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LUCKNOW, ONTAI;,IQ THURSDAY, MARCH 27th, 1952,
STORM
WRECKS
PHONE LINES,
The .Saturday night sleet :and
wind storm played havoc with.
telephone" lines of „the Goderith
Rural ;Telephone .Company; Lo-
cally the Bell Company reports
little or no ;damage but long des:'
Brice.•seririce. was: 'disrupted'. by
damage elsewhere. , '
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Forty Poles: Down
On' the Dungannon • : ;system
'some forty poles •were down ibe
tween•. Lucknow and Dungannon.
Six.•poles on the heavy lead ling
• south of Dungannon were also,
down and wires' broken , and,.
tangled..
Some of the poles were heaved
out of the• ground by the. heavy
load of ice : on the wires and the
stiff ;gale that blew. Others were
splintered and in some cases toss-
' ed over the fences ,intothe fields.
A few poles on the 12th Con
Cession -were -reported to -be ;down.
but the pole damage, was chiefly
to the main line, although .num-
erous other party lines wereje
ported: to be "out of order".
Immediate _repairs werecom-
mericed and a gang f men are
still 'busy'Making 't ni.porary .'re
pairs in an effect • to restore'nor-.
mal . service. • •
With the ditches- wet and,
muddy 'erection .of . poles" is the
•more. difficult, ,and as a result'
immediate 'efforts ate devoted to'
restoring service. More perman-'
-ent repairs • will be -,made= as time
and conditions ,perttit.: The .Com-
pany' has 'quite''a stock of poles
en• , hand, :and sortie that went
'' down between •here and Dungan
noon ;were slated. for r e ` lacement.
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Service " between Dungannon
and Goderich' was disrupted••but
the Dungannon •Exchange'could
be:contacted' from; '.Lucknow '•via
Wing h F ,.ti ra .,.
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MRS.; CARTER .PASSES
The. death of: Mrs: John T.
rteroccurred in London`` •on'
tur.
da inher 75t ` r:
Y � , h year.
funeral' service.was:held: on Tues-
day afternoon at Johnstone's
Funeral Home with. interment in
South Kinloss Cemetery,.•
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MAGI-STRATEPOST
F R. Z ION- ATI_
.... .. N ...1E .
William Stanl ardner Smith
Foretipine barrister, has been ap-
pointed by ,the' provincial adorn
ey-general's ' department' to:, .. the_
*'post of rnagistrate for. Cochrane:.
and:. Temiskasx ing ..district. The
appointment becomes effective;'
on April lst ,.`
-'Stan" Gardner was a son of
William R. Gardner and Maud
Stanley . and Was born ` at Zion
where his parents farmed before
moving to Northern • Ontario.
Xr. Gardner.: attended Kinear-•
dine High School before • • going
• to Toronto 'University and Os-
goode Hall. Since.:_his. graduation.
.he has practised law in the' North
Country.: '
His father is ead •
_ d and•h s
mothe _ and -a -sister Olive reside
in Cochrane.. A brother Lloyd is
a banker, Y
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• Mr.'Gardn . _ a
er plans •'to :dispose
of his. South ,Porcupine:law prat
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tise in the iniznediate future,' to.
take over his new office. He' will
'alsso' resign' several offices he
holds, liicludi ! the' reeveship of
Whitney Township, the presi-
dency of Northern Ontario Min-
hng Municipalities' Association,
from Prettier Frost's' committee
°n,ininestaxation the ' residenc
of Tim .... _- .. + � >ti .�.. • .As-
sociation,
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mins Porcupine'; Law As-
sociation ' Membershipof Coch
rane district
Children's Aid'Sod;•
iety hoard and, Whitney liibrary
aboard, r
Stan wag
.as born in Ashfield onNovember 15th, 1907; and went
s h•
with
1 . , } parents, to Cochrane in.
912. Ile graduated from Osgoode
in 1935 and ,in 1937 married• Mil- -
dredk Morgan of Ripley, They
••have four .children,° Mary 12, Kay
• „-10, Ann g ' and, Paul 4.
BIG DAY'S. HAUL:
Brooks Bros, scored a
Ord one day . haul' of cattle.
to. 'Toronto on Saturday. by
transporting 117 head in five
' trailer loads. The operation
got underway. well 'before
dawn on Saturday morning;
- °and . continued 'far into • the
:...night.; .-One transport r n:ac ' -
three round trips during the
haul. Wind ':;and 'sleet that
night didn't help. ,natters'any.- r.
.RED CROSS FUN:D.
GROWS, S'TEADI'LY"
Donations to the Lucknow' and
District Branch of the Canadian
Red' Cross have reached to.
around' the $900. mark; but this.
figure , represents only. about
three-quarters of .last Y ear's total.
.The „blitz"-can-vass-1 r the will
age has speeded up the campaign
and *nearlyall villa e�-. o n •
. ag donations
are in. A generous volunteer re -
Sponse from the rural area will
ibe necessary to put :the fund over
the top, ,
.An additional list of • donations
follows: Miss Margaret:' Malcohn
$5.00; W. L. • 'MacKenzie` 5.00;
Elizabeth Murdie 5.00; Mrs.
Christine Hodgins..5.00;
S. Mitchell .5.00; Mrs. A'. E. •Dur'-
'tin 1.00; ' .Joe Irwin 2.00; Mrs.
Mary Ross 5.00;' ;Mrs. S. 'E..Cam:
eron 1.00;;. Bud Hamilton " 1:00;
Rev. W. J. Mumford 3.00; Mrs.
H. Humphrey 2.00; W. D. ;Mc-
Quai'g .2.00; Ken Chester 2.00; "Al-
bert Alton. 2.00; Dr.' W, V. John:'
stop; .5:00:; --,Mrs. N. J. ,MacKenzie
2.00; .: • Fred,' Jackson '5.00; Mrs.
Plewes '25.00; Duncan McLeod
1:00; Miss . Marion MacDonald
5'.00; Mrs. C. ;H. •MacDonald 1.00;
•George Taylor; . Jr:, 1 1;00; ` Temple
Clark 2.00;;_Sid: Whitby i.00;. .Car-
rie .Milne 2.00; : Edward Dexter
2.00; R; C. W;hitby . 1.00;. Alex.
Hamilton 2:00; Dr. M. H:' Corrin
5.00 A. E. ..Ritchie 1.00; Stuart
Robertson: 5:00; P.• W. Hoag. 5.00;
1VIrs. • H.. Mathers 1.00; Geo. Swan
2:00 Innes MacSween 2.00.; W.' A.
Russell 2.00; Wm. Robb 1.00; 'Mrs.
M McFarlane ,,500;•; Wm. Mae-
Donald 5.00; Roy McGhee .75;
M•rs.: C. 'McDonaldt 2 U9; _Miss J.
McDonald 2.00; Alex, McDonald
200; i ..m._J:-McDonald 1.00_ .Miss-
.:McCluskey 5.00;•.`:,Robert Moore
2•00;• Mrs. C:' Steward 41,08; Wrn.
ldushell.:5.00,: W. J. Douglas 2:00:;'
Grant Gollan 1.00;: Wm. Lyons
1.00; .Rev., C. E. • Winn 2.00;: Dr.
T. B. Cleland '10.00; Robert : Arm
.strong:.,'_,2 00 _ Alex.Purdon 1.00;
R. •'T. ;Douglas :.75; ' Miss' C. Mc-
Donald .75; J,M Greer 6.00;_L:
W. 'Smith 5.00; John ,'A. MCDon-
ald 5•.00; Miss E. McDonald 1.00';
Neil MacCallum 1.00;. Wm, Mut-
die 10.00; 2 Campbell Thompson;
5.00; Oliver Glenn 5.00; Kenneth
Murdie 10.00; 'Elmer . Umibach.
2.00; Dr.' Jas. Little 10.00; Harold
Green 5.00; MacLennan and Mac-
Kenzie j
aceKenzie_ 10_._00 _Harvey_Treleaven
5.00; Lucknow Fruit Market 2.00;
N. H. Hedley. 1.00;, •D. R. 'Finlay-
son 5.00; E. V. Baker 1001, A. J.'
Walson'2.00 •Misses E. & P. Hen='
derson 2.00; Zion L O,L. 5.00;
Ytobert Rae 10.00; Gordon Fisher
2.00; Sepoy. Store' 5.00; L. E.. Ash-
torf'.5 00 W. A, Porteous 10.00;
A. E. McKim 10.00; 'John Hall.
5.Od; Rathwell & Son 10.00; Joe.
MacMillan 5.00,;• ' M. Sanderson'
$.00 .Win, Schmid' 5.00; R. E.
Crawford 5.00; Market Store 5,00;
Archie Smith 5.00; ,John ,McChar-
les 1.00; Mrs. A. Struthers 1,00.
George, Greer • 1.00;', Bill Houston'
1.00; A, Sutherl rid 2,00; ' ken.
neth Jardine 1.00; Jack Bannister
2.00; Philip . Stewart 1.00; Alex
McNay, .1,00;. R, ' Ross 1.00;: Dick.
Webster 1.00; Lucknow W. I.
25,00; Peter Johnston 00; C:
Crawford 2.00; • Albert Morton
.50;'„J, R. - McNab 10:00; ,Clifford
Johnston. 2.00 John ::R !,eod,
10.00; `Barn' Durnin „1.00; George
' Orvis 1.00; Jerry Cranston . 2,00;•
Gillies ..; • .. oiw
Mrs,. Neil Gillies. 2,00, Lucke
Chapter R.A,M., 10,00; Mrs. I.
Congrain :5.00.. y
BY TH E
TINA,
THAT Mr,. and Mrs. L. C..McIver.
have moved to Lucknow and
-are residing in an apartment
in the .Henderson ' Block. This
esteemed' couple have been
making" their' home with their
daughter, • Mrs. Ira Dickie and
• Mr. Vickie, since the sad death'
of their, sonTflon, and the sub-
Sequent ' sale of the 'McIver
ProPei t .
'THAT • a •postcard 'from Rev. :Ben
• son Cox states : that he ..is' en -
route • by "Ea press , of Scotland"
from Venezuela to Panama: Re'
reports good,sailing, a fine ship
-and a- merry; company of tray
ellers. . •• '
THAT Joe Whitby' has :been draft
ed from • the , aircraft carrier
Magnificent to Stadacona Bar-
y racks at `Halifax where he • is
taking.. a land base . course in.
submarine torpedo detection It
•trill • mean' a 'prozrotion when-
'Joe
hen:Joe • completes thee• course in
about five .'months ',at which,
• time' his -furlough will come up.
• .Joe has' been i • the Navy for
• a •y
. no
ear. w,'
THAT • Dick.. uai ' who had
, Mme g,,
ibeen-convalescing from' a' heart
condition, suffered'' another
. • severe seizure at -the -week-end.
C B.B W., N -BI1:.•o i 1)U TCH FAIVI'I LY
' A freak cabbage, sporting GO: TO TORONTO
a growth of stalks, leaves and • - ,
flowers; is on . display in
Glenn's Gro. eery. It "•belongs"
to Norman Stewart. Shooting
from the : cabbage are five
stalks, upward to, three• feet
.. in :length.: They..:are_. heavily.
leaved and each one/is •topped,
: with a Cluster of small yel-
low •flowers,
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AMPUTATE 'TH I ice.
l IME HOME AGAIN
Mrs. 'George ' Taylor, • Sr., to
turned home a couple: • of weeks
ago' from Victoria . Hospital,: Lon-
don, where she' underwent a third
amputation operation. She had
been in the, hospital for, the past
couple of months` 'following the
latest operation 'forthe removal
A Dutch . family who: were tern.
porarily stranded in Lucknow last
week, are-. now • comfortably
housed in Toronto, *here • the
head of the 'house and their eld.
.e 'both.employed,..
Ist..dau�.tex--are
Itis a .happy ending. toa week.
of uncertainty, but during which:
they found Canadian hospitality
more than they had ever antici-,
pated' a d for which they ' were
• deeply g'1ateful.. '
The family, Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Jansen and four children ages 8..
to 18,. arrived in Lucknow by '
,train on Monday . afternoon "of.
last week.; Their .destination, was '
the Burgess farm in Kinloss
Township, but in themeantime
the farm had been sold and the
family had to be placed else-
where. At the tithe of their ar
of._the_toes_from.._her right foot.acement officer 'at
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Last summer Mrs. Taylor •un-,
derwent••a similar. ',operation•Ior
the removal of all the tees Irani
her left foot. Over six years : ago
she submitted to the first opera-'
tion when •her• left arm,' was am-
putated. „ "
Mrs. '•;Taylor is diabetic and
gangrenous conditions which have
developed from time to time. have.
made surgery: imperative., •
In spite of all • ;these ordeals
end : the ,suffering they entail, •
Mrs, Taylor never fails to main-
tain'. her bright and .cheery••dis-•.
•position, and :as .'.the' saying is
"takes • everything in . 'stride"?,
without : complaint .
Mrs. Taylor continues .' to, : im
prove . since .her,' last' operation,
and .despite two- toeless feet: -is.
now able • to move ' about the
house a little, although it will be
some time before she can move
about ::freely. 'and. without suffer=
ing•,.
x> vaL the_. it
Goderich was out of• town.
The Jansen ansern family,,, unable to
bring any \money of any account
?with them, were . so ':near penni-
• less upon arriving here. that they
hadn't enough ',to buy .food.
The local ,Branch of 'the Rei
',Cross'' came to their/aid in, ' this
respect, :.and overnight accomo
dation was. made available at the
•Hofsted home, fellow • Hollanders,.
On the Glen Walden farm.;
For the rem.ainder of the week
the home • of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
MacMillan was_thrown:__.openr-to
them.
Mr. ' sand Mrs. Jansen' ;?ere Mar-
ried'
ried' in Toronto where their eld-
est daughter. was born,' but re-
turned to. their native land `:atthe
time'''. of the • depression.' : Nov,,
finding conditions not, good' in
Holland, they .once 'more'. have
returned to Canada, : Upon find-
ing his: job was not available' here,
_Mr, Jansen contacted his former-
employer in Toronto,. the Roland
Brick "Company, and was assur-
ed of a job. He and. his 'eldest
daughter; who is a • stenographer,
went to Toronto. on. Friday and'
both have obtained •employment
They secured an apartment with-
outdelay and on : Saturday the
other members of the family left
for the city, but asked that their
appreciation be extended to all:
whohad been so helpful to them,
including the 'Red •Cross and the
Village Clerk, 'and the C.N.R.'
THAT members M the District MILK .GOES UP ` ONE
High School Board met in Tori •CENT. NEXT TUESDAY
onto on- Monday with `Mr Uobt
Lyons when negotiations : were.
successfully concluded for the
purchase of the Lyons property,
adjoining the site of . the new
• district high, school.
THAT G• Madgett . of • Marmora
has bee named to succeed_A
W. ' Hamilton as .'local" C.N.R.
:agent mate. of hi arrival here'
is not definite.
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THAT a successful farm " sale of
,the estate of Cecil . Gardner:
• was held on Thursday of last
week. The grass farmwas sold,
to Walter Alton .'Disposal of
the home farm is pending,' but
the transaction was not com
pleted at the time of. the sale.
THAT Kenneth . Nicholson : and
Dorothy Gibson who 'were both
in'. Wingham.• Hospital .with,
meningitis have returned home..
Kenneth` returned - home ' on
" Saturday and Dorothy at the
first of the. week. Othercases
• are reported ' in the community
but these • were : the only two
to• be hospitalized,, We under'
stand. The illnessis associated
with the' mumps germ, the
mumps . having been in epi-
,demic proportion'in •this dis
trict for several . weeks, with
children and adults' alike •being•
subject to the malady.
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THAT Mr. and Mrs. Thomas :Robb
of Ashfield have bought Bert
Walden's residence : at Anther -
ler, The Walden home was for-
, ,nierly owned by"Wilfred Brad-
• .l:ey, from "whom' Mr. ., Walden.
bought both; the house- and
• chopping mill T,he' mill was
:disrnantlecl""Mast . summer to
make Way :for. the junctions of
Highways 86 'and The' Bliie-
water, ,and Mr. Walden ' now
has • other plans that :will ,• re
•salt in ,his removal from, Ain-
berley, when Mr. ' and Mrs,
.. Robb• will retire to their; new
• home': in the, , irnrnediate corn- •
triunity where` they. have 'spent
• all their Married' life.
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The price' of :milk wrll;•advance
from 18to:19 cents•ain Lucknow`
next Tuesdya�, April ''• Ist.. The in
:crease has been authorized by the
Milk 'Control Board. Lucknow is
one. of the few. centres Where
.milk will sell at this price,; as the
prevailing rate .in Most, commUn-
ities
-ities is 20c or 21c a quart. , .
Mi'lk_sunoliers to , the local
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dairy : will receive an increase of agent:. "
25c -from. $3.85. to $4.10per huh
dred pounds for. milk.. This,, is EASTER EGG' HUNT:..
lower than producers, in the high
er •,retail. centres' receive: The Playhouse 'will stage its
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-Milk in pmts will .sell at1c
and half 'pints of cream. at 22c,•
representing a one -cent increase
alfround.. .
HAVE •RELIC OF 'FIRST
. FA WAR SHOE FASHIONS
A
lone pair of lady's high lace"!
•shoes, ,Which were the style at
the time of the First World War,
are: to 'be seen at S. C. Rathwell
Si Son shoestore. Three pairs of .
them"• were "dug out''• when• this
store launched _ a big shoe sale
recently,. and' were placed on .a
99 -cent -bargain cottnte'r,, amore as
a novelty 'Than anything:glse. A
couple of •pair of them. were sold
however,'.as bargainop-
.wise' shop-
pers
P
pejrs grabbed the' chance to get
a.. good pair of garden 'shoes.' '
High :shoe • stiles went out of
date' almost overnight • about the
end of World War" I; ,and were
succeeded by the ' oxford which
has, been fashionable ever since.
Some shoe merchants suffered
heavy losses in the sudden swing
•from the high .lace shoe to the
low -cut.
The three pair which were -reser
urrected 'at Rathwells' have been
in stock since 1918, They were
of. the' well known "Empress"
line of,.a quality'„'of leather not
often seen today, and at that time
sold from. ,$9.00 to $12.00 •a. pair,
, Incidentally the 99c .bargain
table made a real hit with shop-
pers and was cleared of some 2Q0
pairs of 'odds' and ends" lin the
first two days of the sale.
Y ;..W:.�t, ,_,.�+- •41Lit1a�lu";�i+moi
annual -Easter egg hunt, when
eggs will be" hidden in various'
places in the village and will en-
title the finders to a ...ss to ' the
show. The eggs '. will 'be 'stamped
'"Playhouse"• ' .. -
For - the housewives there will ' '
be lucky eggs 'in a�ll 'the grocery
stores, at Silverwoods and •Ed
Baker's. :
PRIZE WINNERS IN
STORE OPENING DRAW
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Winners of the .opening day .
prize draw at Stewart's Decorat-
ing Store were: 1st Wm -Norma
Sherwood,' $10 worth 'of' ,wall' -
paper; 2nd, Miss Mary MacKen-
zie, $5100 worth. of wallpaper;
3rd, Mrs. Elmer Johnston, quart
of Nepto' Lac enamel. The draw
was made ;by Miss Freda Hunter.
DON'T RUSH TO PHONE.
WHEN SIREN', BLOWS'
From the Bell , Telephone Of-
fice comes the requestthat the
,public refrain from rushin
,'., ..• g to•
Ihe-phone--w-hen -the---siren blowc.
First duty of the ,operator is to
notify the mernbers •'Qf the Fire
Company where, the outbreak= is►.
This means 20 'calls, d 'these .
cannot be accom 1isl speedily
or efficiently ifp°"ever one' is;
ringing in. to ask, , "Where's She'
fire?"
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The office asks' that the public
refrain for 20 minutes ' ` from
making; such calls,
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