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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4th, 1959
TWELVE PAGES'
iIast:SiIVer w�od .Safe. With PIitto,.
;aught Hour Later By Pinkerton Merchan
For the second time in little
more than a. week the 'Lucknow
plant of Silrrerwood Dairies was
broken into early Tuesday rnor
rung; This. time a • professional
job was done of blowing the
safe with. nitroglyceri n, but
again the loot was • niL ` ` •
g •
, Provincial Police 'Sealed off"
u
the area around' the" , safe as a
precautionary • measure until the
danger, of • any spilled nitro,
which is highly explosive, could
be neutralized.. • •
The blast , about one a.an.,
awakened, Oscar Hodgins, who
lives' east of the railway tracks,`
and Miss Elizabeth' . ;Henderson,
Milo . lives, across from the .plant,
Oscar. called Constable Havens,,
and . ,Morgan Henderson, and
scarcely had Mr. Havens: left ,the
`phone .until . Miss `Henderson
called him:
Moments later a car was ' Seen
• 'leaving ,the vicinity.' of the
•
nearby weigh `scales and pro
ceeded north 'towards: South
Kinloss Church. ,
Provincial . Police : were noti-
fied and lone•officer on ' patrol
was • o n the scene within a few
-minutes. Within .twenty minutes
four Provincial Police had con-
verged here ..to•'•launth •a deter-
mined:
etermined• hunt that was intensified
by developments 'that.' followed
quickly. '•
Roy Cramm Caught: One.•
Within about an hour, • shortly
•after two o'clock,.Roy. Cramm
of • Pinkerton was • aroused by
thieves who had entered his
store ' :across • the road from his
home. He investigated, and trap-
ped. _ one • of'' them in the' store.
His two • companions ',.got out a
back window and made good
their escape on foot. Later they
stole a car about two 'Miles
away in the Cargill area. It Was
a two-tone blue and, cream, •1955
Ford, and all available' police
were alerted,'' and .an . aircraft
•pressed. into ' service as. well:
The car •• wasreported at noon
on Tuesday as having been spot
ted in both ' Bruce and Huron,.
and when The . ,Sentinel contact-
ed Cpl. <'Millbank' about, 10:3.0
Tuesday, morning the 'get away
carwas believed then . to be "in •
your area."
The. safe -cracking burglars
were believed to be armed, and
radio warnings were ' given • to
be on thelookout for them,, and
to use caution as they: might be
armed. They are believed to .be.
from; Windsor, •
• One was known to' be armed.'
He had a gun . stolen from the
Cramm Store' which was burg,-
larized just'• a week ago, and at
that time .• firearms .were • among
the articles stolen. .•
"RUNNING ,WILD" • OPENS
THURSDAY .FOR 3.• NIGHTS
• A , large. cast of local people,
under the professional direction
of Ann 'Maloney,- will stage the
,musical and' dramatic ' presenta-
tion "Running Wild", : in the
Town Hallthis week. The, three.
night performance will be
Thursday, Friday and . Saturday.
It is under the .'sponsorship • of
• the Ladies' . Auxiliary ' to, • the
. Canadian legion.. • •
The theme. hinges around the
"Lullaby League of Marching
'Mothers," who meet,. with ` pro-
• minent citizens with „a view to
ousting the present mayor.. and
political grafters. A women
candidate is, 'named • and . has
their support,/ but is'•• delayed in
returning from a world tour,
and is impersonated by , a disc
jockey which sets the. scene ' for
hilarity.
Public , :School • ; children are
• worked into the program in a
Snow White feature . and 'a.' high
school chorus::. line adds to *the
show. All' are in • colorful 'theat-
rical
theat-rical .costumes provided' by the
Company.
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..PROMOTED IN:
NURSING :SERVICE:.
• Mrs. Phyllis Kosriyna •of Tol;-
•edo, daughter . of Mrs. James
MacDonald . of Lucknow, • • has
rbeen'. named• associate director of
nursing; . service ' in .St.: Vincents
Hospital in that .city. A ,graduate
of •• Woodstock General ' Hospital,
Phyllis. has been assistant in •the
nursing service department for
the past year.
In .making the appointment
the,` Director. of Nursing had a
personal :word of congratulations.
for the splendid work. Mrs. Kos-
myna is ;'doing and ,wrote 'Yin
part: "My thanks: • to you are
abundant! Abundant .not only
for just being :here, but • for the
sound : judgement, the •gracious:
manner and the daily • applica=-
tion of good . interpersfinal re-
lationshps • when the•. going is.
riot`. always .pleasant." •
Phyllis is . a sister. sof • Mrs.
M... L. Sanderson, Mrs.. Robert
Hamilton, and Mrs. Robert Scott
of this communityand Mrs.
Frank' King of. Toronto.
Rev. Calvin Macke To.Preach
Here,' Is On Visit From Scotland
Rev. Jdhn • • Calvin MacKay
and Mrs. MacKay 'of Kingussie,
Scotland • are'' presently visiting
in Canada, and spent 'a' few days
here' last ' week, where Rev.
MagKay` was born, and resided
until • accompanying his. family
to Scotland as• a youth of four-.
teen. • .
Rev. and ' Mrs.' MacKay are
returning .here this Meek,. and.
. air Sunday he will' 'occupy the
' pulpit in the Presb$erian Church'
:where. his father preached sixty
years ago,
• His father, ; Rev. • Angus • Mac-
Kay, was the first minister of
the L u c k•n o w' Presbyterian
Chhrch after the joining of the.
congregations • of .Knox and St.
• -Andrews, 'He. was indueted on.
• May 3rd, 1887, and it was dur-
-'ing theearly years of his nim-
istry . that the present church
was built
After a "pastorate of over six-
teen years;. he resigned and paid
a visit. to "Scotland. There he,
joined the Free -,Church and qac-
cepted a °.call to Kingussie, where
Mrs. MacKay and family • joined
him. Rev. 1VIacKa : later became
mbder'ator of the 'General As-
sembly' in Scotland'. •
H9s ' son,. Revs John Calvin
;MacKay graduated in arts ' at
Edinburgh University as did his
wife. ; Hestudied theology at the
Free Church College in Edin-
burgh and upon graduation ser=,
ved in;the Nairn charge from
1915 to " 1919, when he and . Mrs..
MacKay . went to the mission
field in Peru. There' Rev. Mac-
Kay 'served' for some eighteen
years, his . mission,; work includ-
ing for a ,time'the position, ,of
headmaster in. St. Andrew's
College for boys in Lima` Peru.
(Continued on Page. 3)
LUCKNOW .SCOUT LEADER
PRESENTED ••SERVICE MEDAL
• At the annual' banquet of the
Saugeen district Scout Leaders
and Committee • •Members • held
in Walkerton.. last Wednesday
night, Stuart Collyer, leader' of
the local Boy Scout troop, was
presented with a ten-year ser—
vice medal for his work in the
Scout .'movement. •The Presenta-
tion was made by ,Archie Gow-
anlock,, Scout., Commissioner, of
Walkerton. ' •.
, Attending the banquet from
Lucknow were • Stuart and Jerry
'Rathwell; : a member. of the lo-
cal cornrrlittee. Bud Thompson
will assist Stuart with the Luck -
now scouts this year.
LUCKNOW WI.NNER
Grace MacDougall, :daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. • Ll yd. . Mac-
Dougall, and a Grade' 8 , 'student
at Lucknow Public 'School won
the local public speaking'. contest
and qualified for the County
contes at P'aisley. •
Other Lucknow contestants:
"SOLD EVERYTHING"
WITH CLASSIFIED AD •.
Sam ',Chislett is a frequent
•Fuser of Sentinel classified
ads, which airways bring
him results. Recently he 'ad- •
vertise4 storm windows and
pig troughs. Asked what the
results were this 'time, Sam
replied, "Sold Everything!'
COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY
A interesting. program ' District • in,
dicated at 'the Lucknow District.
High School'. on Friday evening,.
featuring ' the Listowel male
, quartette and Rev. W, A. Young,
O.A.C. padre as ,guest. speaker.
There will be academic awards
presented 'and the :valedictory
mill be given by Jean. Richards.
FRED ARMSTRONG
SELLSBUSINESS
F. T. Armstrong ;has sold . his
optometry business ;.in. Goderich
to 'Mr.. Reg Bell of Kitchener.
The change 'of ownership be
-
'came effective the first of . the
week, but Mr., Armstrong will
continue to be associated with
the' : business . as a ' consultant.
Mr.. ' and; Mrs. ./Armstrong will
continue to :reside in ,Goderich.
• Fred, as he •is popularly . known
here, was in the jewellery and.
optometry business' in Lucknow.,
for a number of •.years, going . to
'Goderich in 1938 to devote all
his .time to optometry, • ,after.
were Ann Ritchie, ,' Iary :Murdie selling `h's jewellery. business to
• and Terry, Rathwell.• • Wm.. A.Sohn-lid. .
Fred was, born near .Owen
Sound and became interested in•
SWEEP WINN'ER'S:.
•
. HERE
VES .E ��R
E
Mr. and Mrs:'. Bert. Ashton of
Detroit won a $140,000 • in the
Irish' Hospital Sweepstakes Cam-.
briclgeshire Handicap rune in
Newmarket, England last week.
Mr....Asliton's • ticket was on
the winning horse, Rexequus, at
25: to •'1. •
Mrs.. Ashton is' : the former
Velma : Culbert, !49,:, daughter of
Mrs: Andrew' , Culbert• of Huron
Township and the „late Mr. Cul-
bert The Culbert . farm ' home
Was. formerly on the' 12th of
Ashfield.
Mrs. 'Ashton'' is a ; maternal
:rieice of '.'Mrs, James MacDonald
of ' Lucknow, and a paternal
neice of James Culbert of, town.
Mr: 'Ashton is manager . of a
National. Foods .Store in Detroit
and says: he's staying on the
job, • but took 'the, afternoon off
after hearing the jolting °good
news: •
The "tax' bite" on the Ashton
winnings is . $84,000 but Bert
shrugged it off, with, "I : don't
care, its all gravy anyway."` The,
Ashtons • 'have ` an eight -room
brick house which is "almost
paid for." They have two sons,
Richard, ' 28; and John A., an
attorney, : a recent graduate of
'Detroit College of Law .and, as-
sociated with . the Workmen's
Compensation section at Chysler
Corp. Bert and 'Velma have a
3 -year-old grandson, Mark, 'son
of Richard and the grandfather
said,. "That boy, isn't going • to
have to worry about a , college
education." •
' Questioned as to what he
would do with. the money, .Mr.
Ashton thought a trust . fund
would be a. .good, idea, On se-
cond thought, they might spend
some of it , by taking a • trip to
Wales, where he has two bro-
thers, as well . as tw.o sisters itt
Manchester, England.
Mr. Ashton is a native of.
Wales. He came to Detroit 30 •
year ago, and soon . after start-
ed working' for .thefood chain,
in which he is now store man-
ager. •
optometry in. that city while ;at.
the . jeweller's ,bench. He attend-
ed ' Empire College “Fin Taronto
to graduate as an • optometrist,
as did his' brother Howard, who
was a partner of John .•Hildred
'in the jewellery, 'business here.
That • is: how. `-•Fred carne to
Lucknow: His .brother . sold his
interests to. Fred; and later Fred
acquired • Mr. Hildred's interests
arid operated the jewellery' re-
tail . and repair business, and the
optometrical department until
going to Goderich.,
KIDS ENJOY
-COSTUME PARTY
Hallowe'en Party sponsored
by the Lucknow and District -
Lions Club in. the Lucknow'
arena on Saturday .night was.
largely attended, A `Pied Bag-
piper",
agpiper", Frank MacKenzie' of
Kinloss ,Township:Played' uP-
and down the main street gath-
•ering the children and' marched;
them 'to the arena • where 'their ; '
costumes were judged .by' Mrs.
Grant. MacDiarinid, Mrs: Milton
Rayner and Mrs. Alex MacNay.
Costume prize winners were;
'pre-school,' Janet Cook, Patrick
and Michael Trask, Sandra Ann
Campbell; kindergarten, Brenda
Maize, Edie Whittby, Dale Hun
ter; grades 1 and 2,: Carol Camp-
bell, Sandra Thomson; Brian. .
Gardner; grades 3 and. 4, Nancy
Kirkland,
Roddy McDonagh, ,
Murray, . Morrison grades, 5 and
6; Janice Brooks, Wendy Ember-
lin, 'Joan. MaciKenzie, grades 7
and 8, Wallace Houston, Ain Ar -
hold and Diane Humphrey, Peter
Carter and Bally Finlayson.-
Special
inlayson.sSpecial prizes were awarded to
`Elaine •.Murray, . Madonna . Gra- .
ham and Betty Maize;:
• • A 'peanut scramble .concluded .:
the _:children's, party,' with a bu-.
Shell' of peanuts being'. tossed
out. '• 'As the children left the
arena they received a ' bag of
potato chips or a chocolate..bar.
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ON MISSION TRIP
TO NEWFOUNDLAND
-Rev. Wilson W. • Loder,, pastor.
'of. • the Evangelistic Centre at
.Wingham, and. proprietor '`of thee ,.
Mayfair. ".Restaurant. in Lucknow,
left on Thursday • On • a .mission.
trip to. Newfoundland, • where he
was born, and still has relatives: ,
rRey:
Loder was 'accompanied:
Eby Glen' Hodgins 'of Kinlough
who recently ` attended Bible
college in Peterborough:
They made the •tr-ip by . motor,,
crossing by ferry to Newfound-
land, •where they ' plan to . visit
several mission, centres and will
• be goine , until: , about 'C'hristmas. •
$paradic : .Va:n .ahs m ° Ma rs
brma� �lallowe'en Capers
Sporadic. outbreaks Of vanda-
1 lism in the.comunity on Sat-
urday night marred what other
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would have beer': just nor-
mal:hallonwe'en capers.
Broken . windows in' rural
schoohhouses, ;:battered and bro-
ken mail boxes, asphalt. smears
on a village residence, were
among : some . of.. the reports' of
malicious damage, that touched
off an • investigation by both
Bruce and. Huron' • Provincial
Police. •
The ,"trick or treat" • crowd`
was out : in large numbers; and
treat or mot, one can expect the
usual ':car.. and window waxing
'or soaping. This year they seem,.
ed to, receive an extra generous.
application, and quite openly
while business planes were open:
Windows Shattered;
Windows were shattered ate
Belfast. and St. Helens schools.
At Belfast. 13 .panes were smash-
ed as' well as three large • and
heavy lights in a storm -sash:
Apples and stories were'. used in
the. attack: ' "
The glass. was replaced on
Sunday' 'afternoon and it was
"business as usual" for the stu-
dents on Monday.
At St. Helens school, eight
ar,ge panes Were stashed ' in
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the grotirid floor windows, with
a similar nuinber of panes.
srnashed in the basement win-
• dows. A pile . of . 'wood provided
m•
handyammunition for heaving'.
through the 'basei'nent. windows.
There was no school at St.
Helens on Monday while. repairs
were being : mad e. . . '
Mail boxes on the lath Con.
of West Wawanosh• and :on the•
Second Concession, -of : Kinloss
were .,clobbered . with heavy
instrument that battered and
broke thein. On the ,Second Con.
the depredations ; were' pursued
from Currie Colwell's 'to Frank'
Miller's, the farmer's, box being
conspicuous by its absence. Re-
pairs of a fashion.' were made
by .using, a small jack topress.
out .the dents.
House Smeared
Locally the • home. of •Harry.'.
Nixon. was smeared on the : east
side by an oily asphalt ;mixture,
that it was found impossible to
remove. Minor smears• were also
•
noticed' on a couple of window's '.
on main street.
The 'north railing on the l;'oot
Bridge, was smashed off, . as so ,
often happens. 'Ornamental' fen-
ces were .alsonoticed to be
aged at a couple ' of homes, and
•a little ' girl was in 'tears to find
;the ropes of her swing' had been
cut off cleanly. ° The ..same' fate
befell Athe• air hose 'at the Ford,
Garage. Here, the previous
Thursday night,:, pranksters went
to, • work' early and deflated tires
on •School busses. ;
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