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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-01-21, Page 1A Mi — •r* BUYS POOL BUSINESS ' IN CfTY OF LONDON $2.50 A Vear In Advance—$1.00 Extra ToU.S.A. i I FORMER RESIDENT PASSES 0 ■4 trip 1' ’ " tfl REVIEW YEARAT CO-OP ANNUAL LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21st, 1953 EIGHT PAGES X A Pf reasonably steady prpgreM was reported by Presi­ dent Robert Barkwell at the ban­ quet Wd annual meeting of: .the - -Luckpbw -district Co-operaftive held lest; Thursday evening at the . Recreational Centre Wjith... some two hundred .persons gi attend- « ance< Luoknaw Women’s Insti- . tute catered fori a ‘turkey supper. Elmer Umbach presided at the piano and Secretary -Alex Mac- Nay led in « lusty sing-song. Mr* Baricwell referred to the . *4nteresV^ this an­ nual get-together, which focused attention pp the yduties and re- sponsibilities of Co-op ,members. He mentioned . the good front street location they now own for their general business and im­ provements which ; are . being ——made-at-thefertilizer-plant.—^ Seated at the head table and presented by the president were • Mr. and? Mrs. Jack McArthur, Norman: Alexander, IMri apd Mrs./ Keii Marshall, Mr., and Mrs. Alex MacNay, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mc- Dougall, John R. -McLeod,. Mr. and Mrs. W. McGuire, Mr. arid Mrs. Wm. Purdon, Mr. and MrS; Frapk McQuillm, Mr; and Mrs. George Moncrief, Mr. and Mrs. '^lwodd^Drenrian, Mr. arid Mrs. Oliver Mii^haries. Later in the meetipg Bob said he forgot to mention that his wife was here ■ and added. -'MW fetter get that ^^straightened--4out—!be(forelget /home0. He didsa neait job of handling the meeting. Mr; Norman Alexander pre- sented the auditors’ report and in .ppintiri^ but the 3 to 1 ratio between assets apd liabilities said the finaricial position twas good' and had ^ijmproved .during the year with the Bank loan sharply reduced. /■' Co-op Manager Jack McArthur said that fertilizer plant improve­ ments permitted the handling of more fertilizer at lower cost. He said that ri^hile there was a small departmental loss in /the grocery . / . sta was growing and should stand on its.own feet '■ this year. He thanked the Board .of Directors fpr the time they had spppt during the year in dealing wtth Co-op business. ' ■; The five retiring di rectors were —-*--:allT;rei^|Bie^ John R, McLeod, Oliver Bankwell, Llqyd MfaDougaU and Frank Mc- t Quillm, . . •/'; Others nominated were Ralph Cameron, Douglas .Graham, (Roy McKay,. Leo Courtney, Harold Campbell, Allan McLean, Ewart Taylor and/Orland Richards, With the latter two prevailing to have their names withdrawn. ^.•’■•■^ Gu^t-.speaker;-was Ken ‘Mar­ shall of Norwich, manager for 28 years of the Norwich Co-op which now has an /annual turnout ,in excess of ! Vi million dollars. He is a director of the United Co­ operatives of Ontario and have served three"terins:~as~presidentr His talk was of a .promotional nature, and1 he split the organ­ ization info three groups,/ man/7 agement, directorate and* mem- •bership, “stressing the duties and responsibilities of each grou£ as individuals. He stressed that"dir-1 . ' (Continued on page 8) . th^?Mci^rthan-^&Kenzie Memorial Chapel. Interment will be ip'Greenhill1 Cemetery/ A ’ * ’ ‘ r Harvey Treleaven has bought a .pool room business in London and obtains possession - on Febru-> ary - 2nd, It is located on Hamil­ ton Road and has four billiard tables and/•< Boston table. Harvey recently ;$old his, res­ taurant and pool room (business here to James Duncan pf Elma Township. The Treleaven family is tenanting Albert GammieJis res­ idence on ^Quality Hill and- will remain here until Harvey obtain^ a home in London. ASHF1ELD COUPLE MARK 40th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and‘Mrs. Jake Hunter were pleasantly surprised on Thursday .evening last When about' fifty friends and relatives dropped in to celebrate their ^40th- wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs: Hun? ter were miarried forty years ago at the Ashfield- Parsonage . in Lucknow by tfie Rev. J. J. Dur­ rant. ' ’'•■ . '/■ ; ’ The evening was spent playing ■progressive euchre after .which a dainty lunch was served by the ladies. Among the many beauti­ ful gifts received was a West­ minster chimes clock, ia gift from the- family.. INSTALL ROYAL ARCH OFFICERS Officers of the Lucknow Chap­ iter Royal Arch Masons were in? stalled at the z January' meeting "last week by W. A Porteous and J. W. Joynt. First principle is Leonard Mac­ Donald who also holds the office of Master of Old Light Lodge. Leonard succeeds Mr. P. W. Hoag as head of the Royal. Arch. . Officers are: Past/First Princi-i pal, P. W. Hoag; First Principal, Leonard MacDonald; Second Prineipah Fred Newman; Third Principal, Floyd Wilson; Scribe E, A. C. Agnew; Scribe N, V. A. Mowbray; Treas., W. W. HiH; P.S., James Boyle; &S,, J; Kil­ patrick; J.S., oKen Cameron; 4th Viel, Robert McIntosh; 3rd Viel, Robert Simpson; 2nd Viel, Ted Collyer; 1st Viel, Redvers John- ston;O.G.y~GordonFisher.— THAT Mrs. Garfield Ostrander of Picton underwent .a very • critical operation in Kingston, General Hospital on ’Monday. ‘ THAT Robert Webster had a per­ fect cribbage hund last week; He^ drew this “one in a million” hand in a game with Fred dersonj and Fred says it’s the first perfect erib h.and_he_ever/ ■/' saw. ,•»/''' ■ THAT subscriber^whose Sentinel expired <at the^'end of the year, are remindedyigt to ldt Jan­ uary slip away without attend­ ing-to your renewal. THAT . Orville: Jones returned from Wingham .Hospital last ■Wednesday, where he was1 a patient for 12 days with7 in- juries received in af£11 at Tre-» leaven’s Mill. He still has con­ siderable soreness and will be •! off work yet Jor while. < THAT students and teachers ,0f the Lucknow ‘ District High School are busy with rehearsals for the two-night concert to be presented in the Town Hall on Thursday and Friday of next! iweek.Seatrare-Teservedat^Mc- LITTLE GIRL HOME AFTER WO MONTHS IN/IOSPITAL V ■■ ' ' ... ; / • ; Donna Carrin, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Corrin, returned home last week from Wingham Hospital where she had been a. patientsinceRemenrtbranceDay when she and her cousin, Douglas Lankshear who was visiting heri both , suffered fractured, thighs when /struckby a car onMain Street. Ponna is in her year. She is ^toddling around1’, again at her home, and it /is .like having id learn to walk all oyer again for the little lass. - Douglgs will be confined to the hospital for a couple of weeks yet, and upon his discharge. will return to his home in Brantford. —I■ i.. ■■ ..... • ........ . J-.' RIPLEY REEVE IS BRUCE COUNTY WARDEN v Gordon Staixley, Ripley imple­ ment dealer and reeve .pp the Huron Hub ^village for seven years, was elected Warden of^ Bruce County at the opening of the January session oh Monday njght. He defeated Reeve Tam Stevenson of Chesley in a straight jtwo-man contest. Present at the session from this end of the County and supporters of the new warden were Reeve David Carruthers of Kinloss, Reeve S. E. Robertson of Luck* now and Reeve Richard .Martin of Huron. , -■: Six Others were nominated as ■prospective wardenship candi- dates, among them being Reeve Carruthers of Kinloss. FIRE DEFIES HOUSE DUTCH -FAMILY THAT from a former resident of this community wlioxnow re­ sides ‘ in the States we have re­ ceived his annual donation io the Red Cross. It always ac­ companies -his Sentinel sub­ scription with a note “noname ' please”. ■’ •' /•' . ... TALK WITH SON AT ARCTIC POST . .I ■ ... . ,. Mr. Md Mrs. Il, H Thompson and members of the /family Jiad * a thrilling experience on Sunday -aftexhpon^when^h^y ePnversed“^~ with their „$op Bob • at hia mete- / ? orolQgical post at Arctic Bay on the northern shores "of Baffin 'Lapd*:/. .•/' -;-;r ••: ■ ’ Contact was made through the courtesy of Fred .Bisset, a “ham” Operator at Goderich. Fred had. picked up Arctic Bay on Friday afternoon and upon learning that, a Lucknow iboy was there tphoned / • the Thompson home, and over the telephone Mrs. Thompson heard Bob’s voice as he and Fred made plans fpr the Sunday - “party’\ • ■. ■ ■. • And so from Fred’s attic broad­ casting station in Iris home in . Saltford the Sunday chat took place.. Reception was splendid and ' in tprn Mrs. Thompson, Helen, “Bpd” ,and Willard- talked to Arctic Bay, while Dad Thoihp- son. Who couldn’t make1 the attic! Hideaway, had a tape recording made of Bub’s remarks ,to him. and he' in. turn recorded “his say” to have it sent back. Monday was Bob’s birthday, ’ and thik contact with home dver the desolajte tracts of arctic waste, was, as he put it, “the best. births day. present he could ever hope ; jto receive”. . . ’ Six At -Post Listen ln Unlike a telephone conversa- „ tion, one .party says their “piece'’ anH then it’s “over” fop tlTe re^ ceiver to reply. ’ Some of the highlights’of Bob’s \ remarks were^-1baf;they now had“L two hours of daylight, out of/ the twenty-four (but it would be mid­ February beforetheywpuldsee the sun again. That will be a "Happy day”/ * The weather on Sunday was 30 below^ had been to 40 below but is calm, and you “don’t feel it”. Snowfall has not; been , excessive — nine inches On .the .level..'' r. Clustered around the micro- .phone ^for .this broadcast was Arctic Bay’s total white ■popula­ tion of siX /men—two more than usual. There is a staff of five meteorologists and radio opera­ tors -at this Department of Trans­ port post The quintette had as visitors that day the manager of the Hudson Bay Post, an BCMP . officer .and a Catholic priest who / were making their periodic dog­ team stoprfXver. The Ppst has three Eskimo families as permanent residents, with about 150 Eskimo in that vicinity who converge at the /Post in full force twice a year. These reunions are at “ship time”, when, the* C. D. Howe supply boat ar­ rives in September and at Christ­ mas time, when thei white inhab­ itants throw a big feed for .them and a dance. The Christmas dance was held in the Hudson Bay stor­ age shed, uhheated in 30 below ' . weather, but which didn’t fizz on the-Eskimos astheyiumbered ~ through their square dances to different tunes ground put at the same time1 on Jwo old grama- phones. Srndking strong cigars the ^DiG^—bpys watched proceedings* for a. time. . r. . • . • ■ The D.O.T. boys put .tip prizes for dog sled races With 20 teams competing in. thp. .spirited and- thrilling contests. z Bob /said; they had an air drop in November that brought biip up to date with mail (and The •Sentinels’ till ^that time. /They ex—. poet a plane to make a '.landing , * ’ <at the Post, in, April, wjth mail ' * • and,supplies, a'pd.;by which thovr . can sejnd o.ut mail., •. .* ' ■ By.short wave ’ they get /they. Maple 'Leaf hockey 'gaipeS, and from, now on. they can also look. . forward to a weekly contact, re- . ception .. permittihg, with Fred Bisset who has set a date with* ' Bob - for “every Sunday -at two’’. i Fire for the second time in less than two weeks razed farm homes on the i Fourth Concession of Huron Township, arid both times robbed a Dutch immigrant fam- ily, Mr. and Mrs. Claas Dejong and their family of eight children erf a place to live, as well as de*1 stroyipg most of their, personal effects. Mr. De Jong had been employ­ ed’ by Richard Martin, but was, concluding this job shortly. Since 4he^sedoiid—fiTe-~the-~-family--has- moved to a farm home about 4 miles north of * Kincardine. The i first, fire was on January 5th, which gutted the Richard Martin farmhouse, formerly own­ edby L, C. McIver. - The limited/belongings of the DeJong family were at that timb pretty, well removed from, this conflagration, b/ut were damaged and. destroyed to. some extent. The district rallied to their aid with money, clothing, household furnishings arid equipment. Much of this was lost, in the second fire, although several donations of clothing, etc., .had not yet been .W’Vjed/.to their new home* . "'"/^/""Thursday’s Fire" It was early evening on Thurs- day, / January 15 th, that ithe- .sec-- end home went up in flames and was totally reduced to a pile of ashes; Cause bf' the, outbreak Was uncertain. This place was owned ibjF/Goldie Martin ,who had made it available as temporary housing for the DeJong family. Fires were on in .both stoves iri the house that day to warn! it/ rip for the family to move in the next day,- Goldie, and Austin Martin had helped Mr. De Jong move iri their belongings that /day and ft was late in the afternoon -when the About' 6.30 p.ni. Mr* and 'Mrs. T. t Allin MacDonald; discovered the fire as;,' they were ■ driving down the road. The .Ripley Fire, Brigade respdrided^but the house was;-, beyond saving. It Was sit­ uated on < the- farm once owned by the late George McIver, a bro­ ther ctf Mr. L. C. McIver; THAT Mr. and . Mrs. Peter Math­ eson of Calgary have been visit­ ing in .Ashfield with his brother . Murdo and at Chesley with his _;brothers,-Re(v.-Wm. LandJohn’ Matheson; All four were to^ gether in town here a few'days*! ago. Mrs. Matheson was form­ erly Mina Dickson of Ashfield. From here they were going to Windsor and Detroit to - visit other relatives. THAT Harold Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Cook, has about half his time in jat wearing a head and shoulder cast. Ifer- ..old suffered a fractured neck when struck by a filing limb ' early in Deceniberj At first it was feared ,he might also have^ a skull and' ’shoulder fracture, but fortunately this Wasn-t the ' “ case7The ® him to wear the cast for about L /three ,months, arid ■ /fallowing that he expects.to have to re- ceilve further treatment at Mal- " "ton.. ■ ■ • . • DAVE HORNELL DIED SUNDAY IN TORONTO The death of David Wylie Hor­ nell, age 72, occurred at his home in “Mimico On - Sunday. The fun­ eral service was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Turner and Porter funeral home With inter­ ment in Park Lawn Cemetery. . Dave was born at Lucknow, and at the age of 17 went to Toronto where he was first em­ ployed by the Robert Simpson Co. He served for, a time as ’de­ partmental manager of Ogilvies Mdhtreai before Toronto where lhe was associated with; .two other brothers in or- ganjzing the-, firm of. Hornell Fashion Waists, He travelled from coast to coast" for the“"firm and was, a former member, of the Commercial. Travellers’, As­ sociation. He was associated With Wesley United Church, Mimico. . 1 ’ For a time DavQ assisted, .his brother, the late Wm. Hornell, in operating The Market Store’ here, ; and after the’ latter’s' death, Dave remained until the stere ..was dis­ posed of to’ Norfnan- Wellwood cf Wingham, when he returned :: He is .survived by a .daughter;1 Mrs L. G. Paterson, Mimico; a son Ashley, Toronto; a .brother, rfA* D. Hornell, Toronto and a-sis- ter, Miss Elizabeth. J. Hornell, of •Mimico. His Wife, formerly Edith Ashley, predeceased him; also a son. Alan^ ■ . • . ’ ' - A .message of sympathy, was ' Lucknoyrtiusiness. Men^s Associa­ tion* Mr.. and Mrs. ‘J. M. Greer re­ ceived wotd last weekofthe death on Monday’ in Detrot., of' Mrs. Harry Bogues, •* a former Resident, whose husband operated -P grocery business here for sey- ^^Lyears^BuriaLwas^i-h-JDotiioi-U •“ on Wednesday. ’ HARRY BELL PASSES , . Harry E. Bell of Kinlough died hi Kincardine Hospital on Tues­ day. He * had observed ;his $8th. . ^rthday .on Monday of last week. Rov. CL & Cox will conduct *the funeral service on Thursday pt TH AT Saturday'' night’s freezing rain, glazed highways and streets with a hazardous sheen. /,•’ for both motorists and pedes­ trians, but local mishaps seem to have been almost nil. On Monday Herb’McQuiilin had a close call, He had pulled up a . Henderson’s . Planing Mill and was about to get out of his /When the Co-op truck! - driven by Bob Campbell, slew­ ed’ against a tree in front, of the mill, and >carofned .off .into the side of Herb’s truck*. Herb . was standing Oh ^h^yuhning . board on the side of the impact, but Was untouched as the. door and the truck box protected .him'from being crushed. The - •-truck-had^to-ber-hushdd-away to let’ him step down from his on ^hA'* v ’ - ■ ' F< ''dvicc, but few ’ , % • ' ■,» • • -~--Mr;~Lr“Gr4McIver~ns“'ill"A^th"“‘^^ pneumonia and was takeh to-Kin­ cardine Hospital on Sunday.