The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-09-08, Page 19rs
50 YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 1926
His' Honour Judge A. B. Klein of.
Walkerton• retired after serving as a
judge for 33 years.' He was 75
years of age. '
Thirty-four rinks entered the
Scotch Doubles tournament put on
by the Lucknow Bowling Club.
Rain cut the attendance at the
Fall Fair 'but the hall was packed
for the evening concert and dance'.
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10 YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 1966
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At the annual Convocation of the
University of Western Ontario an
honorary Doctor of Laws degree
was conferred upon Dr. W. V.
Johnston in . recognition of his
contributions to ,Canadian medic-
ine.
The 100 year, old barn, situated
at Amberley on Highway 86 and
formerly owned by Peter Shiells
and later by his son Robert. Shiells,
was being disthantled by / the
present owner. Gordon Elliott. The
dwelling had been, taken down a
few years previously. At this same
location the first store in Amberley
was built by Mr. Fraiier, who, also
ran a sawmill powered b steam. A
bush fire destroyed the bdildings
and later the Shiells built their
home on this property.
Bob Greer, 13 year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Greer, Luck
now, scored a hole in one at the
Wingham Golf Course. The drive
was on the .155 yard second hole.
Bob Finlay of Lucknow purchas-
ed the Knechtel Milling building on
Lucknow Main Street.
30 YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 1946
Stewart E. Robertson purchased
the "bus barn", a block north of
the post office, from Peter McCall
and opened it as a seed cleaning,, plant.
Carrie Milne of Lucknow had
accepted a position at the Lucknow
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Died,.AtAge 79
NOBLE A. JOHNSTON
Noble Allan Johnston, of Luck-
now passed" away: 'on Tuesday,
August 24, at University Hospital,
'London. He was 79.
' He •Was born in kshfield Town-
ship on May 15th, 1897,, a son of
William ,A. Johnston and Margaret
Johnston.
The late' Mr. Johnston farnied for
a time, later, resided in 'Sarnia .and
some forty years ago moved to
Lucknow, where they operated the
Johnston Restaurant for twenty-six
years. He was a member of Old
Light Lodge No. 184 and received
his 50 year. Masonic pin November
23, 1970. He was a• member of the
Lucknow Legion having served for,
three- years during the First World
War in the 160th regiment. He
looked after the maintenance of the
Lucknow Legion Hall for a number
of years.
Mr. Johnston is survived by his
wife, the former. Jessie A. Johnston
of Ashfield •Township, whom he
married in Detroit in 1927; one son,
William Allan Johnston of Willow-,
dale and one daughter, Mrs. Art
(Margaret ,Ardonna) Le Grand of
Teeswater;. six, grandchildren,.
Tliain, Elizabeth, Margaret and
David Noble' Johnston, Robbie and
James Le Grand; four sisters, Mrs.
Annie Farrish of Saskatoon, Mrs.
Jean McKeith of Vancouver, Mrs.
Grace Farrish of Lucknow; Mrs.
Jessie Maclntyre of Pinecrest
Minor, LucknOw and one brother
Wm. J. Johnston of Kintail.
He was predeceased by;.one
brother Alexander ' Johnston in
N.F.U. NEWS
By G. Austin
When the National Farmers
Union executive met Prime Minist-
er Trudeau on July 6, it was to
discuss the concerns of • N.F.U.
Members on a number of key policy
issues.
Discussion of the' government's
anti-inflation program and its
effects on farmers was high on the
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Ste-ward.
Mr. and' Mrs, J. A. Marriott and
Mr.and Mrs. Vernon Marriott lost
all their possessions when fire
destroyed 'the home they were
tenanting a half „mile west of
Belfast.
A. C. Agnew was engaged to
operate a high school bus through. a
portion of Ashfield. '
• George Beaton made a 2500 mile
trip, to Elbow, Saskatchewan' by
motorcycle ,in four days.
Jack Kenedy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Kennedy of West,
Wawanosh, suffered a fractured
leg when' he fell 30 feet off the
ladder of a silo.
J. E. (Ted) Snyith was appointed
science and mathematics master at
Ottawa Normal School.
The "funeral service was held at
MacKenzie Memorial 'Chapel,
Lucknow on Friday, August 27th.
Rev. Glenn Noble of Lucknow
Presbyterian Chuich was minister. /
Honourary pallbearers were Al-
phonse Murray, Bob FiSher, Jack
Hodgins, Orland Richards, William
Porteous, Gordon Fisher.
Active pallbearers were six
nephews, Grant Farrish, Bob
Farrish, Alex Farrish, George
Moncrief, Allan Johnston, Lloyd •
MacDougall. "destruction of production" policy.
Flower bearers were Ken The N.F.U. subinission estimated
MacDonald, Rod MacDonald, Roy the loss would be at least $200
Havens, Finlay MacDonald, Stuart 'million in the current dairy year.
MacLennan', Dave MacDonald, Federal feed grains policy to
Murray Haigh, Gordon Ronald, all become effective. August 1st is
nephews. designed to reduce the prices of
Interment was in Lochalsh Cem, feed grains across Canada, Wheat :
etery. Board minister Otto Lang admitted
that to the delegation. In addition,
it is proposed' to remove C.W.B.
licensing of feed grain imports,- in
effect weakening the protection of
prairie feed grain producers.
Australia and New Zealand have
been the sources of cheap meat
dumped on the Canadian market
resulting in livestock prices declin-
ing at a time farmers normally
expect them to rise.
The. accumulative effect of all,
these and other actions on the part
of qgove_rnment is to reduce farm
gate priceS and hence slow the rate
of inflation within the food sector.
There is a growing need' for
priority list. While farmers are • farmers to organize,- The N.E.U.
suppoSed to be, exempt from the' has policies for farmers. Mr.
general AlB guidelines and regula- ; Trudeau stated in his 196$ accept-
Lions, there is little question that ance speech, "The future does not
farmers are very much being belong to the weak and timid".
affected by government policies ;
which are resulting in lower farm
income. The Financial Times of
July 5 confirms for the first time
that farmers are thus far the
hardest hit group in society,
income wise, since the beginning of
the Anti Inflation program.
We need look no further than the
goyernment's dairy program to
understand how dairy producers
are suffering income loss under as •