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erform Heroic Rescue . In .Kinloss
rom Muskeg Ooze OIHayes lake
Since our , last issue we have
learned of a reseue.drama 'that
was enacted on the boggy shore
of Hayes Lake 'en • Con. 12,; 'Kin-
loss. Township,, 1Y4 Miles west of.
Kinlough.
' Quick tthinking and, acting _lay
Jimmy Boyie, and the .part that
Kenneth ..Hodgins played in the
rescue efforts saved A. Wiesner
• •of 1� innLpe�f •
m death in the muskeg at' the lake's'
edge. •
The incident happened two
Weeks • ago Wednesday., Mr. ,blies
ner, , an evangelist from 'Winni-
peg, • was visiting Leonard Thursk,
Pentecostal minister at Kinlough
and Teeswater, and was conduct-
ing a series of evangelistic meet-
ings. ,On that particular day they
were enjoying a leisure after-
noon's. fisihing . from `:' a boat on
Hayes Lake. With them were two
..youths, Doug Stanley and Ken-
neth Tdgins:.In attempting. to
land a ; pike which •they had
catzght, the boat overturned,
'throwing:.all four. into a deep hole
, the, lake: They had only • to
paddle ; the overturned •; boat a
.short distance' • to .shallow water,
and there remained in the water
for some time, 'hoping ,that help
i7ght. come, before .. de_ �_.cidij ng to
try to make shore.
1 hursk .and . young .Stanley
couldn't swim, and stayed on the
overturned boat. : , •
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Kenneth Hodgins, 14 -year-old
• son of Mr. and Mrs.Harvey Hod;;-'
gins,- set. out. for flank. a 'mud bar
on the south'• side of the lake, and
plashed•- his ►ay • Nthrough • 6•: or 8
inches of water that covered the
near exhaustion'
ooze.. He 'was. e r
when he got, 'to' :shore. Believing
that •'therewas a graved bottom.
under the muskeg, Mr. Wiesner
started through the mud bar to
,the ,south batik of the treacher
ous lake, and ,became hopelessly
mired when about ..75 feet into
it He was: in'the nuking quag
mire for about • an hour and onl
NEW CANADIANS NEAR
TOP, IN CALF CLUB„CO,NTEST
Three, members of a new Can-.
adian family. placed .well up in
the 'Dt:iingannon. 4-iH Calf Club
contest at . the Dungannon Fair.
They are Gerda, Derk and Reina
Log'tenberg, members of a Dutch
family, who came .out from Hol -
to Ashfield Township where
their • father is employed by. Cecil
Johnston.. The three placed . sec-
ond, third and fifth.' 'Tag honors
went to Frank Alton. •
'Gerda and Derk had calves en-
tered in the Lucknow Club last•
year and: made •.a good showing
then too. :
PLAN MORE IMPROVEMENTS
AT DUNGANNON. FAIR
Encouraged by • the: success of
last: week's fair, the Dungannon.
Society has plans for further im
provements. Secretary : Marvin
Lurnin announces that the Board
has .in mind 'for the future, re-
biiildiiig of the judges' stand, ,re-
pairing ' the . stabling and the
building of race track bleachers,
Thispast year the Board um
proved their ..propertyby,. install='I
ink -a, kitchen in the hall and
building a .ticket . office. .
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FORMER ` PASTOR ' RETURNS
FOR `BLAKE ANNIVERSARY
The' 60th anniversary of .Blake,
United Church, .Ashfield, will be
held on ..Sunday, when a former,
pastor, Rev. C.H; Dickinson, D.D.
• be'
n, will return to b
af. Toro to,.,
guest ' speaker . at' the, Morning
service. The speaker' at the even-
ing ”
ven-ing'x service will be Rev: Grant,
Meiklejohn. ' Services /;at 11 ;am.,
and 7.30 :m.,; will be on. standard
time.
fiis. M . 'could: be ' seen when
'rescuers ,arrived: Mr. Wiesner
had lain still. for about 15 minutes
before his irescuie, supported pre-
cariotisly by ooarse'flowers Which,
'groat in the• Water 'at. this' time,
of year. By remaining motion-
less he slowed the sinking pro
etas and is
reported have re-
mane3qurte cahnou Throughout
the terrible :ordeal.
Heard 'Shoats For Help
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In the meantime Jit'nmy .Boyle,
N.' .who was ertroute from Kinlough
to his farm •which skirts the lake,
heard cries for help. Ite knew
what 'ib meant and without in-'
vestigating raced back . to Kin=.
laugh for• rope and an inner tube.
,Harold Haldenby returned with
him, ' and: others frata the hamlet
followed thein. .• •-
tr The inflated,
1- The tube was the only
i5 means 'by which anyone (and, it
had to be a light person) could
get help to Mr. Weisner. Kenneth
• Ilocigins,• who was recovering
from the 'exertion of getting' to
shore climbed on the tube arid,
splashed his way back , through
.the shallowir water which covered
the muck. He took a rope with a
noose on it, and got . within;'
throwin
• g -distance of Mr,- Wiesner;
Who mustered sufficient strength
to free one arm put ... t the rope
over, his head,and � �
Bad and under one ,arin
pit. Crimson -faced by the.prey-
sure,--of.-;,th,e-_,....,
bog,,- he- wts 'at la'st°-
drawn to safety but was Unable
to walk. when brought ashore. It
took five men to draw° him from.
the quagmire that came so close
to being his• • tomb,'
The two on 'the mired boaty
.were brought to safety the same
way: -.,by being .drTa'ggedthroetigih
thegmirua. ...
t g e. Kenny' .Hodgins
wiceri repeated his tri ' tp. ae' n the
fire Making rope .a,• to • the strand
.ta pair, '
Qty BIG! CAR,
'HAS. SOLD: IT
..Mrs..Evelyn.Barkwell•'of Luck -
now was 'the. winner of the new
1952 Dodge regent sedan at the
Goderich: Lions 'Club; .bingo on
Friday' evening., • Mrs, Barkwell
has never driven a car, 'but she
w so • exK i e s • over • e win that
:she . • ecided that evening to :'take
the :car,' .rather than.' the cash.
Ch 'lie. ' Steward, drove the car
ho e ' for her, and after a few
jaunts over the week -end in the:.
new vehicle, Mrs, Barkwell sold
it on Monday to George, .McGill-'
ivray• of Kincardine..
Mrs. Barkwell moved to Luk
now • several years ago after the
death of her husband, and •when;
two of her ' children- were still
Oita young. Hefgooct fortune oh
Friday Was a popular win.
Mrs. Barkwell needed only one
number for several calls before.
the �Y . finally came up with the
one she deeded -41, • •
Reeve' Elmer Graham' of ,Ash-
field
won a $100,. prize that same
evening: •
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'ONTARI'O, WEDNESDAY, .SEPT, 24th, 1952
TURN CLOCKS BACK :
ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
Daylight saving time willcome
to an end, on Saturday night,
when clocks wl l be turned back
an hour. Remember, standard•
time will again be in effect 'on
Sunday. .
:NAMED CHIEF` OPERATOR.
,Miss Jean. MacKinnon has been
appointed Chief operator ''in
charge of the loeal Bell Telephone
Office, succeeding. Mrs. Harold •
.Greer who has resi_neo t •.
ikon' Jean as been member: of
the staff .for over five years./
RECEPTION FRIDAY NIGHT
A very- large .crowd attended
the public ' reception in 'the ,' Ren
creational, Centre on• Friday night'
i..n honor of Mr-. and •-Mrs. Alvin
Hamilton (Gladys Gibson). Jack
Mclntosh madethe presentation
address and Willard : Thompson•'
presented a . ;generous purse of
money, to • the young: newlyweds.
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THAT last week we overlooked
mentioning that George Chin
had returned' to college at Ann.
Arbor, Mph:.
THAT the Bruce. County plowing
match • and farm Machinery in
'action exhibition will be held
at the farms of Foster and Per-
ish Moffat in Kinloss . Township
on Tuesday, October. 14th.
:THAT .'Robert ' McNeil 'has par -
chased the :•100 -acre'. farm: two
Wiles, east of • Langside from
Gordon. Elliott and`obtains ,pos-.
ession this' Fall. Mr. McNall is
offefmg, for sale .his house and
prope y just north of the villa:
age.
THAT •Bill. Halbkirk is ' back • on
'.'the sulky cant again' after be-
ing.
e-ing. ill for.' a' spell. Bill 'tot*
quite 111 while. racitik at G'tie*ti
sand. was hospitalized ' when x-
rays revealed a kidney injury
received iri a • spill at the Duf-
ferin track last ,winter. • Bill rer
'sponded well to ..the treatment
and since his discharge from
the hospital early in the month
' has been in the sulky again.
It is expected, hceeever, that
sooner 'or later he will have to.
undergo surgery for the ' rem
moval of the inured kidney. ..
ENGAGEMENTS ,
Mr: and Mrs. Peter Moffat wish/
Ito . announce the engagement of
their datxgiater, Mary Evelyn, .to
Roy Allan Gibson, • son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel .Gibson of Luck-
how, the marriage to take; place
_early in . October .in the Presby
CI-l(ILDREws EKHIBITS:'-A ' i;erian °Church, "Teeswater,
FEATURE OF INDOOR SHOW, •
Indoor exhibits for the
Luck -
now Fall Fair. were pouring into
the hall on ' Tuesday, giv`ing', sec-
McNa and
rotary. Alex MeNay , Mrs, Mc
Na= .a-Lousy'Wt'iiiae`af"It. Indicatrans-
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kpointed` to an exceptionally good
shawl -11g in the hall, with school
children's exhibits being la . big
feature, _
' ,Tuesday was dull and drizzly,
following' a succession of wet
days,' and directors of the Fair
were keeping their finger's cross-
ed hoping for a break from, the
•e�atheivri.......n on Wednesday, The
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Sentinel is off the press before'
the • fair gets 'underway. " ,
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Mr, • and Mrs. Chester. Taylor:,'
Lucknow, 'announce .•the engage-
ment of their daughter, Doris
Lillian, to 'Ernest Wendell; son •
of Mr. and Mrs'. George Walker,.
Wingg ham;• T•-Im
hearriage•-to•-take-
place October 11th in the United
Church,: St. Helens.
• Mr: and Mrs. John C: • MCBurn
ey, ,Belgrave, announce the en -
;agement of
their. daughter,
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Laura Margaret, to Kenneth. E.
Barbour, eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elwood Barbour, Lucknow,
Ontario., The wedding in St. Anda,
i etati's Presbyterian church, Wing -
ham, on October 4th. " • •
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ALEXa MacINTYRE SPENT
SUMMER; ON CONTINENT
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,Alex Maclntyre, wlio is' study,
ing medieine at Brasenose Col
lege, Oxford, in England, has
commenced his second year there.
During Me summer : Alex spent.
two months studying in Paris and
then spent "one montri. at an in-
ternational conference in' Ger-
many. :
The• • Sentinel 'is • anticipating an
article from A1eie dealing espec-
ially with a visit to Dieppe and
to many of the, first war battle-:
fields.
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SHMOO S• HONOR MEMBER ON
DESERTING BACHELORHOOD
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On Tuesday night of last -week
the Lucknow ' Shinoos held a
bridge party at.•the home of Wil-
fred Black to honor Alvin H'am
ilton, who 'marched to the altar
on Friday. Alvin, 'incidentally,' is
the first member of the group
to desert the ranks of bachelor-.
hood since theClub was organ•
ized. exactly five years ,•ago..,
Alvin .was 'presented 'with 'a.
trilight lamp'. by Larry Salkeld
after. Willard Thompson had read'
an address in poetry form. which
summarized the Shmoo activities
during the •past few years, and
attributed` ,the lvin-Gladys ' ro-
mance to ' a ,calf club competition
some four •yearsago. in • which
they ,both' took part,
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RECEIVED SCOTTISH
HOSPITALITY AT •MUNRO'S
In; a letter which The Thonip-
sons •received from Mr; and ;Mrs.
W. B. Anderson, they refer to
their visit with Mr and . Mrs.-.
Munro at Aberdeen, and • who 3
wish" to be refine nhered to their
Lucknow' friends. They happily
recall the time they spent here,
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and keep up to date on the news
of Lucknoww through the Sen-
tinels sent them' by their daugh-
ter, Shiella.
Mr. and Mrs. Munro invite any,
one visiting the Old • Countryto
call. on . them,: to ' give them a
chance to to extend the Highland
hospitality which Mr. and Mads.
Anderson, have exiPerieneed.
EIGHT 'PAGES;
DR. PLEVA .TO
SPEAK HERE
Guest speaker at the Lucknow
District High School Commence-
ment on Friday, October 3rd, will
be Dr. • E. G. Nerve of the Uni-
versity. of Western ,Ontario..
Dr.. Plevra is professor `ef..geo_
graphy at Western and partic -°
ularly interested , in .'regional
planning, community • planning
and 'conservation • of natural • re-
,eources. '
Dr. Pleva is an• authoritative
deasmrg ;weaker, ' ' and this -
community, is Privileged 'to have
the • opportunity to hear him.
Dr. Pleva is of Czech ancestry.
Re was born in ,Minneapolis, edu-
Bated at the : University of Min-
nesota And held 'a: professorship •
there and . et Syracuse University
'before'coraing to: Western in 1938.
He is a busy man with diversi-
fied -interests and
iversi-fiinterests'and activities apart,
from his University duties:: His
writings include a repent book on
the natural resources of Car a&
.+andtheir conservation:'
, The :Cornrri:encement •program
in 'addition to .Dr. Playa's, address
will include .'Selections by the
Glee Club and Band, vocal and
instrumental numbers, . and the
,presentation of awards " ..and di-
plomas.
The Commencement will be
;held onenightonly this :year---
a week .from Friday:
TO LEARN 1F. : DEER
SEASON. .FA'VORED
_..The_.reeaves—Of the—Northern-
Townships of Bruce have signed,
a petition' asking the. Department
of Lands •and, Forests to proclaim
a deer season in the Townships
north of Wiarton, and have ex-
pressed, their willingness to ac-
,sept certain quotas of non-resi-
dent hunters within. their boun-
dories. '
. Many in the southern town-
ships below ' Wiarton favor an
open season: J. P. Johnstone,
M.L.A is. working onabefia1t of,
the .more • southerly Townships" in.
.Bruce County; if It 's the Wish
to .have as open sea • n• this' fall.
There Willbe. a me 'ting in the
Walkerton. Town' Hall, Thursday
evening, September 25th, at 8.00'
p.m. to diseusa this -vital issue.,
Those Who .attend are asked to
be 'ready to ' answer the following
questions: ' '
(1) Are ' you 'in favor of an
open deer season• in your Towri-
ship this 'fall? •
(2) How .man' -non - resident
hunters are you prepared to ad=
mit into .your. Township? • •
Chances of having an •. open
-season are; �of aeourrseaanuch -mote-
.favorable if a; certain quota, of
outside hunters • is allowed • into
our a va,.' Conditions are also
inoreiaiNorable for hunting when
more unters are roaming around
through the woods' and disturb-
ing.
isturbing, the deer, chasing thein to
wards • other waiting hunters,.
However, only' a limited amount
'of nota resident hunters should:
be allowed, and' conjestion should
of course be avoided. •
TAKES : OVER' AGENT
•DUTIES AT WINGHAM'
•Mr. Alex W. Hamilton of 'Luck
;now has this- ;week<•assumed his
new duties as C.N.R.agent at.
Winghan-i 'Alex had been at Han
over for the past five Months,
and had driven' back and' forth =-'''
�be�tween,1 isv'home.l ere and ,'Haan
Over. His`transfer, : to Winghaili,
will be much more convenient for
him. •
His 'successor at Hanover will
be Guy.Sernple of Port •Elgin and
who :previously had. been: 'at i 1 ild'-
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Had Car Accident.
W�liile returning :from Hanover -
last' Wednesday eventing,, Mr.
Hamilton had his car damaged
in a collision at Greenock with a'
Car ' driven by , Julius Schlosser.,
Mr. ' Schlosser name' out of .the
Janeway at his farm striking t1ie
right front side of the HaftiiIton
car, in spite of the fact that 'Mr.
Hamilton had swung . sharply :to.
the left and ' over the centreline line
_o _tlie_p v ent-in---an effort
avoid . the • crash. The Hamilton:
car-wentinto the,left hand ditch •
but did not turn over.. Mr.' Ham-
ilton was accompanied by Miss
Helen Thompson. Neither • suffer
ed Injuries apart from bruises
'and a shaking up.
Damage was estimated at about
$400 to each car. .
WIN HONORS "
Members of the Lucknow 4-H
Baby Beef Clue won top honors •
at Seaforth on Friday ' in the
two -county junior beef calf club; '
competitions. There were 67 en- .
tries' in this"class and the show-
manship judging brought 50
animals into the ring a't. one time
.First place for showmanship
went to Murray Gaunt; son of Mr.
and Mrs:; Andrew Gaunt He. was
awarded a trophy presented , by
Senator W.- II. • Golding "4f Sea -
forth,
Calves from the Lucknow Baby
Beef Club finished in first, sec-
aon-.�n'nda'feti t-
zl r h� '�"moons• •arid:"
Asa . the +
the three of them swept thclass
.for ,the best three steers from any
one clu_b. Dungannon Club' was ,
thi rd
Individuals placing of the calves
was as follows:' ist, Crawaord
Neil 2nd, Murray Gaunt; .4th,
Ann Todd, All .three winners are.
fro& the St, Helens 'district. The
McNeil calf was grand champ ori
of the Show and the Gaui'it le 'lf,
reserve champion.
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