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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-02-04, Page 1"'P e . $S.00: A Year In Advance - $2.00 Extra To 'U.S.A. •° LUCKNQIN .................. ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,'FEBRUARY 4th, 1970:. Single Copy 1$c 14 Pages Youjth Killed In .:. far -Truck. Acciden' Near Petrolia • A 22.-year-oldWatford, area youth•was killed Thursday afternoon ;of last week about 5.30. p.m, at the intersection of County road 4 and Highway • '79, about 12 .miles east of,.. Petrolia Dead is Lloyd Raymond Edgar , _ an apprentice mechanic at Macfarlane Motors in ,Petrolia , `who was returning .home .from. work at. the time. •He skidded on an icy hill into, •the path of. a C. and M: Transport, 'Truck' from Lucknow. and driven • by Doug Rossoson. of Mr ' and Mrs.. s• Bill Ross 'of town, He was 9innjured. ,.'` Doug 'was enroute.to Windsor with,a,'load of•cattle, Another • C. and M. .truck.; driven,•by •Dan ,Caesar , was; ahead' of. Doug and :he was :flagged down by a rriotor st and -returned to .the. scene, He was unawareih t'h- . accident had happened Damage was estimated at about '$1000 to the transporttiuck. cling Has Been Popular Winter Pastime Purchase :Pr.Ope.... ;Make 1lpartments 1 Mr. and Mrs: Ezra Stanley of linifingh_have pur based the former Christian Reformed Church in Lucknow and will convert the,. building to .apartments; The property was formerly •the • ; Johnstone Funeral Home and. is.. located just south of the'arena Cotner in the villageti The. Christian Reformed Church Io1d the; property to Alex Hackett 1 Sr .' of Lucknow at the time 'following construction' of their new church. •Alex.later.sold tq toGlen Hodgins'of" Kinlough who in turn sold ..it toMr. Stanley. • . • The. Stanle s plan to make the', building,into approximately six apartments and will move into • one themselves .as soon as' they • can make it 'ready Ski Accident Mrs. 'Jack MacDonald of ' Lucknow suffered •a broken leg near the ankle in a skiing accid- ent at Charitecler Ski Resort rear • St.. Adele, Quebec on Wednesday •of last ,week • Ivlr and Mrs ..MacDonald , Dr.•: • and Mrs. Jack McKim , Mr. and Mrs . Jack• Treleaven of Lucknow and Mr and Mrs:. Barry Hackett• of Ashfield were spending a'Week.. skiing but Audrey taken :•:advantage of only about.haif the. skiing week when the accident • occurred. ' • She spent.overnight in hospital and ;the rest of. the time watching her ,companions from. the ease -.of a chair in the viewing area; t • Mrs. Lorne Dalgleish of St Marys, mother of Mrs.. McKim • who was keeping the McKim children. managedto develop the flu while Jack and •Carol were away and Mrs. Harvey Mole, who was.'.keepingxhe Treleaven • `children ;.felland br' 'e wst '.het ri .. 'd ug rn the w . Mrs . Alex i Hac-kett-of Ash d in hatgeY • of the .Hackett children' also had a bout of the flu tocontent ' ' contend with , ' Other than this, the •skiiers reported , ' a ood week. with; good weather.. g i ' ', Years • Skiing, has caught on with' many people in the Lucknow area this year foliow:ing;'the formation of the 'Lucknow Ski Club, and the, installation of a rope.•.tow at the 3.: . "park hill" Caught by TheSentinel camera .on Saturday afternoon as'they,hned up for: the tow are Linda Harnilton Joy Emberlin 'Fred Embierlin .Arlene Corrin, (behind the post) , .Douglas Treleaven and.a couple of other faceless ski enthusiasts: = Photo By Don Johnstone •Fifty -years ago this month'. Gilbert frayne of`Lucknow and' Kingsbridge:'returned from.. over.- seas afterspending•:approximat'e• y four years as a captain in. the Royal'Army Veterinary'.. Corps.. During the last year before he returned to Canada he; was ,with'. the army of'occupation.around . Cologne Germany ori Hospitalized. For Two Months, To eturn-For-Surgery. Keith Black of St. Helens, who has been hospitalized since November:28th•at St.'.'Joseph's Hospital in:. London , was able to �ome. to his home.last Thursday for a .two weekP erod before returning to •London for further surgery.... Keith the Bruce' County g. Emerg ency .Measures Co-ordinator, was returning from work at Walkerton when his car went out of control on a slippery patch • of highway striking a hydro pole : The accident, happened at 'Riversdale . • He' fractured ' his leg in the accident and a continuing rrc,;tarion problem has ,given •• him severe 'trouble'. He is Still. bedfast with the injury. 0000004>04>Q0004>0 . 0 ... o4> . o .0.000®.00000 ,uc nornr District • :From The Kincardine. News,, Yn • • Mr : • and Mtg. *Wilfred Shantz of the eighth concession of Huron township probablywon:t care if they never see Acapulco again The idea becomes evident as the bizaare story. of •a holiday in. Mexico turned nightmare unfolds revealing how,Mr... Shantz spent eight days in jail for an incident that he knew•'nothing about.. y•m On January 1, while motoring.. through Mexico ,;• Mr and' Mrs . •Shantz,,were stopped,at a police ruadbloc k wlie , was. accused of striking a child. on the road. ,Despite their dPnia s. Mr. Sharitz •was' taken to Acapulco where he spent, eight ' days in jailbefore clearing him 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 0O . d. 4crperati self of the charge. . It took another six days, to reclaim their possessions: including theircar whilch had been, confiscated.. ".Conditions in the jail were • far from satisfactory according to Mr. Shantz who said his entire diet during,the eight days was six -eggs and M60 pieces. of meat.. , He lost' about seven ':pounds during the ordeal: • Other. food:. was provided by the .prison :buteven the Mexican prisoners, would not eat it: ' : ' ~ Drinking water in the prison was notfit for -human .donsuma- . tion according•to lvir. Shantz who said that even water brought in .from outside the prison was . about ninety degnees;and offered - 00 • A 4 °Jo patronage dividend , Which into be deferred and:2 clo which is to be paid in cash, was announced last-`e►ekat t e --a- .Huai ' meetin . and banquet of Lucknow ... g. District Co-operatiye , Evan • ' Keith'; a director of the Lucknow • District Co-operative, made the .-•_ --74-hnou-neernent. Th meeting- was;held at Lucknow' Legion Hall.'' 13lake Alton, Grant Curran , And. Charles Wilkins were named directors of the. Co-op for three year term succeeding .Grant lclacbonald., Russell Alton and - lack Curran, who'were not eligible ;for re-election because. of the length of the'term they have served. Other. •directors, .with_.further terms: to lrun,.are.•• Allan Miller, t e presi.:ent, Glen Walden vice president; Warren'':Zinn: secretary Evan .Keith Murray f•ienderson and Frank Pentland.. Frank expressed thanks from` the Co=op to then retiring. directors. The gathering. was welcomed byithe Co-op president Allan Miller Rev . Robert Nicholls said grace followed by the banquet 'which was served' by St. Helens Women's Institute.. Russell Alton expressed his thanks to the caterers. Jack Curran . - introduced those at the head • . i Total sales'at Lucknow Co-op were up about $2000 .for, theyear' for a total of•V750,663. Sales were up in. the -store, seed and 4 OYm EI IP little .relief.from:the, heat,. • Although,'toilet .facilities Were.' CONTINUED -ON -PAGE- A Nr;_: . 1V P GE- 'I . . NeOSIC Results :Royal Conservatory of ,Music mid winter exam results: Grade IV Harmony, Jim Henderson • Grade III History; ' first'class honours John Henderson, Grade,: Ip -Harmony, honours, Rod MacKenzie', •Ann Ackert a k t, M ry ;, Elizabeth Henderson., John. •Henderson ,Lois-Noble:;--P-a s ; Linda: Boyle. Grade II Theory, honours.; Donald MacDonald: These are students of Mrs. h W, A:. Graham, Lucknow Husband and Wife Die Less Than Week apart: Howard Beirnes of Lucknow: passed away,suddenly, do Thursday January 29th to his 68th year., • • Funeral service was conducted- at the Johnstone Funeral Horne, Aow 31st. Tempor'a'ry ent•omb`rnent • w.as. at South Kinloss Mausoleum, His. wife , Catherine'•Elizabeth :Beirnes, also,in her 68th year, •. died -in -her home -yin" >ue-knewt-on-=. luesday . February 3rd ; ' • The funeral will be from the Johnstone Funeral Home in Lucknow on Thursday at 2 p.m. Temporary entombment will be at South Kinross Mausoleum. Guest s eaker•for the.evenin P g was Mrs: Robert Nicholls of Luck, .now „who chose'as her subject ."the Irish potato famine" ,She was .introduced by GleniWa1de'n and thanked' by sMurray Henderson. Stuart Jamieson', manager of Lucknow District Co-op, reported ori the business of the to-opera- tive o-operajtive for the year,. Allan Miller the president, also repotted •er a slight percentage lower,: The fertilizer depattment had about. the same tona,but. less dollar volume. There were 29 new • -n tn& rs -joined•-the- Ct op--during- -the year, Grant MacDonald reported on the United ,Co-operatives of , Ontario annual meeting:; , Enter tainme;nt followed by the Paul Brothersof Kirkton, . a . B .1.