HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-04-02, Page 1A LucknoW Man was pronounced dead' on
arrival at Winghatn and District 'Hospital on
Friday morning ,after his car left Raveloe)c
Street and struck a utility polek
Arthur Graham, 73, is believed to have
:had a fainting spell at the wheel of his car.
The car left the Wad striking a utility pole by
the Lucknow Presbyterian Chnrch, Mr.
Graham- suffered• a broken neck in the
accident and was promiunced dead on arrival
at the hospital by Dr. J, C. MeKim,
Mr. Graham is survived by his wife; the
former Grace tialdenby, •three sisters, Betty,
Mrs, Melvin Johnston, -Listowel; Mary, Mrs.
Levi Eckenswiller, London and Kathleen,
Mrs. Joseph Cassidy of TeeSwater and one
brother, John of Ann Arbour, Michigan. lie
was predeceased by two brother,s, Roy and
George,
. The funeral was held Sunday; March 30,
1980 "from-'the MacKenzie and McCreath
er flame at .3 p m Spring burial is in
South inloss Cemetery:
• A.-Lucknow_area..rnan. reniains in serious_
condition in Victoria Hospital, London
following a car accident on. Huron Road 22,
the diVisinn line between East - and West
The Sentinel was very promptly
reminded several times during, the
past 'Week that Lucknow's • hockey
season is not over as reported in last
week's issue. The Juveniles are still
playing in their Grand ChamPloip
finals sand having defeated Win!am
this Weekend will play the winner 'of
the Arthur and Mount Forest SerieS.. •
The Juveniles had been neglecting to
send in their • reports lately and, as a
our sports editer, lest track',
their series. We apologize for .the
Although the local recreation efiair-
map has been taking Some ribbing
abchit the.-Snow''still, laying. On the
baseball diamond, preparations for
this :year's ball season have been in
"~`progress''for 'close to a tiOrithf.
A bigger: progratn has been under-'
taken this year with ladies, girls*, mens
and boys softball programs planned.
Tho interinediateS have been bold
ing, a pitching clinic and conditioning
progratmkspring training-4 for the'past
several weeks' and, the junior boys will
be included in this program in the near
• futitre* • — •
To help finance the§e programs, the
4 ladies and men's intermediate teams
are holding two fund raising dances,
one being held this Saturday night,
April 5 at the Lucknow District
Community Centre. The other dance
will be held July 5, Advance tickets
are available from all ball plaYers.
• Wawancish on Friday night;
Walter Boden; 28T-ion-Cession 9;--West
Wawariosh suffered a head injury and
internal injnries; when the car . he was
driving left the road and Went into the• west
-ditch where it .struek a tree stump, flipped
over and landed on its roof in the middle of
the read.
• When Goderich OPP arrived. on the scene,
Mr. Roden conld not be •found in the area of
the accident. and •,police followed his tracks
through the bush and.fields to his home. He
'was taken to•Wingham and District HOspital
and later transferred to Victoria Hospital,
London., Turn to page 50
This year's increase tueans total expen-
-ditures have increased 48 per cent since
1975. In the same period the total taxable
assessment has increased 14 per tent and
the province's share has increased 40 per
cent.
The 26 municipalities in the county will
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Arthur Ortthiun of ',datum tliettFriday morning when the ear he was !Miring left ffivelock
Street and 'attach a utilitypole In front of the Lucknow .Presbyterian Church. Mr. Graham was.
pronounced dead on arrival at Wingham and District Hospital. [Sentinel Staff Photo)
year A major proposal in the budget was, to
increase the reserve fund for working capital
by__$50_,000 to $900,000 in 1980. Hanly told
council there was no need to borrow working
capital in 1979 and indicated it would be
niunicrpaltties
The county apportionment has decreased
by p.003 per cent in, the mill• rate since 1975
which is "an enviable record for the councils
over the period 1975 to 1980, when you
consider the rate of inflation in those years"
according to county clerk-treasurer Bill
Hanly.
necessary 'to.Feriew .in
• He said a further subsidy would be
requested from, the Ministry of Transpor-
tation and Communications which if receiv-
ed, would permit the county to operate
without borrowing in 1980.
Tarn to page 5
Huron County Council approved their ' contribute $24 million whereas last
1980 budget of $9 million at their March they contributed 2.7 million.
session on. Thursday. The budget represents The municipalities will pay less this year
a 7 per cent increase over last year and total ... because the province has paid file resource
expenditures have increased $841,125 or 9 equalization grant directly to the county. In
per cent, : . previous years this grant was paid to the "nip and tuck" as to whether it would be
Dead woman
still unidentified
The identity of a dead woman found on
Horizon View Road in Ashfield Township
March. 25 remains unknown,
The Ontaric. Provincial Police have
released a composite drawing which will
appear in newspapers throughout Canada
and the United States in the hope that
someone may recognize her or come for-
-ward with information which-might lead to
tier identification.
. An appeal for information earlier in the
week brought a good response. All leads
and • reports of missing persons 'were
investigated but they led to a dead end,
The partially burned body of the woman
was found near the roadside laying near
the stump ,.of an overturned tree. John
MacKenzie who owns a farm nearby,
discovered the body, while on his way to a
barn near the lake,'Iwhere he keeps, horses.
Mr. MacKenzie said he thought at first it
was a dead calf, which someone had tried
to ',AIM but when he looked closer, he
discovered it was a human body,
Goderich OPP investigated and inspec-,
tors Ron Roberts and Charles Judson of the
OPP investigation branch in Toronto have
been'--working;on' the case. Teams of-
investigators from detachments' in the area
are tracing leads which until now have
turned up nothing. .
The victim is female, described as white,
18 •, • 25 years of age,, weighing approxi-
mately 110 pounds, 5 feet, 4 inches, in
height, light brown hair worn in a ponytail,
small ears, no lobes, low on the side of her
head; nose: right nostril, slightly turned
up, with a.smail growth at the entrance of
the left nostril; teeth: good, but an
overbite, mouth is round and has a•
thickness to the right side; possible
curvature of the spine.
A yellow gold diamond wedding band
and engagement ring were found near the
body,
If you have information which might lead.
to the identification of the victim, please
call the Goderieh OPP, *4-8319, collect.
All calls are confidential: