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1.00 B�ctra To USA LUCKNOW, ONTAH,IO wimiNESDAy, SEPT; 12th, 1956
Inquest Held Friday Into Deaths STUaEMTs'S,cAiTE, YOUNG GIRL
AS TERM STARTS KICKED BY HORSE
AS TERM STARTS KICKED BY
HORSE
Of TIDO. West Wawanosh ¥ouths This week sees many of the Anne Graham,3= ear -old dau
students of Lucknow and. district '. ghter of Mr. and Mrs, Allan
A five man coroner's jury de-
liberated for over an hour in,
the • . Wixtgbam, ' Town' Hall last
Friday afternoon and brought in
the fpllowing verdict in conned-
_ -ton with the recentdeaths- of
Donald MacTavish. and . Eddy
Gaunt;
"We,. the Jury, find that ' Don-
,ald MacTavish' and Edwin. ;Gaunt,
met their deaths in West Wawa -
,nosh Township, August: 23, 1956,
approximately two miles north. of
St.' Augustine, from injuries suf-
fered when' the '.car, driven . by
MacTavish, age 15, with' Gaunt
as a:.passenger, : went out of .con-
trolas a ;result of wet road, -ex-
cessive . speed and an inexperi.
enced driver. The car went .over
an embankment, causing a . door
fly, through to n. ug• wluch. the,
deceased (boys. were thrown, and
the car upsetting, 'crushing them
to •death"
e iaui :: _embers were George
Kennedy, 'foreman; William Rin-
--foul,- Wesley 'Joynt .Gordon -Mac=
Pherson and Gordon Struthers.
Coroner Dr. W. A. Crawford of
Wingham presided over the hear-'
. ing. Crown : Attorney Ii. • 'Glenn
Hays of , Goderich:: explained to
the •J lfy members ' that this in=
quest ''was; : not being held ' with
prosecution in Mind,but to . es-
tablish how, where, and by what
means the two young. men' met
' their' death, and to •try and pre-
vent -similar tragedies
ed that an inquest : is "now • anec
essity. .:in cases where lives are,
.:lost, in highway accidents:
' 'Dr. M. H. Corrin of 'Lucknow.
was the first witness to take the
stand.. Die Corrin: stated that on
the ,dal 11,VettiOn •he had re='
ceived a phone '+fall from . Mrs.
• Ebert Phillips about 7.15 that ev-
ening. ` When he arrived at the
scene 2.6. miles • north of St.
Augustine. he . found the MacTav-
ish and Gaunt boys both lying
part way out'.: of . the driver's door.
of the ear He stated that 'both.
young men: had been dead for
about an . hour previously..'
Donald. Gaunt, brother' and
cousin'. •of ` the accident . victims,
stated that ' Donald 1VCacTavish.
',had 'come to the Gaunt • farm
shortly .before dinner on the day
of the accident. He spent the day
at the. Gaunt 'farm, and " about
4.30; in the afternoon- if was de-
cided to go : to the MacTavish
farm to feec4 the chickens: On
their return to the' Gaunt farm
after , feeding the chickens, they
decided to go for; a . drive "around
the block" as it was • not ,yet: sup=
Viper time.' Donald. stated that his
only .recollection of : the accident
°'was the car going' in'to'•a
ing motion. motion: 'He said. that the
three '.boys :had been sitting in'
the,:frontseat; and that his posi-
Lien after the 'accident was be.-
. tWeeri the driver's. door and • th'e
seat with his legs caught under
the steering wheel,. Donald Gaunt
talked. to 'Donald 1VfacTavish for
<; ' a short time 'after the acicdent,
but it Was believed that both the
'.victrins: ;Were dead when Albert
Phillips' arrirved .on the: scene.
• Time of the acid re vwa " tat
between 5,30 arid 6.00 p.m.. Mr..
Philipshad; .been attracted by
intermittent `horn Wowing - by
Donald Gaunt after yells ' for
•' help had failed" Donald said that
the' MaeTavish ' boY : shad ' not been
• in the habit of driving the .fam-
ily 'car unless the oceasion. nec-
• eessitated it. The dayof the ac-
ident he had driven his mother
` and Mrs, Gaunt to •.the home of
an aunt, .•
Albert Phillips stated that he
had heard the horn blowing but
, it was some trine' before.he fin-
- llyyrinvestigated:--Hewas--help-,
less to 'move the car. by hianself,
and he returned hor`he where he
lytained help and summoned; the
doctor, °
Sims of Goderich stated that ,he;
arrived at the scene of the acci-
dent at approximately ,7A0 p.m..
He reported i vo tire marks from.
the rear of the vehicle, up the
hill to the west,side side _off _the road.
for approximately' 123 feet, It
could. not be. determined wheth-
er they were brake nor.•, skid
mark. s, He did not . believe that.
signs marking:,' the , road were
necessa . and ' . reported ported . the
road as an"' unusually good • town=,
ship sideroad. He said that . the
road was 20 feet wide .' at ' the
point with a ,good wide; should-
er. The road . is considerably
narrower to the south:
DUCK
:SEASON`
OPENS AT NOON
The Hon. 'Clare E. Mapredart
am, •Minister of Lands and, -For:
ests,.announced the open season
for migratory birds on .Tuesday
Td—last week and, reminded
sportsmen that a, news departure
in the regulation of migratory
bird : shooting will be made this
season.
' Formerly, these birds ' would.
be shot one-half . hour before
sunrise on the ,opening .day. This
privilege ,was • • widely abused,
with the result „that this year
the season does ` not • open until
noon: Once the ,'opening •.day has
c unt in 'thy
pre -sunrise and morning;periods
as before.
Opening day'in this: district . is
October 6th, for• ducks, geese and
partridge. Daily' bag .limits for
ducks;. is eight *Wise possession,
g
limit of 16; for geese, 5 per day
with 10 as ;possession. limit; . and
for:' 'partridge, 5 -per ' day. with a
.possession limit. of 20.
TO NURSE IN: °B C.
'Edna .:Reid, • daughter. of +Mr.
and ;Mrs: 1Vtanson' Reid : of •West
Wawanosh, will leave the latter
part of. the month for.Alert Bay,
British Columibia,` where' she will
practice .t'he' nursing ;,profession,.
Alert Bay.is about 150 miles
north of Vancouver, 'and Edna
will make the journey 'from..Van-.
couver '.by ,boat. ' , .
Edna ie 'a graduate of Western,
Hospital, ,Toronto, and received
her,'education at Luckriow Pub -
:1k_ and High -Schools:
WHAT. HAVE. WE GOT'
THAT THE SKUNKS : LIKE`,
The Sentinel "Office ..basement
seems to be. • a • favorite:' •rendes
'vous` for skunks. • At" least' they.
have • taken 'over occupancy on
More • .than one occasion and at
snail itimes • there's some wary
steps taken when the occasidrii.
demands a trip down ` stairs, •• •
- • Possibly it''s , the': food attrac-
tion in the back yard;: and;, '.a
small excavation under the, back
door., that makes the •Sentinel•.
basement 'easily..accessible, anew'
safe -retreat.
It certainly can't be the old
truck.. that' litters the 'basement
oi� the flooded floor, that follows
almost every' downpour ' we've,
had this summer.
Regardless, Don ,was stopped
in his tracks., last week, when
bringing •up• some newsprint
from the basement, when he eri-
..countered ' one' of these stripped
pussies 'just a few. feet • from
him, . and with, the business 'end
"facing" ifi Yiis'••d rec 'ion...._
The "paralysis" of 'movement,
that seized : the junior' member
of the firm, • probably satved • him
from disastet "fa `the- --skunk
ambled into Bab Carepbell'e' ad-
joining ;cellar, ' and Don took two
steps at:a' time to safer regions
• P;rovineial Constable ., . i.tpstai.rs.
commencing training 'at different.', Graham, Concession 4, Kinloss.
colleges and schools 'throughout Township, is in Sick Children's
the province; Others are return Hospital, Toronto, as a result of
ing to universities -after eomplet-: being; kicked by a horse last
ing their summer employment. Friday afternoon.
Some' of these which , we have The young child suffered . a.
been informed of are as follows:• fractured: skull, and was: - oper-
• 'Percy Barr .to the Provincial' ated on Monday at Toronto. At
'Institute ' :of 'Mining at Hailey- time'" of Writing she. was• pro
bury;. Beverly MacKenzie, Bev- gressing favorably..
erleY Ashton arid :Flora ;Jean Me- It is ,;believed that the • dog
Quillen to. Stratford •Teachers' was .chasing• the' horse at the'
•College • for 'the one-year eO.urse; time : she was, trarnpled. The
Dale Haldenby to Stratford Tea- little girl was found wandering
chers' College for • the two-year in a dazed condition.
course- George•'Richards to the •°
OAC at Guelph; Carmen Nixon,.MAKE
Marianne West and Doris. Miller, GRANT'•
will enter • the teaching profes- TO REC CENTRE
sion; 'Irene ;Roulston to the Moth-
ercraft nurse training centre at , Itwas '.reported at • the regular.
Toronto; Bessie 'Reavie to: West-- September meeting of Village,
evelt Business .S pool iri •Londone Council last Tuesday night, that:
Ann ' Pedersen to St. Joseph's only '$64 .remained ;in the 12.e
Hospital, London, as a , students creational Centre fund. Council:
nurse; .Charlie Chin has made •ap- • moved a grant of $300 to the
plication at .Termite for engin-° Centre to complete the year.
eering; Jack McKim' to Western' was: felt iby same members : that•
University for his fifthyear in the/building was ,.a "white ele-•
medicine;'. 'Meek • ' MacDonald to iphan't' , but ,that, they had • no,
Western. for his •.second year in 'other chAice than to support it
physics and chemistry; Ken Mac financially.
MacNay has made application to' Willner Howey of Silverwoods'
'university. at London. Dairies waited on Council in re-
gard to :.proposed paving 'to be
paving
done on their lot ', adjacent to
Ludgard• Street. After, Consider-
able discussion it ;was, put to .•a
motion that •Silverw'oods would
,pay • $200; toward the ,cost of a
hot mix, two 'ir)chet_thick,.:tto:
- put on.'from the sidewalk on
Havelock Street westerly t the
SHOWER. • HEL`b WEDNESDAY
FOR DOROTHY• WATSON •.
A .miscellaneous shower : wee-
held
as
held • last Wednesday night :foil
Dorothy . Watson, , bride of the'
month, rat the -home -of Mrs. Rib
ert Lyons in West'" Wawanosh.
_A, " lovely arbdur: decorated
'with : evergreens' and flowers set
the scene for .Dorothy : to', open
her many lovely and useful.gifts
givens to ,."her::: by , frienels d.
neighbors.. '
Readings were given through
:out the evening by Mrs.'.. Gordon
Walters, (Marlene `Hunter, ' Mrs
"Philip MacMillan, :Carol Helm,.
Mrs: Harvey Webster, Margaret
,Rose. Lyons, Mrs. Bill Hunter,
Beatrice Gibson, Mary Alton ;and'
Mrs. Jessie Allin, and contests
were conducted by, .Mrs. '', Jack
McDonagh. Mrs:..'.Philip':MacMil-
len and f Mrs W. Helm.
• A lovely. • lunch concluded the
•
evening. •
JIM• :CHIN.WE�3'
IN HONG KONG
Jim Cin returned•the end ' of
.hh..
August from -a. three' month visit
in •Hong Kong, ,China, Jim flew
Canadian- Pacific: ,Airways
about the middle of May, and
returned .on the.' same.: line:' He
reports• a rough •trip back, ''and
found: the air` travel speedy, but
monotonous.
While in China; Jim was mar-
ried to.Nancy •MVMoy of Haig Korm.g
with whom he ' had correspond-
ed for some. time after being 'in
troduced '13y ; a ' mutual friend.
The former Migs Moy is the co-,
owner of an'' export-import; com-
pany � n . Hong. Kong She' is .a
graduate Of' Canton . Women's
College, and taught, school for.
some • time on the mainland be-
fore
be=
f ore theeReds took over while.,
_she was_ oh summer holidays_ isj'
Hong Kong. She, plans to 'join
Jim • .in 'Canada in a few months.
Jim 'vent. from • 1928 to 1938.
in China. .and attended. school
there.' • This •was. his first visit
back• since then, . He, remember-
ed no one from his early. days,
and- the • school, ' ' had changed
completely.
•Jim' was unable to• visit .the
home town of his t arents, Mrs.
Charles Chin and the late Mr,
,Chin*- •It = is- situated. -inland: .and-.
is Communist controlled. He re-
ported that he might have beep
able to secure permission • to' get
-to•-t=he--town, •but-i-t-would=be- a
different story` when �be tried to
get back to rol�l"ationa]ist China.
ser o .
end . of• ,the Silverwood lot. This
is .on the 'south side of the build-.
ing, and is heavily' trafficked by
patrons •of, the company. It was
e tpeeted''that theoverall• cost of " :`�.
. f •Mr.' and Mrs 'Alex .Hackett of
EIGHT PAGES
WI N. EXHIBITION
JUDGING: AWARDS
The. Lucknow district captured
two firsts and a second .place in.
the ,,Junior judging competitions
held in conjunction with the
.Canadian National'. Exhibition
last . Wednesday. •
Barry. McQuillin 'placed.. first
in the beef _cattle judging- for -
those . 4-H'members 17 Years and
under. He .scored 192 points .out.
of' a possible 200. Barry. was , 9th
in.' the' grain ' ami roots class.
Murray Gaunt was high. in the`
;grain .and roots class'•scord_, :763`
points out of a. possible 800, in
the 17. years and aver"class.
David Kirkland was second in
the. beef cattle . judging in the 17
and over class, with. 193 points
,gut of a po$sible . 200, Murray,
Dawson of . Denali placed first
with 196 • points. Murray Gaunt
was sixth' ink this class;.
Following the . judging ' the
group were •gusets of '• the On-
tario Department of Agriculture,
and the •Canadian National Ex-
,hibition : `at a . banquet and .''the
grandstand show. •
ELECT JIM REED.,BAND BAI1 D `•
PRESIDENT ON •TH IRSDAY
The Hi `: ; �Schaoi Hand held its
first, .meet in Thursday afternoon
rnoon
in 'the auditorium
'of the school:.
The..officers ,elected for the fol-
lowing school year are: presi-
dent, Jing Reed; vice. president,:`
Arnold .Hartford; •sec.-treass., Ann '•
Crawford, ' and • a , committee. to
help in planning the band's act
vis, Gary:.Suter, Louise—An-
drew
ouise An -drew and Joan Crawford.:.'
COUPLE ARE
FI'FTY YEARS WED.
the pavement would be in the.' Wingham, and formerly of . Ash -
neighborhood of $600. •' field Tojwnshfp, observed : their
A request ; was received from 'fiftieth wedding anniversaryon
the,'new Fina service station for' Wednesday, September- 5th, at
Wingham:. To mark the • event . a
wedding dinner was served 'to
the family and • relatives at the
•
Brunswick Hotel.
On Tuesdak. '.evening, • .."open
house";.was held; when a 'num-
ber •'of friends.. and neighbors
called' to wish the couple .many •
mars •years} of happy wedded •
life.
Both werelife-long residents
a" one=inch water service at their
new 'establishment: 'It is 260 feet
from the main •at the end of the
factory •to the new station, Coun-
cil were in agreement that ; be•
cause ` Fina wanted a one -inch
service :(largerand' more'. costly
than 'what is, accustomed. ' to be,.
ing •installed ), they would be •re-
quested to pay 50 percent of the
installation. ' •
, 'The; •Clerk ''reported: that pres 1 of :Ashfield.. Township' until mov-
ently there was .$367 arrears • in ing ' to . Wingham ten years. ago:
hydro, • and $21:65 in water..in ed at the dinner with goldgrist
the: Village.'' watches from the ,family, with '
Town. Foreman ''Alex Havens the owing d: •
reported that a .hound dog was This ,isfoll. a specadial, ocresscasion,
•
presently. in:th• a Village ,pound. For. �this� .-' specl-,.
Council agreed to:: advertise for since theislonag agoiatime-dayof your
.an owner before aey further . wedding ... ,
steps were taken.. You have walked hand in hand
Coungil adjourned to form a : a long••wa'y, •
Court;Revision to. deal' with :The road has been, uphill and
tWo requests :,by local' business - downhill,
establishments 'for arefund. on Soa'ne days have been:,cloudy,
last year's taxes. 'One request some fair,
was. granted, but the other was And the burdens you've carried
held over until. September 25th • 'together '
at :8;00 pm,. when another. Court Have not been too heavy to bear..
of Revision will' be held. It is: The Years have been filled with
hoped to•' have the assessor ;:and much: blessing, .
other -parties concerned present And se as we .gather today,
at this time to discuss 'the mat- We bring yoit our love and best '
ter. wishes,
God bless you 'and keep you '
REV. MEIKLEJOHN .ATTENDS ; .each •• day: .
,Piease accept • these gifts as a
token ' of `ou'r love. Best' wishes*
from .your Family
Mr. Hackett is 'the, son of :•the
late •Joseph Hackett and • Eliza
Henry Mrs. 'Hackett . is , the for-
mer Janet Hunter, daughter: of
the late Win. Hunter and Belle
Helm.
Mr. and •Mrs. Hackett 'have
four sons and one daughter, Cliff,
Tom. and Alex Hackett, all of
Ashfield; Mel. Hackett. of Tillson-
•burg, and Maizie, .Mrss Pharis
Mathes of-leinloss. There are 13
grandchildren and • seven great•
'•grandaildi ears._
The bride and" room of fiftY ••
years ago 'received Many beauti-
ful. gifts from relatives. and
GENERAL COUNCIL
The General Council of the
United Church of Canada which
meets every two years, will be
meeting from September 12th to
21st in Central United Church,
Windsor.. •
Commissioners from Bruce are
Rev. G. A.. Meiklejohn 'of .Luck -
now and Mr, E,: J. Fox of Ghee -
ley.
It' itato that 1_ -Carnal a
• _ this ... unci h t.. the..
Moderator of the Church •.is . ap-
pointed and matters-gf ,policy
are ;decided even, The Church's
xk,_.,: ts;_faith_._anc`L_ its witness
are examined iii the light of the
Gospel of Christ, Dr. ]David A.
Jim is •presenitly working at C, .Read of New York ,will be
the Chin' restaurant -in town, • 'the devotional speaker. •
M�r7WWE''7iy tri.�
friends, and they were. preterit -
M 'y
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