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THE LUCKNOW SENTINIZ, LUCKNOW; ONTARIO
PAGE. ELEVEN
MIN
PILL• THE ARENA
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eimclolenee in the 'deaths of Dr.
D, R. Finlayson and Douglas
liartont to Whom tribute Will be,
paid .in the Memorial service at
the Lions International convene
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A Card was also readfrom W. A.
Porteous referring to Lions ecti-
vities ..at Daytona 'in...,Which he is
• participating. .
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"Program Well 'RecelVed
•'Lion W,. B. • Anderson reported
that he had been , very favorably
eeived sOliciting sponsors
for the prograni listing. -the play-
ers by name arid /umber for the
Hamillon-Qoderich game. • In
completing the Assignment he
.rnade 0
Programs will be sold for a
dime at the game and a number
Volunteered. 'to conduct the sale.
It wes annottri,ced- that Milt
Rayner, Alvin Hamilton, 'Gordon
Brooks and Bob Finlay Wottld re-
PreSent, the Club at the crwick
Club's curling benspiel in Listo.-
wel On Wednesda.y. •
• Coin can ColleetiOns were, again
have a tan in their home, which
streised, intliyiduals Who
has not been called for, are.a.sk
ed to leave it, at 'Fisher's Etaiiiiir
Shop' ' .••
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•For Lucknow Hockey Fans!
ARENA EVEN point
f 1947 Derailment 'Blocked
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r entrance in and out a the
bui ding oval,
Trains For Two .Days Here Lost Week
ifor snow rem. fall • • -
fair purposes, • etc. ' • It snowed and blew and drated
The suggested Plan is for "life- Ilast week until finally the AtIfQrri-
time use" of the building. In any ous "'Henderson cut" on tit4,4 CNR
event 'Work has to be done on the line north of Lucknew became
building to (bring it up to better_impassible, and there* -were:71;1e
Standards, -including painting it, trains through here either Thur -
day •or Friday..
A plow with three engines, a
spreader and a derrick .were
pressed' into serviee, before the
•track was cj*ed on Saturday
to Permit:the n'ght train to get
through to Kincardine. •••
Sixteen Teals Ago,
It was in. this . "cut" that the
.incrneurorredah.le de; faiarn, ent
. 0f . 1947
•It. was during the first week
of Mareh that a prolonged- storm
brought complete isolation. (ex-
cept by air transportation to this;
district). •• ••. .
Rail. service fvyas dier.upted for.
'a .week. The storm reached:sit&
fury 'early in the 'Week railroad
and. highway crews cOmpletely,
abandoned ,futile..efforts to keep
roads and rails "open.,
OnhJuTs-
da'y snorning•a plow,.powered byfour
had all.flatit broken
through the 400 foot *drift 20
feelt, deep in Spots, when the plow
jtunped the track. . Two* engines
were derailed and 'jacknifeci. The
:tWij rear engines stayed on,. the
*.as Sunday morning be-
fore •the Wreck was cleared and
;the damaged -line rebuiltl'The • re-
mainder of the line',wa.s .pliywed..
that' day to Kincardine with the
aid of a crew Of .75 'shovellers,
permitting the 'first train' out of
•Kincardine in over a ,week:s
Last Week's blow ,
• But getting back to last Week's
bow H-:7- the Weather settled on
Saturday, ,and all means "of get-
ting out, even _'to • walking arid •
hauling toboggans, were resorted
to in an effort to replenish .lard-
ers., • and get cream and eggs, to..
Market:" • , • •
• By mid-afternoon (1(n Sunday it
was hloWing again, which Made
visibility bad while it lasted, but
didn't do too :much clarniag. to
roadS. •Monday was sunny 'end
Calmer for the Most part, and men
and *Machines:were working' at
fUll•epeed to open roads or widen
them, Every available bulldozer
rteeVe, Joynt ,said that the case is werking in this district, a:ded•
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was closed and ,Called in. a :deli- by shovelling *crews, road main-
gation. -thet, was waitingtainers and'•rtruok powered Snoiry•
Diecuss PenSion Plan •
• •4Pension plan for' municipal
employees was diSOussed, and
Will he further investigated.•- '
7.1Each eniployee and the
cipality.would contribute 514% of
hi§ basic salary, providing .the.
normal -retirement age was.:ad-
opted. The employee in turn re-
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ceives in an 'annual pension upon
retirement. 2% of the *amount of
his salary, trorm ithe titnethe .plan'
beeame.eperatiVe Until retiring.• *
Hugh MacMillan, (Whose salary.
was not decided at a'previous
meeting; Was given a $200 in,
crease .°
THE MEMORIAI.. CUP CHAMPIONS
Hamilton Red% Wings
A TOP JUNIOR "B" CLUB.
erich Si os
In the Lucknow Arena
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1
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at 8 pm sharp• ,,
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Lucknow • Lions Club ,has gone 1,1all, out to bring
this, type of hockey talent ,to Luckitow with proceeds
of the , night° to go tOwards the artificial ice project.'
Hamilton is a top Junior •••A's ‘.contender again ... this
year with Paul Henderson, a graduate of the Luck- It -
now hockey ranks, playing an Arriportant , part on the,
Hamion squadlt• , , . • .. '• • • ' *. '
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Support, The Community .7- See Hockey ' At Its Best
(all. on the same admission ticket)
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' Advance Sale Tickets On Sale At' Rural Stores
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Or Froin Any Lions Member
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(1ElroUglit to you ati 'a.public, itbreice• by.
"Matter., Closed"
• Council's business session was
preceded by a 25-aninute discus-
sion by George Newbold, Reeve
Joynt and‘Ii:lenilaet of council.
• • It not the intention of the,
Publisher to 'report this' discus-
sion, in any detail or;to use any
qtrOtes. . • .
Mr. NewbOld in' effect said
that ,he c,oUld.: only conclude :that
the attack on him had either been'
from retaliation for soiriething in
the :past, or beeause what he had
said. had been 'anisinterpreted. ,
,He said he ',felt he was 'entitled'
to*an ;apology on'a Mistaken pre,:
inise,,,..Council having* read serne7
thing Into it (the . letter);'' that
was' not intended,,but' only' asked
for assurance that; they. could be
friends / and, not look --for trouble
*hen .was not :Meant.- •
, In 'replying 'Reeve Joynt said'
that What he had said. thepie.-
vious WeUld/ibt• take
back. 'There wouldThe n� apOlo+
gies coning Mr. Joynt said. There,
• were . •:mine cross-fire interrup-
tions:
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while .Mr. -lora was ex-
platning his
Views and . ,some
sharp remarks.• • '
Council inembers recommended
letting bygones ..be bygones and
persOnal discussion of any ,proh-
lerns•tleat arose rather than' writ-:.
ing lettersto the editor. Many
township grader and four: muni.
cipal plows are working ` ,in con- .,
jeriction with :the "cats". in the
road breaking -program itii-at wifl.1,
take the Most of the week With'
geod*' weather. • „
But its, Slow gping at the best,.
and it as estimated that'where the
road is fel•1 a bulldozer .eri,li open
only' about w. block a clay; ' • ,,
Same sideriiad residents are,do- ••
Ing what they cantheft:se:Yes to ,, •
get out to the' Concessions, Reeve •
Donald Ma•cKenzie• states that .
citizens of the Township in gen-
eral • have been. pretty co-Opera-
•tive. •
, Reeve In Accident.• • ,
• Mr. MacKenzie 'was himself•in.; , •
volved in an .accident on agoriday
while trying to ,,play the Tole of
the Good ..Samaritan. lie was
liming closely behind a cream .
truck on the14th Concession west
o.f Dtmgannon,* incleavaring to
attract his attention to inform the
driver he, could not get „all the
.waY, through *Visibillty wasn't
the heit. and When theiruek stop- '
ped more..guickly than could EIVir. •
MaCKenzie, he crashed into the
• beek r, of the • truck. ,The reeveri
older Model 'car' ' was damaged
beyond .repair, but e"' eScaped
with a shaking up. Damegeto the - • •
truck wasChiefly to tail and
'clearance '
"Sunday Shopping" • •
•Grocer§ in the • area had scene •
emergency calls' for .supplies On
_Sunday. With some isolated fatml. : '
househplders able to, "get . out". • •
for . the first time. on Sunday, it
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was imperative to replenish sdw••
indling, food • supplies. . case, of .
another blow which at that timet , • .`
was fereeast. • : • :,
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• Pushing lback., the :huge rad
side . banks' now poses the. .prob-
lern of damaging farm fences. •
• .• Kinloss In Oa*. Shape ,s
Monday an,orn.ing. found' Kinloss
Town:Ship concession roads op,
ened excePt for e, few rniies,but
snow squalls at school time -con-
fined any bus which did.' run, to
the highways and *rural Sehoes•
Were still mostly closed. It was
the first of the week before'
Some main roads in the . White-
church-Langsid4- area were cpen-
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111:'Sunday Crash
'North Of Ripley.:
'A twe-car Crash On the.'15th. a'
miIe north a -Ripley earlY, Sun-
day afternoon' resulted in :'•th.ree.
'persons • being „. hospitalized ' in
London and :one in Kincardine,
with fracturecilimlbs.'
Most ..severely :•injured is WntKinLoss . had a Shantz' bulldozer
McCreath, Ripley, who was taken.
in eperation„ Dick McQuillin on
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to Victoria Hospital frfrothKincar-• the township maintainerand
dine on Monday: He plows operated • by Roy Cornish.
leg •
has a fract-
Don Gitlespie and Roe Stanley.
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lured and a fractured pelvis.
MaryStruthers
Died- Ill, Toronto
The death 'of MISS .114ary oil!, •
el:rise' Sti-iitherS Occurred in St •
Joseph's Hospital, London, early .
Thursday morning, January 24t.h.*.
'She was 68,, • Miry: sliffered a
severe 'stroke at her home. M To-' . •
ronto on TuesclaY afternoon; and •
did net. regain consciousness.. '
She .suffered, a fractured ,•hipt
in April of • last year, bid had
Made a favorable recovery and
was Planning to 'Shortly resume
her , work. Born ' in this commu-
nity,
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sr:4y,- ' 'she 'alwayt • 'enored-her
visits back '"horne,": and retUrre=
ed last a11forthe United Church.,• .' /,'. '
Centennial anniversary, when she ,•
fiot ahoirt*ith the aid .of a cane. • ' -•
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•Mary:was the deughter ' of 'Wm.,.
Struthers and '.Elizebeiffi Hunter
and was boil.: 'on August 18th,
1894 ,in ' the PararnOtuit district '
en the family farm new-, owned -
by, Orland 'Richarsis.- .
Mary made her home in Lucke.
now for a time with her ageing • '..., '
parents', and after, their . passing '
she went to Toronto -some twenty-
five years. ago, She , was a mild.
mannered, friendly person 'who
rWere comparatively free ofand tioad,
h4pical tro4had many friends in this coin... •
mrs..mccreato is...in Kincardine, ..n.pee,e.ey.i,ruunity who were Saddened to . •
Hospital, with a fractured' arm 8zlearn of her death.
facial lacerationa. . Their 2 , pui?.., Superintendent Allister • Hughes „ .' In Toronto she had been a
lie school; age .e.htidren, Mary & felt they did a'igood jobmember of Emmanuel' United - •
at Kincardine with faCial lacera-• Bulldoring Round The CloCe 1 Church for 22 years , A funeral • ..
' rioSh main roads 'service Was held on rriclat
•ak .• • Shirley, sulfiexed, less ,severe in-
juries. Shirley Was hospitalized In WestWawa
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tions, Mary was . released /roan'
• hospital and is with, relatives in
Iftincardine. • • •• , .
• • Occupants, of the , other car
.Were ' Mr. .and 'Mrs..' Harold
• Hayes ,and three 'children arid 'his
Mother •Mrt, Van Hayes Of Kin-
Cardint Township
• Harold seffered a •frectUred
'knee cap and his Mothera broken.
leg,. Both were taken freen
cardingeardin t< Londori, for .tetatinent
of the fratteres. • ' •
Mrs. • Hayes and her hildren
suffered minor injuries.
Aceident Ashfield
Henry :Drennan; 14.R. 7, Luck-,
. • • now and.., Joseph.' Treethan,. R.R.
•3, Goderich, were drivers of two
' • trucks whith Collided five
north of ,Goderich during Past
• week's blizzard. The collision ate.
curred as both drivers tried to
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aV,eid hitting an abandoned car.
OnLarios SaVer • 'Ali la
Fleet) 14, raid McCabe ,of Sheppardton,
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in the north end of the tetry-nship
were 'passible at the end of the
week, butthe south end was pret-
ty welI bloeked. At least ' one ru-
ral schOol was 'stillclosed. on'
Tuesday, and some farin homes
had been isolated for ten days
bulldNer from Zurich went
into operation on Monday, corn-
ing in by way of Auburn and
•.vvittli two operators, the miehine
worked around the clock Town-
ship p1ow are following up to
impreve the read after the break
through. •
With good weather, • it 'is, ex'-'
pected that all roads will he in
good' condition. this • Week, but
•withttowering banks the least bit
of a blow Will spell more trouble.
• SIMI* Picture •In Ashfield .
ItS ,glinitar picture in'Ashfield
Township, The 4th and the 10th
Concessions Were opened �n •Igon-
day., Two ,bulidozers 'have
'Working tentirtUbusly and a third4
machine was expeeted to join the
alyasserrol' in the Drennan truCk
had his face badly cut, forOe en 'hiesclay afternoon. The*
Turner and Porter, Funeral Home
and the remains restedthat ev,„--
ening at 4he MacKenzie Mem- • • •
oriel Chapel' -in Lucknow, Wh•en' '
'the Service on Saturday Wag' C -Ori-••
ducted. by • Rev. H. W. Strapp
with :the cornmittal. service •in ,
South Kinloss Mortuary await-
ing final in•terrnerit in ,
Cemetery.
Pallbearers, were six riepheWs;
Wm., §trtithers of Acton, Alvin
Struthers of trini Russel Struth-
ers - PreStetti, Gordon Struthers ' • '
of• West W.ewanosh, Lawrence
MaaLeOd and Hugh $'mpsori of
Kinloss. '•
Mary ig" 'Survived by one bro-,,
ther, James Struthers of Erin. - •
She was. Predeceased by twg
.thers, Robert and Albert 'Strtt-
thers, '
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Mr. and Mrs, Edon MacL.ert-.
nan -and fanyny ,who rear tly lest
their home at Lbals1jYby lire
have Moved' into ' t formet-
McCosh house in Ripley.