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THAT annn services at
ry iversao:.
S ou t 'h Kinloss Presbyterian
Church will ` be held Sunday,
June 14th,morning and even-
ing. There has been some con-
fusion as to. the date.
THAT C. Graham. MacNay of the
Research. Branch, Central Ex-
perimental Farm. at Ottawa,
writes that he thoroughly 'en-
' joyed the reminiscent article by
Elmer Famish. Graham says
it is. a . very good historical
record.. especially' his descrip-
tion of winter roads in Ontario's
snow belt.
THAT lightning struck the farm
of Lloyd Humphrey at St. Hel-
ens last Tuesday at the height
• of the heavy rain and electrical
storm here. The bolt came into
the house and barn, . blew swit
dies 'and fuses, but no fire de-
veloped
from' it The Humphrey
• family were away at the time
• and• returned to find the dam-
. age.
THAT the Lucknow United Church
Womenheld their `;first smorgas-
bord supper in the church on
■. Tuesday evening . with. , in . the.
■ neighborhood of 275 • enjoying
the delicious buffet. A torten
tial rain at the supper hour
i . may have ' cut : the :attendance
somewhat. '
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L. THAT a reception was held in'.
• the - Lucknow ' Legion Hall on
■ Friday night in honour of Mr.
al and Mrs. Bill Ritchie of . Sault
• Ste. Marie; son of Mr. and Mrs.
■ Alf Ritchie of Lucknow. The
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newlyweds were presented with
■ . ;a gift, .:of money by Jim West
!' and : Tom Pritchard. Carruthers
orchestra played for dancing.
Enroute To Douglas Point, Y'isitors frim•
Lucknow, India,: Stopped Here Briefly
Three of the,: passengers on '•a white man's trail into' the village
bus carrying nuclear technicians by that route. Malcolm' Campbell
to the .'Douglas Point. power sta- was Lucknow's first merchant,
tion' recently, took 'an unbelieving arriving here . in 1858, : before the
second1 ook' at the entrance sign village was officially named. There
to this "Sepoy" village. was a Sir Colin Campbell who
The reason they were from helped quell the Indian , Mutiny,
Lucknow, India, and became par- and so . some doubt . has since
ticularly interested' ' in this .name- arisen • as to tho naming of the'.
sake municipality. known ` as the main street -- Campbell St.
"Sepoy . Town." It is . so termed . ; Miss • Gertrude Treleaven states
after the Sepoys, who were native that.. her mother and one of Luck.
now's'' pioneer residents, . was very enjoyed. a • bus trip to Detroit
definite that the street was.. nam on 'Friday, ,
'accompanied by two
members of the teaching staff,
Mrs. Laurel Hewitt and Mr. Don
'Dennis. They went by' way of
Windsor through the tunnel ,and
returned over the Port Huron
Bridge. They visited the .Henry
'Ford museum at Greenwich Vil-
lage ° and the zoo.
THAT. Lucknow and District ; Lions
Club • was represented at the
• Ontario -Quebec convention which
opened on Saturday . and contin-
ued through Wednesday.' The
Lucknow District High School.
Band 'and majorettes marched
in the Sunday parade of 230
entries of ' ' all categories. The
• local •.Club had Aubrey . Toll's
6 -horse• hitch in the procession
with. Bob McIntosh, Bob Finlay,
Omar Brooks and Gordon Brooks
ridingthe wagon. The parade.
which. commenced at two o'clock
took 21' hours to ,pass a given
point.
Indian . troops serving with • the
Imperial Armyat the time of
the Indian Mutiny over., a century
„ago, . and . in ,,' which the city : //,,'of
Lucknow figuredprominently be-
ing under '. prolonged neige.
The bus : driver made a brief
stop so that the three gentlemen
could • walk the streets of • Luck -
now, Canada:
It. was in 1856 that Eli Stauffer
made his way from "Blackhorse"
to what was to become Lucknow
and .was credited with being the
first man ' ever to cross this 10
miles of wilderness. Here near
the site of Treleaven's mill he.
dammed the river. and' ' built a'
sawmill in 1857. Somerville the
"Father of Lucknow" acquired
the Stauffer rites ' and had' a plan
of the Village registered on Sep-
tember 1858 and on • i were
shown both; a sawmill and grist
mill, M. Somerville having built
the latter mill '"`•
The Indian Mutiny was finally
quelled in the late spring of 1858,
and when word finally' reached
-this isolateed
settlement, there was
great joy here, as throughout the . bell, Tradition has it . that when
Empire, and thus it was that this the Sutherlands 1 were nearing
settlement was named after the Lucknow, 'their approach was her-
city of Lucknow, India+ aided by a young Scottish maiden,
Streets in the village, for the in the beseiged city, . who .sensed
most part, bear the names of the skirl of •the pipes and joy
British generals who helped quell oust cried y out "Diana ye hear it? •
the mutiny — Havelock, Outram, Dinna ye hear it?" a
Gough, Ross, 'Hamilton, Willough-• The quelling of the mutiny end -
by, Ludgard, Wheeler,etc. Y
: ed the feudal line of the Great'
Stauffer St., coming in' from the
north, bears the name of Eli
Stauffer who blazed the first
THAT Miss Mary Allin, daughter
of Mrs: Jessie AIIi`n of town,
was one of fourteen young .lad
ies who recently completed .a
home nursing course conducted
by the Port Colborne branch of
the Red Cross, and received her
• graduation . certificate. It was
the first such course .held. at
,Port Colborne in 15 years. Mary
who has been employed at sec-
retarial work
ec-retariai..work with the hydro
commission was recently ap-
pointed • receptionist at the Mc-
Burney ' and , Cleland Clinic -in
Port Colborne.
THAT : 35 members of Grade 12
of Lucknow District High School.
ed after; Malcolm Campbell, and
'as far as the writer is concerned.
we're quite willing to take "Aunt
Polly's" . word for it.
In the summer of 1857 over
1000 of the 93rd 'Sutherland High-
landers. sailed for India ' from the
shires o f Inverness,. Aberdeen
and Sutherland. Landing ,.:at' ca -
elide they joined other British
regiments to create a force of
4000 men who made a forced
march on Cawnpbre. There they
found the garrison . had. surren-
dered ' on promise of safe , con-
ductd children who
f for
were massacred.: Shocked
out of their weariness the sol-
diers pressed on to ' beleaguered
Lucknow; which was on the point
of capitulating . when the - troops
under Havelock and Outram, ' lift-
ed the seige in hand to hand
fighting, --although ' outnumbered
10 to 1.
The relief force was later be-
seiged, and eventually relieved
by a force. led ' by Sir Colin Camp -
lar a Crowd, ::At
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: Lucknow 528-3420 • June 4,•5, 6•
THAT ' Russ Ritchie 'of ; the 2nd
' of : Kinloss . has rented the house
on his farm ,ons Highway 86 west
to Bruce Hamilton of . Kinloss
`Township.. .`
THAT in Conjunction. with Nat-
ional Shut-in week, open house
is being planned at . Pinecrest
Manor Nursing Home for this
Sunday afternoon, June. 7
THAT Mr. and Mrs. Redvers'
• (Meff) Johnson' of Ripley are:
celebrating their 35th wedding
anniversary on Friday, June 5.
Any of their friends wishing to
call are welcome. to do so on
Sunday, . June 7 afternoon or
evening; .
THAT May .• rains, . and warm
weather earlier • in . the. month,,
give promise of ''a heavy and
early 'harvest. In . fact haying
operations will likely be in full
swing in a few days. This is
afar cry: from not -so -long ; ago
When ,12th of' July' haying was
quite common.
THAT a recent item in The Seen
tinel 'has located some player
, piano rolls ` at the residence of
,, Bob. Campbell. "The • proprietor of
the Bruce Inn, at • Kincardine has
..been trying,, to ' locate such rolls,
and whether 'or not the onesthat
Bob has will suit his ppose.
remains to be seen.
That is was a Scottish'. Regi-
ment which spearheaded the ' re
lief of Lucknow; was . no doubt a
factor in Scottish -born James
Somerville giving Lucknow its
name tocommemorate a historic
event iut Empire colonialism and
bravery in combat.
Six Victoria Cross citations
were won by the regiment in
therelief of . Lucknow and Sir
Mogul and also brought to an Colin Campbell sumtned it up.
end thethusly: "There• never was a bold-
Company�• owers • of the fast India er fete of arms."
THAT Lorraine. Boyle and Linda
Goyette who each had their .9th
birthday last week, . held a Com-
bined party when a number of
their youngfriends were taken
on -.an outing • to the Teeswater
Lions ' Park.
-Large
:Africa Travelogue
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There • .was: a .large 'audience in
the Town Hall on Saturday "even-
ing '.foran interesting illustrated
travelogue ' on ' East Africa,, 'pre-
`sented by Mrs. Neil Graham, Tor-
onto, the former .Mary McKim,
daughter . of Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
McKim of .Lucknow.
THAT the "bearstory" in last
week's ,issue .cameas a . sur-
prise
to the threesome figuring
in the story, as The Sentinel's
�formation was received in-
ec l
t Bti':w
. dir t as factual and
had most of the details accord-
ing; to : Buster Whitby, except
that when he made .the discov-
• . ery ofthe nocturnal, visitor,
Buster hadn't much on but his
wrist watch, and . the 'bear
wasn't interested in the time,
THAT Mrs.- Harold Treleaven re-
turned home last week. She had
been hospitalised in Wingham
and London at intervals ` for
some time sufferinga good deaf
from what the layman refers to
as a "pinched nerve." The
source ofthe trouble Was 'fin=
ally located and at Victoria
Hospital she . underwent, relative-
ly minor -surgery on her Wrist
to relive the distress, ' After
I aving the hospital she visited
in London for a few days with
Miss Gertrude Treleaven.
The event .was sponsored by the
Lucknow Girl Guide Association
with Mrs.. Virden. Mowbray pre-
siding. 'A prelude of, piano '•music .
was given by Guidets Donna For-
ster, Mary Elizabeth Henderson,'
Beverley • MacDonald, Barbara Wil-
kins., . Linda Boyle and Janet Car-
ruthers. The two Brownie Packs
each• performed in a game..;
Mrs. Jack Trelaven welcomed
the gathering. Mrs. Campbell
Thompson introduced Mrs. ' Gra-
ham • and at 'the . conclusion.. of
her travelogue • she ,was thanked
'by Mrs. ,Jim Henderson and pre-
Mac-
sented withDonalda gift by 'Mrs Jack
. -
Mrs. Graham's, pictures were a
portrayal' of • their .8 weeks' safari
in East Africa to where they
travelled by plane by way of Lis-
bonr._.Rome..and, Cairo. The safari
was by Motorcade, with pictures
of the Pyramids, African wildlife
in . its native habitat in National
game preserves,, cities, : rivers, the
famous Victoria Falls, 'and, groups
f African natives. The trip , f
loofwAedfcsoauthwatoCaprd etalonowng. the East
ri
On the return flight the party.
visited in Greece -and the travel-
ogueincluded several interesting
pictures in Athens and .other
Scenic views, '
The. wildlife pictures ' included
many good . close up of elephants,
ostrich, rhinoceros, hippos, liens,
crocodile, etc,, etc.
The Girl Guides staged. a carbo`
fire scene a's the concluding fen,
tore .of the evenings