HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1948-03-25, Page 1;2.00; A Year—In Advance; -50c Extra to U. S: A,
LOST HAND ISTY/AS EVE
BEN KINDLY REMEMBERED,'
Little Donalda McQuillan, wh
•losta; hand in.� a Christmas' 'Ey
shotgun mishap, ' has • been ver
kindly remembered by a host o
• sympathizing people. �•
Donalda has even received gift
and remembrances from. Wester
Canada. Mrs; • Frank: Guest'"•o
• dena,. Sask., s t •°her a' bo
ofW homemade , candy, and •'fro.
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simpson's Store,; Regina, came
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ovel•o doll. '
• Donalda five-year old ' daugh
ter of Mr, 'arid. Mrs. Dick. Mc
•Quillin,--Jr. of Con, 6, •Kinloss
.had the' left hand. literally blow.
off ' by ' the • accidental discharge
of a shotgun at their farm home
the day before.' Christmas. The
shatte'redA.3°tump was amputated
above the wrist that evening in
Wingham Hospital.
The' , youngster 'has made • a
Speedy', ,recovery. • She -is readily
.adjusting herself •to the handicap,
andis looking' forward. to start--
ing 'to .school after Easter -1`•
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NO HALF HOLIDAY; STORE'S..;.
OPEN .UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK
,
Thursday' hlfh'1'
All t
St H 1
H1 'Alb,: t,
Helena.- Th
place latter
the Ste
Mary's Hospital Toronto,
Sun-
day March 14th Sh
home
Russell'
• (Thursday)until
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO,, THURSDAY, MARCH 25th, 1948
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Floods Gouge, -Country Rands,
Ashfield Bridge Washed Out
With flood, damage at. Wingha
and .' Goderich stealin the Spot -
,tight g..� p
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light over the week -end,' damage.
to district''reads• that .a would ord-
inarily. haVer. been big 'news:..w
.was'
;son -levy -hat •.overlooke : ', "•
L"On : the
d�
. Sixth- Concession :
• n of,
Ashfield
. , two Miles west. of
` Road, ".the
Gravel ad
a a • f iftiy-foot � solid
Cement bridge was undermined
and collapsed into the Nine Mile
River.
• The bridge built was' �
g
19 '
ea
r
s
i
ago :by Art Moore and was'' a sub -I •
s tantial cement structure
rein-
forced, . with steel. .The flood
waters of the Nin Mile "u
oder=
Mined the east -end
abutment and
caused the, bridge'.to',collapse at
that. end and swing .northerly" as
it settled into the river, bed. The
;floor. was badly'•cracked. and.
the
st°uct ru1led awayfrom 'the
west=end abutment. << '
A : provincial engineer was
scheduled to visit the scene' and
WOOD -CUTTING, FATAL '•:
TO LOCAL LADY'S'BROTHER
r
William :Scott ;s43 ear=
. ► : Y . old, Kin-
,
cardine' ,district farmer.,: was:. in-
stantly killed:1n -a wood- cutting.
c tong,
accident• 9.11 Monday , at: the .farm
of. ' Dan McKay, 7 miles4north
of Kincardine,
• Mr. Scott was " ,,aa ;brother of
Mrs.' Hiram Collins of Lucknow.
E..<
ye witnesses said Mr.....Scott
reached under the flywheel of
the gas, engine to cut its speed.
when • the sleeve of•; his •.'heavy,
wool sweater 'became- :entangled,
g ,
drawing his' head .r against• the
rapidly revolvingwheel, from
which bolts :and nuts protruded..
• His .head was severely, gashed.
Coroner Dr. J. ,:;E: Fraser said
death was instantaneous arid de- j
cided no• inquest .was necessary.
Mr. S... tt, a life-long resident
of. Kincardine Township is ' sur-:
look ,over, : the wreck
•
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• • toMacDonald,-• •theMarch.
••amajor
Heavy. Stroke :Of. Cori•.
l•cessi'.
on, Kinloss,• suffered `a se -
v
seizure ,on ;Saturda-
Y,
since then; her
condition. has ;been the cause of
concern '
w
• WI
CE ' B�ER�EAVf D�
Was,.Wasinand
Mrs 'Russell Button ::of
town
• ;ereaved ' 'at . the
• Saturday 'her: bro-
ther-in-law, McDonald.
(Donald) McI . '
nroy died suddenly
a ac at 'Strathro
a ;loin
y
n
morning Mrs.
:Button's father: passed :away'. 'at
- Strathroy.
Mr. Mclnro who
y,was 40 years:
Salesman for• Down
hani •N i " r • ny. He had
y . been with the Elliott
M.
Rev • omS. London.
theM. Scott officiated' for
• funeral service on Tuesday
y
in ' � ount Pleasant
Ce.
• wi McDuff `is survived"rby his
wife,. •- b Wilma ,. DeGroat,
r andone sister.:
While r
h�
1
e 1•
n
Strathroy for � the fun=
•son -in.. aw, death carne
sudd: .
London; •. DeGroat of
n, father. of Mrs. Button,
His death. a to.a heart
• tions for. som •time."'cart'. condi
Funeral e
uis- being ' e or Mr:r. De-,
Groat �E1tzg held this 'Thurs-
.
Hay aurae at ordanier° and
sal chapel 'at 2.30;.with
interment
eterPleasant Cem-
$elides•.
is, sur , r; De 4t
survived .0
.: ci .b� two 'dau
s,,M g#rtera;
4.o • a of Strath
,buckno p ('ritdg) of
is wi pose quite a removal
problem, • before work on a anew
bridgecould: be started: •
Road Washed In ivawdriosh
At Marnoch in West Wawanos
Township' the ram a in
P g • g 'Matt-
land Einer .washed out 200 yards.
of the Huron County . highway on
Concession' ` Nine.:. The ` • bridge
across the river at this•.,point, ap-
'pears `to have withstood the flood
.Undamaged, but upwards to 3,000'
a.
an, ; ree sisters.. •
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LEFT HERE' 58 YEARS AGO,
WALL BE BACK IN -JULY r
•
• First response oto 'invitations
sent out 'locally inviting old bays
and girls to join the .trek back
to.Bruce this summer . conies from
one who left . here ''dell over half
r.'y
a'.•centtir F
ago, .. . • .
er '
H e•s• the letter`'
Gladstone: `
ddstone'� , Manitoba
• Match ,16th , 1948,
Bruce C n .
Lucknow;' Ontario.
Gentlemen; '
Wehave received your kind
invitation to revisit the old town
thissummer -r
rn� arid. . would be very
pleased to receive • any . further'
information which you may. have
to give, Itis. fifty-eight g ht . years
yesterday since 'e.arrived in thii.
district from •Luckrrow and we
have only. been. back once ' and
that :;only fora few. hours •so we
naturally are. 'anxious, to return
and..•have one ' more good look
around.. -
Yours truly,'
J. K. McLennan
ICIHT •PAGES.
ST. H'ELEN'S BORA
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PHYSICIAN : DIES
Dr. 'Thomas•.McCrae Leask, :one
of the• best known physicians in.
Saskatchewan,passed • away sud
denly at: his 'borne in Mogse'aJaw
onSunda after'
. - y noon,•, 1Vf arch''.'7th;
." He .,lavas senior. 'partner,
medical f irm of LeaskYoung,
Parkins . "H ,
, cal, ° Ste'viardson;
° mare, Wilf on ' •'a • :d Perchesori.
Sunday,March21st,doing
ey .
tk. K
sent
The.rocks,tothebe •
'• BAZAAR &: BAKING SALE
Ladies Aide of Blake Church
will.: hold a' 'bazaar, '. homemade
baking.sale'and afternoon., tea in
Legion•Rooms, • Lucknow .on •°Sat-
. ruay, '•.April 3rd.
DANCING:, AT
I WLNG)EIAM , •
At the "Royal T., on. Thursday,'
War-
WE -arch 25th -(toni�ghtj =to`inusi:c' by.
Garnet .Farrier's 6 -piece ';orches-
tra..Mod:ern and . of
d time danc
ing, Admission.• 50c•
•
SPRING DANCE',.
:•
-• The 'Clansmen''s. annual' spring
dance in the' 'Town. 'Hall,:.LucY
now, Friday, ..April 9th.:Frankie.
,Bank's orchestra .Dancing, -9` to 1.
Admission :?5c. , '•
EUCHRE AND BRIDGE
Tn Lucknow"Town Hall' on •Fri-.
day; April 2 nd at 8 o'clock; under -
auspices Liicknow Women's•; In
stitute. Everyone :welcome, pro •
Serve
LAST
Dr. Leask was born at. St.:Hel-.
ens where he spent' his. boyhood • .
and attended St:. Helen's. 'Public
School. He ' was a son; of Rev.
-and •Mrs: Rob -t Leask,, alis: father
being. . Pr b era
es y an minelter• • .at
Sr.' Helens for several years. . Dr:
Leask was within• a few days of
his 73rd birthday, having been •
'born' on March 16th, '1875.
•
The Leask family later moved
to .Toronto` where Thomas :• was •'
educated at Parkdale Collegiate
and graduated in: medicine from
Toronto University in' 1899, ' For •
a year he' served ; as an interne''
at St. Michael's Hospital,a Tor
onto, and. then until 1902 he• was
• company 'in Ontario,,' i .
. going • to.
Moose Jaw' in 1903,.having resid-
ed: there since that" time.:
'Dr. ; Leask. "w
a•
ellovr of the
Royal College; of Surgeons; •
ada;;• ands a fellow -of the. Americ °
an
COI:lege'. of Surgeons. In 184
was.made: a, life :member of • the'
Canadian Medical, Association.
From ' 1914 until: 1946, when
he
resigned :Dr. Leask •was : chief
medi:cal officer for the S
askatclie=-;
wan district .:'of the Canad ,
Pacific tan
Railway., �
During the Firs.
t Great War • he•,.
comrnande.d the' 10th .Field Arn
bulance, with which unit he .eh''`•
overseas and
Was .. awarded '• the
,Distinguished Service` Order: and,
oar for�his. .gallant'�..conduct.
Lodges, Clubs ° . -,
Dr: .Leask was a Member of .the...
Kiwa'nis club and'>was. a .F.
see -
reason, being. a. member of -
Moose
Moose
Jaw Lodge No. 3; lA.F:: Bi A.M. At •
onetime he wase a Member of the •
board., of governors of !St. And.;
rew's! churchandA ' s
Was apast Pres-.
ident :of ,the;: Moose. Jaw Military
Institute, ,
and a; past district corn-
missioner of•bthe "Moos.e:Ja
district. B w..and' '. •,:
oy Scouts Association.,
In. 1905. Dr. Leask rnarr'
char .:Jean::Mi .ted Ce-', .'
tc'heh of . Torn to, •: .
who 'predeceased: `him an . June, .`
0.939.: Their : eldest .Robert
Ledingham. Leask, ,died in Jun
Mrs. Ewen 112acKenzie;,of. town'
ciuietly' observed : her. 85th birth-
day ay' on' Tuesd'ay� ' 'of � last we:Ek; •
March .16th., Mrs. MacKenzie 'is
.convalescing tfront an:illness With
pneumonia, . and is,gradually re,
covering her usual•,good health.
'Mrs.; : Alex MacDonald • (Mar
garet) of Niagara Falls Spent ent l a s
p last
week with her :mother and her
sister Muriel.
Mrs...MacKenzie. is
a •. beloved
and ,highly :esteemed: resident ntof
this •village and. a `wide circle
of�
friends join in 'extending con-
g
gratulation s; and `•best wishes.' en
this ' noteable • birthday .occasion, -•
FRIB.N•i tSAIRLD, . PART
POR HELEN IRV IN;
Helen.Irwin a student at Luck -
now Public ; School, who leaves.
this week.to. make her• -home
at
Thamesford; near London, . • was
"guest.of'honor at aparty of•:girl
friends;. on Friday. eveningat
,,. the,.
home ; of 'Gladys ....Kilpatrick. On '.
`Saturday a` party .of: iris ' and
boy '.'met for anotherC•.
s sociah gath '•.
'ering; at the home .of Ruth'John-
stone:
DONATIONS,
h TQ
ceeds for good cause. Admission
35c Iun
ch
Served.
°
D CROSS' FUND
• BAKING SALE. •Donations • to the Ducknow and'
There will be a Sale of home
1 na"de baking in the schoolroom of
the 'United Church on Saturday,
March 27th from:. 2.3.0 t' 5 o`clock
L. n•:lc r' a tispices ,of Gro -`up the S ofe
VF''nien's: Association.
DANN%CE' AT. KIN•
T4IL
render: auspices .of •Kintail Wo=:
men's' Institute, ''Friday,•;:April 2'
Music by 1Viae's 'Old' Timers of
ki lca•rdine. Prizes `; for special
dances. •Adrrussion 50c. Lunch
ountei irn" hall°
EASTER DANCE '
• •
The •Lucknow Fire Co is; spon-
oring a '.dance in the Town Ha11;
ucknow, Monday; March .29th,
featuring 'an .'"Easter :Parade"
r
rand
march
With, ,1
0 '
in
cash
resented. to the smartest dressed
ouple presenting the `"new look”.
a'rrieres• ' :orchestra. Admission
Ocr, •.
- Vicinity Branch of the Red. Cross
during • the past . week have i
creased .the .total to: $2.75.50.• This
is little more than one;quarter.of.
:the minimum • objective . of ,$1000.
Don '
ata
ons are being received at�
McKiir's Drug Store, Bank '' of
Montreal'and ,The Sentinel Of-
fice. < _
Walter G. McKenzie. .....
,, • .,..°. $25.00
Catherine McGregor ...,.,.,.... '10
Wm. Hornell .00
Wm: E. 25.00
Henderson *,. .25.00
S.' Morrison :., 3.00
J. S. ' Cathcart • .. ... ,. ,,, .5.00
George Henry •.,• ....r..,. 5.0•
Rev, C. B. Woolley 0
3.00•
Miss A. McLennan 2.00
es Huston ` '..... .4..,...,..,.°.r.,.,, 5.00.
H. M.• McLennan .. 5,00
Mrs. H; Yahnke ....:,. 5A0
Wm:• •Fisher •2.00
Miss . Marion ,.McPherson :.,, 20,00
Mrs. Margaret •McFaz°lan 2.00 •
Mist .Elizabeth Mttrdie ,;,,,; 5,00
Archie. Aitchison ..,,:,,, .,,.•,. ' 54.00
Ernie Crawford .. 5.00
4.v �
7
Campbell ell
h T' '
p ,harnpson 5.Q0
John McRae . ..r<, .... 10.00
Mrs. Sam'Reid ,... 2. 0
s OV
J. R. McNab • ,....r.<.r.....,..... .5.00
Robert Malcolm • .....Y°.......Y,.4. ,5.00'
Jack Bradley ......r..r....r...°..,.. 5.00'
Tarry Levis , . ,........... 1.00
Silt'erw.00ds Dairies Luck.
now.w. 15.00
Wilson Wall` 2.50
• Dick Richards. 5.00
Frank, Maulderi 22.0.0''.
„Got. Heads Mixed •
The old-time ,col ntri is gen•er- •
ally•• popular, • but when- we• get
t'he• ''`heads" 'mixed; that's bad° 1
That is• what happened' last .week, If L
•all, that the "twenty"` and •"forty''• g
had
been b i mil '1
a
ced. •'•
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AGE ! c
D LADY. IMPROVING.'
FO OWING' STROKE I
but no doubt .it. was obvious to:
• Mks. Wm Arrnstrong,• Sr„. of
ndon, aid formerly of' Luck-
1S showing'
•
co .si er -
. �z4. d ab e im
1
,provement since suffering a ,sen.
ere. stroke about a •`month., go.
Mrs,. Armstrong: will be .89 'fbars. •
of e rkCs ,her.
hoe
agwith h'cr� claughteir, Mi
Atiihie Barrett.
J. C: Armstrong and Mrs:
Wilson of town spent. the werik•--
end:• in 'London with' 1.:or it
• � • ther relat e '
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COMING!•. COMING! • COMING!
The -mystery y tory. 3 -act play, "Dark
Was 'rhe•Night", the most'spooky,
exciting, k fling,..thrillingg
tory 'ever imagined; °presented by
Whitechurch Institute players, in
(.": •o nY m u n i t y' Memorial. • tlall
' '
'V 'hitechure �t, ednesday,, March,
Musical numbers between
acts. Dance after' to musie.of Gar -
not ''Far rier's orchestra, .Amis-
rrn '50c, children` 25c, 'L'unch'
r i'tcrr '"
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Br Leask leaves two daughters,.
Miss Jean' Leask:'. of:. Toronto a
member of the Royal . Vietori'-•
Order: of Nurses, and MRonalrs: . id.
d.
McIntyre ` of Moose Jaw; a son
Dr. Duff':,Leask of,.Moose; Jaw'.
three grandchildren .' a d ,
ters,• Miss 'Jean I; ' n two lis=
eask . and .Miss ;
Marjorie a4..
or`'
i
e
Leask, sk
both Toronto.. ,
ZION: CORRESPONDENT•
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WINGHAM HOSPITAL
�,.
Gardner ' oil Zion'
is.:receting .treatment' in 'Wing-,
ham Hospital for arthritis which:
has° progressively `worsened for some time. ' Mr, Gardner
a diebetic condition-. also' has �...
,Mrs. Gard
ner' has not•.•enjoyed ood•'heal� '.
. g . , th; .. .
.either,. for some time.
A 'clearing sale . is
,, , �-• to be: held. -
at t•
the ardner farm.• on • Thursday`?
of next ?week.''
'Mr,. Gar � •' °
finer was for -many
•
years. the. Zion correspdndent to
The Sentinel, -and regretfully We
ceased to :receive • his iiiteresting
news ,,budgets at the end
of ;
the
year, y r, as Mr• 'Gardner's health.:did'
not permit him carrying g 'on this car •.-'
task.•
Mr, Gardner d h
a :'� nose .for ..
`news' . and the' faculty of writing
little item of ' human interest.itti' '
a. most! readable.• wayrHe : kept
Zion con mur+;ity.' t� 11 'publicized' '
and his retirement: ' leaves , a c
respondent vacantor
Y
Sentinel would • be very
The ,
to sec filled,•
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