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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-04-02, Page 18err PAGE'; EIGHTEEN' p; : ;•+�e`,aa'!1!q ' F; .�nl!.l5•' '."K +41, .1!. ,rte: THE ,LUCKNOWSENTINEL, iLUCKNOW,; ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 2nd, 1969 LIAOTIED :1. ,W. NO onamo •Ham........ eighbourinesS Qy.ite.A14!e In rn r �•fM i, �I 110 BY MRS'. C:l.M ENCS HEDhEY' The , good neighbour relations, is still quite evident in :our rural comp Inunities. Last -Tuesday morning the farm.home of Mr. and Mrs., Glenn. Haldenby (formerly Erlma, ,Jean Pefcy) and their three children Leeanne'5; Glenn 4, .Eric 3 of Concession 6 , . Greenock Township was completely=fiestroyed by fire,, leaving -them homeless and "only with a small part of. furnishings and clothing, saved with.. the help of neighbours. who rushed to their assis tance: The house. was beyond sav- ing when the Walkerton Fire'Depar- tmeut 'arrived., • '. • Iri a few hours following the fire., several groups in other communit- ies set up'frames and quilts were quilted for the unfortunate family; ln'the in mediate area' the women had: the phones, busy arranging a shower which was held inKin .arf, Church on. Wednesday evening with the ladies, of the communty.and relativesand friends frorn other places bringing a- wonderful coll- ection of bedding, clothing, kitch- en linen and ntensils,rcanned goods as well as other food and;. vegetabl- es and cash donations; Not to let the lad iev show all the expressions of sympathy, the men Of the community were planninga. benefit dance for the Haldenbys. This was held on Thursday evening in.the Kinloss Hall, with a capacity crowd froni ,the home and: surround ming'comm unities,' Also attending were a number of families'' from. the area school at Chepstow where Mrs. Haldenby teaches. Mr: and Mrs. .Haldenby and Leeanne are presently staying at 'the hofne of .their next door neigh-. bour, Mr. and Mrs: Glenn Young: Glenn and Eric • arestaying, with; their grandparents, Mr and" Mrs : Alexpetcy of Kinlough. '. JoAnne & Marjorie Alton Tour Australia Before fit# ng Out For OtherCountries:. The following 'article appeared' early in'Mar.ch ip The Daily Examiner, an Australian newspaper and: concerns two local girls'; who are,presently working "down under" The story read: . • Two cousins who are also nurses and hail . from Southern Ontario in in_ Canada have been, spendingthe past two,days in Grafton. with Mr. and Mrs: Keith.'Bastian, friends they made aboard ship1when. they.. were coming to Australia. ,in 1968. The girls are Jo. Anne and'. .ern Ontario Marjorie•:is•a, nurse°and JoAnne a nursing sister..They are on:am"work i ing; tour" of Australia ;and have been.working as special nurses . Coming."toGrafton from MacLean on' Thursday, they will leave today .The: girls are returning to S'ydney' from; a...riorthern;tour which has taken 'them to Brisbane and Roma On, their .way from Sydney. they also took -in the western. 'regions, includ- ing nclud-ing.Parkes, Moree' and. Narrabri'. The,girls came to ,Australia in May :last year. They had .met. Mr: and.Mrs. Bastian on the liner Iberia, when .the Bastian. were returning from the ',Yesterday, the girls visited the Grafton Agricultural Research Station as guests of the manager , Mr. C.E. Collins: Jo Anne and Marjorie come `from. an area• where mixed 'farming .> dairying, grain.• • d beef raising -.-His carried on They plan to: stay in Australia until September :and will embark on: a tour of -Manila , Hong Kong,. .and Japan later, in the year..• The gir,.7s .plan to fly ,to Calcutta' and .ti itch hike through .Europe and A ssibly work in England . The world tour will:last abouttwo and a half::years t Free Press Huron Bureau John Wallace, 82.• of Ashfield Township, was one.of'the first residents in the Kingsbridge area to purchase 190 licence plates for his four -cylinder, 1938 model Ford Mr: Wallace: says 41tke old girl hasn't got class•like the modern. ' ones.• but it's economical" and gets him where he wants to go, Ile bought 'the car 13 ears ago and it continues to pass regular' safety inspections...: VALUE - SERVICE - DEPENDABILITY