The Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-02-25, Page 1•
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY; FEB. 25th, 1959:
TWELVE, PAGES.
Special Equipment -At Work �o Avert Rain Blockage
.,Special •CIR equipment. •was
rushed here the end of theweek
to prevent what could have re-
sulted in a complete blockage:'
of the Lucknow Kincardine sec-
tion of the line, .
,Guts east a$ north of 'the de-
pot had blown full with the fire-
-,.,quent storms, resulting. in a': sheer
wall of,hard-packed snow, which
had closed in, to a ' point ' that
'railWay plows could no. longer
cope with, it; as there was no
room,, to operate the . wing,
' Late in the week a two -en-
gine 'plbw became wedged in the
Henderson cut; northof, the Se-
cond Concession, A '•crane opera-:
ted .'bucket .with a yard to A yard',
"• and a half capacity, was shear
•ing. off the walls: near the :' over-
head bridge .back ' of 'Frank Gra-
,hain's farm; east oftown: It was:
moved north of town; arid :work-.
• ed ' all day and night Saturday
'and throughout .Sunday, to•widen
out the ,Scow; canyon,'
Shear, hard -packed ~:ails ;of
snow, with layers depicting most
every blow over 'several weeks;,
line the rail line to heights of
from : ten to .fifteen:.feet, and as
the 'crane dumps its load higher
still on the banks above, .a bull-
dozer iS operated in 'some' places,
to push it back into; the 'fields:.
The four -man :crew on the
bucket is working shifts • 6:00-
'a.m, to: '10:00 p.m.; under the
direction of Road. Master Rae
Ash of . Stratford,, ,and . the/ major
operation will have :. to be con=
tfnued for ;an ''extended period.
•
Other .crew men are "Tom 'er=
guson and Elmer, Pollock 'of Iain..
cardine, Dan McLean of Stratford
arid • Jerry Whitten :.o�£, ''Toronto"'•
Pictured here • is the .crane -op-
erated bucket as it`disgorged, the
snow freer' its maw in the lien
Berson cut, just to 'the .north of
where : • a soowplow, derailment,
occurred`` •in' 1947,. when .a three: -
engine Plow•tried to. 'bust its way
through,under, -similiar condi-
.tions to those now. experienced.
Township road plows are also
experiencing a similiar ,condition
as the trail narrows and; snakes
to a • point where- ::snow 'plow
wings are : useless, " and ' in some
cases bulldozers are theonly:. ef-
fective '•means of. punching out a
single lane road:'
• Sentinel." Photo
FIREMEN RAISED. $307.54 FOR
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
The LucknoW Fire . °Departrnent:
recently staged .4 fund ' raising.
. campailgri in; aid of the :.Muscular
•Dystrophy Association of :.Cana-
da. $307:54 was raised by : a house
to house canvass and by the plac-
ing of coin .'cans,.throughout* the
• community.
H.
O.,MESAVEQ BY
QUICK ACTION: K
`
Quick action by •Charles Hall-
am and members. •of , the Lucknow
Fire Department: prevented• , the:.
• 'home of ,Miss.:Cathe rine MacGre-
•gor,from being enveloped in a
bad 'fire' .on• Saturday ' afternoon,
' Miss MacGregor ` is • a . patient in
Wingham. Hospital . and the home
located next .to, the Lucknow
• arena, was being tended by
'Charlie Who is a' next'door. neigh -
He,' had been;• thawing' water
pipes in the . basement and had
'been successful in ;getting.` the
. water running' • again:, The work
had been done by 'a blow torch.
Under the kitchen floor and ap-
parently had ignited the floor "
• Charlie• : was _gone' from the
house for a time and when he
returned he' found the house fill-
ed with 'a choking smoker Flames
•were evident in the basement,
and . were quickly' extinguished.
Firemen had to °tear up part 'of
the kitchen floor in' .an' effort to
'get ;at the source of the outbreak
Several • minutes more 'start,and.
the 'fire could 'have' been out of
control~ •
FIRE THREATENED ,GARAGE
• A flash fire ;at' the Ford Gar-
age;early Monday afternoon,.cau-
sed the second fire alarm. in less
than 48 'hours: :
Gasoline leaking from a .darn-
aged tank on 'Earl Cranston's.
truck;, which wason the hoist
for. repairs, 'became ignited and
smoke was pouring from the
buldzng.•
, A fire extinguisher wes--used
effectively "and when it was ex-
: hmisted; extinguisher from
The Sentinel' Office 'finished tie
JO, So that the Fire Department
Which had reached the scene' `by
. then, did not ave to go into
action,
EIGHT 'SETS OF TWINS .1N
TWO .YEARS SOME RECORD
• .Withwwbeef a pretty important
commodity on the ~• farm these
days, ;Wm.. 'Webster . and his son
George, of the St., Helens district
in West Wawanosh have: a •'herd
that is • setting some sort of a re-
cord :for production. • . '
Five sets of twins have been
born en, the Webster farm In the
past year and eight setsof twins
•within the past two,: years. All
sixteen•:.calves survived, with the
exception of one which was kill-
ed. ;accidentally,
LOCAL.` BO'Y. ENRQLS''FOR •
RADIO .COLLEGE :COURSE
Eldon .Wraith, son: of Mr. and
Mrs. John Wraith of Lucknow,•
left this • week for Toronto • where
he .: has enrolled at the Radio.
College of Canada.' • •
Owing to a' .shoulder. injury
• suffered :•several. months. ago in
a motor' 'accident; Eldoh is un-
able • to .'continue his .duties,'.in;
'Button's Butcher Shop • and will`
now take •a• course in radio and
television • technglogy.' ' ' •
PARENTS HEAR
Lunch was served with• Jeanne
• Hunter• thanking those who had
assisted in the kitchen, and' dan-
cing • followed °to music by,. Car-
ruthers Orchestra, with'. parents
and Teen Towners mingling .well
for an ; enj oyable time, with the
mutual conclusion t'h a t "we
should do- this more 'often!'
PROBLEM:P.
Tt was, Parents • Night at Teen
'Town on Friday evening,• which
featured . an • interesting and in-
formative . panel: discussion on
family problems: inrespect to the
teen•
•ager; ..;:
Pan.alists . taking part • • '• were,
Rev. G. W.: Kaiser of .Ashfield,
Rev. Roy Kennedy of Dungan-
non*, .Rev..Gordon' R. Geiger' of
Luckriow, .with Rev.. H:'L. Jenn-
ings of Lucknow:•as panel mod
erator. •
Fraser Ashton, the Teen Town
president. welcomed the gather-
ing'
ather-ing• and introduced the -panel
meinbers,.who were thanked. by
Doug :'Schmid at the close of the
discussion.'
LIONS COSTUME . CARNIVAL,
SET k'OR. SATURDAY: NIGHT
• Plaris are completed for the
Lions Club costume ice carnival
which will be held in the arena
on Saturday .evening ofthis week
commencing at. '7:45. •
As listed. in last week's Sen
,tine1 there are costume events
for .all 'classes from pre-school
age to adults; an it . each group.
there. are cash rizes for fancy;,
comic boy or • girl, and • the best,
couple:
• •Speci;al eve is •' . include' the
'Carnival _Queen'' and a Lions
costume, race. Thereis a full
race program. for all ages cli-
maxed• by the' ever popular •musi-.
cal chairs.•
A. complete .list of eventswas
listed :in last week's.Sentinel. •
And then •comes;.the Broomball
feature, with Blake Alton's roar-
ing country Lions just .apawing
t'o get ,et those weakling -slicker's
from town..Rae Watson is reunnd-
ing• up ..the 'town team 'and he'll
have them. in real fighting mood
at kick. off • time:. In • fact, they
are already • bragging that :they'll
send those: country boys crawling
home over ;the 'snow banks •with
their' ego . deflated.
After.: the broornball'title is de-•
tided .there, will be, a eriod of
free skating.'
PICK:: SPEAKERS
1,
N , .L
LONE CONTEST
Diane' Rayner and Don Hage
dorn, students at Lucknow D'is-
•trict`•High School, will represent
the Lucknow° arid; District Lions
Club ,' at t . the • regional. public
speaking contest .
This is the third year thatthe:
local Club • has •. sponsored this
event. Winners.: •sof . the regional
contest advance .to • the sub-
dis-trict competitions' and the •win-
hers'.' qualify for the Ontario-::
Quebec 'finals sponsored. by Lions -
International, an honour : Jim'
Reed won ' in, 1957, the ' year. ,the
local club 'was .organized:
'There were seven ceantestants,::
four girls and three :boys -in.
the local competition . and they
gave their prepared and •.im-.
promptu. speeches' at -the 'reinter'
Lions' Club meeting on Monday.
"The judges, Rev: Roy Kennedy
of Dungannon, Rev, Neil McCom-,
.bie of Ashfield and. Ripley, .and:
Mr; Butler; Ripley bank' mane-.
ger, had . a +d+ifficult'. task in de-
ciding the winners:
Cameron MacDonald,' chairman
of the public .speaking committee,
had charge •of proceedings and
in . conclusion •introduced the
speakers, ' who had previously
been. •• called • by : number... They
were,, Marilyn . Cameron,, Eleanor
Reed, Diane Rayner, • Barbara
(Continued on 'page 12)
LOCAL YET. C OILG'
TO 'OKLAHOMA;
• Dr. T. F3.""Cleland, • local vete-
rinarian has accepted a teaching
position' at the Veterinary Facul-
ty of Oklahoma State University,
where he will also do post grad-
uate work, specializing in animal •
parasitology. e.
Dr. "' Cleland, ;who ;commenced
practicing here some ten• ' years
ago, Will. besucceeded • by ,.Mark:
Raithby of . Guetph, - ' who . will
graduate in early May, fromri, the
Ontario Veterinary College. He
will take. over the Cleland prac-
tice ` on. June .1st, *.and Dr., and
Mrs. Cleland and family plan .to
move to Stillwater, Oklahoma
about. mid-June:: • '
Mr. Raithby is a 'son of ;Pro-
fessor and . Mrs. G. E. Raithby
of Guelph where his father is.
on the Veterinary College staff,
and is well known' in this dis-
trict • and to cattle . men' in parti
euler. Mark is a •grandson of Geo.
Raithby of'•Auburn.
ANNUAL"" STORE WIDE
CLEARANCE STARTS FRIDAY
The ,Market Store's, annual
winter •sale has become tradi'
tional `, and;•.•. the- big event, this
year the. 5th • annual 'will'
open' on. Friday of this .week.
• A two-page spread *in •this ..is=
sue is supplemented by' 2500 'bills
which will blanket the district,
announcing the .giganticstore
wide,; stock reduction sle with •
savings .of up to .50°'0::
•
MRS., ,JACK HUSSEY '
WON: $130.00 'JACKPOT.. .•
Mrs: Jack Hussey the former
Evelyn Nixon, of : •Lucknow,' was'
the'<winner of the bingo' jackpot
of • $130:00 at the 'Legion's `Thurs-:
day night bingo last, week... •
There was a ,large •erowd in
attendance anticipating; that it
couldn't: go on much longer with-
out a whiner. '
These ;. weekly..bingos will be
continued, . and the :Legion has
set an:opening .jackpot of $100:00
for this Thursday night, when 55
numbers will. be • called.
ANGLICANS'MEET
N .TOWN HALL
• On Sunday •morning, February
15th, .service, at .St Peters Ang-
licanChurch :was cancelled `.due.
to trouble with one of the • oil
furnaces: •The damage resulting
from smoke and soot will neces-
sitate complete clean=up and
major renovation.;. /•
The congregation rnet •in the
Town Hall on Sunday morning '
and will continue -to do ece until
further notice. •• •
STUDENTS 'SPOKE,,.
HERE THURSDAY
Students " from Saugeen Lis-
trict High' Sclipol~"a't* Port Elgin
captured;,three of the four awards
at• -the" 'Centred Western Ontario
Seeond.ary, Se,hool, Assoriation
public 'speaking contest held last
Thursday ni. ht•. at the Lucknow
1Distr'ic•t• High : ;Scheel. •
4 'Kathleen Fowler ..placed first
in the senior, girls' competition.;
Judy :Really was the winner of
the junior girls' award°•and Peter
Guthrie was first in, senior boys'
competition. .The other. • winner,.
Patrick Palmer,. was • from Kin-.
cardine District High School and.
placed first in the jgnior. boys'
competition,
'The runners-up, were senior
girl, Lois Wh'ite, •Shelb°.lrne; sen-
ior boy, Bob' Richardson, Shel-
burne; Amen girl,, Janet. Downey,
Kincardine; junior • boy, Wayne
Chappell, Port Elgin,.
SiX high ,schools from Kincar-
dine, .port Elgin, Chesley, Luck -
now, Durham and Shelburn corn-
peted in the speaking contest.
The • judges `were Mrs, Mary
Cleland, Miss Katherine 1V1aclre-
gor, Miss Alice Heard, Miss Dor.•
o:thy Comber, Robert Ritter and
Robert .Campleell; all members
of the WingY am : District High
School..
Vnlney� Ray and, • Warren Brown
of Lucknow District High School
acted as masters.. of: eereinontes
through the competition. '
Time keepers, were . Mrs. Gor-
don -Johnston and Ronald. Kelter.-
born • of Lucknow • District High
School. • x
Student; speaking. were: Kir-'
sardine, ;, anet Downey, 'Patrick
Palmer, junioe John Lake, Carol
McKinnon,. senior; Saugeen, Judy
Reany, Wayne Chappell, junior;
Kathleen Fowler, Peter Guthrie,
Senior; , CheSiey, . Jean Kreutz-
karng, David Golem, junior; Bet-
ty Rasaman,. Ron ` Speers, sen-
ior; Lucknow, Marilyn • Cameron,
Murray ' Hunter; junior; Diane'
Rayner; Donald FT.agedorn, senior;
Ouehem, 'S hi r l e y Greenwood,
junior; .Mary Padfield, Robert
McGillivray; senior;• Shelburne,
Marion McGee, Bob Bates, junior;
Lois White, Bob Richardson,
'seniors'
Pictured left to right, Patrick
Palmer,. Judy Reany, Kathleen
Fowler, ,Peter 'Guthrie, •
Sentinel Photo.