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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-03-20, Page 1• ti • • • $2.00 A YEAR --IN ADVANCE --50c EXTRA TO I.T.S A Railway Service ' Restored Following' Worst Storm Wednesday In Years Since late.:Sunday-night until Wed-: 1eadsy ofter�on_ this' Ji t lage ,-We co' le 1 '• iso teit.'so . mp to y la, anti" 'motor traffic • was `conte 'ned. Railway service was restore&: gAre& nesdit afternoon, 'but :highways re- oeked with . no assurance. of when nowplews 'will accomplish the• major task of resit ening4 them.., The worst storm . in years, 'which ' broke , late •Stmday- afternoon paral- ized the entire d%'strict,. 'when roads became so snow. ;piugged as. to •be' practically, impassible . even for, horses; •and not until it calmed down. On Wednesday • did the, "digging out" and road 'breaking process commence. Without train service, -rural mail e n e_d=_- an effort to -r �,�. ur .,..s.�.aban'ado��_ .... 1r... • r 4 .... � .. make their .trips until'this (Thurs- • day) morning.' In the Village 'even • i live . service' was disrupted Milk de, , �y Ce . p • • ori Monday and Tuesday, `A' huge 'five- foot drift of snow plugged the road way at the south en'tr'ance to'the .,Village, :.and forced Ewart .Taylor,,' local' • dairyman :to' detour through Herb; McQuillmn's ' •property to get down town . with ' a. team and 'sleigh load of milk on Tuesday: afternoon. In making bread deliveries Cameron • MacDonald'•s 'horse got . down near" this `point and provided•, quite a, 'prob- leers in gettinghis faithful steed out of th_edrifts. Local butcherss in many instances made. Meat . deliveries on' foat:• ' Baggage (gar Derailed, - The Monday morning Kincardine Palmerston train'got through, but the' •.'moon train became stuck..in ,a' cut at W'elter'MacKenzie's, three miles north of the Village. Efforts to dislodge the snow, bound train,. resulted'. in a derailment of the baggage'.car, and ' it was after 'nine o'clock Tuesday night before the derailed. coach . was Put back on the 'track and „the line cleared. Some silt .passengers and the train crewe "were • given lodging ai thea farm home of Walter, .MacKen- •zie,_nearby. Section crews from along .the.;line' as „well -as _an --additional -gang of shove•Neral—strpplentented-thee•- effort of the snowplow •'to keep .the --track clear• -at the: scene of the tie-up, but high' gales continued, to pile the snow up, and the passenger 'coach was re - 'ported to be practically snowed over. On Tuesday an auxiliary unit with a derrick was brought up frons S.trat- ,ford; accompanied by ,the. Divisional :superintendent .who took charge, .of operations. to • clear' the ;line., ' A 'plow remained on the scene diir= ing the day, preceeding the auxiliary to the stranded. train • early Tuesday • afternoon, but by the time it return. ed to the local depot, the snots had so piled up again. that 'theauxiliary couldn't reach the train and 'had tc return to the depot. The .procedure. was repeated with 'success, the sec- ond 'time but .it was well .on . that • evening before the derailed' car was back on :the track and, brought 'into town. ' • • Meaniwhile engines on both the aux- ilary and plow were running low of watery and members of 'the local Fire Brigade' took 200 feet of. hose to the 'depot WEB fill the tanks. Both engines. :were used = in 'running • the . plow . through ' to, Kincardine later that: nighty._. -...._..` -77..:._ There ' was no morning . train Wednesday, but regular service was resumed -that afternoon. • • Both Stormy ',And Cold Th¢ end of the week was mild; but , , with little warning' a storm swept in , late Sunday afternoon accompanied by a drop in 'temperature that. sent the mercury' skidding to an official 7 above zero. Motorists caught in the storm were in numerous cases forced to abandon their cars on •.the high, way,. or seek shelter.`wfeie ever they could without reaalring• their destin- ation. . Local' garages; are filled With . r stored cars. 5 • J. IL, .White, Ripley' drtiggist : and Mrs. -White were stranded here from Sunday until Wednesday and liexford Ostrander has been • "residing". at Dungannon • since Sunday, upon fail- ing 'to get back after taking .a, week- endRAI'. guest back to Port Albert, A . few airmen, on : Wednesday were still,, unable to get back to, the air- port, all of which are only a few eases of disrupted travel conditions. Begorra, the St. ( Patrick's Day' storm which reached its full fur: n MondayMarch 17th , , 14i, o. 16 , is one that will long be renneiinbered; LOCA L'AGRICUt,TIJRAL 'SOCIETY 10 SPoT,SWt BOYS . GRAILN CGU At• a, nneeting of the directors pf the : Lucknow ' Agricultural' Society, held' last Wednesday afternoon it was decided that this Year the, Society would sponsor .a 'boys' .' Grain Club. Last year a very successful 'swine club was sponsored. Harley was, selected as. th e type of grain to be sown by boys ,'.entering the . Club ' this year. . There must be a membership of at .leastten, with a. -desired enrollment of twenty boys. from 12 to 21 years of age. Mr. G. R. Gear, Bruce County Agri- eultural .'Representative. ' was ,in at- tendance . to give , a . detailed explan-, at`_ n_.. : the. conducting _of such e club, and literature and full particu- lars . can :be secured from • the ` local. Committee in •charge, - members o f which •include Adam . McQueen and 'Fred Martin for Druce and Sam Al- ton 'and George Kennedy for Huron. 'Members of the Club must sow at least one •acre of registered seed.. which :is available at a very special, rate. Club entries arerequired by • April 1st. The, meeting. was ;presided over by. President" F. G. Todd, arid delegates'' reports of 'the'Fairs Associat,en Con- vention held in Toronto in February. were given by R. G. Martin :and Campbell Thompson. Nt0TOR.IS'1'S WILL HAVE TO. EXERCISE CARE • Pedestrians in :this Village and in .other • towns, ,where the .policy of, :',nowplowing only the roads has been in effect, are going to find it has its disadvantage' during the spring break- up Unless . motorists; exercise •niore than' ordinary amount; of care, ped- estrians who must walk on the road; are in 'for' frequent dowsings `with slush and -water. Thiswas experien- ced. last week -end but has been' tem- porarily ended by -the current cold wave. Lucknow Ont. T uXsda__- Meth 20thx .1941. _ •TRIO OF. LADIES. ,SUFFER; I.NJtiR1'ES, This past . week • 'has resulted in .,three.ladies. ".in the eurrouiisiing com- munity' each' suffering severe aryl painful' injuries. • I?i .ed.'. ... sly Iiip .• • Mrs.: James. • Webster, Boundary West, suffered 'a dislocated hip and sprains last week when the cutter in which- 'shewas driving upset 'IVIrs. Webster,, Ivjrs: -Robert Reid.. and her two children , were returning from 'spendiiig•the afternoon with Mrs. Sam Reid. In -turning off the side road on to the Boundary; the, cutter upset on the bank of snow piled up by the snow- plow. Mrs. Webster suffered the very painful injuries as mentioned. Mrs. Reid' received. a_ sore arm; but • the children escaped unhurt. Mrs. Webster' was brought, to town for medical ;treatment and is remain- ing ' in Lucknow " at the. , home' of her -gdau .titer—-1VIrs:. Ed—Johnston- whore- she is ' gradually improving: Arm Is Fractured Mrs. Thomas Roach of Concession ;5, Kinloss; was thg second' ladyto receive -painful inj ries last week un- der somewhat .siinitar •circumstances. Mrs. .Roach, was thrown from John' A. McKinnon''s sleigh with; the re sult that her arm was fractured. F'rac'tures' Hip ;In Fall Last week, Mrs: Charles Robb of Conce'ssk9.:12, Asl►field, suffere-a fractured' hip in a fall at her home. Mrs.. Robb-has,•;not had• proper use of the,. limb since suffering a stroke about o-yeaxQon_C tun-• ty siiow.plow opened the 12th 'Conces- sion to her home on Sunday; ; permit- ti:ng,Mrs: Rob. to be removed by am- bulance . to Wingham'• Ifospital, Whitechurch Man Wounded Mr: and. Mrs. J. B. Morrison recei- ved word froni their son, Tom Morris- on, who left as a mechanic for- Eng - lead smile months ago, that he -was in hospital there;. suffering from . a wound in his. leg SNowivioBU,E BRINGS 'EM OUT ..During the: 'storm the first. -of''' he week, _Lucknow . had' -the --appearance of being the . typical "Deserted Vill- age", until late' Tuesday .afternoon;. when; Phil Smith -'and George o0 started tuning . up their snow/no +i e for a. trial ,run From almost' every doorway along the street out popped "Someone -and for a few minutes at least the town was " "alive". FUNERAL OF REV. RICKARD HELD LAST WEDNESDAY One of ,-the largest funerals. ever witnessed at 'Dorchester, `was held on Wednesday last,when services were conducted for the elate- Rev. Percy Rickard, formerly of Lucknow and for the past two and one-half years rect- or at Port Rowan, where his, death occurred suddenly' the previous Sun - Taking part in the :service were 'Rt. Rev. C. A. Seeger, Bishop of Heron, Archdean' W.: J: Doherty, Very Rev. N. Harding, dean of St. Paul's Cath- edral, London; Canon C. C. Waller, Of :Huron .College, and. Canon W. A. Townshend.' Interment was in Dor- chester cemetery. Rev. Rickard .Was in his 30th year.. CORRECTION A line that *ain't 'there, made a personal item .in last week's issue rather hard to •interpret. The item • aianounced the' , departure of _ Dorm, Ritchie to enter, training in Stratford General Hospital. Doris was relief operator of the' local Bell Telephone, Staff,' which .vacancy Is being filled lhy Miss Arnetta Dahmer. Miss Vera. F•ryfogle _of Wingham entered train- ing' in the same. class as 'Doris,. HOOPED IT FROM>:KINLOSS. Clayton's Store et Blackhorse was a haven for about a dozen stranded week -end' motorists.:- Among them were Jack Morton, )(Ilan Matheson and Miss Ida Crawford, all employees of theMaple Leaf 'Aircraft Corpor- ation who . became storm stayed at Kinloss on Sunday, evening on their return from Southampton. ' About 11:8f1 •'Tuesday ' morning the Lucknow trio' set 'out on foot for a ten -mile "hike" to the Village, ar. riving here at six o'clock' that , - eVe n - ing, with .Miss Crawford near ex haustion,' • • Unprepared ,for such a storm and sudden dropin temperature the two men had only fedoras to wear, whil Morton plowed through th drifts in oxfords, taking 'Ennis at carrYin .8', Miss Crawfords- eInlrbag. Buys Fine •TeamFor New Flax .'Firm , - The Hesky Flax Company of Sea- •forth, who bought the Tavistock, Sea - forth : and Mitchell mills from W. B. Anderson,. recently purchased a fine new 'team of greys from J. E. Daly of 'McKillop Township. Mr. Alex Mc Carr ol, foreman: of the Hesky Firm' at $eaforth, made' the purchase.- ` Conduct Sunday. Services • • In an txchange of pulpits. on''. Sun- day - evening Rev. C. H.. MacDonald conducted the service in the Wing ham: Presbyterian: church with .Rev,.. Kenneth MabLean ' conducting 'the. service here. ;Rev. MacLean conduct- ed the Sunday afternoon service at Dungannon while Mr. MacDonald was addressing the , 'Young .Men's, Bible Class at Winghain. ; • ' • In the United Church oh Sunday morning service was conducted' by ►2r,• -F., . D...,Me.Lennan, with. Miss.. Pearl • Henderson delivering a 'fine sermon: Mr. H. Hopper of Wingham had charge of the evening service. The Young Peoples' meeting .in the Presbyteriain Church was cancelled on Monday evening due, to the storm, evhile a "handful'' braved ,the ele- ments to attend the St. Patrick social in the United Church. MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER HELD FOR BRIDE -ELECT A ' miscellaneous showerwas given Fridaa£ternoonat the home of Mrs. Henry Carter in honor of ,the .conning marriage of Miss Ada Burns. Gaines lwere played for a time and, then' the gifts were brought in on' a, tray, by Miss Eunice Carter , and opened by 'the bride -elect, •assisted by Eunice. • - Many useful gifts were received, each gift having a card attached with •a suitable -verse. The hostess served a dainty lunch to cOnel'ude a pleasant afternoon.. • Mr, ' and '.Mrs. J, A. Rider of De- troit are visiting with their daugh- er, M%s.•Gorddn Taylor and Mr, Tayx IoI. , Wi1NT RED CROSS IKNITTING AND SEWING TURNED .It is required that all .completed Red Cross.,.sewtng and knitting be in 'by'' Saturday -of this week, March 22. It . is further stressed that: all work that has been out more tlhana month be 'brought in There pare- some cases where • wool and materials have been out tor- a much longer period and it. is 'important:' that. this work 'be completed'and tui•ned in at once. Auction -Sale Postponed'.. Due to the .storm this week, : "Mr, Joseph Lawson of ' Belfast' has con- sidered it advisable topostpone his clearing .auction sale until Tuesday next, March ,25th. • ENG'ADEMENTS; Mr. and Mrs..Joseph. Whitby wish to announce: the engagement .of their youngest daughter,. Evelyn Grace to 117r. Sydney.'J. Rouse, of the R.A.F. at Port Al'bei`t son of Mr '.and Mrs. , s: S. R. Rouse, Carsholton; Surrey, Eng- larid. " The wedding to take' place April. • ' l�»,iINGEvENTs DANCE POSTPONED• The dance. advertised to be 'held in St: Ilelen's this Friday night, Mar. 21st, has;. been indefinitely postponed. LEGION..DANCE' The Ltieknow Braincii of, -the Can adian Legion is sponsoring a dance to be held • in the Tpwn,Hall, ;Luck-, -now on Friday,•March 28th. McChar les' orchestra, Roy McCreight caller- oft:General admission 25e. , • OLD •TIME SKATE; 'Tonight (Thursday) there will be an 0ld.Tinne Skate in the 'local arena. Probably •your_ last chance this seas - en, to join the "ol'd'timers" for a good skate on geod ice, If you haven't hat^ them on this '•year•"'3*:"make ',a''datc for tonight. , FREE SHOW & DANCE A free picture' show and danee will be • held, -in- the -Town; Hall, , Luelt now. on . Monday'. next, March 24th.; at' 8 o'clock.. See these interesting pictures and dance _after to McCharles orches- tra. Roy McCreight, caller -elf, Spon- sored by your C.I.L.. fertilizer' dealer,, J. S. Kilpatrick, ;Lucknow, ' • "HOOT MON". • Don't forget•tho Pipe Band Annual Ball, Town : H'all, Lueknow, Friday April 4th. • ' an'c UNDER CLANSMEN AUSPICES own. Hall Lucknow Friday, March 21 DANCING 9' TO 2 • TO T1 [ 1 MUSIC OF Fit .*Lieut. FJetch e r s R.A .' . h F Orchestra !Proceeds .T6 Be invested, In War .Savings. Certificate's • ADMISSION -50c l• D Ii hilt. & MRS.. WM. WALL MARRED MONEY OR'PRODUCE REFUGEE DANCE , O N° ST l� LDE EDDI LA W K N W G, EE FOR DRIVE IN HURON' ' l ,Realizing' that Canadian farm. folk are . among.".the most -patriotic of all pe i les in. ;the comntry,' and recogriiz prices present e� fact that the lag' h h the -fact e -f o it's 'make, '-`dollars" of arm-��eontm d...,� s just °a trifle difficult. to find tto. meet all the demands of war-time,�he Iiur- ©n County 'executive -•of the Canadian" -W'ar: Services. Drive' will .inaugurate' a unique campaign when the :national .campaign., begins on March 24th. The -campaign will be '"•money or. produce": For. instance a farmer may not have ready cash on him when the canvasser calls, but With the gener- osity of. all farm -folk; he'll'be glad to give a , pair' of dressed chickens, a few -dozen eggs, a.fresh '•,pork ham, or . whatever may,be handy' •at the time. • ' A' speeiai Agricultural Committee has been set'• up beaded by Agricul= tural Representative Janies C. Shear- On- Tuesday evening of . art' week friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr: and •Mrs: ' W m, Wall, Concession. 14, Culross Township to honor them dz their' golden wedding. anniversary. ' An address was read the esteemed couple,.' extending. congratulationsand' :best 'wishes .for •contrnued health and - happiness' as ' wail as paying tribute • to them as kind and helpful neigh-' bours' throughout_; the lone years the have been spared together: As a token of their good wishes' r. an rs. a were presentee with numerous gifts, including a rag,, a clock, blankets and a'.purse,of,•mon- e?. • e• 'HELD SUCCESSFUL -TEA • In spite .of 'disagreeable weather o .:'a •urda ..aft -e 4 .o _.siicces fit._ afternoon . tea and baking sale wa: held in Johnstone,'s Furniture Stor< in aid of the Red Cross refugee work ' with net . proceeds of $28,50 ' being raised to add to the fund. Those in charge of the tea wish ti thaink Mr; and Mrs. Johnstone for their kindness and those who `,donate( to, and patronized; the tea and sale .J. D. Thomas; Huron 'Chairm,4; J. D. Thomas, well-known Goderich businessman, heads the Huron Coun- ty. Board of the .War Services Fund, which opens its national campaign on March 24th:' • et; and adequate means' of picking up the produce and of marketing it will be arranged .Jy .the opening date of the drive:' The campaign is well ,organized and every home in the County of Huron will %be `canvassed. There are plenty of banks.. in the County of Huron to take care Of . the cash , collected but the Agricultural- Representative Jim Shearer; is scratching his head in perplexity at the thought of tons of produce rolling. However, he'll be ready for it....with plenty of stor- age space. For ..this campaign Huron County hat been divided into four zones.. Hught Hill of Colborne Township. is convener•. of Zone 2 comprising, Ash- field, Colborne, East arid West Wa- wanosh, Goderich and Gederich town 'ship, ' • HAD DIFFICULT TRIP W. J. 'Davison, local undertake:' had a most difficult trip' in respond- ing to a call from the• Langside•,dis- trict: With a :team Jand sleigh .and e change of horses at Langside Store,: he reached his destinatioh east of Langside Church. Tuesday night was_ •spent at Brown's Store at Langside,. and` We return j uriey completed on Wednesday, arriving back , in' town near the noon hour: GEORGE ORR PASSES - P` • The death of George Orr, an•'aged Langside . resident, occurred on Mon day night. Ile was found dead in bed by his sister, Mrs. 1! racer; who makes her home with . him. • The funeral services will be held at the )iorne of this brother, Wort. Orr, -with interment in Tiffin's Cemetery., Funeral arrangements were not com- pleted on Wednesday b6wever, pend- ing .road conditions. ' RED CROSS DONATIONS S OMITTED:FR�LIST The printer always gets the blame for Mistakes, .. m kes, but this time it was our mistake and a5' a consetiuence' three'r donations' :of $10,00 each were omitted from the Red'''Cross Iist of subseriptiozis as published last week. The donations were those of ll. Pearlman; • Old Light Lodge A.F, & A.M. and the Royal `Ar�uh Masons, Moved • Last 'Week Mr. and Mrs. Eric Cox moved:last, week from Albert Boyd's to the An-' gus: McKinnon , residence, •which :iva' i_I3Ltenanted, a;ek-I ilpatriek until late in the' fall when he pur- chased the Connel ' Block. SEVEN .1)T, •'ALBERT AIRMEN DIE .AS LL bE PLANES • �O 1 ' tin Canada's most serious air' train- ing crash, wrhich`occurred..last Thurs- day afternoon, seven airnien from the Port Albert Air Navigation, School lost their lives. Only one' of rile total crews ge is AC. of eight survives:. John L. Flower `of , Eastleigh,.. Eng., who is in :•Barrre Hospital with a Token back and er -'iniu �ies,J ut his condition is regarded as favour- able. . The • •liw i ..vron-Anson bombers, each carrying. four -men crews from the Port. Albert A. N, S.,collided in mid-air," near Barrie, and crashed to earth. One exploded when striking the ground and was literally blown to. pieces. The other, a tangled mass .of •wreckage, lay about a quarter of a mile away on the same farm. From tile wrecked plane, two were taken out alive, Flower, a radio oper- ator, whois expected to recover and LAG. I. W. Jackson of ,London, who' died on the 'way to Barriehos- pital. Six others Were ;killed instant- ly. They were Flt. -Sgt. M. Dodsworth of York, and Sgt. J. C. Bell of Dur- ham, the . pilots of the two training planes;. LAC.. „M.. G. Solkard,F. Leeds;. LAC. Dougean, ,Sherwood; LAC. S. Porter, . Liverpool •and LAC. D. A. Rundell, Bristol.: - The two pld'ties 'were on a haviga� tional eiFercise which took them near Canip Borden. It is believed the crash resulted when they either clipped. wings or tails. Eye ,witnesses. were ger e-raIly agreed plat the planes,'were flying low at the time, although an altimeter was found which registered 4500 feet. • Flower; the leve survivor,: Was re- garded as a hero. Only 19 years of 'age, and suffering greatly his first concernwas for his fellow crewmem- bers, and : insisted that the. doc- tor leave hint and attend the others,. unaware that six of them lay dead, and their bodies mostly not recog- nizable Arrangements were made for bur - nil in a 'special airmen's plot in Bar- rie Cemetery, with full military hon- ors, the service being held in Barrie Armories. . The tragedy . increased the num- ber of deaths in the Pert Al- beet ° R:' A. P, personnell to ten, although • this is the ' first air castastrophe since the school opened. Tri.December two airmen were drown- ed', in Lake Huron, while recently an aireraftsman .died from. illness. '. The • tragedy brought sorrow not g only to their pals at Port Albert, bila to . many' throughout the- district, whose heroes:hare been open to the airmen of .this school. Sergeant J. C. "Dinger" 'Bell,. pilot off One of the planes was, particularly well: known to some in this district. ' ° .—.—.+—. A very` enjoyable dance was held on .Friday. evening under auspices of the Refugee; „Work Committee,, and wh.ch'was iia ictally successful to,.a. degree that.$tl8 25, .:was, cleared, Irons the :'dance and lunch counter combin- ,,ed; which Will be added to ''.'the Red w.. Cross' Refugee fund toy assist in buy- ing , •,materials to . carry on, this int- ;portant work... The financial report is as follows: Dance Door Receipts ' $ .89, 00 Expenses: --- Orchestra ......... i $:17 00 Radio 226 Sentinel. 4 50 Bert' Ward. ... , l Q0-• $ 64' 25 Lunch counter. Total Receipts (including; 'cash. -donaticiiis'` �. : ... c . m$µ. .::32 Expensesr IL .Button ..: $ 1 6.0. . , R. Thompson ...... $0 •- Reid's Bakery 40 Hollyman's `Bakery 40 Wni. Murdie' 22 $ '3. 32 • $8600:•. Total Net Proceeds '$ '99 26 Further` donations Of ,cash as re- ceived .are: Dart Club;• P. Stewart, 2.00; Mrs:.J. G. Ander-� son, .2.00; Miss Cummings, 2,00; Total $6.75.. The.,"Anonymous" donationof o= be from the an steryius "Dart Club:', who have sent an', additional 75e More power to the "Dart Club.". The 'committee wishes to, take this " opportunity of thanking all who made donations 'to the :lunch counter. In view of the fact that every day brings a call for some one ;to bring • "eats" to one, orother of the .various organizations in the Village,' we are therefore doubly appreciative of bhe faet that our ;call, was respondedto nearly one hundred per cent. We had feed , refusals and received -donations of pies; coffee,. cream' and milk, but- ter, sugar.,. wax_ paper and cash. All of which helped to make\. our dance • such a success,.. We -therefore wish to• thank 'those `who made donations and also the many ••who helped by attending 'the dance. °• Signed 'on behalf of ComAiittee, Mrs., Margaret Hamilton, Sec.-Treas. -DECISION REACHED TO CLOSE CLINTON-WINGHAM LINK ' AnncYuncement has ' been made by. the Board. of Transport Commission- era, giving approval of the abandon- ment of the C.N.R. line between Clin- ton and Winghasri 'junctions, a dist- ance of approximatelytwenty-three miles. While no announcement was made as to when service' will .be diseontin- ued on this line, .the decision' comes' as a disappointment to municipalities affected,; the representatives of which put •up a determined, and vigorous argument to defeat• the prdposal, at a hearing in Goderich early ,in Feb- ruary. . . Belgraye, Blyth and .•Londesboro will be without train service and a motor vehicle, mail .service will have to be substituted. Mr. W. E. Treleaven. of town, tvas one of the chief wit- nesses at the hearing in "Goderich, when he gave, figures to show the revenue received by the C.N.K.' in freight rates for the large volume of grain he received from Goderie.h over this line. C. R. 'Coupes, Belgrave ' drover, is' another party severely af- felted 'by the decision to close the line. • In handing down the deasion the report makes reference to the opera- ting loss on this branch which is list- - ed as $5,877 in 1937; $9,468- In 1938 and $9,061. in 1939. TURNS CAR OVER Sid ,Whitby and four passengers got a thrill last Thursday riigTt, When his .ear struck art' icy rut north of Holyrood ' and did a somersault act. Neither Sid nor.his 'four passengers, • George, Hassel, Bill Dahmer, Bill Fer- •. pis, and .Tom 'iv1acDonald were hurt, and the tar escaped with o4rl'y minor damage to • the top. The carload was returning from the Paisley -Owen Sound hockey tnatclu Other fans from' town stopped- and gave them a „ hand Sn righting the car which 'then completed the journe" ,tinder its own power.