The Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-12-24, Page 11ti
l4, 1956
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THE LUCKNOW :SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,. OnARIO
Christmas
ishes
Our warmest •
wishes toyou
and your dear,
ones' for 6•
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LIONS. MEMBERSHIP ; . ►. � ,»�, � , ..... _ .. _ ,.•�
INCREASES TO THIRTY
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Memtbershi,p in the newly or-, li
tg�anized Lucknow Lions Club n 1,
�Proclamai'
now stands at thirty. Sixteen , _
members signed up at the .organ- ; .I. ,
ization 'meeting,' and since last i
the Club, fourteen more namesat. the request of
week's first regular meeting of
have been added, .
The Lucknow 'Business Men's ,Association
The new members are: Lloyd
Hall, Milton Rayner, ,Stuart Coll-- BOXING DAY
y�r,': uss Button; . Donald iMac= p �; ,,
Kinnon, Jim Boyle, Alex And-
rew, Frank Thompson; Gerald 1
Rathwell, Vernon Hunter,Thos.
Hackett, D. Douglas Harton„ L.
C. Thompson, W. L. MacKenzie.
ANSWER ROLL CALL WITH'
CHIC STMAS CHEER GIFTS ,
The. Lucknow Women's Insti-
tute held their December meet-
ing in the Recreational Centre
on Friday, with thirty-three lad-
ies 'present and Mrs. Chas; Cook
presiding, The roll call was ans.
•wered by • donations for. ' the.
Christnias cheer boxes.. •
Mrs: George Kennedy, the pro-
gram convener, , took charge of•
the following program; mouth
organ and autoharp selections, by
Mrs.:Havens and. Mrs. Mary Jane
Webster; the motto,, "I will hon-
our 'Christmas in •my ..heart and
•keep. ''it for : all the year" .and.
"Christmas • in other Lands", by
Mrs P. tMm
'a Miilan; . deonstra
tion of wrapping gifts,' by Mrs.
Salkeld; 'current' events. by. Mrs.
J. Wraith'; reading by . Mrs;
Thom. "The meeting 'closed with
the Queen, followed •iby' singing
Grace. A dainty lunch, was . ser,
ved by the hostesses, Mrs. . Ken
nedy;- Mr's. P. MacMillan, Mrs.
Ed 'McQuillin, Mrs. Sproul,. Mrs.
Congram:
• ' -FOU D-ARMYY WEATHER
TRANSMITTER. APPARATUS'
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ednesday, :Dec. 26th
is hereby proclaimed •
A CIVIC HOLIDAY
IN THE VILLAGE OF LUCKNOW
And All Citizens Are Called Upon To Observe It As Such.
A. W. HAMILTON, Reeve.
On • Saturday. '• evening Earl.
Harris, was showing us.'.a radio-
'sonde • weather transmitter ap-'
parattis, which he and • Howard
'found on their .farm a few days
Ito. ,
is one of the ou—f-�i�re: eas=
ed •periodically ' into .the strato-
sphere by the United States
army, and: contains equipment!
.f o r • transmitting atmospheric
conditions; helipfulin weather
forecasting, Sucth. apparatus has
been picked up in the _.district.
before, but 'this was different in
appearance. It ;was a , white plus; Graham was making preparations
to dispose •of. the _•household ef-
:
In 'The Town Hall, Lucknow •
'CHRISTMAS. NIGHT DANCE
Tuesday, December 25th
NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCING PARTY
Monday, December 31st
Dancing 10 to 1.00
Music by
Slim Boucher's : Golden Prairie Cowboys
t r Mama .Qrgvasatoonanou Q I uansanb tt 4 R u
Interesting :Issu�e of 1901 Sentinel
Traveiled to Scotland ;arid Back:
This ' summer. while Miss ' Mina business not ,only in the mercan-
tic , box,; . ,resembling• . a lair
4, house on•; a stem.
Vir-i4-006400ltcnisg1Da
ports sea aaIa`e elith ina ualpige tta : The .equipment is carried aloft
.fir 0.oringfrivrrztar4 or or awurmm.nan o ogiroe0000 r0n n02n
is joyous
acleasOf_
uallthe
raPPinas.
,
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,s
Irlsimas'
**ship . 4
friends.
age
;i7or
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t ef-
t kte
ti
o every member of our
•community, we extend sincere
wishes for a; happy,
'hearty 1-loliday Season that is
• -filled with the joys of
od •health,good cheer and
good; fellowship.,
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by a balloons and when it bursts.
in the *rarified air, the' transmit-
ter :has.,s
;.. __ errvved. .its purpose. pose. but
i
ter has served : its purpose,, but
ered by a parachute.'
When the Harris'boys found it
the parachute and remnants of
tire—•balloon were--sti.l-l.-.•-attached,
The : redparachute has about a
Ofoot spread and, :15 feet of cord
• attaching it to the . transmitter.
A similar length of cord attach•
ed the balloon and parachute
INTERES NG SCOUT
PICTURE OF .25 YEARS AGO. ;
The Sentirfl- recently ,carne in3
to :.possession' •of an interesting
13oy Scout picture' taken soiree
twenty-five years ago in the.
early 3.0's,
Twenty members of the Luck=•
new troop were under canvas
that year, at Kintail," and were
supervised by :-senior Scout lead-
ers from Kincardine.
Lucknow „boys in ..,,the picture.
tvere:.• . Stuart' Collyer, Doug
Cl.trl<, Art Andrew,- Elliott Web-
sten, Lennard 'MacDonald, Geo..
•tit .:(:Tail; FinlaVSoii, Elwood
•fects • of the Graham home, she
came across an issue of, The Sew -
finer that was of interest 'in more
ways than one;
tile line • but in • grain,' pork :• and •
Wool. until retiring in 1'887.. ,
•He was . , the 'first.. postmaster
• appointed'• in Lucknow and held
the office until • his. death, was
justice 'of. the peace and ' issuer.
of : marriage _ licenses, president .of
the County ,Reform Associatiori,
and declined the Liberal nomin-
ation. •
Still. bearing ,,the• address label
of herlate father, Donald Gra-
ham,. this issue of February` 8tli,
1961,had been to Scotland and
back:, It had been mailed to Miss
C.G.' (Christie) - Gr=aham, who
*Gas spending several months in
Scotland, and on her return' to
Canada' she •brought the paper
with her. It was found. this ,year
in the bottom of„ a trunk *Bich
hadbeen owned by the late Miss
Graham. '
Jot
Solomon, Rekforcl Qstrarrde1, Bob
Thompson. Jack • Fisher,' Harold Friends and citizens. .
lack McLeod, . Aylmer
The' black -bordered front page
announced the deaths, of 'Queen
Victoria and of Lucknow's first.
merchant, 'Malcolm. Campbell.
Both, incidentally, were born in
the sati'e .:year, 1819; and passed
away in their 82nd year.
A public memorial service was
held for the ,beloved queen in
the Presbyterian .Church, with a
Malcolm Campbell was elected.
.reeve of the Township' of 'Kin-
loss before -Lucknow was incor
porated and when it became in-
corporated he was the first reeve ;•
of' the Village. .It -was largely due
to' his efforts "that ' Lucknow (be-
came attached tai Bruce County
in the bitter ' Huron -Bruce.• battle
to win the •'Village
soleirin .parade to the '.kirk by
Captain Moore, mounted in-
fantry; . brass band, reeve and
council, school board,. Masonic
lodge, . Grange lodge, Workmen.
Society, Canadian • Foresters, In
dependent-, Foresters, Chosen
He married Miss M. Armstrong.
in - Kirkw-ell- .in 1849 To theta
were born twelve children, all
but five of who predeceased their
father: . Surviving . at his death
Were Mrs, (Rev.) John MacrIabb,, .
Alex Campbell,' Mary and. Mag-,
gie Campbell •and°Malcolm Camp:
bell of Burford.
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First Meichant
Satre of the high g
Aitchison*, Harold � :Alun'; __Sri
Thonl7son, Qrlan a..leng y
., 7 t n., Ta�,IO Bob. MacKenzie; Campbell, reveal that he was
N E�tn
and Howard, Johns _ _ __., ._ .*-..—. been Th S b1land _ .--son of -Don-
• . aid Campbell, came to Canada
Construction of , . Teeswater's in '1846, 'taught school for two
cid a •set-' years and opened a store in Bien-
heirn• Township, was then in the
mercantile business. in Kirk.well
.until 1859 when he came , to
new post office t eceiv
3 back when the .concrete block
• fotindtition buckled under . the
weight of fill which was dump-
Lucknow. ITe• was the first mer
ed around the ,newly constructedi chant here, and, did an 'enormous -.
.c — — w —• — fo
dation
• • roar rdrorofrroroa rt0r4r r r r rru',
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HOLIDAY. DANCES
Lucknow •Fire Company's hol-
iday dances: ••''Christmas dance. .
.Tuesda,. December, 25th; New
Year's Eve party, .Monday, De.
cember 31st; 'Town Hall, Luck-
now, Glancing 10; to 1. Music for
both dances. by Slim Bots hen's
.Gotdeti Prairie Cowboys.
WEDDINGS, • ANNIVERSARIES
Our new--sariiple_ai.bum of.•per-*
sonalized accessories for .parties,
anniversaries; we'ddings, a n d
every occasion is now on hand.
New designs, new .colors, new
items in personalized serviettes,
A. 'phone call will bring these
samples to your door, or drop in
and -see th n' at The Sentin;bl.,.
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