The Lucknow Sentinel, 1955-12-14, Page 1194
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Mr. a.nd Mrs. Thomas• 'field of of H'olyrood were left homee
less, and ' without a , business :last
Friday morning, when fire gut-
,' ted ' their combination store, .gas..
;.age 'and 1i'viing .quarters The
estrous loss, estimated at $10,000.
was • partially covered • by incur
arise. Cause of the blaze was be-
lieved to' be defective Wiring,
1VLrs. Man: field discovered' the
outbreak about 7.30 a.m. upon,
rising, She had, turned on .the
power for the. gas pumps, and.
according to hydro 'men it is be-
lieved that the extra surge of
power caused,: the .smouldering
fire to burstinto flames,, and•
ignite . the 'partition' 'between the
store and garage. Mrs. 'Mansfield
immediately summoned her hus-
• band, and .they • succeeded in re-'
,moving a •car and tractor. from
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quie t,y that ,they, were unable '.to
get •back :into the • house because
of dense 'smoke:
Lucknow Fire Brigade 'respon
a ded. to. the ,alartri, • but •wor,,e.
, harxipered by choking, snigke Tiny.
';pinning down the origin of:the
• . blaze. Fire spread 'quickly ` thru work
.
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.,, WEDNE$1j:AY, DEC. 14th, 1955
Home
Rebuil
'GOES TO MANITOBA AT:
CONCLUSION OF ITIS LEAVE•.
Bob , Morton ..1.8. -year-old
: son
of Mr. and ``Mrs. lbert' Marton;'
is sAend.ing a • 21 -day leave. • at
home here. Bob has. been at the
`R.C.A•F.,' station • at Camp Bei. -
den, where he successfully cone-
.
ple.ted he : group one examina-
tions
'of a munitions and weap-
ons course in which he is special
i
in
. as. been in the • •Air' •
Force ,fora year...
Bob will .be. home for ,Christ- Nix's. George Fisher of White!.
1? White=
vias andthe• day after: leaves for church is supplying, at St 'Hel-
the 'MacDonald, Manitoba, base, .ens .School Until . Christmas
where .
to he .will take field' work
FREE SHOWS SATURN -AY
AT` THE PLAYHOUSE •
Lucknow' ' Business Men's. As-.
caion' is sponsoring free mat-
inees this Saturday for children
of the town , and ',country. . The
film' is most appropriate for the'
.occasion, -being-Walt Disney's ad--
ventures : 'of lvhabod, and ,Mist'er
Toad with song and story by
Bing Crosby and Basil •'1R,athboi e:
There will :be a ,morning show
at 10.00 for `town children, , With
a 2,00 showing.'#or' children from
the rural area.. .
It is,' important that ,town
children attend the morph* per-
orrnance. •
This' ' show will also run'for
three eligh.ts Thursd'ay;. Friday
SO t
and, Saturday
in connection •with' the : course.
•
KIDDIES 'CAUGHT
M. HENDERSON IN CHARGE,there is no further • need of :• a
SANTA SHOR
OF CO-OP 'PROPANE SERVICE
• T Manse here as the •.actor of the
AUSTIN • MARTIN HEADS
BRUCE COUNTY FEDERATION
Austin 'Martin .of, Huron Town
ship was last . week elected : presi
dent of 'the Bruce County• Fed-
eration of Agriculture. Austin
has been very.' active in. Junior
Farmer and Agricultural' Society
activities. • since he was , a' lad,
interest'•and ''energetic pro-.
:motion in•,these andother organ.
•izations well qualifies hi ,1' •for
the • presidency . of the - County
group. The vice president is P.
A. Murray of• Kinloss Township.
SOUTH KI'NLOSS.
MANSE IS SOLD
The • South Kinlpss Presbyter-
tan: Manse has been sold to Gar-
net '• Henderson,, '. local • C.N.R.agent,' who' gets. ;immediate pos's-
ession.. • • . .,
With' South Kin.ioss congreg'a-
tion: having become .a .part of the'
Whitechurch - Langside charge,
Lucknow Diset Co-op •is, new
,.
a distributor for propanegas,:and
Murray.: Henderson, who eecently
joined, .the Co-op , staff; will be.
charge of installations . and•
service Murray will take a sped=
,ial course.to qualify him for this
Santa Claus carneto; town .last`
Saturday for his annual visit
and. was greeted by an Unusually
big crowd which lined.; the.. streets
throughout the business 'section.
S'o big was the' turnout that.
Sante's':suppler of candy bags;, for
the children ran : short, • to' 'the
the house portion, and a tar roof As well disappointment not only. of the
as disti'b t y
with asbeatos siding> (prevented . •..
p pane
the flames from "b'reaki•ng of h
.:through". Walls,:, insulated • with that
wood shavings, increased : the •
e oke',problem for firemen:
''About 9.00 a.m., when • neigh,..S'A�
bouring: . farm bu;ildiiigs ' were
'.thought to.. be in danger, Iocal AT
• residents •turned in, an alarrn to . `. ••
the Ripley Fire `i3rigade. Ri'pley,' Orr
along, with Lucknow, continued
to fight the • •three and one-half the ,
• hour blaze. • W. McClean and H. L. ,Jennings, den • MacPherson, . ,was escorted'
When • the fire i rally celebrated the . Sacrament . of front the High School by : a par
brought under control. the living Holy, Com!inenion for:. the pat=' eci of.floats. Heading 'the pro-
quarters,•'with all' of Mr. and:.:'Mrs..ierits at the''Bak'et:• Private•, Hos-:cession' 1A -as the'Fire.'Trruck, and;
Mansfield's personal 'belongincf ; , petal • the Lucknow District H i g h'
were Lredu ,, ;•_ •. ,••... Thiity � et,ientse and. ,Mrs. •E. School-. Ban :. Five- cErd to .charred iubi�lc. p , d ,.ve attractive.
Some. salvaging was possih.le, •til' � :Ba}�ei; as' telt as ,the ,clergy, floats With fairy tale: and Christ.
the :store' and, garage,' with little: received., the , sa,crarrient. This ..mac: motifs, ••' veye • : next in'line.
•actual fire dernage• .done.. to• the
garage ertion. •
,Lucknow : Fire' Brigade used
b
for the first'time•.,the' new .port
?able pump. recently joi.ntiy, pur
chased" •.by Kinloss,* Ashfield and
Muting :pro t kiddies who .:missed 'Out on their
, the Co-op .rias. a'.full .line i.,, , . The Manse•was, tenanted• until
treat init. also . tai the Business: recently •by Mr, and Mrs., Archie
ousehold' and farm .appliances Men's 'Association which 'spore= Smith and.fa
use propane gasp:roily.
cored' the event. . Drew ,Brick; From Kincardine`•
• • At that,', there were'more bags The.- South .:Kinloss • Manse
CRMEIlT HELD- th:an usual prepared, but'•distri- was:.;:built bythe ,�
. congregation
but.on.• is 'a .difficult 'probleni, during the ministry of Rev: Dun-`
BAKER '..HOME : find there . •a r'e always those who' can ;Cameron who—was-•-i-ndu-cted-
try: to push ' in for s'ierne,.extra .at•:South :Kinloss •in• 1872 'azid
Fii'day : afternoon, 'Decent- . bags '.nd Often succeed. : reach. in
th, the clergy iif• Lucknoy��,. Santa, who -Without the "pot". F ed both.• English 'and.
p r Gaelic.. The• brick far the.new
R•everends G. A. Meiklejohn,: could; have been; taken for Ger- Manse .were drawn from Kin
sardine by Me. of the crrngr�e-
gation;.
I�'l"t C m' e.. ..resi. es.. 'at
hitechurch. .•
South Kinloss congregation
was. `wi'th;out' a resident minister
since the •departure: of Rev. 'G.. •
S. Baulch :who -Ministered tothe
two-point: charge of ,Kinlough
and South Kinloss. Kinlough is
now a , part , of. the •.Teeswater
charge, ' • •
• -West ••Wawar osii Townships; The
:pump_' was used '•throu shout'. th'e
• entire fire, and •.did an excellent
job of: pumping water to the
:truck from the ditoh 'on the opt
`` —esdelte 7§,ide of rhe. road. ..
Will Rebuild '
• Present plans of Mr. and Mrs.
,Mansfield are.• to rebuild, `and. : Mrs: David • Cailtit•hers end Howard' Cowe had a hand• in
they have commenced:: to c'lean. her .three daughter, ,had . a 'laar- Hcrt�'ar Cowan had a hand in
up the.debris.' Jinn f�'D'( nnell' pro- ro�v '$scarce fern sphvxii>'tion•• b3' bel ging' with.' this float,
vided the homeless: couple With -Coal: gas' filmes at' thele borne in • lit second lilacs, winning S10,•
temporary living aceorriodation at Ripletr recently: The Carr'trtlaei s
was the Legion Auxiliary float,
hi$'': residence, and plans are be-• fa'mil'y mo ed afrom Kinloss to'. chip ,ctinr the Nativity : 'scene.:
ging Made to move .into a. trailer Ri ley
following' their bereave- Mai';• ,was den,irted by; Mrs.. Wm.
,'Owned .b •', ' *epyilald, ' Joseph by° Melvin
y' Jim Boyle. '` • ' • • , ment caily..'this yc.�ti 'wheel, . N1i. .
Friends and neighbors., of , the Carr itther s died'',;ucideraly: f.i°sten, a Hodgins and. the , • Three Wise•
fire victims. rallied to, their .as- : heart. seizure '' ' Men ,by, Kenneth `' MacDonald,
'sistance andorganized a%fire sale It was 8-titeai•,old• :Janet, who••.%fou;; • Schniid..and ;John. Thom
in the Holyrood Hall 'on Satur- probably, saved the family. She ,con
day eveni>i Thet liail� was (ion- aroused 'duriri f the .night, #E el-
Third. place, with a pri'ze.' of
g. €
'ated free of, chaege.Quite 'a ':sub- is ill snd 'awoke her mother; e5.0(l, .wa: awarded the Holyrood
stai:rtial .slim wag realized. with Uponn l'at•i in . Mrs, ' Carle: tl ei' .yeomen's Institute,. which had an
trctTOreer Francis .Bo Ie..sd l.rng calla sed�"r hd J"grief""Chen wo1 t t!';Ectrvt Ghristlras-•-scene: •mhcre
the' bullta of: the groceries and her "pwo. older 'sisters, ; Anle.lia ct'i:is •little to' choose between this
gg
• garage supplies: •-' ..' arid' Mar;lyrt, end the two other float, one by
.'' Mr: and • 'i is sd on ill°' way .Yet•'rion '.Hunt is .;`children • ` as
�� .F d Mrs,. XV1aii>'field rainy Ainclra • c ollaa. C
tri' the 'Holyrood ...store about.1 r - clown stairs; ltiid uffci ed: a• dee. •"T1lc Toy Makers", and: another
wear.' the ' Ch ristm i Scene showin �a faroe
._., .. s,. ago..frorn .....t�.rthui..-.t3rss .E,ol.�llcd a�t.c.. from �t, }ilcrtt _:ern tk�E .,. _._.: • _ _ .. g _ ... .
• trict. ;- . - • ,suffr 'iert: e i rl y-•: with its Christmas tree ' be-
They boa ht t•h€i btisrrr(=ss lralintstr r S'il�� revtti ed z.
eerwice: is • undoubtedly unique •in'
the histo'ry•sof.'''the•i communit\•.
The service. .u'sed was an inter -
Then • . sante'.. •a new Ford ' front
Montgomery Motors, followed by
Santa Claus,: who had' unhitched
denominational service, usein his reindeers .and. mounted his
the; armed :forces, sleigh • on the Lucknow Co. -op
After the service the,. clergy truck.
visited the patients .ar?ci were.. Prizes Awarded' ,
ehownsome of the modern equ;,:i- . First pi••iee ':of : $15.00 was' •ward;-
rent, by "Mr.' Baker. ' ' ' to 'the, S. C. Rathwell: and • Son
and Lorne Reid float,. depicting
M LS.S-:•:•:D EAT H 'FROM. f:he "Old% Lady Who Lived In The
•Shoe e: ancy• Webster with,
COAL. 'GAS' FUMES her. "So. Mane Children She
Didn't Know • 'What' Tb ,�Do?',
•
•
ier
• . frirni :George. Litz: lv` td get to tlic .tel pl'ione to in -' r fere, the f'i .place. This" was the
g
get
• --.-..� clir��:i'tr� '. something .'yt a:s,• Wrong.; Luc{• F'oi•t�'.tE•r5 float with' M.r:•
'. ChlitISTM �. • , : w :r, r�` it )r, J.: B. '1"vn- ; ,jn(, , Way n(Ytr as the molter ,
• _, AS GiRUIF,'I'II\fi
• ISSUE i . • v 1 F3ec•ta1 e of their '.worthiness
Si I..Nt;KT WEEK rltirll tt•1l(r 1(�ndrr(td trrxc�i•t;cmi�, ,
Ea�• .
A
The next- i-ss;;u S !•. _ . - •
l)c:c on:Lber .21st will ccii:i v C11riet
reels greetings 'from iier ('harts..
ma.nufacturer•s,and ',others ' ctS
tier
cratedWWstla.:.tho.. b-t>rs uaes,s;J: Cc= •
"tr itnicri4 ilei i'�i( ntta-rrititee'lvr . eiele eriies were also awarded
f . c;'liath- to the Hunter a
-•rir-.�il -1 1
r�rl1
i, , ,
_crf •ti
rid Forester floats.
reern in
the tali shattered Boat prizes • ware,. •donated by
_.. sees 1. resin ; a egt over Th' Clansmen, with Cameron
h( €.fir r 'theD. nald, ` W, A Porteous 'and
til per that r°(•chilled • ;�r.vr'ral y
os , l r C.,Tll"nn1'pson acting as judges..
n
1
A cr � the wa
s we Tm st-
,• a o
.;' s Y ,
•n 111r r� 3'
r. .r
''„ .. , r e "Who, forgot these two clowns, Howard
and. '�,i.�.• 'Allan :Vir,lvE.i,.• 'c o
Cowan• • , ,. ..
�E'cq d(itr; nstctli's in,. another batt Cand Mervin Solomon.
s} 1 ei e riot ni uch a f- Hows'rd was hi jacking a sa.Jer iii
of t.hr. ilott. c, r�
`,ri`• h t t' 1'uines. y4ltstih pen a whrt?Tharrow, wrth Mery trot
f(c.t€ b the ting aloes; with a hand-sle'i' h
., r , tee upstairs where g,
E. tir.rt(t�l
a' f 1. t
: l0 1 o Ola t
c o it.
V c•rirrii'nunaty. , {
Anyone acsirrtig a Christmas,
greeting 'advertisement,•:; whorri'I
e have not had • tine, or ;Leen•
4ahle' to .c'on'tac't', should• • l lece'i
their order by Saturday of ,his. i
week' at to 'latest`
'1 trrttuf.i(r. i.a t
• •Xen.r ethr•'re• felrely, , slept, ,
Ie recent years; many improve-
ments have • been in'ade •te , •the
Manse to• Maintain. . it in first
class ' condition..::,
ENGAGEMENTS .`
Mr.::: and 'Mrs. John . H. Curran
announce 'the •' engagements of
their• daughters, Ruth Eileen o'
Mr.' ,Kenneth. Irvine Oke, soil .of
Mr.' and Mrs Irvine Oke of God-'
erich; and Sylvia Annabelle, to
Mr. James Edward Johnston; Son
of Mr. John. M Johnston.• of God
Erich and the .,late Mrs: Jobe::
ston. The • double wedding will:
beheld on December 31st
'. TWELVE 'PAGES \,
SHERWOOD. FILLS
COUNCIL°VACANCY
Aside .fromtown officials and
the' piiess, only five ratepayers ,
.attended.' `last Friday night's
nomination meeting. It was the •
Second nomination 1t1 less than
two :weeks. and was, required to
'fill' one vacancy on. the 'Council
Board, resulting from the .retire-
ment :of s iCpuncielor V. ;A.` Maly -
bray.`
Samuel Sherwood, : 77 -year-old
veteran • of ',many years of muni-
cipal . work was elected' by ae-
claination pn a motion 'by Gor-
don
' Montgomery and William
Brown. His 'was •the only' nomin
atign for• the vacant position;
Mr< Sherwaod is, •commencing,
his eleventh•. year '.in muiaic:pal
life. He was Deputy'. Reeve in
Ashfield; Township ` in., 193.5 and
1936, serving under Reeve .Mttr:clo
Matheson.:• In those days Ashfield
sent- the reeve and deptuty..reeve
to County Council, butbe.a:.t e
of a decrease in the number of.
votersthey now have no de, utv
_li „W
this he served on 'the Ashfield'
Township Council.
After moving to the village,
Mr. Sherwood Tater Served on. ,
the Village Board for two years •
under Reeves :J.. W. 'Jo3'nt and.
Austin Solomon. He 'was ed;'ed°,
out;in a 7 -man election for Coin=
cil :in January` 1949 when. the
Board was 'composed of Coun _. il•=
lors �J. C McNab, Ernie Craw-
ford', I 'F: Button 'and 'Lery
Downs.
HELD HOSPITAL SER VIC':
Rev. Merman' 'Caswell; oa :or
of - the Whtechurch,. Iangs' _te
South KinleSs charge, holds e'er-
ship services ..at: the .Baker' 1 ei-
'nate Hospital: every other 'S.on-
day:, eeening: .L:zet Sunday, ;'tr•:
and Mrs„ Philip, Steer eetreg . a
duet. Rev. Caswell';;' mother,
patient at, the liosnital.
:NATIVE •OF LANGSIDF
PASSEDAWAY'• AT .DETRCr
• -.Th.e deathoccurred at' •Det-oit
.of` Mrs: Otto r:Mi11er,.' who was .
formerly Ruth McKinnon,' d ,u -
Otter '.of the: •Tate.IV1r: and • Lirs.•
�`illan' 1M?cKi,nnon Of, : •,the
side community,':where she.`'.'ae
born.: Her. .death l'rrtln�zn�i' •
•
lengthy • illness.
• •Archie •MeKinnon • 01' Teestt,at-
er' is. a.'.brother,' Mrs.. Peter:'. Mac-
Donald of ` -Wingham and Mess
Ruth McKinnon of . London•' are,
nieces
Upside Down` In Creek,
Mother rescues Six ,���il�ren
The Sentinel..has just - learned.
the details of a' miraculous
escape • from injury or death, es
a`' heroic mother rescued • her ''six
children from. 'their carr•, which•
was upside -`down in. a creek' 'on
the ''8th Concession of Kinross.
141s. 'Walter Forster '(formerly
Isabel • !Colwell) of ";near. Ripley::
'was ''enroute .to Kinlough with
-five' eof Ise Teelnildren•' w _-4vi�re
to tale their music.' leesone' a'
Mins Edna Bcyle's, Mrs. Fnres-
.'ser also had with her theijr. tv o••
months -old daughter,
Near _' the. - Robert' a o :
. .� t M4.t.D - i'i.ilci
farm on thc 8th Con., Mrs. For-
steir' .strive k •':tome .' ice,. The 'Car'
clewed out' of. control, .struck the
bridge 'abutmer�it , and : tot pled
overt , with • the ' four wh'rYol:c. in
the • air. A ;few fret far:tlrer and
the car roiled hay ' 1;rCc� _ill des. ±:_
er: water, and •a major' ti•iigedy'
could scarc(ily' 11 it r' t,. , ly•(,(,
escaped: • ,.
lr7 landing on its top tide door
ori The dr ivei"s sick* Of t}•.Er.:c•ar
— i Coach --�- spiune open.' .rinE?
.while. it could net. be `'v tine W;r• r
it • did allow sufficient space fors •
Mrs, Pc:tester• to' escape • and fill's=
by'n e
e'
n h lbe '
d th(*• si:< children
from the cer.as they floundered
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vYYlk aria*. ia.-i
ayrr
AM1MMt__ .Y11G.
in 'nitrd and water and • with:
Writer a considerable height with'.
in the car. , •
The baby was being :,held: by •
her brother -Bobt y in 'the. fr int
seat and' these two wore the •last•
to be rescued; ;Mrs. Fer:dtei• was
becoming frantic• by this time, as.
she couldn't, seem to, los,- e i he
little 'tot Just as 41nc rti� _the
baby ' out, •'Jack Scott end' aloe ,
Fludder tit' ,Rei t�,l, e w irill.pe:ted
'along sand . Jake rail . with .the
coraked • infant ' to` the :l cieDon'ild
Lente where it eye,: mein trip
feet .ix1. t,:�arni b', nit lit . E;:1 t ,. : :..
c} .as
none the w'ors(� ii`r' t1ht, c f•p •ri-
,er_cc
i3.r}.i1)y, ho i;E.vei• }lee
, c ]i.t(3r
it'f'i t
fracture and • let;:: thew c,,•in'1,
in: ri c•ti e, •_ art c . 1 }k, a e,,s ,
anEl'a bird feieh,t t!ic' i ,t ('s'�`r,•r€•.•r'1
..lir :}fur' • _� ] _ .,.,:. � ,.
1idn1cLul' f; nils to he i411 iti};ve
send we`ll.• The free teat,' the kir
;'Cit' darlla C;E;'C1 b€?4•f,ricl
r tee
stir little c onsf-Ctuc ic.�r iti t,le_LG-.€;-.._.__
of their n i.r::ctrlcrus esee';.'.
Members c':f the 'family in he M
-car' besic1 -s. fhrY MothlT'r, rr •ire
Annetta, Bele Ca°oly�n.
ilarbaea,• and. wee :Dofin.da, t,•ho
'was two .rnontlis 'old 'the d.cv .at-
ter the •mishap. •