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,.LucKalc0;, ONTARIO 4: THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1652
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EIGT. 13 WES.
1951 h
January 4th
..Toseith' Agnew, • clerk qf the
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Village for 44 years, 'missed, his
first nomination meeting due to:
a.heart condition.
• 7'4 e newly formed PUblie
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School Board was ' short two
.• (members and. a. -second nomina-
tion meeting was called, to fill
the -slate.- - • • •
Mr. and 'Mts., 'Robert Button
were 40 years married and. Mr.
and Mrs. William Fisher marked
. their 45th anniversary.. • •••
•Lukknow's •reeve and council
were returned by acclamation:
, Judy ' Mann, 15 -Months -old
• daughter of Mr.• and Mrs. Arnold
. Mann, nearly died from eating
iron pills containing strychnine.
,Mrs., Mann .kept.. house for Den
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• ail Statters. The little girl's•
• fath-
er was at Fort Lewis With the
adian Korean Bri ade.
Deaths -Mrs. Jack ',Grant; 'Miss
Mary McKinnon, Fred M: John-
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Lston
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Mrs.
arine
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•• "•• January' 11th •
Sam Alton rvvas installed as
Master of Old Light Lodge:.
Robert Rae Was appointed
chairman of . the newly • formed
District • High. School Beard. ,
. Bob MacKenzie returned to his
home town from Coburg to enter,
partnership with -.Neil MacLen-
nan in the furniture and under7
taking business, ' . •
Mrs. M.• L. Sanderson 'was ap-
pointed . Manager of the Ladies'
Wear Department of ..C. and E.
.1Everett Limited in Saint 'John.
Rev, .and • Mrs. A. S'.
arrived here from. Quebec to as-
• • surneLhis duties as_rector.at_Luek-
• now; Dungannon and RiPley.
• 'Deaths Mrs. J. W.• Stewart,
• Mrs., Ben • S. •Naylor,. Mrs. WM.
Mair, David Horne, Mrs. John
H. Wall, Mrs. John W. Alton. •
January 18th
, Dr.. Norman. Wright :and:his
• wife, Dr. Anna Nicholson Wright,
left Saskatoon to make their
home in Barbados ,in. the British
• West' Indies. • •
'..The,...Lucknow Women's Insti-
tute,held a: shower for Mrs:: Jas:
..1VlacNaughton. who had arrived
here, frorn•Scotland with her
fam-
ily. • • • _. '• •
Mrs. Russ BUtton•landed a 41-
pound- .near recard,--iting--fish
r while 'holidaying in Florida.
• Adam.. MeAdam--.-washonored
• upon • completing 21 '.years. -of
faithfulservice as • mail courier
on R. 3, Goderich. • ' .
• Deaths -- Wm. McKinnon of
Chatham,'MrS. Frank McCloskey
•of. Guelph, formerly Agnes Ken-
nedy of Kinloss, Ford Broichie..
. • luiiiarY 2501
• Sperie-kwin-had-a-tractor-d
stroyed try fire.
Mrs. Eod MacDougall suffered,
a fractured hip..
Mr: and Mrs. Howard Cowan
• !bought. • Jim Lemys ' restaurant
)11yer
the .
tr fix-
Mac -
floor
that
s in- •
m to,
heat -
Lina
hopes
amily • •
enjoy
Andrew Gaunt was elected•
president of the Agricultural
Society.°
•- Mr.- and Mrs:- George Gilchrist
observed - their' golden wedding.
• Deaths -John McCall of Aber-
nathy, Sask.; George Middleton
of British ,Cohnnbia. , •
,February Ise •
A battery and tire were stolen
from cars parked in the 'Church
shed. :
Mr, and Mrs. sJ. C. Fritzley of
Chesley obseiwed their 55th wed-
ding anniYersary. Mrs. Pritzley
,WaS formerly Cora Ross of.Luck-:
Karl) Boyle" sold his • Kinloss
Township fan -O. to Gerald :Rliody.
The' farm. had been owned .by
•the Boyle •family for 100 years.
A reception. was "held at Ain;.
berleY • f,Or Mr.' and Mrs Jock
CairtPhell (nee Gretta Campbell).
:Deaths -Mrs: Annie Campbell,
age 93 DaVid Milne, Mrs. Peter
of Winnipeg, James .Eluker,
February 8th ,
Sam Nicholson, age 1:19, . was
instantly,' killed while unloading
logs at the Luaknow Sawimil
The Lticknow Community sale
'ted it;:t fir4t birthdal, ini hnd
become a well established week-
ly evenr. . •
Mrs. W. G. Webster fractured.
her arni in A fall down the cel-
larway. . • •
C.N.R. officials •announced :the
proposed plan to discontinue rail
passenger service on branch lines
Pahneraton,., •• :• • •
• Frank Todd was made honor-
ary president of the. Dominion
Aberdeen Angus Association, .a.
life membership honor held by
only. two. other members of' the
Board. • :
• Ontario Municipal: Board 'rep-
resentatives, following a meet-
ing at .Dungannon, • announced
,they Would approve as rate • in-
crease and Make a spring survey
of the systenrto'determirie work
necessary to put the system in
shape to give satisfactory service.
JUL.:arid. Mrs. Mike Hogan,were-
50 years Married.
•Deaths -Mrs: Thomas L. "Aunt
Polly": Treleaven: • r
February 15th •
Claims paid - in 1:95t):' by the
West Wawanosh 'Fire Insurance
Company killed by lightning
set an -all-time record :of $20;000.
• cliff Crawford escaped injury'
.but wrecked his truck in an: ac-
cident near Seaforth.;':
A house owned by Harold Ban,
Orman at •Kinloss was destroyed
by fire. Left homeless were two
families, Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Col. -
Irish; and two children, who sav-
ed a few belongings, and Mr. and
Mrs: Eugene Keiswetter arid flirt
children;! ' Who • Last, everything
they owned. ' •
7-7Mr:"-arid-Mrs. John Jamieson
observed. their 55th wedding an-
niversary. • • •
1'.. Red, John
Purves.'
- • 'February '22nd •
IvIias Edna Boyle- was present=
ed with. a purse of Money -in re-
cognition of her services as organ-
ist!at Kinlough Anglican church.
Kenny MacDonald, age
7, spent the evening with .a
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BURNING IRON -LIKE,
TWENTY -YEAR-OLD WOOD
Tvverity years ago -was
either in 1930 ' or. 1931, • Nelson
-Bitsh-ell'-'ib'bught—a'tiuwntitr'of
maple and ;beech body wood from
George. Lockhart of Kinloss. •
•EaCh• year new wood Was ,piled
on some of that wood which re-
mained, and not until this year
did Nelson get to the , bottom of
the_ pile. He expected to find the
20 -year-old •wood almost value-
less-as---ne.17-11Mt7-surprisin-gly-it-
is as sound as . the day: it' was
Piled in the shed and "as heavy
as iron". • '-• ,
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SEVEN 'FEET. OF SNOW '
IN .NOVEMBER -DECEMBER,
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.Snawfall totally during Decern-,
.ber amounted to 381/2 • inches.
•in addition to ; Noll/ember's
record snowfall of 461/2 . inches,
Made:a total of seven feet of
snow ,in the two months. • •
Fortunately •. a first -of -the -year
thaw has •taken the bulk of ,it
away, permitting motor travel •to
get back to near normal again,
after a hectic' spell, of snow bUck-
The 'high temperature for De-
•tember was 57 degrees,With a
low of zero. Rainfall amounted to
.79 inches, 'with the month ,very
dull, There. were 18 days of .total
cloud, and on one day, December.
8rd, of total sunshine. • ,
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DAVID ALTON PASSES
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The death of David, H., Alton
occurredin Wingharn Hospital on.
Saturday, January 5th. He was
within a few weeks of his 81th
birthday. •The ifuneral service. Was
conducted on Monday at the
home of his son, [Elmer Alton,
with Rev. C. I B. Woolley in
• :Interment was in' Green-
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t$EE ilSENTINEL•
THAT .Mrs. John. MacLeod ob-
served her 87th ibirthday yes-
teiday, Wednesday., January 9,.
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in - WinghamHospital, Mrs.
MacLeod was seriously ill
when taken to the hospital, but
her condition has shown mark-
ed improvement of late.'
THAT •Mr. and Mrs. Newton
James of Windsor left the first
loithe week for Daytona Beach,
Florida, where they will spend
the winter, returning 'in mid-
March , •
THAT Mr.' an&Mrs. J. M. Greer
were 41 yeans married on Fri-
day, December 28th., The offici-
ating clergyman was Rev. Fin.-
• lay MacLennan°' of South Kin-
loss Presbyterian Church Their
4Isf anniversary was ,.marked
• ,by 'a ,surprise • dinner arranged
• by Mrs. Clarence. 'Greer and
Mrs: •Harold. Greer, at which
Mr. and Mrs. Greer were pre-
sented by their family with 'an
• electric clock with Chimes. • A
few neighbors were.- guests at
the dinner. ' ' •
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THAT an -outbreak of mumps
' `• delayed the re -opening of Mur -
ray's School, following the
Cliristriiii days."liar, . •
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'THAT Mrs. Ewen McKenzie is
eonvalescing after a _month s
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illness with 'pneumonia. Mrs.
MacKenzie will be 89 in March
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THAT The Paisley Advocate
marked its 87th birthday by
• corning out in tabloid form
sirriilar to The Sentinel.The
Advocate is the seventh week-
, ly•paper in Bruce •to adopt this
forMat. . • •
New Year babies at Wingham
and Gode.rich hospitals, were of
special interest to this commun-
ity.
On New Year's morning at
10.04 a.m.first baby. , of 1952 at
Wingharn Hospithl was born to
Mr and Mrs. Allen Ritchie of
Zion • (nee Violet Culbert). Bren-
da Marie is the name of the little,
lady who` weighed nine pounds,'
It wasn't until Thursday, Jan-
uary '3rd at two Minutes to mid
night th t Goderich Hospital's
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first baby arrived. It was a six-.
pound Seven ounce boy to Mr
and Mrs. Jack Hussey. Mrs. Hus-
sey was formerly Evelyn Nixon
of LutknOw, His. name is John
'Brian. Mr. and Mrs. Hussey' Were
ten years married on Wednesday.
WORKED HERE LAST YEAR;
IS NOW IN BELGIUM.
THAT Miss Helen McCreight has
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•1 on the Grace Hospital .staff in
• Toronto, after convalescing for
a lengthy period at her home
in ,Palmerston. She is the dau-
ghter of Mr. arid Mrs. Roy•Mc-
• Creighh formerly •of Lticknoiv.
THAT Elmer Webster ..of Varna,
has won his lith consecutive
acclamation . to Stanley, Town.;
• ship Catinell. He has been re-
turned for a fifth term as reeve
:and . will. be a contestant .for
the, wardenship' of H ti, r o n
County. Elmer is a native of
the Lucknorw: community and a.
son of Mrs Robert Webster of
Clinton and the late Mr...Web-
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THAT Miss' Antoinette Dalton is
• at Okinawa •iri
where she is 'engaged in re-
creational work at a large U.S.
Air -Base, Sheis. a daughter
• of the late 'Mr, 'and Mrs.'•Mor-
gan Dalton . of Kingsbridge.
,THAT receipts, will be 'forWard-
• ed on reouest for Sentinel sub.-
scriptioxiireepived by mail. Ile,:
ceipts are ingde.Out in duplicate
but will be sent • subscribers
• only if 'requested.. Attention IS
.again i• drawn • to • the fact that
.betause ofa postal rate
crease subscriptions' to the
• United States are now $3.50.
'THAT Wm. ,Hurri*.phreY, Who was
• a patient in Wingharn•,Hospital°
for several Weeks, • returned
home on Friday afternoon. Bill.
first suffered •,a fractured leg
• and while in the hospital other
• developments made his. condi,'
, t4on criticaL requiring.severa/
• blood transfusions.
• Mr: arid Mrs. George Orvis re-
ceived a letter recently from Har-
vey • and Martha Woodall, who
with. their son Billy are now in
Ghent, Belgium, which is Mrs,
Woodall's homeland. • '
Harvey was employed in this
community last year by the King
ConstruCtion Co, and . was lin
charge of • one of the 'monster
scrapers used in construction
work on Highway - 86. The Wood-
all' family occupied a trailer, ad-
joining, the :residence Of ',Mr: and
Mrs prvia .• ,• • . „. • .
Although ; only in Belgium a,
couple of months their young son.
Billy .is already '.'familiar with
their language, including some
French 0, . •
—1.1-arvesr-hu-s'receivtrd hiS per,
rnitto work m Belgitird and ex -
netts to be busy •this setting as:
there is a.,..IOt_of road work, going
on. HiNail-an opportunity to. go
to. the Belgian .Congo as an in-
structor but turned ,it down as
he had to sign up for three years
and leave his family behind.; • ,
ENFORCE GAS PUMP, •
REMOVAL REGULATIONS
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The beginning•of the New Year
brought into effect .the Depart-
ment orilighways regulations re-
quiring the removal of all' road-
side gaSoline.pumps, •
• • Operators are permitted to
empty • their supply tanks.'before
-reinoving-the-ptmwsz-The-regti-.
lation ' applies locally to the
pump:5, at. Mason's Garage and
the single pump at Rae & Port-
eous. .•
• The pumps at Montgomery's
garage were removed recently to
in front . of the newaddition to
his garage which sits back . in
-fro-hirthw-stre-et.' •
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' At, Mason's Garage the tanks
.were sold- dry the latter part of
the week. It is planned to 'Cut
away. the corner portion of the
ground floor of the building and
install the pumps under the, re-
inforced overhang. The job is ex-
pected to be commented this.
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PURD014 ',BAKERY
TO CHANGE HANDS
Hector Punkin has disposed of
his bakery .promises arid 'business
to Stewart Mullin, who obtains
possession next Monday.
The ,.`transactien also involves
,residential -change, , with the
Mullin family moving to the bak-
ery 'apartment, and the' Isurdon
family moving to the Mullin res-
idence which Hector obtains in
the ,deal. • •
Early ip the fall Rector aPen-
ed • a" gift, .paint and wallpaper
shop in the Treleaven Block, with
'a view to disposing 'af the bak-
ery, which he took over when
his brother, Athol Purclon, moved
to Wingharn.
;Stewart Mullin has had several
• ears'. experience in the baking
busrnes Ile was employed M
this business by the late Edgar
Hollyman, and continued in the
Of the Purdoi. brothers
until about ayear aeo. ,
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AIRED IN COURT
In Goderich last week Magis-
trate D. .E. Holmes granted sus:-
pended sentence to four cliSalet
young men, charged with unlaw-
<fully hunting deer clurMg,a dos -
'ed season in Huron County and
at the 'same time•found'fatilt with
the Department for their hand7. •
ling: of the d•eerseason..
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The incident caused•widespread
interest and became somewhat of
a test case, in view of _the De-
partment of Game and Fisheries
last minute decision to close nine
Of twelve counties in . Western
Ontario in Which •an open season.
for deer had been declare&
Raynard Ackert, ;Jack Ackert,
and • Bill Colwell of •Kinloss, and
Allan Hackett of Ashfield were
the foursome charged With shot-
guns andt.Mcai hunting attire
they openly went after deer in • .
the Saratoga ,Sivanip district in
West. Wawanosh and about noon -.
en Monday,. December 3rd, shot', •
a big buck that was transported
to Holyrood in ,Raynard Ackert's •••
car, Where it wasviewedby a •
n o r of people and later hung
up in Celwell's barn. " • '
C. 'A. .Wolfe of Kincardine,
game conservation officer, said
that *upon receiving information, •
he with other officials, .visited the
farrn.' The deer was confiscated;
✓ lied
as were the- guns,- of: those in-:
Allan Hackett. pleaded not ,
guilty when called to the stand
and during the hearing Jack Ack-
ert wascalled as a witness and
g1venitheLpratectiori..41--the-Caurli. „
tans:mheecIlvtrouastthsilthat tial'heitYasellwaraSgetred-It • •';141
and settled without the others
being ,eallect. • -• •
Magistrate Holmes criticised
:the Department for handling the
1951 -.deer 'season. "very badly",
and inferred that he would make
the • sentence as ilight as possible
He at first:considered" reserving •
judgement, butwhen the other
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three of the • party entered pleas
of guilty without taking the
stand, each was given suspended
sentence plus court costs of $6.00.
Conservatiori Officer John
Neeves stated that he had placed
posters announcing ' the closed
season StV Augustine, Auburn,. •
Dungannon and LuckneW.,. ja.ek,
AelreiraficfieTiarreaeivedi no -•
official notice of the season"
be-
ing closed and had not seen' any
posters. - 7• • .
Defense counsel Frank •Den- •
neliy emphasized ,the admitted , •
confusion that existed over the .•
opening -and -Closing of the 'seas-
on and:Ma istratg
the Department for their hand-
ling. of it, and the length of time
it takes to get regulations from
the. pepartinent. ' •
'However,' he contended that
.wheri such confusion or doubt
existed it was the duty of the
holder of a license to be sure of •
.its validity as to time and place.
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•HAS TIE 'MADE oi CORN
-On diSplay•at the ,Sentinel,•Of-:
fice is a tie made of corn -ad
it's' not corney: . . •
The tie' Was sent to Chris Cook,
local agent- for Funk's corn, and
was received for exceeding last
year's qUota. •
The tie, of heavy wine colored
material, is quite attractive. A •
printed' slip 'enclosed in the box
says: "Thi S custom-tailored .neek-
tie was made froth Cloth of
Corn"; and goes •,ori to expaltn
the pro-t-ers:"The cloth:in the tie
Was woven frorn fabric •
cped" bY industrial 'research, us-
ing the protein contained in coir
kernels.. This protein in the form'
of a thread is Woven on looms,
just as wool, cotton or rayon is • •
woven, The tie is , a combination ' •
of corn' an& rayon thread. COM;
cloth is produced commercially,
in 1ich/1'mnd, Virginia Corn clOth
wears 'well, is • not susceptible* to
xtioth damage and may be clean-,, •
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