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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, NOV. .25th, 1959
red In Highway Crash Nea
A tragic two -car accident just
north .of Amberley on Highway
21 early . Sunday morning -kook
the .life of a, Huron: Township.
farmer : and seriously • injured
three of his family and the lone
occupant. of the second Can:- "
Dead. is .James C. • MacDonald,
age 55, of the sixth comee>.sion
of ijuron. Township whose -home,
is located about two 'miles .east
of. Highway . 21 on the. sixth •
concession.
Seriously injured; and m Lon-
don Hospital, are. Mrs: MacDon-
ald; 47, wife of the vietim, their
13 -Year-old son, Allan, and Art
Roulston, 36, driver of the . se-
cond. car. Also injured and hos-.
pitalized , at • Kincardine . is, Mr.
'and Mrs: MacDonald's daughter,.:
Catherine, age 15: .
Mrs. .MacDonald suffered a
DRIVER OF MacDONALD' CAR KILLED fractured 'arm : and • hip- . Allan
MacDonald.. ' had • severe latera•
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MARK BIRTHDAYS
ON. SAME DATE
Mr. and Mrs. ,Raynard Ackert
of . Holyrood 'werehost to his.
parents on ,Sunday at a birthday
dinner ..in. -honour :of'; Mr. and
Mrs. 'Ernest Ackert who both
celebrated birthdays on the
same day, Sunday, .• November
Another noteworthy .. occasion
for. .Mr and Mrs. Ackert was
their 51st wedding "anniversary
which was on Wednesday, Nov-
ember 25th.
. Present ;ot• the birthday dinner
mere Mr. and Mrs: Aekert's
family, Mr. and Mrs: Harvey
Ackert, Ronald, Marjorie , 'and.
Mr. and • Mrs :: Clarence 'Ackert,
and • three : children of :.Kincar-
dine; .Mr. and. Mrs: William Gra-
ham, ()live and Lloyd : of Ripley;
Mr. and, Mrs. Lloyd Ackert, John
Ann, Paul and David.. of .Holy -
rood; Mr. 'and Pars./ Raynard
Ackert, Ernest.: and. .:June . of
Holyrood.
H. W. • TRELEAVEN .PASSES
Harold'` Treleaven ' died sud-
denly on Saturday : at Victoria
Hospital, London,` where he had
been a patient for .many : weeks.
He was in . his 58th year:. The
funeral 'service was held on
Tuesday with interment • .in
Greenhill Cemetery.
MOVES AUTO. SUPPLY TO,
ROSS ST SERVICE . •'STATION
Allan Reed has closed his
auto .;supply, -business adjoining
The Sentinel '..Office, ; and ` will
carry on . 'the ' business at the
White Rose Service Station
which he is now operating, a
block. south of the. Arena: •
Allan tookover the auto
supply business from Bob'
'Campbell a ' year ago last March,
and is riow associating it . with
the' .service station as well as
his bus route operations:'
NO. 5 W .WAWANOSH VOTES
At. ST.. HELENS SCHOOL
.Huron . County votes. next
Monday for or . against the revo-
cation of the Canada •Temper-
ante Act.
'The voters of 'Polling .• Sub-
-Division', No. 5 in. West Wawa -
nosh,
• which - is the northerly.
section of the`• Township,' will
vote at the St:. Helens school,
WhereBill:IVMcQuillin is the re-
turning "officer. •
It was originally thoughrlhat
this sub -division would'. vote -at
St..- Helens hall," . This would be
thecase in case ofa municipal
election; but ` on the C.T-A quer-
tion, ,they cast their ballot at the
school.
fire. Dept. Answered Three
Calls,, 2 Within Two Hours.
'tions to the face. and . a broken
arm and his sister, Catherine, a
broken .leg. Art 'Roulston stiffer
-
ed a , compound 'fracture of the
left leg, chest and facial injuries.
Th • accident occurred about
one a m. Sunday morning on.
the "Bluewater Highway" just
north of where the 2nd of , Huron
intersects the highway and im-
mediately ' m front of the farm,
of Melville Henry. The two cars
met ahead -on. • on an open, and
flat' , section ; of the highway.
Both . cars were completely de-
molished in the impact and the
wrecked vehicles blocked the
highway . for a time. • .. .
The MacDonald.; :grl;.. Cather
:rine, although injured, succeeded
in getting to the Henry: .'home.
:but was at first unable to arouse
thea(- With the help of the first
motorists reaching • the scene,
they : were. able to arouse the
family; Mr. and Mrs. Henry, son
Lorne. and daughters, Irene and
Brenda who came to the aid of
the victims: Allan MacDonald
who was in the front seat . with
his father was thrown,'through
the windshield, He • succeeded m
getting to::- the Henry home al
though. he was badly injured
and severely :lacerated about. the
face ''Mrs. Leonard .Courtney; a
neighbour and nurse, was sum-
moned and gave aid' to; the • in-
jured With the • help of Nth.
Henry' and others whohad then:
gathered.
Mr. MacDonald was. found on
'the -highway beside the car and
,is believed to have been killed
almost instantly: in : the crash:,
His •wife was attended but re-
Three: • fire ,calls . within • the' Kemp carried.. some
mained in the back seat of.the
past week, two of. them ' •within . Warehouse' Fire Art Roulston was removed from
a ,couple of•'.hours of each other, Shortly after noon on Thurs ::the ;wreckage of , his . auto by
Provincial • Constable 'Tick Hatch
of Kincardine who investigated.
111 Ir: Rbulston's leg was caught in
the ' wreckage but Was released
with • very.little difficulty..•Sev-
eral • bags : of coal and groceries
were .scattered about the Roul-
ston car on the highway., It is
believed ;he, was en route` south
to his home near .Dungannon,
Mrs. ''Roulston • is • the •former
Margaret' Carter and. 'was'' at
home ;that: evening , with their
.trio. • :small • children' who have
insurance. car until removed to hospital:.
on Thursday and the other. on day a second alarm, took the
Saturday afternoon, were all Fire ' , Department • to, the Co-op
nipped in short order with no coal, warehouse at the .CNR:
major damage being done- Luck- Lorne Hatnilton and Leonard •
now Fire Department • answered
all three Irwin were starting` the motor
calls. •on • the coal conveyor when a
The'. first, and most serious of Spark apparently ignited leaking
the three, Was. at` the .home. • of P
Kemp .gas. The '• � flash � .fire . did some
George on Havelock St., damage to the motor ' and • char -
shortly before., noon on/ Thurs- redthe roof, and wall ' of the
day Mr- .IIenp's home is located warehouse before being extin-
between the homes of Morgan gui hed: Lorne` Hamilton recur-
Henderson and Alex Havens. •A ed an .. extinguisher from the
stovepipe Ping through a par- nearby CP. depot.and they hard
tition had become red hot and ne y
ignited ceiling. the. blaze practically out.. when
the wall and ceilin Mr. `
Kem g- the Fire, Department ' arrived.
P, an • elderly man ..who
lives alone, had attempted to • • Country'CaII
Put the fire out himself but it In mid afternoon on Saturday
had gotten ahead of, ,him before the ('ire Department • was sjsam-
tine Fire Department was sum-., ,moved to the' farm em Ha•
rold
moved•. Several rafters •in the. Clopper on the .10th of WestNita-
attic and wall oftheOne-storey . - wanbsh . where a roaring chis-
:-
bungalow: were 'completely bur-
ned. through'.. The attic was bad-
ly charred ,and -only quick action
prevented the house from being
" enveleped in' Mines. •Some wit-
ney . fire had developed in what
is commonly' known . as • the
"stone house." Mr. Cooper and
Ortnand • Heffernan .who resides
on the farm had the fire under
et/ darnage resulted when the at- control' :when" the • Department
tie d •
.the chicken pox.. • •
Dr. J. B. Tindall of'Ripley'
pronounced the 'man dead on• ar-
rival at the scene. ;Linklater's
ambulance of Kincardine remov-
ed'" Allan MacDonald and Art
Roulston' to Kincavdiine Hospital
and returned the second, time
for Mrs', MacDonald. Clive Mun-
ro of Pine River, took • Catherine
MacDonald bar car to the Kin-
cardine .Hospital:.. Mr. MacDon-
ald's body was removed ,to the
McLennan Funeral Home in,
as 'fogged .. arrive Continued on gage 8
„ged with water. Mr
SIXTEEN PAGES
mberley
&RT RO 3LSTON ALONE IN THIS, CAR,
GET HATS THAT 'HT.
Rev. H L. ,Jennings and
�Raynard Ackert look them
selves again. with :hats that
fit. They got them . mixed up
at the Horticulture. banquet
last week and the Reverend
gentleman• went home with
one that he later realized
came, down on his .ears a:: bit.
Raynard : went• home" with.
one perched, on top of, his
head.
A ,Sentinel classified advt
straightened things ; •out. In:
fact.+Rev: Jennings put•.a call
in • to. Holyrood . about it be-
fore Raynard's : paper had
reached him.
ASHFIELD GIRL WINS
MacDONALD: SCHOLARSHIP
A. committee'. composed of Jim
Kinkead, Public School: ' Inspec-
tor ; for North -Huron, . ,Huron
County Warden, William Jewitt
and Agricultural :Representative, •
D H. Miles. announce the :•award- 1.
ing of'four Huron County Shhol-
arships.'
One of• the four is the'• Mac-•,
Donald Institute' Scholarship L
which. goes to Dorothy, Alton . of
Ashfield,' • daughter, of, Mr and'
Mrs. Bert Alton -.-Dorothy a has a
good. record in :4-11 Agricultural
and 4- H Homemaking Clubs,1
She • • has entered the. Diploma
Course at "Mac Hall" at' Guelph.]
HURT IN CRASH
IS IMPROVING
Charles . Harris, • 22 -year -o1$ -
son, 'of Mr,; and Mrs. Albert 'Har-
ris, RJR. 1, Holyrood, was seri-
ously hurt in a car accident at
the noon -hour' :on Sunday. Hi
' condirtion • was considerably im-
proved on Tuesday, 'but tll? " •
x-ray report, had not then , been
received.
Charles., had. - several.teeth
knocked out, and', suffered inju '
res. to the jaw :arid shoulder, ; tl
•extent of which • were not • cer-
tain
. pending the results of the'
x-ray
The ' young man's car.left' the
road on the Kinlo§s-Culross
boundary near.Moffats Corner.
It plowed intoe a big boulder in
the; 'ditch, `.badly wrecking; the
car, ' and. ,,it was fortunate Chas
esti as he. did.
He. ,had left home about • •11:45.
Sunday, morning. and it was about
1;30. in. the '•afternoon - that • he -
was 'discovered by Mr-. and Mrs.:
Alex • Whytock as. they'passed
that. 'way. Charles had: regained
consciousness by then'and was
struggling /to. • • get out ` of
wrecked . car.. He was taken ito
Wingham . Hospital.
The young.man is employed
at ` Sillicks Hardware, in . Tees
water.
Mr. and Mrs Harris •.. had ' a
'daughter: June killed in a.; ;-car •
accide-�t •near London •in :1955
Townships And
Norr�ina e Friday, Monday;
,.
010.40 -:To
Nomination meetings' are .•sche'-
duled on Friday of this week in"
the Townships of Ashfield, Kin-
loss and West Wawanosh.
•Next ' Monday . afternoon is the
date . of the • Huron •Township
nomination,. and on Monday ev
I ening Lucknow nomination is
held.
Two Vacancies' Here
Locally , • there ; will be • two
Council vacancies. —• • one, by the
death of ,Councillor Harold Tre-
leaven; ; the other by the , retire--
ment of Councillor W. A. ' (Bud)
Hamilton, who has 'stated ;'to The
Sentinel that due to the pres-
sure of business, he will not.
stand for're-election:
Ree George Joynt, it can be
expected, will again ' qualify for
the reeveship. , We haven't heard•
a whisper of an `election, and • it
would seem more likely that.. it
might be .difficult to get,. candi-
dates . to qualify pare con-
jecture of course. tions are that Andy Ritchie. Who
Other members i f Council a- e. has ser`{ed; for sew.'e,•& as
Alex (Sandy) M.a zLeod and, ; Continued: 'on page 4
M. L. Sanderson.
. The three 'retiring rublic
school trustees, all eligible' for'
re-election are, H. M. McLennan,'
William Schmid, •Charles Web
ster: The 'other. Board members
With .. a year to run are Mrs. Jes
sie Allin, James Boy'e and
Robert MacKenzie.
•Quiet' In Kinloss •
'Election talk is also about neg-
ligible In. Kinloss Reeve Harold.,
'Percy.• . .is interested. •in again
'standing for the reeveship. Like.:.
Best candidate for; the reeve's .
•chair if anything should develop
would be Wallace. Conn, "vete
ra '' tnember of the, council
from point. of service:"
The bare slate nominated a
year. ago, comprised Peeve' Per-
cv and 'Councillors Conn, Eu-
gene Conte;,",, Stewart acDon-
ald and' Edburt Eu dell
• Some Stir In Ashfield
In Ashfield Township indica
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