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ESCAPE 'HAZEL'
DAMAGE LOCALLY
While other areas count the
cost in life and property damage
ip the wake of ‘Hurricane Hazel’,
this immediate corpmunity is
thankful to have escaped the rav-
ages of the storm. .;
In. Ontario’s worst natural disr
aster, from the .fury of wind and
water, the ^Toronto and Holland
Marsh district is surveying with
, astonishment millions of dollars
of property damage, and sorrow
fully and more grimly, still re
covering (bodies .oF victims swept
away in the inconceivable flash
flood, that will run the total of
drownings to near the hundred
mark. . »-v'*'
Neighboring towns of Wing
ham, Walkerton^ Paisley, Lisfo-
wel,: are shovelling up the silt,
_and assessing the damage from-
record breaking fall flood waters
that rapidly mounted several feet
above normal, ^us week-end down
pours climaxed a month of ex
treme rainfall.
Locally “Hurricane. Hazel” did
little more than give residents an
eerie night of wind and rain,
which flooded a number of base-
.L/^ments- and farm, stables. About 3
inches of rain fell bn Friday, to
complete the inundation, of farm
I- lands in the district, and lessen
the chances of harvesting some
• crops still in the fields. A con
siderable acreage of clovers, flax
I arid ipoarser grains as well as
vmariy fields* of corn, remain un
harvested: Farm lands are sat
urated beypnd .. getting jnto the I . fields and fall plowing is out of
the questiori at present, and on
some low land, may not be poss-
/ible this fall. ’
I Travel conditions were hazard
ous in Friday ‘night’s storm and
I . traffic Was slim. Construction
work on Highway 86 between
I Whitechurch and Wingham . clos-
I eJ this .section arid on Saturday
[ flooding in Wingham’s Lower
I Town completed this blockade.
I East bound traffic is> being ae-
| toured by the 10th of West Wa-
I wanosh, but a road washout on
I Saturday at the 10th bridge, tem-
I porairily closed this route, and
I 'traffic was. diverted to the 9th
I Concession or via Teeswater,
I j Mail Delayed
I—_—_Due -to—the—Brampton—area-
I flooding, C.N.R., passenger and
I mail trains were re-routed via
I Hamilton to Guelph, and it was
I nearly six o’clock" Saturday be-
I fore the Afternoon train arrived.
I The night train also ran about
I three hours late$ 'arriving here
I about 2.00 a.m. Sunday morning.
I Tragedy struck in the 'South -
I ampton district, where .a rail line
I Washout caused a passenger train 1
|z derailment late Friday night,. Im
I juries arid severe burns provejd
I fatal to ” both Engineer. Gordon
I McCallum of Palrnerston- and
| Fireman William Stewart Nich-
I oison, 33, also of Palmerston.
I . Record Rainfall
I Last Friday’s deluge, and'ebn-
I tinned rainfall on Saturday arid
I early Sunday morning; .raised
I Village streams..to a high level,
I b.Utthestraightening-.ofLthe_Nln(i-
I Mile River through the heart, of
I the town, Which., has been carried
I . out .oyer trie last couple of. years,
I . * enabled the flood waters to get
I '■ tiWay raidly, and the l'ev.el bad |
I dropped by early Sunday.
I. There.‘was 4 inches of rain fellj been a
I . from Thursday to Saturday. 1° i 1
I run the month’s : ' "
■ -* run the morith’s ■ rainfall...frOrit ’ 1.
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LUCKNOW, .ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCT, 20th, 1954
MRS. MUMFORD’S CONDITION
IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN
Many friends here of Mrs. W.
J. Mumford will regret to lbarn
that her health is cause for great
concern. For long she has been
afflicted with a painful and Crip
pling. arthritic jjcgndition;.. which.
she has borne , with cheerfulness
and • patience. Another condition
has lately developed and Mrs.»
Mumford is presently in the hos
pital. According to opr la’test in
formation ‘it was uncertain
whether or not she would under
go surgery,
Dr. and Mrs, Mumford are liv
ing, at Simcoe where he is assist
ant minister at St. James United
Church. They moved the end of
June, to Simcoe from Fergus,
where Dr. Mumford had been as
sistant minister, since reaching
the retirement age while pastor
of Lucknow United Church..
FIRST VOCAL GIRL GUIDE
TO RECEIVE GOLD CORD
At the Open Night of the Girl
Guides on Friday evening there
will be a Flying Up Ceremony,
a presentation ofs Brownie and
Guide badges,-and the presenta
tion of -a Gold Cord to be made
by Mrs. K; - M. Clysdale of St.
Marys, Huronia Area Commis-.
sioner, to Beverley Ashton, who.
will be the first Lucknow Girl
Guide to. receive. this award.
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ZION GIRL FLEW
TO CALIFORNIA
Carol Gardner, 17 -year -old
daughter of Mr. apd Mrs. John
Gardner of Zion, made a week
end flight to Sari Jose,' California'
where - she -plans- to—make her
Home for a time at least. Her
sister, Mrs., Robert Panter and
Mr, Panter have resided at San
Jose for some, six years. Mrs.
Panter was formerly Kathleen
Gardner. < .
Her parents accompanied her
to Mai ton for the flight to the
southwest coast, via Chicago. The
flight was scheduled for ten a.m.
Saturday morning, but was de*
layed some two hours, awaiting
passengers, whex were having dif
ficulty reaching the airport, due
to flood conditions in the Tor
onto area.
Mr.andMrs.Gardnerreceived
a. telegrarii on Sunday informing
them of Carol’s safe arrival at
her destination.
Prior to her departure Carol
was presented with a travelling
alarm clock on behalf of her
friends. in the Zion community.
TO HOLD SHORTHORN
SALE HERE END OF MONTH
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For the third successive year,
the Huron-Perth Shorthorn, Club
will hold their annual, fall sale
in the Lucknow Arena, which of
fers excellent accomodation for
the event, - -- - ----~--
The date is a week from Fri
day, October 29th, Twenty-eight
females and eight, bulls are being,
consigned from the herds of
prominent Shorthorn breeders in
the district. Andrew Gaunt is sale
manager. —.
STUDENTS, PARENTS HELD
GET-TOGETHER FRIDAY
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WAS 90 THIS MONTH
Students of Grades 9 and 10
of Lucknow District High School
and their parents, held a social
get-together at the school on Fri
day evening. Guest speaker, was
W. ?C;../ Taylor of the • "Guidance
Branch of the Department of Ed
ucation. He spbke on “The Privil
eges and Responsibilities of a
High . School Education”, and in
this regard placed the onus on
the student. 1
Musical numbers included a
chorus by Grade 10 pupils and
i piano instrumentals by Louise
Andrew and Lester Burden.
Lunch was served.
REV. BACK 1
FOR ANNIVERSARY
Rev. R. Colin Todd of Niagara
-Falls, and a former minister of
Lucknow United Church, return
ed on Sunday to conduct anni
versary services, and was greet
ed- by7 large congregations who
heard stirring sermons.
Rev. Todd’s three-year pastor
ate here some fourteen years ago,
preceded that of Rev. J. W; Ster'
wart. He said that since receiv
ing the invitation to be the an
niversary speaker- he had relived
many happy memories of his pas
torate here and his heart was
filled with joy to be back.
Changing the subject #pf his-
sermon he spoke on “When Glad
ness Fills The Heart”. To know,
the -joy of Jesus, in our hearts
lifts us . above suffering, and, sac-
stand for what is right and re
sist. that. ’Which is^wrong in thg.
World. .
ReV, Todd condemned raffles
and-such activities that fostered
the “something for nothing, idea”
that did more .to cripple minds,
than • the. proceeds did to’ heal
bodies. .. .
In the evening Rev. Todd spoke'
on ’“The Christian Hope”, stress
ring that if God is . with us that
is our/hope and with our hope
in. Hjm' Christians and Christian
nations will endure and will have
no need to fear communism. . .
‘ The choir under the direction
of Mrs. J. W. Joynt .and with
Mr. Elmer Umbach as’ organist,,
excelled with excellent renditions
at both services. In the evening'
Eldon Henderson rind Miss Mar
garet Rae took solo parts 'in two
4mttnniTS—q-ua-rtefte-
of Eidon Henderson, ’ Haryoy
Bride*’Raynard A chert .and Geo.
.Joynt- sang.a number, which Rev,,
Todd said “touched his-heart” as
paid tribute . to the choir’s
' I assistance' which he said ‘had
great joy to him’. ■ ■■ ■ '
The historv of the:' congrega-
rainfall from I tion which- had its beginning - in
“ ‘ ’ Methodlsi.1T here;: dates back over
’ years.' This :amiiVetriary oc
to ah ..all .titric record -of > J4J4 |'easiori wa^--comDleAc^
George , Drennan of Ash
field joined the ranks of the
nonagenarians’ w h e n he
reached his 90th birthday on
October 6th. Mr. Drennan has -
been suffering from an attack
“Ofsmngles7ahdwas^hbspifal-
. ized for a time recently.
Apart from that he is enjoy
ing comparatively good he'alth,
and at haying time drove the
. tractor for harvesting opera
tions.
TOP AWARDS TO
AREA YOUNG FOLK
KINLOSS HOME HIT
BY LIGHTNING
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A lightning bolt struck the
home df Mr. and Mrs. Lome Wall
about . 4.30 a.m. last Thursday
morning and besides startling the
bccupants ftp pili it mildly) cut
up peculiar capers as it followed
the electrical circuits and metal
lathing throughout the home*
Among the capers was the
blowing of three small holes thru
the cement veneer wall of the
east side of the home; Switches
and sockets throughout the house
were burned out, A corner chip
ped of fa mirror, and a door* jam
with an outside light split, were
typical instances.'
The bolt streaked through a
baseboard outlet, bursting and
blackened the baseboard which
shot Mr. and Mrs. Wall’s bed
across the room about three feet.
Their infant of but a few weeks
was also in the bedroom but all
escaped injury. , Fortunately
there was no; outbreak of fire.
The strike wais felt in the
neighborhood iby others besides
the Wall family. A
District insurance officials?rc-
port heavy claims this season for
stock killed by lightning. Many
of the storms being of a freakish
“hit and run” type.
MRS. NORMAN E. PATERSON
PASSES IN MONTREAL
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EMPLOYED IN TORONTO
Two Lucknow district young
men are currently, employed' in
Toronto. Wayne Johnston,' son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Johnston of
Holyrood is employed in the of
fice of the British-American Oil
Companp and Dan Rose, son of
Mrs. Elizabeth Rose of Amberley,
is employed in the C.P.R. express
arid freight depot at Union Sta-
tion.yThe ‘boys are staying at
the &ime boarding home.
98, a
BORN HERE ALMOST
A CENTURY AGO
Mrs. Margaret Belcher,
resident of Edmonton for 75
years, since 1879, died Friday.
Mrs. Belcher* was the. widow of
Lt-Col. Robert Belcher, one of
the first members of the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police in
Western Canada. She was born
in Lucknow in 1856. The. Colonel
Belcher Military Hospital in* Cal
gary. was named hr merhory of
her husband. "
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■ Saturday» there'was'a total of
8/75 inches. • ; ; . -
Bean Loss Heavy «
In reviewing conditions in
Huron County^ the Agricultural
• Office at CJlinton reports as 'fol-
lows:
harvesting operations are at
a‘ definite standstill in Huron Co.
this week.. White bean growers
teport study decrease in the
possibility of . harvesting their
Tuesday evening' by the. Women s
■Associayipn; . ■ -
crop; arid .some sprouting.rS’-tek*
.ing plaoe, Soil conditions,are too
I'Silago- corn or for -ploughing.'
From the. appearances of many
fields a 'considerable acreage . of
fall wheat is.Hkely to be drown-
.ed*ouV\’ . ’
wet Tor either the! Harvesting o£ of tive.
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MEET AGAIN AFTER
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS
'Mr; and. Mrs'. W. S. McGuire
of the Second Concession; Huron
.jpown^hip,—have—as—theirs—guests,-
Mrs. Daisy RosSer and her daugh
ter; Miss Lorrajne Rosser of
Auckland, New Zealand*. They
plan' ‘to spend the winter here,
and Lorraine is looking forward
to seeing snow for the first time
in her life-—except , on mountain
top’s. •. ' :
Mrs. Rosser and Mrs. McGuire,
are sisters. They were born inj
England and were separated as
children vyheri their parents died.
had. been, together; and .their
. Thanksgiving Day r e u n i o n
brought to reality a lifetime am
bition, Daisy and , Maud,, as the
sisters are called, are the two
surviving members of a fajhiljr
Mrs. Rosser and Lorraine made
the trin from “down under0 by
boat. AU told their trip here took
three week's* during which they
covered seme 13,000 miles. 1
Members of the Lucknow, _4rH-
Calf Club and of the Dungan-:
non-,Calf and Swine Clubs, have
been consistent top winners at
district competitions this fall. '.
Ih the”4-H7 Heifer class at Sea
forth and Teeswater fairs, Lois
Webster of West Wawanosh had
the grand champion heifer. She
climaxed her first year in Calf
Cluib work by winning first for
her heifer calf at Dungannon fair
last week, and placing second fpr
showmanship.
The top showman at Dungan
non Fair was Lome Hackett of
Ashfield. Following Lois, other
showmanship placings were as
follows, Barbara Wilson, Frank
Alton, Frances Alton, Kenneth
Alton.
Best beef eer winners were:
Lome Hacketft, Norman Pentland,'
Marilyn McTayish, Frank Alton,
Donald McTavIsh and Kenneth
-Alton?
Senior heifer
Lois Webster, Bar
Evelyn Smith, Murray Wilson,
Rose Durriin and Jim Reed.
The Dungannon 4-H’ Swine
Club’ awards went to Douglas
Hackett, Bob Harris, Barrie Hac^
kett, Frank Alton; showmanship,
David Kirkland, Frank Alton,
Douglas Kilpatrick and Kenneth
Alton.;
In the inter-club swine com
petitions at Teeswater Fair, Bar
ry Hackett was second in the
first prize group and David
Kirkland was * first and Bob. Har
ris, third, in the' second' prize
group. • '
In showmanship the two Dun
gannon Club lads, Barry Hackett
and David Kirkland, finished in
first and second place. 1 • '
. Calf Club Awards -^-in-rt-he-H nter-d ubbe cf~"com pe-‘
t>tipns Ahn Todd, placed fifth in
the first' ■ prize • Angus steers
group. ■ In the Hereford steer
class, Bill Kennedy was second
ip the ? first prize group, Joyce
Little, 4th, and Jack Kennedy,
7th.
In the Shorthorn steer class,
first prize group, Lome Hackett
was ;7th? Tn ;the*' second? prize,
group, Crawford McNeil was Istj
.while Bob Harris placed first in.
^thS^Hur^prize^rbu-p;...
Ih the. inter-club showmanship,
Lome Hackett -took--top honors^
with Anri Todd secopd and Lois
Webster, fifth. .
Assistant agricultural, repres
entative Harold Baker, Who has
spent much .time promoting 4-H
Club activities in Huron, can' be
well satisfied with the results,
end justly proud of members of
the. Dungannon and Lucknow
Cl'uSs.' . -
—The-death -occurred at Victoria-
Memorial Hospital, Montreal, on
Monday, October 11th, of; Bern
ice Anne Drennan, youngest dau
ghter of the late Mr; and Mrs.
Robert Drennan; beloved wife of
Norihan
ter of
(Mae)<
Harton
Mrs. Harold Evans (Pearl), La
combe, Alberta; Gordon , and El-
wqod, Ash^ield, and Stanley of
Tiverton. . <. .
Her three brothers, and Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas Harton attend
ed the funeral, which was held:
on. Wednesday, October 13th,, in
Montreal.
E. Paterson; loving sis-
Mrs. Colin MacGregor
Ashfield; Mrs. Douglas
(Mary Eva),? Toronto;
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PLAN BASKET AND PAPER
COLLECTIONS LOCALLY
Lucknow Girl Guides will hold
a basket, >collection_on__Saturday^—
of- this week. Anyone, having
clean, used fruit baskets, is ask
ed to set them at the curb on
Saturday. Better take a look thru
the basement now, and- clean out
those baskets for ‘the girls. »
The following Thursday, Oct
ober 28th, the Boy Scouts will
hold a waste paper collection in
cluding paper, cardboard, mag
azines and old books. They’ll ap
preciate them being boxed or tied
securely: There1 will also be a
pick-up at Dungannon that after
noon. Rural residents may leave
their paper’ at. the community
shed on Main Street at their con- ,
venience.
DEDICATION SERVICE AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .
. The new: doors and steps at the
-L uckrib w—Presbyterian--— Church"
were dedicated at the Sunday
morning service by'. Rev. Wal
lace McClean.. The doors are a
donation ’from the Henderson
Family arid the steps are in. mem
ory of John and: David MacKay,
FIVE CHILDREN BAPTIZED .
AT ST. PETER’S ON SUNDAY
Children’s Day and Youth Sun-
‘Church^DoWrio^^dn^ Sunday," ’‘
.October 17th, with the Sacrament ”
of Baptism and the chiTdreri’s ser
vice. Five babies were baptized
and, received into the Fellowship -
of the church. Elliot Purvis, pre- *
sident‘ of the Young People’s Club
read ^he scripture. Those bap
tized were Wayne JMowry Prit
chard, William David/Lougheed,
John Allan Johnstone, Mary Ldr-,‘
Paine McQuillin, Jeanne Elizabeth
Downie. ’ .’
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