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:oundl Reaches Stalemate' In KINL(1SSITE RECEIVES
45 -YEAR LO,O,F, JEWEL
LUQKNQW, OISITARIO • WEDNESDAY, FEB, 22nd, 1956.
App�ntmentf•,' .
p ► James
• Town ,ForemanMacLeod, a: Kinloss
honored with they presentation tof
'Village Council Met and spec- a 45 ear membership, ewe}, in
•
yal session on Monday •:night,• IED• ON TUESDAY the I.O.O.F. p ` 1.
b .
wittl one •. of the main •issues ,the Donald' Smith, • a native The:_presentation was made .at
a�ppaintment of a tOwir • forennan; ' t e of Penetangore
The' mare : adjourned.. two hou HUirola; Township, died at Bake ,i1 Harrison,
Kincardine,s
r eI1 y of E. Harrison,, Grand, Masts,
later with nothing ..accoxnplislerjvate Hospital on Tuesda lie er .(Ozi `'
'was 814,on Februaryy e I•tarso., and, a resident of
'in' this matter `SO far as -hiring Y ,14t'h,, Re4 Huron TownShi' ,:
mainssaTe .gestin . at McL,ennan's Mr, MacLeod pis' a •mem+ r ` `
or firingis concerned, far,, g.be of
Funeral'. Hone, Ripley, with ser- Fort: William . Lodge, in which
Town.Foreman A..Havens con- /vice on Friday at 2.:00•
tinues on a 'month -to -.Month Knox Churoh' condu pan, : at city he resided for many years.
+basis, ss. decided' t a .Mo s etas by Rev, 'He is a . Past District ' Deputy
p u J. R. M•aoDonald. Interment wilt Grand Master of the Al oma pis -
meeting. be in Ripley Cemetery. tric.t
Two , written applications were
•received one from Goderi '' ' Mr. ,MacLeod is residin__. at h
ch 1 g the
e.
Carruthers Home; .concession
• .and'the other. from Mr. Havens.' � 6,
A verbal .a hcahion Kinloss, Mr. Carruthers took him,
ply was receiV- UI' 1QUE• C. H.URCH '• to
ed from. Graham';Moffa�t .pf Cul- Kincardine for' this special'
ross, 'Who waited on Council , SERV'i'C event st and he' was the overnight
•on � R�CORp •
guest of. Mr. Harrison. '
., Monday, and offered• to take the ' •
job at a 'salary of $2,800, •
. a unique • recor..d of 'service . LOCAL STUDENT
Nr: Havens .received $2,400 Last
year. and $1,16.1 • wvsdaid out. for• :ii' AshfleTd. Presbyterian church:"
an .assistant, At 82, he is one o,fahe'dwindling BEST SPEAKER
um of
A-t`leaststwo.,sotkex out msf tc� n sL tizhers'_--
. — bar who
_ o..
p speets Tharr "SiiCessii inter M the posttibri and it was' e hunch throughout the •time. that studentst made an 'excellent. show
pct- eleven resident ministers . have ing in the WOSSA, public speak-
-' `'.ed' '.that an application' •would' $erved -thisKirk: �• - • a•n ' elimination
have .:been received' 'from one, of g at on contest . field` in
them. 'The' other. 'has s nceone •O Mr. '+MacDonald is. po Marl :Kincardine; on Thursday' night,
::p a in, competition with.. Bruce .Coon-.
known.. as .Holstein 'a : • •
• ed :at his:,old job at: a salary in. n, • .t con�tes
• crease: Both' are experienced . ckname. he received..'r� ,.a.n Y and
tants, from Port :Elgin;
hrieanen •years. ago to distinguish 'him and: Kincardine "District High
Monday's 'stalemate' carne. of from. the •mul+nude of 1VIacD' _ Schaels..,� ,
two: m '1:' ter ;alds•tha:t 'resided. on Jim.Reed,w son. of.Mr
metions. had been lost. be r sided. in •that. ,typi-and Mrs,
• cause they: lacked' a seconder., rally 'Seettish .community: Allan Reed, placed first. .the.
Senior •boys competition, speak
Councillor. Sh!twitoo l question- Mr..MacDonald,' is starting his. .in •on the•
• ed the legality :_of• ,dealin. g with `.51st year as �a.• priember of the,Nation".
g subject, "Canada, A
a 1`Session. He „ Nation .
pp zca�tiens.' which had not been . , Just recently. resign Mari i
received - at the advertised -dead, ed • the.• ;1?osition. of .church trea theyn • eoioKilpatrick.
• was sec
s .• and in. er su girls class. She
. ,line of,, February 18ti , •anl• 'would urer Which he- ' had held sihee' chose as
:.not •.cm ebr'himself, h, approVing her s-ubject, "The Uri.'
1979.' He has been a trustee since iced Nations".
tine . erbal a'l�plicatzon,: although:.1925, sand, :.for: over..a 'half . eon Sar •
:•
lie :assured' the: Board' he'.would tury' has been 'treasurer of th a Jane B.annrster was ,third .
e in . the Junior ':girls ;:class., She
;not cause ..any trouble. 'Bible: '.Society; '',I spoke .on . "Alber,t .Schweitzer". ASK- BY LAW TO
Counerllor: Webster moires( that • -First resident minister :o + tier .
an' 'extension f Ash- i, . Jim' .will, enter the WOSSA•
�±
pn of ,the application :field Presbyterian Chtfrchf' wHich semi -finials' to . LIMIT IT GARAGES '
I be :'held on Friday
deadline be set at March, .5th,* .to ,congregation.. ryas. established well' 7n . Elmira.
allow other .prospective , appli- over a century .,ago,was• Rev. •
cats .to make formal appplica Alexander •Grant who. zeins
, tion: i-Iis motion. ,failed •: to re- ed :from 1865' 'to.I88 • `Su star= N'ONAGENAIfiIAN. PASSES'.
6 . cceedang. ; ,
ceive • 'a ;seconder;• : • • ministers' have been . Revs. Ken=
-Councillor Joynt maintained neth MacDonald, • John "Roe Try deathhe of Mrs: on, Kies
s , I Henry, Seconds Concession, Kins
plenty ,of time `had been ' gloats. Alexander Millar, John S. Hand- loss, occurred in
'.ed for the.receiving' of applied ie. ;George S. Ritchie, •Peter• M.,1• ay lasIm -Hos-
..ed.
tions ; Calquh'oun, • John K. VlacG. 1i; age 'en Wednesday last' at the'
Councillor Sh v i 1 age of, 9I years The funeral •se -•
erwood • .: moved ray, J. 'Reynolds Esier, William •;r•,ice .,,w,as held at, •Johnstone s.
that Alex :Havens: be rehired for O. Rhoad and J. ;, 1VIacDoria'Id. F'
• that A1ence. of: •the •year at the ' .'Mr...MacDonaid . is still' h i ter•rel Han'. Greenhill'
hlFriday' with
.: same salary .as ' last' , ale. .nterment :iia' Greenhi.h Gainer
year .:His and: hearty: • , ,' ' .... • ,; � er' ..
--:enation--also—was--_lost.- when ` it. _ Y
failed .to receive. a seconder.•
:At one stage in the sproceed:
Ings . 'Councillor Sherwood ex-
' claimed With, .adjectives that i,t
was the worst oard_he e -'ver sat
en and.' , that s he, wouldn't. be
there next 'year.
Finally,: ,after repeated unsuc-
cessful efforts to ,reach a' .point
of`action• • in the . matter, Reeve
Hamilton abruptly ended: the
session, and: the .ard ajourned
till the regular meeting .on Mar:
5th, with a g
permanent town fere-.
Man appointment still up in the
EI►HT PAGES.
A halt is •being.' •called this
Week, _,to oil drilling operations
on the farm- of •'Win,Webster, •&,
Son ,of West ,Wawanosh and
Harold Stanley's . on' the at
�Coneession. '. •Se+COnd
. Natural gas Was' struck on the'
Webster farm, 21 miles east' of
St. Helens and 'increased in vol -
mile' from 700 cubic feet to al-
most 50,000 cubic ft. This figure.
however is not sufficient for•
economical commercial produc-
tion. Neither,does its presence'
necessarily indicate' oil we are.
told;
""Bottom", was reached at the:
Webster farm: the first of the
week at the .1780 -foot level.. Only
traces of •' 'oil were found. On
•Tuesday work ..commenced of
moving the . °drilling Jig - w, hieh
farm since before Christmas.
Drilling started on January 10th. MOTHER'S DEATH .: .
We understand that' a •test hole
will ; .be sunk, on Con. 1, Huron,:
and. at . a later date • another test
will, be made in West Wawa -
nosh. A hole was drilled on the
Bert 'Thompson farm 'in East
Wawanosh last fall.
Properties leased in.' the vicin-
ity of Webster's 250. acres. of land.
include those; Of Clarence Gib
bon, George. Phillips, Lloyd Phil-'
lips, Harold Gaunt; Roy. Irwin,
Alex Hackett, Tom Finleon and.
Sam Thompson.> •
The: Felront Oil Compan :..af ;
Ientueky haslbeen . Y
sponsoririg•
the project with the drilling'con- ..
tract let: oto raiser' of Chatham.
Two. '2 -Men shifts have worked
round the clock ., the-, job. ,
Salt At Stanley's •
Drilling operations' on Harold
StanIey's farm were grinding to
a halt this" week also. They were
at 3250 feet. the first of the week
with about 50 feet to go when
it was exopeeted to strike gran-
ite, under which there is no veg-
etation': and definitely no oil,
they say, -
'About - 200 feet of salt vwas 4„
struck.in three places on the,'"
Stanley farm. It was planned to
pull the casing at 3000 feet.
SiliPPRIONAOLA
DIED • IN VANCOUVER -
,MacLEOD,Passed away • in St.
Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, on
February 7.956,-.:Eunjce-s-Eth'e1
W.yr, •dearly' beloved wife of Wil-
11w/1:•Scott• •MacLeod of 3959 W•
39th Avenue, and daughter of
' the late John H. Reid, former-
ly of Lucknow. She is survived
',by. one 'brother; Dr.. ...H.
, of Port Rowan,Ontario' and one
Reid
sister
Edith 1V[' Lowe of Leth'
• bridge, Alberta, . Laid to rest
Petr on
FobruarY. lath in the Soldiers'.
Park.
bivision,
Forest • Lawn Metnorial
LES 1VICIEi`>CH PASSES.
;yleEe2t}7 erbert , Leslie
occurred . in •Wiigharn
Ruspital on
of a4 Monday' at the age
• yoars, •
The funeral, service will be
• 11e1d ,.at • the Johnstone • Funeral
}Tonle, Lucke
7"httrsti ', ow, at 2.00'p.m, on
Thursday, Februa, 2 r
ssistCemet-
ery,
1n hill
isS ter :!f •Lucknowged .Man
&iJ
a�thQru_
da
Funeral service for ,Mrs.: Chas, lightingthe stove . e and: • �th�at. She
•Wardell, .'who was burned to : suffered a ,heart seizure froth the
death in her Huron Township shock: •
home, on. Sunday, morning, was • Mrs. Wardell was fornierI
held at,Jane.' I�erary,
Pirie, River United.church Caroline Y
, daughter
on Tuesday afternoon .conducted of Alex Henry and . • Margaret
by. Rev. 41, C. Hutton: •Bradt y and ,wasa lifelong •r'esi
Mrs, WardeII :was, a sister of dent of • Huron Townshipq The,
Mr. "Johan Henry Of town; who farm home was about'.ii ro miles
is , slowly convalescing from east -' of the Blue ssio r .' 'Highway
prieu�monia and •was unable to. on the 4th • •Concession:.
pneumonia
the aendnce. ' Surviving besides her husband`
d •
are two sans, Leslie of Huron on.
.Mrs.' Wardell ., was •in her 78th• .and Alvin of Toronto; one sister, Council assumed responsibility
year 'and has lived 'alone, pre-ty
Mrs. Bert• Grey of tendojn and for' three• indigent 'patients ad-•
ferab:y. so, since her husband two "brothers, John• 'df• Lu _ shitted -to hospital,
p
The death. of Mrs. Lloyd Hun
ter and her infant child,' brought
Widespread. ,sorrow to this com
munity., such as is not..often ex-,
perienced and has left her loved
ones` crushed, with 'grief:
The little'. girl that:Mr. sand
Mrs. Hunter : were so ;anticipating.
-*as born'`'norrnal.ly, but stillborn,
oe Saturday' evening about eight
o'clock. The mother, 'lapsed, into
a cense., 'and _failing to resp nd;
to the skill • of .'two doctors pass-.
ed' away little . m -ore than an.
— hour , later.. • Her- , doctor,
Corrin ersonall M.
H. -
P ygave ° a blood '
transfusion in.,as 'vain' effort. to
save her. life.
1
•Mrs ' Hunter' was in her 38th
r A a' special meeting of the . year. 'She was formerly,. Alma.
Village Council-' en Monde ev_ Roberta. Curran, younger daugh-
:ening a petition was presented; 1 ter of Mr. and ": Mrs. Herbert
Curran 'ef Ashfield, where:•she •
was `born • o•n •March. l9.th, ' 1918.
Fifteen . years '.,ago last S.e,'•. -
tem,ber'• she married Lloyd n-
Hila.
ter ',of• Zion, and • they.'took'. up •
•far inin�g on . the • -former Peter
Watson farm onConcession 1.2,
West ,Wawanosh. •' A : popular
• couple, .they :were seldom seen.
one without •. the other. By
seath:s'_.separation-• two children;
Herbie, 'age Wand 1VMarvbelle, age
6, will also miss the ' care and
devotion • of a loving mother. .'
Alma was a; jolly, light -heart-
ed +6_-`�'oceed h m Mr.: Ba:nni"ster- ed:person, who _made'_:friends____ -.
who- has'been transferred to everywhere, She ::4taugh.t Sunda_ a , _::
Zurich, had been actin i• School..:at .Zion United "Church,
s see- which they,' ' attended regularly,:.
ularl
rotary-treasurer .of the Commit-
g y,,
tee she �w:as• a: member of the 'Wing- •
To'm' Anderson's tendert. '$540 ham Order of the EasternStar,"
of' ; a rnerilber of the 'St. Helens Wo -
was
. accepted for ''material, and ,
labor to lower the ceiling • in. the, :mens Institute, ,and of • the Lad=
;Furblie Library. , The. Board. . de- 1eS Auxiliary . to the, Canadian
;rides to : use painted tori-test''service
Legion, ; which .held . a :memorial
ceiling •ablocks, .arid authorized d 1'vce can Monday evening,, con-
p:a y m e n t of the additional • ucted by' Mrs' •Joan England in
'amount for, - material, . above
that. ! 'the absence of . the. president,
J Ml's, Anna Johnston: •
which was tendered•
signed • by ,all: six garage . opera
tors. in the Village, requesting
Council to pass•.. and enforce ,a.
by; -Taw • limiting the number of
public . garage , and automobile
service, stations. within the Cor
poration •
•Council passed a Motion auth-
orizing' R. •S. : Hetherington to
prepare • ,a by-law- licensing , and
luz nitii g-suc}r ervz e� tations,
: The resignation of J•. E. Bari
r,rster•'`was received as .a 'member
of
the Recreational � Committeeand Murray •Couse was•, appoint-
•
was hospitalized at London a :and George of Ripley,' g �A y,• who is •a; . , ,
few week .a o; Her son Leslie patient •in. St, • Joseph's Hospital -LOCAL_ '
.who lives- adjacent_ to the moth -. London. • IGN • T--'
CAMPAIGN DUE • TO' CLOSEI
• er, •Tad ;gone':to the barn to do : Pallbearers ware • Bert. I.irwin, '
the. chores, ,While two of his dau- Leonard Irwin, Stuart Shi r . .
..ells, The , local cam �r n f. ' support
•`
ghters went'to visit their grand- Elmer •Reavie,:. Thomas .Wi l g. nio
mother: They:- � the home lsan, of the Mach' of Dimes polio
y Jack Seoft,
fellof stroke; and 'upon --notify- .. (fund, is due to end the end ' of
Walden Home Destroyed , th.is Week,: -and there can: be
ing theirfather, ran for ' help •to On Monday. ; little
the adjacent' farm of ,lack. Scott, a sewn d farm • idea how the drive has.
hon're in .Huron was destroyed gone until the
.Leslie meanwhile. ran. to the. in. little snore than twenty-four corn cans are ool�
• y- r, 14oted and rostered. • •, ."
home,. but could.• not enter one hours.' It: Was` the hone cif Mr. :13y the "jin le'.' in
Y, g the can at
door for •smote^e. A call brought and Mrs, ,lVlurisa Walden, a mile The Sentinel Office; the done=
no .reply. He went to the west west .of Reids Corners,
.Murray
is tions have been rather light; ' butstde etstheshouse,_-smashod._ ra brother zof-,s-gien =Waksail"`;of.we: o. _aiot_:exDeet=-lis`-vrl�bethe door, and- •groped• around but Lucknow, .•• • ' : the
ease an retail stores, where
failed to, loeate has mother. He, Cause of the fire, which was over-the-counter sales are _being
_th.en_ smashed a. • window near di eotsC ed upstairs over' ." rna.de conti
. , �the kit . , _... ...riuously,
--stoves a eevere{ his- -Sider; w•as' not°:-dQfmitely ••estabs:--1,..-'e-r�c--11assess--thesesesinscaiss- '1-av tl
mother's body. His hand was lashed, but the, flames spread been ewer
sp � so pushed aside inadwertents The infrant'.s casket„- ,,
badly gashed in smash ng the rapidly little could be saved from ly, look .around for the xr as borne
win•daw. With, the aid dr, Mi the crinflagi�atron. that consumed have not already, . to rf you by Tom Anderson; •
Scott, they renteVed the body, the 'home..'' . fund. dataated: to the Besides her .husband, farm
``�- and parents,. 1VIr•s, ,Bunter' �,
then ifs
sur.
so badly burned. that .'a. .l;;iple;y Fire 'Brigade• concen-
then ' casket was •rned.5ary fora tratedi on r These contributions are esseii Ayzvede •by a sister•
p otecting the barn . tial to, the rehabilitation ; of Anderson (Doroth 1Vla s. Tl� gee
the funeral, which was close to the. house. tliousands . of Polio. victims . 'Ashfield;
three
.., ms for:brothers, Jack of .A ,
t is ttu al Mr t y = t �' w om th tt lksss . , shfzeld, Ji.m
cat's eothng had caught fire in three small children..• late.' • • 'Waktrn an ,
of ,i London,
• The remains rested at .the: Mc-
Lennan - MacKenzie1Vtem
oriel .
Chapel with those.,o f the infant
in a. tiny casket .adjacent to the
mother; a touching setting froth
hteh—many-sttirned: 'iii ' tears. A
wealth of, floral tributes ' banked
the biers. Hundreds called
tend their their sympathy' and the•
funeral chapel was taxed 'far be-
yond -its capacity on Tuesda . -af-�
fernoon. for the funeral service •
conducted by her . rninister,: Rev.
J'..R. Dickinson. Mrs; J. W. Joynt
nt
sang, "Grid Understands" with
aceomp,animent by Mrs, Jessie
ADM.
The pallbearers were m
.Pritdhard sse or,d.i-tr SC Elmo
Ernest Gaunt, 'Peter Campbell.'
Ross Gain/hie, Robert Lyons,:
While . otherneighbors aeted.--.a:sa..