The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-10-26, Page 1dvance xtra To U.S.A.
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WF,DNESDAY, OCT 26th, 1960
'Two barns,: 'packed full with'
the season's : crop and • cattle,
were destroyed. Tuesday. in an
early, morning fire' on the' farm
of Norman O'Connor `located on
the ' Rluewater Highway near
Kintail. Loss was. estimated in
the neighbourhood•, of $3.0,000.
Norman 'had ,about 115 head
of ,:cattle in the . 'two barns, but
the doors; were open and many
of them: were outside. Fire Start-
ed in the barn • to the .'south: It
.was of .undetermined origin'' but
appeared, to start' in the upstairs..
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Hugh „MacKenzie, `a neighbour
close.. by, • noticed the fire short-
, ly after' 6 a.m. and w oke Nor-
e were, able to a all.
Not -
man. ,They get', .
•
the ' cattle out of- th.e 'two barns.
The second barn:' to- the north
is set• back so as the front wall
FOURTEEN PAGES
OAKINTO TOOL SHED
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NNIVERSAR1f
TARPAULIN. MISSING
On Sunday night, or early°
..'Monday • morning the . tool, '.
.'shed at the CNR, station was •
,entered and a tarpaulin was
,.. taken •
was parallel with° the' rear- wall
of the south barna Only about
two feet separated the corners,
A large silo .was situated in front
of the north .barn;
Lucknow ' ; Fire Department
answered :the call and'flames'
were ,visible • from; • Lucknow.:
'Both' 'barns were beyond. saving
when the Fire Department an -
rived' but the full 'silo' was eat
ered and. saved from. destruction;
Water was'• plentiful: in a creek
to • the' south of the.barns; with
the .portable pump',used to ad-
,
The farm. J.'s' on Con. 10 Ashfield,
west of Lanesville` store . and
about 'four :miles from. the Far
r'sh home farm. :. • •
The barn was. 'full ,of' hay and
straw, .but • there was ',no stock
stabled. in. it. • Lost also in • the
blaze was' a combine and corn.
binder,. .
The outbreak ' was discovered
by, a neighbour, . Bob' Ioward, 'Si
was .beyond ;saving.
F + g d by
;n, ranee . was cine
smashing : a ' window. This ,
shed which houses tools and
• equipment : of the . section.
crew has:been broken into
on • more; thain one occasion:"
Previous ' breakins resulted
• in.'crewbars and' sledges be-
ing taken, but this time only
the tarpaulin 'was missing. •
Farrish' Barn Ratted
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•A mid=aft
ernoon •fire:.on Mon-
day destroyed a, large .barn 'on.
the : former.::Oharles 'MacLean
farm, owned by: Alex Fairish:'
The wend INDUCTION " TO BE,
'was blowing away from the. '
house '_Which: wasnot in danger. ge HELD THURSDAY .•
The a. side of a : horizontal silo. at
the 'barn was :also. burnt. ;
• Mr:. • and . Mrs. Fairish were
away• at 'the.• time, and ..did not
Yearn of the conflagration until.
returning home., late • in : the af-
ternoon:
REGISTER PROMPTLY FOR
' ,NIGHT SCHOOL ; CLASSES ,.
-Masses for :the,' Ripley 'Corn, -
.unity Night School. commence
on' Wednesday,' November 2nd,.
Nr' Paul' Bennett, 'Consultant for
Arts . and ,Qrafts;'. Dept. of Edu-
'cation, will give a short' address
at 8 . 'o'clockthat _' evening.' ' Mr..
Bennett- is 'a highly trained spec-
ialist in this field as • well as
being an excellent speaker:
Anyone, interested in the night
school is advised to fill in coup-
on affixed . to an; advertisement'
•in this issue. This ;must bedone
promptly as maximum , : enrol-
ment in ,some courses comes ` in
quickly
ACC•ID ENTS SEND
TWO TOHOSPITAL
Donald. Murray . of • Vest Wa-
•wanosh and, Harry; Hackett who'
resides just smith of the Village
are :in Wingham ,Hospital with
fractures • as .a result ."of. Saturday'
mishaps:
•
Donald, 'Ross •Durnin, Johnny.
Finleon', . and Terry , O'Donnell
were': engaged in skiddirng. out'
`tree tops•,with a;.tearri :of horses,
on the., farm on; ;Con. 9, ` West
Wawanosh,,, west of Lorne :Dir•
RASH .OF WEEK -END
T
,,CAR A � 1DEN S
,CC • ;
Two cars were badly wrecked
and one of thedrivers severely:
injured 'in .a :mid-afternoon col--
lision,at , Kinlough , on. Sunday:,
Elmer Hooey of Huron . Town
ship was taken by ambulance to
Kincardine .Hospital : .suffering
from a bad. s.concfission, "lacera
tions to .the leg and ;':face and
bruises.. He was., unconscious
for- a •':time but early • in': the.
week had regained consciousness
and his condition • was quite
satisfactory.
Mr. 'and Mrs. Gordon •McQuil
• lin and two . children were south.
bound' on • the ; Kinloss-Lucknow
road. Mr, ''. Hooey was driving
Oast on the 12th; .Concession and
was 'turning: north at Kinlough.
hi the,: impact, the. Hooey 'car
swerved around -`and , Struck: a
Ear in front of Kinlougli Pres-
byterian Church, in which/'Bi11y.
Percy, Fred' and Jim: billon were
sitting.'Just corning
was
'out at:the time.
Passengers in ; the 1VICQuillin•
'car escaped: with comparatively
•;minor .injuries.
Cattle .Beast Killed
'`Fri `cl.ay -.y evening
Mr. and
..
Mrs. Elmer MacKenzie' of town
Were .:west bound on ,',Highway
86, ,'when they', struck' •a •••stray
..
cattle beast 'about , four . miles
west of '. Lucknow. ' The animal
was killed and' the.. left front of.
the MacKenzie car damaged by
the impact. The uncia /he'd ani-
mal•still lay on. .t` .e•'.roadside the
: . first ;of.,the week.'
Escape ;As Car Flips
r` ,,,,The first:touch.of winter driv-
•Coiditions added to' the :nis-
hap'. toll' on Monday.
The car Mrs; Wm., Hunter was
W
drivin`.. , ..,. Control
g went � ottt of .; .centro
• hear 'Greenhill Cemetery and
„.11ipped over.- w'M'rs. Hunter's
da titer; 2% -year-old Betty Ann
was With;',•heir mother and when
the car came to; rest. on its top,
• Mae still had hold 'of the wheel
' and ,, jetty Ann had her arms
(Contiitiitecl,
on page 14)
nip's:
About. ;mid afternoon,' Donald
got '. pinned 'between one •of the
tops and ';a stump and suffered.
a fracture ' of the, 'left • leg. below
the knee as well as • a' fractured,
ankle.,
The boys helped carry him to.
the road 'where the ;:car was
parked and he• was brought `'to
. Corrin's• office' and then.'
taken • to Wingham Hospital..
A '`temporary cast was applied
fora few days. ;:rhe breaks:. are
severe thatrs• considered
red
;•so ; itn
it will 'be: at; least' three months
before he .will be able to,: do
anything •'
,Three yearn ago 'next month,
Donald, lost the fingers of his
right hand in a . corn. , picker.
• Had heels Fractured
On . Saturday Harry,', Hackett
slipped from ..the ' roof of a gar-
age which Was being: built at the
residence of Cyril •Brown .' in
Lhcknowi.':
,In the -.fall he :'fractured both.
heels,: quite a painful, injury, •&
was taken to Wingham. Hospital
for.' treatment.
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`FREE' FRIDAY . SHOWING ,
OF DELAYED FILM
Thecolored. and animated
moving ;picture.: of the :;Pasa
' • dena Tournament of :Roses
arrives Thursday' for sure, &
will be .'shown ' free in the
Town ••Hall: on• Friday even_.
ing,October 28th. There 'will.
be two Ai -wings at 8;00 ::and
9.:00 • for 'the ,convenience '.of
• those who wish to see it
A substitute Showinrigwas
screened last 'Friday • when
the• Pasadena, film .•failed to
arrive.,
RECEIVES ;, HORTICULTURAL
(SERVICE DIPLOMA •
A horticultural service diplo-
ma has been' received •.by, the 'lo-
,cal
o-•cal Society to be .,forwarded to.
Rev. 'Gordon' R. Geiger at Essex.
Rev. Geiger served as president
of the Society from .thetime of
its re -organization • here until
.his departure this, : summer to
ibis new charge.'
The diploma reads as .fol-
lows: "This is to certify, that a
Horticultural service Diploma
has : been 'awarded by the Luck -
now District Horticultural Soci-
ety,' to '.Rev. , Gordon ' R. Geiger
for meritorious . service to horti-
culture." •
Thee certificate i`sdated at.
Lucknow, ; October 21st, 1960., &
is 'signed' by President Kenneth
Cameron, ..w ho .succeeded:.
Geiger and. by Charles. R. • Bris-
tow ,
ris-tow,. , secretary.
The : award is made'• by the
Ontario Horticultural Associa-
tion upon the recommendation
L H1%LL'O'W1•;'EN! of ,the . District ,uireetor:
LIONS P FOR'
'PARTY pFORCHILDREN ,
:The 'Lions, Club annual•
towe'eri;• party'• .for pre-school .and
public school children; of .town
and country'' will be 'held in. the
'arena .,next, Monday ;evening. , It'
will start ';with;' a main street
parade •et ' 7:36' led ,,by Piper
Frank MacKenzie.
There will be three ` cash .pri-
zest in each at a half:.dozen cos.-
tume groubs: A. peanut scramble
and ,a trea-t for each ,child will
climax the evening.
'Lions 'Club members pare fre-
quested •.•to stay around to• assist
in cleaning up the .arena
.
, . r. ..E BUSINESS
.S,TARTs. BARB RNESS
, ,
Glen. Atkinson of Lucknow'
will shortly commence a barber
business the building .adja-
.
:ent to Sanders en's ' owned by
r;•
N. H. Hedley• Glen recently
graduated a, 'd fromthe .: l3ondy; ,inofzBabering, Toronto. Hp
fororiyworked • foi• Golden
Glow` in Ripl, .3' for Seven years.
• insii� i
s an employee in
,1Vtrs. 'All,
the office of the Lticknkfow
trict Co-ot). <. .
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MEET IST SHOPPING
.CENTRE, OVERSEAS
Mrs. Lloyd Henderson' and:
Murray..,
Mrs.. Ray ra(Jean Rich-
ards) had the very happy experi-
ence of ., a surprise; meeting in a
shoppirng ,centre" overseas.:' Their
husbands are -serving ',overseas.
With the 3i.C.A.F.,' but • are .not
on the ` same station. Lloyd is in,
fact in Germany. , and" ' Ray 'r in
France but at border stations, in
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REV. RODERICK .MaeLEOD I,
• The induction: of Rev Rode_
rick . MacLeod as minister of the
Lucknow, Dungannon and South.'
Kinloss charge will be held this
Thursday evening ' in Lucknow
Presbyterian • Mitch ^by the.
Presbytery of Huron -Maitland.
Rev. D. . • Neil .. McCombie, of
Ashfield and; Ripley` will preside
as =Aerator acf Presbytery.: Rev.
-MCCombie has also served as' in-
terim -moderator during. the pul-
pit vacancy.. ...
Rev. MacLeod is. a 'native' of
Scotland, who came IO Canada
in ' 1936, and, later graduated;
from Presbyterian College, 'Mon-
treal. He .served as an •ordained
missionary in Saskatchewan•fore' ' being;called to • Cape' Bret-
on in. Nava 'Scotia. He' served as
'a 'chaplain• in the Canadian'Navy
during. World" War II,. and saw
overseasservice.
Following • the war he• returned.
;to Cape Breton and .in' x957 `ac •
cepted a
call . to Knox Presby-
terian
resby terian :.Church, .• Tiverton, :Which'
observed , its one hundredth an-
niversary- during Rev. 1VIacLeod's
ministry. '•
He ' concluded "a ,:three-year
pastorate there on. Sunday, and
the MacLeod family moved: to
Lucknow " the stirst of ::the week
hie will condict his first services
on this three-point ` charge on •
Sunday. •
Rev. and: Mrs.cL
Maeod's 'two,.
daughters, Sylvia :and Catherine.
were' both.baptized '',by Profes-
sor F. Scott MacKenzie of Mon
'tread and a native of. Ashfield.
MARKED SUNDAY
Anniversary services were
marked .in Lucknow United;'
Church • on Sunday, with . the
pastor, Rev. Howard W: Strapp
u
delivering forcef l ' '.. sermons
both morning and evening. -,
.The occasion. marked the ,75tH
anniversary of the building of
the present 'church lin 1885, dur-
ing the. ministry of Rev. G. R
Turk. He was spared to conduct
the 50th anniversary in 1935.
.Methodism. goes back almost a
century in. Lucknow. The .first'. ,
Wesleyan Methodist congregation . .
was formed in 1862, and a New
Connexion congregation wases-
in
ta'blis187h4:ed in. ' 18.65. ' These. united,'
On Sunday . ` morning Rev.
Strapp spoke " on "The Living
Church," stressing that the
church must. move 'forward• and
its membe_ rs • demonstrate : in
their. daily living that they are
custodians of the things of God:
In•:.the evening ';his :theme was
"The Master of Life," in which
lie stressed the challenge of our
Christian outreach and the need
to begin more earnestly to' pray
to God to bring Jus *Kingdom in
to ;the: hearts of men everywhere
and make.' His wilt be' done:
Lovely baskets, of mints and
dahlias surrounded the altar &:
special" music was supplied by
the choir finder thedirection of
Mrs. 'J. . W. Joynt; with Mrs:' Ross
.Cumikning as :orga ist,' The iuorn-
ing' anthem was "King all •Glori-.
ous and "Mrs. Joynt; Mr.. C. R.`
Bristow and Mr.: W and Mrs. Ray-'
hard : ;Ackert sang as a quartette'
"Ring The Golden Bells
The Craig Trio sang two plea-
sing. selections at the evening
service and the choir's conclud-
ing :number was "Love Divine:"
,The .c4stomary • fowl , supper
whichh had been associated with
anniversary time,. has : been . d'is-
pensed with • "this ' year..;
•SELLING• WAS .BRISK AT
STOCKER.: CATTLE` 'SALE
the Metz area.
SHORT 'COURSE TO : START'
ONE HOUR EARLIER
A short course on how • to .coin-
duct meetings, to be. held in the
Town" ':Hall. ' on Thursday .after
noon will ' start' at 1:30 o'clock.
This is an. hour 'earlier than pre-
viously announced; the 'change
being' necessary ' for the' speaker
to, meet her travelling' .schedule.
>• The: meeting ,,to which all, in-:
te.rested •women (and men)' are
invited is sponsored', by the
Lucknow - Women's Institute, ,
TURN THE .CLOCKS BACK
ON . SATURDAY NIGHT •
That controversial • subject;
daylight •.saving time, 'will dome
to an , end this .week., for a few
months 'at least. ,
', Standavd time will' be in: ef-
feet on Sunday, October .30th.
The official 'hour for turning,
back the clocks • is 2.00. a.m: Sun-
day
morning. Better remember
to adjust • your tithe piece upon:'
retiring Saturday night to catch
up With that "extra hour you
"lost" away . back' in the early
spring:. ;
•
On Monday , of last week 350
head of :cattle were sold ,at' the
consignment 'sale of stocker cat- '
tle at Bob MacIntosh's. Lucknow
,Sales Barn. '
Bidding was brisk with better
than -expected' prices. ' Top steers
brought $22.60..
,REPEAT 'RUMMAGE
UMMA
S
SATURDAY
�
SAL
•The• second and final session
of . the ,Lucknow and.. District;
Lions Club . rusrirnage 'sale: will
be' held on' Saturday: in the . ar-
ena: This ; will •' be in the after -
.noon.
noon. only, starting . at 2' o'clock:
Last week's sale grossed', the
:Club about .$350, ..but a similar
sale • iri • •Wingliam that day; and
one in ;Teeswater the previous •
evening. ,'were factors' which pro-
bably `affected' the' attendance. at.
:Lucknow ,• A
The donor -'response to,. the
Lions "Clixb was very generouS,
and there are still hundreds of
articles to • be offered on Satur-
day Of this Week. Prices are re- ,
duced• so that they will : go re-
"gardless of value and no offer
will be refused:
Following last Week's sale; the
arena was cleared out and any
articles not regarded as useful
and saleable were disposed of.
On Friday ` night of this week
new displays' will be set up' for
Saturday's .. selling:
Any Club member who failed
to complete his calls last week
can still do SO and add the art-
's, offering.
Iles ; to this week ' •
The baking sales last Saturday
in • conjunction 'with • ' the ' rum-
mage 'sale •was quite: successful,
with• the baked' goods donated by
some(of .the: Lions wives quickly
disposed of.
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