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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, APRaL lst, 1059 .
TWELVE ?AGGES
Ask For Sunday Train
Se�sDate T� :S��r
Officials from Canadian Na
tonal Railways ' held a series of
meetings along the line last
week,'m.eeting . in Kincardine on
Wednesday night and, in. Wing
• ham on Thursday morning., ,The
prirnary purpose .of these meet-
ings
.Was, to explain 'to the 'pub-
lic the- •• p roposed • new ;Railiner
-service that will be introduced
'to this area 'on June `21st.; and to
obtain the public's reaction, to
.the proposed new . plan..: Parti-
culars and detailsof the • Railiner
service were described in • last
week's issue of ' The Sentinel.
,Spokesman . for , the Railways
Was . E P. Burns, superintendent
of the Stratford' 'division. 'Othe r
, officials present .were • J. A.
Breau, passenger department,
Toronto' A: I. ° Craig, express_ su
periritendent; ., Toronto; Mike
Shaw,'' public relations, 'Toronto,•'.
E: `Cameron, division freight
. ;H:g
agent, .Stratford. '
M •
r. Burns outlined the . 'Pro -
Posed
pro -posed new passenger-ecpress
service that will transport a per
son from Lupkno'w.r,' :leaving at.
6,17 •a.m. to Toronto,arriving at
10,10 .a.m. The new, railway die-
sel cars: carry forty-nine,:passen
:gers ' andhave thirty feet: of .bag-
.
bag
gage and; express :space. • Each
• car is''se1t propelled • and can.
. move .from ''a standing start to
• .sixty; miles per hour in' 500. feet.;
This : will' .be the first ,attempt
to establish Railiner service in
Ontario.. A •maximum time sche-
dule -hap 'been set with hoped of:
trimming it when personnel be
come.',fainiliar, with..,,the opera-'
• tion of the cart. Any, changes in
• sohedule would be made • on the
departure time.. 'With arrival .in
Toronto at the 'same hour: Mr.
Burns' described the 'railway die-
sel car as
iesel`car,as "the last word in mod-,,
ern coach travel:" • •
/•. Ma .or R. `E.. • McKinne of
Wingham felt • that the Canadian:
National Railways had •an ob7,
ligation to' this. line, .a's for many
years the people of this area had
been paying `well :,and. plenty for
service. "Without passenger.
'service, we; 'have lost prestige in
"getting and holding industry";
he -said. He felt that but 'service
was not completely : satisfactory,
' .because of weather' • conditions in
this . area.. "Let's net` defeat.the
whole ;purpose", he said, ``repair
• the. tracks • so. that maximum
speeds can ••be obtained : by..the
new cars": He, felt .that the'pur-
posed • new service. would satisfy'
the people of<'the conrinunity. '
• Cord Buchanan' • of Lloyds felt
• that the: new service` was' a' �bles
. ' sing 'for:. the community and that
it was now up : to the public to
use it..
1 IN
RURAL: STORE MAKES WAY
.•
o Toronto 1-1.s. LN,R 1 FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT YOUTH DIED
Ma •
cKenzie's General Store G at
odern
i d • I Rarl finer Sery c Kingsbr dge is doome . • t will
disappear to make way for high-
. way improvements on the Blue -
A. C. 'AGNE,W APPOINTED
'WINGHAM ASSESSOR
At •• the February meeting.. of
Wingham Town Council, A, C.
Agnew of Lucknaw.•wasr appoint-;
ed Wingham }assessor,: and has
assumed his duties. Clair acted
as assistant last year to Howard
Sheilboridy, who resigned the
the assessorship to • accept 'tri
executive .position ,at the hospital,
Clair' ;is 'attending a district`
assessors meeting on Wednesday;
in .(erten .Sound:
LAD: DI.ES•;AFTER.
YEAR'S' ILLNESS
James. Rouse, .14 -year
old :sop of Sgt. and Mrs. Sydney
Rouse of Camp Borden, died- on
Thursday, March 26th,.in ;Prin
cess. Margaret • Hospital, Toronto:'
Death was due 'to Hodgkins dis-
ease, which in,some respects is
,similiar to leukemia,
• ,Sydney was' born in 'Wingham
Hospital: on February • 12th, 1945.
His mother is the'• former Evelyn
Whitby of ..Lueknow; He *as an
only 'son.
Sgt. Rouse a native' of 'England
continued : to serve in the RCAF
•at' the conclusion Of 'World .War
.11, Three years. ago. he was post=:
ed • overseas . for a.three year stint,
and 'was accompanied - < by . his
family. They were located in the
Saar Valley .at' Metz; near the
German -French border.,:
•. A year ago, the seriousness .of
:,Sydney's condition was discover
and the family returned. to Cana-
da.: He was then ; given only a
few' .weeks to live. New treat
m$nt and drugs had 'prolonged
Sydney's' . life, and at times his
health; was- such: as to lend' hope
for his recovery. • •
However, since. Christmas .lie
,had • failed more :rapidly, and
last week a yeting and promising
r lifewas ended.',
The funeral '.service was held
on Monday et. the McLennan and
1VMacKenzie • ' 'Memorial • : Chapel;
When Rev. H.'.:L. Jennings of':'St.
;Peters Anglican., Church, ' spoke
comforting words to the:berea-
ved. • '
Wanted Sunday, Service • ' •
Don Nesmith of Lloyds felt
that this proposed ,plan would be
a vast improvement. He : felt. that
a Sunday ' service' was lacking
and that,:the Railway Was mia-
• sing•out on one •of the, best sour
cet' of revenue. Railway officials
stated that 'one of the suggestions
that would be. ' taken back to
• • head office wasthat, a Sunday,
down service be 'recommended
instead of :Monday morning ser -
,vice.' seemed to be a general
expression•` of public opinion at
the meetings' held up to 'then.
'In replying to Mr; McKinney's
remarks' about fixing the tracks
to 'Obtain . maximum speeds, the
railway spokesman' .stated that
present speed limits • -governed
steam -powered locomotives only.
The railway officials said that.
although the majority'' of muni,.
cipalities requested a morning
service, figures show that the.
afternoon: trains have been pat
ronized by'three to one, They
stated that the new system
wonid •not. affect :freight or'•ex-
tInterment was in Greenhi
Cemetery ° with his four ' uncles' .
Sydney, George, Ted and', Russell
(Buster)` Whitby, a.cousin\David
Whitiby, . and' Nelson Winterstein
acting. as pallbearers.' • •
• Besides ,his parents,• Sydney is
survived by three sisters,' Judy,;
age: 16; Doris,•age 8; Joan, age _5.
JACKPOT WILL HE $125.00
THIS WEEK, • 60. ;NUMB��RS ; •
`'he Legion's Thursday, night
bingo jackpot stands at $125;00
. this, week. with •60 numbers . to
be called and that' means . it could
go•'any :time, Last week; it. was
all'. but
won' on 59':calls, the Con-
solation prize being. won on the
6Obh number. �' ' .
iI�tis anticipated also that a
home bingo winner.' will be de-
clared this Week,- when, a.full
card •'will: win; $50.00 for .someone.
KINLOUG.H `CLERIC
TO STRATFORD
Y:
• The . Rev Jaynes A Palmer,
who; has. been rector of Bervie.
;parish :since. his'ordination in,
1956 •. and. served before that
While studying for the . Anglican
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priesthood, • has been named' .as
rector of St. Stephen's Church: in
Stratford
The,: Bishop of Huron, the;Rt
• Rev; George N. Luxton in ; mak-
ing' the announcement said. the
change Will become' effective on
May 15 when Rev. and 'Mrs : J',A,
Palmer and four Children 'will
take up `residence' in the Strat-
• ford ' rectory. •
'Mr :'Palmer left :business life
yin which. he Was an accountant,
to' enter the :ministry. • •
• Bervie parish includes •St.
John's Church,. ',, Bervie; the
Church of. the Ascension, Kin
.lough . and St.'Mathew's Church,
Kingarf.
Under';h s ' leadership marked
progress :has been ,made`. at all
three churches, Choice: of'a sue-,
cessor has yet to be.` made
PRESENTATION MADE
MR, AND'MRS.' CAMPBELL..
Mr • and Mrs: Ira Canipbell are
moving.. to Belgrave, and neigh-
bours ..and former .'':neighbours
honoured ahem with. a lovely
pair . of: • nylon blankets, prior `•to'
their departure. The :.presenter
tion was.`informally made last
Wednesday by Mrs Sam Alton'
and Mrs. • J. W,. Joynt.
•.Mr': "and : ;Mrs A. E. McKim
have bought 'the Campbell home.
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WON SCIENCE.
CRITICALLY ILL,
HAS RARE DISEASE
• Alvin.: Miller of Strathroy' is
critically •ill in Byron Hospital,
London, from a, tropical disease
'so • rare `' in Canada, that . • only
some sixteen ..cases have been
known in the . Dominion. / •
Source of the fungus infection
that: affects '• the lungs, blood and
heart, is a . mystery... The nature
of 'the illness was diagnosed , last
December after Alvin had been
hospitalized for some time while
many tloctors consulted' on his
trouble,. `
He was ' making satisfactory
improvement and was due to be
discharged, whenhe took the flu
and suffered a relapse. On Thurs-
day Alv'in's condition was `,very:,
critical. On Saturday " he had an.
operation.improve-
ment
with . some. }rrLprove-.
ment noted: .As this. was written.
Tuesday, no further word had
been received by his sister' and
brother, Mrs.'Fred McQuillan' and
Eldon Miller, / •
'SCHOLARSHIP
�• ~
John M. • (M •c) M aoDonald• ,
son of Mr. and• Mrs. Wm.‘F. Mac-
Donald of Lticknow, • has been
awarded an '$1,800 scholarship to
do '. •post graduate work for his•
Master's degree in • science. ;'••
,
Mac, as :,he is ,familiarly 'known
here, is completing a four-year
course in chemistry and physics
at Western: •• University, London,
:and " will graduate this 'spring •
with ':his B.A. 'degree in science.
'He .will . take: his post 'graduate
wok at 'the University of Wes-
tern Ontario. ••
TThe.• scholarship
is ' ne of
399
that have been granted' across
the.: dominion by Canada's Nat-
conal• Research Council, with a
total : value of , $844,600.
press delivery in any way: Be-
sides, the R.aYliner service dowry
andn ' p every day, a mixed train
will operate 'in 'the afternoon 6
days a week, on Tuesday, Thurs=
,
daY
and aaturday.
water Highway • , at the ' point
where Con. six, Ashfield ' inter-
sects the highway, with the.
store being presently located': in
the centre. • of what will be the
new approach. • I
An auction sale will be • held
at, , the store , on Saturday.' The
Department of Highways ' will
dispose of the' building at a later
date. '
The proprietor, Frank Mac-.
Kenzie, has been at Kingsbridge.
for eleven years. ' He .is a native
of Teeswater and. ' was a ' store
operator for ten years at. Bervie
1VIeDONAGH BABY DIED
IN .PII,INCE•. EDWARD, ISLAND.
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•
•
The, death ;of Nancy Elizabeth.
McDonagh, six months old daugh-
ter of Mr aid Mrs. Murray Mc
Donagh, occurred, on Sunday.
morning. ' in. Prince: Edward .:Is
land. •
Murrays at. the RCAF base.
Y
at Summerside and they reside
in nearby Kensington Mrs: Me-.
Donagh: is: the ' former Shirley.
Burden • of Lucknow:
�gThe '„McDonagh • family has
been`” in' •P.E.I : •since•last . fall,
where Murray `was' transferred
'when ` 'the „child' was • an infant.
They have' two other children,
Tony and Debbie. •
Murray's•' mother, :`:Mrs: Jack
McDonagh flew from. Mahon on•
Monday morning to the Island
•
to: attend the'funeral:
•
BRIDGE: AND S Np
I BY; PASS: .SLATED
• Three, `bridges in the:. Wingham
"and • Goderich areas, _ and ' the
Highway '86 . (by-pass of the Town
of . Wingham, are among the pro-
jects 'scheduled . by i.the Ontario
Departnierit �f ' H%ghwvays;
John: W. Hanna, M.P.P. for "Hu
eron-IBr. uce quotes '; the following
excerpt from; a letter written by
the minister of Highways, regar-
ding • the Zetland ,bridge on High
way., 86, west of Wingham, and:
' the. MacKenzie bridge at' .the •
north end of'Wingham: .
. "You. can rest .assured : that
• 'my Department' is,planning
to• replace these 'two struc-
tures and at the same tune
"build ''the ' by=pass of'• your'`
Town, of:Wingham, . which
has been .', talked about.' for
some years,.: ;but 'it is very
•definitely 'almost in' the .pre-
• . `'engineering. stage." •
Mr. Hanna :adds the. following
• -personal comment "With the as=
'sistance Of 'the Department' •of
Highways, .•. the . Huron County
Council' and' the citizens of North.
Huron, I am very happy to an-
nounce the starting, of the new
bridge at Sanford which' has
been ', under- consideration for
some: years. It is- mast gratifying
to note all • these .improvements
being made and ,we ' can all look
forward to•.a brighter future: Mr
d. S. ' MacNaighton, M.P,P:: for
/H'uron'. ' has been unrelaxing: in
his; efforts in this' direction.'
Alvin, who is 47, is a soh of
Mrs. John , Miller and the late
Mr. Miller • and was' born on: the
12th• con, of West' W:awanosh on
the farm now owned by his
brother, Eldon. Mr's., Miller ' is
the former .Jessie 'Purves.. They
havetwo children, tonna of
Windsor and Douglas who is tak-
ing a • naval, course at. the East
Coast.
•
RECEIVE AWARD •FROM'
LIONS INTERNATIONAL
Deputy District Governor Har-
vey Webster ' has received an
award from Lions. International
in recognition of his district of 14
clubs having the • highest num-
ber ofnety' members-•-41—in the
regional • ' membership • drive,
which was clitnaxed at the Ar-
thur rally.'.
Harvey received- a lovely scat-
ter rug; in Lions colors}' with a
golden lion•on, a deepblue back-
ground,•''and, which is •-a 'prized
Memento 'of r the oc anion. • • •
AMBERLEY CRASH'
Ronald Lorne Brown, 20 -year-
old son of Mr, and Mrs. Verner
Brown, was • killed in an early
morning car accident . on Good
Friday. His death cast 'an Easter-
time gloom. over the AmSberley-
P ine ` River i' area where he, was.
bdrn"and raised, and was a pop
ular ., youth. . `
. '•Ronnie had' • attended a dance
in Ripley that night,. , and after
'=taking his girl friend' home,. was
homeward' abound . via .Highway
86 to Anlberley and 'north on the
Bluewater. • A i file north .of Awn-
berley hit >ear struck' the 'south-
east corner of a cement bridge, '
and was 'badly wrecked . by the
impact: Ronnie was. thrown : out
.and was : fouhd •by' George Wight- '
Man of the Bruce Beach vicinity..:•
He • was about;• 15 feet from the
ear in the middle • of the roadway
and., passed away in a matter of
moments,; before help could be .
summoned,
The Brown home is at the Se: -
tend
e-cond. Concession of `Huron near
Point Clark, Ronnie attended.
Lurgan Public School and'e occat•i
g ,P
District' High School.
At the age of 17 he started
Working at the Pine River.•Cheese •
Factory, where he was in his
Y
4th ear• • at.' this • trade. He was a
.,
graduate ..of the Dairy School at
Guelph' and his employer; Mr
Mervyn Eckmier had this to say,
of him, "he ; was a fine ehap and
was 'getting .'.along ',well."' ' 'This
tribute was 'further attested. to,
by • the. largely attended funeral
and: floral tributes. ; Service was ,
held on .Monday: at the McLen- •
Horne? nan ' Funeral Hoe;, Ripley, 'con
ducted by his ;pastor, 'Rev. , J.•C,
Hutton : of Pirie:` River : United
Church of :which , be was a tnem
bet. ,
Inter/Tient was in Kincardine •
Cemetery .: with ch s of, *out
•gacting
s .pallbear-
ers!
own : age
John . Emmerton, Clark Fer
guson, Ronnie Irwin, Perry Low-
rey,
ow rey, Jack ; Campbell, 'Jim ::Mc'Ta
'fish:
• Besides his , parents, Ronnie is. •
survived by a sister Patsy, who •
is, a student at Stratford .,.Teach
er's College,
ATTEND THEIR FATHER'S .'
FUNERAL .IN MANITOBA
.The death of J. ;J' (Jack) . Hun-
ter' , occurred on `. Tuesday, March
24th • at 'Melita, ` Manitoba.. The
funeral was held on -Saturday,'
with members of his family at-
tending from ' thiscommunity,: ,
Vernon Hunter and. his' daugh•
-
ter.: Joanne ' and his • sisters, .Mrs..
Alex• Hackett and Mrs Jim Ar -
hold went by ,motor by way of
•S idbury-where 'they :were joined
(by their brother, Allan Hunter.
Bill Hunter of town flew from'
Mallon on. Saturday ' morning to
attend ' the funeral,
OF:FE ,RED CHANCE
`BYHL ,CL
OBS: •C ,UBS
Paul :Henderson, %16, son of. Mr:
and Mrs. Garnet Henderson of •
Lucknow, has been offered try-
outs with two National :Hockey
League clubs, the Toronto Maple
'Leafs and: thedBoston :I ruins.
Paul played hockey with the
Lucknow Juveniles this • season:
and has played all his minor
hockey here since his dad, den,
net, was appointed station agent
several years 'ago. •
Paul has not reached a de
cisioi as to `which•'offer• he will
accept: He Will attend "try -out
tessione 'next fall,. the •Leafs.
'organize in Toronto at the Gar-
dens arid;`the .Bruins in Barrie.
Both operate'Junior°"A" and "E'
dribs,' . . : .
Paul and hisdad were guests
••01 the Leafs: at the NHL game
ori' Saturday night and met. •offi-
cials and players from. both
teams while there.