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LUCKNOW,ONTATO,.
TIlt7RSDAY, APRIL.. 3rd,.1952,
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� Ian Drowns-°
�al�ng Season
Lyall . Brad'ley. Campbell,. 25,
youngest son of,. Mr. and Mrs, R.
Aubert Campbell `of,Ashfield met
death, by' drowning. last 'week, as
he was .checking' in, to" commence
another season on a :Great' fakes
freighter. Widowed byhis un-
timely death is his.'bride Of. six-
teen months ago, and left. 'father
:less is, their young son, 6 months
old David; Allen Campbell.
Mrs. Campbell was formerly
Florence Beaton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. ,lames Beaton, of. Huron
Township.. Lyall and Florence
were married, at, Preston .on• De-
cember lit, .1950. • ' •
Since a youth of. '16 Lyall has
been sailing the lakes, and ' was
engaged• for:several seasonswith
the Patterson -Steamship CO.' is
-year-'he was- to'--have-=-sailed--on
the S.S. Chicago. Tribune,
4' Mr. • and : Mrs.: Campbell, .. and
David had resided• in. Goderich
during the . `past winter. Late;
Tuesday Lyall took '•a )bus from
-Goderich fore Th'orold',wherehis
boat was• at winter ' moorings' in
the Welland ::Canal. -Reaching
there late that night, . he was
checking in about midnight when.
• the : fatality • is thought to have
happened.: Lyatl :had.;'clitnbed the
ship's boarding ladder with one
of 'his bags. He is believed to
have 'gone., back to the dock for.
his duffle: bag and to 'have ` slip=
ped from •the'ladder upon return-
ing to• the ship, :;failing, into the
Canal.' His absence was • not dis-
covered until roll :cal : 'the.., next
ay at noon,' and a hat floating
on: the water aroused'' fears that
,..he had drowned.` Dragging., oper-
ations were commenced''and late'
that afternoon' Lya11's ibo�y was
recovered from the canal. It -vas
about .8:00ro'clock Wednesday •ev-;
ening.'before relatives here :were.
contacted ' with `his- brother Bill
at Amberley receiving: the tragic
wrd.. • •
.Lyall ;was a ,. jolly lad who, had
a host of friends; Who'.were shock-
ed to, learn of his: death. Evidence,
of his popularity was to .be • seen
at the funeral,:service at Ashfield:
Presbyterian Church on ,Saturday
afternoon,' when the • spacious.
church was overtaxed: It was by;
-far one :of::the ']argent funerals'
ever . held in this district' The
service was conducted 'by' -Rev ':J
R. MacDonald . of Ashfield and.
Ripley, assisted by Rev' J. C.
Hutton of-Pine---River-church:
Interment-Was`:in Ripley Cem=-
etery with school boy churns act-
iri as with
. n Mac-
Lea•
g. pallbearers,. Alla,
, • : r-adley,-Stewart-and-
Bain MacLennan, Jack Drennan
andtiHoward ;Robb. The' many
,lovely floral ' tributes were car.
tied by cousins of the young man.
:Lyall was born on the Tomer
stead near Aniiber-ley'onr,'the farm
• novo owned by his 'brother; Reg:.
Be attended. Laurier Public
School and Kincardinei g'h
•School. before ,taking; to sailing.
,Lyall is survivedby his widow
and;'young- son, his -parents and
two bbrothexs,, Wiiiialii' and 'Reg-
inald' of Amberley. .1
.DIEDJHS SLEEP
The • death of ' Duncan Mac-
Intyre,
well known Ashfield
Township resident, . occurred sud-
denly early.•i
,Saturday morning n
his' 75th year, Mr: Maclntyre died
in his sleebfrom a' heart, attack:,
Mr. Mac!
• ntiyre had. been at the
bereaved,.. ' am" bell' home that
evening and appeared inhis.usual.
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good health. ,
• The .funeral was' held 'from
om
,Kingsbridge•
i, o'm a n Catholic
Church
on,Tuesday morning
to
Cemetery.
BORN
RITCil,IE_.. n. Wingharn '
sday, Hospital,
ion Wedne ' , y•
p , March 26th,, to
lir.' and Mrs. Harold � A; Ritchie
of Luckn.: tc
onv' a son,' Rolbert Dairies,
a .brother for Gary,'
NOTICE, TO ADVERTISERS
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This. week finds it 'impossnble
for us to accomodate all • the ad-
c4•ertising and news articles sched-
uled� • for , this • issue,' despite • the
fact ,that we ran . an additional
two pages. `
This extra run : had to be made
:Monday night in order to publish
on time, and .a flood of •copy on,
Tuesday upset our • Monday cal-
culations, When we could not do
anything about it.
Regularadvertisers` must have
their: copy in by Tuesday noon to
assure insertion, and , preferably,
on :Monday. Those who• are not
regular advertisers must have
.their copy in • . on, • Monday, 'in
order that we can.' cine our_
•press run requirements. •
This early' copy, applying to
both ads and 'news, is ."old stuff",.
but every once in awhile has •, to'
be: repeated. • as' we get into a
`yam'•'.- if the' -deadlines --are: -not
observed:'
PASSED .AWAY TUESDAY. -
The' death of Mrs Garbutt
Maltby occurred . at : Georgetown
on Tuesday,. April .1st..:She was
formerly Cather:in. e ;Collins and
was born in Huron Township 78
years 'ago; Mrs. Maltby had made.
her home here .'with' her'sister,
Mrs. John Carruthers,' until a
short time„:ago. `
The . funeral service will; be
.conducted today (Thursday) at
2.00 p.m. 'by, • Dr. W. .J. Mumford
at''. the MacLennan - Mackenzie
Menioriel Chapel 'Ii� terment will
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be win • Kincardine `Cemetery.
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:GA'VE_;ILLUSTR.ATEb
LECTURE ON' LEPROSY
• ave a ver
Rev G. H. King gave very
interesting illustrated;' lecture' in;
the . Presbyterian Church .:last
Wednesday evening' .on "Life 'in
a Leper Colony".. A' cross-section.
of life •in •India Was. shown by
a 'series of !lovely .pictures,: • and.
Rev. King;dealt with his subject
in . a ---most -interesting . and. ' en-
lightening' manner: •
-Thereare-te:n---m•iilhon lepers -i -r -
the world: today and-- nine cases
in Canada, Rev: King pointed
out. United' States has • several'
hundred' .cases.. New 'drugs, if
used:Lin__timeare oui�te effectiye
in--combating-:the-=disease.- which
at' one-, time was' considered • in
of the le ers
curable: The, welfare . , p ,
is in charge of 'the Mission to.
LepLe• ers, whirl . is an international
era?
interdenominational . org+an-
ization,' which Rev:, King •repre
sented.
B. -A. WINGHA1i
BRANCH. ROBBED
Cam MacTavish Was the 'victim
of robbers during'the early '• hours
of:' Tuesday .morning when _they
•cracked` the-; safe in the Winghara
branch-. 6f. the British -American
oil 'distribution office.
The robbers .forced a door to.
'!gain 'entrance 'to, the :plant, and
'used .stolen tools from the C.N.R.
,section houge to., bust' open the
'safeon thep
" :premises.The• heavy
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safe ` was• ,moved ' for ^the robbers
o •
t work on it and it was believed
that 'it would' require;, three men
to, move ,it as they , did. The 'tools.
were left.` on the premises., The
safecC rackers proceeded, neatly
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about their work, .removing Sta-
tionery
sta,tionezy swpp
lies from ,the. ,safe
before
giving giving it "the business„
Records 'were undamaged and
cheques .untotuched.' They were
interested only ;'in cash, and a
rough estimate until a check-up
Could . be completed , placed the loss at between $500 and"$1, 00 00.
A t
el -tale footprint interested
11 b.
police ,r Who investigated. , Some
finger ;Was 'also done,'
SHORTHORN MEN PLAN'..
CLUB SALE I ERK ••1N FALL."
i Directors of the Huron -Perth.
Shorthorn Breeders met at Dub-
lin .this 'week and planned their
regional show for September in
Stratford. '
,Directors decided on a new en.
terprise for 1952-a',club sale, to
be held in the latter part of Oct-
ober' or early -November. T'he'sale
is, to be,t Lucknow, with And-
rew' :gaunt; Lucknow, • 2nd vice.-;
president of the club, to be sales
manager. It is expected that about
ten bulls and at least 20 females.
will be listed for the sale.
RAISED BARN -AT LOCHAIfSH'
A. barn raisiffg• was held re-
cently at Lochalsh at, the farm
of Lloyd MacDonald, when a
gang of, men put up • a frame to
replace, the barn , destroyed by
fire• last' fall.. •
A barn raising is comparatively
rare today and "old hands" at
the job are getting fewer. This
raising. was .in charge of Frank
Hain Ilton.:•
Lloyd lost his 'barn early' last
October by fire 'of uncertain:
origin. included ,rn 'his loss was
a , new combine _ which had. been
put into the barn i,just a day •or
two before.
MARKET STORE OWNER
T..AKES OVER CHAINWAY
"`Norman Welwood has. sold ,his
dry goods and ladies' wear ,busi.
ness: i Wingham .to. Athol! Pur -
don, !Who
urdon,'!Who assumed; ownership on,
Monday.'' lbir.' Purdon: will retain
his bakery (business . in Wingham
for the'present .at -:least.
Mr.:•Welwood who: owns Thi
Market: Store business ••'in•'Luck-
now, has taken .Over , the'.. Chain-:
way Department Store• in ;Wing-•
ham.
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TAKE U� DISTRIC'
OIL .LEASES'
Representatives of the ' Sun Oil
Company have.' been leasing• land
in West' Wawanesh Township in
the ; block 'west of• Dickie's Hill
between•• the . Boundary and'the
12th ,Concession. ' ..
All residents .° df that area_nay
not yet: have.:been contacted; but.
some Jiave_ been_,and:_ have_ii
ed ` contracts. Among those' who.
had signed at'the ' end of • the
week were. "George. Kennedy, Al,
fred Patterson and Jack Gillies..!
Other • property owners•' ih the
block,' include. Tom Inglis; Art
Moore, Ernie Ackert, James For=
ster and' •Fred Webb..
• In'-takin 'u� nthese�'land •o, tions
g n p, . _.
-forj--a. tei�--year'per o'd-`th iJ
company agrees to pay 25c Per.
acre ,:per year for the •ten' year
period. ` If oil aor-gas; is struck
the land owner. gets one-eighth
of the production •
It: was intimated ' that explor-
atory oil tests might be Made in
this block'within • a .year,
We ' understand that land op-
tions, are also being sought in
the Glenn's -Hill district,
• MISSING BYRON LADS -
IUTCH iiIR.ED _TO_...CULROSS.
A :couple of .Byron district lads
gave their parents a scare ten
days ago, whenthey decided to
skip school .and hitchhike to the
home of AlbertHarris in Cul-
ross, an uncle of one of the lads,;
The two boys were 'Gordon
Harris, 14, and Jack Simms, 12,:
,They 'were missing : for '48 hours:
before located. Searchers .aped
at • the Thomas Harris farm at
Holyrood,. • where they had been
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i°.
rroneousl dire' e` and `
e y ct d, . froirt
there. went to the. Harris farm in
Culross . where .they located the.
lads:,The • Kinloss and Culross.
Harris families' are no relation.
THAT the suckers are starting to
run and next it'll be those 'sil
very' delicacies-th e smelt, Con-
servation Officers in Bruce anti ,
Huron have been notified to..
"'enforce . the regulations that
forbid the use of spears and h
lights in fishing suckers. Smelt
regulations .call for the use of
a three foot dip net in taking
these fish for :personal use.
NO AGE=:.,ARIA
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MARK BIRTHDAYS
On . Saturday, April' 5th, Mrs. j
Annie 'Doyle will observe heti
92nd birthday. She makes her
home with her .,;,daughter," Mrs.
Harry, Anderson and':'Mr.. Ander-
son. ; • .
Mrs. D le.. continues o. e
oY ....-;tenjoy
rem�arka!`bly . good ,health. for her
age, '.and' is :about daily. Her eye
sight is particularly •goodand she
enjoys reading. •
Ninety On _ Monday
Qn ;Monday, March. alst; 'Mrs::
John Little observed : her. 90th
birthday' at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert` `;Ward withwhom she
resides. • Mrs. •Little's health- , is
Only fair,* but she is .generally.
able 4o. be tin '° for a time each
clay.,•
.A .,ineMber. of ': the ` Ladies' �.
Orange Order for many • Years,.
Mrs. Little is.. devoted .Ito this
fraternal organization and is al
ways a ,'fainiliar figure on the
12th. of July, decked out in the G.
traditional sash and regalia • of
the, Lodge, • i
Congratulations •and best Wish.-.!
es to these. tw
THAT-VITT':W it"I3orwers is 85 •
years of age today, April , 3rd. ,
He " was born in 1867, ' the year
of • Confederation. : Many happy; '
returns of the'
ers: It''s °.one • (birthday the .,Pub
Iisher has no.trouble in remem-
bering. '
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THAT.' Ian Morton, `sox of kr:
and ° Mrs. Albert' Morton, is able
to be out 'again after ,,being 'ill ,
with meningitis. His condition
was critical :for •about twenty.-
• , four hours during. the • early-'
stages of:the attack;
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THAT . the ,.;• Karshea Institute;,
. stage' their annual'' calico: ' ball
on Friday; • • the Barn dance -
comes, to, , town Saturday night
and • -a • week from . .'Monday,
Easter: Monday -'., the. Legion.
Will. stage a dance.
THAT the 'mumps are nib re-
spector of ages.;- Among ; the ;
r o e. o: have a e '.
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o• nona enarians. Dine pe p1 had th '
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• f malady, � a . ' are- , l�rs•. -Dick. ,Rech-
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BEACH: NUDIST ESCAPEE IE.
FROM :REFORMATORY • ;
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Albert Lenoir, 28,' the nudist
who was caught in the Amberley
district, in mid-July .'last year,.
escaped on - ..Saturday morning
from Burwash Reformatory. •
Len4 it hid while other ,prison-
ers marched through the exercise
yard -sand" "fated. sealed a high
fence. and escaped into nearby
bush . Police, e set up patrols
' at•
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strategic points within .a wide
radius of the Orison farm.
Lenoir was=•cornerecl--'ori the
Bradley:: and ,Ro+bb' 'farms-. last
sumnmer and :sporadically, appear-
. Ing in- the nude at 'resort centres
-along-, the lake -Charged; with --in
decent exposure. -and indecent
indecent.
FIRE IN •HOSPITAL OWNED
BY FORMER' LUCKNOWITE
, • Twenty-seven , patients,• most of
them aged and cripples or 'blind,:
were .,rescued' from the : smoke-
filled third floor •: of the Brier
Push private hospital :at Stouff-
ville on .Sunday. Three new-born
babies and their mothers' ,were
among the rescued:.' '
The hospital is' operated by a
former Lucknow resident; Ly-
man Maleolm and his; wife. They`,
Were having Sunday morning
breakfast when: smoke ''was net -
iced, Mrs, Malcolm issued •direc'--'
tions to the nursing staff, 'while
her husband emptied • three fire,
extinguishers' in a vain effort to
curb the outbreak. •
Many' Of the patients, ranging
in ages from 75 to 90, • were car-
ried; .down. 'ladders • from the
smoke-filled building;
'assault,. he . was sentenced: "at
Walkerton to two 'years in the
Reformatory, and ' ten strokes of
the strap:• . •
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,WON• LEGION
ESSAY CONTEST
Local winners in'the essay con-,.
test_sponsored by' :_the..•.Lucknow
Branch of the Canadian Legion
were: 1st,.'Ruth- Treleaverf, 2nd,
Marilyn Kilpatrick, of Lucknow.
Public School, .The girls received
cash prizes of $6.00 and $3.00 re-.
spectively.
The choice of topics was "New'
Canadians in Our School“' and
"The • Royal, Tour'.. Both' �'g iris
wrote on the Tatter subject,'•
Their essays, will .be” forwarded
.to District "C", and the three best
essays • in, the. District will be ' en-
tered in'-- the -Ontario Provincial
Command competition. Winner's
of first ,and second .place. in :.the
provincial competition Will. re
ceive a free 'trip to Toronto,
where ' Legis-*
will' visit the is-*
.. g
lative •Assembly and will also re,
ceive, a' cash '.prize, 5
The purpose df this 'contest is
to impress upon the minds of
young people th'e fundei Cental
,,principles of good citizenship. ,
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•:ards and Mr. Wm. Finlay.
Members of: the Charles Hal
lam family have one; by one
taken them, so that this house-
hold 'has scarcely been free of •
at : least , one .. mus patient
since= :last•. -November. Oddly
enough the two children who
are.J.going-:to school .haven't ----
taken thein "as yet
THAT ' announcement • has beery
niad.e in the United Church Ob---
.server
b .server,that : the three-point pas-
toral ,charge. in "Ashfield will
be vacant at._the said of_June
Rev • CC :.B: *Woolley is termin:at-
ang'his pastorate in this charge.
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THAT the rtrou Ashin
opens 'this. ; 'ear 'o Th' r
p y n.. u, slay,
Maki. 1st.
:THAT a toot of the siren early
Sunday evening • was said "to
have been the work of •a young
Prankster.The brief alarm.was
' • not heard by many' people..' '
THAT -T '
m, rene'w•mg;their Sentinel `_
subscription Mrs. D: M. Gordon •
• and Mrs. Rene Gordon O'Brien
Of, Detroit, sena :greetings toy
friends here.
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THAT Dick. McQuaig; .who had . .
been suffering ,from a gallstone
attack, was 'taken by 'ambuul-
antelast ' Wednesday to • Vie-
••toria• Hospital, London, • where
lie- has 'been: under observation.
His condition was cons'ider'ably'
• improved early in the `week.
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THAT Dr. . W. 'l7. Johnston's of-
fice and',.practise Was photo-
graphed this week ,by a ph"oto-
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gra•pher : from 1123c1ean's Mag-
azine! •:Maclean's .is° doing an
on' the•. Canadian Medi-
cal
..., .. ... ..,...
cal Association, ;and .is dealing
Iwith various phases :of'`modern
Medicine as it applies to the
general practitioner,' surge'ry,
cost of medical services, etc.
The ...C:1Vt,A, requested; Dr.:
Johnston to represent the gene
.era! ;practitioner for this series.
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