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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3rd. 1958 • .
• SWITEIsT,
Ultra odoril'aultdingLio Replace
LOST F:INER,.IN
, CORN', PIC,KER
.RaeWatson's Firei-Gutted.' Store- Al • •
ex °Hackett of :Con. 10; Ashr.-
The Rae J. 'Watson Cycleand
Sports Store in London was gut-
ted by fire that ;broke out, at the
supper; hour on Thursday, •••
Dramatic rescues !were reported
as 26, teriants fled by fire escapes.
and, stairwells •from the smoke
fjlled .building,,, that soon became
•an inferno,. that kept close to
half a hundred firemen engaged
fOr four ].purs ii.contro11ing the
spread of the; flames,' which
threatened an adjacent business
section . .• •
Rae is • •no 'longer associated
•with this btisines's which he, est
ablished and` developed, and.
which bears his :name; but. he
•Owns the building and is landlord
'for the tenants who occupy. the
Second • .frbor apartments. •His
agent, Ray "Wpliarris,' said at the
time of the fire that the loss
including aOartment furnishings
might reach $200,000. •
. The Rae J. Watson- Hardware
establishment, adjoining the Cy,
ere store; was•protected by a fire
wall which saved.
044e .has .been in
the fire, .,and in. :a.
Sentinel,/Wsay.s:
Dear -C -am:.°
it. •• •
London since
.letter •tThe
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The smoke and steam has clea-
red away and great gobs of ke.
Half property and
• 3/4.of my incoine is wiped out;
• but there, is, a fair amount •of
.just south of .the cNR railrb d
Many from the Lucknow are,a
„have- seen if on their way, to
Vitoria .Hospital.
• The building will be replaeecj
.irrimedia-tely With an ultra mod-
ern, '2:floor Store..Wm. Lindsay
and Joseph Patterson, who oper-
ate the buSiness, are .operating
frem the hardware store. (the'
newly remodelled. north ,huilcling)
that only received • water and
arrioke damage. Fire doors defin-
itely saved ,this •portion
The fire' . will not effect ••the
• provincial electiOn• campaign •in
Huren-13rUce. 1 may be forced to
,stay herefor a few week, but
newspaper ads. will replace rny:
personal visits during that 'time/
Rae J. Watson,. • •
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' The offers' of •storage. space,.
financial: .help, •ManpOwer help,
teChnictill,and professional assit-.
taneir havepoured in frorn Per-•,
sonal friends, business assoCiates,
business •firms, 'and customers •as:
•• well as the city Of London,.who
offered us 'free use •the old
fire hall,
It really makes ' you feel good
to realize that . so many people
are bind. you. • .
The Rae J., Watson Cycle and
Sport Shop is on Wellington.St.,
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.VISIBILITY "NIL IN •
SATURDAY'SBLIZZARD
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A howling storm :swept over
this ;district on ,Saturdayi and by
mid-afternoon visibility was zero:
By, nightfall motor traffic had
Come to a .complete • stop on the
highways,.: and ni,,:teWn there.
were' few either ;walking Or driv-
ing. , •
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Some 'merchants •cloSedtheir
shops. at six • o!cloCk, andothers
switched.off ,the lights :early in
•the eVenirig • with business in
some lines. non-existent: •' •
Mr. and Mrs.. Cecil Robb; -en-
• rOUte horne' to 41.1Carl from his
ifatlier's funeral; !found driving
conditions so dangerous that they
finally decided to stay Overnight
.
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field, is a • patient in Wingharn
liospital'folldwing a corn picker
accident that cost him, the 'fin
gers on his left hand.
• Alek OWI1S the Corn picker and
Was doing CUstom work on. the
7fararef--„Hartild Cooper; in West
Wawanosh, ,formerly known • as
the Joynt "Red 13rick."; farm,
The ,aecident •happened i en
Thursday afternoon. Alex was
working alOne, -when he got his
hand in the machine. .!-Ie was,
not caught in the machine, and
after shutting off the tracter,
made. way for help across.
the .field to the adjoining farm,
where Mr. Coopees. -employee,
Mr. Heffernan resides. ;" •
• Alex was taken to Wingharn
Hospital,' where it was expected
upon admittance that he Would
'be a. patient for about ten days.
At the first Of , the Week: his
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condition , was quite satisfactory.
.• It is expected. that: Alex Will
retain most Of the 'palm of the
Two Cattle Die Of Rabies,Herd
Quarantined, Family Inoculated
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Peter Carter has lost twO:cattle Peter had over thirty head' of
due to raiiieS,' the balance of the
herd is under -quarantine and
Petek and three.inerribex•S of the
family are receiyirig. anti -rabies
• inOeulatioris. ,
Peter farms on the 6th Conces-
sion of Kinloss. re,had not seen
any • 'foxes bothering the cattle.
On Monclay of last week the first
pow died ,with syinpto,ms that de-
finitely pointed to rabies, • with"
the 'animal frothing at the
mouth and bawling Continuously.
The head was. Sent to the Dom
ioion Laboratory at Hull for ana-
lySiS which definitely proved to
be. rabies. Anether cow had to
be destroyed .and • . buried • on
Ttie,sdaY. this week.
The balance of the herd—eight
cows and a calf are under a sixty-
day quarantine, and there is a
possibility ...that 'the • •infection
could wipe them all .out. •
cattle, but sold the most. of them
a few iweeki ago. . • • '
• Peter and three of his children,
yvlio helped their father with the; • ,
• milci,ng and: chore.s, Tecei,
ving anti:rabies inoculations as a
precaution,ary. measure. They re•
ceived their first "needles" Sun-
day. The children.are Peter, age
11; Marlene, age 12;' and George, • •
age 14 years.' .1 •
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ONLY. ONE HOME BINGO: - • • '
PRIZE , LEFT—THE ' HIG,.. ONE
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The third of our home bingo
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prizes was won last week when:' .
Mrs. Charles IVIasOn and Mrs.
Cameron MacDonald both had':
four corners filled rtivith Monday's
number, B 9 They split the $10.
Prize. . •
The •full Card prize of$50.00.is
yet to be twon.
wanosh Board ven 6th erni y cclamation
West •..Wawanosh ,. Township
,COuneil was re-elected by accla-
mation' on' Friday when only the'
,bare slate of Board members
was, noMinated., The Board will
Commence theirsixth term, with,
the personnel. tinchanged 'from
the 1953 election: • Reeve. John
Durnin and Councillors Orval
McPhee, Harvey Culbert, Lorne
1)umin, El on 1V1iller.
The two retiring school trust-
ees,- Wm. Webster.. and Wallace
j Miller„ Were returned, by acclarn-
ERNIE OiiItTER, ESCAPED.
'SERIOUS INJURY, IS' 11014E
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Ernie Carter. who WAS injured.
km, Tuesday of .last 'week at the
Beatty Ladder ;Factory; Was 'able.
to return to his home near South
Kinloss Church.on Sunday Oren-.
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Ashfiet
Ernie, was ,.struck by -a heavy
• kiln., ':doer . which Was blown
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CCIarnation down by the wind. He was ta,k n
• • by •arribulance to. ,Wingharn. It
was feared he mi b e seve e
Ashfield township will' be ad-
ministhred by the Same reeve
and:, council for the, next, Year.
Iteeve Cecil Blake and COuticil-
lors, Andiew,Ritchie, John. Brad-
ley, Donald MacKenzie arid Tom
Howard will carry' on the toWn
ship duties 'for 1959, •
Roderick MacKenzie,. chairman.
.of the Ashfield Township •School
Area Board, : Was, :re-elected by,:
acclamation. Eldon .,Culbert fil-
led 'the other vacancy by accla-
rnatien; succeeding Ross Henry:.
The acclamation occurred at
last Fridays afternoon's .nomina-
tion meting at theteWnship hall
chaired by clerk -treasurer,
injured but 'an x-ray report from
London •On Friday revealed no
broken• bones or other. injuries,
'other than some bad bruises.
• Ernie is supposed to rest ,this
week before returning to work.'
-ation. The only 'other • trustee
:norniriee was" Wallace .141.11son, .
,. Other members of- the .-Scheol
Baird with a. yearto run are Ted
'Mills, Harvey Anderson .and Jim
Curran, who. currently 'the
Beard chairman. . . • _
O Friday'sattehdance • Was szhall
,
and may soine extent have
been affected by wintry weather
conditions.' : • .
The .following nominations
were received by 'Clerk • jOhn F.
Foran': • • , •
• Far Reeve
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John. S. Durnin .by Ted Mills.
and .Th'emas McCann. •
• Harvey 'Culbert by Frank Mc,
Ouillin and Gordon IVIaePherson'.
For Collneallor .• •
Orval Macphee by. Ted• , Milis
and Wallace A, Miller., •
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Harvey 'Culbert by Harvey
Anderson and WM. Webster:
Dttriiin; . Brown
Smyth. and Thomas :McCann.
Lorrie Durnin, by G. Greer
and Wm. 'Webster.:• '.
• Eldon Miller, by Gordon Alac-`
Pherson' and Frank
lrirr School Trustee
•Wallace bsi:Ted Mills
and, Harvey. Anderson. •,, •
'William Webster by Harvey
Anderson and Ted Mills. '
Wallace:Wilson:by Albert Tay-
lor and proWai:Smytht•
' Chairriaan. ..of the ratepayers
meeting', which followed,- was
Brbwn Smyth, a former reeve of
the Township and. an ex -warden:
of Huron Comity: , •
Apart from the nominee's, those
called on by • the •chairrnan,
cluded.'„Everett • Firmigaii, :Bruce
bounty assessor, and'. a former
Westllieinpfeanra4clePrsk OfeEvaelt%
Wawa -
nosh Township, Trustees..Harvey
Anderson and Ted Mills; J. .R.
'Murray; township.. representative
on the'Luckhow District' High
Scheel Board,' and R. D. Munro,
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of the .GoderiCh Collegiate Board..'
The new provincial' •hospitaliz-
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ation act, which. Ponies into force
in the Newr,Year, was .a subject., "
• clitcussed, specifieally as to. what •,7
effect it :Will hayeon the
ent Patient problem. The Matter
does not yet appear to have been.
officially:. Clarified. , •
It was explained that the
,County road from Dunlop • to
Blyth had been, taken ocret this ,
Year as al:development Oad.'hy
the' Province, Which assumes .the
cost of construction, with the
County •responsible for fencing.
andfor the: purchase of any land'
required for road widening put- '
'pbses: .
It is' understood that' 'when. ,
completed the 'road .reverts • to . ••• •
the County. •Theexplanation is:
that' the Province coistructs such
roads with relationship to the
sum received, from the 'gasoline
'tax,. within the potint-Y7- whiCh on • ..
a doinitYd•wide basis satruptints' to
an almoSt unbelievable &tin.
• A %matter of concern is the.
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Manner 'hi' which garbage and
refuse are scattered along .toWn- :
ship. roads,:and it appears a Must.'
that something will' have to. be
(Continued on page 3)
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TOP MAGAZINE....SELLER . .
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•.1 it Be in Huron Township. '...
•• ... - . - student at Lucknow District High ' .' '
,EleariOr Carter,' agrade twelve ... , . '
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s .....m., .4.m.01.4.. . • ', ,, - School received first prize for
‘: .:011 "*.rivt3 •selling ' the highest: amount Of
magazine subscriptions: She re-
ceived ,as. her priZe an electric
Marconi ,record player, .Elearior
4•„,.,
.1.$ .the eldest daughter of kr. and • . ,
Mrs,'Peter Carter of HolYrood.:
aid Smipson. t.' • '. • ' 'I . .
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. • ' : , • : Reeve , Speaks , - .
' Reeve Cecil Blake referred , to
1958 aaone of the •better years
since he had taken office in Ash- .:
field. An . 'extensive road widen-
ing • program. . Was , Carried, .on
through the year. Five inileS 'ef'
..‘ road was widened' in Comparison.
to ;-the usual three miles. 12,609.
yards •of gravel was put on the
township Oads: ,. ' - ••
. Reeve ' Make referred to the.
Very' great loss to the . county in
.016 person of A. 1-1,Erskirie: the
former county 'clerk. "He wag.
• ratfd as one of the best, in 'the.
province,. Mr. :Blake said:. The
IteeVe gpoke of the development
road from Highway 21 through
• to Myth that had been taken
ever by the overonlent Who will
'pay 100% of the: .ceSt :With th0
exception of the land purchaSeci
from indiViduals for"the road al-
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loWance. '
Considerable trouble was. ex-
perienced in setting prices ih
ttittie•Of the land purchaAcd. The
• 000fitintted on page 14)”
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Pictured above are our of the
candidates that have‘ben bucking
the, snowdrifts in Huron- Town-
ship .‘'eletionderifir. „
Lost to right are Sack. Campbell
and Alfred Walden, veteran cowl-
Cillors who are fighttng it out
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• Politically for the office of de-
puty •reeve, • In the centre is
Claude Dore Who IS retiring from
the redveship duties: Wext is John
Madlitiehey, deputy reeve, who
is trying to ,gdin the reeveshii
and Chester Emrnerton, a foriner°
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reeve, • who, •is Mr. '
opposition , for .the honour. ,
BesidesthiS there is a.full slate
for o d 11'and Huron -west
• school 'area. ]lection day is .M.0111,
day, DeCerriber 8th. '•• • 7 .
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SANTA CLAUS .TO,
BE HERE SATURDAY
The LuCknow Business Asso-
ciation has completed plans. with,
Santa Claus 16 pay his annual: '
visit, to LtiekneW. The date' is
this Saturday, December Gtl-f; and
• the tin e of his • arrival 41s• slated •
for 2:30 sharp. • • •
• With,: King \ 'Wiriter holding.
sway at the morn'ent its uncertain,
just •,what means of transporta-
tion: Santawill require.°
The bewiskered" •Old Gent 'will ".
have a crew ofhelpers 'to .assist .
hitnAn passing out a big bag of •• •
sweets to every •
Airangments to aid Santa, are,
• being made by the Ladies' Auxi-
liary assisted_bY Members' of the
Legion and Lions Club •
'It Was originally intended -to •
congregate in the' arena, •,btit the
ice is in now .and other arrange-
• netts are ;being Made: So at the • •
tiMe Of writing all we cap say
jut follow Santa:,
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