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Tragedy struck the Kintai.l area.
in Ashdueld Townsheip last Satur-
day claiming a young life from
- the community...Killed in a single
car crash was William Aleexan'de-
"Sandy." Parrish, 13 -year-old :sen
of Mr. and M. •Alex ."Bud" Far
rish of R.R.•T Luekneow. Sandy
was a grade seNen, ;stu'dent . at
North Atahtfield Cenral School and
turned 113 .years of age on August
15th.
Sandy Was at the wheelof his'
brother Robert's sports car 'when
it left the road, flipped over ;with
wheels in .four �vtr a the air and pinned
heim underneath. The accident oc:-
curved about ' 11:00: O'clock. Satur-
. day morning, Robert Far'ishc f
Goderich was aet,the Parrish '+farm
helping with silo ' oper-
ations. The Farrish farm it located
on: •thee 10th concession of Ashfield
about •a mile east of. ,the Blue -
water Highway, or' the first .farm
east of Huron County. Rads NO. 23.
known ' loca1•ly • as the Lochalsh
sideri a -de, running ,from. Lochalsh.
to *Ki t:ria i1. •
• Sandy was :alone driving ;his
'orothee,s car north on the Loeb
als'h siedero•ad".. The accident .. was
witnessed tby Mrs. Jack. Collin
seal. and .her .daughter: Mary. Lou:
The car ",passed ;the Collinson
gate at ordinary speed and was
lost in ghee : dus't of 'the 'very dry.
. ravel. •road.':As the dust settled,
it became apparent , to the ,two-
some that tihe 'c'ar had gone out
of •control and they noticed the
four : wheels in the , air.Jeack
• Collinson was ',not home at the
time and iVirs, .Coll nson': seuc
deeded in getting aid from neigh
bours .,,w1io managed to free ttti:i
pinned youth by easing,.' the car
off shim: Some difficulty was
experiencedn getting: medical
: bit a Goderich 'doc-
tor was obtained and . hada the
youth reano'ed tto Goderich 13tos-
p41.
Throughout the ordeal, Sande
talked to those helping him' He
remained conscious even eater
beeirug admitted to thehospital',
Ontario' Provincial Pollee relay
rash.
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO. WEDMISDAY, OCT, il&h, 1963
Single Copy. 1Qc,
16. Pa8es.,
ed bl
t cod 'from the ,RedCris
s
blood bank tact Westininater Hos.,
pital,' Landon, in an effort to
save his life' but death ooeurred
late that afternoon at 'Goderich.
Death was caused by `severe in-
terneal and back, injuries. Ar,'
autopsy was performed ,at $trat-
ford. •
Commenting on a provincial
police relay which rushed a sup-
ply of ;the rare B , Negative boa
from London's • Red .Crass blood
bank ;:to: 'the Parrish boy's bed-
side :in the Goderich 'hospital, Dr.
N' -•C'. Jackson, who operated ph•
the boy, had Praise .for the .pro.
lice, (blood :bank, and hospital.
'Everybody cid a`• wonderful'
job. We were able to keep :the;:
bo al•more � •1^
y alive. .tor then ` three
hours when ' theoretically he
should have' dried in 10 minutes,"
Dr; Jackson said. •
-The !blood arrived' from Lon-
don a. little more :than .ail: hour
after the request' was Sent out.
The 'Goderich hospital. had
ready given the boy transfusions
from . its own' supply; and had
enough ;left .for aiboult
-'an,li,`our.. _ imore of . steady trans-
fusion when the fresh .supeply'ar-
dks a
rive . Jac on said.:
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Dr. Jackson. said the'' hospital
normally Of
between: 38' and
35 • pints of blood in refrigeratted
storage —= ;enough ',to meet nor-.
Mal . requirements. When an ern;
ergency, such as a traffic acci-
dent, creates an extra " demand,
the hospital calls for More blood
:from the Red Cress bank in Lon-
don to :replenish its nuupply.
•Sandy's::death: 'brought sorrow
to •a.wide circle of family frieends.
and • relatives in the Ashfield
community and to •his 'fellow
pupils. and 'teachers at:Nerth Ash
field Centrad: School. He is sW-
v,ived by his =parents, Alexander
and' Marjorie Parrish, sisters
;Beatty, a nurse :ui Toronto,.. De-
anna it home, brothers, • Robert..
of Goderich and: John at home;
. grlandtparerts, Mr, and Mrs: ;.Wil
fred `Farrish : of Lucknow and
Mrs.: • W&sley• Tompson of 'Kin-
cardine, • •
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The body rested at the : john
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stone. Funeral Home, ' Luckno4.,
Until Tuesday • afternoon ` when
Rev. Neil MeCrointbie conducted.
the funeral . -.service from
field 'Presbyterian Church at
o'clock. Burial was in Kintai t.
Cemetery 'tweith pallbearers beir,
school friends, Doug ;MeaeeKenzie,
Tom ' MacDonald,o Greorge ' Mac-
Donald, Deornon'd. Coureteney,. Lar-
ry.
ar-ry. Farrish. and • Sandy .Simpson,
Floweraibearers were also` School -
maths fryer 7 North Ashfield Pub-
lic School.
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Nar ow Esca e
In
Separate 'Crash
: `•
Joseph' O'Neil, , 16, son ' of Mr.
and Mrs., James .:O'Neil of. the
of •A+shfield, escaped 'with . a
fractured„ leg " and. facial lacer-
ations • ffrom•'. a Monday morning.
car 'accident .. just a ?hailf-mile
from the spot where his . +friend.
Sandy Parrish hied an accideent,
that claimed. 'his life two . days•
iaefore.'
• 'Joe 'was alone and preceeding
east ,on the •1'ath about 10:30 a.m.
when' his' car left the •.road just
to• the . easttof the Pa 1:ex Faerrish
farm,. The vehicle did a flip com-
pletely around and lit on its; side
pinning Joe underneath with his
legs in the ..door ,of' the car.
The !accident was witnessed by
Mr. and i Mrs: Frank Moran who.
summoned help from neighbour:
Gerdeon .MacDonald brought their
tractor tte the 'scene : and using
a ohlain, , •tthee•'car wet; lifted free-
ing Joe: Bud Fairish relived the
tragi '• accident of his son two,
days before. 'by ..helping ;in the
escue•..foe was taken by ambu-
lance ,to Goderich hospital. At
.the time of -the accident, •Joe
was going ..to Bud Pa:rrish's "oth-.
er piece" to :the east where neigh -
urs were coaiducting silo filling'
for the Farrash's., Joe's ' father
and d brother . Plat were .with the
work gang' and Joe was, going to.
join . them. '
Two friends, two neeighbciur.
families, two car . cashes: right
around . their homes +wi thin two
days left this Ki'ntail community.
INJURED SHOULDER: IN.
APPLE PICKING FALL
. Alex Andrew has his right.
shoulder strapped and his
arm in a sling, as a reseult.
of torn tligaments which he
suffered +in, a fall awhiille pick*
ant, >itpples late Monday ..i'te:r
noon, The ladder ' slipped'
and Alex went • backwards
to the ground,
X-rays were taken on
Tuesday and the inejury, strap-
ped, It will :be about, five
weeks: 'before ,tahe healing
p; ces ' can be determined,
LOCAL. STORES HOLDING
SPECIAL HARVEST SALES
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/Special "harvest• sales" are be-
ing' 'ifeaatured this • week by ' two
troca1 businesses, Which are run-
ning full page advertisements to
publicize the events. ' ' . '
ISiegrist's Store, located .in the
former . Market store, cotrnmences
an . 8 -day "harvest of bargains"
ori Fn iiay of 'this week, and con-
tinuing aL11 next 'week:
This is C•o-op, week and lto'•ob-
serve it,. Lucknow Da strict Co-
operative is featuring. a three-
day fall savings •sale' on Thurs-
day, .Friday and. Saturday; • •
Falls From Bike,
Fractures Arm
,Wayne ,FarriSh, son . of Mr; and.
Mrs.,. Jack,:Farrish ' of • Lucknow,
has his right .arm `'nn ea bast after
taking a tumble ,'from • a : !bicycle
and.•suffering a fracture
Wayne, who was six years of
age
on
Oct
c+e
br9 we
asr id�
1ng on
a bike with ,his sister Marie when.
he: tor* the tunale. The farm w•as
set 'at•:Wingham• Hospital :where
he was overnight. The:, following
.day he Was taken to:'London ;hos-
pitael.and .;the :arra 'set again, and
a few, .days after' it tetras necessary`
to set the troublesome arm ''for
the tthird Vine.. •
Wayneis heome.now and .will'
be. ,back to Grade 1 at • school in
a few days. It is 'extpected' the
arra will be in . a cast 'eibr aibaut
five weeks.
Lions PIan For
Rummage Sale
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.The Luc+know' & Dis•tr,lect Lions:
Club . rueminage sale, committee
headed • uep by Rae Watson, is
busy with details of ' ;this annual.
fall' event. •
Iit will be :held this year in
the 'former I.G.A. store owned
by, Archie Smith of Atwood. Th.e
dates are Friday. and Saturday,
October 25th and 26eth,
Members of the Lions "Club
are being assigned areas in wehitch •
to make. door-tto door calls for
saleatble donations, which include
suchitems as honzemad'e baking,
furnishings, appliances, clothing,
'faits, . shoes, prodiuece, vegetaables
tools,.'bicycles, ttricycles,. • e+tc., etc.,
• etc,
Please, ;though, these items
�.,. qual—
itybe Of reasoriatbly t�eood qua•,-
ity •and saleable.
The' can ass, apart frorn• baking,.
will be ade not later than
Thurstd
ay _ •elnt .week.
Lost' One Finger
Harvesting
While'
e r. Brooks of Lucknew 'lost
the end of a ;finger on his rigihet,
:hand in a harvesting accideent.
last week. Omar,: owerloing at the
�*iatrnitlton '; farm on Highway .66
west of .Lucknow, caught his .first
and second' fingers 'in the belt
on the ;harvester, The fnegers
:were badly crushed and mangled,
and the' injuries have been' •
guar
be
padneuh . .•
He was in the 'field ' at the.
time eby .himself, abut drove the
car tohe
a .the :barnyard .Here he
V4
y .
attra:e+ted•, the attention of triose
working; at -the silo
Omar's son. Wayne drove . him
to Lucknow for medical 'atten-
tion and. he was then hospitalized
in Wingham' Where he was Mon
do y night „w.heen this was Written.
One of the . iilrrgers was saved
but 'it' was not possible ;to save
the - end of the other. ' '•
The ' ac'oident occurred..; aibout
sx' o'clock On Tuesday lof ' last
Week; 6•
86 Exh� t � .. � .6. bis As EarlyFrosts Fail Toi
KIl
stttnned; at the roil. 'thaetmotor �
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vehicle accidents can • take. Horticultural . I.ndian .Summer Show:
Murray,::.GaunIGuflsI Hw.n-Brur'
Official Malority Of Twenty -Eight'
,Murray Gaut of + t Wawa;-
• °,zsh Twp, •ofifici ` + •bec e the
• L beral member . of : par _ er t
for. the provincial riding of Hu -r-
•on-Brtiuce •'fallowing the official
Count made, by returning. officer
William 1Vic'Cooi of 'Wintgham . last
Wednesday. ••
The. Huron -Bruce riding. has
been a ssee-sates affair since elec-
tion clay 'September 25;th: George
McCutcheon of Brussels', Conger,
vative Candidate, had e " three
.. ',note lead lover Gaunt on 'election.
night,: The day ;following, an error
•las : discovered in the , advance
poll, tabulation .reducing McCut-
• cheot 's majority to one, • When.
the armed forces vote became of-
ficial
f
fisc as •a fend days later it put.
Gaunt ahead by three Notes,
• According to erection proce-
dure. an . official ceount is made'
by the Returning Offaieceei a cou-
pl ::of weeks after ' the election:
T e ecanldidtates and ,their agentsv
v ' ` the right, and, ,took this
r
-Y t.. is.. eig t,, to 113e ,present -when eth
count is ;made;; ' tAn ' error was
discovered in the recordings •of
the • No. 4 p011 in Giifltraas fawn-
. ' '.:,.hip.' Which ;was 1otateed at the
• ' Goodfellow residence Preel.imsi
Ary' (figures iliseted• this poll as
having 74 for. Gaunt and 64 for
MecCti,tcheon, The official count
established that 8t} Votes Were
Teem -do! ter Gaunit and 45 for
1¢cCuteheon' at this :poll. This in-
creased Gaurn+t's lead -by 25 ,votes
giving thitn. an Offic al majority
Of 26 over Mr. MoCutcheon.
•The original figures for NO.: 4
poll Culross were the same as
far No, 4, ;Kinloss and• it is as•
sinned that !the Kinloss ,.figures
were entered twice with the
Cutlress figures inclosed. The con-.
fusion of eletction •night, and the
ancertainty ' :of' telephone reoep-
tieon,, along with the similart3
in the stiound of the two names
make • such a Mistake' very un-
derstandable. • • .
Final .figures were Gaiun't, 6359;
.eligible �.
McCutchteon, 6331; eln,ab"le voter ..,
15,596;' votes cast; 12,756, reject-
ted .ballots, 66.
. Requested Recount
George McCutcheon has made
official application for a judicial
recount and a preliminary hear-
ing will be held with the judge
Thurso ay of this week, The re-
count is ' sctbeduled for , October
2cJ, 30 and 31. Judge Frank . ping -
land
ing-land:of Huron Cod, ity will. be
in charge of the recount, On, the
basis elf the ocffieiai counts at.
Toss Ontario the •Conservative
party ; won /77 seats, Liberal. 24
a,nd NOW DctnOtrlat•,c Patty 7 of
the 108 seat .legislature,•
AUDREY RITCHIE SPENT
WEEK END AT 'HOME
Thanksgiving' •.(week -end had
special significance for Mr.. and
Mrs; Leonard Ritchie and family
of. town;. Their .daughter
age 5, was home firo? i Friday
everting- until 'Sunday, from Len -
don +wher!e sle•'is receiving ther-
apy treatment to assist her to
Walk' 'again;
tet was, the first . time • Audrey
has. been lure sint-e she' took'
her first steps last month, :aided
by :leg braces ar,:d` crutches •
She' was able to 'get about the
home• in . this way, ' but , when
down town and to church' .on
Sunday, h'er.. wheel chair was
used for corrveriienc' and • as` a
time saver, • •
Teentown. Opens,
Elect Officers
• The openinea dance of Teen-
town. sponsored by the. Lions Club
was' held oh Friday night Octo-
ber 11 in: the Lucknow Legion'
Hall,.'
The new officers 'for- 1663-64
season area President,•.Gary john—
stone;' Vice -Pres,, Doug: 'Mac'Kin-
non• Secretary Marianna Mac-
Donald; onald; Treasurer' . Dou 'John-
stone; 'Press Reporter, $111: Nell
son,
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A large. eY.rtrwcl IenJoyed dancing:
to music by the `Coineet-Teens,
(By Norman Tayier) .. , Baskets •
The IndianSurn�rieer show of the Dahlias. Mas; Salkeld, . Rev,.
Lucknow and Deiatrict Mrs . •Emmerson, Glad,.•
tural Society was held• in the iolus Mrs, ,Geo.`:ucker, Ken
!As-
sembly Room of the Town Hall Murdie,.'Mis,.•Art Breeckles; Mara
On Thursday evening, October 10. bods -- Mrs. • ?F ,n1ay Win, Neil l
The severity. of the early' Sep - Taller, 1Virs, Salkeld,, Roses
tember frost cut Into' the exhib-, Mm• Saike1d Chrysanti emYtms —
tion blooms'but even. so, there
Neill Taylor, Mns. Stalked, Mrs,
''.Fanlayson;•:1Vliaed aluals — Miss
were 86'exhibits entered. by5
1., nn
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adults & 3jr, Members. Cntrysan- Ada Webster, Mrs, , Salkeld, Mrs.
theinurns and' marigolids had'rtthe F>nlayson, Mixed ;perennials:. —
.� Mrs. ,Salkeld, rs Finlayson. .'
there vv -ere• a surprising nu giber of; Arrangements • •
gladioli entered and "these were
a good .quality. There were also
some dahlias and a few roses,
•1VIrs. T. J; Salkeld woes top'ex-
hibietor and a'jtinior member, Neill
Taylor •vyas • second. ' ' .
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edge on. the cut iflowers, althouegh. s "M
Mrs, Alex Andrew. ;and 'Mrs. Art
•Breckles' were the committee , in,
charge of''this lateautumn, shote
and thiey express their ; apprecia-
tion to ail those; Whetter exhib-
itor or spectator, who made the
show a success: Mr, Ernie Lewis
was the judge, •
Blooms
TV .arrangement an`urns, ;blend-
ed Mrs. Ereckl:es Mrs, ,Salkeld;
Mrs; MacDonald; Dining table --
any flowers Mrs: S�akeld; Mrs: • •
.MacDonald, Stra Rev: p Iia.t1
PPS
table' --dried grasses and flowlrs
, .
Mrs.. Salkeld, Mrs. Kirkland;
Mrs,' .MacDonald Mantle any.
floivers 1lrlrs, Salkeld, Mir Ada,
Webster, Neill Tay.l r ; . Coffee
table --• using Fall Crocus Mn.
Salkeld,Stuart Robertson, r
b ra on � �Z �
e 5 s,
llinme' s -on; Coffee' table . using ,
Pansies — Mi s, Salkeld, Stuart
Robertson, Mrs, Emmerson..
Potted Plants
1 stem .Cushion' or Pompom, .Geranium * Rev', Stapp, Mrs.
aVlum —;- Mrs. Jack llCataDonald; Enrmersor ' Panay Geranium' (no
Mrs, T. 'J, Salkeld; 1 sterni .`large entry);.Coleus Ronnie Manta;
variety Mum' —, Mrs, Salkeld Tuberous Begonia.'— Mrs, Salkeld,,
M`irs, Clark Finlayson; iblooni Neill Taylor; Boston .or Sword '
Peace Rose --"Mrs, AleX Andrew, Fern Stuart Roberton; ;A.O.V.,
Hen MVlurclie; 1 bloom A.0,11 Rose Fern — •Mrs, . Salkeld; Spre-ern . .
—M'is's Ada Webster, Mrs. Are; Fern Mrs, Salkeld, Neill 'ray-
drew 'spray A:O,V. Rose ,Mrs.: lor; African ,Violet -- single --
Finlayson; Miss Ada Webster; 3 Ms, Alex Andrew, Neill Taylor,
-�-� n Murdie, African Violet - double
ads, any calor ., Ile ..
Miss Edith Whitby; 5 Asters, any Andrew,- Mrs, Emmerson;
ogler - Mrs, John titan ersort, , potted eplantS — Mrs, 13rvitkic: ,
Ken Murdie, Mrs, 11.'war+d Agnew,
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