The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-06-01, Page 5THURSDAY, JUNE 1st, 1044
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The Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario
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PA FIVE.
1Lyceum Theatre
wiNdHam
• Thursday, Friday, Saturday'
JUNE 1, 2, 3,
•PRESTON FOSTER
WILLIAM BENDIX
LLOYD „NOLAN.
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"QuadalcanalDiary"
A story of the U. S. Marini
Corps• from the best -Seller by
Richard Tregaskis.
Also "Short Subjects".
Matinee Sat. afternoon -A 2.30
•Monday,4Tuesday, Wednesday
JUNE .51'. Of 7
BETTE •DAVIS'
HOPICIINS
"Old Acquaintance"
The story of two Women
whose friendship stems from
xhildhood association, rather
than, any compatibility of
character of interests.
Also "Short Subjects"
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KINLOUGH
• Mr. and 1VIrs. Alex Percy and
family spent. Sunday with •Mr.
and Mrs Neil McKay, Glamis.
A number from here attended
the anniversary services at South
Kinloss Presbyterian Church on
Sunday last.
Mr,' and Mrs. Wm. Pinnell. and
Mildred spent Sunday with Mr.'
and Mrs. Wes Young, Langside.
.Mrs. Arthur Haldenby return-
ed to Toronto after visiting a
few days with relatives here.
Miss Evelyn McLean of L.on-
don spent the Week -end with her
,ineth!er, Mrs: W,•J. McLean.
• •Mrs:; Wm., Holland 'and Jack
,and 'Mrs.° Oran Tout .ef,,.Kincar-
dirie spent Sunday With' M . and
Mrs. Bob McLean.".
Mrs: Melvin Johnstone of List- fund for the future: benefit ef
owel is' visiting with her par- boys who should graduate from
ents, Mt. and.Mrs. H. A. Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Percy and
Billy, Mrs. Wm. Percy, 1VIr, and
Mrs. Perry Hod•gins and Sharon
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ILL JUDGEMENT
IS RESERVER
• The .hearing of the action to
set aside the Will' of the late Mr.
Alexander MacKenzie of Kinloss,
was •concluded last Tuesday after-
no*On. Mr. Justice Kelly, who pre -
Sided, reserved judgement.
The case was reported by the
Walkerton Herald -Times as fol-
lows:
"The first case on the list "was
the action brought up by a grOup
of nepheWs and nieces. of .the late
,Alexander„: MacKenzie of Luck-
nOw to set aside his last will and
testancidit dated in March of 1942
by, the terms of which approki-•
mately $80,000 was tp be set..ud
in the - form of Ail enclowirient
the LtiCknow High School. The
deceased was a bachelor who had
lived all his life about Lucknow
and who - had accumulated an es -
spent Sunday With Mr. arid Mrs. tate .of .$110,000, The. will and
.Geo. Percy 'and 'Mrs. Jane • Percy
and also with' Mr: and Mrs. Allan
•Robertson, Tiverton., . •
Mr,. and Mis. -John Barr .and
family • visited Sunday, with' Mr.
and Is/frs; John Purvis, -Con. 2:
Mr.- and' Mrs: J. Eckenswiliet
are a few days with.
,their son. 'Edgar and ‚Mrs.
Ecken-
swilier at Clifford. • • . "
. • Mrs. Honderick, and her . sons
of , Baden. Spent. t Week -end
- with Mr.. and MrS. Hedgim.,
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Miss. Irlma Hodgins \entertain,.
the Girls'. W. A. ,at. her home
on Saturday last. •• ..•
Van TEMURCIFT—
The United Cl-atrch annivers-
ary on June llth will ,be con,'
. ducted by Rev. Mr. Sinclair df-
• Blyth at 11 ash'. and 7.3Q 'p.m.,
, There will be no service in the
• Pfesbyterian church for 3 Sun-
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• days. June 4th is Calvin anniver-
sary and June .18th Langside an-
- niversary. — . -
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• ' Mrs. George Naylor is assisting
at the homd of Mr. H.Pettipiece
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• ; where Mrs.' Pettipiece has been
• very ill for some time. We hope
to hear of ae improvement soon.
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Miss Eileen McClenaghan of
London spent the week -end . at
her .home here. .,
'. • Mrs. Joe Holmes of Clinton is
spending two weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. R. Lai,dlaw.
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Succes$ful anniversary services
were held in the Presbyterian
•church on Sunday with a good
turnout at b th services when
Rev. Hugh J k of Seaforth gave
• two very inspiring and" helpful
sermons. The Music by the choir
and those who helped,' was much
appreciated. '
, Mr: and Ws. Russet Gaunt at-
' tended the funeral of her aunt,
Mrs. •JOhn Wilson in Wingham
last Thursday. •
Does your ' label read 1944?
Amiamairmm
NOTICE
The .Annual Meeting of the
Huron - Bruce Liberal
Association ,
will. be held in the
TOWN HALL,,,WINGHAM
• at 2 p.m., on
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7
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for the election of officers,
'general business .& appoiril7
ing delegates to the con-
vention in Tarorto �n
June 26th. .
Murda Mathesot eres.
J. R. MeNab. Sec.
This poem was ;composed hy
Mr. Tom- Bradley ofIrkinlough, in
his8Qth year; ''
VICTORY •
When, our vi2tory comes the war
-771X-rill 'Pease,- •,-,----.,-
*ell, _make the Germans sue' far
peace, -
We'll cause the rising..sun to set,
The Japs we'll make cry, pay'
, and fret
The treacherous Tojo we'llbring
to ground,
When our victory comes in the
last round.
Was -Former. Ashfield -"Fe -ac -her
Henry Horton, a retired school
teacher, died on Tuesday of last
week at •his home in Hensel]. in.
his 89th year. 'He, at -one .tinw
taught school in Ashfield.
.probate thereof issued . . the
Surrogate Court here in July of
1943 was- being attacked - on, the
grounds that.thedeceasecl did not.
have sufficient' testarrietitary cap-
acity."at the. time of 'making •the.
will to cornpreheedthe...nature
and quality' of the act:of:making
a. will or -apprecieting the:nature
of his, estate. For those 'attacking
the will a'. total. of ; 15 witnesses
were Called Consisting. of neigh:.
bours.Most137- who gave evidence
to the .effect .that for the last. few
years of his' life he • had last' his.
memory ' to the f•extent •that Ire'
.becomin'g lost..i.ri the immed-
iate vicinity 'of his own•home and
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wandering about .at . night and
'not feedin-g or .clothing himself'
nroperly...He had 'been taken to
the Gtieip.h Homewood' Sanitar-
ium -as. a,„,da.4tiant4n,,,Eehr,94r.x.'.
1943 at .whiPh.tirrie he was found.
totally incapable mentally
Dr. Rangh .Of ..that h:ospital
'evidenee to the effect that
b
,and
gay
frern.the examination he -made .
the • deceased..at, the time of • his
-adrnission that he considered he.
would be totally incapable of do-
any business' .. or having • any,:
memory at thetime of making
th__ will. in March of 1942. ,"
"By • the will Mr.:, George.' T.
Smith of Lucknow - and David T.
Carruthers *- of ..Kinloss ,Towitship
Were. made executOs. and' they
had' aSsisted the deceased in mak-
ing hiS" will • at his- •requeSt and
that he had left his - estate' as.•he
did • because'of his . fear .of
cession - duties that would be, ley-.
ied and that they advisedpitn if.
it was left in., -such an endowment
fund the GeVerriment would not
get any of It was admitted
that at the time the deceased was
not able to give- a.liSt of his -nep-
hews and nieces and- 'that this
information; had to- . obtained,
from other relatives who lived, in
-the diStrict• and that in the draw,
ing of the: will some of the nep-
hews had .been: left out. The in-
structions for • the will Were gien
by .the.. executors rather .than by
the deceased to •Mrl. P. S..Mac-•
Kenzie who • was then, going . to
Lucknow one day a Week and
-that the solicitor had 'not had.'ari
opportunity of seeing the deceas7.
ed in regard to the. at any
tine ,that it was drawn • or at the
time it was later ..executed. Mr. V.
N. Prest, the bank. manager at
Lucknow ' and Mr. T. W. Smith, a
local garageman, had . been the
witnesses. Dr. _ W. V. Johnston of
Lucknow was taken Out bythe
executors to examine the testator
about ten days after the ,making
of the will and he testified that
• PURPLE GROVE
A large crowl of Red Cross
members met- 'at' .th--: .home of
Mrs. J. H. Collins Thursday af-
ternoon. A quilt was .completact
followed by a general meeting
'Which was conducted by the
President, Mrs. John Emerson.
Mrs. • Harvey Thompson was at
the piano. Mrs. C. Dore read a
portion of. scripture. The roll c111
was • answered with a favorite
hymn and payment of fees. Let-
ters of thanks were read from
Mrs. J. .Needham, -Mrs. .M. Fair,
MI -S. D. McCosh and from 'boys
in the service, Joe Morgan, •Al-
bert Needham; Russell Stanley,.
Kenne-th and Clifford .Scott. Do-
nations • from the following
friends were: Mrs. Bert McLean
$1.00; Mrs. W. McKay df Ripley
$2.00; Miss Minnie Fair $5.00.
Meetings will be held in the
'basement of the church during
the glimmer months,The sum of
$10:00 was donated to the fund
fpr the, Corvette Kincadine. The'
National Anthem wasting. An
excellent lunch was served by the
hostess. A vote of thanks was
-tendered .,Mrs. CollTns for her,
hospitality.
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Full Line PURINA Chows
and
• SANITATION PRODUCTS
Hog. ,Contracts & turkey .dOntracts, Available
Free 'Deliveri on Orders ctf ,One Ton 'or Over'
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ORDERS TAKEN FOR DAY-OLD CHICKS
R Cobb, Manager
the will . aside were •Campbell
Grant and J. J.. W. Freeborn, and
for . those seeking to -.uphold the
will were • Frank Donnelly • of..
Goderich and P S. MacKenzie
and N. R. Robertson. of 'Walk-,
ertan"!. •
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BRUCE COUNTY SECOND
IN BUTTER PRODUCTION,
While showing a reductionin,
preduction of butter, in common
with all ,other parts .of the, prov-
ince, Bruce County remains up at
the top of the list of producers
during the first four •Months ef
the current year, according to .ithe
*report of the Ontario Departmeht
'iTi7Reraill-ttiten-ariM6er:
Bruc
County stands second to the lead-
ing county, Perth, .with a produc-
tion of 1,211,031 pounds during
the ' r month period. Bruce
County prodUctiOri for the first
four months last year 'totalled
in liTs opi-nron life—testator had
then understood it but he adrnit-
Miss Emma Thompson of Kih- ted that he had just read it over
eardine is. visiting her brother, and had not' questioned the old
Mr. George Thompson. gentleman. Dr. Robert Armour
lytr. and Mr. Morley Pettiplace
of Riverdale spent' a day re-
cently at Mr. Ben Scott's.
thrmber-froni•-here---a-tterided.
the sale at Mr. Reg-Mel3ride's
last Thursday. ' •
M.r. and Mrs. Sam Emerson and
Hilda and Mrs. Milton Walsh
spent Thursday in Stratford.
Mr. James Robertson, Margar't
and Donaldvisited at Mr. Ken-
neth Robertson's On Sunday.
• Mr. and Mrs. Jack Emerson vis-
ited at IVtr.-Isaic Nixon's at Bel-:
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Of Toronto also gave evidence to
the effect that in his opinion the
testator had known the contents
-o-4he 3,v ill-although-lle-:admitted-
that he had never had an Oppor-
tunity of seeing him and only
based his evidence on the prior
evidence given at. the trial. Sev-
enteen witnesses in all .were call-
ed or% behalf of those seeking to
up-Tiold the Will. The evidenee
and the surruriing up of the case
took . all last week anal until.
Tuesday aftereoen' of this week,
liosez:seckirig to set
fou
PARAMOUNT
Mr. and Mrs. OliverlilcCharles
motored to London to visit with .
Mrs. McCharles father who's, has
been operated on in Victoria hos:.
pital, London: • ,
Mrs. Edwin Smith and daugh-
ter of Detroit visited with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert HamiltOn.
Women's 'InStitute; Pax. -
mount, met at the home of Mrs.
Orland Richards with Mrs. R.,:
Reid presiding. •It was moved
that the /943 officers remain for
the coming year. The next meet-
ing will ,be held at the home of
Mrs. R. Hamilton.
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