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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-
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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
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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.. , ' .
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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. \ ■
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• 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. Tho bri.de
and groom wore .unattended. _ -
For ho? wod'ding - the ., bride
chose a suit .dross of slate blue
benggluw vhh black and’while.
acce$50i'i(’s. ■ *, . . .FoHowiiiit <i honeymoon in the
Murftoka dislriet the vo'ung-eouple
wii.1 reside in Wi.nglram.
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