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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-11-07, Page 1' 0.50 A.Arear. In Advante,41.00 EXtra 'To U.S.A. . • LUCKNOW,,ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7th, 1956 TEN'PAGES CANDIDATE GETS' CONGRATULATIONS! nth botit Ten Men 'The LucknOW Sawmill 'will re-' open this anelith:-The neW,Pro- iprietor is IVIr. Wm.." Stevenson of .BAPTIZED ASFIF.IELD EIGHT BLITZ FRIDAY srussels, Wbo told -.The Sentinesl on pue9lay night that he hope '11A.BIES SERVICE- SUNDAY to have the mill ready for oper ation about the Middle of this • month. . • •The operation ot..the mill will require about teelnen, who we understand ,can be obtained • locally, Mr. Stevenson•will con- tinue to reside in Brussels vvher 1, • he .has operated a sawmill since 1947, and which he will continue to iterate. . Whether . the Lucknow mfll will operate the year around will . be determined by the Wfolume of tiinkier, that can be cibtained. Mr. Stevenson requires hard maple, but will ibui all kinds of thnber if ,.h'e obtainO, a sufficient pro- • portion of maple._ 'Work has been ,underway at the niill. yardto get ready' to ,operafe. Repairs are being made to the building itself and new anachinery is heing installed. The new proprietor purchased the mill frOm Arnold Gloor of ' Mitchell, who -formerly operat- ed it and, sold it to W. C. Att- rid10 Ooderich. When the business Werif into receivership - inthe-sprint -ofc1955, the prop- erty reverted to -Mr. •Gloor, vvho • at one time lintended to re -open it himself, but changed his mind. The mill hasn't„:".turned a wheel" for close, to two years and it's _ good ''news to this community to t it's bout to to operate aga* PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY , • • The .cOnamunity is shocked and saddened to learn of the death' of Mrs. Rusaell J. Johnstone (the former Mae Caird) which occur- red .early•Wednesday•morning in St Catharines hospital. - Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone had gone to St • Catharines . three weeks 'ago for a week -end visit with their son 'Donald. Mrs, JolinstOne took ill with a heart condition while •''there and re- mained, and Russ 'returned home. A 'week .later she was admit-, ted'to the hospital and Mr. John- stone returned to the .citY where he had_rentaineciA._ On Tuesday night word' was ' reedited that her condition was grave, but her death a few hour later came as a great shock to her family here. C. WaShington of the AShfield Circuit charge conduct- ed impressive baptismal services at Blake and Zion :United Churches on Sunday. • There were six children bap- tized at Blakes and. net in years can members .of the congrega- tion .recall so many children having been. baptized , at • •one time.. They Were: Start Blake Alton, son of gr. and Mrs. Blake Alton; Robert Gordon Wilkins,. son of Mr. and Mrs. •Herb. Wilk- ins; Darlene Marie Ritchie, dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ritchie, Sarnia; Marion Elizabeth Anne Johnstone, daughter of .Mr. and Mrs Gordon - Johnstone; William Gordon Alton, .son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Alton; June Elizabeth Alton, daughter of Mr. and Mr* Arnold' Alton. • The Zionbaptismal t were: •Wilham Ernest Wilkins, Son of Mr. and Mrs. •Charlea W. Wilk- . ins and Melvin. Harvey Ritchie, Ison of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W, Ritchie: ' ' PAY PERCENTAGE OF PRIZE MONEY • . •'r h e Luck/lair • Agricultural Society will pay 75 -percent of the, prize money lawarded at the , ,1956 •,Thk 4,decision was reaChed at a :Meeting at the dir- ectors on Monday. evening„ with President Wm. Machityre ,pre- siding , •,' • • There was no alternative arid the Board went the limit in pay- ing three-quarters. of the prize money, Which, ,at that, will de/ pletethe treasury and the re, servelund to a negligible figure. -It is ironical that good. weath- er was responsible for a sharp degrease in receipts: The Luck, now Fair fell orr.one of the few g6.0d -harvest /days of an eXcep- tiorially Wet fall, and attendance, • at the fair was less than halfof. The; Lucknow iBranch of the Canadian, Legion has plans com- pleted for the sale of poppies, and the Remembrance ,Day ser- vice on Sunday, , • . On Friday nightthere will be a PoPPY sale blitz of the Village between 7.00 and 8.00. o'clock.' 'When the door be rings be pre. pared to buy a poppy, by which you rwill' be contribnting, to the Legion's welfare work. The revenue derived from. NIPPY sales is used entirely for welfare' Work among veteran's, and their families regardless of •Whether or not they. are Legion members. - Beside,s • assistance to the needy, veterans in hospitals and 'men in the services are ternem- bered at Christmas time. Give generously when you buy, a poppy and wear it' inremem- brance' of those who paid the supreme •.sacrifice two World •' Service On Sunday • Meini3ers of the Lmicm, 'the Aukiliary and the Boy Scouts will parade to the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning .for the ceremonial observance • of Remembrance Day. The parade will , form .a't the Recreational- Centre, and will be at the Church a few minutes ahead.- of . the regular . hour of servace, so that -.the • Last POS,t may be sounded and the two - minute silence observed on the hour. 7"'•'•• • The • placing ,of wreaths at the Cenotaph Will take place fol- lowing the church service. • • SUFFERED BROKEN HAND WM. Irvin of •Con. 9, Ashfield, has his left hand M a cast a3 a result of a mishap two Weelis ago. Mr. Irvin was plowing close hear London, Ed has, a sister in th' the fance at the time, and had England •arid a Sister in Gies - [glanced back to see if everything gow• . Was O.K.: • . Donald B Blue, Ripley baker ertnan • shows hun re6eiming. and auctioneer, was 'named Lib- beaming" _congratulatiOns-from - ,eral 'Candidatefor the Federal an an 'octOgenarial 'PartY „stalwart, riding' of Bruce at the nerninat- Ed.„ Thoin. Looking': on with ing convention in Southampton equal pleasure, is W. A. Port - last WednesclaYafternoon. eous, 'who was one Of/Lueknow,'s . Donald was the Village the oficial delegates at the nomin- next day and •The Sentinel cant- ation' —Sentinel Photo • • FLEW, ovERstAs INJUR.ED IN FALL TO VISIT_MOTHER FROM SCAFFOLD Aboard a Super Constellation . Adam MacDonald, 74-year-eld. 4 -engine ',71CA__a1rcraft,E_4r, ,Ripley-residenti-is tospitalized-W-- Biker. 'made a. trans-Atlantic .London with a crushed heel ,and .flight to London the firstof the Severe .shaking up, is. theresult week. • •...' of a • fall On Tuesday afternoon • The Mein purpose of. Ed's trip. of last Week. . was • tovisit with, his ailing and • The Mishap occurred at the aged, mother, Mrs. E. Baker. He home of Doug Henry on he 15th..1 hasn't seen his . mother - since - Sideroad, while • the house was I .coming to Canada .fortY-sevenbeing sided. • years„ago.,gd cane out as a.lad, Mr. MacDonald, ' Mr. Henry and was ratSed by .Mr. arid MrS. and Walter Dexter were Putting Gee* 'McVicar. of the Dundalk district He was employed in the creamery and produce business at Dundalk before coming to Lucknow several years age, to take over .a feed and produce store. Later he disposed of the business and established • the Baker Private Hospital, in what was at one tinie the Moorehouse Mitchell residence. liesides his mother., who lives the 'preceding year. By the samHe was scheduled to .fly from e • The front wheel struck a stone 'London' to Montreal on Monday token, .the 'efvening performance which twirled the wheel from was poorly attended, and little his grip With the spinner strik- more than paid expenses. • The directors at 1VIonday's meeting could recall only one other occasion that prize money had not been paid in full. . . trig the • hand • • a blow - that knocked...off , One "knuckle and broke three bonesin the hand. He. will have to wearthe cast 'for about Six weeks. . WINNERS. AT "PICK TI -IE. A. RS" CONTESTIp\I LUCKNOW- , , ' Pieti• nsed above are the •first e• , Prize Winners of the !Tick .the • Stan of Tomorrow" contest staged in the MoVni ita11 last • Wednesday night tinder. Slut- pices o tie Lucknow Branch of the Ladiei Atutiliary to the -Can- tu:140'k 'fere were more than twenty conteatants 'in the three classi-' ficatiOns, and a most interesting and varied program 'resulted, Tom Wasney won the 12 and under elms with his. solo "Bless • This Rouse". In the second row „on„„thaett,4,,L1 AtinStastezkate..,, 41: P.* 4 . placed first in the under 20 years class with the solo "Blue Moon". West Wawanosh. Township sis- ter* Irma and 40an , Forster, *ere first . in the over -20 class. They sang tte duet "Beautiful Ohio", Irina is in the tentre, NIZZI2AMILMIS: on the, siding,' when, a rung of a • ladder 'gaveway causing' jhe scaffoldto tip,. Which •dropped the three. men about 10. or 12 feet • Walter and Doug escaped in- jury, , but , Mr. MacDonalcr was • not so fortunate. 'He was first taken to Kincardine hospital and .later moved to London after•the severity) of the injury ,was 'de- •termined, - TIi? TOP SUIT FIRST PRIZE AT LEGION 'DANCE • The Legion's ' 'annual kovem-: morning, u t flights were iber dance and prize draw will• be held on Friday everting of • this week in the Recreation Halt Music will .be by Carruthers' or- chestra. ' where he was scheduled to de- Tliere will be a prize draw at part at 3.00 o'cloek Monday af, midnight' for nine valuable ternoon, •with • arrival . time at " London, England, airport slated for '8.20 Tuesday morning. Ed was uncertain bov,r long he would remain in' England, but planned on only a brief visit. He will fly home:• grounded in Ontarie due to fog, and Ed' left by train from Lon- don on 5und.ay. evening for an overnight trip to Montreal, from prizes. First prize is a mart's or , • lady's suit Other prizes inelude an electric frying pan, lady's' be' .gent's Shoes, '.22 rifle, 100.1be of sugar, .two gallons of Prestone, turkey, hamper' of 'groceries and. 10 gallons .of. ,gas. hen. •Father-Attacked:By...Bull There is encouraging improve - in the condition of Cecil. Humphreys,•:Huren 'r•Wpfarmer Who was. Critically injured , on Tuesday of laStweek, when at - 'tacked by a bull on his farm. Mr, Humphreys, • siitfered a. fractured pelvis and internal in- juries, At the tint of the week the full extent of his Injuries had notbeen announced, It is expected he will he: hospitalized for a lengthy-periel. ' vere injuries and shock, was lItunphreys, age a -•, w" 'rushed to kineancline Hospital and later- was taker f to "London , for treatment, , Mr Rtimphreys lives. en the :Seeond Concession of Huron Townshiii,:‘ west of the Blue - water and IS' a neighbor a Bob Courtney who rerently lost part of his •foot in a. threshing acci- dent time at a, church Meeting. The Jittle girl trotted off to the, neighboring farm home. of Don Courtney, and while unable to . tell them what had, happened; her presence indicated something was wrong •and Mr, Courtney took the child home (when ho discOvered Mr; Humphreys' pre- diearnent and rescued the'.near- ly eihausied man. Mr.,ittiraphreyscrering-- se- •- a bout to clean out' the animal's en, but tfailed to get the halter n the animal When it attacked He hung onto the ring in life and death struggle until elp arrived.• It was his littlethreci-year-Old aughter Marsha, who svg4i re, ponsible for bring'ing help. 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