The Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-06-30, Page 7yj(SDNESDAY, • JUNE 30th, 1965' •
LOKING.. B.ACKWA
THROUGH THE
'O �YEAt2S,, G0'-. 194'. � . . .. ,•-......•.�.
,. 2 A 5 frons Norman; :O
• '945', ' � • . , .. 'Connor,.
Aril 20th;. 194 � The
P � ��� power_ was turned:. -'on at.
w, C.; King of Brussels was el- Heinlock City School,
ected C:C.F, candidate for'. Huron- Col. Philip ' D, •,MacMillan son
Bruce, of M��s. P. J; MacMillan ,and the
At 'a business';. men's ' Meeting,late M". MacMillan
hours arrived. home,
the closing h .u, s for the summer froze overseas on crutches,
' were Monday, Tuesday, and Fri -.Deaths; Miss. Annie Meikle ohn'
6 .p.m; Wednesday 10 91; Vancouver (Kinloss ' pioneer.);
• day, p.m.;
' Tuhursday 12;15 • noon, '.:Saturday Allan. ,MacTa.vish,' . 63_. • L` 'kno
• , • uc , w,
11 p,irl, W C., Finlayson.; was. elect- David Andrew lluston, 47, Toron-
ed president of the Association. to;. eJohn Clubb, 83, Whitechurch;
''Lorne Cook, a:10 year; old Ash- Mrs, Dave 'Cook; Toronto
.
(10m-
...field lad, picked itp a roll of bills
, er'ly ' of Nile)
tQ school,, He .turned the money .The following• people made
'over' to bis :teacher., ; their: lnth .blood :donation at, the
Total contributions to the. Luck- Lucknow Clinic:.' Chas, Shaddick
now and ;Vicinity Branch of : the Kenneth Mowbray,' Edward. Mac -
Red, Cross were ,$5,238,20, ' • E nz1e, William Ketchabaw 'Otte
Wii'liain J. MacKay,a Hurori� ,H. Popp, Albert 13. .Alton, Fussell
•Township farmer, was chosen,•as E. Alton, Virden 1)4owbray,, .Car-
r Huron- , man Farrier, 'James K. `Farrish•
the. Liberal candidate f'o
Bruce •riding in •the provincial el Jas, 'Ketchabaw . Orville' Elliott,
ection; Milvert. J.' Reid, Thomas Webster,
Horace Aitcheson received a F:`
,. inlay ; MacDonald.. There were
gold button for: making his tenth 185 donors in all.
blood donation. bi'Wingham..Frank ` Bain Ste .:art a -
.w Lochalsh sat
:Johnston .made his 15th donation. ! ive,. was . named Huron Count
Y
Wilfred . Francey, Ashfield, •pur- Agricultural Representative to
chased a farm on the , Bluewater -.succeed Bruce 'Matheson.
THE iLUCKNOW .SENTINEL,,-.II,UCKNOW. ONTARIO.
amounting to .over $100, on ,his 'way ; may 3rd, 1945 •
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4RQ&istercid Trade Mark.
Miss Lillian' Carruthers was .ap-
pointed organist ' of the ,Lucknow
Presbyterian Church,; succeeding
Mrs. D. H. MacKenzie.
May. was ushered in with cold
winds :and snow flurries...
l After being.. •em to ed'�'bby . the
'Village for most 26y
.Be."
years,. rt
Ward • ecause of 111 'had
had
resi ned his, •post. ' •
.Mr. • and Mrs. . Robert- Ross;
Whitechurch, received; word . that
their son Donald was . wounded in.
Holland, Mr. and Mrs;'Art , Moore
received word: 'that their ; son had
been ' wounded 'for the second
time. '
Mr.. and, Mrs. Jacob Reid 're-
ceived word that their. son Alvin,
who had been reported missin
was 'alive • in England.
There were over' 200, donors at
,the 'bl'ood' donor clinic ‘held, in' Rip -
"With The Troops" . Melvin
Stewart •of. the. RCA:F. 'arrived.
overseas Darrell Riggs 'of' Wing-
ham was reported as a prisoner
of, war. Grant 'Fraser, son ,of Mr.
and Mrs. Howell Fraser of Huron
Township, ° had ' been' liberated
from a Gerinan prison camp ,and.
was in England. The four Taylor.
Brothers, •Edwin, Lewis, Albert
and' Norman, sons of George Tay-
lor .Wete
ay-lor..were all' fighting , on the . WeSt-
ern` 'Front. • Ted and Bob, Burt,,
sons . of : Mr, _, and Mrs...�harles
Burt of Kiplough : had a "brief ' but
happy. .meeting' .on 'the Western
front. Pte. Earl.. Robert 'Mugford,.
son of ' Mrs Youngblut was killed
in action' at the age of 22. ' Melvin'
Johnstone',' :son of, Mr;'.. and Mrs.
James' ' Johnstone:. Was wounded.
Alvin Hamilton; son of Mr. & Mrs.
W R. 'Hamilton, ' Con 2 . Huron
° Twp. arrived home. . from over-
seas.'
ver-seas.' ' Jim •Hamiiton, Lloyd Mc-.
•Auley, .. Orland 'Paterson and .: Ir-
vine . Eedy were all in :the same,
convalescent camp:
Deaths • -: Thos: , Glazier, Galt
(native of . Ashfield); John .° .R.
MacKay, 53, . Toronto;' Thomas H.
Abell, 78,. Listowel;' Albert Smith
75 Detroit (native' of Huron Town-
ship, ` taught at:. one time at Luck -
now Public School); ' 'Benjamin
Moulton, 88., ' Greenock Township;
Mrs: Thos. Percy, X92, formerly
of Westford
40 .YEAR A•
GO
May; 1925 a
Lucknow had' nine :softball teams,
composed of men ' and ' four of
women. ' The names.. of the- - men'. s
teams.were North, South, '.Bank-•
ers, .Continuation. School, ;< Silver-
woods, 'Panthers, : Boy . Scouts;
Factory; ' Puiblic School. The wom-
en's ` teams. . were Continuation
School 1,, Public ' School, •Town;'
Continuation , School 2. '
Wilson Hamilton ofHuron Twp:,.
bought the lot on, the corner of
Gough and • Outran"Streets '. to
build a residence on it..,
Rev. • Robert .MacCallum, Min-
ister of the Presbyterian Church
in 'Lucknow, became .111 while
visiting .in Ailsa 'Craig. He took
pneumonia and died in the early
hours of a Sunday, the' day of his
church's anniversary.. He Was ' a
little over 50; :years, .of ages, He
was' survived.. by his wife, daugh-
s
ter•'Joan, •a ,teacher in Hamilton;
Martha.of London, Margaret, a
teacher ` in Ashfield,. and , sons.
James , of Detroit and • Robert . . at
home. : .
Dungannon `'Methodist`' Church
held centenary and reunion ..ser -
'vices marking the closing of
Methodism ' before : entering The
United. Church of Canada.
.,SilverwOods' . Ltd of.. Lucknow
established' .an egg grading. 'stat-
ion/at,
stat-ion/at, Ripley. .
Will Kearney bought out a shoe
business in Drayton.
J. Cannon ' Stothers, a former
Ashfield ` boy, was appointed . as'
sis.tant inspector of public schools
in
.London. ' • ' ,
Weather • authorities • at Toronto
reported the oldest, 24th, of .May
on record. •
` Murdie.: and" Son secured the
Contract of installing the heating
and plumbing; work in • connection
in remodelling, the Lucknow Pub-
lic School. Tenders were . receiv-
ed from Toronto and a, number
of .surrounding' towns,
Ronald Forster; son- of Mr, aril
Mrs, James' Forster was severely
bitten by a , hound. `while . at a
neighbour.,'S ,house..
James .Kirby bought the gar-
age .business of C, Green of, Tees -
Water,
Mrs., Ann .McV;car .of Tees'
water celebrated' her 190th, birth
day. . ' •
AA barn on' .ahe farm.. formerly
occupied.''by: Sam Scott, burned in
an.: electrical storm. . . .
• Rev.. - K. A. Gollan. preached
his farewell .sermon in:South, Kin-•.
loss.
Roderick McCrea shot' -a- large
white owl.. From wing tip to wing
tip, .it •measured •42 inches.. •. • .
Deaths, John. Reid,47v Ashfield;
Mrs, ••John Wintersein, .72, ,Km
loss; John. IL Ackert,. 69; Luck-
now;-
ucknow;- Charlie, Rintoul, 56,. White-
church; . Alexander McNab,,.. 49;
(Police , :magistrate,; . of "' Bruce!
County); Norman > MadLean, 21,
'Ripley; Mrs. James 'Johnston, 78,
Ashfield, ; . Mrs. " Robert McKeith,
87, Saskatchewan (formerly of,
Ashfield); Mrs. John Reiss, 52;
Pennsylvania (formerly ' of Rip-
ley area) ; • Mrs. Aliza Reid, 83,
Dungannon; Thomas Joyce, Ash-
field. •
6-. YEARS ; AGO -
Q G..
May and June, 1905 .
The large •saw., mill. of Thomas
H. Treleaven on Havelock St.
was . ,destroyed'by fire.. Loss was
about' $3000 with .only : $1.00` car-
ried on ,the property. Besides the.
Milli a new. chopping house, .was
destroyed; •
,
DuncanMelcayof Laurier :was.
rendered unconscious• and was in
critical condition °following a ;hay-
ing : accident: While hauling • a
.load with his brother John, the
load . ' upset and Duncan, struck
his., head' on the cross.;, piece ,of •
'the rack.,
• .Rev. A. ` MacKay accepted : ,a
call to the Free ghurch `at , Kin=
gussie, 'Scotland : ` .
William McDonald, son of a
former. Whitechurch .hotel. keeper,
and a former hockey'player in
Lucknow, was; °killed. in a railway
accident, 'at. Chesley. A !brakeman,
he: was switching when his foot
became caught and the train 'pas -
Sed over, hiin. '
Rev.,S. M. Whaley resigned . as
minister of ' St. Helens ' Presbyter
.ran . Church because 'of, poor
health .:
Miss ' :Harris 'sold . her , millinery
business to : Miss McColl.,
.
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.A . garden party was" held .at •
John McDonagh's:. barn on the
12th • of. Ashfield and featured at ,
football game between ' Zion. and
St: Helens.: The: Loyal • Orange
bodge , No 1044. sponsored the ev
ent,. Music ,was provided ,by the •
Paramount string band. • •°.,
John Langley'of . Niagara•'Falls•
was awarded ,a "'contract for gran-
olithic sidewalks in' the • village at-
a tender price 'of .83/4 cents •per
square loot.'
O y
89 YEARS AGO
'April,;;.. 1,885. • .
'
.• Dr,. D. Aw::McCrmmon',.
ected by %acclamation. to fill the
vacancy of the school . board:
caused. • by the death of George
Dougla's... ,
D. MacDonald was rebuilding
the shop on Stauffer St. destroy •
at . by Fire . and, 'formerly owned •
by. John J ewitt.. :Mr. MacDonald.
intended using, the building for
.a boot and shoe. shop:
'Ice in.the. arena ..was in', good
shape p
ha .e onApril 3 'and skating .was
, g
scheduled for April 5. .
Arran metas•' ;were made for
the:establishing of. a •.cheese fac •
tory on the farm' ' of George Dien
man in the Lanes ,eornrnunity.. •,
W Allan purchased from James
Sommerville, M.P.; ' an . entire".
row , of :buildings on Campbell St' `
Mr: Allis intended using the. whole.
block ;> 'as ' implement vvarerooms
Mr. Waterous, jeweler, purchas-
ed from Colin MacDonald in. Rip
ley the shop : formerly . occupied'•
by Mr. MaoLeod, ;tailor. ' •
Who needed artificial ice? .Curb .
ing. , was held in (the , arena. on,
April ' 19th
Edward Durnin 0of . West Waw
anosli ' let . the, : contract fer,' the
construction : of a ..new stone rest '
dence. at -a cost of'. about .$2500-
A petition was sent the Post-
master'
Post master' General by . Ashfield' resi-
dents
requesting a. past office, on
the . 6th, 3% miles south of Lanes,
with Matthew Shackleton .as post
master.
Jared , Dryden sold his 100 acre
f a r,;m in Huron Township to •
George S. Robinson of Clinton for
.$7000. •
Bruce ;Historical Society. To Sponsor
Centennial Competitrons
Bruce County's Historical. Socie-
ty .is
ociety.is invitilig everybody to.'partic-
ipate . in. at , least one of the .five
Centennial :competitions.. `. being
conducted; .in honour of the Can-
adian Centennial Year,; 1967
Prizes ,are' attractive, rules .are
as simple. as possible and- the var-
let. of interests is,endless
This 'week we`' are publishing the
rules of : the Snapshot, competition
and: a list of suggested `themes.. is
included. As. can, ,be seen, almost
any i' subject of special. interest
can qualify,.. as long: as the rules
are followed. "
For `example, if you are. interes-
ted in. houses, you may` take as
'your \theme, such subjects: as, .(:1)
From Log . Houses to Modern
Houses; (2) Unusual House Styl-
es; (3)., . Patterns in Brick Work; •
(4.) Scroll 'Patterns. on Houses;
(5) • .Homes of Important Bruce
People,, etc. , . ,
Sources' .:of 'pictures need not be
Confined to your, own camera. Ex-
cellent copies of old pictures can
be made by ' photographers; and
these would add to the continuity
,of your picture story. Your friends
might enjoy helping yon hunt for
good pictures.
If 'you are interested,. but wish
to ask questions 'about the rules,
contact ` any Member 'of the corn-
mittee, or of the Society .execu-
tive. Pharis Mothers is the` Luck -
now area representative of the
Society • and will gladly help in,
any, way possible.
1 Contest open to anyone; con-
testant' to' state corfnection, it any;
to Bruce County, nty, . • .. : .
2• Snapshots . 'must pertain , to.
Bruce County.
3 Each entry to embrace 'one
theme --- i.e. each collection. to
portray a specific aspect ' of Bruce
County's . history. Theme to be.
shown on entry
4 Size •and type , of snapshot op-
tional ... black and white, colour-
ed, ' or both; reproduction of old
photographs' • permittedl
5 Snapshots to be mounted ing
album • form.
6 'Caption 'below each .snapshot
to State identity►, location, period.
:; 7 Contestant may collect ''snap-
shots from .. any source. •
8 Contestant:. may .submiit;•anore
than one collection.
• 9 The 'society . is , to ',have . the
right. to .procure , copies .:of any,
snap used:
" 10 Ther society is' to , have • the
right to display. any or, all' • col-
lections • ;during t h 'e ' .:centennial
year •
11 'Contestant is to be ngtified .as.
to: when.. collection may. ,,be re
claimed:
],2 Entries to be:submitted by,
September' ';1, 1966 to a member
of the Snapshot committee..
,8uggested Themes (Other them-
es, may • be used) : •
'Historic Sites. •
Styles ; arid, fashions in ':last 109
years.
Industries Past- and Present.
Transportation 'roads, bridges,.
railways, vehicles,., oxen, horses..
Types of Buildings -Past' and
Present. '
.Livestock—showing` trend I'from,
pioneer days to present:'
' Events; Family . Life; Educa-
..tion; ,Organizations ; Retail. Busi-
; nes'ses.
Points for Judging: 10, points—
The theme, how • displaye'd, and:
how appropriate; .45 points Gen-
.eral appearance; the, mounting:,.
originality . of; arrangement; 'cap-
tions,
cap tions, quality and number of snap-
shots; 45 points—The . , story as
portrayed by snapshots, and' the
historical 'significance.
First Prize is $50.00. .
Snapshot Competition Commit
tee Mrs. Frank Stinson, "R.R. 3,
Chesley, Ont.; ''Miss Beulah Ruth-
ven, R.R. 2, . Chesley, Ont; Mrs.
Victor .Dudgeon, R:R. 2, Dobbin-
ton;
obbin-ton, Ont, •
Subscribers Note • • •
`James 1'., . Parker of" R.R..
Mission City, B.C., -in renewing
his Sentinel, saysy,- "We are hav-
ing very good weather . this last
month, *le 'finished• filling the si-
los a week ago; then we fertilze '
the grass for the second crop" of
•hay, se this farming' keeps us
out of mischief.