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•. LUCKNOW; ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 2nd,1950
s No Negligerice
Barger
• ROME FROM HOSPITAL TO PREACH FOR CALL
Wib Hodgkinson returned borne On Sunday, March,'5thRev,
one In Death
on•;Saturday !after•29:days in Vic- ,Duncan•Farris of Streetsville will
':p tori Sos:oita], London, receivingoeeupy the pulpit of the Luck-,
1, treatment. for: ! a badly injured n w ere. byte lar Church,. both.
A • coroner's . j.ury. .last Friday,•
found no negligence', ori ,,the part'
: of .a•nyon:e,in connection ,with the.
death of`.:1VIt. John Barger, a•ge.
89 ,years. He died ctf smoke suf=
focation r►•: • an tipstairS 4bedroorr
at the guest home_,pf; Misses 'Pearl,'
and , Elizabeth . Henderson, whic1,'
• was badl:' damaged -by
. y
. ' .the afternoon •of . February ,13th," •
..The inquest was presided over
*by Dr: M. H. Gillies of •Teeswater,
assisted'by -Crown Attorney J. :W.,
'.Freeborn. -Jury foreman • was J.
M. Greer, and the'other members'
of the filve-snarl ,board of, inquiry
were W.. A. Porteous, ,Ernie Craw-
ford,
raw-ford, Gerald Rathwell and Elmer,
Johnston: The jury 'was out for
approximately thirty ;minutes be-
for4,returning the following' ver" -
.the
er=•the, jury, find:. that
John • Barger •oaf; the Village of
•Lucknow,. came to. his death ' on
• the .' 13th day 'Of February. 1950,
e l s ffocation ' t h-
---••b.�i_d` :�t.� , u - ate. '
•home of the'Misses Elizabeth•'and
Pearl Henderson. We cannot•, find
any: negligence, on the part of
anyone concerned'.. •
Doctor First Witness'
The . evidence brought out no
thing .materially different from
-the facts. as previously •reported.
. Dr. M. H. Corrin, . the first wit-'
;ness, told of arriving at;. Silver
'Weed's; 'pia a nt'. to ' find Bill 'John
:
Sten
Mrgiving artificial respiration:
..13arger's•,pulse
was hot per
ceptible. He_a' -dm nister ed a re's
piratory-.stiinula it Nand :artificial;
—p
res'- iratiori was continued : fol t0
•minutes.or .lon ger,.Suffocation;by•
g
smoke was• the cause of "'death,.
and Which ;would occur' probably*
l',. p:. Y
in. from three tdten minutes. The,
Coroner l•ater,extpresced his opin-'
ion that ;suffocation with .a react
•'of his' uld
a'e` 'wo: occur' ver
g Y
CONGRAT ILATIONSI
•Con ratalaidn
g s are � ,oI• er'
[ .rn d
for 1Vlr. Richard. Elliott'. of •
' Holyrood; who.last. week"was'W:,
elected presiderrt,.of`;the"Orli-
rano Good•R'.(iads Association,
Dick ,has, been., on the Good,. •
.,R;o•a ci•s;, exec utiv for: some'
o•••t•ime, .and has'achieyed quite:
a high; • honor- in reaching"
the presidency
An' ex - reeve of.Kinlos
Townshiip, *h,e',,served:'for scree.:
nine • years:' on •• the,. Bruce
County ", Highway -s Commit -
tee.•
ARE�':�.FI�T
-
Y FIVE
YEARS MARR.IED:
Mr.•and Mrs; Ezekiel .Philli • .s
'of ".Auburn 'observed the r 5,5t1i
waddle `:' arinive rsa
Mo�riitla ,xheYod!ggoarn
The 'w,edding of 55 Gears ago' " v ou •wouldn't know the hall"
Y g ,Y
was . performed at . the Anglican. , The re-o(',p enin ' took. the form.
Church rectory, Lucknow, by oI a social evening with :Council='
Rev. .Charles'..Mlles, The couple for . Dan'.` T. McKinnon. �acting`•.as'
. were.: attended !by :Eliza' Phillips
DOW Mrs. , Alfred Tebbutt of, God-
..hairman: He ' rthank'ed all who
ha,d•,a: part''i:n thetask,•�and �corii-
.eric:h;... sister -.Of- the 'groom, ;and.Graham;
plamented . carpenter Roy Grab., ,
James . W.....Medd ; Of • Auburn,• 'bio f ectric-
ipaiiter . B'ill. IV'Io�fat sand el
jther of the'.ibride, ,•both ;of Whom ian• 'Ha ,old:.Haldenb for their.
r y,,
excellent workmanship. Council-
.
Dave. C�a>_jrtslthers spoke
similar 'vein; ':and •Mrs. Jack Ack-
ert; president of .the Holyrood
of the. bale Nl'r: and'' 1VIrs...Ezekiel'
• ': .thanks: � to •all who .'hard' helped. ed in.
Philli , s :