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THE LUCKNOW ;SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, DEC, 11th; 1963+'
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Dung+neon System. Started in 191 Q
Taken Over In 1957 By Huron -Kinloss
The end of an era will be caine officially effective on July
marked early Sunday morning, 1st, 1957, The purchase offer for -
when the manually operated Dun- the' physical assets of the Com
Bannon telephone exchange, . swit pany was reported at that time
dies over .to an automatic dialing to be approximately $17,000 sub -
service ' in new quarters, - ' ject to adjustments of such items
Originally, known as the Goder- as rent, taxes, etc. •
ich Rural'• Telephone System, it Assets such, as receivable. tolls,.
was purchased by the Huron and bonds and securities were not
Kinloss Telephone System, with . included in ,the sale.
headquarters at Ripley, over .. six Since then continued improve-
Yom" ago- ' •
' Negotiations for the purchase
of the System commenced early
in 1957./
A• . the . Commiss-
ioners of the Huron and Kinloss
System to purcahse the Goder-.
ich Rural, was, approved at the.
annual meeeting of H and K in
March. of 1957.
'The Goderich Rural was a stock Word has been' received . here.
company and the H and 'K a main of the death of. •'Chester : Halden-
ip / ay,Melfort, ' Sask. He was a
ci' al mutual system. b y of
In early; 1957, the share- brother of;' Wilbert. Haldenby) now
holders of Goderich Rural yo of, Toronto and the late Mrs.Wal:
tmanimo y to sell the System, ter (Edna) Nicholson .and • the. late
which had its . beginning back m Howard , Haldenby, W e . extend
1910 and provided the first . tele- sympathy to the relatives.
phone service available to . the At the ilolyrood `Women's In-
rural area which it covered mainly: stitute meeting on ' Thursday of
in' Ashfield and West ..Wawanosh ternoon the 4-11 Club girls pre-
Townships . • sented their skit, which they had
. This meeting approving the ;sale given at Achievement Day in Kin -
was presided over by President cardine.
Hugh McWhinney of Ashfield who Mr. and Mrs,. Ezra ' Stanley,
hasucceeded Wm. .11. Cranston. Sharon and Arthur returned home
arty in `the' spring of 1957 the after spending several 'days 'vis-
Directors acted on an ~ offer of iting relatives ;,in the. U.S.
purchase from the 11 and K Sys- Mr. and .. Mrs, ' Mac • Lane, Stew-
tem, . ' and in calling 'the share- art, Kirtlough spent Tuesday. ev-
holders' meeting expressed . the ening at Browns.
opinion' that the sale was . ad- Mrs. .Frank. Brown,and • Reg
viseable due to the difficulties spent Sunday with iss Ellen
inherent in the operation .of the McBride, Cooksville and Miss
smaller system. It was felt :that Dorothy Ines,Port Credit
"the: merger of the two systems Mrs. Russel Hamm and, son of
would lead • to ',improved, service. Chantler • House and `Newton Ro-
A program of ::rebuilding was be- Wilson visited' his mother at the
ing then carried out by the God- Steele Home:-Stmday. Other guests.
erich Rural. System: were . Mr. and Mrs. Barry Mc
The transfer . of ownership ', be- Donagh' and • boys of Ashfield
ments have been made ' to the
System, including laying of • con-
siderable
onsiderable underground cable, with
the long range ' objective of dial
service which will be a reality
on Sunday.
CULROSS CORNERS
AMB,ERL'EY
Once again we are looking for-
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ward to Christmas with its joys
and festivities. Its:. •home coming
for • relatives and ,special music
for services ' is always enjoyed, It
is said that ' Christmas is what,
we make it so • let us hope that•
it will be an opportunity to help
brighten the day for others who
are lonely and .less fortunate,,
Sympathy is • extended • . to the
family of the late Roy Gibson who
passed away after a short illness.
The Messengers of the fourth
concession of Huron have erect-
ed a modern pole barn which" will
be electrically•heap .:
Mr. and , Mrs. .urnin
of Lurgan beach left on Friday
for Florida, •
Mrs. John Blue is . a patient in
St, . Joseph's hospital,. London .
where she underwent surgery .last
week.
Bill Godfrey. and Gayle. Boyd,
student teachers,, taught . in the
various schools last week.
Thee annual meeting of U.C.W..
of Pine . River United •churchwas
held on Tuesday , evening, ,Dece'm
ber . 3. Mrs.• John • Ferguson.. gave
the call to' worship and the meet-
ing openedwith hymn. "0 . come
all'. ye faithful." .The roll callwas
responded to by a gift of candy
for; shut-ins. Reports of Units 1
and' 2 were given by Mrs. George
Wightman and Mrs:' Leonard Reid
after which Mrs. John McDonald
gave the treasurer's report: The
offering was received and dedi-
cated by Mrs. John Ferguson.
Mrs. William,. Kempton, :program.
convener, , opening .the devotional
part . of the meeting with a hymn
and was followed ' with the scrip-
ture reading by Mrs.' ..Delbert
Wilson:. Prayer was given by Mrs
C. ' Dore and a chorus. by . girls
of the Explorer group . accompan-
ied by Mrs. ,Robert Courtney was..
enjoyed. ' A life membership ' was
presented to . Mrs. .• Murdock Mc-
Donald by Mrs Glenn Boyd who
also ' gave 'a /prayer after which
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Mrs. McDonald made a .fitting
.reply. A reading "A little bit of
Christmas" by Mrs. Glenn Boyd
was ..followed with a . hymn. A
bazaar was held and Unit 1 serv-
ed : a . tea in the Sunday School
room. Officers for . United Church
Women for 1963-64. past ,presi-
dents, , Mrs. Tom . Bell, Mrs. John
Ferguson; president, . Mrs- Elden
Bradley; lst vice, Mrs. Cecil
Humphrey; 2nd vice, Miss Grace
Camerop; secretary, Mrs. Gordon
Fry; treasurer, M r. s. • George
Wightman; Unit one, Mrs; Leonard
Irwin,J
secretary treasurer, treasurer,, Mrs.
Mervyn Hooey; Unit 2, president,
Mrs.' Leonard 'Courtney; secretary
-treasurer, Mrs. Robert Courtney,
program , committee conveners;'
Mrs. Glenn Boyd ' and. Mrs. • Donald
Courtney
A congregational meeting, was
held at St. Luke's Anglican parish.
ening, December 9 with` a large
crowd attending; After grace was
sung a turkey supper was served
by the Women's Guild, . Rev.' . S.
R. Lupton led ` m singing Christ-
mas Carols ' accompanied by Bet-
ty Emmerton after which Mr.
Lupton gave a talk on Christmas
and how it ,should be
observed
suggesting that the reading of the
Christmas story by someone and
the Carol singing by :all present
would be a .fitting way to remem-
ber the " true . meaning of Christ-
mas. A •highlight of the evening
was the showing~ of • films by Mr.
and .Mrs. • Don McCosh of Purple.
Grove. Scenes from the coast and
prairie ,provinces made interest-
ing entertainment . for : ; all, After
Santa's visit the closing carol and
the "Queen" were sung.
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