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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO , WEDNESUAy, MAY 6th,, 1959
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Former Lucknow Youth Killed I�
Highway Crash Near
, George Habkirk,;.. 20-year=old
n of
• Mr:. and Mrs. •William gab,
,kirk, formerly of. Luck
k r erly now, was
fatally' injured in a. two.-carrc-
.
a
• cident two miles west of on N . Wood-
s�tocic. :2 way about
> ohighway 9 .
8;00 o'clock • last 'Wednesday ev-
George: lived only: a few'.
.min ites after: his d n . amissio " to
.ix un.
ital..
the hos p �: .
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The accident occurred , about
8.00' o'clock during 4 a blinding
rainstorm, . Provincial' •Police said.
►e understand that George had
:received a trucker's . signal to
p.
ass and as he . went to, another
car loomed out of : the rain;
The .driver' of ; the other' car,
Gerrard •Caron, 39 of Woodstock,
died, instantly in 'the:' wreckage.'
His wife and' two, sons .ages 3 and
•10 were severel,injured.'
Miss Mary Dafoe, age 17, who
was With George,, suffered shock
and undetermined ;injuries, .which
later : proved to be • less serious
than `first feared. at Was expect-
ed she would leave the . hospital
the first of the week.
George was the eldest of six
Children of ` Wm. ' Habkirk and:
S 'die Pettigrew. He was. born, at
Teeswater but spent the. greater
part of his ;boyhood in' Lucknow
where • he • attended! Lucknow
Public School .and Lucknow Dis-
trict High School until the fam-
ily, moved.:. from, here 'some, five:
:years .ago. 'They• have been .re-..
siding. at Aylmer, and spend the
summers at'• Montreal, to, 'where
they had -moved just: a couple 'of
weeks before. ?Georgewas' em
ployed in Woodstock :and stayed
at, ,the Y.M.C.A.
The the,
service was held
• at Aylmer on Saturday after=
moon. Mr. • and Mrs. Dan Thom-
sonof this community `were
• . •
among those ,attendmg • the fun=
• • eral. 'Mrs., Thomson .and Mrs.
Habkirk , are' sisters.
Besides :his parents' George: is
survived by' .'abrother,, Robert,
and four.' sisters; Betty, . Mary,
Patricia and Peggy;
RESUME WORSH I;P
AT. T
PETERS,' ' •
• S R.S4
Special services ',morning • and
evening on .Sunday; marked`:a re-
sumption of Worship atx.St.- Peters
*Anglican Church,:which has been
• completely. renovated. • and rede-
corated in recent'' weeks, •
PAYS LAST OF
-OFFI/.
�I,AL VISITS
Ilae 3, Watson has this week
concluded the`, last' of his official.
visits: as District Governor of
District A-8, comprising forty
one Lions,.Clubs.
Mr and Mrs. Watson, 'accom-
panied by Jack' Thynne, the
Kansas Farmer, of Brussels, were
in Cookstown on Monday and in..
. Barrie on Tuesday . evening: '
Last week Rae and Edna, ,and
Mr.'; 'rhyme visited the Midland'
and Alliston Clubs'. Rae says : he
has very much enjoyed his year
as Governor, which, brought him
into intimate association with the
. leaders of ..over .two -score clubs
in the' district
With Rae's duties . as District
Governor drawing : to a. close; she
wi11 be` able • to devote full time
to his election carnpaign''as • Lib=
eras Candidate in the Huron
Bruce riding. • :
Marion Buckton . returned to
Lucknow District High School on.
Friday, after an absence of sev
eral weeks, when she • las stri
ken. with. ' a serious and, at . the
titne, a puzzling illness.
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WON BINGO' JACKPOT,
TO STAGE THEM MONTHLY
Charlie Anderson was the win-
' ner last •Thursday of the Legion's
:.jackpot bingo, which• had reach
ed a value of $145.00, Surprising
ly, Charlie had a full, card on
58 calls,
It is,• planned to hold once -a-
month bingos during the -..suns.-
mer, for a..a.
v►►hi ' ckpot .of • $1.00;00,
ch will go each night. Thurs-
day, May 21st g
�' has�',been set -'for'
the `first one: .
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.,The redecorating program was
essential after a furnace mishap
that forced' the congregation to
worship in the Town Hall until
the redecoration work was com-
pleted,
Probably' .. the. ,interior of St,
Peters has :never 'looked :lovelier
in its. four -score years, than%,:.at
present. A new floor ;covering,
new wainscoting, refinishing. of
the pews and'' the repainting of
the edifice;' ,in pastel" shades of
green and white, :have made it
most attractive.
Sunday morning's' service, Open-
ed • ,g
ed with' a prayer of Thank iv
ing . to , Almighty, God': for His
blessings, and of thanks to 'those
• who had persevered • and by their
contributions of •time, material
and meiney had made the renov
atiori possible.
There is still; work to be done
and'this is just the starting. point
as Rev., Li. ;L'. Jennings expressed
,the hope that the pews would •Ile
used and the . new' floor..: covering
worn by.' the footsteps. of those
coming to worship Don't ,letthe
church • be 'idle: If we .love it so
much let us come in. and Medi-
tate in Peace' during; the week
and find within ..its walls a re
fuge from the world, said the
Rectorpand he, beseeched the
congregation/ to:. "keep it beauti-
ful • and• grace, it with our pre,
sence.
The renovation. program.. had
long' 'been, • envisioned' •by.: the.
ladies of the 4congregation, but
what' Would. seem to have been
a blessing in disguise.' hastened
the completion of • the work.
;Holy Communion,. ,was . observ-
ed at • the conclusion •of the ser-
vice. when • added significance
was given oto. the repainted Old
,English lettering over the altar,
'`This do. in Remembrance of .Me."
• Mrs. Fred . McQuillin. was 'or-
ganist and: Barry McQuillin sang
the solo, "How Great Thou . Art.''
At the ; evening. service,. Mr, and
Mrs: • Ted.- ,Rice of .• St.' Helens
sang as a duet; "He Is . Always
Near.'' '• . .. , • '
1$ YEARS SINCE. CHAPTER
MEMBER IIELD OFFICE
When. Jimmy Boyle was elect-
ed Grand ;Superintendent of Hu-
ron District. No. 6 of the. Royal
Arch ;Masons lastweek, it mark-
ed the first time in fifteen years.
thatthe honour came'jo a mem—
.Last to hold the .offic was Rev.
J.'. Stew'•art. Other hying mem-
• bers . who have held the office
'are W. A..; Porteous, .1;,. W. Joynt,
and E. T. Armstrong.' ` '
There are ten. Chapters in` Ht.
ron. District. Kenneth Cameron
who was • the First Principal of
the Local Chapter last year, will
act as District Secretary for Mr,.
Boyle, 'Jim Was First Principal'
in 1956; '
Those from :here',attending the
convocation in Toronto last - week:
T J, Salkeld, Jim, Boyle, Ken-
neth Cameron,
en-neth..Cameron, A: E. McKim, W.
A. Porteous and Robert -MacIn
tosh • who. is this year serving at,
First • Principal of the Lucknow
Royal Arch • Chapte .
SNOWPLOWING
COSTS TERRIFIC. `:
T1e: last vestige ofthe winters,
near -record snowfall has ''disap-
neared and with'': it have gone,
Speaking; hundreds -::of
thousands of dollars ' f':down the
river. • . • , ,
Snowplowing costs in surrouii-'
•ding rural. municipalities have,
generally speaking, :'considerably
more • , than doubled a .: norrnal,
year:
'..Huron • Township heads thelist
ofthe foul" adjacent • townships;
wi �1ari approximate: expenditures
•of $29,000.. Ashfield's• figure is
roughly`rOughly $24,000, and Kinloss Twp..
will be in 'the' neighbourhood of
$18,000. •
The May meeting of 'West Wa-
wanosh •Council Will not be :held`
until: • next week,' when . final
snowplowing eccoufits will likely
be. presented for payment, and it.
is. ,anticipated.the' figure: will be
approximately $9;000. ,
Of course, the Provincial :Goy-
ernment • pays '`a • 50% subsidy on
approved road .expenditures, but
snowplowing costs will "eat• up"
a large portion ;of the normal
year's expenditures.
These snowplowing costs are,
of course, 'only at. the Township'
level, and have' nothing . to do
with County and.. Provincial costs
in keeping .•roads • open:. ',
In : Huron -County it was esti
mated a 'few weeks ago that
snowplowing ;j ' the ' County
would run to .$1.15,000.
Lost All Their ,AsFirs •
"Destroyed.,
Home A,� slam �.ake
A. pile of . ashes is .about all
that remains .of ' the home and*
;worldly possessions of "Mr. and:
Mrs, William Kernpyn, propxie-
dors of the fishing and hunting
;resort at' Clam%; Lake in Kinloss.
Township: • . ' .•
The Outbreak ; wasdiscovered,
before: -1':00:• a.m. 'on, Saturday
morning . by 1vir; Kempyn: ' hey •
do •not . have the phone and by
the time. 'he ,had reached and
aroused neighbours, ' and ,the,
Lucknow Fire `Company had
made a fast teri=mile', run to :the
scene, the ,htne was beyond
saving. A couuple, of boat motors
were taken from 'the woodshed
to represent the only; items sal-,
waged. A considerable sura ` :of'
'money which Mr: and •Mrs. Ken)-
pyn had been saving fora trip' to
the States was also destroyed.
Mrs: Kernpyn' was at Rodney
at the...time where her • daughter
had recently given birth to twins
Mr. Kempyn :had dropped off' to
sleep watching :;television and
was awakened by choking smoke:.,
'When' he opened•• the door lead-
ing upstairs, he discovered the
second :floor •a..mass of flames I
They .operate four cabins at •
the lake, and included. in the loss
were linens ' and ,such cabin •
equipment which they had stor-
ed. in the home,'
Going upin srnoke: also'was a
list of the, cabin reservations for
the. 'season, as. welt. 'as . a letter
froma sister in, .Europe
Whom they had` made 'their first
contact in a number of years
Fortunately ,her address had been
sent to' another brother in Cana-
da:
Mrs. 'Kempyn. returned home ..
on ;Saturday . as had been her
plans, and while .her son-in-law'
had been informed of • the trag-
edy that awaited her; she was
notadvised of the misfortune; un-
til almost • at the scene
The-Kempyns plan 'to- build- . •
another cabin in which- to , live
until they can,. rebuild. ' their
home
They purchased the Clam take
resort : from Mr., and Mrs.' Art
Break -rep 'iri 1957,4 obtaining; pos-
session that -fall.. Art bought, the
property , from Hugh Taylor in
1935 'and developed •it as a • fish-
ing ;and :hurting lodge:
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SENTINEL TO OBSERVE,: -
HALF HOLIDAY ,SATURDAY
Effective. this week The 'Sen-,
tinel will commence observing
the weekly half holiday on Sat-
urday afternoon, as we have .con-
cluded it will cause the leantdis-
ruption.
is-ruption ` to the continuity of ;pro-.
duction. ` .
'For the past couple of years,
half hol-'ays ;and• been few and
d.,
far' between for the Publishers,
and while :they,may. `continue to
-be so, theoretically .:the; half day
will be Saturday, with the office
being closed Saturday evening as'
well.
PLANTING BEING DONE 'BY
HORTICULTURE MEMBERS ,
4v Members of ' . the ; :Horticulture
Society have commenced man-
nual activities to . carry out 'their.
town beautification' project:
A • rose bed was planted in Vic-
toria Park at the front of the'
bowling green' on Saturday.: This
week . shrubsare' being planted
at the Public School, Public Lib-
rary and 'around` ; the `four . sign.
posts at the entrances :to. the Vit
lage,
Shrubs are also to be planted
at the United Church.
s Hanna vs.
JOHN W. HANNA, M.P.P.
Prog:-Conservative Candidate
PAPER: DRIVE THURSDAY
Lucknow Boy Scouts will hold
their spring waste paper collec-
tion on Thursday 'afternoon of
this ,week. Paper and magazines
should be boxed, ;or securely tied
th • b campaign,
Watson` As
Electron C&ied
Ontario will go to the .Bolls on
Thursday, June llth to elect a
provincial . government; with • bal-
loting almost • four years' to the
day, since the Frost Govern3neit
was re-elected, with: its biggest
majority since the party came to
power in 1943, Under George
Drew. .
'At dissolution the Frost
gressive' 'Conservative govern
merit , held 83, of the 98 seats in.
the ' legislature, ;Liberals 11 and
CCF 3: One seat, is vacant.
, Premier , Frost: announced the
election 'date' on the 10th anni-
versary of his being chosen pre-
mier,
In 11uron 43rUc' .Riding, vet-
eran campaigner, John W. Han-
na will contest his sixth election
in seeking re=election to a seat
he has continually held since
first elected. ih .194
His opponent will be Liberal
candidate, . Rae '3. Watson of W.
Wawanosli Township, 'and who
has been- energetically campaign-'
ing .since his • nomination last fall.
f t' prornisesto, be an interesting
a p ace a ,
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RAE J. WATSON
Liberal Candidate
RECEIVES PROMOTION
Miss_ Winnifred Stewart has
been appointed . assistant ,super-
visor of the Prudential Life In-
surance of America office .• in
London. Winnifred has been with
the company for' six,; years. She
is • the daughter of . ,Ni. and:Mrs;1
Philip Stewart.
BOY SCOUT, 'GOOD DEED
BROUGHT BAD .LUCK
For • Terry Rathwell doing his.
Boy Scout good deed. for; the day,
,brought him misfortune. Terry •
.was getting' ready for ,' a Scout
:hike last week which was to in-
clude some camp fire': cooking for
badge. awards.... -
So '• that Jimmy McNaughton
could "make it'' Terry agreed to
give him.' a hand with• his' Toro s-
to Star deliveries. Terry was just
taking; off with his pack on Jim-
my's bicycle when, he flipped into
a ' plate; glass window in Siegrists
Store in 'the Joynt Block: The
handle bars struck the pane,
smashing • quite :•a chunk out of/
it...
LOCAL :L-I;BRARIAN
HAS RESIGNED
Mrs. A.. E ;Marshall has tend.:
ered her. resiugnation: as librarian
at . the Lucknow Public Library,
a.' position she` has efficiently fil-
led for some ten years.
• •The 'Board officially received
the; resignat'ibn last week, and is
currently .advertising for
cessor. The Library is •.open. 15°
hours a. week on Mondays, Wed=
nesdays and Saturdays..
Since Lucknow's. 'first library;
was :Organized well before ' the
turn .of the century therehave
only been: four librarians. The
first library was a branch of the
Mechanic's Institute, organized.
,primarily' for study purposes.. It
'was located ,in a: frame building.
on the corner.' of Campbell and
Outram Streets ,across . from ' ;Bill •
Hunter's Service , Station/ •The
first librarian was • Walter Tre-
leaven.,
re-leaven
Tn due time • a Library Board
was formed and• was transferred"'
to the "Old. Town Hall", ., then'
situated on •the Supertest. Corner.
Robert Graham.was' librarian
•there and continued in that ca-
pacity until • after the:. Library
was /.transferred • to its' 'presenta
location • in the Carnegie Hall,
which was'opened in 1910. The
municipality received a $7,500
grant from Andrew Carnegie to-
ward the .construction of 'the
building with stipulations' that it
'was to . include the library.
Miss Louise (Lou) Treleaven,
daughter. of Lucknow's first lib-
rarian, was appointed .librarian
in 1912 to succeed' the .aging Mr;
Graham.. She held the position
for : some thirty- six years • until
1948 when she resigned and "was •
made • an honourary ' librarian..
1:rs Marshall—succeeded her. . •
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