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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL., :LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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The LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
'The, Sepoy Town" On 9 the 'Huron -Bruce Boundary
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WEDNESDAY, FEB.. 22nd, 1967
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BUS: -TRAIN CRASH
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rest on the .north -•,west :corner ,of.
the tracks. .•,.
Twa ofthe injured were, removed
to Kincardine Hospital `in John.D.
MacKay"s station wagon and two
more were tacker; in. Clarence
Pollock': station -wagon, Roy
.Davis,'. accompanied",b.y John
Coiling tbok•one of the injured'
in Roy.'s car Ambulances were,
summoned from::'<incardine arid'
removed the others.. The: dead,
youth,' Wayne Courtney. wase
.throw.against the railroad cross
arm sign Which 'stands at the scene
All available doctors and nurses
were, summoned in '<incardine to
assist t Dr. ; Tindall' of Ripley. An
•'WED.NESDAY, FEB.:2�lnd, 1967
Funeral H .re ,Mo. n.�
a,�
.For Air Crash ,Victim
Comrades .Bear Casket: Of: Gordon.MocN�a
at Dutton's Meat Market. The
.sympathyofthe goes
out to the •MacN'aY family �the •
.'in •
loss of their. son and brother and
to Mrs.•'R,J. 'Button, .grandmother: •
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of Gordon, : presently in•Florida
•AIR CRASH
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usiasm for flying. Details of;the
accident are sketchy but it is'bel-
ieved that the plane touched down
in a practice 'run and was lifting
off again when the wing dipped.
Lacking much altitude,, the plane.
swung into a ysnow bank and flipped
over,. killing' the: two' occupants • :•
instantly . He was killed in the line.
of:duty, a' risk all young ripen take.
and willingly accept an.: his type
of,: training.
Word was first received by the.
MacKay family: :shortly afternoon
on Thursday, when ' Squadron Leader
Paul •DeLorg, padre at the Clinton
Air .Base came .to the MacNay
Koine, to relate thesad news.
Gordon'.was''a wellknown and •
respect'ed young man within this
community.: becoming. well'
acquainted .with many, of the older
residents. while carrying on his
daily morning paper route for
many years. As a: teenager; 'lie
.was 'a familiar part time employee.
for the winter ..
The body ,was. sent by .train to
:Lucknow for burial with an accom-
panying'escort`.officer from .the
:base in Manitoba Because of•
storm .conditions and;' train: hold
ups, 'it 'was very late Sunday' night,
before arrival. '
The largely `attended • funeral.
service . was held. at. the 'MacKenzie;
Memorial Chapel on Monday ,
• February`20th ,. at 2 P.m .: Officiat-
ing clerfyrnan'yas
fficiat-ing'clerryman=was Rev. R. Laird`
Stirling of Lucknow United. Church
assisted. by Squadron Leader Paul.,'
. DeLong. Temporary entombment •
was made at South Kinloss: Mausol-
eum with 'final resting , place •to' be
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Greenhill Cemetery., '
Gordon's ten classmates from the
Canadian Forces: base at'Poage
;Prairie acted'as pallbearers
and -,flower bearers. They were,
Courtney in Stratford on Tuesday.
The railroad crossingRipley in .
has no warning lights and is mark
ed' with the railway cross arm'stan-
dard. An accident at the crossing
in February. of 1950 claimed the life
of Ernie P.oliock'who, was alone in.
his 'car c r a t the'tirne of that noon
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autopsy was performed on'Wayne; . hour collision.'
Police Check The. Accident Scene
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The dead. and injured youths are
ail from the.heids Corners area in •
Huron`.'Township. The five Court -
:I -ley boys'tare sons ;of.Mr: and Mrs.',
Leonard': Courtney Who reside' on.
Highway .at`the.•second'of
Huron The Pillen'family reside,at
Reids .Corners where .Rev . •Pillen
is minister 'of Pine River.United'
Church; Lid'�lles reside on the'6th .,
of Huron; 1 1/4 miles east Lof Highs
way 2k• Elliott Lowry is 'the. son of,
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lowry who.
reside in ' the Point ,Clark area in
Hurn,
One,of:the dead youths, Kenneth.
Pillen, was 8oaltender for the
Juvenile team.. Elliott -Lowry
'and Charles' Liddle .also play on tie`
team 'with the other boys being'
spectators at the game:.
Wayne Courtney was a grade 11.
student at :Ripley District High
School and Kenneth Pillen attend-•.,
ed grade 12 at ttie Ripley High.
Charles Liddle, is in grade 11 at
hipley and . Blain Courthey attends
Wingharin'y vocational school where'
he .is a grade •11 student'. His
brother Larry also 'attends :Wingharn,
and is in. gfade 10. .
Cameron ,Courtney is in grade 3-
Dale Liddle in, grade'4. and Ian
Courtney in grade 6 at the'Huron
West Central School.
Funeral; arrangements for the
.accident victim -IS -were, incam-t
, plete a writityg tithe
flown to London and came there by
bus.: An honour guard of young
airmen were alsoP resent from •
Clinton; Air base ,and: flanked: the
casket as his friends bore him to
his final rest.
Gordon is survived by his. parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alex IviacNay;' three
brothers, Robert of Amberley„
Donald of Waterloo and .Dr.
Kenneth of W iarton; his grand—
mother,
rand •mother, Mrs. R :J. -Button of Luck -
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