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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-01-07, Page 1$2.50 A'Yearln Advance—IhQOExtra To ILSA^IJJCKNdWi ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY,JAN.7th, 1953 TT r EIGHT PAGES •i ■”5‘ ' ;w * TWONEWMEMBERS ON LOCAL BOARD Lucknbw^M " 1953/^reeve and .councillor? we®e-elected by a#* clamation last week with/two “^newr~memibcr8^ori~~theu~nboard7 which ib comprised of Reeve S. E. Robertson, Councillors Virden ’; Mbwbrayt Innes MaeSweeh, S. B. ' ' /■“.- Cbu^lll^ Stothers jihd Sridth Will succeed Ernie Crawford and . . Russ Britan who are retiring ah’ ter folir service/ The in* augural - meeting wil} be held next Monday; . ! , Foilbwi^jg/lasti; weei&ynomina- " tion meeting Reeve Robertson and Cou^ilior Mowbray qualif­ ied. Innes MacSween thought it over until the next day before signing, arid as the deadline ap­ proached ' on Tuesday evening, Steve Stothers signed, leaving but One vacancy. It was- thought that Couqpillor Button might re-. consi^er /his rimrijriatioh 'meeting announcement lhat he wished to retire, .but when he held to his decision, Archie Smith qualified to’ complete tne slate. Public K. C, Murdie, Gerald Rathwell and Dr. James Little \all qualified; legvn ing the trustee board unchanged. The three other members are Lloyd. Ashton, Mia<^ MacLenriari and Charles Webster. / 1/ .. 41 YEARS MARRIED . ■ Mr. and Mrs. William . Fisher (formerly Maggie Murdoch) wejie 47■ ye^rs married on'Suiiday, D©-/ cember ,28th.. The occasion was marked fry a; family dinner; *and m-the^eveniW^^FW(ed to extend greetings and best wishes. ? Mr. and Mrs* Fisher were mar- ried by the late* Rey* D. T? iL. Mc- Kerroji, Who was . minister of; Lucknow Presbyterian Church at that time. ‘ \ • <x. I SEE BY THE SENTINEL/i . SUFFERED HIP FRACTURfe ! EIDCC RAZE MmOAAEC 6 MONTHS AGO, HOME A-GAINlr,l''Ba ; t -» .... FoitiBWilSF S.S. TAX RAtfc The Kinlough’ School Section, No. 2, hdd their annual school meeting, on Wednesday afternoon of l&t Wek With John ifttterison as chairman arid Frank Maulden as secretary;??'^he following ■ Of* ficial board7 Was appointed for 1953: George^ Haldenbyj sCc,- treas. Mrit Stanley, retiring trustee,Was/ re-appointed along , with Donald McFarlane and Bert Nicholson; auditors, J&hri ^garr arid Frank.Maulden; delegate td O.E.A, convention, George Hal- deriby* *The treasurer in 'giving his report,: assrirred the ratepay­ ers of the sectiomthat if no *un- forseen expense arose during the ^year”the; schoorratewouldlike- ly be cut. Two factors for dis­ cussion were* accident insurance for the pupils and whether school contracts should be left in the hands, of the trustees or let at the annual meeting It Was de* cided that both should be left to the discretion , of the trustees./ Mr. and Mrs. visited relatives . on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. ____ spent New Years at -the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Nixon ot Bel* fast. ,. My* and Mrs. Peter Leeson and _/ainily visited at the home of-Mr. and Mrs. Victor Gawley oh Fri­ day, evening. .Mr.andMrs.AndreWPatterson spent Friday at Mr. .and Mrs. ^rtoh Collin’s, Mr. Calvin Robertson enter- stained the following friends arid relatives at his home on New Years: Mr.' and Mrs. - Kenneth Robertson arid family of Zion; Mr- .and Mrs* Goldie Huston bf * Rine RiverJ Miss Margaret Rob­ ertson and Donald;-Mr. and Mrs. Russell Collins and family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dore and family Visitedn the latter’s sister m Kincardine8 recently* ^The^urple-GrovedParmd^f^ will commence their meetings, for .the season with the fjrsit meeting held at the home of Mr. .and Mrs. (Donald, McCosh;on Monday even­ ing. /<, •'> ' . Mr* and Mrs. Will Arnold, Gor- uop arid Joyce; MT; Jimmie Mc­ Ewan, Mr. Leo Arnold, of Arm- ow, Janet, and Joe Forster, Mr. Rribert/^MriCdsh and Miss Kate McCosh of Ripley spent New Years at the" home of Mr. arid j Mrs. Donald McCosh. Edbert Bushell in Kincardine John Emerson SECOND SCHOOL TO REMAIN OPEN The annual school meeting of S.S. No. 7 (Second Concession, Kinloss), was held;last Wednes­ day afternoon when W. J. Irwin was re-elected trustee for another three-year, terrti,^ Othei; members of the Board are Currie Colwell and Tom MacKenzie. .The secret­ ary .is “Sandy” MacLeod*' ’ Early list summer the Board decided that, when the new‘high school was built in Lucknow and .accomodation would then be 'available, that the Second Con­ cession pupils would be trans- /ported td Lucknow Public school Application for this accomoda- tiori was made at that tirrib. How­ ever; < at last week’s ’ meeting plans were changed! when the Board deqded? to Have No.- 7 schoolhouse remodelled and to continue:^to have their/childferi taught nearer home for the time being at least. ' Dan Thomson was appointed caretaker for the coming year. : The teacher is Mr. Hedley H. Burden. THAT Gordon Struthers under­ went. an appendectomy in Wingham Hospital on , Monday afternoon and is getting along ■ nicely., ■'/ ; < THAT Mrs. W; L. MacKenzie was takbn by . ambulance to hospital in London last week, and it is- good news to her friends -here this week that she will hot have to undergo an. operation, as it was feared she might. J1 THAT “Bright Victory” making ... its last rub tonight (Wednes­ day^ at The Playhouse ‘is a picture worth seeing. It’s the .story of the rehabilitation.of a blind veteran. THAT Mrs. J. H. Lindsay of Clinton writes that due to fail- ■>. ingeyesightshe/hastogive up . all. reading.. “I. tried to manage The Sentinel just as long as possible and amgoingto be lonely without it”, she adds. h*U OCTOGENARtANHOOFSIT- down Town twice daily Mir. Sam. Bumin is in his 88th year, but the years rest lightly on him and twice; a day, with regularity, he makes a; trip down town. The round journey is; up­ wards to a mile. Sam generally makes the morning trip about 8 o’clock* Possibly he’d .be; earlier if the stores and post office were open.' . . He Considers the walking good for him, and shuns the rides which are often offered him. A native of the St. * Helen’s com­ munity Sam was a thresherman for years. His birthday was late in August, an event that “kept the threshers away”, and which he jocularly* remarks was poss­ ibly the /reason that he took up that business. . THAT Jack Miller of Maymont,; -Sask.7 spent; -a few riays, last week ait the home of his bro­ ther, Frank Miller/of Langside. It is about 18 years- since Jack has been back to the old home Mrs. Wm. A, Russell returned lo her home here on Sunday, ex- actly six months after suffering ^a-fr^ctured^ipA/Mr^RusselPre- turned here on Friday. ‘ Mts. Resell jury when, she fell in the yard, while trying to avoid stepping on a little dog which had got urider her feet Siriceher^discharge from Wingham/ Hospital, Mrs* Russell wa§.. at thC home - of her daughter, Mrs. (Dr.) W. McKib- bon.She is ndW able to move about without the use pf ‘ a cane. ■ - ' -------------I I., ’./ • /// ■ • - MILLER HURT IN FALL ON FRIDAY " z . . •; • ■__.. . ■ ' Orville Jones, ah employee of the Treleaven Milling Company, was rushed to Wingham Hospital last Friday morning for treat­ ment of injuries received when he fell through- a trap door, on the third floor of the mill. Orville had been assisting in lowering machinery through the trap, and when he went to re­ place the cover, plunged- to the .floor below, some fifteen feet, narrowly missing landing. on the machine. ■ -/<• Orville suffered several broken ribs that have since caused him much suffering and received a severe laceration to the forehead when his< glasses were shattered in the fall. - town* His; the< time of his father’s death. Be­ fore coining here, Jack visited at Sarnia with* his daughter, who has been ill. TRAPPED INCAR,G0T OUT THROUGH TRUNK HAS GOOD USE FOR BINGO PRIZE Mrs. William F. Fanson, of 274 Hamilton road, London, two of whose , -daughters;. ...are blind and' her husbahd seriously ill in hos­ pital, received the unexpected windfali Monday-Wheh^she^won the $500 Jaycee Home Bingo, ’(’he, prize.was.officially.presentedon the CFPL radio program, “Can Ydu Name It”, on Tdesday at noon? •>' '•' '■ •• , . ,v Mrs.. Fahsan is the mother of Mrs. Harold Ritchie of Lucknow, who was listening in when the award was presented on Tues­ day. •' .. .■ ' “I’m very happy*’, Mrs* Fansan said, “I cah certainly use the money because I still have an 18-year-old girl to care for”. . —She™-*was—referring—“td--her- youngest daughter, June; who is attending the Ontario School.for the Blind at- Brantford. Another daughter who is blind is married and lives in London; } Mr. < Fanson heard the news fr&n Kis bed at Westminster Hospital to Which he bias been confined for the past years,* and a^half/MhdW ill. He Was employed by the; Lon­ don City works department’ for 29 years. V THAT John Campbell: of Belfast observed his 83rd birthday on New Year’s day/at the home of his son, Dynes. Mt. Campbell is not enjoying the best of health at present. THAT Frank Thompson of Kin-. /^loss^Towhship^gpt^a^nice-XmaS ’ ’box. in the, form of $50.00 cheque as first prize ili a draw held by the Hanover Fire Dd-? - Apartment. ; ' .; —O— THAT the Week of Prayer com­ menced, in the . Presbyterian Church on Monday evening and will. conclude on Friday even- t ing. These services are being conducted by the local clergy, with Wednesday night’s meet­ ing being of special interest to young people, when a religious film will be shown. / THAT Mr. and Mrs. G. Murray _ Cpuse and children, Pauljandt ‘““Xyh/'have taken up residence in the Bank of Montreal apart- meht.L^eiiLfurnishings.arrive(L by. motfihg van on Friday. .. THAT Wrn. Stauffer who recent­ ly sold his farm near Black­ horse, has left on a trip to New .Brunswick. . 9 '—O— - ■,. THAT Duncan McLeod observed his 90th' birthday on Christmas Day. Btill hale and hearty this esteemed gentleman, says his health is excellent, bUt he’s finding his legs a bit shaky under him, but* not to a point that^prevonts.Uiuh.~from--lgeL- ‘ tihg ' down town* Still an avid : reader, his “two books a week” are-of travel, history, biography ; . 4-no’fiction for Duhcan! THAT thrifty housewives know that “January, the* month of . sales”, is the time, to shop and save* Ads in this issue by Ash- ton’s;- The MarkeVStore, San­ derson’s, Smith’s Grocery and ; Rathwel-Ps Shoe Store tell of 1 sveh big sales hoW going on. < * .. .» .1 Murdo Matheson of Lochalsh found himself in a precarious spot the'other day, when his car slewed :dir the ice ahd turned over in the ditch on the 15th Sideroad near Ripley. •• Trapped for some time, Mur­ doch finally made his escape by removing the back seat, crawling into the^trunk and hoisting the lid. He escaped with only a shaking. up. L-'' - DECEMBER WAS CLOUDY . An official resume of weather conditions in December shows that there was pnlyorie day of complete sunshine during the month; 21 days totally "overcast, with partial sunshine during the remaining 9? days. High for |he month was 52 degrees on Decem­ ber 7,th with a low' of 5 degrees on the 28th. There was 1.83 inches of rain and 15*50 inches of snow. <s> at YULETIDE DOINGS At BAKER HOME The twenty elderly folk Baker’s Private Hospital Were well remembered at Christmas ^ime^-arid j oined. .in,the~spirit. of the special events planned f$r them to make the festive season ahappytimefor rail.-—-—- A Christinas eve party was jstaged/^Witri„.Dynes_.. Campbell pinch-hitting’ for Santa Claus to distribute the huge pile of gifts. that had: , amassed; around the hospital Christmas tree. ■ . On Christmas afternoon Bill; Pappas filmed a show at the hospital. /‘;: 4, ’ On New Year’s eVe Frank Mac­ Kenzie entertained, these .folk With bagpipe selections; and of course the menu for both these big days included all tile festive dr-immingSr The honor of being' the oldest member, of this private hospital goes to Mrs. Margaret Fletcher, who is 97, and who fully enjoyed the Christmas festivities. . ‘ . Besides Mr,/and Mrs. Baker, the hospital has a well qualified si ^-member . staff - comprised of Mrs. Essie Furves, Mrs. Wm. Hun­ ter, Misses Elizabeth (Beth) Mac­ Donald, /Shirley Colwell,* Betty O’Neil and Mrs. James Mac; Naughton. • <' ; IN KIN LOSS, HURON Two* rural district "fires on Monday destroyed homes on the 4th;Concession^oLHuronTowh-^ Ship and it the*hamlet of Blacjp,. hoi^sO, leaving a dozen persons. \ ’ homeless;. /*/■.’ Ip/ Huron Township, the form- er farm home of Mr. .and Mrs. L. C. Maclver * wis gutted be­ yond repair. The farm his been owned for over a - year by Mr, R. G. Martin and his son Austin and: since, last March the resi­ dence has been occupied, by Mr. and Mrs; Glaus Deyong 'arid > their eight children—five girls and 3 boys, ranging in ages frbm 16 2 years to a 3-months’-old infant. The family came/brom ^Holland early in the year to Huron; Town- . ship. Mr- Deydrig is employed by Mr. Martin. /• . /;/ <-. ■■ Overheated stove pipes about . ? 11 o’clock Mbnday morning caus- ' ed concern iri the Deyong house- ± hold. Both Mr.- Martin arid; Aus? tin Went to the home: and r re- 4 mained for about an hour until the red-hot. pipes were cold* About two o’clock that after- • noon fire broke out. in the par- ' titions, and it was a’ hopeless : battle to try and ; check the . flames. The Ripley Fire Brigade responded but the house was gut­ ted beyond repair before the con- flagration was extingUMhriq. 0 1 1 ■ » V *1 ft j* flagration, was extingujah^d. Much ' of“ Deybrig^r household furnishings and cloth­ ing was removed from the build­ ing, and stored in a nearby gar- ° age,- but when efforts were made to sort it out the next day, it- . was realized that the loss, and ./ damage would be considerable. The family has temporary re fuge at the Mhrthi hDm$, , With', thrbh of the fafnily ^iyirijg? With’^: fellow Hollanders on the Sixth Concession. - Appeal For Clothing Donations of household; furni- > ture, Utensils, wearing apparel^ etc., for this near destitute farii/ ily will be welcome and Wm. A.’ . Schmid states that any such do­ nations may be left at ‘his store; or at MacMillan’s Butcher Shop* Some of the items needed: in- : elude dishes, beds, ‘ blankets/ towels; hriby clbthing, pillows/ cooking utensils, a stove; sewing machine, lady’s shoes size 7%, kitchen chairs, dressers. • Blackhorse House Destroyed Fire of undetermined origin that broke out early that; even­ ing at Blackhorse, destroyed the frame residence of/, Kenneth Vaughan. With the exception of, a couple p( tables the Contents . of- the house were also destroy­ ed. , •. ■ : 7<.. The. Lucknow Fire Brigade, gathering at the time* for their, regular' monthly meeting, re^ sponded to the alarm received just at ’eight o’clock,-^Jbut the _ Kouse was beyond saving upop, their arrival. „_pnlyL a jdriveway_separated-th0— Kinloss Orange Hall from/the burning building but a snow covered roof, arid a favorable '■> wind saved ’ this building, until Firemen could draft water from a nearby pond to dowse the re- ; mains of the house.. " . ' . t * -I < r / I '/• SPOTS BALD HEADED - EAGLE IN KINLOSS Earle Hodgins of Con.-10, Kin­ loss, recently spotted a large bald working around the barn, Earl’s . . • attention was. attracted a couple of times by a large bird .over­ head, but. paid little attention’, ai- suming it to* be a hawk or an owl. ' , -, 7,- ’ ■ ' Later,, while going to the ba£k ’« of the farm with the tractor ’and .• spreader, Earl got Within about .g0 Of’ the "bird, . perched / „pn a fence, arid close enough to leave rib doubt that -it ’ was an eagle. ■'\ ■ 1 4 *<’ ,7., .■•■ ■/■ /■■/ '-■<■.■ • L . */7.' ’• • ’ .:-7*- /■/'■■ - '/ v-.- : - . ’ :.....................■......................................................■ ...... * . : v ■ ///Ln >■/: / \ . 1 ”’ • V r . ’ * v .* * ’ ■ . ; ’ r ’ '