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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-03-16, Page 13WEDNESDAY,, MAIL 16th, 1960 ,,tali DUNGANNON. Mr. and Mrs , I n Henderson, Greg and. Brian of , Toronto spent a few days with their par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor. Er- rinoton and attending his moth: er's funeral, . Mrs. John ,Hender- son of ' Lucknow., , The • local, L.O.L.:. No. 324 , had, a successful euchre in the Qr- • ange .' Hall• 'Monday evening. Ladies . high , prize, Mrs. p Harold M ►aize , low prize, Bob v Taylor. ,Men's high ,prize, Ivan: Rivett; lolvu prize, Maurice. Ivers..• Miss . Evylin, Sznythe,4 teacher ' at . Goderich,, spent the .'week=end with. her. parents,. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Smythe. • Mr. and Mrs: Harvey Maize, 1VIr.. and. .Mrs. "Harold Maize; and family on .Sunday visited Mrs. Harvey: Maize's • sister, Mrs gni.- . and Grain, Wingham. S' S', No; 6' Ashfield on Wed- nesday night: of last• week spoil', sored a progressive: euchre party at the school. Eight tables were engaged with players. ` High prize was won by Mr: pill. Cae- • '.sar, low, Mr. Glen Weaver. Lad- les high .prize, Mrs. • Gord.on Con gram, low, Miss Rosemary Skaz.' Mr. K, .K. ',•Dawson'• has been. laid up. with. ,.the ".flu"' "fora few days. Mr. ,. and Mrs. Don Williamson and' four children,. Tornrny,. Ted- dy, tinnily and. Terry of London, e on Sunday :visited . Mr. and Mrs. : Cecil Cuaibert Miss.' Flora .. Durnin, Markdale was home for over the Weekend: The Dungannon United Church. • parsonage , is. getting house clean- ed and redecorated . this ::week in° preparation -for .the: new Mini-. ster, •• Rev Richards ,who.. will take over• ' pastoral duties ; in. • April. Mrs. Everett' Errington return ed home e''on.;,Saturday, after • a•, 7 weeks .trip ..to 'the Pacific Coast 'visiting her daughter, Miss:. lVlar jorie Errington, RN. and .other relatives ' zn ':.Saskatchewan and Manitoba. She resumed "her clerkingposition Monday morn= p y ing the the K. ' K. Dawson store. 'Mrs:, Harvey • Maize received word ;that:, her. .brother-in-law, Mr. Joe . Prior, :Guelph is quite ill: in the.' hospital there. • Mr. and Mrs. Jim "Million and family of Stratford; on Sunday visited Mr. :and Mrs. Lorne Iver. Their "daughter,, Miss:: Patsy Mil- lion, student of Teachers'' College, will do practise teaching in' the Goderich .school' this week. • Mr. and •Mrs: Melville;:Hefford, `Susan,' Mary ..and John,' of St Thomas, on Sunday visited at . the Herb Finnigan ::home. • Mrs.' Alvin Sherwood' was. 'con- • fined to bed for a few days iii= nese but Was able, to.: ;resume' Post Office , duties :on Monday. Mr. W. A. 'Stewart assisted in the office. during her :absence.. Mr: 'Gordon Congram` was last. week notified of; . the sudden death of : his' only '' sister, Mrs. ROY •Riceborough formerly Ida ' . Congrarn; • age. 67 of Willowdale, daughter of the .late Thomas Congram;' .and Matilda''' Douglas, Congram,: born on the Congi•arn • homestead' occupied now !by her, brother,'' Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Congram;` . 4th con. of Ashfield. At the age of sixteen she moved with, her 'parents to the Wing ham 13istrict. Here husband, a re- tired Chief of Police of North Yorlt Township left•, last week THE; LUCKNOW *SE +ITINEL, LUCKNOI ,, ONTARIO PAGE ELEVEN SIJC6UIvIBEl3 TO SEVERE STROKE MRS.. JOHN HENDERSON Mary. Edith MacGregor, beloved,` wife of • John 'Wesley, Henderson, •Boundary West, passed ' away in Goderich Hospital on Wednes- day,. March 9th, where she had been a• patient since suffering a very severe stroke. She was 70 years of age. • Mrs: Henderson *asa' daugh- ter . of James MacGregor— :and Catherine MacMillan of ' Kinloss Township, where :she was born on July 24th, 1889, and had spent her lifetime: "'in this com- •munity ...Where 'she made: a host of friends by her friendly, and pleasant personality. Miss, Mac- Gregor did dressmaking ' above what was then the Bank of Hamilton, during,' J. A. Glennie's managership. In 1917 she was married' at •ILangside to her 'now: bereft husband. ' Mrs. Henderson• was, a member of .Lucknow United Church, : the W.A., . the Ladies' Auxiliary . to 'the • Legion' . and .the `, Paramount Women's Institute.' '• • • The remains rested:at the • Mc- Lennan and MacKenzie; Memor- ial Chapel .were ' mancalled to . p Y .pay' their respects::An ALxiliary. memorial . service. was 'held . on Friday, evening and on Saturday afternoon the funeral service •wasconducted by, Rev: Gordon. Geiger, assisted .by Rev. Gray. don. Cox. ''Elmer. Umbach was Organist. ,Interment wasp in Greenhill. Cemetery, 'the pallbearer 'b'eing Al Irwin, Wm", iStanley;' Robert •'Reid; ' Dan' Nicholson', Orland Richards; Robert Cairnpbell .Besides her, hus'band,. Mrs - Henderson. is survived by ,'.three sons. and. `a daughter, Ronald. W. Henderson ' of : Hamilton, FSO Lloyd' Henderson of Bagotville,, Quebec,. Mrs. • George . •Wraith.' (Eileen) of.Goderich and Ivan .Henderson of Toronto. There are nine -grandchildren: . Surviving ,also' are four; sisters, Mrs James ` ° Moffat gate) ' .. of R vercourse, Alta. Mrs. Jean Brayford, of Toronto; Mrs:• Will Shat# (Jessie) of New : Toronto; Mr's Hugh •:Anderson :'(Milhe)''of Buffalo, N Y. •• • ` •She was predeceased by Dun - Can MacGregor, Mrs. Mac Ross (Lexay.) and . Mrs. Thomas Moore (Dollie):all of Whitechurch arid" Mrs. Clarence Russell' • (Flossie) f , 'Waubaushene • on a trip to Florida:After, arriv- al ' and: only a few hours 'there;; she. became • ill and passed • away instantly while waiting for medi- cal. attention last Friday after- noon. Their only family, two' daughters, immediately .took.. a plane there 'returning. the : same day. They are . Mrs. Leslie (Lor- •raine) Burbage, I arnilton and, Mrs.:Leonard (Lois) Stidolph, Willowdale and two grandchild- ren.. Also there are three broth- ers, Charles •and Wilfred • of W inghahi and Gordon ' of 'Ash- field. The funeral was held this Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Willowdale United ' Church. Assisti'n'g with • the 'funeral ''service `'was a nephew; Mr.' .John; Congram,• •Wingham, student minister, Toronto; a son of Mr. .and Mrs. : Wilfred Con - gram, Winghaim. We extend • our Sympathy to the bereaved family for their shocking bereavement. Sponsored' By Branch ,309 Canadian Legion LEGION HALL, LUCKNOW FRIDAY, MARCH 18th Spot` and Elimination' Dances 'Statue 'Waltzes w : Door Prizes Special. Draw For Early Admission At. 10:45 p.m. LUNCH COUNTER BOYD'S ORCHESTRA 'Admission 75c ucknowite His Son's th, urniture A 'fire' of undetermined origin !i ident and on Sunday was taken to, Wmnham Hospital with '"a touch"' of pneulnonia. The two boys, .who lost every- thing but the house clothes they had on, Were: outfitted here be-` fore returning, `to Kitchener. The baby remained 'in the' city with the housekeeper,; Mrs. Rose Rod - caused more than $80,000 dam- age at Don Johnstone's Hi -Way Furniture Store, • King Street East • at Kitchener early Friday evening. :" . The outbreak ,„-Oas 'discovered by Russell Johnstone of Luck- now, Don's father, who had spent' a couple of weeks' in Kit- ney.• chener while Don ' and . his wife Discovered Outbreak were holidaying in Florida. They The fire startedin the ware - were due' to return on Sunday, house about.' 6:30, and was noti- ced by Russ, • who .saw `.wisps' of smoke and charred paper float- ing past the apartment window; •while he was having supper, He hurried .downstairs to notify the, store employees' and have • an alartn turned in. The house- keeper :and • children -. evacuated the...apartment and . "in a very' few. ° moments it was so' filled with smoke that it could not be re-entered. About $1,000 in bills Went • up in • flames with : the, apartment.' Completely *gutted were a •two- storey warehouse and apartment building at the rear. of the store's showroom. ,Extensive water and •smoke damage . and ' ;some' . fire; . damage,, occurred in the showroom which, like .. the' • warehouse, was filled • with, • new .1960, stock of furni- ture and appliances. ,Mr. Johnstone plans tb make: Orly repairs to .'the ' show: room, and :will re -open the business at 'the' earliest possible date. tended . the • fixnera1 last Tuesday The loss is partiallycovered.by. of 'Mr.. Begley's„ sister, 'Mrs” 'Oli . insurance It.'� was: reported the ver Smythe : forin.erly Myrtlesto k is o c c vexed to 'the•:extent of Begley of 'Ripley. 39, 000. Recent visitors with 'Mrs::"Pat • Geor a ;Halliday, an inspector, Moran at the home of Mrs: Ir t g Y�a' of the. ;Qntano:. fire Marshal's vine Henry ;were. Mr.. and Mrs. ' Frank Moran' • and ' ,granddaugh- ' ter, Patsy ,Allen. 'of. Lanesville` and Mfrs" Bob Currie, Edward and Linda; • Lucknow. • • Mr. :Leonard Reed .,(Was''. home last.`wWeer' `dff returned ' to�'his work as ship -keeper on. the Irzi- perial ,London at Port Dalhousie., Mr.• and Mrs. Walter. Stafford,. spent this 'past ° week -end ; with relatives and friends in ':Toronto, Mr and Mrs. ,Frank Glenn' and Mrs. Irvine -Henry visited on Sunday with::lvir. and. Mrs. Herb.'' McQuill'n, . Lucknow. Mr. Roy -Keane; of • Stratford on Sunday visited:, his grandmo- ther; Mrs Pat Moran Miss Pearl 'Caldwell ;.returned: . back to Leamington after a : visit with relatives. - ' Mr. Delmer • :Maize, student ; of • .Guelph Agricultural College' was, home., for the week -end: .Miss . Ida • .Whyard, who has. .been ' three ;weeks a ' patient , at Goderich ' Hospital; . for a. heart condition, •pneumonia .and risy` remains on the critical list and her many'friends are anxious for innprovement. but upon being •. contacted in 'Florida that night, booked a flight to Melton on Staturday, and :arrived at Kitchener that day to find . their apartment and bel'on'gings destroyed in the ; fire. Spent Week -End Here Mr. and Mrs Johnstone • have three children, James 10, Rob- ert 5, and •tRoderick 'who ' was a year old in December: It was the parents first holiday , with- out their children. . They, were in charge of a housekeeper and Don's'. father. Late Friday night Russ and the two older 'boys, Jim and. Bob, returned to Luck - now with Bill Johnstone 'and Jack Treleaven, : who • went: to Kitchener . on . learning of • the fire • ' Russ. later: suffered chills,and a' reaction, from the shock. f ` the • Mr. and Mrs. William:. Begley and sort `.Clifford, Leamington visited ' relatives here `'arid . at - office : in Toronto,. • arrived in Kitchener ••to carry out an 'inves- tigation at the • request 'Of the Kitchener department. . It was the fourth :big, Kitcheri- er fire ' since December. 16th. Losses in the four Kin street blazes 8; . zes have . totalled '$1;500,000:0.0. pitted chenerR:. 'Firemen •. were seriously, 48111;4— capped- andl •capped because the nearest 'hy- drant in this recently annexed area • was at least 1,500., feet from the ,blaze. • This necessitated a relay . from the pump' at the hydrant to ser- vice the two pumps oPerating at the fire. • When the blaze was, discover_ ed smoke was pouring,.from the corner of the: warehouse and flames were': rolling across :the '. ceiling. ;An.adequate 'supply of water. at this stage might have saved` the building. .''But before • an effective effortcould be mus- tered ,by- firemen the warehouse was :a mass of flaanes, firemen. • said. • •• Receipts• for the 'day's• business, the amount of which was not disclosed, :Were removed in a drawer taken from 'the. cash re- gister in, the' store. Valuable re cords were• "saved. ... The `gutted warehouse : was of concrete block construction, and the apartment 'above it .'chiefly' of plywood and asbestos siding,,,. • The plywood. and various tyipe's :of upholstered furniture combin- ed to make. 'a tremendous blaze. The crackling of the flames was punctuated, with., explosions which were believed to come from : igniting of ;' cans . of paint and '• lacquer. Walls of the warehouse start- .ed' to •collapc3 at about, 7:45" p:m /. Chief Putnam. said he had in- terviewed both • Mr Johnstone, • . •Sr.,. and the two employees who, were in the. building •'when the fire was discovered but so far the cause is',a complete' mystery.. One theory about, the pieces 'of, burned . paper •• which passed .the. apartment window is that• they ' came through: a :broken windoW. in,:the, corner of the warehouse where the fire started, The . heat may have broken this window ' and: sent sparks of, debris soaring upwards. ; se TO low"li allgettaggrow,‘, Detie&weatei4tt, HITEURC ,The annual . , Meeting of ` the Library'' Board met at the .home of ; Mrs.: Doris Willis, ; White church; ' on `.,Thursday' ,evening. Mr. Albert • Patterson, chairman of the board, presided, The treasurer's report showed a balance of $$66.00. Grants were received from • Huron • County and the Township 'of East 'Way wanosh,"•as well as' for' the' lib- rarians certificate. Librarian . ;is Mrs. D. Willis, who also is sec- retary treasurer of the ;'board. .' Reports :showed .143 more hooks. were' read than in 1958..Librar- ians salary was . set • at $60.00 with• an added $100 ,Grant for Certificate, • .' • The board was 're-elected Albert Paterson, Dustin *Bee-. croft, Mrs, Dawson Craig,, Mrs. Garnet Farrier, Resident mini sters and local school teacher. Mrs. George Fisher was appoint- ed ` as a , new netnber ' to ' the board: • • . A new 'Ways' and Means Com- mittee was appointed as follows: Mrs.: F, Scholtz, Mrs, V; Emer son, Mrs. J. :McInnis and Mrs., ,T. Gaunt. Mrs. G. Fisher .audited the boks and .found them core recti ��eFr�r►.+..w���w;,..r, • with..AUTO,MATIC. DEPTH:,CONTROL' and .. D!FFERENTIAL LOCK,. If: you're Iooking for power, she's got it :: , plenty'to pull., three plows and in most cases four! 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