-
patations
Education
'•morning, with customers waiting
for the 4.00 a.m.*: -opening. .
* StOcks of some adv,ertised lines
• ran .short, one comnioclity,
e?chausted. by. noon •on Friday.
• Another. , brand was substitutecl
•and goods rushed •in on Satur.
suppked.
• •There were . lucky prize, Win-
• ners-during,_ the _itwO but
,the big winners are yet, to be
• decided. Three lucky tickets
were `draWn by W.. W. Hill, who
Spent many yearsbehind the
counter in that ‘same store. The
•_numbers are •almounced in•• the
• IGA advertiseinent in. this .issue,,
'• ad ,.those having the: correspond -
Ing
•
nurnber -can ,piek up their
•• prize at the More.
• $30.65.
58.81,
5.34
•• 44.61
"
Estimates for, the per. capita
expenditures On comic books,
school .4books, and library boks
are 'not available. •
•
'.THE GREATEsir:HANDicAi.
Ignorance! ."If parents ,r Could
appreciate, that the chance Of one
or more *of their. children ..(ot
their neighbor's children), be-
coming an akoholic' exceeds the
combined' chance Of their devel-
oping tuberculosis, •Or poliorriYe-'
iitis; more interest in this field
would be ' quickly . dexieloped.
• Read that. again! It it not. the hy-
sterical pronouncement . of a
temPerWeTC-Mrde.--W
a recent • publication of •the
tfeatLeague • of'Cartacia:•--Again;-;
• "The greatest' handicap :to effea-
ive treatment and 'prevent= Of
,alcOhol, addiction and chroal-
coholism hes in the general "pub-
lic's • ignorance".—Advt. . •
bountiful lunc r. .
McQuillin were 'presented with 'a
turn:: of 'Money, by Oliver' Glenn
and Jim''Cooke. Both ekkessed
their :thanks .in a few well chos-
en ,words.. • •
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walter
Treleaven announee the engage..
inent • of -their daughter: Alma
'Margaret, to Franklin Robinson
MacKenzie,. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Stariley •Pretton' 1VI.p.cKenzie Of
The 'marriage will. take' place on
Saturday,". April 30th. in 'Luck,
nc6.'y ;United Church, ' •
Mrs,. Everett.Taylor
of Auburn, announce the engage-
ment of their eldest daughter,
Joyce Edna, to John Leland
Stuart; onlyson of Mr. and Mrs.
Nornriari Stuart, of L;utlinoW. The,
marriage will take Place M, April.
SYBIL BARGER' •"'QUEEN"
OF. itCKNOW SCHOOL,.
Sybil: j.-13arger is 'Queen". of
Lucknow District. High Sch=1,
anctin this connection a feature
story. and •her • picture appeared
in The Free Press 'Iasi week: • •
: Sybil is the 18 -year-old daugh..
ter' 'of Mr. and Mrs. HoWord
13arger of Ashfield, and a Grade
•XIII student of LUcknoW High:
She,. plans . to becorrie a nurse..
- She. says 'that'the. honor of
•being chosen school atieen is the
• ,
most. important • thingthat. has
happened to her this year: at
sChool. •
• Sybil it a proficient pianist.
Reasting, basketball • and . music
share this brownetWS leisure
time, and she says she would
like •to • play the piano, •. 'either
classical or popular. numbers,. for
hours if she had the time. •
. • , . .
'Mr. and Mrs,-- 'Harry. ‘•
Wharitisby, Kitchener, announce,
the engage/tient' of theiryoung-
est daughter, 'Carol', Rote, to Mr.
-
William ,C.TOrdon 'Decker, son of
'Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W,. Decker,
of Kitchener. The wedding will
take , place. at St. 'Mary's RC
Church, •April 16th' at 10 o'clock.:
,
ROBERT HEWAT NAMED
•ELMIRA SCHOOL LEADER
Ro4irrtg.Hirnerraat:haDisstberictt iSeRilecgth-
edSchool's, representative to the
Western„ Ontario ,Student I..eact-
Tana
b.,Bltivb 1!4illrn
8alliad
• berit'114.:
the fOrmer Frances Thompson.
He hat• kept an aboie .average, .
scholastic record throughout his
school •career, and ,is currently
president of his, 'school's Athlete
Association as well as serving on -
the Student's Council.. Robert's
athletic inclinations are toward
swiniming—he, holdes. • a senior
lifesavers badge- and --swinirning
certificate—track and' 'field., bas-
ketball—h,e captained the schools
senior cage ,tearn this season—
and hockeYplayeddefence on
•*the, Elmira Juvenile ..hockey
squad, ••
visttoR.FROM AUSTRALIA
LEAVES 00R.'DOWN UNDER!!
..Bernard J. Laren of Daily,
Queensland, lAiistralia, has been
• visiting lot the, past• month • at
• Mi.'. Harry. -KR.. 5, '.Luck-
netw, • and: left' n 'his return
journey, on Wednesday.' He will
sail •from' Vancouver . on: the Orion
.15... I
• Mr. Larsen cattle • to,. Canada,
primarily to look for a better
• position. that he .had •• "Down
Under" but landed • here.. at. 'a
•bad time, and has decided to re-
turn. •-
He saw snow for the first time
7 -and plenty of. it --.,during his
stay in Kinloss.. He.visited at the•
Gui home,.. bringing . • greetings
• from , sister-in-law,
Mrs. I. Gill whom he :IttieW at.
• Dalby., • •••
'
grouh :is a fellow who Oast -
ed all :slimmer , and 'can hardly
wait until he freezes all winter.
ENJOY CULTURAL.
MUSICAL- CONCERT
An .appreciative audience en-
joyed a .cultural musical. program
in• the High_ School: auditorium
last Friday evening. mo,Pepart-
Tent of Education • chncert, •sporil
toted ;by the L.P.H.S. Literary
ented, artists; , • Angela.:
so pran4:-Jo ;,
Manfrid• Stier,. •tenor; ' and Tela.
.Podoliak, pianist, •.
Principal P: W. Hoag introduc-
.ed . the :•-coricert 'and commented
that. he feltit was the &Ay Of
-the:school. to_bring: slich fine en-
tertainment -4o the Lucknow
trict., Each pertorzner excelled -in
their class and their various ren-
ditions. drew 'a hearty response
froth the. :Audience, •••,
'ItINLOSS NATIVE PASSED •
AWAY IN MANITOBA
Remember The Luckno.'w. Boy Scouts'
•Mrs..Mary McDougall, Wife 'of
the late Peter:McDougall, passed
away suddenly. at; Butler, Mani.-
tdba,' in her 78th Yeear, on Maren
18,th4,1955,# • • , ' ••
Mrs. McDougall IS a sister, of
John Gollari' and a`sister-in-law,
of Rod ,1VICDougall, .the Eaker
COnvalescent.Home.
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' Bundle up' vciur Old Papers, Magazines and Cartons and
have them 'ready at tile :curly. pleaSe,. Wheii
the 'boys call next *eek,
0*
T� BeHel
Can't Agree On Closing
nderinh' march
Od on the subject of'.Saturday
night closing And remaining open
Friday tfight. A committee that
reported' • on its inve:qtigations
claimed that 'most district cen-
tres ,were finding Saturday to
he falling off as. a 'buginess day
iri compatison• to What it "once
Lucknow was said to be
the•exception in this respect, In
any event •aCtion is stalernated
for the time bein in
shore town.
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