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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1948-02-19, Page 1$2,00 A' Year.—In Advance; 50c Extra to U. S. 1 LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURS;, FEBRUARY 19th, .1948 EIGHT PAGES njuxies Suddenly Fatal To Popu1ar Youn { IIII This comn'iunity mourns with Frank Gordon .Passes 1Vlr,. and Mrs. :Garfield, Ostrander, Word has been, received her • • :. h eir` dear' son,Rex-. , • of e loss. of • their' � the death of Mr, ',thenk G rd don ford, who was fatally.':injured. on which occurred recently; in 'Win - Friday. evening in-Frida'y''evening avid died:. enroute ,nipeg.• Mr. ;Gordon ran a 'butcher to•Wingham Hospital.Rexfoi!d, an." shop in:Luck n 'Qw•at.,one•lime. only chid;' would. have been 30 • • • years old on . March 18th.•A5 EIGHTY Tragic Inde ed were the circum- , stances .that''snuffed out' the' life, ON:TUESDAY of this popular young,: man, • who. was! a friend of all and was . hap piest -when doing something a for others; It 'was while performing one - of every..day kindnesses •chat death struck so -suddenly ..and •' • shockingly, 'On Friday,. '. at thesupper„hour;': • as a freezing rain was treacher ously 4 glazing 1 streets and :high-. ways, • Rexford.. • volunteered, to give Miss Pearl Henderson a,,ride to;•her•,home• near -the ,C.N.R. de A surprise '-T— family gathering was held at ;the home of ,Mrs. Grace. Lockhart on Sunday,• o mark the occason of • Mrs, Lockhart's 89th birthday, which fell on Tuesday, Feb uary 1.7th: • With; the exception of Mr, and Mrs T. H. Lockhart of Petagainu .Sack., . all members of::her. family wrrae present' for., this happy event and; to enjoy a turkey, dinner. Mrs.;•Lockhart is;i'n .comparative .-''ed” at :the theatre; Rexford', went share",in the pleasure ' the oc- back. to• the garage through the 'caaion Was'Mr..Aridre ockhart, _rain and over the; ice : to get' the ::.who.' snakes his home with Mrs.' ,car.. Such an ° act was 'typical of Lockhart, and is '.her ''senior by Rexford To : do something. •' for :•sever,al' •years •Others seemed always 'a pleasure' i . Mi s..•Lockhart° was the i°eci 1-. p;. fir 'sPite. of. any' personal,' iricon ent''�of. lits of flower's? nd fruit° yenience. • Enroute he .picked•. up' :and a' scum• of money.' A telegram W., A.Porfeous.and .gave•him a'.of ongratulations: was' ieeeived ride',home also, • from the` absent •member of the RexfordWas; returning••by:way' Tamil anil a' tele. hone c• 1 w'as • y, p ... al • A. of••Silverwo'od Dairies plant..west . received ' from •:her' i andso dg n .ward 'othe, HolYroodR:-Af granddaughtei *Os.: ter : turning' _onto this -highway, ..Br cc.'Lockhart of 'Burlington. ,just at the. northern 'outskirts of Members 'ofthe familypresent the. Village, Re'ford's,'car'slip,-1 were 1VIr: and Mrs J A; Lock-' ped off the roadway 'with • a 'front` hart, •Burhngtan^;. Mr and', Mi s. wheal embedding itself,,:, lightly. in G'eoi ge Lgekhart, 'Kinloss; . Mr. &' the snow bank. He was .alone at .Mrs :•El e ° Johnsto'n Lucke ow :the tim .d t i s fa'" hat`` e an. , enact:de a 1 o what.; ,• Kr; .arid. Mi�s . E•l:we11 `V�e�k�ster, trans ` red in th • next.ar is .few' ' Win barn and Mr.. and �Nii°s. • Wes- Minutes..tragic are not yet., fully ex-: ley`. Huston and Grace, Lucknow: • :George Hassell driving a Sil. JUNIOR CLUBS • • verwood truek, and .accompanied by Jack Fisher were coming lista town'frgm the North: They plan ned`to tui•n,up Ludgard Street to the plant, but saw a car off ;the road a: fewrods-beyond and the driver apparently signalling for- `' assistance They proceeded to. that. point;" and as George.- ;went to stop.: the, truck 'itswung complete aro' ....y _ wo;d._on.the'.:;-Highway '-Whert :they got. out of .the. truc Cthey found Rexford lying on the road- • , 'wa . Geos Y ge.,ran to the nearby'.. home ;of: R>zssell°..Button, ; from where • a doctor, the police and sn ambulance were ,summoned; Rexford died in Davison's' am- balance, enroute to . Wingham without regaining 'consciousness. • This * stunning, ;numbing trend. ;,of events all happened literally Within the hour and was 'scarcely • believable. Re'xford'' had: left the housejust at ;'the supper: hour and was ex-, pected , back 'momentarily by • his, mother, who, thinking little of his delay in returning;' had gone • to. Open the theatre for the Friday •:evening slow. It :was grain there' (Continued on. pa$e 8) 'FORMED TUESD4Y Stemm ng f r o m• 't h e- short Bourses held •' in •Durigaririon irr' January, an enthusiastic meeting of ; seventy-five young .Men 'and .women w:as. hold 2 at.;Dungannon School on Tuesday evening; when a Junior Farmers • Club and`'Jun- ior-Institute came •into being. The new ;'organizations- will be known. as the, Colwanash Junior. 'armei•s'-and the Colwanasli Juni ior 'Institute' • The name :is derived • from the, first three 'letters of, the townships' ;`• of'' Colborne., Wawa :nosh: and .Ashfield, from which area -the clUb ' inembeyship Will, be• drawn,'The new, organizations ,will Meet 'on' the 3rd Tuesday of each ;month it ;:tiungannon• school The organization of the 'Clubs ...Was tinder' t'he direction of.'Miss Flora •'Durnin of Dungannon` and Mr. Leroy Brown, Huron County.- Agriculturalrepresentative. Guest speaker was _Mr, Art 'Drummond. of Mitchell; district director of the' Ontai id•. Junior. Fanners As- sociation . `'; • Junior. Farmer officers elected. Ross " Eedy; press; . •George, Robertson; vice'A es.; Elmer Hun ter, secretary -treasurer; 'auditors,,,. Joe McGee, Fred°:Crawford; dir- ectors -Ashfield, . Harold Adamse Iden Petrie; 'Wawanosh; Leonard: Chisholm, Gordon' Finnigan; Col: - borne, Jack Smith, 'Graham •Junior Institute officers: Mi Flora •.1 urnin, honorary •president Mary Smith,. 'pies.; Elaine Lamb;, vide pres.; Caroline Hunter, sec- retary-treaspier; district direct'- r or. Shirley Robertson; auditor•s, Y , Connie Morris,: Eitrma Rct ertson t directors, Marietta Stinger,. Eileen. • ', Evelyn:.l?iirton CHECK' THE DATE ON' YOUR ADDRESS LABEL: The Sentinel. 'Mailing »hist . Was•. corrected on • Friday of last week and awbacribers who have made subscription payments during, e ;". _ ..... ,. � _..d.. �th. , past several 'weeks, .should: check. the date oon their :address label to see if ..super 'Credit; bat; been. given. • S'ubserip pts which fair hot paid in advanee should, be A attended .. �. � . , to at'. an • early date.., !Please givethis matter your at''. tign..• ti • HAD 'ANKLE .RESET Mrs. Alex MacLennan of `°town, who recently suffered a• fractured ankle in •'a fall at her home, •re- turned to. Wingham _Hospital a few days ago. to • have the ankle reset. She is to, return home"to-: day. • i4. JOSEPH HACKETT., CA LLED BY DEATH Mr. Joseph Hackett, for ,ni , ety years a continuous` resident Of the Township' of .Ashfield, passed 'away at his home:. at the out- skirts of ut-skirts'~of the:•Villa e °•on -W-edne g ;; day eveningof last week about 11,30 o'clock,, • Mr.' Hackett •observed his 90th birthday a month''before on Jan- uary .]Pith::. Up to .a •few' days ,be - "foie his death he- had been in :the° best of .health,, and his death came quite unexpectedly notwith- • Standing his age ;;' .. The Friday p vrevious Mr, .Hack. Bogie. and penicillin was administered but before:lit could effectively • check.'th,e, infection, Mr. Hackett's heart'played out •— .: Few were better known in' his native ,,township; and none held in.. more genuinerespect and admit' ation than .was• Mr. Hackett. It Was. ,his father and •uncle,•; A1e�x and :. Joseph•Hackett, who: were: the first white .men• to' prol. ceed northward past Glenns .Hill to 'take . up land" pn can: r10, Ash field,' amile` and :;a.:quarter :west' b:f. Belfast.' that w.as •wellover a centu ' !.ago-in.,1845. . "Ten „years'••later, ' on January llth; 1B58, :Joseph Hackett' ' was, 'born; to: become lifelong resi. dent'.::of the' Township, :Nand 'one who 'took' an active rinterest: in `all that. was ':for:"the good of the con�ririunity .: He . was?: 'a' faithful churchman at lis • home church at Hackettown, which•:sat on the- corner hecorner; .of his own farm Later` h.e worshi'pped at .Lueknow ` Un- ited .Church and'foriseveral` years: was,:a: member of the Session. In ` :his.' native ' ;township, • Mr•.' e valued iinicl al' Hackett � gav m ,. ,p sergice in .the capacity. of .coun cillos, deputy -reeve and reeve.' . Mr.•:Hackett. was one of, nine children born. tothe late Mr.' and er. Hackett 1VIrs,• Ale�tand , of whom N1i s ; William McNeil of town is the; lone. survivor. Hackett's. marriage: to Miss Mr. Fi g • Lady -Mail • Courier Undaunted By ' Bad . Roads, Cold Weather Heavy winter roads and 'sub-. zero. temperatures failed to halt Mrs. ;Giifford 'Robb .from making tregular mail deliveries. on Rural ,Route NO. 1, •Holyrood. Last.; .week. we'. reported that. 'eight' .of the.first eleven days of 'February ,had bought sub -zero. .temperatures. • During .those• 11 days 'Mrs.. • Robb didn't miss a single _ delivery on this 22 -mile, route,which is made by, horse ;and 'cutter.' The • daily trip is in- creased by five •mines', as the Robb •farm is. 2.1/2 miles from. Holyrood Post Office, from' where the 'tri ►P starts, Mr. and Mrs.. Robb have' had 'the mail • delivery :contract on R. R. . 1; Holyrood; . since' the death of . Miss S: " Purves, ' the Purves. family having 'held, the contract;, from the time rural mail servicer .:was . established . from the , Post ', Office:at the Pui+ves Store., Mrs: Robb. 'frequently takes; • Over the. Gours r, ,, utiies her',.. • husband, and' the season or• the ,weather matters little to her. She is quite capable • in .handling :a horse, and uses the same faithful . steed to • make the. daily 27 -mile..' .route. It is not so uncommon, to hear of :.women, driving • a mail • route in more favorable weather; ' but Mrs. Robb's winter' record is unique in this 'district,' it seems,. and. her faithful service -over good': roads' and bad, in very severe, weather, should . maket h e•, "stronger sex" blush a bit. Uckit�*:Ad,.DistrktMust;, Cut- nsumn do IIIII NEW POSTMASTER' GETTING ACQUAINTED Kenneth;''Cameron,• whose; .ointirrent'•as •'p ostmaste ' .to suc p I? , - � ceed Mr: H. J. Lindsay, wasre cently announced, ' entered the office •on onlay ,to become..,' acquainted. • with ::hi nevi q � sw duties. • .' Kenneth will officially take over the postmastership•about the first of the inorit'h. Village and _rural":hydro'. users Under the L icknow Hydro ' .Elect i•c System, must. curtail .the pres- ent. cealsumption''ofh .dro:b 'a . proximately 'thirty percent There seems, .little likelihood that this savin can• be volunt rily a'ccom. „and wol u . seem • in- `pushed, evitable but .-..that village and rasa ia eis •locall Will < besub-- Ject to periodic daily hydro inter- ruptions. • Efr•za . Janie Henry--was�soTemn- ized.at `St. Helens, by' Rev Mr. Leask 'and ;for almost.sixty-three years this cou le were •s . .p ared to . p each other, . Mrs.. Hackett passed aw•� in October 'of .1945. • ,Tot.. hem were born a family� pf eight :children,' six daughters.and. g two sonsf all of whom' survive as well as an.. -adopted son, Harry. I-lae:et•t, ..The family' includes `Mrs. George: Hunter,• •Mrs.'. Bert. Treleaven, 'Mrs., Herbert •Struth- lei•s. • Mrs. • Jack • radley, Mrs:: Wil= fred. Drennan,. Mrs Ewart Taylor, all of shfield, :Al:e 'Hacke. tt of Wingham 'and' Thomas Hackett of Ashfield:: There :are 26• grand- children and 32 greaf ,grandchild-. ren; • The funeral'•servic was. held hislate 'residence n Saturday' at , Y afternoon conducted . by Rev. J: W.•',Stewart,: with Rev, C. B. oolley • • assisting:' 'Mrs. J. W. JOynt sang "I'll sing' you a'' song of -that beautiful lane..., Interment Was in Greenhill Cemetery,. With the, six sons=in-law, acting as pall, bearers, The grandchildren acted as flower bearers. • ,' This, comi»unity'lest 'a beloved andrespected citizen•, azjd" one ,,f • the few remaining 'original n' .s settlers.,'- iry ercen • s A fi e. • ., ',•.•• • f RY The ' Ontario 'H • ydro Power Corrmmission's etnergericy regula- tions" call ' percent. ercent. 'reduc-:' tions effective n.Wednesday on the total '.dailY.consum... don dur- 'inthe.;basis "of'October 1947: , ' :The daily'' kilowat,thour:s sura �p tion of the local` s sterni `dur- ing '"October was 6,161: The 'de-: manded10p : eree'nt •reduction re= ducesdail '. `the'i `consu�rription :now: Y p.. permitted. to.5 545' .kilowatthours:' During ' the 24-hour period from 9.45 a.x4. "Tuesday of this ':week,. to 9.45 a mr': yesterday morning,• thek morning,. .local system used 8,'000 kilo- . watthiours. This means an 'immediate sav- ing ilowat- hou- i' m sf -irig'.of 2, 55 k t rS u be' 'achieved" daily', or approxi tiiately, 30. percent of the present daily consumption • and hydro users will `do. well to prepare for drastic measures that :seem ce'r- tain' to:'be imposed locally to of-` lect this .saving. Munciipai street lighting : is: likely' to be cut by about ,50 'per - :cent .10help achieve . this saving. This situation His stated'to be due. to . a lack • of rai . in Quebec l i. o �orcir • 't '`. ast fall,.that. s n w gtwo Quebec power, companies to •cut their delivery of power under the. contracts by a total •of: •8,0Q0,000 kilowatthours per' week: ; The ':H,E.P.C...has 'been unable •to replace thiscut from any other source,' while' the cosumption of power has not fallen•perceptibly ` since December...' The new order, ,applying,,to Lucknow, went into effect yester ' day and reads in part: "Effective FebruarY 18, 1948, and .continuing until further , notice, .the daily consumption - of kilowatthours shall. be restricted' to a Makin -1.11m the average .daii of 90 percent. of � g f, consumption of kilowatthours• in the Month *of October 1947". And further, If the specified reduction"'in . the consumption of electricity .is not obtained, it . will be necessary to mit off the supply f ereotricity " entirely fore def- • t."(1' time' each day, • HOW,N LEISHMAN'—T ,r n 'e Vtoria� :ILos i� p . .• tal,. London;' on Friday; February, 1,.3th; to Mr. and Mrs., T. A: Leish=, .' •man (nee Mary Douglas) a.'sony 'Neil Gordon:. • INQUEST- FRI'DAX' An inq•st in to'the. death of Rexford: Ostrander will b'e, held in.- the Town Hall, �Luckneyv, on Friday.afternoon o cok`!. . PONATI-ONS *AY BE LEFT AT .:,PAN .--,-_,Canada --today-1st beinng: --asked.:. ". to contribute to help , the needyof . p EuropedAsia' 'and thatl help by t , soughtg h e mostost;deservng •„ the boys and • girls 'of the world' who have beeninnocent ve victims" of the wary ' y • . : More than three millio n i child ren in~Europe are' hungry. To pro-', teat . their • feet e t .they ey .wear, rags, on their :backs, too, are , tattered clothes. Malnutr'itiory is rampant:' And. in its wake has ;come' tuber culosis' and, rickets.' All diseases are on;•the increase. 'Witli•:the ele- merits and want 'sapping ,.,.their vitalit` \ these children fall easy• : Y► prey to illness and hospitals=;: those, riot smashed ' during .five years> of war are ,fighting a los-. ing struggle: Canada•:`is'now in the''midst of a campaign to raise'funds for the :r: children itt:,Europe and Asia. ,'It is the. Canadian Appeal•tor• Child ren. The money will' be used for. the ;purchase of food and eloth- ing: ,Money will ' also be spent to 'equip hospitals.. Until Europe. and 4sia•have re(coyuyered from the ills of war, the world willremain in, an unhealthy.: state. If you wish to aid in this recovery plan; send your ,donation to 'any branch of. any bank in Canada. r_• wherever the specified, consume . tio') of electricity. is'boing exceed.'. IV r Y • o'