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1 '.....:-'*....... . ’ ‘ \ ...........LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30 th, 1953 '4
EIGHT PAGES
IBpb Thompson. Back Home
After Year In The Arctic
On Thursday evening of last
" week, RqberCThompson, son of
Mrs. ;R. H. Thompson and the
■ late-Thompson, arrived home
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MRS.CHESTERNICHOLSON
SUFFERED ANKLE FRACTURE
/after spending a year in the East?
- . ern Arctic at a weather observa
tion : outpost at Arctic Bay on
•the northern shore of Baffin
Land.
This post was established with
• Mrs. Chester Nicholson of Bel
fast,; formerly Verna? MacDonald
of St. Helens, suffered a fracti
ured ankle on Wednesday of last
week when she fell down some
stairs.' She had the break set on
Sunday arid „a walking cast ap-
now maintained as one of a I series of weather posts that pool |
th^r findings in an extensive
program of. weather observing
and forecasting.
. It was in early August of 1952
that Bob left by rail for port
Churchill on the Hudson Bay
where he boarded the C D. Howe
government supply boat to make
the long trip into, the frozen
north. He came out on the C.G.S.
dlberville, “Canada’s Queen of
the Arctic Seas”, which had made
her maiden voyage to the Arctic.
- ^The ship lifted anchor on Sep-
tember ;9th at“J\rctic Bay, after
disgor^iirig hundreds of tons of
supplies for this outpost and the
scattered band of about 150 Es-
„ ^ki?n<LS_ in. that, vicinity, who are
dependent on Arctic Bay for life
sustaining supplies. The ship
; docked at Quebec on Tues., Sep
tember 22nd, the return voyage
from Arctic Bay being by way
of Baffin Bay, Davis Strait (be
tween Baffin Land and Green
land), along the coast of Lab
rador, through the Strait of Belle
Isle and/ St; Lawrence.
It is the growing prominence
of Canada’s Northland that de-
bided. ,thb Department bf Trans
port.'tp-,add the d’Iberville to the
Arctic flbet?
This new 3,055-ton icebreaker,
is designed from knowledge gain
ed by years of Arctic travel and
her very size, trim lines, special
bow and power will enable her
to accomplish feats never before
attempted in Arctic waters. She
has fuel tanks for a 12,000 mile
voyageandcarries”two_helicop^
ters on her flight deck. A mpdern
r hospital and dental facilities
equip her completely to meet
every need in the care and wel
fare of the Northland’s inhabi-
'./."’iants;/ /•. ~
Purpose Of The Post
Arctic Bay is a'scattered little
Settlement of about a dozen
frame buildings. They are widely
scattered along the rocky and
ice-bound shore of tvhe bay as a
precaution against fire. There is
the Hudson Bay Company’s trad
ing post- and supply -sheds, and'
rthe. Departirient of Transport’s
meteorological buildings. One
building is for the generating of
the highly inflammable hydrogen
gas, used for sending‘their wea
ther observation balloons aloft.
There are a couple of “shacks”
(castles to the Eskimo) in which'
live resident Eskimo families
with the head of one household ___ p
serving as handy man at the Hud- the McBurney household saying
son. Bay. post, arid, the other as. he wanted to use; the phdne. As
handy man at the meteorological | he went to let hirn in, Mr. Mc-
. station. • ‘ ’..4"...... -
move around.
I POLICE HAUNT DISTRICT)
FOR SEVERAL DAYS
Provincial Police cars have
.been a frequent sight in the Vill
age and district for the past sev
eral days. There have, been var
ious reasons for their conspicu
ousness. ’ . ; .
They have been making a‘ con
centrated effort to pin down the
source of the beer obtained by
a half dozen minors in the Luck-
now-Kinloss-Kincardinearca------
Then there was the Teeswater
robbery, and the discovery off
the truck and safe in the Dun
gannon and Puryes Lake area,
respectively, not to mention^ the
arrest in Wingham of Henry El
liott. 6
THAT Mr., and Mrs. Sam. Con
gram were completely taken by
surprise when some friends
dropped in to congratulate
them on the occasion of their
SCOUTS TO HOLD PAPER
COLLECTION NE^T WEEK
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Lucknow Boy Scouts will hold;
a^ paper collectipn op Thursday
afternoon* of next week. Papers,
jn^azines^Cjardboard,^^,wilk
be collected. The Scouts will aprv
preciat^/haying, bundles-securely-
j tied or packed in cartons,
j ^Anyone in country, or town
j can. leave their paper at the Gom-
; munity Shed; prior to the/ collec
tion. Cartons are available there
.for storage or may be picked up
for the collection. .........
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BACK TO WESTERN
The .fall term at Western Uni
golden wedding anniversary, j. versity, /London, got underway
. 'which, was on the 23rd of Sep
tember/
QUEEN’S STUDENT IS
AWARDED BURSARY-
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THAT the hydro pole line on
the north side of the business
section, was removed on Thurs
day, to further improve the
. wider “new look” of Campbell
St. Installation of the lights on
this side was completed on
Monday tb complete /the trans-
.__fQrmationandlo--brighten~the-
“main drag”.
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THAT Clair Johnstori has been
off Work at Crawford’s’ Feed
— Store, as-a.-, result of a leg in -
jury he received when pinned
against his home by his car,
which he cranked while in gear.
Clair had. a small bone in thb
--legbrOken.— - —■.—-
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THAT Mrs. E. V. Baker and her
son Bruce were discharged
from Wingham Hospital last
. Friday. Mr. Baker, who suffer
ed critical head injuries con
tinues to improve slowly, but
faces a lengthy * period of hos
pitalization.
»-»-’■CGVyX M|
Donald McNay, son of Mr. .and
Mrs. Alex McNay of town, and a
first year student in civil engiri-
eering ; at Queen’s University,
Kingston/ iHas been awarded a
$400 1 Dominion-Provincial burs
ary. - '• ■■■ . '' .
Donald did well scholastically
aVLudtnnw^ District High School
i and as well took an active part
in other school activities includ
ing sports, music and drama. Don
ald was Literary Society presi
dent in his final year.
Don’s’ roommate at Queen's is
Ken Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Brown of Dungannon.
Ken-isa^seniorstudentin-elect-
rical engineering.
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SERIOUS CHARGE
FOR USI NG GUN__
■Henry Elliott, 25, of R. R. 5,
Lucknow, faces a charge of at
tempted murder following . the
early morning Sten gun blast at
the home of George McBurney,
R.R. 2, Embro.
. Police associate the affair with
an abortive attempt to rob the
Embro Co-operative feed mill’
The burglars were disturbed
about 3.30 a.m. Saturday , morn
ing by Embro Policeman Cecil
Pollock, who arrested Robert
Ldnchamps of Wolsley Barracks.
Three others were believed in
volved in the attempted robbery
but made.- good their escape.
About two hours later, a man
later identified as Elliott, aroused
Burney spied the muzzle of a
gun and slammed the door shut/"
A volley of :bullets riddled the.
door and as the intruder left h^
cut the phone wires and'fired at,
the car which sat nearby with
the keys, in it. ’ ’ . ■ '
Early-, that evening Elliott and
a companion were arrested at
Wingham and returned'to Wood-
stock where Henry Was picked
resident ^s ' the Manager of the | from a police line-up^ but the
' Hudson-Bay Post,’ Jim Haining,' companion; was released, •
a. Scotsman* who,-came but” tbTs |, Elliott was fecenUy , parolled
year for a holiday after-a four-' from the-GueJjph Reformatory,
’ year stint. Rbyal Canadian Mount-. J and his latest offense is the most
ed Police, an Anglican minister./.serious of his entanglements with.,
♦and. a Catholic priest were the I the law. ' .. * . • ..* only other white men to visit1 P^are-now looking for
'the post during the, 12 . mon ths
that Bob was there. One rheieor-
z oiogist remained behitid so that
We new: staff would have an ex
perienced man
The <pbst has five skeds (sclie*
doles) a day foi4 . transmitting
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■ ■ As a backdrop, to the settle
ment is a sizeable mountain, on
the face of which the name “Arc
tic Bay” was laboriously construc-
.<’ ted a few years ago with 15-foot
letters of whitewashed rocks.
■' . Two meteorologists, two radio
, technicians and a cook make up
the personnel of the ; weather
post. Only other permanent white
t; . Id vv» .» , ,.Polich are now looking for
Thomas William Boyd of the
Toronto district, and a friend of
Elliott. Boyd is said to. have been
in Lucknow on Wednesday night
ofr4ast week, and was accosted
here arid’ questiohed . by Provin
cial Police. That was before the
Eiribro affair. ’ • •
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•see Me pump t
DEMONSTRATION
An auxiliary fire pump/ that
can be carried; by a couple of
mien“atrd“r(^it^^ar^ater"Tfoles
that a. fire, truck could not reach,
was /demonstrated^' last’"^"*
Thursday afternoon to members '
Of athe Fire Company, the Village /;
Council and Reeve Harold Gaunt
and Councillor Gordon /Struthers />
of West Wawanosh. Ashfield and
i Kinloss Councils were not rep-
Jl J
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pack PaPer j resented at the demonstration but
the pump was later shown to
representatives of each Board.' ' The cost approaches $600, and
lit was' felt that tlje. three rural •
•municipalities might be interest-
| ed': in sharing the cost with the
: local Fire Department assuming
I versity, /Londor
last week with a number from
this community resuming their ____o
studies. They include, Mary An-rjthe operation and.maintenance of
derson, secretarial science; Gladys it. >
Milne, majoring in languages; ~
Bruce Johnston, law; Jack
Kirn, medicine; and Noreen
Patrick, psychology.
THAT Gladys Milne has resumed
her ■ studies at Western Uni
versity where she is majoring
in languages and will endeav-.
our to take two years in one,
this term to complete her four-
year course. At the close of
; the spring term Gladys accom
panied four other girls on a
trip to Mexico and, upon her
return took a commercial
course at Westervelt during the
summer.
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THAT“MelVm Stewart is located
in Quebec where he . is acting
as co-pilot on a DC-3 transport.
‘ in flying supplies to a mining"
centre in Labrador. Mrs. Ste
wart and children will join
Mel at a later date, as resi
dential accomodation is being
arranged for the airmen’s, fam
ilies in the Quebec centre. .
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THAT the duck hnd geese season
opens on Saturday. Eight ducks
a/ day and five geese, with a
possession limit on e^ch of two
days’ take, is the; quota.
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THAT Bob Button, 4ryear-old son *
of Mr. arid Mrs. Bill Button, is
milch improved after an ill?
ness that struck him last week
and respited in a report circu
lating that the lad had polio-
.rriyelitjs. A Spinal test definitely.
~“slTCfwed~it“’w^rs riot polio.
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THAT Doug Helm of the Bank
of Montreal staff is receiving
a move to Gore Bay, effective
the end of the Week*
THAT next Monday is the/date
of the vote in West Wawanosh
Township on the proposed
grant; oif $9,000 to Wingham,
General Hospital. Polling hours
are; from 9.00 to 5.00 and.rate-
—-jxryers-^oMhe4P^
minded to turn out and exer
cise their franchise.
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THAT/Mrs. Mary Ross of town
has been a patient in Kincar
dine for several weeks. A sev-.
ere stroke left her right side
paralyzed and her speech af-
> fected, with but little improve
ment in ihijs Condition,^although
there h®s been an improvement
in’her condition generally.
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GUEST FROM ENGLAND
VISITS SALKELD HOME
The pump is driven by a 4- '
Mc- (cycle gasoline motor, and will
Kil-1 throw* a considerable stream, of
; water by itself, to provide com-
! paraiively good fire protection.
. Of 'greater importance is the fact
j that it is easily accessible to any
water supply and can be .used to •-/
Miss Doreen Thornette of Har- pump water to the fire truck,
penden Experimental Station,; which might not in many cases
London, England, arid Dr._ Helen be able to get near the spot.
/ // I- _r-JL'---’. —The/ puihp has a capacity ofSalkeld of Bradford were, week-
end guests of the latter’s parents, 200. gallons^a,.minute, arid ds-re*—
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Salkeld. The
two young ladies became friends
while Helen was doing post grad-: i proved fire protection service to
Uate work at Harpenden. ' .the surrounding rural commun-
Miss Thornette7 Will visit in/ ity. . \
^Canada for a montlL She flew —————-—?—
hv NMrtre/LWM/e meJ ’EVERETT FINNIGAN ON
equalization
n'o.w, The 600?mile motor trip ’ I** t •e’- • ■ ’ u
vTstnZt^rthe la^deWitho^n ’erton’ Bru<* » AsXsor^
“ open .been named to a three-man Court
PMiss Thornette returned to °f E^ualization to sit in London
Bredford with Dr. Salkeld, Where , "rthe^ow^Staairev6 aSt'
reekineCae2^e° "con^mla^ iits •^aMzed^ient’teWM
ures of theTcarrot rust fly; Helen I lnT‘h® £^tyBMdtog.
has heen supervising experimen-i th eft»JrS • -adT a?* <
tai carrot plots at Bradford dur- D^toe"t °f ltouclPaI
ing the summer, and samples S or
from each plot will provide ex- j perimental material for carrying' .4, _ a
on research
spot checks in Middlesex before
handing down its decision. It is
expected the assignment will take
a pouple of weeks. •. ■
garded as a valuable asset, at
low cost, in offering much irn-
the surrounding rural commun-
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the Ottawa laboratories.
' AT OTTAWA CONVENTION
' Mrs. Philip MacMillan and Mrs;
Bpb-Rejd,as accredited delegatesr
and Mrs. Temple Clark as a fra
ternal delegate, left on Sunday
for Ottawa to attend the 25th an
nual convention of thd Ladies
Auxiliary to the Canadian Leg
ion. Mrs’ MacMillan is the presi
dent of the local branch. Mrs.
Clark will visit in Ottawa witri
her son, Cpl., and Mrs. Douglas
Clark. .
The ladies accompanied George
Elliott to Toronto, and from there
went by train to Ottawa. * The
Convention was held at the Chat
eau Laurier on Monday, Tuesday
arid Wednesday.
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TO INSTAL LEDGER
MACHINE AT BANK
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< Customers of the Bank of Mon
treal’s LucknoW branch will soon
be receiving Speedier and more
convenient service; This will be
made possible by the installation
of a new ledger-keeping system, .
which will revolve around what
is known as la combination post
ing machine, which will be in-’
stalled about/the end of October.
This complex mechanism ' will
automatically record all with-
drawals, deposits, balances, dates
and other pertinent data.
j ’ Current-account customers will
j not require pass-books/and thus
. A riddled safe, stolen, from thei.be free from , delays while pass-
TeesWater Farmers’ Co-operative, books are being made up, as at
was found oh Sunday in a field present.. Instead they will regu-;
' near/Puryes Lake. The uninhabit- larly receive complete statements,
ed sideroad wais used by the
thieves. as a secluded spot. in
which to smash it?-open. Jt was,
riot „ blasted, but was smashed
open by manual labor. Crowbars
and an ’ axe were apparently
1 among, the tools used in, the lab
orious job of bustirig open the
700-pouhd Safe,. ;
The discovery was’ made early
Sunday afternoon by Ted Howey,
.who was on a hike through the
‘iields"iri the. vicdriitynbT tfrrTaKBr
He notified Constable Alex Hav
ens, who Contacted Provincial _ . _
Police,1 who converged on this date by hand will become a thing
area. ’ of the past, ' ,
Valuable papers in the safe, in-' Mr. Murray douse, manager Of
eluding the company’s ledger,' | the B of M here, is much pleased
were recovered. The safe had , with this, new development. ‘With
been whisked away ih a pick-Up' the help'of this equipment”, .he
truck stolen from M. A; MacDon- declared/ “we will be able to
aid, Massey^Harris dealer in ’ prbvide much Taster and more
Teeswater. It Was abandoned hear i convenient service for our cus-
Glenn's Hill .with a flat tire. * Uom'efs”, , ’ '
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’FIND RIFLED SAFE
AT PURYES LAKE
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with debits, credits and balances
concisely set oiit for quick ref
erence. These statements will al-
ways be instantly available. The
machine will also take -care of
the sayings department, and all
withdrawals and deposits will be
mechanically/ entered in the
bank’s’records’. Saving passbooks,
however, will'■ still be hand writ-.,
ten. , ,
Thus, Wheri the hew equipment/ '►
goes'/ irito .Qp^raTidri, the a'hcidri'r
and honorable—-but laborious-—
practice of keeping ledgers up to
of the past. ' ,
Mr. Murray douse, manager of
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