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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-05-20, Page 1$a 00. A'Y'ear In Advance -A $1.00 Extra To USA; Lad Crushed Under Truck Wheels DR.KE UP. MRS. RAITHDY RESIDENCE HERE • • " • . " r, •M,• W..;Raithby, veterinary Sunday� During htechurc Visi sueo - . � • • ,, bade of about two- weeks ha�re TAJC c,NOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY 20th, 1959 • Tragedy. struck .the village of Wl ittechorch on ,Sunday , affter' noon as:.seven-year-old Jimmy •Siegner of.Poole was, crushed be- rieath the •� heels . of a truck. jimmy' is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell?. Siegner, farmers in. the Poole district near .Strat- ford`,' who along with the. grand- parents of the :boy, Mr and Mrs, James 'Hart of Hampstead, were visiting ` for a short while' with. Rev: and. Mrs, John Watt. Mr. arid . Mrs. George Thomp- son and six-year-old ,Charles Thompson of . Singhampton were• also visiting at the Watt, home and little* Jimmy and Charles were innocently playing ,on the Watt lawn located directly across; from '• the United •• `Church in. Whitechurch.... • 'According to., Thomas 'Taylor, • drver ' of . 'the • Thompson ' : Bros. milk truck 'from,;Teeswater.,` the: young lad.ran across in front of: . the truck which was proceeding south..The driver slowed up, but' apparently the youith '' wheeled running. back into the side' of, the truck .with. the'back right'. dual wheelsy'passing over shim . crush ing and killing him instantly. Taylor. felt the ' bump. ;arid' :Came to ' an immediate stop. Tern, Tay- lor ay- lor'.is:.the:son of. 1Vir: and Mrs. Gordon Taylor of West ' ,Wawa nosh ,and. -.attended 'the Lucknow District High. ,Sohool. He was :ac-. con paned , in the ' cab of ' the truck by •his . brother„, Robert. Taylor; Jimmy was the. only child of 'Mr.,' and Mrs :Siegner. His *grand mother, Mrs: Hart, .was a 'distant• relative of' the Watts •and?follow` . �ing a visit at Wingham they de- cided they would call for' a short while at. the 'Watt home. They had been there'' only about .a half hour when the. tragedy occurred. Provincial constables Lewis of • Winglhiam. and :'Boyce of::Kincar- dine investigated the 'accident,.' MARRIAGE, . ANNOUNCED' Mr, . and • Mrs:.' Hiram' Collins - wish to • announce 'the marriage on May the 11th, of their 'eldest dauglhter, , Reyta • Bernice, to Thomas Kalles,, son of Mr;•'VVrn; Kalles, Toronto, and the ``late Mrs. , Kalles: , 'GRADUATES AT .LONDON • Miss Ann Petersen, daughter of -Mr. 'and Mrs. Otto. `Petersen, Luck'now was one,, of the sixty seven, graduates ' of St, Joseph's School of 'Nursing, .London, who received their . diplomas at the "Graduation Exercises" at Tham- es Hall' `University of Western Ontario •' on Friday .' evening, May 15th. • After the ceremony, Ann:: en- tertained ,a number of. friends and relatives at the.home'of . a friend in. •London, MA>RI`AGE ` ANNOUNCED SMITH --- ,MacDONALD A quiet ceremony was solem- nized at, St. Andrews Presbyter- ian manse, Tillsonburg on Satur- day, May ,16th, when Katherine Margaret MacDonald, Lucknow, and. James Smith; Wngham, were : united., in marriage. by Rev.. R. I3 MacDonald. :, • • Mr.; and Mrs.' Smith will reside at Carling Terrace, Wingham. taken' up residence in ,Lucknow. ucknow. They are temporarily , residing .at Mr, and Mrs. George Whitby's Dr.. Raithby is: taking over Dr. .Clelarid's practice, and will Move* . to their • residence, when the Cle- 'land 'family leaves for the States.. Pr, Cleland: is; rernaining,, with Dr, Raithby for. •about three weeks, before going- to 'Oklaho SIXTEEN . PAGES KINLOSS NATIVE 'DIES .After • a lengthy illness : the death., :of• Katherine .MacKenzie occurred at Smiths Falls.. on .'Fri day at the age of 69 'The, funeral service was held at. the McLennan and MacKen:- zie• lMemorial Chapel. on Wednes- day with interment in, . South Kinloss . Cemetery. ,Surviving are a brother Alex of 'Laqngsside,. and . a sister, Mrs.. John Miller of Lucknow United Church .hoard Approves Purchase Of Shelton Property The. 'Official Board of - the Uni- ted .Church' meeting on Friday -night, 'authorized • the • 'Trustee Committee to proceed with the purchase of the Chris .Shelton property.: imxriediately' north 'of the church. For • ,'rimy it will. be more -familiarly known as ,the, Allin property: • The purchase of :the. property is' primarily; 'essential to relieve an overcrowding condition: in: the Sunday School, which .has exist- ed for a • long . time and•,is becom- ing increasingly 'serious. Sunday School attendance has ..now ex- ceeded:. the 450 ••'nark:. • The proposed: plan for the time. being. at'least, his to split 'the Sun- day School into •a junior and senior `'category and have the juniors meet in the , .S.heiton ' home, when • the transaction is finalized and possession Incidentally, at one time the , Church , owned ',both < • these lots Which were purchased • in. 1685 from Hugh MacKay,. father • of Misses Jessie 'and Annie MacKay of town: They retained only' suf- ficient property on which to build the church and sold the remaining. four-fifths. of the two lots' to William Alibi. The land was originally; owned by -James Sommerville,' '"the father of Lucknow," The Trustee Committee has - met since Friday's meeting to consider the matter. Members of` the Co • keit A.ttee are Freie Ac - F. McKim, W. B. Ander- son, S. W. Joyri,t and 'D Burns. , ' (Continued on. Page•'•.7) HYDRO INTERRUPTION' • There will be a hydro in- terruption in the Village of Lucknow on Tuesday of next week, May 26th from, 12:15 to 1:10. p.m. . (noon hour): PUBLIC SCHOOL NEEDS TEACHERS HERS` TC Mrs. Irwin . Carruthers has re*, 'signed ''as a teacher at the Luck=' now Public School •effective the end of .the term. Mrs; Carruthers has been teaching; ,full time at the Public • School' for the past four years. Prior to that she taught music. for several :months. She:, has: accepted, 'a position as full time Musicinstructor at Goderich Public School and Clin- ton RCAF School. These tvvo schools employ one music teach- er on a rotation basis; While teaching her regular class in Lucknow,' Mrs: Carruth- ers also taught music to all • grades.. The `Lucknow ';board is presently' ..advertising for a tea- cher for Mrs. Carruther's class as well as a musicinstructor for the .'school: Accept Salary Increase, Teachers of the Lucknow Pub- lie School xnet with the board in special session last Friday night to discuss recent salary offers and requests. The teadhers had originally asked ,for a $400 increase for regular members of the teaching staff and a $500 in - (Continued on' Page, 7) • Dr. "Raithby will' open an office in . the Murdie Block, in the for- mer Umbach 'Drug Store, Mark is a son of :Professor and. Mrs, G. ,E. • •Raithby 'of : Guelph, and is a grandson of George Raithby. • of Auburn. MAA, _KETCHABAW WINS •, WASHER. AT .CREST OPENING Tn connection with theif grand. opening last weekend, the new Crest. Hardware operated . by Webster and'.. MacKinnon had several free draws: • ,Mae Ketchabaw of'. ':R,R,'.. 2, iLucknow, was the big : winner. having the, lucky ticket on a new _Washing 'machine. Mary. ''E:' Mc- Kinnon of IL 6, Lucknow, won a Werlich' `wagon: ' : Winners, .of freepaint were:' Mrs,' Gordon Kirkland, R.' 3 Lucknow; Dale •1VIatnnis,: , R.R. Holyrodd, Gladys Hamilton, : R;R 3, Lueknow; 'Mrs. Mason Robin- son*, son, Belgrave; . William Sproul, .Lucknow; Mrs. Harold Haldenby, • ILR 2, ' Holyrood;' .'Mary Fisher,; -Lucknow; Mrs: Don Peterbaugh, Ripley, SALE STARTS "THURSDAY • On page 16' of this .issue is ,a: lull. ' 'page' advertisement: listing many big bargains at- Ashton's May sale, '';which starts. this: Thursday, May 21 and continues through Saturday, May 30th: HAVE TO RE -WORD SCHOOL .`PETITION Th• e 'Petition presented.'.to Ash - ,field Township ' Council by rate- payers' of the ' school.' sections of Kintail,. Lochalsh, Laurier . and Hemlock City, was 'not properly drawn and •as a.. result Council has 'deferred dealing with the. matter. ' •• The petition, in effect, sought withdrawal from: , the Ashfield Township ' School. Area, and the formation of a new area. The lat- ter 'clause` rendered, the petition invalid,' and a second petition is necessary 'asking only for with- drawal. When such: is. approved by Council and the.,Department of Education,, :the, school sections concerned•may then proceed with what ever course is favored by the ratepayers concerned. Th''e withdrawal petition sterns from, the proposal that the four sections join, to form a two -room' two -teacher school:. This could mean , a new school eventually; or :an addition to the •Lochalsh 'school, but,:"we understand this -might have complications clue to the close pro cimity • to. Highway .86. A meeting ,was held at ;Lochalsh last Wednesday and it seems that quite a furore has been stir- red Iup by :some, of the comments. Area Reduced To 8 S.S. No. 9, Con. 9,,Ashfield,: has been granted permission to, with- draw .,from • Ashfield Area, we understand, -reducing the number of sections in the Area . to 8: If the above mentioned four sec- tions withdraw, 'this 'will all but shatter the Ashfield.'School Area,. leaving only four sections in the, South ander the Area Board's,, jurisdiction. LOca1 COO tiaras DEXTER . MR, . and MRS: EDWARD DE • Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dexter,. family of eight boys born to Mr. natives of England, but esteemed and Mrs, Charles Dexter,; and residents, of this community for Ted has, never Jost ' the Lincoln- over f forty. years, quietly „obser- shire accent .of his homeland. 'He ved their 60th -wedding anniver- is 86. - sary on Saturday, May 16th: Mrs..Dexter, who, is' 84,.Was Mr.: and Mrs. Dexter have two one of. ten ,children born' to •IVr. daughters, one son, three grand- 'and 'Mrs: 'Thomas.. Taylor :of An; children and three. grand -' ford Lincolnshire. She was the: children., The two •daughters are only, one of• her family... to 'wine Mrs. Wm. J. Ensign (Elsie) of to Canada:. , St. ' Catharines; • Mrs, • Howard Robinson . (Emily) of Lucknow As.a a lad, Ted, was apprenticed .almost 70 years and. the ••son, Walter Dexter :of `agoSeeing Canada as. a land of opportunity he Came here in. 1913 and spent the, winter shoeing'..' horses; iri the lumber camps near „North Bay, .the summer of ,1914; he was . •jloinned by his . uta a and family and they took up resi ,dence at Paramount: where Mr. Dexter re -opened the '.Gordon blacksmith shop'.' at the.. corner of :ITighwey 86 and ' the 15th .Sider road, known/ as :`Little `Buffalo " ;r He ; plied his bade 'as a master • workman 'and branched into, -farming; • -.adjacent' to the• shop.,' Mr.:;.and Mrs.` Dexter "retired" to L.ucknow--some fifteen years "agog but Ted's services' were in ' con- Stant., demand for various; ser vice,and he continued to "pound the', anvil." an'd: Mrs. Dexter enjoy fair Mr. and. : Mrs.. Dexter' :were health although they are present-.. Married in' St.' Mathews Church: ly recuperating'from a bout with Skagness,: England,: _on May .16i 'the flu .Their : many friends 1899 • :Ted; or Teddy, -as • he is join • in , extending •congratti,lations popularly known; was one. • of a . and best wishes. ,Paramount. : : Messages „ of congratulations poured in. on... this. diamond an• niversary . from. ' •The. •Queen, Prime Minister J. ;Diefenbaker,` Hon, McKinnon Phillips, ` the Provincial' • Secretary,' • Andrew ,Robinson, M.P ,and•. John; 'W,: Hanna,• . M.P.P ,. ,as . well as num- erous cards, ' .flowers' .and good wis:,)es • from friends. - Present for the `r ,'. Were Mrs, 'Ensign, dinner , St, Cathar- ines; •Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rob- inson, . obu son,:; Lucknow; Mr: and .Mrs. Walter Dexter, Paramount; Mr. and Mrs: Ed Laurox• and 'child- ren, children, John, Robert and ,:Sharon of Parry Sound; Mr: and Mrs.'Geof- frey ‘ Norewood of Lakeview. • :Wed 'In' England Huron: Township Farmer Fatally Injured In Railway.Crassing Crash Willian5 R. Hamilton, age 76,' of.• the -Second Concession of Hu- ion Township, died in Wingham General Hospital 'early. Saturday morning as .a. result •of injuries received in a train -truck colli- sion- near Lucknow in' mid -after- noon on Friday. The 'accident occurred at the. railway' crossing on • the - Luck- now-Holyrood 'road. The cross- ing' is situated between Lucknow. ,and . the .second Concession of. Kinloss. • Mr. Hamilton was proceeding southerly. toward Lucknow when struck 'by the CNR. afternoon' .mixed train which was ;proceed- proceed- ing from Lucknow to. Ripley. The force :of the impact crushed the front.' of the . Hamilton pick-up truck, turning it around corn= pietely on the road until it faced a northerly direction A fence 'post on ' the north-west side of. the track was snapped off ,by the revolving ' ;truck. Damage , • was done to the. diesel engine on the train. •. • Mr. Hamilton was rushed by Lucknow .Ambulance to Wing - ham :Hospital in an unconscious state 'with'. little hope held for hisrecovery:, He died without rallying about ten hours later. He had suffered severe head and in- ternal injuries with multiple fractures of the arins' and shoul- ders, (Continued. on. Page 7) THIS IS. CLEAN -VP : WEEK: •, 'PLEASE DO YOUR 'PART The, ' Iortieulture Society .' ,draws 'aittention.• to the . fact . that this is clean-up month, month, and if every, citizen does their • part in carrying. out this program, . ' the. _Village . ' ..will certainly look • the. bet- ter for it.• .The Society is sponsoring colored Pictures ° of ' the Pas- • aden'a Tournament , of Ruses • in the . Town Hall on •Friday evening y; at a small fee. It ` will be an interesting 'even- ing, and the proceeds will, be • • Used to promote civic beau- tification by the Society. • HOUSES CHANGE HANDS Mr. and Mrs, •Jahn .MacRae have purchased the Congrani home, on "Standpipe Hill," and are cutting the; hill some, to pro-' vide a , better motor: road ap-. proa Mr. MacRae operates the • Fina Station and Mrs. MacRae recently opened a beauty par- lour here. ' Another home on this hill • changed hands last week, when Art' Breckles; bought Mrs. Alex Sutherland's residence, A sale of household effects'was held at the . ' home on Saturday afternoon.