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.LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1063.
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Mrs,
Two• .Floodlight Standards At Ball
Park Topple In Wind Storm *Monday
iG bson, 2nd#; :Edith Elliott,. c°
E;' iCowan, rf; Shirley John-
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ston, rf; Marilyn • Cuip, p:
Legionaires — Art Andrew;
cf; George thin,. 114' Jack Mac=
1?ona:ld,'° ss;" *rad Greer, rf
Clarence .Greer, ; c; Hugh Cum,.
ing, 3rd; Bill Chin, 3rd; Glen
Tasker•, rf;• Jack Cook,•• lst; .Alex
Hackett,.. p. .
UM•Russ Johnstone.,
and 'Howard Agnew.
A ,wind and' rain st •rm, which
lilt this area briefly 'late ° 4VIon=
day • ,afternoon, took its toll : in
:damages at .the Lucknow Ball
Park- • when two of the' flood-
light
lood-
li �;t :poles snapped off • at the
abase and came dawn.
The •damage, was noticed late
yin
the . • afternoon and upon• •be
ing notified; the : town works
department found the pole in
the left outfield snapped off and
close to ',the• :ground The (pole
near: third base was also . broken
off and listing 'badly: • Both .poles
were supported- by the . wires
and thisprevented them from
lalling completely .to .the ground...
As there was quite a.; strain
on the other four poles, two-be-
hind
two•be-hind the. plate; •.one near first
base• and one in rightfied,and
they- were also in danger of 'bops
piing, the' two broken • poles were
quickly !brought to the ..ground
to '.relieve rhe. danger, to the
:other . standards.
.The' pinepoles }behind the
plate each carry two floodlights;
'bhe poles., at first " and third,
three • lights, :and the poles
the outfields,, four lights; This
is quite a •blow to,sOftball teams
using the park, : strbiking in mid
season A game scchedduled by
the , Intermediates .,on ` Monday'
naturally' had'. to be postponed.
The floodlights were installed
in the .local park by the :Luck-
now Branch of• the Canadian Le.-
n early i a y :Tune. of 1946; ,,15
years ''ago Tl* 615'$oot ,,poles
were cut from the. Simpson ibush'.
at .Whiteehureh and an Ontiario.
Hydro crew Y "set, them up" At.
that tithe; bleacher seats • were
cons•tz,.wted iby: volunteersfrom
the ' Legion and. much . work was
spent on . impreving and: relo-;
cating the ,ball diamond. ; After
a dela running north and south,:' toward
y,'• •in receiving- reflectors g -
for the lights, the: ofificia1 open- the west end . of the building
may be. in the vicinity of. the.;
foundation of the old Clark's
Hotel
which stood On this . cor=
ner • and was destroyed .;'by fire
many years ago:
k A drainage iblockageresulting.
from the'' construction ;of the
artificial ace' ,plant; and: which
"was remedied' this . spring, may
have been : a factor in the, bulg-
Tot Broke Leg In
Fall From :Steps.
Kendra • Elphic'k, 2 -year-old
daughter of Mr. and ,Mrs, Ken
E).:phick (Joyce Hackett) of Loc-
halsh, is' a , ,patient in Wing).
.'ham. Hospital with a broken leg.
The injury was .received in:•:a,
fall' .off thesteps at the home,.,
with • the • fracturre occurring
above' the knee •of.tli,e right leg° •' The unusual happened at the
i
:It is expected .''chat Kendra
will have the limb in traction
for about three months.'
:The maternal grandparents 'are.
Mr. and. Mrs. • Tom. Hackett of®
town ,who learned Of the mishap
as fithe : Lions ;, carnival 'was get-
ting. underway at supper tune
on' Thurs'day'.. ,•
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No. Sentinel For
Next
;1'o Weeks
The Sentinel ' office will
close at . ,the end • of this.
week: for. two Weeks vaca-.:
tion. ,
. . There will' be no issue of
the .paper on July Y 31 and
open, E.IJ.B. Young People's And. 'Fa ifiily •
P .
Camp At Silver Lake; Manager To Be
Permanent,� Winter • ilio Poss!b e s
This month • caw the- official' ter known to "old timers . as
opening of' a new campsite at Blackhorse Lake.. ' It • :is an. 're
Silver Lake by the .. EvangelieaI cent years.' that the potential • .of
this inland • lake has ' become
more fully valued. The. • E.U.B.
Church 'has owned thecampsite
property :for .3 or. 4 years. Last
Year Ernie King acquired. the
Hodgins cabins .,and access.;lighfs
to'. the north-east of the lake.
Started Work' In May:
Work • of constructing perman
ent •buildingsat the E.0 B. camp
rn
c o m errliced in May, and chum- •
ober of 'cabins,' administrative
buildings, etc., are now in :use.
Only a couple of buildings ;' are '"
visible ' • from the ,County High -
Way south of Kinloss Village..
The. cabins • are •nestled in the
privacy of a: ` high :embankment.
There . are• three cottages for
boys ,:and three for girls., '
The camp has a present en-
rolmoent . capacity for 72 young
';people,. ,plus the c... .;staff '
Yotingpeoples camps are being
held successively. during the
August 7th. , The next ' pa- •
United Brethren 'Church, to 'serve
the south and Central : western.,
Ontario area The camp :was de-
dicatedin an impressive cere-
mony. by • Rev. E. E. Hallinan,
superintendent of the Canadian,'
Conference E.U.B. Church..
The ' camp manager is Clifford
Robinson''of Arnstem, • Ontario,
with '.Mrs.. :Robinson at. camp
cook Mr.binson ci • '-
R was: 'inti •
:pal of a four -room' public school
at Powassan' prior to :accepting
the 'camp manag went ipoat,
which will be a, year-round , posi
tion. Mr.- Robinson may have
some ' spare' time • for supply
teaching;.
.Winter Possibilities
T1e: • . camp site . contains' . a
large acreage, , that will permit
Le ion''s .wee i expansion sand. 'development. •It
g kly; b ngo last
:is situated on the farm land
Thursday evening, when two
overlooking 'Silver' Lake :,from the
jackpots ' were Won ` fora:. total
• .. soo
uth-west:. The lake,., 1.0• miles
prize : money. . of $164.00, . • north . of Lucknow • • may .e bet.; (Continued on ' rage ' 12
perwill bei _published, on
• 14th.
Rural correspondents are
,requested to combine ;the,
news highlights for these'
two weeks: and send in this.
news on August 'nth and 6th.
The'regular news budgets
for .;the next issue should
• then ' be sent in as • usual
on Monday, August ..12th.
Two
At L
Jackpots Won..
egion Bingo
Discover 'Arena
Floor Heave4
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ft 9
When: the artificial ice sys
4ean plastic 'pipes ;were lifted' at..
the, arena •last -week, it :wias. lis-
covered. that' the.; asphalt :floor
im the building was 'heaved and
cracked. .
Some suspect • the cracking,
ing 'was ...held... in• late' July of
that. year. '
A double header :featured the•
opening, of the lights, Lucknow.
Scotties,: a girls. team, played to
a 13=13' draw with Listowel. In
the :second :game, the Lucknow
Legionaires edged Linwood. 14-13.
Of interest locally is.' the ; lineup;
of the. ;Lucknow, -;teams for that
'official' o:Pening," , .
Scotties ,Mrs.. Tom Haller,
cf; :Helen: Salkeld, as; Wanda
Scurrah, if Margaret :Chin, 1st;
Winnie Stewart, "3rd.; ` Gladys
Injured In To le
Fromr •Ponyat
.. Mrs _. Jack MacDonald -Of town-
;offered; a :dislocated shoulder .in'
in accident, .now seldom heard
A. — $.runaway.
Audrey' was -riding. in • their
cony cart on Monday evening,
ivhen the :pony ran. ' away; topp-
Ling the cart and i1Vlrs, `Moc-,
)onald against, a tree.
Mrs. MacDonald`, was over=
tight in the hospital and had
he 'injury strapped. She will
"arry° the arm in a sling for
Lbout three 'weeks:
The. asphalt. 'flbor was laid by
the '' Lions- Club' before, .the, ice
project was`'ndertaken: '• The
pipes were laid '_on this floor,
and it was contemplated level-
ling the floor and encasing the '.here to take them home;'Harvey.
pipes . in a permanent, concrete is .a lake sailor. Mrs. McQuillan
floor. had brought ••a friend of Rickie
The, present development would with her and ,Riekie, was -show=
Make it. ' appear ' necessary to ing his pal „how the fanning mill
break through ..the asphalt floor
-at ,this -point;; at leastto -find:
out "what's what," and to 'de- •
tide ' on the future' course of
procedure to • floor . the •build'ing.
Chesley Procedure:
Chesley, where artificial ice
is being:•i:nstalled, they :are fin-
ding it ' necessary to excavate
about three', feet of earth .from
the arena and ,,replace with gra-
vel: nil.
The . next step will then be
laying ;plastic pipe :and ,pouring
a concrete, floor. •
The first jackpot which • had •
been accumulating went an. 58
calls — one• shortof• .the 'maxi
mum for the night, and with the
share -the -wealth proceeds 'amoun-
ted- to $107°04:
`The new jackpot, which re
placed • it, went on the very next
game and, was the result' of a full.
card on the minimtun of 54 ' num-.
gibers, with the 'pri a money tot-
alling .$87:00.
The winners of • both jackpots
Were. ladies ; from ..the ,Goderich.
district. There was a • big 'crowd
-attendance, •
� wee -k.• s'. .•�ack
spot -will be $60:00• on 55 calls.:
Youth Hurt
In: �anr�ing
and
ill
. Rickie ' MoQuvilin, son . 'of Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Mc,Quillin of
St Catharines, was a patient in
•Wingham hospital', for ten days
as a result of•' ::a hand injury
suffered .at the farm of .his
grandparents, Mr; and Mrs. ,Ro-
Bert Scott, of 'Ashfield..
Rickie' and' his "sister '• Brenda
we.re..__holda_ying_ a•t--.-the- rfaran,
and,•',their mother had motored
IJoyd:AckertteavesTiis• Week -Te' •,: '-•
AccompanysScout� �Contl•n Crit 1`e Greece
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Lloyd Ackert of .Holyrood, Or- Canadian service people '. n •'
ganizer of the' ToWn- Germany and, France'' have their
ship Boy • scout groups leaves on own 'Scoutgroups' and represent-
Thursday, 'enroute to the World atives• from ''these 'troops ..will
Janboree of Scouting in Greece travel by strain; to Greece to join
Lloyd will he 'accc:mpanied to the Canadian air -born group:
Toronto: my .Mrs. •Ackert, and his Lloyd', will act. as Assistant
parents, Mr.. and Mrs.: Ernest Scout 'Master of Troop No. 9,
Ackert.. On :Friday. 1lh.e' Ontatroe ariade • up „cif ; 3+ ::boys; Se t t
contingent' will leave by special' .master. of No. 9 will ,be ''.Chuck
train for Montreal There the Cripp's - of the •.R.0 M•.P. at; Ed-
monton., .The; second 'assistant
will be .from 'a Canadian troop
Germany and he will join
them in - Greece.
The only Scout from the .Sau-
geen. District will be Jerry Gate-.
Man ;of Hanover
The Jamboree '. will attract up-
wards of :115,000 Scouts, leaders
and • officials from.. 72 countries:
it will run from August lst to
lt'bh, followed iby a .5 -,day tour
of Greece, with the return.•home'
scheduled for' August .161h.
Canadian-• contingent . of some
460, 'Scouts, leaders' and head
gporters staff will' ,assemble 'for
final. 'briefing and the official
send-off 'Ceremonies.
On Saturday evening at• 11.10,
Lloyd will be : one of 144 who
Will. board an Air France'plane
for. Greece, „ On ' 1Vlonday, 142
Will' '.leave :on the second ` flight
and ' a third flight •on ' Tuesday
will' carry ;the final group,`num-
bering • about. 110. •
Little Ashfield Gir� Back Home; None
Poison' Pills
the Worse v From Tak! n _.
Karen Reurink,' a• little Ash- them, and the little. was
field tot. is . home again .,from quick_ to sample them.
Can sig 'That was last Thursday morn-
cardine hospital, •none • the . - .
verse , . tab_- ingand the • occuretice set in fno-
of having swallov�ie�d
°ts .• _ :. ingredients .i.n. which tion some life-saving. action.
containing. ingredients ould have proved ,Karen was rushed. to Kincardine
, fatal:•
Karen who will be three years Hospital .to .have her stomach
' daughter m ed. Meantime an' ;antidote
ld next month, is t'he pu p. _. •
f Mr. and Mrs. Tim 'Reuarink drug was found to be available
'„11.11.. 7 Lucknow: Her father at Victoria Hospital; "London, &
ells ,. i , er Provincial Police .in, three relay
is milk , to , Teeswat the antidote to
'rrea,me and , iJe'. stages speeded
z°y had..lust rete d
quantity of ,these tablets used, Kincardine. A'n• injection of .the
re understa.' ° keep 'milk drug and the stomach. ,pumping
nd,
.sting samples 'from :Souring„ Counteracted the threat of; fatal
'he' tablets had beef' set down. •poisoning and . Karen returned
5r a moment upon - receiving .home on Sunday.
granddaughter-0f--J�n D. loss
Killed In .Accident Near Londesboro. i,
Dianne• Annette F.Sieling, ' age and facial lacerations' Which it •
16, died early. Saturday morning was felt„ might. requireplastic
p idastic
tri .Clin•ton•.•Public hosui�tal,:,from
inu.., ,
J ires :received in a.. car act"•i=
'dent near Blyth She died about
an••••hour after' admission to the
hospital', •
Dianne was a granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs: John t) 'Ross
of,' ' Cayuga and formerly • of
'Lucknow:.•Her• mother was the
former. Elva' Ross. She was liv-
ing with her paternal: grandpar-
ents at Blyth..
Dianne was one of six in •a ear
driven by Gerrie:: len, '1$ year-
old son of ,Mr. anct andMrs.: Frank
Glenn of : Dungannon: They were
returning from a Friday night:
dance; with the accident, occur-
ing. on a one -lane bridge ,on the
highway near .Londesboro: The
bridge was undergoing repairs •
resulting' in a single lane at this
point.The steel guard ;;rail on'
the bridge' pierced the car's,
grill ; and came out the rear
:window, .Dianne; who was in .the
front seat, suffered fatal injuries,'
• .Gerrie, ',he' driver, was. unin-
jured. Allothers were taken to
hospital , but none was critical1y
anj'ured ekcept, Miss Sieling:
' Vernon 'Glenn, 25, of Dungan-
non and brother of Gerrie, sufa
froitri
lis ed• head injuries but.. was eke
,ted to be eha�r ed f .. .
g
hoapital •':this week,
Nin nrian 'Culbert, 22, of Dun= \
gannon suffered a. fractured jaw
works ' when he got his hand
in the gears; : • • , .
He broke the .little finger and
split open thesecond finger,. an
injury which ' required; 10 stit-
chess He has since .had the hand
in a oast but expected get'
out of the. hospital :this week.
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-odd I:ad Fiume
From Hospital
Kenneth Ritchie, 2 -year-old
son of John Ritchie of Zion
returned home on, Friday from
Sick Children's Hospital, Lon-
don, where he ..Was a patient
for the �ast three. weeks, :under-
going akin grafting and treat-
ment ''on his hand,•• severely in-
jured 'on: May 24th, '
While in London. Kenneth' had
the' two fingers attached during
the healing process, and these
were then separated before ',dis-
charging him, He returns. for a
check-up on Thursday
Kenneth got his hand in a
V -belt and lost the first finger
at . the palm • of 'the hand and.
the :Second finger at the second
knuckle He was `in. Wingham
hospital for a time 'before going
to candor
surgery _ ,and•.-,he-zwas taken to
Victoria: .Hospital,: ' London.•
Also 'injured, Out not serious-
ly Were •Paul iS,pain, 23, of Gode-
rich and Irene ;,Dickie, 22,;`' of
11.R.: '2,'• Goderich.
They
funeral service for: Miss
Sieling : was • held on Monday, at
the 'Tasker 'Funeral : ;Holme in •
Blyth, with interment ,• in Malt-
land,
Mait-Land, Cemetery, Goderich.
IsIeOf Mai Folk
eet'At St. Helens
1VIr.. ' Humphrey Joughin ' ef
Douglas, Isle of Man,; visited
last week' With . Mr. and Mrs,
Alex ..Purves at St, • Helens:; •
He Was !accompanied, by 'his
Yion Andy of Thistletown, Ontario
'with whom- he is spen:di'ng, a
monfh''s holiday. •
Mrs, Purvis is, also a native of..
the Isle of Man, coming t Can-
ada, and to St. Helens following:
World • War II.
Mr.:Joughin and Mrs Purves
hadn't met since • she left her
homeland some twenty .yearn
ago, . and needless' to say there
ways rruch to talk about• upon;..-
meeting someone from. 'back
home."
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