The Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-07-18, Page 1". •
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Less than five months after it
was discoVered that Paul Ernest
•Meiklejohn had leukemia, the
little lad suecumbed to the rav-
ages of the dread disease, for
hieh, as.. yet, thereseerns no
It was in late Ftbruary that'
Paul's condition as • -. ern-rine:0:1
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and the intervening onths Were
AistresSful, and at ti 'Painftil
•ones, for the little :fellow. For
the parents, Rey,' and MrS:. Grant
"MeiklejOhn, they were trying and
faith - testing months, during
• which they knew the ",•ineVitable
01.1tegMe, but when Paul: had •his
bright days; following blood
• •jratisfusiofis, they clung to the
glimmer tOf hope' ,that Medical
science .appears to be on the
Verge" 9f .discovering a cure for
that fatal disease, and that the
'discovery might come in time: to
save their little .lad. ' •
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• Panl•Iwas little more than. two
: • months past his third birthday
He was three on .May 5th. ' Hi
- _ .de th carne
12th-, at War- Memorial Child
' ren's Hospital, London, where
had been gravely ill since Sun
day morning, when he Stiffere
A cerebral hemcrrhage:,
Paul Was.,a, bright:child,. talk
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-Who can name "The Hurons",
winners of the tug-o'•=war event.
at, the ...Lucknovv:sOld• Boys' and
Girls' Reunion in 1D10,
This picture of , them,. vis.&n
we possession ef, Bruce Mae-
Lionald of Ashfield. • Haily Caird
aw the picture while visiting
••ere a few ,weeks ago, and tried
Jithout success to contact some -
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PUBLIC 'HEALTH.
NURSE LEAVING
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On Friday of next Week, July
27th, Miss Jodn'Cormack will' ter.- , •
minate her duties as a xnember
of the staff of nurses of the Bruce '
County Health Unit. %. • ,,
Miss cormack.joined the J3ruee'
Unit three years ago, arid has
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been .permanently stationed at
the"LucknoW office. since then;"•• '
-..,A;,daughter, of Albert. Cormack • • +4 . t' •
Of Arthur, Joan is a graduate of • •'•
•the,-Hespital .for • Sick. Children''• *
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in Toronto, and took her' public
health training at the :University
OS Toronto.
‹ Another Member of the staff .
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who is -leavirvv, the Unit is Mrs. • • , ;.641, ". ,
Margaret Boyle of Kincardine
Several weeks ago Alan Cooper,
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resigned.. as sanitary inspector t9
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one who could name them. He:
hadn't any luck, so we had a plate
iriade of the pictpre, expecting
,hat some. old 'timers will be able
co name • these stalwarts.:
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BAPTIZED. TWO AT LI.JCKNOW, AMAZING ATTENDANCE AT' . AT WOODEDEN CAMP
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e • Qn •Stinday rnOrni4, July, 15th 'Attendance at the • recentya,- ghter of ,Mr: and Mrs. Dick. Me -
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ifi St Peter's, Lucknow, the Rev..Cation Bible SchoOl held in Rip- Quillin of Kinloss, is spending
H. L. Jennings baptized arid re- ley • reached 180 and „ nevel• Went three :weeks at Woodeden Camp
ceived into•• the fellowshiP Of -below 160. The Rev. H. L. Jen- near Landon, 1N•hich is a camp
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ative and intelligent beyond hi
years) and the community griev
ed his death.and the .Sorrow
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loss of their only child. •••
the.:_hody rested at the Me
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Lennan - .1lifacKenzie Memoria
. Chapel 'until Saturday morning
The funeral service, was held. i
Unitedthe•Church on. Saturday
afternoon conducted by Rev
• Fred 'Starkey of Teeswater and
Rev. Di A. Bryden, of Ripleyt
'vas :a touching' service bu
also one of comfort The little
white Closed' casket was topped
with • three' little nosegays of
tflov.vers and was banked by Other
floral. tributes, in which : baby
. mums weite so fittingly profuse.
Rev. • Brydon• read .passages
front. the % 23rd and - :the 103rd
.Psahns, ad the hymns sung/
were "Jesus Loves' " Me" 7 and
"When He Cometh". '•
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• Christs Chtirch,. •Patricia -Cath- ning,s was :in charge of the Seri- for' handicapped children. When
erine Campbell, infant daughter ior department.. The ToWnshiP. a Child, .ponelda 'lost her lore-
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Of :Mr. and Mrs. Ira •Campbell
Hall was filled to . 'capacity, fol.*
o•f Goderich,. and Janice Corrine the achievement night heid on..
e Gaunt, infant daughter of Mr. Friday, July 13th. • . - •
' and Mri. Harold Gaunt of West •'•
W-6vanoeh.
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1 -At 7:30 :p.rri. the same StMday
at St. Patti's) .Ripley, Murray
n Lorne, Hagedorn and Marilyn
Velma ageder.n, infant twins ot.:
Sr. and Mrs., Harvey 'Hagedorn'
of 'Ripley: were baptized.. • • .•
In his prayer Rev. Hrydon ex-
pressed thanks :to God for the
opportunity: the parents had to
• care-for-'-this-
guide him in 'the way he should
go, to love and • be loved. •
•`• Rev. tarkey? in •his Words of
comfort, „: said that while • We
question the' mysteries of God's
Purpose • in taking a little 'lad
• who, loved life, who had 'such
bright prospects •and '•who *as
so. deeply loved- ibx his parents,
we must hold fast in faith for
.God is good.•,'
• 'Children. enrich our. lives and
bring us closer to GO11;• he said,
and Paul had enriched the. lives
of his parents .and "brought them
great joy; In, the/ past weeksof
trial and anxiety their .faith had
• been tested and strengthened,
His three short years 'had, been
a :blessing for Paul, . to have
been brought up feeling the in-
fluence of• a Christian _home-
.. 'Rev. Starkey, ' wlio knows the
family intimate1y, said that God
was more real to Paul at three
than to many .grown-ups, and at
:that tender age Was more spirit-
ually • ,Mature than Many mon
and women.' ' •
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11# -used the Biblical words of
David's dedication, cannot
bring him back, therefore Will
go to him", as the. course t the
Meiklejohns • would, fallow • in
faith,- "and that "64-Will":keeP
him in His everlasting' care".
On Sunday afternoon .in Ryl,;
ston Cernetert-atljacent--
Church that his father attended
until young manhood, little Paul
was laid to rest, :following a.
• graveside service largely attend -
td by relatives and friends of
the bereaved parents..,,
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PAYS VISIT HERE WHERE*.
HER, PARENTS ‘FIRST LIVED
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Mrs. -Irene7W-alker, of. the State
of Wasiiingtori,,,•Was ,preserit at-
reunien on' Sunday;
• and :incidentally had come the
larthest distance. • • •
OCTOGENARIANS MEET -She 'was formerly Irene Miller;
. ' • , • . • .- -• whose parents. lived • 'in Luck.now•
• Denzil Statters of Preston spent and at Holyrood at one time, and
the 'week -end here .and attended she had . come East to see • the
the Percy reunion on. Sundaycommunity where they had HY-
He•tells us that he has Mei David ed. mer father was, John(. Miller,'
Grahain of Preston and these two who'carPentered in Lucknow fOr.
Octogenarians • have been having a time, and her .mother. was Kate
some great chats about Lucknow..,odgins of Con 1O, Kinloss: Her
They both attend. 'the' United parents moved frOnt,..Lucknow to
Church and Meet frequently : :north of Holyrood, to the•Mar
Mr. Statters is in his 82nd year shall farni.that adjoined the They later moved to
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and Mr. grahani is about three ters' farm.
Dakota and' it was there that
years his Senior: Thy never
-knevv--e-ach-other-uriaLmeeting_fntheir_daughter.Jrene,Was-born. • ,
Preston. Denzil saw by The' Sen- • Her grandmother was a .Percy,
tine'that kr. 'Graham was in and a 'sister of Tom Percy, '• Who
Preston, and made an aPP9int to, -brie time ran. the Percy Motel in
look him
. • Lucknow, on Stauffer St,, .north•
: • up. ""' • •
David •Grahamis a son of the of 'Campbell Street, That is such
late Mrand MrsRobert Gra-
ancient history that few, if any,
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ham, He. left 'Lucknow at the will recall :this hostelry.
age" of 16 years, and in the 'inter-
vening three • score' and almost
ten has been literally a world
traveller. ' •
.ACKNOWLEDGE DONATIONS
'TO AEC: COMMITTEE,
' 'Several donations have been
received of late by the Lucknow
•Distriat Recreation Committee.,
These donations are earmarked
to assist the' committee, in: pro,
meting a•tprogram of supervised
recreation and their sports pro-
gram, Which covers practically
every S'eries..frorn' Pee, Wee te
Intermediate.
Supervisors, of the '.'playground'
'activities are Ruth Treleaven. and
Roddy Wraith,°And they also'
have supervision of the children
while raceivin swimming'
An:idiot-I. Teeswiater twice
weekly,
The Committed is embarrassed
.hy a sh,ortageof funds, 'and all
donatiOns.•-largo
heartily welcomed to aid in these
:worthwhile projects. • • .
..110n4.0n,Si0.....ctate ate; Silver
wood Dairies, Ltr-c-know,7#5:06;
S.S. No. 5, Zion, $3.00 Si. games;
Prank•Ititchie $5.00; Art Breck-
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les, $5,08; Brock, Cleland, $5.00;.
Cam macnonaid, $2.00; AleAn-
arrn in', gin mishap. •• ••
Arrangements for her to at-
tend' Woodeden• were :made • by
her minister, ReV-H. L. Jennings
'sand- by Miss Joan Cormack, pub-
lic health mirse. • .
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accept a Sifnilar post: -in , Owen •
Sound; He, too, had worked* out
of the Lucknow offiee.
Last WedriesdaY • evening this
threesome were guests ,of honor
at a' staff party at Miramicht at
the cottage 'of Dr. D. R. Allen,'
Medical Officer of Health 'fOComrr
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'DUring, the evening the opPor- .
tunity afforded , to present...
gifts •to the departing members
of the staff. Miss ,CormaCk re-
ceived an all -wool Meter rug,
Mrs, Boyle; an electric tea pot • .
and' mug and Alan Cooper a spot- •
lightlaritern. • • . •
' ENGAGEMENTS,
mr. and Mrs: Torn Hackett an-
noufieeLthe-efigagement- of' • their
daughter, Lois Anne, Vri. La-
Verrie Cunningham •son •of Mr -
ancl Mrs. • Vere Cunningham 'of
„ HAYING' oN SUNDAY • '
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In a° desperate effort to salvage
somehay, much of Which is de-
teriorating ,in quality -- and ifl
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sOme ,cases totting 1— a number
Of district farmers Were reported
to have • been haying on Sunday:
And Whoeitiadblame them? :.• •
Haying. time 'brought a repeti-
tion of the wet weather., that
plagued farmers .during seeding.
Late -June and July has set
some sort of a record, ,..staelY,
for an absence of sun, and when
it wasn't raining it might about
as well have been; so far as at-
mospheric conditions were Con-
cerned •for Making hay. •
The sun shone on •Saturday
af-
4ernoon--and—ag'ain
intervals on Sunday, :deciding
some farrriers to make the most
of At.
Despite the weather thebright
si of the picture is, as one far
mer ut it,'"We're lucky tO:eseaPe
the term ,• damage". , • -
Goderich. The welding Will take
'place early: in August
ASHFIELD LADY INJURED,' *
IS ,HOME FROM'HOSPITAL
Mrs. Sarah MacKenzie of Kin -
tail was injured in an auto ac-
cident in Wingham on Monday:of
lastweek,but was able, to re-.. , . •
turn home- from the hospitar on.
Sunday .• ” •
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She, suffered severe lacerations.
to the forehead, a broken bone
in her foot, which is in a cast,,
and. bruises and &pelt. -She is,..
however, making_tavorable:pro-
Mrs. MacKenzie was a passen-
ger . in a car driven ,hy her son,
They were. proceeding
Held Memorial Service At Over
Century -Old Pt. Albert Cemetery
(By'. Rev. H. L. .Temiings)
After, zniiCh, clean-up' work and
planning the Cemetery Commit-,
tee of Christ, .Church, Port Al-
bert, held its first annual Mem-
orial• Service on Sunday, July 30 pm The large num
15th at 3,-
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ber present were appreciative of
the improved appearance of the.
cemetery. Many graves were -de-
corated with flowers. ' • ,
The memorial service.waS con-
ducted. by the Rev. H.
nings of. Christ ChUrch, assisted
by the •Rev. G. lvVatt of Port.
Albert United'Church.. A choir,
made Up of members ef both
churches led in the singing.
The Rev. H. L. Jennings re
vieWed the history of Port Al-
bert and spoke chiefly l'or John
Hawkins of Ireland) who ' had
willed, the lana for the burial
.place. He was notcd for his re-
ligious convictions, and in :'the
abgerie"e of a mirriSter-totidticti_d
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bUrial services, „e took an act-
ive interest in municipal affair*
being ,chairrrian. ' of the first
County Council meetiritin Huron
County 'in 1841. The earliest
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known burial in Christ Church
. Cemetery is that of the Rev.
Itobert. Murray who. died in 1853.
Rev. 1.1. L. •Jennings based his
message on 2nd *ChrOnieles
'Iehoida, a minister, was buried
among the kings because he had
done good in Israel.. A minister
beloved of his people is honored
ih death by' a kingly burial.' He
has left a' livingmemorial in the
chronicles of his people recorded
.in ' the e•sciptures, • Thememory
and influence of a righteous life
isa lasting monument.
Mr. Jennings asked for more
interest, in local history in the
• schools so that ,a respect would
be. cultiv:ated for our pioneers.
• fie described the memorial ser
vice , as a link between the Past
.,and present The services should.
be maintained continuously, so
that the link May never 1)e brok-
en,. - •
A gel:term:is offefing:-wai 're-
ceived for the permanent 'upkeep
of the cemetery. William Tigert.
cif Port Albert is the secretary -
treasurer •.of the cemetery com-
mittee.
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along 'Winighani Main st.,, when,.
in..a collision with a carwhich
entered the thoroughfare from a
stop. street. ' •
Both cars were considerably •
damaged. ' •
ASHFIELD YOUTH -
SUFFERED I3ROKEN,LEG
• Jimmy MacDonald • of':' the
Lanesville 'community in Ashfield
suffered a broken leg • recently. .
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He was riding ho eback on his
older brother, Joh, when he fell .
from his .should s, to break his • •.•
lei above the ankle.:
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i ilnnaY 0 was ' hospitalized • from
Friday to Monclay•and .then per-'
Mated to return • home. It is ex-
pected that he maY be able to be
fitted this week '•Witl a 'walking
.cast. • '-' ' VP;44
The lad is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter MacDonald Who Pur-
chased the Cyril Campbell farm '
in . Ashfield .and Moved there
from Wingham• a few, months -
ago. • : * - '
EVERETT LANE TAXES
CHATHAM POSITION ' . . .'
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Everett Lane, son of IVIn• and
Allis. Mac Lane_of..Kinloughhas-,--
been appointed"' supervisor of • •
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