The Lucknow Sentinel, 1948-08-05, Page 2PAGE TWO
• MR, DAN ALTON PRESENTS FLAG
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL. LUCKNOW.,
Mr. Dan .Alton, a former Lucknowite and president of•. the
Vancouver Old Boys Association, is shown presenting a flag to be
flown over the new Community Centre in Lucknow.', The flag was
accepted by Mr." W. L. MacKenzie, left.: Also shown in the picture
is Ed Mahon, secretary of the Vaneouvei;; Association acid orig-
inator of the Bruce Reunion idea. Mr. Mahon .is at •the right.
Reunion .Rtambl ngs
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.WINDOW OF CURIOS °
ON MIO
TIW $DAY, AUGUST 5th, :J
Booths Weren't Profitable.
_ About t. X .
Local business places co -open- tura of the whole .celebration,p-
`decoratingtheir pears• to be that booth operators
ated . well '• ra,•
stores and store fronts and . in
"dressing, up"• their windows. Old
pictures were displayed in several
windows and were the centre •of,
much, interest. .•
The windows of Ed Baker's egg
shop were filled 'with. curie• and
antiques. One. • window 'featured
a•�n umber of curios obtained in
the Arctic by ,Finlay McInnes of.
Aklavik, N;W,T. The collection
included the ,tusk of an '.Arctic
-Narwwal., t1e t-usl s -a: Es-
kimo carvings and a miniature
kayak. A pair. of old'dueing pis-
tols .were also displayed „A stuff-
ed bird ' .collection previously..
owned' by.the `late ConradDecker
was. on display , and a:. stuffed
weasel caught,' by . Hugh .. Ander-
son of 'St. Helen's 'a, half century.
ago. , •. . 4
In the . other. window . . was a
replica of. a sailing vessel carved
out and constructed by the late
James Jardine. of Point Clark,
father. of George Jardine of town.
The • . schooner masterpiece. was
,' cornpleted in ..1899.,
he only regrettableiea-
• did not find their venture profit-
able, and had much hard. work for
practically 'nothing.
A 'Young '"Old OM"
One of the young "old girls"
to come :back .for the reunion. was
Mrs. Janet MacDonald, who is
in her 87th year She was in the
-park on Friday and met many
old. friends. Mrs. MacDonald is
making her home in Seafor'th'
with her daughter, 'Mrs, Clinton
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Colored Dinnk's Hitt l
Bert Ward's. premises were well
decorated for , the reunion, and
an , 'open... invitation offered. to all
visitors to rest in the garden
Decided Against' Pasture Field ' 1VIen's•Bible Class of the Lucknaw ! Highlighting the decorations was
To get "home", for '.the reunion Presbyterian Church,, taken m: a coloring job' on one of'' the 'big
1915; ' :-thee ass ofyoung
men, several: were in :uniform. at
,that time. The 'teacher was,11r.
W. L. MacKenzie; the . pastor, Rev...
,J., S. Duncan, and : the Sunday.
School superintendent; Mr. Geo.:
Matheson
Four .of: that:. class' :had dinner
'together .at the:•home of <P•hilip
Stewart on Friday. They, were Sid
Plowright.,of Oshawa;G S. Free:
of Brar tfond, Alex Butler of God -
oriel -far -id Philip Stewart of Luck
:°'" .
now:' .
at least two "old boys" ; inade the Of
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trip in private.planes. - Gordon
Smeltzer; son of the late Wm.
Smeltzer of. Ludtnow, flew : from
Edmonton to Goderich airport in.
his 'own pr ivate+iplane..Gordon is
Vin' the insurance business in the
West, and `hops jot quite` �e•
'ed.b
arl b �� air. Aee = ni
ul y.y
his wife : they. made. the trip in
about 18 -hours flying time. .They
circled,' tlje old. home • town- with
the -idea of landing• in. some acts
jacent pasture field, stint,
6—aided..,on the Goderich airport.;
:Mr. '.and Mrs. Smeltzer were 'met
t'�Goderich . by -Mr =and• Mrs.. T.
Anderson' ;when Gordon ' took.
him for ari air view •of •the'latte'r's.
Ashfield :Township farm
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Flew From Wisconsin-:
Other . air travellers included:.
Mr.:and :. Mrs Ralph. Potter of
Waukesha,. Wisconsin -They: ac-
companied a friend,, . Ed Housh
and. his' 10 -year. -old son 'Wayne:.
Ed :,piloted a Stimson Voyager
and made Goderich in about five
hours. Ralph left here:• in his early
,teens,••. and 'it was his ` first ,:trip
back. He is a.;'nephew of Mr: Wm
Rotilston of :•Huron Township:
They were thrilled.:by the ..trip.
For Mrs. Potter' it : was her first:
,visit to CatiadaTand she enjoyed
it; about 'IS much as Ralph who
was diel ighted too meet old school
friends and :visit the familiar
scenes of lis chirdhood, especially
in ',the vicinity of : the ``old apple
evaporator".
Ralph' is' a _soot of the, late Geo:.
Potter, who• at ' one tinte was "a:
harness maker i.n.Alex Ross' shop.•
His. mother was' formerly Minnie
Arrnstro , who...at -one 'time was
a ilores b. •the
::.. employed �. as ata s . Y •
.
late Conrad . Decker. Mrs: Potter
• is still living..and'makes her home
in ' Holcum, Wisconsin with : her
•daughter.• Margaret; Mr"s. Walter
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vng'the • vehicles.. in the cal
ithurrvpian; parade was one o -the
old brass front Fords... This.
antique of 1915' vintage is . owned
and operated'by Howard Robin.
son and wasn't`just, a parade res -I
,urrection. ~it's `:-in daily use. and
ticks,'`_: like sewing.,•inachine:
Howard bought - the. Ford' fron
Wm. J. Bain, Con. 4,. Kinloss
Donald Dinnie pictures, to. create
a colorful' tartan for the big Scot
and.. traditional emblem .. of "The
Games"made:'. famous by;,Luck-
now .three score y rs, ago:
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10 -Year -Old Dancer'
'Little Patricia Ewan, • 10-year-
old
0 year-old daughter of: Mr,•,a�id Mrs. Tom.
Ewan of Toronto, was `one • of he
' Scotch ;dancers. on Friday's pro-
gram. This little miss,. who : won
the C N E. baby. contest, when she
was?. months old, has been taught,
Scottish dancing' since. . she: was
314 `years . old; At ten: she. is . quite
a • noted®dancer-and in Compel...-
Miens
omp
titiens since; July • lst of this year -
has alreadywon 21` medals
Smit
Recalls First Trip To Lucknaw
Mr: rater Moffat, in his, iv -
Marks ' on " Friday.,' recalled his
first trip, to Lucknow 6$ years.
ag'o.. He accompanied Wm. Orr
with 'a . load of dressed; frozen
hogs to .Malcolm Campbell's store.
The horses were Stabled. at the
Whiteley House. Liquor could be
bought then for 50c and .as low
. as •25c a quart' at Sandy Mac-•'
Pherson's liquor store.
When he concluded, the chair
m an' reminded.: the gathering that
there was no: use looking for
"Sandy's Place". It no longer °e=
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fists.
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Ixi Greer's Radio and Electric`
shop a • .`display of old ;radios was
interesting: , They included the old
ear phone type with' models dat.
uig--back to'1920..
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WAS GAM E$ C HAI
SIXTY YEARS AGCY
' .. Thomas. Ross; Langside 1;
native and; ,strong man at
Caledonian :Games before
turn of the century, was in .Ll
now in all :his glory last Fri',
not' only inbne ci
but , again recallas .a programgy-go
perfc
err This time his oontribu
was 'a' tune on the pipes w.
he so 'dearly loves.- "
Mr.' Ross will be 88 year;,
age, on .Christmas Day.• He..
born•.. at Langside, ..a son Qf
t ,_ homa -Ross and, Mar -1
Kinnon.: .For many"years a r,
dent of, Toronto, Mr. Ross
spends a good deal ,of tirne-°r'�
slimmer -.'at the. old • farm l'i
on which' not •a sod has 1
.turned in 63 years. His fai
died when he .Was twoyears:
Ili pride thisover six -1
straight -as -a -whip octogena
recalls hit(:. Prowess at; the
edonian • Games in' Id icknowii
1889 he was theHuron-B
champion, scoring.' the gree
number ; of points in such coni
icons:. as• hammer throwing,
put and . caber, 'tossing; With
hand he hurled a .56Tpound,w
over the bar, just one inch $
too to of 11 feet Oil;, that occasioi
won the .medal •'-donated by
'NeWhveenStu_cChkaiFrmaAn WE:spL�ls, nMastiocn* , TrIun18`M90 PTom
.Ross again.
air. coil. under
Kent e'a ch Via the •.Huron -Bruce 'champion
him during .the ;official opening wasawarded the Lucknow
edonian Soetety silver cups M
is :among his most .prized• post
ions: In a Friday afternoon'
form. interview,. Mr. Ross
"he ' Couldn't °carry'. on his :b�
all the medals ` he . had .won'
" Ile alio • competed' with De
IDinnie ..the. famed. Scottish.
tete. �..i
ceremonies, he 'came up with. a
witty, remark: ,' He , was 'seated be-
tween two gentlemen, Mr• Foster
Moffat,: 'and " John. Hanna, M.P.P.,
whose politica. don't need to , be
enlarged :upon. Said the chairman,
"When a: roan with such:' a name
as : Wiliam Lyon MacKenzie,
takes a .flop while siting between
these two men, he deserves what
he gets"
WOULD , LJKig: OLD PROGRAM
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Mr. .Thomas Ross, champion.
Huron -Bruce athlete at :the. Luck
now 1 Caledonian games . in, 1889
won_ ders : if anyone* is in . possess-
ion of a;: -program of those' games.
He• would dearly love ,to' get one
or see one
' In;1890 Mr. Ross left for
Ontowhere his magnificent 1
ique ,easily 'won' him' a plac
the . Toronto ' Police Force's
which ;'he served .for. 34, year
1.12 he organized:the To
P lice Force Pipe ,Band and
.
frome ma or: until his retirKe,
the Force. i In 924. F,
still honorary .pipe, major at
his honor The Band coftinul
wear ` the • Ross: tartan., F
-years:11r'. was pipe
FORSTER FAMILY PICNIC :1 of the•Toronto Masonlc. Ba
Mr Ross' was ..Mar ied '63J
The Forster: family •picnic was ';,ago His wife predeceased
held at Kincardine on Sunday, two 'years ago. She' was fore
• July 25th It was the first time Jane Mary Davidson, `a -natil
Daughter Heads, Pipe .Band•"Foot-Prints" since•1935 that this gathering has Kingussie, Scotland: `'
', a book.' written
Billy McKay of .Toronto was been held Present from` the far- Mr:.'Ross' has °two. dangl
•.1 .: by:, .Mrs.:.Goodhand; : a native:•of . •
a reunion visitor at • the home ofchest .point.were • Mr. and MMrs Mrs. ; Alex J. Murray (Eliza
Ashfield,. welt: on sale here` dur .
Mr: "lid`�'Mrs:' .Jim •: Burns.. Dilly .. Joe Forster :: f Winnipeg.
ing the' reu�ziion Mrs Goodhand• �°
at one a 11 d fond Fred
of•Toronto, Mary T Ross of
tun .d'r'ove clic usiaber ., • onto :with. whore he make,
. was ca a to the s on Fridayi.
'wagon for the l ucknow Table, To Ta►ronto homie . anal eight ' grand` iii'Company He has •a : •daughter,• `',Returned.
;?ave Horne who had a and tet; great
grandchildr
morning' by Mr. McKeuzae, -butt
she • wasn't'.,present. , •'.. :'been `.. .
roud.,
Grace McKay, who is pipe -major * * * i patient in W�inghi ,Hospital' whom. he s, justly p
of theSi.Andre w's:all= ilrls _ ii
. g , o, since his �scootei accrd�ent, return-.
There are feW of the cahthum-
band- which has, won International .•.
fame: 'Thee band is shortly 'going pian entries that wouldn't come ed to. his home inToronto . on
Monday. He aocompianied his sis-.
ter,, Lillian. Dave has not yet re-
covered from the effects • of his
shafting' ttp and . is still suffering
a, good. deal.
fo Syracuse..
Mr. McKay has • not . yet recov-,
ered.' from . injuries ': received at
Christmas time when: struck, by
•a motor car as he -.stepped off . *a•
streetcar on his .way: to work.
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Oldest' Living Past Master
Old
Light.'Lodge, A.F. A.M.
held a 'special "welcome home'
meeting on Thursday evening
which drew a .'large;: attendance of,
resident.. and non-resident mem-
bers as ` Well . as• visiting breth-
Droei Another"rtlaughter,,.,'Geor--• ren. ' '
gins, Mrs..' Eisenhuth lives in Elk ' ,Mr, David Lawrence, who was
Mound,
Wisconsin. When the among those in attendance, Ls 'the.
Potter family left Lucknow over oldest living .past master of. .Old
thirty years ago, they' went pfirst /Aim, He helped ed ,in .the, confer-
. g p
to Dakota before settling in. Wis-`
ring of'. the degrees upon Rev.
consin.. The flying, visitors left Charles 'W. Saunders, one of five
at :dawn, on Saturday on their re- clergymen in' 'attendance: at
in .for ,a special word of •mention,
ifspace' permitted:
Bill Blue- from Detroit had his
car,. decorated. and ' :lois "Home
Again"' carried toutthe whole
theme' "of the reunion. '
The ancient stage coach, ' . fire •
wagon, brass fronted Ford• and.
J. R. McNab's ' butter. and ,egg•
,wagon were among the. relicts:
turn trict
w......, :....,Thur'sday night's 'Meeting. Rev..
0 * ' • Saunders was rector of St. Peter's
Church from ispp to. 1910. He 'is
now in Stewacit `, Nova Scotia,
and made the long trek from the
Maritimes to visit his, son in .Lon
don and to. renew old friendships'
in • the Lucknw 'parish.
OUR MEMBR,ES OF '191'6
BIBLE: CLASS TOGETHER: •
Among the many interesting
'•old pictures "dug- up"' 'for the re -
'union :was one. of the 'Young
Everybody Satisified' ;
We failed to hear one word of
criticism or disappointment from
the thousandsof people who+.vis-
ited Lucknow during the -four-day
,reunion. Everybody''was. pleased
arid happy, • `that{ they "Will ' Ye
No Come Back!"
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Well, We 'have heard a coin -
plaint: Friday afternoon's traffic,
jam into the park (worse because
''Of the rain -storm) led one, party
to, suggest that on any future oc
rasion such as this, additional en-
trances' into. the park should be
arranged. And they . easily could
be. •
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JOHNSTON--In Goderich''
,tai' on Friday, July 30th, 19
Mr: and. Mrs. "Btid"; Johnstl
Goderich (nee Verna Dahn
daughter.
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