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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20th, 1954
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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ielates trip to
,AN FRANCISCO
A Christmas holiday trip down
West Coast , of United States
■ described by Miss Margaret
alkeld in two interesting let-
jrs to her parents, Mr. and. Mrs.
; J. Salkeld/ . . (
Margaret teaches at Duncan,
,C., and never misses a chance |
/take’a tour, She travelled ex-
(nsively in the Old Country and f
i the Continent while in Eng-
as an exchange Teacher,
From Dunean to Seattle the
ip was by plane and from there,
a: Portland, by bus: The first
ght’s stop was.at Klamath Falls
/ Oregon, a real western town,
^t stiir takes ptide in its cov- ,
•ed wagons and cowboys. This Hias been seriously ill and is~un-
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OBITUARY
MR. HARRY OSBORNE
. It. was with . a deep, sense of
loss the friends and neighbors of
Mr. Harry Osborne learned of his
sudden death on Saturday even
ing, January 9th. My. Osborne
was a sop- of the late Wm. James
Osborne and Jane Hooey and was
born on Lot 14, Con. 12, Huron
Township, where he lived, his en
tire .life. * -
Mr, Osborne was married in
1910 to Miss Annie Stewart ^nd
together (they enjoyed forty-three
years of happy, married life. To
this union were born, two daugh-
tors’ancl, a' sbn, Jean of Lucknow,
Mrs. Harold Laverty (Evelyn) of
West Hill and Wray ats&hoane.
For the past year Mrs. Osborne
able to sense, fully the loss she
has sustained but in the days
which, follow will surely miss th£
tender care and affection which
he had so; faithfully bestowed.
Two sisters and a, brother also
survive, 'Evelyn G., formerly of
Toronto, who. has 'been caring for
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iute Awas over mountain roads,
id was picturesque with moun-
in lakes, waterfalls and snow-
ipped mountains sparkling in
e sunshine. Long-haired .Ind-
ns with broad-rimmed black
its were frequently to* be seen, *
The Pext morning they headed i
uth for California just as the (Mrs. Osborne; Mrs. Howard
n.was rising behind Mt. Shasta Henry (Minnie) of Huron Town-
create an artist’s scene. Ijpori i ship and Albert of Ripley.
tefing California, Department.1 Mr. Osborne’s interest lay r in
Agriculture officials stop all his church, his community and
iffic to prevent fruit or plants , his home. He. was a lifelong and
May 6th
Mrs. Lloyd Hall, resigned from
the teaching staff-of the Public
School. She had been a member
of the staff for eleven years.
District Lions Club officials’
were in town investigating \ the
possibility of organizing a club.
here. I
The Lucknow District High
School cadet corps w<as inspected
by Captain Klinck and Staff Sgt.
Rornanchuck. of London.
The Clansmen Club laid plans
/for* an x^-ray clinic.; • • ~ 7"" ....
, The .nine Macintosh sisters,
daughters of the' late -Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Macintosh, held® a re
union at Mea do w vale. VJ..
Deaths: Mrs. William Stimson,
Irvine Henry, Mrs. Barney Ben-
niger.
upstairs to investigate an out? • v
break - of fire which destroyed < The fire
tne cabin. His body was removed ' from “Standpipe Hill” to its pre-
before the flames reached him, > sent location behind the fire ball.
Russ Button was elected pres-1. Ronald Blue received the Lib-
ident of the Business Men’s As-1 era! party nomination at South-
soci'ation. u j ampton by acclamation.,
Mrs. Donald MacDonald wasj Langside W.M.S. Auxiliary ob-
| appointed superintendent of the served their diamond jubilee.
Baker Private Hospital. Lucknow Pipe Band held a
Bob Finlay took over Purdon’s very successful band tatoo in the*
wallpaper and gift shop. •>
The Percy Store at. Holyrood
tp.'commence**/:
July 1st
sireen was. moved
Cal^edoriian Park,,
Ruriiors were circulating that
Alisa. Craig.
. Misses Isabel Gammie . a n d
Margaret Sheridan resigned from
the High School staff.
Elva a, Elizabeth, daughter of'
Mr. and Mrs.. Harvey Ritchie was
(born on
2nd.
Deaths:
Walker.
Coronation
Earl White,
this district: v
- Deaths: Mrs.- Isaac Andrew. ’
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July 8th
, A barn on; "the farm of John
and Fred McQuillin in West Wa
wanosh was destroyed by . fire.
William J J “rs- M- Y°tog
Day-—June
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observed their golden anniver
sary at their home in Gallimere.
. .. «*•—* Lucknow’s 1954 assessment.not-
| Rededication services were1 ices were the number one topic
----------s. | held at South Kinloss Church af-' of conversation. .
held in the Presbyterian church Iter an extensive redecorating pfro-.' Mr. William J. Roulston of Kiri-
.gram.. cardine was fatally injured, in a ..
ip'g takeri into that State,
trough the California desert,
tted with ranch shacks, the
irney was forlorn but as they 1
proach Sacramiento olive!
oves arid nut orchards flour-1
led, and the fields were full smile of welcome with which
grazing sheep and cattle.’, they were greeted at his home.
owers, palms, orange . groves, The funeral service was held
p fields and rice paddies bor-1 on Tuesday at the McLennan
reji the route from Sacramento Funeral Home, Ripley, and was
San Francisco. A- 50-lb; sack/ conducted by Rev. F. G. Purchase
oranges cost $1.00 at a road-] of Bervie, assisted by Rev. D. M.
:e stand, but in the city a glass Guest of Wyoming, who has b^en
orange juice still cost 20c.; ■ an intimate family friend for
L’hey entered San Francisco by years. Pallbearers were Clarence
j 18J4-mile long, two-deck : Hooey; Clarence Bridge, Victor
kland Bay Bridge, which is Bridge, Lester Osborne, Russell
ich bigger and more spectacu-, Osborne and- Rov Peter. Inter-
. than the Golden Gate Abridxge. ment was' made in Ripley Cern-
is a terrific thingy Margaret etery.
d; arid a wonderful thing to p 7—-----—■—7"—-——
k down after night ori San ■ pMl JdtM rnixirFQQinw incisco lights twinkling below ] ■'^VK I rl vUNCEbblOlN.
he warmth and flowers of-
most, faithful member of Clarke
Church where he served as a
rqember of the Session. His quiet
spoken words of-counsel were of?
:t.en sought and accepted.. and
many will miss - the pleasant
May 13th
Plans Avere laid by the Councif
to hold a Coronation Day ser?
vice. ...
Anniversary services were
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commemorating the 64th anni
versary of the building of the.I C
present church. before onrPL ~ 11 ill ______2xi_ _ r 1
age was being cut to prevent it * sale.
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being drawn to the front field i
of the Caledonian Park. . t __ ___t
Goldie Emmerson accepted the Miss Grace MacPherson died , Wawanosh, was’totally destroyed
'principalship at Cameron Falls
public school.
Deaths: . Mrs, AVilliani' ' Potter, v*v.a;? a.MWM!v» i.y >
Mrs. D. E. Anderson, Thoinas j ascend a flight of steps at the.
Anderson. i Hamilton mountain. i
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June 17th f
Crewe Church, built. 63, years car accident i’n Michigan
>fore on a1 corner of the Dur-1 • -n/r^ iv... -r
The hill north of the Ford Gar- > nin farm, was being Offered for
age was being cut to prevent it ’ sale.
from washing out, and fill was* Shirley Robinson and Viola
Cook graduated at Owen Sound
Hospital,
1 Deaths: Mrs. Wm. J. MacDon-
.ald. . • - '
Marion & Billie Buckton spent
i Francisco reminded Margar-‘ the wsek;end W‘th tlheir grand-
- * g -nhrAntc Itfrr’••and K/Trc Tlnnn .ILfon.’’
of the Christmas they spent ; . Spaih. This city, modern, I
an and without apparent'
mis, was rebuilt following the
thquake and fire off 1906. It
auilt on a hill and the pedes-
tm “sightsseer' hecomes leS
ary Of the up and downs and
rgaret felt it would have been
pful to be a (mountain goat;
r wharf and China, town is
lust for the traveller, but as
h everything else has become
lrriercialized with souvenir
ps and high-priced eating
ts. / ; '
alifornia is a strange country
T many derelict buildings,
t have been thrown up to
re'the purpose of the moment
then abandoned. No one ever
iks of tomorrow. High ..priced,
get glittering cars are con-
uous With the owner prob-
having had no more of t/his
Id’s assets than the down pay.1
it. This fascinating city with
stair-step streets in places,
a cosmopolitan race of Chin-
Japs, Italians, Spanish, In-
IS. 4 ‘ .
argaret was so intriqued o..- __ - x ,
1 San -Francisco that, she .re- .the .rugged. Oregon K.coast. along
ned there to siight-see while ’ .
rest of the party went onto able part of this Christmas holi-
"Angoles and she was glad day trip' Z ~
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dune Mac-'
j Connell, 2nd Concession.
; Mr. arid Mrs. John Dickie.of
Hope Bay are spending a *’ few
weeks With iMr; and Mrs; Ira
Dickie and boys.
Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs.
Donald MacIntyre on the birth
of a baby daughter, January 15th
in Kincardine Hospital. . •
Mr. and Mrs. Ross MacKenzie
and Billie of Ashfield visited on.
Sunday wi-t-h—Mrs. D. -Lt-M-acI^n-^
non and John.
. she did as they' returned . with
a very disappointing report of
the,-city as.-dirty, noisy and’ taw
dry. 7.
\ Margaret went out tp Polo Alto
'to-visit Stanford University and
’was’ greatly impressed • by the
beauty of the buildings spread
over 9000 acres and amid palms,
flowers and fruit groves. -
' The . visit, over, the party head.-
ed north again across the Golden
Gate Bridge, but with a fog hid-
I ing Alcatraz from; their sight'
Vineyards against a back-drop
of mountains, and then into the
giant Redwood tree country were
highlights of the trip home, with
which they travelled a memory
FARMERS’ MEETING I
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PECIAL SPEAKER From MANITOBA; FARMERS’ UNION, j ,
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I-Every Farmer, and His Wife Invitpd ’ T
HELT’ PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE FARMER j
May 20th
; Cameron Cook purchased? the
local residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Wilson. "" 7 “ /
§even acres, of land was sur-
/ veyed at Point Clark ’with the
’ idea of establishing a public park.
George Webster was presented
with Scout book ends as an a ward
for the best-design submitted for
the new . Saugeen District Scout
badge.
Close to 300 ladies gathered in ' and Mrs. Garret Feyge at Am-
. the Town Hall for the Zone Rai? hefstburg.
ly of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the ! Wilfred Snider, grandson of
Canadian- Legion. < Mrs. Kenneth (Jam er on, was re-
A senior ° folk gathering was I ported seriously wounded in the
Jield in the United Church, with. (face in the Korean fighting. It
34 men and women . attending,! wa‘s the second time he had been
‘Who had at least 70 years to their I wounded/ 7
credit. | Dr. W. V. Johnston addressed
Mrs. S. B. Stothers left for I the graduating class of Toronto
England to visit with her daugh-.I University medical school,
ter Agnes.
Deaths: Robt. Thompson, Dun-'
can Kennedy.
May 27th
Many residents of this district
■ _m.otored—to—the--Sar-nia-London-
Stratford district to view the'tor-
nado damage. . ;
Upbelieveable and incredible
damage w^is done by a twister
which cut'a swath through West
i Wawariosh, East Wawanosh and
'Morris Townships. . 7 - .
I Kenneth Brow-n, sori of Mr. and
j Mrs. Wilbur J3rowri of. Dungan-
|/non, won. a $100 scholarship at
Qpeen’s’University. ’ . . •
1146 -persons ‘ were x:rayed at
the Clansmen clinic. '
. The Sentinel published a" cor
onation edition in honor of the
‘ crowning of Queen Elizabeth II.
I Deaths:' Mrs” Joshua
June 2nd ,
Raynard Ackert shot
bear on a fishing trip
Capreol. ' :
Miss Bessie Carnochan receiv-
_ecLJier_B,A ._d’C.gree_.a.t__Carleton.
College, Ottawa. ~'
' Rev. R. D. MacDonald was el
ected grand chaplain* of the Royal
Arch Masons, a post one time
held by his father, the late Rev.-
C. H. MacDonald.
Several thousand acres of land,
were, being leased in Kinloss
'I ownship by. imperial Oil.
Rev. S. ,E. Hay ward, of St, Hel
ens accepted a call to Oakdale
in Lambtbri Ptesbytery.’ r
j A - hoi fp_r _f torn -jW^A^JCulhertlS-
herd sold for $1,000 as-top ani
mal in the Culbert-Gaunt-Keyes
Slwrt’horri sale; "V.
Mrs. Durnin. Phillips was el
ected president of West Huton
Women’s Institute.* ,
O'eatHs:. John A,..MacDonald. .
June^Oth <
' Alex McKinnon, 85, was killed
I July 15th .
The farm home of Mr. and Mrs.
J Lawrence Reid, Con., 12, West
of head injuries, received when by fire.
struck, by a. brick dropped^ by | Mrs. John Cox celebrated her
some boys as .she was about, to ' 9-9^ birthday
amiiiuii uiumiiaui • Donald MacDiarmid, 18-year-
Fire in a straw stack threat-J ^ae Ma5‘
ened the home.occupied by Levi Ohio,
Carter and owned by Charlie
Hodgins, on Con. 10, Kinloss. -
Deaths: Mrs. John MjacMillari.
June 24th-
« Forty-eight hogs were destroy
ed on the farm of Cliff Hackett
in Ashfield when an outbreak of
hog cholerawasdiscovexed:
Mrs. John Howe observed her
' 90th birthday at the home of Mr.
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Kinlbugh Presbyterian W.M.S.
observed itsTdiamond anniver
sary. Mrs: J. R. Lane is the onl$
Sponsored by Ontario Farmers’ Union
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was drowned in a tragic accident
at Gore Bay on Manitoulin Is
land. -
l—Mr—and—Mrs^ L.- C. MacIveT
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary; •
Sid Whitby was appointed care-
Jaker_pf_the__ne^^ Lucknow, Dis—
trict High School.
The 1953 village tax -rate was
set at 54.6 mills/ an increase of
slightly less than four mills over'
the previous year, 7 - ■ "
South Kinloss W.M.S. observ
ed their 65th anniversary.
Deaths: Mrs. Clarence Jamie
son. .
“Old at 40,50,60?”
— Man, You’re Crazy
Forget your,age! Thousands are peppy at 70.
Try “peeping ui>”.\yith Ostrex. Contains tonic
feeling due solely to
.bdry.„ lvirs. J. Pi. ludlie iS me only 1-ry pepping up with Ostrex. Contains tonic
charter member living in the dis- wdyV&’S” “en’anS
I trict. ' I •'’’tomen call “old."’ T>jrOsfirex Tonic Tablets
f High School closed, for the last!
. ■ ■ ,i_ t i____t—*—i—. -------—get_acqiiainted—size-omy^Oe—For-sale-At-nime in the old school building. > an drug stores everj-where.
Dawson.
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