HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-10-23, Page 1•;3.00 A Year In Advance - 51,00 Extra To U.S.A.
' . LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNDSD'AY, OCT. 3trd, 1963
Single ' CopyJ•Oc a la . Pages
farmer Badly Burned In.
Blazing .Home,. Walked Haif Mile foi
James Greaves
'Condition Fa.li" •.
On Tuesday
James Greaves, resident of the
• St, Anigustine district. 'in West
'Wiaranosth Township, is ,in ser-
ious condition ; in . V iotonia Has -
pita!; London, •,With burns suffer?
ed in a' 'fire that destroyed 'his.
farm' home in the .eairly' hours of
Tuesday Morning.
Mr. Greaves, about 665 years
Old 'is .(unmar'ri'ed and lives alone
on his farm on ''the third side-
road east of the Dungannon road,
just -north of the 6th concession
and about a anile. north-west of
the •:hamLeit of : St. Augustine: It
'may be known to • many as' a
"b'lan'd'' sideroad",':arid ' many e
motorist- travelling' north past
the -Greaves (farm . has eventually
found a dead end and ,in many
eases; ,motorists, not: familiar with
the .;area, have becomestuck or
off the road. in tthe.•swamp.,
Mei•. ,`G'reatvesy badly 'burned 4and
.
in a state ;Of 'shock, was- not in
a .position to a'cc'urately describe
' the cause .of ,the. fire, He did, okv
ever, say that the b.d was orn fire
. and it is assumed that he awoke
.to find •the'bedirooin in flames. 'It'
is definitely known that the >fire
originated lin the 'upstairsof the
shouse.. Mr.; Greaves .lived in the
Upstairs of the large- two-storey
brick +house,
' Abandoned Car
Has car 'was found in ,the or-
dhsard at ' the (bottom orthe he hill
on wil.ich his p'iouse stands. It is
assumed .that he attempted to
drive for help and in his state,
•got, off the road. He was a dia-
tbetie and h'ad very y poor visaon,.
Abandon/trig his ear, M.r.. Greaves,
partly' clothed, walked .and ran
fora .good half mile to the !farm
of Cyril Boyle on :the '6th con-
cession. This was about twoet.n.
and Mrs. Boyle ha'pAened ..to: be
up watth•'ihe baby at ttth'e time. She
heard his cries. for help ;at .their.
door.' As the: Boyles sleep in an-.
'other part of : tbhe house,. his Cries
might . htav+e gone unheard had it
not been for the ,fact that she +was'
uip at the time.
Beyond. Saving •'
By. (the time Mr. Greaves 'leech-
ed the Boyle farm, his ihonzse .was
beyond. saving ,and 'the roof' was
blazing. He • was. treated :at ;the
scene by Dr. J. C .1VIeKtirn of .Luck -
now and removed to 'W'ingharn
Hospital by Keith` Arthur ambul-
ance, of :Auburn Aassisted by Cyril
'Boyle: lie' " suffered extensive
burns to;. 'the clhest, back,'. erms
arid '• hands as 'well as other. parts
Of his •(body. After .treatment at
Win'ah'am; he was transferred to
Landon about 6.:36 in the morning.
Lucknow Pipe Department re-
sponded to' the .alarm ;but ''w:ere,
helpless to do anything. when they
arri'v'ed. The fire (worked its way
from the upstairs down and fire-
toren finally pushed the partly
standing brick walls down. and
Soaked: the (bas'em'ent with the
,water ,th'ey,;bad on the truck albogt
'three hours after .the ' ou'tibreta..
This was. done as 'a precautionary
measure es' a. strong (wind' was
Walking sparks for.eo ie distance.
A cthimney is all that remains of
the stately house.
ManyFine House
will know` ,the , Greaves
+1}'oune as a fine red (t rick building
standing high on a lviatl At the
height of the ,fire, •the.glow was
visible '' n the' sky for many mites
around. The Wind was carrying
spark's and ernliiers as westerly
direction and a change of wind
might have .'threatened the' barn
of David,'Mc'Allister. The Greaves
barn. was to the north-east of the
house and !wasr not threatened. Mr.
Greaves had not been fanning for
same'tirne. In June of 1962 he held
an auction sale of livestock and
implements, He has lived • alone in
the large . th!outse since the death,
of his - sister. • 'about: : fifteen years
ago. lie had never installed hydro'
or the teleipth'one and this only way
of sumRnoning help was toga to
the closest neighbours.
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I'
REVERT TO STANDARD
TIME ON SUNDAY
This week -end provides the
opportunity to pick=up • that
• i
' extra hour
'sleep
you • "lost"
last spring.Lfeion•Residents f.Mark .. b1ight
savin tirn offic-
ially
ially ends at 2;00 'a.m.. Sunday
'a
•
60th Wedding:
Anniversary On Monday, mioll be in, effect on Snitda .rning, sostandard Gime•
Keeper ofTheLight•• ,So, ,,don't 'forget to 'turn •.the
Former // .tiri'ng'Saturday ,night. It will:
- bedark at supper ,time • there-
after,, but it will brighten ' up
...-. f, ; a the . mornings. for. the -earrly
birds. . .
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ecord.
RUMMAGE, SALE
P .PER DRIVE THIS WEEK
!Thus, week (features, a rum
nia'ge sale by the Lions Club.
• and a waste •paper collection
by the: Boy Scouts.
-: The . paper, drive will be '
held here and in Dungan-
non. on Thursday afternoon.
Lions Club members have:: '
been assigned c'an'vass areas ,
far the rununage and bakintg,
sale to 'he ,held on Friday .
and Saturday in the former
IGA . store, owned • by Archie
Smith. .•
finalize Plans
For Vote.:Recount
Mev � �lan� Supt. .
At Stverwoods
Arthur Purney of Stratford
will 00rnmence work next week
as plant superintendent 'hof
verwood Dairies La, 'Lucknow.
Mr. Purney succeeds the late H
M. "Mac" MacLennan , whose
dearth • occ • r ed
ur recen'fly; '
Mr. Burney hast • .' at. Strat-
ford (with the diir r. the post
five years and serv1ed• at other
points (before that.
Mrs. Pu'rney is the former
Anne Young whose • parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Doug Young reside at
Amberyley.. Mrs. 'P'utrney's grand-
parents, Mr, and Mrs, John A,''
Campbell observed -their 60th
,wedding, armwersary at .'their
• home at Aariber 1'Mond
A 'preliminary • meeting was.
held in God+ericl on Thursday to
'determine ° procedure to be fol-
lawed' in the recount of ballots
an • the riding . of ' Huron -Bruce
in :the "September - 25th provin-
cial election. . - •
The official proceedings wil1.
be• conducted by - Judge Frank
Fingland, Wile will rule on: the
validity of any • questionable
'ballots:
Thursday's, ;meeting discussed
variations Of 'ballot markings
wthich• 'would be ruled on. ' Re-
turning
turning officer 'a W.: B. MCooi' of
Wingharn indicated. 'there were a
number 'of variations in the
manner in which ' voters Mark
their "X."
It is understood that repre-
sentatives ;off thhe (Uwe'. candidates,,
Murray Gaunt; Liberal and
George McOutcbeo1n, Progressive
Conse•rvat>.'ve,. will ;assist m ;do-
ing a recount' of ail the '!baB ots,
cast, ' With a judicial ruling ., on '
any; that may he questionable.
By ` the efl ieial count Mr
Gaunt -received . a 2'3 vote ma
jority. • Mr'. McGutaheon' .'tied a
3 -vote edge in the. election night
tabu'l'ation, which Was :reduced
to 1 vote in thee ;'morning after
recheck. The /(Soldier vote and
official count changed tthis, to
a 28 vote majority for Gaunt.
.The Iast :three. days' 'of 'the
month, ' have '!been tenttatively set
for comsp1'etion•'. of the recount:
. P.
Barn To Burn On Same Farm:
ine Huron
yelled
1VIr, and Mrs. John A. Camp-
bell of
b1
eS
1naw
of• ..de
'' 1• rem
Aaritb�er ey,
the Amberley 'd'istrict for all of
their dives, observed their 60th
we'dd'ing anniversary on .'Men -
day. Open house 'tor their. friends
was held . in the afterno.bn at
their home on the north-west.
• earner ;of the Anberlety inter-
Seetion, next to ;the Orange Hall.
Mr. and Mrs, Campbell .spent
all , their tm,arried life, • erd their
single yeat+s before that,' within
a Coutple of : ;mallets radius along
the ' take Huron shoreline" and
▪ have :seen many changes»'rim 'tale
'community . in those years:. They,
`vier*nariried at the home, of
the bride's parents 'on .October
• 21st, 1.943, WITS. Campbell is the
former Anna Louise Mahoocd.,
• daughter of. 4late 11ilr,t and
Henry Mahood.. Her
Mrs.John H
parental;• home Was on the, Base
Line between the 4th and .6th
Concessions of Huron Township.
It is now a grass farm'; • Marr
Campbell is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs: Daniel • Campbell,
and their re'sidence. was tribe 'farm
at the top of ;(the h'i`ll at Amber-
ley' Beach novV owned by Ches-
ter. Campbell,
After their m'arriag'e by Rev,
John MacFarlan of Pine ,River.
rian , .Church, Mr. r. and
Mrs'. Campbell took up residence
ust ,to
1 the north of his father s
Apace on. the ,Base Line, This
farm is still In the family btct
has long 'sinc'edost its buildings.
In 1919, ' the ' Campbells. and
their young ,family moved to the
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'core ey on oy.
Lucknow J3ranch Manager Wil-
liam Wherry has ann'onurced• that•
the Lucknotw plant will shortly
be, converted from brine to'
sweet ;water cooling and that a •
new butter storage. addition. will
be • constructed 'witbh work ,to-;
commence shiortly. This, 'along,
with • other plant 'facilities Which
include. a, .newly constructed ice.
cream storage addition will make
the Lucknow branch. . second to
none an providing service to
their area.
LIBRARY MEMBERS
AT BRUCE BANQUET
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart. Collyer, '
Miss Helen Zihompscin. and: Mrs
Wm. Wherry, . represented the
Lucknow Library Board at the '
Bruce County (Library • Boarid an
nual meeting end banquet held'
last Wednesday evening ''at Fort
. •
...Guest speakter. was W.. C 'Mc-
Master of Toronto, managing 'di-
rector of Scholastic book services;
Ontario Department of Educe
cion. .
Farmer Lueknowites who were
a'meng those a'tttendanre at the
banquet were Alex W. Smith•. of.
Owen Sound and Mrs.!' J. C :
(Isabel). Armstrong •of Walker- ' • •.,
ton, who is ..now acting' as as .
'sistant librarian :in 1Walkertore,
The ,dairy- barn 'of` John : W:
Scott and Sons Of the ' 4th con-
cession of. Huron Township was
levelledby Mire that broke , out
about 4 :a.m.. ' last , Friday. morn=
:ing. Descr> eed• by a 'fellow dairy`
farmer -as. "oneof the best dairy
banns in the, . township,". its . loss
was a staggering 'blow to . the
Scott family. ' r •
Mhe "Bruc.elea ' Jersey, Farm
is located about 14 miles east; of
Pine River United Church' on the
fourth and is• on 'the south side
of ,the concession.. •
'What. s6unded )Likte an explos-
ion of some type attracted the,
attention. of the Scotts: about
.,
four o'clock . in the rn,orntiri;g:••Jack
Scott,' sons Bila .and ("Bob and a
hired ' •, r, Mike Ashton were
' man
all on the scene 'in a few min-
utes but the • barn• 'was beyond
saving and ' the . Ripley Fire De-
partment was summoned with
the "-thought . of . protecting the
home 'wh'ich was just a ' short
distance to the north-east, A
neigh,boun , 'Leslie Wardell, also
hteartd the explosion and 'upon
looking out of the house noticed
the °supper portion 'of Abe bami
in fie:Mes..
The 'bairn was full to the ,brim
with.. ,hay . and Straw and' the
granary 'was also full Of the
season's crop, This was ' a corn.,
plete tltoss along .with tnost dairy.
•
and ' farm equipment ; in the barn...
Lose Bull, Calves
Bill. Scott succeeded in getting
a valuable bull out of the fire
butt it was im'pos'sible to ;,get to
another bull Which, was lost•
Five calves were saved.: from the
fire but another nine calves per
fished. The entire herd of Jer-
seys was . out of the :barn • at the
time of the lir'e. •
A stable cleaning ,machine was
a complete loss in the fire as
was ai rolling and 'mixing math-
ine Much of the .mi+lkiria..equip=
ment ' was lost' but. -the bulk cool-
er was . removed . from the burn-
ing ',barn. A cement' silo, located
at the ,'W'est side', of the barn,
was subjected to full heat .of the
fire and it is not known if dam -
'age was (done to .it.. The silo (was'
full and a new ; silo ' :unloader
had been installed the afternoon
before the .tire. It is believed
that this apiece of equipment • was
not damaged to any extent. A
combine was removed to safety
from . the 'barnyard during the
blaze. • • •
• .`Phere Was unto wind blowing
at ''the tine of the fire and •this
tfire� i igh.
fact was in favour; of .fa t
efts,. The 'barn was of steel con-•
struction and Was 40' by 80'' with
an extension on the side. A steel
she'd' just east of the' . barn Weal tioft destroyed.
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M As bsual
No :time *as 'lost in pr oti idin'g:
alccom'odation . for. • ,milling the 5�k
Jerseys in' the Scott :herd,. Aneth-
er : '.barn,on the next farm' to
the West on which ,a .hired ''roan,
Bert ',Mole,, resides,. Was fitted
u'p ;immediately fqr milking. ; With
the aid of manly neighbours ' and
Ken Martin of Kincardine, equip-
merit was moved and installed
and the cows were milked with-
in a• Jew hours, and while e
fire. Was still burning.
• Second, Barn Fire
This . is the second barn that
Jack hats .lost rto , fire on • this
farm; In September •of 1935. a
fire took .,the first ;barn, and the t .
barn that !burned last Friday
was (built in 1936:' The 'farm is
the 'former Peter Reavie place
and • no one was ,living on, the ,
place at the • time of the lirs't
fire. I.t was purchased by John
Scott,, in 1931, ,but it was 1939,
following their marriage, that the
Scotts moved there. Mr, Scott
i'nfor'med the 'Sentinel on Mon-
day that rebuilding ' plans are
rn
definite but :that something '
will be done either now or in
the spring to replace time, barn,
In the 'meanrtime, they are . car-
rying
ar •ryingg on rn the darn' on 'the farm.
to the we.ei,
et
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