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PARKING RULES
TO BE 'ENFORCED
At. the August meeting of the
Village Council, Consttable .Hav-
ens was authorized bo enforce.
harking regulations ' ori. Campbell.
St, to the, point of laying charges'
where ,circumstance > ,warranted:
Constable Havens reported,a re-:
.ant Saturday night; • snoident.
where vehicles ,,were double park
ed . and -left there, ' and no heed
was taken to orders to:. move
Under an existing; municipal
iy=law 'apiproved iby the Depart,
mint of . Highways, provision .ip.
madefor the,prosecution of such.
offenders . under the Highway
Traffic Act. The by=law deals•
with several other traffic clauses,
includingunloading of trucks and
parking within six feet of a hy. -
chant : Violators are liablle to a�
fine of up . to: $10 for the , first
fence and ' 'up' oto ; $25 for .any
subsequent offence.
Iteeivte-elect S. E.; Robertson
was sworninto office and pre-
sided for the meeting. A letter
of condolence.. to be sept to
Mrs:•J.. C. Mc -N.0.:
Art Breckles was 'given: trhe job
of making .repairs to the chimney
Hall, T �w .Ha
on
the o n
: Reeve Roibertson reported ' that
he had been • officially.informed
that the Walkerton detachment of
:the Provincial • Police • was to be
increased by 'two • members and
_: that an addit'io'nal.' P.P.O. would
be Stationed at Wingham,
The Walkerton. reinforcements
would permit more frequent.
patrolling of ,this 'v'illage- and ••in'
'case of emergency calls -the Wing -
ham officers .:would be available,
although a$t tally not within this
police, distFro .:,the'..boi?ndarigs of
which are observed 'as nearly as
•' possible on a •'county basis: 'Mr.
Robertson '• commented tthat this
seens`.tto. be the beat• we can ex-
pect unless We: are 'prepared to
.spend a lot of Money; for. policing:
!Correspondence was read re-
gelding' the proposed purchase of
a bridge to Span the river, On Wil=
loughby.; St. .East, near the site of
the -new, . schoola` .
• Weather conditions have delay-
ed work on the hard surfacing of
Village roads :'
Councils discussed the oldques-
tion of how to regulate: disposal.
of refuse atthe dumping ground:
Individuals persist in, disposing of -
refuse any old glace at all, and
ficin tirrie
tit time it is necessary'
to bring in a bulldozer to • clean
up, the approaches to the: -duan,
' Council .` 'discussed the use of
snow fence as a` possible solution.
Ito the:probiein. • •
LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY;, AUG.. 6th, 1952
INDUCTION NEXT TUESDAY
Rehr, H, L. Jennings, L.Th.,
newly - appointed • rector of the
'parish of • Lucknow, Dungannon
and. Ripley, will be inducted at
a service in St.. Peter's • Church,
Lueknow, next Tuesday evening,
August 12th at 8.00 p.m. The in=
duction will be in charge of Arch-
cteacan Hardy' of Sarnia..
It is understood' that the Port
Albert congregation may shortly
be 'included, in; Rev. Jer rings°
;pastoral charge to again° make.
Thrs .a: four -point parish. •
Rev. and. Mrs. Jennings took
up '•residence 'at the Rectory 'last
week. They have •no children.
LANGSIDE
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VVAS NINETY=FIVE
ON, MONO AY
Mi's.' Wm. Kempton, formerly.
of Ashfield. and who makes her
home in Goderich with her ;,da�u-'
ghter, Mrs.. Harold 'Bogie Cele-
brated her ninety -.fifth birthday
on 1Vlonday. She is one of 14
• . ineinbers of the Goderich Octo
genarian ' Club who are over 90
years of age. • ' • •
Mrs. Kempton, who Was. form-
erly Tabitha Mose ; of Sussex,
England, came: • to 'Canada with
her •farnily when she was about
15 years old, settling
Thef in Goderich.
_ airily later farmed on the
hayfield road, near' Bayfield, and
there she was married, moving
cessiin r-hushaixd to tile-nth—an=,
Qf Ashfield Township, In
1923 she inov`ed. to Rip ley. ,
,tight years ago Iilirs . Keimpton
broke her hip and has lived With
her daughter, Mrs. Bogie, in God-
erich ever ; since. She enjoys very
good heath and is' able to be up
fiery daY. She was a great reader
and letter-
writer and enjoyed lis -
felling to the radio, until about a,
•Year ago.
NO SENTINEL NEXT WEEK
' As soon as this, issue is in
the 'mails .The Sentinel staff
Will be off on a ten-day hold=
day. During this time, from
Thursday, August 7th to .Sat-
urday, August 16•th, inclusive,
the office Will be closed.
The next issue Of The Sent'
tinel will be Wednesday, Aug
ust 20th.
LOCAL SCOUTS OFF TO
CAMP FOR TEN DANS
A 'party of some fifteen local.
Boy. Scouts are spendng ten days
at camp at Inverhuron under the
week -end supervision of Scout-
master /Stuart Collyer, assisted by
Russell Swan who is, remaining
at camp for_ the ten. days.. '•
The lads..took off . on • Saturday
in Allan Reed's 'bus, They include
Billy Marshall, Eugene 'Gardner,
Bobby 'Gardner, Teddy Coll,y' e, , p th
• ; -B I ST Ritchie,: Billy
• FIGHT -PAGES:
TO SPEND YEAR.
AT NORTH POLE.
Robert- A. Thgmpson, son 'of,
Mr. and' Mrs. R. 11. .Thompson of
town, has comemnced the first
leg.' of ;journey that will bake/
him to' :an: isolated: weather. out-•
!post at, the 'top of the world",
where he ' will spend. -the next;
year.. . .
His . destination . is' Arctic • iBaY
r n e northern rim of .
Land, between the True North
Pole and the ' Magnetic North
Pole. He. will be one of two"radio
operators whose job it• is' to trans-
mit weather data compiled by a
quartette of meteorologists who
will make up the remainder of
'the. personnel . of the Post. ,.
Bob's fellow radio operator is
Andy Bowen of Toronto: ' They
left 'that city by train on'' Wed-
• Robert .Feagan, 19 -year-old son
•: :.1 !'
.and Mrs. Chester .Feagan
of Langside, , died in, "Victoria.'
Hospital early .•Sunday morning
from • poliomyelitis: His, was the
first ' death in Western Ontario
this Year ;from the .disease.
Bdb 'was employed for the sum-
mer as: a construction laborer at
Clinton Radio .;School, and took
ill last Wednesday awhile at work
He returned to: his • home, and was
removed to Wingham Hospital for
observation and A definite diag
nosisofhis illness:: On ,:Friday,
he was removed to Victoria. Hos
pital's: isolation ;ward in a critical.
condition. '
Bob was ''a student. at Wingham
;High, School; and was an excellent
piano .player, • having taker} ad-
vanced ced. piano study.- He• was, a
very popular 'young; man,and,'
made a host of friends in.
the.
Langside district, where his ,par-
ents.' have ` operated the general
store tor the past few years' They
,formerly in ,the . .Goderich;
district. Deepest sympathy is ex"
tended ?to the sorrowing. parents
,and to. Bob's sister_ and two bro-
thers; who mourn . the untimely.
'death of ra- beloved: son and bre-,
they. - •
Pending the arrival: of hisbro-
ther from Whitehorse,' the funeral
!service•M s• :'being' held • Thursday
afternoon at Goderich • with inter-.
Ment in Goderich Cemetery:
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CALF CLUB MEMBERS HAD
TRIP TO RIDGE.TOWN °•_
Members of the Lucknow '4-H
Baby; Beef Calf -'Club,' under the
supervision Of Club Leaner •Fred
MoQuillin,' joined in a bus trip
TO Ridgetown Experimental ,Farm
on Tuesday , of last Week, where
they took part in judging classes
and : toured the farm. They .ac-
companied members of the Dun-
gannon, Club • for a '!bus load of.
about thirty-two persons:. Anin
terestingside trip was. to Uncle
Tom's cabin at Dresden..
Local Calf Club members mak.:
ing the trip were Crawford Me=
Neil; Murray Gaunt,Joyce Little,
Helen Little, Alphonse. Murray;
J .11: Murray,; Bill Kennedy,. Bar-
ry McQuillin•. and Bran McQuillan,:
the latter • being Club secretary,
Others who. went along from :here
were S. B. Stothers, George Ken-
nedy and Jack Kennedy,
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POST GRADUATE
` E RY , `CO U R S
S;U RG, ,. , . • •
"Dr, John K. MacKenzie and his
r ...Annie MacKenzie&�Of
mother, M s
Toronto were recent visitors., at
!the ,homes' of Fran} and:: Tern
MacKenzie of Kinloss. John -spent
July -`with -his inother,an�iste ,
Catherine in Toronto, before re
turning to Vancouver, where `he
swill take a; post graduate course
in surgery at Shaughnessy Hos
pita. t
Mrs. MacKenzie , accompanied
John on. his return tripvi?icl
they made.byair';• leaving. Ilial=
. , _. _...
ton on Saturday morning. Mrs.
MacKenzie will visit with hep
kith and.kiri" at the West Coast,.
BUYS LUCKNOW•
SAWMILL _ PLANT
W.:Cecil Attridge, : i prominent
t
resident of Goderich for the past
17 years,' has ,purchased the Luck-
now ,Sawmill plant .from Arnold'
Gloor, Mr: Gloor, who came from
Mitchell, purchased the sawmill
m W. . H n. erso sta e,
.and ' which had been,. operated by
Mr. Russell Robertson until his
death.. " : '
Mr. and Mg! Attridge moved
to Lucknow .last week to What.
is lino n . as the former Tom.
Aitchison' . home, and recently
vacated by Mr.. arid: 'Mrs. • Jack
Bannister: and family: •
Mr. Attridge, a chartered ac-
eountant, ' had an , . 'accounting'
.practise in Goderich which he
sold to A. M. Harper, CAI, of
Toronto, who ; has moved. to God-
erich and is residing in the newly.
built Attrid biome : on 'South St:.
.CECIL. ATTRIDGE
The Goderich ,Signal -Star, had
phis to say of..Mr. Attridge -in last
'week's. issue: • .
"Mr, Attridge came to Goder-
jn 1936, as secretary.of : the
Goderich ,;Salt . Company.. In the
:fall of 1939• he purchased con-
trolling interest in the Doniiri-
ion' Road Machinery. Company, 'In
1942, a re -!converted: Dominion'
Road .Machinery Company: pant
' in th Artcraft building , .turned'
out war" rders and the staff Was'
stepPed up : from '35 to 180' .men.
to. handle the orders. In March,
1945, • M•r, Attridge • sold out to
'Air Vice -Marshall J, A.;Sully and,
opened. an. .,accounting and 'audit-
ing office which' he .has conduct-.
ed until now.
`Prior .to coming to Goderich
IVIS, 'Attridge spent• Weet years
with the 'Henry ..Slater Lumber
;Company at Watertown, Ontario.
His grandfather and uncle oper-
ated a- sawmill at Wadown. for
more than 60 years.
• - "While in Goderich • Mr. 'At-
tridge
At-tridge has been actively assoc!ia-
ted with the Board' of ;Trade and
the Lions .Club, fostering, boys'
r• sportnhe latter....oxgan.ization_
an pafticular. A member of North
Street United church, fie is a
merivber of the Board of 'Stew-
ards and of the North 'street UnT
Lied choir. Mr. Attridge has made
many. friends in,'Goder�ich who
Wilt be sorry . to see him leave
and 'who wish him; every success
the opportunity which lies bei.
fore him in his . newly acquired
SSS
Sawmill".
lin
uknowSL c
business, the.� .
Fisher, Jack Chin, Charlie Chin,
Alvin Baker and Jim 'Reed, Dun-
gannon, whose Dad provided free
bus transportation 'for the lads. •
S. E.:ROB•ERTSON
BECOMES REEVE'
Mr, . Stuart " IJ. Robertson . has
been elected reeve of Lucknow
jk y .accllamatien, ':succeeding the
late J. C. McN•ab. Only a "baker's
dozen" .attended • last Friday
night's nomination 'meeting, held
'for the . purpose of `. filling. the
reeveship vacancy, .
There. were: , three ' rfominatedi
Councllior S. E Robertson, . ex-
reeve Nelson L. Bushell and Mr.
S. B. :Stothers.•'Mr.Robertson:
•
ualifi q , on .' ,Satur a Morning
ed. 'Saturday mo g
and was elected reeve by acelani-
ationr He took Office on Tuesday.
and .presided for ' 'the regular
August 'meeting that evening.
Councillor Robertson has sere
deal on the Board: for the past
three ,years: • H e. took . office in
.September of 1949, suceeiling: L.
E. ,Downs who; moved fronri town.
Mr.. Robertson had previously
served on the Council some 20
years 'ago, under the reeveship
of A. W.,' Hamilton.
Nominate For CowyeillorPmemfgetattietvik
a council vacancy results, ,and. to
,fill • this seat , .a nomination is
slated for Friday of; next . week,
August 1504 and in .event of an
election, .balloting 'will take . place
the 'following Friday,. Augu 22.•
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WM. WRAITH PASSES
nesday night for Winnipeg and
from there . nortii,,urrd to Port
Churchill on Hudson. Bay:. At
Churchill they will board the
Canadian Government's: ; supply :
ship, the C. D..Howe, .for a..push
into the: frozen north, : and : ,a : stop'
at some twenty-six.outposts .leav-
ing tons of supplies to last for
a Year, changing personnel : at the
,Posts ' and picking up furs ''twhich
the Eskimos have gathered during
the .year. The visit of ,the s Pl
y
boat is areal :event •in the North,.
although occasionallysome posts
are . not accessible' due toslihft- •
ing ice fields: The C. D. Howe
hasa special hull equipped for.
bucking these ice fields. The trip
into Arctic Hay will' take about
a Month, and . the C. D.t Howe
will travel some •12,000' miles on.
her round trip before returning
to her home port 'at `Quebec` early'
in October..
Aparit,'from by radio, the C. D, .
>r ye js'the ot4y n leans of dam-
i;
grn-
'The death of'. Mr William
Wraith: occurred suddenly on
Tuesday at the home of Mr and
Mrs,.George Gibbons ing Turn-
berry Township: The funeral ser-
vice will . ibe • field on Friday at
2.36 p.m. at Johnstone's Funeral'
Home with interment in Tiffin's
Cemetery.
,. .
`ave
with the outside world; aid her.
annual visit brings in and takes.
out theonly exchange of mail
duringthe year.
Bob Thompson served for six
years .as. 'a naval radio' operator
-during World; War II. Last year.
he returned to radio' operating
and took a- special course with.
the -' Department of Traiaaport.
Completion of This course i ud
ed a period: at Melton airport in
the. study, 6'f meteorology and air
traffic. control:. .
SELL VILLAGE RESIDENCE,
TO 'BUILD NEW HOME ` • : :°
BOARD DECIDES 'TO
O
REMODEL PARSONAGE
The Official Board of , the , Un-
ited Church •has, decided to make
extensive alterations to The Par-
sonage. The need' of a .i5ew, roof
on the • building; detcided. the
Board. to proceed with other al-
terations, which will mean tris
inantling.jthe rear section of the
house, and converting the mein
part to a more compact and Mod-
ern dwelling:
:Work will get underway late
this month it is expected.. /
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SELL, CENTURY -OLD_
ASH'FIELDFARM
Spence Irwin has sold his fabs'
on the .9th Concession of Ashfield.
to Donde Hackett, son of Mr,. arid
Mrs. Tom Hackett. This' farm has
been. inthe Irwin family for a
handr d: Years' armore, having
beef -tai en up as-crownland-•by-
Spence's' grandfather; Mr: James
Irwin, and suibsequenitiy owned
by his father, ' Mr; Wilson Tewin.
The Irwin fanriily will vtaeate
the farm. the 'first sal October..
They • plan to mpve to Luckno'w
then, When Spence , ,will devote
all lila time to his cement con
tr+aptin+g bitairess. Thiere present
plans are to rent at present and
to build 4 'home in the •spritg.
• Mr. and Mrs. Innes MacSween
haveld
so their residence ,across .
from ..Solomon's Greenhouse, `to
Mr.. arid 'Mrs. 'Angus Graham •of • -
•Kinloss. Mr. and Mrs. MacSween
will build a new home -oh. Have- •
lock St., adjoining Howard Ag..
new's residence, and across, from
Innes' honey • plant.. Excavation
work has been Slatted' on the
site. "
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FIRE .DAMAGES'
LOCAL RESIDENCE
.• r
Fire which. broke out in mid
afternoon last Thursday did con-
siderable fire, 'water and .smoke
damage, to the home of Mr. '!and •
,Mrs. ; W: J. Douglas.
• The' blaze originated in a store •
room on. the second floor of the
home and filledthe upstairs With
Choking • smoke that made kite
work 01 !the Fire Company and
other willing • workers quite ' dif-
ficult, • .
Mrs: Douglas 'diseotv!ered the
-outbreak-upon-irnvestige
she
at: 'first thought •waS the ,
scratching of a dog at the door.
When s!1ie went to throw water
into: the storeroom, the flames
burst oitt and singed, her hair and
drove her quickly downstairs,
' Many „articles' ' n the storeroom.
were destroyed, in the •blaze, and
the upstairs woodwork was
ered, while smoka andwater
dal -nage wtas heavy.
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