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'°LUCKNOW, ONTARIO. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7th,' 1959
FOURTEEN PAGES.
Skunk
A. skunk which nipped Mrs.
William M. • MacDonald on the
ankle `last . Wednesday, has been
proven to be rabid, and • will
require ' .Mrs. MacDonald „to
commence taking anti -rabies. ino-•
• culatiens, •
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During .tbe .paet • week • there
were true, but . seemingly fan-
tastic, -stories of the "unusual be-
haviour of skunks and' we had.
Written an item in :lighter vein
on some of these' incidents.. But,.
it turns out, it is .no joke—the
'matter is serious,, and it would •
• seem, sonne organized effort will
be necessary= to try to wipe out
these polecats. •
Last .Wednesday afternoon
• Mrs: MacDonald's attention was
'attracted Iby thecommotion of
the dog, and she discovered their
petcanine• and the cat • looking
a skunk "smack in: the eye."
Undaunted, Mrs. MacDonald,.
• who. is 'familiarly known as
Henrietta, grabbed. a stick: .The.
dog which., had been previously.
"skunked" withdrew, in 'caution.
and circled 1VIrs..MacI3onald: The
skunk . while -circling' the lady
bit her on 'the ankle. Mrs. Nlac-
Donald got a. gun and dispatched
the mammal. She received medi-
cal attention to have . the. .bite
cauterized. and.. received •an at'i
tetanus, "shot." ' •
Dr: ` T. J.' Cornish, ; : Federal
Veterinarian of . Chesley was .in-.
formed, and they came to Luck -
now, and .had the skunk's head
. sent to the Hull 'Laboratory for
analysis The report came back
the first of -the week by tele-
gram that the animal •' 'was • rabid:•
Dr...:Cornish•'.s. ` office verifies.
the fact that • skunks are : known
to be carrying the rabies' infec-
tion, and indications . are that the.
• infection causes them to lose
their normal sense of protection.
Presently ••a .black squirrel,. which
acted abnormal in Owen Sound,
has been sent to Hull to deter-
: mine if it is infected: There is
Tittle • official . advice they, can
give, other than . to "stay clear
of skunks.".' •
Situation Serious A' Year: Ago
It : is just• about : a year ago
• that the incidence of rabies in
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• fection •in Bruce reached serious
poeportion,and clinicswere held
throughout the :Cou,�ty when a
total: of • 8411 animals, mostly
dogs and cats, received' anti -
.:rabies vaccination.
There were instances of • ine
fected foxes and cattle,, in . Kin-
loss • Township, and a few peo-
ple received anti -rabies '•inocul
ations.,
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WORLD WIDE COMMUNION.
HELD , ON SUNDAY
Sunday marked the observance
kof • World Wide' Communion.
At . the Presbyterian Church,
those joining•by' certificate.: were,
Mr...and Mrs. ':Robert Aitchison
*of • Whitechurch 'Presbyterian
Church' and .Mr' and Mrs: T. A.
Cameron;' • L u c k ri o w .United
Church and bby profession' of
faith,. Dawna Aitchison.
Joining the •Lucknow United
Church. by certificate were .Mr.
and •Mrs. ;Ed McClen'aghan and
Percy from Whitechurch United;
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Robinson and
Keith,. Knox United,' Belgrave;
Mrs, Eliza Walker, • Central Unit-"
ed,. Owen Sound. • •
To date twenty-two have join
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ed •the United Church in 1959.
HYDRO 'INTERRUPTION
AT NOON THURSDAY
There will •ibe an interruption
in',hydre service in Lucknow at
noon -hour on Thursday of this
FORMER .MINISTER . IS•
..NOW CRITICALLY ILL
Dr.. W. J, Mumford, minister
of • the Lucknow United Churg.
from 1949 to. 1952, is critically
ill; in the 'Queen Elizabeth. Hes.:
pital.. at Weston:'
' Dr 'Mumford underwent sur-
gery in mid-August in . Welles-
ley hospital, Toronto, where he
was a patient. for a few' weeks
before being transferred to' the
new chronic ' patients wing at.
Queen Elizabeth.
In a •personal letter 'from his
daughter-in-law, ' Mrs. Donald
Mumford, she says'that his spirit
seems unconquera'bl'e,even.
though he is very Weary, and . is
weakening daily. '
Dr. • ;Mumford .was: to have con-
ducted anniversary . services here
this :month,. until illness ' inter-
vened. •
Arrangements have since been
made to have. 'Rev. C. ;Ii. Dick-
inson, DD., Book Steward of
the . United Church Publishing
House,. conduct the services on.
week. The ,'pdwer win be off for 'October 25th.. Rev. Dickinson
Ash -
one hour from twelve' noon to.was a former minister •ori
one o'clock, 'and will effect all • •field circuit, and many :friends.
that portion of the village south
of Gough Street For'. those not
familiar, with the ' street's, • .the,
Lucknow Nursing Home : is. on
Gough St., •so the interruption
-will effect. most of the Village,
except . those at the north end.
• There • was a 'rural :power in- Without fanfare :' on Friday,
terrupti . that effected a wide �,
°� . , morning; Huren. , •Township : • stu-;
area, including Luckno'w, ' on I dents.. trooped into their new'
are anticapting his..return to this
community.
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.MO•VE INTO:NEW••
HURON SCHOOL
LOCAL BOY TO GET JUNIOR
TRYOUT' AT WINGS- SCHOOL
Paul Henderson is, scheduled:
to report in Hamilton on Friday
for a tryout at the .Detroit Red
Wings; junior hockey school.
.The .players 'reporting will be
sized up •as Junior "A" or "B"
material.
• Paul is just 16,' but a free-sSkat-
ng lad:. with goal scoring ability."
He is the son ' of Mr.; and Mrs.
Garnet Henderson, and . unfort-
, unately the tryout comes' et- : a:
time :'When •his, dad is hospit-
alized.
•NEA. FARE FLEE
RECORD. H ERS•
This is Fire 'Prevention,. Week.
and by royal 'proclamation ' an
appeal, is made toall citizens' of
the Dominion to do their part to
curb carless causes : of fire .which
last year claimed another ;heavy'
toll of human- life and property.
Shocking• is this pie -tire:
529 lives lost,
$116 millions of property, con-
sumed,.
86,563 fires repdrted.
The • direct out -of -pockets waste
in ten years in Canada by fire
is more than a billion dollars—.
enough to construct. two St.
Lawrence •
waterways. • ;
Locally we have good 'reason,
to be proud•• of our near • lire-afree
record, provided • it does not
H'ANOVER MEN BUY
LOCAL. SAWMILL
Two Hanover District young
' men, Allan Manto and 'Ronald
Frock, have •purchased the Luck
now Sawmill from. Wm, Steven --
son. of Brussels..
' The new proprietors have been.
drawing in logs, preparatory to
start -an. initial period' of sawing'
in
:a week or 'so
They. 'awn' an:. acreage of bush
in .the Langside .and • Wroxeter
areas, and are in the market t,p
buy both logs. ' and bush to as -
sere a , supply of . timber . that
they hope will eventually keep
the ' mill • operating: • practically
full time.
It is. chiefly pine they are•
trucking in at present, ibut•.will
'want hard maples, & soft woods,
and since taking over: the mill
have had • an order for poplar
if available. ` '
Mr. Manto and Mr: Fronk are.
married' and each is. looking; • for
a home to ,rent in Lucknow. 'Mr..
and Mrs: ' Manto have two' . child-
ren, 'Ronald 7 arid Susan 6• and
:Mr.:. and 'Mrs.. Frock have three
children, Carol Anil 8 , .Sandra
6 and Gail 18 'months.::
Wm.. Stevenson has owned
the mill for about ; three years
and :.has keptit intop shape.
He:. purchased it from. Arnold.
Gloor. in November 1956.. It• had,
then been idle. since the spring of
1955, when W. C. Attridge.. ceas-
ed operations.,
• T lead' to comrplacency, . and to that.
end` municipal officials are fo-
cusing ' . attention' ' on. ,the ever
present. need .to.. be- conscious, of`1.
Sunday . morning. There will be two -room school, that heralds a
another . 'such interruption on"' r, „ '
t erld . in..:lar ' er:•:and few �.•. ural:
..g r
Sunday; .October 18th, .as advert 1 'schools with bus route service.
tiled in last week's .Sentinel. 1 ' This' 'school in the,. Reids Cor-
DUNGANNON PAM.
TO BE. `HELD' ' FRIDAy
"Dungannon, fair,, the ' last .'of
the season in this diistrict, .but
by no 'means the least, will be.
held '.A/this Friday afternoon,
October 9th. : ,
The fair will " be opened: by
John Hanna, . M.P P , and will
:start with the schoolchildren's
parade.
• Horse 'races and purses of '.$125.
and $150., running races, 'pony
races, etc., feature the afternoon,
and always provide: action and
excitement galore. The.. Goderich Miss Lottie Armstrong of Lon
girls.' trumpet band will. be in don spent the week -end AS the
.attendance and a dance at night guest of Miss Jean Lees.
concludes the event. `
' Ralph Godfrey is • president,
and T. M. Durnin is secretary-
47H WINNERS AT:
treasurer. •
1 •ners' district is known as Huron•
West School Area, and :coni
prises school `'sections 5, 9, .'13.•'
Teachers .are 11grs. Donna .Mc-
Quin and Mrs.. • Eva Wilkins::'
Construction of the. school was
started thisspring,' and :though
;lot ready 'for the start of the
fall ' . term, the deadline was set
for late September. ::
Furnishings were moved in on!
Thursday, : October' lst, .and the'
next day the students commen='
•ced . classes, An official 'opening
will no doubt he held at a later
date.
Parking
List Of Lions Club
Civic Projectstotlie.00.:$uggested..
At the first meeting of the
Lucknow and District Lioes Club
in September, newly ,elected
president,. Cecil Blake called ,for.
civic project suggestions, for
consideration.by the Club mem-
bers. •
He got more than'. a dozen of.
them :at the, •next meeting held
last week at Kinlough,. where
,the Members enjoyed a 'turkey
• banquet.
Car. parking facilities headed
the list' of projects' suggested,
and because • this matter took the
•No.• 1 spot,.. he. meeting approved
the motion that the Civic Im-
provement Commitee bring_ .in; a
full report ,as to.location, muni-
cipal 'assistance, takes and main-
tenance.
• The suggestions` were received
le • writing With " .Parking • mens
tinned some four or
•: five timea,
es,
•Onespecific- suggestion
was in
the arena -park area; another in
the Legion Ha11 area; `while still;
another ..suggested, a .planned
consideration of any: step so it
would tie in with future civic
impfovements • and developments.
Among the other suggested
projects were .artificial ice,
/projects
street, • decorations;
benches, and trash 'canscomriaun-
ity memorial walk and guard
rail . along north side of •arena
for , access: • to rest rooms,.' with
•flower bed, planting . similar' to
that, at ' the 'Beatty factory, • a
supervised playground, • older
folks club . room, recreation for
senior 'citizens, swings and pool
in park, clean : up the river
through` the. village.
Lion Baynard Ackert verbally
expressed • the opinion ,(based'oh
personal experiences) ' that, .a
swimming pool was• not beyond
the' : bounds of possibility. The
set-up was good for a • cheap
swimming pool,- in view ' ofre-
creational grants, with super-
vision the number one 'problem.
The ibusiness' meeting was in-
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LUCKNOW FAIR:•
The achievement,
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day for • the
Lucknow 4=H 'Calf Club.was
held at the Luckno' i Fall Fair.
The day'climaxes :a year of work
and preparation 'by the members
of the club.
Leroy' Rirtoul of Whitechurch i
had the grand champion' •: steer
in the competition with Leroy
also winning the top prize. for;
showmanship over • • the entire
• group: Second' in •,the steer com-.1
petition was Crawford McNeil
'and. third place went to Barry
Menary, • Qthera in• order • were
Wayne Todd, : Terry Wilson and
Garry Ga -ume
Gary Rintoul•placed first in
'the; female divisionwith his
senior female with' Ronnie
Austin and his junior 'female se-
cond, • •
In the dairy section Joanne
Alton placed first and Douglas
Dickie second. • .
Leroy �l3;intoul was tops in the
sliovienanship department, arid
others in' order were. Crawford
McNeil, • Gary :Rintoul, . Joanne
Alton," Barry 1VIenary, Terry.Wil
son, Wayne Todd,' Gary Gammie,
Douglas Dickie and• Ronnie . Aus
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STOCKER: SALE
DREW BIG CROWD
fire. hazards . In this issue a- pro-
clamation by Reeve ' Georg
Joyrit; `'thid`'ra 'niessag'e •Reeve,
'Fire
Chief . George Whitby • of the
Lucknow..' 'Fire Department, em
i:phasizes "i'ns
year's � , � slogan,'
"Don't GiveFire . , A Place To
Start" •• .
During the past year, since the
.last:' Fire Prevention Week, there
have been but five fire calls
one a 'false , alarm from. 'a bird's
nest' in . ':a chimney..
Damage . was • negligible in.
three :others, two of which , were
nipped without the services of
the Fire •. Brigade, and :•. the four.
.was ; . ,a . residential' outbreak,:
while;thawing . pipes,' in which
the damage was comparatively
very: '`minor.
There was keen interest in the
stocker. cattle sale et the Luck-
"hew
uck-n w Sales' . ani' ;on•'Monday,
promoted by Bob Maclntosh:.
The recent addition: to the.' barn.
added increased accomedation.
and about 450 head were •sold,.
.about half. of them being West-
ern :' cattle. There was a good.,
crowd, : and while '. bidding . 'was
a bit draggy. due to ; the cattle
inarket •' being off a bit of ' late'
the entire offering was :through
the ring before six °o'clock,
The top y'ear'lingprice was
'26,50 and . calves were 29:00
Six ,ibulls were also sold,'' two
each ' being . consigned: by , Tom
Todd, Oliver''MeCharles and: Al-
lan. Petrie and brought • from
$240.' to $305
sks Municipal Aid :To Continue
ommunity Ambulance Service
WM.. -.Hunter, operator of .the
e Service,
Lu know.
• .Anibulahc' Sery
appeared . before. pp be o e � .the Village:
Council on Monday•: evening,
asking, for . inunicipal assistance
in order to carry: on :this ser-
vice, Mr.' Hunter made a similar
appeal to Lucknow and three adz
jacentrural' municipalities soon
after' establishing the business a
year or so .ago, when ambulance•
,service was -discontinued by both
the local undertakers. '
Mr. • Hunter gave, figures in
supportof his request for as-
sistance. `Ambulance service is
a .'necessity, and I'm not looking,
for a,profit," he said:
Mr. Hunter claimed that the
service was not profitable, . and
further had notpaid. him either.
interest. or princijial on. his: cap-
ital investment.
Stressing the importance • of
such 'a • service, Mr. Hunter said
they were qualified operators,
and a 1st aid post had beenest-
ablished at. 'his garage, so they
did ,not 'want to let > it drop, . but
queried,' "what ..are We going to
.do about i.t?"
sof; the Reeves and .Councils.; of
Lucknow•, Iinloss,,.°Ashfield' .and.
West Wawanosh be called to dis-
cuss the matter.'A tentative date•
was set • for Friday, October 16.
Discues Traffic Congestion
ou ncil . discussed at . 'some
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length :.the traffic congestion and
hazards resulting from vehicles
double- parked on'' Main Street
for unloading purposes and ser-
•v'ice calls.... • '
The worst • condition . ` arises'
from tractor -trailers that , take
up much of the thoroughfare and
seriously obstruct visicin during
unloading operations. •
Council studied the ' :main
-street "set up" where' unloading'
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SEPTEMBER SET 'HIGH
TEMPERATURE ..OF SUMMER
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August may have been hot
and muggy, but it remained with
Septemberto set the high tem
perature for the' summer --= 92 •
degrees an' September 9th. The
low.. was 32 'degrees on the 16th. •
There were 5 :days in Septem-
Rates • for the' service were ber over, 80 degrees, 21 days,. 70
discussed and the percentage of 'degrees or more, . and rainfall,.`
urban and rural calls compared;. 2.88 •inches to make it a •very
It was decided that a meeting. fine month, weatherwise.
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