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L"UCKNOW► ONTARIO WEDiIVESDAY., AUG. 31st;•,1960
TWELVE PAGES..
were
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• •A, 19 -year-old Durham girl.
.bad. her foot ,torn off, but' pos'.
• sibly owes. her . life ' to a 'tourni-
quet'
tourni-quet' applied by a passing motor-
ist,
The girl' •Louella Johnston' was
a . passenger .on , a motorcycle
driven: by James Quaid, , 18, of
Scarborough'. ' who •suffered ' a
• compound: fracture of the left
leg with` the foot so badly mang-
led that there was some question
at firstwhether or not : it , could
he saved. He was taken from
Wingham ' to Victoria, hospital..
James .Quaid : is a son. of .Mr.
and Mrs. •Howard, Quaid of To-
ronto and formerly of Port • Al-
bert Where Jim • was raised. Geo.'
Westlakes are now on the Quaid
farm at Port -Albert.
•.The' accident occurred after
midnight Saturday night 'in
front of the. George.. Fisher resi-
dence on Highway 86 a mile east
of_ Whitechurch: The ,girl's "left
foot was severed after the mot
- orc ycle fell over, and.' it was..a
.gruesome • and: gory sight, for
those first on the scene.. Among
them was Hugh Hand of White-
ohurch who. applied . a tourniquet
••
,,to Miss Johnston's leg 'andthe
investigating officer,: Constable
"Murray 'Fridenberg of the Wing
ham detachment '0 P.P; said that
u • his opinion *the first-aid pos-
'sibly saved the girl's. life. ' ..
Neither• of the victims lost
consciousness.
Police report that the motor-
cycle was 'proceeding West and
in .attempting to pass • a. west
bound car, which wasnot in-
volved, collided with an. east
bound card `riven by Glen' Wett-
laufer, 16, • of Mitchell: He .was
not .injured.
CHAS IMPORTANT •
O•IL CO IPANY POST
1 JIM . BLAKE WAS 'TOP'
STUDENT AT.. GODERICII
Local boy makes • good is ,the.
success story of James MacRae,
'son . Of ' Mr. John MacRae of
Lucknow and 'the late •Mrs. Macy
Rae, which recently' appeared in
•`.`Progress' • a :monthly . publica-
tion for employees, of Cities Ser -
.vice Oil: Company.
•The '• article read- in. .part • as
follows:
All his working' • life he has'
been. with: 'the same. company -
and'• he is still happy and still
agoing ' strong. "He" is Jinn, 'Mac
Rae;' Manager' of .•Supply and
Distribution, and a 31 -year -man
with Cities Service.' •
He Joined 'Cities Service" im-
mediately: after completing a
general :: business' 'course. after.
coming * to Toronto '' froin tuck-
. now, Ontario.
. a funny thing to .,think.
of now," Jim • reminisces, "but I
started working just after the.•
'Black -Friday'. in .1929 when the
stock .marketCrashed. :`Forturi-.
ately 1 was,t00% youngto realize
the ..'significance I' was pretty
happyto: get. a .jab especially at,
what , we all:. • considered to be,
the grand • ••salary of $75 a
month."
_' Jim started in the Purchasing
Department at . the • old Yonge
Street .headquarters. By 1933 'he
had ,become "Purchasing ; .agent
for the .company, and 'held that
position until .1940. He 'then
(Continued' on- .page 12)
•,PASS. -
TEESWAT. ER
W MMI NG TESTS.
• Twice -a -week swimming in-
structions
nstructions at •the Teeswater
;Lions pool.: were climaxed , last
week, -*hen tests -Were taken on
the rigid requirements :of the
Red Cross . Water. • Safety prog-
ram.
. . Transportation for . a large
group: of Lucknow and District
children " was :' provided during
the • season by the Lucknow
Branch of ' the Red Cross.
Those . from this community
who successfully• assed ;their-,
tests are as follows:
Senior: Jim
McNaughton.
g.
-Intermediate ` , Marlene Por
ter.
Juniors -L. Jack ` Mullen,.' Bab
Mullen, Sharon . Mowbray, ' Peg-
gY. MacDonald, Laurine . Morri-
' son, .Elliott .Whitby, Roy Button,.
Wayne Wagner, .Barbara Came.-
ron, Wallace Houston, . Mary.
Finlayson.
Beg,iniiers Clets : Dalton,
Brute Colwell, Wayne •Todd,
Janet C rruthers, • Torn' Hogan,
Hoga ' Marion Wall,
• Colwell, El norWhitby Betty
,, Ludy
• Morrison; Audrey Austin, Walter
Dickie, Madonna Graham, Ron
Rogan, Donna . MullenAnita.
Ohne ' f
Rose Mary Jogai', Shar-
on Courtney, Desmond Court-
ney, . Andy Ander' n, Ricky,
.Jardine, Prank Townson (Sud-
. •
The Robert MacKay Scholar-
ship for" the highest standing of
any Grade 13 : student at. Gode-
rich , District °Collegiate Institute
goingon to university has been
awarded to James Blake, age. 18::
;Value of the scholarship 4s $200:
Jini is the;son of . Mr, and Mrs.
Cecil. Blake of Dungannon. He
made application to enter the-
U•riversity of Toronto In Sep
• .MARKED • NINETY-FIRST
BIRTHDAY' ON. SUNDAY
Six grandchildren and.
• twelve
THREE BROTHERS grandchildren gathered at
the home of Mrs. Harold Trelea-
•
RETURN TO CANADA AFTER
41/2 YEARS IN GEIi,MANY
W.0; and Mrs. Ken Bridges. Sc.
daughters, : Donna and Patsy have
returned .to Canada after 41
years In Germany, where Ken
served'.: with the 1 ,CAF ` .until
reaching retirement 'age. • -
They have returned to: Exeter
where they resided while Mir.'
Bridges was stationed, at Cen-
tralia prior to his' 'overseas post-
ing. . .
The ship on which the Bridges.
family returned slipped out of
harbour with a partial crew Just
befo a ''the• strike started.
Mr: Bridges'sister died in To-
ronto' .since his return. He' is
temporarily employed in the'
city, . so the family has not .had
the ' opportunity to visit Luck -
now since ` their return. Mrs;
Bridges is the :former Mae Mc
Mahon.
• ven on Sunday, August 28th,' to,
•
• ,Iiossack.'Bain, age 65, of Luck -
now; who was involved : • in, a
traffic mishap •.in: Goderich last.
Wednesday, 'was. `able to . return
home from •Goderich .Hospital
on" Sunday. , .
N CAR CRASH
celebrate the' 91st birthday, of
her mother, Mrs. r Howard .. Fow-.
ler. •
Her son Fred, • of . London; ' her
'sister, ' Mrs. James Callander. ' of
Hartney, Man:, an, d ,Mr. and
Mrs J. Wranghata: of •Toronto
t'ernber , for a pre -law course.. were also: present for the oce-
Jim took Grade'" 12 in one year. Sion
Hossack and his two brothers,
W J of Lucknow and : Bert 'of
•Lon_on, both in their 80's, were
.. ... d
94th Birth
nmversary Fall 4n Same
Mr. William ;,'Bassen celebrat-'
• ed his 94th birthday . on'' Thurs='
days August , 25th :at: his home in.
Lucknow.
, That same day w°as also the
occasion. of Mr: and Mrs. Rus-
••ell's .51st wedding anniversary.;
All members . of the ::family were
resent includin , Nari , (Mrs.' W:
p g
A. McKibbon)' of Wingham; ass
of 'Regina:, es ` Jafri
Isabel :Russell
R• •H`I:
• P .•RT E P
I'h1 .A • 1�1 S
WITH .N.. HI.' STAR
•
returning to Lucknow : from
, Bert's home. in .'London. They
had Visited Bert's : daughter at
Strathroy and were- : returning
•Da via and `r
Bend. rid:
e
, • At, . the stoplight , in Gpderich,
•
•
of Kitchener' and ,Stewart of .Re-
gina. /;
Many greetings came from,
friends in. Lucknow and . Winig..
ham • and from ` as far:: west 'as.
Victoria.
M .
-r llisr l•
. Russell. .still •. remarkably
alert• 'for his years and': still able
to hold .hisown in,.a good ,politi
cal :debate
Harold.: Greer of •town and
Bobby . Bauer of Kitchener have
formed a, partnership in" whole-
sale . "electronic supplies. They
bought out ' Grey' Electronics
from James Pollitt of Hanover
.who established the business .in
1928 and sold to' Harold Greer
for a 'number, Of years while he
was in ' the. retail radio, TV and
appliances business. ,
Harold's: •partner was a• mem-
ber -of .the • famous. Boston .Bruins
"Kraut Line" of; Bauer,`.Dumart
and Sohmidt. Bobby won the.
Lady Byng trophy in his • • last
year , in ,the N.I.I.L. His big'' heart
break 'ca'me 'as the coach '..of two
unsuccessful Olympic hockey
teams.
Harold• and; ,Bobby, first 'net
overseas as radar .mechanics in,
428 S uadron of World ' War • II.
"Toby`', as he Is generally
"known, operated a�-radio-arid apy
phances `shop before going over-
seas and developed. this business
upon his return. Two and a half
years ''ago he sold out' to his
brother Clarence Greer. and. Bill
Bolt, andbought • the ' present
Greer .Nursing' Home from Mr:
Austin who had bought from E.
V. Baker:
Harold; has improved • the
bu'iltli:ng and. facilities` greatly'.&
for',the' tune being at least will
continue to ;operate the home.
The new 'enterprise will take
-hirh '"on the . road as a salesman
with his territory `roughly Grey;'
Bruce, Huron and part of Wel-
LABORDAY LOCAL G.YTOURNEY'
.•AT'• REENS'•
• Lucknow Bowling Club's big-
gest event of. the season will be.
held .on Labor Day, :Monday,
September 5th, It's the Merch-
ants'
ants' and . 1V fanufacturers' doub-
les •
oub-•les' tournament -with local busi-
ness establishments., donating to.
the big list of valuable prizes ' I. I• s-.�
which will be offered
• There are two .draws. ,for . this
event and a' total; of. 44 rinks can
be accomodated, Locale bowlers
intending to compete should . in-
form. the 'secretary, Harold .Rit-
chie, by Saturday. presidentof
the Clu,b thisyear is • 'Peter
Johnston.
at the, intersection of .highway
21 and. ;8, they were in. collision
with . a transport.:; loaded : with
thirteen tons of rain..
g.
Hossack was . thrown to the
pavement unconscious and . later
removed • to ' Goderich •Hospital:
Bert, the other passenger. in the
front seat, and W. J., 'who • was in
the : back :`,seat; were treated ;• at
hospital for minor injuries and
then 'released.
The.'. accident .: occurred late
Wednesday afternoon. The. Bain
car, a new ;Studebaker, was bad-
ly. damaged.
•LANEWA1 " HALTED
SPR.EADI NG FIRE •
Last Friday, afternoon • the
buildings on the farm of Arnold
Alton of Ashfield Township,
were seriously • endangered ' by
..fire which °,•.Wept across, "a• 12 -
acre field, and was brought un-
der control : only when its sweep
was • ;checked by • a laneway
The fire' originated in an old
tree stump 'that was being burn-
ed out on the neighbouring farm
of Clayton Altor. • The fire had •
burned, across sore 30 rods . of
old -grass and • was just.' coming
through :the line` fence into a
field of fresh . combined straw
on Arnold's' farm.
It was first:' noticed:' by Mrs. Ar- •
nold Alton ,who had . gone to in-
vestigate the. 'smoke. coming
from the neighbouring field. :She
'immediately ••sumnoned•'the men
• who were :on, the next farm bal
ing and the ' Lucienow. Fire ' De-
partment and • also' rang the •,a1-
arm: on the telephone. line',
• First on ,the scene were neigh-
bours; ::Elmer and ': Russel ; Alton
who were drivingon the road
and., saw the flames. ,The fire,
fanned by a ` :brisk' , breeze, was
impossible to check at this point,
and raced across the tinder dry;'
straw .until a bare laneway was'
reached... A few anxious •'mom
ents 'passed waiting. to )see, if
the .. lire. . Would jump into the .:
next field. Fortunately the lane
way stoppedthe forward sweep
and the neighbours who . arrived'
by the carload armed with shov1 .
els and• forks,, and with the- aid •
sof •a tractor and plow, were soon
.able to . confine:it .on the sides
and ; let it • burn itself out..
The fire truck -.With its supply
of water was used. to extinguish,`
a' row of burning fence posts, ` :
also• the - original : stump where
i. the roots were burning • two feet •
• into the . ground._ ._The_._ original....
fire had.burned in the• dry *grasp
some'' distance in other directions
even ;;against`. the wind: Had.. th''e
:fire ' occurred two: days earlier in
the standing_ grain. ,it would ha 'e
been. next•.'to impossible to.. save
any of the 12 acres of' crop.'
(Clayton, was in. town .that ..af-
ternoon and. knew nothing of the
outbreak until he ,reached home.
•
erve
TDP STUDENTS TO
-E TER WESTERN
N R
SandY, . ` MacKenzie, • son of , aMr.•
and Mrs., Tom MacKenzie, of
Iinlos
„Gerald Mowbray,
son. of :.'Mr. and Mrs. Virden
Mowbray of town,will enter the
University' of Western ''Ontario
this fall. Both will take the en-
gineering science . Course. ,
Sandy and Gerald placed tinel
two, as the top ` Students' of
Grade 13 at ' Lucknow District
High School.
Sandy is spending the summer'
as assistant recreational director
at .Cedar,'Villa Lodge on Balsam
Lake near' renelon . Palls.
Jerry has ' . sum-meremploy-
ment with. the Looby Censtruc-
tion' Company and is presently
nt Napanee.
lington, Mr. 'Bauer will 'travel in
the southern part of the province ...
to • St; Thomas ' and .Bast of ,$t Guelph, This partnership was
Guelph; Be will 'Continue til" re- entered into M June, but Active
theiroperations commenced at a side is' ,,1;{i�tchenel , with�
la -
wholesale headquarters located ter date: •
� s<.
.r11�` ��"'�►• it
pint .Parish :For
ctor Bids Farewell
Rev. .Henry t.:Jennings' con
chided an eight-year „ • ministry
on Sunday as rector of the . four
point: parish of Lucknow, Ripley,,
Dungannon and Port Albert, &:,
it was: with regreti that ,the ' par-
ishioners bid` farewell to : he and
Mrs. Jennings.
Rev. Jennings spoke ;at Ripley
and Lucknowin the morning &1
in the afternoon the congrega-
tions'. of Dungannon and 'Port
Albert /net jointly at Dungannon
followed . by, a social gathering.
At this time the Port ' Albert
.Wardens', Ralph Foster and Har-
old Adams i ade :the _ presenta.-
tion of a purse of money
On behalf of', the Dungannon.
congregation, Dr. Voices extend
ed best .wishes•.and Paul „Caesar
presented Rev. Jennings, with ,a
desk set & Mrs,' Bene Mole pre-
sented glassware to Mrs. Jenn-
ings on behalf. of the ladies' or
ganization. • Little, Peggy Young .
pinned a corsage on Mrs. Jenn-a
ings.
Presentation At Ripley •.
A pot luck supper, and. social
evening 'Was held .on ' Tuesday
night of last week at Ripley
with 41 members of St. Pauls
congregation present.. '
Rev, and 'Mrs. Jennings were
presented with a', lovely oil
painting which hagbeen ori dis-
play in s Johnstone's Furniture
Store window. A bill -fold was{
presented asa"' personal gift to'
Rev. Jennings arid :a cup and
saucer :to Mrs. Jennings from the .,
Women's, Auxiliary.
The :.following ' address.
read: n
,Thursday, August '23rd
• Rev. and ,Mrs•. .Jennings,
It was with regret: that. we .of •
St. Pauls' Church,: -Ripley; learn- •
ed ,of your intention to leave
this parish to give your time. &
efforts to another. Having: work-
ed with us before your marriage,
we felt that we were; old friends.
and welcomed you with sincer-
ity. When you came to us 'eight
years' ago, it was : like a : 'home
coming .,and-„
g p y
return . often. •
Mr, Jennings: We have . ap-
preciated • your • untiring • efforts
(Continued on . page, 3)
Was
BUY VILLAGE RESIDENCE
OF 1111i,S. A. E. DURNIN .•
Leonard' MacDonald .of Silver-
wood
ih er-wood Dairies, Lucknow, has pur-
chased. :the Village residence of
Mrs •'A. E, • Durnin on Rose St.
Mr, and Mrs. MacIDonald, Jii my
and Ronnie will move totheir
new home the end of September
from the Treleaven residence.
on ' Havelock St, • :
Mrs, Durnin• will make her.
home in Clinton where for the
past few years she has spent. the
winters ,with her daughter, Mrs.
Doris all, '
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