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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-10-06, Page 9L * '■ : , 0 I. 1 7. A 1 r K» . ♦ * H. I WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER S, 1954 RAINFALL EXCESSIVE! The above eaptiop has been obvious to. all and sundry ip these parts, but the weather ob­ server makes it: official- with a recorded rainfall of 5.39 inches in September, inches in the October. The “spring time” September beligerent in that, it didn’t pro­ duce one complete day of sun­ shine, from sunrise to sunset, during rthe entire month, AugUst wasn’t much better. It had only one day of complete sunshine, —-The-high-Mor^the--mo'nth“ was 81 degrees with a io.w, of 38, Al­ though the thermometer doesn’t record it, there Was some frost in low-lying spots. , ' \ plus another 2.18 first two days of net result , was flood conditions., was particularly of OBITUARY ' WILLIAM E. ALTON William E. Alton, a native Ashfield Township, passed away : at his home in Wingham on Mon­ day, September 27th, after a lengthy illness. . Mr. Alton was born on Con-" I cession 10, Ashfield, 61 years ago, and continued .to .reside in -the. H Township, where he was. highly respected, until proving to Wing- ■ .bam a few years ago. He was I educated at S.S. No. 9, Ashfield. I In Dungannon United Church I on September 28th, 1929, he fnar- I ried Eleanor Hasty of Dungan- I non, who, survives with one son, I 1 Wendell# at home. -Also surviv­ ing are two brothers, Elmer and i Walter of 'Ashfield and two sis- • ters, Mrs/Lillian A. Reid of Tor­ onto and Mrs. (Dr.) W. W. Sher­ win of Brando’nf •<•/••;',’• The - body rested at his late residence until/Thursday morn­ ing. The funeral' servicev, as - -held-that- -afternoon"_al-' tfteMTur -~ rie Funeral Home, conducted by. Rev. Di J. MacRae of Wingham United Church of which he was a member. He was also-auxienrher- of Wingham L.O.L. 794: “ Jinterment was in Greenhill Cemetery with nephews acting as pallbearers, Russell and Arn­ old . Alton/ Bert ■; McWhinney, Lome Hasty, Gordon Johnston ahd Clifford CroziOr. Many beautiful floral tributes were carried, by ‘friends and . neighbors. • '> • , Friends attended the funeral ? from Port Arthur, Toronto,. Cay. - uga, Clifiton, London and.the sur- r h J THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO PRESBYTERY MET HEREtUESPAY _ Op. Tuesday, October 5th, the Bruce Presbytery of the United Church of Canada met in Luck­ now for its regular gathering, With Rev. I), A: Brydon in the chair. The devotional, service was conducted by Rev. J - JC. McFad­ den, the new missionary on the Cape Croker Indian Reserve, A welcome was extended1 by the local minister, RevLG. A. Meikle- john, who is. secretary-- of P'res- bytery and_„by_Reeve.-S^-E—Rob^ - e.rtson, wjio is chairman of the local Council of Churches.- t ...Reports of General Council were given by Mr. Will Williams and Rev. W. H. Martin. Dr. S. B,v Stokes, ’•?superintendent of Mis­ sions for Western Ontario, spoke on the extensive building pro­ gram necessitated by new con­ gregations in growing centres and was’delighted with the . in? t.erest Bruce has shown in its. Indian work at the Cape, and at Saugeen. - / Throughout the many plans for Christian education, opposition to .gambling^-:advancing—mtssTonary' work, etc., the note of evangel­ ism kept persisting to express the great need of the Christian church to uplift lives and re­ deem men in the name of Christ; ST. HELENS PAGE NINE Mark 40th Anniversary , Mr. and Mrs. Shirl Bowers / ebrated their 40th wedding niversary recently. Besides I immediate family there I cel-- an- the were* —present-at-therdinnerr^he'iTOirpTe’s" groomsman, Neil McLennan, pianist Mrs. Leonard Outerbridge, ringbearer Mrs. William Finlay­ son and. guests who attended the wedding 40 years ago. When, a woman finds out that . she’s not the only/pebble on the beach, she gets a little boulder. Ashfield Presbyterian W.M.S. The September meeting of Ash? .field W.M.S. was held at the .home of Miss Anna Mae- Mac­ Donald, Kiritail, with 32 present, Mrs. Wilson, the president, op­ ened the meeting with prayer. Mrs. Jack Collinson read psalm 144,' She gave the meditation on it in’ which she/compared our bodies to instruments? of ten strings. The roll call was answer^ ed. by .a.^vej^’(^o.f^praiseT--A^s-h-€tft- . play was given, by Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Wm. Johnston^ Mrs. Henry MacKenz'ie and Mrs. Neil G. CMac- Kenzie which, showed the import-, ant.work dur Society is doing in &yr Home Mission field out West. Mrs. J. .Collinson sang “’Let th'e lower lights be burning”. Miss Sadie Johnstdn took the topic and- -told in ■ her own wording the work the church is doing in » FH'ilippines. Mrs/ Tom. Mac- MacLennan "told about the origin f c; - hundred and fifty years ago. Mrs. ZD* >R, MacK-enzie, Presbyterial treasurer, gave a .short talk on i but- finances. Mrs, Dave MacDori* ^ld ga^e a very’ interesting ac* .count 'of' current events. After singing , and prayer .the meeting closed with the National An th cm. L Luhch was; served and a. social time enjoyed.. , ' . I-. - ,. * ’ i > Word was received-by relatives .here of . the death of-Mrs. R. J. Woods,, a foTrrier .well, known and highly respected resident of ..this, cornmuhity. Mrs. ' ..Woods died suddenly in -.the “hospital at Gue< h- on . Saturday. . The 'fuh- ’•frre-1-—was^dTgtd.-"frosh’ the' Un.ited Church here on Monday. ?.. j . ■ MT. Irvin McCabe of Windsor is a Visitor.’ with his brother-in- ,1aMr.j.Frank: .McQuillin and Mrs. McQuillin 'and other . rela­ tives. • The ladies are reminded Of the ' Women’s Institute ’ meeting this afternoon ,(Thursday) at the home of Miss Jean Aitchison. Mr., Elmer Umbach of Lucknow will be the guest speaker and the roll, call will be responded to with a gift' for a convalescent.; ’ Mrs. James’ Curran, is a patient in Wingham Hospital with pneu­ monia. We wish her a speedy re­ covery. Held Reunion Camp About 50 young people gather­ ed .here for the Perth-Huron Y: P. U.o reunion camp h’eld -from Friday evening. unti-l-Silndav-af-r- terrioon. The camp was in charge of Rev. Mr. Renner of Bayfield as dean with. Miss Margaret. Hol­ land of Clinton as director., and. Rev. /D. J. MacRae of Wingham as special speaker. The Sacra? m.eht of the- Lord’s Supper was observed at 8.15 Sunday morning’ conducted by ;Rev.Renner. At the morning service Mr. Harvev Sparling was assisted in the wor? . ship service by MisazEthel ■Alli­ son, president. of the London Conference Y.P.U. ?Miss Holland, told of the meeting, held recently at Whitby/ of’ the National Coun­ cil' of Y; P. Unions of .the -United Church. Mr, • Sparling . gave'-a challenging addiess. choosing as 'his. subject “The Corner Stone”. The; choir sang the anthem “Trust and' Obey’’; and .Anne. Todd con­ tributed t>V.o fine solos. ’ Meals . -xvere—se rved—by~n-i em-b er-s-^of—t-he- W.A., in the eonimunity hall. CHURCH CHANNELS the graded church * . If church mmbers and adher­ ents / were graded like the church’s Sunday School is grad­ ed,. something like the following would probably result. Pillars—-The top, most bene- ficial grade to the local church, cream of the crop who worship regularly, give time, talent and money freely. Supporters—Who give time and money if they ;like the minister andthe treasurer—r——; Leaners—Who use the church for funerals. and marriages, but give no support whatever, to it. Specials—^Help and give occas­ ionally for something that ap­ peals to them. Annuals?—Like to dress up, look, serious and go to church on Easter, open to whether they go worship to to see ions. Sponges—These absorb all the benefits, even take the .sacra- _ments,-ibut—give-no-supportreven when squeezed. • Tramps—Go from- church • to church, find fault with all and support none. ' \ Gossips—-Talk freely . about everyone—except Lord Jesus. . Scrappers-7-Take offence, crit­ icize and delight in a free-for- all/,. • ’ •• Orphans/—Children sent, by par­ ents who do not set • them an doubt as to to church to the new. fash- dear people, blessings , and Olivet W?M.S. The September meeting of the WjM.S. was held at the home of ; Mrs. Ross Black .with Mrs. John Black with Mrs. John Colling’s group in , charge. Mrs. Melviq Colling presided over the busi­ ness part of the meeting. Mrs. John Colling gave y talk on Christian Stewardship. Mrs, Bry- d.on thanked the ladies for work done at the parsonage. It was decided to ask: Mrs, Arnold to give her report at the October meeting.. . A delegate from the WjM,S. is being sent to Five Ooks ‘-for—the w eek-endl Tlfe sin gi ng of - a hymn with prayer by Mrs. John Colling opeped . the devot­ ional part of the meeting. Mrs. Elmer ' Osborne read the scrip­ ture lesson and Beth MacTavish sang a solo. The address, “God’s Purposes”, was given by Mrs. Street of Kincardine. Mrs. Wal­ ter Black moved a vote of thanks to all those taking part and fol? lowing the closing hymn, Mrs. R. Black closed the meeting with prayer.' Lunch was served at the closed by the group in charge. exampTe. k Backsliders—“Go back a n d walk no more with Jesus”, John 6:66. Hypocrites—A breed who' be­ long in the leaners class but. say they are better’ than all the churchgoers ,put together.. Suffer : from superioritis, complexis. Where do you belong in the' church? Pillars are needed! —From? a. local church calendar. RECALLS BRUCE COUNTY LAND SALE 100 YEARS AGO . In September a -century ago posters were put Up advising pro­ spective settlers of “ .the big land sale” in Bruce County, with choice, farm lots being offered at 10 shillings an acre, payable in 10 equal installments. The sale was the big induce­ ment in the opening, of the coun­ ty, and was, largely instrumen­ tal in increasing the population ten-fold in a period of nine years. __Txoiualify-^for—the^crdwn~lan7dS7 the settler had to assure immedi­ ate1 and continuance occupancy and had to clear at least two acres in each hundred, each year during the first five years; As1 well a .dwelling house, at least 16 by 18 feet in size had to be built. No more than 200 acres could be acquired in this man­ ner toy any one settler. The date of the sale was set for September 27th of 1854 at Southampton. On that date an es­ timated 3,000 purchasers were in the village.. . Alex McNab was land agent ahd it. was said that -he-’did^businessr".with”two assist- ants through the window of his office. ,So quickly was the. money coming in, that it was thrown into a large ;clqthes basket. When filled, in two days, the.-basket revealed $50,000 in cash.— Walk­ erton Herald-Times. \ ■ ■ • . ' ------------------- -----------—----------------------------— ' . • Many a fellow gets a reputa­ tion for being energetic, when in truth he is. merely fidgety. WEDDINGS hopper—ir win Central • 1 ’ nil cd . Church Manse,- Owen ,Sound, was the- scene of the’ wedding of Iris Juanita Ir­ win, 'daughter, of Mr. 'and Mrs.' Rog Irwin, ,R\ 2. Lucknow, and 'Charles -Clare- H.mper, son o Mr. cm. i m ham of the Bible Society'fn Wales Sw W B1We Hal lot po'rformccl (he cere.no,ny at 2.3o p.nk.' Sat­ urday. Sentcmber 25th. 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