The Lucknow Sentinel, 1952-03-13, Page 1li
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INTERESTING; DISPLAY : OF
LOCAL; RED -CROSS IVQRK .. '-
Since
Since the local Branch of the
Red Cross was • organized. early
in World War `1I, a willing and
faithful band of, ladies halvemet
regularly a': the workroom in. the
Town Hall to :make a, great' vat -
let y of articles according..to, the
needsneedi_TOf the organization; •.`
The *clop,- h.
"1�'fi pr though' oughh' smaller now,
continuetheir 'efforts and " some
,of ' their handiwork is currently
on display in ' McKim's Drug
Store window. Don't fail • to see
it. It consists •.of blankets, knitted
goods, infant's layette articles,
etc.;'' and only by viewing " this
display will the' public . fully ap-
preciate the work these ladies"are
doing.
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TO CONCLUDE FIRE VICTIM
CANVASS THIS WEEK'
RAf FLE TV SET TO
AID 'ROY 'HAVENS
LuGknow Hockey Club is spongy
Boring a -draw' for a television -set,
with the proceeds, in aid Of Roy
Ravens, ::.a member of the Sepoy
• hockey team, who suffered; a (bad -
'right ht leg lasts Thurs-
.ly, fractured g .
^` enn iii: the=local :arena; -
,day rev >I
The' mishap' -occurred :• early. in'
they first period • of the: Lucknow-
Mildmay game, and otnoy.'s first
• tape' out on the ice:.
Unable to move the limb, Roy
knew at once that: "it was broken
snd''told`•lus teammates so as they.
crowded about him. 'He was ,car-
,* tied from the . ice, and after, first
aid'treatment ; was '• removed . to
:fWingham. Hospital . where the
multiple, fractures Were set 'on.
Saturday morning,' in a ` lengthy
' operation..
The main bone of the leg : is
broken', juseabove the. ankle, and
higher up there are at least two
breaks ,in : a •smaller bone:, In re
ducing the fracttiresi screws were
put din the bones; and a t.empor-
ary cast applied. It -,is expected.
that • Roy will ,be 'off work for
-about three months, and; genuine
:'regret is heard • on 'every .hand
over 'the .;misfortune • ' •
It was: Boy's second ' fracture
H . this 'season In an earlier game
• he sufferet1: --a.-- fractured' - right
wrist and had been sidelined
since then. He went' into Thurs.
day's playoff game. with' a'`wrist.
still in a cast.
The Hockey: Club lost •:.notime
in planning' this . benefit draw,
and' tickets "on the television: •set.
are 'nowavailable The setYal:-
ued:. at 4349.00, and the' C3ub`
'hopes to sell at least 1000 tickets
at ;$1.00 each: The draw will' be
made • at the Legion Auxiliary
dance in the' Town. ;:Hall ' on Fri-
day, May, .23rd. -
Proceeds of. Lucknow's Wednes-
• day • night game :with • Mildmay
are earmarked for Roy's benefit,
and
. ,� the. Legion, have decided to
turn over the proceeds •'of their
' St ,Patrick Night dance.
Ilave-y0tvrenewe41►bur Sentinel?;
ADVERTISE. "FOR
• FAIR -C•RSE `w -ARYw.Y
G ETa ,
The Lucknow
.:A.gricu%tur-a1..Soc;
iety is currently advertising for
rations he c `fire . o
, secretary -treasurer to, .succeed
Alex T..MacNaye At; ,jtlhe annual
Meeting Mr`,., • MacNay informea
the Board that because , of : she
pressure ad la &ties with :the
• Luckriow : District - Co.Operative,
he would have to ,give up the
secretaryship Of. the Fain; He of-
, tidally . tendered iris ;:esigrattion
at a Board •meeting, On Fri"d'a
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-: Alex niwas.appuinted o the poli-
tion over two years ago upon..the
resignation • of
Mr Joseph Ag-
• new.
The Board will, again :sponsor
• a Cal Club,' and this year tt will
be in conjunction with th•
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County, ,gri_ e Huron
Acultural+ office At
least ten entries are r uired .to'
tont a Club: SeJvenentries seem
assailed, and anyone interested in
joining: is requested' to do so' be-
fore the ,erid of -March. Applica-
tion 'forms ,are 'available from A.1
TT•'MaCNay, who is' carrying on
as Secretary until his successor
•appointed, or from Club Lead-,
ers Tom Todd and Fred 'MCQuil-.
lin:, . - . .
The Board decided ecided ►to proceed
with the , re air` ,
,,darn p ring of the. stock
,on the •rafr Grounds. A new.
roof and . the painting dt the
building are included: in the ►fin:
provement plans. ' • •
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LUCKNQW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH. 13th,, 1952•
;Canvassers ' who have;;" been
making their rounds to establish.
a benefit fund. for Mr. and 'Mrs.
Lorne Ritchie_ who lost thit
barn by fire, report a 'generous
response,. ,'
It. is planned '`to wind.up the
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campaign' this' week; ThereAmay
be some who, were missed: in ..the
area: canvassed, and others out
side • . of Ashfield Township • who
may wish to contribute.
Donations=marbeleft at Ci•aw-
ford's Feed Store or. at- TheSen=
-INJURIES LESSSEVERE'
1"t:YDR�Q- SYSTEM THAN FIRST FEARED
RECEIVES • CREDIT
4William Lyons returned from•;
..At the, March meeting, of.'the.-Wingham' Hospital on Monday,
Village Council *the lath Power but is confined to ;bed at his home
Bill was presented, revealing a here, suffering from cracked ribs,
credit., of $2197.45, to 'the Luck- • the result of a 'fall, last Friday.,
now Hydro System;' The credit Bill and' his. sdn Jimm,.Y. were
represents 4the .:difference •• be-, leaving` the hou e...at., rioo -�:on
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tween what the local system was ' Friday • when the former • slipped
char ed; for 'power during." the ' en , 'so e • ice ` n the' steps-
• � . airing," Some ice o... _ cps and
fiscal year,• and the' actual. cost came down .heavily, ; ,.,•,
,of power, as determined at the :. He was unable to move, and
year's end. when Jimmy .couldn't get`: him up:
Councillor, Russell Button w,as he ran for help. It was first fear-
+arppointed. relief administrator,.... ed that Bill's back was broken;
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A .letter of • appreciation was ' but happily this 'was not the case.
received from the • Library Board He was -„removed . to Wii gham
regarding; the increased •grant. re- Hospital for x-rays and .treatment
cently. approved.; ', and due:•to the crowded. condition
By=Law No.. 3 was passed, pro- at the, hospital, was brought home.
viding . for , . borrowing., up: to th'e • first.of the week....:.
$15000' at 4i, percent
:Telegraph and telephone corm= ••COUSINS • . HAD -FIRST'
munications. were . received in, MEET111,GG AT WEEK -END
connection with alterations 'that
will be necessary upon: the re-. .• Mr. 'Thomas Robertson of New
moval of hydro: ;lines and l poles Westminster, .B<C., was a week
from Main St, TA Henn► srsr_en .con end guest at'_rthe..:home,�of;Me, :and
trot syste+ni, operated from' the -Mrs. •Neil G. MacKenzie of Ash -
fire 'h'all •;wil'l be also' considered field: Mr! Robertson is a first
in , connection with the change cousin of Wt. MacKenzie andof
over. , •
In return for A right-of-way..,to'
the new: _well site over Anderson
Flair Products property, `it was
agreed to supply •the • plant with
free waters..
tinel :Office,• arid anyone: intend= ON . CANADIAN SIfIP
'ing to aid in'this good .neighbor, IN KOREAN WATERS
gesture is asked to make his or
her contribution 'by •Saturday Douglas Erriberlin • eldest son of.
Mr. and Mrs: Fred F.niberlin
town, is serving On the crew •of
the Canadian•:-.destroyerA,-S'Tootka,
whioh--is''%preseiitly in the Korean
theatre of operations. He does 'not
expect to : return to his home ;base.
untilOctober. * •
Doug has been .in the Canadian
Navy for over? two years: He was
married some time ago : when sta.
tioned at the East Coast And his
wife is residing at Cornwallis:
night when the fund will' close,'..
LOCAL CN R� . AGENT
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GOES TO.-HANOVER
A. W. iiamilton has been ap-.
pointed 'C.N.R.stationmaster.' :at
`Han'over, and will, ' shortly. take
over his new duties';there, Alex
has, been .stationmaster here for
almost 'thirty-four years. He suc-
ceeded 0. G. "Collie” : Mar.tin as
local agent' on July '8th, 1918; and'
with the exception of: a two -Year
leave• of absence. `following the
.death' of his .falther;;_Mr, .Hamil'-
ton ,has been in . Lucknow.:'contin;
uously'since . then.
,Mr. Hamilton i§ the senior
agent in :the. district, The retire-
meet. of the Hanover• agent -made_
trim--eligible-fonthia post, which •
Offers_ _considerably . higher. •re-
rnoneration. ,He is due for toper -
arm inn within three-years-and-
the*
i ree-years and -the' new • position will be the"cream onhis. pension". Mr. Ham-
ilton, we :understand, will retain.
hit home here and will :commute
between Lucknow and Hanover
at :occasion permits. •
The date o1 his transfer ' to'
Hanover has not yet • been an-:
'pounced, nor has ;the name of
his successorry at the local depot..
It is ekpect_ed -the.-'change will -
take place . about the first of
April. •
During his residence. here Mr.,
Hamilton has taken' an active • in-
terest "iri . `various phases. .of civic
life.. He is an ex -reeve and coun-
cillor
of the municipality, is .a
Fast Master of Old Light Lodge
and at other times . actively pro-
!rioted the Bawling Club, and the
Horticultural .Society, He ispr'es-'
ently 'interested in the enlarging
of a district
fish and game. club"
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and in accelerating the outdoor
life ,propogation program
.Atec's sideline . and hobby is a
.
'mink ranch and he is switching
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the colony over to the poptilar
sapphire shade, . and • now has
about 85 of these animals; Mr,
Hamilton, plans, on keeping the
mink, to which he will tarn' his.
attention more closely When hen his
railroad days are overt
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I,IIr..;EE: B( --THE
SENTINEL°
THAT S. B. Stothers, Tom Todd.
and. George Kennedy were
•among those attending. the bull
sale 'at Toronto this Week..Steve
and. Torn attended an'Aberdeen
Angus '. directors meeting in
Toronto on Monday night
'TIHAT •Mr: Wm, MacDonald of
•. the High School staff has pur.
Chased the home` Of Robert
• Fisher, which , the MacDonald
family ".has, 'tenanted for some
time. ••
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THAT Miss. Donna I-amilton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs..Frank
• ,Hamilton of,'Ashfield;`has sue-
' cessfully -Completed her initial
term at Woodstock General
Hospital and has received her
cap.
THAT rW. • E° Treleaven, despite,
his 87 'years, •is ;still an ardent
' sport fan, . and 'while . in Tor-•
onto last week attended, a Leaf
game at The' Gardens
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THAT the -Lo-La-Le Club held
•a dance ofi l+riday nightih{•aid
of the blind fund The crowd
'was• hot very large and . the
net proceeds will 'be under $10
Mr.. Stuart Robertson of Luck -
,now. and . it was • the .first time
the y had 'ever met. 'Their fathers,
the late G. S. • Robertson;'and the
late Thomas Robertson•,... were
bothers.. ' •
Mr. Robertson was in Ottawa
last week as a delegate from ; thee'
Fraser Valley Milk Producers'
Co-operative. Association, and ac-
companied Mr.: Donald' a,. Blue,
M.P , from Ottawa to spend the
week -end in- this community.
RAHS AD , H E 011
'- FLE EI N `POLICE•
TEN PAGES
fMAIOE RDCR-0:5S RED—T
BLITZ CANVASS
The National campaign of the
Canadian Bed Cross was launched
on. Monday of this "week. The Soc-
iety requires $5,222,000 - to carry.
on itS work for the "iniproven enf
of health ; the prevention of dis
ease and the .mitigation 'of suf
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feting .throughout the world". In
peace or war, in fire, flood, ;fam-
rile,. pestilence,, tornadoand•earth.
quake the Red Cross carries on
its great humanitarian . work—a
task ,that 'couldnot: be• undertaken
or achievedwithout the annual '
dominion -wide response to their.
appeal 'for funds.
Lucknow and District has reg-
ularly and 'generously responded
to ...this appeal,and the 'local
Branch is currently co-operartittg
to again do its part in supporting
the cause.
Canvass Village ,.
Village canvassers have 'been.
appointed : and : are launching a.
. blitz•.. an y! s as - his: week. tIf is
hoped to complete the house -to
house, calls . today and• tomorrow
Thursday a n d •Friday, a n d•
householders are asked io.be pre- pre-
pared to' receive these volunteer
workers, . so that their task may
t be completed . as speedily ' as : pots,•
1 ible, •
I. The canvassers and the Section
:,rn which they will work are as
I • follows:. South : side Main 'St.,
:Chas Webster, .North side Main
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St.;, Bob • MacKenzie, : South , of
Campbell. •St. and West of River,
r Norman Taylor and S B, . Stoth-
ers; '• South. of CaMpbell ,St,..land •
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• least. of river, Lloyd Ashidif and'"
' H, D.:Thompson, Nor 'h of Camp-
bell and west of : river, Floyd Wil-
' son and Innes MacSween' . North
Mrs. Edwin D. Smith age 34, ! of Campbell St to Rose St:..and
and her 8 -year-old daughter; 1'.east of river, d L..:MacMillan' and '.
Sharon • Lee,: were `victims :cif • a ` Fred Jackson; `North of. Rose St
head-on auto crash'. in suburban and east of 4.ver, Donald:• Mac
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Detroit, Detroit, _ as two Detroit youths in r Lean, anJim Henderson. e.. .
a stolen car 'attempted toelude.; No personal, canvass• of 'the
police • who were , chasing them rural area hasibeen arranged, but
Both;,Mrs! Smith and her ..dau- �, donations May be . left at your
ghter 'were' severely injured and neighborhood store, or. at Mc -
were taken to Redford. Hospital. Kim's•`Drug Store or the Bank of
Mrs. Smith was badly Cut . and Montreal, Lucknoinr.
bruised. but . has since . been', able ' Country stores receiving • do-
;to leave the- hospital. Sharon Lee, nations include MacLennan's and,
however, will be hospitalized for Pettman's, Lochalsh; Shiells'. and
several weeks: She had two: bones .Courtney's; Amberley, McDon- •
broken . in ori.e., .leg and. sufferecL :ald's, Kint,ail.;-Miller's;-St.-Helens;
a fractured cheek' bone. Her face. Hiltz and :,Perry's, .Iiolyrood':
was badly cut and.`already "she"
has undergone both . -plastic and
-nerve-surgery7, It --is hraped-°• that`
the plastic. , surgery will; • prevent•.
a .scarring of the face:
Mrs. Smith wag ',formerly Ila
Culbert, daughter of Mrs. Effie
"Culbert- of Huron .Township,. and'
the late. Andrew- Culbert.. She is 1• REV. DICKINSON.
aniece of . Jtn, Culbert of Luck-. �- BOOK
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a w,WRITES BOLO:
The accident restilted fromthe ., ,� •
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attempted •escape�,of_.two Detroit•.:, : '
Seven Days and Seven Words"
-boys- i a. --stolen car. Aispeeds
the:title--
rs ..aft--a-.-religious--•book;, }-
up to 80 and'. 90 ;miles :an hour" written by C. H,Y Dickinson,
they'had .eluded Detroit and Oak, Book, . Steward of :the United
Church Publishing : House, and a
Parkp ollee. and Oakland County
former asltoi. on the' •Ashfield'
sheriff's deputies Farmington p
i.�olice, alerted by: radio, 'set; 'up'
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N'eedhani's and Baldenby's, Kin. ' •
lough; Kinloss Store; Feagan's,
Langside- Neirr•'s Wifite
church:
+Have you renewed your Sentinel?
a two car road • block, : • and it In the foreword Rev. Dickinson
was in attempting to;avoid the says in •parithat..lthe book is "the.
road black. that the youths crash- r6cor.d,of the last week of Jesus'.
ed head-on' into the eat... driven life on earth and is:i record of °,;
_. ifi the Most intense reli'... ious•. e ..'....er-
IV Mrs.: Smith,on bane .Mile g
Road. ' , fence known: to n ankind". He re-
. cans the events.af Hol :'Week.
Both . cars were . demolished. . , Y,
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The Smith car burst into fla : ` from Palm Sunday with iris: tri-
which iwei4 extinguished . by the uphal walk to Eni�niaus seven'
Southfield ,fire departrnerit; `rhe • daysmlater.
boys' in the stolen car,, ages 13 Rev. Dickinson says, , "1 " have
and16, were "also • severely injur+ ventured 'to interpret . the Cross
ed and were taken to ° hospital,. , in terms .4 The Se`vep. Last
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.1:._ Words frons. the lips of our ;,Lord
At Holyrood' that ; as Be hung. and suffered :there",
the Kinloss Juve:se• evening.
Hockey A. copy of the book, lust off'
Club went inthe hole from the the Ryerson ,Press, is at McKim's
proceeds of 'their dance, prug, Store.
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