The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-03-15, Page 1.0
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15th. 190 . .
le students council of Ripley
Oct High School and interested
zens of Ripley and Huron Town-
, have initiated the Courtney -
en qerpOrialFund Raising and
to furnish a room in the Kin -
line Hospital in Memory of the
:e boys who'werekilled in the -
;le train -. bus accident while
vinga hockey game in Ripley
gyral weeks ago. If the fund
jld exceed the amount required
the fitting of the hospital room
01 be put towards sCholastib
athletic awards at Ripley Dist -
High Schopl:
le Memorial fund, is in, memory
(enneth Pillen, :son of IleY. and
Harold ()inert of Huron and •
in. and' Wayne Courtney sons
vir and Mrs. Leonard Courtney
loon: The three boys died from
tries received in the accident
'he, fund Officially Commenced
treh 1O•and is to conclude OW...
til.•Ist:. On Wednesday,March
h (tonight) two hockey games
11 be played at the Ripley arena
th.an open adniisgion which wifl
towards the fund. The first •
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d'TendO,'Fiir
25,763 Bridge On
2th •Viiiwanoth
enders were, let at the March
eting of West WaWanoiti
Town -
p Council for the construction of
tw:bridge•on the 12th concess-,
I just east of •the Lucknow-Dun-
mon road, :' •
even te.nders were received for
job and the contract Waawar-
i to Roger MacEachern Of Mount
est for $25,,.765. 'subject to the
provai of rhe 'Department of -
ghways. This was the iciw tend,'
• The•Contract will be ••
gible' for an 801 bridge subsidy
ni the DeP4rtMe.nt c;1. Highways.
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he new 'hridge will replace the
1...narrow iron bridge location
just south of the residence of.
ant Chisholin on the 12th'.
game will. feature Kincardine and
'Ripley p.eelyee,and the second
game will see Ripley Midgets again
st the Lucknow Midgets. 'John Brent
of Wingharn and Dennis Riggin of
Kincardine will act as referees.
The committee which organized.
the fund is .Dale Martin Corinne
MacDonald, Marilyn Thompson
and Elliott ,Lowry , high school
students, as well As Howard Harri-
son, John D. MacKay and '•
Carrick Colling Ab Wylds, princi-
pal at Ripfey District High School,
assisted In the formation of the
Committee.
Donations to the fund will be'
received in Lucknow by The Luck -
now Sentinel. Others who will
accept donations are MacNay's
Store in'Amberley, Cameron's
Store at Pine River', The Royal
Bank in Ripley and the News office
in Kincardine,. •• •
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Escapes Serious
Injury In Accident
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A steel bridge girder/passed inch-
es from Clarence W. Adams of
Whitechurch as it tOre through his
car. after a crash into a bailey
bridge on Highway 86 last Friday,
The girder went through the., ,
.engine cornpartment ,‘ dashboard
and car interior before flying out
the rear window.
Mr. Adams, pinned in the car by
debrisreceived a -broken elbow,
knee injuries, multiple bruises and'
head injuries,. He was taken to
Wingharn•HospitaI..The driver's'
side of the _car was jammed against
the bridge and he had tObehelp7'
ed out the passenger's door. , •
A.second car, driven by Wayne.
'EckensWeiler. 26, of Toronto,.
struck the Adams car after the
accident, but little damage. .
resulted. Mr Eckensweiler was .
unburt
The bailey bridge is one of two.
`spanning the Maitland River on
Highway 86 They will be replac- •
ed by permanent structures in the -
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Hangs Out Shingle
Brian Rintoul, 17 year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rintoul
of Whitechurch, has "hung out
his shingle" as an auctioneer. '
Up o now, Brian's main auction-
eering has been at box socials and
community affairs, which we •
understand he handles quite well
He has been working in the ring
at the Lucknow,Community Sale
and has done a bit of selling there
at times. , •
Brian is advertising his services
now, listing farm sales as a spec-
ialty.. • • • ••
Flashing Signals
Approved For
Ripley, Crossings
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A department of transport.repres-
'entative has asSured:Ripley coun-
cil flashing signals Will•be install-
ed at the scene of a February 20 •
van crash which•claiMed
the lives of .three area youths.:
Reeve. George McLean of Ripley
said the decision, based on an in-
spection of the Huron Street level
crossing by a, board of transport,
commissioners engineer, '"remov -
es Ripley's worst traffic hazard."
He .added council was pleased •
with the outcome of the meeting
with. the transport' departrnenVs.
representative 'Angtts 'Sutherland
and two Canadian NatiOnal Rail --
ways engineers...
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Reeve MeLean !was assured by 'Mr
Sutherland that plant and •cost
estimates for.installation O!'warn-.
frig flashers at level .crossings at .
Atifon, and Queen. Streets. (County
Roads 6 and S).would•beforWarded
to Bruce County engineer Eldon
Ytindt in time for the March
22 county coitncil'ineeting.
The approval of.warning,tignals
came two weeks and a day after
the collision between a CNRday-
liner and a small passenger van
loaded with mine boys. •
Reports to thetransport comrni-
ssioners frorn.Mr. Yundt'S office
and Ripley council on the accident
and requests for signal -prolection,
were made recently.
Giri Guides Take Home Nursing Course
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Twelve senior _Girl Guides recent -
'completed a home nursing c6nr-
and had Mist Zina Hopwood of
ingham Hospitalas guest Speaker
the final night, Pictured' at the'
hOrne.df Mrs, Jim Henderton•of ,
Lucknow are: Back row, left to
right, Mary Elizabeth fienderton,
Edith Whitby, Barbara Wilkins; ,
Nancy Walden., Mist Hopwood,
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Gail Jamieson, Patricia H.Orniltoni
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Charlene Anderson., Elizabeth NeW-.
bold; Front row, seated; left to
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Siagle Copy 10c
Behind The Scenes
16, Pars
There was fun -behind the scenes
'at the Lucknow'District High • •
School operetta:. "Send for Aphais"
Shown, applying the finishing
touches of make-up to Doug.
Cameron; son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Cameron of Belfast is Janice ..
Brooks', daughter of Mr, and Mrs, • '
Gordon •Brooks of Lucknow. The • • •
pre 'show. makeup application pro—,
ducedas Many laughs as the show:
Frank Doherty"
esigns.FroptBoard
The Board 'of.COrribined.Rornan
Catholic Separate Schools,. Ash-
field and WawanOth'WeSt accepted
with regret .the resignation.of. Frank
.Doherty,phairinan of 'the Board.
Mr:, Doherty. „ :who headed the pole
in the December election resigned
kir-health reasons. '•
'John Austin was chosen t� be. • •
chairMart for the remainder Of the
terth. John Howard is vice -chair,
man. Mrs.Mark Dalton, a fOriner
trustee was chosen by the board to
fill the va'cancy.•
; Martin Hehdrieks. and Mrs. Leon
ard 'Chisholm CornPletethe board •
of these combined "school areas.
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Purchases Farm
• Mrs. •Virginia SChinimens �f.
Paris has sold her farm, lot 34, •
concession 13 and .14., East Wawa -
nosh Township to William VerSt-..
eeg of R.12;2, Wingham: • • •
Mr, Vertteeg, a member or the
Christian Reformed Church, will
do Mixed fanning, • • ,
Thetale was cornpleted.by,P,:t.
Van Eyl, local representative for
John Bosveld Real Estate:. •
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WonPassports
Fair , Expo
Mrs Ford Cunningha,m, owner
of the Sepoy ,Store in town and
Mrs. James Mathers who works at •
the Sepoy Store attended the Sted-
man's CC:invention at the .Seaway •
•Motel and Seaway Towers at Tor
'onto' last Monday and Tuesday,
While there, Mrs, Mathers wont
two passports tot -Expo, valued at
lex Hamilton
Passes
A former .Reeve of Lucknows, and • ••.
a long time resident of the village;'
Alexanderty Hamilton passed
away at Wingharn Hospital on •
Wednesday of..last-week,: March 8th
,He was a retired 'CNR. agent and •
was 77 years of age, •
:The funeral service was
,conducted from the MacKeniie•
Memorial Chapel in Lucknow on
Saturday, with temporary entomb-. •
meta in South Kinloss Mausoleum: . •
. Baby Dies
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Friend in this district were •
saddened to hear of the death of
Michael Robert Irwin. infant child
of Mr. and Mrs.. Robert Irwin:, • • •
Highway 86 west.'
'The child- died shortly' after birth.
at Wingham Hospitalon March1.9th •
Mrs.- Irwin is the former Elaine
Irwin of Huron Township. The
couple have another child Kenn- •
eth,,WhO will he two years old in
June. • '
Leave Home Farm
After 35 Years
Mr„ and Mrs. Jaclk Curranand .
their son Ralph of the 6th. Concess-
ion of Ashfield Township moved
the end of February to the 9th
Concession ,, to the fa.rrn of Jack'. s.
father, .the late Herb CUrran., Herb .
Curran passed away in 1901 and no
one has'lived,on the farm since,„
asMrs. Cutr,an came"to town to '
reSide. '
Jack and Mrs. Curran (the 'fornier
Eileen Treleaven) have resided on
the farm' on the Sixth since their
marriage 32 years ago, and ° „Tack
lived there three years prior tO
that. Their son SteWart, who was
right Deborah COrrin, Susan Mantb. $35,,. 00 eath and Usable at any married recently, has now takeri
Janet ThornpsOn.t-Joaitne Greertime during the Expo season, up residence on the borne: faitii*.
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