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Driver Escaped Thru Cab Window
After Los Truck Toppled Into River
A one-arm truck driver, George
Beer of Hensall, had a close call
from drowning when his truck
♦ went through a Kinlp^s„ Township
7 ~ bridge oh Tuesday afternoon (and
.. toppled into the Nine Mile River
in three feet of water.
As the caK filled with water,
the driver managed to work him.
self out the window far enough
to get his head above water. His
companion, Doug ‘Dick, who
wasn’t in the truck at the time,
waded into more than waist-deep
; water to help extricate Beer, who
is a mighty big fellow and was
. handicapped in the struggle by
- having only one aim. He lost his
.right anm near th^ shoulder in a
shotgun accident a few yeats ago.
The .bridge which they went
through is on the “Walker Side
road”, two comers east of Jloly-
rood. They were drawing logs
from Arnold Gloor’s farm in that
vicinity to door’s Mill at Mitch-
. ell.
There was no load limit , sign
on the bridge, and Mr, Beer said
be had a comparatively light load
. on, of some 1200, feet of timber.
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ENGAGEMENTS
Mrs. Winnifred Johnston
..pounces the engagement of
daughter, Betty Joan, to
an-
her
Mr.
James Buchanan Blue, of Wind
sor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
B. Blue of Ripley. The marriage
to take place in Lucknow United
Church on Saturday, August 21st.
Garfield m^donald buys
MacMlLLAN RESIDENCE
_Mr and Mrs. Garfield. Mac
Donald have purchased the resi
dence of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John MacMillan’, and obtained’
possession the first of the month.
The house i$ adjacent to, the
Town Hall, and was -bqilt by the
late Harvey Lindsay. .
The new residence will be con
veniently located to the MacDon
ald’s used furniture and antique
shop, and, we understand, Mrs.
MacDonald plans to use a room
of the house for displaying dishes
and antiques. ' \
The MacDonald shop is widely
known, and attracts tourists, sum
mer cottage residents and an
tique hunters from a wide rirea.
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CALL BEFORE PRESBYTERY
The Presbytery of Huron-Mait
land met recently in .Wingham
and initiated the call of the.
Lucknow Presbyterian Church to
the Rev.. Wallace McClean of Pic-
ton. The call comes before the
Picton Area presbytery for final
approval.
If formally accepted by Rev.
McClean, as is-expected, he will
commence his pastorate here in
September. _ ———-
Service on Sunday morning in
the Presbyterian Church will be
conducted by Rev, J. R. MacDon
ald, who was appointed interim
moderator during the vacancy.
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HOLYROOD MAN IS
HIGHWAY VICTIM
Harold Congram of Holyrood is
.in Brampton Hospital with a
fractured pelvis as a result of a
highway accident near that town
about midnight last Friday night.
Harold was going to Toronto
at the time and was accompan
ied by his son Gordon and two
of Gordon’s friends,” who he was
returning to the City, Harold was
flagged down by a motorist, who
was enquiring as to directions,
He pulled hfe pick-up truck off
the road ahead’ of the stopped
car, arid the two men were con
versing between the vehicles
when rammed by a third car
from behind. Harold was .thrown,
into the ditch by the impact and
his truck knocked forward by
the crash.’ The children were un
injured. The drivhr of thecar.
was also Hospitalized and* we
understand a reckless driving
charge has been, laid against him..
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MRS. WHITBY RETURNS TO
ENGLAND FOR VISIT
;Mrs. Russell “Buster” Whitby
and Sharon sailed early last
week for a' visit in England with
Mrs. Whitby’s parents, tiwo sis
ters and two brothers. It will be
Mrs. V^itby’s . firstsjsdsit£back7
home sinep coming to Canada 8.
years ago last April. She and
Buster were married overseas.
Sharon, who is six years old,
was about as thrilled over the
trip as Mrs. Whitby. They sailed
on Tuesday afternoon, July 27,
on the German liner Arosa. Star,
and will dock at London.
They plan to return early in
October after a two months’ visit.
HONOR PIONEERS
AT CLANJREUNION
MacDonald' Clan Held Annual
Gathering In Ashfield —- For
bears Followed Blazed Trail To'
:_SiteXJf Kin tail Over Century—
■'Ago. ■
Despite leaden skies,. and “ 1
threatening showers, the present
day descendants of Murdoch and
Donald MacDonald to the nuip-
ber of 118, again met in the ac
customed spot in the lovely grove
on the farm of Alex MacDonald ,
of Ashfield, on Saturday. These
sturdy, peace - loving pioneers
,, crossed the ocean 110 years ago
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ARMYWORMSHIT
ASHFIELD FARM
According to G. W. Montgom
ery, agricultural representative
for. Huron County, “army worms
are a thing of the past, so we
can stop worrying about them
now”. ■'.>? ■
Though reports last, week were
heard of infestation, the damage
done was . growing less as the
grain ripened, and became less,
appetizing to the avid pests,
which prefer, green crop.
Dry weather was a factor in
the outbreak which was^descrisbk
”ed~^s~t5F7nost extensive in On
tario’s history, although not par
ticularly serious in this immed
iate vicinity.
The time has been reached
when these worms stop feeding
/ and burrow underground. There
ithey enter the cocoon stage and
emerge as moths.
The ; most serious outbreak,
which we have heard of in this
vicinity, was on the farm of Con
nie Hogan in Ashfield Township;
He discovered the wornis “by
. the millions” in his barley and
oats the first of last week and
by the time he could obtaiin
graying compounds and the pro
per nozzles to do the jol?, a couple
of days had elapsed and consid
erable damage done,
The worms, ranging in size
from a half inch to almost an
I riich and a half, scale the grain
I stocks* and actually set the grain
I swaying. They get in / their best
I foiites” in the early Evening prid
I you can distinctly hear theni
I when they are munching.
I ' Trio'worms started in ^a 14-aCre
I held of barley. They “nibbled0
I kernel, which will; dwarf
I . ’he grain, , as it matures, and aiso
p—®o-for-therIbarley awns.. As the
I wley was ripening .fast, the
I ,army” started* moving into , 20
I J"were greener and more
I.. toothsome”.....They strip •the
■ k j68 on ^rie stalk. and nip the
I k! y’ that they fall over or
I weak off. The result of the at-.
■ tack varies in the two 'types of
I grain. •
I' show greatest dam-
■ i'F Oa^’ barley, pasture and
■ {y have been known to move
■ • i»to camfields, ■
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SHIRLEY ROBINSON TO BE
NURSING SISTER IN R.C.A.F.
FAMILY FROM YUKON
AT AUBURN OLD BOYS
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The ambitious and very
cessful Old Boys Reunion staged
bytheAuburncOpamuinity, at
tracted visitors1'from far distant
points. Among the homecomers
were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas And
erson and daughters, whose home
is.in the Yukon about 300 miles
north of Whitehorse.
—^^e-family-flew^yEdjnonitpn
and from there motored East.
Mrs. Anderson was formerly Jean
Scobie, whose father at one time
preached at . Whitechurch. Mr:
Anderson is a first cousin of Har
ry Anderson of Lucknow. He is
a mining engineer and is in con
tact occasionally with “Big Jack”
Webster.
FIFTEEN CALF
CLUB MEMBERS
“ ■ There are fifteen members in
the' 4-H, Bab^r Beef Calf Club
who will hpld their Achievement
Day at the Lucknow Fall Fair*
on Wednesday, September 29th.
Members i n elude Murray
Gaunt, Ivan McQuillin, Anne
Todd, Joyce Little, Leroy Rintoul,
Bill Kennedy, Jack Kennedy,
Gerald Murray, ChaJlie Murray,
BobHarris^Crawford-McNeil,
Barry McQuillin, Jim Lyons, Bet
ty . Alton, Helen Little.
Club leaders are Tom Todd and
George Kennedy. / -
This year’s group, of calves Jook
like the best yet, and some half
jdozen__of-them are possi'ble
Queen’s Guineas 'contenders. We
understand that to be eligible to
go to Toronto/a calf must make
a specified daily gain in. weight
Between May 15th and Achieve
ment Day.
HAVE NEW SELF-PROPELLED
SWATHER IN OPERATION
After a three weeks’ vacation,
Miss Shirley Robinson, Reg.N.,
daughter of Mr.'and'Mrs. Howard
Robinson of town, leaves on Fri
day for Officers’ School at Crum-
lin R.C.A.F. base, to begin a ten
weeks’ basic training course.
Shirley willbe^. nursing sister -ing'at /the“h<mie''“of * Mre. '’jack
HELD SHOWER FRIDAY .
FOR AUGUST BRIDE
Miss Betty Johnston was guest
of honor at a miscellaneous show
er held at Ripley on Friday even-
in the Active Air Force commenc
ing with the rank of Pilot of
ficer.. . *■.
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CAME CENTURY
AGO TO ASH Fl ELD
The Sentinel recently; received
an old copy of The Sentinel from
Mrs. Dave Alton/ which recorded
the death of Daniel Webster in
November of 1883. :
Mf. Webster was One' of the
original pioneer settlers in this
district, having come here one
hundred years ago—-in the fall of
1854. \
He was in his 86th year at
the time of his death, having
been born in County Tiperary,
Ireland, in 1798. A cooper by
trade Mr. Webster, his wife and
three children came to Canada in
1837,.For. the next years he
plied his trade at Streetsville and
Norval, except for an y interval
while he served with, the militia
during the McKenzie rebellion.
He’ tookniprfarnring^
and then desiring ot procure land
for his family which had grown
to five sons and five daughters,
they moved to Ashfield in 1854,
arid took 400 acres in the, bush:
Later he acquired another hun
dred acres. One of the fartn lots
adjoined the Village which he.
saw progress and grow pracQ^aL
ly from ks begiririirig. ~ 1
The Webster homestead became,
favorably known 4 __
many there were-.who shared the
RbspftH
charge or remuneration. .
After ■ sett 1 i ng here. Mr*' web-
ster had to unci|?rbvtish a road to
where Belfast . now stands and
was foremost among ■ those , who
built the .W log bridge across
the Nine Mile River where-the
“Gravel Road” evOritually cross
ed the elreato. * • . ■
4>W-
Scott .(Betty Blue).
A pleasant social evening 'was
{spent with contests and a pro- | gram including a duet’ by Bessie
and Marion ReaVie, an instru-
mental by Bertha Jean Blue.^and-
a solo by Mary Lou Collinson '
Betty thanked her friends for
the many lovely gifts presented
her. She was assisted in opening
them by Ruth Johnston
Bertha1 Jean Blue,
LET TENDER FOR
NEW SIDEWALK
and
It was chiefly routine business’
at the August meeting of the
Village Council, and although the
night’s work was cleaned up in
less than two hours, the Town
Fathers were in no rush to ad
journ and informally discussed
such matters as weeds and tree
cutting, sidewalk patching and
assessment appeals, wjrach to date
if appears will be unexpectedly
light. ■ ■. ■ ___■. ■ ____
—The Board has three prices sub
mitted for the construction
new cefnent sidewalk on
south side af main street
accepted -the lowest figure sub
mitted by Worden Howald. The
two other tenders were from out-
of-town Contractors.
. The new sidewalk will run
from the “Town’. Bridge’’ west-
of a
the
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waTd app^ feet or
_ A. -i.. WXToi -A.lt. jiril 1 Vtl -I A ZlVt /'‘I'lAWso, to MacMillan’s butcher shop.
It Will ', be 5 inches thick with‘to travellers' j It Wilr.be 5 mcdies tnicK xyiur
rrofn^h^arnTTW gravel supplied by
the Corporation. / .
’ ~ CbUnCiT is..advertising' for 30
cords Of wood for the Town HalL
By-Law NO. 6 was passed set-
ting the 1954'tax rate at 43 mills.
TihO'-cost of tree cutting on
Outran! Street, by a special crew
of forestry men, will be borne
by the' Bell Telephone Co,, the
local Hydrd System and the. Vill-
{•agei ;
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in a sailing vessel, making the
voyage in 13 weeks, their father
dying at sea. From Hamilton they
came in a wagon to Goderich
* with -all their treasures packed . ' r
in a chest. From Goderich they ’
walked, following a surveyor’s
blazed trail, till t they came to
what was afterwards named Kin
tail. After strenuous years pi
clearing land, fighting bush fires,
and providing necessaries of life
for their families, and building
homes, they laid well and truly .
the foundations of jour ...present:__—
day comforts. The older genera- ,
tian is 'thinning out, but there is
Syri abundance of young life in
the Clan.
Tom MacDonald acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. He very fitt
ingly had D. A. MacLennan play
a~Iament/“ “The Flowers of The
Forest”, on the pipes in memory
of the clansman Harry MacDon
ald, who so faithfully acted as
secretary.-throughoutthe-years. j
Other members who passed ori
the last year were Dan MacDon
ald, Kintail and Harry Harris of
■ Toronto. New additions to the
clan were Mrs. Davids MacDon
ald, Mrs. Roddie MacDonald and
Mr. Avis of Detroit. .
The sports Were presided over,
by Bill Harris and Alex Andrew,
the children entering heartily in’
the games and the ladies' and
men trying their skill in kicking
the slipper, etc. Pipers D. A. Mac
Lennan and Sandy MacDonald
were very generous with their
bagpipe . selections and violinist
Walter Collins enlivened the
gathering with their sweet music
and played for square dancing
and_2the_.Sco.tch^reel^-^^—
Some of those present were
Mrs. Kenneth MacKenzie and
i daughter, Mr.- and Mrs, Fisher
and Kenneth qf Montreal; Miss
i Sadie Matheson, Mr. and Mrs.
Avis, the Blues and Agnews of
Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Bain Stew
art, B.Sc., and little David Grant
of Toronto; Louisa, Salina arid
Mabel MacDonald, Windsor; Mr.
and Mrs. Cowles and family, Lon
don; Mr. and Mrs. Roddie Mac
Donald, Stratford;/the’Harris &
Munns.
A sumptuous supper was serv
ed' after which the officers for
next year were chosen: president, .
Finlay MacDonald; vice pres.,
Robert Simpson; sec.* Mrs. Finlay
MacDonald and treasurer, David
MacDonald. ’
With the skirl of the pipes* all '
joined hands and sang “Auld
Lang Syne” and departed_to .their —/
homes with many pleasant mem
ories . pf meeting with their
friends. . .
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Andrson Flax Products Limit
ed have obtained the latest in
self-propelled, swathers, and com
menced flart harvesting operat
ions this week with the new
machine,, which is built in West
ern .Canada.
About half of the flax crop
will be swathed, combined for
the seed, and then laid out for
the fibre to be retted to make
spinning tow. The remainder pf
the crop will be harvested by
-the^-usual-fbindermethodwith
that flax fibre used for uphol
stering tow?
The new Andersdn machine
will be available for custom work,
and can handle all kinds of grain
crops,
A new scutching machine was
purchased recently in Quebec*
and a few days ago Ken Mow
bray and Bob Reed made the
trip East' to bring the dismantled
machine home by truck. It will
be reassembled and put into op
eration making spinning tow af
ter the harvest is off. .
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LIGHTNING TAKES
TOLL OF CATTLE
The violent electrical storm
early last Saturday morning,
which' broke a month long
drought, left a trail oif dead cat
tle and other damage in its wake.
Elmer . Wall of Culross topped
the list with three steers arid two
cows killed. Harvey Houston
lost four cows which appeared to
Jbe.^1 instantly—kill edr—but—od d ly~
enough there wasn’t a mark on
the tree' under which < 4he cows
were Ivirm. ; ...■ :u.
Two Kirilough district farmers
(also lost, cattle..Bill Burt had two
killed and Wes Gue&t one. , J
Reports of hydro damage and
burned out “fuses were included
in the summary and in the St.
Helen’s district there was also
considerable damage, most seri
ous being to Wm. Webster’s
home, details of which are out
lined by the St, Helens corres
pondent. . “ . •
LOCAL FIRM BUYS
TWO ELEVATORS
~"Treleaven-“MilHn^g^ Com
which operates the Lucknow, ele
vator, 'has this week added to itri
^ain-^handltngM^Hitresr^tor^
purchase of the Ri-pl.ey’ and Kin-
cardine-eievators/ -
All business transactions "Will
fee handled at the Lucknow .of
fice of the Company.
Jack Treleaven will be....... . in
charge of handling grain' at. the
Ripley 'elevator. .
,We undersitahd that repairs
necessary\ before grain wilt* be
handled at the > Kincardine ele
vator; ' /
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