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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO *EDNEBDAY, JAN. 3rd, 1962
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Lungside Na#ivy.. Note+ �Ga�n�s� Athlete
And Piper, VVas l 00 Years On Christmas
Mr. Thom'as,'Ross of Toronto,.
who was :: born• .at Langside in
1861,' celebr.•ated, his '100th birth,-
' ,day
birth-',.day on'. Christmas :Day ' He was
a 'guest on OpenHouse, a CBC,
Television programme On Deoerri
bei 25•th Mr.. Ross was
-
ed at the: Paz kdals,...Bresby_ter an_
.Church on Sunday. He has been -
an elder in that church for over
forty' : years and still 'attends
Church ; services' -regularly twice
r ; each Sunday.
MmRoss''is :a son of the•,. late.
Thomas' Ross and..Mary :M'acKin-
non. •His':::father died :when he-
wase -a :few weeks old. Two years
'; later his mother married Mr..
Thomas -MacIver a widower with
a family of four young: children,
George, Kenneth, Mary Jane , &
William.; To this union were born
four children, Donald,. Lauchlan,
John. and ;,Lizzie. ,Mr. Rasa is .the
sole 'Survivor of this family.
His early life was -pent with.
an .,.
unc1 a and. aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Sandy. Ross. at Langside on the
farm now.. owned :by Mr.: and
-Mrs:' William • Evans T'wo' nous- ••
ins from this. family are
• Miss' Nina ' ,Ross • of Alpena .and
Mr. Will. Ross 'of• California.. They
sent congratulations and regret-
tedl i
t ey -were unable to attend,
the reception.,
Mrs. . Rdss, '
the ,•'farmer ' Jean
D
avidson of .Langside; passed
away in 1946, three. years after;
• they had. Celebrated their Dia-
Mond Wedding Arniversary.:.His
two daughters, :Miss', Minnie Ross
. nd :Mrs. Alex *Murray, : soh iri-
law` Alex Murray Sr., and grand.
daughter,: Miss Jean :Murray have
also predeceased . him: '•
Mr, Ross served on the Toronto
Police ,Force for thirty-six years.
He organized' the Toronto 'Police
Band and taught each member, to
play the. bagpipes.
He won many athletic' trophies
from the ,Caledonian..Games and
later the' Police, .and • Scottish
•games.
Hei • •
c
s a inember .•�of 'the � Gael;i
Society '
• . and • still attends their
meetings.
Ashfield Couple
SENTINEL MAILING LIST
• REVISED LAST WEEK
56 Years Married shree w sed on Thursdayl,of
I last week, and subscription
Mr: and Mrs. Thomas: Blake;.
who spen.d..the winters in 'Lon-
don, and the'spring, slimmer, arid.
,fall, on the home, farm in:Ash-
field,
Ash-
field . Township, observed their
56th wedding .",anniversary on
Wednesday, December 2,Oth:
The occasion •wia quietly .cele-
• brated •'i'n London,' where they,
are .spending the . winter with
'.their daughters, .Mrs. Grace Mac
.Iver and Miss Olive: Blake,
' . Mrs,. Blake, the .former: Clara.
'Webster. .was 80 on • Christmas
Day.' Mr,' B.1ake- will , be '85 -in
February.
• Mr, and Mrs. -Blake have long
been' faithful members of Blake..
United' Church of the Ashfield
• Circuit and Mrs. Blake is: a life
member of the-W„M.S,
• A, family dinner was enjoyed
Wednesday, December 2:77.th .. at
"'Wedgewood' Restaurant on Bloor
•Five. of ;his. ' grandchildren,
Ross,: 'Alex; Robert. and Donald
Murray and Mrs.V Waldorf
were. • present: One grandson,
_Gordoryof-..UancQuvr was unable
`
to Corrie •abut •his. „daughter fl -fie*
down, and ;'represented the, fam-.
ily. • There :;are , thirteen great
reat
y.
grandchildrenand thirteen great-
-
great grandchildren. He was tele-
vised -'again With:his desgendnts.
following •the. dinner.`
:After :the dinner reception'.
was held when 'a,.. large ' crowd
came 'to offer congratulations..
Among . the guests was: a first
cousin„..,. Mrs. Neil MacKay (,the,
i who,: despite
£ar exSarah Ross), despite.
her:: eighty-nine Years had come
from near Ottawa' for. ''the' even-
ing.
Those ` present . from Lucknow
were Mrs.. Bill:Scott and Mr. and
M.rs. Ira .Dickie ,.(nee Elizabeth
MacIver: a niece of Mr.: Ross)..
Still' Pipes Occasionally
Mr. Ross has' a . miniatureset
of
bagpipes. -which ,he 'stili plays
occasionally. .,:Regulation. pipes
".take too .much' . wind,",andhe
hasn't played° them for several
years . he said, in• phis Christmas
' Da interview,: •.,Rut the y
Ystately
gentleman proved that he could
do' his art ,in blowing' out the
in �:
,p
hundred :candles: drat . adorned
:-hic;h� he cut
the .birthday cake, w
before. the TV camera, while he
was serenaded with "Happy
Birthday."
Mr. r Ross • was. HuronBruce
champion ..at the ' 'Caledonian
Games in. Lucknow in :•1889 and
1890, and that • year *exit to To
'ionto to. Join the City Police
Force with which he served, un-
til .his 'retirement ;in '1924 at'the
age of 63. •
, ,
Mr. ,Ross "said ..that .in. those
days there . 'wasn't as much
crime. 'Police clffic€ rs cowldn't
carry a gun in the ,clay time and
he ' never fired a :;shot,.: always
usiii'g "a peaceful way" in enforc-
ing the law.
Pre -Christmas Fire
victors. To: Rebuild
. The Henry 'Drennan famnily,.
who had theirAsh field:„ Town
ship 'home, destroyed in; a pre='
Christmas' • fire• on December 20th,
are ' temporarily residing in a
house that was vacant on 'Norm-.
an: O'Connor's farm about • three-
quarters
';of ::a mile from their
The home was so ,badly ,;gutted;
that it has since ,been *torn down
and :Mr. ,and,Mrs. 'Drennan plan
to rebuild. ,A • start was Was. to be
ma`de.in, digging out the basement..
this • : week, .•
Mr..' and Mrs. Drennan, their
seven .children Mr... D•rerinan's,
aged mother;' and Anita Cline
who had. spent the night with„
her' school, friend, Jean Drennan;.,
made a. household of eleven per
sons who ',escaped the early
morning ` outbreak unharmed.
-S.ome'' household effects:, were
`saved, chiefly from the -kitchen,'
but their .living 'room' .. furnish
ings, even to ,the Christmas tree;.
and . much of their clothing was;
lost.
The ••'conmunitY',responded :''in
many ways to help the Drennans
and besides caring ,for the child=;
r n,, man rac' is gifts. e y p t al • g, is were
received; and to aid financially
i a benefit dance,was; held -at
gannon, which < received ',a gen
erous :response.'
• payments up to that date
have been - advanced accord-
ingly: A'
•' Take a, glance .at the ad- •
dress label on your paper and •
if it reads. "61,"• your 'sub=
scription' is ..due for 'renewal
•'(•unless.it°has. been 'paid since
last 2'hursday.)
• Payment of your •subscrip-
• tion • is something that, can• be':.
• easily ,overlooked,' so" "do it
now,” when it's fresh in your •
memory
The ratt is $3.00 iii' Canada
•& $4:00 in the United: "States.:. '
Kai Had
Annie: Nl.a�c
Amputat�d
Miss Annie MacKay of Luck-
now had her :'left legamputated •
above the knee at 'Victoria Hos,
pital, London,, on Friday.
• She • withstood the ordeal well
and, is,..progressing favorably. ' It
-is expected thatshe will;' be •able
to be moved to Wingham, hospi.�.
tal in ''about ten
Miss MacKai had trouble with
the limb for' some time. She. enter-
edVictoria Hospital• the Wednesj-
day: before Christriias, .and while
:it was'felt that'the 'arn'P uta ion
was inevitable; Word , that she
go per
had :' 'under • ne' the operation
�atio
n
came a,surprise: .rise •She *has '' the
h
best wishes of a 'host of. 'friends:
•s
in :. this community, ' where ' e :
• Y, she
and her sister Jessie: are; the two
re Ginn members
of a ` iorieer.
:farnil
y
. Jessie,' 'who :. is at. P'inecrest
Manor While' hers
ii e' -Her sister ia
osi
=
alized was 94Years- f.'age on
.
October
28th. Annie was 86 .in
•September
time Christmas
Decoration Winneis
On' the request'. of the Luck
now and- District Horticulture
Society, Miss Margaret MacDon-
ald' & Mr. and Mrs. G. Suter acted
as' judges of the Christmas home
decorations: Their. decisions were
es follows,
Window Class -` 1st prize, ,Mrs.'
Ken 'Mowbra
y.",
Outdoor Class — p Tied for let
Sprue;' Mrs. Charles Bristow arid.
'June Collyer; '.3rd' prize, :Ken.
Cameron,
• Suggestions from the judges
for• another year were as -follows:
1.. The Society to arrange for
. judging to, be' completed within
•three days• after • Decemb'er 25tii•
and .have it understood:.that all
those„ entering competition must
have. their: lights on during'this
period.
2., More 'Competition • in the
w•indow:class is urged portraying
some : • specific theme. . •
3. Concentration on. a : parti-
cular theme instead ' of randorii
lighting is preferable for 'outside
decoration,
All entries -for '4h2rtography
Competition 'must. be in the Sec:.
retary''s -hands by .January' 8th in
'order that, they be judged. local -
and .•
ocal-
and;• then forwarded to ' the,
District Director.by January 115th..
• The Society. wishesto express
sincere and •he'arty appreciation
to the judges for their very cap-
able arid kindly service in jtidg-
ng this years decorations.; .•
Rev: Wm. A. •Flendeison is Su(cessarAt
bloodstockGeorge L; Douglas
Two'
Lucknow-born mm.sters
have the. uri,ique distinction of
boldin; , successive .Pastorates* at
Woodstock Presbyterian Church.
'Rev, Wm, A. Y Henderson of
WalkertYirr assumed the duties 'of
his new charge with the com-
moncei;)i ;ntGof the New Year. He
sueoeeds Rev. George,� ee Doug-
las g..
las 'who. was recently appointed
•
librarian,` at : i' nox College, Tor-
onto. '
` rxr
They are tvio. of three me
roe
Of the Lucknow. 'Presbyteriari
Church corigregation, who enter-
ed the. ministry. The third mem-
bYr is l ev'.:'Douglas , Mao'.T.)onald,
son of the late Rev: and 'Mrs. C.
1T. Ma�D'onard. '
. ' (Continued -On :Page
dark 55th Weddin
nniversary ,
t
The Chrism 't � as• . season had;
special significance 'for Mr. and
Mrs.' ';W:: •R. ,Farrie.r, • of White=;