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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-06-23, Page 1j; ‘ft*- $2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A. Quell Cottage Fire At Amberley, Could Have Swept The Beach - Prompt action by a trio of i __dfire-fighters” ^ sa7Ved—a- summer home at Amberley Beach on Mon- __day-£yening, and nipped a -con­ flagration that would have en­ dangered, and would Very likely have swept the entire ^pach. The cottage is owned by Mr. and Mrs.;, Mervih MacDonald (Verna Steward) of Toronto, who had spent the* week-end at the beach. The “firemen” were Bob San­ derson W Leamington, Irving Benson of Michigan and DoriF Thompson of town. Cause of ^the fire was evident­ ly associated with the motor in Athe z electric refrigerator, and —Ijnigiht—be—assexjiated--with - arir eL ectrical storm that broke in the late afternoon on ^Monday. The floor and joists in the kitchen were burned through where the “frig” sat. Flames were leaping, high in the kitchen when the; outbreak was discovered about 8 o’clock. A; smoke “smudge” which had been observed for a time was thought at first to be a bonfire. The beach is hot heavily popu­ lated as yet, but filially the con­ tinued smoke caused an investi­ gation. A teen-age daughter of Mr. and Ws.‘j Benson . and her —girl—friend,—saw^smokeeoming from the cottage and on going to the rear, of the building were greeted by roaring flames, inside, the kitchen window. Meanwhile Mr? arid Mrs. Sanderson were ap- ~prbaching ff6m the south end of • the beach, attracted at first by smoke pouring steadily from the > ■ fireplac^j^Iltbiriey^The. Thomp-" son cottage-next door to San­ dersons, and Don was quickly at . the scene. A garden hose was ob­ tained at the Sanderson cottage . which Was hooked up to an out­ side tap of the water pressure system’ at the burning cottage. Mr. Benson • had a pressure fire .extinguisher, . and when the equipment was assembled and ready for action, the kitchen win­ dow was smashed in arid the threesome went to work in what looked like a hopeless battle. Kb’S. __._Sandersom-aided-themenand Mrs. .Benson went to Amberley for help. . ‘ Smoke and heat prevented them from entering the cottage, •but through the window and a hole in the roof,, they had the flames extinguished by the time the Amberley, gang arrived. Forc­ ing a door they found it still im­ possible to enter the cottage. So great was the heat that at the farthest point from( the flames one could scarcely .V>uch the out­ side of th6 cottage., The roof and rafters were badly charred and plastic light fixtures melted. The chief fire damage, was confined to the plywood enclQsed kitchen, but only the fact that they re­ frained from breaking into the tightly closed Cottage until ready to effectively fight the blaze, was the building saved. Thri interior was“iri“Such a coridifion/lKat a blast of fresh air would have ex­ ploded, the b.uilding intd a roar­ ingmass.: Fortunately, too; the wind was light at the time of the outbreak but almost by the time the • flames- were Out, a stiff breeze; had sprung up. s ‘ s father-in-law, Charles - . Steward, and Hugh Cuming were contacted and went to the beach, ,er sendihg word to Toronlo_aL . . misfiri-turie that «had struck L Se..a£^mdd.JLain.iJy„XK.b. JiMilt- cottage just two years ago. ■ Buron Rate Unchanged • Huron County’s tax rate was - struck last week at 10 mills, the ^. a^ in 1953. On that basis, Township levy will be West Wawanosh, WAS ONE OF TWENTY-EIGHT “FATHERS OF THE YEAR** We~haven’t any information as tp the (basis of their selection, but a press: release from the Laura Secord public relations departs ment lists* twenty-eight Canad­ ians across the Dominion as hav? irig been named as “Fathers of the Year”. . One of them was Sidney Gard­ ner, jwho was nominated by The Sentinel, and who has received, a generous bigi box of candy from this Company. Prime Minister, The Hon. Louis St. Laurent, headed the. group as “a model father and the father of the Can- _adian~ nation”. y™————— Provincial Constable Lou Boyce of Kincardine was nominated for his work among the children of that community. Sid was cited for his courage in the face of a very distressing accident, and fot his "concern for his family first and foremost above his suffering and worries. Has Your Label The “54” Look Did you look at , your Sentinel address label last week? A. lot of people did. Some found ? hadn’t the “54” look arid immed­ iately— did something—about^it^ paid up, that is. If your label hasn’t that “up-to-date” look, better be in style by paying up please,/..:, ...... BORN LANE—to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lane in Highland Park Hospital, Mich., on Sunday, June 13th, a girl, PROTEST KEEPS SCHOOLS OPEN DUNGANNON — The Ashfield Area School Board at the school area picnic at Agricultural Park, Dungannon, announced they would not be closing<the public schools at Kintail and Sheppard- „tonJas,the_y.had.been^considering- doing. Some time ago the board said they . would be closing- these schools in order to keep/down costs and eventually build a new school. Their idea was to have the Sheppardton pupils attend the Port Albert School, and the Kintail pupils > attend the schopl at Hemlock’ City- (A'shfield No. 15). Numerous 'ratepayers pro­ tested that in transporting the pupils to these schools the cost of so doing would be just about the same as that of. operating the Kintail and Sheppardton schools. Furthermore, they preferred hav­ ing their children attend school closer to home. There have been ■„ 25 pupils at the Kintail school ar J 18 at Sheppardton. The Kintail school (No. 3/Ashfield’) is over 60 years old. ,Three of the Ashfield Area School Board trustees favored closing the aforementioned schools and two trustees did not., .Chairman of .the area board is Marshall Gibson. When "the board held a meet­ ing recently- at the 9th Conces­ sion of Ashfield'' school, more than. 30 ratepayers from Kintail, Crewe, Cedar’Valley and Shop- nardtori were on hand to protest against the consideration of the tftidn was circulated amongst the ratepayers and # decision made that "should the school board not change , its mind a delegation would' go to Queen’s Park, Tor­ onto' to see what could be done. Giving in’to the angry protests of the ratepdj’ers, the area board has decided to keep the Kintail and LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23rd, 1954 TWELVE PAGES GEORGE ROWER’S. FUNERAL HELD TUESDAY AFTERNOON The death of George E. Bower occurred in Wingham Hospital on Saturday. He had been in failing health for a time but had been -hospi;talized-only-arfew_days77The funeral service was held on Tues- -day—afternoon—at^the—McLennran” MacKenzie funeral home. Inter­ ment was ih South Kinloss Cem­ etery. JOAN BAILLIE TO TEACH AT DAWSON IN THE YUKON —-------------, Miss Joan Baillie, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. W. T. Baillie of Cargill, who has been teaching at. Lively, Ont., for the past two years, has accepted a teaching position in Dawson in the Yukon Territory. Miss Baillie, who is a graduate of the Walkerton Dis-, trict High Schbol, secured her first-class teacher’s (certificate at the London Normal School three years ago after she taught for one year at Lovack, near Sudbury. She, will leave her home in Car­ gill late in August for the long trip ter the far north. She has not yet definitely decided' whether to make the journey by boat up Canada’s west coast or via the Alcan Highway. / iMiss Baillie’s mother was for­ merly Miss Frances Cain of J ucknow, and a granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Cain. 1 I BELFAST STORE CHANGES_HANDS Archie Nicholson has sold his Belfast property and business to Chris Young of the Paisley dis­ trict, and in the transaction Archie acquires the Young farm, about two njiles north of Glamis. The Youngs held a sale the first of the week, and the Nichr olson family plan to move to thejr new home about Thursday. Mrs. Nicholson Was formerly Edith Alberta Reed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ileed, but better known as' “Birdie”. They have two teen-age children, Hel­ en and Donald Nicholson. / ■' Mr. and Mrs. Young have a family of-five;. A daughter, Mrs. Gillies, resides in Goderich. There are four sons, Norman, who had been working the farm with his <father^im7“employed“by“Kihcm;-’ dine Dry Cleaners; Nelson, a student at Port Elgin High School and .Ronnie, the youngest lad. In 1932 Archie started into the garage business at Belfast where he had lived al! his life; About three years later he built a house nearby the garage where Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson have resided since their marriage eighteen years ago last March. In 1945 fire wiped out the garage and when Archie re­ built he expanded into the groc­ ery business as well. I MARK FIFTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY A family dinner was held on Sunday at the home of Mr. and, Mrs. George Kennedy in obser-' vance of the wedding anniver- sary of Mr. and Mrs. Wim. Robb of Lucknow, who were fifty-five years married on Monday, June 21st. Both Mr. and Mrs. Robb con­ tinue to enjoy good health, and he still drives his own car. ••Mr. and Mrs. Roibb were mar­ ried in Lucknow on June 21st, 1899^ arid farmed oh Concession Four, Huron Township Until 1930, .when they retired to Ripley Three years later they moved to Lucknow where they have since resided. ,......... Only immediate members of the. family Were present at Sun­ day’s fathering, Mr. and Mrs, Kennedy (Qlive) and sons Bill and Jack and Mr. , and. Mrs. Cecil Robb ’ of Lucan and daughter Rose Marie Robb of Sarhia. Congratulations and best wish­ es are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Robb. ’ ■ *:, CHOIR ON AIR, TENOR SOLOIST IS W. F. THOMPSON Commencing last Sunday, June 20th and continuing for four suc- "cessive Sundays, the choir of Glenview Church, Toronto, Ts providing, the music for the radii? program “Religious Period’^ The prbgram is heard over CBL, Tor­ onto, from 2.30 to 3.00 D.S.T., and goes over the national net- ,-work ............ Wm. F.- Thompson is tenor soloist- at .Glenvidw7'He7-haS“beeh with that choir since: . June* .of 1952, after fifteen years in the same position at St. Andrew’s Church. ' • *Bill is not the only (former Lucknowite at Glenview. Mem­ bers of the 'congregation Include Miss Mabel McClure' and Peter the latter; ..having HELD SHOWER MONDAY FOR AUGUST BRIDE-ELECT A miscellaneous shower was held in honor of Miss Betty John­ ston, bride-elect, of August, at the' home • of Miss Rutiy-Johristori on Monday evening. 1 The bride- to-be entered the room to the strains of~“Here comes the-Bricie” played by» Miss Shirley Burden. A program followed which con­ sisted of three, readings by Misses Audrey Ross, Beverley ,M&cKen- zie and test was Duncan, opening gifts by Johnston. A very delicious lunch Was served by the hostess, assist­ ed by Misses Marie Dujican and Beverley Ashton, Betty respond­ ed fittingly thanking everyone for their gifts and thoughtful­ ness. —— Carolyn Gibson. A con- conducted by Miss Marie Betty was assisted in her lovely and useful her /sister, Miss Donna INJURED WHEN THROWN BY COW and he would shortly after able to return home. WILL TEACH IN GERMANY Worden Howald was the Victim of a freak but painful injury about noon on Sunday which sent him to Wingham General Hospi­ tal with his collar bone fractured in two places. Mr. and Mrs. Howald and Mr. and Mrs. Art Clark had motored to their grass farm on the 4th Concession of Kinloss’ between the Dickie and MacKenzie farms. Themen-were rounding—up—a heifer, and Worden had got to it and locked his arms around the animal’s neck. When the heif­ er took off Worden couldn’t un­ loose the “hypnotist” hold and was dragged for some distance, then tossed and trampled by the heifer. • Worden suffered greatly from his injuries which were at first feared might, be more serious. I However, there were no broken ribs nor internal injuries, but he was badly bruised and shaken Up and was suffering so much that it was necessary to delay setting the collar bone. It was expected this would be done on Tuesday and he would shortly after be Miss Katharine -MacKenzie, a member of the Tqronto public years, will leave in mid-August for - G_exmany,—where—she -will teach for two years in Canadian Army- Schools being established overseas. ' „ Katharine is a primary grades teacher, and will be one of forty Ontario teachers jvho will go overseas. Altogether there $vill be a total contingent otf 109 tea­ chers and seven principals from across Canada, ' who will )be assigned to Canadian . Army schools, in France and Germany. Miss MacKenzie is anticipating the new teaching experience, and which will afford the opportunity to see some ,of Europe and the rBrit-ish-IslesT—:------— Katharine, as most all Sentinel readers are aware, is the daugh­ ter of Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie and the late Mr, MacKenzie, and Was' born and raised in Lucknow. Her mother has made, her -horne with ‘ her in Toronto for the past eight years; ■ , ., " _ t” NO SURCHARGE STIPULATION REMOVED FROM GRANT 1 ASSISTANT INSPECTOR TRANSFERRED TO KENT Mr. Alex A. Gilroy, assistant public: school inspector in South Bruce inspectorate, has been in­ formed of his transfer , to one of the Kent County inspectorates, with his new duties to commence in September. Mr. and Mrs., Gil­ roy and their three children will make their , home in Chatham.' Mr. Gilroy will ‘be in charge of. five townships, the towns of Blenheim, Ridgetown and Tilbury anti the villages of jSrieau and Wheatley. The popular assistant -inspector under iMr. J. M. Game, has^ beert at Walkerton for ten years. His successor will be 1 Mr. Clyde Evans, former principal of Ham- Jet Public School in Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Evans' and two children will take up residence in, Walkerton. ; Huron County Council in ses­ sion last week reversed its de­ cision of the last session when a-$15,000-grant--to--the—proposed-” new wing at Wingham Hospital carried the stipulation that no surcharge be levied on County patients. Wingham Hospital Board had moved to impose a surcharge on patients in the Wingham Hospital area coming from municipalities which had not approved of what the Wingham Board: set up as a pro rata share according to the percentage of patients from the various municipalities. The surcharge will effect pat­ ients from Ashfield Township, .. which has not as yet approved paying: $8,000 to the Wingham Hospital building program. County Council withdrew the rider after a lengthy discussion. Reeve R. E. McKinney of Wing­ ham said that $437,000 of a Tittle more than 90 percent of the cost of the wing has been pledged. _2.„. Bruce County Council last fall approved a sizeable grant to assist Lucknow,; Kinloss, Culross and Teeswater in paying their - respective levies to the building. TAG DAY JO WIND UP NUT CAMPAIGN Members of The Clansmen Club made a house-to-house canvass of the Village last Week in con- . nection with their Planters pea­ nut .sales blitz. The reception was excellent and members of the Club appreciated the genial and generous manner in Which their calls were received. ( , " • 4 There were a few omissions, and (some weren’t home when the' canvassers called. Anyone who -has-not-been-contacted-may~ob=” tain peanuts frorii any of the members. .This unique money - raising campaign will be climated with a tag day on Saturday. Taggers will be on the Main St. through­ out the day, and attention will be,, focused on’the event by sev­ eral appearances ih xtown ‘ of • Planter^ peanut. big. float, which wifi call at Wingham, Lucknow and Teeswater, that day, and The exact schedule was no.t known- aL time of---VMtingr“^r-“’“~i‘— .It is expected that some of the Clansmen members? wives will assist in the tagging activity ies on Saturday. Nickle cello*-, phane bags qf peanuts will be featured on this* occasion,1 but, of Course, there’s ho limit, td what • purchasers may contribute for a‘ bag, "with all proceeds earmarked? for civic, and service* work. ’ ; Miss Mabel M. Grant, taught here.