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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, Luaolow, ONTARIO
Culross Native
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PAGE TWO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12i 1975
Mrs. Jessie Alin Learns More About
Son Russell's Experience In Hurricane
A couple of weeks ago, The
Sentinel carried a story about the
fact that Russell Aflin, son of Mrs.
Jessie Aflin of Lucknow, had been
involved in the hurricane which hit .
Darwin, Australia at Christmas and
which claimed . many lives and
caused millions of dollars damage.
Mrs. Min has since , received a
letter from Russell indicating the
frightening experience he had: It,
read, in part: 4'
Dear Mum:
Well, here I am safe and sound.
I hope your Christmas turned out
better than mine. I'll tell you what
happened. On Christmas Eve
about' 10 p.m. was when it •started
to really blow. I was in bed and
woke up about 12 midnight and the
whole house was shaking from the
wind. I got up to get some candles
and I had just• lit them when the
front wall of the bedroom blew out.
I don't know why but I dove on the
floor and pulled the mattress on top
of me at the same time. The next
thing 1 knew the whole house came
down on top of me. After awhile,
(10 minutes) I dug myself out and
ran to the shed below the house
and got in there with the dog. We
got under a little table and stayed
there for abo9t 8 hours I guess.
You just wouldn't believe the
noise. Everything was being torn
apart and the wind sounded like a
jet engine 2 feet from your ears. I
sure did some praying. You didn't
know if the shed walls would hold
or if 'you would be blown, away in
the next gust. When day break
came most of the force of the wind
had gone and I was able to get a
look, outside. It just looked like an
atomic bomb had been dropped.
The destruction was incredible. I'll
tell you more in the next letter.
Love,
Russ:
Russ has been a resident of
Australia for the past 1% years and
plans to be married to an Austral-
ian girl on March 1st in Newcastle.
Honoured On
84th Birthday
Mrs. Neil MacCallum of Luck-
now celebrated her 84th birthday
on Thursday, February 6th, when
she was entertained' at a family
dinner at' the home of her daughter
and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
(Jean) Conley, Lucknow.
Also present were her other two
daughters Mrs. Donalda Scott of
Lucknow and Mrs. Clifford (Nellie)
Johnston and Mr. Johnston of R. R.
3 Holyrood and Mr. Alex MacKen-
zie,. Lucknow.
FIRE DESTROYS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
garage, 'they prevepted the fire
from catching on to, adjacent
°buildings. The intense heat melted
the tar in the insul brick on the
north wall of the • house of Melvin
and Mrs. Minnie Jones, just across
•the street to the south. Mrs. Jones
was taken to Mrs. Heber Eedy's for
safety. Even at Eedy's, residents
were warned to stay back from the
store windows which were cracked
by the heat. Damage also resulted
to the post office building of Al
Sherwood, immediately to the
north.
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The fire raged so fiercely that
within half an hour the walls of the
garage were down and the chimney
toppled. The. Lucknow firemen
remained on the scene for several
hours cooling the, debris and'
watching for further problems. At
one point a fireman's coat was
ablaze andlthe had, to be hosed
down.
Hydro was off for a couple of
hourS in adjacent houses but
service was promptly restored.
Some homes were out of water for
some time until workmen could get
at pipes which ran under the
garage and connected to the same
water line 'as some nearby residen-
ces. Telephone service was also
interrupted in immediate area.
Robert Stothers has operated the
garage for almost 35 years, having
started in September, 1940.
The building was owned by Ross
Scott Ltd. of Brucefield, local
Sunoco distributoi.
Fire Chief George Whitby of
Lucknow estimated the loss at
approximately $25,000; $12,000 to
the building, $10,000 to the, con-
tents, $1500 to the north wall of 'the
Jones residence,' $250 to the Al
Sherwood building which housed
the post office, immediately 'to the
north of the garage and about
$1000 to the two plate glass
windows at the Eedy bakeshop
which were cracked.
Lucknow Fire Department , first
arrived on the scene when the call
was received shortly after noon.
Blyth Fire Department and their
water tanker truck arrived shortly
after. Blyth was on the scene about
3 hours and Lucknow close to 9
hours on a bitterly cold day.
Lucknow secured a. water , supply
from two cisterns in Dungannon as
well as from Sharpe's creek, east of
the 4th concession.
Lucknow Fireman Gary Austin
slipped iii the dark and received a
cut on the forehead. He was taken
to Wingham Hospital for attention.
A strong wind blew smoke and
embers from the burning buildin
in a north easterly direction acros
the road and it was fortunate that
no other buildings went up in
flames.
Ladies in Dungannon served
lunch- to the firemen and workers
during the day.
DAVID scow
The death of •David Grenache
Scott 'of Lucknow occurred at
Wingham and District Hospital on
Tuesday, 'February' 4th in his 88th
Mr. Scott was born on August
15th, 1887 on the 8th concession of
Culross Township. He was a son of
Robert Scott and Elizabeth Smith.
On March 26th, 1913, he married
Maggie McAllister, also of Culross.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott , farmed in
Culross for a number of years,
retiring to Teeswater in 1955. Mrs.
Scott passed away in 1959.
In 1961 Mr. Scott moved to
Goderich where he lived for four
years, coming to Lucknow in 1965..
Mr. Scott is survived by one son
and four daughters, Elmer Scott, of
Culross, Mrs. Arnold (Velma) Vint
of Goderich, Mrs. Eugene (Ruth)
Conley and Mrs. Lloyd (Gladys)
Moffat, both of Lucknow; 14
grandchildren and 26 great grand-
children.
Besides his wife he was predec- •
eased by one sister, three brothers
one grandson, one great grand:-
child.
Mr. Scott was a member. of
Langside Presbyterian Church.
The funeral service was held on
Thursday, February 6th at the
MacKenzie Memorial Chapel,
Lucknow. Rev. Glenn Noble and
Mr. J. B. Kay conducted the
service.
Six grandsons acted as pallbear-
ers, Carman and James Vint,
Ronald and Mac Conley, George
Moffat and Donald Scott.
Flower bearers were two grand-
sons Kenneth Scott and Rick•
Conley.
Temporary entombment was at
South Kinloss MAsoleum.
WHITECHURCH
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Tiffin, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Mowbray were.
Saturday visitors with •Mrs. Phyllis
Henderson.
On Saturday' evening Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh MacMillan, Gregory,
Paul and David of Watford and
Mrs. George Tiffin of LuCknow
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Tiffin.
Mr. and Mrs. John Willis and
Jeffery of Kincardine were Sunday
visitors with Mrs. Earl Caslick.
Week end 'visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. George Fisher were Mr. and
Mrst Elliott Carruthers, Mr. and
Mrs. Doug Martyn and family,
Ripley; Mr. and Mrs. Carman
Machan and Ross of Waterloo and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Creech of Pine
River.
• Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rintoul were in
Kitchener on Sunday visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Gutoskie. Little
Michelle returned home with them
for a visit with her grandparents.
Chalmers W.M.S. will hold their
February meeting at the home of
Mrs. Wesley Tiffin on February 19.
The leaders are Mrs. Wesley
Tiffin, Mrs. Angus Falconer, with
helpers Mrs. Robert Mowbray and
Mrs. Harvey Craig. The' roll call is
- suggestions for new things to do
`at meetings. The topic is to be
chosen. Courtesy remarks are to
be given by Mrs. ,Earl Caslick.
Tls community extends their
..mpathy to the brothels and sister
of the late Torn 'Moffat who passed
away in London hospital on Satter
day: He was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Moffat, who.at one
time resided on' the farm 'now
owned by Eric Excel, 4th conces-,
Quebec. They , will be away
Tuesday to Saturday.
Mr.' and Mrs. Earl Wilkens were
in London on Thursday where, Earl
had a medical check' up.
Phil Chadwick underwent tests
at University Hospital on Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week.
This community extends their
sympathy to' the family of the 'late
Mr. Dave Scott of Lucknow in the
loss of their father.
mom
sion, Kinloss.
Richard Moore informs us that
the Lucknow Pee Wee hockey
team, of which he is a member,
played a quarter final with Tees-
water with' a score 6-3 in favour of
Lucknow. The next game they play
will be a semi-final.
Wendy Kay on Tuesday deft on a
bus from Wingham High School to
attend the Winter Carnival at
WE WISH TO ANNOUNCE
THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED
HALL'S RED. AND WHITE FOOD STORE
IN LUCKNOW,
WE INVITE YOU TO CALL IN AND BECOME'
ACQUAINTED. WE HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE!'
TO BE OF SERVICE TO YOU.
Parshotam and Kanita Mehan
I would like to thank the area residents who
have patronized the store over the 20 years I have
been in business in LuCknow.
I wish to introduce the new owner, Parshotam
Mehan of Hamilton, who took over the business
on Tuesday of this week.'
I hope you will continue to favoUr him with
the loyal patronage you have extended-to us.
LLOYD HALL
Hairs Red IL White Store
Lucknow
LLOYD HALL
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OF
HALL'S RED & WHITE STORE
Would like to extend his thanks and appreciation
for the excellent help of his staff members Winni-
Ann fred Ganunie, Anders° ,,Mary McMurray,
Grant Gollan, Bruce_Johnstok e, Tom Chester, Jim
Whytock, Steve Hall and Allan Dunsmuir. Also to
the -many other staff , members who have given
their service through the years.
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