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Triplet .ons, :born -early •last•
Wednesday- morning to .Rev. and
Mrs, Gordon. R: Geiger of Luck -
now, •have. become. • nationally
famous, as they set: an aggregate
weight record for Canada. : •
' The three babiesweighed 21•
pounds, All • were born within
nine minutes - at .'3.30,
and 3:39 a. m. Their ' weights
were 5 . pounds,; 15 ounces;
pounds,•.0 Ounces and 7 pounds,'
1,1 ounces.' The children have
been named Paul 'Robert, ` Allan
Hugh . and Ross, Gordon.
None required. an .inciu.bator.,
butlater the lightest' of the three
was put in the . incubator as a
Precautionary measure., .
The,triplet birth :took place in.
'Mount" .Hamilton . .hospital, :the
maternity wing.. ` of Hamilton,
General Hospital,' There they
have about - :4,000 births a year,
and these are ' the first .triplets
born ' there, in . nine: years:. The
ratio • of • triplet births is approxi
mately one in '70,000.
Mrs: Geiger was a patient in
Hamilton hospital, ,for. a ' ;few •
weeks prior "to the :birth , ofthe,
babies, and ; ,as . we reported': `last
week,. there had ;been. an ,'air of
anticipation, and:. concern in the
.community' for ' some 'tirne:
The :multiple birth was an
event of : 'widespread interest,
and the metropolitan newspap.
.ers,. radio and TN. stations,
"ibeseiged" -• hospital personnel
arid the proud•father for pictures.
and .stories. •
It s expected ;: that Mrs,' Gei-
ger wall return 'home, this week
—on Thursday. The• babies,, while.
they could be ;'c brought home,.
will be . left .at: the• hospital for
.another week While Mother and
Dadprepare for`. the "homecom
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LUCKNQW, ,ONTARIO W1! DNES'DAY, .. FES.„„ 3rd,49.G0',
TWELVE PAGES
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..We are n"ot aware of •a. triplet.
�•.
birth in the 100 year .,history of
this ' v111a e M Mrs. WM. Schmid
g.
of 'town, who was, born Oat Han
over;'•. is a triplet.
At the Morning service yin the
United Church, on Sunday,.re-
ference was Madeto this most
.A .
natcwt'hy orevent in `tile • ife ,of
the •;Congregation, : and • of the
'community, as the minister and
d
John • Sharp, .Telegram
cangregation .joined in repeating
i The • •G e rl e r a 1 Thanksgiving
which in b part �•ives•: thanks •and.
.A ,:•
blessing. :at ••fir- .out �►ea�an.. pr.;e,,
'servation:' ,.and all, the , plessin s,
• g
of this life."
ATTENO.FUNERAL., -
OF BUS. VICTIMS
The tragic, school • b. us -train
''\crash at Hillsburgh. last ` week
had special siignificanee for
and Mrs, John Hall, who. at one •.
time lived there and . knew Well...
the ,Parents of many of the stu
dents, involved. •• ' ' `"'
A niece of Mr. Hall, Ann Hall,
had left. the . bus about 200 "yards,
from. the "crossing, and was pais-
sibly the. • only eye -witness..-
A ..nephew of Mr. Hall, Ernie
,Beatty was on the• bus, . but es
caped injury although his foot
wear ,was literally` torn and
-burned • from his .feet,'and .he
went home barefooted, :about= -a
half>xni1e
Telephone' communication is •
still ., ' badly " disrupted in that
area from sleet storms; and
there was Considerable delay', in.
getting; help to: remove the burn•
ed 'and, •injured to 'hospital..,
The bus driver,' believed to be
the last to. , be pulled from the
•bus . suffered terrible: and agoni-
ling .. burns, and died• later in
'Guelph .Hospital. ',He wanted to •
re-enter the bus after leaving
thinking :that another, :. student
was still in there.
. There, were ` three in . fact, but
all . were ; dead, burned beyond
'recognition The dead Were. three
girls; Kareen Awrey, 17; Gudrtn. `
Koch, • ;15'; Donna , Jackson, 15`
They *re in 'the centre of. .the
.bus and it is, !believed they ;were
mercifully. killed in the impact.,
The bus containing some 25
Erin District ' High School stu-
dents was' struck' broadside by a
frieght train special, .• and. im-`
mediately burst 'into, flames; ac- :;•
cording to the engineer.' The bus .:•
was.' lie 11 ick
t ra e . u' and
y..
picked:. p.
'-cArr+led +over °?300 feet. down t`ie'
track: Had it turned over, Pro-
bably nonewould have .escaped.
One. of the heros 'ofthe tragedy'
was 14 -year-old -Allan Barbour,
a husky' youth • who smashed
open the rear, emergency • door
through which: 'thestudents •es
caped, : were .helped .or • dragged
• FiiRE'. DEPARTMENT ' ANSWER
ASHFIELD':CALL ON SUNDAY.
Lucknow Fire:'Department' an
swered a "call to the. home
of Bain ' McLennan ' of Ashfield
Townshipon Sunday afternoon.
Apparently the family woke
up to find the. ;house filled with
smoke. The . fire was
snifder-
ing inan upholstered chairthat
had been .' removed from'. the
house' when the ,Fire 'Department
arrived.
,Sri'ioke cause d the most dam-
age .and, the chair e,was a 'total
'loss.
RE.FO'RM CH l RCH `
TO INDUCT PASTOR
HKENNETH CAMPBELL DIED,
PUBLIC SCHOOL ,SUDDENLY MONDAY...
TO GET NEW LOOK
The death ,of, Kenneth :Camp
. bell occurred sudden on. M:on-
The redecorating program. of �'•
Lucknow Public: School day • ;niorr ing at his • home:. at
the. c w .
Board will: be continued this Mount Clemens;
d ill was preparing to •go to • work.
being called year and • tenders .'are presently
a for the redecorating. ' He w.as '63:
• all d ed
of;• the principa s, room,.;the tea
Mr.. Campbell ;was a native of
room and • the basement
Ashfield, ::as is his wife,'the for-
chers .mer May .Menary.
washrooms: • and'. playrooms,
Mr.
• It has been the '•policy: of the. arid Mrs. ' Herb Curran of
Ashfield .' and Mr: and Mrs. J
•
oint Clark; went
Jack
board over:the past Years' "to 'do axril'aell Cof P
a little each year. At a special . .
meeting. 'Last week it was •decid-
to•�Michigan "after, receiving Word
of "leis death..
ed, to call foi�'•aenders, A 'haled The funeral will be -on Thur
Frail is to 'be • installed on• the ,
.T is: will eve , a ,hand -`at, • 1:00 o clock ,. gat ".'Mount
stairways.. h • g _ . • . Clemens: r,al
rail.''on both• sides, of the; stair with bu i at Sarnia.•
wayfor added' safet CUP:board �`.•
y.. p•
space is . ibe , provided ford the 1H E L �7 �•. � A
:to' N N`
teachers ; where needed and a•
yard `light is being. considered' for'.. VESTRY• ,MEETING
the playground' of the ,school
axile Annual Vestry meeting
/ . of St, ?eters, Lucknow was held
in . . the ,Council Chambers on
W A. PR• ESENTED Wednesday, January 27th. • TheLIFE M EM B E R S H I: P Fiev. H. L. Jennings• in his' report
spoke of the redecoration of. the
church as the highlight of 1959..
Mrs. • J. W Joynt • was honored The reports- of `.the Wardens and
recently by the: Woman's Assoc- Churc or •anizations " r
e
iation . of: ' United,ceh y�e
Lucknowved.• re
Church, when she was presented An election of officers result -
with a ,life . membership pin in ,cd iti s • ithe..followin slate:-Min-
apprciaition .of :'her faithful ser- • • g.
,ters Warden,:-•.'. Ernest Gaunt,
.vice. People's Warden, 'Russell 'Whit•I'
The:'presentation, was ,made at .,by, Lay ,Representative to S
a meetingof the rriembers�•of the Y
nod,.: Fred NicQuillin; substi•tuae
three • groups .:of the Association, ',Carmen 'McQuillan, Other, mein -
and was performed . by • .Mrs: hers of the Board of -Manage-
Kenneth
ManageKenneth: Cameron, life member -meet are, Fred Clare
Johnston, • Mrs,
ship secretar for Bruce Presby- ` ewart Lavine Mr Clare• -
p .., y ,f St • .,�, s. Clare John ,
ter-. • . ' ' Ston• and Miss Ii,. Thompson.
It is the first life Ir.embershil •I 'Carn`ien MCQ li'11in' is vestry.
.presented by' the Lucknow Wo- Clerk .aridd'secretary of the Board
man's . Association, which •was :of Management. Representatives
organized • over• • twenty-five, on the Parish Rectory. committee
years ago. I are, :Ernest Gaunt acid Mrs. S.
. Mrs, Jtiyynt is .a charter' mem- Lavis, Mrs, Fred 1VIcQuillin was
ber of the W :A:,"abut her fai•thfui re -appointed • as organist.
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.service to, the church goes back �, Jfr„ra•dis.uxs.�ion of ;the base-
: 'over many 4 note y r s, :melt ' Project, malls Frere made
The 'Lucknow , and Listowel
congregations of the'Christian
•Reform • Church are , to • have a
permanent pastor in the, person:
of Rev. S. Terpstra, who . will be
inducted at..a. Service in: Listowel
on 1♦"riday' afternoon a 2:00 p.m.
The ,Lucknow congr gation is.
comprised of some fifteen fami
lles• who ;have come inn recent
years, to this community . from
The• Netherlands, There are over
,thirty families' in the Listowel
congregation:
Rev. ' Terpstra was formerly at.
Fruitland and prior to• that at
Fort William. He is . a . graduate.
of Calvin 'College and Seminary.
and `'took a post graduate, course'
at Free University, Amsterdam,
Holland.
' Rev. and Mrs. Terpstra ' have
two .boys and two girls.
..He will conduct his first ser -
Vice in Lucknow on Sunday .in,
the Dutch .language.
The Christian Reform Church
congregation 'was organized lo-
sally Some eight` years ago. :Ser-
vices were held in the Presby-
terian Church for a °timeand of
late the congregation has been
tbeotin theL •o H 11'
SURE SAW .HIS- SHADOW
Tuesday, February 2nd,:
was •:'Candlemas ;:Day. when
�• legend has it : that. the bear:
or groundhog will sally` forth
'to. determine'�what's in' Store
for the.balance of;the .win-
ter.
in -
ter.:
TuesdaY.sunny •' was and '.
Coldand if the groundhog,
appeared be 'certainly would
• see .his shadow • and scurry
back : for.' another ` six weeks'
nap, while .winter... ,holds
•
• sway';
.'uesday was cold,, indeed..
:The official .: reading. ' was
three below' that morning,
while the.; thermometer• at
` '•Salkeld, farm' registered 7
below. •
to ' call a `special Board of Man::
agement meeting..Mr:. Fred Mc
Quillin is • treasurer of St. Peters
Basement Renovation' Fund.
,The burned out "bus was `only • •
a bantered bulk of ;.metal when
'the, :flarmes had cornupleted the
devastation • • •
Trying'to recall,what happen-
ed, 17-yeiar-old Ann: Hall said:
"I just got off the •;bus 'when I
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ROSARY AWARDED TO
LOCAL MEDICAL :STUDENT
Kenneth McNay, .. son . of Mr.
.and .Mrs: Alex:MoN�ay of: town,
has`.been awarded a'' $400 Domin-
ion=Provincial' • bursary
Ken received his B:A. • at Wes-
tern: University, London, last
year, Where:hp is now` in" his
first year medical studies.
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attle ,rt
Rabid skunks are still preval•
ent in this immediate, Vicinity. '
Lorne Hamilton,: Boundary
West, has had to"` destroy two
dogs at his 'farm as' • �a safety
measure, after .'.one:, of . them at
least, was known to have tang-
led. with a• ,skunk which proved.
to be rabid. +•
racks around the barn •.indi-
sated; the skunk had. tried to
fain'.
,entrance 'and . got' into a
battle with :'one of: the- dogs.
Both dogs : have, been destroyed,,
since laboratory tests' proved the
skunk to be rabid.. . ..
Completed His "Shots"
About a month agcy a: skunk
got . in 'with a litter of pups on
t} e farm of Bob Boak a't Para•
mount. Where the mother 'of the
polis, returned she • killed the
esroyed ,Afte
Rabid Skunks
marauder,' and When its' head
was' sent to • the Hull laboratory'
the' :report came back that it.had
rabies in such' an advanced stage;•
that: death would soon• have re-
sulted.
The dog and her' litter Were
destroyed,, and a cattle dog on
the 'Boak 'farm :is under quaran-
tine. %'
Bob has 'since taken' rab i es
shots • as .a, precautionary Mea-
sure, completing. • the series of
treatments a i±ew days. ago. /
Within two or three •miles of
these incidents rabid animals
were discovered last fall in
October. A rabid skunk got into
the basement , of Chester Nichol -
son's home at ,Belfast, and John
Ritchie o Con. 12, .tsh£ield, lost
a calf due to rabies. •
g in egi;'n a•
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