The Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-02-27, Page 9•
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WEDNESDAY, A Y, ► : 2701,, 1983.
Daughter .Of S
minister Died
K:
The death of Dora MacLennan,
daughter of the . Late Rev. F. A.
and Mrs, , .M.acLen. nazi, occurred
last week in, TOronto at her :home
28 Dunbar Road's • ,
A private funeral service. was
• 0held at the residence on Tues-
day, ;February 12th, .With-. iri,tiei .
merit in the family: 'phot in Kin-
icardane cemetery where her par-
en1s are buried, , and in which
.town her, another was raised,' She
rCras 'the; dormer . Annie ,M,acKen-
zie, a sister,. of ;:the'.late, Alex.
• MacKenzie,.
Miss` MacLennan is surv'ived•
by•.her • only sister: Katherine.
(Cathy.) MavLernan..
• Rev. F. A, ;MacLennan carne, to
South .'Ki nless in • 1.888 from Du n
• vegan, Glengarry County, at, 'a
period when corrupt lion servi-
ces were still . 'held for 'five-day
:periods "rtwice yearly in Jurie and
late• September. .
,.BIg
Church". Built
' A• history ,of South Kinloss.
Chiureh •contains this :reference ito •
"Rev. F.: A. M•acLen.nan • spent
25: •years vvirtah . hespeople in . the
bills of Kinloss; whim,; " he :lowed.:
Near the end of' his ministry- the •
present ibrirk' ,church Was built in
1911,12, theopening service, be-
ing' on May 24th, 1912.
• . `Andrew Stewart of Lucknow,
was the architect and James
, . P i1 -ii : son ; 1 tam an •...a
Henderson :of Luckn W Were the
carpenters.
carpenters .,Duncan MacContiel1,
'.Sr. and his. son Duncan of
loS§did the plastering, Volunteer
• work was •rgliven iby members of
',he congregation to have all in,
Hardiness• for 'the, dedication- at'
which the "Principal ,of. .K,nox Col-
lege was .the. guest peaker. '••
`.`In the autu.mn of •1913' ,Rev:
• MacLennan finished his ministz`y
and with Kis,,.wife and two .daugii.-
+tern retired to *Toronto."
THE LUCIKNOW SENTINEL, LUCIKNOW, ONTARIO
PAGE , NINE.
WHITECHURCH
Whitechurch Institpte
• • The . Wozneri's institute Meet
'ing was held : at the, Home of,
Mrs, Ed. Walker last week, Mrs.,
Dan • Tiffin,, , •president. of ,Phe
group ' opened. the meeting by
singing. the. ,Ode and repeating
the 'Institu'te creed., The finan-
cial statement • ;for the• year' is
$11.1,9$ `nod the !provincial can:
vener's retort and • outlines were
given :to. ' 'the branch Convenors.,
The hell :call was. 'comment. on. a.
fabric and: ,iihis was answered by
fourteen mem:beyrsand three:'vis=.
iters. ,A ' sing -song was .enjoyed,.
Airs, Jirn '1Vicinnis •gaVe a Valera
tine 'reading. The • .motto was
Let's patronize a Horne Industry",
and was ,igiven' ;by Mrs. Russell
Gaunt, • who pointed. out . that
Thome industry was : first. The.
revolution of industry in England
saw the' factories .changed '•land'
run by machine which, brought
.new "development creaing jnew
fabric.% Fanning methods are all
mechanized Mrs Gaunt . con -
eluded. with ,Miss.Dean McLeod's
poem, "The Old Hen." 1VLrs. Gari
net Farrier gave some Patrsiotie
Airs: A display was given on
"Your 'winter .+hobby .work." The
`,meeting. was 'closed with .God
Save the Queen:and the lnstiituite
Grace.'Hostesses- : for ' the day
were Mrs. Peter Norman : and
Mrs. ' Garnet wFa mer .
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50-Year-OId Paper
Relates British
Influx To `Bruce
A :recnthet 'issue. ,e Bruce
County Historical '.Society ` bul-
letin
le•tin tarried '°an ,'interesting story
of .the influx of Britishers to
Bruce .•Courity and. Western "'On
tari:o fifty ,years ago:
Particularly applicable JO :th,e
f . Bruce"
(all: Gravel And. •. history of the.. County o
is the period of ,rather extensive,
•
:, .' immi,gra!tron ` off., unmarred 'men.
Warbicide Tenders:'d •` 08 1914
Ashfie4d : Townshipw Council.
..:meeting Scheduled for' Februrary;
4th was 'held . on .February. .5th,
owing 'to (weather'rdndition.s; with
all members present.
Howard -Boyd,., to approve
urtes : of January Meeting. :
Reed -'Boyd, ttialt the: a,prplk'a
tion be forwarded :to the Depart-
meet ,of Highways.' ,for the " final
payment ':of the 'Road Grant. for••
1~9ti2
Boyd -Re; that' c-i-er
' tenders for • approx.. 17,000. • cu:
• yds. • of .crushed gravel', tenders
to be in by March h 2nd' at 6 ' p.m.:
Howard Barger,. that , Clerk ad=
ventise • Warble ' F1fy Control. .pr. o.-
.groan` (1) '. I•rspector, .(2) spray=
.ng' cattle, ; (3) • Warbicide powder.'
Boyd -Reed, that . cot nci 1 "gives
permission'.. • to the Village of,
• Ripley to' issue. debentures. in :,the.
amount. •of . $162;675 , to pay for.
an addition to • brie Ripley D�
t�rict , High School,
By-L.aw, No.'1 aappo nting of-.
ficers and setting their salaries
vas ' giver; final reading and
Boyd.of 'Barger: and
passecl:,on nation
Barger -.Howard; to. .pay the..
following accounts:' W..'1, .Shantz,
$2,.168..00; Jack •Far r isle°,..1,365.00;
Torii Helm, 1,517.75; ;Murray
rray
Johnston • 1;478:75; . •C.a�t,. 25 .hr,
u
$5.,' 125.00;" W. E. Halla.han,••
,1;2456.00; ' Bi1,T Dundas, 1,4.32,00,
Domin�i�ori . Road •Machi'ner'y, : re
pairs to • grader., 579,Q:6; Gran t
Chisholm, 48.5�t ; Imperial Oil
Ltd.; 177.30; •Montgorner•y Motors,
27.49; Wm. Stewart, ,,50; Web -
tor and MacKinnon, 8.10; Carp-
...
bell's .Garage, • .83; Elmer „Urn-
,
n-
bach, '2.15; Thomas H,a•ckctt, ,. .75;
Carl ' Rieg�ling, , 245.00; •A1. 'in ;A1-
;coni,.. 21,00; Herb' 'Wilkins, 37.00;
'Itichard,We. t, 192:"36; John .Nie
holson, , 308";4,2 Reg • Broome,
228,60•; Marvin Scott, 5,40; Don
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nkald
Farrisrlr, 4,b0; Gordon, M
acD ,
3.60;Pat O'Neil,. '1.80; . Tiln
'rarvk, 17:'10; John Kuick, X7;,10;
Keith Johnston, 24.30'; Mti:rray
Johnston; 17,10; ' .Dave Porten,
12•60; Jim Sc•ctt, 18.90; Jim West,
28.80; Donald S�imppson, 68.15;
Allan 'Gsbson, `3.50; -Jim Cibson,.
16 20 O kid 'Gibson l8 '80
Married men with farhiilies
from Great Britain in 1908-1914,
and, again ,for many years follow-
ing the 'war.' ..
George '.�Vioort'ey, • editor Of the.
R ip�ley Express was appointed
Immigratitn Officer for` Western
•Qntario,iby the Dominion Govern
-
Merit. At this time :.there was • a
definite :need ,for • farm help, and;
negotiations• were carried on.with •
Ithh•e ;Land Settlement Beard 'arid
'Government in . London,. England.
In a` copy' of the ;Ripley Express,.
tt-a;r -i 1912 t i'e-€ollov ing-Ad
;ppear+ed.'' •
Farm Laborers. Coming
Fanner who want attired man
Or .boy • should .• write c;,r ;;phone
G, H, Mooney, Goveritinent Ag-
ent a•t -Ripley.' Mr., Mooney is
,bringing . out `a' ,Large' party of
farm laborers from the gold• land'
to be:�placed among`'th'e farmers'. •
In the second • party there will be'
'married m+en. accompanied :rby
wives and families. ' . .
Many of these newcomers had
little or' zrb'extperience ':in farm.,,
rtg arp4 'little money ; : alrthoiugrh
their passage in same cases was
paid .by the Government. Later;
they proved •to be excellent.re-
si�dents .and 'good ,farriers. The
salary: paid a single -mon .'for '4
'year as $150, There are •three
of these men. known to be'. Stull
1 iso incl in this area
When wan° broke out .practical-
ly'
all the single' lads joined the
•C a n,a d i a n Army., '' Most - 'of the
urvi'voi s later carne.•bac�k to make
Btu"Ce. County , their home, Just
prior ' to the war, Sir Austin
C"haiiibeisaiin, .br•oth�er of N�ev.i1te
'Cha,inberl.ain, and a Mr. Wi�lliaa'r;
Collins. came out from England
to tour Ontario and visit the ,fart-
flies
fan
il�ies and lads they were 1oud`in
their praises: of conditions,
general.
A story as a result of this.im=
�>>igration„ is that en a . Sunday
a teleg,raiaa , was ,deliv-
ered
evening, �
to Mr, George Moony that
a party of`,on�e .;hundred mairrie•d
men and-. sin�gl.e mien, would be
in Ripley* by special train that
night at •10 pm, There were
homes, already booked, for thea• ,
opie' but the di,ffilculty arose
} xcatr�,se' few fat -hien had a
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CHESTERFIELD SUITES qnd DAVEN,PO
• SPECIAL DISCOUNTS •
To make roam for new suites for summer months
INE ARE F1ERi.1G I.ARGE !i5<QU$T5
On Suites SlighTly U3ed In -0ur Chapel
Trade..Ins On Good'
USED CHESTERFIELDS
ORDER NOW, WILL. DELIVER
LATER IF DESIRED
itC et Suites
and ..
Bed Suites
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educed .Prices
cKENZ1E FURNITURE STORE
Lucknaw..- .Phone.' S28-3432
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ephone rto::• inrfiorni,hem ofd• the
arrival. 1t was:. decided .to 'house
them . in the two ...local . "hotels.
The ° Royal• Hotel took. the, 1ang-.
e= t . number, ' and riany slept ori
thake- shift. beds on the floor:
tact,' space was limited and a
•bed was Made: for a 'child. . in a•.
' dresser • drawer.: A substantial
lineal wasprovided and , by noon
the next day, all were placed.
in their .new : C.anad•nn homes
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Emergency, call At home
alone, perhaps—a sudden
need for help: a phone call brings it. How could people''
ever reach people without the phone?l 'BELL
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