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1.1CIre.NOW;, QN '41iLC • WE:DIVeSDAY, MBAR, 6 ih, •11963'
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Barn, Feed, Implemants Lost
re
,th,x :b:ir n, A tock, ,feed and irn-
j)1( melts, represented destruction
6tun.itcd .it'' '$25,400, :partially
wive' by insurance. ;Mr. Mac-
1),lna.dl and Grant hav&made no
immediate plans.
:att'le os1t in the. con>la�g.ration.
included t'6. dairy CQWs, •trapped.
the+r stalls, 12 Bead of. fat .cat .,
,tie, some weighing up. to '14300.
pounds, 5,oalves, ineludiing a veal
calf. r•ea�dy, to• ship, whose mother
escaped fi om;:•an adjoining shel-
ter; A. number. 'of the:cows. were
to 'freshen soon,
Those' first on the scene were
able to . get ;close enough to rip
Borne . beards off. the 'end of a.
;shied, :.which perir➢itted the es
cape of' 14; yeung• cantle and the
above mentioned ' cow, •
• Tw`o of'the 'cattle' which were
included in those. lost,: escaped
'through 'the. flames 'but' wereso
badly burned that ' a: veterinary'
ordered their 'deseraret` n. •
Fire � f unknown . origin. which'.
broke out early. last Wedne,sdee
.in � � r
rn ebur 7
ei
uno .� 2 t
a h 1 1 -
r e4 e 1 d
g y � .. �-
a,'1arge b•arn,. on/ !the -Tarn) of,
+1Vl.urdocr ,MacDonald •.anet his. on.
Grant;. The farm ;s 1oc•+ited en
Concession 2, Huron '1' veriehip,.
about two !miles •weele,u•f thre Kip -
ley Raod,
The .fire' :was disc;pver°ed` 'when
Mrs. MacDonald . was awakened
,'by the .tglow of the Ll•,arnee ,vv Telt•
,had ,then. , broken • through.: the'.
barn,' Arousing .:the: �house}ih old, .
Grant called- 'neighbours• and the •
'Ripley Eire .Departm'en�t•, ''which,
was heipless .to do'any,th,in�g other
than stand by 'in ease enter !build-
ings were threatened.
Two feet of snow and a like
depth of ice were {broken...through:
in ,• the river, some 100' .'yards
away, so ,that' . a :water •supply
was available i' f, needed: '
The MacDonald .home " is little
more, than.,125 feet'from :'the 'bar.n,
aiid the aim buildings and e
,of :Wilfred Steele' across the road
were .in the fire :;. hazard . zone. -A`
"favorable wind was a factor
•s afeguargd•ing,'these �liuild'i.n�gs .
ani►
:There 'were .116
well, inciud'ing -11
hog....'
.(Continued 'on
tied •
pigs • lost as
sows and one
page.. 16) ,
Tot � To Undergo;
Second Qperatian
• Au'crey R'itch:e, . 5: -year-old
daughter..of, .,Mr.. and, Mrs. Leo-
nard ;Ritchie 'of town, is a •pat-
ient : in U�ick Children's Hospital,;
London, 'wihere she is underig.oing.
surgery on her 'feet in the ,hope
she may yet !be .able .to walk. •
Audrey bee ,been i the hospi-•
d y n . P
tal since February 9th. Slee. has
had ' an operation '..on one ,ji ieb
and was scheduled oto' leave spur
gery' on the. `oth•er .lima on .Wed-
needay.
Audrey, .has, never .'ibeen.. 'able
to walk, but for the ,,past` few
months has. 't Seen: 'able:. to :.get
around.. :, pretty we,11 in` a ' wheel
chair,`''
Independent Enters In Bruch:;
:Permit Vole: Against Nuclear :Arms'
Dr Alex •S•oarrow of S�auth- S utharreeton where he _operates
a camera
a•rnptoii has entered the• Bruce
,Rid rr :rfederel elettion carripa gn
:g. .
•
•as are independent . candidate, in
Pe
order,'�as ihe.:sa- s; :"togive Bruce
:Y g
• . electors their .onl ' o ortunity
Y pp
to;vote .a a�in•st- the a.cc tance of
• :nuclear arms:"
1Vir 'Sear..row, : who has h: Ph.D.
i c h em cal. eery ineerini from
n h. g. g�
McGill Universit.
Western and fM�cG ] y,
was a .Liberal candidate. for the.
Bruce riding nomination ,last:
year. He has• 'become dissillu
signed by what ,he +poin.ts•.out is
a 'change in rMr..Pearson's nu;
Clear arms • (policy. He : tbelieves
that a vote • for ei bier of • :.the
"old" • parties amounts to ,the
'same thing: so . far .. as nuclear
arms . are concerned, and . feels
that- there :are, a good many in
Bruce wIk ►wi1.1• literally be d s-
�f anehised , if they cannot .voteExpress
Mr; . Searrt* acid tie. Fr.'�aser.
were in: leuckirow the' l,a�tter /part
Of • th•e ' week tt o `get thein, cath -
paign ::underway and 'to • recruit
hat support they .could here.:.
Mr.. Scarrow said his decision'
:to run as ah independent was
not 'Made without first ,consulting
with Sandy •`;MacDonald of 'Kira:
•tail,. who ran last year in Bruce
as the :Social Credit candidate: &,
_Lorne Richards bf Tara who was'
the ND:P.cand�idate. Neither. in
tended...to run: again in `this .elec-
tion'.,
s
pS AT�@Ild�lllt
� oflege Queen;..
;Mary Allan, daughter . of Mrs.
Jessie . Allin of ' town, and a stu
dent at, Loutgheed's.:B•usiness. Ctol-
lege in , Kitchener, had an im-
social
:portant., role, in a' recent soc a
function by' the College:
At, ,the annual -Snowball din
ner dance yin. ;honour otf: the 19611.-
'62
9611-
'62 graduates, the, 19612-0(3 "Queen
Was ': crowned: She, was Mary' Ann
Arnold'::,bf Waterloo. Her atiten
dints ;were Mary �A17 it ' of .Luck -
now and `Heather , /Marcha11 of
K.i�tche ter
a s `rlin
The ;Queen. • recei+ved ;Stirling
g
silver 'bracelet, and the 'attend-
ants, sterling silver ',earrings:
Mary . was pianist tor ' the ev-
ening , and as the event ': took
.place on` her +birthday --Friday,.
February 22nd, she twas, piaesent-,
ed w'i'th a' :ibirthday cake:
Single Copy' 10c 16 Pages
WILL 4$SERVE 91st
BIRTI I?AY NEXT. VVE,EK
Mrs Wilson Irwin,. a life-
long resident of Ashfield sand
:Lueknow, will observe her
91st �birthdaY on ,Tuesday of
next Wwee:k, March ,1,2th •
Mrs. Irwin is ,,pr:esently rn
W.ir g�harn Hospital; 'having
taken suddenly gill last Thurs-
day rw.hieh, required her being
taken to the hospital.
Miss NucGregor
linety On. Tuesday
Miss: Catherine MacGregor, of
' Lucknow. observed ,her 94th birth-
•day on Tuesday, March 5th, and
while no',festiv'ities were planned,
limey '.friends called or sent ines.
sages.. of. tengretAul`ations and beat
wishes:.
Miss. MacGregor is enjoying'
good hearth although is..soinewhat.:
,handicapped `(while convalescing:
from •a h'ip deacture 'suffered last
Oetotber'.. She was • heepitalized
for :two ,'months, until returning
�� xnas,-B<ki
gets ' about the • house with the
aid of a walker or.: a cane, and
is !bright; cheerful and: +alert .as
'always. •
Miss •MaeGragor ;is a ..daughter
of the late'Dona'ld (D' N.) .Mac-
Greg
ac,
G g d J M K
•
against Canada's.;''acce,ptanc,e • :of
nuclear•�ar+ms. He, pointed 'out the.
"independents" ' have • support
'froth both .Liberals. and . Conser-..
vatives as•well 'as::those :who are:
not convinirtted:••to any party;
• Dr' D:A, Milne of Kincardine
expressed ;s�isnilar views recently
p •.
*then he "broke:" with the Liber- antario; to 'a 'Toronto ;• furniture
i-. n an•d �w:eod'products'..fn n was con-
ed
party, 'He had been mento ,� .. �. d• (March' 4) byAl-
to a
as a possiliale independent •cap..firmed y, { •
didate bitt toulzd 'not 'consider it �btrt ,Menzies; vice -pi esident .'of
s , H, ; on his 'Beatty •Bros:• .Limited. Price
becatr�'e. of other :deanatld.
.time' .. . •
Dr.. Milne is acting as chair-
man of ';`rhe .Committee •til Elect
an Independent in. Bruce " Don -
Confirm Sale Of Local Plant,
Satisfaction
The followin�i news •: , release
has' been issued' by' Frank Cham-
berlain of Toronto, publicist for
Beaty Bros. Ltd.... of: Fertgus:
Sale,•: of the Beatty Bros Lim-
ited ladder factory at Lticknow,'
• • 'w:as • tiot d;sc;losed' Sale. f the
real s'''tate •firm' of Paul S. Staff'r.
and. Co., O,ren,gE''v,ille, ` ° •
• The., 'ladder. factory •'in Luck -
ald : Fraser,. En tish .teacher at
g
•1 int u a handled. thi oug t;he
Ripley District High School :is
secretary. arid Jack filditcli :of
Wiarton • is treasures':•
Dr. Sceerow•.ai�rived at:the:de
eisiol to run as an .independent.
Soul . little iti1mi a'l;o-, but Willi
held" announcement until:af-
ter !the Conservative and Liberal'
tions ' lest '
fiornrnating_ , �conventiv .,
same. would• Misinterpt et . the.
sincerity' txf' his purpose; , '
.Dr. Scarrowattended Weste'r'n
and McGrill . Universities• and has,
, ,, iineee-
has Pile), in .chemteal er g
ing. He attended' eWeetern with
Graham McNay of Ottawa ' ed
461pricrly' 'of, this ommttnity: •
• Dr,, S�carrew •,wa. engar� ed in
. ilxloe;he:m�ica.T"' restsi•t�h, as teethiii-
-meal director with PontoUre-Wyeth
at', Sao paring :Brazil:'
He attended pu!blic • school. at
Allenford, Contin.uatioti School
eat "1 ata'. ilii: h Scheel ,at • W iai`ton
and tt .iri le,aei it heti ptOfess ti,
'returned' oto his native county
• terok up a r tr►or'o: leisurely l,i'te at
a\ was. eeta�blished mere, than
n c '�
r r; ego and tt'as`�bowgh�t by
t;
-13pat�ty; Bros. l ireited in 1958,
latterly •'em�pldyifg • around 25
'.en..At eak times 35• were em -
m p.
.lo yed;•', The 'factory has been
p y.
close '' ince) •I'e.bi�uar y .ls,t, and
opened again" last week• to..nwve
the stud ,to . the Beatty Bros.
pla`nt`at Fergus, The ladders are
iiow being so.1d, and the cotnp-
any ha•s discontinued making
Ixi'Eidri'; New policy of Beatty
Bros, is •to 'curtail the- number
irf • roduCts manuia�etured Arid to
p
c'oncent"rate !all .its efforts on'' its
Brei:( of barn equipment and
stabling, home appliances; • boat
t+ r
trailers •a 1 special contracts,
The riew owe V . ore expected
tel 're -open, the f a�ctory • • around
;arch 55th and are expected to
M•.
employ'crone men than hereto-
fore: •
Bros, l.:imite.d has writ-
ten
ten rt.t�i.'Reeve Ci ..W `;,loyal. _and,
the Leckie) town council. ex=
dTIIirTh�nks:
ressie e 'recia�tion.'. tor imany
p ..g pp
courtesies shown' . (the :company
since it :.'.started :operations' • in.
Lucknow. Mr Menzies said that
he was deliig�hted that the new'
owners ' w:o�uld employ more
workers than„were e•mploYed Abe:.
fore.
4 resses A reciat n
C p 11t1P . A
/h 'mentioned. letter is
T re above
ae tfol'low5
Fergus, Ont., Mar; 4 •963•
Mr. G. W. Joynt,”
Reeve of I u•cknew,
°L:ucknow ' Onttark).
ITear Reeve'J�o 'nt:
y
Now that 'the sale•'of the •eeetty
Ladder : Fec�toi y iri Luck.new has
been t;om�p•leted, I .,arn. •wr'iting: to .
you and the Lucknow Council to.
e .press bur sincere appreciation
for :•the .'many kindnesses that
have been shown to our people'
during the' time 'we have been in.
L•tteknow, • 'llhe ' ce operiat'ion• 'you
have, shown 'us :heee been highly
valued,
It is a, s•our•ce .of :great•.eatisfac-
tion •oto us •that, the factory has
Y"
been. so
l.•d to a firm' that will
employ :more people;ithan before,'
and we are sure .that tfie new
'owners ,will be shown ,the :sable
�geneI ous :courtesies we have re•e
ceived, I am ,taking, the Lijbe:rty
of sending a'` 'copy of this letter -
e?) the editor. of the ' Luck;�� ow
t n
Sentinel,.
With kind regards,
.Witt ,
• •'V"ourrs cordially;r
• / :A, A. P, 1Vr'enzie,
Viere-l✓';i�eslcl'ciat and. General
Be~atty' Bros. Limited.
re or an essie ac' enzie
Cape. Breton; where she was
born, She came to Ashfieldtwith.
her parents as :e young ,woman..
Miss MacGregor' has , resided in
Lueknow. : !ler over' X50 years end
until her retirement,' her 'serve-.
ces . were .in constant demand. , as
a dressmaker• at which &7'e:vctas
moat adapt. ' •
Mass MacGregor ;is the ' ..eldest
of :a' family of '•six. Her only sis,
ter, Mrs: George "Stuart,' and 'Mr,.
Stuart ` and Joe of St. Helens,
now, make their Thorne, with her:
Miss MacGregor ' is :not •e nasus-
tanked 'to fractures.-` In : recent
.years she ':has, suifered two hp
fractures and a Ibrakeri wrist:,..
Legs—Broken...
In: Mo=tor. Mishap
Mrs. H. S.. (Laura) Lavery of
`Liu„cknow is a patient in Gode-'
rich Hospital with both legs frac-
tured. near the 'knees as a result
`� of is<on on S
.cf a motor' car zw 1 un-
day afternson. Mrs Lavery, who
is 86,' has .both legs, h casts _and
is resting as • •acarnfortably as. cyan.
be •expected. She also,'suffered a
fractured, flinger and facial lac-
erations. .
She was a passeneger in a car
driven, by Reiner Urbach. of
Lucknow, ' . who` received, anere6r,
cuts and was not 'hospitalized. In
the back, and escaping injury,,
were . Mrs.: ' Do`rothy, 1VI•acLeod : of . ,
gLrua,cnkndo•w,
child.
eer young son ' and' a -
The Lucknc wites, were enroute'.
to: Goderich 'to attend a -church:
service,. and were • on •their; way
to ,Piek-up ,'other passengers en-
• route; The accident happened on
.the .Bogie Sideroad, about five..
milesnorth of Godericb.. The Um.-
+back ear .and • one driven bee Wenn.
Merkel :of: •St. ' Pauls, were in
head -en 'collision- on ' the nar
row roadrwith , wesibility limited
'by ,high snow !bariks. arid a .curve:
in, the road. '
Mrs R, "T: :Doig las has, . gone.
g•
to. Wingham to be with her
daughters. since: • Mrs. • Lavery's
.accident, c '
r•
•
•Have
-i"-:akn: e UVet'
.:,At Belgrave
Store
Mr. : and Mrs Roy:' Charles of
L•is+t..pwel . moved to• Belgr,ave last..
week; having ; purchiased .Clan ;•
ence Hannn•a's .general store.
Associated .. ,•with ,the •. store
business ie.. the .Beegrave Post .
Office and a rural mail route:, .. +
Mrs. Charles is. • the; former
Haze l,. Culbert `. • of Ripley, 'who‘
•for:a•'nurnber of years operated a
beauty 'Salon in Lucknow: :
and�dates �
Named
Huron. g aidins. Wt
With candidates now named,
in both Bruce and Huron'fedeeel
ridings ,the election campaign'
has started to poll and will quick-
ly be in high gear '•for. a hard
driving, . but' : relatively short
campaign; that will eulmin�ate
with ...the electors going. ,to (he
polls: four; weeks' 'from next
Enjoy Pancake
Sipper... And Cards
/The W.A... 'of St, Peter's Ang-
lican Churchattempted a new
project,.•on• 'Puesday `of laet.. *week
when -they staged' a rpanc•ake
supper, Which Wasn't rgenerally.
publicizad .. •n' case . it Would ex
eeed What .they could ` handle.
There were' about75 at the.
.s.uppe.r, which 'Was. so` successful
that. it will. no doubt ,be staged
on a . bigger' scale, next year.
A,card party followed
,t
he,
Supper •and he ladies had enough
pie and donuts to 'serve lunch,
at the •Gose of '.thearty,
,Prize. winners were •'Fred. Mc-
Qu-illin,•. Donnie Gau'n't,: Hiughie.
Johnston, Mrs,. Ford Cunningtharh,
Mrs. 11/41',./: 1VIacKenz.ie, Mrs. Har-
vey . Mole.
Special iprizes .went 'to Mrs,
Marga•ret ,Sprott}, Elmer John-
• ston and Jim i etchabaw, ,
Prue• winners at 'th'e previous
c.ar,d party were Mrs. • A:ustit
Solomon, Mrs. Oscar. Hoc cies,
Les Pueve's,, 'reed McQutl'in and North for ..the Liberal candidates,.
Fred' Jaeksoh,' • • • Ill wa, Mr. Campbell wh o„ra j-:
�;• `bE'en d�s- tined Murray .-Gaunt's ;a;y.�. •ec.:.rin•
in
Bruce% And>
Weeks To
Monday, April' pth,
First 'candidate named,, was:
Coordon • ,McGavin, .ache reeeiv�ed,
the. .Huron Liberal nomination
two weeks •ago.' He is a new-
comer:, to federal politics and
will be, up against , a• veteran ,
campaigner.,,' Elston Cardiff, 'who
has : 'represented the riding :!gas a
Progressive Conservative for ;23
years; Mr Cardiff received.: an;,,
acclamation On Friday evening.in le!
Clinton •w+vth no other . candidate
being nominated: For Mr.: Card-
iff it will b•e his 8th election cam-
pargn;
As'• :this •is • written' there has
been. no .announcetnent• as' yet • Of
any, other candidates in 'Huron:
• ' .. Three : In Bruce
• :Such is not', the Case ` in Brace.
Last Thursday night in : South-
ampton.
outh-
.a�mp�ton • the Progressive .Conner-
votive • !convention chose John.
Lone�. 't •f :the: T'.�verton-Glaims
,distrkt . a•s. • their candidate
• li r to
suceed ' another ° veteran cam..- ,
paigner,, Andy• Robinson, wl b
'has retired. There.. Were three
candidates •with Mrf Loney suc•
cessful` on the fir 'ballot
.., first
The !following evening 'Fri-
day in Port • Elgin the Liberals
,agaie picked John MacKenzie of
Underwood' in Bruce Towtri h'i;p,
'There !"were. four nominees, with
the decision settled on' ,the third
ballot between „Mi' .. MaclKesizie
and • Chester, Merriam of Tara.
Me: Ma•rriath is .,actin as Mr.
MacKenzie's 'campaign • n`ianager.
13c b Campbell. of •Toronto and
Dan Murphy, Goderieh barrister,
are' heeding up the organization
in t1'e ridings inWeetern Ontario
r
pa-i�.ties hat
coi�.tir ue•cl until '611ftet• Lent; ampa gn' Mast fad,