The Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-07-08, Page 1LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JULY? 8H1, 1953
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GIFTS PRESENTED BY
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£22.
REMOVE CARTONS FROM
IDLE FURNITURE PLANT
SET HIGH JUMP RECORD
AT OTTAWA FIELD MEET
Cliff’s Dad was on the first
MADEGOODRECOVERY
FROM SEVERE BURNS
time and the burns have healed
surprisingly well.
i«W9!»iwiHS«inn^
resumed at the factory are con-j
cerned.
VISITING in the west
Mrs. James Ritchie and_ Mrs.
$2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.
FIRE DESTROYS
WAWANOSH EARN
A barn on the farm of John
and Fred McQuillin of West Wa-
| . wanosh was struck by lightning
early Monday morning anddn-4
phort “ time was • levelled to the
ground, along with * a nearby
shed. The buildings, though hear-
)y.8O years of ajge, were in good
repair,, and used for implement
storage and as a stock barn. The
barn was 40x60 and the shfed
30x60;
Twenty-one sheep, including a
valuable ram, died in the blaze
gnd four more Which were sev
erely-burned, were destroyed that
afternoon. One feriiale and a lamb
are all that survive of the. Mc
Quillin flock of prize Suffolk and
Leicester sheep. The sheep had
apparently sought shelter iri the
• stable of the barn during the
stor m?—: —- -—■ ■ -
Ten tons or so of old hay and
the straw off about 35 acres of
i/’ crop added fuel to the flames
sb that the reflection was seen
for many miles. .
The barn, which is situatedjm
Are- fafnr^^
placg, was struck about 2.45 a.m.
during the height of a. violent
Storm that swept <this district.
Hydro pow^r had failed a few
niinutes before. The _reflection
was noticed by Mrs. Fred Mc-
| Quillin who had been aroused by
the storm, but by the time Fred
/ and the boys got over to the
;/ barn the roof was burned off to_
f^the'rfaftefsT~r ■
• They managed to remove, a
roller and disc from the shed
, about 12 feet away, before flames
...enveloped -it, along with some
older machinery. Their haying
equipment, usually stored there,.
Was on the other farm.
ENGAGE TWO TEACHERS
FOR HIGH; SCHOOL STAFF *
- Mr. .Harvey Brjde Of Fordwich
Urid -Miss Eleanor. Plumsteel of
Clinton have been engaged as
members of t/^Lucknow/Pistrtct
.High-'Sphodl staff. These appoint-
hients raise. the staff to five arid
the .Board is; .still seeking a
mathematics teacher."
. <Mr.- P. W.r Hoag, principal arid
Mr. Wm. MacDonald are the only
members of last year’s staff. Mr.
Burden, who has been teaching
at the Second, was previously ap
pointed as shop-wdrk teacher and
is at present taking a. summer
course in Toronto.
Work at the new school has
now reached an advanced stage.
Landscaping is .underway, and
“moving.in” operations will com
mence next month..
EIGHT PAGES
STEVE STOTHERS SPENDING AA A D If EIETICTM
SUMMER IN THE WEST I FIT ■ JE I Fl
M n ANNIVERSARY
/Mr. S. B, (Steve) Stothers wasi .
On Wednesday, July 1st, Rev?
-arid—Mf'sJ G. ”M. Young, at J thei r
lakeside home in Gallimere^ cele
brated, the golden anniversary of
their marriage. The immediate
family enjoyed a buffet luncheon
prior to the reception which took
"place from two to five in the
i afternoon.
Approximately two hundred
guests were received by Mr. and
Mrs. Young on the lawn. Their
sons, Rev. W. A. Young and Rev.
Malcolm Young assisted in re
ceiving, and Miss Susan Young
had charge of the guest book- An
interesting feature of the after-
----— I noon was the skirl of bagpipes,
Donald MacNay, son of Mr. and as Mr. Edward Jarvis, in full
Mrs. Graham MacNay of Ottawa, I regalia, played especially' chosen
J^_a_riewUntermediate-high/jump^selectio7Tsr------
record, at the Ottawa High i Tea was served in a room
held recently. His: mark was, 5 ' flowers, from a lace ; covered '
/Mr. S. (Steve) Stothers was i
re-elected secretary-treasurer of
the_ Canaidlai^3wine-~-Bre ‘eder^
Association at their Saskatoon
convention, Following that, he
spent a couple of weeks with his
brother “Ike” before returning to
Brandon,. From there his itiner-1
ary inpludes Calggry, Edmontpsnr:
Saskatoon, Regina and Vancou
ver iby late in August. ;
Steve says it rains nearly every
day arid while crops look fine the
farmers would like some fine
weather.
NEW ASSESSMENT
STIRS INTEREST.
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Lucknow’s 1954 assessment not*
ices went into th^mail^theJdL/.
er" part7*of the week to create
quite a municipal stir and cur
rently become 'the number one
topic of discussion, .
The revised /assessment has
lloeeri made under the new Bruce
County equalized asessrinent sys
tem. The revision has been made
by Village Assessor A/ C, Agnew
in conjunction with Bruce County.
Assessor Everett Finnigan, who is
working on a complete revision
of the entire County assessment
under, the new provincial man
ual,
The ^overall property assess
ment as well as the business, ass
essments have been sharply in-
j creased, and sorhe property own-
rer/^hdTbusmess; establishments _ __
i got “a bit of a jolt” upon receiv- Schools Track and Field Meet' which was a bower of golden
irig their notice. / held recently. His: mark was, 5 '.flowers,. .
Mrs. Robert Ritchie of Ashfield; A letter of explanation' pf the feet 7% inches. Donald injured /table centred (by the wedding ®
new system accompanied each his knee at this meet/and was cake. iPouring teP were Mrs. Rob-
notice, pointing out that a higher j unable as a result ,to compete in ert Bruce, Mrs. Owen jfugihes,
muhicipal/a^s^taent leveLmeansJ-fhe-Dominion-tneetr but~his*/mark /MrsrE'Taiwis^ariU^Mrs, W. G
a lower mill .rate. ..............
Appeals against the. assessment
must be entered within fourteen
day^. It the meantime, property I________
owners hove been invited to the, tdp scprer of the Juniors with acards and telegrams were re*
Council Chamber in the Town i total of 204 points. Last fall Don- I ceived during . the day, among
Hall ’on Friday of this week. to Laid also made the first line on , which was a? greetihg from Pre-
irispect the cards which are the . the all-stars rugby team. ’
basis uppn which the assessment His father is with the entom-
is arrived at. I ology division of the Department
“|of -Agriculture “atDttawaT^
I BLAKE W.M.S. HONORS
; FORMER PRESIDENT
A few, weeks ago the storage (
has made a good recovery from
severe burns she suffered a few
weeks ago to her face and arms.
- ^Mrs. diMtchie^had^
bacon on the electric-stove and
the grease took fire while she
was getting a Container “ into
: which to pour* it. In her attempt
to get rthe flaming pan out-of-
doorsy^Mrs. Ritchie dropped, it,
but. succeeded.: in- -Oxtipguishirig
the blaze although suffering sev
ere burns to her face and arm.
, Forunately her clothing did
-riot—t<rke fire^ and^ Mrs. ^Ritchie
proceeded to apply first aid treat
ment to her. burns, which., were
sb severe that she was scarcely
recognizable \yhen_.the_men.-came
WAS 80 ON SATURDAY
Mr. Ed Thom observed his 80th
birthday on Saturday. Residents
of St Helens lor rriany years, Mr,
r and? Mrs. Thom have been living
/ in Lucknow for the past several
: . months. They have four: daugh-
ters, /Mrs. Campbell Thompson
(Margaret), Mrs. Ronald Roth
well (Helen) of Norwood; Mrs;
Al Martin (Jean) of Detroit and
Mrs. Stuart Collyer (Kathleen). .
There was-a family get-togeth
er to mark “Ned’s” birthday. He
received several gifts—from—the-
i family, and numerous birthday
greetings from friends.
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ARE FORTY-FIVE
YEARS MARRIED
A delightful event was held
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Cook of Ashfield, in honor of her
parents;- Mr. and Mrs.. Samuel
Reid, who celebrated their 45th
wedding’anniversary on. July 1st.
The living room was attract
ively decorated with streamers
apd a white bell, orange blossoms,
peonies and roses, while the lace-'
covered dining robin . table was
centred with two pink candles
and the wedding /cake.
. Mr. and Mrs. Reid have four
daughters and a son,, who were
all present for the occasion, as
^11-as-—fr4ends~from—Lundonr
Coderich, Wirigham and White-
church. There are thirteen grand-
/children. __ .
/ Mrs. Reid was formerly Matilda
Jarvis, daughter .of the late. Mi^.
? and Mrs.. Edwin Jarvis of Con-
, ^ssion :t 12, West . Wawanosh,
Where Mr. and< Mrs. Reid were*
/ Juried on, July 1st* 1908. They
,.,took, up residence in Ashfield
f- where they.farmed until retiring
10^Lucknow eight years agO;
anniversary : bblebfatioiv
.^as iharked by a program- in the
gening, when an , address .was
? read ■ .by their' daughter, Mrs.
narles MacDonald, and on be-
> au of the family the presenta-
,10h of. a, lovely couch Was 'made
V Peter Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Reid
3, ^ceived many other usefuf
g ;s Jrbm. iheir friends. ;
Sphering joined in sing*
-For They Are Jolly Good
Allows0. ■ • '
A delightful event was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
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unable as a result ^to compete in ert Bruce, Mrs. Qwen Hughes,
was 1%”; higher than that set j Tea assistants were tHe two dau
by the Dominion meet champion, ghters, sons’ (wives and grand-
MacNay is also an outstanding daughters.
basketball player arid was the; Many personal and congratiori-
mier Leslie Frost,
Guests were present from For
est, London and district, Burling-
tonF Toronfo/Kingston and Gan*
orioque, • .
i Mr; and Mrs. Young were, re-
; membered, fas well as by per-. [sonar friends, by many former?
...... , /of—a—quantity~of"cartons fin The r The^ monthly meeting of the
in from the barn. ‘ idle furniture plant, raised hopes) Blake Womeh’s Missionary Soc- [ministered to by Mr. Young
She.was confined to bed for a locally that there might - be • iety was held at the home of forty-two and twenty-five years
" ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ something doing” The past week! Mrs. Herb Curran, and took the a&°<
i Mr. and Mrs. Young were mar-
___ ____ _____________ _ ried fifty years ago at Evergreen
entation Was made to-Mrs. Irvine: pdertori, by Rev. John Cur-
Henry of Dungannon Vrho was r1^, ; a \ ..
president of the Blake Society for 1; • ev* Young was a former min-
two years. ’ ister at South Kinloss Presby-
. An address was read by Mrs. ^er^an Church,
Clifford Kilpatrick and on ibehalf |
of the gathering Mrs. Isaac Cran- •
ston and Mrs. Livingston MenaryJ
KINTAIL FARMER
REACHES NINETY
A lifelong resident of the Kin
tail district’, Charles. Stewart,
celebrated .his 90th 'birthday on
Sunday, June 28th, at the home
of his nephew, Archy MacMur-
chy, and. Mrs. MhcMurchy, R. 3
Goderich. ;
Relatives; came from many dis
tant -points-*including a„ niece, Mrs.
Mabel. (Finlayson) Wilson, .who __ ___
laridoj HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
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saw the removal of the cartons | form of a picnic for the young
from the plant. There were three * folk. During the afternoon a pres-
tranSport loads of them, all im-! - -
printed with the name of a prom
inent electrical manufacturing
company. - •
The plant is presently being
widely advertjsei^^jr sale and
while “hope ~ springs'"^etexnal”,
local citizenry has now pretty,
much adopted a “wait and see”
VISITS OLD HOMETOWN ;
. Mr; J. - A. Miller of London has
made the presentation of a table been visiting in the old home *
policy as far/as operations being ) lamp and an electric tea kettle.,: town.: He was the 11th member
Florida. • • A
With a great nephew at the
piano, Pon aid Dunbar of Larder
Lake, Ontario, old favorite psalms
. were, played and sung by the
large gathering; which part of
the celebration was most enjoyed
by Mr/Stewart who was notice
ably moved bv the old*. Preshy-,
ter.ian custom.
A great niece, Georgia. Dunbar
of Ethel,/Ontario, , baked- a large
birthday cake which was served
to the guests along with pther
refreshments. .
Amongthose present for the
occasion ’.was Mr. Stewart’s sis-,
ter, Mrs. Olive Finlayson of Kin
cardine. Other nieces and *rieph-c
ews present ' were: Mr. and Mrs.
George Dynibaf, Ethel; Mr. and_ . ■ . -. -
Mrs; Wilfred/Francey -and Miss L. Mac.^mnop visiting in
Ann Ma'eMurchy of • Goderich; | Western Canada,^Both plan_ ■ on
and- Mrs. William “Finlayson of j Ritchie’s first stop was jt Oven,
• Sask., to visit her mother. She
will later visit, a brother irf Ed
monton. /It is* Mrs. Ritchie’s” sec
ond trip .back West since the
family came to Lucknow back
about 1924. ’
Enroute West the two local
ladies met Mrs. Peter .T. Carter,
formerly of the Second Conces--
sion. She was op the-, same train
and was-; bound for Calgary to
wwit^-a-dbugh+err—, 1
ENGAGEMENTS ' ■?
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Mclvor
of . Winnipeg, Man., wish td an
nounce > the engagement of their
daughter, Mildred Isabel;.to Mr.
Malcolm Bruce Buchanan,^son 6f
Mr. a nd, Mrs. Robert D. Buchan
an of Larder Lake/ Ont.* form*
.ei4^of^uckndw-r--The-marriagd'
to take place Saturday, July 25th
;jlt the. United Chb^h,'Kbpuskns- .’
■^hrjg, Ontario? • ■
AtALLY HURT
INCARCRASH
.of a family of twelve children of
the late .Mr. and, Mrs. Thomas
Miller. He and his'sister, Mr$,.
-Kate-Spindler, are the sole sur
vivors. Mrs. Spindler is 80. and
j. A. is chipper as can be at 74.Injuries received in a car acci- . _ __...
dent in Michigan proved* fatal to1 His brother, the late Jacob Mil-Prior to the close of, the school h
term, Miss Jean Osborne was pre-' William j. Roulstori. of Kincar-; ler, was the oldest of the family,
sented with a -silver tea service [■dine/Tath’e’r^of Clifford Roulston;' *r:
from the Lucknow District High | Kinloss Township farmer.
School Literary Society and a
Lazy Susan serving tray from a’i leg of : a holiday trip tb. Fort
Mr. Miller is the . father of Mr.
Orlo Miller, prominent writer and
radio broadcaster.
uuouxi oyxviug aavzami ct t a 'iiyuMaj VJL *Jr » x MJL V 7 *' y • . 111
group of first year high school1Frances." He was a passenger in .REUNION MARKS
students. Miss Osborne also re- a car driven by Eric Schwartz of • • /. ■
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Muucnib. "Ubuvnic uibu re- tdi unveil 'uy ov'ixvyaxiz. ui ._•
ceived several individual gifts. } Kincardine; The mishap dccuired . GOLDEN WEDDING
Miss Osborne, had been a > near Imlay City, Mach., as Mr. i
valued memiber of the local* staff‘ Schwartz was about to. pass a
for ten years, resigning her posi-nr» a •
tion with the intention of remain
ing at her Huron Township home
due to the serious illness of her
mother, who is an invalid from
a stroke/ .
The second annual Aitchison
Park on Wednesday, July 1st with
Toron.to; *Mr. 'and M'r.s. William-
Patterson of Ripley; Miss Marg
aret'Finlayson-of Preston; Mrs.,
Elizabeth Rose, R. 3, Goderich;
James Kn-fght of 'Cranbrqok?. /•
•■^Bofn on a farm north of'Kih-
tail, Mi’. iSteWai't was./a son of
the late Mr/and Mrs. David Ste
wart (Mary McLean) who cume.
out from Scotland; '/.
Mr/.SteWart was/eeve of. Ash-
•field. fi uin~H4J15 ;iu. 1917/""..'T “
“ ’ Owned Big Steer
Mi’. Stewart had people' “beat
ing a path to *his. door ’ .over a*
score of Vears ago, when “the* big
steer” became Ihe centre mf? at^
traction at his farm, arid brought,
spectators for 'miles. The huge
animal was said to have reached
a Weight; of ’.about. 30.00 pounds.
.J, -stwirrurdfused -severaD fab -,
ulo'us offers, for the big-fellow,
which' Wentually took Ontario'.
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car parked on the roadsjde. A; reunion was held in Waterloo
third cai- plowed into t h e Park on Wednesday, July 1st with
Swartz car and Mr. Rbulston was a gatheririg of about 115 persons,
in a position to receive the, fuli. Among those in attendance were •
force of the collision. He died 'of Mr; and Mrs. Horace Aitchison,
his injuries-less than twelve hours Mr', and Mrs. Doug Aitchison*
later in hospital at Lapeer, Mich.; ’
■ Allan Schwartz, nine-year-old
spn of the driver* was critically
injured. Mr. Schwartz suffered
five fractured ribs.__v^hne_^ihis-
wife and three other children
escaped With lesser injuries.
Mr- 'Rbulston* a native of Huron
township, whs 73 years of age,
and ,for twerity*five years was
employed at the Malcolm Furni
ture Company. Hetwas an active
member'of Kincardine Peritecos*
tai. Church, ,whose pastor, the
Rev, C. A. Cook,; conducted large- ly through the efforts of Mr.
ly attended services at t.he Link- Percy Aitchison. Mrs. Aitchison
later funeral., home; on Tuesday.
Interment was made in ■ Kincar*
dine cemetery.' . , -
Sjurvivirig Mr. Roulstoh a rd hiS
Widow* the former Jane Hyatt;
two sons* Clifford of .Kinloss
Township and Arthur, Kincar*
dine; fhrpe?. daughters,* Lillian,
Mfs. Duncan McLeod, . Kiiiear-
dine; Inez, Mrs. John McAllister,
Stratford. and Elsife* Mrs. Harold
Purves, Kincardine; a brother.-
-hbtttef ‘TOuTsTo^^^ and •
two .sisters, .Mrs.. Polly Beadle,
Fort Frances arid Mrs. John Mc
Leod, Ripley. • " j
Amorig those in attendance were
Larry and Linda of Wingham and
Judy Aitchison, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Aylmer Aitchison, who
t was visiting .with her grandpar-
_ent&— ——/—
After a program, of sports
events' an address was given by
.Donald Aitchison of Harriston
and ..the presentation of a table
lamp was made to Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Aibchisori'.Of .Peterborough,
it being their 50th wedding anni
versary. ’This reunion ’has be
come a yearly event almost sole-
Js a .sister-in-law of Mrs, Harriett
, Wil son -BcrH/ZMlT/
ap'd Mrs’.' Aitchison expressed *
sincere thanks for the remem
brance. ; ’' ' . • >
In attendance • also were Mr.. ■'
and Mrs. Fred Aitchison of Tor*
oritb'who will be fifty years /mar
ried on July 18th. • >
Members of The Clan wore pre
sent front,‘Norwood, Peterbbr-
. Sy[gbj We^tdriyTJWoodibri d ge^Sar--
riia, London/ Hespeler, Aubrirn,:
Kitchener, Hanover, ' Harriston,
Walkerton, Toronto and. Wing* ’