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LUCKNOW, . ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, FEB., 24th, 1965''
Single ;Copy 10c'
16 Pages
Rebuild Haim
the Purple Grove district in Hur-
on Township are _homeless. after
fire .completely- destroyed their 2-
storey frame home last Friday
of ternoon. , The farm, where
Mr,
Dore 'Vas born, and where .he has
spent . his. entire •lifetime, is lo-
cated on the .Kincardine . Town-
ship -Huron Township Boundary,
about five miles north-east of
Ripley..
Mr. and Mrs. Dore were away
at the, time of the outbreak. They
had gone to Kincardine: with Mrs.
Dore dropping off at : ther sister's
place, Mrs. George Bere, near
Millarton. They had only been
gone -about : an • hour en . a
daughter, Mrs. Harvie Thompson
of . Purple Grove, discovered : the
fire upon .; going to her parents'
place. • .
The fire' had such . a headway
.by then that Mrs. Thompson was'
unable bto get into the house. ' For 50 -year jewel. Among the many
a • few anxious minutes, s h e
thought her mother might be in
the . house until she realized that
the car was''gohe: She phoned 'Rip -
le • Fire Department from :•a: neigh-
's
farm. •
Ripley firemen were powerless
to save the ,house which was en-
gulfed in flames by the time they
arrived. A garage and workshop,
where Mr. Dore spent a good
deal ' of . his . time, were saved.
Freezing weather made firefight-
ing difficult.
Everything that a couple would
collect in : forty-three years of
marriedlife was destroyed. No-
thing was salvaged ' from the
house.. Among , the. personal : pos-
sessions destroyed were . Orange
Lodge. regalia belonging . to Mr.
Dore. Claude has . been an active
Orangemanforfor 50 years and only
recently
was. ; presented with his
personal effects lost by Mrs. Dore
were, pieced, quilts', .hooked rugs.
and mats, a hobby which 'she had
enjoyed..
Q. Mr. Dore.is well known through-
out the township and. county . be-
cause of his 11 years in the of-
fice of, Reeve and ' Councillor of*
Huron. His connectionswith the
area go back to . the time the
township was settled.;. His .grand-'
father.. Cuyler . took ,Up the farm
where .he/ resided from the. crown.
The house that was burned was
built at the time of the marriage;
of ::Mr. and Mrs. Dore.. About 25
years ago,.. the original house . was
joined to the . new one:. The couple
are • presently residing, with their
daughter . and son-in-law, Mr; ."'a`nd
Mrs. Harvie Thompson. W h e, n•
asked by the .'Sentinel about 'fu-
ture plans;
the78-year-old
farmer
gamely stated that hewould like
to build •a new house on the site
•of the old : one.
WALTER 'DEXTER, SHOWS .BRITISH SLIDES
•RottleOlturar Society Yo .landscape ;
Centennial Gates, Increase Flower. Beds
The February meeting of the
Lucknow, and District Horticult
ural. Society °.*as held in the' Town
Hall Friday evening.
Mrs.' Ross Cumming, ,president,
welcomed' about 30 people .at this
meeting. ° r .•
In the' minutes,of an executive
utive
meeting . held in Januarye
the: mee-
ting was informed of the plant-
ing program" of the Society ' :for
the year. New beds will be at
the rear, of the Post Office, with
window boxesat the front and. a
small .bed at the Supertest. These
additions are in'.conJjunction with
..
the ,other beds maintained at the
various locations in the viliage as
always. Then too, the Lucknow
Agricultural Society , are going
,:. ahead . with- plans forSocietY
their 'Cell
tetanalgates 'and' . t h e ' '•
committed itself a year ago to
undertake any landscaping around
them.
•The: Society has ordered 300 to
berous :: begonia bulbs ; and .200. of
• these. will be . available to. .mem-
bers . for 20c each. Members are
to contact .the secretary as soon
as posible for• their requirements:,
Mrs. • Wellington Henderson and.
Mrs. Morgan •Henderson were the
committee in charge : •of 'the: pro-
gram which opened with a piano
`solo ',by _Jinnny Henderson. Mrs.
Morgan Henderson , .:' introduced
Walter Dexter whoshowed his
slides on a trip to ' Britain., These
were well , received ."and enjoyed.
by all present. Miss Patricia Con -
non,, .accompaniedbyher mother,
sang • a lovely solo entitled An
Indian Lullaby. Mrs. Henderson.
thanked those taking part.
Mrs. Rod MacLeod and William
Wharry . were winners of a; draw
'fortwo lovely prizes donated" by
the. committee. •
During . the business of the ev-
ening
a .financial report '. wasgiv-
en by the treasurer showinga
y ,
balance • at:the end ' of 1964 of
$206.00. •Receipts for. < t h e year
were $1,280.90, expenditures were
$1,074.90. A grant : of $20.00 has.
been received from the County'.
of Bruce for 1965.
The" next meeting will be March
19th at the Town Hall ,and the
committee: is Mrs: Ted'. McClen
aghan` Miss Ada, . Webster•. and
Miss June Collyer..
.sportLiss dower; Surplus, `Increase
an
�t West �Ww�oSh utual Annual,.'
(�mpany president
'ail Caesar Is �te�r.
About 35 :persons . attended •the
86th Annual Meetingof the West
Wawanosh Mutual 'Fire Insurance
Company in the• Parish Hall,...Dun-
gannon, last. Friday,
Herson Irwin of Belgrave, the
Company President, welcomed the
policyholders present and urged
precautions to be •taken to reduce
the 'material loss and .loss' of : life •
from fire. Mr. •Irwin reviewed the..
,financial position of the Comp-
any, stating. 1964 had been a' rea-
sonably ,su'ccessfulyear with an
increase in surplus • of $14,081.67.,
after. 'paying' fire losses. of $71,-
882.64. Losses were $30,079,79 low-
er than in 1963. Assets' total $273,-
376.97. Insurance in force` 'totalled'
$43,743,230.00, an increase of $2,-•
272,164.00 in 1964. Revenue increa-
sed by $4,925.96.•
!Mr..Irwin', who. is retiring,.. of -
ter serving• two years , as presi-
dent, • expressed his 'appreciation
to the Board of Directors for
their :fine effort and co-operation
in the promotion of the Company.,
Thanks were also extended for
the services of the. ,secretary-
treasurer' and assistant Mr. and
Mrs. Frank .Thompson.
Touche, Ross, Bailey and Smart
of
of London were again appointed
as auditors. •
. Considerable discussion centred,
on the extensions 'of : coverage
which the' Company received .in
1964 :enabling them to write •float
er. coverages on farm machinery.
and livestock. It is anticipated.
this : coverage, will be offered in
thevery 'near future.
The election of Directors, with
Mr, . ,Irwin vacating' the chair in
favor ;of .Director. Brown' Smyth,.
was as follows;- •
Ross lkrcPhee by Kenneth Scott
and Clifford McPhee;
Paul 'Caesar' by Elmer Black and
Jack :•Curran,
'Berson, Irwin � by .Jos Dunbar -and
Harold Hutton. •
There being no other nomina-
tions the afore -mentioned• three:
Directors were re-elected for. 'a
three year term. Brief addresses
mere given by each.
. Otherspeakers s eakers included . Direc-
tors William, Wiggins, Brown
Srnyth, John . MacLennan, Donald
MacKay.•
Bert Thompson, .an octogenarian
and Clerk of the Township of
East Wawanosh, stated he had
been a • satisfied . policyholder . of.
the Company since .1808.
Paul Caesar of R.R.„. 1 Dungan-',
non was later elected Company
President and William Wiggins of
Auburn RSR. 3, : Vice -President
Tom ' Salkeld
Lucknow
Home :
Mr. and Mrs. Tom • Salkeld of
.
West. Waw 'nosh Township have'
a
' purchased the home .• of Mrs. Ed-
ward ,Little on Gough St. in Luc
know...
About 1950, Mr. and:: Mrs. Little
retired. to *Lucknow where their
new home Was built.: Mr. Little's
death •occurred in 1953. ;For the...
past, year and a ;half,` :.Mrs. Little
has : resided at , Pinecrest Manor
in Lucknow.
The' alkeld farm is : about u :a
S abot.
mile .south-east of Lucknow, . • on
the first sideroad of. West 'Wawan-
osh running off Highway 86! : He
came there _from • Goderich about
45 years ago and `°purchased the
farm” fromi. his •aunt, and : uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. MacDonald.
Through .':.the years, :' the Salkeld
Y
naive has : been connected with
apples : and honeyand was ; noted,.
Y .
for both throughout the area. The
Salkeld orchard : and apiary are.
still being operated by Mr. Salk-
eld and, his son Lawrence. Larry
will continue to operate the farm.
PercyBarr. Flies . .
To �
titso� i
Ea
Percy Barr, son of Mrs John
Barr of the Kinlough' district ins
Kinloss Township,is presently in
Ethiopia :<for the second time in.
the past year. Percy, a graduate
of Lucknow District . High School
was in that country' at the time
of the Queen's ': visit, there early
this month.
He is employed by DeLeuw, Ca-
ther. and Co. of Toronto who have.
an office there . and are doing
road survey work for the govern-
ment of that country. He spent
three months there last spring.
Percy flew January 17th from
Toronto making the flight'. via.
New '.York, Amsterdam, .Cairo in
23 hours.
SINCERE GRATIT.UDE•
,,,in a letter . to the Sentinel,
.Mrs. Ann Redmond, volunteer
"co-ordinator , of t h e Onto io
Hospital-. in Goderieh, says -
about the variety concert'," 't
;on for ` the patients last week
-by the Lucknow Agricultural
•
Sociwety.
"Needless/ to .`say, the even
ing's entertainment was thor-
oughly enjoyed by the pa-
tients. Those in charge are
pleased to express sincere gra-
titude to this ' uh
gro p fortit e
effort so willingly and cap-
.ably
ap-•ably presented''
A story , on thepresentation.
appears elsewhere in the pa-
per.
VACATION IN : PALM SPRINGS
Mr. and Mrs. George 'Jo t of
g y»i
town will leave Thursday morn-
ing from London . to r• spend two
weeks in Palm . Springs, Califon.
nia. They will be accompanied by
Mrs. Joynt's sister, andbrother-
in-law Mr. and Mrs. James •Gib-
son of London. They : will •fly from
London tb' Cleveland, 'Cleveland; to
Los Angeles, and then the 100
miles. to: Palm Springs.
•
Wilfred Anderson
Sells L�cal Holme
Wilfred Anderson of Lucknow'
has sold his Havelock Street res-
idence to Mel Goyette, principal
of the Lucknow ,District High . '
School; 'Mr. . ;:Anderson plans • to
construct a . 'new home for him- •
self" in the village.
The Anderson . residence : ' •o n,`'.
"Station Street" ' has been in the
family since 1903 when Wilf's
father, George Anderson purchas ..
•ed the home from 'D. ' R. Mc-
Intosh. His father lived there -' un-
til
1927 when he went to live in .
the home now owned by Steve,
Stothers on :Quality Hill. _
Mr. and'', Mrs. 'Goyette and fam-
ily, Linda, Paul, Allan. and . Allison
will move ' to thehome as soon
as, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson • com-
plete.
om
plete ; construction of their home.
At ' writing time/ Tuesday, a def-
inite location for building 'had_,not.
been. obtained.
Mrs.: Walter Campbell, mother
of Mrs. •Goyette, will . continue, to
live in the home ; Goyettes have
,been renting from:. John W Hen-
derson Lumber Ltd. on Havelock
St.
�1i tt :Whitbyo•Pres�nted:�l ;4 ward B Father- Scoutmaster Gecr e
t�
it. .Father ;An
Son i
The ,annual' Father :and Son Ban-: will keep;' on growing.: ' Rev' Mac
quet of the : Lucknow :Boy Scout Leod .thanked . the leaders..: f'o r
Association Was held. in the L their ':diligence and concern for
. gion Hall' Saturday evening atten-the • boys:
ded by 118
some scouts,': aeaders � c ; c `
. UCG. 7S ROVER P, , •
fathers' ,and sponsors. Scout Master George' Whitbyre=
g •
The mewl farmed Ladies Aux n1!- d th� iikin Rev.MacLeod.for
Y a n� R ,fo
diary catered for a bountiful•,:tur- :his kind- remarks.:Georgeannoun-
key supper with. all -the trimm c';1 •thattwo scents had earned
ings, ' preceded With . Grace by their
Religion and' Life swar
d
'
:Rev. 4.• R. King.Mrs. Rost thi'S past ,year In'; order.for ;a
mingpleased everyone with her Scouttn.!:win
this °important award
piano ,stylings . during supper and •:he needs ..the co-operation of his ' •:
she alsoplayed for the 'sing .song parents :.and , the ;'guidance of .his,
led. byElwin .1minister. orpriest:.T he .Scouter ',..
:thanked Gordon Montgomery- for
the use ; of his property : at the `.•
12th ofAshfield Beach for the..
�.
summe.r scout :'camp 'last : Year..,
(Conthioed .,on page 13)
Rev. • H. ' W. " Strap') , :acted •. aG
Master of Ceremonies . and intro-
duced ' the Officers, Leaders and.
the hard working': Scout 'Commit
tee. '
Committee Chairman, Bill John-
stone welcomed the "' gathering:.
Bill also. .thanked the ladies' for
•Jamieson replied lied hat i had
p t t d been
Number >:From Area
' .Florida TrupOn
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Cummings
of Lucknow •• left on Sunday for A
two ,weeks bus ; trip to .:Florida.
Others from' here on the tour :are
Mrs, Tom Webster and. Mrs.:John
Durnin of Dungannon, Mr. and.
,
,Mrs; Gershom Johnston and Jack
Aitcheson of Whitechurch, Mr.
and Mrs .;Allan Reed, •andgrand-
now ,
dau "ht,er Cath • Irwin cif. Lucky.
This tour i.s • sponsored by the
Burley Bus Lines of Kitchener.
Allan Reed is a regular . driver
three days a week froni Winghain
to Kitchener.. There are three •
Misses inaking.;the trip.
a pleasure
Rev. MacLeod : proposed t h e
toast to the .Scouts and pointed
out, this 'is Boy Scout Week in
Canada. The Scout movement is
growing in C"nada' and :through-
out the world•, witness to this was
the Jamboree . at Valley Forge,
U.S.A. this . past year' when 52,-
000 scoots representing 20 nations
gathered there. Governor General
Vanier has stated the., work of,
Scouting is, never ended • and it,
FIRST LUCKNOW VISIT.
IN OVER 50 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Farrish
of : Medicine Hat, Alberta, vis
ited with his uncle Mr. Pete
Farrish and .Mr '. Parrish of
Lucknow. ' This is •:the• first'
visit here to I cknow. in over
50 years, Alvin is. the • son .of
the late Mr. and Mrs. , George :
:
Famish' of Semens, Sask. ,,,.•
w
en.
Park
e
rBroke
Leg ilV ML
l� �.
e Skirng,
Mrs,. Tom• (Lou) Parker of Lilt -
'know fractured her leg 'while 'ski-
ing pp Sunday at the farm, of
her':brother-in-law, .'Vernon ,Hunt-
er, just east of town. She . was
skiing with:•he• 'family when .her
ski St lack m
a :sall drift.' • Rf snow
causing her to fall. It • did not
release her foot. The fracture '.of
her leg, between the 'ankle and
the ' knee,,' , is termed • a "butterfly
5-eak.", There , . .arethrice breaks
'in the
Mrs, Parker, the former ,Gwen
Treleaven, is a teacher of grades',
5 and 6 at Kinloss Central School`
a Hclyrood.. Mrs. ,Donald ' Mac
Intyre, .2nd .concession' Kinloss, is
teaching for Gwen this week.
• GWinghamwen is in
.. �., and Die-
trkt • Hospital where her leg was,•
set and• a cast applied. It will.
not be 'known 'until later in the
week whether .surgary will. be re-
quired or how long she ' Will be
hospitalized.
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Ford And 'Eunice Cunningham Purchase
•
t Sepoy Store` Take�en�net s April 1
Mr. & Mrs. Ford 'Cunningham Mrs, Trench`s mother, Mrs. ,Wel-
who: reside on the Lucknow-Holy-
rood road at the 2nd concession '
of Kinloss, have purchased' Ben-
nett's Sepoy :Store . •in l�ucknow
from Mel„ Bennett of Kincardine.
The arrangements for the sale
of .the variety store • were cornCunningham,
., Cunningham, ghamthe former' Eunice
pleted last, Week, just a little over Reed, will : operate the .business..
six years since Mr•.. Bennett puri Eunice • is , the • daughter of Mr.
.
chased the Lucknow store 'from And Ml's, William G, Reed. who,
Mrs. • Aud:ey Trench of Listowel. reside' just north of Lucknow,
6eeti•.•e♦ee..•,ie..+a..•44ia*s•e•e••e••••ee.e•roso4
lingtoh Henderson • managed the
business for,, many years.
The ' new owners will take pos-
session on the . first of April. Ford
will continue his job as, a :welder°
on pipeline work` in the employ"
of 'McDace ,Ltd. of London. Mr's.. •
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