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O U N C 1 L ASSISTS
NEW FAIR HALL
THE LUCKNOWtl SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO "
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, *194
The West Wawanosh Township
Connell' held the regular meeting
an .August 10th: with all the mem-
:hers present and with - Reeve Fin-
nigan ,presiding.. The minutes of
last meeting were read and ac-
cepted oil motion of .Councillors
Durnin and Gaunt:. On motion of
Councillors Gaunt and Johnston
the clerk was instructed, to not-
ify the ' tax collector ,,,to return
the 1947 tax roll by . September
'14th.
e taiga_
non:=Fair Board was present and
requested that the Township . as-
.silt i the. eonstrtyction ;of the
new Ball. On motion of 'Council-
lors Durnin and Johnston a grant
. of $150 was ordered paid to the'
board.
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It was mowed by Councillor
Gaunt and seconded by. Council-
lor Johnston 'that the. Reeve con,-
. tact the engineer, Mr Coombe,
.and, if _possible ' obtain permission
to instal •metal culverts' on the
Emerson .sideroad and the side-
1Toad 'west. of, Auburn.. The mo-:
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SCOTTISH GIRL AT DICKSON-
ARMSTRONG
ICKSON-A tMSTRONGREUNION.
The 15th annual picnic of the
Dickson -Armstrong family was
held in Harbor. Park, Goderich,'
last Wednesday afternoon attend-
ed by 100 representatives, , des-
cendants of 'Robert and George
Armstrong of . Teeswater, and
their sisters, Mrs: Thomas Dick-
' sort; of Ashfiel4 and MSrs. Walter
Richardson of 'Teeswater, The
family eame to Canada from
Dumfriesshire, Scotland; 92 years
ago, •
• Ari honored young guest. at the
cnz-c-Was-M- ss :Boris-*rxnstro _
who arrivedby plane from Glas-
gow, :.Scotland, August 1st this
year, •Others were present from.
Lucknow, Teeswater, Stratford,
Guelph, • Ridgetown, • Goderich,.
Dungannon,. St. "Marys, Toronto,
Watrous, . Sask.,. and • Medicine
Hat, Alta. Games and children's
races' were followed by support in
thea pavilion. ,•
Held ' Tea For Neighbors •
Mrs. W. V. •Johnston was hos-
te,ssat a tea . for the neighbors
last Thursday afternoon, in honor!
ti •. d • of her daughter Catherine, whose
on tarn
w On .motion. of, Councillors'iGauzi
and. Dickson the Towns! ip rate
for 1948 was set at 41/2 mills. This
includes • the Government• ,subsidy
'of one. mill. I
'Thee ,Kirke • drain• was ' finally.
passed On motion of . Councillors
Johnston and Gaunt.
The clerkwas instructed to ad
`' vertise for tenders for the con
. struction • of .tyle Kirke drain, all
' tenders' to bein• by .September
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~marriage .toci1 place.,..on,.Saturdaayv-
C,: D: McALPINE, newly; appoint
'ed manager of th'e Bank Of Mon-
treal. at :Mildmay, 'assumed. -his,
duties the first of. last "week:
1.30 p.m..:
Durnin' 'Phillips; Clerk..
13th :.
On motion • of Councillors Dick=
son and Gaunt the meeting :was
adjourned. to .'September. 14th;• at
en: she's #ree
4111itt
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Tormenting flies can cut your, cattle' weight, •
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Clear the `air .at milking time, morning and
night .. spray Shell Livestock' Spray directly'
, bn, cattle before putting them out to pasture
and before bedding, them • down:.:' Insects and
flies are repelled 'round the clock with Shell
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inside surfaces and caves, on manure piles—
' Shell, DDT Barn Spray, forms 'a long-lasting
"film' of death" ... dries hard stays put —
won't •'blow away. For .lasting protectiohi
'against flies -kill them' where .they breed
with. Shell DDT Barn Sprays $2.,25 an Imperial
• gallon. Get' Shell Livestock :Spray and 'Sh@11
DDT Barn $pray from your local . dealer—
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LOOKING::'BACKWARDS
THROUGH THE ' SENTINEL FILES
A Forty. Years. Ago
• ' Sixty Years
Ago
Members e f the L,ueknow
"Drop Shots" lacrosse team were
W. Harnley,• Q. Kerr, D. Thomp-
son, A. McIntyre,' A. *hitely, : B.
McCorvie; A. Davidson, 'H. Grun-
dy; A, Grundy, J. Grundy, • D.
Lawrence, J. Hornell,
. Officers of Belfast lodge; ,I, 0.
0:"F„. were...E A. McKenzie,. Jas.
Stothers,. T. H. Alton; W. A. Hack: -
eft,'
ack-eft, 1N,: -os y; J: ' earnpbe-H,
Brown, J. Thompson; ;W, Reid, W.
Crosby,, Jr.: .:•
'Re—V. D .G.:" Canieron . of Dun-
Bannon and • Mr: Robert Harrison'
of Ashfield left. for Halifax to' at-
tend tthe General Assembly : of
the Presbyterian church. '
D. C: Taylor was agent for the
Daisy :butter churn, "which Prom-
ises to co' 'pletely, revolutionize
the labor Methods- of, the old.
chimp", '
W, S, McCrostie and Wrri. Mc-
Quillin were cellectors for. the
Lucknow Agricultural Society.
The following pupils in the 3rd
department, were taught by S. A.
Burgess, A, Mitchell, M; McMor-.
ran,' L. Mitchell, R. Alexander,
E: McLean, E..Greer, L. Morrison,
M. Little, McLean Johnston, C.
Cook, C, .Allin; E. ,Rogues, V. Mc-.
A cyclone on . July 13th ; eat
swath about a mile wide; running
north of Kinlough, through the •
12th: Con of Huron and over the
Kinloss -Huron boundary.' . 13s,xns -
and windmills in the Path of the. .
Storm . Were demolished, erops
destroyed,' poultry killed by hall
stones, and livestock injured
when blown through ba,i b wire
fencing.
The death occurred of Jessie.
:Anderson, `a sister:'of Rev.,.i. S.' G:
Anderson, pastor at . St, Helens
and East Ashfield for several
years.:
Howes WildlI West exposition
was exhibit d 'm. the old Market
Square.
.� MrY-.%•-M., hff the.J.ocal�.f ir'in..
of. Cliff and. Stovel, , was United
in marriage. to 'Minnie, daughter
of. Mr.• and Mrs: Joseph Foster
•bf West Wawanosh.
Mrs. Edward Odlur`n died: in
, Tokio,. Japan.
Mr. Walter.' Treleaven conclud-
ed a year's(service in Kincardine.
Methodist church, as a .colleague
of Rev; James • ;Hannan:
.At. the Parish Church St., Au •-
iis'tine, Rev. Father West .united
in marriage;, Wallace Grenache.
of Lucknow and Miss .Maggie Ann.
McCabe of St ,Augustine.
The 32nd. Battalion went under
canvas ' at S:tratf ord under com-
mand of Capt Jefferis of Kansas
and . 1.i'eutenants •. Campbell , and
Cameron. .
Henry Caesar died at his home,
,Con 4,: Kinloss. •
Richard and George: Twamley
shot a: black bear` on their. 'farm
on, Con. 8, °Ashfield: .It weighed
207. pounds:
The .Bruce County ,equalization
committee fixed :,Kinloss _Town-
ship's
ownship's` assessrnentat. $1,380,1.70 and
Lucknow•'s• at $229,750 :`A
2. An, autographed quilt bearing
more than 200 : names _` was pre-
sented to Rev. and Mrs,, F: E:.
Nugent before leaving Lucknow
for . his' new 'Methodist Charge, at
'Listowel -4
J • W. Morgan, high 'school tea-
cher, at Harriston; was appointer(
county.exarniner. •
Reeve; Robert Graham a n d
Councillor John 'Grundy, dis-
agreed on :Municipal; matters, to
the point 'ofcoming to•.blpws.
The,, -average, .salary for lady
teaches in the province Was'
'$290.
Men teachers averaged
E. Gaunt & Sons of West: *a-.-
Wanosh. sold .16:.•head of fine cat-
Ile for$1,200;'
.Master . Harry` Whitely's Valu
able collie :dog was poison d,'
,Rev,- R.. Shaw called~
donderry, Ireland. ,
Mrs; John ` Potcher suffered
severe rnj ivies when thrown from
the.. buggy 'asthe horse., took.
fritt. .Little Harry MdCharles;
,
wh': accompanied her,• was 'un-
hurt, •
F; W. Rooklidge was transfer.
re.cl;ti, Toronto from. the Waterloo
branch of the Melsons bank.
•Bet'tcrr: fire protection was dis-
cussed at a public meeting,re-
su1ting.'in a motion 'by M. Camp-
bell and T. Matthie 'being carried
that, "this meeting instruct the
council to submit a by=lawto the
People for the. purchase of a'
steam fire . engine".' Anengineer
had .p'reviotisl r'•made a survey' of.
Purvis' Lake, but it was firund,
that the lake', was not at a high
enough altitude to provide suf-
ficient pressure for fire purposes,
Irwin, ' G. Smith,: A. McLeod, T:
Sennett, F. McInnis, ' L. Howey,.
E, Mathersi A Cameron, ,L.. Ag-
•new,T:•Ait :bison, E. •Irving, N:
Steele, C. Reid, G. Alexander, ,L
Campbell, J. McLeod, • E. Blake,
C, Fitzekl.. ,.a
.'.Neil •Campbell raised the frame
of a new. barn on the. Second •
b: J: 1VIacCharles sold . his "gr oe
ery business to Mark ,Casseks.who"
had been employed at. King 41ros,,'
Win g.ham. 0
Mrs. Moorehouse. Mitchell' and •
daughter;; Alicia, '' left• on a trip
to Europe.
John Hill died a tragic dt ath
Concession.: at his ;home near Iangside.
Jane cQuillin, beloved wife Foster Moffat' 'd�ifeated•' M ' A.
of • D' vi rcher passed. away at ,
• • � � � MacCallurn•in the 'South
.hei home on Rose St: Bruce �
.election ..by a' inajQrity 'of uvi�
The ` fol'lov:�ing pupils ,passed, 1400. `Lucknow gave' Mr.. Moffat
:tLehtii._seeokiiii::
tranceexamination'satthea'20-votmajority.owcentre`: Annie G, Pt-
rs HenrPiercedidat Ho1i.-.Ionaa.,.Patterson,.. Cara1ine .. is .
�000"'n �lier:M85th years.
Hawey, Rose Smith, Mary Antler Murdoch C. MacKenzi.
n Frank Graham Neil Graham c die d in
' Ashfield . He w:,s'a$67::::1')Is:it:i'r."119:*'
ClevelandAitchison,. 11ertha Swit azer, Nlargaret Murray, LexayHaroldWalkr ofh'. alk of
Morrta�ealtaf#
Kennedy, Amy Clarkson,, Aylmer• Zurich. aid ' was :succeed(:
N • Strong' of Kitchenei
' 'We. . Samuel Reid and 'Miss . Leen • Smithresi ned h �i..
. uru t•.ed- in mar- 8 c. pusi
f illy: Jarvis •were , , •tion. oh 'The 'Sentinel St• 'f:.
riage ,by Rev J: ' E. . Ford.: assistedt "
Mr. Jaynes Fisher, age 7,;1;.years., :
passed' on. ` •
About 500 volumes froni; the
Rev; D: T: L. McKerroll: united in; .private library .of the:late Samuel
McDonald were bequeathed. . to
. marriage Donalda McLeod nd the Lucknow Public Libi ar}r:
John• A. McLennan Harold Parker,.' mechanic at ._
W. 'J MacGregor was Noble
Mullins Garage, bought ihe•'busi-'
Gravid of, ' Lucknow Lodge ,..L.:0•'
O F•• Hess from:`Mr. "' >ri11tn.
s Edna s
sRiers .ccciveil •the , , •
Alex .Stewart raised the frame ;medal for '.the highest standing
of a large. 'barn at St: iiielens, •
:13.
z � among graduates of the Hanov•er `
D N. Lawrence's new residence. Memoi•ia1' Hospital -•
on tStauffer St. at
nearing, c m 1, The' 12th of July was celeutat
• " John Jo t • urc ed t ed ,n Lucknow for .the fii`,t:time, ".
by ., Rev, ' . Mr,. Finlay: of: White
c urch
At the home of Allan.•McLeod
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. w -- 20 al s-ltl 8
new • boot - and shoe stock,: ` with
Mr Agnew,. as 'Manager of the
business
A new cement and steel bridge,
was being built over the mill •race.
..on Campbeal: St:; East.
The.' 'death . occurred; Of Mrs::
Samuel Alton, .:'formerly'''Rachel
Webster, in. 'her : 71st year.
• Mr. 'and• Mrs. George: W, Cater
observed their 50th wedding 4n-
niversary.•`
A; T: • Iiavison attended Masonic
,Grand Lodge' at .Niagara Falls..
• Murdoch, ,MacDonald of ,Loch'
alsh received •d.e'livery:- of •a new
Sawyer Massey threshing outfit. , .
Earls. purchased .'a groc-
ery busi'n'ess in. Winnipeg. 11
Walter Sturdy ' escaped serioui:.
ink ury in a,; fall at a .barn raising'
at John • McLeod's :Teams were -
captained by Rey: F. E. ' McLen=
nan. and Rev. C.' W: Sanders
1Vliss Margaret J,; Taylor died.
in :Winnipeg at :the; ho.m.e.'lf licr
niece,: Mrs M..Shoebottom.
Richard Webster, w`as scve'rei\•
inprcd and iend9red unconscious
for son time, in' a fall do' n the.
stairway above the. picttirc•sho«'
James :Irving •was •badly. shat.- `
'en up • in;.•a • fall ..frontt tiic .1110W',
while assisting Frank Gl ahtui •••
• Win; Connell , arrived lo,nlr:,
from.Ediri'oriton..whcrc he•attend:. ..
ed 'tlie General ' Assembly • of ilk-
Presbyterian Church
.Dr...A...A. Cameron •mot iid'ti din'
Peterboroigli to Otta int• to iioc- •
tise, de.naistryr
Mrs,- A. T. Davison died. at per
home • in . Lucknovv, Shc .: y `,i>'.
her '78th year.
Joh.n.,Graham, ,age 93, ri.lrii"nes.
of the: n1ough district oicd' at :.
the .• of his son, }lerbert
.Graham..
!Old, Disabled .:or Dead ,. Farm Animals
Witte, uildam'aged' hides and according to size and, condition
COWS, up to $8.Q0 (HORSES. up .to .$7,00
HOGS 000 lbs. each) $2:00
plus, $2.00 per 100 lbs. for additional weight
AT YOUR FARM
(HONE COLLECT.
W"rngham; 1214;` ,Ripley, 59-16 or 38-19; Ingersoll, 21
1F'or prompt, efficient, Courteous serVice
WILLIAM STONE SONS LTD.
INGERSOLL, ONTARIO
AN ALL -CANADIAN FIRM, ESTABLISHED 1870
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