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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1975-10-15, Page 1MRS. MARGARET PLANT $0.00 A Year In Advance — $2.00 Extra To U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1975 Single Copy 20c 24 P'ages Miraculously Unhurt In Two Car Collision At Guelph On Saturday Lloyd Ashton Sells Lucknow Home Bob and Mary MacNay, propriet- ors of the Ambertey Store, miracul- ously escaped injury early Saturday morning when involved in a motor accident at Guelph. Bob hasileen doing relief work on the Great Lakes and had completed five weeks . 2nd officer on the M.V. Simcoe. e the boat Friday and Mary had driven to St. Catharines to pick him up.. The couple were on the return trip home at the time of the accid- ent, which occurred on the Guelph Bypass about 2.1'0 a.m. Saturday. A car carrying three men, overtook the MacNay vehicle from behind and drove straight into the rear of the car. • ° It is estimated that the, MacNay vehicle was going about '60 m.p.h. at the, time on a straight stretch of road. There was no other traffic on the road at the time. Force of the impact from behind threw the MacNay vehicle out of control, 15 to 20 feet into the air, catapulting it 150 feet into a marshy area by the roadside. The 1973 Buick was demolished. Bob and Mary walked away from the accident' with nothing more than cuts and bruises, and some whiplash effect. The car did not roll over and this has been credited to the fact that it landed on the soft marshy ground. "The three men in the other car were not seriously injuted. All , five were checked at hospital. Bob and Mary arrived home by' taxi about 7 a.m. Saturday morning. In addition to the car damage, Bob's suitcase and duffle bag were in the trunk and some of his clothes and personal belongings were destroy- ed. Bag Moose In Northern Ontario Dick .. McQuillin, his two sons Harvey of St. Catharines, Gordon'. of. Sarnia and Charles and 'Jim Morrison of Toronto, formerly ,of k. this area, were moose hunting 'for 10 days in Northern Ontario and bagged a cow moose, between 1100 and 1200 pounds. , They were hunting between Thunder Bay and the- Manitoba border, returning home last Satur-. day. Harvey McQuillin shot the moose. Lloyd Ashton of Lucknow has sold his home on RoSe Street in Lucknow to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Foy of Kincardine,. effective Octob- er 31. Mr. and 'Mrs. Foy are natives of England, coming to Canada this past summer. He is employed at Douglas Point. They have two young sons under 6 years of age. • Lloyd and, Eileen Ashton will reside in an apartment in the Ashton block on main street and at their summer cottage at Amberley Beach. -They spend' the winter months in Florida. The sale was completed by B. A. McDonagh Real Estate of Luck- now. WINS 8 - 12 MONTH CLASS AT .FAIR First prize winner" in the 8-12 months class at Lucknow 'Fall Fair' 'baby contest was Ross Christopher Machan. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carman Machan of Waterloo. Ross, w''6.6 is 10 months, is Shown with his mother, the former Sandra Fisher of Whitechurch. Kinloss Couple Are 60 Years Married, Farmed ON 106 For Entire Time Pass Figure Skating Tests Six members of theLucknow Skating Clab attended the Skating School held in the Wingham arena the past three weeks. On Saturday a test -day was held when Joan. Hamilton passed her , 1st Figures and the Willow Dance and John Barger passed his Prelimin- ary Figures and the Canasta Dance. Others attending the school were Nancy and Cheryl Haldenby, Patti Barger and Nancy Thompson. Registration for the Lucknow CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Don Thompson Sells Teeswater News To Keith Roulston Of Blyth, Ownership Changes Hands This Week we en's Insti, t the ,Fall e Guelph :h. at the :entre on June. larguerite h Ritchie rev Haus- ficer with .ers. June ior Board Ritchie • session , L.L.B. of oke to the Rights , had an Guelph. Mr. and Mrs. John Ross of the 10th concession of Kinloss observ- ed their 60th wedding anniversary on October Sth. Mrs. Ross is the former Edith Crossman of Balcarres, Saskatche- wan. Jack, as 'he is known, is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ross,' who farmed on the .10th before him. The couple met in Western Canada ,but since their marriage they have resided in Kinloss. Members of the Ross family are sons Norman and Bill of Wingharn, Donald of Port Credit, David of Hanover; daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Gertrude) Burke of Toronto, Mrs. Alex (Mabel) MacKay of Kincard- • .!,o.:•-,==',11,===l" - ,- ',Av',:•4V-•ttVA'V.,4M.,. a•••• Me, Mrs. Robert (Eileen) Million of North Bay, Mrs. John (Edna) Marchulc of Redding, California. They have 24 grandchildren and about 20 great grandchildien. In addition to having, an anniver- sary date on October 5th, it was also Jack's 84th birthday, Mrs. Ross was 81 in July. A family gathering was held when the family were all home in August. Messages of congratulations in- cluded a telegram froin Queen Elizabeth; a scroll from Prime Minister Trudeau; -a plaque from Premier Wm. Davis presented by Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. Huron- Bruce; letters from Robert Nixon, M.P. Crawford Douglas and M.P.P. Murray Gaunt. Don Thompson, miblisher of The Teeswater News has announced that effective Thursday of this week, October 16, the newspaper will be sold to Keith Roulston of Blyth, publisher of the Blyth, Standard. " The new publisher,' Keith Roul- ston, is 28 years of age and is a native of Kinloss Township and attended Lucknow Public and High Schools. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Roulston Of Lucknow. Keith, graduated from Ryerson in Toronto in 1969 with a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Journalism. For a brief period after gradua- tion, he was employed in Toronto with Canadian Pittsburgh Indust- Receive 50 Year Masonic Jewels Members of the Kincardine Masonic Lodge recently received their 50 year Jewels: Elmer Reavie of Lucknow, B.D. (Pat) Henry, W. B. McCormick and W. E. ThoMpson were the recipi- ents of the Jewels. Mr.Thompson joined the Kincardine Lodge April 8, 1925, ,Mr. Reavie June 17, 1925 and Mr. McCormick February 11, 1925. Mr. Henry affiliated in the lodge here but initially belonged to the Florence Lodge which he joined AprikT 1925. Jack Blue of Ripley, who has been a member of the Lodge fOr the past 56 years, was also present at the meeting. He received his 50 year jewel in 1969. Andy Burgess is Worshipful Master of the Kincardine LOdge. ries on an employees' publiCation. He and his wife Jill, who is from Scarborough, then came to this area and founded an 'area sports magazine called "Western Ontario Sports", with headquarters in Ltieknow. When this publication failed to "catch on" as hoped for, Keith took a position as editor of the Clinton News-Record where he remained for 2 1/2 yeats until purchasing The Blyth Standard in November of 1971. In April of 19/3, Keith founded "The Village Squire", a monthly magazine carrying feature stories and advertising about people and things in a wide area of Huron, Perth, South Brtice counties and going as far south as London. The wide acceptance of this publication has enabled the , publisher to expand at a steady rate each month, While the magazine covers a wide area of interest editorially, it leans to the arts and crafts in the district. Keith took another step in the publishing field 'in June of this year when he founded "The Rural Voice", a farm publication cover- ing Huron and Perth counties. In all these publications, Keith is actively assisted in the business by his wife Jill who also has the responsibility of caring for 'their three children, two girls and a boy, Chris 5, Jennifer 2 - and Craig, 4 months. The Roulstons reside in Blyth. Don Thompson has been pub- lisher of the Teeswater News for close to six years, putehasing the paper from Albert Worrall in CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 MEET YOUR NEW TEACHER Mrs. Margaret Plant is newly appointed to the Teaching Staff at , Lucknow Central Public School. , She has a Home Room, Grade 6 and 7 and teaches Grades 7 and 8 Music and Physical Education. . Mrs. Plant graduated friarn Toronto Teacher's College in 1972. The following year she taught as a Supply Teacher in Ottawa and then became a Youth Worker on Manitoulin ,Island. Last year 'Mrs. Plant worked for = the Hamilton Catholic Children's Aid Society as a Recreation > Counsellor. Mr. and' Mrs. Ross Plant are presently residing in Lucknow and finding the people in the commun- ity very want 'and friendly.