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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-08-27, Page 1s) RPM ' a. $2:50 A Year ;In, Advance ---$1 Op Extra To, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,-AVCCUST 27, 1058; ,SIXTEEN PA:GrS 1.c.,$1.a:lizeCollision Injuries, Car Burned After Crasl • Eldon Wraith, 18-yearold: son of Mr. ,and Mrs Jack Wraith, of Luckuow, • has: been, in Wingham' .Hospital :for almost three' weeks, as a result . of''setious injuries re; ceived • in a car collision. • • is left• collar bone was badly shattere and time alone .will de- termine 'howit will knit and to ::what extent the use of the arm will be restored. Eldon can new Shove his fingers• and is. "corning along nicely":'; • To.„aid •aid the shattered 'collars is under. traction, 'and sand bag- ging ag- g g in is being utilized . in the treat=; ment. Eldon is ""onhis back" . and must keep still .to.: prevent Com- plications from 'developing. " 'Four 'Were In jured • • The ' 'mishap ' occurred. about • 2,30 Saturday • morning, August 9th On the • Kinloss -Culross boun ,,clary at • the 8th 'Concession Cor- ner; when a car containing Rob- • ert. MacDonald, ' 17;; and ;his:bro- r •Ronnie of Concession• ' 10 ,the , , Kinloss;collided with : the right, rear of'; the •Wraith 'car, The parties i volsed •w re en route' homeward froma reception 'at hangside Hall. • • With.'Eldon Was Miss 'Shirley Scott, 16, daughter' of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Scott , of ' Culross, She. suffered head ',and leg lac serrations and:, concussions. Both were t rown:: from the'. Wraith h, ear; Besides'the collar bone dam- age,. Eldon .suffereda shoulder injury and was badly gashed ,about the head. The lacerations • took ;about 80 stitches and he bled profusely, • Robert MacDonald suffered. a fractured ' arm and- ...leg- ,injuries,� and • Ronnie suffered concussion arid' Cuts,-, All four ti,Were taken, to_ ..W.nghazn.... ,Hospital-. Shirley and Ronnie were, shortly. able to return home ' and Robert was brought to his home 'the middle of the next week, The boys' are. the sons of Mir, and Mrs R° Ste wart MaoDonald of Kinloss, Wraith Car. Burned - . scene Eldon and Miss Scott, got in the. car and 'were fortunate to 'escape when the auto later took fire, Miss Scott, still .dazed by the concussion, was ' actually pushed • from the' car by .: Eldon, despite the ' fact one arm was. useless; They didn't get clear of the burning auto a minute too soon: It was totally destroyed.' HISTORICAL BOOKS ARE STILL A.VAZLABLE K •Historical books u•blished. prior to the Centennial are still available, but the 'quant- ity is not "large: and those. • 'Who '.have • in . mind', .securing 'a 'copy should not.'delay. The demand has ;been' brisk • since returning from holi- days, and the' surplus at. the, present- rate .will not last -as long as .we anticipated. ' • . Also, we still have 'a nutty- ber of copies of the pre:=Cen . • ' tennial Sentinel. ' - °IT'S BACK -TO -SCHOOL ADD NINTH ' MEMBER . • TO HIGH: SCHOOL STAFF ,• Mr Warr B en rown :of . London has been engaged as a new'mem ber-'of the Lucknow High Hi h Schoolstaff, increasing the :p er sonnel : to nine: .: Brown,' wn' a .graduate of .Wes ,tern University, will teach typ- ing, English and social ' studies. Mr. and Mrs: Brown . will take up residence in the home of 'Mrs Jessie, Arlin on Outram Street. staff.,. It's hard to 'believe but ,next Monday is 'Labour Day and a public ` holiday . and Tuesday, it's back -to -school •again. Locally this will apply to about 400 high 'and Public' school . pup- ils:: upils:` High • School enrolment is ex- •ect to. p eed .be somewhat the • same as a year : ago,: with the . public school enrolment` up, . a .fact - that has required ''the ; opening of an additional classroom: S`orhe; delay has. been experienced in 'obtain- ingdelivery of suitable seats for the new ` � ► classroom' .. and : e. som improvised seating, ,is being ar- ranged for a short time An additional teacher has 'been. added 'to both ; the public school and high school staffs.: Miss Bev- erley Ashton is the new public school, teacher, ',and Mr. Warren Brown , will join the L;D.H.S ►c ices LUUCKNOW. SA`ED FOR:: DIAL, PHONES ,IN 1960 According to a recent .ar nouncement_ ythe. $ell"; ,Tele phone , Company. , . residents of this community will be using dial sets .. .. by 1960'The Company has stated that a . three , mil ion' dollar change -over ' program is .being completed. Them mp unici alitiesraffected will •_. • nom.. • 1to0 ... r 1 k : M tche Lis w • .,, now, Holstein, Mount Forest," Pal-. merston, Atwood'' St. Marys, r3', Plattsville and Wingham. trio ares rtainOrigin! A village, home, and barns :in' Culross'.,: and Huron . Townships; -•. have been among the properties suffering fire loss since' the, last issue of : The :Sentinel, . the T home. -' of ''Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Henderson,.; north of the CNR depot, and:be and the. Vin y age limits, suffered damage, that will, run close to the $3,000' mark - and at that the . Henderson's' con- sider' themselves lucky 'to have }` m .poen is, of brick• ,construction. .The' residence is. ° the former South Kinloss Manse. •The fire broke out about 5.00 o'clock. on Friday, August 15th, and originated ' out-of-doors= in thea vicinity of a wood pile' where wood sawing operations had been carried on the previous -day.' FORMER DOCTOR •HAD ITEM' IN READER'S. DIGEST The July issue of Reader's Di gest, carried a . 250 -word story under the caption, ; "Thee Doctor •In Your House It was written.bY .Dr. W. V. Johnston, . executive director. 'of the College -of' General Practice of Canada. The articlehad refer- ence.• to the family`' doctor as 'a general practitioner ; whose • spec- iality "is you". Dr. .Johnston, pointed out that the "G.P." com- bines his "medical ' knowledge with ,what he knows; of you and your physical and. emotional en vironments, so important 'to .your health", :rownin of �entenni:al Grant Chisholm, a popular and assuming young man, took a cious .beating, when he attempt-. ed, to act : as peacemaker ' in •a brawl following'. a dance at, Kingsbridge Garden ' Party , .Grant .suffered 'a ;broken nose;. a; crushed cheek bone, • and '• lee- r -exited -face- as he was beaten into ,a'daze..'He lost the sight • of the left eye;• temporarily .at least as a result of ',the attack. Partial vision returned last Friday, but it is. feared that permanent dam- age may ' have been done, and a • fifty percent `•,restoration:. of ' sight, may be all that' can be r hoped ''for. • . , From the extent ; of ' Grant's : injuries it ."was concluded that more than fists were involved'.:in' the beating: ,Grant. was leaving the dance ;with his wife and another couple° when he unpretentiously went to help Bob Farrish', .a 16 -year-old Ashfield: `youth, who, had been struck a blow that knocked "him down and •smashed three teeth. 1 •In a.iwinkling'•Grant was •assault- ed and 'beaten „so ;furiously that severe injuries were inflicted be •. fore .he could be, rescued, It Was understood that there • were five i• in the 'party.. -77 Fined .Foir .Assault Resulting from the assault charges were laid against,:ytwo sailors of the, grain carrier Maun oloa, 'which was 'docked: at God- erich at the time. ` In court iri Goderich' on Thurs." • dal, James Albert Morton, 17, of. ° 'Southampton,, charged with' , as-. • sault causing bodily harm, was fined . $100 and costs or a 'month in jail for the ,Parrish, incident and $150 and costs, or a month �n jail, on the Chisholm count., -Jam esErnest OtierneY. of Cap e $retonP, •N.S,, charged,withcom-. .,mon assault, *as fined .$.0 and COsts, or , three weeks in jail. ' , Will be unable to work 'Grant work t for. axiother Couple, le . ' .' weeks, �Ie u p of. . nderwent an ' ration: on his. - 'operation. .. •. • nose in Stratford a , few days g. A a o •� rcivil' action for .damages is 'Pending. • • 1.' A feature' cif the Centenary celebrations was •the, Monday . of. - terno on'• crowning of the"cen- tennial Queen": This was a pleas- rng departure from the run -o f- ..ip the-mll queen .contests, The honor went, to Miss Jessie MacKay, Lucknow nonagenarian and ' the oldest LucknOW-born lady still residing: in The Sepoy ,Town: Miss . MacKay •. rode in . the par- ade ar-jade in Donald Johnstone's con- vertible and made a very gracious een as she ;acknowledged the plaudits of crowds' that lined tlive parade route. • The , of ficial , ;crowning, took .�'iw''+�t2•+b,a`•Di•+,iC•`o5i.'dsatww."�v.''a":..1G'e•,4v11�".�O�a....:4v1:' ...lace at the Caledonian Park,: with' Rae Watson officiating"- and shown at the "mike",' The Queen is' flanked: by her attendants,' Jean Richards on .her • right and r Garnet was ,at 'home at the , and discovered ''the Out,, break in its early stages, but was-: unable to extinguish it. The flames spread to the summer kitchen, and an adjacent poultry • house, . and' finally.. to,:.the::roof• ho' and attic of the.' main :section of: the me. The blaze'` was . bpret r� f. r , by ty---•...._�--_. well under control' by the. Luck- now tires Company • . with the water „' supply ' :carried on , . the truck But, when ; this ran done • it ;was necessary to lay, hose from the hydrant at Henderson's Plan- ing Mill, which took all .the hose -carried. A length burst after ,'the line was laid : and the ' fire was . getting underway again, before. water was available Call To Kinloss .. : Ora Tuesday of last P week :=,the.°,' Fire . Company answered; , a ' call' to, the farm :of .Dan `McInnes, Concession 10,. Kinloss:',A fire in a `pile of old threshing wood: was: a'threat to the barn on this farm. The . danger had ` abated'. upon their .• arrival `but ' the .' pile was _thoroughly--- wetted--• down before. they departed.' $12,000 Loss'. An early morning fire at ' the farm of .Alvin Mundell' on the urnberry,-Culross boundary de- stroyed their large. ' 5¢X,80 foot barn and hay' crop. • Lost ' also • were .100 „ pigs : and .150 :hens, The loss was estimated at something. over $12,000: Teeswater Fire Brigade suc- ceeded in . saving' a large , imple merit building: °' The ;call:. : was. originally sent` to Wingh'am, but the location of the • blaze was out- side their .fire; area:. w • Mrs Mundell is ,the' former Marion MacDonald /of Luckno,w. Huron . Townip. Fire'; A ' mid-afternoon fire . destroy ed 'a large barn and drive stied, • • on ', the farm of J. S. Robb, Con- cession 4, Huron Township. Mr Robb was assisting at the' farm o- of his father, Wesley Robb, at the time of , the • outbreak. , The fire spread quickly, ' des -pite-tire-earlyrarriva of'} inners .who;.hastily left their own equip ment in the ifelds; and. rushed, to` give whatever :help they. could. However,:'•in a very.short .tinier the fire raged out of .control,• totally„ destroying the 36 by 90 . • strUctur.e' as well as..a. drrv'e shed was 40 which. ` by 30 feet, The • modern barn .inside included a concrete stable with all steel •stabling: Also , lost • was 100 • rods of . piled rail fen.ce,: 25 market ,' pigs and '25 chunks, Included in the machinery loss was a fora e• harvester, hay rake, grain roller..' and ;grinder,. as well. as 100• tons' of baled hay,; The season's -'grain crop 'was still .in the fields. The Ripley Fire •Company cori-, • • RI Ann Crawford• on the left centrated on •preven'ting the .con Miss MaoKay is in her 91st' flagration from spreading 'to year. �' w 'nearby buildings owned hy, Al- '. :-Sentinel Photo' ran' (twin', • • yS'