The Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-05-02, Page 1s
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO ' WEDNESDAY, MAY 2nd, ' 1956
100 -Year-old Amberley Lan
The. century -old. Shiells ,Store
• at Amberiey/is tobe replaced by
a new • and modern building that
will..be set (back from the high-
, way: facing'anglaways• to the in-
tersection ' Highway .•
s . and
the Bluewater Highway,'
Thismotorized era: demands
that the old store, which' .sits
the. , dose to hig �hwa• y,i;'_go,
,arid by an agreement -between.
the Highways Department :and:.
the .Proprietor,. . Ross, Shiells, the .
latter has the 'project' underway,
The rear of the storewas built
at ' least a . hundred years ago,
old-timers believe, with the front
part . added in • later . years. The
builder: and operator of• the store
was . Mr. • Wilkie. He sold the
-business to' the late James Shiells
45. years .ago this` summer, . and
since •his death last year, his son
'Ross Shiells has been in charge
of the business.
First operation .befnre starting
the new 60x36 foot store, was to.
drill .a well: Davisons of Wing-
mei
ing
puri •
that cleared the way:. for. • the
building. program: Spence Irwin
started • last week to pour . ,the.
concrete footing and foundation
Roy 'Granath will be in -.charge
of the carpenter work witlum-:
' bei provided . by John . W. Hen
: derson Lumber. , Limited.: Heating
and . eavetroughiiig. will be done
Webster 'and MacKinnon.
Ross hopes to have the build-`
ing completed . and in operation
this summer.
MAY IS MOVING .TIME'
Bruce MacKenzies have moved
from the .Henderson Bjock apart
ment,to their"""home on Havelock
St, although for the time being
are residing With her mother,
Mrs. DeGruchy. .
• Cliff Crawford's will 'move • a
few doors north on Havelock St.
to the 'homethey purchased
from Jing Mothers, .. and . which
•they -have renovated:. '
George Westlake's ;will •move
from the apartment above But-
. ton's Butcher 'Shop'.to;'the resit.
dence on • Havelock St., , vacated
`by .the. Crawtford family.
The 'Leonard ,MacDonald 'fare
-ply. has-moved--this--weer
Bud Hamilton's residence to • the
home of Mr. W. E Treleaven,
who 'since 'the • death ' of Mrs..
Plewes has ' • been making his.
-ter--!some• Wath Mr anal- Mrs:: Harold
Treleaven, • • •
'SET .P DUMPING.
AAREA'. IN .K'I NLOSS
A municipal dumping: ground
is' now available to the residents
of the northerly part of Kinloss
Township. Residents of the south-
: • erly part of the Township have
the • privilege of disposing , of • re-
fuse in the Lucknow dump.
Consideration is being ,gi+ven to
.-. setting goer- bile or two"'rnore dis-
posal areas at convenient loca-
- -- t -iv a ownshi
The northern' dump is located
on the back of Art Breekles farm
in an, old gravel pit. t is"..a mile'
north of .'Kinlough and three-
•quarters sof, a smile east on. the
Base Line. It is .On the „Main
road. 'and easy of access.
• The .property!° was purchased'
Eby the ,S,augeen Valley iCoriser-
nation` Authority, which is also
financing the cost of fencing and
�bul
!dozing . the-
• .f .. Fogerty
" erectinga-liot
signs. Cost .of mainten-
• ante will be the 'responsibility.
9f Kinloss Township, •.
to • - according
W.... o,� eeve.:: liar o . , ....
old PErcy-,�wlxo• ha°s
leen overseeing the.work..•'
'Kinloss Council has passed a
bY,law.. 'prohibiting dumping' on
roadsides or in streams and with
the ' establishment of disposal
areas, it is expected that these
regulations ,will the 'observed.
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EIGHT PAGES
Tuesday, May lst,..was a bright
sunny afternoon — 'one of • the
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{. few , spring days. that
atha
ve Made
the ot=ofdoors inviting. The
-
bubbling watersof
the LuckneW
River .(soreetin- es referred- to as
the Black Creek) were enticing,
too; and .they lured little Janice
Reid,three-.and-a-half-year olid°
daughter of Mr. •and Mrs. 'Rob-
ert Reid, to her. death:
• Mrs: Reid (the, former Eunice
Reed,; was' --Spending:' the after-
noon with Mrs.' .George .Taylor at
her home adjacent to Shelton's
(Sentinel Photo) Woodworking Plant, :which , was
the old waterworks ,purnphouse.
EstablishHo.g' Centre' The ladies planned to do some'
Taylor's • °boys; David age 3 and
• g
Barry age 5, were happily.play-
ere Set U9 -Man •
p Committee•ing.
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A hog' assemblycentre, ober
ating in conjunction 'with th
Ontario Hog. Producers. Associa
tion, has been setup at Luck
now. Its approval ' came' at ° • a•
meeting on Friday night of •about
one: hundred district farmers who
;packed the south wing;: of the Re.
creation Hall for the:; two-hour
meeting.• •
- STOCKER SALE SHOULD BE
e BIG ATTRACTION- SATURDAY
• Cattlemen andfarmers genes
allywill be keenly interested in
the • stocker 'sale: ,to be held' • at
the. Luckn.ow ,Community. • Sales
Barn :. on: Saturday of this. Week:
at 2,.00 o'clock, D..S T,»
Bob Maclntesh; sales Manager;
'.announces a listing of '50 steers
- Over' .700 lbs:• 50 yearling steers
and 50 heifers.
e 'All cattle :•to be offered • must
be consigned. prior . to. the • day
of .the sale*' • • • • ` •
Chairman ; H a •r v�e y Houston
:called :for any expressed oppos
ition, but there .wasn't a' dissent
ing voice as a standing vote ga•v
unanimous 'approyaliito setting up
the ceritfe.
Nine -Man Committee
A nine -Man . committee was :'Set
:up at the meeting to have charge
of.. the ' local. Assembly centre:
Ashfield, Gilbert Frayne and 'Al
Irwin, West Wawanosh, Wallace
Wilson; Wallace Miller KinIoss,
Harvey Houston, :P:• A Mtirray;
Huron, Austin ivIartin, Colborne;
,Doug . McNeil.;" East Wawanosh,
Gordon Elliott. '
The committee met after. the
meeting ,and, named Harvey
Houston as chairman and P. A.
Murray as secretary -treasurer.
The Assemlbly Centre program
will become • operative. iminedi-
ately.
Shi . ° ers;Handle Ho
There wil be—no • changein the
method .of handling 'hggs •locally
as: shippers George Elliott .and
Omar- Brooks had worked out an
arrangement With the . original
seven=mail .com•mittee' that was
previously 'named; to•• look into
the setting up ; of ' an Assembly
Centre, ..and present their report
to Fridaynight's gathering:
The shippers had agreed to 'a
30 -cent fee per hog for handling,
tattooing, use cif scales and :yards,
etc with • anadditional fee of
40 cents per hog if picked up at
(Continued on Page 5)
TO MARK GOLDEN WEDDING
• M"r: and -Mrs Richard Webster
will Celebrate their golden wed,'
ding anniversary on Saturday, •
May • 12th, and will hold open
house -.that:. clay f runt '. to -.-5j
the 'afternoon aha 7 to, 9 in tlie,
evening, when they willbe pleas.
•ed to meet their friends..
MRS. 'PHILIP .MaeMILLAN:
TO ATTEND ZONE, RALLIES
. As third vice-president of the!
Provincial Command of the Lad- 4'
Ida' Auxiliary' to the Canadian
Legion,'. Mrs. Philip ;Ma.cMVIillan
-
-commence.- me .: e: -xi -ext week to :
,a.t
tend a series of Zone rallies. -
'On. Monday, .May 7th, she .will
be at the teaches, ,Toronto,; on,
Thistl_.edown" ,� '�v ..M:a
May...1-7th-_..at �
30th • at. Eg'anville; June 8th at
Ingersoll and June 27th at Hain-
iltonr ,
Mrs. MacMillan has been quite P
active in Auxiliary work fir
some time and.' is immediate, past
president. of the Lucknow4branch:
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE,
DOING FIELD`' WORK HERE•
Miss Gwen Pirie of Guelph 'is'
doing a":month's field Work here
in ::association with :°members of
.the ' local branch of the Bruce
County Health Unit.
• Miss 'Pirie is taking the Public
health certificate course at Wes-
tern. University and will grad-
uate in June. Her field work•
duties are a part of her training.
She is a graduate •of, the Victoria'
Hospital School of 'Nursing.
Miss Pirie is staying at . Mr.:
and Mrs" Kenneth Cameron's.;
JAMES•.BARNBY
,REACHES NINETY
James Barnby, lifelong :Ash
field 'Township. -farmer, observed
his :90th . birthday on Sunday,
April 29th,: at his• home in.'Ash-'
Ash-
field. He • returned to:the farm
about' a week before after spend..
ing 'the winter,' as,: is his custom,
with.' 'his 9 son, 'Dr. Alex 'B'arnby
of • Hamilton. .
Present at .Sunday's,. birthday
gathering were . Dr. and Mrs.
Barnby • and' Ashfield neighbors
and Lucknow friends.. iMr Barn=
by. •is hale and.' hearty,-, reads
without glasses — -arid reads -a
great d'e•alg,
He is.' held in highest respect
in : the community, and.: as sone
friend.. said,"no one could ever
'gi=ant, or haeme; -°"a •better -neigh-
bor'': • :
Father .Lived To. 106
Mr,. Barnby was' horn. • on. the.
12th Concession° -of Ashfield. • His
wife; the former Georgina 'Mac-'
Mae -
Kenzie, died in. her ."33rd' year.
There; 'were tv�o Children,• Alex
and Bessie, the'. latter having
died a nun•iber of years ago.
• Mr. Barnby's father, the late
John • Barnby, lived to the, age
of 106 years _
Beekeeper `Itecaril.
Mr. Barrbby's farm activities
are now confined Pretty much to
beekeeping.. He started in the
biiSine-Si as`alac! of Eft -den- slid`
fol $seventy -f Ve"years', has never
been without some bees, and at
resent has about •twenty -shyer
hives, Which oughtto qualify
him for some sort of a beekeep-
er record,.
Vne
Yy Vie" det7e1bpeTa 4; 67V1tri
the oil burner, ': and. -Alice. and
Eunice became ' concerned about
the threat of fire. In 'fact, • they
had summoned' one - of the fire-
men, H: ' D. Thompson, from , Tre_
leaven's Mill, nearby.
•
It. was during., this time that
:David and Janice wandered
down to the river, and.' the' little
tot'ell . into the .stream ` ;below
'the dam that was at: one time
used to back up a; pond of water
for fire fighting purposes.
First hint ' of the impending
tragedy was when ,little' David
carne crying to, the house and
told, Barry:: that . Janice • was , in
the water. He passed the' word
:to this mother, - and' the:"next.li�ur
brought tense moments as .they,
searched for the little girl's' body;
found her and ; then•applied arti-
ficial respiration and .used ; the
newly acquired resuscitator, but
in vain. •
It was about 245, thatthe :fire
alarms was sounded, and it 'was
about an 'hour later that .•Dr. M
Corrin. slowly shook his head
and packed his. bag: He had not
been able to 'detect a flicker: Of
life from the time he arrived' "at
the •..scene. • '
Janice' body was_found-dow-
stream about twohundred yards
from . where she fell in; and to
the south" of Mrs. • it T. Douglas'
property.• Firemen and other:
helpers were Wading the stream
and searching along. the banks
It . was Lloyd ' Warwick • of
Wingharn, a B. -A., service roan,
(Continued;` on 'Page 8.)
LITTLE TOT'S: DEATH
RECALLS OTHER DROWNINGS
•
'The death by.' drowning.. on
Tuesday : Janice' Reid,. gave
reason „to recollect on when,' the
last drowning occurred within •
the Village limits. .
Lf .memory serves us 'correctly
it is thirty-two years sincean
other such fatality. It was• on
June 18th, 1924, when . David .
..Grant, son •of R. A. •Grant,,. 'of
Ashfield met a : similar tfate.
David w.as 15. It was the last
day of his, second year at Luck-.
now Contirivation School and
ave was taking :an after -four
dip: at the •Carding Mill • swim-
ming hole. He went down, with-
out warning and it was not un-.
til other boys were dressing and..
:atie•:e :.,hr,�-c1ot��s, �h>•• ; . .
aware of the tragedy that» had;.
occurred ,in their midst;
It must be forty years ago 'or
more that• Mr.' and Mrs. Harry,
Bogues, lost a ' little • .girl by
drowning when she toppled off
the Willoughby, '.St.. bridge ' , into
the Nine; Mile River, little more •
than two. (blocks. west ' of Tiles- .
day's: tragedy.
She was the onlyy little girl in.
a: • faanily of :: boys, .although an=
other daughter was born later.:to '
them: It was . 'the . mother who
found 'her.
Bogues was in''the; .groc-
ery business and they lived in
.what is now Mr: and • Mrs. J.
Douglas'`•' homer
RETURN TO KINLOSS
Mrs. Ira Dickie and .boys have
moved' '.back:. to the farm, . from •
Brantford; Ira will continue•
working there at Koehring-Wat;
eraus Co.
Mrs. L. Maciver returned from
Wingham . Hospital where - she
has been a patient for thepast
ten days and .will live with her
daughter, Mrs. Dickie. "
WOLVES' IN •KINLOSS
Ashfield may have :i