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•: THE I.UCIoNQW SENTINEL, LUCKN OW, ONTARIO
THURSDAY,, MAY 20th. 1948'
OBITUARY'
MRS. JOHN DARROW
The death of Mrs: John 'Dar•
row, which .occurred in Ashfield
Township on :Sunday, May 9.th,
removed the second •last member
of one; .of the Township's original
pioneer families.
• Mrs. Darrow, formerly Mary
Jane Irwin; was in her, 91st year,
• She was born oh Concession 10,
Ashfield on the farm now owned:
by )Vlr. and.''Mrs, Spence Irwin,
Site was one of a family of nine
.children 'born to the• late. James
• and Mary • Ann'Irwin, who todk
up Anis 4„l.awn land in the virgin
bush ' shortly : after: . the:. Hackett
families,' had:Pfirst made the, trek
rortnward • :frpn r Dungannon to
ghat . • locality; Her parents • 'came
• from ' Irelancl and . settled briefly.
at . Quebec, before continuing on-
:ward to this wilderness of bush-
land,.. 'which• held so much. prom-
The deceased has spent pract-
ically her entire Iife in Ashfield
Y
• and Lucknow. She was first mar
ried to -George Gan-` bell and ,for
p
a 'trine they farmed ori "Hal)'`s
Sideroad"•, in Ashfield,, before
Moving to' Lucknow •where Mr.
Cam'p bell. died..'Later she married.
•John Darrow of ;".Bayfield, • who
. Littl '' ` Shoe
. •• was employed in •e s
,$, Store for sorne time, and d • who
r. t;r a er th.:r•. e
, wed, ,.�ed, . , f t„.• ... �tA• Y w.
ago: Mrs. Darrow had been in.
failing, health 'for . the past five ••
•,ears; 1.
•The. funeral service .'was held.
t Davison's: Funeral Parlors ` on•
esday 'afternoon, . May. ` l lth, .
conducted by . Rev.'; J. " W. Stewart:
•. Interment'was in ..Greenhill Cern::
etery,, -the pallbearers being Win
J. Irwin ••. Gordon. 'Irwin,: Joe :Ir
wm
W. Hill, ..George :,Swan
and Clair. •John'ston:
•,n
'One'. brother,Mr...Wilson Irwi
rvi. in
' °Ash -f' eld is � the.. ; surviving
ri ember of the family Mrs.. Dar-
r ;
grow was •predeceased. by. three'
.: Sisters Martha, Maggie and Liza,
anckb.y.�fo_L1 l others,:.Jobn, ! .
iiarn
. es Wand. ��il
Jam. _
LEVY FOR FEDERATION
•UNLESS OBJECTED/TO
Ashfield Township • Council has
provided for. the' levying' of_one-:
fifth . of a mill for Federation of
Agriculture :purposes, unless ob
jected to
On the xt.• assessment
nnotice
provision is made for this one-
fifth of a mill levy, .and will be,
included in the tax bill, unless
the one .so assessed notifies the
assessor to the contrary within
.thirty. days. after .the : receipt.' cif
the assessment 'notice.
•
• ,JUNIOR RED CROSS
The Junior ' Fled: Cross 'program
on. May, 7th was: opened with .the
singing, of "0 Canada", 'Riddles
were given • by` Betty Hamilton
and jokes were told by Carolyn
Gibson, Mr, Ross' favored with
violin , solo and a musical trio
*as played.. b Pr • .' •G, race Duston
h so•anti George.
Donald • T 4mp . ,n - Gg
Anderson: Dale••Bohnert conduct
ed a jumbled words' contest- and
a poem/Was read by Gladys Chin.
;The minutes were read and _ad.
opted? Ronald Ferglson .gave a
told on "Alfred the .Great",.
Mus-.
real; chairs and shredswere- en-
joyed. by • all. The meeting closed'
With. prayer, ,irhe comrnittee was
Joan' Hamilton, Betty. ,Johnston &
Gets l civ Pontiiae
• Clark 1'inlaysori has -• received
delivery of a new Pontiac, from
-the ' local dealer, : Charles Mason.
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HIGH\. SCHOOL NEWS
-A .movie:"God: of ' the Atom" •
was .shown in • the 'High School'
Friday afternoon. ' •
• The' Ba%d`is practising for the
Walkerton cadet. inspection
The 'courses taken at 'the night
classes have been: cbnciuded:; -
IGHTY:.AC.RES IN ,FLAX'
•
Thefarrn of Russ Middleton, on
'Kinloss, has .been, • rented:
Suffered' Heart..Attack
Mr. Grahaxri ' MacNay of ;Ot
tawa visited last.:' week with his
father, }Mr. Peter MacNay of.
Paramount, who suffered a severe
eart ` attack Mr. McNay' is 80�ined
`'rs � of �a ' 'but is' ' .d term
�j ea gee g.
Y.•
'that it will take more than a heart•
attack to keep him long in bed.
for two .•Years by • George Elliott.
of town, who hasp sown a crop of:
80 acres ' of oil. 'flax.. The cross
fences on: the.. Middleton ;farm:.
have been removed,' making a:
vast 'unbroken, acreage.. Seeding
was •-corpleted .about two .weeks
.CREWE.
Messrs. Norrnnan' and Ken. Mc-
Guire and friend of London spent
Sunday with friends. here,.
Mrs. Edna McWhinney and Bert
attended . the Johns - McKinley
wedding at Seaforth .on Saturday.
• Mr, and Mrs. Jack 'Curran and
fat -nay spent Sunday ,.evening
with Mr..and Mrs, Vernon Hun-
ter, huckn.ow.
Mr, .and Mi•s,• Orville, Free ,and
Jean were guests of Mie: and'"Mrs.
Bert Treleaven.. on Sunday.
• Mr. • and Mrs, George Hunter
alsa.:. visited with• Mr;'and Mrs.
'4'relea reri. '
1,xisitors'`with Mi- and -Mrs, Will
•
'Petrie on Sunday •, Were Miss
Sarah Maize.•and ..1VIiss • Melinda'
'Black .of Dungannon • and 'Mrs.
Eliza Petrie, Mr. and' Mrs.. Jim
Mc.IVtillan of Goderich, ;
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SPITE WORK BLAMED FOR
DAMAGE AT ASHFIELD FARM''
Wanton damage at the farm
home. of Ernest Carter, Con, 13,
Ashfield, .has been attributed by
the°police as resulting,from "spite
work and` jealousy."...
Officer Culp of Goderich was
called in last Wednesday to in-
vestigate, and • is claimed to
have discovered both.•foot' prints
and finger prints. Among the•
damage reported was the cutting.
of a fence at the .road, -bricks
knocked out: of the"corner' of 'the.
house, extensive damage to the.
poultry ;house, .and the: theft. of
a pig, • trough. and .new, poultry'
':roosts,
•
CCF •Candidate •InBruce:
. John Mercer, .46 -year-old Hep-
worth mr,.echant, and. four times
•reeve of the village, was chosen
CCF candidate,in l3'ruce•riding at
W. A. Groin" No, 1. •
Drennan-Murdie Group ,met' on
Wednesday, May. 13th at the home.
of Mrs.. Ken Murdie with 'Mrs..
Drennan . presiding. •After the
Lord's pprayer and •sci ipttir:e.read
ing, by'p YMrs..: Robt.; Campbell, Mrs.
Orland Richards 'led in prayer:in
c•ememhbrance of •Mother's day.
A sing sang followed the business
erio .M.. Rae ' rsave a reading
d g
and the meeting: was close.d-With.
n, ;mn:..: and, ra• er*. A 'iniscollan--
eius sale, Contest. and social' half
hour followedt •
,PORT ALBERT : AIR FIELD. TO'.
REVERT TOFARM 'LAND,,.
Port Albert airport has .pract
"ically •disappeared 'with the ex-
ception of:the •runways,, under the
decommissioning plans of .` the
Department of Transport. •,
This' former' II A.F. 'air 'navi-
gation.school .is being, stripped of
all buildings, and equipment; and
having been. de clared surplus will
revert to 'farm -laicals: It is expect-.
•ed that•.the final dismantling op,:
eratiora� will bo team u the
`runways so that the .:land can•
again be used ior'`farming
The ' Portli'AIbert base was the
largest British air station in:Cari.
ada during' the war,•..One : of the
many ',buildings thatdotted. the
enclosure,• a N.C:04'S iness,- was
purchased by The. Clansmen. and
was,,,moved • to: Lucknow where
ago.and the :crop'' is up and look -:it is being converted' to a Recrea
inggood• tional Centre
g.
RIDING LIBERAL :CANDIDATE ACCLAIIVI'� .��R-UCE R G : ...
a- nominating convention on Sat-
urday. night in Port 'Elgin'This
makes a three' -•way. battle in
Bruce'. between J. P., Johnston,
Conservative, Kenzie, Foster, Lib-
eral' acid Mr,. Mercer;,..
Membership, in 'the Women''s.In-
titute in Ontario totals 38,600,
DU.NGANNON FAIR. BOARD
A
PLANS` WORK BEE AT HALL ' •
The: • Dungannon Agricultural
Society, ' is drafting plans for ' a
•community: building bee in order.
that the new main hall May be
-completed;: and. ready for. the fair
next fall
call . is being • sent out ' for•.
voluntary' help from drstiict • far-
mers. to
armers;:to aid in the laying of the
cernent• foundation;,: It' is :x expected
that ther..esponse to this .Call Will'
come during the period between
the •end --of 'seeding and the -com=
menceinent of. haying.' •
The building• was moved ,from
Port Albert last year to the Dun=.:
gannon Agricultural $'o c i e ty
grounds.' but ,is '.not yet inrcondi
tion. -to be used.. The :foundation,:
has to be •:laid,a kitthen attached
to the present building (which
Measures 30 by 86 feet').., ' and gen-
eral ;finishing ' • work done. The.
Society Chas ..already -paid: for the
building and the :moving of the
• •HON: FARQUHAR OLIVER
• Prov'incial Liberal : leader;iwho'•.
will .speak` in Kincardine oh May.
31st in the. interests .of 1u.gh Hill
and, Kenzie Foster, :Liberal can- : •
'didates in Huron -Bruce -& Brace •
ridings respectively.
ASI FIELD• LADY.. 1g, '84' •
Mrs, E. MacLennan,.: respected.
district lady, marked her eighty.,,
fourth;birthday at."thy Jame of
her ` daughter, Mrs. Roy Ma,el era:.
zie Ripley :
'For .the occasion M''i•s. Macj{en-.'
xis enter.fairieia . a. a1rirber of
friends sand \relatives Liwho spent. '
a; happy after'noon,.:'Included .a-'
morfg4 the . • guests were three .'
nieces, Mrs. Charles : Boyd; Mrs.:..'
Hector. MacLean and •Mrs; D. A.:.;...
MacDonald:- Mrs Neal'; J Mar-.
Lerman,, 'a •grand niece, 'was' also
among the. guests •
Setting Progressive Pace
The . Village ' f Tee,§,wa
•
•.• ter. is
'.howing i' plenty: ot :ci' c activity
o late. The'=insta lation `
f 1. o of a.;dom-.
estie, water system is, • nearing '
l,, , . rk, has• h len ' ` --
com etron.''Wo c .Start -
On.‘
t
p.
ed 'ons the cgnstruction of a new
arena and. last' week• a ar be
i'• vas• held under •the •suPervisio'n•
of Graham :Moffat, in• drsmantltng..
'and moving a:rne•tal covered :shed:
;from 'Kincardine to Tecsv.aterl,.
This building, -..52x9,,.5 feet, waS the ,
former: Presbyterian :Church shed
and be 'erected in the Cuhoss
Village • as a -cornrnunity' shed
same pi:the • present location...T.
1V1..D'urnin sec.-treas� •re pports 'h'e. "GOD OF THE.ATOM" FJLM
.
has collected to :date towards . ex
:penses the, sum of .$1,009.45 but
yor
that additional donations :will be
needed in, order to meet expenses,
suOWN HERELAST WEEK
"God 'of the Atorn",. a .•cientiiic
-motion: picture. in techfrrculpi v. as:
When .completed ' the hall' will. presented• in the: High S 'liool: pn
be used • for. dancing in the even- Friday,: afternoon;:. rind that even
ing and also as' an 'exhibition 'hall •ing was a'ga•in shoe i1 In hfidd
during t1 a „day.. Officers.. of 'the! Presbyt'eria-n. Chin c:''a. i ,T3:11.
Society'- who .are endeavour;:ing•to, shows 'the Nagasaki: w::,I3
,1 ,)vina:
press ahead the project are Lorne: bomb blasts and i' ':•In i ili coi?
Durnih, "pres,' Gordon Stewart, junctlon' with the t.'s 1Ft1 'i of:
lst, •:viae -pies.•, Howard Sproule, Cali•fornia0and, Moody i»;trtJtt'.
2nd':vice-pres.::T. M. Du'rnin;'sec,- i'as ' the:' chi istian:an'''',.'.."'t ' •t ''`;.
treas.. 1 problem• off.atomi'e E'
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The above photo, c&urt-sy' of gin. To the 'right of Mr: Foster°
The'Wiartrr rr Echo, shows •'lJen.ie i:,S. MacXenzitx of
Foster being • acclaii ed Liberal • W i1kcrton, 'president of the Bruce
candidate• for Bruce Riding' at, the ',Liberal thE'. left
nomination` meeting. iri Port El-. and .als:i fiepieting l,i c rthusiasm.•
rs lDonali Blue Of'Fipley,)presi-
dent of the '.Hurn -Bruce Di13eia1:
Association,
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Don't gamble against the heavens. Are ypu fully cc,vered aka ir (rl:iwr'
age by hail' and other risks such as•hre,: burglary and accidenr `\ fv!,",i
loan be helpful? Remember nou do not ask a favour when r•c,u int ,i . .
loan at the; B of M. Loans areOur hus ness.:See the �`��/ fl ►�••�� �rr
nearest manager. Asks or ur is far the folder "Quiff
fit a Gti Ahead Farmer-.'
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Working with Canadian! b, eptry walk of lift !loot' 1817 •
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