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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14,,, 11903
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Jack England Died Suddenly
, ReattAttackFatal. hi10.:.verseaS
... Mr. and Mrs. Jim 'England of community where he and Mrs.
- • the Lucknow community receiv.- England, who was a native of.
-' • ed word this week of the death .Englancl,took ' uP residence.
of 'Jim's brother, •John England, They acquire d the Alex •MadKen,
'. .•whicli oceurred suddenly from a zie residence at "Rapid Cite 'Sz'
hear t attack, while on an • over- Modernized the homeand beau-
seas trip.. ., • , ' lified the grounda., . •
• . His death. occurred on Tues- Jack was employed by the 1)°1:iglas Brown, 16, son of Mr'
day, ;Augost eth.• Mrs. 'England Departarient of -Highways and in and Mr.' Ben Brown of the se-
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cabled his daughter, 1.-ibuise, at his. spare time was kept btisy e'°nd. concession of Ashfield
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.St, Catharines regarding buriala as gardener and, horticulturistTownship near the Bluewater
Highway, is wearing a . cast on
arrangements 'which had ' not and ..general "handy • man," nd his leg to his hip as a result of
.ibeen .ma,de when Mrs " England- In these many .Phases •fat com-
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• 'sent word 'by air mail' to Mr. anunity activity he will. be great-
an accident whichcaused the
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and ' Mrs. Jim England. - ly anissed. • " - a7i3tkenis tlheeg.foU. fourth time Doug has
The .letter Was,. Written on : Mrs. England carne to Canada
Thursday from ' 62. 'Marescroft sixteen •years ago last February broken the samele.g in a little
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. : • -Rd., Slough, -Bucks;• England. '• • to be Married. Jack and Joan over three yearsHe was digging
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'Cremation was being corisid- had. Planned an overseas a a drywell at theirhome at the
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ered. Joan, or Betty es some call year ago, but the . return to her time of the accident ten days ago
Taking a turrible, he broke both
her, said her pla.ns Were, un- homeland • was postponed ',until bones between the knee and the
Certain, but ,she might ' return: this year. ••
` . prior to 'the se:heckle ' date ' of They ' flew .froankle
rn 'Melton On.
, '• ' Septerriber 6th if it is possible July 29th, .• le.nding at London Doug was home from Goderich
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, •, • to get . a reservation. v airport. :Besides . visiting with Hospital within a week and was
able . to : get around with the • aid
• . Jack, who was in, his 66(11. Joan's father, Sister, brother 8r. Of : , It is eXpected •
. • ' • Year, was •a son of the late 'Iii.11.. other relatives (her incrotchesthat
other died the troublesoine leg will :he in
• • ,• and . • Mrs. • Joseph ' England and two years ago) they.. planned a
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was 'born and raised in this com- trip to DiePpe to a cast for aboutfive /months
,the war graves Doug is the grandson of Mr.
triunity, leaving here as a young of :Jack's comrades of the Essex
& Mrs. Williarti Reek just north
'man. • ' • • .. . ' &Wish: They planned to .return ...
Ludknow.,
• ',..He served in World War , II to Canada:- the.. firsor first re ' in' • i .. ' .
• • . with the Essex SCottish arid fol- September., •. :,- ' , . . . . .. ..
,. • :lowiRg the war returned to :this • • . ,. " '
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.Brokefl F.ouv'
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Art Gilmore Lost Hand In Odd Accident, Approved Subiect
Expects To Leave H ital Soon To Building Plan
Arthur Gilmore of R.R.O '
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• Lucknow. is Making. a •satssfact-
: • , ory recovery from the shock. of.,
• • a, rare .accident which resulted.
113. the loss of his left hand.
,Art is reported in good spirits,
and hopes to lave Victoria Hos-
., s pital: ,this -week, where he has
been a patientfor close to three
Weeks. Art • is ',in the plumbing
and heating 'business, and with
the aid rof good erri' ployee, 'is
. hopeful of 'carrying on.his trade.
.The, mishap occurred on. Fri-,
• day'. evening, • Anly 26th, before.
eleven o'clock. Art waS\pro'ceed-'
ing east On the 10th of Ashfield:.
In crossing, the, bridge at the 'foot
• of .the hill , eigt Ilackett'S
Church, and • about a • mile west
• of Belfast, he somehow grazed
the side' of the metal bridge. His,
arm was Out the , cab. window, it
alp. ri • ‘and in the sideswipe
the hand was carripletely tornff
at the wrist. The grazing of the
bridge railing. was :so slight as
to scarcely :mark, the side; Of his
light . truck.
With no lights in Sight on the,
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Concession Road Art's Main
thought was to get to the high-
way :and although • in and outof
the ditch:a Couple of times, this
heManaged to do, and to get to
Harvey ..'• :•south. of
Belfast, • where • Mrs. Kilpatrick
rendered ;what aid she Could,. &„
called .a doetor.'Dr:,Jeek McKim
;answered the emergency call &
had the victim ,removed to Wing
hain Hospital and from there to
Victoria Hospital. • •
• The arm stump had to be am-
putated midway 'between the
wrist and the' elbew.
•The • Lucknow Branch ' of the
Royal Canadian Legion has been
notified that their application
for a Club licence.. has been.
granted subject to the premises'
being officially approved " by the
,licencing. board.
• • The Legion Hall has already,
been inspected and some hail:-
ges and improvements recom-
mended. These are not ofa
major nature . as the Hall has
been improved from. time to
time and, maintained in good
ORDER WATERWORKS:
SYSTEM •EQUIPMENT .
It appears as if it was pretty
nluch routine business at the
regular August meeting Of the
Village Council, .
Equipment was approved for
the. Water .Systern which will
aid • in locating Mains and leak-
ages. . • , .
Material was, also. ordered pur-
chased for painting of the stand-
pipe, to be done shortly.
Be Held Friday
The fifth anmial flower show
Of the Lucknow and District
Horticultural Society will be
held in • the Legion • Hall, Luck
'now, this Friday.
There are over 106 classes in
the,flower, potted plants ,and ve-
getable sections, • with close to
25 classes in the Junior Society
Aection. ' . . ..• •
The hall will be open to the
public for viewing' the exhibits ceived at the door.:
both Friday tater/icon and ev- President of the Society this
ening. A collection Willbe re- year is Mrs. Morgan Henderson.
Injured VIlhen Ctir
Struck In Rear
Ewart Jamieson of Lucknow is
a patient in Wimgham Hospital
with . a "whiplash" injury .to his
-neck and shoulders, which is,
still giving him some periodic'
distre.ss. Physio -therapy • treat-
ment Wasbeing" fried the first
of the' week.' . •
The •aceident happened on;
Wednesday evening of last week
at Irwin's hill. west of Lucknow,
when' Ewares, car ..was 'struck
forcibly in the .rear by a light
truck driven by a Listowel ano-•
torist and travelling east as was •
Mr, Jamieson. - • • .
Ewart had been ass'isting at -
Bob Boak's farm that day and •
was , enroute, home ' alone • at :tale.
time. • .
e. Listowel young man and
passers-by were most helpful in
doing'. what they could for Mr.
Jamieson who 'was. atico.red with
caution and taken by ambulance
to Wingliam,
Lucknovir's First Full, Time Police
Officer Assumed His Duties This Month
Lucknow now has for the first ile Family Court.
Chief :Constable Balzer has ,a •
radio equipped car, with which
he can be in immediate contact
with his h.orne-and the telephorie.
He also has a motorcycle which
he was using on Sunday even- • .1.
ing, and the back -from -the -lake •
traffic was noticeably •moving
rmich Slower Ihrotigh the Main
tithe. a full' thne PoliCe officer,
He is Joseph Balzer of St Cath-
., who 'commenced " his du-
ties • 'here the first of the 'Month
and was officially "sworn in as
Chief Constable. •• ' •
Ue is, an .experienced officer
Who served some two years in
Hanover, was 'Police Chief in
Harriston for .six years, and for
the past eleVen -years has been
a meanher of the .St Catharines
Police •Department.
1 His decision to leaVe St C 'th
armes, stemmed from. the desire
..of both he ;arid. Mrs. Balzer to.
get away from the city and back
•to small town. surroundingis. They
have inbved into the residence
owned by Bob Reid near the High
School..This residence was pre-
viously tenanted by Mr and Mrs.
P. W. Hoag, and later by Mr. and
!Mrs: ;A, G. McLeod. '•' •
meeting of .Legion members
has been held since tentative ap-
proval• was received; and :a •buil-
ding plan will :be drafted accor-
duig, tothe inspectors' recom-
mendations. Upon approval ,Of
the plan and • the. carrying out
of the recommendation there will
be no delay in the licence becom-
ing operative, • , :
Honored-Concluding-ever7-43-
. ranch.. Was.' one of several ap. ucknow
" • plic•ations reviewed by the Li.
Service' t ..e T .Eaton,- Company,
, in Kitchener.
qu'or Licence Board at a hearing
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Mr. Gordon Webster • of Port
Credit, who .has been . with the
• •." 1. Eaton CO, for forty-three and
ane -half. •years, retired last
' month.; • ••. • •
Gordon. was born. and.' raised
on the old Webster homestead'
:now. kwned,by Glen Walden.' He
•• attended' Lucknow Public and
High schools and Toronto Uni;-
versity before entering Eaton's
Expense Office: •
.rottwenty-five years he was
-in charge of fUrniture.Ware4ion-
sing, workrooms and delivery.
Forthe past thirteen years he has
•been buyer and department
Manager Within the,Company • of
•• ' Iciam rubber anattresSeS and P11-''
• " • lows and the do -it -Yourself seer
lion. • ••
The Staff of the Goodrich
Company of Waterville, Quebec,
held' a farewell banquet at which
,„ . he Was Presented a. set of bin-
, Ocular.s. 'Gordon Was also guest
;.• at a, 'banquet given by bosiness
eSsociates. in Toronto and pre-
sented With a Polaroid land cam-
era. The Management and piled-
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tors of T. Eaton Co. presented
him .with a Hi-Fi Stereo ,pliOn-
98relp3h, and radio.
The Webstets plan to Qp.tinue
to reside .at 1461 Centre Road
Port *Credit,
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Afirss,Ainil_.00MontgomeryidpnGueSts
Of FOrd'. Motor CO. On Trip To Japan
• Mr.- mild -Mrs; Gordon Montgo.- ceded a tour of Kamakura with
mer of town .are Currently en- Tuesday •morning, August 13th
joYing, a trip tO the Pacific, and •free for ","list' minute £hopping
the. Fat • East as guests of the and . exploring," ' followed by
Ford Motor* Company, • theatre the afternoon and din-
This- is the second year ,ner and • dancing that evening.
cession Montgomery Motors Qn Wednesday morning they
hag, placed thigh in a Dominion- left by air for Honolulu. and , by.
wide spring sales contest '• "picking up" a day at the Inter -
Last year ;Gordon and Ruth national dateline they were met
enjoyed a tri to the British on. arrival Tuesday by the
Ha-
Isies and the Contine.ht. wallah "Aloha" 'girls. '
• Harvey Webster, salesman at The Ford group stayed at Ha -
Montgomery. Motors, has receiv- waiien and on Wednes-
ed ;Valuable 'merchandise awards day, August, 14th, were schedul-
in these Contests.. • ' "' ed for a trip 'to Mt. .Tantalus for
41/4/Ir. and Mrs. Montgomery left a panoramic view of Honolulu.
Lucknow on Tuesday, August 0 and Waikiki Beach:
and flew from •ifVfalton to Van- On Thursday they were to
couver from,' where the Ford have a 'boa't cruise of. .Pearl Har -
Party took of on Wednesday on bar and the, famed "Battleship
a CP flight to Tokyo. .r Row," resulting from the Jap -
Briefly the itinerary ,Schedol- anese attack. Friday is a free
ed arrival at Tokyo on Thursday, day in • the micl7Pacific holiday
Augast 8th, with headquarters .at centre, ,,,before' departing that
Hotel IMP,erfal, and 'a toot ofevening. for' San' Francisco where
the city on Friday. they .will artiiVe next anorningogr
Saturday they travelled by continue their flight by way of
train to the 'mountain resort of Seattl and VancouVer. to
Tor -
Nikko: A round of Tokyo night onto arriving •back On Saturday
Life with a Sukiyaki dinner pre, night
While at St. • Catharine..
Balzer..served as •cciurt reporter
In the Courity.. of Linceln Juvery-.,
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Speaking . , •The Sentinel,.
thief Constable Balzer. said he
did' not'. come here to "clean' up
the,• tawn.". Rather,. he -prefers."
and welcomes the co-operation
of :everyone in 'abidingby the
law, so that.. he will not .have • • •
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to assert his- authority. He has, .
however, ,already .proven he can ;•
act with (jesPatch and • ability
when he 'must
Chief Constable Balzer is in
Close 'contact with Provin ial
Police in both Bruce and •Ilur ,
and finding them • most c
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operative.
Acquires • Rathwell Shoe,
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Store To:. Double Store Space; "Jerry"
To Move Midi ...Aker %Sale
A Campbell ' buSitiess: trans- 1Gerald's father — came to Luek-
actiOn of eorisiderable magni- :now to take charge of%the shoe
tucle, :was finalized recently •clur.•
ing The, Sentinel vacation period
. Lloyd "Hap" Hall has ".bought
the Rathwell Shoe. Store 'build-
ing adjoining his. Red and White
Food Store; Gerald Rathwell
Will move his shoe business
ectly, across the street to the
former Bell Telephone office in
•the Joynt, Block.
• The change over will be made
about the. middle' of September,
.• shortly aftet.
By acquiring the Rathwell
Store,Mr.' Hall will toughly
double ' the floor Space of .his
food market. He ;•plans to remove
Nt.he
wall separating the build-
ings'.
Mr. •Rathwell is presently
planning 'a, Moving sale; before
transferring ; his' stock to. the
Joyrit ,Block. Provision 'will be
'also made for Lorne Reed to
carry: on his shoe repair btisi;
ness in the new location.
The Rathwell name has .been
associated -;with the ,shoe busi- •
nets •for'! close' to SO years, and
with , the ibutitieSS 'returning to
the,',Io,yrit Block, there is an in-,
tereati n g connection, . •
The late S.. C. Ititthwell
repair department in JoynVa
Shoe ..Store, then operating 'in,
the, --newly built Joynt Block in
the. section occupied ,for many
years by. The Sentinel and more
recently 'by Siegrists, until they
moved' to their new location, •
; Mr, Rathwell commenced the
"cobbler" trade as a youth, . and
continued iin the 'shoe business .
for.68 years, •He, entered a part-
nership with- John H.,. Ackert
when the present Rathwell Shoe., •
Store •was built.. back, in 1916.
Mr; Rathwell was later in part-
nership with Allan 'ruttier. . He
went to Waterford for three •
years, returning to be associat-
ed here with W.• P, Reed, In 1941
Gerald Bothwell becatne aisoc-
iated with his father 'as S, C. ".
Rathwell •and Soh and, singe Mr.
Rathwell's., death in February
190, "Jerry' has Carried'aii the
busines,'S as R:athwell's • Shoe '
'Store,- tinder which it will Con-
tinue to. ,oPetate• , the
location.' , •
The Present, Hall Store was
bttilt at. the same ttrne, 1916, .by
Austin. SOlortiOn, as a plumbing
shop, but he Shortly acqiiired
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