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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-09-21, Page 1ND E#!In AdNanc..a. $1.110 Extra To 4$.A. MJLS METI ALUNG ON ISTRICT FARM e meteor,. which blazed a path s the sky on Saturday in the evening, made night • like for a few minutes and the . osion shook houses in the: dist- and dropped fragments over• of Ontarioand two American s. occurrance caused•Alf And. • of :Orillia , who was visiting. Mr. and Mrs Gordon Kirk south, of Lucknow,'. to recall • cident during.the first world PRICE VALUE 79c tVE'20c. • 9. C E'• HERE ,:olo TIVE 1,17 recalls seeing a meteordrop- at, that 'time , east of the :nine river on the 12th 'of West anosh on the$ farm of the late Robertson.: The hole•where' Meteor" struck was 8 feet s: andabout a ut 8 feet deep.It estimated to'weiglfabout. two No doubt It, will still be • ' d on the *farm.' • ans New House 11 Johnson of the 8th ,of ld., has. sold part of his farm to. Juba of London who; plans to a , house on the property., :sale was arranged ,by. Stan ♦gent' for Don •Hoist Real Ltd.: I.UCKNOW, ONTARIO WI1DNN$DAY, SEPT. 21 1NI. CoiliflgAnnary fractures SkUII • •..,_...(OliVet News) Mary Ann •Coiling, 6 -year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Harry Coiling of the Olivet comr unity in Huron Township, was seriously injured in an accident at their. farm on Tuesdayy of last week. She suffered a fractured skull.' ,..Mary Ann; in company,with, her brothers Shawn, age 1 1/2 and Brent, age 4, had gone out to play and had been gone only a few min-' utes when the accident happened'. Apparently , in attempting tote.... trieve her kitten,: Mary Ann relea- sed the "catch" on• the bale eleva- tor and the whirling •handle spun around with much force striking the youngster. • • It appeared that • it had struck her twice on the head, .knocking'her• unconscious and` again on the stomach. Brent returned to the house without his sister, and upon investigating, • Mrs. Coiling found her young:: daughter unconscious. The youngster":was taken by ambulance • to Kincardine, Hospital and later on to Sick Children's Hospital in; London where surgery was .performed ; Mary; Ann's. Condition was quite. satisfactory'' , `the first of the week.. Mrs. Evelyn Coiling was'aloner' ' at the time of the accident but Mrs. Mel Coiling and Sharon, Donald Coiling, Don .and Donald , Paquette .were quickly on `the scene to assist and Judy Coiling got in touch with the injured child's father who wasworkingays•at the awY time n ani irl VISIT BROTHKIt S GRAV.N` THRE. (0.UPLES ON HOLLAND TRIP Three area -couples left the first of this week fora' ten day visit to Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Donald: Simpson(Edith Elliott) of Lochalsh, Mr. and Mrs,, Ken McFarlane(Betty Elliott) of Kincardine and Mr. and; Mrs.. Jinn 'Elliott of Pine River went to Montreal by train and went by • plane from•Montreal on Monday. ' The three couples plan to be,: away for ten days. The trip is .M arranged. by the Dutch Legion for relatives of servicemen buried in.:. Holland while serving in the war.. Joe'Elliott:, 'a brother of the two ladies and Jim, lost his life in the 2nd world war •and is buried in a Military cemetery'there. His mother made the trip to Holland - some time ago.. and visited the cemetery. Stolen ' Car Is Recovered M A 1959 Ford, stolen in Lucknow on S h overed n Saturday night, ai ecw r .. in a bush area in Turnberry Township near Wingh'amlate Mon- day . The' cr belonged to Joe 1vlacMill- .an of Lucknow and was.parked in •. the area near Montgomery's Garage while 'Joe Was attending the Fair' night program in the Lucknow • arena. w. The theft was investi dated by: g Lucknow; Police -officer, William• Nelson, S iir Beauty Contest know Fail •:Fair was climaxed turday evening ;at 10. p.m. by lection of Miss Western Ont- Secondary School Queen..' The ssful contestant was Ruth ers , '•daughter of Mr. and Mrs. es Mathers of Bluevale. Ruth rented Wingham District, High 1.: Runner-up for the award lizabeth Linklater, daughter and Mit. 'Harold. Linklater cardine.„ Elizabeth•represem- e ` Kincardine District ',High 1'. °Eight girls .competed for ,LL )E A1NT r** the honours. First prize' was $50. and a chance tocompete in the Miss Dominion of Canada contest next year,. Second: prize was $20. andall other six contestants: re •ceived•$10', • . Shown on the right , "as she expr essesher thanks after the contest . . winners "were announced, is Miss Mathers .: In the bottom picture, . • left to right,' are Miss. Mathers, Miss:Dominion of Canada .who crowned the winner and Miss Link-/ later. ASTED 690 e Roll ,,,* TORS , ONTARIO. Sinai, CoPy 10c, ; 1D Pyea MI OICfl KJ! e oris#rwction Accide Wilmer Francis Moran, 36, a. native of Ashfield Township and a. resident of London for the past eleven years, met tragic death on. Tuesday afternoon of last week, when•a, concrete slab roof collap- sed in a construction accident at London,' Wilmer' was one of a group of workmen who -were installing the roof at the Erie Concrete Products plant .on .Crumlin sideroad iri Lon- don: In some manner, the roof collapsed and the.Men'rode 45• tons of the slab roof to the ground He:was badly gushed and injured in the fall. Christopher Redfearn, 56 of R.R. 2, Mt. ,Brydges•, was buried be- neath four feet of shattered con- Vcrete and a steel beam He is listed in critical condition in St. Joseph's Hospital.• °• Two, other workmen, who were on the roof when it fell about 3.30 * p. m . are in satisfactory condition with scrapes,'. cuts and 'bruises..They are:'Raymond Abbott, 43, of R. R7 , London and Rudolph Kloseck; , 35 ,, of R, R. 3 Lucan. . The workmen were installing 2 1/2-tonpre'-cast concrete •slabs: to form the roof, of a $90,000 addition to the concrete products' plant. The. I8th slab was being installed when all of the 37 foot -• long • sections fell. Albert Price, 37, of 31, Pawnee • Cres:,; a foreman in the concrete plant, was driving a lift truck.' beneath the roof when it plunged, down on his vehicle. He escaped Without injury, .protected by a CONTINUED ON ,PAGE 13 Lucknow Agricultural Society's • 101st, annual Fall Fair was a success' in every. way'.; .Saturday's,event was a credit to the sponsoring body and its:officials. Gate receipts . • were`down slightly from•last year's Centennial; Fair , which was expect 'ed, but the afternoon's arid .even ing's entertainment was of equal calibre. •and revenues from the ev- ening dance and beauty contest ' far exceeded, last year's evening' receipts. Gate receipts this year ~were • $1236. with another $400 being taken.' in at night. Donald C. Maclntyre'of Kinloss.. Township was" this year's. Fair . president;.and did an excellent job of carrying ,arrangements'through. despite some last minute°'problems which left the Fair without an M.'C. for a short time Donald Blue, who.has done the master•.of, .ceremonies job for a number of years, became ill and ;was not able .to take charge.this year. Elwin Hall of Lucknow agreed to . . fill in for Donald and handled the master •of ceremonies job quite' well. s.«sa Many people do many,things in `"s%pport of the Fair, 'and perhaps it is not right•'to'•singleout any one person, but w• e• believe the directors would all be unanimous • in a word of praise for Charles Webster of Lucknow parade chair Man and'organizer of the Miss' • Canada visit and beauty contest. %Charlie has. on several occasions provided this village with parades second to none in the area, and Saturday's performance was no: exception. Charlie did at least a repeat performance' on last year's parade, and some comme- nts , said it was a better parade. Community co-opeztion is the secret to the successful parade ' • and this has been 'outstandittfz, bit was also Charlie's idea to stage the Miss Western Ontario Second- ary •School Beauty Queen'Contest and he personally contacted all schools in the area and made arran- gements'. It is no understatement , to that. 'wps of Fair wsay ere ,athese greattdealoartresponsibthele fors„the success: ••eee Friday evening the arena was open forthe public to view the indoor exhibits and many took advantage of this opportunity. Mrs. •Fred McQuillin; Fair secretary, was at the• arena on. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to assist ex-; hibitors'iri their” entries and of course, all day Saturday.. Mrs. CONTINUED :014.' PA GE 2 Tomato Records • 0 Misses Hazel .and, Ada Webster of `Lucknow are known for their ability in,the garden and thisyear have: excelled in tomato growing at their Quality Hill residence. The Sentinel has dis"played in their window for the, past several days a 2:•1/2'.pounder grown, by Ada and Hazel.' While the Webster: ladies have the record to date for the largest, Billy Brown of Lucknow also claims a record for the •large- st in• the particular breed he grows. Not to be' outdone, Bili gave us •his to 'display beside the "'big' .one. . Bill's looks like a good'sized cherry, but with this particular breed, itis full grown. Ardill. Mason -Sells Huron Farm Ardill• Mason has sold his 50 .acre farm on.the 4th concession of Huron .Township:to Mr., and Mrs. Sam Snobelen, also frorr Huron Township. The Snobelens purchased. Stewart Shiells' farm ,on.the 4th about two years ago.. Mr. and Mrs . Mason have resid- ed on the Huron farm for 35 years, their place being the former John, R. MacDonald farm. The Masons have purchased a house in Ripley. Ardill operates a bus route to Ripley -Huron Central School, Possession of the,farm will be obtained next April. ... -'. Mali,