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1 ' 111 ‘... - A. ' _________■_LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1954 TEN PAGES
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Sunday Victim Of Point Clarks 1st
Drowning Recovered On Tuesday
holidays; NO SENTINEL
AUGUST 18th OR 25th
ATTEND GRADUATION OF
FLIGHT CADET PORTER
the beach,
at Kray’s
had dis
ari under-
HAIL HITS RON McLELLAND’S
ORO? IN SASKATCHEWAN
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.. Hail has struck a damaging
blow at Ron McLelland’s grain
crop near Loreburn, Sask, ac
cording to a letter received from'
Mrs. McLelland by, her father,
Joe Conley. Mrs. McLelland was
formerly Agnes Conley.
Ron has between 800 and 900
acres of grain. Hail cut a swath
through that district on Monday,
July 16th, and on Ron’s place
‘‘across the road”, some 400 acres
was hailed out 'practically. 100
percent. There is “just the odd
head with any wheat left‘in it”.
On the home property the
damage—was^about' 50 percent,
and Agnes added, “it won’t take
many granaries to. hold our crop,
this year”. •'
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Holidays are starting at
The Sentinel Office, and as
"a result there will be no/
paper published on August
18th or 25th. The next issue
will be Wednesday, Septem-
■ ber 1st. :
: While there will be two
papers “dropped”, the office
will be closed for only a
week-—August 14th to ,21st.
' This week-end there will be
' a “cleaning-up” of last .min
ute work, and on Monday,
August 23rd, the "office, will
re-open for general busi
ness, apart from publication /of the paper.
OPERATE AGAIN
ON SID GARDNER
Mrs. Sid Gardner and other
Mr. and Mrs, Robert L. Porter. and Wayne of Kinlough attend-!
ed the graduation of Flight Cadet relatives visited Sid at Victoria
Robt/A. Porter at the R.C.A.F. Hospital at the week-end — as
station, £entralia, on Thursday - they frequently do — but, on*
afternoon, August 5th. j this occasion Sid was out for, his
. Immediately following the first car ride jsance hospitalized
graduation luncheon, Pilot Offi- last March. .
cer Porter left by motor for ;: Siid underwent another. opera-“
Gimli, Manitoba, to complete his 1 r” ' - - . -
training. On completion of a 16
weeks training at Gimli, Bob will
spend Christmas and a 30-day
leave at the home of his parents.
MEMBER OF PIONEER FAMILY
LIZZIE HORNELL PASSES
The body of 17-year-old Verne
Bowes, who was . drowned at
Point Clnrk late Sunday/after
noon, was recovered about 10.30
Tuesday morning. Dragging op
erations iris- conditions^ permitted,
and a constant beach patrol had
(been kept from the time of the
fatility^ which was Point Clark’s,
first drowning in more than forty
years that, this has been a pop
ular resort centre.
The body was recovered about
midway between The Point , and
Pine River. It was sighted drift
ing rapidly , in a heavy sea and
was quickly brought to wading
distance of shore.
The drowning took place in the
boulder studded, water directly
off the_ Point jandLabout 10'(X yards
from shore. It is believed it lodg
ed there until Monday night’s
storm which whipped the. lake
'into high waves and started the
body drifting northward.
Verne Bowes was the eldest'
of three children of Mr. and Mis.
Earl Bowes, Ethel district farm
ers. The youth’s grandfather, Jack
Wilsori, owns the former Spence
cottage-at" Point" Clark, but had
it currently rented arid was not
at the lake shore when the trag
edy occurred.
Saves Girl Friend
In losing his life, Verne, a non
swimmer, was credited with val
iantly aiding his friend, Donna
Alexander, to cqmiparative safety.
He pushed her to shallower water
when she got into difficulty in
rouigh shoulder-deep water on the
rocky point. She was near ex
haustion when brought* to shore
Iby folk who were on
. Dopna . is employed
store-at Ethel.
Verne, meantime,
appeared. There was
tow and a cross ’current which
was set up’ by a stiff breeze
Which had sprung ‘Up and swept
across the rugged point, all of
which are surmised to have been
factors in Verne failing to reach
safety himself.
Dragging operations were kept
up till after dark and an all-
night patrol of the beach organ- !
ized. On Monday a dozen boats ■
were manned, and equipped with. ;
^grajjplirigneijixi^ment^
erton, Kincardine and Goderich.
These’ operations were discontin
ued late Monday afternoorf hop
ing that the .lake would calm and
clear on Tuesday, but it was
rougher than eVer Tuesday morn
ing when ‘the body , was washed
afloat. An all-night beach patrol
had been on duty .throughout
Monday night. y
A clairvoyant had predicted
that Verne’s body would be re
covered at ten o’clock on Tuesday
morning in about five feet, of
water, south of the Pojnt. ,
Used Divining Rod
On Monday evening Joe Clark
of Wingiham and Jack Campbell,
the - Lighthouse; keeper, patrolle'd
the waters off the Point with a
divining rod, a -U-shaped, half
inch copper tube. A storm at sun-,
ashore, ^butT.
they returned after dark arid.
Were convinced they were get
ting a/reaction on the £od over
8 certain area. The body was re
covered, however, before they
■were able to launch a .boat on
Tuesday. Mr. Clark had lost, a
lit.tle boy by drowning in. the
Wingham Riyer a few years ago
TAp^a«idivjning--rod -was-Used-40-
locate the lad’s body. •
. • The search for Verne was 'dir-.
Acted by Pf oyineipb*
Loa Boyce.'-and £>on Reeds o'f
^^^^caxcUn^rind-Gonstable-Doiig—l1---
-.Jas Whitfield of GodeHcL TlYey
Mere assisted .by many willing
Workers at the Beach, headed by
Jack Campbell Who went without
. sleep for two nights while-the
search went on.
The remains. were taken to
and tentative plans
hold the funeral at the
home on Thursday.
Brussels
•'were • to
The death of Eliza Johnstone
Hornell occurred at Mimico ori
.Friday, August 6th‘. She was in
her. 88 th year. Familiarly known
to friends here as ’‘Lizzie”, she
was a sister of the late William
Hornell of Lucknow. The Horn-
ells were a pioneer family of the
Blackhorse and Lucknow com
munities. The sole remaining
member of the family is Allan
Hornell of Toronto.
Among the survivors is a niece
Mrs. Douglas Coombs (Emily).
Miss Hornell was mother to Em
ily ■’ and her. brother, Dave, who
was awarded the Victoria Cross
posthumously for his bravery and
devotion to his crew, after their
plane was forced down in tlie
North Atlantic during World War
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The funeral was held at Mim
ico on Monday with interment in
Park Lawn Cemetery.
RETURNS TO ST. HELENS FOR
FIRST TIME IN 21 YEARS
ARMY WORMS IN KINLOSS
Frank MacKenzie, Secopd Con-
jces&ion,J_Kinloss,- had a field- of
mixed grain that was infested
with army worms. There are,
patches in the field as big as a
car that .se^m to be pretty well
eaten off.. The damage to the oats
appears more ^xt^nsive than to
the barley, as the oats were a
bit greerier, arid it’s green feed
the worms go for. Frank set out
poison bait in an effort to curb
Themr ■ ■'
The field was ready to harvest
the first of the week. ,
iiorion Tuesday af this week for
the amputation. of his knee, as
doctors Were not satisfied •“ with
the results of the original am
putation.
Sid ’-is having his own time of
it, but cheerfully accepts things
as they comeT^He has had six~
different casts on his smashed
arm, and. is keeping his fingers.
crossed for the next report when the cast is removed in a couple
“BREAD WAR” RENEWED
The ‘“bread war” ‘which has
flourished in Lucknow for sev
eral ■ months, received new im
petus this past week when sliced
bread was offered at two loaves
for 25c. At. the same time‘the of ..weeks. . .If- the arm hasn’t then
single loaf.^ priee "dropped to a healed satisfactorily, bone graft-
new low of 13c. The consumer, ing, will likely ,be done. "
at least, is enjoying the bargain
festival. ;‘ UNCONSCIOUS FOR THREE
. WEEKS, DIED ON SUNDAY
I The death of Mrs. James Snow-
r den occurred in Wingiham Hospi
tal late Sunday afternoon. Three
weeks/prior. to . hendeath she-had-
KINLOSS COUNCIL
SETS TAX RATE
Kinloss Municipal Council met _____ ___
jin Jhe-Hall,-August—2ndf;~ 1954? All suffered a very heavy stroke'
members present. The minutes of fr()m which she had never ral-
^he last regular meeting of July lied nor regained consciousness.
.^s Snowden was formerly
GOT CHUCKLE FROM
PACKING SLIP NOTATION
The boys at the Ford Garage
got a chuckle last week when they
opened a -parts shipment from the
Ford depot at the outskirts, of
Toronto. On the packing slip was
the notation/: “Pretty good. ser
vice, eh, Gordon!’’and signed by
Bruce Jphnston, who is employed
there during the summer vaca
tion.
5th, 1954, as read were approved Mrs. Snowden was formerly
an^ signed. 1 Augusta Maud Haines. She would
The inspectors of the Brucell- have been 68 on August 18th.
osis Act were paid for the calves: mhe funeral service was held
vaccinate^ as reported by the’ on Wednesday afternoon at her
Vets up to June 7th, 1954 late residence, Concession 9, East
The Clerk was instructed to^re-, Wawariosh. The service was con-
ply to the District Municipal En- dlieied by Rev. Wilson of Clin- ’
gineer re "gravel contract. ton, a former pastor, in the ab-
~ The petition re repair of the sence of Rev. Washington. Inter-.
Carrick Award Drain was ac- < ment was in Greenhill Cemetery,
cepted and forwarded to the en-. Mrs. Snowden is survived by
ginger for attention. !her husband, a son Earnest, a bro-
The'Collector returned the 1953 fher Evans Haines of B.C. and
tax roll and the unpaid taxes a sister, Mrs.’ Wellington "Nixon
will now ibe m the hands of the of LuQ^now
Township Treasurer. j ‘ _
' The - Clerk was instructed to1 nfp.'pun a v partv uft t>
call for tenders for the construe- Rtion of the Burt Drain and’ the FOR VVI^L GARDNER
Nine Mile Improvement of 1954.1 . . . ... . ,Tenders to be bperied as a spec- A ?lrtl?d^\1Party^s
ial meeting to be held Monday * e h°me Mr. and -Mrs. W. G.
evening, August, 23rd, at 9 p.rm
By-law No. • 9, 1954, was pre-1
pared and finally passed setting
the rates of taxation for the year
1954 as follows:
County Rate
-T’ownship^’Rste ‘
General School -Rate ..
Fed. of Agr. ..... .
Wingham H. School ..
Ripley H. School ......;
Lucknow H. School
Public School Rates as per re-1
quisitions. |
The Burt and Nine Mile River ‘
drainage by-law were given 3rd reading and finally passed this!
2nd day of August, 1954.
The Clerk: was instructed to
notify all parties assessed on the
Burt and River drains .that their
assessments are due arid payable
oh or before the 7 th Sept. 1954,
Council adjourned to 1__ _
again oh Tuesday, Sept; 7,. 1954.
Cheques issued: fox bounties,
$6.00; James McEwan, insp. sheep
Claims 3.00; Ed Thompson, insp.
calfhood vaec., 35.60; Frank Mil
ler, insp. ca^fhood vacc.,. 30.20;
-Don^Busheil^ihspTcarfHobdvacc.,
23.40: relief, 100.00; James A/ week-end and if you’re not on
Howes, engineer’s fees': 1075.00;, the Society’s, mailing list, prize
J. R. Lane, O.M. Board fee $14.00.' books may be obtained from-Sec- ,
postage $5.00; O.A.' pensions $5.00, retary Alex MacNay, or at The
—24.00: Frank Thompson, post--.Sentinel Office — alter holidays,
age;. 5.00; Gordon Wall, extras, that is. \ ;
collector, 1.00; J. R. Lane, • un-1 This year’s list offers .some a-t-
employment stamps, 6.48. 1 : tractive prize money, and special
/Highway cheques: Pay-Roll NqJ awards andwould-be exhibitors -
*8; $391:90; Joe KerrTp’if ruFgrav*1 should make plans early for their
.el, 1022.50; McArthur Tire Ser-1 entries. . ■
vice, tire and tube, 269.38;' Ro^o! Calf,.ChiK^lEagain^
-e^taHFhetiucts,7c^ feature of the. fair,' with- .15
Armco Drainage, culverts, 148.96;: members in the Club,, Their actor j..
- Bosco •-Metal-• Produte”’ reflecfdFtf'6dfeXTJ*^ dispensed with this
signs, i 9.75; Dominion Road Ma-j
chinery Co., repairs arid labour,
131.40; C. E. McTavish, grease &
oil, 99.55; H, H. .BJanrierman, gra^
veiling} 4620.90; Dept, of High
ways,, gas tax, 45.10; Sarri Farm*
er, stamps, 2.00; Thos. Mansfield.
ton, 7a former pastor, in the ab-
a^“! ment was in Greenhill Cemetery.
• Mrs. Snowden is survived by'her husband, a son Earnest, a bro-
FLEW TO NEWFOUNDLAND
Gordon Montgomery and his
mother motored to Toronto last
Friday evening to catch a late
night plane for a flight to New
foundland where they will Visjt
for a week. Mrs. Gordon Mont
gomery and son James preceded
them a couple of weeks earlier,
and also made the trip by plane,
i For Mrs. Montgomery, JrM it was
| a, return visit to her old home,
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:Mr. 'and Mrs. Gordon Cameron,
i and three children, Helen,- Mar
jory and Jack of Blackie, Alta.,I
are visiting at. St. Helens with
•his^brot-her™John'-"and^M'r^CanF'
eron. It' is the first -time that
Gordon has .been back to the old
home community for 21 years.
Mr. Cameron left for the West
in 1918. He is employed-by the
Alberta. Wheat Pool Company:
Gordon recalls apple-picking
days at Kenneth Cameron’s or
chard'in West Wawanosh. In 1914
he picked apples. there with , a
foursome from.Lucknow includ
ing R.~TL Thompson, Joe Nixon,.
Leroy Hbrne arid Huntley Gor
don,
ter.
Huntley enlisted shortly at-
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S ETTYPEH ERE—
FIFTY YEARS AGO
WHO KNOWS?
A: tug-of-war, ‘ between Wing
ham and Lucknow,was advertis
ed as one of the attractions af
Wingham’s 75th' anniversary cel
ebration... There was rio Lucknow
team on hand for0 the draw, arid
to the-crowd it would seem that
.Lucknow ‘‘let-, them down”.
' - BuY neither before • nor since
the celebration,'were we able'to
contact anyone who knew any
thing' about- the- tug-of-war ar
rangements. » •
. '.In fairness td'Lutknpw. who, if
aiiyone,..w as... _x.^spbhsi.hlSL.. fGi....fl
team, and what, happened it? Qi
.’did Wingham just ballyhoo it.
Whey knows thb answers?
A called in town this week
was Charles A. Barber of Chilli
wack, B.C., who jset type — by
hand that is — for The Sentinel
over fifty years ago. Accompan
ied by Mrs. Barber he visited
here with'his aunt, Mrs. Wm. Mc-
Nall, formerly Ellen Hackett and
a sister of Mr. Barber’s mother,
Margaret Hackett. His father
was Charles Barber and at one
time, farmed on the Gravel Road
just south of the Nine Mile RivOr,
the farm now being owned by.
George Alton. ~
Charlie,. Jr., learned the print
ing jn the Advance Office in
Wingham back in 1.896, and from
1900 to 1903 Was employed oh
The Sentinel under the editor-
.ship„ Jof_ James-By ran— r------
. Charlie commuted daily for a
time —* on a bicycle — between
Lucknow and Wihigham. It kept
him iri shape for booting a foot
ball and playing lacrosse.-
• From. Lucknow, Mr. Barber
went to Winnipeg. . In 1911 he
' bought a paper . at Pilot Mound
.and eventually entered the pub-
_ 1 i sh i ng b u si n ess- • - i h- - G h i 1 li w ack,
,B,C., Where his son'.now follows
! in his Dad’s footsteps. .
LJU2hai9i.e^take-s--^it--’^a^y-—bowt
spending the winters' in Horio-
JjuJu .where h e—h a§—fou h d -th e-
j climate helpful in curing a rheu-
' '.matic condition that . had him
using a cane a few years. ago.
But he doesn’t need it now for
1
'engagements ■ ,
Mr and' Mr? Carman Feagan
of.Carlow, wish to annburice the;
•en'wmfent b,- P.)r.
Lois MaJio, to
rish/sdn oi MK and
Parrish of Uwknbw-. ttc
to take place Saturca^
■28th in Nile Uriited CJiurcn.
daughter, he’s looking in the pink. At the
annual meeting of the C.W.N.A.
in Toronto ’later this month, Mr.Mrs. -Wnirea in XUivniu ravel whoimuuui, mi,
th* marriage ’Barber, a past, president of the
“*' ■ Association, tvifl be honored with
ia jke membership.-
10.5 mills
TO. mills
3.3 mills
.4 mills
5. mills
5. mills
4.6 mills
Hunter’s for Mrs. Will Gardner
, on Monday. Those from a dis-
’ < tance attending wereA Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson Webster and Ross
! of Windsor; Mr. Chris Pottage
‘ of Boston and Mr. and Mrs. W.
f“Gr^^ed Dave Alton,
Luckriow.
Mrs. Gardner was able to make
the trip to London on Sunday ,to
see her son, Sidney, for the first,
time since he was hospitalized
over four months ago; Sid undef-
| went a second' amputation oper-
r, I ation on "hjs injured leg on Tues
day morning. '
FALL FAIR LISTS
NOW AVAILABLE
The Lucknow Agricultural Soc-
___ iety’s 89th annual fall fair is' only
meet 'sUven weeks away. The dates are
Tuesday and Wednesda'yj Sep
tember 28th . and 29th, and Pres
ident Fred McQuillin and ■ the
Board of Directors will’ shortly
be making final plans for the
Show. ___ ______ - _____-
. Prize lists will be available this
year, but other special events
will replace it4 Details, however,
were not, available, for 'inclusion
in ;the. prize list
I It. is aimed to continue the big-.
! ger,; and better boUcy that has
er, j nvs. ! marked, the Fair’s., comeback,
repair tire<4.00; Ezra Sitler, bull- leading up to an extra special
dozing, 157.50.- ; ,I effort to mark the 90^h,aimiver-•
J, ,R. LANE, Cler'k. ' sary’m •lOSS; •