The Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-03-14, Page 11.4
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. _ LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MARCH. 14, 1956
Wallace Black Fataily .Jnjured
In. eek -End •HighwayiA�cc�dent
Wallace Black,, a natives of
Ashfield Township and a :fe m-
er resident ' of Lucknow, was.
fatally injured .in a highway ac-
cident near ;Stoney Creek a 'few.
Minutes .after midnight ,ori Sat
urday . •
Wallace i reported to have
been waiking alo
g . ng the highway
to get, aid after his car had
stalled. He suffered ' severe head
injuriesand died. ";at 1.55 ; a.rn.,,
less than an hour after being
admitted to Hamilton • .General
Hospital.
Disrupted telephone -service re..
stilted in the word beirig re
ceived here by his brother Roy,
through Provincial Police ' offi-
cers cer,s in Kincardine, acardia°; 'Vriho had
first contacted Constable Alex
Iav'enss Roy was informed of
the tragedy about 7.00 a.m,; Sun-
day..
Wallace Black was in his ,•59th:
ear : r e,..wa o U .
9urteeri children. of ' -Mr.
Mrs. John W. "Black,' Concession
2, Ashfield; ; and ,Wallace's death
is the firstbreak in the fainily'I
of eight brothers, andsix: sisters;
apart ' from tWhis .who' .died in
infancy° '
` ` About 32years, ago' .Wallace
and' Roy came to 'Lucknow,:upon:
purchasing the •:dray business.'
from th'e ..Ritchie Bros., whi:oh
they . later disposed .of ; .to. Allan
MacTavish Wallace ' was ` •then
employed for several„ years .with
Imperial. Oil..' He was a .. jolly,
rollicking }chap who made many
''friend$. ►
The funeral-•rservrce -••was con=•
:.ducted at ,the Lodge Funeral
'Home,-Goderich, on Tuesday af-
1or'nt on ,conducted• . by, -. • Rev;
George, Watt' ' of Dungannon:
United Church. Interment term
eat
was in
Dungannon . Cemetery With . •six
brothers; Lloyd; Cecil,'. Case
Howard, :Roy Nand : Viotoract'ing.
as pallbearers.
"Surviving 'besides ° his wife,
Mrs. Gladys (Errington) ',Black
of Goderich, ,are three daughters,
`Mrs.' Harry (Louella) . Hamilton,.
of Grand Bend; Mrs. Floyd (Mar-
. jorie) Carter of Clinton and Mrs.
• Gerald (Buelah) Lasseline, of
Goderich; three sons, Fred of
en-.;Sound Newton ---of r Sarnia
and Reginald- of Acton.
Surviving also are seven broth-
ers, .Cecil of near -.Listowel, ,Case'
of Hitehener, Roy of .Lucknow;
Lloyd, Howard, Victor and •E1 -
mer of the Dungannon district
and six:sisters, Mrs. Will * Petrie
(Lizzie),. Dungannon; Mrs. Clar-
ence Dunlop :• (Lavi'na); of Pine
River; Mrss. George Glenn .(Mar-
Raret), Goderich; :• Mrs.' Allan
Watson (Olive), Carlow; Mrs.
Howard' Johnston (Ruth); • Ash-
field; Miss Melinda •Black Dun-
gannon.c
UNDERWENT OPERATION
:Mrs. G. A. Meiklejohn• under-
went an appendectomy in ' Wing
ham Hospital on Friday. after-
•noon •arid is `convalescing favor-,
ably. Mrs. Meiklejohn-.and •oun
'ri Paul. returned from London
the previous
'Mr.' Martin MacLeod . of Chi;.
cago is spen ding • a
couple • o
fweeks here with his sister;. Miss MacLeod.Mr: MaeLeod isconvaleseing -after
being seri-
ously ill with pneumonia. He
compani'ed, Bert, -Bain ro ac
•don:who-sy� ,. m
here with lei a couple of days
with his brothers W. J. and
'Hossack. Bain. . -•
MARK DIAMOND •.
ANNIVERSARY'
•Mr. • and Mrs. George Fraser,
formerly., of Kinloss :., Township;
marked:. their diamond': wedding
at their home at Reston, -Mani
MAILING. •LIST CORRECTED;
ACCOUNTS BEING • SENT
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and a.' 'glance at • your label
date' on this issue 'will `tell -
• subscribers how their sub-
scription' stands:.
"55' meansthe
.subscription
exFired at.. the end of. last
Resigns, Has Taught. 26
Miss Beatrice McQuillin, who
is completing •her twenty-sixth
year` as teacher in her home
,school at St. Helens, S.S. No. 4,
West Wawanosh, has tendered
her resignation, .effective ,at the
..t
end' ofhe present term iJune.
Miss McQuillan. • is. resigning'
December, r due to : ill •,health: She "'taught for.
e e r, and any :month.- sixteen:years : as
Prior to� .. Walborn.
, assistant .teach-
. p that . 'n -a .L.
..die tes the . er ,in the':two-morn: school � and„
subscription ' , is.. that' much.. ' for •ten' °'� ears
farther in . arrears. o f y bas been ,principal .
1 S.S. No. • 4, w h11i ch is now
. I
Failure to 'renew prompt ' one -teacher sch 1
1y. is generals due to neglect •
or oversight, add in order to •
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advance basis, subscription
statements are currently be-
ing• ,issued. for' all subscrip
tions that expired up to De-
cember 31st; 1955
Your prompt attention to
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toba,• on . Friday, Febrtiary 24th
•TEN PAGES:
..Years In Home k chool
,Miss McQuilliin; w o is a dau-
ghter
of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. McQullin, ,, received her •..
primary education at • ,St. Helens,
attended..' Lucknow . High School
:and is a .gracl ate of .',Stratford
Normal.
She • taughi at
C , .
l' ameron s'
Schoo
;.-$.S." No.' 3, •West•.. Wa va
nosh and .at $,S..: No. ''3, ,K rtlass
•(10th. `Concession „ School)' prior .'
to accepting. the' position iher
home school:
GRAN) MASTER GOES . 'IS IN FINAL YEAR AT
W NEXT WEEK
!'COLUMBIA. UNIVERSITY
George E. ' Harrison of 'Huron
•Township, who is • Ontario Grand
Master 'of the LO:Q:F.., , •will be
in Winnipeg , next week to rep-
resent' Ontario 'at
the• . session of
the .Grand Lodge •of Manitoba:
Mr: Harrison returned last
To mark the noteworthy event FLEW TO NEWFOUNDLAND 1 week from .0.tour of the Niagara
U DLAND district . •• and visits to Toronto,
a - reception • 'was held .° in the•
a . ted Church parlors f Mrs �G ` Kitchener, :Hamilton, .and other
or ords�n_
.a
her ,�ai�ed ;to- sex-� .,S;t..•Jo'hns, Newfoundland, �eseption
4
� �:PT
9 G!Wt
, 1E .,4{y. `j'.. .: •°, t:. i,. .... ., • - alb Q�i •+ �� '� >.4,. ',
tend b at was held • b. the
est; wishes..A': family the week -end for,,, an" ,'indefini .t.' y lodges of Dis-
y diri-to act 24 when'. the G rand Master
ner followed at which there visit with.' her `mother,
were fort en ht : who is: was presented• with an engraved
y- g guests, critically ill. She was 'a�ccompan pen set;
Mr. Fraser was sed ..by. :her year - daughter, . dau ' H ;arr.
.one of eleven g •Mr ..Hison will be at' `Barrie'
children of Mr. and Mrs. '.Wm, Margaret, while James . 'remain- and Oshawa this 'Week -end Fraser; Who farmed on Can ed at. home with his lDad, k end �}a
6; KinYoss, where Mr.. anal Mrsr left. b fey
y., plane tragi}. �1VIalton on
ri' ay. morning. . Gordo . t ,
rs:, on. gomery ,;by': phone
ay o earn o
Mrs. George Liriley of Detroit.
spent :a .week in New York. City •
visiting her son Wilfred. . Snider.
w
.ho is in' his final - year � at Col-
uin�bia University.
She awas accompanied by Mrs.
Margaret 'Malloy of Detroit Who
sailed. 'March 5th on the ship
Tralafuss for Reyjavik,, Iceland,' '
toeld-•atten . .,.
contracted
polio.
Wilfred" is the only :. gran'dson
of Mrs. Josephine ,: Cameron of '
Belgrave. and the, late Kenneth
Carneron of:Lucknew. '.
•e
fore leaving for Winnipeg.,
' He called•. here' " BARN �l�/AS BAD .
E111gtt.,Carruthers• •riow reside.F d last � week: on LY
de. n con act- his ' aunt and • uncle, Jennie and
4Mrs.,'Fraser. 'was. the ed M M t Noble. Pie WRECKED .BY WIND
former Pierce. _ •. N
Catherine; Gollan daughter' of on Sund t ' 1 f thea safe
Mr,• an '.arrival I •Number one
d Mrs. .�1 casual
Thomas • Gollan of l tw .from
Sunday's ' cyclonic gale was the
the.. Second Concession.: � The '
Were : married at one `
They PLAN RED
YEAR'S .STINT LABRADOR. barn' of •. Harold ,Stanley on the
bride's home .CROSS :. : ,IN ABR�nOR: Second ''Coneessiori, which• was
sixrty. years ago, acid went West /
•TO RETURN' HOME FROM
sixty daears to'take u a hW BLITZ THURSDAY FiO•:Sh•irie M.
me-
_ ,.:. P. . .� aha
y. Robinson,
wh
stead as pioneer residents, of the " s been 'a member •of th`
steston district.:.. Canvassers liave been. a oin ._ ing, staff ..'
the RCAF hospital
pp t g, f at
• Mr. and Mrs,' Fra z: ed: for .the, ;annual funds drive l at Goose , Ba . fo
ser •ha•ve two for ! the Lucknow and '•Vicinit . is :sch'ed Y r the past.yea
sons and' three daughters all liv-„I
Branch- : of y
uled •to • be posted to th
g
�n , the West.:.., son,; Dr. Wrri: the, .Canadian •'Red RCAF': station at Aylmer;"the' lot
Fraser; died 3si �. A s w .Cross; and a house-to-house. blitz ter part •of '.April.
is ..p larined fo :
1Vtrs. . ,Tyndal •• .Robinson :• : • : P , ., , ,, . r Thursday'- aftgr- . ..In notifying- :us of .: her, Pend
of noon by this. group of . volunteer in chane of .address,,P b
Lucknow is a sister of•<Mr Fras-. workers :' •n F10. Rob
er:, There" � are . two other sistersinson penned . this note'; •
Hiving; Mrs. Torn... The job not be cleared "The Sentinel •
Lockhart :(An- has been one. of
m
rise) in the Wes t •and, Mrs..Laur- up all ..�at once :;and some of the° my main, sources� of.; :news from
pita Freed . of. Detroit., canvassers .,may. have to call at home' durin�g'rny'year's tour of
The only other li of •• Member' other tunes, but generally' speak-. duty; here. at `The Goose' and -
g ember.' in be
g of. door•bell- ;rings: on ..Neve me; news of home. is always
of the Gollan family is 'Mrs,: Thursday, yqu •: can expect.. the'.welcome`°
Fraser's brother, John' -• Gollan, ,Red” Cross man. Give as •genet- tion:speoially soin iso^ g
who is a patient at. Baker's Pt°i- Even though I..am going
rate Hospital. back to `civilization'. I'm sure
Ie.Canvassers ass ed t the
ligri born `
..-paper will be just as
welcome each week".
•
badly wrecked. `
o, The roof. of 'the main 40 x 60
e .nags •
barn ..wa pro ticaliy all .ripped.
off:: •down to . the first •�purlin
r plate, and.. a ; 25 -foot addition .• to
e the main section was derriolish
:ed.down to •tlie wall. 'It is' a
sad looking • sight,• a ecord>ii1g�;,;to,
- ,those• who have' seen, it.
- The : rafters ' and'sheathing:
were reduced .;to mere kindling
wood in the unroofing :process,
.1'which
commenced before •day-
I break 'on ...Sunday..
A well ' driller who, has been
working on the Stanley : • .farm
Witnessed . the start of the'' des
truction. The well -drillers :• have •
been working round' the•clock
the Stanley • farm • ''for several '
weeks, but : have :reached granite -
at. 3,000' cfeet 'without a' trace of
oil, and operations have ceased.
They :exrperienced .•'considerable
difficulty with recovering drill-: •
nig `equipment •iri' the final stages
of the 'work. _ g .. _....�
The destruction of the Stanley.:
barn .was: the major damage 'we
have learned of, • although a
highway 'shed at Kinloss Vill-
age was unroofed,.• A chimney.
w.as w'reeked .on the home ' of
Mrs. Archie MacIntyre, 'and some
rural T:V° antennas, barn doors,
and such like' suffered from:the
errific: blow, timhzC�h :reached:"
gusts of tornado ° velocity at
ously as you can. •
• o various
area's al the village are as fel-
;lows:' South of ..Main; St. . arid
West of River; S. B. Stothers and
Wm. Arnold;; South and East, of
River, Donald MacKinnon'.and
V A • Mowbray; North of Main
A `memorial chapel` is being St.:. and West. of River, Russ:But
incorporated • in the new Huron ton* and• Wm.: " Houston;: ' East of
County Court House at Goderich river and• North of Rose St,
'where the names of the veter-,'Bruce . MacKenzie and •Alb
`ans ' of four wars , Will. be a Morton; ,north of. Rose St. :and
shrined in a book of honour.. east of river, Donald McLean.
The task of compiling; this list and..,Jim Henderson, .
is. in.the hands' af eleven 'branch- Main St.;, south, Chas. Web -
ea of the Canadian Legion with- ster; 'Main St., north,' Harvey
in ° or bordering Huron ; County. Webster. •
The Lucknow Branch is,charged •: There is no' canvass planned
4with the --'responsibility of 'coag• in --the- rural -ea but arrange -
Piling the .list of names in the meats have been made. to have
Townships oaf • West . 'Wawanosh donations received 'at .the fold
and Ashfield• lowing rural stores: D. A: Mac -
Lochalsh•; Ross. Sh MacLennan,
The names to be enscrib:ed in Lerman and Frank
the .boolt include.all residents of .A.rrrberle ells, and Art
Huron County,' and all those who: Courtney; y;. Win. Mace
enlisted'' . / in. Huron. County, Donald, Kintail;. Willis Hard-
a�bether .ative-sons-ar-id-dau-gh.. are;: Elia ara-n.'s---Store-°""ar zi
tern, or not, .. : 'Watt's Store, Whitechurch; Far-
s .where The list will comprise those •ner'•s Store Hol rood;Miller's
'ihe�,li ' . .., .., .. �.... _. 'Cl.'.. ,-_.... comprise _ ,.....: ::.. , ... .:. ..... .. Y.• . ...
the lad - I
had-• been=_aalnder who served iri faun wars in the Store, St.' Helens.
treat ent.for leukemia.: past half -century •-,- the . Boer I .Donations may also, be made
,War, World Wars ,1 .and II and• at McIKim's• Drug Store or the
e 'Korean pari ,War. .� • • Bank of Montreal, Lucknow.
It is no easy task - to compile
a Complete,' 'and accurate list; MANY DOGS' HAVE BEEN.
Many have long since left the VACCINATED FOR RABIES ,
County. Many others have pass-
ed. on, '' Locally there is nothing new
The assistane of anyone—the 'to report. in :regard to rabies..
rndi-vi-r hiiir cls. a, rc'lative -or Thr�--:rlrrg : 1ucl'i fat'been confitja.:,
a friend, Will be greatly appreci-• c'd, :.. slipwed .. no signs. of
being
ated in helping toseompiete this, s:sx..yi which was a forgone con -
list; '
_ _._:..... . clr.rsi6 �_.
,.-.• n from the start. .
1fa -o-rd "_i lass Y p Ifo- never, ii` "i"inportant. ;al
`. T cam" "rc� �d"eri"t •: ti �` 3
the local }rranc'h, asks' anyone clogs and other pets be vaccinat-
who can he of :tssi:�tance to circa) r•d, as a ',safeguard :against,• the
him �a coma, or contact shin, Or clanger of,,in.fection, ' -
any member. er. •cif the Legion pear. - Already about 200 a:nimals:.in
sonally. : • . • ' this district have been vaccin
It is only by such c'o-operation
that omissions ancl' cyrrors can be
-L1STVETS OF FOUR
WARS,' NEED HELP
Hi;ALTH UNIT . th
IN
SP .
CZ'
E O
b R
N CA IF�ORNIA HOIADAY' ,
Allan Cooper, sanitary inspec
for with the ' lo?cal
Bruce Count office 'of* the
pn Ste} y, Health Unit, • left
day• orr:Ma•.- not r tri.
Pa frnia, He ,
bq a friend, was •accompanied
Mid-
land, Don Morrow of Mid -
in_ ., _ who ;is similarly _engaged.
Public heal th--work;-�..W.-.: .-
-t e duo made.
Al-
lah's .olkcs the trip in Al=
should wagon car which
cause :some neck -swiveling
es the boys. cross the
soak, again; They 'expect
States and
e about three wee p t and
b l
VendSpend about two„ weeks,. and .will..
o, of them on the
• t.
4 4
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BRIDGES FAMILY GOING TO.
GERMANY FOR , THREE YEARS .1
Mrs. Ken:Bridges• and two- dau-
ghters, Donna .and : Patsy, of Ex-;:
eter , are awaiting .completion of
arrangements fdr going over-
seas ' in the' near future.. •
Ken, who had been at Cen-
tralia with: the RCAF for ;several
years, ' was posted to Germany in
February; and the ' family will
join 'him there; for., a: three-year
stay. . t
lV
Mrs. Bridges was formerly
imes.
ae McMahon of Lucknow. ' t
Storm,• And Mrsha s
p Stranded
Fifteen -Over NighLAt4jnjaj
There was excitment aplenty ceivi:na
at;,the *normally b the tivorst'.bashing.north
......:.'
orncially peaceful hamlet; The accidents ._ ha:. ..
of KKintail last Thursday,' when, ,of Kintail late Thus day rafter
-
as a result of a blinding.blizzard •noon, and we .understand„ start -
a .series of highway motor, nis- ed with • the collision of t
a � car.
haps occurred involving a bus and Al-�Sherwood's school bus;
and four •cars:. Police were notified but because
There was considerable vehicle
Of near zero visilbility hesitated
damage, but no
, injuries were to investigate . • •
g flag accident
suffered,, although destinations authorized rn o v i n but.
g ' .of •the
were forgotten and ,fifteen of. the vehicles after .details had•
.been
travellers scent e: Iained H
tall—wailing
.wr ..._�.�.the:=h��.-at-•K-i�_-= , p phis tsrr�h�"wever,
was s
t ng for the storm, to we aro told, that the bus' old
.not be started and the ser
Wm. 1�7aCf7s�nald�,�.....hos�-•ie ,si+� -•have-.-1t•� rr�s
abate, could
Seven; 'p'ersons were '`r " vice
put ti ..: of 'a wreaket was.:..being ,sought .
at ,
, : - o�•ed •
In the meantime' ars r
clipped .thea car
pp d the bus, .stilt another had ad
to the ditch. between the
Otis: and a snot- bank, ,arid tr
third .ran plunk into it. '
Mares were set out but
useless as .the lYow a proved
] ti a
.ate.. ..r.,.g.�.�: -. .,....k._
Iffiritgl eft ieni as quickly • .as •
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j•.
t Bb
a o Simpson's and two at
Colin MacGregor''s.. •
Figuring • prominently in ' the
rash of .mishaps' were 'members
of a Port Elgin minor hockey,
at�
team and accompanying parents
•ed. These are chiefly. dogs,.' with i and .fans,' who were erlr ut to
less than a dozers cats: gees :'. o
o• �,
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1!i
f they were lighted.
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