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L,UCkNO'w, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY 27th, 1959
ttach Not arse o Truck D
in Lad's Death, At Whitechurch
'A verdict of accidental death
withwith no. proof' ',of negligence on
the part of "track drier . Tem-
Taylor
om
Taylor ofR.R. ` 2; Lucknow, was.
delivered:, by a coroner's jury ,in.
Locknow• last:' Friday . morining
as the inquest ;was' held into: the
death of .seven-year=old • Jimmy.
Seignex•, of R.R . 2,;: Wellesley.
Jimmy . died in .Whitechurch on.
Sunday afternoon, May 17th,.
:when he. was crushed beneath
the wheels of a milk, truck own-
ed by . Thompson Bros. of Tees -
water and driven by Taylor '
Coroner, Dr. J. T. H. 'Robinson
of Walkerton presided at the in-
quest. Crown 'attorney, J. w:
Freeborn of Walkerton question-
edthe 'witnesses •
Constable' Lou Boyce of Kin-
cardine was the first to give
evidence at ' the hearing. ';lie,
stated that he had been patrol
ling' the, L•ucknow area when : he
heard the police call 'for the fa-
tal accident, at 'Whitechurch. He
arrived at• the scene ;at 4:55' p.m.
with :.constable' R. Lewis of
Wingham• arriving a few minu-
tes after ° ,tum; He stated that the
accident occurred'. on 'sideroad.
No. lo in the. hamlet of Whiter•
church about 500 yards north ,of
Thain sford mai de op
the:::intersection of highway 86,
e a non-stop
He estimatedthe tithe: Of. ac flight from New York to` Munich,
cident:at .about 4.35 p.m�?.'..• leather Germany, the.: first of the week,;
Y � for a five wee visit in the land
ks
JIMMY SEIGNER
SCI'1VIID: 'BROTHERS RETURN
ON ` VISIT' TO: HOMELAND,
Wm. A. S�chinid of town and
his. brother,' Louis 'Schmid of
and visibility ' were . excel ent at
•the time. The truck was situated •
where it had come to a halt.
ci their ,birth, • •
feet south . of the bodyof the It is 'the first time Louis has
dead •'child -indicating the 'slow been ,back .. in 35"years: Bill 'was
speed the driver' was •going, meati► back five years. agb., On that' oc
ther indication of the slow speed rasion he .was accompanied by,
was the absence of skid marks. -1VIrs. Schmid and their son .Doug -
between the truck- and the child, las, who on Monday :saw Dill and
indicating no sudden' stop Oar, his brother 'off at •Marlton: airport
the .accident had occurred. • at noon hour. ' ,
Constable .'Lewis :of Wingham:
After
ha a short stop. over at New
d, nothi further to add to the York• the brothers - boarded a
evidence of .• Constable Boyce German airliner for . a ' direct
except' to show a. set of photos,, flight to'":Man.nch. Their home
•town, which i.s their destination,
is .`Reidenberg.. Bill and .Louis
have: two •brothers- .and,' two 'sis-
ters
sisters in' 'Germany, They plan. to
return in late `June.. `•
While. in Germany they will
meet .. up with Frank Fields ;of
.Teeswater, who is on. a 'three -
'Months
three -'months overseas. ,visit aridhas
been there about "'live weeks.
that he had taken • at the scene
of, the :accident.
Thomas Taylor, ,age 1% t
the jiiry that he :had two years
experience driving and that ..he
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• HYDRO SHUT OFL+'
WILL .BE NEXT'.TUESDAY
A noon -hour hydro power
shut-off, slated for Tuesday
was,. postponed 'until next
Tuesday, June -2nd,When the
power will ' be off locally
. from .12.15 to 1.10 .pan. .
ACCEPT PETITION.
FOR WITHDRAWAL'.
At a special meeting of Ash-
field . Township Council. • on Fri-
day, a petition was .received and
accepted , by the Board, from the
ratepayers' of the . Kintail, Laur-.
',ler, Hemiock latir and Lochalsh
school sections,. asking . • with-•
drawal from' 'the Ashfield Town--.
ship. SchoolaA.rea.
The , withdrawal • petition ';now
goes to the Department, of Edu-
'cation for • final approval
The first,', petition received by
Ashfield Council was not accept=
' ble'.in that it:. asked. for . with-
drawal to form a new area. The
•reworded petition sought only
Withdrawal, • •
The action by the ratepayers of :
theso. four sections stems prim
airily from the idea that a two-.
room 'school can best serve the
.needs of these four, sections. ,Two
• of the four schools are now Clos-
ed with pupils being transported
. to • Lci halsh andHemlock• City
schools,. The old. 'Kintail school -
as been
h .
converted- into a.-corr
murity hall, '
4 new .school or an addition to
Lochalsh.• school have been sugg-
ested. The course to be followed
Willwbe decided after the Depart -
tient of Education deals with
• the petition for withdrawal..
WILL BE 40 IN NEXT TERM'S
KINDERGARTEN CLASS •
Attendance at' LuckiioW' Public
:School • keeps going up and up.
During the past week seven new
students have started here, send-
ing the enrolment to' about 250.
At ..'present there!, are thirty in
Mrs. Hall's kindergarten class,;
and last' week's' registration for'
. next . term .indicate' there will be.
40 children, at least• in the. 19.59
1960 kindergarten class.
ON : LARGEST S.H IP
TO SA1 L LAKE.S
Petty Officer George Webster,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey.
Webster of Lucknow, is an en-
gineer
> on the crew of the anti-
submarine frigate,' Buckingham,
the . , largest Canadian. warship
ever to. have . entered the Great
Lakes 'from salt water. George.
has been. a memberof the Buck-
.
ingharn:'crew for :a year./
DR. CLELAND'SUCCESSQR
• The Buckingham is . one. Of 21
modern , frigates ` . of .. the Royal
Canadian Navy which have been,
equipped with the most •ad,van-,
ced anti-submarineweapons and
detection equipment. .S'he: has a
displacement of 2360 tons.: '
Prior -to her arrival at Hamil
'ton last; weekend, the .'ship car-
ried out a trial':run of the ;St..
Lawrence Seaway in preparation
for the arrival of the Royal
yacht Britannia for theofficial;
opening , of the waterway by. Her
Majesty. the •;Queen. On board the.
Buckingham was vice -admiral
peter Dawnay, flag 'officer, Roy-..
al Yachts„ who ..has returned to
:the United Kingdom t'o ,rejoin
Britan''nia. for. ,her historic .:voyage:
to .Canada next •month.
It is expected that the ' Buck-
ingham will act` as one :of an 'es-`
cort:.for the. Royal Yacht. The,
Biuckingham' . will' spend the . " re=;
mainder •of the summer, in the
Great Lakes.' making a number
of ` tr. lining .cruises and icailing
at vrious lake ports' such as
Kingston, 'Cleveland, :.Goderioh,.
Bay .City; Collingwood and To-
ronto : with her home'. base in
Hamilton
While the •• ship 'was :docked at<.
'Hamilton 'last• weekend; George
visited here': `with his family.' M
RAITHBY
Mark . William' Raitliby, son • of.
Professor and. Mrs. G. E. Raithby
of Guelph, graduated. recently
from the -.Ontario. Veterinary. Col=
lege 'with ' the .degree Doctor. of
Veterinary Medicine, Dr, Raith-
by who is'.also .a graduate of the'
Ontario Agricultural' College was'
winner of • the' Ted 'Wildman Tro
phy in 1955 and a. member of
the'' International Livestock, jud-
ging Team:
Dr, and Mrs. - Raithby have;
taken up residence in Lucknow
Where' he will dairy: en', a general
practice.
HOSPITAL'. ASSOCIATES •
HONORED MRS. HUFFMAN
• Mr. . and .1VIrs. Harold Greer
and the staff , of the . Greer, -Con-
valescent .Home recently honor-
ed • Mrs.: -Elmer Huffman prior: to
her.' moving. tos ;Lucan..'
Mrs. Hu€fman.had been 'emt-
ployed for some' , itiine at the
home: A .dinner was 'held in her
honor and. ,she was presented
with alamp. Mr: and Mrs., Huff-
man .have taken up residence •rn
Lucan::
FOURTEEN . PAGES
RA ( L I N E R, GETS ..
OK ON TRIAL RUIN
A Preview of 'what may re-
vitalize. . branch line railway, pas-
senger
assenger travel;.' was seen; last.
Thursday, as a modern Railiner,
*made an .. inspection run from
Stratford to ;Kincardine.
A stop'was made here .about'
.0
1 45. a.m.; • and a. nurriber Of
tators looked the car over, with
a half 'dozen .or more ` remainingQ '..
ori board for the run to; Kincar-, •
dine and back:" •
The experience was'' very plea-
sing, and fast, comfortable ser-
vice is •assured • when, this equip-
ment goes into service in June
• The diesel -powered scat,,, was
`feeling its way' over the line for
the first time, but on the up run;
reached a maximum speed of 55;
miles an .houe It has a top speed
of over 80 miles on a straightway
'withroad bed conditions that '
warrant such •a speed. .
The return run from Kincar-
dine ''to Lucknow with a slow-
down
at • Ripley was made in 20
,minutes. ' ..•
The Railiner has three times
the;, acceleration of conventional
trains and starts and stops with
the utmost smoothness. The jerk-
ing start and the bouncing ride
is . a thing'•_of the past.
Foam rubber upholstered seats, . .
air conditioning , and picture
windows permit: one to relax in,
comfort: Bebause of the air-con-
ditioning system, the §moker .car
is obsolete, ,and those who :smoke.
have the convenience • of • an ash.
tray , in the : arm : rest., '
Seating capacity is for 49 pas
sengers,. with 'a spacious''express
compartment in :a