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LUCI<NOW, ONTARIO, ',WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5th,, 1952
• TEN PAGES
DEATH .COMES TO.
FORMER. TEACHER
Death came • suddenly about
mid-day on Thursday, to Miss
Frances. E,• MacLean, at her home
in 'Dungannon, where she retired..
'--in WO after moi a than two
score years inthe o ' pro
fession,
• Her death was • ue too a .heart
• -attack. Missy MacLean collapsed
in the woodshed of her Dungan
non home and, death was ibelieed
"to have been instantaneous.. She
was discovered shortly after by
ber sister, Miss Lillian: MacLean,,
who arose 'from a sick ' •bed to
investigate., when; she,did: not
hear her'. sister moving about. •
Miss MacLean retired from.
teaching in June of 1946 after
considerably more.. than: 40 years
in this profession.. She taught in
both Lucknow Public and;. con-
tinuation School .,and : for about
.`a quarter of a; century 'held the
principalship, ' 'Miss M'acLean's
record• of ;having :taught for more
than • 35 ,years in Lucknow; was
on e' that has rarely been . equall
ed in Ontario.;
Her contriubution'. t o the
academic field was noteworthy,,
but. was :secondary to theinflu-
ence she exerted upon the hun-
• dreds•of students whom she
tutored, and by whom ;she was:
beloved, and respected as a 'tea-.
Cher,' .counsellor and friend. This
• affection '.Ibecaan, e'deep-rooted':and
in' June of 1944, two: . years !before
her, approaching retiremen t, stu-
dents and ex -students joined in
a presentation "for Miss MacLean
much against her wishes. Be-
sides =. a generous. :gift :she ttvas
presented with a . signature book
in' which were .affixed the sig-
natures of some six ,hundred 'of
her atydents then scattered from'
Coast , to 'coast:. •
MacLean Was .in her 73rd
year She was,a daughter of John
MacLean and Elizabeth Elliott
and was born at -Dungannon on
December•. 14th, `1879
The funeral service was held
privately ather late residence at:
Dungannon on Saturday after-
• noon, .,conducted' Eby.. Rev..George
Watt • of Dungannon United
Church. Interment was in Dun-
gannon Cemetery. The.. pallbear.-
.• . ers were Robert Durnin, Arthur
,,Elliott,' Harry Carr; Cecil Blake;
K. K. Dawson and Herb Finn -
gan.
Miss MacLean , is survived by
her sister Lillian. and a brother
Thomas of Dungannon;
•
WAWANOSH F. A
RE-ELECTS BOARD -
The annual meeting of the
West Wawanosh Federation,. of
Agriculture, highlighted by a
turkey banquet, was • held in'the
!Recreational Centre on 'Tuesday,
g t, • with .the Ladies Auxiliary
catering for '. the ' gathering that.
approached 201, •„ ti
The meeting ;was presided over
by President : Gordon •MacTavish,
who, . with . his Board of Directors,
'Were highly co riplirnaented ' for
what• they had done during' the,
year and were re-elected for an-
other term. The Board is compris-;
ed of ,Pres., Gordon MacTavish;
vice' pres., Win. •Kinahan; sec;
areas.,; Wm Caesar directprs,
'Fred •McQu lhn, ; Allan,Miller,
Frank Quillin, Gordon Sm:, �..,
George Errington and Orville Mc
Rhee, Appointment Of the hog,
.poultry and Cream producers dir-
ectors was left With ' the execu.-
titve. '•
Harold Galin presided 'for the
election and was earlier called on
to Speak as Reeve of the Town-
ship. Mrs.Robert McKercher Con
-
(toted a sing song with Mrs. Fred
Quilliri at the piano.• Mrs.• Gor-
don Greig gave an amusing lead;
Robert Mdcercher, president of
Huron County Federation; spoke
of the interest taken by the West.
Wawanosh Unit and pointed 'out
nontiniie0 o'n �'r fte, 11» ,
MINIMUM OF DAMAGE
ON HALLOWE'EN: NIGHT
The' weather wars perfect oxi.
Hallowe'en night for witches and
goblins to be flitting about in
swarms, but little wanton dam-+.
age, is repor..edlocally.
Windows in . the residential,. as
well . as the business section; got
a liberal: soaping:.and numerous
windshields Were literally "frost-
ed; over" With the applicoa.
• Old 'tire•' casings,. were rolled
around recklessly and that, there.
Weren't Some dented 'car fenders
or bodies as a resultt':w'as . More
by good luck than anything else.
Rolls of wireand snow :fence
were rolled off. of W." G. And
•rew's lot to literally blockade; the
western `entrance to Main St. •
Andto, cap it •all,there was
that 3.00 a:m. wailing of • the fire:
siren: .Constable Alex • Havens
was still on duty at'the time and,
was keeping, a wary eye on the
fire alarm box in' front of Mc-
Lennan and 1VMacKenzie's " when
someone Who knew what it • was
all about, set off the alarm from
the relay box, on the post .across.
frem •the Arena..There is another'
theory; • that some object struck
the pole when being: rolled' out.
onto the when
and the jar set.
off the alarm.
Rough Time :.fit; KinlOugh
Police • have been investigating
the doings ,ther'e, and it is.report,
.ed that; there are many involved
in the esicapades, that ' included
breaking into .the home of;one
Kinlough resident. • .
C.U.LBERT .BULL
BRINGS TOP .PRICE
Prices 'were considered as' :sat-
isfactory and' bidding was.brisk
at the'' first . annual'consignment
sale. of Scotch Shorthorns held by,
'the 'Huron -Perth Shorthorn Club
on Saturday :in the., Lucknow
Arena. ,•
Sales. manager 'was Andrew C
Gaunt, who had . arranged a firs
rate = layout for the' holding of
'this event : locally. The arena pro-
vided spacious accomodation and
the sales "ring" was'enclosed by
the bleacher:seats from the ball'
park.'
Twenty females ` •and' seven
bulls were .offered.'
' Maple .Emblem 'Festival 2nd,
born December 25th of. last year
and consigned by' W A. Culibevt
and Sons of .Dungannon' brought.
-thetop .price 'of'. $1025. 'He was
purchased by Robert Coulter of
•Dundalk. Average ;price of , the
bulls was $485. f
The' .top female brought $434.
She was••:consigned by ' W. M.
Stapleton of Seaforth,� and
bought .'by William Pepper, of
Seaforth, ,
• Auctioneers were W. S: O'Neil,
Denfield; Robert Amos, Guelph;
Lincoln White, St. -Marys.
HOME -FROM OVERSEAS TRIP
returned home4ast Wednesday
'from. , overseas, trip which
'started ba& in mi&August, They
docked .at 'Montreal last Taesclay
and remained overnight at Tweed
•land. before .going to the tontin-
ent where they visited France,.
SWitzerland and Belgium. On re,
turning tb 'England they spent
*ten days 'in London before em-
barking. .
Among -those they visited ,in
the, Old. Countay were Mr. 'and
Mrs Munro, Alex Machttyre and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cahhant
Prank was•stationed at Port Al-
bert airport for a time during
World War IL.
Pita' 'on Saturday, November 1st,
LOST .ARM 11:
•
CORN .PICKER
Ed, Moore Had Arm Amputated
After Being Mangled In torn
.-
Picker -George 'Webster Lost
Finger Sawing Wo6it Xi d Johns
. Gaunt Had. Hand Slashed Open
In ,Sawmill: Accident: •
;. 'A series .of, mishaps' last, week
Sent three district farmers. to
Wingham 'Hospital within little
more than twenty-four hours. ;
•Most• seriously injured, was Ed
Moore, 44, of .Kinloss. Township,
whosefarm is 'located northeast
of Dickies Hill. Ed's left arm was
mangled in acorn picker,' ,and
was 'later amputated' below : the -
elbow.. '
Tileaccident ' happened on.
Thursday morning...' Eddie; +who•
had his. own corn harvested,,was.
operating his cornpicker on' the
farm. of Bob Adams. A stalk , of
corn became, lodged in the ma-:
chine and as Ed,.attempted to
free it, his . hand became caught
in the . machine and' .was drag,
ged •in almost to the elbow, . be-
fore the thickness of • his: arm,
and the mangled clothing, .stall-
ed • the machine, and prevented
him being drawn in.. f urtler.
Ed was traprped for about • an
hour before his 'brother •Stanley
and Bulb Adams'• discovered: • his
plight upon: arriving ..for another
load. ,of cobs.
It took.'about another hour : to
Obtain tools and take the machine
'apart .m order to release the .vic-
rim.. Displaying .wonderful scour-
age Ed was ableto instrtict the
men in how 'to take the `machine
apart.'
Dr. 'McKibben attended- the • in=
,lured' man, .and.. that• afternoon
in Wingbamm Hospital : the, -Arm
was amputated'' about three inch-
es below the elbow,
• Hand Badly Gashed
That same afternoon„ J
aunt had .''his right hand split
;pen inthe. sawmill. which he
land Duncan Kennedy of• Wing-
•ham operate .oh . the Rosa. farm
•
rn "`,Kinloss Township..
• 'John had.been truing .up .the
big ' saw and in tightening . the
nuts the wrench slipped throw-
ing John's hand into • the blade:
His .hand. was.. split back between.
the thumb- and indexfinger sev-
ering'the tendons in • the fi er" '
which it is feared May +be • left
stiff. 'It was'fortunate.. the acci-
dent was not more serious;. how=
'ever,, for as John put it, "it could
have• been' my' head". , •
The . injury was treated at
Winghant Hospital late Thursday
`afternoon, and on Sixnday • Mr..
Gaunt ••was perrritted to, return
home. ' '
' Lost Middle Finger ,
' in ' mid-afternoon, on ' Wednes
day ' of last . week George Web=
ster of .the St. Helens district lost
the middle finger on. his right
hand:. George was buzz ' sawing
weed, and when ..a stick caught` •,A^ Remembrance 'service will -ROBBER H1 RX PEI, -ERE
its,flippecl-histha over onto,.. the :also be • eld in Holyrood Town- OUT, FOUND CASH At. HOM�
blade .,
ship Ha11 '
. • ip on Tuesday morning at
1030. .
Quite a commotion "was' stir-
red up in Lucknow on Saturday
when ' a Clinton district read
feared his pocket had been picky
ed: • to the :tune, of about $1000.,
He later "discovered the green-'
backs Were were safe at home,. so the
story .goes,
He was attending the Short
horn sale that afternoon as 'a
prospective buyer, when all of
a sudden •he "discovered" his
wallet • missing. An Ashfield:
young man Standing behind hnii
came under suspicion, . and was
later qusetioned by Provincial
Police who Were called in.The
young man, whose reputation.. i�a
beyond reproach, " vehemently
protested the. suspicion directed
at 'him. •
Discovery of• the roll back.
home, resulted in the gent re-
turning the next. day to extend
his" zapologies.
Mr. and MI'S, Gordon Little Of
SUFFERED BROKEN WRIST
MARK WEDDING:.
• Miss Ethel Robertson suffered .AN'N'IVERSARY
a broken left wrist in a fall at
her home .on Friday.. Miss Rob -
,
was •,getting up from the
table when she had the_..tumb1e
:SFie was taken :to Wingharr Hos-
pital for treatment and expected
to• return` home the middle of
this week.
THOSE NORTH OF HOLYROOD
NOW HAVE RIPLEY PHONE
The •Luckriaw' and ,inloss.
telephone system now serves
telephone .subscribers onlY ai far
north at Helyreo . A second line
which -previously extended -be-
the eichange, is now served by*
the Huron and, kinlosSiSa,:tkern,
Ripley toll charges will now be
in effect- on all calla north of
Holyrood. The change . was. Op-
posed tly• some who *referred
to retain, Luckhew' as their cen-..
tral, while others favored-Riple'y.
Some who have been without
made available by the H. and K..
•
HELD BAPTISMAL SEBVICE
On Sunday morning in the
'United Church Rev. Grant Mena_
lejohn baptized the following
children, Carol Anne Campbell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Campbell; Linda Diane Elliott;
daughter'of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Elliott; Raymond George Elliott,
son 'of Mr. ancl Mrs. Bryce Elliott;
and Brent . Hugh Bailey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bailey.
The choir was heard in t o
anthems, with Donald McNay
Wing a Solo -Part in One of the
selections.
LOSE TWO HOURS
T TUESDAY
Business places. . LucknoW
Will be. closed , for two hours next
This Period will be from ,9.30 to
• The -Remembrance Day service
will be held in the United chureh
• all organizationsa; taking part 'in
the parade' will assemble at the
Recreational Centre at 9.30. the
High Scheel Band will head the'
parade. Veterans ate requested to
wear their medals, and all ex -
service men and Women, 'Whether
Legiop- meinbers or not, -are -in-
railed to turn out . •
/ Following the service; the gath-
ering will assemble at the Ceno-
taph for, the, obserVing of the
two -minute silence. at 1.1 o'Clock,
and ior the placing of wreaths
and Other customary. cenotaph
V*
• Mr:' and Mrs. W L . MacKenzie
held open house last Thursday,
..on_the_occasion--sof their- 45th --
wedding anniiversary..Throughout ,
the.• afternoon and. evening scores
of ;friends. called to extend • con
gratulation arid • best wishes . -to
this •popular and esteen?ed couple'.
who have `made Luckniw their .
home all their wedded life and
have taken, prominent '.part in
the church, social and civic act
tivities 'of the community:
Mrs: MacKenzie , was formerly
Mary Anne Maclntyre,,. daugihter. • '
'of the late Mr. and Mrs. Duncan.
Maclntyre of Kinloss and "W.L." '
dle' finger, while 'the ether fin-
gers amazingly eseaped • =scath-
deorge also was taken to
Wingham Hospital for treatment.
ALEX MacINTYRE'S LETTER
•
After being crowded outlor the
past two issues.. we have this
week run extra pages in prder
to indlude the Second instalment
.of ,Alex MacIrityre's very inter-.
This article deals largely with
battles and 'battlefields of World
War I in Which Canadian' troopa
successful attack: It will re.new
meinoriei for many "Old Sweats
and. on the threshhold of another
Reitemlbrance bay is very nine -
13r, "Lest We Forget":
considerable help to readers not
familiar with the placest so that.
'ha,* Tni'ah, t,,,rrue8fecril4io ttpratiiocio.alitias
' .1 Poppy Day Saturday
Saiiirday will be Poppy'Day in
town anal once again The Legion
is asking iht.people. of the coin-
'Munity to' "Wear A Poppy For.
. During the years since Col.
John MaCrae wrote the dhalleng-
the Poppy has, come to typify
the debt we owe to , those Who
died in battle. While the•Wearing
of -the peppy 'is a token of re-
membrance, it also serves the
practical Purpese Of assisting the
living; for the money raised
through the fund is Used for
emergency assistance to -veterans
and, to the' families of veterans,
, To Hold Dante And Draw
- On Monday' 'evening, November
10th, the local branch of the dan-
rural Aarice and prize draw •the
Recreat-ierial Centre. The draw
prizes' ate' on diaplay in the Win-,
"'""' meLennan - and Ma.cKerla Ottawa spent .Saturday with Mr.-