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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10th, 1955
A,, Sunday evening two -car
• crash on the second sideroad west
of. Lucknow, about 'a,. mile .south
of Highway 86:in Ashfield' Tp�in
slrip,i sent :all seven ,passenge'rs.
in the two. cars to Winghanf
pita.]. ".Three of them were`crit-.
ically.•injured. On Tuesday their
.condition 'was showing •encourag
ing -improvement.' .Copeern wa
felt for Miss Gibson "who. has a
heart condition which required.
her to recently give ;up her job
at '.the Baker'Private Hospital.
Th'e four lesser injured were
expected to be discharged shortly.
All, .with, the 'exception of Mr.
Beatty Gibson of Detroit;. are
Ashfield and Luekn,aw folk._
Miss Susie, Gibson :suffered' a
broken neck, fractured skull, .a
'very badly lacerated • lower lip
and chest • injuries She is being
•,kept 'immobile • until, a cast can
`be applied. Her. brother, George
Gibson, 'suffered severe; head in:
juries, including a fractured
skull:. Barry Hackett, 1.7 year-old
son' of Mr.' and Mrs;. Tom .•Hack-
ett, has a fractured skuh; smash-
ed right knee and chest injuries:.
Suffering lesser injuries :were
Heattie Gilbson, fractured' 'rib's
Bessie Reaviej a ,niece . of Mrs.
G.. McDiarmid, . a Abad peck gash
and. broken . collar :bone,•Mary
Alton, daughter. of Mr: and Mrs.
BertAlton, 'a ' gashed',ankle. that
required ten ` stitches but '::no
bro>ten`• bones, and Lorne Hack'-.
en,. son of. Mr. and., Mrs ,• Cliff
Hackett, who ..was:; under- observa
tion•. for .possible chest injuries.,`.
'the accident . ,occurred about
dnisk. on •the narrow''townshap
i'oad,_when late:�, del..cars_dxav
en by Beatty ,Gibson" of Detroit:
and .Barry Hackett, crashed ; al-
most` .head-on. The left' front of
both cars took the brunt ,of the.
rash : and 'were' -wrecked ,beyond
repair. The Gibson car' is a 1954•
Pontiac and. the. Hackett car a
955 Ford; driven '.only about two''
Leek's. Damage :to the :two .cars
bas of , a-nearidentieal nature=
nd scores viewed :.the' . recks.
fter they were. hauled two : the
ord Garage. •. "; . '• •
The -Interior of the two .bloodd
pattered' cars' were •a. gory .sight:
first aid• .treatrnent/ was' rendered
1 the` scene by. Dr. M. H: Corrin
nd, two ambulances .and ,the Doc.
or's car. , were used to •rush the.
lured 'to the hospital,
.The Gibsons-4 at3-beenvisiting
ith relatives'. in the cornpriunity
d2-were-pprt ceed%irg-'south, to..th `
ome of George • Gi•bson. , Beatty.
as 'at the wheel aecom:panied: by:
is sister, Susie, and his, brother
Norge;
Barry ,Hackett , was 'proceeding
orth at the .wheel • pp' f the .Ford:
corn.panied by thel.three 'other;
ung ;people..'
PIPE SAND ,AT PORT ELGIN
TO ATTEND. FEIir,GUS GAMES
The .Lucknow_ Pipe• Band play
ed their annual' .su.mmer :program,
at,- Port Elgin Beach ' on Sunday.,
and, received their, usual en-
t'husiastie rece'tion.
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The. and plans to attend the
s Fergus highland games, on Sat-
urday, August. 20th, and ' will
compete in the class for' bands
from .Grey,' Bruce and Huron.
iAllan Reed's bus is:,being Char-
tered. for the -,trip and there. will
'be accornodation. for about 20 .or
so.' passengers. Anyone interest-
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VEI�ABEgc.
IOMlNATIO-_'
Chiefly routine • business " oc=
upied . the attention" " - I
on of theV''ill, p
—Col -moil at the' August
eeting which' was .cut short
e `to .the ..heat ,wave,
The Board, however, did. pass
-Law No " 8, which provides.
the annual nomination 'meet -
being held. 'a month, earlier
n has been • customary. ti. The
eting .has'�,,been advanced from:
e December,' 'to Monday, No-
n'her .28th, In event of an.
etion' •it will be held on. Mon
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MISS MARION. HODGINS.
IN' NORTHERN ALBERTA'
Miss F "Marion Hodgins,, for=
merly of Kinloss Township, is.
now located at Manning, Alberta,
which is a new .town, about 365
miles. northwest of Edmonton.,
Manning ,, had its beginning in
1947 and.now' :has a population
00 persons ,
iss • Hodgins- had been on, a
holiday in the East .after serving
-for some time ;at.a mission school
in Northern Manitoba. •
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BORN
MacINNES-in Wingham•` Hospi-
tal on Wednesday, Augu;t "3rd,
to, Mr. ,and. Mrs.. Leonard 'Mac-
Innes • (Freda ' MacDo;,u,gall), R. 6,
Lucknow, . a daughter, .,'Bonnie
Jean (stillborn). '
MacLennan or any member of 5EAfORT'H POST Montreal on Saturday, July ,23rd
, on' the Saxonia. She was met by
1' MARRIED IN NOVA , SCOThA
,The. , marriage of Joseph Ed=.
ward Whitby ,cif Lucknow . and.
Irene Roy was solemnized ` in the
Anglican Church ' at ' Liverpool,
Nova Scotia, on May 6t...Joe;,
who is serving in the Canadian.
ayy, isstationed` at '. the East
Coast.' c
IS OVERSEAS TO
;VISIT D. G _:TEL„•
Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie of Tor-
canto, arid formerly ,of. Lucknow,
is on an overseas.- 'visit with her
daughter, Miss 'Katherine .Mac-
Kenzie, who is teaching tin. a
school: in Germapy established
for the education of the children
of :Canadian servicemen.,'
Mrs. MacKenzie sailed from
the Band.•
CO.TTAGERS. COMPLAIN OF'
NOCTURNAL••.•BEACH PARTIES_
••
Cottagers at . the end ' of the
Boundary; at Arrberley Beach had
reason to compain this summer,
"and as a: result of the complaint
provincial' police: are reported to
Make, .periodic patrols of . this
section`, of the Beach.
One cottage owner . north of
.the ; boundary road , had a brick
hurled through 'a window and
other windows damaged., ' Some
quite hilarious beach parties were
claimed to have, continued .until
the early hours and private pro-
perty left littered with:refuse and
bottles.• rt was 'also reported that•
a nearby . farmer ''had hisdog
shot:4 .:'
..These caper's led to the ',police
being 'informed;; and.. conditions
are.: said to .have•`improved since
the law ''`looks' in" once: and
-a"V`vhi'l • ' "°•
BRIEFLY. TOLD •
HOLIDAY.
•
HAPPENINGS
•
Ernest (Freck)' Button split th
jackpot at the :Mildmay :Fire
'man's:,Bingo and. won : $500: 'Mrs
George Lockhart captured,One o
the ;'$200 ' prizes. Mrs. Georg
'Fisher' split a $40 game and Geo
"'assail won' a ten spotr,.'•
FOR LOCAL N U RS:E ::
Miss
M Lena •Robinson, Reg 1V:
who has.. been on, the staff .o
Alexandra Marine and General
I'iospit in • Gocterich for : -.51/2
years, has accepted the position
of assistant .superintendent :at
Scott •Mer orialr I3ospital 'in' Sea -
forth. •
Miss ,Robinson' will,
assume her
new.. duties', on : September lst.
She will.conclude' her.duties' at
Goderich on August 1.5th and will
have a brief holiday.' before go-
ing to Seaforth. •
Lena' is a graduate . of Wingham.
General Hospital, and a•'dau'gh
ter of .Mrs. 'Tyndal Robinson • of•
town. .
Katherine:; at. Liverpool and then
went on to• London. They are
spending the month of August.
Reg.N.,
HEAT, DROUGHT
dile ..British :Isles before going
to the continent They`. plan to
:attend the ..musical' festival in
Edinburgh, during the last week
Of‘August "
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CLAN THRILLS•TO'
SCOTTISH SH Ai RS
On July '30th, :.125 :deceridants
of :the late Donald ,and Murdoch
MacDonald' gathered _in the ' ac
customed shady, nook, ori. the farm
of" David MacDonald. It. is 111
years since the. first _generation
came from the. Highlands. ' of
Scotland.. One of the families::of
the third generation was
present,
six 'ii'nuinber"and had.•their pic-
tures ''taken... They :.were : Dan' A.
., . ,+ t ■ . lulae:Donal
d, Tom, Alex, Roddie-
An; unprecedented : drought and
}Teat' wavetfi t corgi -11171Q through
July arid, the first week of ` .Aug-
Aug-
ust was broken on Saturday night
by rain and :gales that dropped
the temperature •back. to •a • fresh
75 degrees on, Sunday.' `.
•Locally .. there :was ' only .96
6.1inches of rainfall during 'July for
I -the third.driest. month on •re'cord,
, ! but for sustained heat -there was
f prdaTiy neverits equal.
e: The average maximum temper-
;-. ature. for' the month 'was 65.27
degrees as: compared with 77 de,,.
grees. a year :ago There • were
t only three days in .' the month
r that the temperature dropped be -
law 80. degrees,.• with eight days
of 90 degrees and: over.: This. was
'climaxed bay a•. week in , August
that saw temperatures' climb to:
the high nineties .accompanied by
an 'oppressive humidity.
Pastures burned up during the
drought 'but:it was' good harvest
weather if men could, endure the
heat, .and craps_ `were :harvested.
at the:.earliest date. in history. In.
ry' few; cases threshing was comp
pleted' in July. •
Use 7,000,000 Gals. of Water
The heat•, wave and drought can'
best" be' 'emphasized Aby The 'fact
:that the.Lucknow 'Water System
pumped almost 7,000,000 gallons
of ,'water during,'' July --to be
exact, ,6,980,540 allon's..
• That figures out at, about 190•
gallons a minute; every minute'
the -month, eel eser, is
close to continuous purnping.. •
With • "an unlimited" 'water
supply at the "'new well south of
the Flaxmi]1, there was no water
shortage locally, arid no restrict-,
ed'hours,
Th'e month's 'consumption .was
..well over double' that of a year
ago :when 3,_000,580 gallons were
* >r *,
Jim Curran got his hand caugh
in a hay baler and' had the finge
nails torn, from'. two fingers on
his left' hand and 'the fingers
lacerated.' He received treatment.
at . Wingham : Hospital and while
'it will.: be some time before t- e
fingerS are healed no .permanent
damage • was•; done:
Omar Brooks of Dungannon;
and iocal Ma e-Harri's agent,
.did extensive damage to his late.
,Model car, when •he :' swung to
'avoid a cornibire corning 'Over the
browof..a hill on the 9th Con-
cession of . West. Wawanosh. Omar
was taken to Wingharn Hospital
but his injuries fortunately did
not proveserious and .he,,•;was
discharged in a day or.. so.'
* *
Hu,ghie ' MacDonald, who is ein-
p'loyed,•.at cement work by Spence
Irwin, had his' hand peel ally 'in-
jured. . hlughie arid Spence were
attempting' to 'load :the mixer,
when Hughie trppecl and in
jumping Creel. ' of the .toppling
mixer; .: ripped 'the back back . 'of.- his
hand open Hughie received
treatment—at . Wingham. Hospital
and has since been on an . eni
forced holiday, but will soon be
able' to resume work.' •
." ,r.
Bo o.-13o1.vrosizi -.1�
been appointed servi•ce manager
at Crossett 'Motors in. \V-ingharn,:
where, Mr, and Mrs. T'3oy]e ,and
two daughters tii`iTX' take up r:esi-
dense. "Jirr;• at one this:, operated
his own garage at. Kin'lough. At
the time' 01 his Wingham appoints
ment, he' was . te-ram.porarily assist-
ing at the' M'a'Ssey-Barris Shop
poi
Ja
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Le;
The
tibe'en
of
the
eptity -returning offiCers �ap
ntcd by' this .are •lred
eksrin, piffling , p g subdivision No.
r hard' .Webster, : -No, 2 and
lice Purees; No. 3. •» '
APpl`ication is. ,be'in ' made to
Municipal' g •
unic'ipal' Board for an' ex-
siori' of one 'Month, 'to Oct-
er. 31st, 1955,.for the return
the assessment roll, on which which was recently opened by.
1958 taxes' are levied, '' Omar Brook's.
PLAN OPEN• HOUSE ' AT
B'AKER PRIVATE. HOSPITAL -
To mark .:the' fourth' anniv..er-
the ,opening �,o..�
.Ary • o. p ane ..f ',Baker's
Private Hospital, open house will
be held. at the jristitution on.
Tuesday evening next, '' August
,16th, from .7;80 to 9.00 km„
A 'cordial,, invitation• is extend-
ed to the public to » visit the'
hospital at that time.
•
of Minneapolis and .Mrs. John
'eamrpl e1-1_. of Harrirltdrf- and"1Vi;rs.'
Annie MacDonald.. There ..:is 'a
growing desire in the, hearts and
.minds of ' some ':of the: younger
members of•: the clan to .know,
more of their ' ancestory`Jand' ,they
tooks.ometime in studying the
family tree •
A program of sports under; the
direction •of. Danny Rase,: Robert
Simpsbn • and` Bilf Harris; : both
old and young .sharing' in, the .ex-
citement:: Soine ,•of the ladies
showed their 'ability in'' "tossing
the slipper". The 'gathering
thrilled to the throaty sound of
:the bagpipes • playedby ' D.:.: A;
',MacLennan;'; Sandy' MacOonala
and John ' MacRae, The Tatter
sang two Gaelic songs .which was
much ppreciated: '• Little : Joan
GIacDld an•d. Finlay MacLen-
nan delighted' everyone with the
dai*ing of. the Highlang fling to.
the music of the pipes.:Aleat Mae-,
Donald; in his 'ev.er.,capable':man-
ner,• gave ,several violin select-
ions and played for• the ' squara
dances ,and Scotch.' reel. •
D. A. MacDonald kept. his. usual
close check . on :the register `by;
which, year ; after .year, he ' gets
the 'names of those' present.'
A ,surnptuous supper was sery
ed by 'the ladies with an abund.
ance• of ice:.:cream and treats for
the children ' given out by Tom
1Vlaclonald, •
Special awards included, • the
cold.est-person--prc ent,;-1 11�iac=
Donald, who is still ' alert ;and
active; little Marion Isabel Mac-
Donald, daughter:of Mr. and Mrs.
David ]MacDonald, the youngest;
Mrs.' Roddie MacDonald, Minne-
apolis, ,'the most popular; Donald
MacKenzie; •Banff, having ' cootie
the 'farthest.
Others . from a' distance were,'
Mr. and 1VIrs. Tom Lennie and
Bob Lennie, Weston; Mts. Mac -
Naught,: • Mrs. MacQueen:
John, Campbell,
tampbell; „ , Harr'r'lton; . �5r •.
and Mrs: Ford. and famil;V, Ford-
wic�h; George Blue and Marjory,
and Mary Edith Agnew, Detroit.
;Mrs: Margaret MacKenzie, Mrs.
Fisher and- 'Kenneth, Montreal;
'Jean !VI acD(¢r`i�ald, New Hamburg ;
Mrs. Ladd and daughter, Palmier-
st.bn; Mabel and Salina MacDon-
ald, Windsor; Louise MacDonald,
Detroit •
TEN PAG1wS,.
HON RED ON THEIR
GOLDEN`WEDDINC
A very 'pleasant afternoon and
evening were spent on Wednes-
day, August .3rd, at the. home of '
Mr..and' Mrs Thos, Blake of Ash-
feld Township; v�her�- they -cele.= :'
:prated .their fiftieth .wedding an-
niversary; In their honor "open'
,house'-' was held for, many friends
and neighbors who -Called, to ex..
tend ";congratul. •.ns .' and • .` best `
Wishes. The bricand groom of .. •
fifty years ago, received several,
Gpeautiful gifts, ' a large basket of •
mums and gladioli from Blake's
church,' a scroll from the Ontario
Government and many cards.
The living' room was decorated . .
with fifty yellow gladioli, a gift:
from their grandsons. The din:-
ing
in=ing room table was..;most attract- •
rye, " centred • with. a ' three -tired
wedding •cake around which was
yellow • toile caught up .at inter-
vals, with .y.ellpw gladioli buds, '
During .the afternoon Louise'
Andrew and . Mary Alton. played,
soft . music:•. Dr.: J. Little, with his..
violin andwith accompaniment.
by • Mr. Elmer Umibach, graciously
entertained everyone in the even-
ing. 'Singing was capably led by,
Mrs., J Wr•. Joynt. Mr. S.' . B.. '
Stothers made ' a humorous; and ' .-
appropriate 'speech, .'then called
on Mi s. ]Evert Altc,n,; •:Mrs. Frank.' .,
Fair, Mr, E i3 ake, 'Mr. William
Andr ew and :Mr.• Elgin McKinley.
Born in Kinloss Townsn p, Mrs.'
Blake was ,formerly Clara Web
ster; daughter of the • late Mr. •
and. Mrs.. James Webster, Mr. and
Mrs Blake were,: married :at her
home rby Rev: Millard of Lu ;l- ..
now 'United. -Church, .assisted by
Rev. ':Smith ; of Ashfield,-. 'Miss •
Hazel Webster was flower • girl.
At '.73, .•Mrs: Blake''is, still. active,
enjoys: flowers and- likes -•cookin
t;
Since their marriage they have
lived on the ;' old, homestead on
the . 9th Concession where Mr:'
Blake, now 78, was born. Mr:
Blake still enjoys playing the'
piano and. singing
Mr.. and :.Mrs...Blake have two,..
daughters, who were both hoine
for the -Occasion, Mrs, Grace 'Mac-
Iver. and -,Miss Olive Blake There__
are• tkiree. ,grandsons; Johan, Ron'-
ald . and Donald MacIver:
TO BE 'WED'. A N D
R:E•
SID
OVERSEAS
Sentinel readers note with, in-
terest: h t ?ire',: N;ch„i_s;n-relder-._
daughter -of Mr: and 'Mrs. Sandy
Nicholson, formerly 'of Luckncw,
i,;, !being` marz<ied. in • England in
August. She has been a . frequent
visitor.' : ;et• the ..home ' of . Mrs:
_Archie. • MaelntY• reg and the= --late;
Mr. MacIntyre, her, uncle and,
aunt. •
'
Ruth graduated from , Napean;,
High School •• at Ottawa and en
tered .the University of Toronto
with a scholarship `in' English
and History.. • Later • she transfer- •
red to , the' University of New
Brunswick where she received:
her B.A. and= M,A;-.(H (History) -She -�
.was awarded a" Beaverbrook
•Overseas'Scholarship and studi'e'd...
ntkrroliology, leading to her de- '''
gree, 'at. tie ,London School of
Economics. •
(Ruth and her, mother sailed
for England on 'the•. Empress o,
France on August: 2nd. •
-After her' ,marriage on the 15th,
Ruth and her' husband, 14tfgh''Pol- •
lock Dibbs, B.Sc., Ph.D., will be
living' at Harwell, ` England,
where Dr. nibabs is .'working , on
a ' research project in 'connection'
Mrs: with ilio
use • of atomic energy'
in
'the treatment ; of cancer.
Ruth's cousin; Alex ;MacIntyre,
who is studying medicine at`Ox
far d �Uniyersity; ._��as t:....',have •
given . the "'bride away s
the
bride's d'ather is unable to attend
the wedding.: Alex was not able
to be there`'eithei°' as..he was sad-
ly bereaved by the death of . his
father' and flew home to ' attend'
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