The Lucknow Sentinel, 1957-01-30, Page 1.3ear:
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,.UC:KI OW,ON'I'ARIQ WEDNESDAY, -JA
►a,s Fire
Emil;
f three -month -
The' cr in three -month-old,
d
crying Jix o
Ruth, Ann Buckton.` early' Mon.
-
day' -.morning, Was possibly the
, saved f il• :of
facto' that, thea.. ,Y . ;
d Mrs, Fred; Buckton. of
•Lucknow. :from 'a' snore serious
outcome when fire, broke out in
their living room•.about.3 a.m.
Mr.'''and Mrs. ; Buckton,:' Helen
age 7, Blanche age" 3 and Ruth
Ann, live:' in the former 'Garfield
MacDonald house on Inglis St.
next::.,to the .Nine Mile River.
_ .
•Mr. Buckton was' aroused , bby
thejbab. 's cries' to find~the house
Oil of smoke and the living
Toon .in flames. The 'drafts had
,been left on the coal stove, and
the ;hot :. stove '.' hadignited the .
upholstering on a .chair 'elose 'by.
The flames had spread 'to a cloth'
on., a :`tarble.. on' which sat a TV ••
rt.
.
ICanvass A��fiel� Wawanosh
f
time before, the "children had•
started : to 'sleep- in thebedroom,
havingreviousl� Y�:' •slept'in to e
p
living room: where the fire' yor
g}r►ated`. "
11% an Mrs Bu n have
d ckto
been living in 'the house' :for;::
about four' months,' having'''pre
viously..livedin part_ of the> Sid:
Whitby double house; Fred works
for". Fry;' and Blackhall in. Wing
ham.'
:,se a .c. . l_ to
:The .T'V ,� t was , � e
loss, and ,the table . and • chair'
xvere badly burned. , Insurance
was carried, and the ' TV set 'was
replaced on Monday: ,afternoon. February
- RENOMINATE CARDIFF
Elston ' Cardi1 f, :;68 -year -Old
Brussels district farmer, was reg'
nominated as ' .the Progressive
Conservative 'candidate- in Huron
at a nominating convention in
Clinton _ on •Monday.
The ' ular parliamentarian
•
PaP
-has represented Huron County' at
Ottawa since 1940
d. as.. s c.
..
an. ..0
u o o elect' ns.
es f 11 nteste
C S C d f ur
y
ENGAGEMENTS.
Mr. ,and Mrs. ',Robt; Armstrong
wish .,to announce the '.engage-
ment of their second ' daughter,
:BettyMani-•to Mr. 'Ronald -Mor-
ris Link, only son . of Mr. „and.
_Mrs, ..M: -Link: of London, Ont.
The '`marriage ' to take place in
t
Mr Buckton was ' unable . 'to'
enter the''living room at "first <be-
cause • of the dense smoke. He.
threw apailfuls ' of Water .from' the.
door and when the water hit the.
glass; on 'the TV set/it shattered
throwing splinters of glass.`; all
over . the room. Mr. ',and Mrs.
Buckton are without the, ' one,.
afterand bundIin the 'children.
kin _. th outside'''`he rac
arta lae�m ,
g
ed 49.the th
e hone of ` A. G. Hart
and the alarm.
`� ford "to. sound
When ..'F' ed: left for the' Hart
ford home the ; flames had died
;down; ° .but when he '::returned he
, . Irvin roam:.' lazing
found •tlYe ' g ., ,room. ..b blazing
again. Battling,' the dense:* sinolce.
-that engulfed, the' 'entire. r'o'use
B ,
he,.,'continue,l'to- throw water on
the lire and had it Well cornered
when 'the Fire Company arrived.
The Fire.,:Company,,fin.ished the
job with an 'extinguisher, .
Mr., and Mrs., Buckton sleep at
the : rear of the. house, while the
children'aleen in the Centre,next•
to
'the. liv`ing '.room. Only . a 'short
Tiroducers° meeting s—:were P .K
held in Ashfield,; and,,. West • Wa
waiosh' on Tuesday .of' last week;
in connection with the projectCounty,-
wide, .: aimed at:. �
;setting a
,hpg directional program in !fur:,
on. County. •
The ; Ashfield ` meeting ' was
held in thee: Towns' ip•.Htill in the
afternoon with' Raymond'Finni-
an Presiding. In' "the " evening a
g P . 9B g
similar session was held, in the
Township . Hall >in. .West
eWawa-
noshr presidedover by William
the. packs: Mr.;: Hergott -'stress-
.ed, ' 'When today's : 'little piggy'
goes to , market. --'hake sure ' 'it's
lin open market".
In. ;Aghffeld a live-mintrans-.
port:°board was set up consisting
of Raymond Finnigan, Wm. Hun.
ter, Geo-. Moncrief,: Joe O'Keefe
and ,,,Harold . 'Adams 'and. . the:
' a-
era ion..'. r resent
Tovvnshi� ..,,Fed t ep
P
'' i us :drool
tives:� in the vox o t
Lions
'wereappointed ' .to ' `make a
as l' itin
y ' cony ss'�so rc
'farm-to-farmg'
sup ort for the .direc:tional: pro.,
gram.:'; Hog producers are, being
Mill Serve Worthwhile
istrkt daysPresident
"The Fair.
:can
'can still serve a
worthwhile place. in this cr
-
munit stated' Gordon
. Kirk-
land, newly "'elected president '.of
the ' :Luknow Ag cAgricultural :'.:Soc
..... .
iety, as he assumed • the duties
of the office at:` the annual meet-
ing last Thursday afternoon, Mr.
Kirkland succeeds. Wm. Niacin -
tyre who completed his two=year'
term.. Mr. -.Maclntyre ,presided at
the meeting until the , election of
his 'cessor
sue
'The. new • president congratu-,1
lated Mr. Maclntyre'for his work
and asked for , the continued sup
port and cooperation.` of the dir
ectors The financial' • position,
while not strong, shouldn't be
reason,,. for ,tpesshnism, he said
Certain departmentshad certain,
sly- ,proven their worth :and the
president particularly. pointed ':to
the sohool :: children's : division "and
to >l a acFuevement s of'�t Luck-'
now 4-H Cltdi..
The 4-H Club, witha guineas
winner,' a judging champion, team,
and: -a guineas . runner-up. all
within two seasons, had set a
record possibly never : equalled.
in the province.
'Secretary' .Resigns
'Secretary -Treasurer • Alex Mac
Nay. tendered his 'resignation
'.•es in ' ` the '' pleasure .' f :his as-
sociation,
g .. p , . ,,n o
sociation'• ith: the',board;and as-
suring:
s-
,., 1.
r '• w
fir 'er>Eibe s he ou d
s n ''.tK rn.
g.
•.li. , t
a1w s'be�`w11 h
e.Y 1
e rtlee:ings • were . a° .resse.
by Ray Her ett: director of field..
..services...e for 'the: Ontario Feder
ation : of Agriculture and .by; Bert
Lobb Chairman..'of : the • County
Hog Producers.
Thepg rogram' aimed. . ,at: in.
Huron is patterned'. after the dir-
ectional
•- Prog
ram. thath:
as .GbreeeY•n
in aieratioinBrce.and
which directshogsto 'the open .,
-market for eompe'Cit'Ve , 'ding 'bv.
ive.: which` ,instructs shippers ',AO
transport hogs`:"onlyto ;a;mar=
let ,.Point. of ,:the On
tario: -Hog
Producers,,,
Producers C•Co-operative' so that
.P ,
M hogs `rrmay •^be: offered, for..sale
Y ,
'to all.,'buyers and 'sold fo . 'the.
r.
best :possiUl
e• rnarket price".
In, West .Wawanosh; "a
C•
three-
Man
:com"mit ee of •Wm.Good
,
Mel.Steep and GYr'1 Boyle was
(on t oed .on PaCe:10
now
0 tteni
'
.The newly Lercknow �• p . acked the .Recreation ,Centre for
:or ani�:ed ;
, l 11;x. U� � • � ,.
'� , ' histary when gifts .snd
Night on `Monday when' .they
w'ete officiall resented with
their. ,i. t iot' G.ov-
lrsar, cYtzirter by l7rfi r
ernor , Jake :Sweitzer of�: Exeter.'
Three hundred•roaring Lion's
D Charter this red-letter night 1n Luck
15trl�t 1, o CIA** held
nows
best Wishes were s ow re po
iset r'eclord
the `n � : tilub,vuh c.:,h a
with an 'airiiaziflg list of 92 Ohar-.
ter 'met .bets
• 1Zae ;Watson,' president of.' the
. C'lub,' and'who spearheaded its'
-.formation' '-is .---shown-- -e chibiting-
the charter, From left to .,right
aye, Mr, `Sweitzer Balt' Higgs, ex
,ecutive . secretary . of Toronto and
Y Watson '
Sentinel Photo ---Story on page,:2
held r when ,the- ;mechanics .' and
tio.
o�peaonof, a tractor' are:. ihor~'
ou` gl? l.y studied. -T2e- climax .is. an'
achievement,. .day driving com-
Petition, which,. in this case. will
be held phis• year at the :'local
fair. '
A. field crop ,competition was
discussed -Wand '.Geos e: ,° e ed r
Evian Keith. and Fred ''McQuillin
were :named' to look into this
project.
S� — Roberisun —pain
that a.pray'ncal.. grant -of 25 per-
centcent
;was applicable on all cap-
ital expenditures` of the Society
and ' the ' retiring secretary : will
make • application for, this.
Elect Officers and Directors
Election of; officers resulted has
follows: president, Gordon:. Kirk-
land; ht vice' pres., Allan Mac.
Intyre;, 2nd ' vice pres., Evan
(Continued- on9)
Page'
TOM:' TODD HEADS
A R R. .
BE DEEt�.G OU,P.;
The 10th annual Meeting of
.
the Grey -Bruce -Huron Aberdeen'
Angus Breeders . •Association was
held, at. Walkerton. The,'' attend
ance, was. quite 'large and en-
e,....:
thusiastcally� particxipated
meeting ,.,The 'financial statement
showed': a substantial ,balance
ng o, e p in any The election :*of officers,'.result
ed.- as follows: president, Thomas
1 nation wasaccepted.. .with ` re-• Todd;''Luckno
w;; 1st vice, .pres.,.
gi � t 'and' L. "C Thompson ex-: c' , ,. Gordon Ri+bey,.:U•nder{vuood,.:2nd
ressed'''a recidtion of :his` :ser- ...: , {.
P P�p. vice . pres,, Joseph -Weber, Mild -
vices
rox.� �,H
•ire: :ver.
t he 'presideni and vice pies-
Campbell ofListowel, Herb
3
idents were named to try to . se-
>
cure the' services �: a new sec
�
Paid. Portion `oi Pr,.i ze Mon
ronicallY, the Fall a ir' Struck
,good weather':' last September -
'one. of but 'few :good `'har,vest
days, and the'' -'gate, receiPts were
,away -down, ,IS well as'' night, re-
ceipts .at a concertand dance. As
-a-result`- -only- 7-5 percent` of- h • .
prize• 'winners. were 'paid,- ]re,11
:permitted, the Society . to 'keep,
Out. `of, the red. The • financial••
report, showed 'a ''balance of
' 'Sponsor -Globs =
It. was decidedto sponsor, both
a 4'-H Calf club and a.' tractor
club this ` year. .Calf club lead
ers are George ' Kennedy; Tom
Toddand Andrew Gaunt
---Tractor. ;c-luirleaders-fare Mur-:•
ray. Gaunt; • and Lorne. Hackett.'
Arthur "Bolton.. assistant :agricul
rural representative explained
the tractor club set -tap, 'which
the only one..—in—'Huron and .:1's
held in various, points ,'in the
County .from 'year , to , year.
The Club* is for ages 14 to ' 21
,years. ' Monthly' meetings are
the r-�
e c e
•Klopp.of Zurich;' ;Grey" directors
Mel Marshall of,: Owen '.Sound..
Clarence Lange ',!. 'of .Chesley;
Bruce directors:' R. H. Herron of
Allenford, Hector Fraser of Tara ,•.
:. i 'f .e etas-treas: s '.
The;• ,;off ce .o s ere . y
urer, was not`. filled at .the meet
ing but secretary T. Stewart
Cooper was asked to 'contin'ue •
till a successor had been named...,'
-During'; the' -€$arse -=ofd
Cooper,, who is • :retir
ing, i was 'presented : with a : beau'
tiful •engraved •Rolex wrist Watch'
with :.gold band • in recognition .of
ten years f 's
'oervice to the Angus
Association.
Flans: for. 1957 include Spring : ,•
and . Autumn, Sales, , support oz•
4-H Calf Club' Work; ' usual : ban..
quct and other program.
Since -the 'organ-- zation -of `th.E:
'Grey -Bruce Huron' Aberdeen An
gus.. Association; the Angus. breed
has gained steadily. in ' popular
ity '1~he support,; given the
Calf Club :wort{ has been .quite
ouitstand:ing.. Other district As
S i iations ;nave been, formed`
following. the lead of;Grey, $'rrrc'e'
and 'Huron.
Y Uurrie�
ater Ffnti31as
Mrs Austin,' Martin' . and 7
months -old •, Marilyn suffered
burns ,last Wednesday morning
when the . • water front of, the,
stove exp' laded, ' The kite -hen, of
their. Huron Township home was
turned 'into, a shambles.::hy .the.
4b-l-ast--that• •e -d the s 6
•catipulted pieces of the stove.
fire_�and.:-soot all over 'th_eesoo ,
iMr, Martin was in: the kitchen
at=the time •:hitt soaped= nlury
Mrs. ten 'suffered'' :Cuts ' and
,burns, nd the baby, '.who',was
in her carriage and partially pro-
tectedby the top,' suffered burns.
f
'o's
the ...dive was
• The ' :frottt � .
shattered, the' top'hurlecl off and
-the. stove itself - shifter'. lack•. tw:o-
feet' from its natural position,, A
chunk of the coal -burning' range
was driven Iiito: the electric
stove, badly datriating',' it., What
coals, weren't` hurtled about. the
r•.
room remained in the "open
fire .box,,- Little . Mires broke ou,t
here'";and there 'in the kitchen; "':
,but Austin was able to° control .
them with a fire extinguisher,.
Mrs.: Martin suffered 'buns
and cuts .to the :arms and legs,
rid. th. bal as 'burred about
the face and neck. Their skin
wasa.'tiockeel'by the force. , the'
exploding inaterial;: , Mi.' Martin
tti�+?aaiby vetltieta=—t.c�
KinCardine hospital wiere' the,
were confined to have . tht'ir
burns cleansed and treated:, •; Y
Causeof the blast was believ
ed d.ueeither tofrozen or, c'rw...,.
codedpipes;... It ,was :thought like
t . @-'
.ly_. h, y.veYe fra2en._and...the.,.r �• _._.. .,.__
plosion., followed' :the; stoking up...
of the fire on Wednesclav morn-
ing, it
causing the .shawer of
c n,
fire and 'steam,*