The Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-12-05, Page 11956
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PURSE SNATCHED
IN BUFFALO SHOP . '
Mrs, Arabelle Bushel was th
victim of, a recent ,purse Snatch-
ing.
natch-ing• that cost her tbe' purse, over
$100 -Which it contained, not to
rnentien personal . papers, and
her car keys..,
• .1VIrs Bushell, wha+`is- • on the
Bell Telephone ' staff at. Strat-
ford, was visiting. in Bufifalo at
the home of her brother, Stewart
Cameron,. She had ,nnotored . to
Buffalo, ' and had driven down-
town by' herself to do some shop-
ping, t .
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She was in a millinery section
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' department . storeand set
' her purse down in front of ' .her
• momentarily, to try on . a hat. The
next thing she • knew the purse
Was gone, and Arabelle ' found
herself. without even enough for
a telephone call to her.. sister-in-
law 'to. inform her of her plight.
She received noi_ satisfaction
nor co-operation 'from the" store
manager, and had to -set out on
foot in search' of a: police man to
iniform -Pilch ' Of: the incident. ` it
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• ,Mrs.. Bushell located a. man. in
blue; who took her to the, police
station, from Where she . notified
Mrs::Camercln. •
It wasn't the "first . case of -purse
snatching, rid' as Mrs; ,Bushell
coul'dn't ..e a, descri+p+tion of the
thief, . there. didn't .appear much
chance that she would be appre
hended: Nor, wasthere much
hope. that Ara!belle • would even
.: rc*cover : the -papers--that were
valuable ' to her, yet useless to
the thief;`
Fortunately, Mr's. Bushell had
a second car key, concealed un-
der. the. • hood , of 'the car, which
solved the. stolen keys problem,.
and ssth3l& police... ei; tificate, cer-
tifying :what ipaci. happened, and
that 'she; was . theowner of the
car;• Mrs: Bushellcut. short' her'
Buffalo visit and headed home.
MRS. • JOHN IRWIN, . �.
PASSES IN .90th YEAR
$9.95
• $7..95
$9;95
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5th, 1956
TWELVE PAGES
The death of Mrs.. John Irwin
curr:• • late Tuesday afternoon
at the h • me of her. son, Mr, Wm.
John I in. Mrs. Irwin was in
her 90th year;
The ,funeral. service will be.
held at the Johnstone' Funeral
Home, Luoknow, on Friday. after-
noon. .
ASHFIELD MAN
DIED...IR FIRE .
Harley Benson Phillips, 36 -
year -old .
6 -•year-old• Ashfieldite, was ones- of
three men , whp .host their "lives
when fire destroyed the British
Exchange Hotel in Goderich
early Tuesday .morning. •
The 113 -year-olds (building •was
completely. destroyed. •
• We understand' that Elliott
Little, formerly.• Of, Lucknow,
who' has been living 'at the hotel
for ,the ,past few years, was in
hospital ' at • the time of the .fire.:
Return•West W.awanoshCounci'
By 'Acelamation
Harley- PPhillips_ -is the son .of `". W -es -t -T Wawanosh Township:
Mr,• and Mrs. •Herman Fhilliips Council was ".returned by.acela-
of ':Concession \•9, • Ashfield and mation at Friday's nomination'
was born and raised in the meeting when only the (bare slate
•Township. He was recently em- was nominated: The personnel
ployed in . the. Carlow district.,' of the Board is unchanged: since
He• was .-a; member of Blake's
United :Church,' Ashfield. Funer-
al services will be, held at Stiles'
Funeral Dome, Goderi,ch ori' Fri-
day' at one o'clock. conducted by
Rev. C. C. Washington, of the
Ashfield Circuit . ,pastorate Ih .
terment will. be in Greenhill
Cemetery. ':
Surviving, i addition to ' his
`parents, are: tree sisters, Mrs.
Frank ' (Kathie ) Bear, •Mrs.
Clarence (,Eda ) ' Hardy,: Mrs,: Car-
men (Margaret) Brindley?, all Of Playhouse Theatre, where
Benmiiler; four brothers, : Lorne D. Higgs, Lions' International' '
and . Thomas, • both :of • Ashfield I Executive • •Secretary, : • 'showed
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Township;. Donald, at home,
e1ect.on, and
-
t-he1:9;53
a 'will, corer_
mence their 4th' . term in the new
year. •
Reeve John Durnin is :pictured
in the centre front. -To. the • left,
is Clerk ' John Foran ' and to the
right • •is. Treasurer
Greer. : tia
Back -row, left to, right,.. are
Councillors Eldon, ,Miller, Lorne
Durnin,' ' Orville , McPhee and
Harvey . Culbert: '•
—Sentinel Photo
Clarence
atson Heads Lions Club;.
harter Night for D0r���ry-
A . Lions 'Club came, into being
at a; . meeting here last Tuesday
night, as .successor to The :Clans
men Club:.
• The meeting • was .held in. The
Township,'
William. of Colborne ,films and ex •lamed' the reg
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�ounciUQr'Joynt Elected-
Reeve �y 12 Vote :'Margin
• George W. JJ ynt was .elected•
reeve:. of. the, Village of Lucknow
on : Monday With a 12 -vote mar-
gin over Reeve Alex W. Hamil-
ton. ,Mr:- Joynt 'polled 221 'votes
to Mr. Hamilton's 209. The south
ward, the 'successful candidate's
home poll, gave him a 33 -vote
edge .to decide .,a very :close race,
Mr. -Hamilton -had a majority in
the. two north side subdivisions.
The results by
isions 'were as f
Legion Hall . •
Town Office
Town `:Hall
polling subdiv-
ollows i• •
'Joynt Hamilton
69 • 76
., • 63 67
.:` 9p • 66 .
221 209
This :total' Of 430 ballots rep-
sented roughly a 60 percent vote
and was an election. that was
• generally regarded as unpredict-
able. .
Reeve .Hamilton, a veteran
.councillor c
•
1or and reeve of some
e
years ago, returned' to political
life-two-••-yetis-ago-after . his-
re-tirement from' the C.N.R. jn the
two years he has held the reeve=.
Ship he has' fought three elect-
. mons. If re-elected he 'would have
contested the Bruce. County vicar-
denship,
„'Councillor .. Joynt, who Was
elected to the 'Board two years
ago, stated at last year's nomin-
ation that he wouldstand for
the reeveship this year.
e reeve el of
y. � _ . -- reeve -elect is the... •son ,
1GIr, and "Mrs: J. W, Joynt, his
. father' +having previously served
as 'councillor and reeve and.
'eventually attained ' to the Hruce
County wardenship.
,,.Monday's vote.. of 430 ,ballots
exceeded the reeveship fight of
a year ago by " 13 votes; but in
the 1955 election, ,with a. full
slate in the field, there Were 488
Votes polled.
Th
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Officials ` for .. Monday's, , vote
were, E. H. Agnew, returning of
ficer;•' No. 1, Fred Jackson, de-
• puny: returning' officer, ., Charles
'Steward, ' poli clerk; No: 2, Rich-
ard Webster,. • D. R. 0.; Jack
'Wraith, poll clerk; No.. 3, Les
Purves, D.R.0 ,' Wm Brown,' po11.
clerk.
MEETING: •WANTS
MINUTES.. PRINTED'.
At Friday's nomination • Meet-
ing in Ashfield it was proposed
by Elmer : Graham and. seconded
by R euben Wilson that .the min-
utes of Ashfield Township Coun-
cil be printed in The .Lucknow
Sentinel and the Goderich . Sig-
nal -Star. The motion . was sup-
ported by a liberal showing' :of
hands,'', Without a. negative vote
being cast. ' •
Reeve Blake said that they.
didnamgarry on business :they
were ashamed of and that every=
thing was open and above board,
•Mr. Graham replied that he
hadn't : inferred it' was their in-
tention to hide anything, "We'll:
find, it out anyway'', he jokingly
commented, "all: we' want is to
be informed", '
Clerk Donald Simpson 'Said' the
matter' would be up to 'the -95Z
•
Council, - •
•
tions :and procedu. re:pertaining to
Lionisrn.'' At. a . previ'oes meeting
a 'unanimous; • vote had favored
establishing a Lions branch here:
•• Organizational , work . was pro-
seeded with at Tuesday's meet-
ing and Rae J. Watson, who be-
came an enthusiastic Lion • while
in London, :was elected president
.of the Lucknowi! unit. .
Other: officers . are: ' E. : H. Ag-
new, secretary;. M. L. Sanderson,
treasurer. Committee chairmen
were namedas follows. Charter.
Night, Harvey Webster; rneniber
,ship, Gordon ,Montgomery; _fin-
ance, R. C. 'MacKenzie,; constitu=
tion_ and_hy-laws, S. . • E Collyer;
' Dinner meetings will. 15e held'•
=the ,2nd and 4th Mondays of each
month at •the Recreation Hall, to
commence at once. Charter' night
was :set, for January. 28th. , •
The initiation fee is '$5.00 and
the following ' members signed
•
THE. LIONS CREST
which 'now will .be • a ' ,familiar
insignia Iocally. •. . .
PRIZE .WINNERS: •
A prize'draw.was held on Fri-
day night .at a dance staged .,by
Court --Sherwoo l' of the Caned,-
ian Order of Foresters.. Winners
were:_ trilight' lamp, Mrs. Ernest
Button, waffle iron, Bill -Bolt;'
toaster, . Albert Chin. The ; draw ..not obtain. possession .:of ' their.
was made by .Bob Hunter• properties until March lst.
:ASH PFIELD' FARMS
CHANCE . HA.N.DS
Ai�rian ?Van-Donigenf Who pur-
chased the Cecil Johnston farms
in Ashfield Township: a few
seasons back, has. disposed .of his •`
400 -acre holdings to three buy-
er,s. . " • •
Richard .Kilpatrick :has • pur-
chased the corner' 100 -acre :farm,.
known 'as'the John' Blake 'farm,
and-later';owned by Elmer John-
ston, 'before his brother Cecil'
bought it..
• The. 200-acrehome farm has
ibeen •. purchased by Murray Mc-
Dowell of the Marnoch district
in Wawanosh, and another 100--
acre. farm on the ' 7th Concession
of Ashfield ' has been bought by •
Thomas Culbert, 'Jr. It was, ....
known as the former ' Jack Kil-
patriek .farm. ' ':
Mr. Culbert •Obtained possess-',.
ion on November 1St.' Mr. Kil-
patrick and Mr Mcnoutell . do
•
sh#field Board Get Acclamation
Reeve B.Iai,e:'Stands Fo:r:Warden
Ashfield Township : Council one must Own property or reside ,
was returned by acclamation at in , that. seetiori of the'•Township
'Friday's nomination , meeting under the 1'urisdiction of the
'which could probably. go down Board,
up at last .weeks .meeting: E. H as one of the quietest on record The other two members of ,the
Agnew," Lloyd Ashton. . Albert personnel' 'of the Board .is un- Board, : with a year to run, are
Chin, Dr: T. B. iCleland, ' Dr. M. khan ed,• and is ,headed •by Reeve • arahall Giibson and. Walter Al-. `
H. .Corrin. Robert Finlay, Wm- Cecil Blake, who. publicly an- ton.. '
Johnstone,' G.• W. Joynt, Gordon nounced that he is a candidate • 'Dunn') Discussed v ;r r
.1VIdn4omery, Wm, A. Porteous, for the 1957 warder ship of Hur- After "receiving • nominations,.
Marvin Sanderson,' William 'A. on County. Councillors are John Clerk Donald M. Simpson Was
Schmid, •Charles Short, Rae J. Bradley,' Andrew ,,Ritchie, Don- appointed chairman : of the rate .
Watson, ' Charles Webster, ,Har- ' ald MacKenzie and Tom How- • payers • Meeting , with ` Reeve •
vey Webster. ,
aid. This Board is cominencing' Blake the first :smeaer. He point- ;.
--- . its fourtr tnr,m anc] •is_ unchange: es:LOut that__this had been a dif-
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COUNCIL.• WINDS uP YEAR since elected. to office at the end ficult yeah weatherwise to get
AT •BRIEF SESSION TUESDAY ,of 1953 work done, .arid that they had
Three 'trustees to the School been' unable ,to get their road
The Lucknow Municipal Coun- Area Board were also given an work grants back or they ,would
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cr} wound up the yetis. s business aecla7riation, •with two , neWcomms have shown a•. substantial • balms
at:. a brief.- s'esslon on Tuesday ers, Rod .MacKenzie was the sit- ance • on the . year's operation.'
ting member to be 'returned, These grants will' now be receiv-
nght.
• :In the absence of. Reeve Ham- with Hugh McWhinney and Reu- ed in. February,
Ilton, .reeve -elect George W. ben Wilson the two' new men.' Reeve Blake referred to the
r ted to resit The to d; Jack-Gotdd- wb6 establishment of - d u-rn p--1 n -g—
Joynt was a po n p y
Little .business was transacted tendered his resignation; and grounds, and said` he hoped -that .
apart from the. payment of ac-Clrfiford Crozier, who has been citizens would have enough re-
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count.
chairman of the Board- but was ::spec_ =for; -their Town;chip--to--alae•
Leg- not eligible for re-election as iris the.dumps and dispose of refuse
$15.00 .was. voted to the.Le •
ions Last Post indigent fund, ` school.'section is "one of the five properly. •,
•Barger later raised
•
W. • R. Howey was re -appoint- that-. are withdrawing .from • the Gordon;
Village representative Area /at the end of the year. .Mr, the question oaf, , people disposing ,
ed as theg
on,
the Lucknow District High 'Crozier, who was seriously in- •of dead a'niinals and 'Weed seeds
School Board. • jured early in the fall when at- in the dump which is unlawful;
• Boni 'Day,. Wednesday,: De -tacked ,by a steer,•was not prey- also ;cement and fertilizer bags
,Boxing g
•- which blow' around, Gordon
cerriber :26th, was proclaimed a ent.g, . .
To serve ort -.the Area Board (Continued on Pae 3) ,. +l
Civic holiday. it
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NONIINATl(ih' MEETING
NEXT MONDAY EVENING
Village residents are again re-
minded of the nomination' meet-
ing to be
held next Monday ev-
ening in the Tonin Hall from
7.30.0, to 6:30 o'clock.
The second rneeting Fs neccss-
try' to fill a vacancy on both the
Council and Public School 'board.