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^ LUCKNOW ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1947
Overcome
Of Burning
I�ragge�
Bu�ldrr
Dr. C. ,C°. Evely •is in. Wingham
Hospitalwith burns, and Mr, and
Mrs.. W. S. Reid and children are
omeless as a•.'result of a fire
' h
that •gµtted.o e of �+ ucknow's old-
:est
n.
uiidiiigs 'on Sur day°'evening.
b :.
Dr. 'Evely was `.overcome fby
. smoke while 14 114 to eget ort
,of the building •and was dragged
to :safety ; in the nick • o, f time by
j. L; McMillan and Wellington
• McCoy. Meantime George Hassal
had groped his way through' to
Mr, Evely's favorite' front room,
settee, • but it was 'empty.' The
• smoke .drove George out. It was
• at the' -'back of the building that
Mr. Evely was found, He had:
escaped to a rear •shed out of the
iinmediq'te path •of'the flames, but
had collapsed in. the smoke, within
• anarm's length of safety. Burns
to his 'hands and forehead were
only superficial..
The' alarm was sounded' shortly
• after' eight o'clock . by George
liassal after Bob . and Karen Reid
SCARLET FEVER CLINIC
FOR. ASHFIELD •TOWNSHIP'
A clinic :for" the inocuration
with scarlet, ,fever : toxoid, Will : be
held at: $,S: No, 9 Ashfield (W.
Andrew's) .• on Tuesday; 0 tober-
•14th,: and each • succeeding' Tues_•
day' for a total of five, inocula
tions
• The Clinic is for: pupils�,attend=
ing,Ashfield schools and children
of ,,pre-school age„as young as :one.
year, 'Phis i to protect' ;them
against scarlet fever.' Clinics' are
held. 'from 9` to '41 a•m.
DR W. V. JOHNSTON, 1V1,0`:H
'LAUNCH' LOCAL APPEAL
FOR RED'' SHIELD. FUND
Plans; w.e•e made :here on 'Mon-•
day night tor.' holding; of the :ani
nual: Red • Shield ••'Appeal• cam-
paign. The work of the •Salvation•
Army , ;is well known in . •this
community and the R Shield.
n a v>ays we
1Viason's Garage with `word.''that•
the building was on:;fire, .and Dr:'
,�
• Efely;'was in the building., •
and Mrs: Reid, who. dive
Mr:i, an ., • •;
in • thief upstairs, apartment .had
gone
gone ::for . a short ' walk after. the
children were ° ready, to' retire: It
8„ -year-old ; Karen . who° din-
was . 0,]Y d�.� Mg -4n,
.
- •.:.. :{r V'V a,,>r l•.'14. -the .mike ;see”,
the'•kitchen• andon informing her
12 -Year-old brother,, the two of
• them made . a:- hurried exit. Bob
to the -rear -tit- . 'buildiri
--th�-
supported..
:Canvassers have "been " appoint-
ed for, the Village and will•:short-'
ly start' their calls: There, will
be no rural canvas but' country,.
folk are requested to leave, their:
donations at McKim,'s ' • Drug.
Store .Jr.+the Quality Shop ...
YOUNG SISTER ARRIVES •
TODAY FROM ENGLAND"
Marjorie Brownsword, 10 -year=
old sister of Mrs. Jaynes Burns,
Jr,, of Lucknow, is...expected to
arrive today (Thursday) .at Lai'
Guardia Airport •at New York
City. Srie is'"being' niet by 'Jimmy
and will ac8ornpany"him. 'to Luck-
now. where ' sh'c, • .lans to' make her
home with ,thein .
Fie` 'whose ` :home was
1c .h .Nas at
Stoke=on-Tren wi11; be• eleven.
in December, '
. n• `alder: sister
ac
companied her to Heathrow Air-
port''ot :London,. from where. the'
,youngster boas ded 'her plane for
New York.
Underwent Operation
Lloyd.,Hall 'underwent an' em-
ergency appendectomy in Wing-
harp :'Hospital. on'Saturday; •
ASHFIELD'S TAX':.
BILL' ITEMIZED.
Ashfield' .Township's 1947
bill totals ';$56,916;26 on'• an ass-.
essment of $2,773,025... This• is 'an.
increase' of about $0,000 over
'tax:•
CONDEMN' N U:MBE:R'
CAL:,..NVELLS
,�' Dr WM.-Fowler,. head • of the
:Bruce: County Health Unit, 'ad
dressed. the•' Village Council,: on
Ttiesday' night, ::with .respect'', to
the condition of .:a 'number'' . of
'illa..e'. ll ^ 91.' : ...
'Village' s
While the;:domes'tie water :sys-
-tem has pretty .nuch .Water
the old.househ'old 'pump,. there
ate still 'some forty. of theni. in.
-th e villa •
Water, samplesw'recentl drawn.
from • these ,wells by Sanitary
Inspector Creba MacSween of the
Health Unit, show . thirty four•
wells: as definitely, contaminated:,
Dr.'Fowlerts-report. Showed owed:.the
followtrig tests:
Grade A. 5: '
Grlde B ...... 1
Grade 'C • none
` Grade .'D' .; 34
There ' is only, one testlower
than.. ".D" Dr. `.'Fowler
�replied;
when asked by .the• Board,. and
stressed that: the • condition; was
serious enough to -;be brought to.
the Council's; attention.
Officials. df the .Health Unit
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.: • Oddly enough while the .flames plan. •.a '. personal call°. at' homes
burned. around;.' under., and ..over.- where the well Waier••is:.contain.
' top •of the Reid ,apartment, some• Mated, explaining how'. it may be
(Continued on -�e 8 purified, and will label the pump,
Par � .
,.•; • warning. that the water can :only
be, ' safely : used when :boiled .•, or..
chtprinated.'
e D'
applications' filed for • ' domestic'
water. • service, the 'installationMat-
erial.,
of
which is 'being ,delayed by mat-
erial. , shortages.• However the
System has .enough copper piping'
Y�
to •'install services : for 25 of the
35 households that • have con.
demaed (wells. ' '' •
Council :declined the written
request of J. Jradyki' of: Toronto
tb rent the Town' Hall for 'a pie-
ture show.
Defer Dec 'on .on..'Building:,
,On Friday; 'October 17 a clinic' ' The tender fvan•Louion was.
will be held in the Town .Hall' the only one received for the pur
Lucknow. from • 9.30 y
to 11.30 a.m. chase Of the tovn�owned "Gedy
flavor 'the.'.inoculation.':of children •des Block"'. • Council reserved
diphtheria toxoid •a n'd their decision in the matter. 'until.
Thursday night. ,
Council will open a gravel pit
.in_.• the... m'uh cipal . dump where
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MODERATOR RETURNIN i.
FROM EAST THIS WEEK ,
• Rt. •Rev..Oharies H. IVfacDonalct,
nioderator of the General Assem-
bly ••of the Presbyterian•-Chureh •in
;Canada,. concludes his tour of'the
Maritimes this week, •
• He '' is scheduled to return'..�to
Ontario this week`and wilrpreach
rI New: Liskeard •on Sunclayrprior.
to commencing his trip westward._
It will be the Christmas season,
before :•he.;returns' to his • home
here - t }.
-'rhe , Saint 'John. .: Telegraph
Journal' carried a. lengthy.report
of Rev.. MacDonald's visit to that
city. From there, he went to=
Pictou, N.' S:, 'arid .then'' on to
CharlottetownW. for: • the meetings;
of the Maritime Synod
county:`—rate,. ; the; 'new levy for
the'i'' . i" ho area,
ode ch High. c e
G S of a
r g ,.
and a slight debenture increase
to wipe put ,indebtedness created
b ,the.' ill-fated. West Shore Rail
.way.
rpo . . tax paid to the Township
b u ..I. d
treasury throughthe assessor ran
641 with-S4g.out:: anding-,.'',
ig es : in • ivadual taxp.,. yer:
the. .Township is • Norman O'Con-
nor''.whose',hold'•ings 'are .taxed
g .n77,&..89--A.xr:atlle.• 'paysw'':
• •: arid' could 'sect • r.' Eder' :.::
A y beating
• at the flames. He called to him to
come out.''and then, ran .to. raise
an' alarm. Mr:.:and Mrs: .Reid had
been "gone less than ten • inutes
m.
and there had``: been no• sign of a n
outbreak; the cause of'' which ,is
ncehtain.
a
;• Two lines of' hose, ' and ''later,
a •:.third line were laid,' ; .but `.the
m.u.itQ
wasn't�imm - i
ed ate] ':�.turrre_d.
on until i t was :determined if Mr.
'Evely had been , rescued. Water
i' ould 'haves blacked out "the
building . and •• increased: the suf
f'cating effects of .the smoke.
The Main fire was in the'west
wall of the 'building Which 'was
inaccessible because of the Legion
`Building,., which • is so Close that,
the eaves: overlap. The' , flames
roared up the..partition • into the
attic and' burned the ..entire' roof
,off the buildin : •
g. It was not- until.
. the ••roof. •'.burned through that
'some of. the tremendous- volume
of..w.ater. that was poured on the
:-buildin:g, -.got',at the heart, of the
) laze.
60 . YEARS AN. . EXHIBITOR
Mr. James a• longtime
esident of West Wawanosh and
a `veteran, breeder of 'good. horses;'
. was :again • in the show.° ring at
the Lucknow' Fall Pair w`
• . fine to � �;, . }xh • a
am of wagon horses.
Marked the 60th eonseeutive" year
that Mr. Forster, has : exhibit
horses ° in''
th! Lucknow show (ring.
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11110 UL'
C� ATl<ON CLIIITIC
STA,T HERE NEXT WEE)![ ti.
Some with Grad. wells have
whooping cough vaccine, This . is
for chiildren froni 'pre-school :age
to to ten yeas...old a
h nd• .is for
crusher will set up
e ild
totren of rnding district, :'•Lucknow .and sur-[ within a few days, A quantity cif
•' This is .the first • of three in. fill and :gravel will be available'
oeulations,. The. secondto individuals.
c • . and third . r
]tures will.: be held on .ave Monday, October 27th was Set.
bex'14th m
and December 12th. "
• At the ' November 14th clinic
vaccinationnine ith
... :�v smallpox vac-
-
will be done on any child
' whose parents desire . it.- -
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for the' Court of 'Appeal . on ..the
Asesssment Roll. •
•Council:voted $25 to"the Clans
meals' • Hallowe'en party for • the
Children. .
DEER BOUNDS INTO
CAR• AND IS • KILLED •
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'While returning from Hanover
on.
on': Sunday. evening 'Wm..'Schmid'
liad'his car considerably damaged
When, .about 'a, mile' north `of,
Holyrood; ..a big doe ,bounded out
of'the darkness into "the path of
the•car. The deer struck.the.fTont.
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•8•P
GES
Public Meeti�n�.
Here "Nexfi iNeek
• A'' public meeting to discuss the
advisibility , of forming a Comi,
munity, , Centre 'organization has• •
been : called': for next . Wednesday
night,' October. 15th • at: 8 pan .in.
the , Town'. Hall.
Speaker's will includ'e Mr,. T A.
,Leishman of the. Adult Education-•.
Board, a representative of` : the .
Provincial Department, of Plan.
ing. and Development accompaii-
ied�`by 'Mr, John••Hanna, .M.P.P.
for: HuronaBruce, and •Mr: Sam
Burton; recreational 'director of
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the Wingham. Centre, .
At this meeting it' is hoped' to
receive fan expression of public
opinion on • the formation tti .. such'..
an organization : serving the•edu-'
cational, cultural 'and recreation
• al needs of the entire .community,
The Clansmen'have: furnished a
buld'ing> :adaptable to :. the.
quirem•ents ''of ':('such a,. program,
and if' citizens generally. see value
:an these:': proposed projects . the
building•• will. ; be' made' available.
.for such,. activities
was thrown against ' the right
of the . car
front .door
The animal died. almost instant-
ly. Bill ,was driving .at 'a coin-
paratively slow: speed and man=
aged to keep the ;car on.'the road
*So heavy :was the the doe that': he
couldn't move it from, the road-:
s eff -ancl"-half to coine into -town -
to get.help:, The: game - wardens
'was notified!
over-�-Returne From 'Wes'
,Frank Graham' returned recent
ly from a'six'weeks' trip 'through
Western Canada to '` Vancouver.
`Ola: the trip •"he 'visited with, •his
two brothers, : Wilfred. of Van
couver and: Earl. of . Edmonton,.
and with his sister, 'Mrs ' S. W.
Lord' ;of • the; . Edm'ontan ;distract.
From this "crossroads, Of the
world"' Frank had: a comparative.
1•:' shotL motor__._.tri • ': over the
southerly' :end of 'thy Alaska
:Highway..':
S500,.:one .Over $4,0 . and two.: in
the' "over : $300 ' class., There. are
who pay' $200 or more....
The : r akdo' n)1:4. the'' -.total'
b e , rS� . , . .
taX'' '.bill. is ' as: follows •
Count.. lev •,''$21;907.12.
y y
Tow n sh•i • lev • 11,092:10'
l? . 3'
Debenture": levy 5, 779.18
General`: school 'le•v 8 6;7.0..85
Y :.
Public:sch;ool trustees 6, 7'5.90
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1 ': .-.. `887:10.
Separate _choo
o eric i ' rea . , :
Electric lights, Dungannon 85.35
Ditch 98.92,'
Dogs not paid 48.00•
$56,9'16.2e
..•1!' -:M Y,�i• d
:to.',o. erate" the. building. for such
p .g.
activities that a would
h be • re' enu
v, e.
!Dearing,.•
•r
It .behooves' every.one in: the
community who. is interested, in
the. .welfare • and' progress' of the;
community ': to . attend'. this' meet-
ing Special ih.vitations •are being
s in -to-the -head's••'if` va "
ganizations,: requesting: that they
arid 'members: of their .organiza-
tion be in attendance:.
'11'lieartl e:•pea-
sibilities ".9f,. such. a set up;.,wall
hear , of the.provincial assistance
'in. maintenance, and thirdly. *ill
, rear of, the "pi actical: reitits be
ing: , obtained sin.a • neighborin
g.
town.
The• : ur' oses for - which` a
p •p,
:re-
creational. -centre :could be 'used
•in':the interest of everyone from
my tots to oldsters will :not °: be
reit rated_. here :_but ;t e a .eal
is made . for all civic' minded• folk
to turn otic next• .Wednesday ::'
•1' ;
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C•OMING EVENT
GUIDE. COOKIE ' DAY'
SATU RDAY,• :OCTOBER :' 1.8th
AT..WHITECHU CH ,
., DANCER
'Under. .W, I. ` auts '`ices in' the
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Community, M e;m.or,i a 1 ' .Hall,'
Whitechtirch, 'on Friday, October
'10th. 'Farrier's . ,orchestra, lunch
,counter. Genfs 50c, •• ladies 25e.
FIELD : DAY .FRIDAY , .`
1:::& ki:uw High., School •annual'.
Fi• 1d' Day -will ;be .Yield} this Fri-
'1,...
ri-
`1^ afternoon, October."10th, in.
the Caledonian Park at •1;30.
o'clock. Silver c611ection.
THANKSGIVING 'DANCE '.
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With proceeds. in aid of the
Community 'Recreational Centre,
The Clansmen"will, hold a dance
in the Town Hall, Lucknow, on
Thanksgiving • Night,.,, Monday,
October :'13th. - Special prize 'for'
oldest couple.' Farrier's orchestra.
Admission. 50c.,.
NCE ' FRIDAY
PLAY AND DA
• In the 'Town. Hall, .Lucknow, on.
Friday, • October 10th, Ripley Jain-
iior •Farmers will, present the 3 -
act farce, "The Mummy and' the•.
Mumps". Play Oat 8,30 sharp. Ad-
misions 50c and 25c, Dance 'after
to music by :Bayfield Valley Five.
Admission 50c.
UXILIARY ' CARD • PARTIES
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The .,Ladies Auxiliary to, the.
Legiorn••have • cancelled the .bridge
and euchre marathon that, was to
have taken place, this week'..In-
stead ' the':Auxiliary plan a •series
of Mixed ' card. parties in, their
rooms. The first of these 25c hose.
`cess .card" parties takes place on
Thursday, October 23rd, when 15
members of ' the, Auxiliary will.
be responsible for a, table. of
cards.
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:ars 's
ermine
The ; contract for ' hill cutting,
•a°nd road'' widening for a ; distance.
of six. miles east of :Amberley' on
Highway; 86, has'` been, awarded
i.bY ; the .Ontario; • :Department of
Highways, to th , firm.:of Peacock
and McQuigge Already they .hav:e'
„some , i,equipment ' on : the': ground'
•ready to start. work ' prepa ratory
to hard :'surfacing, -which will ;'not.
commence however until ' next
year;
Whether or not this fall's: work
wall,be' confined ;to six miles will
no.' doubt':depend :on weather con-
ditions -and the :'progress Peacock
and McQuigge make. '
The 'contract calls for widening
thelroad• to 100 feetfrom fence
to fence. The present., width• is. 66
feet, meaning .that fences :will be
moved back -'17 `feet on each'si°de.
Negotiations:: have ' been under-.
-Way with.. a view to moving .the
`Bradley eliopping mil' at . Am-
berley, but there is nothing def
•inite• on this. The .Lochalsh; stores
which front the present fence Zine
Will.. remain as they' are.„'
Mr. R. A. Grant of .Asifield
has the contract .;for removal' of
present •fences and, erection of
the new 'ones, and already'. has'
the . work. "underway.. The road
widening I program also requires
the:telephonelines,
. moving of
'
which task has also been com-
menced, " • • ••
• • Minister In This Area
Last •--week . the Hon. G oi'ge
'Doucet, Minister, • of Highways
and district road officials visited
''Walkerton• and Goderich confer-
ing with county, highways cam-
missioni3. He was accompanied
among : to hers, by John :W, Hanna,
1WI.P.P.' for Huron -Bruce.
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-IN TRAIN'WRECK. IN
STATE OF;OREGON'
W.hile'enroute from' -Vancouver `•
to , Los' .Angeles,' Mrs;:•
WmCalifornia,�'
. MacKenzie was in a txaiu
wreck, but 'escaped with Tittle
more than' a . shaking .up. The'ac-
cident occurred about «a mile'
from Salem, Oregon, when • thee••
fast • train.,struck. an open' switch,:
'believed by ' officials to • have
been 'purposely opened.
'The- train had .'made a atop at•
Salem, and: had not attained its
full speed upon .. hitting'; the
switch,..oi the .casualt . list would
y.
have been high: As it was five
ears. were derailed:
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs, W., G. Reed, Luck -
now; wish to announce .,the en= • •
gagement of their , younger dart l
ghter,-• Marjory, Eunice to 'Robert
Kenneth Reid, younger'.son ' of .•
Mrs. Sohn Reid,; and -the late Mr:
Reid, Dungannon. The marriage
to :take placethe middle .oLOct-
ober:
FIFTY-THREE . YEARS IN
HARDWARE BUSINESS,
It was fifty-three years 'ago Pon.
Monday, October 6th, 'that Mr.
•Murdie started -in• the hard-
ware business-Tn. the "employ of
Johnston. Bros, of Seaforth.
• , Less . than 'two' years later he ' .'
zind . George Sills opened the 4th
hardware store. in,. Seafor. th and',
•iri 1905 Mr. •Mui!die bought out
Mr. D. C. Taylor'' of Lucknow.
Next month he will be in busi-
ff nest,: here 'for forty-three years.
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