The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-12-01, Page 16■<h
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Ten Years Ago
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Donald "McLean lost the sight
of an eye'when struck by a nail
'which flew ?up. . - L
A . spreading grass fire , set
ablaze the home of, Mr. Joseph
Johnston.
' iFO. Thomas F. Wilson was kill-
x ed in action. Overseas in April
1944.
J>gt. J. C. Reid of London was
awarded the Military Medal up-
— dn being cited for~sicts Df hero<
ism, on. the Italian front. -
Silverwoods Creamery was
broken into, arid the 2 smash
ed opien with '* the loot about nil.
Eddy Gaunt’s car was stolen that
same nightsr
Mrs, Thomas Reid, formerly
Margaret Ann Miller, died here
in her ,85th yeiar.;
.Warrant Officer T. J. Howard
of Ashfield was awarded the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross.
Mr. p. 'W. Hoag was engaged
as a''member of the High School1
staff, filling a vacancy caused by
the resignation of Miss Dorothy.
Sharpe. Other staff members
were, Miss F. E; McLean, prin
cipal;. Mr. D. R. McLean,. Miss
Jean Osborne.
At a 'reunion of ex-students
LOOKING BACKWARDS
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
and students of Lucknow High
School, a gift was .presented to
Miss F. E. McLean, in recogni
tion of over forty years in the
teaching profession, with 35
years of service in Lucknow,
John. A. Thompson was ap
pointed manager of the Bank of
Montreal succeeding the late V.
*N, Prest.
Sgt. William Graham Durnin qf
Ashfield was killed . in' action
overseas. -He was a wireless air
gunner and was killed, .on the
first day of, the. invasion,.
■ Sgf, Air. Gunner Ivan Magoffin
was reported missing after air
operations overseas.
Archie Nicholson’s garage at
Belfast was destroyed by fire.
Mrs/ John Cox celebrated her
90th birthday. ' ;
Two brothers, Joseph and Ray
mond King, agd 18 and 15, were
drowned in the Teeswater River
on the farm of Joseph Green.
Mr. Sam McComb was burned
to death in his small* frame home
east of Blackhorse.
Twenty Years Ago
J. G. Anderson and Son pur
chased the Seaforth flax mill
property with Alex McCarroll be-
ing moved from the Mitchell
plant to take charge. , ’ ;
| Mrs. Paul Reed celebrated zh®r
90th birthday.^ J
; Lucknow’s restricted telephone
service, with toll charges, was
discussed at a public meeting,
presided over by Reeve A. W.
Hamilton.'
Foster G. Moffat received the
Conservative nomination to con
test the new riding of Huron-
Bruce. Liberal candidate , was C.
A. Robertson. f ,
Ernest Penrose, 29-year-old son
of . a former Whitechurch mini
ster, Rev. R. W. Penrose, was
drowned ajt Picton, His. brother
James, rwhor- enlisted •• while~ltt~
Whitechurch, was killed in World
War..I,'
The village home of Mrs. John
McCharles, owned by John Mul
lin, was extensively damaged by
fire, ■
Wm. Miller, age 93, was sev
erely injured in an eighthoot fall
through a trap door. First aid
treatment by his 83-year-old sis
ter, Mrs, Peter Torrance was cre
dited with saving him from bleed
ing to. death.
Mathew Woods died at the age
of 86.
The Village Council obtained
possession of* the premises fbr-
merly occupied by the Bank of
Commerce in the Johnstone Block
and commenced work to convert
it to . a municipal office.
Dr. Wm. Connell announced
his removal to Wingliam tovtake
oyer the practise of the late Dr.
Margaret Calder. - ’ ,
Mr. Bald retired as public
school inspector and was present
ed with a fountain pen < hy the
Lucknow staff and teachers. The
presentation was made by Mr.
D., C. Taylor.
Dr. A. M.' Spence died at Osh-
awa. .”Aunt Lizzie” Webster passed
away within; a month, of her 92hd.
birthday.
Ruth McQuillin, 16-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
McQuillin, was drowned in Lake
Huron at the. Foot* of The 12th
ConcessibriihAshf^ . ' ■'
Shiells Store at Amberley was
broken into and merchandise
stolen,.
Thirty.Five Years Ago
Mr. and Mts- T. JE. Smith were
honored by Paramount friends
before moving to Lucknow.
Joseph A. Holt, husband of
Jean Gordon Murray, died at. New
York from pneumonia at the age
of 52. The funeral was held in
the Presbyterian Church 4 to
Greenhill Cemetery.
The spring issues of The Seri-
ti n el of1919containedthenames
of many boys returning from
qyerseas, while the question was
being raised as to what type of
memorial would be erected to
WEDNNESDAY, OEC; lgt,
those who did. not come back.
The death of Mrs. Alex McCarr
roll occurred at her . home in her
37th year..
Peter Graf caught a 17% pound
pike in the creek on the , farm of
Tom Roach.
Mrs, Wm. Connell died sud
denly following a seizure suffered
while assisting in. a Mother’s Day
cjioir in the, Presbyterian church.
She was formerly Mary Somer
ville, daughter of the late James
Somerville, the founder of Luck
now. Mary was the first white
child born in Lucknow.
George MacKenzie observed his
qne hundredth birthday. at the
home of his son A}ex, north of
the G.T.R; station,
John Moore, father of R. J.
Moore, died in Toronto at the
age of 90 and was buried iii
Greenhill Cemetery. For many
years the Moore family operated
the hotel near the G,T.rX station.
SixtyYears Ago
A deputation from Tara were
to Lucknow to see a demonstra
tion of the “squirting powers” of
the old Phoenix hand pumper,
still in good repair, but not used,
since the installation of the water
works five years; before.
Cameroh, Murdoch and Com-
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*PUSSy ^AT, Pussy CAT
pany, who opened business here
on January 1st, 1888 were ex
panding their premises, by pur
chasing the west wing of the
^IcHardy brick block on the cor
ner Of Campbell and Ross St.—
the present Finlayson Store.
Wm. Connell moved his busi-
. ness to the new store in Alliri’s
brick block; Miss Lizzie Lawson ,■
was in charge of the millinery
department. , , ,,,
s A. S. Campbell was advertising
made-to-order suits for. $12.00. A.
B. McLeod was foreman of the ...
shop.'-''
James Reid took charge of the
West Hotel on Ross St7<formerly
occupied by Jerry Flynn.
J. C. Brown, manager of the
Bank of Hamilton, was honored
at a—banquet at .theL#WhiteLy~4^
House” prepared by. mine host,
John McGarry.
Anew fire company was or
ganized in Lucknow \with the fol
lowing officers: Captain, William
Taylor; l$t Lieut,/ Dave Moody;
2nd Lieut., W. Skinner; Sec., D.
N. Lawrence; Treas., W. J- Little; .
hydrant man, W. Leadbetter;
linemen, J. Yule, D. Thompson,
Jas. Strachan; branch men, W.
Small, R. Moore, T. Lindsay,. F.
Gordon; reserve, A. McKenzie',
Tim Kirk,. Pat McGarry.
A fine barn with stone foun
dation was erected on Lot 5, Con.
3, Kinloss, the residence of Mrs.
Ellen Hudsbfi. James McCoy had
charge Of the framing and Wm. .
Pierce, the masonry. /
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PURPLE GROVE
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hodgi.ris
and Sharon visited at ..the Home
of Mr. arid Mrs. John Emerson
on Saturday evening. ; '
Purple Grove Farm Forum :
convened at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald McCosh oh
Monday evening., The subject for
discussion was “Insurance”. It
was-the general opinion of the
members that the average farrh
family does riot, carry* adequate
insurance. z
Mr. Cleve Hill is spending a
few days at the home of Mr. John- ;■
Hodgins. )
Miss Edna Boyle of Orillia • is
visiting at the home of Mr. apd. .
Mrs. Francis Boyle.
1 and Mrs; Glen Fraser of
TLondon visited at the home of "/
Add fist
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the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.. .
Herb Farrel.'
, Mrs. Dan McDonald; visited it
the -home of her daughter, Mrs.,
Edbert Bushell, ’recently,.
Mr; arid Mrs. Donald MeCo ’■%.
Mary and • Dickie, visited wrh
Mrs. Annette Bushell of Lli' ?.-"
now. ' ■ ,' " ■ '
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Chilins
family visited at the home of LL
^ah'd^Mrs^-.^Ahd-rew.^F-at-W4ui;Ly±,i
Sunday, . ‘
We welcome Mr. arid Mr>.
Vester Johnston to our neigh > r
hood. ' *. 1
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.AN AGITATION is oh- in :
Townships to have a petition < n
culated aimed at dissolving
School Area Board. It is .said ■ J
sixty percent of the ratepay' J'4
would have, to sign- to . acinev'.
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