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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1948-05-20, Page 2• M1R til/MsZarilIMMEARECI=151GMR•1= Z•faR Mtn • tql I.iif 1 f4i x 4M', w6 .4, • • , • s<° • PAGE TWQ= rf •: 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. •► 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, ; .,x 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' oir • o- 1 p • ff� ..viii . , •r.' • .. rico r �:.,... - . r r, 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, .1•.— • 9,. 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-.' •t iANK Off' Working with Canadian! b, eptry walk of lift !loot' 1817 • YCYWM!. P,, '78 • •