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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
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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.
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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.
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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; ■ , ., " _
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NO SURCHARGE STIPULATION
REMOVED FROM GRANT
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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.