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quality brand name-at sacrifice prices.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6th,
The LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
"The Sopoy Town's On the Huron-Bruce Boundary
Second Class Mail. Registration Number 0847
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FROM THE- EDITOR'S DESK
WEDNESDAY, :MARCH 6th,. 1974
New Canadions'
Receive Their
Citizenship
Judge Judge P.S. _MacKenzie presided
at the Citizenship Court held on •
Wednesday of last week, February
20th., at 2;30 p.M. when twelve
New Canadians received their Can
adian citizenship papers. •
Presented with certificates of
citizenship were:' Mr. Arnulf Nor-
bert yreede Bellstedt , R. ,
Kincardine, Ontario from
Germa ny ,
Mrs. Johanna Maria Bellstedi ,
R. R. c, , Kincardine ,- Ontario from
Germany.- . .
Mr . Leendert de 'Gast , 'Soutliarn-
pton,.Ontario from Netherlands.
Md. EVeyI;„'n Rornina de Gast ,
South'arnptori, Ontario ,from Neth
&lands.
Mr. Jan 'C.3eerr.s.rna , R. R.
.5 , LucknOw-, Ontario from -Nether-
lands .
Mr. Oeds Geertsma , R. R. L ,
Luc know , Ontario. from Nether 7
lands, .
' Mrs. Barbara Ann. Illerbrunz •, •
R. R. c , Mild.rnay, Ontario
U.S.,
Mr. LJubisa jazic„ Box 12.:*.,
Port Elgin , C'ntaric from
Yugoslavia
Mrs J,azic , Bo>.
Port Eleir., C.,maric f or
Mr
Kincardine
IRISH OR SCOTTISH?
Ab Wyld's column', "This
week in Ripley" contains some
interesting comments this week
about the use of the prefix "Mac"
or "Mc".and how, the early teach-,
ings of the Ontario school system .
taught that this indicated wheth-
er a person's ancestry was one of
Irish or Scottish.
Of course the theory was that
the true Scottish used the Mac in
front of their name with the Mc
prefix left for the benefit of the
Irish.
Many of the MC's in this area
are no doubt descendants of Mac's
who grew 'tired of Writing that
extra letter 'in their name and for
the sake of brevity dropped the
extra letter.
One gentleman, the late J. R.
Mc Nab of Lucknow, jokingly used
to tell us "that he lost the extra
letter in the depression". He orig-
inally was a "Mac".
Another interesting case involv-
.es a husband*and wife who live in
the area, one using' the full spell-
ing and one dropping the "a",
much to the disinay of one of the
partners.
A true • contradiction to the rule ,
if ever there was one, is the fact
that Jim and Susan Mc Naughton,
of Lucknow ae the shortened
spelling. Natives of the land of ..•
the heather, no one could ever
suggest JiM and Susan as speaking
with other than the true ScottiSh
brogue. The McNaughtons surely
shot-down the theory that existed
for so many years.
We are inclined to believe that
Most of the residents of this area
who spell their name with an "Mc"
arrived at this point through the
intended , or nori intentled dropp-
ing of the vowel "a," through the
years.
We have been told over the
years that our surname "Thomp-
son" was of Irish descent and that
the other spelling of "Thomson''
was of ScottishOrigin.
We have never found this rule
to apply. While Our Thompson
family originated in County Down,
near Belfast, Ireland, we have
also met many other "Thomsons"
who claim to be from the land of
the green.
10 YEARS AGO •
FEBRUARY 1964
Fire of u,nknOwn origin levelled
the barn. of Gordon Hodskinson
west of Kinlough This was the
fifth fire. on the 12th concession
within three years. :House fires:
had hit Alex Percy , Jim Haldenby'
and George Emerson. • Barn fires
struck Jinn Hudgins and, the Hodg-
kinson place:
•
NIr. and Mrs. ails Sheitorosold
'their Hanover business and 'were
retiring,to their home in Kinlough.
They had previously been in busi-
neSs,in Lticknow , manufacturing
and hand printing of lazy .susan'
serving 'trays.
Meat rationing was lifted but
caused no great excitement nor
any big rush to the butcher shop.
The average household had found
meat rationing no particular hard-
ship.' The retailer however 'was
glad to be freed of this coupon
collecting business and restaurant
proprietors were particularly pleas-
ed to have meatless Tuesdays
banished. But the Wartime Prices
and Trades Board warned not to
destroy the meat coupons as the
lifting of the regulation might
only be temporary.
Four airmen from R.A.F.. Air
Navigation SChool,. Port Albert,
escaped serious 'injury when their
Anson bomber crashed near a line
fence separating the farms of ,,
prank Pentland and Earl McNee,
a mile south of Dungannon. The
wings were sheared off as the
machine crashed between two,
trees. The pilot suffered a fract-
ured jaw and another airmansuf-
fered a leg injury. The other two
occupants escaped with, a shaking,
Up.
.50 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 1924
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OAKES - HENRY
Mrs.. GeOrge Henry of R, R, 7
eLnuscalaigoerpw ewnitsheofshteor adnanuoguhntcere Ftahyee,
to Herb Oakes , son of Mr, and
Mrs. Harry Oakes of R, R,,, 2,
Clinton. The wedding will take
place at her home March 30,
1974,, at 5:00 13 • rn •
JURTENS - van Darn
Mr. and Mrs. Peter van Dam
of R. R. 5 Lucknow announce
forthcoming marriage of their
the
daughter Johanna to, Gerry
William Jurjens, son of Mr. a nd
Mrs. Henry Jurjens of R. R. 7
Lucknow. The wedding will .take
place on. Saturday, March 23rd at
2 o'clOck at Lucknow Chriso , oian
Reformed Church, L
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nt ario.
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REMARKABLE YEAR.
The Ripley CoMmunity Devel-
ipment Group has just completed
its first year of.organization, and.
what an impresiive first year it
has been. •
ACtivity in the Ripley-Huron
area is something to be envied by'
any municipality and their• record
• of achievement is Sornething ,for
the record book.
With property purchased for a
new senior citizens home. for the
village, and a medical centre
and new area laboratory in the ad-
vanced planning stages and pres-
ently going through final approyal
at Queen's Park, the committee.
can look back with a good deal of
satisfaction at the initial year's
work.
There, are other major projects
Moving ahead in the Ripley-Huron
area ,at the preOnt time, one of
which is a new recreation cam-
plex for •the community and an-
other being, two new housing sub-
divisions on the edge of town.
While the Community Develop-
mem. Committee cannot take
credit for the latter , the•fact is
that they have created' a spirit of
goodwill and progress in these mum
icipalities which cannot help but
rub off oMthe overall success of
any venture which is undertaken.
slavia
,:::,erard C.. Vizer , R, ,
Teeswatet ,• 01:17.E:IC from Nether-.
Lands .
Mrz. Violeta . Hernancez
Po-- 7-az'r• • .
Snaw
Irwin Campbell had a freak in
the animal world. It was a little,
pig , born with a combination of
about three lower jaws and three
tongues, one of them
much as if the little porker was
starting to blow bubble gum. It
was such a mouthful that this
freak of a, litter of,14, could'. not
feed or swallow and'soon succurrib
ed. Otherwise it was quite norm-
al.
The Lucknow Curling.Club held
a Bbnspiel at the arena. Sixty-
two curlers participated. Harold
Ritchie's rink of Mary IvlacIntyre
John MacKinnon and Orville
Elliott placed first and won curl-
ing brooms., ,
30 Years Ago
FEBRUARY 1944
School section No. 4 West
Wawanosh was, preparing for an
Old Home Week for the ex-teach-
ers and pupils of the school with
a • I