The Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-07-23, Page 24scENTERICAL SPECIAL',.
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The Lucknow Centennial; once
• it. got rolling, just snowballed to
.enthusiasm -arousing proportions;'
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never' dreamed of.The Climax:
comes this week-end.
`he ,spark, was touched off on.
October 2nd, , 1957, when the
' Sentinel- ran. a two column.. front
page, spreadcaptioned: "Village
Centennial is next year, what
will be.', done' about it?"
In.- the January " 1st issue, by
prose . and poem, former residents
added =their :voice,
Reeve George • Joynt'• pointed
out the ; matter would be: brought
up ''at the first Meeting of the
1958 Council; It' was, ,;and Coun
cil •, backed the `venture with a
$1000' guarantee:`'
„In the meantime a "Letter, to•'
e 'rurta _ .._..
's Centennial pressure.
A . public -Imeetingg was. 'called
!for' January •••17th,; when Harvey
Linklater. •o f Kincardine spoke to;
the, gathering on conducting such
a, • celebration:., The Meeting. 'set'
Civic, Holiday. week -end for the
"do" and named Cameron . Mac-
Donald, .Morgan' 'Hendersons and
Oainpbell Thompson ;to work.
.., with., Reeve ' Joynt and the sec-
retary ° of the. meeting, Stuart.
Collyer, as a striking committee.
H. D ,"Bud" Thompson was re.
;quested by : Reeve, Joynt to take:,
over the general chairmanship of
the Centennial, . and the :striking
committee; became in effect the
Executive Committee, Commit-
.tee" chairmen were.." appointed,
• charged With: the responsibility
of each department
retivi ty' has 'continued to roll
ever since, axd,':score upon'score.'
• of meetings have since ;been held.
Due credit can ; never be paid to
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many ":who : have worked ':untir,
n.
ingly•:"and: unceasingly- through
• out the past six',: Months.
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Receive
'ubl�ity
ICINGSBRIDGE
Ms. and Mrs. Jos. T-'40mbardo of
1Detroit visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Cyril Austin last week.
During the past weeic•
Thos. O'Neill, Mr.: Sohn O'Neill;.
Mary Ellen, Edward and PeggY
,visited -with relatives in Toronto.
daughter Christine, " Miss Olga
•bury 'were guests -at the Frank
Sullivan hOnie -bet Week.
r. Jas. Kelly, Mrs, Kelly 'and
eon ot s.udbuty are now 'Visiting
Mi§s Patricia Otonnor -hot=
idaying, in Detroit with relatiVes
Miss Mary Sheridan rs'Of Tor:
onto and her aunt, Miss Miller
of HainiltOn.are holidaying here..
Mr. and Mre. Jack Berry and
son' of Goderich, visited with 'the
Jack, 'Agert family last 'week -
Publieity To No, End '
sFeeling,, the. _responsibility • of
having "stirred this thing up
/, The Sentinel went to work to
> publicize it.
By actuali measurement up- to
. last week, The Sentinel has pub-
lished 1180 inches i;4. free pub-
licity, or approximately 9440
lines, which couldn't 13e/purchas-
ed at a • "reader rate" •for less
than $600, and at a 10e rate of
1.0c; would run "clbserl to $1000.
• 'This Mass of publicity ran to
. over 60,000 words, an'd no con-
., sideration is given to, this :32. -
page ' Centennial special,' which
wotild more than double the:
Included in that Publicity'.has
been the free publication of the
list of doners, who • had contrib-
uted up ' to the week -end close
During the Centennial very -
one is requested to registerres,,
idents of the community
as . visitors. Registration ead-•
-quarters are in the Public Lib-
' rary at the Town Hall, where
rest room faciilties will also be
available,' Local ,folk are. urged -
to register - as goon as poesible
,after registration opens.
SEE BY
SENTIN
IN TEARS BYEOONE
THAT on April 15t1; 1916," Abe
joining j. G. Arrastrong's drug
„BlitzsteiresTdrygoode store a_
THAT. ow Deee.rior 18th, 1896;
' Webster arid 'Andrew: tOok over
Thomas Young's impleinerit
agency. arid he went to Walk-.
'THAT': according tO an' item Lin
' stated that the firsts Motor ear
' 'WE7NESDAY ;4114.4X 3Qih,;, 1958;
visitin•g with Mrs. Edward Foley
and- family.
family of London' are bUilding
their neW cottage here during
their vacation,'
,Dr. and Mrs. Kasper of Detroit
are vacationing at •the home of
Mr.'. John O'Connor (the 'O'Con-
nor:homestead) ;for the .thonth of
Other week -end. Visitors here
ten the .make,,,:rfer, or owne.r..,
ere. Mr and Mrs, Jos. MurPhY
s the Ba.rik of tHamilt9n Stratiord,rMr. J. C., Keane of
branch in Lncknow. waS open- Stratford, Mrs. Nora Shiflett of
THAT the, •Ch°.n Friends 16d' troit, Miss Betty Lou Vaiella of
was 'organized:here in Sell'ern" London, Miss krances•Gilinore of
THAT in June 1891, bus opera -
Mr.' 'and' Mrs. Terenee Nichol-
' tor Peter' McLaren, improyed.
son of -Chicago visite/a with, their
his serviee by' purchasing a
"plush" 12 -passenger bus (horse
drawn 'of course) ara cost ,a
THAT Rodger Cain of Cain City,
Kansas, died suddenly in '414Y
of 1887 'He 'Was a brothen'of
he Best ressed
- '`(este.ryear ,.:iC.Qntests
....• . .
Though, crippled by r puma-
tisr,n, that has prevented him,
fr.om playing his bagpipes for'
some fourteen years, Neil. Mae,
Callum of town Still retains his•
deep ferverfor:things Scettieh and
in a wheel chair close hy wher€
going On, Arid he'll. hav0 on-
dolAsbt
RECALLS ARRIVAL HERE
niece, -Mrs:. Don Frayne• and:
ily: and with Mrs'.
Dwyer ‘• ddring ;the past ,Week.
has just cornleted:her studies at
University of .TOrorito,:before
ginning her .position op- the! staff
of Elinira High sSchool for the
third year,, -is Ow Visiting with
ger was. one of the first settlers , ,
in that'part of Kansas and Cain' Mrs. Gene Frayne and fainily
'City was :nal.2.01ec_l_ after him. s wthirnthmhyer-PlarsatY*fleeek7.atuftrenreda wheoemwes.
r of Steele Cs. Murdoch,
OW•!‘e first stone •irbason,
• • In the' tkei itself lay much. of
the pleasUre Of the long ''d 's
Outing; : and. -the Woods
With the sound of their
a§ theY followed the trail. he!
Original IVIurcloch home WaS
What is nbw Gordon Kirklaficl's
.• Harvey Hall. of Detroit to reflect
On her arrival' in Lucknow
lowing• the war froth. her native
.. Scotland. She. was among the'
Sheilla recalls,, •WaS Strang,.
er in a strange land, bUt net for
• Tong, as the great kindriesS Of
feel at home. I • 'remember
.e§peciallY the.. night I arrived;
tired and serneWhat aPprel-xerisive
as to what life Might shave An
Store for me in thiS new land,.
When. the 'music of the bagpipes.
reached My. ear§ and So •rnany
Mrs, Ball cenelud.e§ an, inter,
esting letter With 'the •ScOttish
VANCOUVERITES LEAVING
FOR 'THE CENTENNIAL
Thanks for' the ' kind invitation
pleaied to attend and see all the
old:. friende, -but it will be im-
poesible this year. However...We
hope ,to go in the near future.;
My sister and her husband,
are leaving here next 'Monday to
go tos`LUcknOw and I believe' Mr.
and Mrs. Towle, also of •Vancou.,
ver, will .be there for the .cele -
Under separate coVer I am.
,sending you a copy of the Cen-,
tennial edition Of the Vancouver
'Province. L thought it Wburd be
celebrating British Colurnbia.'s
centennial ,
thanking yous,again for. the kind
Among Aest Pressed Scots' •
They lived -in LubknoW for
couple. of years,. before. rnovi
to the arni, returning tos.,1
:Village' .sOme Sixteen years .a
‘Neil , also followed the ,cern(
rheumatic, affliction,: forced,
to quit'Work and so stiffened
Oay hie
•Mr. 'and Mrs. Jack McConville I Here Neil is pictUred in his
returned to their hOme in Tor-. .yeunger days in full regalia' that
onto after. a two' weeke visit at -.dubbed him aS one of the best
the. Clifton_ Austin home. dressed 'Scots of his.,time• .
Mrs. D. Mdore of . A.lgoriac,1 Neil "picked" 'up the pipes him -
'of Detroitreturned to their home
after two weeks visit with the
O'Neill* family.
• Rev: H. Van' Vynck baptized
the infant daughter of Mr.' and
Mrs. EUgent Frayne "Marianne
Elizabeth" with Dr. and Mrs. Gil:.
Rev. Father Clark; C.R.; "sang
-the 16.30 a.M. Mass here on Sim -
clay, as 'Rev. H..Vari Vynckt
celebrant f of the Solemn ',High
nias§ Marking' the silver jubilee
of Brien parigh, . John 0:
Dalton,,Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dalton,
-Mrs., M Lierman also attended,
:Mrs: Albert Alton 'had: as. \Tip -
from Ildertoti,. Mrs. Rose, 'Mrs,
Carrie:1\41.S, Sarah Needham and
Miss' Barbara Needharn,
BORN
NICHOLSON'—in Hanover Heat:
pital On Monday, jUly 26th to
Mr. 'and Mr§, NiesholsOn
self and became one . of the.
original members of thelucknOw
Pipe 13and which was organized
fifty years ago, this past spring,
He and Earl (Jder McCoy are
the only two surviving members
Over 44. years ago_...Neil mar-
ried Elizabeth MacInto§h, daugh-
reeting' From
Mackay•Memorial Hospital,
Taipei, Formosa:
The , Scholastics of,Huronia Mr. Kenneth Cameron,
lege are in charge of the King§„, 'Chairman,. Invitations Committee
Lucknow
bridge float for. the Lucknow
centennial, and c'onducted a meet-
ing .of :the parisk men on Sunday,
afternobn to. ake final arrange-,
Ments.for the Success a our an-
nual garden party whiCh, will be
Van VYrickt and the- people bf
Dear Kenneth:
Mille .,Failthe" letter announcing.
the centenary. celebrations; Alig-s
,has jiist delivered it,:,, and s'tis
,gosbil"--finiaaie—thealiffetrriatibir. lit
garden party and ail CoMmUnity oeeasionbut. We . Must bes.ebn-,-
,.ReV. Michael Daltorwif*WdocIS:.• happy tef haves such refreshing
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Walkerton w„ore Sundgy iiiitors days me may hear yo r songs,
with 'Mit; da Mrs'. ,Lambertils. 'Songs echoed aerOSS the world:.
s 'and: "Happy BirthdaY TO You", ""For
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family of London were Sunday
family here.,
A:C.2 Bmberlin, Who has
Auld Lang.' Syne; My ,Dear ' and
"Praise* God &bin. Whom 'All
Blessings Plow", • s
In this land of ancient culture'
...Jour adopted ,hbirie'landbirth,
days are great events. They mark
.the, passing. periedS of life. with
'soaltirig, every New ,Year'S.Day
cross •The
is a mass birthday Making et
person in the .nation a full y
birthdays. of important hotiseli
members proVide the setting.
tholight indeed May prsOide
best, "best' wistie" to the Lu
now Cgritenaiy; "May the' cornip
oratiOni. from ,beginning to..+
—in the streets and in ihe.sa
tuariesf -as also the:'hornes,
Hugh 'AleXander
Here Frain 'Illinois
five 'children of Carbondale,
are liolidating at the 'Beach
anticipating' the C6ritenrii*
AgricilltUre, As a, son. of the
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PAY rniniste'r of agriduttur0
Alberta at the'timc Oif dc
Gainble) of Toronto Slid
to the:Centennials, and says,
like to attentl. in the ineal
best of Wee: