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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Wednesday, FEBRUARY 26, 1964
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cident Victim Buried Tuesda
iway fatality about 8;30•
evening two 'miles east
lam; claimed the life of
'ons Hunter,,. in ` his 29th
s the, son . of ' Mrs. CaS-
kett..ot -LucknOW. He was
Deloraine, Manitoba, and
ded at ,Manitoba„
last year whew he .carne
Tend, .Christm.as with his
ind other relatives ,. in*-. the.
atained ' employment at
letory in Wingham, 'where
residing at the home • of
peron, and planned to re -
the East. , ,
iturclay °evening, acdorri-
ly Wilson' Carrick, 18; of
ns, they were returning
elph, whenJohn'scar,left
1 near the ClsIlt• railway
on Highway 86.. The car. , .. • • •
went over an 0 embankment,
through a fence and intq a farm.
field: 0 The driver's side • of the
vehicle was badly sheared, John
is believed to have died 0 almost
instantly, • ..
Wilson Carrick, son of Mt.. and
Mrs, Harvey Carrick, escaped.with
bruises and shock, 0 and was •hos-
pitalized at. Wingham.
Mr, Hunter's, remains were. tak-
en to Stratford for an autopsy .to
be .performed..The report was not
officially known on Tuesday,' nor
had a decision regardhig an in-
quest been 'announced-.
The funeral •service was held -
at the MacKenzie Memorial Chap
el in. Lucknow on Tuesday after-
noon conducted by ."Ptev. Harold
Bowers... Temporary • eintoribirieht
'was ,hz South' Kinloss ,Mortuary,
the pallbearers , were: Wm. G.
Hunter, -Jim Hunter, Wilfred Hac-
kett,' Donald Hackett, Harold Far-
rish, Thomas Cameron,
Mr. Hunter is survived by his
mother and* his stepfather, Mr,
and Mrs. Caswell Hackett of Luck -
now; five sisters Mrs. Lilly Cul-
bertson, GoodlanCis, Man., Mrs,.
James (Violet) Arnold of . West
Wawanosh Township,. Mrs. *Alex
(Ella) Hackett of Ashfield Town-
ship, Mrs, August (Eileen) Lem
oine of Camp Valcartier, • Que.,
Mrs. Russell• (Grate) Wahnsley
'of Dand, Man., five •brothers,
Vernon,' West Wawanosh Town-
ship, Allan, Of Sudbury, William
and Robert of Lucknow' and Frank
of: Melita, Man,- and his grand-
mother Mrs, Mary Somers of
Lucknow, ivho is making her home
here with her daughter, Mrs.Hac-
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SERVICE BUREAU OFFICER
Directors Iteturned To est TO VISIT LIJCKNOW LEGION
ranosh. Insurance Company, Lively, ex -service personnel and
their dependents are irrOited to
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take advantage of a free Legion
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ission Fire Costs, Inspector Pay ervice. Mr. II. W. Moyer, Ser
1 vice Bureau • Officer from London
han 50 people, including.
tors and the -officgs of
t Wawanosh Mutual •Fire
e Company, .attended the.
pal meeting of the con'! -
day afternoon at' the Par -
1, Dungannon. President
rwin of Belgrave presided
meeting. that ,. developed
Re 'interesting discussion
rather small • audience
ting. ' •
Highest
.opening remarks, .Mr.
ressed that the directors
ked in the interest of the
olders in on attempt to .
rates .at a minimum and
proper settlement. .The
iwanosh 'Company,'experhe highest loSses in the
of 'the group this year,
Despite this, they did end
with a .net surplus' of
hanks tb investment' ha -
at was. received. •
ireakdown /of " loSses in=
lightning, livesto,ck, $12,
ar lightning, $7;588; other
$26,452; unknown causes,
miscellaneoui clahns'
$3,780,
large barn. fire losses
Iled close to $40,000 were
ne reason in the corn -
wing Such a high • loss
The actual underwriting
the year. was' '$6,988. with
income of $11 000' putting
the company. on the right side
of the books. financially., $21,735
was 'collected from the 'Farm Mu -
O tual .Reinsurance Plan because Of
the heavy losses. This is the sec-
ond time since • its inception in
1959 that, the company 'drew from
this plan. The company ended the
year with 51.4c surplus per $100
of . insurance in force.
' On a Motion of Clarence .Hanna
and Cecil Blake, the auditors re,
O port was adopted. Hugh.' MacKen-
zie.. and *A. J. *Sherwood made a
motion to appoint thesame.* aud-
itors as ' before. .
O ' Return Three Directors'
The three retiring directors were
rettirned2 by acclamation with no:
other. • nonlinations, for • the posi-
trons: George Feagan by 'Robert
Sowerby and Robert tures; -Brown-
Smyth .by.' Victor Errington and
Mason McAllister; Allan MacIn-
tyre by Harvey. Houstonb and Har-
old Stanley. All three 'spelre, brief-,
ly.
Secretary-treas.. Frank.. Thornp7
son read the complete by-laws
of the company and • after open
discussion by, the meeting they
were approved With minor re-
visions on .a .nriotionby Harold.
Congram and Harold • Hutton:
•.Iniult. To. President •
In dismissing the by-laws, Clar-
ence Hanna Saidbe felt it was
an 'insult 'to the .president. of the
company that they.only. be :paid
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e Horticultural', Membership
), Will: Aid Agricultural Societi
ly Norman Taylor) years and Mrs. Leonard ,Ritchie
ucknow and 'District Hor- has taken .Over this work,
Society met in the Town Stage Membership Drive ,
'iday evening with a fair A membership.. committee has
in attendance, been appointed. with a.. view to
r, • the business , meeting, greatly increasing themember-
rt. of the 'nominatingcom- ship. • We are hoping to be serious
vas -received- and -there -16 -1 -contenders ---for the- DistricLN'o:„....8._
ge reported in. the exeCit-' prize .of $20 and $16. for " the soc-
xrs. President, Mrs. Mor- reties showing the ' greatest per=
nderson; lst Vice Pres., centage increase •in membership
)ss Cummings; '42nd Vice. 'in 1964, The, winner of the Dis-
liss Ada Webster and the trict competition goes on to the
Y-Treasufer, Norman Tay- Provincial • finals' and are chal-
itora are ,Mr. Donald Hen- lengers•for the President's trophy.
and' Mrs, Howard Agnew. So, the Executive suggests,when
actors were elected for a any . of the following ladies ap-
r period: Miss Isobel Mil- proach you' for your membership,
S, Well, `Henderson; Miss have your dollar ready:— Misses
rebster, Mrs. Russell 'Phil- Ada and Hazel Webster, Mrs, Rosa
s. Leonard Ritehie, Mrs.. Cummings and Mrs; Neil J. Mac -
Mrs. Alex Andrew; Kenzie. By the way, these ladies
t.risher, Mrs. Ted, Me- have never heard of the ;word.
an and 11/10. Geo: Whitby. NO, .horticulturally, that . is.
arren Zinn was elected. a The Society will once again place
for one year. °an aster Lily in etteil of the,
tda Web:stele has given up area • churches on Easter Sunday..
titof organizing the Jr, ' • Mrs. Ross Cummings and Mr•
tura! ,Soeiety after Jive (Continued on page 9)
will be at' Legion Branch NO. 309,
Lucknow,. on March 10th 0at 12
noon to give skilled - advice on
veterans' benefits. Anyone with
questions on war disability pen-
sion, War Veterans'.:Alliance
(Burnt-out Pension)? Treatment, or •
hospital care is urged to call or
write Mr: K. Cameron,- who 'will
arrarifie an appointment: ,
$25 extra above that of .a regular
director. Mr. Hanna made an
amendment to the motion of ac-
ceptance which was seconded by,
Bert Thompson that the president,
receive an additional $100 for hold-
ing officer. After corisiderable dis-
c.ussion about this matter, at which
time it was emphasized. that.: the
directors were not aware that Mr.
Hanna' was bringing this matter
forward, the'amendment was with-
drawn. Mr, Hanna 'said that if a
man was being paid , soznething
worthwhile, there would bemore
incentive to work • harder, at the
position. 'George Teagan,'direc-
tor of many years service and a
past president said that 'he felt'
it an honour to serve zls president If _a new auditorium structure
and that the remuneration as it Is to be built at the west end of
stands was satisfactory. It was the arena, it will require a vote
Mr. Feagan's expression of op-. of the ratepayers, which should
inion that prompted the withdraw- be held in 'May or June; that if
ing of the amendment approved, work could commence
Cecil Blake expressed the opin- in the fall under the Winter Works
ion that no one had turned down assistance program.
the position of director indicating Reeve George Joynt advised the
to him that the board was sat- Lions Club to this effect at their
isfied with the' present system of Monday night meeting.
remuneration. • . To promote the vote will re-
.' • 'Inspector , Or Not ' quire the, co-operation of the Club,
The subject of appointing an, in Arena Committee and everyone in
spector of electric wirhig within the community, Mr. Joynt said,'
the company was again brought -anctskexpresSed his personal °pin-
to' the floor of the meeting.' Di- ion .that we can °afford it,
rector Brewn Smyth ,referred to . Council had , plans drawn up
the motion voted on a . year ago, by a firm of architects for the
in regard to hiring an • inspeetor..fiew west end auditorium, which
At 'this time the meeting , votedthey have approved, but that is'
(Continued on 'page 6') , l'as far as Council has gone.
PM; YOU.. GET .,o.NE1
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O The Sentinel goofed on" a:
few papers last week and in- •
stead of inserting the ,back
eight pages into,the front eight.
pages to make the 16 page
.paper, we put' fronts"
together. Quite a nuMber of
people returned the -extra front'
and picked up the missing
eight pages. Wei have no way
of knowing where the papers
with the, mistake were -sent
O so N you are missing part of
the February 19 issue, let us
O know and we'll be glad to
• send it along.
1 Leg Badly Broken
Pony Falls :On Him.
• Allan. Nicholson, 12 -year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Nicholson
of Kizilough, is a patient in Sick
Children's Hospital, London (Room.
334, 3rd floor) with a badly frac-
tured leg..
The: limb will be in traction for
six weeks before a cast will be
put on.
Allan was visiting at the home
of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and
1VIrs. Norman .Nicholson, •South'
Line. Along with the Nicholson
childrenn he had beenriding a
pony .and insome manner the
pony fell on him; resulting in
Allan suffering a bad leg fracture 0
.between the knee and the hip.
Liofls ,Ijoive..TO: taise....Aho.Ot .2500
Lav Permunent Floor In The Arena
How to raise upwards of $2,500 valuable artificial ‘• ice roject.
to complete the' artificial ice ,pro-
ject, was a question Lion Pre.si-
den Bob McIntosh 'tossed at the
members at their regular meeting
on Monday night.
A permanent'floor over the art-
ificial ice pipes, and a floor\ suit-
able for roller skating, will *cost
around. $6,000. .
.• The Club has- about° $2,000 in
the artificial ice- fund, and winter
worksasSistance and grants, will
amount, to upwards of another
$2,000:. • . • '
The Lions roughlY estimate up to
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$2,500 still required to properly
complete . this major and most
. r.
;.:Without'it'. there would have been'.
little arena activity this mild .
•Donations tothe artificial ice
fund were . tremendous. Possibly
there are some who would like
to contribute to the Completion. of ,
the undertaking. • .
Won $100 .13Ond • . •
Russ Button was the winner Of
the $100 Bond7A=Month prize. • • •
Gordon Fisher'. reported excel-
lent initial response to the :Easter .
Seals letters which', went ' out last..
week. A number of the . contribu-
tions already received , are from
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Name Gordon Elliott Huron Assessor,
Expett *Lower Tax Rate This Year
Huron Township Council held a
special meeting to consider. ap-
O plications and tenders.
Mr. Gordon:. Elliott was chosen
Assessor following theresignation
of Hugh Cameron, duties .to com-
mence at once. •
The gravel • contract 'went .to
Kerr Construcfion of Winghain at
$1.05 per yard. •
The Treasurer reported' the• road
subsidy as being $9,721.95 'higher
.than estimated in 'the audit due
to the,. Province paying 60% sub-
sidy on road improvement. This 8
leaves a credit balance at the end
of 1963 of $7,080.01 instead of the
..debit balance of $2,641.94 as shown
rnthe Auditor's report.
, The Council expects the tax rate
to be considerablyo lower this year
due to the extra paid by the pro-
vince and lack of snow this win-
Renovation Of Arena Would Require
-0100001.Of Municipal Vote, Lions Tok
• The plan 'is to 'provide a,. park.; •
ing area at the west end of the
building convenient . to the new
addition. This- will . eliminate the .
congestion and traffic .hazards at
the corner Of Ross and , CaMP-
bell St., resulting from: the pres- •
ent arena entrance at the east .
end of ,the. building. • •
O The ' propoted auditorium ' would.
provide .facilities • to, make the
building more revenue productive •
the. , year round, ' as well as, lin-
prove the accainodation and corn- • A
fort for winter, activities.
O The , new auditorium would re- • ,
quire 'a. debenture issue- of some
$30,000 to $32,000; which. 'w,ould be
the municipal share' after ,grants
and winter works :assistance are a
mem.
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larrow Escape As toctor.-.RoIIe
Elmer Graham of Sheppardton
in Ashfield Township,is in God-
erich Hospital recovering from in-
juries suffered in a tractor acci-
dent at his farm on Tuesday of"
last week. Alt er lost the entire
"little finger" of his left hand as
well, as part of the finger 'next to
it. Re miraculously escaped more,
serious injury,
He was spreading manure .with
a tractor and spreader and start-
ed to slide while on a. hill. As
the. traotor litid spreader reach-
ed the bottom of the' grade it
flipped. The traetor went over
once and then onto its side and
the spreader flipped onto its top,
load and all. Elmer managed to
freehimself' from ,the wreck and
make his Way about 80 rods to
the house where" Mrs. Graham,
alone at the, time summoned kelp,
and ntedieal aid.' She was assis-
ted by Gorden and George Doh:.
eity.
T e finger was 'cleanly ampii-
hthd by what Was thought to be
the fender 'of the tia6tor. The
second finger was badly injured
and was amputated in hospital, •
Other injuries included bruised •
chest ' and a . gashed leg.. The ac-
cident happened about four o'clock
in the afternoon at the Graham
farm, about a mile north-east of
Sheppardton. Extensive; dantage
was done to the tractor. • •
Elmer is -recovering satisfac-
torily in Goderich Hospital where ."
he' is presently able to be up .
and about.
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