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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,1
. MARCH 7th, 1962
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$3.00 A Year In Advance --..LOO Extra To U.S.A., ••
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to Start Work Soon On New Bell Deaf NworairrM �wo � Escape From Petroleum Truck
n Saturday. Collision
Over �:... •Ti3Of 'Ice, Cut,' Set Far December of • members of St Peters.
When Overturned
The contract for the.; construe
• -ion of a new Bell. Telephone.
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building in'. Lucknow has been.,
let to Wilfred G.„White of Wing
hair, and who is. no stranger here,
having been -raised on the parent
farm near Holyrood, now° own-
. 'ed 'by" Harvey Houston
Mr White expects to start work
on the building this ,month, with
the completion date set for July
when technicians will take,. over.
on the next stage•of conversion
to the dial system. The cut over
is tentatively set-for.
early '-De-
cember of. this year. -
Locally the conversion to the
dial system: ties in with similar.
operations being • Simultaneously
parried Out.at, Cargill
and Winglam,
. The site E f;• the . one -storey.
building is :. on Campbell ;Street,
across from ;the Carnegie Hall:
This property* at. one time .was:
the locationof the'• monument
shop and the 'adjoining Orange
Hall, The Bell, Telephone Com-
pany acquired • the. property some
time ago' from `J, L. MacMillan.
The building, will' be• .of •an'
architectural design complixnent.-
ary to its/ location.
The •B'ell 'office has' been '•in.
the Jognt Block for as .long as.
most residents remember.
The "switch board" was locat-
ed. in Dr. A. M. Spence's''Drug
Store frgm early; ,in the century
V•
until 1932, when Fraser Paterson
was appointed branch manager.
Mildred Ritchie (Mrs Ken Cam-
eron). was appointed chief opera-
for and commercial manager in
1939 and. in 1944 the•office was
changed from an .agency bbranch •,
to` the Bell Telephone hone Com an
P p Y
ori ast� .Off
office. Mrs '1948-
meron continued in
charge ' u � 9�4 .... S e was sue-: 'Ford and Eu
1 $ h.
Anglican. Guild •'plus, the pop- '
ularity of their homemade
turkey ' pies ,• has given 'the
artificial ice fund a -boost of •
$84.88.
The Guild ladies made and
sell 150 pies. They were all.
delivered by Tuesday night ;
• of last week, leaving no ex
tras, for sale` on Wednesday;.
The ladies appreciate ' -the'
patronage and co-operation of,
the public.' •.
SawJOhn Glen'
ceeded by .,Eileen Fulton (Mrs.
Harold Greer). Jean:, MacKinnon.
(Mrs. Ross* MacKenizie) was in
charge for.a time and'was'' suc-
ceeded by Miss Catherine :Mac-
Intosh, the present office mana-
ger,
Boy 'Scouts To Commence Ager,
Leaders,-.Gr�up =�omn�i�ee�-Appointed
n
Lucknow. Boy 'Scout 'committee-' old members remain on the com=:
mittee:
The question was raised as to
the possibilities .of having women
was.: re=organized at a public
meeting in: the assembly room of
the town hall on Tuesday -night' of
. last'Week.:A� multitude .of meet- 'members on • the. group commit
rings. on'.that night sharply affect tee. While -the district 'office is
▪ ed the attendance, but fifteen
• adults, 1;two of. them women;
and a: ike,`, number of boys • of
Scouting age attended.
' Archie G owanl ock 'of Walker-
ton cominis 'ober for .Sou' ee.
,. � g n
-district,: •presided at the -meeting
AcconanYing • him". 'was John 'Scouting movement..The•.cam- in:chare
the ' nin•ister, Rev.
wit- against,. this move,', its is:
frowned on somewhat by pro
vincial headquarters::' A.mothers'
auxiliary,' similar• to the •one :re-
centlyformed' in Kinloss,is more
favourably looked ,on as a ser:*.
vice women can Perform for : the
ord n .nice Cunningham
of • `Rapid City•', 2nd concession
Kinloss Township, returned. last
Thursday night .from. "a five-week
motortrip' to:° Florida,
_ . Three weeks.of the five were
spent at, Orlando, Florida, with'
another week :being, spent visit-
ing St.'Petersburg, Tampa,.Key
West • and : Miam�i'i and points<•'en•
route. While. at 'Orlando, they vis
ited, Roy.: and • `Florence Lane. Mrs.
Lare was the ; former'' Florence)
Macs 'ffz'ie'' daughte of-,an`d..
Mrs. D. A.MacKenzie, 'Lucknow,:
and -are frequent visi'tors 'here
where they are well known. Roy;.
is an engineer : and: engaged in a
missile, work there .
Eunice reports the highlight of
their trip was seeing . John Glen
taking off from "Cape Canaveral,
a shorf . distance from Orlando.
A collision between, the amuck -
now District, Co-operative oil &
gas truck and "a •car driven by
Frank •Mewhinney •.of West Wa-
wanosh Township about °2,30' on.
Saturday afternoon, sent `'two boys
to. hospital with severe Rlacera--
tions;
The Co-op truck, driven by
Bill Hall and accompanied by his
son 'Douglas; ' age : 12, waspro-
ceeding west of the • 12th cones;
sion of West . Wawanoth.: The
car, driven by Frank Mewhinney
accompaniedby his son Murray,
age .11, was •proceee
ding north • on
."Andy Gaunt's • sideroad" The
two vehicles were in collision
with the Mewhinney car' striking
the 'gas : truck in - front . of • the
hind wheel on the driver's side.
The force of the impact caused
the "gas truck to: flip on its 'side'
and•' partially onto its top in the
ditch -Douglas Hall's hands were
punched through the , windshield
by the impact,. lacerating them.
Snow . came, in, the windshield
when the 'truck hit the • bank
till • Hall's frist reaction ;wase to
check for Leaking gas or possible
fire which he did in an instant.
Had t1 ere• been. any sign of either
.he would have tried to get • out'
of the cab •by breaking the' wind-
shield. He had to dig his son 'out
•
of the- snow„ that had come into.
the cab and after.' hoistinghim •
out the driver's • door, he made
his escape:' '
' . MurrayMewhinney. Was Very:
badly lacerated• about' the . face '
by the 'crash. The two drivers
escaped wit a shaking up: 'And-
• rew Gaunt, .who was following
the ,Mewhinney car, returned to
his. farm, after checking the ex-
tent of the injuries.' Murray'
Gaunt and• Mervin. , Ritchie,' who
works for Murray,' came to ;the
scene and took' the ' two young
to th -
boys doe 'or e ts office in
Lucknow. They were later taken
to: Wingham Hospital: and the
Hall boy was. released that day. ••
The Mewhinney family came
to West Wawanosh in : the • fall
from Underwood. Mr:' Mewhin-
ney works for Andrew Gaunt.
Murray Mew& n:ney is the second'
oldest of '°a family of seven 'Child-
ren., :: The family • resides : on the,.
:former Fred Webb place.
The. Co-op truck. Was fortun .,
ately not ':too heavily `loade'd' at
the ,time, of the collision. About•
100, gallons otgas and a• little fuel`
Oil . was- carried, The truck„ will
Abe . temporarily. useless.. and other
Provisions 'are being arranged for
delivery • to customers: •
DedicationT'o Be Weld. Friday
Luckn�w .for R
e madChi .•r
u ch•
:Immediately after..the blast .off,
The cls
de ca tion ~service ;o.f' he
the aseverals stageswere - clearly.T Rapids, Mich:; He was ` ordained ..
visible ,'from their aro' .in Or; .Lucknow Christian ''Reformed at Pease, Minn in ,19522. He Was.
Church.` will be held on Friday
landb.
evening:. of this week, March 9th,,
,Preston,. assistant . district ..coni- missioner knew Of only 'o'ne.' �wo- TAKEN TO LONDON S. Ter stra A,B Th
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missioner and also Scoutmaster 'man serving on a lgroup :comin.it For the a f w the" Niagara -Peninsula:
at Walkerton: Mr•• •Gowanlock ex- tee in the: district.
past. st a weeks mem.
•..•.., _ _. _; .. un.•e 'Rev. : 1VIr:" Terp'stra. said. that' ,•.. , _--nom,_ of the, congreea+ion '
. � _ _ All-.afxarcln�r 1 - ea�ld�o�ir
AS ILLNESS' A' PUZZLE '
at , Imlay- : City,.; Mich. when called
to' Listowel .• and Lucknow,"; but
had previous Ontario charges at.
Fort William and. Fruitland' in'
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plained that .the • ur •ase of .th Th est auxce_far- eamirirt the direction of 'Harry a thein we are a sis er churcFi- '
� a y B'ur sma
of 1Vlr. and'Nirs. Sidney Gardner.; a .
Public meeting:was :. .to form . a ':'tee members is 'fathers o .boys.. y G dner . ,, F
g ' have been trans ormin the for::40 the Reformed Church of` the
was g
taken xo . Sick' Children's hos-
new group corh�rriittee and . or, Surely fathers are int ested
to ve, n on on e • first o ; e •Ro s St. into their new church 'formed •Church ' has in `fact ,been
s•m , Netherlands
: • i• er, .John'stone ',Funeral Home ' ore the Christian': •Re- ••
ganize the •Scout• leaders so that enough' in their' boys petal L d " the f t f th
mea . ••Building: f established on the . North Amari -
their `,work ` might commence e a was the: c mmerit of the • week
g e c sQ g
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a
been ate
A� a ant in
soon as art Collyer, ' w,lie served 'for P
os ,1
Stuart possible. sib e. He explained : . : n continent' for; 300.. years:"
that :it wag necessary• •.thirteen ears as • . Scoutmaster '` ngham for; thepast • ei hWhen the. Christian Reformed ca
. s , to' have y �: .7-0-11
• ' . i ..Weeks, He: returned home! -Congregation was first formed, in '' Declines 'Call '
. retiring last Fall, 'statedh .rxee• : . ,
,' Rev. Mr. • Ter str a recently,. r - ••
five
een or snore members on .a group until L aid th ' lie r Saturday and .'b '•: Sunda' shad Lucknow a few; years • ago, they P Y . e
mittee, that he, would . the.new group' <i up" Y Y.
"Don't .a again "filled Worshipped on'Sunday . afternoon.., c from a'. 400:-meimber
. let them tell you there in any .wvay. possible but that. he g ed, . with °pleuritic+al ,, ,, .
in .the Presb terian Churc congregation at Hilis�`'in•�Minne- s.
will•be no work to being a, coni- did not .wish to.. serve on the; symptoms, which are puzzling'his Y h. For
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miti ,,the Past couple of, years Sunday 'iota, 'but after 'seriously consid
tee: member, as:._there`: Will group 'comm ttee: He aook� , ;the.doctor, who has ,sent' •'him •to Zon-
: - services` have • held .in ring.. the; invitation ' decided to
be," .�Mr. Gowarilock .commented: opportunity to: thank' the.' Scouts don . for. • tests and trea tmen.t. beenthe 'e
Legion Hall,:-•an�d.youngremain. with -'the Listowel -Luck-
The Lucknow .group .•has-ibeen a for their .rerneinbranee' at Christ-
, weekly just
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peoples activities have been now charge:. He . has. dust' been
community: , sponsoredone, he:
said, and he felt it preferable to
stay that. way.: Mr. ; Gowanlock
felt that new'blood., was good: on
a committee but. that it • was a.
good thing, to have sortie -of the
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89th Birthday
The. • congratulations and .best
wishes of ' a host of friends are
extended .to Miss. Catherine 'Mac
Gregor who observed her .89th'
birthday on Monday,;,' March" 5th.
Miss MacGregor is , enjoying
good health ' and is: remarkably
active despite •a.tbroker hip she
suffered ,a couple' of years ago,
followed by a fractured' arm sur-
feted, in a car 'accident. •
On Tuesday, Miss MacGregor
,"celebrated" her birthday ' .by'
playing host to `Unit•No. 3 of the
United Church_ Women, _.w._
Miss MacGregor is :a daughter
of the late Donald (D. N.) Mac-
Greegor and Jessie MacKenzie. of
Cape Breton,' where she was
,born. She came to Ashfield with
her parents as a young woman.
Miss, MacGregor has resided' in
Lucknow for over fifty years. &`
-until her • retirement, her servi-
ces. were in constant demand.: as
dressmaker, at Which she.was
most adept, '
1VI'ss MacGregor is
of a family Of six. Her only siis-
ter A•
,Mrs, ° - eorge Stuart",. and Mr.
O
Stuart and Joe of St. Helens, now
make • their, .home' with her.
mai. -He felt that the Scouting
work :had , been well, worth while.,
over. the. period of years with `a.
.good • bunch to work • with and
pleasant • associations at camp, 12.
ears . of which were • spent with
Archie Gowanlock
': George'.'Whitby, who will,serve
as ,the new 1Scoutmaster, stressed
the importance that `final arrange
ments be made as quickly as pos-
sible •
os-sible-• as he'•'wished to start meet-
ina
s .
thefollowingweek:Scouts
s
will meet on Tuesdays , and
George will be ,assisted • by Eimer
Maclenzie and, ,Stuart Jamieson. -
Georges. suggested teat residents'.
save scrap paper for ' .a paper
drive' in the spring as .a money,
raising event, . Bud Thompson,
who Was previously assistant to
Stuart Collyer, • said he was'
'pleased with' the calibre , of, the
three men who are acting as.
leaders,' .He Offeredhis help in
;getting,. the_ Scouts started •again,
but felt it Would • not be long
until they 'wereon their feet in
proper style,.
It is, hoped that following the
operation .of Scouts; for • a . time,
a Cub Pack .will be formed .where
"Women make better leaders than
men," the Chairman said: The age
for ,Cubs is 8 to "11: "ScoutsAmtist
be 11 years past before joining.
Jim Henderson, a• new member,
.,a'nd, Leonard MaoDona1d and Bob
MacKenzie,:' old inembers, who
were unable to attend the 'Meet-
ing, consented to act as members
of the group committee. • Former
menlhers of the committee attend-
ing the meeting :.and agreeing; to
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centred :in the Town Hall. appointed president. of the :.Listo
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.'- the' Johnstone. a Aso is
_ _e�ord Loin(Johnstone. Funeral c tion:
o Maeks.
The public is• welcome at'Fri-
Arrival
•
•Home was relocated iri th:e• John= , , P� }
stone Block' on Main St the' Re- •da'y night's dedication service.
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�Fe'laruar produced bought the former •remises andi'their. newly;dedicated church wYl
•formed Ch•urch :congregation : till:
, Sunday` services .i:n
:; y p u d a • pretty P
steady diet of;the ingredients of have been . converting it .•to, a include', a.service in butch in the
Wirife> ; SnOW'' driftingpermanent House of Worshi morning, and.a a Service' iii English.'
and below P•
freezing temperatures.� It is primarily a rural . contra- in the afternoon followed byIrk: fact,. twelve of the twent - gatio'n of New •.Canadians from Sunday School.
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eight days had temperature read•'' Holland, and the membership is
irigs .of' zero or lower, ,with,' the • •drawn • from' : an ' area roughly
bounded
merchry. zooming to 22' below for. by Wirigham,•Teeswatex,
the ninth's low. Theother ex -
.' Walkerton -Hanover,: Kincardine,
tretne was a highAmberley,Dunnnon and
of 50 degrees.'
Dungannon Luck.
Snowfall totalled 28.6 inches'.&` ,no.w•
rainfall - amounted to ,22 inches. •
' And as• if Februaryhadn't been,
cold enough,March
came
Alike a lion" with •a temperature
of 1 below and. on Friday ' the
second, it. nose dived to 17 below.
This sent J. M. Greer scanning
g
the March records back to. 1877
when weather .recording . was
started locally. He found it was
the coldest March 2nd: on -record.
- Two -Point Charge
• Listowel and Lucknow form a
two-point charge, With • Rev, Sim-
on • Terpstra ;as minister. He'''ac-
cepted
ac-cepted ,a call two years ago in
February,. 1960, • and became
re
sideist minister'' at Listowel; •where
a . new $35,000 Church was °of, -
facially opened, and, dedicated 'n
November°. . • 4 i'
The--.Clristian -Reformats Churn
.But. it wasn't a record low for at Listowel was ' organized. ' in
the month of Mardi, 'We've had 1961.as part, of the mission ar-
,some pretty' • chill ones; so, ish ineludi ' p
Y ,the , , ztig Lucknow, C7inton-
books show. Here,' for.. instance, Orangeville' and Owen Sound. As
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are . some sub -zero • read'ings for the, influx' of families from the
1929: m Netherlands . continued and ,the
• March 4th, 19= 5th,. , congr. .•
25, 6th, 9; egationsgrew, new facile-
9th, 11; 12th, 15; 13th, 5 14th Ales for Worship became _• -
8;. -19th; _6; 17th, 12 1?
came im era
five and .the congregation have
. •March,. 'r 1923;; produced these been devoted to meet the l-
temperatures: 26th, 7;' 28th, , 1; lenge. enol
29th,' 6; 30th, 1 •31st, 7 and -April Rev. 'Mr.' Ter str' a -e_ '' '
P ,recelt ed hi
1st, 12 below. ••
' nrel minory theology trainingh
,March 18&8' had three consecu- yin Amsterdam,
tive..• da7,7t, the '23rd, Free . Universit -
y , . 23rd, '24th, and After studying in England ho' a:K-
2;5th, with •readings of •H, 19 and cepted a scholarship""
13 below zero,' at C: alvin
Cpllege 'and' Seminary in ' Grand
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Observed Their
5Ot
h
• Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs, •Alec MacLeod,
Riverside Avenue residents cif
London' since 1930, marked their
50th wedding anniversary,• last
week= The preceding week -end
they ' were ',honored• at :'a dinner
party at Braemar.' Lodge, 'attend -
.ed by relatives ' and • friends and
arranged by their so'r`e= and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jame
C:j 1V[acLeod; Detroit..,
Mrs.' MacLeod was formerly
Helen Grace Stevenson of Center
Point, Indiana. Mr: MacLeod is,
a native :• of .Kinloss Township,
They were married"at the ,Centerk
Point Methodist Church, Febru-
ary 27th,' 1912, and spent the early
Years of their married" life in, the •
'United ,States: Tiley moved to
London in 1930, •
Mr. and Mrs. MacLeod have
one son,•.James' C. MacLeod, of
Detroit; and two grandchildren.
Mr. MacLeodhas two sifters,.
• Mrs. vert Rain (Belle) of J.. -nn -
don and Miss Annie MacLeod of
Luckfiow. ,
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