The Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-07-23, Page 22CENTENNIAL SPECIAL .
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TUE •TATalf,Ndw SENTINEL P.Tc1K.NoW, oiyixtio
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30th, 195
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When? Jottings From The Sentinel Fi!e
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'Teri YearS AgO • . age '0.974 , • • sng, ThomaS .and Ihis brother The marriage ' was selernnized 4.eei?n of land- in the Westei.,
died while serving as reeve. of founder of LucknOw, pioneered and a • -
Ashfield • He was .succeeded h the$t Helensdistrict,build James MaoLeod who come to farnily or any male over 18 year
Alex MacDonald. ' • ' ing the 'first SaWanill_ and, „grist to, .Kinloss in 1853, died at his old.
/Rag Watseil 'tva • awaxdOcl mill in Huron ounty. home 'in his 04th ' yearBeha.ci- InridelsOn and Blitzstein we;„
SP4000. in.a damage action arising, ,411ari..MurdOCIt,' age 1,4,, son of
aat resulting in Rae injuries suffered when. lie sk ted
' Richard Johnston• of Ash.field James, who later became the in Detroit.. Of.• A. D. gaelteilzie provinces at $8,00 per 4cro,
• were the Sele head of g;
• Dor Lees
William J. Little?, retired Luck -
"now shoe maker marked' his 96th
lloirthdaY, • •
Kenneth Cameron was a‘opoint-
ed Lucknow postniaster succeed-
, ing Harvey. LindaaY4
'LA. flash fire On the roof,
'the ' Lueknow Industries -plant.
above the engine room seriously
threatened •the factory, ,for a
time but, the blaze- was 'trought
hdfohtrol
Last call. was being sounded
for 'names of former residents
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to be. Sent -invitations for Luck -
flow's part M the 'Bruce County
'reunion. , -
Bob McIntosh was elected pres-
• iclent' of the Lucknow Legion
succeeding George Whitby.
' • Ross Henry of Belfast suffer -
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ary's bush. ••
;Rexford . Ostrander 29 was
fatall:y inured in. an' accident *at
the.' northern: outskirts Of the
.••.y.illage. An inquest resulted in
a 'Verdict of. accidental. death. -
Mrs M. L. Sanderson (Anne
'MacDonald), was' appointed', head
supervisor ,for ,-fite P. W. Daniel
•• Co. ttd. of St John, New Bruns-
- wick. Her. husband, "Mike”, was
• Maritimes Manager for Purity
frOn't a motorcycle -car collision Mrs. "J. G. WInrclOch diedfrorn
the: loss of his foot nro4a coneealed Wireon the river.
On Mgeh,,,, 28th? 1930, the.. Cain, •ripar• "WS. .Cliff'S. residenee, The -
Hous, Was". 'CleStrOyecl • by tire; .irripact. 'threw him to the ice
YearS'. :later .tc). the dAY.,•:••Wher.e. he struck his heade:,
_ work ..was‘..started-4o clear_ away ,LuCkriOw- Fire Company pledg-
the debrisas the first step in the etl' *a donation of , $1000, ,t42 the
erection of the new post' officeerection of a neW arena in Luck,
In, Clearing .thp., rubble, .tWo..golcl. noW. •
band Wedding rings,' lost in the , .John 'BarnbY of Ashfield "rwli
fire, were recOVeredand return- celebrated his 106th. birthdaY, Mr.
ed to. the Owner H; E. P. Dreyer Barnby had been blind and:Oaf
of , Elora. • •: for almost thirty 'years.. '
Rev • . 'Charles .1i7 MacDonald,. The district was having a' 'rer,3
InirliStelv of •Luckno* Presbyter-. backward „spritlg with., a snow-
ian C.hurell'fOr 13 'years, was el' fall reeorded as late .-as April
HaMiltpn and London.7.
'Rev. .'.George .Douglas was
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been blind for'.1,2 years,
• General' registration, of all resi-
wCI:qanst-ireluiSrreeadrtf dAegteerrnaPin4e civtheie.:
Man and':WOman power :of the
country,
,Offer,ing' highest 6..dash.,•pripes ifQ
'rhinki fox, coon,'skunk,and•
,.rat . • . , • .,
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You could buy ;04,kodak.for
low ro..sy.00 at J. q, Armstrong'
drug store. • .,
Because , of the .dernand. tin; john -Buttbn announced. th
woollpii„goods_it „wa.s• anno'.11.need. „Pureba•Se
;that the LuClalow woofieo gilt at the'litli C—OncessiOn, hich h
would be "in Operation again this "moved ,to Lucknow adjac.ent t
-seaSon"., „, • ;,..„ • ' _the _ furniture factoryl ika
TP.scurb .the hoarding of ,flour in _the market for large 'quant
it •was decreed by the, Canada itieS of soft' elm. for cafirt staci,
Food7Board that millers and deal- , John JoYnt was re-eleete
ers ,shOuld repOrt „as. directed, -reeve by acclamation. Tho -s
holdings of flour in-- excess • of .StotherS was elected reeve .c
25 .1).oulids•-:- t•h4-11'0-: 4Wsmilf.i*elIlduritebry` acclamationutyreeve n
Reio, who ou - . • •
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4.4.444.
:It was deeided to erect a sold,
iers' memorial "in .Lucknow with
ordained and inducted as,mini,-the womews institute to be ebief
ster of Drummond' Hill Presby- ly responsible for financing and
terian 'Church; Niagara Falls, . Promoting the idea. ,
. 'Catherine Johnston, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. W.V.„johnston,
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• Mr .and, Mrs.. Chas, chin and
their family of 13 children' were
united for the • firit time, when
their three sons, jim, Harry. and
Frank,' who had been residing in
Hong Kong :With their grand -7'
parents,garrived here from China.,
• Miss Isehel Murdie retired af-
- Flour. -, •• !:, • ,• ,. ., • , • , ter 27 'years as teacher of .First,
'1-41-ielcriONAr• Consumers Co-oper. Room in I•iiickhow:Public School
,atie Inc. ,decided to purchase the and :Was succeeded by. IViisS' Mar':
...main...street /business of Donald ion McDougall..
..1V1cChailes ;for ' the.. price ' of ' , Wm. S.' Hohnes observed his
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:. $10,006:'. '.•... ., ' ...: . 96th: birthday. - - • .. - ,
• .$61ei.e., flood damage 'cu‘s..ed :* .. James 'Wilson, 65, '.of White -
bridge , orl',., the Sixth of Ashfield, church? • died . alincist .. instantly
two miles WeSt.... of %the .Gravel whenhesuffered a terrible body
..„'ROad,•, to. 'collapse. •The fifty -foot wound - When.. drawn into the .cir:.,
,'..solid,•:CeMent bridge collapsed in ctilat saw at his Mill.
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to the ;the:•;river. . ... , . ,, , , .Rev. , . T, Tucker concluded
:'• '.'bOld :15Oys '.and 'girls greeted in- a Six-year pastorate . at the,'Un-
. ifltations to; the Lircknow reunion ited Church-,-- and reti'red after 40'
M July With great enthusiasm. years ,in the mlstry. He. was
• tuCknoVi Legion.. decided to in.- succeeded ' by . Rev.. R. C, Todd.. ..
11 .J. _Charles Sold- his groc-
ery busi ess.to, jack 'flaii Of I/ills-
-burg. , . .. , • ,.., 4,
'Rev. Leonard • ESler.. suceeeded'
•Rev.• .I„ K. •IvIcGillivray as min--;
ister of the. AShfield-Ripley,
,charge. . .. . .
.A eOrnbirte" operated. by ,Alex
Hackett ' and Sons made its .first
' John JoYnt purchased the Jos.
appearanee. in Ashfield , at ' the the Belfast lodge for over, forty.'
. , . , •,, .eph Agnew shoe husiness.
farni of Mrs.' Dan Rose. . . years.. ' . ••• , . . . ,- . ,
Rachel Webster, widow of the;
Tetanus infection contracted During the month of * June '435 -
late Samuel Alton, pioneers in
froth a:fleSh..wound: stifferecr'ten hogs were shipped from the Luck- -
the Belfast-Lucknow, area, -died in
her 71st. year.: -. .
. : A cyclonic :hail' storm: cut' 'a
swarth:a mile wide -.north of Kin.-
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and in the..'.Purple Grove
area, flattening barna,, toppling,
store to Chestef.Feagari of Col- amonnt ;Of $1.25;000, •with which to . all points in Manitoba,' Sask-
windmills :and destroying crops.:
borne 'Township „ 'Bill had • oper - the -weStern portion •of the town- atchewan and Alberta ' ° ' -
At. Wiri; Cormell's you could
. ated .the store for, over twenty ship ;had been 'saddled since the - It Was expected that continued
buy a''mari's white shirt for 49c
electri I ',, rail' line project , "bleir wet' ' Weather Over the Su' m
stall floodlights'. in „the Caledon-
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•' ;ja c k lighthouse
keeper at Poirit Clark, purchased
the Point' Clark •booth and ad-
joining three acres of property,
'Vernon. Hunter lost 225 baby.
'chicks' when fire broke out in.
• . his colony • ,
. ,. Ata public meeting, Reeve W.
, A. Solomon was, appointed chairf
" man Of the • Lucknow reunion
.commi ee, and K. C..Murdie -was ,
appointed secretary. , •
,. -The. Playhouse Theatre was
opened under the rnanagerShip
of Basil Pappas: . •
Bill Brown sold his. Langside
tin Solomon, who :disposed of his
Taylor, sold' the business to AU- • .es:palidcriebilneRre-rips.!..:intrIvvelo.noeefrw.,thbietrimecigt
tinsmithing•,?„,bnsiness. 'to Gordon lots, i.l.ea,..ii.,.;:4e.estiidmer„ce;.s,4,,ni:Idot. aab.14y:unithbo:
prinkWalter of Goderiph. •
There were 1,-250 on board the 'of, .1),
N. Lawrence • .and
Grey -hound stearner fer thoef, and Aniros. dctuu
"!Moonliglit ..excursion . out
MiraculouslY.. esCaped.. n j.0 ry, :Goderich: • • .•
when. 'run over. ;kik her father's The death of DuriCari.lVlacDOn.-
car. . The :young child 'got. into. 'aid occurred. at his home in. Luck -
the
::path' of • the car: Unknown .now, where. he had resided since
her lather, and the `Cat, .which inoVing „froin .St,. Helens. cotipe.:
.was .backing. up, passed over :the .of , years. •before. • • - .?
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,glrl: X-rays • reiiealed, •,Pril3r One Because Of • the wartime wheat
broken •and tWo.''Cracked :ribs. shortage,. the. theme was "eat less
..T. F..: 'Cain was president of bread": •.. • • .•
the Farmers 'Elevator 'C�.' Ltd...••
A'. R. FiniaySori advertised. that
• 'Fred Stanley .Sold .his variety' after July ',1st matches would
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store'to James A. Geddes..of Kin- Variee by.: reason of •a war tax name .of J... 'M. 13ryan, MLA. f(
Cardiriel,13Oriald '1VICCharies sold. to • at least 40c a Package, He was :North Vancouver,. B.C.,' and: et
his grocery hnsiness. to Mark Cas -offering his, present .stock ,at .25c; iriterest was sufficieritly aitotigc
,sels, of Whigharn. ,Atj u k ho.,w ....Presbyterian: to .drop him. a- line to, dete.rthit
olk. Dominion Day celebration in, Church on 'Atignst 1018, Dt.. :D. if he was any. relation to ,janta;
LucknoW, featuring , baseball, T. L.' McKerroll officiated at the .Bryan; editor 'of .The .Sentinel
tattoo; fireworks and 'sports Com••• marriage of 'Sarah Evelyn Spihd- a qtrarter of: a centuijy.,
The. following is :,the' reply:*
residence,.while John- Jo'Ynt ha
built. a cement: storage she
John Button, , a Sawmill; and M
'Mitchell was making irriprovt
ments in the Maple R011erjWork
MLA IS GRANDSON
OF 'JAMES BRYAN
Sorne time agO we noted Al
Petitions '.dreW , a .VerY large ler; -daughter of Mrs. 'Reuben:
.arowd: LuCknov.t,• Chesley, Water- Spindler,. and, the late, Mr, Reu
lOO and Walkerton- bands took ben Spindler, Lucknpw and Thos
partt in the tattoo: Joseph..Marks; son of :Mr. arid
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Foster G. Moffat was elected
Conservative candidate. 'in . a
Seuth-Bruce by-election.
F-ive' to six'.,thousand People
jammed .Lucknow for the cele-
bration of the 12th' of July .by
district Orangemeri. Chairman
w,as,'JOhn, Joynt, of 1.,iicknow-,....ex-
M.RP., and an:, Orangeman in
Mrs. John Marks, Stratford.
FiftY Years Ago
The death of Mrs. David Arch-
er occurred. at her home on Rose
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days earli r, caused the death' Of now' sthtion, - ' '
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Dan Long at the age of 42. , . , 4A. E. 1VICKirn ONE town ticket
Ashfield Township 'met its':ob- ' agpit,e, was.. advertising Harvester
ligationS :in redeeming. Ontario .1.EXcursion tickets t.ci Winnipeg
West Shore Railway bonds in the .fOr $15. plus. halfa-cent -a mile.
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'John W. Hanna, ,Conservative, up" t irty -years before. :A.sh- Would do damage to One-quarter
was re-elected to Parliament de.: field's 'Inking:fund was. Short of of the • crops : The crops were re':-
• feating .Hugh Hill by a majority Meeting:- the, indebtedness and a ported as',. one of the finest ever
IPJ. 278 votes'. deberittre issue of '50,000 was , grovvn• in, ; • "
Charles Webster purchased the. floatedi\ for: a ten year.; Period at . . '
QUality Shop, from. Harvey 'Tre... 31/2: pe Ce.nt,-as against. the 'five . • •
• leaven and, Wesley Huston:, percent\ \bond rate' paid for . pet
plans Were comPlete for Luck- years. r orty' x ears • go.
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. • riow's part 'July 30th in the Bruce Jim Henderson waS appointed ,
Luck/1637's :1918 ,Council was
,CountY Rettion..• •
n," • Third Room 'teacher,succeeding
. , Reeve Flobert JOhnstOn' by accla-
Dave Horne • of Toronto was Margaret 1Vi.Calluiri• Who. went
'3n
. . . ,ation A and . ;WM.
injured When his "sCooter" left 'to bt.. Marys. ,
ivfurdie; G; 11;cSmith,, W. E. Hen -
the road and crashed at, Black -
:horse. Dave was hound, foi Luck -
now from Toronto . • "
• ;Dave Anderson :of . Paramount;
lbst his honse, turkey barn arid
approximately one thousand-tAr-
. keys ' fire., .
• Ardornia , Johnston, 174. wascrowned.° Lucknow". at the.
' reunion and. wOn ,'second place -
in the "Miss li3rtice County" con-
• test at Kincardine.- - •
•Luclsribw'S part iri ,-the BruCe
• otifity reunion- was a tremerid-
ous Succes. with thousands Coin-
.. • ing home for the event 'fromEar-
' ifornia to the'kukon.
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: , went Yeas 'Years' Ago
. arid Mr' 'Tom Aitchisen
'of LucknoW; and •Mr.,- and IVirs,
Samuel tooke of ,Wett WAWA -
nosh tabserved their 'gOlden Wed -
, 4 se ibbons o . g
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usti e, a nepheW Of Derirus clersori arid RHThomPSon,eeted by ballot. ,
Ken y 6i,Holyrood, Wag rescued / •
lVfac.D, . He
•heart attack 'ProVed fatal to
o,nalda'ge 28
from Owning' by Bert Lovett. '
Scene ef the near fatalitW
y, as I'lagarl
seizure while shov-•
.the inirning --on ening
• the 6.th, suffered the
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•fokirci: • , • J blizzard that had blocked roads
snow following a :wild
Conees ion near Allister Hughes'
. , and: piled .srioW in, ..ht4ge 'drifts
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' thirty Ye*rs`. Ago ' ' field (Jessie tLee0. 'c'eetiir.ed ' ill
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. . . D.etroit. . *, .' .:,, i • ...• '.'. • "
. Reeve's , efected, .,ini, elections ''!.. In . January : of: 1918,,the last
were t Vest Wawanosh; ,Albert g. year .of.. World war .1; the'! fuel
Johrtsto ,''? kinloss,. J, W.. 'Colwell; Situatibn beCarne .acUte 'here ,a$
Ashfield, Alex Hackett; LueknOW:;, iti'many other:places, In the Jah-
r); M, J hnstorie. , Mr, Colwell: tittry,.•'•31st ',issue /The , Sentinel
was repoyed to he the first; Men. stated!. "Some ,were..oht ,of both
north 10 Holltrood ever' to attain coal and WoOCi. at the,:erid of the
s,
this pOsj. ion: r; ' ' • . week, and 'and': were '' Able to • keep
' A\ serius fire in Ripley threat- their ,,stOves •going . only by bor-
ened tli "'entire', busineSsY area. roWIrig,,frorn. the mbre fortunate
,The \ larkest building 'destroyed rieighbore.',...
was \TOM Kempton's implement •:.• As a 'war reven4e. measure the
shop \containing a large .rittitiber ineOthe tax ,Was iristituted; 1;
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:dings. .. : ., ; ,. ' ... . of ..neW implenaeritS. .• . ,. . :, ,MrS, ,JaineS,' Lindsay died at
, e N, E. Bushell was eleetect'reeVe' &vefri• hundred, •attendedthe her litir(he On Ross' Stat the age
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ol 'LuCknow And Richard ,Elliott openin " of the neW.RipleY aretiai of 90 year. '. , ''. .
..iteVO Of KinlosS, • , . . ThOinas , )goinervitie,, age.. 0;.,, . . • and 'IVIrg:': Alek oSs' childrencele-
mrs, Geddesi at the died at •Nigill Where he was te-. brated their gdiden wedding.
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Dear/Mr, Thonipson! • " '
I was "indeed..pleased to :he.,
front :'you 'aS your reference..
'James Bryan; . ftirmer publish
of The. 'Sentinel. was my gran
'father.:,.The "Mel",. Who, you • r
ter to was of- C,OUrse roy 'fath(
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You Seein interested in the o
nanrie. and fPf yOur. kit
'eriqUitY 'I will try to furnish
,few • details. Alth:ough.• 'thy mei
ories of my late grandfather a
.a he having 'passed aw.;
when Was' still .•etntite, your
r:reineinber many stories Of "t
goOd. old days",. in Luckpow, 4)
•association the pap
•Which , pleased still be@
the Saine name. -• • ;. .
. father, the late John. IV1(
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vin Bryan (Mel) Staked the 1.9
Vie* here: in. -14.orth Vaneow;
in 1926, and at his death ,
I carried on until September
and a lady's . white .• lawn' waist last. year .when 'I sold out aft
for. 85c. • • purchasing.' the North Shc
A4Vm. J. Irwin, Cori. 11, Ashfield, -Press and arnalgarnating the, ti
died from a fractured neck. Which local weeklieS to name the pa
he received.. When, thrown from 'The North ,Shore Press-levie
the rig while homeward bound. By the: Way; my father was a
from town.- He was, 44 and . was a Member, .af the Legislat?
stirviVed by *MS Wife and ,six having served for eight years.
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Mrs.. (Rev.) Angus McKay of and
was named 1,nyipyfatii
KirigtisSie died in. hospital in • friends also. If I ,am ever in C
Edinburgh four •years after re- tail() I hope o Visit _mY fathE
turning to Scotland from Luck- 'birthplace of course
now
bU
cent tea. •
the ,Of 'My 'first calls"Will 'be at 'I
Sentinel Office. At preseCnt
W 4/111 advertised
Grocery as the home of the 28
Sir Wilfred Laurier' govern.- Legislative duties kcep, tnc
rnent -fe'41.-ebted. fourth
sfo_47370duayTiIieliti
time, •althou' gh in 'South Bruce, banedbI4ancwkostililladgt:ahllienkelpiltob'Itiashltieng;Y:efic
James J.: Donnelly . defeated.' ,pOrtniiity, of 'Wishing you and
H. MacKenzie b51 a majority of. Lticknow residents a ,h'appY227 :.
heVcl`t`iiesnsightly corb.e'r"S11,6egSSfttihieeCfeenlyte4nnil
ram and Campbell 'where stood J. m, 13rY,a114
the Sentinel Building and the —
OdelfellOws' Hall, was transform- LOCAL MAN' "ACC/11111g
ed Allin by the build-' •
ing of a double house of white,' Centennial visitOrs arrived
brick. . • . the borne of Mr. and Mrs'. '
With 'a :local' option Campaiin, Culbert list week. They are
underway a financial controversy and Mrs, . Ken lqaeLennan
raged over the *predicted loss of VancOtiver. She is the fon
hotel taxes :and license fees, as Barhara.Culbert, a Sister of Jii
against the. estimated $15,000 to " They .brought with them !
'$20,000 that annually passed end , tewspa'pere With
acroSs the hOtel bars' of the Vill- headlines; with Which 010
aivigaez)MoocaGidat.yiloHuo8tieSod, rhealvtlitnivgeg!..W1Ohte..no...fsittlti!ti(;:4it"
Six mOnthS residence on arid his copy WaS: 'v
cultivatiOn ot the, land for three `the 'glaring, headline& vOn
years was required of licirnestea& heft Gets Acquitted AS 5
ers WiShing .th take up a' quarter Thief".
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