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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-09-13, Page 113 ,90 I Year In Advance $1 LT�,S.,'.A. ,04- .00 • a o r, is LUCK WEDNEPPAY, SEPT; 13th, 1961 TWEL ►se Oyu; frappcd.OVeIr. 2.furs 1n Gram Lloyd Ackert, 'Holyrood farmer' Ind feed dealer, had a close brush with death last, week . when. he was; buried, to the neck; for 2% lours in a grain bin in his barn., £he. freak accident was an unus ial one that fortunately had a sappy ending. Lloyd' has several large • bins used in connection with his : feed business. In attempting to check the wheat :bin with a thermome- ter probe; he., discovered that the thermometer, usually stuck in the grain, had •buried itself in the bin. Lloyd, climbed into the bin Which measures, 16 feet high by 14' by ' 10'. By 'probing into the wheat, he, Was `.able to detect the thermometer.,' , Lloyd had Mel .Passmore; who was working . with .him, let:some grain out . a 8" .by 8" channel at the, bottom. of .. the bin ' thinking that. the exit of, grain would loos- en the thermometer that it could. be removed. .The exit of wheat from :the grain chute 'buriedi Lloyd -to his Waste, in an instant. Alerting Mel l to 'stop;,the exit of Wheat; Lloyd 'Only sank to his :waste at that time, but.it was ,im- possible: ,to , 'pull ° him out; Mel summoned Jim Smith . and the ;two ---men tied= a : r-ope under. Lloyd's, arms and to. a. beam :: in the. roof of the barn. The idea was to let• the grain` out of the bottom chute withthe rope hold ing Lloyd.'from . sinking. However, theweight qof is the movin wheat stretched:. the ropes a�d'. the ., knots, arid in an .'instant • again Lloyd was buried to, his neck. ' Raynard Ackert ''was' 'unumedi-' ii START S BUILDING NEW HOME IN LUCKNOW Mr; and Mrs. Robert Fisher, former Lucknowites,, who have 'spent the. past two de- bacles in ,Hamilton,' are re- turning, to thebid' home town to reside: Bob had been en- gaged in: the carpenter • busi • ness in Hamilton: They are building a new home in Lucknow to the north of the Pinecrest Manor • Nursing -Home, operated by Mr. ' and Mrs: George. New.: bold, the. former Mary Fisher: • The footings were poured for the new • home last. week,' and "Bob and Alice" antici- pate being in their new home this winter. ately summoned and he, along with the two men and other help- ers, brought an 'auger 'into opera- tion. The auger had tobe hoisted atop the 16 foot bin,: a job in. itself, and after it was .put .into: operation the bin was •cleared of the wheat. It was augered over the side of the bin to , the, barn: floor. • • All this time, well over ` two hours, Lloyd was helplessly bur ied to . his neck . while the Men worked . frantically in the �o t humid Weather of last week.Te slightest object dropped into the bin to disturb the wheat would, likely have meant suffocation for Lloyd He was not -injured in any. way by the ordeal.' ' Council Receives Petition Protesting Parking Conditions.': and Rattling Bridge Parking of motor vehicles on the sidewalks in the Havelock St. area .south of the Main Street, and the rattle of planks on a ,bridge on Willoughby. Street :are' 'annoyances that have resulted' in , a protest in writing being sub initted: to the Municipal .Courici'l.- The' petition, bearing 33 signa- tures, was submitted to . Council. at their. regular September : meet- ing. , "No parkingon sidewalk" signs g ,. have since been Placed ` in :the area in question ' Verbal complaints of '.traffic congestion arid the noisy bridge. , are not .new. At .Council meeting in June the bridge was discussed at sonie length; when Reeve Joynt contended', it, was impossible to satisfactorily repair the, bridge and' said the only answer was to "build a: new one." This, bridge should be the next in line for replacement. .A struc to approved by the Department of Highways would receive . an 80%•- grant.Repairs' to, the pre-: sent bridge Would be entirely at the expense of the. municipality.. There was no specific.' action taken in this matter last 'week.;' Text of the petition .submitted ^ was as follows: We the undersigned citizens of Lucknow ado request the Council' ' Board to, take steps immediately te`" prevent : motorists from park- , •ing vehicles on the sidewalk al- lowance :beside' " the Supertest Garage and • the big . shed across: the street. Also to eliminate, the noise caused by the traffic over the bridge on Willoughby. St. East. • These have become a public viii sance. Study• 'Traffic Survey Last week's lengthy. Meeting was devoted almost entirely to a conference" with R. D. Cowley, 1'.Eng,•• Traffic Engineer, and P: ..Roer from the Department of Transport in regardto their 'traf- • 'tic survey of the Village which they, recently corripleted, COMMENCE ' STUDIES AT TEACHERS' COLLEGE Stratford Teachers' College op-., erred° on Tuesday With: at least five young people from the Luck:- now' community: in attendance. Grade 13 • graduates 'taking • the one-year course. are, Marion Buck - to, Nancy Irwin and Floyd 'Stan .lel., John Vanh has re �rn d for: Osc . to e his second term of: the two-year course and Joanne - Alton has window:' .for St �1ol�rs, cOUrSe If Inferest. Shown. If " enough interest is shown, a St. • Johns ; Ambulance first aid course will be, held in .Lucknow starting in, early October and ran - fling for .eight, weeks. The course will be sponsored by the Lucknow Fire Department who have prey viously sponsored this, type of training, .and instruction' will be given by members of the St. Johns . corps.'• : A minimum of 20: people is re quiredto make it worthwhile^ for ,an instructor to make provisions to'. teach 'the course. ft will ..be held one •night. • a week. Rural' and Urban.. folk :.alike,• men and. women, 'are all wel- come to take' the course. A small charge .is made to cover the ex- penses . involved Interested ' parties may. ; leave their name with Fire Chief 'Geo. Whitby or at 'he. Lucknow Sen- tinel entinel with Don. Thompson. If twenty show interest, more de-' finite information will be made'. available: Those, that. ''are 'inter - ester' inter-ested are''advised to inform the above at. once. • Increase School us date c Mile: AFihe `"Septem-ber--meeting--:o f Lucknow District High ' School Board„ ; Mr. B. Howlett reported _an enrolment of 213-215: pupils to begin the 1961-62 sohool A ;Ditto machine ` is to: be ''or- dered for use at the'school.. It • was advised •'.that •Mrs. L. `Hewitt, who Until: this, :term ,'has been ,a part. time •teacher'•will' be required full. time. Text ° books were `ordered through the school' for the . first 'time thisyear, and .Sold • to the. pupils, : An in crease "'of 2c a :mile' . was approved for', transportation, ill= creasing the rate to 34c a mile. September sundry accounts amounting to $1,248.42 were . ap proved'. for •:payment. ishop To Conduct DedicGifts St. eteis Harvest Thanksgiving Service The Right Reverend H F: Ap- pleyard, Bishop of Georgian Bay, will be the special'. speaker . apt. Harvest Thanksgiving services on Sunday at St. Peters Church in Lucknow and ' at, St.. Pauls, Dun- gannon. • • The Lucknow service : will be at 11:10 a.m. and the Dungannon service at 2:15 p.m. • At the service at St. Peter's,* Bishop Appleyard will dedicate a set of new curtains, which in, Margaret Salkeld of Calgary, and which were made up by her mo- ther, Mrs. T.�' J. Salkeld,"with. some assistance by Miss. Emma McCluskey.. Many years ago: Mrs., T. 'W. Smith and her'mother, Mrs,, Alex Ross, presented, the Church , with green drapes'' with gold .symbols. These' curtains have had. to:. be discarded but the gold' symbols'. are still in good condition and • these have been appliqued onto elude' a Dossal curtain,. an altar the new drapes. super frontal and lectern, pulpit The original 'drapes were made and prayer desk "falls." .: by Sisters of St. John The Divine, These `gifts ,are . the result of a Toronto., sum. of -money donated' by Miss' �Celebratedt ke tF Ha Mr andJVirs. A ex c- -Anniversary Th it Fift Fi h' �W ddn . Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hackett of they Lucknow community; cele- brated their `fifty. -fifth. wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Septem- -'ber . 5th when., a family;. dinner was.' held at' the home of• Mr.' and Mrs. Pbaris .Mathers. ' Mrs. Hacket is the former Janet Hunter;.' daughter;of the late: William Hunter and'Isabel Helm. isthe son of: .,Mr. Mr.' Hackett & Mrs, 'Joseph Hackett., Both were' ,b9rn and raised iii Ashfield. Mr and Mrs. Hackett have'fbuurr-DUNGANNON—FAIR Of Ashfield and 'W.. O. Hunter of, Lucknow. Mr. ' Hackett' has three living sisters; Mrs. George : Hunter -of, Zion; ,Mrs. Wilfred Drennan, Mrs, Ewart Taylor of L icknow and two :brothers,, Thomas of Zion' & ' Harry Hackett •of Lucknow.; Mr • and Mrs. Hackett were the recipients , of many gifts, and :ex- lat' n and. n ra io s " ssi ns: of ' co .pre o $ � best wishes sons: ;Cliff of Wingham,. Mel of LISTS'' ARE . AVAILABLE Port Elgin, ,Tom and Alex of Ash- field and one daughter; Mrs Pha-' ris.. Mathers (Maxie), . Boundary The couple•h.ave.thirteen grand-. children and ,twenty great' grand- children. children: Mrs.. ; Hackett has ''three living brothers, Robert Hunter .of ,Del oraine, Manitoba; George:. Hunter • Prize lists • for the Dungannon Agricultural Society's ':103rd fall g fair are now .available f rbm . the; :. secretary, T. M:; Durnin,' or at The Lucknow •• .Sentinel. Gordon Saunders is, the:•preside'nt, this year : Date' of the fair.is Wednesday, October 4th Big Spuds! 'Charlie: iallam of Lucknow is proud: `'f thepotatoes : o. ,grownby him at . the:. rear of Jack 1 ac Donalds Esso Service ,Station. ' 71 bags. •:were taken off the patch with the biggest two weighing in at 2.: lbs.: and : 13/4, . lbs. They were on display ,in the Sentinel a ••time within the, commenced the 'two-year. course ''.past week:: Lions Rresident _Says Chub Tu Decide �ar or A�uinst Artificial fce Next Meering BUMPER STICKERS TO . ADVERTISE FALL FAIR Fluorescent bumper stick- ers ' are., again being •used to advertise ,the :Lucknow Fall' Fair on. Wednesday & Thurs- day, September 27 and. 28 These are available from., fair officials or . 'can ick p you one up at The Lucknow Sen- tinel if you. would , care . to plug;•' the fair. ` •• Dungannon Go Underground Huron and Kinloss Telephone which osier the wh h took 0 System, Dungannon system four years ago, are 'presently laying under. ground phone cable • between Lucknow and Dungannon. Shown working.`last ' Friday,. just north of Dungannon, are left to right: Bdb Johnston of • Belfast sitting atop the "Ditch Witch", the ,cable trenching machine owned by Jack Beller of Seaforth, Ivan Cook of Lucknow and District cions ''Club resumed their twice -a -month meetings on . Monday evening . in. the Legion,Hall with•, the new president, •Frank Thompson,: pre- siding. He stressed perfect. attendance p as important If the Club is to. flourish and Lionism to mean what `it, should to .• the. individual: Money raising , .must go On if the club: is to carry' out: its wel .. ;fare and civic' :work, and the exe .cutive' has made; plans for a light, bulb blitz : and ,placing ' „of coin Amberley, Mr Keller and Clay ton. Nicholson of Ripley, mana- ger of the Huron and Kinloss Telephone' System. ' Sentinel 'Photo The President announced that it was planned tobring the arti- ficial ice project to the fore at., the next meeting to decide' for or against the undertaking; ' The Boys' : and Girls' ,.'Work Committee . has been ;divided 'for - 'Summer ' and • 'winter; activities to. help lighten . the load,: , Donald MacKinnon and Ernest' Button re- ported , on --ball activities during the summer. Doug Harton Was in attendance and the, President made reference to ' his, loss'Of sight and expres- sed 'the"hope that every Lion in some small way would. help,Doug in. overcoming . his : affliction: Gordon Fisher, 'the: secretary, r:` read a list of; the committees Which have been,nained'. by the Executive. • ' .: ' Charles' Webster reported that .Teen, : Town had recoinnieneed under Lions supervision. , Bo Finlay announced that the du .s ' committee would be, on hated at. the nett meeting., • International Counsellor, Rae Watson spoke on Ni/ays and means,, of vrebuilding Club membership; Peter' Bissonnette gave a re - 'port of the international con v'ention held. at Atlantic. City recomniended that more ''Lions attend these' con'ven'tions. Dr. & Mrs. Bissonnette , and Mr. and Mrs. Rae Waitron attended this • • ; con ention; 9. t.