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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-11-22, Page 1h.. 197 LUCKNOW, , ONTARIO Killed Enroute Home Moon 'Tuesday Sudden death struck a numbing '. blow to the Lucknow; 'area on Tues day afternoon. of this. week when 52 -year-old Mrs.. Tom. MacKenzie of Kinloss Township was instantly killed. Mrs. MacKenzie, driving alone in her car,'was •in collision with the,Canadian National Rail- ways freight train at •a •crossing just a half •male from her home. The • crossing is located on the first side- road in Kinloss east of Lucknow and running. between Highway.86' and the 2nd concessio n of: Kinloss. The road; is often referred • to as "Torrance's: sideroae or "lovers' lane" :„ Mrs. MacKenzie ,,:or Doris: as, she was familiarly known to.most of rrends,-was--teacher-o commercial. at Litcknow.. District ,High School. She •was a former employee of the Bell Telephone, - and -Bank ',of elephoneand-Bank'of Montreal in Lucknow. , For some reason,, unknown ai time, of writing, she was making .a trip from the.:High Schoolto her Kinloss home• at the noon hour Tuesday. .:She -had been seen at the post office in Lucknow just minutes before .her fateful trip which:took, her east on Highway 86 and north ' • on the sideroad towards"her home. The MacKenzie farm home is the Onlyone onthe sideroad. / • '''•The CNR.train, with a crew.of about five and a partialload of: ttle, was .proceeding west into ow -41e -engineer -told Sentinel that. he noticed Mrs.:. MacKenie's car come over the hill.on the -south side of the tracks and he watched her helplessly apply the brakeswhich. proved -use 'less: on the icy hill .. The car .slid. ' down the incline and struck the train,aboutthree• cars back on the six car unit: The.,car swungsideways ,after • impact and was hurtled in a wester ly direction into:a deep ditch. The vehicle overturned: and cane to rest again on its wheels,.': Parts of the car were torn from the vehicle including the motor • fender and wheel. Mrs, MacKenzie 'was MRS. ' TOM MacKENZIE • thrown from the car about 100 feet _Amber Joi rhe;. w.es'. Coroner' Dr. J. C. , McKim. and Dr. M. -I. Corrin of Lucknow.• were called to •the'scene as was' the ambulance'from' Wingham "Hospital. Mrs. MacKenzie died instantly in the'crash. Ontario' Provincial Police. from Kincardine, assisted by Lucknow police'officer Bill Nelson,' investigated •A set of wheels on one freight g:. car was.derailed in the impact ;and • the train chopped its wayabout .PP quarter of a, mile down the�track. before.' corning to a halt. ; Railway ties, from the point of the:acci • dent to. the stopping point, were badly damaged by the derailed , car. HeaVy equipment, was needed to again right the train: and this was not expected to becompleted for some time: Mrs . -Mac Kenzie- is survived by. he r husband Tom :who was working at his job in_ Wingham. at:.the-'time-- .of the accident; two sons,` Alex '' (Sandy)MacKenzie who: is doing postgraduate work in England and Bruce, a.student;at.the University of Western'Ontario; also, her mother Mrs. Mary Cooke wh'o resides in Lucknow" in the Finlay Apartments. Sandy who Was married" in the ' ; • ., summer, left in''September'for Eng- land for: post graduate work after • CONTINUED ON PAGE'.2 Itsim Ill/IIINI(I 11I UINIosmoIUMII*II I, Al HUr..Ii1til..'_Is Arena Manager; Al Hamilton of Lucknovt has been appointed manager of the Lucknow arena and ice -making started this week with the first skating schedul- ed for tonight (Wednesday). • The • arena sehedule ,,'listed in this' 'week's paper; :gives a full listing of the.. events at the arena' for the . next week: 1111,11111111111111111111111i111111111111111111111111111110111 Fire Destroys Barn; :Start Rebuulding Work commenced Monday oftthis week to rebuild the barn destroyed Eby. fire. on the farm of Mr.+and Mrs'. Bob Bregman located onthe 6th concession of Culross, four miles • west of Teeswater. Mr. and Mrs. Bregman lost their barn, the season's crop of hay and grain,. r tweelve-ea lues-a-nd-some--maclinery-- •in the fire which brokeout while they were visiting EXPO in Montreal on September 22nd. Mrs: Bregman, Agnes.to her many friends, is well known in Lucknow where she was formerly: employed by the Bank of Montreal.; * Bob/is constructing a pole type barn,34 by 88, which will handle. fortycows and. nothingelse.. Also • being constructed. is a hay'barn,' 50 by.36 and a milk house 16 by. 16 Friends recently held a benefit'. dance in'Teeswater for Mr: and Mrs. 'Bregman.. Donations of $750, were received as well as 2700 bales. of hay and 600 bales of•straw. Honoured dor 25: Years With Firm Leonard MacDonald;.of Lucknow, an employee of Silverwood Dairies was honoured. last :week when he waspresented with a scroll and , gold watch in. recognition of 25 • years service with the: company. The presentation was made on :. Wednesday of last 'week at a dinner held. at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto s' Into -Side : Of : Train On : Icy Hill SN FORMERLY RESIDED IN: ASHFIELD Mr. ad a - / s'Wilfred Farrish of" Mrs. Lucknow .celebrated their 50th wedding • anniversarY at''the Luck- now Legion hall on Saturday,; Nov- ember 18th. "Open House" was held during theafternoon and'evening when many, friends called to .extend their best 'wishes : • at Gce, as'they are knownPete.tonIt friends were, marr ied at the Ashfield Presbyterian manse• by 'theS. : Hardy'. H yo November 21st.; 1917. -Mr. and Mrs. Farrish farmed; in Ashfield'.for'many years until retiring to Lucknow Mrs., Farrish wasthe Johnston, daughter of the; late Wm: A: Johnston. and Margaret Johnstone of'Kintail, Her sisters and brothers are' MO., David '(Annie). Farrish of Saskatoon,. ;Saskatchewan; Mrs Ewart:' (Jean):MacKeith:of Vancouv- er,. BC.; Mrs': Jaynes (Jessie). MacIntyre, Goderich; Noble 7. Jolnston•of Lucknow'and William' Johnston' of Kintail. A brother 'Alex died in 1918 with the fin. • MrFarrish was the son. of David,. Farrish and Ann Dickson of • Lanesville He was the youngest of eleven.. The only, other surviving. member of his family is Mrs. Leroy Brothers Buy Two HuronTwp. Farms T. Allan 'MacDonald has sold his 100 acre'Huron,Township farpi. Lot 11, Concession' 5 ,• to Eizo Piel of R. R. 1 Waterdown. Mr: Piel will . take possession the .1st of A•pyil •next year and is planning dairy farming, He is a member of the Christian Reformed Church.. Mr. and Mrs: Piel have eight children, Harold 22 years, John -21, Elna 19, . Cory 11, Linda 16; Jerry'•14.' Jenny 12,. Eizo 10 Scott Contracting Business:, Ripley has sold 100 acres in Huron;. Lot 13,. Concession 6 to Gerry' Pel of R. R,1 Burlington. He takes possession April lst,and will be dairy , • farthing, Gerry and Eizo piel are br'others', Both::sales Were made by r, c: Van 41, Lticknow, agent for Bosveld Realtor. (Minnie) Horne of Toronto. The deceased are Mrs Angus (Bessie) MacDiarmid, Mrs John (Margaret) MacLeod,Mrs: Rolly (Barbara) ' Grant, John, Bob, George, Tom-, Dave and a baby boy in infancy:. Mr. and Mrs ..Farrish have a family of four, :Mrs. Lloyd (Anna Mae) MacDougall of Kinloss, Alex and Grant of Ashfield and Robert of Kitchener: They+have -twelve; grandchildren and four_ __ great grandchildren They,were sadly bereaved by the death of a grandchild, Sandy Farrish 'four ; ; years ago, .' Friends and relatives attended the. •celebration from Vancouver and Be1owna' B.C.; Saskatoon, Saskat- chewan; Chicago, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, Ren- frew ' Beaverton, Stratford and: Kitchener; J. John Melvin Greer of Lucknow '. passed away in Wingham and Dist- rict Hospital on Monday, 'Novemb- er 20th. He Was, 86. • Funeral Services will be conducted Thursday, November 2'3 at 2 30,,p , m from the MacKen-. zie Memorial.Chapel, Lucknow.'•, Interment will'be in'Greenhill Cemetery: 111 O'D�flnI1s Years Wed Relatives, neighbors and friends gathered Saturday, November 11 at. the home of Mr and. Mrs, Jim..' O'Donnell to .honor *them on the occasion of their .25th Wedding Anniversary. versary A' purse of money•was presented o chem . A social: time with dancing was' enjoyed until lunch time. A .three tiered wedding cake. centred..the buffet .table, flanked by lovely Mums, the gift of relatives Many beautiful and useful gifts were received,. Guests were present from Toronto, -Kenilworth,. •Wingham, Holyrood,,,Kinlough and Lucknow,.