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Burial
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Mrs.. Gordon . R. Mo
mer Lucknow „resident;
ive of East .W. awanosh,
.stantly, killed .in.„a tr
at ;Bronte, , some, ten
of ' Han'iilton ” on Tues
noon of last week:
A broken rail pierce
tom of the coach, rippe
• the seatin which Mrs.
a "• lady from Niortihr
Gertrude Doran, . wer
side by side, and pe.netr
eral feet through the
paling : the !coach.
Mrs:. Moore is believe.
died instantly, Anothe
ger in the coach, a n
•she could 'find' no. 'puts
after the' 'wreck occur
Doran died after , adrh
St:Joseph Hospital,} H
••:On Way To Daugh.
Immediate . mem.bers
'Moore's' family were n
Mrs: Moore was on th
She had. been visiting .
two sisters in '.London
on the way to• Oakville
•
surprise 'visit on her d
and froiri there would
turned by 'motor" to her
Acton. 'Mrs.. Moore. ha
visiting in : London w
Sisters Mary:: and: Jean, .
previous. Sunday' all th
spent'the day in ,Blyth wi
sister, Zora: : , •
Identity`Unknown For
.'On .Tuesday. Mrs: Mo
boarded' the CNR Chi
Toronto train and was
minutes.. of her.. destina
Oakville: when the
struck about "4;00 'pin..
was: due - in Toronto at
the turmoil and confusio •:
•followed the accident, •
Moore's travelling case
not ;be • found, and efforts to
identify '''her were unsucces,ful
for some time. It was about 1.1.:30
Wednesday morning that her;
• son viewed .the body .at an ;Oak=•
ville Funeral Home, to .become
certain that the victim was his
mother..,
Mrs: Moore was a passenger.,: in
the first' coach of , a'. seven -coach,
train. When the car was 'impaled
it snapped . the coaches. from the
baggage 'cars and the two diesel.
engines which hauled the train.
The detached section ' proceeded.
onto' a trestle spanning` 'a • deep
kits .. (lvinriei) '.,Oakville ;;'
.Mrs. Clare Collins .. (Eileen) of
Georgetown; Mrs. ' Bob Peardon
(Ielen). of Georgetown. A sop
Elmer ' died -as a child and • is
buried in Greenhill. ' •
Surviving also are' five sisters,
Mrs..Mary Mitchell . and Mat.
Jean Fox of London; Mrs.. Har-
old Cook (Zara), of Blyth; Mrs.'
John Purdon (Annie) of White,
church and .Mrs.,'Olive Bruce of
Wallaceiburg.
Their only 'brother, Wm. 'Bolt.
died thirty. years ago, in 1929, . in
an industrial, accident at 'Wing -
ham. Wing -ham.
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NEARS NINETY MARK
HAS ..BROKEN SHOULDER
Mrs. Howard Fowler'' is a'pat
ient, in Wingham Hospital, hav-
ing recently. ' suffered' a broken%
shoulder in .. a falL._at : the home
of : •her daughter, Mrs: ,Harold
Treleaven, .with whom she has
_made ` her home . for • some time.
Mrs. Fowler . will, : be ninety
years of age liext .month.
• Mrs. Fowler suffered consider -
.able distress from the injury. at
• first, but . is.. now resting 'More.
comfortably, and is .bright- and''
cheerful;
218 Registered' At
(By Mrs. Harvey Hairston) •
The .district„ .of Bruce south
' was .hostess to the • 5th Annual
Bruce County Woirlen's Institute
Rally in the .District High School,
Lucknow, 'July 23rd. •The presi-
dent, Mrs: Lloyd. Jasper, Mild-
nlay, .presided for the day. After'
the opening,' excercises,..the de-
Votional period was• conducted: by
Mrs: Orland •Richards, Paramount
branch, •Bruce south. Mrs. Clar-
ence Vance,, the secretary -areas-
urer, reported a balance of .$169.-
58 in the tally funds. 183 register -
e0 for the morning. session. •
•A trio Of ladies from Druce
centre, District, sang 'the third
prize Women's Institute Song,
words and music of which were
composed' by Mrs. lames NI,c=
Ewing of South Saugeen branch.
The '=W:I.C. essay •' competition
sponsored by Senator Cairine
Wilson for Canadian Institute
members was ' .on the, subject,
."ROA' I can train my ,child to be
a'citizeg of the world." We .ihad
• the pleasure of hearing Mrs.
J= H, 1Vlaxwell's entry, Chesley,
Rruce east. Her essay was given
hone rable , mentio'n.
Miss' Mary Lou. Black,County
Rothe Economist, traced the his-
tory of homemaking and, . gar -
tent clubs, These . were started
1... RaIIy.fl.ldI1et'e;Thirsda.y
in' 1923. 'In 1952 the 4-H. symbol` .'standingis the Pathway to Tole
was adopted, :Club 'work. is not
competitive,' a desire. to improve
one's own standard is encouraged.
Mrs. • Donald Cameron, Walk,
erton, brought /greetings from
the .F.W.1.U. 'Board: She asked
that, .all wanting billets and ban-
quet .tickets for. the, Grey -Bruce
'Area Convention in Owen Sound,
November . 2nd, 3rd, forward
their request to Mrs:. Gordon
Bothwell, Owen. Sound, by Sep-
tember' 38th, We are also asked
to subijiit a name for .the .;l ew
Area Convention. • •
Warden George . Joynt extend -
'ed ,an address of welcome to the
gathering 'at. 'the afternoon ses-
sion.; Reports . were heard from.
the four. District •secretary-treas
urers, Mrs. 'Stuart Couch's report
'for Bruce . north Was .read by
Mrs. Byron Greig, Lion's Head;
Bruce,. ' centre, Mrs. Gordon
Crawford, iR. No. 1 Southampton;
Bruce, east, Miss Eva McKelvey,
R. No. 1, Uobbinton; Bruce south,
lrs, Cecil Hollands, R. :No' 4,
Kincardine,
M:rs.: Cameron introduced the
guest Speaker, Mrs. D. S. Mac-
-Naughton, Winghani,. 'a former
board member for the sub -divis-
ion. She based her talk on the
theine of the meeting. , "Under-
rance", She urged that ;we carry
our Women's Institute creed
into our everyday living,' Jeal-
ousy fromcommunity, to Nat-
ional level ''scan be 'a dangerous
thing. Be loyal to. the 'ideals of
the Women's Institute and to
your' officers. Constructive •criti-
cisrn can 'be agood :thing, but,
• "Keep .you counsel until .you
know all the facts." She brought
to`. our attention that it was
through a resolution • coming
from a • Woman's Institute
branch that Schools • for Retard-
ed Children ` were started. Mrs.
MacNaughton in., her pleasing
manner gave :us much food for
thought, .arid it was a pleasure
for herto renew many acquaint-
ances in the County, •
A• vocal solo !by 'Mrs. Nightin
gale, Mildmay, Bruce east, ac-
companied by Mrs.Ruth Ballagh,
was much enjoyed. 'Mrs., .Archie
Given, Mar,' Chairman of the
Bruce County Museum aboard
and Mrs, O. C. ,Gateman, South-
ampton, 1;1 -might us up to date on
activities .at the Museum and the
Log Cabin.. A gift of^ China, . for
the eldest lady attending the
Rally, courtesy of . Wm. •Schmid
Jewlery, Lucknow,was won by
° (Continued on,: Page 12)
TWELVE, P,AGES.
YrUS$UM
• i's. Institute'
wog. Cabinat
ausewn; 'Fri -
ladies
F'ri-ladies serv-
o::125 people.
co..vener! 0.1
was accom
pan McLeod,.
apson, Mrs.
• Vlrs,.• Harold
Betty . Ham-
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JACK MacDONALD HOLDING
CLOSING OUTSTOCK. SALE'•
In this issue Jack E. MacDon-
ald, local garage operator an-
nounces a closing out stock sale.
jack's 'lease , has expired and
he is, 'staging the closing out
sale in order to sharply reduce.
his stock of parts, tire s and oil
-by August .14th..A 20,% discount
is offered on all the above items
in order to accoinplisl. this.
)ver'- BOO Hogs from
�mbl y Yards Last Week
uce County
)ciatron are
announcing'
'11 additional
s, through,
!nties to :be
ntario Hog,
ve.
L are open
Lucknow,
;gid. Kincar=
rnbly' Yard
since June
rection , , of
hipper, and:
record for
,k • over 400
know
ng of the
Vere : trans-
n -Assemb-
were • sold•
• thus, : gen-
. ig
`,had. to
to :that
i1ishhig of.
is reduced
iii• •,many
own pigs
t.
a, aprecuon policy is still
the same..The Agency in Toron-
to'•sells 'the hogs, and is in, dir-
ect' telephone communication.'
with the various 'assembly yard
managers instructing them where
to deliver the hogs •and.'the ''sel-
ling' price.'There • is less delay
in ,getting . the stock' off to its
destination from the local' yards:
Bruce , County has established,
a • record • of producing . the high-
est percentage' of - Grade A. hogs
of any County in Ontario,• and'
while. the top grade brings. •a
premium, price. to the .producer,;
the.. Bruce County ' record may
also tend to focus more . attent-
ion. on .:hogs.cfrorr''this County.'/
' Assembly Yard managers in
the district 'are Lucknow,..Geo
Elliott, Ripley,George Mac-
Donald; ' Teeswater Clare Grant,,
.Kincardine, Carl Dickson..
'.All yards . are equipped with
government approved' scales. Pro-
ducers . have' the choice of yards
they wish to deliver to, and it
would. " •be natural, generally
speaking, . to travel the ' most
economical . distance from their
farms.
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LOCAL BANK ENTERTAINS
MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS
The reeves, councillors ar d
inunicial officials' of' the Vi11a e
of Lucknow and; the. Township;
Of . Kinloss and Ashfield wei e
entertained.; at• the Bruce . Inn,
Kincardine, ,on Mondayy evening
by the local branch of. the Bank
`'of ' Montreal,
Guest' speaker was Mr,. Pack
of the department of 1V1uni;cip:1
affairs."
Members of, the staff, of t::
host ;branch who were in ` atten-
dance:' were Milton Rayner,, man.-'
ager; . 'Les Ballentine ''and Done
Shaban.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING,
ASHEIELD BARN 'BURNED
Struck by lightning during an
electrical storm. which swept the.
!Nile 'district. Thursday morning,
a' large barn on the, farm of Roh-
l. ert Bogie, in Ashfield Township,
west of Nile, was destroyed:` at • a
loss of $12,000•,_
Goderioh.. Rural Aire Depart,;;
meat and'neighbours .sar red 'near,
Eby buildings and the house by/
,
dousing the blazing shingles with
.water.. Practically all• the live-
stock and implements • were. out
of the. barn at .the .time. • "
GIVE INSTRUCTION IN
FIRST AAD TREATMENT
Four members of the St Johns:
Ambulance •Corps. conducted' a
two -night course' in,. first ' aid
treatment at the, Fire Hall,'"
There were 14 in attendance
on :Monday night, including: ..eight
members of the Fire Company,,
Yt
Mr. and .Mrs. Rae Watson, Alvin.
Johnston and Jim Lyons. • More
were . expectedat the Tuesday:.,
night • session. -
The instructors took the class..
in pairs, for personal instruction ,
in fire aids_ rnethods; including
bandaging, • ways to stop bleed
ing;r etc. On Tuesday.night spe-
ial emphasis c was, placed. ori 're-
suscitation. •
•1.
Harvey Webster and Ralph
Pagan are holidaying this week •
on a fishing trip in the Bruce
peninsula.
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I,.ocal Transport
aldenfro
s: Operator. l Buys
s •RipleyBusiness
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a five-year lease, on. a portion of
the United Church shed, which.
he remodelled a couple of.'years.
ago. as local centre •for his trans-
port' •business.While continuing
his operations . here, the Brooks ;
family. expect to move to 'Ripley
for the time `being at least, and
are currently offering their home
here for sale. It isthe former
William MacKenzie property,.
.west of the Presbyterian church.
Gordon. started in the truck-
ing business in 1950,' and a year
later became associated with ,his
brother, Omar in the operation'
of Brooks Transport, taking over
the • business himself in 1956: •
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Gordon Brooks, local transport.
operator, has purchased the.;Wal-
den Bros: livestock,'. fertilizer
and feed, license and .business at
Ripley. The transaction, of con-
siderable magnitude, includes the
Walden residenceand garage in
Ripley as well . as. five vehicles-
- two
ehicles+---two tractor trailers and. three
stake frijoles.:
The deal is subject to approval
of the transfer of license to Mr'
Brooks. '
Gordon presently. has two trac.
for trailers and' two stake trucks
-vrhich will give him •a transport
fleet of nine trucks,
Gordon. will continue his 'op-
erations out of Lucknow,, having