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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-07-15, Page 11 $3.00 A Year In Advance .-- ,$1.00 Extra To U..S;A. I UCKNOW, •:ONTARIO WiMIC)!N(ESDAY, JULY 15th, 1959 TWELVE PAGES " ri chool Entered 0 The C.N.R. station, Silver- • woods"Dairies'L.td and the. John W. ,I Ienderson Lumber • office,. were each broken into, early ' Sun,- • day morning,, ' presumably', some- time between 1:30 a.m. and be+ • f ore daybreak. • All three premises are located within a stone's throw of each ether at the north end of "Have- lock, $t., . and there is no question bixt. that' the same gang was responsible for ail three, . -The safe at the C.N.R.. station was smashed open, and. a. sum of. money obtained, .but ''.only pea- : • nuts -in. comparison with the ser- iousness • of the crime. Money: orders were not touched, which •. might indicate the buitglars were, not ,wise to the potential value, or methods of handling these forms. The waiting room , door at the station is open; . and from ,there the thieves •forced, open the tick- et office door. Left . Tools at Silverwo�ods At' .Silverwoods they 'jammed the main/ •ntrance door and slip:- Ped lip=ped the lock, and entered the up- ,stairs: an.a n office in ; a,• similar manner:' There they smashed the. ;combination' off:' the safe, .but. were. stymied This .burglar -defy (Continued on -page 11) THE CNR: SAFE AFTER 'THIEV S `WERE 'THROUGH WITH IT .MRS; SAM:. DZIRN1N MARKS . 80th ; BIRTHDAY;' Mrs. ••Sam Durnin; ';a lifelong resident .of the St...Helens. ' and Lucknow.,Communities, marked • her 80th birthday this week, on Wednesday, July 15th ; Mrs. Dur • pin,. the fernier Kate Gaunt, • --now makes her home :with .Mr. and, Mrs. Tom .Magaffin: It_ will, be two years' in.Septembep since Mr.. Durnin's death. A family dinner was.: held at the Magoffin home oh. Sunday in honour of ::her birthday.' P were: %Mr' and .:Mrs. pre- sent Joe Leslie and Gordon, Miss Gloria • Harding of ,''Granton, Mr: Perry Durnin and .Susan. of 'Nilestown, ;Mr. • and Mrs: Henry Carter of Clinton, Mr: and Mrs. "Bob Me Bi11y: of Dungannon. gannon. ' Mr. Lansley. Magoffin• and family • Have been. visiting . at the.' same home • for. two `.weeks. • DEDICATE ORGAN AT. HACKETTS Those . who were .' present: at „Hacketts United Church on: Sun- day, :'evening enjoyed. a rather unusual. -aid unique service at which . ' the new electric organ was dedicated Following the de,' dication by, the pastor, Rev. G. W. Kaiser, the congregation • led by the choir,' joined' in the singing of a number of the great hymns of praise and thanksgiv- ;'ing, with running' comments on these ,:.hymns ' and . their authors by: Mr. Kaiser. Adding to the beauty. ' of the service were solos by Mrs. R. • Scott andd:Miss •Diane Ritchie, an anthern by• the .choir and an organ violin duet' 'How Great, Thou Art' with Mrs. Blake Alton playing the violin, 'The or:, ganist, Miss . Elmira Alton pre- sid'ed at, the . organ .for the/ser- vice: r. MAY HAVE TO ADD SCHOOL BUS At the 'July meeting of the Lucknow :District High . School Board, the; matter of : adding another school bus • was discus- sed. ' The big Kinloss bus has .'been taxed :to capacity, and indica- tions, are. that there will be a sharp ' increase in attendance in. , September, Which will •Make im- perative the addition. of another, bus on the north run, being ser- viced y by Gordon Montgomery. Allan Reed hasthe. contract for the routes in Ashfield and'. West • Wawanosh, and these canstill be taken care of with. his . Pre- sent. remsent. equipment., Principal P. `Kl; Hoag has been making an attendance survey' of the area, and the Board, Princi- pal •'and bus operators will .con- fer shortly on - the' .matter of 'transportation.. • Bus service has been in Opera- tion for some nine years. ,Throughout the 'province - •a closer inspection of school. buses • is to be • made by the licensing 'branch of the Department,, and a resident bus inspector will be located 'at Clinton to make per- iodic • cheeks ,of all vehicles in . this .Part of, the province,which are being used for the trnsport- ationof school pupils,• NEPHEW KILLED WHILE SWIMMING Glen` Horley, 27 -year-old son of 'Mr: and Mrs. Lorne. Horley,• did. a•death dive:•into,the Syden- ham Myer. at. W allaceburg' on Friday. The young man was struck on the face . and head by the pro- peller of a passing boat, after making . the dive, and was ter- ribly injured. He sank immedi- ately and it was about twenty minutes ,before his body was re- covered. • The young man's, mother is the former Mabel Henderson, and was raised north of Axnberley. Mrs. Duncan MacKenzie of Loch- alsh is an aunt. ,Glen was not married, • He , is survived by his .parents ,and a sister. The:funeral was .on Mon- day'. p. ' Mr. Duncan MacKenzie, Mr.' and 1VIrs, Stuart Jamieson, Gail. and Cathy, motored `to Wallace - burg on Sunday. Garnet Hender- son :of town is also a "cousin of Glens. Mr; and Mrs. Henderson and Paul, and Mr. and Mrs. Don- ald Gillis of Ripley also visited at the Horley home on Sunday; Russ Johnstone has .been visit ing in Mi1i aukee. MUST HAVE ADVERTISING FOR PRIZE ,LIST THIS; WEEK The canvassers ` for the ' Ag ri- cultural :Society, . Gordon .Kirk- land and Rae Watson, made their' rounds 'recently,' and we .under stand: a . number of:, donations were • such as to entitle the con- tributor to 'an advt. in the: `fall' fair' prize lisle.•• Printing :the book .s: about. to start, arid still there has been no copy received for these .adver- tisements, except in a few isolat- • ed cases. •. • • The Fair Board wishesthe: prize list' published earlier this 1 year,..: which . willbe impossible • unless the printer obtains the advertising copy. ' •• It', must be ``in. this. , week, or • we will fill the space with "Com- pliments of, So -and -So." BANK 'STAFF MEMBER. GOING TO LONDON Miss Ruth MacGillivray, was guest of honour on Monday. ev eningat ' a beach party barba; cue. staged 'by members of the staff, /Who presented Ruth With a gift during the evening. She' went • to London on Wed- nesday and: on Thursday morn- ing reports for duty at the Bank of Montreal, Adelaide and' Dun= 'das Street,. Branch • • .,Ruth,.daughter of . Mr. and Mrs. Stewart MacGillivray,. has been a member, of the local staff for three years. A campaign is being organized, in Paisley to canvass the com- munit3 • seeking $6,000to make urgentroof .repairs to their arena:' HONOR BRIDE -ELECT AT SATURDAY SHOWER Mfss Beverley 'Ashton, 'bride-. elect of this month, was' honor- ed ,by girl friends• at a kitchen shower held: at the honie • of Ann Crawford last Saturday after- noon: Hostesses were Ann and Bev- erley •MacKenzie of • Kincardine, and following., contests and" a social afternoon, lunch was ser( ed. Bev',, received many .useful kit- chen gifts and invited.. •all. pre- sent to her trousseau. tea.. NONAGENARIAN PAYS VISIT TO SEAWAY Dr. W A, K bbon of ' Wingham, accompanied 'by Mr. W. A. ,Russell of ` town, , motored to Cornwall 'last. week to see the completion of the Seaway, which they had seen a year ago While the project was under con struction, Mr. Russell. will -be 93 in August,' and . his .energy as • well as his interest 'and• en thuuslasm in 'stich things is amazing. He said,' "the whole undertaking seemed' to them a magnificent achievement," .BRUCE.W.I:.. RALLY• HERE: NEXT WEEK The South 'District' will •be hos- tess to theBruce County Worn-: .en's Tnstitute Rally at the Luck - now District High µ School,' on Thursday of next week, July 23. The theme of the. meeting is "Understanding is. the ••Pathway to Tolerance."' Mrs. Lloyd, Jasper.• of Mildmay ' presides • for .both ' m,orning: and . afternoon sessions. Warden George Joynt, Lucknow Will extend the' . welcome at, the afternoon: session.... The guest, speaker will. be. 'Mrs, D. ,S. . Mac . Naughton, , a former Board ; Member for this '.area:' Re-. ;gistration is at '9:30,,' with ' the meeting : getting . underway at: 10 a.rii Discussion • groups will .be, part, of • the morning session, .activities of Presidents, Secretaries etc: •There should be ' much 'of • inter- est for snore :than just •Institute members, and : a cordial invita- tion is extended to all who might be interested to 'sit in on the meeting: At the neon. hour• each one: at- tending usually'brings her lunch,. but there are :••those . who enjoy eating out,.and it ' Could -be the, local • restaidants would have extra patrons. At least 150 are. *expected, last year the attendance in October was about, -.175. *Un-; fortunately the meetin:falls on a half ,holiday but Women's 'sIrr stitute -members, throughout the County would no, doubt apprec iate the stores. remaining . open, half hour' longer, to 'permit. some noon -hour ,gift shopping Bruce County./Rally consists of the four Districts, North, East, Centre. and •South. r; FOUR •D.EATHS AT WEEK -END This community was saddened' thelatter part of , the week by a series of four deaths which• oc- curred within a couple of days. . Mrs: Herbert 'Ensign On Thursday, Alice,'May En sign, ,beloved wife of Herbert Ensign," died suddenly at her home just' west of Lochalsh' Ce- metery,. where interment ` • was' Made, ' on Saturday 'following the funeral, service at', the Johnstone Funeral Home,• She was in her • 68th, year. L. She is. survived .by her, hus- band, one brother, W. J. Ensign of St.. Catharines and a sister, Mrs. Frank Fellow's • (Mary Ann) of London,. ' , Jacob • Hunter On Thursday Jacob Hunter died in Victoria • Hospital; Lon- don, ', following a serious but comparatively . brief illness. lie was 71. The funeral service was; held at..his late residence near the 12th Concessioiji, on Moeda;; with interment in Greenhill, Ce-. metery. • He is survived by his wife, the former Georgina Campbell,, two :datighters, ' Mrs: 'Clifford Menary (Rena) of Ashfield; Mrs. Malcolm Scott` (Freda) of Bel grave and, a :son •John of Ash - ,'field; , :Rebecca Grace. MacKenzie Rebecca';Grace MacKenziedied, ' in • Toronto . General Hospital on Friday; July 10th, in ' her 62nd Year. She • was, .a native of Ash- field and a daughter of the 'late Donald •and ; Mary. MacKenzie The. funeral . service was held at`the Johnstone Funeral' H'om,e on Monday, with interment • in,. Kiritail'Cemetery.; • She is survived by twobroth- ers, Donald. MacKenzie of Blyth; Dr.' .Hector. .MacKenzie of . • Van.- couver , and a ' sister,' Mary 'Mac- Kenzie MacKenzie . of Port Albert,. Mrs: Wesley Guest. Mrs.' Wesley Guest died. sud-: denly at.her home north of Kiri lough on Saturday; July 11th, at the age ` of :61, The funeral ser - Vice` - was, held at ':her ',late `reSi-. dence of Tuesday with inter-' ment in Greenhill Cemetery. She was the •former , Effie' Jane Thompson. ; Besides her :husband she -.is survived by one daughter,' . Mrs. Stanley Johnston (Jean) of dor and ',a• son Fred :at • home arden Joynt Hopeful Nuclear ydro Plant Will Come To Bruce Warden George W. :Joynt is hopeful and "reasonably optimistic that a new $60,000,000 ••cornmer- cial nuclear power station' - the first in 'Canada — May be • lo- cated in' Bruce .County, north of Kincardine. There• is `nothing of ficial; yet, Warden' Joynt pointed, out, but. he has been aware of the project for some time, and' has been . in close touch with. de- :velopments and with. A: E: Rob- " inson, M.P. for Bruce who has beendoing his utmost ,to "sell" Bruce/for the enterprise: Mr.' Joynt 'expects to meet with the chairman , of the H.E.P.C: ' this. week • ' A, spokesman for the Ontario Hydro • Electric • Power Cpnm s- Sion confirmed' last week that. some preliminary options had .been taken on sites along the lake edge. The hydra .generating plant, nuclear -powered, would produce some '200,000 kilowatts of power. Test boring to • determine the suitability of : the. site .will be carried out this summer, - . .The station will be designed to Use . natural uranium as a fuel i and heavy • water to transmit! heat from the atomic reactor to turbines hooked Jo electricgen-- erators:. Not a 'large , plant in terms .of production,' it :is expected to be completed and. • in operation ,by 1964-65, producing electricity at a price competitive with coal -fir- ed plants of similar' size. Because': the • plant will; be Wat- er-cooled .is one'; of the reasons why this :area of southern Ont- ario is •being considered: 'Another.. consideration is its readability to' tie in with existing power .lines: noon. To •Bruce Interviewed' in the . matter Warden, .'Joynt • predicted esta-' blishment of such a plant in Bruce. would be the ;forerunner of reduced hydro 'rates for many sections, of the County, possibly . opening the way to industriali- zation of several hitherto untie- 'veloped areas. Mr. Joynt felt the plant, if located in Bruce,, would bring a great measure of .relief' to "end .. of line" -'latid'communities fr~on1. Lucknow to Wiarton, who have been "paying through the nose" for ,hydro because of their lova- tion.. "In-Lucknow for example, be- catise we're considered 'at the end of thew line', we're paying' (Continued on Page 3)