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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-04-05, Page 1Single Copy 1Se 20 Pages 97 0.00 A 14er In Achranc• r— $2.4 !Oro TO U.S.A. 'WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5th, 1972 a y..gurgsma TO Rebuild . A t. n'er r Pout Frayne Accepts Ontario Juvenile Trophy ss Over $10,000 As Fire I IS Ashfield Broiler Barn ,000 Chickens Burned es) Paul Frayne, captain'of the Luc'know Juvenile hockey team, receives the 0. J. Hardwick Mertz orial Trophy from Wes Oswald of . Forest president of the Ontario Minor Hodkey Association. The Juvenile trophy represents the champion- ship of the "D" division across Ontario which was made up _ , 7--ra t.e-r•-•-• -r-- of twenty:four team's. The pres- entation was made following Sat- urday.night's 9-2 victory over Smithville. • vat lile It- The ,committee from Lucknow:, est Wawanoih, Ashfield and kin. which has been meeting to ussthepossibilities of estab6; ng a medical centre 'for the ea, took another step last week.' en they agreed to engage an hiteet to-prepare-sketch plans the proposed centre. last week, for the first time, ptesentatives frOm Huron Town- p met with the committee to insider the proposal.,• A further eeting with Huron was held this eek, Burgsma who farms 011 the 2nd-concession of Ashfield Township, just vfest of the Dun- gannon-Nile county road, suffer- ed a heavy fire loss 'on Good Pri- day , just after the noon hour, when flames levelled a broiler' barn. 'The family had attended a Good Friday thurch service in Lucknow 'and were just sitting down to dinner: when a neighbour spotted the fire and alerted Harry, to the • smoke coming from the barn. The time would be about 1.15 p.m. Fire had gained. headway in the middle of the 3-storey 40 by 200 building and .was burning in the partition, creating a dense smoke. Lucicnow Fire Depart- ment was summoned to the scene but were unable to save the build- ing. 'Water was' pumped from a farm pond on the front of the property. Within_. I • — with its automatic feeders, water- ers, exhaust fans and augers, completely set, up for a chicken operation, was completely. lost. Also lost in the fire Were 24,000 broilers just -over seven weeks old. They were scheduled th.be shipped on Monday and Tilesday, of this week. Harry Burgsma , a native of Holland , came to •Ashfield Town- ship in 1958 when he bought the present farm from John Brodie. For three years prior, he had work ed in construction projects in. the Sarnia area.. During his years here , he has made his farm one of the' Show places of the area and many people, during summer ,weather , took time to drive by and admire his grounds and build- ings. A carpenter and builder himself,, Harry' did much of the work on the property. The farm had two large broiler barns, the one which burned loc- ated to the north of the house, and a second one to the north- east of the home. 24_,Q00_broilers_had been ship- ped from the first' barn just a few CONTINUED, ON PAGE 18 Don McIver Takes Position With York Universi Don C. Mac Iver , son of the late Donald T. Maclyer and Mrs. Grace MacIv,er, 1279 Wilton Ave., London, Ontario, has been ap- pointed to the Faculty of York University, Toronto. . Beginning this coming academ- ic year .at ClimatOlogist in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 Funeral Today jim O'Donnell of Lucknow , who had been seriously ill in Wingham Hospital for some time, died there on Monday of this .week. He was 5'1 years of age. The boay rested at the MacKen- zie Memorial Chapel in Lucknow until Wednesday morning. Re- qu'iem Mass will be held today; idednesday, at St. Mary's Roman -Catholic Church in Lucknow at 11 a.m. Temporary entombment will be at South Kinloss Mauso- leurn with Qreenhill Cemetery the final resting place. BARGAI NEXT WEEK The winner in the "Bargain World" draw next week Will receive $30.00 in merchandise vouchers. Get your entries in today. Sales slips or tickets from any of tbe "Bargain World" merchants may be placed in the entry boxes, Each of the businesses participating has an advertisement on the doUble spread "Bargain World" page. They are offering excellent bargains each week in this town-wide effort and as. well, are giving you, the consumer, an opportunity to cash in on the weekly draw. A total of $200.00 in prizes has been allotted to the promotion. It will pay yoU to shop in Lucknow. Progressive Lucknow merchants joining to present Bargain World include: Lucknow' Dry Cleaners, Schmid's .jeW11-e:rrand—China, Greer—T-.V.--and—Electl ic, Jolm—W. Henderson Lumber Ltd., Ashton's Lucknow Ltd„ Vi• .(Bud) Hamilton, Johnstone and Son Furniture, _Sepoy - Store, C. E. McTavish Fina, Lucknovv Fruit Market, Luck- now Pro Hardware and Village Shop, H. and B. DiscOunt, Mel Stailley's Sunoco, Finlay Decorators, JOhnston's Sup- ertest, 1VIontgomery Motors, Lucknow District Co-op, Mar- ban Shoes. ifnagn15610616iIMMOR60066060006.