The Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-08-26, Page 1cry
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BARN NEARLY, •
LOST . TO FIRE
Extra To U.S.A. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO: WEDNESDAY
KANSAS HAD BETTER
A small barn at the rear. of
the home . of Bryce Elliott, and
just 'south of the Lucknow'' Saw-
'•
mill, narrowly escaped beingy
destroyed,. by fire on paturday.
afternoon;
, • Both Mr.- and Mrs. Elliott were
- away at the time of the outbreak.;
• .` Smoke. was noticed pouring
• ' from the building by John Mac-`
Donald' of, Huron Township ,who
' —was leaving the , Elli;ott Seed
• Plant, irnmediat'ely south • of ` the.
small barn. Mr. •MacDonald. and
. Gordon Johnston, an• employee
of the seed' mill . rushed' tothe
barn and Commenced fighting
the fire with a .garden'.hose.
`'he fire, of undetermined . ori-
gin, started . in the . loft, of'' the
Khali barn 'in some chicken pens
and when discoveredthe pens
ere" allthat had ignited; The •fire.
` .
.alarm was sounded. when ,the
smoke. was noticed, but the two
' men had the fire practically un-
. der control when the truck ar-
rived. The , smallhosee on the
wire truck was used to finish the.
job., • . • .
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• CENTENNIAL STILL WINS
PRAISE : AFTE1t .A YEAR •
Smith' Falls, Ont.,
• Dear Campbell, '• •
!l have been ; intending to write-
you to express. my appreciation
to yourself , and your committee
• on the very•fine Manner. you;
handled the centennial celebra-.
• tion.; last..year. 'In any opinion. • it
was the best conducted affair of
that.. kind: It has. been my privi
•
lege to attend and am : sure most
everyone • attending .'is of the
;same opinion.. ° • '• .
I am sending a `cheque for re-
newal 'subscription to the Sen-
tinel and a :couple of dollars ex-
tra for any needy cause: you May
see fit. '. . •
• • 'Very' Sincerely,' •.
• D. R. 'MacDonald.
•(Publisher's 'note We: have
turned the donation+ over to . the
Horticultural. .Society' as it coin-
fides .with ;. their :flower chow.
,This reorganized and .• enthusi-
astic group 'is .doing much to.
'arouse 'floriculture interest local
ly, which will play an'. important
role in helping to keep the old
• . home town.. 'looking its best). ' '
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, AUG. 26th, 1959
BEATTY PRESIDENT
1400K TO ITS: LAURELS PLEASED WITH PROGRESS.
Mrs• Bessie Shirleyhas a row Mr. George Beatty,
of sunflowers in her, garderr"on ot the Beatty opreside
. organization. w
Havelock St,, South that catch in town on Tuesday making,
eye ofpassers-byThe are
the•
y •i6ct
A' i.on of. theplant:. It :is,
. . ns
'showing tremendous growth, first , time he. Chas inspected t
with .huge flowers developing, plant since .it, went into full op
and they are still growing: The enation. and he was pleasant
tallest' has now reached a .height . surprised • and happy about t
of about'12 feet, • whole, 'situation: • •
The . seed, incidentally, came . • The- present ` a ro l"
payroll ss. ab'
froth the state of Kansas, 'where double what'it was when
they boast about . their big sun- plant co::nmenced . operations `
.o
flowers. The ;•seed was • passed. er a year' ago. •
around. a year • ago at the Lions
carpo and on at Chi
International convent
• o - , was• brought back by LO R N JOHNSTON
Mr. , and Mrs. . Harvey Webster DIED SUDDENLY
who 'were in. attendance.
Mrs: Webster planted some . Death
• � came' suddenly ..
too, but they' can't hold'. a candle Thursday, August .20.th to
to those her. mother has gown Lorne. Johnston of Lucknow,
from soiree of. the same seed. . ' few hours: after'he had been'. a
PET DOG ' "STRAYED,",
FOUND NEAR ..HARRISTON
nt A blank .,Spaniel dog owned by
as Mr, and Mrs.. Bryce Elliott was.
an found on I Mond.ay on a farm
the' near .l-larriston, when the farmer
he took steps to. locate the, owner,,
as the pup wore. a Lucknow ..tag,
ly No. 24.. . .: .
he The dog disappeared on Sat
ou•
t urday,' and by coincidence it ,Was
the that .,"afternoon that . a fire:' ''of
v_ mysterious ,origin broke out ' in
. . , the ,upstairs of a :small `barn on
the Elliott property.' .
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- TAKE OVER '.BUSINESS
• Lucknow. District Co-op has
announced .; that 'they. . have:
on
m, • taken over the' coal +building
a, and business . of Welbster and
DO 'TEST DRILLING & London,, for ..observation an
FOR HYDRO PLANT. Lorne had not enjoyed goo
d •
d- MacKinnon Hardware, . and
pp y will continue to su p 1. ` their
customers as well as their
health for a long period, and ha
Test' drilling is • beingcarried been 'hospitalized and undergo
out : on the Lake Huron shoreline ' surgery on' various occasio
TWELVE; • PAGES
REQUIRE TWO.
KI NDERGARTEN.S.
Kindergarteri registration at
Lucknow Public School may
reach 45 by. •
school• `opening, and
this unprecedented enrolment
requires the holding of morning
ar'd afternoon Classes,
Last term's enrolment reached
a high of thirty . pupils- ' At pre:
sent the .attendance prospects for
September are 43, and there may
tie '. others registered as a , result
Of, the ' increased' accomodation
Provided by the two -class ar-
rangement.
The Kindergarten teacher is
Mrs. ,Helen Hall.
Classes. *ill not• be :held; the
first day of School Tuesday,
Septerber 8th, but fur.ther.'.re
gistrations .Will• be accepted then,
anal , final' plans -made for com-
mencing classes on•' Wednesday,
Sep'tember.9th. "•
ns
d• own. •. • ' . The •morning class will be for
Village ,children ;who were born.
from ' August 1st.. 'to December
31st, 19.54. .
rte CULBERT. BULLS .•;.
e TO ',NOVA SCOTIA
midway between Kincardine . and ( during the- 'past, few years.
Port Elgin, to determine if sub- suffered an • acute seizure , la
soil conditions. •are suitable for Tuesday night and was taken',
the erection of the $60,000,000 Win.ghaxn }tospital on Wedne
nuclear ..generating. plant pro -day and to' London on.Thursd
posed to be constructed by the' where `his death occured wit
Ontario Hydro.Electric.. Power unexpected `suddeness.
'System . • Lorne was 62. He was born a
All other conditions .appear •Aslifield Township on;June 25t
•favorable to the plant being 14897,. a:' son. of George Johnsto
constructed in . Bruce; . with this' and Isabella' McWhinney::
particular. site being' densely A veteran of World War I, h
wooded•' and for the. most part, enlisted in, February; 1915, in ,;th
free• of buildings and habitation. 161st. •I .uron Battalion and We
W. • N. Keefe, • ;general, 'manager overseas in , October of ,:1916
of the. Georgian Bay" Develop- transferring to.the 58th Batta
.ion, with ' which: he. served in
France and Belgium. He return-
ed home • in _M ,arch• of 19.19, and
returned ` to ' 'the . • homestead
Which: his father had'. cleared,'
'where he •farmed, until illness:
forced him, to give up that'oc-
cupation. •
On December .27th,: 1922,.he
married . Grace Plunkett, who
survives him, and is, • a member
the Douglas •Point, area and ` will of the Lucknow Public School
probably extend;for a radius of_ teaching' "staff:
one mile' around the • plant In. 1944 Lorne bought the gen-
Thinking on, this point. may be eral store at ,Whitechurch frown.
altered when design of the: plant .Rhys Pollock,.. and With continu-
is completed, but ,at, least .A mile ing poor health, he sold' the busi-
will' be 'required. •ness in 195'0' to 'W. R. '. Chapman
Drilling will. be commenced and•they retired to .Lucknow.:
immediately . and 'results should Lorne . had been . a director . of
be` known, by,late fall when con- .West' Wawanosh Mutual Fire..,In-
struction would start if' .condi- surance Company for many years:
ions• are •f avourable. -He was. elected • to the Board: on
The :plant.. will take' about • 3 February "6th, 1942.
years to build and would' employ He was.a personable • •gentle-
around 1200'people during height man, quiet and unassuming, but
f construction with a genial .• friendliness that
Rail connections, about ..mi es • won• him many friends. He was
away, ,have not. yet been decid-•.'an ardent 'hunter, and fisherman.
ed ' upon as (being necessary. • The' .funeral' service was 'held
Neither have . docking facilities on• •Sunday at the McLennan and
nen finalized. The necessity of MacKenzi Memorial Chapel,
these. two . services will depend : conducted' Iby his pastor, -.Rev.
upon ..design of the reactor and Gordon Geiger of Lucknow' Uni
he availability of nearby. esta- :•ted Church. , Miss Xargaret Rae •
st •
to . Two young • (bulls 'from. the
s Shorthorn herd of W. 'A.: Culbert.
ay arid Sons, Dungannon,• have been
h.
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h,
n
e
e
Wen
ment Association, reported • re-
cently on, the. work done by the
Assoc'iation's Office .ori' this pro-
ject during . the .first six_months.
of ' •1959r ••
In`.the, late July ,report he •re.
viewed conditions which' favored
the Bruce County site •'arid comp-
leted
omp-
leted'it with.the .following com-
mentary: •
Options have been taken. in
t
NEW SERVICE
UPS RAIL` SERVICE
o
In operation just a little more• :
than . two months.. the 'CNR's
finer service is proving 'popular,
sand is .enticing an increasing
minter of .passengers. back to b
rail service. There. bas to >be,
however, a big swing . to; •this•
form of service to make it pro- t
fitable and assure . its cont nu- b
ante:•
•The Sunday 'evening 'service is • C
especially. �Aopular'•and. well pat-
ronized, which may come • as' a
surprise to railway policy . plan-
ners, who were skeptical of 're-
sults when; nnunicipalities . along
the ' branch line ,pressed; for. a.
• Sunday train;
Two -car units. are beingrun
• • from Palmerston. .
.rston to Guelph as
one -car witl 'a , 49 -passenger ea-
Pacity, will . not accomodate the'
'travellers off ,both the I incard-
fine and Owen Sold �}-d lines when
they •converge' at.Palmerston.
Among those Who are pleased
with the . p
Railiner response to
date, is E. P. "Pat."'Burns, super
intehdent� of the Stratford • dwi-
sion, and who la -ed '
role. in organizingp y a leading
the new ser-
vice,''
Mr, turns has as been appointed
o the superintendency of
•Ottawa di:�ision andto
ills wsll assume i
new post on Se to b 1
lished facilities: was soloist ' and . Elmer Unibach
When in operation the one unit the organist.
all • that has as' yet been author Interment Was in Dungannon
zed) Will employ. about .70' per- Cemetery, the' pallbearers bein
ons, Ernest .Ackert and. Wilmer How
The G.B:D.A. discussed : with ey of , Ljicknow, • Russell .Farrier
the chairman of the Reactor Saf- • of Wingham; ,Ezra Scholtz of
ety Adviisory Board each of the Waft eehurch and two .nephews,
sites within its. region,... From .the Murray Johnston and, Ronald
G.B.iD A: files we. Were ableto Plunkett . of Toronto: ' '
provide• complete data on th-e Included in'the flower bearers,
water currents and temperatures were associates of the. West Wa
of Lake Huronwhich are neces- wanosh Insurance Company,
sary to, a full scale investigation. ` Ross ' McPhee,' Brown" Smyth,
I• feel . that .the establishment of Marvin McDowell, Frank Thomrip-
such a plant :in Bruce dounty. son, Donald MVrcIIay, Durnin.
will•.be a great asset to the area Phillips, Herson Irwin Paul
but in view of the 'fact that this Caesar,
is only an, experimental station Mr.• Johnston 'is survived: by
his wife t
no great response to industrials-' wo sisters, Mrs. Harry
zation' will. occur. Price of elect- Watson (Pearl') of 'AuburnMrs.'city is expected to : be ,higher Russell. Thompson (Marion) of
than that produced by convert- Clinton; two brothers,. Wilbert of
tional methods for a number. of Auburn and Howard on the Ash-
years at least. In the foreseeable field homestead.
future this pant will not . be 'a He was, predeceased, by his
source of cheap electrical 'power father in 19:16;• his mother in
entice .high power consuming 1926, and a brother Milton in in-.
n.dustr. ies' to . the area, • ,
fancy, • • , . . , ,
shipped to the' . Artificial' Breed
ing Unit:at Truro, Novia `Scotia.
They • were trucked :to Lorndon'
recently; and: were shipped by
.rail from, there. Purchase price
of the"animals • was `$1,0.00 each.
They are Maple .• Emblem Ocean.
Breeze and'Maple • Emblem •Ex
cellence. Both . are about .: 15
months old.. .
The two dark red` animals are.
performance tested bulls ,both
sired by.. the ` iCul rt herd sire
Maple Emblem Good Luck, a
2100 -pound show` type' bull,
which was sired' by Aberfel+dy.
Prince=the $5,500 ;bull.
Maple Ensblein ' Ocean Breeze.
had a_ daily . gain • :of 2.84 pounds
while ., ,on test. His lifetime gain
was' 2;89 pounds and he'weighed.
1250 pounds when he came off
test.
Maple : Emblem. Excellence had.
a daily gain while on'test' of 2.81
pounds and. a -lifetime gain/.of
2.464 pounds. He weighed:106.0
pounds' when he.came off test.
The afternoon'class; will be
for all rural, children, regardless
of ' birthday, • and for `children
born from January:1 to July "31, •
1954: ; '
This 50%:• increase. in kinder-
garten students, forecasts 'an in
creased'' attendance 'through ,-the
higher grades, which last •year
reached. a point. requiring the
engaging of. an additional mem-
her on the teaching, staff..:
HOT, .H>i'YMID ' WEATHER
AFFECTING STOOKED, GRAIN
Prolonged hot, humid weather
has most everyone "grumbling"°'
about the"muggy, sticky" wea-
ther. Temperatures have been
climbing daily, to the near ninety
mark, • the discomfort •index quite
high: This air saturation : point,
causes heavy morning'' deur and
fog. •
But, ; if it is causing 'discomfort,
it is,. more seriously, causing
'concern to farmers who have,
grain in.the"field:.' While much
of the crop . has been.harvested,
grain; in the stook • is reported to
be sprouting badly:.
BOAT RAN INTO`: TROUBLE
AT ASHFIELD :BEACH
• Pleasure craft of all • kinds have
become much more numerous
on the lakes and at the beaches,
and, with this.increase comes
more chance of - trouble
• A small yacht became Strand-
ed on a.. rock off Point Clark'
a few weeks ;.ago and. -efforts to
pull it clear !ny, small boats' were
futile. She:' was refloated' by
heeling:. it over sharply to al-
low the keel to :slip dff' the rock:
Last week a 21 -foot cruiser
with two 10 MP, outboard mot-
ors ran into trouble; south of the
Lightrhouse. • It was a Detroit
boat, ; •Kincardine . bound, with
three , aboard, and in a heavy
sea,; couldn't seem to get around.
the . Ponf.
Off- the -.Ashfield Park they,
ventured close to shore, and cast
anchor at the ."second sand bar,"
and.made their way to the beat.
and to •a telephone to call rela-
tives. , r . •
• In• the meantime their boat
slipped its anchor, and was being
washed ashore 'Manual efforts
to prevent this failed and the
21 -footer.- was pulled up as far
as possible•on: the beach with,the
aft end afloat and taking on
water; After considerable bat
ng,! and drying out of equipment
the cruiser was refloated and
eventually was on her way again
undamaged, but minus her se-.
cond anchor, which had been
slipped, after the refloating. It
was later recovered Yby Bob and
Nancy liewat, who diad • some.
diving to 'bring it up.
SHOPLIFTERS HIT
LUCKNOW STORES
Several Lucknow stores Were
on the list of, a pair of profes-
'sional shop lifters last week.
The pair, both• mein, hit Luck -
now ' on one of the.' hot humid '
.days last' week and were regard
ed as ;suspicious by one merchant
because of the coats they carried
ori their. arms.
The plan of the • twosome was
for one to 'engage a clerk while
Ithe other made thehe •lift. Several
stores were visited before' ,the
i merchant mentioned regarded
I them as suspicious characters.
Apparently the hienfelt that
they \ shad. been discovered and
they made a quick exit from
town but not' before their licence
m(ber had been' recorded
Police traced the ownership of
the ,ear to .a women in a south.
Ontario city. Police of • that city,
informed provincial 'police here
that they . were aware of these
men as being two of the pro-
•
vince`s "smoothest operators."' •
They are aware of their, opera-
tions, but apparently they have •
numerous channels for +their loot
and they have not ,been able to
catch them ,with stolen goods.
• " Those in Lucknow whose stores
they visited have had difficulty
determining just What' Was mis,
sing from their .shelves, but it
is felt that theydid not 'leave' •
Lucknow: entirely empty' hand-
ed.
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