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L'UCKNOW,''ONTARIO •WEDNESDAY, JULY . 17, 1963
Single Copy 1Qc 12 PrageS:
lia........Fieki-. dire :D..,esIroy€iI 400 Bales
Before .Being .Brought under, Contra
t ucknow Fire DepartAnent. had The farm is on, Concession - 6
their' first'•'fire call in some 'time Ashfield, west of •Glenn's.HX *11
. about "five 'o'clock on •Friday which •Mr. Penich !bought fr"om
afternoon, !lake ;Bros, Mike is harvesting
It was to the Ashfield Town-: a large crop of ,hay, 'and had
ship farm of :Mike Penicb,, where his gang ,at work at the time. of
'hay . field. 'was abla e, With the out'breal , reportedl:, caused
the w fire .sweeping over 4 or 5 from a sparll' .from one of the
acres . before controlled; Some tractors.
400, bale's ' were. destroyed, • Mr. Penich • is himself, • a ' pa-
. Adjoining hay fields and •i ear- tient in 'Qoderich hospital •With,
by ibtishland made• the outbreak a • disc out, causing him to. tem
"a real threat with the, prolonged porarily • lose the full use of one
• dry' spell ,makingeverything tin- leg. He • •was in the 'hospital at.
der dry: ' .' . .. the time of the ,fire.."
New Treleaven`. Feed Mill Rises From
Fire. Ashes, Now Open dor Business
'From • the • ashes: of. what ..ap-
, pealed like a major • industrial
tragedy for this community, has
arisen • an imposing: new . struc-
ture sof cement and ' steel ' '
It is the new Treleavens Feed
Mill Which is nova►.in, operation,
less than -a year . after .fire raz-
ed 'the . !building which housed'
Lucknaw's 'oldest industry; and'
now, operated by Jack Treleaven
a fourth . generation "member of
the '.Treleaven family,
It was• : early . Wednesday7rior-.
Hing, August 2.9th, . that flames
roared .through. this ,mill,. and
only a calm night prevented .the
• coriflagration from possiibly
spreading; As it wasflying 'em
' .'bers created a-. hazard for for .sev-
eral; blocks,' roof 'wat'chers `kept
guard, and.:cars parked near the•.
scene of • the ; fare ,had enamel
damage from the hot embers.
Within two.' --weeks Jack Tre-.
`leaven announced jrla�ns 'to. re-.
ibuild the feed. plant. The mill.
had been converted, •several
yearsibefore from "flour ' milling
to a' feed mixing' and ;'manu
facturing 'eplant: '..
The new Ml l ' is entire'ly, elec-
trically
l
powered, rendering use -
ss: the :mill race which .pow
Zion ' Girls Best:
Sp�llers. At.. L. P.S.
.. Two Zion . district .girls: who
attend_.. Lucknow-.-.Rwb1-ic---�Sehool,-
had• highest. standing in spelling
and represented the local local school•
on the. "Focu's On Lucknow" pro-.
gram on CKNX-TV Mast Week.
They 'are Wanda .'Hunter, 13,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Inn
Hunter; .and,. Donna 'Ritchie,••'1,2
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ` Har-
vey Ritchie:
Both are Grade .VII students,
and. each
received a of f
9V0 in 5 eY>ng. this year at
L.P.S. Wanda is 'a pupil of
,Stua•rt • Collyer.. and Donna is ; a
pupil of Miss 'Ruiby'•Webtb..
The girls madean excellent
showing with only one mistake
in their television spelling debut.
It was obvibus that 'they were
puzzled -on the' first word, but
from there on "settled down"
and tied a perfect score.
ered the Mi11` wheel, and the
Mune, .below• the. mill. This' was
.filled : in wit1): the debris from
the 'old inill when Construction,
was started .and .gives: an. imp
prov.'ed approach and yard •room
at the new mill: ,
In' announcing. this :week they
are "open for business,"
Treleaven .advertises a full • line.
of feed =-• mash :,or, .pellets, a
complete feed Mixing 'program,':
,chopping, ,rolling; 'mixing,.:mo-
lasses
molasses blending : and .,bulk • : feed
.service:.
New. Transport Bldg
Another Imposing 'steel, and.
cement building goes ,into oper
•ation this•. week- It . is , Gordon
Brook's' 'new transport shed nn
'Inglis. St., three blocks. north of,
the Sunoco ' Garag'e.
The ne'w -.building. sits well
back .' from the 'street, to give -
spacious grourill,s• +for the Brooks
Peet of trucks• The .buiIding sits,
near the east bank of the Nine
Mile River to . the north • of the.
footbridge, • •
Gordon.. has conducted Iiis v ex
tensive transport: ibusiness. from
'the former united Church shed
on the corner' .of C•amipbe.11 and
Havelock Sts:, • w'hic'h he had
leased• from ;the. Vi lige .
He commenced construction of
the'big' sheds Mast fall, abut a
severe. winter decided him''to
halt building Until. this - spring,`
Tri.o..T.Iiad. . 8,000
Mile Motor Trip`
Fred Pierce, •. manager - of , .the
Lucknow and District ,Co—op, is
back .on the job this week- after
a three-week-' vacation •trip, .dur-
ing which ,he and two compaij-
Ions covered. some: 8,300 .miles. .,
Fred • accompanied. Don Reutz
and Norman . Windgrove of . Mild-
may . on _the• trip, iby way of. the
.Trans Canada. Highway to Van-
.couver, ' with •a 'stop -off at Banff'.
and. •Lake Louise;
From, . Vbtoria they went ' to
'Seattl'e and down the .coast. to
San. Francisco and• •Los Angeles.
Heading north-eastward, , they,
returned by Las Vegas, . .Sault,
Lake City, Denver, .'St. Louis„
Chicago :and 'Detroit. '
SurgeryWill ' Permit tittle.
�n Limbs
Fall.
This GirI- To Start. To .,Kinder ar#en ,
Audrey 'Jean Ritchie, 5 --year don and 'has undergone, a series
Did daughter of Mr.. and Mrs:, of four operations,, The initial
Leonard' Ritchie . of : town,.will.surgery was. on Audrey's heels.
oroba�b`1y start t.. i dergarten Late ° in May she underwent
�.�� at to Kindergarten :_ ..
his:. al ._:..� .. ..-...b. . ur er :. on:.. hex_...hips and ssi�ce
_...•� 1 on crutches but g y
vhcch ,is more thatn her parents then Audrey had been in ,casts.
:mild even •,is On Tuesday of last.week : the
•h,ape . ,for when.th
little irl• a casts came off permanently,. fit
.g was born.:
Audre� - ... of is ,hoped,' and the , first therapy
y. had a rnalforxnatian ,
xer feet;will be to adapt Audrey to the
which ,prevented her..
g .� . lly
roan 'Nv�a•1kin, - and it was •quer-. use• of crutches and eventua
ionable if m, 1doe, to .walk unaided,.
much could be done, .....
+everal months London ' If Audrey can getabout : ori
t s ,ago a
lector l - 'the• crutches by September .'she
felt he could h�e1,p AU- � . ,. -
lie . a �. ubt
start to
kinder
. ,y>. �nd since last.. �bruary will n , o
he has .spent- much of ;her: time:: o�arter , '
Sick Children's H'ospitAl•, Len- ,
FIy Overseas This
Month On Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Jack England.
of Con: 2 Kinloss .are ,planning
to fly .overseas ' the ' latter part
of this • ,month,• and their plans
have bbeen. 'finalized, •.provided'
their pas ports come through'
Jack and • Joan will. fly ,from
.1Vlalton. on Monday, .July 29th
with -London airpoert astheir
immediate destination: Mrs. En-
gland's father, :brother,, ' .sister
and several aunts ',reside. in
England.. Her mother '.died two
years ago.
For • Jaek who was overseas,
during the . war, it will he : a
'going..' back" trip and for Joan
it will 'be "going home.'". She
came out :from ,England sixteen
years .ag•o. •. last February to Can-
ada to be married. ,
' Mr, and Mrs: Englund. will also.
:go.,'to France., the• ,Primary .purr
pose being' to visit Dieppe and
the •war. graves . of some of •his
comrades : ,of the' Essex 'Scottish
who ':lost their•: lives in that in-
vasion. •
Mr. and ,Mrs . England will •,be
away. for 'about ifive..Weeks...
:New. Addition SendS:
•L.0.HSe.Levy (Jp:
The INT budget ' was jpresented.
and rev'iewed'at the :July meet-
ing of-, the ,Lucknow District
High School • Board and ' $75,000
was levied • to • cover . •current
year':s expenses. An ..: increase ' of
$7,86250 was necessary in •'the'
debenture' levy over 1196+Z•.:figure,
for debentures issued in connec-
tion with • the new .addition :to.
the ':school, . This amount` is nr.
eluded in :.the total ''levy for the'
year.
Third. .And final payment of.
$1,082.69 ' was approved-` to
Messrs. Sauter. and •Allison; arch
•tests,° to be paid from the Build
iing Account.
Sundry, accounts from the gen
eral • account amounted to
$.1,6x1144..
Increased insurance on the ad-
dition and contents is to .be re-
d d et at the Augur
viewed
an .: s t.
,meeting •
Sundry :repairs are 'to ,be at-
tended to ;by the Property, Com-
mit -tee -during the summer and
co'mpleted ',before -.school. open-.
ing... .
i.6Yea.r:OJ.::,:Son' Of Former Residen
KiIIed
In Road Constriction � Accident
Kenneth Harltan, a . grandson.
of Mr.,and Mrs. Peter :Carter,
formerly of Lucknow,' was fat-
ally injured on, Wednesday.., mor -
ping, en' ' crushed under' a.
heavy piece. • •of road construc-
tion machinery. • •
' Kenneth, who was in his 17thyear, was a' son of Mr and :Mrs,
.Melvin' Harlton ' of Lobo Village.
Mrs. 'Hariton is the. former Eu-
nice Carter... Ken's father is em-
ployed with the Peel .Construc-
:C
tion ,ompany, andKen . had
summer employment with the
firm, for the, past two `or. 'three
years. ' He 'was an industrious
and. studious youth who would
have entered • Grade 13 in • the.
fall •
His Dad was working . on the
same `job, The'fatality occurred
.R
en •Reesor oad inthe north. end
of, Scarboro,• Where a highway
site. was being :graded
Mrs. Marlton, :and'• mernibers of_
her • ,fami•1y- wer 'in Lucknow
that day, : she having, called on
Mrs ` Alfred Ritehie.', Mrs'. Hari -
ton's 'sister, Miss, Mary;Carter
of Guelph, owns a .cottage in'
the .Arnberley-Point Clark area
and Eunice . was doing some
work for hoer•• .at the, :cottage; -
while Mary Was taking a .sum-
mer course..
'• When Mrs, Hariton ' ; arrived.
home' at Lobo that evening she,
learned of the tragedy that had •
taken Ken's' life. There are ;five
other children in the- family,
Belson. of Wilkie, Sask,, Clif-
ford, Carlyle, Shirley and Sheryl
at home.
A private• funeral ,Service with
a closed casket was held
Friday afternoon at. Ailsa Craig, ' ,
with .. interment in St.' Marys
Cemetery, 13rinaley. , •
Ken's maternal grandparents,'
Mr: and Mrs. Peter.: Carter, re-
side , in Guelph. They 'have a
family of six, .unice, Mary, Ei- •
leen, *My,. Lois • and John,- The
Carter family were born' there,;
but have been gone: • from , Luck -
now for upwards of two decades.,
The Carter home was • at .the
Second•-�Conce on, now owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Ford: Cunning=
ham. 'Pete; did; some . `drayintg`
business with: a spirited team
of whites, and'. was : oh the , sec- •
tion . crew 'when transferred.
from here.
Broiher-Jn4tiW:,Of ' : J:a es Culbert
Disappeared !n . on.� 'Way •� East
Mystery:' . still surrounds . the • While in Manitoba,' Mr. Mac
:drsappearance, of a` brother -in Lerman '.decided he.. would prefer
law of James: 'Culbert' of Luck- to return to'.Vancouver, and it
now. ; He is Ken MacLennan and' was, planned that • he, "and;, his.
an ' his &0th year: Mrs; MacLen-• wife would fly home and• give . .
non' is the'form.:B
er arbara Cul-_ up the idea„ , idea.. of the ' trip East':
�i ert, a native of .. Ashfield. Mr.' That evening +Mr.: , MacLennan.
MacLennan :came i from the pais- • `' "pu:t' ,On his ' �b:at" sand, went out
ley ;district, of -doors .a'nd' hasn't. since been
They have resided in the West seen. His absence 'was' noted just,'
for over '. forty years . and their a few. Minutes after 'leaving 'the
present. :home, is n'i Vancouver, home,'. but a search. and ,policeMr. and'Mrs: MadLennan�.'':had investigation ;failed to •bring any
come to the. Verdun .district ; in results: °Even, dogs were `used to
rMani ba to visit their daughter no avail in trying ..to ;pack up
.and on -in-law and to .. ascot- 'scent: That is nearly-, three weeks
pany -them' (East: ago, :and there hasn't .been. ,a clue.
as • ...to, his ,fate,
• Mrs. •MacLeniian has returned
to cher home ••in Vancouver.' The
son -tin -law' and -daughter. motor-
ed' east last. week ,ands' on S• un
clay': and ' Monday visited; with
Mr. and Mrs. Culbert
Arm. ; Br�ken .
o e V'hen.
•
•Tram ed . By p
Carolyn ' zl'O•year o1d.clau-
:gh'ter . of 'Mr,.. And •Mrs: Clarke'
Zinn, Ashfield Township, is a
patient to .Wingham 'Hospital
with a. 'broken' arm.
Car and. her r 8 -year-old
• o yn
:Reply, �/
On. :.�Y.etbrother, , Ga'rry; were holidaying; holidaying :' There. friss!' Sudbury,.,
EVERYONE .: WAS ; HAPPY
A couple of weeks ago two
young lads, • Greg Hunter and his-
cousin'.
is-
cousin Tim. • Hunter, Who was
LegforYrlicence
AppI ication
No word • has _been received
here concerning : the application
of Lucknow ,Branch of . the Roy-•
a'l •Canadian. Legion' for a clb
licence...
•Last . week 'the -Free Press car-
tied' a report of licences ;being
granted to Legion branches at
,Kincardine,- Rodney, . Petrolia,
and the Maitland' Golf Club.
• The. local Legion's .applic•ation
• for a Club licence was one of
several which were he3 ard' • at- a
meeting of the .iquor, Licence'
Board at • Kitc•hener in' mid-May.
Decisions we're reserved at'
that time in all cases, A Legion
official contacted: this week Said
noword. h� been ,d b en received here
for. or against the requeest.
Th'e '.a'pplication was as fol-
laws; "•for the issuance of a
club` 11ceiite (recti iete.dr, ' for ,the
sale arid consumption. of ibeer
and wine with meals and beer
without meals . an an establish-
ment -.classiified as a .Club."
Granting of the licence 'would
require extensive renovation •and,
nloderilizing of the Legion. Main-
tenance aii.d. ' operation of the,
Ib`u'ilding•as .presently largely de-:
pendent on the ''operation of.
Weekly bingos by the Legion. °
at, the home of their--aunt-7-and,
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Lorne Howe,
Teeswater. Carolyn,'while
horse
-
ba k riding Saturday norning,
i fell off with the,
horse' tramp -,I
•ing on ',her( arm midway' ibe- ;I
tween the ' wrist, and elbow. •
Carolyn was -.taken to .h•ospitaf
where the break wai'set and 'a
cast . applied. It is expected: she
will bein'hospital until the.,
end of • the week.
. a illtt a `'billfold with two.
$1.00 bills neatly folded,.in it..: •
They brought it into The Sen= • .
tinel • Office to • find .; out' what:
to do. We advertised it,. Young..
John Anderson,' Boundary West.
had Dost it.
So, we charged John' ,50c for
the : advt. and split' it between
Greg '•'and Tim who had a re-
ward of
e-ward^of "two -bits". each for their
honesty..
Garden
Party Supper; ls. gig ,feature.
f Lions Carni�r�� dight This' Thursdap`
There 'will be .feasting and fun
at the Lucknew and District
Lions •Club summer carnival on
Thursday evening of this week
in• •the' arena„
•.A ;cold ,meat and salad supper
with . all. the trimmings' and
•hornemade • pies and ',Cakes, un-
limited, baked ib_y
"- the wives of
the Lions "Chit members, . will
be the opening feature of the
event.' All perishable foods „will'
Abe under modern refrigeration,
Members, .'of the `Chub have
been readying the arena ..this
Week for the occasion. with ''sup-
peer to • be served from . 5i00 to
8;00 p,ip There will be• musical
entertainment dtiring the: sup-
per, In addition, the Liielt low
D.II,S. Band and the Majorette
'Corps in their 'new •uniforms; will
add• • free entertainment. They'll
parade from ••'the school at 6;00
p.m.' . and present' a half ' hour
program:
F'ollbwing the supper/ there
wilt be •a variety; of, children's
garries, games of chance .and a
monster::,_J,uigo:•_ -for --valuable -
prizes.; ! .
At 10;00 p.m. there will be
Banc •n g . to music by ... Carruther's °
orchestra. and. at ,midnight .a
prize, draw for.. )bonds ' of. $100
and $50,00' plus` five corisola'tion
prizes.
Proceeds:. are .for.
• :,,. •, : a Lions Wel•
fare • work' . including assistance• ° .
g
to the surnmer classes for: swim -
Ming nnstr tction,