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TWELVE PAGES. . LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1st, 1954
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ENGAGEMENTS
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MOVE TO TOWN
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race’s. Relatives ..were prusem from Hamilton, Galt, Toronto. |
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eral. .Among tfios'e present at the the vehicles while Harold was
sorrowful service were Premier standing between them trying to
Leslie Frost and other cabinet give directions'to the jost motor-
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'r^a-^euble^eat^KiTye^as^heyTri- .charge"oFgames, contests ana
' t Reiativcs ,,were; present
WAS M LAST WEEK
CLANSMEN PLAN CARNIVAL
FOR LATE SEPTEMBER
"ElbydmiTisteiV ------. / .Guelph; Centralia and this. uis~
'Mt-s .Kate'./Moffat. 90, years of
age. vVas the' oldest person pres
ent’ and- Stenl^n Donaldson, son
of Mr and Donald ’ Dpnaid-
som was the youngest present.
n A buffet and picnic supper was
served on the fine lawn . of *
farmstead, a.nd.all enjoyed
hewing family acquaintances.
been more severe than
However, Gordon had
sports John was a popular’.youth Wine.. Hospital and -when--surgery
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BELL singers, songmen
thrill ex crowds
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The Bell Singers and'I’he Song-
toen are giving Exhibition crowds
HOLYROOD YOUTH
MET TRAGIC DE^TH
JOHN ROSS MCDONALD
Hplyrood and the surrounding
community Was shocked and sad
dened on August lltK by ihe sud
den tragic death by drowning
of Jack McDonald, as he was
_ known- tor his many-friends, J ack
: was deck .hand on the oil tanker*
S.S. Britamoil that was plying the
Great Lakes between Toronto and
Montreal. It was at Coteau Land-
' ing about., thirty miles, from
Montreal, that the accident happ
ened. It was Jack’s job to jump
to the wharf to anchor the ship,
a duty he had often performed,
. but on this occasion he missed his
footing, slipping into the water
between the boat and wharf, dis
appearing (before help could reach
him. The remains were- brought
to his parents’ home, Con. 8 of;
Kinloss Township on Saturday. 2
—:" Rdnnie'Graham, sori of Mr’ and.
Mrs. Roy Graham of Kinlough,
was ibeside Jack when he fell but
* Was powerless to do; anything.
It was Jack’s first year sailing.
John Ross McDonald was the
. eldest son of Mr.! and Mrs. Robert
McDonald of Holyrood, and was
in his 21st year, being born on
June 27th, 1934.
He was a member of the Kiri-
loqgh Presbyterian Church and
past president' pf' ’ the Young
, People’s Society, and beloved by
a wide circle of friends, many
of whom attended the funeral
service which was conducted on
__Sunday-.afternoonr-August—ISrnby
his minister, Rev. G. S. Baulch,
who gave a very comforting
and Understanding message. Mrs.
K. McKay and Mrs. J. A. McDon
ald sang a duet, “Ivory Palaces”.
The floral tributes', carried by
27 of his young friends, showed
the esteem, in, which he was held,
one being in the form of a„.white
anchor sent by his ship mates.
The remains were laid to rest,
in Greenhill Cemetery with six
of his chums acting as pallbear
ers, Ronnie Graham, Russell Barr,
Wayne Johnston, Lome Hamil- —-----■.----- ----------
ton, Alphonse Murray and Brian | FAMILY OF NI NE
Besides his parents, Mr, and MEETS AT REUNION
Mrs. Robert McDonald, he leaves
to mourn his loss, three sisters '
and one brother, Florence of Tor
onto, Mary Lou, Kenneth, and
Peggy at home. ; ’
_ Notmow, buLin,the coming j/ears.
• It may be in the better land,
We’ll read the meaning of
tears,.
And there, sometime, we’ll
derstand. \
Then trust in God thro’ all
days;
Fear not, for He doth hold
h^rid,
Though dark thy way, still sing
and praise,
Sometime, soihetijrne, iwe’ll under*
!. ■ . . stand., L z ■ • *
STARTS FAIR CIRCUIT *
WITH PRIZE TEAM r
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• Elmo Pritchard has started on
the show circuit again, and ex
pects to take in about 35 fairs
before winding up the season at
the Walkerton Winter Fair.
Elmo has the same matched
team of 4 and 5-year-old Bel-
giummares, that won him many
red tickets «a year ago, and have
made a good start this season.
He opened at Aylmer .orfTuesday
.of last , week and .then moved tb
Ridgetown and Woodstock. At
Ridgetown Elmo won the Royal
Bank ; trophy for the best team
on the grounds in a class of 14.
He’s, at Dresden and ’ Elmira
tbis week, and next week the
tempo .steps up to almost a fair
a day.
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PASSED AWAY AFTER MORE
THAN 5 YEARS IN HOSPITAL
The death of Mrs. Annie Beat
on occurred on Monday afternoon,
August 23rd in Goderich Hospi
tal, where she had been a pat
ient for five years and four
months after becoming^iWvalided
by. a. stroke.
She was laid to .rest^in Sea
forth, where her husband the .late
Malcolm Beaton1 is buried, The
Beaton family resided on Bound
ary West; and are well remember
ed by many in the community.
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BROKE WRIST IN FALL
Mrs. Margaret MacFarlane of
town suffer!ed__a—fractured—right-
wrist in a fall from a stool
her home on August 14th. It
a bad break ’with botli bones
the Wrist broken.
SERIOUSLY ILL
Mrs. Jessie Maclnries, who
been a patient at Baker’s Private
Hospital, suffered a stroke on
Saturday^ August 21st, and was
removed that evening t<j Wing-
ham Hospital, where her condi
tion has since been regarded
quite serious." “
The descendants of the late Mr.
and Mrs. George Moffat; Mr. and
Mrs. William Moffat and Mr. and
Mrs. Janies Moffat, who. took, up
land-=in-^Kinloss“=Township'=Hu
pioneer days, met on Saturday,
August 14th, at the farm home of
Mr. Foster G. Moffat' of Lang
side. There were 120 adults in at
tendance! ■ ■ •
Mr. John Moffat of Tees water
was chairman for the occasion,
and spoke briefly .of this family
arid its connections. The . late Mr.
arid Mrs. George Moffat- raised a
family . of seven sons and two
.daughters, on the adjoining farm,
all of whom were present at the
gathering..
Members of this family include
Foster Moffat; , W. J. Moffat,
Hamilton; Peter Moffat; Kinloss;
James, and Lance Moffat, -Lloya-
minster; Tom Moffat, Tees water;
■Bob Moffat, Wingham'; Tena Mof
fat Toronto; and Mrs. Robt. Craik
• Bessie)....It was the first time that all
membeiT'of the-.family had been
together since 1816. Family pic
tures ’Were'-taken ..then and now,
and it is remarkable that in that
time, the family ’circle is-still, ip-
tact, -with the exception of their
father who' passed on several
years ago? Their mother is dead
many years, ■ , AEdna and Shirley Moffat were
I Mi*. and Mrs. Joseph D. Ander
son of St. Helens have moved to
the Village to make their home.
They are occupying the apart
ment in the Gammie building on
Main Street, recently vacated by
. —Mr...and Mrs.- Elwood Iwin; who-
i are moving to Wingham where
Joan will teach school this term.
^£?Pni nightly* at the bandshell
concert sponsored by The Tor!*
t Music’lovers in this commun-
-—dy-WillHnot soon "forget the pf o-
gtam presented by The^Songmen
m the High School auditorium^
. a?5'.n.° doubt many from this
vicinity will be among the.C.N.E.
' judienees to again hear them
tod the Pell Singers. ‘
rnu Lucknow-born boy, Wm? F«
"lnompsofi, is a member of The
, group.- .
Congratulations to $ani •
^Durnin who reached the 90th
... milestone on Wednesday last,
August 25th. The years rest
lightly on Sam’s shoulders,
and he still thinks nothing of
that daily jaunt from his
. _ h ome east of the Village His
-many friends extend best
wishes for. continued good
health. •
With the local Juvenile team
eliminated by Wingham, Garnet
Henderson, who had managed the
team this season, thought his ball
worries were over. ? Garnet had
more than his share of head
aches with the team this year,
but the biggest headache was yet
to come.. < ,
He offered to umpir^ an exhi
bition Pee Wee ball game in the
park last Wednesday night, and
when the opposition failed to
show up -he was gamely chasing
balls in the outfield. On, one such
attempt Garnet leaped in the air
only to lose his footing and
tumble heavily to the; ground. He
lit on his shoulder and bounced
back on’ his head, knocking him
self unconscious. Only the fact
he lit on his shoulder saved him
from .more serious-injury.- i;
Garriet was some time regain
ing consciousness and suffered
concussion. He is still feeling the
effects of his “biggest headache
of the bail season”.
NAME STUDENT
AWARD WINNERS
Winners of Grade XIH‘profic/
iency Awards and scholarships at
Lucknow District Higly School
have been: announced aS follows:
Dr W. V. Johnston Shield for
proficiency^in greatest number of
optional subjects—*Joari Hamilton.
Miss F. E. McLean Memorial
Shield for- language proficiency—
Joan Hamilton.
Band Members’ Proficiency
Shield-Bill Baulch.
Science Proficiency Cup—Car
olyn Gi'bsori. - .
Literary, Society. Scholarship—
J,oan Hamilton.
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TO TRAIN AS NURSE
Miss Helen Weiler’ daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Weiler, has
entered St. Michaels Hospital,
Toronto, to train for a nurse, and
commenced .her duties the first
of,; the week. IJelen *was Queen •
of the Lucknow District High
School for ■> the past term, and
during the summer was employed
at the Yellow Briar Inn at the
outskirtsndf"" Brampton. .
FORM ANGLICAN Y.P.U.
_ On .Monday evening, August
30th, the Young People' of St.
Peter’s Church, Lucknow, met at
th^. Rectory. Elliott Purves was.
elected president and Irene Roul-
ston secretary... Plans were made’
for the next meeting to be held
at the home8 of. William-Stimson-
cn Tuesday, September 14th.
ACCEPTS BELL POSITION
Mrs N. E,_ .Bushell,formerly
Arabelle Cameron, has accepted
a position with the Bell Tele
phone Company at Mount Forest,
and will commence her duties on
Monday, September 13th.
Mrs Bushell served for. 13 years
with jthe Bell Telephone at Luck
now, Wingham, Stratford and
Glencoe. She was chief operator
at Glencoe at the time of
marriage.
LOCAL MEMBER
LOSES OHLY SON
_Mr. .and Mrs. James Ketchabaw
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Catherine Edna,
to Mr. Wm. Ira Campbell of
Lucknow, eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenwood Campbell. The
marriage to • take place early in
September.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. MUnroe
of Apple Hill,. Ontarid, announce
the engagement of their daugh
ter, Edith' Elizabeth to Robert
Adam Thompson of Windsor, son
of Mrs, Robert H. Thompson of
Lucknow, and the late Mr,
Thompson. The marriage will
take place on September 18th in
Zion United Church, Apple Hill.
. .The-engagement r is -announced ^
of Yvonne Elva! Gardner, the
daughter of Mr. Mark Gardner
and the late Mrs. Gardner of,
Wingham, to Roy de Groot, the
son of Mr. ari<d .Mrs;. Jacob de
Groot of Witmarsum, ' Holland.
The wedding- -to. take place , in
September.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert J. Fell,
Staffa, announce the engagement
of their only daughter, Lois Eliz
abeth, to Mr. Arnold David Max
well Alton, son of Mr.yand Mrs.
Walter Alton of R.R. 7, Liicknow>
The marriage to take place Sat
urday, September ' 11th at 2.30
o’clock in Staffa United Church.
Mr. and Mrst Alban Earl Woods
pf Wiarton wish to announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Shirley .Frances, to Clarence Ern
est Ackert, son .of Mr. and Mrs.
Johm-Harvev ^Ack'ert “of~Ki“n^Y
dine. The marriage to take place j Malcolm, who’ with her husband
at 1.00 p.m., Septembre 4th, in l^ypre on the verge of sailing from
St. 'John’s United Church, Wiar-'San Francisco to Formosa,
tom- ' | “ ‘
Mr. and- Mrs. Gordon Elliott,]1’”5 convertible crashed in
Wingham, announce,t.he engage-1 f?1 truck.,In the impact bjfth
merit • of their oldest daughter, - Vtps tyete thrown $*om th&^a
Isabel -Jane Elliott, to William I wAlch demohshed.
and Mrs. Gordon . -MacPherSon, I righam High School, Jphn ^vas
Lucknow. The mar/iage wili fake •, com7re' e -
Church, Whiteohurch, on Septem.-
ber! 4th,..at..2.3CL blclbck*.^-^-
. Mr. and Mrs.' George S. Elliott
Announce the engagement of
their1 only daughter, Una. Mariori
Jean, to E. Bruce McLeod, only
son of Mrs. Mary ‘McLeod and ■.
the late Mr. McLeod of North j
.Bay. The marriage to take place
Sa turd ay, September . 1 fit.th, fh
Lticknow.;, ■ .4 .
. Sympathy on every hand goes
out to John W. Harina, provincial
member for Huron-Bruce riding,
i^ndj!ito.^H<nna,Un_the«death-of-
[ their only son-and child, 21 -year-
j old John C. Hanna, who was kill
ed in a highway crash five miles
south of Gravenhurst early last
Saturday morning.
The young m^n, had acted- on
behalf of his father in present
ing the Hanna lawn bowling cup
at the Wingham greens about
midnight, last Friday. ” He left
shortly • after for Bala to spend
the week-end With a friend,; Ar
thur Labatt. John was accompan
ied jby Stewart Nimmo, 20-year-
old son of Rev. and Mrs. Alex
Nimmo of . Wirigham. Stewart
suffered critical head injuries and
I underwent an emergency bpera-
tiori in Bracebridge.. He showed
signs of rallying early in the
Week after three days of uncon
sciousness. His parents, Who
were vacationing in the Mari
times, flew back. as„did-Jiisisis^
ter, Margaret, Mrs.. (Rev.) Geo.
YOUNG FARMER
DIED SUDDENLY
Death came with shocking sud
denness on Monday, August 16th,
to Gordon Ernesf MacTavish, 40-
y ear-old West Wawanosh Town
ship farmer^. Gordon’s death was
attributed to suffocation' ‘from
asthma;. from . which he was a
seasonal sufferer and for a time
prior to his death this condition
had
usual,
made. plans -for threshing at his
darm, the day of his death.
Gordon was the son of Allan
Ernest MacTavish and Mary El
liott. He was born in Turnberry
Township on January 7th, 1914,
and canxe to Lucknow with 'his .
family, when his Dad took over
the dray business here twenty-
five years agor
. : On . June^ Srd,- 1939, Gordon -
married Josephine G-aunt of West,
Wawanosh and they took up
farriiing in the Belfast commun
ity. Later they obtained the for
mer Gordon Irwin farm ori Cori.
9, West Wawanosh, where Gor
don’s death occurred so sudden
ly, and brought deep sorrow \to
the community.
The remains rested at the fam
ily residence "until Wednesday,
when the furieral ‘ service was
held at the McLennan-MacKen-
zie Memorial Chapel, conducted
by Rev. J, R. MacDonald, inter
im-moderator .of Lucknow Pres
byterian Church, of which Gor
’d on wajs a member! . • ' ’ ■ . s •* . '■
Interment was in Greenhill
Cemetery with Elmer Foran,
John Cameron, George Stuart,
Lome-Dummy- John- Durnin ’.and
Frank McQuillin as pallbearers;.
The flower bearers were Elmo
Pritchard, Donald Murray, Al
lan Miller, Bill Kinahan, J; D,
Durnin, Cliff (Murray, Albert
Taylor, Bill Purdon, Joe Foran,.
Joe Stuart, John Finnigan, Dom
Cameron, Fred McQuillin.
Gordon was an enthusiastic’
farrn movement worker. He was
serving his third term as presi
dent oT the West Wawanosh Fed
eration of Agriculture and was
an executive director of the Hur*
* on County Federation.
To the bereaved the sympathy
of the community has been ex
tended. Gordon is ^survived by ■
his widow, a daughter, Marilyn
jnd_a_.son,^Donald ;-his ~ mothey“"
Mrs. Mary MacTavish and a bro- »
ther, Cameron MacTavish; both
of Wingham. He was predeceased
by his father and a .brother Har
old, who was killed in action in
Italy during World War II.
The Clansmen plan tp revive
their annual carnival, Which was
a popular event a few’ years back,
and have set Thursday, Septem
ber 23rd as fhe^date of the frolic/
Weather permitting it Will be.
held on the Main Street, and will
feature a street, dance and d big
variety of carnival games,. in
cluding . bingo.
ACCIDENT VICTIM
HAVING_SURGERY
Harold Congram of Holyrood,
who was severely .injured -in a
highway , accident near Bramp
ton, is undergoing surgery in
London. • -
Harold has already undergone
an operation for a dislocated hip . .
nd pelvis’injury arid will under-
^nother-operation-on“his'kneer'?
hich was seriously injures ‘
He was taken to Brampton
-HospitalwFolto ,j..
L|ter he was brought to. Kincar- ..•|riess administration. Prominent' in
’ and became ■ the better known
-here, when he-lined up last^ear,
when he boUld, with the Luck*
nOWyf^stbstll team.
[• Wingham Presbytbrian Church
! was overtaxed for 1 ucsday’s fun-
was/necessary was 'taken to Lon
don
Jftardld suffered the injuries af*
ter being hailed down, by a mot
orist who. was seeking directions.
A third ear plowed into one of