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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1954
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SERIOUSLY ILL
Since going to London 5 weeks; George Anderson, Audrey Ross.Mr. N. E. Bushell suffered 1 in vne-| oince going io juonaon a weeKS,
He wasL ago Dale’s limb was in traction ’ Mack MacDonald, Bill Baulch, _ J • i 1 .a __ i . :. ! "Dill 1GT<ir».c,Vi o 11 iTn/ll/M/ TSzkV.
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HOME FROM HOSPITAL
IN FULL BODY CAST
Rozella Howald, Anne Pedersen,
Edith Marshall, George Webster,
was recently transferred there
from the Mildmay branch.
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The gym team under" the . dir-
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The annual campaign for funds
by the Lucknow- arid District
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12—Lucknow, Couse (Baker,
MacNay) 14.55 A
Penalties: None. '/ ..,
which was added to by the
merry antics of two clowns
Hartford, Bill Ritchie, Rod well
Wraith, Bill Fisher, Ian Marshall,
George Habkirk, Roy Emberlin,
arid Helen Weiler as narrator..
informs us ‘of a Sentinel change/ returned home on “Sunday from i Qmllan accompanying' than,
of address to 2161 Sandwich St., i Sick Children’s Hospital, London, I ~
West, Windsor. Cec, who holds r where he has been receiving , a Portrayal. of the Shakesperian
" a B of M managerial position, treatment, for the past five weeks.: tradegy “Macbeth”. The lighting
Dale Congram, 8-year-old __of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Congram, ‘ Rented with piper Archie Me-
of address to 2161 Sandwich Sit., ‘ Sick Children’s Hospital, London, I The feature of the^evening vyas
Mrs. R. V/Mdckenzie and Mrs.,
Wm. Ficher held a family dinner
party on ^Wednesday, March iOth
rin-bonor-of^ D.
MARCH BROUGHT
WINTER^SWORST
March arrived on Monday
last week with a combination
$2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.
MAKE GENEROUS DONATION
TO LOCAL BOY SCOUTS
riCside across, the
Peter was cleaning the stable
... / at the ■ time of th£ mishap, and
EIGHTY-FIVE WEDNESDAY • had neglected .to lock the switch-
. 4-/Hi z<W lIA Jri 1 Ah irvbn the carrier. He was lalone
when the mishap occurred and
lay helpless: in’the stable for a
-time. ’ ' ■ ,.
. Dr, M. H,; Corrin,.. attended . the
en to Wingham Hospital.
[ BANTAMS STAGING PRIZE
DRAW FOR STORM EXPENSES
SCOUTS WILL HOLD PAPER
COLLECTION AT LATER DATE
Lucknow Boy Scouts plan to
hold a paper collection this
Spring, and this information will
no doubt be welcomed in «num -
jerpjis„^
been wondering whether or not
on save old paper. *
.Another project which the boys
are considering, we understand,
.is a. rummage ^sale.
Of'
rain, wet snow and sleet, follow-
—^Ijy-adropin-temperature^and,.
high winds that kept a young
—hliz2^rd-^h<rivling_jmpst..of thjt
week. • ’ / A •
' It was the, winter s worst storm
and probably the worst .we’ve
?’had since back in March of 1947,
almost to the day and date,
Last week’s storm however
failed to block railway lines of
main highways; CNR plows kept
the Palmerston-Kincardine ..line
open and trains ran on schedule,
main highways5 were open for
traffic, although poor visibility
and. heavy going at times brought.
. most motor traffic to a stop. The
Lucknow - Dungannon road was-
■blocked for 24 hours from Friday’
tri Saturday morning.
School busses quit Operating
on Wednesday and the Lucknow'i
District High School concert bill
ed for Thursday and Friday night,
was postpone^-until Tuesday and
. Wednesday of this week. Pract
ically all • entertainments in the
district were cancelled, and fun
erals . were, postponed . on more
than one occasion. ~ —
The ‘back roads”, particularly
the north and south roads, were
iblocked solid with drifts as deep
as six and eight feet, and rural
mail service was badly disrupted
and didn’t exist on some lines
— formostof-thelweek- ——____
By Saturday “digging out” was
well underway 4 although regular
snowplow equipment was useless
on some township roads and bull-
dozer powered plows were nec
essary to bust through a ’single
.-lane. /. - ' ■■. ■/ " :
Sleet caused havoc to hydro>
and telephone lines in some sec-;
tioris, but locally there was no
hydro interruptions, although
telephone calls were limited by
the number of lines that were
, out, and long distance connections
were virtually impossible.
Trains Blocked For Week in .1947'
The big blow of the first Week
of March, 1947, is still well re
membered by many in this dis
trict, tflthough details may be
forgotten. ; The* storm, which
started on Saturday, March 1st,
all transportation except air drop.
, Even horses couldn’t get through
some roads.
The storm blew throughput the
week-end and reached its full
fury on Monday When rail lines
were blocked and snow plow
crews abandoned efforts to try
and keep traffic moving. The
. storm climaxed a record-break
ing snowfall and frequent storms
during February.
On Thursday morning a CNR
plow left Palmerston and by 4.00
p.m. had the rail line opened to
Lucknow. Powered by four eri-
gines the plow hit the Henderson
cut north of the Secorid Conces
sion at 30 miles an hour. and .had
alL but broken through the 400-
foot blockade (as deep as 20 feet
in spots) when it jumped the.
track. The train’s Speed had for-
~ tunately rbeen reduced to about
10 males .by this time arid only
comparatively minor injuries
were received by the plow crew.
A “one Wall cut” Wais officially
.. stated to be the cause of the de-
: bailment. The west bank of. the,
cut had twenty feet of snow that
towered almost level with the.
telegraph wires along the bank,
and hundreds of spectators had a
g&llery seat' as they watched day-
<. . ?hd night efforts for the next
■™7^~^upte~7)T‘ cl a y s j h c lea r in g t h e
/!lne’,'The plow and first engine
- • nad' jack-kriifed,’“and" the. second
engine derailed.: The other two
engines rerriained on the track.
An auxiliary derridk was rush
ed to the scene that evening and
U was a big job getting the1 65-
ton engine and 40-ton plow back
...°n?° the line and the track re-
r- paired. The work-train crew was
’ "tipplemented by a gang of about
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RED CROSS DRIVE
IS ON THIS WEEK
THAT Allan Hackett of Thomas
Hackett & Sons,. Glen Walden
; and Glen Geddes of Kincardine
took in the trip to the Purina
experimental farms at St.
Louis..(Th,e trip was from Sat-
urday^-to1' Wednesday ands the’;, by the Lucknow- arid District:
boys “ran into” the storm on i'branch Of the Canadian Red Cross ! their return. But that’s another ' has been, launched this week, in
story. • ’ I conjunction with the national ap- .
■peal which has ’ an.cobjective • Of
i $5,422,850. . • ■
| ■ This is a. small' increase over
last year’s figure and results
from the serving of Canada’s ex
panding population, plus a com
mitment to supply the Govern
ment with 150,000 bottles of blood j
to be^ manufactured into gamma:
globulin to fight polio. . {
MIDGETS WIN
W.O.A.A^jmE
, Lucknow Midgets^ defeated
wood in Milverton on Monday
night 8-4. to take the W.O.A.A.-
Midget “D” championship. Luck
now won the 4-rrst game 5-4 and
took the goals-to-count round
13-8. They will hpw advance into
the' O.M.H.A. ..playoffs and will
meet .Wainfleet- near Port Col--
borno wh’ere they play on Thurs
day.' The second^ game of the-
goals-to-count round in the -On
tario semi-finals will .be held in
Lucknow on Saturday night if
there is ice.
Lucknow: goal, Richards; def.,
Gibson, MacNay; centre, Baker;
wings,. Thuell, Emberlin; alter
nates, Blue, Couse, MacDonald,
Gardner, MacMillan, Wilson.
Atwood: goal, Dennis; def;, L.
Thompson, W. Thompson; centre,
Wagner; wings, Pfestell, McCourt;
alt., Cummings, Harrow, Bow-
.man,_Kumazai,.-Petrie,Haniilton.
First Period
1— -Lucknow, MacNay 1.34
2— Atwood, Hamilton 3.08
3— Atwood, Harrow (L> Thomp
son) 7.55 .
4— Lucknow, MacMillan (Mac
Nay) 14.10
5— -Lucknow, Baker (Thuell,
MacNay) 15.48 ,7
6— Lucknow, Couse (Gardner)
18.28 < ' ;
Penalties: McCourt, Gibson,
Baker. '
Second Period
7— Lucknow, Emberlin (Baker)
4.11 .•'
g—Atwood, Harrow (McCourt)
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7/.'4-21 :
9-—Lucknow, Baker (Thuell)
5.38 1 '
]0“Atwood, McCourt 8,50
Penalties: None.
Third Period
THAT Webster and MacKinnon i
who recently .took over. the. Rae |
and Porteous hardware, will
hold an official opening for
the next height' days, at (the
conclusion of which a prize
draw will be held for seven
valuable prizes. ;
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THAT last week’s, storm was
something they hadn’t counted"
on in * staging a gigantic sale
at The Market Store. However,
business was , brisk despite it,
and oh Saturday with roads
being re-opened, the store was
packed at one time. during, tfie
; afternoon—to—a—point-where-ft-
was thought they would have
to lock the doors.
THAT Morley Mills clearing .sale_
was held on Tuesday after two
postponements. Scheduled rior a
week before it was postponed
until Thursday due-' to^nthe
storm, and then a second hoist
was necessary.' Bob Barkwell’s
sale is set for this Thursday,
Both are members of the co
operative farm project in the
’Kingston district, where they
will be moving Soon.
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THAT a note from the McAlpines
He is in a full body cast from.| at new school proved, ideal
his shoulders to the tips of his I ^or a presentation of this kind,
toes, which he will have to wear i and the atmosphere of the play
for three months. ' 1 was perfect. The cast in the play
Dale suffered severe pelvic and deserve. a lot of credit for their
hip injuries more than a year portrayal of this fine work of
_j present treatment art. The cast included Jim Reid,
is aimed at correcting a deform- Carolyn ^Gibson, Bob Mowbray,
ity that was developing as a re- ~ ’
THAT a caricature of Ernie Ack- suit of those inj uries.
ert recently appeared in the ’
Toronto Telegram. I”
THAT the Legion dance which
was postponed last' week due
to road conditions, will be held
in the Town Hall, Lucknow, on agio arid the
Friday evening. ' ‘ -- -
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a
gall bladder attack the latter part
of the week and" on Moriday was
taken by ambulance to Victoria
Hospital,. London, with surgery
contemplated.; Mr. Bushell’.s con
dition became worse on Tuesday,
and at press time he was regard
ed-as critically, ill.
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NAME INTERIM MODERATOR
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At "a recent meeting of Huron-
Maitiahd Presbytery, Rev. J. R/
MacDonald of the. Ashfield-Ripley
charge was appointed interim
moderatom^of ‘ the-"-Lruckhow—and-
Dungarinon. Presbyterian church
es, .where the pulpits will be
vacant early, in April, when Rev?
C. A. Winn takes oyer his new
pastoral duties at Dixici',
sketched by W. B. MacDonald, arid the cast has now been ap- ’^ill Marshall,. Kent Hedley, Bob
while attending the Beef Cat- plied to keep the body straight. I Gardner, Bob Morton, Alvin
tie Producers Association meet-1 Surgery was avoided and Dale’s I ®a^eJ» JIaljdenby, ^Arnold
in at the King Edward Hotel, .doctor has been encouraged by ~ ~ ‘ '
Toronto. ' /l his progress during the past few
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THAT the Auxiliary Shoot party
winners on Friday night were
Mrs. Leo Huber and Philip Mc
Millan.
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THAT Margaret Rees entertained
a number of girl friends on
Saturday on the occasion; of
—“her'"Tlth^birihd.ayr
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THAT there were seven tables
at Monday night’s Shoot party.
High, lady' was Mrs/ Joe. Arm
strong, and high gent Austin
Solomon. . • .
WILL RETURN TO
LOCHALSH STORE
Mr; arid. Mrs. Frank MdcLcri-.
..tpT-r)Trr^t*nera4’
store business a‘t Lochalsh which
"tJhfey‘SoltT oVer .two ycarsrirgo - to
Mr. and; Mrs..-Wilfred Petman 'o/
Toronto’, Mr. .and Mrs.^ Petman
are returning to the city in. h
few weeks, when “Frank ana Am
mie’* wiirtake over the old stand.
Frank is the district represent^
ative for R. A. Finn & Company
aridthem .on the road in this com
munity.
|:RACTUR£S
IN FARAtMISHAP
I Peter Variderholk suffered a
badly fractured leg last Satur-
... , • . day morning, when the loaded
' 0 . - J litter .’carrier jumped the track
■.THAT,a bad chimney fire.at the | and camC d.bwn on him.
residence o-f.'Mr, and Mrs. John ; ^jr, Vanderholk', a ‘tw.ent.wnine-
Kilpatrick-shortly after dinnerlye&r .old native of ■Holland'.has
. last 'Thursday ' afternoon, and | been , employed-:’ by: Or land Rich-
while a storm was raging, ;was i afds ’siricp last Julv. Mr. and Mrs.
''oause for a ',Cn:erx''WLarm'"to be Vanderholk
TEN PAGES
Lucknow Bantams are busy,
this week selling tickets on. ap
prize draw for an electric smok-, School annual concert was pre-
ing stand and a table larrip. They —J
strapded last week by the storm
end have: a “little item”—$70.00
for hotel bills—that-needs atten
tion.
, For further particulars see,
sport page ’ story.4 ' /
STUDENTS EXCEL
STAGING CONCERT
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- Th? ’ Lucknow District High
seated to cajpacity -audiences in
-the_schaQl_auditori.um-Oii2ruesday__.
and Wednesday nights. The pro-
gram opened with selections by :
the School Band under the load-
ership of Mr. P. W. Hbag,: Several
selection^ were played iriciu.ding
an Irish number which featured
Marie Duncan dancing the Irish
Jig-
George Anderson, president of -
the Literary Society, gave the
welcoming address, and summar-
• ized the, work of the society.
Mr. Hoag paid tribute to the
In his memory .a mixed, quart
ette composed of Laurine Me-
Nain, Wilda Reid, Pale Halden^v
and Jim. Hackett- sang “Peace
Perfect Peace”.
The, Glee Club under the dir
ection of Mr. H. Bride sang
“Bonnie Dundee”, “Turn Ye, to .
Me” and “The Orchestra Song”.
A quartette composed,of John
Helm, Dale Haldenby, Ken M'ac-
Volunteer canvassers are mak- .Nay and George Anderson sang
ring the rounds of the Village this several numbers throughout the
week, and” should you not be evening much to the delight ^ of
home when they call, or be .oyer- ^--r —------
looked, donations may be left at foursome will no doubt be heard
McKim’s Drug Store or the. Bank from again in the very near fut-
of Montreal.
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thereWillnotberahouserio-houseiection^of_Mr.H.B._Burden_put
Canvass in the country, but rural I on' a very creditable performance
residents are asked to make their 1
contributions voluntarily at the
aforementioned places, or their which strangely resembled Geo;
country*, store. A generous re-[Webster and Kent Hedley,
sponse is imperative if the local.*. “’Th- -rZ'—^
Branch is to meet ifs objective, Johriston’\ was presented. The,
in , assisting to carry on these j cast included Item MacNay, Jim.
works of mercy that only ” ~ ~
Red Cross can perform.
the j Hackett, Ernie Gibson, Ross Mc-
•i Donagh, George Richards and
’ Arnold Hartford.
I Anne Todd sang a solo arid a
1 piano instrumental by. Caryl
Gardner was much enjoyed- High-
‘land dancing by Flora McQuillan
son; and Isabel MacPherson was pre-
weeks and expects that he will
walk much better when the cast
is removed. >
In the meantime the lad
be rigid on his back for the next
three months, with orily his arms
free.
NAME MUSIC INSTRUCTOR /
. Mrs. Duncan Simpson (Lillian
Carruthers) has been appointed
music instructor ,at_ Lucknow
Public School, succeeding the late /
Mr. A.’ W; Anderton. "
Ari item in The Sentinel re
cently regarding the work the
Boy Scouts had done in fixing
up their. Scout room, and which ’•
project depleted their”'resources,
has brought, a couple of ’generous
donations to- date.
From Andy Robinson, M.P. for
Bruce,., the Scout Committee has
’"received' $ 15^0■A'''.few 'day's'’'ago'
The-Sentinel .received a $5d)0 do- '
nation, froth G/ J/McKiriribri of •
Chicago, ..along with his Sentinel
renewal. ■ • • z ,
Mr. McKinriori says he has
pleasant memories- of the good .
times and friends I met when I ,
Was a boy spending my summer
vacation With lny^g?^hd^ther
near.« the’ Second Concession a
number. of years ago.