The Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-10-14, Page 1$2.50 A Y^ar-In Advance-^$l.oo Extra To U.S.A
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14th, 1953 TEN PAGESf
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I ED RAKER RETURNS
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
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Eskimo Ingenius In Eking
Out Existence In Far North
The ingenpity and handiwork
oL-theAEskimo-in—eking-out—an;
existence in; the; barren, frozen I
north is * an intriguing tale, as
we *have heard it from * Bob'
Thompson who recently returned
from a year spent at the weather
■ — observation’ outpost at Arctic
Bay. .
Weconcluded a previous art
icle with the promise to write a
second installment dealing chief J
]y with the? Eskimo. This two-1
article series is in response to
the interest shown by Sentinel
readers and friends of Bob’s who
are interested in hearing of his
experiences.
Medical Aid By Radio
: ^^:__.There-is^naturally™-no resident
doctor at such outposts.. In em
ergencies, air flights are made to
; the post, weather permitting, and
in other cases radio communica-?
tion makes medical advice avail
able, if there’s anyone at the post
capable of carrying out the in-,
structions.
During the past year personnel i
at the weather post was free of
aiiy serious illness; The cook,
Harry Jeschke, an Austrian by
birth, and now of Toronto, suf
fered a scalded foot for; the No.
1 casualty. Danger of infection
is always to be feared, but a
goodly supply of drugs is carried
at the Hudson Bay Store.
Andy Bowen, the other radio
operator, was able to "give
needles”, and ^fortunately so for
- 7" one “ little/Eskimo girl who de-
? , veloped tubercular meningitis and
was given a good many “needles”
before a plane landed from the
American air-sea rescue base at
::Gf^nlSW1&Wndr>Tie(w' the 'young
ster out for treatment. Andy’s
instructions ’were received by
radio from a medical doctor at
. a base 600 miles from Arctic Bay.
A sister of this little girl had
died the previous November. Bur-,
ial, as we know it, is impossible
, as, the perma-frost in the Arctic .
never recedes more than a few
?. inches from the surface of the
ground. The little girl was buried
on the hillside beyond the post
with a cairn of stones covering
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The Eskimo is of a fatalistic
nature by reason of his existence
and whatever happens, assumes
the attitude “it cannot be help-
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The Eskimo is “tough” in the
sense of withstanding any-ordeal;
Bob tells of one man who had
gashed his foot badly with an
axe, and while the injury was be-
fing stitched up, Without, anesth
etic, he never flinched-and help
ed^ in the “operation”, by sup
pressing the protruding flesh
with a sterile tongue depressor.
Another instance of fortitude
• involved two men and a^boy who
■were making their way to the
Post for Christmas. Losing their
bearings and with-food running
low? one mah and the boy took
shelter in an igloo while-the'other
■ man set out for the post. He
——-Avaiked”“for”“fbur—days-^and-—foui-
nights before staggering into the
/ Post more dead than alive. To
have halted would have meant
a quick death by freezing. A res
cue party went out and brought
in . the other two. .. ?
Depend On Seal
The Eskimo is^ dependent on
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samjwAs_man_enough-._—
TO SMOKE BIG STOGYl
r When S. B. “Steve” Stothers
was called fo the “mjke” on Fair
Pay he had a big cigar protrud
ing from his pocket which reach
ed most to his shoulder and more'
closely resembled . a miniature
log.
Steve explained that his .son
had brought it home to him on
his return from his honeymoon,
and while Pa figured he was man
enough: to master it, if. Steve Jr.
couldn’t, nevertheless he was go
ing to be big hOarted and pass
it on to stogy-loving Sam Sher
wood. ?
- ;-’Twa sn-t 1 ong-till~Sam^strolle'd
along, took Steve up on the of
fer and walked off serenely be
fogging the cloudless atmosphere.
It lasted him all day—and while
we haven’t seen Sam since,
sai<l it didn’t get;him down.
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ARREST FOURTH MAN
OF ALLEGED GANG
William George Sproul, 22,
no fixed address, was arrested
London as the alleged fourth
member of a gang which has
staged a series Of burglaries
throughout Western Ontario. Re-,
cent Bruce arid“Huron robberies
are attributed to them, including
the Teeswater safe stealing job.
Now in custody besides Sproul
are- Henry—Elliott of Kinlbss,
Thomas’William Boyd of London
and Robert Longchamps of Wols
eley Barracks.
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I W.I. PRESENT CORSAGES AT
GRANDMOTHERS’ MEETING
Grandmothers’ Day was obser
ved at the Friday afternoon
meeting of the Lucknow Women’s
Institute when° corsages were
presented as a mark of recogni-
fion to twenty-four grandmoth-
ers‘.
After business details were
dealt with, Mrs. Tom MacKenzie
favored with a musical number.
Miss Hazel Webster gave the
-rmot-to-OR-a-^secret-of-a-good-JifOr-
Mrs. Howard Robinson read a
humorous reading. Eight grand
mothers gracefully went through
a? square dance.
World and locaL evertts were
dealt With by Mrs. Garnet Hen
derson. Convener of historical re
search, Miss .Mary MacLeod? gave
a: retrospect of the history of
Lucknow. Mrs. Alex Havens,
who/ was delegate . to the Area
Convention at Guelph, gave the.
highlights of the convention. This
was followed by a! song .address
ed to the grandmothers by five
spooks. . ■ ' . .
?Mrs. A. Wilson moved a vote
of thanks to all taking part and
a' contest closed the meeting. A
lunch was served, in old time
style-.by the hostesses.-; :
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l-rGr^t'lTC4-s-tomachi—Be-—
I lieve it or not, .the eye balls of
the seal is, a delicacy, to the
children. There is. nothing wasted
orthe seal cxircass, \vit.li the en-
trhils-,going, to tjie dogs. The dogs,
except when working hard, are
ohen half starved and will eat-
anything-^-'-yes, anything they can
Ihe seal for food, clothing, heat. hu:skjei arC! figured to
about 100 po'unds each, and
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seai rnar mnaons uic ........ 1.^4 Un rimum
....... Of..ffig-^-fctic Bay jegioh- and ;
from their pelts they make their.; Tbe ,/kl7 si]ODlies' ob-
; seal. , skin Clothes and footwear j.snpp ementM &
their hooded jackets are called | tamable J, • ’ cjtizens tht-
**" koolitaks "and: their shoes' are .and as jVailbie to. the
karneks. The 'dog sleds, are / ^'oney is of little or ho
• ■ atiks .and their Skm-covered, eh kh c,n.
. canoes ,are kayaks. . .a credit at the
the Eskimo is not too Bay ^ost The adniinis*
.x,f:.4ueh..-g<we):.nment -ass.
. eonrhtion. of 'some .mf the seal,M• of jpb < "
..nW which they will eat, edber(sis^ncc 1
> and light, the seal'oil providing
the latter two utilities. It the draw . according
hair seal that inhabits the waters the pack '
raw or cooked, is'pretty revolting1
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LIBRARY BRIDGE
OPENS NEXT WEEK
THAT the first in a series of
Friday night Shoot parties was
held in the Legion Auxiliary
• Rooms Friday night with nine
tables - present. High score
prizes were, won by Mrs. Lloyd
Hunter and Les Purves.
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THAT Kenneth Hodgkinson,
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Sandy
—McLeod of town,— was-catcher j
for the Wingham Midgets, who i
on Thanksgiving Day won the j
final championship game in the |
Ontario Softball Association.
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TH AT the 1953 Bruce County
Children’s Aid campaign is now
underway. In the 1952 cam
paign the Lucknow and Kinloss
district contributed ' a total of
$207:56 in cash, clothing, etc.
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THAT Mrs, M. E. Dudley return
ed home Tuesday from Guelph
where she attended the funeral
of her brother-in-law, the late
Mr. ^Louis/ W. Dudley, who
passed away after a- long ill
ness in Westminster Hospital,
London, on October 6th. .The
. funeral was last Friday with
* interment in Woodland Cemet
ery, Guelph, Where his family
reside. ,
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THAT Lucknow Boy Scouts held
a waste paper collection on
Thursday and received a fair
quantity of old paper, maga
zines and cardboard. It? is tem
porarily stored in the Com
munity shed, but will be ship
ped, it is expected, the first
of the week; In the meantime,
anyone who missed the collec- j
tron7“orruTaT7folkwho“hav^
'. a supply on hand, may leave it
at the shed. .
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THAT Rev. C. L. Langford of
_Exeter plans to . retire from the
ministry the middle of this
month. Rev. Langford was rec
tor of St. Peter’s parish from
1922 to 1925.
George Kennedy was at
on Monday at the Here-
champipnship shpw, which
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brought together the winners
from six regional shows. Geo.
won first prize for his aged
bull, Which also captured1 the
senior champion award.
E, V. Baker returned home oh
Sunday from Wingham Hospital
where he had been a patient for
three weeks, since suffering crit
ical—heaxtAnjuries^n^ar^rghway"
accident east .of the Village. It
was expected his injuries would
prove fatal, but Ed’s stajnina pu 11-'
/ed him through.
! He is able , to be up around the
house, and tvhile his mind is quite
clear ?at times, he still has lapses
of; memory. His recovery to date
however far exceeds anything
hpped for, Ed has no recollection jen| for her anj jjer guesfs. Any
uzhatovpr At tnn 4whatever of. the accident.
{ANNOUNCE WINNERS
j OF SWINE CONTEST AT FAIR
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The five-weeks’ bridge mara- .
thon sponsored by the Public
Library will comemnce next •
week. The rules are as follows; •
tPlay and pivot ;three times, .24
, hands each evening, 700 ; qUick > 7
rubber,«500 slow rubber, • 300 un- ,, ?
finished game of rubber, 150 fiye .'.
honors in trump or four aces in ;
no trump, 400 four honors.
Tuesday night, is the official
< night but hostess has the privil
ege in changing if more conVen-
1 player who cannot play on the
’night set must proyide her own
. .substitute. Fee 35 cents per. ev
ening. Proceeds may be left? by
the hostess at the home of Mrs.
Winners in the T. Eaton Com- 'W. V. Johnston or at Mrs. Mar-
( pany market hog competition at garet Hamilton’s, Please place in
i theJ-»ucknow-FalL F&ir have been- envelope arid mark name of .hos> .
[announced by George Williams, ! tess.. Refreshments — sandwiches
| L.S.P. grader, Canada Packers; or salad plate only and tea or cof-
I Limited, on behalf of the mai;-'fee-
•keting service of the Department The first week’s draw follows,
of Agriculture.. Judging was on a with the first named of each four- 7 -
dressed carcass basis. i some to act as hostess.
Mrs. W. V. Johnston,. Mrs. G.
Rathwkll,JMrs...M.? Hamilton, Mrs.
J. C. McNab.
Mrs. J. Bannister, Mrs. J. L.
dressed carcass basis.
1st, Ross Gammie, $12.00;' 2nd, |
Arnold Alton, $16; 3rd, Allan.,
Miller, $8; 4th, Charlie Anderson, !
$6; 5th, Ernest Ackert, $5; 6th,
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Blake Alton, $4. There were 14 MacMillan, Mrs. W.’l. MacKen
entries. . • • ■ •
Tire^lia^mpion™cafca^”award Lzie,JMxs. .Bob MacKenziet. _____
I went to Allan Miller and th.e re-.^A,^rs\^, ^.^£^i^’,Mr3,
serve carcass to Arnold Alton, j Alim- Mrs. W. B. Anderson, Mrs.
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™ ™ I Mrs. A: C. Agnew/Mrs. Yovan,
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Mr. and ’ Mrs. Bill Pappas and * E ^g"
sons Chris apd Jim left for Brant- i J\ew»
ford on Friday, where they have ^aro^ Trel aven,
taken up residence, and where______ __ ____ Mrs. L. C* Thompson, Mrs. R.
Bill has joined an associate in t Button, Mrs. Wm. Schmid, Mrs.
the restaurant business. The J. W. Joynt.
Playhouse will continue to oper-* Mrs. Alex Andrew, Mrs. Russ
ate under the management of Button, Mrs. Roy Finlayson, Mrs-
Mrs. Jim Gardner.
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GLENN GROCERY
CHANGES HANDS
’Joseph Agnew.
I Mrs. Wm. Douglas; Mrs. Thel-
I ma MacDonald, Mrs. Philip Ste-r
wart, Mrs. Alex MaciLennanr
Mrs. Well. Henderson, Mrs. K-
Murdie, Mrs. R. Johnston, Mrs. .
T. Clark. .
Mrs. W. Holiyman, Mrs. T. Rob
inson, Mrs. Hi Cuming, Mrs. R
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THAT Mrs. Richard Elliott of
Holy rood, was taken seriously .
ill last week and from Wing-J
ham Hospital was taken by am
bulance to London Where she
underwent a major operation
on Sunday.
THAT Dr. and Mrs. Mel Corrin
the late Mrs. John MacMillan
on Campbell' St. and. will ob
tain possession the first of No
vember.'
THAT at. the Bruce County1 plow
ing match?held recently at Port
Elgin, Hugh Simpson of White-
. church won the hydraulic lift
tractor class. and Earl Harris
of Holyrood repeated last year’s
victory in the utility tractor.
A .part of "the job of
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THAT Dr. W, V. Johnston was
guest, speaker at the annual
'Banquetof the Hippocratic
; Society of the ’ University of.
Western Ontario, the name is ,
derived, irbrii Hippocrates, an
ancient ..Greek physician. The
Doctor was'pictured in Satur-
day’s Free ‘ Press'Mth‘”a
of Society members. v
A speedy business deal was*. - -
transacted last Wedneday when
Henry__Donais^bought out_Oliv.er ^ae^—
Glenn’s grocery ; business and
took over on Thursday morning.
.The new propietors, Henry and
Marion Donais had been, employ
ed for the past six years in
-charge-of-Lvan-Lauzon’sLucknow
Fruit Market.
. Oliver Glenn took over the
grocery business from R. H.
Thompson and Sons, two years
ago last June. Mrs. Glenn, had
been actively engaged in oper
ating the store and they were
assisted byUMrs. Redvers John
ston. Oliver and Lenore Will con
tinue? to reside in Lucknow for
the time being, as their plaps are
not definite.
. Mr. and Mrs. Donais plan to
make some alterations to the
store and will operate under the
name of Henry’s Fruit Market.
} Mr. and M?s. Donais are mov
ing to the Purdon apartment oyer
Finlay’s Gift Shop., i
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wxx—w, -missed a hydro pole. The driver' FA??®.?, j was- not injured. .Mr.. Burrell was 1
,, ’ Uhrown out of his car Which was
The death of John ^Murdoch, demolished.
munity, occurred ;at Leamington |
on September 29th at the. age
of 87. Interment was fit Farming
ton, Mich. . ■ ■ • ;
Besides his wife, formerly Isa
belle Cameron,'he is slirvived by
four' daughters, Mrs. Anne Hop
wood, Mrs., Jean McAlpine, Mrs:
Elizabeth McAlpine, Mrs. Grace
Jacobi, and'four sons, Douglas,
Cameron, Wallace and Allan.
Rev: J. C. Murdoch predeceased
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' Mrs. Murdoch is a sister of Mrs.
A.s R: Finlayson and Duncan and
James Cameroon of town.
Margaret. Rae, . Mrs. ° R. H.
Thompson, Mrs. . A. Solomon,
Mrs. Wm. MacDonald.
Substitute players are: Miss
Gladys MacDonald, Miss Maude
Fisher,MTS7~Sproul7MTs —Tucker,
Mrs. Leonard MacDonald, Mrs.
Jack Pollock, Mrs. Grant -Mac-
Diarmid, Mrs. Kenneth Cameron,
Mrs. Chas. Cook;
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FARMER DIES FROM
HIGHWAY CRASH INJURIES
James Burrell, age 67, died in
Chesley Hospital fast Wednesday,
several days after he had been
seriously injured in a car-truck
crash in Brgnt Township.
The truck involved is owned by ’
the Sandy Construction Company
of. Goderich and was driven by
John Caesar of Dungarinon. The
struck took to the ditch, snapped 1 off two fence posts and narrowly
Police deemed the cra^h pure
ly accidental. \
ADMIT GUILT IN DEATH
OF GRACE MacPHEKSON
t • Two Hamilton youths changed’
their pleas in court, last week to .
admit their guilt in connection
with the death last June of Miss
Grace Macpherson, formerly of .
Kinloss '■ Township.
• The youths, Douglas Hamilton,
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116, .and Raymond Speziale, 17,
.' bo.th of Hamilton,'were sentenced
: to 13 months suspended sentence *
. [and securities of $-1,000 each. They
/were > arrested two .' days after
THAT in renewing his Sentinel Miss MacPhersoh died of. head in-
,■ subscription, W. G. Fjndlater of juries last Juhe, She was found . ,
' Detroit says he still likes read- upconscipus on the mountainside
. ing about the old town aL at Hamilton. Police said she was
, though there are .very few of struck by a rock thrown from a
" hiXoT<aTu>TdlesJefr'a ledge ’above‘'the path/on which ' “
naw;- ’’she was walking. ‘ •now.
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