HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-01-23, Page 11963
2
i0.
•
' *3.00 A Year.lel Advance. --,.. $1.00 Extra To U.S.A.
•
IAUCKNOW,. ONTARIO' •WEDNESDAY, JAN, 23rd, 1963
lto�'m ledlp
T
:Ioses Schools,Strands A Motorists
4 A record snowfall in this area
of 74 inches in -December led to
Wishful .thinking. that Maybe ,the
worst was be'h'ind, King Winter
had different ideas, and -January
etas been. -a- 'mixedemeru of sleet.
and, 'snow, enon, mild to sub -zero• •'temperatures„ 4, with • gusty and
gale -.like Winds, which' • :shifted
• frequently.. .
As a : •re'sult, stormy _ wea.ther
•has , become aAeOst commonplace,
climaxed by a•' paralyzing brow.
which •str,uok early on Sunday
the' "lee of the lakes.'.
'. Traffic came to practically a
complete halt:.. on •$'unday even-
ing, • and for +the must of : Monday,•
the' blow was so severe one could'
scarcely . see °across •the. street."
It "settled -down"a.,:bit Monday
evening, but as this was written
on Tuesday Morning it was, at it
Again and looks like a repeat
performance,
A+t this Moment in ''front` of The
• Sentinel. Office ,.Rosi Irwin is
ngg i-t--trp-eby-Nhbueketful
keepink:' tw'o trucks busy 'hauling
away he .Maim St.' banks.
meet High way Open
Highway 21 along the 'lake .be-
came, :blocked', pn,•Sunday night
and Monday; and efforts to -,keep•
,--Highway- 86 open to<ArnberleY to
' Highway 21 Were temporarily
abandoned. The crew on this.
"treat". ' kept the, Lucknow ' to
Wingharn road'. 'open, .'and' .on
Tuesday : morning good. •
'. Through the night Monday, a
• a snowplow cx ew Working out of
Leekno* broke thre:u.gh to Kin-
cardine, and a plow went:out,
• again' Tuesday ,morning over : this
• stretch W nidi was . open,. ,but nen:
::• •row,
"'Rode Railroad Plow • :: .•
Mir: and: Mrs: Lloyd Hall; °a:nd::
Susan and Mrs.- John••Hall had
visited in -Owen
Sound „on Sun-
day '(it , was .unny, .and .calan in
the rn'rning).. Homewards :bou-nd:
that evening ,they got: a short dis-
tance south of • Kincardine when
they were foieed . to. 'turn "back.
and vend. the ,night. in Kincar
(Continued on page .3)
Rid' Cross': i4nnua�
Set dor Il�ondgy
The annual meeting. sof the.
Lucknow and District Red ,Cross
Society'will +be held in, the Towi'i
Hall at 9:00 o'clock next Monday
eveningto.'hear reports of the
•
pest year's .activities and, •i:f' the.
L.D.H.S RUMMAGE
SALE IS' POSTPONED
•
The 'Luck now District nigh
School rummage sale adver.-
tiseel'' for Saturday of ,this
week has (been postponed tot./
the- tipe ' being:
The encertain+ty of road
conditions • due to the storm;::
decided ,the postponement; A
. new location for holding it
at a dater, date cwil1. also +be
becessary as we understand,.
The Market Store will not. be
available, as redecorating will
be started ine,pieparation for
'moving ' the Siegrist Store
•stock to thin Location.
HoticuIturaI.
P�ans•Are Made
At an. Executive meting :of the
Lucknow and District Horticul-
Branick . is to cont nue fio. function,tural Society last Wednesday ev-
make iplans for. the annual sprint ening, with tire' presid�enrt, • Mrs.'
cern $.. Morgan, •;Henderson • presiding,,
pin. ,. :
The. Red'Cross 'lies received.-
1963Pans :were.. ,laid for.4h,e-Soc-'ie-ty-s
tremendoussu�pport , locally over' •
'activi res.
the years an;;d;a faithful group'of Th•ere,•will be eight. meetings'
officers' arid workers, : sgmetiries ring the' year, three of • which.
Small in numbers, have carried :'will :'be the spring, summer and.
fall flower shows in
on this humanitarian work. May, :Ate.
This 'past .. summer the local grist and 'Qctober..
Branch 'donated $200` to' oid the e . The Society, dor the.time� being
,, at ,least, ''will continue to hold .per
swimming , • instruction , program g iodic meetings on th 'hird Fri
for children of'•'the eo .rnunity:.. . the
)fid Cross': support- goes much
day of the month.' The first'', such;
further : afield: W . E, .. Bawde . mreetmg' wi•1l be "on �`riday; . Feb
n,� ruar'y • 15th; ;
assistant' execirtive'di-Otter of the .
•London Area, writes as faklaws Committees were named for
to fh'e loca branch:the •. various meetings,; ' and . a
l membership .. 'canvass :planned.
Your effort in: last. years; fin -
Ken
ancial :cam aiglz'. helpedKen Cameron, ,past president,
p' to :pro- was appointed to make . fiipplica
v:ide,'relief ,to• the :people' of Sran, .tion 'for, .the • ann al m 1`
who were made:. homeless •'by municipal
earthquake, to;€�
provide shelter,.. grant, . ..•
Municrp 1 • flower bed' projecte'.
food arid warm clothing .for many will ,
of your own People le whose homes ; be :again assumed by. 'the
P P
Society. this year: These beds are
at the ,four entrance •'signs 'at 1,he
g
Villa e ,outskirts, . . at the. co'tner
of the arena. and in Victoria•Park.
were .destroyed by fire• and to•
give life to a small boy •ing
: dura
'following. .m�•
_. ng and a. comp ..ated
` heart oyer anon could•only be say...,
.S. NO.. 9. • IMPRO�'E�IhNTS _. _ "of
BEINCX.: CONSID} LI)
Trustees of :.S.S. NNo. •q•Ashfield..•
for: 1063 are,. Arnold -:'Eton, chair-
Gerald "Wasters •&C-trease
d i ' Mee and .Kcith',II�lak.c..��..ee succeeds
Clarke Zinn. ' "
c a .� cunsiderin
The trusteesi g
storm: windows and installation"
; school,
of an •oil fern'h
ace�.at � c.
Blood, •• These: are only a few of
the thousands of ` cases in •which:
Ail -Red: Cross: has ,-served ' your
n e igh:bdurs.
."As .you know,' the work of Red
Cross is.coitinuous and your sup=
rt is.asked in .order that
P.o g. k
this Society can continue its role.
of constantly-.strivipg te,relieve
distress and suffering.
111 March On Ottawa
4
1.'
Je an •,wei s: eight pounds p ;weighs i t • p urxds; ht
�:.
g
inrature
TV.
Newest :Feature: ' .
Had 'a look ' last week at 'the,
latest innovation•in T:V: on. this
continent a portable 5 -inch
television set,:with a 'single. ad-
justab�le antenna:'
,This Sony transistor -*ade in.
Nhas 25 transistors 'and 20 diode
and the only tube is the':anrrriatur'e
'Fight
:_• w• ` '' .• � picture' twbe,,. Cut Har'd,rFiqht Keilwa Serviceof Greer, who' is in the
wholesale, aplliance business with
. . Seine. 25' +•coinan .ttee also suggested.,urban,
Re+pesentat>ves, of .six Bobby.. Bauer; demonstrated the
r ani ': mmunities Contribute five
munrc;ipal}ties,'w'h'o have o g z- co
fight. If .Sony ins town last•, week; with'
ed. for a. .last-ditch,;stand .against :cents per . eaeita to the g , , excell'ent..reception,
Canadian National Railwa s .plan Money. is ;left :'over • after :the Lisa price, .howevex for .this
y Y
° - r service on .3 cam,pai�gn ,and ,the: efforts ,are. _ .. ;
to close ;passengc luxury toy size T'V is $332.R5,
li ' ,found they had an' unex- successful, the r'ernainder will be.
i nes, . f d yen
ger windfall. of $820, used to promote. passenger ser- not th
'Pec
1 ;
• This: amount, in a Kincardi.ne' vire . •.
bank, was raised eight years -ago Counties of Bruce; Huron, Wel-,
When, the rai,Iwa' previousl lin ton,'••Pe�rth • and Grey are ; af-
y �� Y g
tl,reatened•: to cloe down' pas- fected . by. the'proposal.
se' er trai 's Mr. Matheson• . said the CNR's
An ' :all-out fight .against the bookkeeping. will bear 'checking
i` counsel before he can accept its figures:
,railway . w>,11.. �e l.el;al
Y ri•Ottawa of in 'annu:al loss of• $300,000 on
engaged and a marce�. u ,, ,
.. passenger. service on' the three
if required,. � ': ' ' •, , p g . selling
The CN'R a
proaCh the Board of Transport
Commissioners• •to 'take, Passenger
service' off three 'lines with ter-
ri:iinals at :,'Sot'itha:in�pton,• Owen
' Sound and ' K'.nca rd lr e. .
Sixty delegates ' came from
;Moorefield •to the Bruce Perlin-,
sula.• They :elected Chesley May -
ex William' -Matheson chairman
of the' committf�e to : fight the
closure. • •
• Others "elected' were Arthur
,Davey of Poet Elgin, in, vice -chair-
many Ernest GI r'�'1'' 'of `Gla., is,
secretary,
rid Reuben "I..aut'en-
c etary, • arid
sch'lager of K .ncarcline; treastir-
et. :The' si5 -man exe uti�`e will.
be Fred Beck of .l erristoe,
GeOr e . Wri: ht *t► f, Pal trrcirstop,.
g �"
r, Frank 'Morton o :. ou:
1
Single Copy . 19c- k 1.2.. Pages:
l (,hristm'c:S'Doy,Disturbed
When CoId Kept Him From Church
In the, Christmas rush we.. nye- an uncle- and aunt, Mr ''an. =
d lVLrs...
gelee'ted to make mention of: Thos.,' Sandy • Ross at Langside on the •
Ross `•of. . Tor.onto having observed farm. how owned by' 11Ir and.
w y one Christmas Mrs: William Evans: = r
his 101st birthday
Day. t; ' . 4•., Mrs,,. Ross, the.former. Jean
Mr, Ross continues remarkably Davidson of . Langside, .passed
alert • •and reads The Sentinel away in 1946, three years after.
Weekly.' He was . •indisposed' :from they had celebrated t eir dia
a.' cold, and • was disturbed 'that mox d 'Wedding anniversary.
it kept' him from attending Mr; Ross served on the `Toronto'
church, Police 'Force for, thirty-six,yea_rs.
Mr, ,Ross has !been' a member He organized the Toronto ?,dike
of Parkdale Presbyterian•.C•h�urch Band -and ••taught each' member to
for 64 Years and has :been an' elder play' the bagpipes, •
for 46 years: On h.'s one hundred- ',He won many athletic trophies
th bithday the kirk session pre-' from. • the.'Caledoruan Games' and.
g Vied later • the Police. ` and ;Scottish
rented' him; with , an. •.'en ra
silver tray and Bible; games.
$orn• at "Langside°:in '1i161, Mr., ' He is',a``meenber of: thee -..Gaelic
Ross is a gen . of•:the late Thomas Society and still" :attends .their.
Ross and'• .'Mary' MacKinnon. His. meetings, ,
'father died when he was' a 'few , Mr,. Ross was Huron-l;3ruce.
weeks old;. Two. years dater his' .champion' pato ' the ,Caledonian'
mother married Mr. Th,oma:s'Mac- Games.in' SLucknow :in •1889, azLd
Iver ' a widower wi=th, 'a family o!_,• 1080, and:.that year went to ,To- •
ur e unFg-eh`i,ldren;: -;-Greor'ge,. -'ionto :to ' join the'City. Police
:Kert.ne'tli,:. Mary Jane and William: `Force.' with: w'hi'ch he •served' un- .
To . ;this : union were born'four til: his retirement, in 1924 at the
children,: Donald;'iLauchlaq, John. age- of 63:'.:
and Lizzie: Mr.' ,'Ross is :the sole,
survivor of .this' family
His early life was ,,s,pent 'with.
Storni Cause
Road Accidents
Kr
. .Headsi
Storm conditions wh..ch. reduc
r
w
ed visibility •.=from _ poor ••.t0 nil: at
G fn
0
Business e -: •.:
,. ,� . • .times. was a. factor in at' 1�east .wvo.
CIA Co-odistrict accidents.
o peratars Insurance As-
sociation� wiI,l'•'be holding ,:open
One: At •St,. Helens;
house apt - its tbuildih in Owen During •a blow last Wednesday
gi ..
Sound ,on.' Sat-tie:day afternoon,' Murray : Gaunt,. M.P.P. and 'Mil- '
January. 26th, to Mark the offi=• vert Re-d•'of Zion were in ,. Col.;..:
l 'opening ' Brion• just' west of S,t. .1-Iel•ens:'::..
era of the ;.new addition,
to the building,. The ribbon_. out= Murray•' was.' on his. way through
tingwill take plac a 2:0 • the storm to the:: opening. of the
,. p. e, t, 0 p ni.
new Ontario Hospital, south of -
CIA first peened an' •office in . ..�
Owen Sound ,back in October. of Goderiah:' Milvert was takfng.; .
1958. in a: residence at the',cotner 'some grain ' to the grist 'midi at
of, 9th:. Street West an First •Ave. 8t.. Helens. Milver•t suffered. a•; fractured:
•
'-' +knee:•cap :and cuts and bru.:ses to •
• ,In:1960,.:a three -floor extension his face': He•.is "in' Wi,ngh'am •hos •
pital. His 1'6 -year-old' sone. Llo. •d•
:Reid,• who was: with him escaped
With .e shaking.. up Murray has
:facial' :.and �le•g aabrasi�on,s? but-
not
ut was ::-
not. confined to the hospital Both
cars..were . extensi 'elyy damaged.
•
Collision On :Sunday;
:On Sunday afternoon cars. dr-
ven . by 'J. ' DeJon�g of Con. 4 , and
Roy: Major of. Concession 10, Kin-.
,
1 w •e '�
oma • ser involved in an aeci'denft
at the "Grey . Ox."'
Mr..& Mrs.'Major, Who bought
g
the Frank , Thompson • farm: ; in .
Kinloss' were enroute to•: Lucknow
bringing their 7 -month-old baby
To mike 'sure humid-:; to the .Doctor: The .mish:ap•occur-
ity.: tolcr arse's would `be';maintain- re bout°4:30 and had .'been
� they
ed . er; &'cards :Will 'function' battli� bad ` oa� s and
P Pg,r, d poli• •nasi- `�;.
in the machines each,1 bilit since .about• 2 +
properly Y , , 00 . o .clock 'to.,
floor`:has :its: own air-conditionir.g Lover, something'1ike'six'.or seven '
•
including ' a 'carrying' case'. machine the ,roofrs heavily .mikes.
' • insulated°'•,and ipondl'ed with two Mr.;'andMrs. De:Jong aridthree. •
inches of water' 'during the sunt of •their children, dert; Janet and
mer . .' ; walls are:'double: and .:Sykes were. enroute home •frorn :
Windows are double' glazed.. afternoon 'service in Lucknoww at:
CIA' now •has over 120,000 auto then Christian Reformed. • Church:
mobile: policies in,' force across'
the province `and ail ',a'utom'obile.
prereiwm billing .will, eventually;
be hand�le•d by the electronic'cal
culator and. alphabetical tabulator turning to.Lucknow.• Between the'
.,printer housed in. the new :addi 4th and' 6th they eitel come upon.
tion' at Owen Spend. {Continued'` on page 3).
was opened: This • extension was
designed for :expansion' in :•t•he• fu
ture so th:a�t, i•f':eequired;'t'�he re-
sidence could; be removed and.
the .addition'`coul'd be put on.With
as little • incon+venience`' as',possi-
ole
Division manager of this z'apid -
ly expanding entepprise is H.arvex:
MacDoaugall,' a native of Kinloss
Townshi and f
p, sari o the . � ate
Mr. ,arid Mrs. Rod :VfacD•cu•g'a%'
The 'crew addition,: one o•f the
.rno.st `modern buildings, in the..
country, has been, designed:'to:fit
the needs of i,n.tric t . calculating
equipment, T
Storm Kept . 'S. B:'
From Participating
S. 'P.. Stothers ,had 'reason to
be provoked at the weather snarl,
'for the.visibility'-nil. storm 'wh'ich
this. part of the 'count:cy. short s'w'ept in et 'the, week -end'. pre-
it es ' in' a .period of ex- 'vented him from being in .Clivi
]� as
ton :on Monday:
pension:; ' ,
: Perth MIPP. 'J. ,Fred Edwards • • The occasion 'Was' the official
.said if the expiess were .'put opening of the new -offices of the
back on the trains instead. of on'Ontario Department of Agricul-
trucks it would help t ewpas.,
s • tur pn `Clinton, Murray Gaun.t,,
senger trains to pay: was' also prevented by. the
. withdrawal of , passen- storm, from attending.'
peoposed . deliberate Steve, who: opened the first,
get. service,ca . • ' ,- i" Huron Count: • 'Agricultural .•Of-
attempt to�.choke- these lines off.. Y g
A selling job on local;' people .five at 'Clinton on, :March llrth,
aell as on the CNR will be '1918, was to Wave .t artieipated in
required, well the ribbon cutting cereinonies'. on.
required, said Ross . V�hichei•, g
Bruce MVP. Subsidizetiott rs' now Monday with Hon'. Wm, A. Ste-
._ , said, oiteting wart,. minister. of Agriculture , &
a' conirrzon thing,; he,p h
out the heavy :subsidies paid for Hon, C. S, MacNaughton; mini
Phe Toronto -Ottawa passen- stet of highways, •
a Mi Stothers , served as ' A'
go... lino 'breis mere +hen the• . g•.
• • • • " riot linos. •' .Rep. in -Huron for' about iiine
thart� three. ch -,t
t u f 5 i p ilwaYS should' rIcYt. ,separate years, w•as at Essex for sixt years,
ton, Arnold Dele.oee of e: e.ey`e, ee
Sen er. i C\Cntir `tom freight and at ;A t th,ur fol twenty years,•
George; :VTeL an :« C nipteY and. 0� g.. t. ile A,t 'the conclusion of yids service_
lincardine, . �it�dlsre�;s as lye : i..�tin:e t ,, he retired to Ducknow
Herman Youn .< f g up.. ,., '
The tiicxtioli • sc tori ' L1" the p�'t., '"'i'c"et" end to "i fns l'cacier.
•They couldn't "get in : the F txrth`
Con,•:'from the "Gravel Road," •.&
had • tried' it 'unsuccessfully ,by-
way of t Sixth.. They were re- '
D. ' A. MacLenn'ans Piping Thrilled
Folk Of The .Ozark Mountain Region
Eureka Springs,
- Arkansas, U.S.A.
' January 18, 1963
Lucknow Sentinel, b
Lucknow, Ontario, Canada
Gentlemen:
It Was a source of great delight
to we ,people' of this Oza •k..Moun-
tain region tohave gotten to;
know you', : felloVe eeitieen, one
Donald Alexander (D:A,) , •Mac-
Lennan'
acLen ax ofoOialish..
It Was :during let) day
tn
visit. grandy+s (with • his sister Ann, who
several .years ag'p.. selected- our
pine crested' hill's for her retire-
ment hone,that, we.had the good
fortune to meet and knew Sandy.
We are.„all •grateful to Ann for
her .generosity in sharing Sandy
With us.
The melodic refrains pouring
forth from Sandy's. bagpipes will
long echo through. our ,serene
valleys. •' •e • •
t�
,Ontari , '•e
a ct�ul,d `not hay E t`h0.Set`i •, bettet• °ambas r,, _•
. adc, cif �,g oo'd � illi
We ,"net •S.andy. MacLennan, wee
liked. him. and we return hien to
you reluctantly.
Sincerer,; •
1.
tl