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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1952-03-27, Page 1• $2.50. Yearly In Advance -;$1 00 Extra To U.S.A. 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. , ' • 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. . eP Service " between Dungannon and Goderich' was disrupted••but the Dungannon •Exchange'could be:contacted' from; '.Lucknow '•via Wing h F ,.ti ra .,. _ . g �rrt- rpo tain�� alts► :. 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,.• : �, • •:. 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 • • Mr.'Gardn . _ a er plans •'to :dispose of his. South ,Porcupine:law prat -• 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, - y 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, l ' 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 • • 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. -=o- 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. r ---o••- 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. 6 • • 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 • • 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 • `,, r.• • • • -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 • 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?" {F The office asks' that the public refrain for 20 minutes ' ` from making; such calls, 1 r. • I1'r'• .4 •