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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO ''W1 r)NESDAY, FEB. , 'l st, 1961
TWELVE. PAGES;
Critkally
Howard
• GOI>tiTG. TO HAVE,; TO
urt : I, n :i .,. November ; ruT UP OR SHUT UP
a sthe sports column in this
Robinson Died.-: On Fred .
Y 15u sue is a stinging . challenge..
William .Howard Robinson of
Lucknow, who. was' criticall in=
_y
'ured i i rmid-,Novernber, passed
J.
away suddenly ,on Friday, Janu-
' ar'i ' 27th• ',from ' apulmonary
•Y
embolisnn. • Howard was . ; in. his
56th year.
It was more, than ten weeks
ago, • on November l6thi, that
Howard. suffered "a near.'. ;fatal
electric shock '-after .a . tree he,
was: felling at the farm: of Wel-
lington• • Webster,. near•, . Amber;
ley,, severed.hydro wires, lead-"
ing to, the house,'
Howard suffered '- electrical
burns, chest injuries broken' ribs
and a grave back injury which •
had resulted in partial paralysis.
He had since . been a patient' in'
•Victoria -Hospital, arid while,"his
condition had .never been •:very.
encouraging his survival- for.a
little• over ten weeks,', lent hope.
for. eventual improvement, •
Mrs. Robinson and their: -son,
'had • •visited' . ,Howard on
Thursday,' and. fouhd' him about
as: usual, ;. and it 'was : a shock to
learn that death',h , come sud-
denly • on Friday of ternocin . about
1:30. That the.' end, came quickly
:Was a blessing,, for Howard had.
suffered' much since his accident::
Through it all he •.was : always
bright'• and cheerful.
• He ,was the''son of''Tyndall.
Robinson„• and : Edna Fraser, ' and.
was born it Kinloss' Township
•' on' June 29th, '1905; He .spent his
lifetime in' the:community and
was' a very' hard •worker, who
toiled long'hours, and , was ' al-
FORMER.
l-FORMER• RESIDENT S
' (.97 THIS THURSDAY
Mrs.•. (Dr.) A'...G' Elliott,
former'1� of Luckngw, will
Y
celebrate her _97th birthday;
, 2n .
on Thursday,•Februaryd -
"Elliott' enjoys
Mrs. E tt J Yfairly
good=health havingrecovered
,
'from. ,a ..fractured hip : caused'
• P
ib a fall ;two -.years ago. :.She
Y. , Y
r Ho
0 lives att� Mary's os.
n w lyes a S . M, .y •
d`
A,pital, Lon on.
ways ready • and .willing • to. help
a ,person out, .no matter 'what
the task• or hour, For . the past
few years 'he: was in the employ
A y
of* the Departrnent!.of', Highways,
Thirty:: -two •-years,: ago ' Howard.
married Emily Dexter, daughter
of Edward and the late 'Mrs.:
Dexter. • The 'ceremony • as per-
formedby Rev. • R...W.'• Craw.
••-Howard was. a , member of
Zion • L.O:L.,.• and ' membersof,
the order held 'amemorial ser-
vice on . Tuesday evening 'at: the:
MacKenzie Memorial Chapel,
where the . funeral- service was.
conducted on; Wednesday by Rev.
H.' W:. Strapp:;
Interment was in South Kn-
loss Cemetery, thepallbearers.
being Allister,, Hughes, Ross Mac-
Millan,. Eddie Gaunt; Jack Eng
land, Chas: Mason,,. A. J. Wilson
'Flower bearers were Ronnie
Graham, Roy Emberlin, .John
Mowbray, Stewart Stanley, Allan
Johnston :Allan Barger, Murray'
Hunter:
Surviving •;are . his widow,' one
daughter, F.10. Shirley Robinson,
a nursing Sister' with, the. RCAF
in France; one son, Bill Robin=
son at .home'; his '.mother,. Mrs
Edna Robinson 'of :Lucknow; who
is at present a patient; in .Gode-
rich Hospital; two' 'sisters, , Miss
Lena Robinson, Reg. N. and Miss
Elizabeth; Robinson of Goderich;
and two. brothers,. Chas. • Robin-
son- of Lucknow and Sgt. Geo..
Rabins'on : of the RCAF in . Ger,
many:
TRY FOR. 'LICENCE
TY T . O
John MacRae of Lucknow:,
:who will be 93 next. Septeniber,
is :planning to try:.the examina-
tions required, -for the annual
renewal of " 'his motor .' vehicle,
7 driver's licence.
Y .
Mr.Mr.MacR' �s' �'en''success-.
aa ha be
fully taking the annual test for
the 'past several : years,. but. under
-revised" regulations the examina-
tion . is expected to be more
rigid ,this year. ,,
•
Mr. MacRae has 'been driving
•
'cars 'for. , 46'. years. He is •now
rn
drrv. which was
, g a 1940Dodge e
"`the last; word.' in cars" when
he bought it. new. twenty .years
ago.'
He resides on "Quality `•,Hill"
just 'south of the Gravel Pit"
, with a Tong,, : inclined laneway
:leading to the residence, and
those who know it, are aware
.that„: thee' approach :''.isn't.. easy
under any circumstances'. But
Mr. MacRae- , has chains- on ,the
car, and' , weather ; permitting he
still doessome winter driving..
More often he makes his regular
,trips 'down ` town ;on foot,' ' 'as,
• "the exercise is good for . him
anyway;!.'
. It's a hill that's a stiff • climb
for • folk much oun er , " but
"youngsters"' like Nonagenarian
Join. MacRae ''and Octogenarian
W. W...Hill think ' nothing of it.
, • The fact°that Mr,, MacRae will,
, be trying for his ,driver's licence'
trying Y
carne ' to light as a result' of a
story from •'Auburn which told
of '89 -year -Old 'G'eorge Raithiby
.,
brushing: up on the_ Drivers
'Handbook of Traffic Rules prior,
to .taking the test for 'his ,licence
to' clriye his , 1928 Essex,
ENARIA
NO �NAG N
J T LE PT ''AWAY
Death':,.. came .peacefully . "on
Saturday .'afternoon, '''January.
28th, to Lucknow's oldest resi-
dent citizen, Mr.,' .Duncan 'Mac-
Leod. He •was '98 on Christmas
day. Though . his strength had
been failing, ,Mr. MacLeod : was
much as ,usual. on Saturday and
had moved from his' "room to his
couch, ;,where the ' end . came . un-
expectedly as ;; he' just. slept
away:p
Mr MacLeod' was the. young-;•.
est and the ,last member. 'of a
family of eight children' born to
John. MacLeod and Catherine
Graham,'mnatives of Scotland and
pioneer settlers on the 'Second
Concession of Kinloss Township.'
:• It. was there that .Duncan was
born log i n a • og Lame in a' cleating
hewed out of .Virgin • timber on
Christmas Day,18 2just four
G,.J
years after the settlement named
Lucknow .had officially come
to existence. '
A young
As:a man Duncan learn-
ed the trade 'of plasterer and
brick layer+;. He was well, skil-
led in this business and until', he
decided to retire ;at an= advanced'
age his services were always in
demand; 'and' his fine workman-
ship` was known ' for miles
hurled at Lucknow. Merchants, by
e e? as uccaneers s
Th B elf t B Zt' to
:met- them not on; the high seas,
but in the Lucknow•, Arena, in
'the manly art of ,puck chasing::
'fhe �s boys alon the Main Drag
are • going ' "to have to doff •th'eir
behind -the -counter manners,” to
meet the challenge of these Bel -
''fast' cutthroatsr and, if they can't.
make , ,them swallow ' their cut-
lasses, 'servitude in the • galleys of
ridicule will ..certainly -''be the
price the shopkeepers 'will ' have
to pay until the indignity is ,lived
down.
Rise_ up you softies and gird
yourselves' with plenty of hockey
equipment;
a;rounu.
Mr, MacLeod: spent his lifeti e
m
conimunity 'except for a
�._
few years • in Duluth; *Superior
and Winnipeg":
He was'of a friendly ' enial nat-
ure'.
g
which, won: ; hint many
friends.. He was an . avid reader.
and up . until : a Y
`ver ' few years
.
ago was , a'. constant, caller'' At the.
Lucknow Public • Library and
'would pour' through. as many 4s -
,three
s .three books a week. His eyesight
stillpermitted' him.:t9 read a
little until the last and; he" anti-
cipated1.
the - week y arrival ' of
The Sentinel.
Close to sixyears' ago he suf-
fered a hip, fracture, front which
he 'made a able
recoy-•
dry ..and was able to return home.
afte'I seven ;rn'onths ,in the hospi-
tal',
tal, With the. aid of•,,a walker • he
was able, to get about the Iiott'se.
and More recently as his strength
(Continued on Page 12)
ASHFIELD KIRK
REVIEWS YEAR
Installation" of , Oih Heating•Fur-
nacre Was ` Improvement . Hugh.
light ' of Past Year:
The annual;meeting= of .Ash-
field . Presbyterian Church was
held Monday afternoon, January
23rd in the :basement , of the
church.,
° .Rev. Neil MoCombie was . iri
the . chair , and • opened with... a
short devotional 'period..
The minutes of the last annual.
meeting were read' ,by. :-the..secre-
tary, . Mrs. D. +R. ,MacKenzie ;
The activities and financial:
statement of each organization
was Bread and voted: on
' The chairman of •',the : Board of
Managers, Duncan 'Allan,' re
Ported'. on the "work the Board
had accomplished:An' in' . 1960. The
main improvement was ..the- 'in-
stallation of a new oil furnace:
He made it clear that . they are
starting:1961 with a' slim ''margin
and • asked' '.everyone to try to'
help the churclri.Meet 'its' obliga-
tions, in: 1961 .'.
Allan MacDonald was aPP p � oint-
ed to ` the ' Board ;of. Managers to
replace Keith, Johnston'who: had
served :'iliac' years: 'George 'Mon-
Grief and Alvin',R, Robb were ap-
pointed Or another:" • three-year
. A coroner's jury,,inquiringin
to°• the ' deaths of Mrs. Harry
Bolger and -her daughter. Rose
Marie Bolger, both of Walton;
brought ,in the'••follo,wing- verdict
on Monday ornin . at , the
iL e•kno+v town 'Hall; "We, the,
m ber; of the; jury, ' find.that
.Mrs.: 'Elva Bolger' came ta,. her.
death on June • 24th,; • 1960, ,as ' a
result of a .collision 'on the 12th
concession' of Kinloss, one and`
two-tenths miles east of Kin -
lough, between two cars . driven
by Stewart McGillivray and Rose
Marie; . Bolger. • Due to the knoll
on the road 'we feel the .view.
was obstructed. of both drivers,,
and we , feel ` that both parties
are• equally negligent."'.
The west" bound Bolger car,
driven by . Rose Marie 21,:
:teacher at 'the Westford school,
had as passengers Rose; ' Marie's
sister-in-law, • Mr s. Jim Bolger,
23, and',her. mother, Mrs. Harry
Bolger, '60;: ,both : of Walton. At
a point in : front- of the farm of
Harold' Percy they were :in col-
lision With:. an east bound car
driven , by Stewart McGillivray
;of Kinloss; age 52, who Was. alone
in his car: .Mrs..;..Bolger,'" senior,
was'•: killedinstantly •and ' Rose
Marie ,.died 'later in London' hos-'
pital: :Mrs: Jim Bolger :'and Ste;
wart McGillivray. were 'injured,,
' Mrs • Bolger ,the less , serious of ;
the two,, .
Coroner, Dr. M; R. Helliwell
of Kincardine presided .at the .in=
quest.' Crown • Attorney, J. W,
;Freeborn . c,'tiestioned: :witnesses.,
Jury; members were Orville El-
liott, •'.chairman,, Wallace: Conn,
John Ackert; Elmer Ban:rerman;
and Phaiis Mathers.
The first • witness was Mrs.
James (jure)' Bolger who in-
formed the jury that she had:
,come, with her, ' mother-in-law
from Walton to '.Rose .Marie's
school' in Culross "township; the
d the accident 'to ;take':.Ro'se
Marie home for the week -end:
After ' leaving theschool and
makin a ` stoo. 'at ' Rose Marie's
boarding place, they proceeded
west .on ;:.the 12th, of• Kinloss
driving the 1959 Chev belonging
.term.. Auditors are Duncan Al- •
lan, Donald S_impson,.. Press Re
por
ter, Mrs. Grant Farrish; Print=',•
P �No-Change�ingCommittee,.Gordon !an �Railine
qLI.
r Crash
to. Harry, Bolger. Rose Mar..'ie was„
driving the car about ;45 ' 'miles;'
per hour when they 'approached,
the accident, scene., Mrs. Bolger
`;stated that.'as they :came up the
.hill before the accident occurred'
they had no view "as to. the oth-
er 'side and.. they ,had, , pulled. over
to the extreme right of the :road:
way. At the brow 'of the `hill
they .noticed. the • McGillivray
car 150 to 200 feet ahead with a,
good; half of his car's width on
the wrong side of ,the road;. 'ac'-
cording to the witness: She esti-
mated. that the McGillivray car
was traveliing.Aat 'about; the same
rate of speed as' they, were; She
recalled Rose Marie ,swinging to
the right in the brief instant be-
fore the collision, but could not
recall whether the car had, been.
braked or not. Mrs;, Jim, Bolger,
the . survivor, was riding' in the
°centre of 'the : front seat.. She
spent over two weeks . in Wing-',
ham Hospital..following the ae'
cident.. It was ,estimated the ac-
cident occurred .`between five. &'
five -thirty in the 'afterno'on.
Stewart'' McGillivray', still re-.
covering "'from injuries received,
was able", to' attend the hearing,
b
on matches: Stewart testified
that he'. had left his ' Kinloss`.
township farm 'about 3 p.m. the,
,day of ..the accident ,and ~"h' ad •'vis-
ited the farms of, Jack McInnes
and Ernie Hanna in search of
pigs to buy...He :was at the Kin
lough' Garage .prior • to proceed-
ing :east on- the..12th' • of Kinloss.
Driving, a .1959 :