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• LUCK'iIOW., ONTARIO, 'WEDNESDAY, ' M RCH 12, 1947
E.I°GIST PAGES.
fail �er�ric�"1..0" urn;ed
Tie-LTp �By-.Stot#n, ancY
• a �. OUNCIL •N �TIFIED
er meek :s ,> • RESI'oTiSIBILITY
reck
indelibly marked oriEXAMS'.
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:.., .‘The�irstweek '_. e . .�.. .._ .. , 947► -T eti<.ET .HIl�`iII.-:NIAItKS.w' Ili ,
HAVE -ORGAN INSTALLED
should be ..- de y' .•n THEORY- PIANO EXAMS"FOR 4NNIVERSARY' IN` MAY
storm -and ra.ilvvay wreck, which Wilfred ' Biaek and John Cris
IFij �.,.vq students at •L,1ickrigw
High Schorsi; , recently •completed
their Grad _ VIII piano 'ex`amina
tions with more . than , ordinary
the mind as the week of the bid
brought' complete isolatign°' (ex;
. air trans ortation) to
. 'sept fol ,p
•this`,district3 •
On ° Saturday', •March lst, the
night train reached here on sche-
dule. A :week -end storm :that
fullest fury"o ".Mo -.
reached. it's.' n n
. day,.broughtNall transportation to:
f. a, complete'standstill •and it ' was
Friday of last week before ,rail'
r - 'service :was - resumed; For Ripley
slid Kincardine :it,' was not until.
•Monday' of this week. that ,train
service was resumed.'
Topping 'off February's •'record'
• snowfall' and frequent ' storms,'
• last week s `tilizzar"d climaxed i "
au and saw railroad and,highway
•"snow crews completely abandon.
their' futile task of trying to keep
t ".mo sin . _.
•
University: work he .lans ' to take
'Wrecked:in en n Cut•
p
plow. 'Vlz H dorso p
• upon .graduat.ingr
S
d nirni 'a
Oh T Urs a :C•'.N:R.
A h n
S
• left -Pala. � tion on: i the
lb �� n
,K
success.. ,
Last June both boys took the
piano tests, .and in mid-Februa.
tried their theory examinations,
complete the Grade VIZI work° I
the -latter test; .WilfredTobtaine
99 marks and, John '94,. Wilfred's
friends are joking him :asp to 'what
he did with. `that. • other; mark.
Both • boys are' to, ibe' congrat-
ulated on their success. Wilfred
i a u it of
, p p , _ Mr' Cook; and ;'John
is •a ,Pupil of Mr: Anderton:: Wil:
feed has already commenced the
Grade 'IX course. John's stan�din •
g
will be of hen
e .' T ucknow Presbyterian
.Church has let the , coritra,ct for..
clic installation' of a 1Tarnmond.
electric. or an and ' s
g . chimes.. It is
•hoped to' have the'.org'an install
Y I ed' in'.• time for anniversary ser-_
• :vices in' May.; but it is not ex-
r' pecte'd that the tower chimes' will
ry' be 'installed until a later date.: .
O Some 'time ago a memorial, or-
In
gan fund was. established, .__with
d this in view and has met with
hearty support; ' ..
plow
cardiae line,. owered by'four en
Bines, It was making• .compara.-
g
tvel ood;`.time and;: whisked• .
y
past ` the local" depet four
Pof about
.. ' leek-,ih xt aft ee - litiewi ►•
snow high :and_ far.'
_ Its. struck the . Henderson elit a
' short distance • north ofti• the' 2nd
4 . Concession : at ' about 20 miles ' an '
hour and had all but. • broken..
through the 400 -foot drift .has
ots-j- wheel lt-
jumped; the track. The speed was
estimated then to have, been cut
• 'to aboutp
:”
es er hour. -For-
tunatel so
y or
fatalities
`could
-scarcely, h7ave been averted.:
As
%
it Was. ti! i. ... ;�eht'.•..z'-il#:6.1,4..
': ent, E. B. ,Ryerson who was- rid-
ing the ., low • was. the Only .P .Y one,
hurt, and. his, injuries were sliht
• Like A Rail Fence
The plow and tvVO engines were
derailed, The two rear
-engines
stayed on the track: 'The. da
ra
m
eil.
-' n s
e t took mire" the formation. of
Went,'to:_work t : f'ee'i
o r t. • With-
in-the:
ith-
,in;the: .yard limit' at Kincardine
the 'going.:Wes also tough, but'the
track was:, cleared by about 2.20
t,afternee 4
sehe_dule on ':1Vlonday. 'although the
task.. • of moving : • acculumated
freiglit '.will be a:� gigantic one; and
the clearing. of clogged' siding's at
almost every depot 'represents' an
-other'bi.gtask. s
- Auxiliary-o�Dobhington
Afterg g
ettin .the wrecked 1
le. P
and'`engine, .back' to the siding ' at
the local depot, the auxiliary` der-
rick was'hurried off to%Dobbing-
ton,f between Chesley and••Tara,
where x bls -
HUSBA11%D ,IS' ILL, FLEW
HERE • FROM •GODERICH '
Mrs. George Moncrief made an
early; morning.'flight from' Goder-
ich to LucknoW on'Sunday on
account of the illness of her hus-
an • rsa oncrie , orm sly
Betty Bissett, has been assisting
on the .nursing staffos at err c
.g G"�d, c�i-
Hospital ..George took' sick' on
Saturday ' and • is a ;patient at
Noble J loll.
ohnstoh s ."ravine � with •
pneumonia, .The,da revious he
. Y p
lead been �assisti
.. ng :iri'.'hel'ping to
• On Monday of this week the.
Village Council. was served with
p letter from the Lucknow saw-
null Company, pointing_out that
due -to the, •failure, of Council, to;
plow:. the road, to the mill, and
oecause -of the.: ow-coe ered con-
itun `of . the firev h rant
Town would" ,be, held: responsible
in 'ease!' of. fire;, loss. •
The .roasi1 was` plowed- out Mon.-
day
on;
day afternoon, • "
At ' the' March meeting of the
Fire Company on• •Monday even-
ing, the inaccessible condition'of
Many of. the fire hydrants was a
subject of :discussion, as was -the
condition of the fire hall entrance
an
. .. Hiss ce
on several' occasions this' winter.
Postpone. H: S. •Commencement.
The .• High ' School, commence-
• ment • has been • postponed until
h
't e : latter` `art ,off �"r`il. Ori.
. P g}nal."
plans'
were- to
hole �'�
l5a .two; night
performance, next week, but • the
illness., of one of the staff' has nee -
OPENING ROADS
I;S -MAJOR . TASK `
Last week's blizzard so conn.-
.pletely blocked all roads in this:.
district, that.•.highway plows_ are
stilll•battling against ;terrific 'Odds'
to'. get motor. 'traffic' moviiig on
the main'highways; concession
,roads are quite: another ` matter;'
,arid itwidoks as:.if Old S 1
'have .to co,:o� er ate • a •o
. p a if, xn �. f •
hese roads are to. be . opened be-
'fore the spring break-up. '
Isolated completely.'except by;
air, Lucknow's first highway 'traf-
fic artery_ to be !opened'. was the
Wingham-Luckno. w .r°oad.' Closed
since Sunday, it was' late Friday
night • before. this ,stretch was
opened.
A local gang of shovellers spent
Friday afternoon.,} and' �evenin
breaking through .to Morrison's
Hill, aided iri the' evening by: the
�
` lo.
n-• T
w w: he.':o�. h .a
`�
...`:p .. is � Y'�"pl '�' .�.
had broken downat Morrison's
earlier . in' _the week, and was a-
waiting :repairs. A heavier Iow
P
e en: the Win bath
4.itchison's• funeral;
. _ ►� _
V ANT ENTR ES` W FOR-:
I.
FIELD
CROP CR P.:COMPam*
• T...: e Lucknow uckno
w A ric t 1
•g ul u gal
Svc.ietY sponsori g a. field crop.
competition in inBeaver. .
Oats this
.
and ' anv: • armee planning. ,yearf nisi _ • ao
p ,g ,
:enter; should file his 'application.
at..'oncewith�i
M . 'Joseph. A new.
g
' This. Popular aa new
bad of oats
is .comparatively scarce;
'.and to.
erisure.'de delivery .'''
i . � y ' of the. seed, the';
ordermu t be•, laced. at:an ea1
•s.. 1�•
..., rY
the :track, and hui led up on .,the
bank' by the three engines. that
were driving it. ;•
o
The:; Lucknow station ';'.was
alive with ''s .P ectators on Sunday,
r
to look over,' the plowand. engine
Which will 'sit 'there until tem-
. r •
porar'Y ` repairs made' in order
p r e
...0zig zag fence ',w. With the plow,1to•tow it:•to Palmersto:
n.. Thurs
-daynihtrall day
Friday an
"
Saturday; swarms of'pe6ple from'
the first engine :'and its coal ten
der,. cloing 'a'ack-knife
J . The X40=..
• on
p,ow ended. lip' with`Yts nose
deep in the. ground and at almost'
:rig's ---ail .•=
front 'ri h
,.• ' Night t side: of the.. en ne'•.
abutted the g . '
•� back of the plow,:
the - engine's .tender , snapped ..; ...its
p
coupling :and -.formed d •:.neat .V
• with • the engine. The
second ° en
•
gine. wasn't seriously derailed .and
•
• was. removed with' cosh- arativ ' ' Dt�ringl :the tie-up a gang of”
ease. P e' 10ff rnen i
ncluding the work train
date.... •
HERE:: THIS. "FRIDAY
1Vr
. F..T.A Armstrong twill. • be in
Lucknow: on' Friday of this week
having had to cancel his day.:: here:.
last 'week on account Of ::'road.
•
conditions.
.,
town: and .countryRE�D,
treked: out to"
; .R�.
OSc
the cut to' see* the;, wreck �a
•r •
he�
r r-ag eag--t WAY; --
DRIVE.
n-. SGS-.-.. i j_• !- .a
{
HAD-SIMILIAR-`TIE-1TP
'NEARLY 70 YEARS AGO ` r
Last week's rail. tie-up 'in ixen-
• derson's cute didn't. t make, lnisto>wy:.
R. J, Moore `recalls-
, a' similar; in-
stance some, sixt -ei: h't'' ears: a o'
in ':the' . same.. eat.' At.that time
as ' last: -week the“ -prow :left:: the.
-track-and-,arid-firstPeng ince. � �lo*ed'-
$ P
•into
the .side of it.
If : 'memory .'serves' him right.
M` Moore • thinks `the
Mt. ere were five
engines on the low 'then All ef-
P
therin7 were' wood aurners,--:-and-
Bob''has a' momento `: of ; the oc-f
.rasion -tea broken` finger, Which
hi
a w ch
he received in. trying' to .throw
'Sorbe wood: into, the fire 'box.'. He
Was `just'. a kid then.
1 -7 -There •ei C=. . -•per
•then because every%. station yard
:had` its '..pile Of .cordwood ;'to feed
the "iron•.horses"
Teacher 111 Again t\.
• •+Coniplicatio is 'Which followed
a•"strep" ' .throat recently - suffered
by Miss Jean Osborne of the
School staff 'have :.ag in:' forced.
heroff duty. ger. duties are '.in
charge
of
,Miss
g,1V.[ •Ysabel:Struthers
of the .College of Education, Tor-
olto. ., ... ,•
.
came• through' that 'night shortly,
after this end of ' •the road had • 'i' ,'
been opened''The urgency was'
g Y.
that •' Mrs. 'Aitchison's' funeral
might be held' front Whitechurch
to Lucknow on Saturday:
On :Sunday the,' "Gillespie"
•plow started west to' Amberley:
ut-aft
only reached .Paramount' . They..
pushed .on :•Monday toward 'Aria
berleywhere• he .lfluewater was
;open to.. Goderic% 'On: the ;Blue
water, Bill ' Berr .Yhad ; 'Punthed ,
•
through'froi i; l i tai1: to: Port
best in 'about. two; days.'
On; a `a eav ''.cal"'low..
`had broken, through', Glenn's Hil1•
and
was -ma 'fair .progress
to
g g
Ward Lucknxr _
o " from the ' souutZiy,:..
From the north 'slow prOgress
was n bean
.. r,. fade from .Ho�.xroal"��
the. north, • and arioth r- Crew w w -
e e .was'
trying .to, k
Brea• through''betwe n � '.:
Kinloss- ` and `•�Holyrood,; .lout ' in
every instance,. a, gang of s pve
men : were acco
,znpanying the •
lows. The•
road '
fro �.
Plow.S; I'�ol ro
od o '.
. Y .,t
Ripley was p 'ened , the .latter.: part
of . the week. ` •
On Tuesday afterno n •the• plow.
p
o
coming'froin the ou'th'was' north•
ry B'
. f
o elf st
„.an the .ogle from•'the•
north was stillbetween,.the • 6tir
and 4th` concessions.:l;.r.
....Progress
here had : amounted to -onl shoo
a' mile day' Monday
But: if snowplows were hiving
track andhoisting the 65.,ton•_ en- -
-•gine and .40 -ton.. plow., Onto „the '
T h e Lucknow � an'd Vibnity
roadbed.Three .,giant.. hooks,. on.'
. : • . Branch of:.ahe Red.: 'Cross
the cran.' weree'' Snapped `.during o ened .its`..: cam ai'gn ' to raise ; a
P P
the .operations, •but no injuries •i nit urn , of $1,800,•`. to . aid ,
resulted.. ,
t c a•r r'` i n: •' a •n'.` ':the `•, Society •s
Yg Y
$5,000;000 peace time„program :.
In .an'i;. advertiseinent ',in this.
,issue are`'listed a:number of rural
and urban points where donations
will be received at.a�ny time` dor-'.
ting business hours., ' ' •
At • McKiin's. Drug' .Store Red
Cross headquarters' have ' been
'opened,. and a .volunteer worker
-will be''in attendance each after-
noon,' td receive donations.'
be- largely responsible - for the As the Goderich branch ,has
'wr'eek • in ..that there -• wasn't' 'as ceased . to 'function, the Dungan-
,much .sup ort for the track . oh: non' area is. being: include' in this
the
�:. .., . , . , .,, _. •. , ..
p
the east ' de as: on• the 'west: with . district, : and donations ,will be •ac-
the re'' that •the .track. spread. cepted at •Eedy's llakerk.
The west' bank, of the • cut was • SundaY Night ht Service
a good -20 'feet high, almost level In .support' of , the, local'cam-
w"th the tele g ph d p a "gn, local chur'hes will hold a
An ; ,•'Crw. 'and''
auxiliary' deer" a local, shovellers' were
ick
A
was
° speeded• to the on'the'job snatchn` g. few hours':
sgene, arriving ► • g
here{•early=Thursda'., evening,�"sleep when the''could,. and eat-
. , b , •. y and sleep. .:.: loll y .
efore ten' .o'clock that night was ing in., ' the: -work ,train kitchen.'
'+ at work Clearing g :About' 75 me accompanied the
.. :ring the: wreck.' The. n rip
.plow '!• � �•""
and first engine rovid d- plow on :Sunday on.the trip to
the' biggest':fob, and it was Kincardi e
snot
tillabout' . . ,._:: �'' •'
about 7.1.5'' Saturda' evenin Caisse • of The Wreck
Y $ •
t is stated .to
h he auxiliary train had A "vile wall cu '''
traekl co the
mpl'etely cleared.
On ,Sunday about 11 o'c'lock,,
,with the • torn u.
p track 'restoz`ec�,,
a
three -engine plow•'operi •'tt
glance of the line. "to~ K ttCard neo
lt was a' three-kour task, afdedA
by a shovelling crew ofsome• 75.
.Fust .north of the" Henderson
Cut the Sundayy�
plow e � erience ,
• me difficulty iti.4 breaking. thu
the. tr
McKinnon' cut ' which, was:
about:.1,000` feet 'long. and
— wit g filled
Y h Wsnow-15 feet or.. mior
e deep.
Shov
elling crews had worked ' all A
i ra wires.' .an ai ora c
which towered' about: ten "feet joint service ,in. the Presbyterian.
above the engine, • so that'spec- Church •on Sunday evening; with
,tators -had a gallery seat in Rev. J. V. Stewart , the speaker.
watching' workmen,: below'' them:
clearing, the Wreck. -
,A mail train an•d passenger See.
vice was run in and oit,'of Lack--
now ort. Friday afternoon.. AAfter:,
noon and night:. servicg was .given
n Saturday, and •on 'Monddy:`the ,
entireyline *as 'on'regular shed., , Monday, •March 17th, Tiffin s, or-,
,,A molal : - • ',lies la..
. day .Friday:.,qnd Saturday on this
A fourth engine`.whic
hstood by
0
was uriae to dislodge the plow
• . ,unday, and the' shovcllerS
stretch:
• • •
COMIlv'G'��NTS- —
PROGRAM & DANCE
The K• -C.. Country Club. will
sponsor a program: and dance i.
Porestet•'s .Hall, . L'angside; on
Potted Tp '.Gut*. i;•
Donald MacDonaldoftheUri-,
iled` States, Air Force, has '.been
.
posted to Guam.; Herecen'tlflew
the Pacific: to' Tokyo,lbut his ost-
P.
ing there. was of short duration..
sr�owR�ow: cosi
ARE SUMMARIZED
At the' March•.meeting- of. the
Village.' Council held' ::last Wed-
nesday • afternoon, snow' lowin
P g.
''and snow removal costs were, re-
viewed' from;'. a detailed statement
submitted by E., H. Agnew.
The winter's Costs to the muni-
cipality. :to March 1St; ;_totalled
,_ e
$76$'%.' 'This: does: not include
$118.88 :which the• Province
Pays
as 'Talf the cost of -snow' removal
from ' Main: Street on: Provincial
,Highway 86 '
•Sn 1
. S w owin coats, osts ' °
including
,truck; ' horse •' and.: tractor, • •work,
and, ,Snow''re'rnoval from hydrants
totalled $596.50. Installing the
plow 'wing sand pairs added an -
'Other '.:`$52.40-:Tana'-sno- : rempva
'frchn Main'Street amounted b'
t.
:$239.76 of which, 'the Province.
n Sys; fifty : pe>rcent.
'i' A.6e.:fiaures of course` do hot
f ` "fists incurred by the
'?,:,'t:.,roek •.
•
`their troubles,: so were :hornet;
and frequently roads,. were aban-•,
doned ' and* .s1 igh
trail's. .• Made'
Mc 0S�country the ug .th.efields.
Roads that. had been previously
plowed had filled in so deep with
loose snow, that horses- sin:1ply
"went out, of sight"
Just another 'example 'sof the
problems of breaking : ; a 'sleigh,'
'road . can be gathered ;fro'm: the
fact ; that it :ftook ° eight teams
"(without'::vehicles). a•1 last Wed- -
•
•
•
,
riesday afternoon to plunge thru
'the snow from the 9th. Concession
to`the hill Vit':George Alton's.;
•
1VIASQUERADE ' DANCE HERE
ON : ST.. PATRICK'S 14 GHT •
The local branch trfi the Can- •
adian Legion. is sponsoring a obi
g"•
St. Patrick masquerade dande in
the Town Hall, Luckno'w, on
Monday next, march ' 17th.' The
CK11X Airliners • will make their
local
debut.: on this occasion .
,There:. Vvil1 • he .eostume. ° .z. , •
spot prizes ,and door prizes, and
all at -the popular, price of 50c;..
Better plan '`now to be`:iircos
tome on Mondaynight, and to
be there :early:" lancng° is from.
to 1.00.n
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