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LUCKN'OW, ONTARIO WEDNTS+DAY, OCT, 30th, 1063,:
Single Cow {l.
12: ,pages.
Rescues_Compcinions Through
iindoW;
A . West Waw!anohi 'Township
y pulled • 1' o. einnpanions• to
oath pail .•
safety minutes before his car
sank in a •Barron Township river
late • Sunday 'afternoon..
Gerald , Eggleston, 19, ' son of
Mr, and Mrs. ,Arthur. ,Eggleston
•of .the • sixth Concession of West
Waruvanos!h Township +e5cued
S'hirl y' Loder., 17, daughter of •Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson ,Loder of !Luck=
now -and. Marion Button, 15,
dauughter of d.r. :end :Mrs. :Bill
Button: of LuCknoliv seconds be -
doze his Car tb'eeam'e submerged
it •tlie '18=Marie. fiver: .
According to. provincial :con-
stable.
con -stable Jack Hatch of Kmicandin.e
who mvestiga'ted, • Gerald was
/
proceeding north . on side,road I)To.
10, Boron Township, betWeen
een
;the 2n'd and 4th .cancessions.
Coining over 'a hill: just before
the 'bridge •thatspans the eigh-
es In
teen mile, river, •he encountered
some ' pigs on the road. Brak-
ing `in an . attempt bo meas the
pigs, he struck the west side of
the bridge 'a'n'al they ;careened
overto the east side and ti4Ved
over ,• .the (bridge into. the water
• which is 'apt least spec feet deep.
at that srp!ot, •
In the few minutes !before the
car went under, Gerald freed
;h,imiself 'through the driver's
window, , helped !Shirley Loder
through • the window and' Swann
With' ' her to Shore, and ,returned
to free Marion through the win-
dow also and helped her to shore.
Manion Was the only ' one injur-
ed, in the accident : suffering a
!broken collar (bone..
The car settled, in the. river,
'gn. its top with' only a few in
eh:es o -f . the four tires visible:.
Police :and 'observers had high'
praise for the quick 'thinking and
actions' of the Eggleston: youth.
The water wast said to .be con-
sid'era'bly d'ee'per •on the. other
s'id'e . of .• the : bridge..
' e.
The threesome made their
wray. to 'the nearby ,fak$n .of Her-,
mans Anger • where they . were
"dried out" and 7icedhical • aid
Summoned, Dr. J. B. 'Tindall of.
Ripley attended the injured 'But-
ton girl and her 'parentis. remov-
ed her t�. Wingnarn Hospital.
Recalls Drowning • ,
The accidsnt, which could have
resulted in drowning for ,all.
.three young ;people, ,recalls a'
drowning. . in' the. same river .not:
far :from the •accident. location.
Eric-, Clayton, 1'3-y lar -old Olivet
dis'tr'ict; youth, .drowned near .the
spot nine years : 'ago at Easter'
time. ,
Name Frank King Marketing Director Bury Fire Victim
For �Raiston Purina' Of _Canada
Frank 'King !who has been Vice-
President of Ralston Purina of
Canada,; arid President of *C ioice
Curt -up •CRhieken Ltd., Aurora,
has been appointed >a 'director of.
Ralston ",Purina of Canada, and`
,assumes a newly created . posi-.
tion of D'ureetor of Marketing
for Canada
' Flank': J: g :is a gradrua•te'
No HcIIOwe'en
Part This.Y
afir ..
At Monday night's .meeting oaf
.'. the Lions. :Caub it was announc-
ed by. Fred !Pierce thatbecause,
'bhe•:arena 'was not available, the
Committee had followed., the re'-
nm
'comenda'fi'on of the;.-lat 'meet-
ing, and ,had nnade no '',Plans for
the children's annual 'Hallowe'en
Party
Presidient Rob Mclntaeh . stated
that some !back hoeexcavating
had (been ..done in "thearena in
an ef'fo'rt' to determine what
might. have abreen the....Cause of
last Winters heaving cif :'the • ice
surface: .
Some halve favored excavating
the 'ice area • and replacing it
with new fill,. ?before. a penman=
ent con'eretefloor : is ,itaid over.
the artificial. ice pipes:
What, if ianythin'g, wil l be done
!iris fall, •other''thaan 'replace the
!padres; Which .Were lifted in the
• summer, 'was , not definitely de-
cided.
Escape Injuries, In
Car -Cow Collision
The. Lochalsh sideroad `area has
been notorious in recent 'weeks
for its accident 'ton,e
Last Wedn'esdhay afternoon a
Car-col/17 collision occurred, with.
the Da sengers fortunately eseap-a
ing injursi.other than a .shaking
Driver of the car 'w'as . Mrs.
Jack Farrisihr orf Luoknow,. ,who
was 'ccomp'anied '!by' her sister-.
an.lat .
, Mres. , Marten.. Courtney
• and Mrs. a Courtney's daughter,
ILelly • Lee. • •
The cattle 'beast, owned i1 y
Jack MaCKenzie of Ashfield was
kil'le'd in the crash. Mrs. Parris!
sal 'it. came onto the road sud-
,'denly, 'giving ' her no ch'a'nce to
Stop. Repairs to the oar wi,li
require at least"
new radiator,
rsli orad, hood,
•of Ontario Agricda'ltural College,
and j oin;ed Purina in 1942 after
having' served ' With, 'the `Federal
Livestock -'Branch.,, He quickly
moved .up the Purina ladder •: to
!become Ontario. Sales Manager.
During !this. period he •and W. J:.
Garfalt :of Aurora ,pioneered and
.developed, large scale broiler
growing. in Canada, :.and were
the first to ' sell eviscerated' and
cut-up >chicken to chain 'stores
and ',Other :retail 'outlets.' In:. the
early stages they' operated seven
Gut ,up chicken stores, several
: � known
•farrins as well^'as the .well ,
processing plant namely Chod':,e.
.Cut -up -Chicken Ltd., Aurora The
processing Plant 'was sold to iRal
stdn . Purinafour, years ago..
In addition to his Marketing'
'and 'Sales Management reapon-
sibilities for•(Ralston :Purina, (Ir.;
King will continue. as President.
of :Choice Cult, -up• 'Chicken . 'Ltd.,.
with Mike ., Lyseck'i as General
Manager: i
Mrs. King is 'the former: Rach-
ael rel Ma'dDonald, daughter ,o f• Mrs.
Jaynes MacDonald of Luacknow;
On :Wednesday
hFwheral services for James
Gneaiv.'es; West Waw•aa osh T�ovrrri=
`ship resident who twat: badly
burn;e'd in .a !Nouse . !fire early
Tues'd'ay morning' oflast .week,
!were .held, today, (Wednesday)
'.from .St. Augustine Roman Oath-
al7c cahurcYil.: Rev: Pr: Maiak of
St Augustine officiated" ` at
10 &M.,. With burial in St 'Au'gus
•.tine cemetery. Arthur . Funeral
Home Auburn, were 7;n charge
of the • arrangements.
Mr: Grearviee', who had no 'imn-
:survwors• died Sunday
m.'edi!ate',
night at V'icto'ria ',Hospital,- Lon,•
don,. where 'he had been for six
days.' ,V•
Badly :!burned, :he escaped, his
•blazing horne last week.and-after
.diltiphing bus, car, ran a .half 'mile
to the farin of. Cyril Boyle for
help. • He was m his nightclothes
and •bare feet. 'Be was removed
to Wing+h'a'rm •Hospital!and then
to London early Tuesday main-
ing.„ The 65 -year-old bachelor
had ..laved '.alone since. 'the deatth
of his sister a''rnum!ber of years
and the lane Mr: also:oohs:ie.. ago;•
GOOSE 'HAS STARTED
HER SECOND "SITTING."
The spring; and • manner
like 'weather ` of tine past
month may the responsible
''for the. •unusual 'behaviour of -.
a 'goose on the farm of Barrie "
Hackett; • •
This . goose • hatched eight
goslings 'last spring, and, to all
appearances, she is• aiming at:
a repeat performance. 'During
the past month she; has laid:
e'l'eveen .eggs, and !on Q12omday'
of this week started! riesling
on them: .
If she persists m sitting, on
the• eggs the results molar be
known in about four weeks'
' This poourrehioe• is said to
be Most rare .We 'don't oro-
•fess to ; know of the love (life
and Mating, habits of geese,
• rso 'we hope the reporting io'f
this •occu'rence doesn't ,anhake'
`.`ha'goos'e" out. of us..
OnIy Nine At B.M.
Meeting; Lack
Slate Of Officers
Only. nine business pl'aces, were
represented at the !me'etin'g of
the !business m en'.s a'ssoci:ation at.
the Lcig . Cabin Restaurant 'last
Tuesday' night. .
' • A new slate of . 'officers *as
"nominated, but its..term !of office
was : a short • c'ne as • three `n'o'm
inated.-for offices •(have declined
the•lappo :atm en, t. Fred -Pi erte : was
nominated for ;president, Bob
.Ma.cdKen'zi.e for vice-president. and
Cyril Brown for secretary; -.treas-
urer. All ` three nl,en, Who, *ere
not preiaent at;:.the iaz%eetiing do.
nhdt !wish to take office. •
Fourier o'fficens, •..E1Rner Urn..
bacth,' president, . and,Nornnan S•ie
grist, ::secretary -treasurer; had -
both resigned, 'requiring a new
abate Of :officers. •
Ch'ristrnas business' hours were •
set Business 'pl'aces 'wilt be open
Friday„;.:S'atdi:day, Monday and.:
Tues'd' y evening's :before Christ=.
may. Santa Claus day will be the'
seCond. 'Saturdayin December.
B'iisines places.' 5;i7i11 be open:
eablh Thursday m December. all
day ,With the exception of. B'oac-
irie Day.. '
An annual `fee of $8 was set•
for memlaers with 'Harold Ritchie,
Gordon:: Piah'er, Elmer Um'bacii,
trd Ashton` Charles Webster
Loyel.unteerng. as collectors:
•
Mother And Son -Among L D H S Graduates
Luckiyow District High 'S'chool
Cornimeticennent on 'Friday night
cia1, sign fi
i.cRance. Mrs.
had �!pe 18 -year -
Old
Pranees Cow'anr whose Y
old son Olen: received .this sec-
oivdary . scho l ' 'graduation, • dip'
a (grade 12), was herself on
loan. , .. , '...graduates.
the platform with the 'g t_.
Mils. Cc'wan returned to school
last tern'! to ."Y,6ick 'up" Som: e
sluibjeetl she needed in further-
ing
its' .her edu•eatiofl Last year
1Vlars. a Ccwvan was 'in grade 13,,E
her Sion 'Glen . in grade 12 and
her daughter Ly intrade, 11,
Beca,use some of . her. courses
were completed in British Col-
umbia, Frances did not 'receive
a ,ddiplorna. • A local restaurant
operator,,tM'rs. Cowan. completed
three •grade 11rcriathenisatie cour-
ses -and is 'pres'en'tly enrolled as
as student nurse. at . 'Kitchener.-
Waterloo. Hospital.'
. ° Pictured ' left • to right 'are
Murray . Hunter, •grade 13'grad-
nate who gave the valedictory
address; : 'Sih'aron 'O'Donnell, who
won: thhree awards a for academic
accompli:sh'ments in grade 12;
Mrs, Cowan; :L. E. Goyette, ser-
ving' ,his •First year, as principal
at•.Luckanow District High School.'
Sentinel 'Photo•'
Vacant ,Farm .Home.
DamagedY.:B- Fire
'!vacant',farm; house " of the
6th concession of West . Wawan-
oshh To'w7 s'h !P , wias,: damaged. by,
fire Late. 'Sunday •aR ternoon. The
house is the property: of Arthur
Eggleston and is about a mule -
eaist : of the •Luelatow-iDiunigamncai
road. M. 'Eggleston recently pur-
chased the "T1n'om'as Websterfarm
and the 'vacant house • is just
west 'of the !Eggleston, • hioan'e. •
Lucki.ow Fire Deapa'ntanenrt re-
sponded
e
spon ded to "ihe ,alanmn and suc-
ceeded in putting out .the fire
using water 'carried on the truck.
The worst of the ablaze Was con-
fined to a front room in the
frame home ne and the rootm was
badly gutted.
(tit is ten or twelve years since
anyone resided In :the house. The
last person to live there 'was:.
Jack Cosents Who Le'ft his belong-
ings, , • household 'fuanitua a and
iequhipanent in the house and his
whereabouts has not been known..
since, Tom, Webster. •owned the. •
property at ,that time, Tom :hav-
ing purchased the , farm ` from'
Jahn Dur'n'in..of West. Wawan'osh
about twenty years ago. ,
No' insurance was 'carried on.
the !building: „
Elect Slate; Name • •
'
Honorciry• Member. s
`Robert Fisher of 1. ucknoW
the new 'president oaf ..the . Luck -
naw Lawn. Bowling Club ; He
'Lloyd/Balla.'succeeds`Jack Mac-
Donald . is the 'viae -president • land
Harold Ritchie, is secrretary=treas-
user. .
Because aI
the .small • atten-
dance at. the 'meeting on,: Wed
nesday of . last week,' . committee
appointane?Cirtis .;were (left :over un-
til
. .
spring. •
Isaac (Miller ,and Wallace Mil- .
ler' of St. Helens,: `flong time
bowlers at, the local igreen, were
made honorary • . members of the
Lucknow; Cl'iu'b, the first' such
bon:ur to: be given anyone.
'The Luuckimow:' Club iirad..42,
mednibe rs' this year, 8. , 9en and
14 ladies. This :as an increase
in the: number of !Lady +bo'w'lers..
Laym�n's: Sunday
At St•,
. e,•s.
La'ymnan's Sunday was., •obsery =
ed in St. Peter's Anglican church
on Sunday nnornting. Mr: J. S.:
Laurie.of London 'was the• ,guest
speaker.
lMT Fred ' IVIcQuill'im led the
congr'egati'on in 'wors'hip and Mr-.
James .Ketchla'baw.. read the .les=
sons from .H'o'ly..Sri!pture; • b
In his :address, Mr. Laurie ern
phasized the need for 'Crhristian.s
to put their faith to work, and:
stated that the Kmgdwn of 'God
onearth has to he spread .by wit- `.
nesting . Christian"' men arid wo-
men.
Practice Sale Is
False Rumour •
Usually we report stories that
'happen. This • week we are. re-
porting a 'story that .didn't chap-
'
'Reports` had 'it that Dr. `M: W •
Raithby ' of Luck:now .. had sold
his veterinary 'practice in Luck-
nova. Upon contacting Mark, • he
told The Sentielthat there is
absolutely no truth in this rum-
our and because of Widespread
tall'k in this • regard; 'he wished .
to advise the •peorple: cif ` the d -s:-
,tract of this through .the Sentinel
columns.
Sark. Stated:
that t'h'ey nave.
n o ' hp'res'ert /+or future pu.ans an
this re#Ord and as far as • she
knew "they 'would the retiring 'in
Lttekit rw,
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