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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-03-28, Page 1
st > . 7 -C/T' 'ifM t ■ , ' \ J • X. X c ">l. $2.60 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2.50 OTHERWISE •/ v d X J -A j . X *C' § V LUCKNOW,.ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 28th, 1935 / „ SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS -CU^TOM -HATJCHJNG—Apply . to_ * Walter Alton, 67 -15, Dungannon. . ___ __________ 7 ... 1 •_.77- FOR SALE—^year-old grade cow freshens this Week.—A. T, Macfilay- FOR SALE—A quantity of good clean seed oats.—Jack - Wraith, _ Langside. R. _5, Lucknow. - TIMOTHY SEED FOR SALE — ■ , ■ ■• Grade No. 2, at $8,50 per bushel.— Rod MacDougall, 26-28 Ripley. SEED WHEAT FOR SALE—Dur- amr (Spring WheatT/— Apply to Wes. Ritchie, R. 3. ’Phone 69r4, Dungannon ... SEED OATS FOR SALE—Improv ed Banner. Wm. & Albert Helm, R. 3, Lucknow. ’Phone 61-4 Dungannon. SEED FOR IS ALE—Banner Oats, O.A.C. No, 21 and No-^Barb Barley and Soy, Beans.—Thos. B. Taylor & Sons, 45r '31$. Lucknow.. BAILIFF’S SALE—of farm stock etc., at W. H. Lot 5, Con. 8, E;D., Ashfield, Tuesday, April 2nd, at one o’clock.—Well. Henderson, Auc. > FOR/SALE—A. quantity of Duram Seed0 Wheat. Sample at Sentinel Office.,— Grant McDiarmid, 'Phone 68-4, Dungannon, OATS FOR SALE 200 bushels Improved Banner Oats at 50c per. ' busher.— Milvert J. Reid, ’Phone~~69r2r~~Dungannon7r FOR SALE—A quantity of Spring Seed Wheat, Huron variety; good milling, 30 bus. per acre last year.— Elliot 'Congram, R. R. .6, « AUCTION SALE—of farm Stock implements, feed, etc/ at-Lot W % 8, Con. 9'; E.D., Ashfield, Tuesday, April . 9th. See bills for list ttnd terms. Thos. Gundry, Auc( 7- ; S. B. Stothers, Prop? AUCTION SALE—of stock, imple ments and furniture at E. H. Lot 26, 7 Con. 9, West Wawanosh, Friday, March 29th. See bills. Matt. Gaynor, Auc.; Dan. Maclnnis, Prop. IMPLEMENTS FOR SALE—Seed * - Drill, set. Harrows, Disc Harrow, Wagon and Rack, Fanning Mill. Limited quantity of oats‘uand seed barley. Apply to Mrs. Wesley Hudson R. 5, Lucknow. , 'i Many Lucknow^ Friends; At Funeral of T. S. Rei< LANESVItjLE BLACKSMITH NEARLY LOSES SIGHT Held In Orillia On Tuesday-—Former. Residfent And Higfily Respected One Died Suddenly Early. Sunday . Following Long. Illness With, Grave Heart Condition. ’ • ’jJ.7 Many Luckhow friends . were in Orillia on. Tuesday, attending the funeral ~of Mr. 'T. S. 'Reid, a residept" of--Lucknow for the greater part of hi8 fife. Few residents have everJbeen, more widely and favorably known than was Mr. Reid, and during a long association in banking circles here, his influence/management and judge ment Were important and helpful fac tors in the economic welfare of the community.. In . sporting circles and •ever worthwhile organizations in the village, he lent his. support and in. many cases, leadership. •J.„:Mr«7. Reidas death occured at ...an early hour Sunday morning, arid while he had been in frail health for upwards to two years> his sudden passing was a distinct shock to his wife and family and host of friends. A year ago last summer^. Mr. Reid was seized with an acute heart at tack which fie survived; due. Only to his rugged constitution. After months in bed, Mr. Reid washable to be about -again-and.Jast-summer~.wasabIeto, Former Resident Attains 90th Birthday Mrs. Helen Hudson, Former Kinloss. Resident Pleasantly Marked 90th Natal Day On Monday- ■ . In fairly good health and retaining hey faculties to a'marked. degree that permits her enjoying life generally, tended much in making" ijaoftday a happy arid memorable day for Mrs. -Holen -Hudson-oftE 1 orar-when-she cel— ebrated her. 90th birthday, surrounded Receives Severe Eye Injuries. When . /Contents Of Forge Are Blown Into His Face Andi All About The Shop. For the past week, Mr. Harvey Miller, Lanesville blacksmith'7 been, at the hoipe of his brother-m- lawl Mr. F"; M. Paterson, reoeivihg medical treatment', necessary becaijse of serious eye /injuries he received On -Tuesday - last* The-inflamed-and-bah-- daged optics have been. responding favorably to the week’s t'reatmeht-by~and ^.amid -the--s~hower of-- go'0'd' —V-7-7.^ ■;.= uThe Bread/ —The Bread----of Health r W QUALITY AND SERVICE OUR MOTTO . .. • - ■ , -...... ............................. . ti ■ v • ; DOUGHNUTS , LAYER CAKES CHELSEA BUNS JELLY ROLLS PINEAPPLE BUNS DATE SQUARES OUR WHOLE WHEAT BREAD IS 100%. -WHOLE WHEAT; / DELICIOUS AND HEALTHFUL 7 - - and Mr. Miller will not lose his eye sight, as~w~a'S"Jatr fir§t;''feared''a§' pro bable. [ ' The accident, an unusual one,.'oc curred while Mr. Miller was working at his-forge, when an explosion, clean ed out..the contents of the forge tip if it had- been swept. Cinders and coal dust were"blown with force into Mr. Miller’s eyes and . face and fie himself was thrown back over his anvil close “at hand. " Traces of the coal could be found throughout the "shop and the report of the explosion could, be heard, in spite of Closed doors in both buildings, at My. Zinn’s store nearby. coal dust were"blown with force info Mr. Miller’s eyes and . face and he himself was thrown back over his REBEKAHS CELEBRATE 10TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY Large Crowd Attends Euchre; Prp- HOLLYMAN’SQUALLTyTbAKERY/ Phone 36 Lucknowwishes of a host of friends* and rel- 'afivesr.*7' And of friends, Mrs. Hudson has many in Lucknow and yicinity, who mindful of this memorable event, serit to Mrs. Hudson, .a plant, and we be lieve nothing • of ' all her gifts would please her more, for her garden and her flowers are her chief delight and with, the prpspects of goon being thus busily engaged again, Mrs* Hudson’? birthday || would be particularly joy— ful. ■ . / ' ‘ '7' ' ■ . ■ ; Mrs. Hufl^h/^foTm^ly HelerTBeat^ tie, was the daughter'of Mr. "and Mrs. George Beattie. She was born 'in Nichol Township,1 Wellington County in 1845 and grew to young womanhood under the jjarentaf roof. On May 12th, 1868, she becariie the bride of Andrew. .Hudson and the young 'couple took up farming near ^Elora.-^Eiue^y ears...lat er,...in..,l 873 ,„.th ey_ moved near Lucknow, to Con. 4, Kin loss, ’’ where five years later Mrs. Hudson was called upon io 'bear a great sorrow in the death of her hus band. She continued to reside in Kin- loss "until ‘ 190? when she returned to Etora to make her home, and where; she is a staunch supporter of Knox Presbyterian Church. . There are three, children, Margaret of Elor.a, Dr._Hari-y^IIu<lson of. Whit=.. by and George Hudson-., of. Toronto; also four grandchildren, and two great -grandchildren. I- DRESSWELL— WHY NOT?/. . The opportunity is yours by order- ing your new Spring Topcoat, Suit or separate Pants, smartly tailored to ,your individual measurement and build from GARNET E, FARRIER, representative of North America Tailors, Johnston’s Approved Clothes, Toronto. .. . • A. E. McKIM THE REXALL DRUGGIST ’Phone 32, Lucknow. ^&e&8e@&Q@e@s&es&8ee&aa&es^ FREE ROSES Friday & Saturday TO LADIES ONLY A Free Rose will be given.-to each - Lady -making a 25c -Pur-~ chase* , • 2 Roses with a 50c Purchase, " 7' Etc. _ • . FORMER LOCAL GIRL WEDS The marriage is announced of Doris Madeline Sawyer of Kincardine and Robert Leslie O’Callaghan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O’Callaghan of Strath ford. The young couple will reside in Sarnia; ■ Miss Sawyer was a graduate of Stratford General Hospital and a former- resident, of Lucknow, £he daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sawyer, he'succeeding Mr." Mel. Reed as Massey-Harris agent here. The Sawyer fanfily, after a comparatively . brief residence , here moved to Kin cardine. New Seasons„y,Brints, Ginghams, Wash Goods, Etc. Fresh as the spring gram And Dance “On Tuesday'TSTight. Jewel Rebekah Lodge had a gala night on Tuesday, when a large crowd attended the social evening in thg lodge rooms, which marked the 10th birthday anniversary of the local ladies’ society. .. 7. , Euchre playing was enjoyed the early part of the evening, with 19 ’ come io his summer cottage at Point Clarke? 'Here he contracted a- cold that proved a teiriporary setback and recently an* asthmatic development was Causing him much distress. and in hopes of relieving this complication Mr. Reid was 'removed to* Gra venhurst only last Friday. As he was feeling fine on Saturday, Mrs. Reid and Eldon i-eturned, late that day, to their home^ only to receive the shocking news a few hours later, that Mr/ Reid had succumber suddenly, due to a recur rence of his first serious attack. Mr. Reid, who was in his 58th year was born at Belfast, being a son of the-lateMrjand—Mrs—Thomas Reidr His father later conducted a grocery business in Lucknow, and Mr. Reid began1 his banking career at the age of 14 years with George Mair & Co., a private banking . institution,; later taken Over by the late G. A. Siddall, under whom Mr. Reid worked until the establishment ~of—the—Molson’s Bank here in 1905, when he became staff accountant. ’ 7 .With the opening of a Molson’s branch in Tees water, Mr. Reid was transferred' there as. manager, re turning to Lucknow in 1913 to- occupy, a similar position here, an appoint ment which he held until his trans fer to Orillia in November 1929. Mr. Reid’s long period of service here was one of mutual benefit to Ms Bank and'‘to the public generally. / Mr. Reid was a lover of^the out doors apd its recreations and sports* Fishing and hunting, curling, bowling, tennis and golf were among the re- creations that he actively engaged ip in recent years. Since going to Orillia Mr. Reid was one of the quartette of / curlers 3(who'- captured the "Oritario Tankard. . •' <r Mt. Reid was always counted on to take a leading role, which he could -ably do. in many fine stage perfor^ mPnces by the local Dramatic society. He was a valued member of thb Meth odist and later United Church and the choir, and at one time was,leader of the latter. A member of the Fire Co. of the Citizens’ Band; 'a Mason, Odd fellow and a Forester, represented other associations with local organiza tions. The funeral service- bn Tuesday afternoon in St. Paul’s United Chyrch was largely attended .and conducted by his pastor, Rev. Mr. Baker. The funeral was under Masonic auspices with De Forest Patriiore condtfcting the Masonic service. - s Interment was in Orillia cemetery With F. T. Armstrong, Robert Rae arid W.* W.'Hill of ’Old Light Lodge and three members of the Orillia lodge actirig as pallbearers. Mr. Reid is survived by his wife,, formerly Laura Smith, who-he mar ried in 1904 arid two . sons, Austin of London and Eldon of Orillia. TWO jbrbthers; William of Virginia/, and El* bf"‘ Calgafy and two sisters, Mrs. Bock of Chatham anil Hazel of Vancouver, also Survive. , • , ’ b •_ t............ - ' “•‘■"BORN ’ HACKETT—On Sunday, March 24, to Mf* and Mrs. Thomas Hackett, Con. 12,* Ashfield;? a> sori* ■> tables participating. Mrs. McCall arid James Geddes won the lady’s and gent’s prize arid Mrs. Cameron . Mac- Dqnalcl the mystery /prize, An interesting program, chiefly musical, followed, with' Mrs. A; D.. accomhn-nist. A vocal splendid farm sale where ORGANiC FERTILIZERS WITHOUT A FILLER All brands delivered to the —farm*— Guaranteed—properly— mixed and based in pits for five months. Therefore requires no lime filler to prevent hard ening. »• h : ■ 1 '——Lime^mixedwithfertilizer,—7 J will revert plant food. This is endorsed by Prof. H. G. Bell, B.S.A., Prof, of Chemistry, O. A. C., Guelph, N. E. BUSHEjLL T^’PKoSe 106, ^Lucknow" flowers.—THE MARKET STORE.. INDOOR GARDEN PARTY ■ SET FOR NEXT THURSDAY A good time is assured at the in- QULir prurcjen xaruy in varncgi©’ ri&ii, Thursday, April 4th, 8 p.m., under the auspices of the Woman’s Asso ciation of .the United Church. A var ied program of drills, choruses, quar tettes etc., arid solos by Mr. Cameron Geddes, and an aniusjng one-act farce, entitled “Choosing a Husband” "win“be"pfeseritedr“The cast includes, -Edwin Bus well, Bill Hewat, Ivan Rawlings, Miss Martha McCallum and Miss Frances Thompson. Also there will bew a home made candy Booth and Surprise Tree, to suit everyone. Admissiori 25c; Children 10c. -........... —— .... • BLOOM YEAR ROUND ■ 1 . ■ ■ • bl ■■ ’' , ; Joe Collyer’s pansy bed is blooming again. Pretty blooms. were picked from these plants as late as the first week in January, when the snow fin-* ally .covered and'protected them until last, week, Scarcely had the spow dis appeared than the buds showed signs of bursting out into full bloom and on Thursday, Mr. Collyer was able to show us fbUr flowers, -which though not as large and. beautiful as the fall and winter pickings, were nice enough and heralded a mass of bloom whibh will be snipped from this bed of beauty during the coming months. Bargains in Men’s And Boys’ Work Clothing/Sox, etc.—THE MARKET S'fORE.' 7 ; •• MARKED CONTRAST .‘M---- For the past tern days, spring-lias been in the air’’ and, the district has been thoroughly enjoying the bright warm days. Spring birds are here and wild geese, horiking northward, have been heard and are especially plenti ful along the . lake. Even . spring ploughing has been underway the past . week and the Syrup sqason Is practically, over. " ( What a contrast to the correspond ing week a year ago when spring was ushered in with a temperature of two below zero and a biting wind Which made the', 4®y Qh®. df the most severe of am exceptionally cold winter A year ago Tuesday of .this week, » heavy, snowfall made it necessary to rush, the village snowplow into action. VVintCr’s last, kick hag been daily expected during the past week or so, and although Monday brought ^colder wind's, there is no sign of srithv in a clear sky and 'with April just a few days off, Old Man . Winter may have beaten his last retreat a cbuple of weeks ago quartette of Jean Anderson, Verna Steward, Arlene Jewitt- and Marion Johnston was1 the opening . number. Mrs. McKendrick and Madelyne Mc- Morran contributed an instrumental duet; Mrs. Joynt and Belle Robertson a vocal, duet; Mrs. Duncan McDonald a reading ■ and. solos —by—Cameron- Geddes. . Lunch was served and the gather-r irtg treated to a piece of the 4-storey birthday t cake, which was1 'decorated with .the’’’Rebekah colours and ten candles. The. birthday' cake table was festooned with colored streamers. The Sepoy orchestra played/ for the dance which/1 followed. The Paisley Advocate, records . the splendid results of an auction sale/at the farm of Mrs. Robert Perdue of Eden Grove, where for some time Mr-. Ted Rice of iSt. Helens has been coriductifig operations for the pro- ”prietbr.“It waS fiere that Ted suffered' a ,spina! fracture .last year from - which he is now practically totally recovered Since. staging the successful ,sale, which marked Mrs. Perdue’s, retire ment from farm life, Ted has return ed to/ this, community. / Th^ Paisley report .in part says-: “Prices at which, ^tock, implements ^nd produce sold far exceeded any previously recorded in this district tor years. Cows brought as high as $f>7.-, yearling cattle $34., two-year- olds $57.60, horses $146. A binder bought second-hand twenty years ago at something over ^f30, and since used on the (farm, brought over $50 „ at this sale. A manure- spreader•; that had. .seen much service was sold at' $10 p^Jre than catalogue price. Oats were :sold at 48c a bus.,, and hay at $12.75 a, ton, The aggregate amount of sales was $3,500.’’ DRILLING OF SECOND WELL IS UNDERWAY Favorable progress at sinking the second municipal well is being made by Dav|son?s well drilling outfit of Winghanh/j Drilling operations com menced on Saturday; and yesterday the drill was down, about forty- feet.; It is expected that rock will be reached at about 80 feet, into which they—will"-dr ill ’ about twenty feet Or until a suitable supply of water is provided,, which’ is. expected at about thpt depth, .The w®n, is being sunk at the fear end of the municipal lot, acros^r the ditch from the entrance to the Caledonian Park. PESSIMISTS AND, EYE STRAIN WEEK-END VISITORS Kinross \ Mr. Raithby piece of his which is 73 / TWO FARMS FOR RENT—being z> Lot 23, Con. 11, West Wawanosh, 1% miles east&of St. Helens, also lot 74, 'Con. 2, Kinloss, about 2%. miles from Lucknow. Both farms contain 50 acres, good water and buildings. Apply at the .residence* of the late Jacob Miller, Havelock St., Lucknow. TENDERS WANTED By The Township of West Wawanosh , ?Sealed tenders will be received by • the undersigned until 6 o’clock p.m., Saturday, April 6th, for trucking’ gravel per yard mile as registered by approved speedometer. A certified cheque for $50.00 must accompany each | tender. Lowest^Oj. ahy tender not necessar ily accepted. •; J^uC. Purdottj Rd. S.upt., . Lucknow, Ont. FOR SALE OR* RENT— S _% lqt4, con: 9, E.D., Township of Ashfield, 100 acres more or. less. On the farm there. is .said. to be a good frame house and barn; a ‘ valuable gravel pit; never failing spring creek; 40 -acres seeded with sweet clover. Im mediate possession* This farm will be sold at a sacri fice price. Terms to suit purchaser, with a reasonable cash, payment; For further particulars apply to ' Joseph Agnew, Lucknow, Ont. The ceht-a-mile week-end excursion was well patronized by Lucknow, and vicinity^ residents. Toronto was the centre of attraction for the majority of the following', Mrs. Harvey Web ster, Mrs.;, A. Havens, Winnifred Johnston, Florence McQuillin, Betty McKenzie, Frances ThompSori, Mrs. Pearlman, Mrs., Grant McDiarmid and Dotfgjas, ''Mrs. Jack Henderson and 'Ivdn, Cl{j?rke Finlayson, Morgan Hen- derSon, Duncan McKinnbn, Jim Geddes apd Albert Cook; Martha McCallum in London and Margaret McQuillin ■in Guelph. v Mrs. W. E. Henderson, who has not been enjoying good health, returned from Toronto on Monday where she has been receiving treatment. FORMER; PASTOR HONORED BY 7HIS TORONTO CONGREGATION RENDERS WANTED By The^KWnship of West Wawanosh* Settled tenders will be received by ----the undeTsigned until 6 o’clock p*m;» Saturday, April 6th, to operate the Township crushing plant by the cujric yard. Contractor to supply men and power. The Corporation will furnish oil and repairs for Crusher, A certified cheque for $50.00 must accompany each tender. Lowest,or any tender not necessar ily accepted. < * J. C. Purddn, Rd. Supt., Lucknow, Urit. Mr. arid Mrs. John Raithby of Au burn . celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary last week, has in his possession a mother’s wedding cake, years old. Rev. T. D. L, -McKerroll, former pastor of Lucknow Presbyterian Church, and who for twenty-five years bah ministered*-to the congregation of Victoria‘ Church, one of Toronto’s largest Presbyterian Churches, ' had this rarely occurring anniversary fitt ingly, marked recently. With the school ^auditorium crowd ed with friends and dignitaries, Rev* McKerroll was presented with a purse of money and Mrs. McKerroll with a beautiful bouquet of roses. Present ■at the head of a group of fellow ministers,, was Rt. Rev. Dr. Shortt, Moderator of the General Assembly. Buried In KinlosS Cemetery The funeral of James tMrniro Jer ome . of Winghanij' whose death oc curred o,n''Sunday, , was field on Tues day, with burial in South cemetery. JUNIOR BADMINTON CLUB HOLDS LOCAL TOURNAMENT The junior Badminton Club, under the instruction of Mrs. Whaley, hol'd its .first* tournament on Tuesday after noon,-, with eight young ladies talcing part. Tfiree . games were played in eadh round. Christine Finlayson -arid Mary Mc- K'im woh the -first set from Jessie -Henderson and Marion’ Johnston. Flora Whaley and Edith Smith won the- second round defeating , Isob.el Douglas and "Frances Thompson, In thp final series Flora and Edith" de feated Christine and Mary Some persons may be'designa ted “eye strain pessimists”. Their eyes; being abnormal, cause a never-lending Strain, with nerve force depletion—irritability—and conditions that produce pessim- ' ism. Many have been quickly and permanently cheered up by the . results of an examination of their eyes. f- ARMSTRONG’S Eyesight Service. TO COMMENCE SAILING Sid iSmith is not going to follow the plow this year, but rath£r plans on trying his hand at sailing for-the season at least. Sid has struck a job on the oil tanker, John A. MacDou-' gall, which, wintered at Toronto and Sid plaris on leavihg for Toronto the second week of April to join the crewe. Sid has been a faithful employee for several seasons on the farm ofs Mr. Ralph Nixon at Zion and in Which community he is held in high regard and where he will be much miss&d/" An active church worker, Sid was a recent representative from Ashfield circuit at the Ontario Temperance Federation- convention, held••• ini the auditorium of the Eaton, College S.t. store. On his return, Sid preparSl a ,, comprehensive. and voluminous report of the proceedings which he delivered On the circuit.. Sid played an' important pa& In the resque of Miss Dorothy McQuillin from drowning last summer which . fete has been recognized by Ashfield Council* EUCHRE AND DANCE Under auspices of the "V^omep’s, Institute in the ToWn. Hall, Lucknow, Tuesday, April 2nd. Cards at 8 Sharp lunch, dancing. Sepoy Trio Orchestra Grood prizes. General admission 25c, Everybody. welcome. Proceeds fo< dripking fountaip fund. , (