The Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-11-11, Page 7wEDNESDAY, NOV.. Ink 1959;
THE.LUCKNOW SENTINEL, WeXCHOW,
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FORMER CLERIC:
BURIED AT SIMCOE.
Rev, William. John Mumford,
age 73, died at• the Queen Eliza:,
beth Hospital, Weston, on .Wed-
nesday, October 21st. The fun-
eral service was .held in St:
James, UnitedChurch, Simcoe
the • following 'Saturday, 'with
burial, in Sin?coe cemetery.
Dr. Mumford was minister of
Lucknow United . Church from.
1949. to 1952, and Upon. departing'
said. it had. "been three. of the
happiest years of my Ministry,"
Rev:` 1Vlumford was to have been
the anniversary Minister here
this fall, .but took.. ill ".and . in
mid. -August underwent surgery
Which determined he hadbut a
short tame to live. His death oc-
curred a few days prior to the.
anniversary;- .
Mrs. 'Mumford's death occur-
redthree years Aga. She was the
former' Mabel . Curtis .. of • Peter-
borough, andin later years be-
came seriously • crippled • by
rheumatism, an . afflication •• she
bore with Christian patience,
and during which she received
the . devoted• attention of her
husband •
Surviving, is a son Donald, a•
mathematics professor in , Tor
onto, and two granddaughters,
A son • Leonard, a .member - of the
crew of, the 'Canadian destroyer,
Athabascan, lost', his. life in . a
naval engagement . off . the . coast
of France prior to D -Day:
Rev: Mumford. was :born . in
England where . as a youth he
acted . as a lay preacher, and.
teacher before:. being accepted.
as a candidate for the, ministry.
/ He entered' college in Canada
some fifty-three years ago.' and
received degrees from Victoria:
College;' Toronto ,and McGill
University; Montreal :.
Possessed; of : a . G'4iurchillian
use of Words, Dr; • Mumford: was
a .forceful preacher • and an
energetic .pastor, particularly: at
entive • to s'htit-iris. He held pas -
orates at ' South River, • Little
current Sault t• Ste. Marie, Hain'-
Iton, Toronto . and Hagersville,
before .coming to Lucknow
where • he concluded Piny' years
n the ministry and since ;then
held less arduous roles; as assis-.
ant minister at Fergus, Simcoe
end Port Dover.. ' '
L.D,H.S. STUDENTS HELD'
HALLOWE'EN DANCE
There were many, novel, col-.
rful and identity puzzling cos
times: at the •Luucknow District
High .School . . students' Hallo-
ween. party last . Thursday
ight.. :
• A "record hap," : the. horror
Ouse : andlunch, combined for
m enjoyable • evening with staff
members, Mr. P. W. Hoag, 'Mrs.
Hewitt and Mr' V A. Rae in
ttendance,. the . latter ; two act-
ng as costume judges,
The winners, were as •follows:
fancy girl,. . Diane Jamieson;
ancy, ; boy, Mac MacDonald,• co-
mic , girl, Kathleen' Hackett;
omic. boy, Jim Watson; fancy:
otiple,• Joanne Hunter and Mar-
on Reavie;, comic couple, Nancy
orster and Barbara' Murrayy.
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jucknow Sentinel, phone ''35.
MRS. JOHN MILLER ..WILL
BE EIGHTY ON THURSDAit
Mrs. John Miller. of Lucknow
and , formerly of Con; 12, West
Wawanosh, will be .eighty on,
Thursday,, • November 5th,
On Sunday a • birthday party
was held at the home of her
.daughter, . Margaret, Mrs. Fred
MYlcQuilln and • Mr., . .McQullin.
Others in attendance included
Mr. and • Mrs.. Jack Sparkes.
(Muriel) and daughter :Dentia of
London; Mr. and Mrs;Alvin Mil --
ler, of Strathroy; Mrs:'.'Eldon
Miller, Mr. and .Mrs. Wilmer
Nicholson and • Kathy: • of ° Hol-
stein, Mr. • and:Mrs Don Camer-
on of Lucknow, Miss Lois' Mil-
ler, Barry and Ivan McQuillin
and Mrs, Miller's brot'her,' Alex
(Al) MacKenzie of •Langside.
Her son Eldon was unable .to be
present as he is' hospitalized in
Wingham, ,
".Dropping in," unaware' of:•the
occasion, Were •' Mr.; and . Mrs:.
Fred Cort. of Bruce :'Mines, ,.Mr,,
Cart made, his. • home at one time
with the Miller family..
WHITECHURCH
Mr.' and Mrs, B. Rooney and
Ralph- of :Kenilworth, '. Mr', and
Mrs. Harry Dowling. and Don:
ald • of Harriston visited 'at: • the
home 'of Mrs '.A. Dowling; and
Laverne': on • Sunday' and all
went over'.' and enjoyed a. birth -
:day supper at the home of Mr.
and :}Mrs. 'Robert Aitchison of
Luckriowi
'Mr.: and Mrs. C. 'MeClenaghan
and family ` of `Rothsay visited
at : the home: of Mrs. George'
McClenaghan and: Mildred.
Mrs: A E,• Buckton received
word 'on Friday ,that .her broth
•
er, Mr. Charlie . Jones' of Toronto
had, passed away- Mr, and, Mrs,
.A.•, E. Buckton; Mrs. Tom Mor-
rison, .' Mr;. Herb ;Buckton spent
Sunday in Toronto; ' •
Jack Flanigan spent the
week -end With. . cher. parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thos: Inglis.
1Vfr.: and •.Mrs. Jack . Gillespie
and . family of ,Sarnia spent the
week -end with Mrs. G.. Gilles.
pie. ,.:�
• •Ait the euchre. sponsored' by
Whitechurch '...Women's yInstitute,:
high prizes :went .to .Mrs. Cletus
Rettinger and .'Mrs.. Ernie Bee -
Croft, . with George 'Fisher,' high;
man and Jack Aitchison' second'
high.
..Winners at:,• a masquerade' of
Whitechurch • ''YPS ' were: best
dressed, Marlene Martin, Sandra
Fisher, • Arthur Laidlaw and
Bryan Purdon ,Best . comic, dies -
Sed, "Jean Martin; Gary Chap-
man, Thelma ' Purdon, Janice
Farrier most • frightening char-
atter was. Jack Coultes; Comic
dressed lady, Donald, Gaunt.
Judges were Muriel Moore; Mrs.
k'isher. and Lorne Forster:
Games and contests were con-
ducted by Raymond Laidlaw
and Bevin Tiffin after which a
delicious lunch :concluded . with
,pumpkin pie and, ice. cream.
Party Proceeds 1101' Jr.. Red Cross
Hallowe'en was celebrated
with a masquerade on Friday
. night at Fordyce School. Prizes,
were awarded to Mrs.. E.. Scholtz••
as best . dressed lady; ..'Mrs. E.
Laidlaw • •as. best dressed. rnan;.
Best dressed couple, Linda
Snowden and . Carol Webster;
Best Jack -o -lanterns, were Shar
nn • and Doris :Rintoul. Mrs.
George .Fisherw as comic :gentle-
man; .Saron Rintoul best .dres-.
ed child; Janiee'Laidlaw as co -
PRAY `DEMONSTRATIONS' s
lELD AT •HOLYROOD
'b
Co.Ral Warble fly spray, de- .a
tonstrations for Huron : and
truce Counties started on Mon- t
day afternoon at the farm of b
aek Ackert ' at 'Holyrood.'* . On s
Tuesday 'morning a similar •de-
�onstration was held at Harvey w
[ouston's farm, before moving C
Graham.
O the Teeswater area,
de
tock 'commissioner,
puty .live e
for. the Pro- 1
ince of Ontario was in' atten-
ahoe,
mic' 'child;, Joanne Laidlaw as
est national costume. Many tied
s the largest family in costume.
A prize" was tobe awarded to
he first one to find the teacher
tit' no one addressed her as
uch. Oldest lady present . was
Mrs. Charlie Martin. Judges
ere Mrs, V. Emerson, •Mrs. J.
onn and. ' Hugh Sinnamon. ' •
.A good crowd attended and
njoyed the masquerade and
unchserved by the mothers in
the ' section. The het proceeds l
oes to the Jr, Red Cross..
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WON `.K I N`.OSS•
PUBLIC. SPEAKING•
•
•
Karen ;Carruthers, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs Elliott Carruthers,
and a student at Holyrood
;school, won the Kinloss Town-.
ship public speaking contest held
at Holyrood last • Thursday
night.' Her subject was, .:"My
Holiday Trip."
Karen. represented. Kinloss at
the Bruce County . competition
held. at Paisley, on Monday night,.
'There were • twenty-two coli=:
testants . at Holyrood, andthe
judges were Rev. Benson' . Co,:
Mrs. `Don.• McCosh and •M•rs:
B Anderson, and had their 'work.
cut out in reaching a decision,
In second plaice was • Marilyn
Thacker of •S.S.' No, 1, • (Black-
horse), daughter of Nr. .and Mrs.
Ronald Thacker. •
Other contestants were Diane
Hewitt, . Velma Hodgins, N.�a
donna' Graham, Carol . MacIntyre,
Peter Steer, Andrea ' Adams,
DonnieHodgins; Brenda Eckens-
wilier, . Sharon Stanley, ' June
Ackert, Jean Sutton, Allan Cor-
nish, Janet Risebrough, 'Helen
Campbell, Michael::: Ritchie,
Elaine Murray, Donnie Mc'Gil- "
livray, David Wall, Trudy
Thomson, Allan Colwell
Each • contestant receives' a
cash' prize . from. Kinloss . Town-
ship ..Council,
own-ship.:Council, and Karen Car-
ruthers received a silver . 'cup
from the Holyrood Women's In-
stitute, which was presented by
Mrs:• McCosh: •
Raynard . Ackert • acted as
chairman.' A •;`musical number
was . presented by each 'school in
the• Township, with•, Mrs.'.' Wm.
Scott,' .music supervisor, as ac•
co`mpanist.
SPOKE HERE .SUNDA•
Y:.
ON _CHRISTIAN EDUCATION'
Rev: Douglas. Lapp, Christian
Education field Secretary • for
Hamilton :Conference, was .guest
speaker at The morning service
in the `United 'Church. In the
evening he' spoke to ;an informal
gathering of Sunday, school tea-
chers, officers ' and church mem-.
bers, giving an..enlightning hex=
planation of the work of Christ-
ian education dealing primarily
with the work of the Sunday
.school ' and mid -week: • youth
groups. .
The••unit• teaching in the .Sun-
day
Sun -day school is being emphasized
and it 'became. ' evident at. he
talked, that locally the newly
acquired Church House .will play
an ;'impo'rtant' ;.pant, in putting
this •program into practice. Tea-
chers spoke ` highly of the .facili-
ties and opportunities offered in
the Church. House classrooms.
ZION.
Miss `'Peggy :Button ' ;spent 'the
week -end' 'i with .,Anne Ritchie. •
Mr. and• Mrs: Charlie Scott, of
Auburn. .visited ' Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs: 'Henry Gardner.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Raynard
:and boys • visited 'Sunday with
Mr and Mrs: Donald Murray,.
Sunday School will 'be held at
10:00aim: and church Will 'pe at.
11:00 a.m: for the month of No-
vember. •
Mr. and Mrs Wilfred .Hackett
visitedMr. and Mrs. George
Hunter on Sunday:
Miss Brenda Breckenridge of
Bluevale visited Wednesday af-
ternoon with Miss Marlene.
Hunter at her home here. Both
girls attend Teachers'. College at
Stratford. .
Buried At South Kinloss
The' death of Rev. : 'Donald
Nicholson, il'5, occurred'' . last
week. He was' a retired. Presby-
terian Church minister,' and has
a sister living, Mrs. Robert Pol-
lock of Kincardine, ' where the
funeral service was held at
Linklaters with burial in South
Kinloss Cemetery..
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IN: FINALS FOR OFA
TITLE OF .PRINCE
Duncan „Campbell: of Kinloss
and Madeline Shaaf of Kitchen-
er won the second round, of ,the
Ontario Federation of Agricul-
ture's prince and princess con-
test, and qualified for the finals
'at '•Toronto; Major • prize Will be.
• a 5 -day trip to :Jamaica.
Zone 2, ; ':honours which Dun-
can and Madeline' won, , compri-
ses the • counties ' of Grey, Bruce,
Huron, ' ``Waterloo, 'Perth.'.. and
Wellington:
Runner-up. to Miss Schaaf was
E Irma. Jean: Percy ,of',. Kinlough.
In°
the. final contest 'the ,•prin
cess :award went to Doreen Gar:-`
rett of Denfield, with a Peter -
'bough County
eter-'boughCounty youth, . ' being'
chosen as .prince.
-INTERESTING .PROGRAM.
AT FOWL SUPPER
/
Some 600 people. were 'served
at the United Church'• fowl 'sup-
per held last Tuesday evening,
1.tri association• with the;.anniver
sary. occasion.
An interesting . program fol-.
lowed with Rev: Gordon'. Geiger
as chairman. Slides Were . shown
of 'Mr. and, Mrs..Chaa.Bristow's
.tripto the' coast;, trumpet ',solo,
Guest , Mitchell; , c'horus by • stu-
dents of • Miss • Webb's room;
guitar selection, Sharon Lowry;
solo,, Mrs. •IO1som . of Wingham
:accompanied • by' Mr.. Pymrri;
Clark's quartette, Bill Harrison,:
O. Pollock, Bob Rutledge, Ben
Farrel; 'violin solos;„ • Eleanor
Reed; . Dr. • James .. Little; :• duet,
Dianne Jamieson, Nancy. Forster;
Ladies'' trio, Mrs. Davidson, Mrs:
Feagan;: • Mrs Olson of Wingham;
solo;. Dianne Ritchie.
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KINGSBRIDGE
Mr. Frank• :Sullivan .spent the
past week visiting • with rela-
tives ..in . Detroit. • ;
,Miss Shannon 'Sinnett and two •
girl ..friends •of. -Detroit. visited
with . the John Austin: ';family
and otherrelatives here over
the week -end.. '
We arel ;,
p eased to hear � that
Mrs... Ed.' Gilmore, is .'now con-
v'alescing' at her home after •sev-::
eral weeks' in ,Wingham hospi-
tal. Her daughter, , Mrs: ' Hallora
of Buffalo has; returned to her
home.. f
The Earl . Drennan ,farriily
spent • the week=end • with ; rela-
tives m• • Detroit: ' , '
Congratulations to Mr: • . and.
Mrs. Clarance' Doherty uponthe,
birth .• of a daughter in Toronto
•during • the past week
• Mr: Norman O'Connor •and'
daughter, Patricia. visited with}.
relatives in Toronto . last week-
end
Mrs. WalterClare, President
of the C. W. L. and the follow-
ing "members from here, attend- •
ed a most enjoyable social • even-'
ing as guests of the '.C. W. L.
Wingham last Tuesday night,:
Mrs:' Leo Courtney, Mrs. Con
Hogan, Mrs. Louis Hogan, 'Mrs.
Van .Osoh and friend,, Mrs.; Wm:
Hogan,. Mrs. Gene ' Frayne, Mrs:
Mark Dalton and: Mrs. .Joseph •
O'Keefe.
Among the week -end visitors'
here were Miss .Rose O'Connor:..
and her sister Irene, of St. Aug-
ustine, The Jack Fitzgerald fam-
ily of Stratford and Mrs: ''Irene
Murphy .of Godericht Mr.. anct
Mrs: William Berry , and Wayne
of :Goderich.
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