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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-07-19, Page 1as. • .$2.50 Yearly .`i<n A.dvanee' 50c Extra to •U S.A,' LUCKNQ*, '4NT1i,R20# THUtiRS , AX, JULY 19th, 1951 , • • • ' EIGHT PAGFS. After eluding a 'posse of police, • and campers at Amberley.'Beach •on. Saturday night, a nudist who ,,had aroused the district 'by his actionsand ; his'' furtive appear- ' Dances in the nude, was trapped on. • the farm of Jack, . Bradley, two miles ; south o€; Armberley on: Sun-: day ".afternoon:about 1.00 o'clock • He offered no resistance, when overtaken in a ,:wheat.' field on' . ' the Bradley farm by Mr, Brad- • ley's son, Jim.. "Leave me alone", was • his only comment as ' Jim took him by the wrists and held. • -Ie . did 'Make an: effort to break loose upon the, •arrival of a police . car. ,. The 27 -year-old young man, • Albert Leonire, speaks with ;accent; .said to be French, and ._,according to police` has, . used aliases of Stewart, . Lenoir; Len, nex and, .Vennard: He comes froth Nor,'thern•• Ontario ,•and, made his. first nude appearance along Lake Huron, shores on, .June ' 29th :at Meaford, where. he :paraded: in. the- streets. Upon appearing be- fore e fore • MYagistrate Spierman of, Owen .Sound,,: he contended' his clothes hard ' been stolen while bathing in •.a secluded (spot near 1.Meaford ,He. was given . a month's' • suspended sentence and went his ,'way fully clothed: Seized ;Girt At'.Southampton On ; Sunday of last . week the Allenford c 'o m m u n i t Was y startled by the appearance of the elusive nudist, who evaded cap- ture, and.••was next - heard of at• Southampton late Tuesday after- noon; ;when he .dashed out of the bush at the rear of a'cottage at Southampton beach and ` seized �r; '�Y the 13 -year old daughter of a Y � distinui sshed summer residen t The girl .screamed':for help ,and broke • away from . the: unclothed molester. ' A posse was organized. but searched unsuccessful, for . the' marauder. A summer Camp. at Port ,Elgin was reported to have been closed •because of '' his ap-' pearance, ' but . no ; farther word was •received. of sightingg the nud- ist Until. ,his .early:Saturday even- ing ' appearance at • Ai'nberley Beach. A trail; of petty thieving had been reported along the lake front indicating that the offender wasroceeding southward: Within "Akin's Length" lt• was 'about 6.4.5 -,on Saturday evening _that,_Mrs. George Fisher of.Owen Sound steipped- from her cottage at Amberley :Beach, come face to 'face' with an un, clothed: man_ w'1,o; was-,practioan. within atiri'S lehgth of her. He fled: There is no phone service at the beach and it was; necess- ary to drive „ to . Ariiilberley to hone police.. The' Fisher cottage. s located on' the Ashfield Huron boundary • line at the beach dir- tily Amberley. Shortly after he was seen by Mrs. 'Fred Howson: The- Howson. ottage ' is some distance ' • south rom'the'Fisher tottage. He dash - d. into' a. wooded section at the ear of the cottages and a posse. 'f men surrounded a : small tri- ingular • section of bushland in Vhich, -'he•was :believed ' to be , rapped; However,:when eight olice'Varrived to assist in scour;. g the area, *Leonire-had vanish - 11 'southward: A search . until ark revealed not a trace of hien: [e 'Was described as being "as r -own`• as :a nut", and able to run like, a' ,deer" • .Polk. too the south were alerted his escape. •A Girl Guide Camp the foot of • the, Twelfth had • ended that day, but two, young. Ladies ' from Li..to St. Marys and s vel were spending the, week -end in camp, awaiting the opening {of the ' nexty , Cam: earl this week. pt They otit and spent the ght at a. y, summer cottage n�ar-,b Mrs. `Bradley. , y Spotted !Him • ' • w'as shortly' after dinner on' (Continued on ;page 8) FORMER PASTOR COMES EAST FOR. VISIT Rev. T. E. Sawyer,. and Mrs. ,Saw.Yer of: Victoria, * B; C. 'are. spending the. summer . with her•• sister, Mrs. Hyslop of Stratfo`rd," Forty; four •years ago' they re Sided in Lucknow, where .Mr: Sawyer was,. pastor of. the Ash-, field. Methodist Church. At one time he wasrfhejunior pastor on the Bervie 'circuit and later `had charge of Salem `circuit „that n THAT .the last three Sundays in July . and -the' first's in August are the minister's ''holiday on Ashfield pastoral' charge. Ser- 'vices are being takenby dif= eluded Kmlough, Bethny, Salem 'fereni de artments ' ' of . the. and Greenock p k churches. . Church, • —0— THAT' •Rev. A. S. Mitchell visited St. • •Matthew'sChurch, Kingarf and, Ascension, Church, Kin= lough, on Sundays, to admini ster • the : Sacrament '• of Holy • • Communion, —o--; .THATMrs. John Little,who'• is , 90 years of age, was�ot bright and early. Thursday morning;. "bedecked. in all her regalia, to hear /the music of the fife and. drum. -Although Mrs. Little .did. not take in the'c lebr t e a she, was on hand to see fello ern 'hers, 'o the Order er•' f d take for the . annual Walk. ' `IMPORTS GOAT FROM B. C. R. T. Kilpatrick of Ashfield has .added. a purebred goat to his herd:. "Dick's" latest ".acquisition to his herd' of 6females and: one buck, .is a purebred Saanen kid from British Columbia: She bears the distinguished -name of "Moen - crest Lady. Faye", and carne'. from • Prospect• Lake, B.C. The kid, was .,as shipped ' by . express,, leaving Vic- toria on Sundayand arriving at. Goderich the following Thurs- day • RUSTLERS S T 'L S EA VALUABLE '• COW P. M. Johnston. Was ,the victim. 'of cattle rustlers' last week who boldly. made off with a valuable 'eo ow, Which he prices at $300. •In dications were that : the rustlers .bad- ied unsuccessfully oto get another' cow. from' -the e� her „h d of nine- • "Pete s Pasturing si . , the herdon a farm" he awns . north of 'Joseph England's, residence ori he Luck now Holyrood road: _ The cattle are rnil e night' an rn n . k ddna in i g • a corral on the premises.. • The theft was discovered last'Wed- • nesday morning at:milking time. The cows, did 'not ibehaveas.:usual and ane :of the animals, :after. be- ing ;rounded up with' difficulty, :ulnas' found to; 'have a rope onits neck, indicating that the rustlers •were ready' to lead her off' when: she' broke.. loose. Itwould appear that .;the rustlers: 'were:.• -familiar with the .; location "of the,, John . stop herd, and some tell-tale traces of. their 'Methods .of 'opera:.. ing7were-eviden-t. Provincial- Police investigated the bold bit of thieving. •• Thieves were • also at: work ' •re cently south' •of the 'village, with Tom Salkeld losing sortie: poultry. There' is net believed to be any association between. the two rob • 0_ .. THAT invitations: have' been sent. out for a reception to be .held' in the: re aon R ' ec t Centre Luck.; now, on Friday night in• honor . of Mr. add. Mrs. Myles •: Mae-,. Millan (nee Theresa Schnurr)., • -•-o- THAT Lucknow'sop ulation is p. slipping sad to •say. , At present it's a :bare 900 according to, the census Count: a •0• THAThe fami r t ly of M .. and Mrs. • George Orvis 'held their annual summer reunion on Sunday at the' cottage Of Mr:' : and Mrs. Fred • Howson ' at Aniberley • Beach, • THAT Fred McQuillin placed 2nd in the "best est drummer." compe- tition at the 12th of July cele bration iri a 'class • of 15.' ; Fred and his, cousin; •iCharles .'1VIcQuillin, did ,some, drumming and 'cifing in. town on: ` Thursday morning b; fore ou or : ay ie . : —o-- • THAT the garden: at Mrs: Donald •Blue's'home in Ripley was the scene of .a lovely. post nuptial. ' miscellaneous shower held in. honor of Mrs. Bruce, MacDon ald: • nee -Ka Ma. a '• • MacDonald thanked the ladies for their kindness and, Invited •them to visit 'her at her new home. at.-Kintail:- --o— . • THAT the' death wag' announced ' last .;week ,' in'' the Walkerton herald Times • of Palmer Som- erville, who died suddenly .. in Endiang, Alberta. The Times says that Mr. •Somerville will be remembered by .older citi- zens. in. the. Lucknow and 'Car- gill districts, eries. TION S S�CH00 QUE, �STfL�L U�N'5ETT ,LED, Members of the Lucknow Dis- •trice High School Board met with • the Lucknow Council on Monday :night 'for'' further discussion aim- ed at teaching 'Inter -municipal agreement on the apportioning of the capital costs : of the new Dis- trict High School. Lucknow Council has officially.' , gone on 'record as,ibeing. willing'to assume 1 i mills over 'and • above; the rural levy, on :the: basis of Lucknow's 1951 assessment, but declined to `'commit.the 'runt- 'l�litY ici. . to this obligation•,,on .. other than ,the :present known assessment. ; peeve 'Carruthers of... Kinloss. has unofficially suggested that • Lucknow assunrie •one mill, extra each year for the life of the 'de- bentures, '9ri the basis of each year's assessment, , Ashfield. Council, whichi has the l r est: assessment in the schazil; a g a district, �• is, '.and . �h been, the only dissenting'" municipality, in arriving • at an .agreement. The Ashfield Board ,Met • last week but the question was not ori the* . agenda at that meeting. A special. . session weunderstand, b'ing called Shortlyat. Which it isex- • pected the matter will be' settled. • THAT seven .girls from Lucknow' and Ashfield attended the first Girl' Guide Camp at the Foot, of. the Twelfth, which conclud- ed. on Saturday' .after a ten-day outing. e The locale girls includ. ed' Nancy' Johnston, Ann Craw- ford, Eunice >luttont Ruth Tre- leaven, Marlene Hunter, -.Louise 'Andreww. and, . Marilyn• . Klpa,t • • • riek. THAT Mrs. Augusta Leith of Blyth observed her 90th birth-• day on July lst. She. has been a :, patient in Clinton' • 'Hospital :with a fractured hip since May a • 1946� `Mrs,,• Leith is the mother of Jack Leith of Hamilton and ' • formerly of Lucknow. -o— THAT Mr. and Mrs. Frank, King and Billy of Toronto have mov- • ed to their new; :home. 'at ; 251 Goifdale Rd, i LOP MILL; OF PIJBLIC SCHOOL TAX RATE HETI Ri NG PASTOR • C The "Lucknow Public school' tax. levy .for 1951 will be. 11 •mills, a'. reduction •of one mill;. from the : original estimate when the rate was struck two . weeks, ago,. Reason for , the reduction, is a sizeable 'Government ' grant that , will be received this, year .on the current ,purchase of new books. On ,striking: the estimate it:was assumed by the Board that this grant might. not • be received un- 'til 1952. • Sincethen-the Board has been advised that it will be. received this fall. The 11 -mill. rate allows for' contingencies and a possible surplus. EXPLORE: COSTS OF' • R:OAD ` PAVING -A hard top on village roads, sirniliar ',to that • to • be used on Highway .86, would. be . an ex- pensive program, according :to estimates •received, .• :'Maintenance :of ,. gravel roads in the. corporation is a` costly year in and year out, operation, -and frequently •the;k results, are .'far' from satisfactory,, As a' result •: Council ,has been •toyingwith the : idea of paving the. streets and in •order, to have somethingonc rete to go on, the Road': and Bridge . • •Committee, .headed by Councillor Crawford, was .authorized to 'obtain estim- ates of the. cost, of the ~job's a The..Warren Bituminous' Com - ,parry which 'is setting; •:up a plant to our. a hot .' n p mix o Highway' 86, would build' the same. type ,•of. road within the corporation • at approxirnrattely $16,000 a mile:. There is • is 'excess of three .miles of roadway' -to be.•.paved; • ' The matter was discussed brief- ly at a '.special meeting of Coun- c l on Monday night, with'' e g , th members ganer lly agreeingthat the cost was prohibitive.'Count!. °cillos •Crawford':saw long ;'range xnrit in the project, and: feels •:the matter should belooked into. more thoroughly: • In the meantime a cheaper type .of ' hard top; 'used , for ;County reads,,. is being'',: considered, and costs; obtained.. • BROWNSWORD.'. FAMILY HAD "REUNION IN ; STATES • Mr. and Mrs, Jim ;Burns and Pada, ,andher s ser; ar orie Brownsword of Ingersoll visited last week.near Newark, New Jer- sey, with Mr. and Mrs. Fred .Mee. The three ladies: are sisters and duringtheir visit they, were .join- ed by their brother Reg Brown- sword, . who .: is British Merchant :Navy and whose ship had, docked at . Baltimore: •at was, the : first time Mrs.Burns had.' her brother since leav- ing England after World War '31. The'.family reunion wase coirriplete HONORED. FRIpAY 1 ev, James W. Bright, pastor • of Dungannon United, Church for . the past three. years, concluded his .pastorate:and retires to Font hill, where he • and' Mrs. Bright have'•bought, a 'home. He 'was born in :1880• in the vill- age of Chirbury, Shropshire, Erig , land. After attending /public • school`' until he was -13 . years • old,, he went • to work on a , farm un • - til he was 23. He was,`onverted e t in a Wesleyan- Methodist Church. ,when 17, and. joined ;that church: in . Berriew, ' Montgomeryshire, • Wales. He .preache'a ':his first :ser- Mon as 'a' lay preacher wherx 18 • and continued as a lay 'preacher. He ,.attended Cliff College in 'Derbyshire for ;one. year and at 7 25 'canine to Newfoundland in re • - sponse to a call for ministers, and served .tvo•years ' as a probation- er for: the ministry of the Meth- - •odist Church 'of Canada; He came' to Toronto to attend • Victoria Col- lege . in ' 1907; and was ordained 'into the • ministry, of the Meth- • • odist Church in ' M'etropolitali g ., , Church, Re ina' Sask. `June°'191 • Mr. Bright served in the First. World War, 1916 to 1919. He con- tinued to` serve in Saskatchewan until 1942, : when he .' was trans- ferred to the,.London.Conference, serving ,six years; at Shedden and; three years at. Dungannon Friday night a social even- ing. of ' the congrgn ''we atioas held at • Dungannon With' :a .program• that included:. solo,• Marylin lin erAn . .`d' sonreadm • ' Mrs. Omar g, 'Brooks; duet, Marion and Ruth' Qrser;. piano'duets, Mrs, D. "Phil= lips ' and: Mrs L. Stingel; vocal; duet, Everett Finnigan and :Har-; vey, Anderson; • number, Mrs. Rik - mond Finnigan; solo, ,Miss Norma :Sherwood, Eedy,• Ii', f,chairman 'read a n•• address de ss of bestwishes w shes d na ` sex pressedz appreciation . ' for Rev. Bright's services at Dungannon. Thomas Webster made the :pres- entation of a walief with$75: Mr..: Bright expressed histhanks and gave an interesting outlineof his ministry. He asked for'his suc cessor, 'Rev. George Watt,: the same co-operation ,he hYad'recei`v ed. from.. the people of ,Dungan- non . 'and district: • INFANT BAP TZEiD On ' `Sunda Linda an •1: ughter. of Mr. .and • Mrs.' Jar;lies ustin Boyle of `•Holyrood was,baptized in St. Peter's church : in the. 'presence,, of members' „of the families .9f both parents, .The sponSbrs Were Olive Boyle, 'Mar- garet ` Salkeld and Lawrence Sial eete w•as-assis • his son, A: • . Guest Mitchell: as server: •. • • with- .the exception •• 'f a sister, Margaret, who ;:is still. in England. Their parents are' 'dead.• arman cQu llin Suffered serious; ead Injury, Condition fncouraging` Victimofa terribehexad inJur3 �With hs e ad swathed tin n a towel lastweek,, Carman to help Stern ,the bleeding, ;Car- + condition ,was; satisfactory and' ,man's`'' father rush d him to Dr. encouraging, at' press time .'yes- W. V. Johnston's . office from terday, '' where he was 'tak'en by'ainbul- g ante' to Wingharn, and .then'. on to •aoan' rrhad, his skull" crushed Victoria Hospital, London, for .. and ••perforated..l�ast Friday morn- sur cal treatment. Caman:.walk- ing.. when Working, under . the,• m'bine on-.• the.McQuillin 'faun ed into the Doctor's ;Office in •co Q town and :remained ,conscious on the Second of Kihloss. He' is throughout the tripto' London, the 26 -year-old son of, ,Mr, and Mrs. Herb• McQuillin and has ' a brother Sam in • Galt. . .Carman was lying on his back r y,,g under `,the machine, making a ;change over ''for another type of work. A heavy table .lift 'on the machine, •reported ;Weighing 'a ton, gave Way and. crashed down in an amazing demonstration,.'of strength,, ' e was on 'rthe' o eratiri table ,at• Victoria' from 3,00 to 1,6.00 o'cl ck• Friday' afternoon and came through, the'ordeal ;well., On Monday his isurgeon stated he WAS we11•pleasec"'•; it:h his' con d" tion, He is cite tationa an x :g i, d oh the young man's head, Aerie Tecognized his mother's voice be- p'• trating' the skull above the eye. fore' seeing her an. Tuesday. 'Car - ll' Alone at the time; Carman alar is permitted to leave his bed 'didn't lose eonscipusness, and briefly, and a continuance of his made hi§ way a long distance to early :progress is •hoped and pray- the house to tell of 'the accident. ed for. • ' • ' . t. 'a • • i .. • it w:F