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, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, FEB; 17th, 1954
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$2.50, A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.
Huron Medical Services Is
Offering New Surgical Plan
At a series of group secretary
ISeetings—heldrin—HuronCounty
this past We0kr; it was decided to.
-offer surgical benefitstomem-
bers of Huron,. County Medical
Services. This plan to become,ef
fective the . first of March pro
vided they secure 200 subscribers
•which is the minimum number
demanded by the Department of
Insurance.
Here is what the surgical plan^
offers:'
1. Co-operative agrees to pay
for surgical operations.
2. Confinements,, including pre-'
natal and post-natal care^
3. Service of anaesthetists.
4. Payment for x-rays when re
quired for diagnosis.
5. /Cystoscopic examination-
6. Treatment . of fractures and
dislocations.
7. Treatment of serious burns
and lacerations. . f
Payments will be made directly
to surgeon in charge, as set‘forth
iby the Ontario Medical Associa
tion minimum tarriff.. • . . • .
There are over thirty Hospi
talization Co-operatives in Ont
ario with Huron County having
-the second largest. The Huron
Co - operative Medical Service
was first organized in 1947 with
about 200 members At the pres-
enttimeithasincreased-to"3^600
members with more than 10,000
people in the county availing
themselves .of. the'prpteqtion of-
^er'^^ShisT^pp0pai(i.; hospital
pan. . ..
Anyone in^ the Townships of
Ashfield or West Wawanosh who
provided by the Huron County
Medical Services,. and offered at
the lowest possible cost, should
get in* touch, with their group
secretary in their school section
or with their; county director,
Gordon Kirkland. 5k
On Friday, February 12th, a
banquet was held at the Angli
can Church, Wingham, for, group
secretaries of the Huron County
C6-op Medical services. Those in
attendance from this district were
-Mr, and Mrs. Fred Martin, Mr.
and Mrs. George Moncrief, Mr.
-and—Mrs.—Eldon—Miller^—Mr^and
Mrs. Frank Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Dalton, Mr, and Mrs. Dave
McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
. Blake, Mr. and -Mrs. Wilfred
Hackett, Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Zinn, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ben
nett, Mr. Ewart Jamison, Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Kirkland. Dr. W. V.
Jphnston also attehded and took
part in the discussion* He . highly
recommended the hew. surgical
plan being offered. '
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SEVERAL BRAVE STORM TO
ATTEND CHJLD CONFERENCE
“yin spite of weather conditions,
25 courageous people, attended the
first Lucknow Child Health Con
ference on February 16 th. It was
extremely gratifying to see so
many present. In attendance were
Dr. Alien, M.O.H.' for Bruce Cd.;
Miss Redgate, nursing.supervisor;
Miss Arkell, the Teeswater public
health nurse and Miss Cormack,
Lucknow public health nurse.'
The ladies of the Legion Auxil
iary did a very fine work in lend
ing their assistance wherever
necessary, and in preparing the
looms for use. j
« For those who were unable to
attend, and those- who were un
able to make it qn time, the next
conference will be held March 16.
Underwent Major Operation
Mrs. Spence Irwin underwent
a major operation in Wingham
Hospital late Saturday night, a
few hours after having been tak
en to the hospital. She was . in
surgery for 2>/2 hours, but came
through theoperation as well as
could be expected. ...
LOCAL MAN REPRESENTS
AREA ON HOSPITAL BOARD
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TO PETITION FOR
VACCINATION
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GEORGE KENNEDY GETS
PAST PRESIDENT’S CANE
At the annual meeting Of the
Ontario Hereford Association held
recently at Guelph, the presenta
tion of an engraved past presi-
dent’s cane was made to George
Kennedy. George was president
of the provincial association, diii:?
Ing the 1952 term. -.
Mr. Kennedy, now automatical
ly retires from the Board of Dir
ectors and hfc successor. is Jim
Coultes of Belgrave.
Young Couple
Jjy Fire During Zero Gale
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• Mr* and Mrs. Harold Ritchie appqtivt THREE NEW
snd -two children are homeless MEMBERS OF SESSION
since flames.roared through their.,
"farm home on Cdnrr4^Elma^Twp.1 ,1 ..i".
laim^meoncon. i^^imaiiwp. At tJie corning .service in the ‘ <
last Thu^day evemng and totally Unit^ church, the appointment
destroyed the structure. They are Qf three members of session, Alex
residing.. tjWnporarily with her McNay, Alex Andrew and Gor-
parents, MJr.. ancl Myq. Lynton ^on Morrison, was approved by
Quiipp, who live about five milas. the congregation. During the year
away. death had claimed three eiders,.
Harold Ritchie is a son of Mr.. ,G. A. Greer, Wm. Murdie and
and Mrs. Gordon Ritchie of Ash- W; G. Andrew.
field. It wiill. be just two years
ago on February 25th since Har- and W, E. Treleaven were named
?: cld’s brother,, Lome Ritchie, had honorary elders, but retain the
j the barn on his farm near Port same rights- and- privileges as
UNDERWENT OPERATION
Alex MacNayr. underwent- a
major and delicate operation, in
Toronto General Hospital on
Monday morning. He came thrg
the qrdeal well, and at press time
Wednesday morning no, further Albert razed by flames. . (other members of “Session?
jyord of his condition had been Cause of last Thursday even-! The five-year term was adopt-
received. Assuming that “nd news? ing‘s fire, which broke out about ed, with. retiring members- el-
Ls . good• new;s”, Alex’s, many njne o’clock, could only/be at- igibie for re
friends are wishing him the .best trilbuted to a defective chimney. Session,
for a complete and speedy re- Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie were at the, 1 _____
Thomas Burns, S. C. Rathwelf
appointment to the
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covery.thX Awn6 DONALD McKINNON FETED,/
.their two children with th_m. §ILVERWOOD STAFF 1
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m June and Murray who will be ■ W5 in May. Murray is at present’ ,rP! /® ofithe staff of Silver-
staying with his grandparents in ®nd,the,lr //es held
r ' " > [Ia. I^riy, at Johnston s Restaurant
dons in his foot last week while last Thursday- evening in honor,working irx the bush. A razoril, P??168 f'\ere Tanned by a of Donald McKinnon; who had
sharp axe which he was using, I lizzard-like -gale and swirling been with the firm for almost 7
glanced off a IjmlT and inflicted . ^Pn^^due^-vi^tltty*^ . years and had resigned His ppsP
the serious injuries. : - IP1. - J •e Listowel fire tion to enter the hardware, busi-
Blake was assisting Jack Irwin, | ?£.a<v .rfa^hed the scen®» ness in partnership with Charles
and there were a couple more ] white brick dwelling u^as already -
workmen oil the job, who assisted ' oomsd. ar*d a snow-blocked en-
GASHED HIS FOOT j They are Muriel who. will be six
WITH SHARP AXE
Blake Alton, severed the ten- Ashfield,
in hie fnnf la of whiln -j-
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Webster. .
Court whist-was played with
At the annual meeting of the
Wingham Hospital Bdard, W. B.
Anderson /of Lucknow was re-%
nelected~as a/“directorr^He;■ repre
sents the municipalities of Luck
now, Kinloss and Westr-Wawa-
nosh. Under the new by-laws the
ritiiribor 'of director^ hak been in
creased from 12 to 14.
The architect, is being ap
proached in connection with parr
ingz the cost of the proposed new
chronic patients’ wing to $500,000
which figure it is expected would
be approved by the Department.
$180,000 or 90 percent of the
local share of $200,000 has been
assured on the pro-rata basis al-]
lotted to municipalities accord-1
ing to their use of the institution.
Hospital,, receipts for the year
were over $150,000, with a -bal
ance of over $500 on /the right
side of the ledger. Births during
the year set an all time record
of 328. ■ '
INSURANCE CO.
TO HOLD RATE
the
In-
, The annual, meeting of
West WawanOsh Mutual Fire
durance Company was held in the
Parish Hall, Dungannon, on Fri
day, and was well attended. In
the absence through illness of
president lHarvey Anderson, the
vice president, John McLennan,
conducted the meeting..
There was a thorough’discus-
WUXiUIlcn Un UIIU 1UIU« <fwnu ct&blbLvQ j x- _ x A t wuii, waiidv* woo WHll *
TfFhaving^ K rushed to-tfie’ ’■ . them reaching the house. The, for<f having th-e hiigih scores. Dtir-
gale was blowing away from the hng the evening CamefDri Mac-
i whith Was not endangered. /Donald made the presentation of
L.__The ; flaines when, JAScoyei^^ ^fLa-nen-andpencil:set to Donald
, w^e gaining such headway that,/who, replied fittingly. Lun^h was
I Harold was able to save only a served to conclude a/^rileasant
fe.w items of household furniture enrial ^vpriinu ’
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farm MAKE AWARDS FOR
jS.S. ATTENDANCE
! At the morriirig service in the , -
| Presbyterian Church on Sunday,
; Rev. G.. A. Winn made the pres
entation of a number of awards
to some twenty young people for
. outstanding attendance at Sun- t day School and Church.
Mabel Stanley had a perfect lull record of fifty-two times di Sun-
fice of. Dr. W. V. Johnston, where
ah emergency operation was per-
formecl to tie the severed tendons.
---Blake will; be 0 in bed- for about
a month, as he is not able or per
mitted to put any weight on the
foot. ; ■
TAKING COURSE
IN WASHINGTON
Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Mac
Donald left the first of the week
for Washington where Cam will
take a two-weeks’ course at the i
Ice Cream Merchandising Insti-. [
tute Training School, which ?is
affiliated with the International
Association of ice Cream Manu
facturers.
. Cameron, who is employed by
Silverwood Dairies,Xj Lucknow, is
one of three men of the Silver-
wood /organization taking the
course. / /
Mr and Mrs; MacDonald went
to London on Saturday, and on
Sunday morning flew from Lon
don to Cleveland, where they
| boarded another plane for Wash
ington. They will, be thirteen
days in the American capital.
■. • ; . • . 7 ■ ■ ■Mr. andMrs? Ritchie had mov-1
ed to the Elma Township
just last April.
WOLF GREW BIGGER -
WITH THE TELLING
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TALK REVIVAL
OF 'THE GAMES'
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Farmers of Ashfield;And .W.est|sibn of insurance matters ,not the
least of .which were mounting
losses/ w^th lightning claims for
____ ____ ________ _ livestock/ killed "in- the field of
afternoon to^hear a detailed ex-J.chief concern. . Ini this regard
-planation -of—calfhood ’VaccinationTlosseS' during the-past-year^totaL.
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losses of the Company in all lines
were unusually heavy, and the
greatest .in the experience of the
‘Company.'
Despite this, there will be no
increase in, rates this y6ar at
least.',
' The -three retiring directors,
Donald McKay, . Lorrie Johristoii
arid John, , McLennan, were re
elected without opposition.. Other
Wawariosh are being urged to at
tend a meeting in Dungannon
Parish Hall $t 1.30 this Thursday
by Department of Agriculture^-*
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Federation of Agriculture
Units in these two townships plan
to .shortly launch , a farm-to-farTn
canvass, to petition for the. ad-
optioh of calfhood vaccination on
a township-wide scale. , *
Siich ,a petition must have 66 §
Percent - approval before > the
township Council can act to
Wake vaccination obligator^; -It
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nave farmers sign either for or'
^gainst the prbjectf so there can
te iio misunderstanding as to the
Pros and cons of the question/
A-large percentage of farmer^
nas practised calf vaccination for
some time, The cost would still
os borne by the individual farm-
fLi milch per . head, but it is
wdpLi J*™5 Program . the cost
Wit be somewhat reduced. ?
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o A wolf story emmanating from
Walkerton has grown with each
.retelling until the animal now is
; almost as big as a horse,
The truth is, it’s £ lean, rangy
brush wolf' that when in i__
flight with its bushy tail flying; d7y durini* the'ye^.
,gives an exaggerated appearance; certificates were printed to
*’1ESne?S;~ ; , Gloria Cuming, 46 Sundays pres- .
The anuni was^ sighted by a ent; Joan Mackenzie, 40* Roddy
party of Walkertpnians while MacSween, 47; Billy Chester, 40;
staging a _ rabbit, drive in the yefir pete^en;
K.IS*n<^7 • ,k. j 46. Third year, seal, Wendy Mae-
Mr. Wolf’s existence is .nothing Kenzie 40; Donalj 47
new to some Ideal nimrods, who Fourth’ _Jr Brian john.
^Uhnmie Mullin, 40. Fifth .
year "seal, Tony Johnston, 40; Al
lan Mowbray, 46; Marlene Stan
ley, 48; Sixth year seal, . Janfet
I Finlayson, 48; J'im Lyons, 44;
Wilda Reid, 47; Mabel. Stanley,
52. Seventh year seal, Elizabeth
Henderson, 50; Dorihie Reid, 40;
Joan Stanley, 49. Second 7-year
certificate, Gerald Mowbray, 45.
For attendance at church 76
times during: the year, a hymn
book was presented to Anne Pet
ersen. Garry MacDonald was pre
sent 35 times and received a. Bible,
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the district for some time. His
tracks, and the remains, of rab
bits on which he has fed,- have
been seen more than once, but
so far no one has grit within
good rifle range of the speedy
fellow/ ■
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i The Clansmen 5 held • z t h e i r
monthly dinner meeting on Mon
day evening in the Auxiliary Rooms, with members of the!
Auxiliary doing - the catering arid
with President Charles Webster
presiding.
A report of the carnival was
presented by Treasurer Stuart
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Mr; and Mrs. Carman Beaton of
Detroit have been spending two
weeks’ vacation in Florida, and
on their return plan' to spend a
week at Goderich to visit his
mother,. Mrs. -Malcolm Beaton^
who is hospitalized ’there.
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Collyer, arid while a; small de
ficit was reported, . .the project
was regarded as quite successful
and had served to effectively re-
l vive the Club. ‘ ■ ;I Some, money ^raising proposals
■ were discussed,-including a bingo,
and committees were 'appointed
to follow up these suggestions.-
Kenneth Cameron broached the
’ Subject of reviving the Cailedon-
! ian Games, for which LuckhoW
By-Law Regulating Closing*
Hours Effective MarcK 1 st
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eiecteu wmiuui upuwsuuviw • - . , ■^thtectors— ■?.P,s.TX^ars£,gong.^b^ iXiTSowell, Ross McPhee, WiKrdd McQuillan a-member of
G M Stuart; Ernest Ackei’t and the^Lycknow. Pipe Band, has had
George Feagari. . * similar idea m mind of late. ,
11 D.’Anderson will serve for The. subject aroused consider-
a second term as president, and able enthusiasm at .Monday
Tar-k McLennan as vice president, night s meeting, arid while it wasJackMcLennan as vice president.
Durnin Phillips is secretary-treas
urer. ,
agreed it was a project .that was,
bigger than The Clansmen would
Am<W those called ori for ai^'^or^' were Geeil -Slafce.J-g<¥tion.JS. likely, tointo,
reeve of Ashfield and Terrance and more will be heard, no doubt,
Hunter, reeve of Colborne. ’ ' matter.
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Lucknow Muncipal Council met, dealers, or- restaurants,
in special session on Monday arid ,
gave final approval to a by-jaw, the .by-law are from 6.3.0 p.m.
regulating the hours that retail, each week day until five'o’clock
The cl psi ng. hours set forth in
are from 6.30 p.m.
Stores m'ay be open in Lucknow.' the following . morning, apart
The by-law goes into .effect on1 from Saturdays when the elds- ,
March 1st. .. ■ ; ■ i irig .hour will be 1,1.30 p.fri.-. <
.. .Council’s action stemmed from j The by-law permits, if desired,
,e ne.ar-urianimous petition sub? {'Stores-remain ing'. open until 11.30
mitted by the retail merchants I each, e'vening during the' week
asking that closing hours be, reg- | preceding Christmas. , • ’
ulated. | The statute covering these reg/
The by-law is published else-.' ulatiofis apply only to week days?
y here in this ,issues , Sunday selling comes under the
it applies to all’ shops in the jurisdiction of the Lord’s Day/Al-
village carrying, on business as Jiance Act. . ..... ; .
retail merchants, excludihg gair-t , Violation' of the by-law is sub
ages, service stations, implement ject- to a fine not exceeding $50.
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