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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAS,,18th 1959
James Forst e r, 87 -year-old
West • Wawanosh • Township fann-
er, is a patient in •Wingham Gen-
eral Hospital with a fractured
right leg:
" lover'•' of horses, •and proud
owner 'of. show ring, teams for
Sonne 70 years, it was ironical
'that Mr. Forster .should .lave the.
` reins in his hands when the Phis-
hap occurred, • •
A truckload of coal became
stiick his laneway, , and Mr,
'For: Ater : hitched up the tear to.
.draw the vehicle; In driving the
team he broke through the hard.
crusted snow, . •s of f e r i•n;g the
break, but had the team not res-
ponded `i m m.e al i a t e ly. to his
"whoa," the truck . might have.
passed over him. •
The mishap occurred on• Tues,.
d'ay' of, last week: Mr.- Forster
had' the leg put ; in •a cast. on
Wednesday, . and 'despite his age
seems " little the wworse
experience. '
The Forster's • have had : quite
a' time of it of late; His' son
Ronald,. had :the searing, s ns'a-
• tion. a; few. weeks ago; to, have ..a
piece of steel ,burn a hole • in hos
ear • drum., He • Was . using' a cut-
ting torch, and when • he leaned'
down to .check his progress a de-
layed "spit" sent the .piece of
red hot material into the ear. He
is now regaining his hearing.'
James :Forster's grandcihildren,
children of: Mr. and Mrs Walter
• Forster.,' have had their ;share' of
Mishaps, Barbara has a triple• leg
fracture' front sleigh riding: Bob
'jumped` • out of , a hay mow, and
went through•the manhole, stable
to receive a .bad` shaking.up,.and
Tai's brother '_Jpe, • has t hais• tongue'.
severely cut, When :a5cow kicked
him, He was. thrown. back • on the
stable :floor,-' and knocked out.
CHANGE. FAIR DAY
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O HUR SAY .
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Lucknow . Fall; • Fair dates have:
been changed to the last 'Wed-
nesday
Wed-nesday and Thursday in Septern
ober, 23rd and; 24th: The Main
day • has'. 'previotlsly:.been Wed-
nesday, 'which is coni ntinity sale
day. '.Thursday was picked so. as
not• toconflict with . Ripley Fair
which is bn Friday and Satur-
day'of 'teat week. .
The dates were set at'a direc-
tors meeting last week, at which
excellent reports were given
from Evan Keith and President,.
S. E. Robertson)', who• were' de-
legates to the Fair Association
convention.
The ;matter of prize list 'revi-
sion for the 1959 show, was left
with the directors. - of the various
classes;." and their recommenda-.
tions •are to be submitted 'at the
next directors meeting to be held
. early in ,April.. .•
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THIRTY-EIGHT. GET
ATTENDANCE' PINS
Thirty-eight members of , the
Luckn'ow and District Lions Club
received perfect attendance pins
at Monday. night's .Meeting. They
were: •Howard Agnew, Alex.. An-
. drew, Blake Alton, Lloyd, Ash-
ton,' W. B. Anderson, Russ But-
ton, Ernest ..Button, Pete . Bisson-
, ette, Brock Cleland, Stuart • Coll-
yer, Bob .Campbell, Bob :Finlay;
Gordon Fisher Harvey. Houston,
Tom Hackett; Bill• Hunter, Lloyd
Hunter, W. R: .Howey,' Leonard
MacDonald, Bob M a c K e n zi. e,
Kelso. McNay, W. L. MacKenzie,
Donald. McKinnon, Gordon Mont-
gomery, Virden Mowfbray,•'°W,, A.
Porteous', • .Harold • Percy, Milt
•Payne:r, Gerald Rathwell, Stuart
Robertson, Mike'Sanderson, WM.
S c h i d, , Chas'. Short, Frank
Thompson, pain Thompson, Rae
Watson, Chas, . • Webster, Harvey
Webster. •
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'(Continued on page" ii)
MISS WORST. OF
SUNDAY STORM
This comma nity •.has been ;pia-
geed" by week -end • storms all
Winter, and while experiencing
the • hawling gale on Sunday, . es-
caped the worst . 'of' the storm.
Drifting, snow and zero visibili
ty completly' tied up' motor traf-
fic� Sunday 'evening in the •Clin-
tee h., Listowel, Arthur and Owen
Sound areas,. and left hundreds
9f '‘motorists 'stranded to find ov-
ernight shelter where they could.
Acarload of Normal students
bound • for Stratford on. Sunday
evening could not get past Clin-
ton Sunday evening, and '.were
among; those who spent the 'night
in crowded 'hotels and. motels.
• This s e x t e t t e •included 'Ann
Crawford, ,Ruth ; Steer, . Louise
•Andrew, Bill 'Kennedy, • Barry
McQuillin• • and Paul : Groskorth.
The 'ihigh'way. was open : early the
next Morning and they were able
to proceed ::.to Stratford in time
for classes, ' •
•
Ivan McQuiilin, •Elnriira bound
spent the night at a farm home
near Molesworth, •whey vrisil ility;
n roadMade it
and ebnditions, ade . im-
t
possible to proceed. 'It was. mid-.
afternoon . Mondhy before he got
to . Ehnira: All traffic : was pro-
hibited from : moving out of List -
Owe. Miss Carol McCrostie .,and'
three girl friends from Elmira,
who, spent Sunday 'with her
mother, remained over night and-
left for Elmira early Monday', but•
did • not get out:•of Listowel till
after dinner.. • . • '
• .,Barry McLeod, Melba Bennett
and Isabel . Cools of Kincardine
'had to be • dug out. ;of .a snow
drift at 'Paramount'. Sunday ev-
ening and Stayed overnight 'in
•Luckriow, before leaving . for ;Kit-
chener early Monday, to experi-
ence , a similiar delay at _ Listowel.
Barry and Melba, who' is ' the
daugihter of. • the 'proprietor of.
The Sepoy. Store, 'teach in Kit-'
chener and ' Miss Cook is a stu-
'dent: nurse. Ronald ' Kelter4iorn
of the High Schoolstaff failed'
to . get here. from '; his home at
Wellesley
(Continued ' on .Page 12)
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'"RESTORING : SCHOOL,, WELL .
. Reconditioning •;wart . has been.
•done; at the- flowing, well at the
Second.. Concession 'schoolhouse
to restore the flow' to normal..
The 'well • hadbeen collapsing
and it : was . feared they. would
lose it completely: The work was
'done by Water Well Drilling of
Clifford. '
ISSUE. REPORT ON SCHOOL
FOR RETARDED „CHILDREN '
From September 15th to ',De
cember 31st donations to • the
ghain and District Associa-
tion for' Retarded Children, to-:
talled $2,271',30,: including a Pro-
vincial grant of $542,75.
Donations from local organiza-
tions included. the 'Lions Club,
Kairshea, . Lucknow• arid. White,
church' . Women's. Institutes.•.
E 'enditures to March 2nd to -
tailed. $2,271.30. Major items
were teacher, . $900., caretaker,.
$175., rent $150., f u' e 1 $184.28.
Bank; balance March 2nd was
$570.64'..
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SON OF. FORMER. RESIDENT
KILLED, IN CAR ACCIDENT
Mr, Alex MacMillan Of town
has been in, Detroit, where he
attended the funeral .of his nep-
hew, Eugene' Griffin, • which was
held in Detroit on March 6th:
Eugene; •was, killed in a motor
accident in Texas. He is: the 'son
of Mr. and ,Mr's: Alibin Griffin,
.his' Mother being the ..former
Margaret MacMillan, daughter of;
the late Mr: and•'1VIrs, Milas Mac-
Milan,. 'Boundary .'East
Eugene is survived. by . his wife
and five children, Besides his
parents tih'ere are three brothers,
Jack, Ted and Budand a sister,
Mrs: W.xn.. O'Dwyer (Loraine)••
Resolution Vlfins SupPQri :For
Lower Hydro firansparta#Eon Rate
•
A. resolution, originating An
Bruce• County, and seeking More
'equalized rates' for :low tension
transportation ...of hydro, . won
'support at the Ontario Municipal
Electrical. ;Association convention
in 'Toronto on Tuesday afternoon.
.The. • resolution will now be
passed on to the Ontario Hydro
Electric 'Power. *.Commission 'cal._
ling . for equalization throughout
the : Province.
• Lucknow was represented by
the' entire council, Reeve Geo..
W. Jo ynt, Councillors Alex Mc-
Leod; .Bud; •Hamilton; L. San-
derson, Harold: Treleaven and
Clerk, E... R. • Agnew: ; Lucknow
had four votes. m support of the
•resolution,, which calls • for •, an
equalized transportation rate of
not; more than ` $5.50' per. kilowatt,'
L• uckn'aw l i now. paying. ,betwee'ri
$9:00, and. •X10.00,-: and should the
'H.E..P.C. ' see. fit . to `equalize these
charges; it would mean a saving
of about $3,000 for Lucknow,'and
•proportionate• savings for other..
centres which' are discriminated.
against by their:.distance from..
the power, source. "
The resolution :drafted' some
• time .ago at the : annual meeting
of. District '1 To. 2, • comprising
much of. Bruce•County' and some
of ' Grey, . read as follows: - .
"Resolved .that. theinterest ' on,
• the .,present maximum cost. re -
•serve fund, plus an, assessment
of '5c per kilowatt be . charged to
'all':municipalities. and be ,used,
to;'defr..ay.:excess charges of low
tension ' costs,'. so that the maxi-,
Mum .charge be not more ;than
approximately $5.50 per kilo-
watt."
PURCHASES ,LUCKNOW ::
HOME 'or IRA CAMPBELL
Mr.' and ,Mrs, Ira . Campbell
have sold .their r e s i d e n c•e on
"Quality Bill,": °just south of the
A,ndr-ew .home, :to• Mr., and Mrs.
Ati E. McKim, who will obtain
possession` m mid April.
.
Mr. and Mrs;. Campbell 1 • expect,
to 'vacate the home about • the
first • of eh month: They will
Moveto lel rave where they
own a .lot'•and where•.they plan.
to build a Small home.
'The Campbell • home was : pun
chased: by them' in 1926 from the
Estate • of :Matilda Andrew. Mrs.'
Campbell -made her ' home •here
and Ira' continued • his duties as
woods manager with the Spruce
Falls Power and Paper 'Company.
A "retired lunmberjack," r as ,he
caths Himself, Mr. Campbell took
up '• permanent •• residence •' here
over ten;'years
ago,' a was born
at. Belfast but' hisarrity'moved
to. Northern Ontariow ave n' he
was `,a youth.
,Mrs: Campbell . is the :former
Gertrude.: Garniss: and was born
at Bluekrale. They have a': son.
Floyd :living: inthat community:
• 'Both. Mi; and Mrs. :Campbell
are in their. ?1st year, but you'd
never guess it. They. were '61
years married _ on December est.
TEACHER RESIGNS• .
`d of :: Eddu tio' of
The B.6 a r. ca on
Lucknow District High School.
has officially received the 'resig-
nation of Keith C. Laur, .effec-
tive at the end of the • term,.
He has, been ori the staff for
two years:
End Season as the Top Pee -Wee
TWELVEPAGES
WANTON. DAMAGE
AT I EGION HALL
'he' LucknowBranch of the • .
Canadian Legion has 'been fore-
ed to take ste'p's to curb wanton',
:damage' which, 'has been occur
ring ,at the . newly renovated and
redecorated Legion Hall, former.: ,
• ly known as the Recreation Cen-
tre.
In the future, all organizations
renting : the building will bere-
quired to assume financial res
ponsibility for damage done' to
the premises while they are us-
ing it, or • as an alternative, 'pay
and additional fee . of $3.00; over
the rental fee, to, provide for
policing the :building, ,
This action . was decided on .af
ter a series of experiences, was •
climaxed at a recent dari,ee when .
one of the patrons smashed five
holes through a '-half-inch.. ply_'
wood panel. To do so, must .have
•t a k'e n repeated drives; with a
,steel -heeled shoe. To repair the.
damage, and, restore. the decora-
tive motif as it was,' would
quire. an .expenditure of some $75.,
although/a more economical re-
pair job will 'be done
At dances prior to that other
washroom ' damage includ ed, ear,.
vin • on the wall . a w i n
g Wall, do:w'
frame torn .out, a water tap brok-
en off,; and the lavatory part- •
tion ripped from the; Wall. • .
NAME PLANTING
COMMITTEE
• A • meeting of the directors:of
the Lucknow and District Horti-
cultural Society was -held at: the
home of the president;. Rev: Gor
don. R. Geiger. on `l'hursday even-
ing.
• One. of . t e main purposes • of •
the : meet' n g ' 'was.' :to. decide.' • .
through' wh t nnels 'to pur- •
chase nurser ock, roses, bulbs,
flowering sh ,: and ' the vari-:''
ous i t e m s that members and
prospective members 'may wish
to • procure. • •
The emphasis was on quality •
at• the bestprice, and there will
be 'a definite saving in dealing
through the Horticultural Socie-:
,ty, which has the advantage of
special discountsoffered ' s u c h
organizations, : as . well as, 'in some
cases, quantity buying. discounts.;
These savings are : passed on • to
the members. T`,he • only discount
the Society will retain, will be
in
.the caseof cash discounts,,:
where cash -with -order comes out'•
of., the. Society's funds nrtial`ly.
(t'ontinued Ort page 11)
Team
in - League
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Pictured at the Lucknow Lions
Club ',minor, hockey night at the
Lucknow arena are:. the ; charn ,
pions of the local Pee -Wee. lea-'
ave./Front row,: Left to right
,Brian. JohnstGne, .Ross Forster,
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Mike Foran Peter Steen, Deng,
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Alton;.'back �'row, Brock Cleland,
Chester : 'odgins, Sack , 1/Ialliri,.
Brt.:ce Henderson, Larry Salkeld.
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