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LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 26th, 1951
EIGHT PAGES .
ENDS POLICE
FORCE ,'SERVICE.
Henry •Krueger of .'the Lincoln
park, Michigan, police force, 'is
scheduled; for retirementthit.
month. after 25 years' service on
the force. ,"1 -lank" is 'well known.
in
Lucknow,-.and cp nmtinity
where he frequently visits., Mrs.
Krueger was fo'rnerly'Jean Gil-.
• •lies, a daughter of the late .Mr..
arid, Mrs. Davide Gillies, Boundary
East,. 'and •a sister of:Jack' Gillies: ,ARE',ANSTRUCTORS. AT
and Mrs, Chas . CookOf this corn T HUMBER 'GLEN CAMP
inuniity • Another sister, Mrs. Roy •
Cring1e; lives in Detroit; ' Miss Jac ualee Hedley
.. ., . q n of
Recalling the' start of,his'police Kinloss and Miss Joyce' Arnold
career "Hank" said: _of Rervie are acting as leaders
"It seems like just a few years at the Humber Glen • Camp;':Bol-
ago when I first put on my. •police ton; •Jacqualeen.is acting as • swirn-
uniform and waiked'on Fort St. ming. instructor. and 'leading ',a.
4.1I. was terribly self-conscious. In group ,in Bible 'study. • Joyce
those. days, Lincoln. Park was a' "sing -song" leader and also has
small village and I 'knew every -a. group, in Bible study. The rain
.isY p
body and I thought' everyone was" from July 15th -25th, •
' staring at ' ne".
It was in January, . 1926, that ENGAGEMENTS,
he joined ,the: eight -man depart-; The : engagement. is announced
, .*hese,. ramshackle 'police. cif •Mar o Ruth .eau r
Marion � ghte of Mrs-
- Nita ion was. located -:in' what; is Wesleydim;Hal and and the
now the . Middle of ':Southfield late �
•Mr. , .Halfyard, : to Gordon;
' road._Taylor -Montgomery, ;son of Mrs.
m Little did Krueger ream of James G. Mont omer. . Dun an -
g YDungan-
' the adventures, that,' lay :in store non, and the.late Mr. Montgom-
for him, as a policeman, :of the ery The Wedding' to take place
• „explosion that ;sent him • •to. the Saturday, August 4th at 3.30 p.rn.
• hospital': with severe' •burns and in Queen's. Road Presbyterian
• the crash _that`�laid him up'with. Church,:St. Johns, Newfoundland.,,
three' fractured ribs.
Now . grey-haired ;• and beset by
CALL IRISH MINISTER
"middle age spread' ; the bespect- TO BLUEVALE CHARGE
,RECEPTION FRIDAY
FOR NEWLYWEDS
There: was a large crowd _at.
the 'Lucknow "Recreational Cen-
tre on ,Friday evening when a re-
ception was hell in honor: of Mr.
and Mrs, Myles MacMillan, new-
lyweds: Music for dancing. .was,
provided.„i by . Wilbee's. orchestra;,
and at. the. lunch .hour Bill John
ston presented :the young couple
with a generous -purse of money:
acted . Hank .recalled the dan-
gers of former years :and • t+he
hardships. • ••
"In those days ” w_e "_:_.chased
-tended a unanimous. call to Rev. •
'speeders in: unheater, open • tou'r�E: H. Hunter'. of. Dunahedy, Ire-
land. These. 'pulpits have been
vacant since the recent death of.
Rev. Dr. C H.' MacDonaldIntei'=
iris moderator ,of,the charge- is
Rev. A J. Simpson. of •'Teeswater.
-Rev. Hunter is expected. to' sail
for Canada this -month.
The congregations ,of . Bluevale
and Belmore 'churches have ex
mg' autos", . he said. "Weweren't
allowed 'to have. side- curtains be-.
Caisse they'. would • obscure ::our
vision.
"In the winter, it; ,Was pretty
iserable� huddled ufi, tr'yi'ng to
keep warm, while the cold wind
cut through .us as we raced after
a speeder",•
,
Like' virtually all .policemen;
Krueger has had his brushes with
death in the line of duty: A mood.-
• est; officer, he .reluctantly dis-•
'cusses therm
He recalls. vividly an explosion
which occurred .in the early 1930s
while hes: was:_assisting :-William- zi1 ,E.. Statters, who held . a sale
Borne, Sr., now • a ` • retired . - fire on. Saturday at the,: old farinhome
lieutenant, at':a house• fire. on • Conlcession''.10, Kinloss: `Mr:
Thepair had shoved a fire hose 'Statters 'is'' now living in Galt,
°The,Bible :a.large volume, al
throughh a .window 'of the.dwell=
ing :when, suddenly,: whoorn!. ex most five ' inches' .thick and, with`:
gip.ages_12-b -18--inehes—in--sic .. .
:The typeis quite barge and : the
vol ime•• well illustrated:. with
-Biblical i icture The volume Was
p s,
01,Y0/;., -••BI•.•
BLE: TO
PUBLIC . LIBRARY
A Family Bible, 140 years :old,.
has been donated to the Luck-
now Public Library by Mr. Den -
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li,PATHER TO TAKE_ PART
IIN SONS Ii' DUCTION
- •Rev Qieorgett,: wWaW.
is suc-
ceeding„Rev, James W. Bright as
pastor .of the Dungannon, Port
Albert and Crewe charge of the
United Church,• •will be inducted
at"4''Dungannon on, Friday, even
ing August 3rd at 8.00 p m_
His fatter, Rev. W. J . Watt of'
•Whitechurch, ;assisted by ,:Rev. C,
B. Wpolley of Ashfield Circuit,
will
have•charge of the -induc-
tion. -
THAT Howard and Wilmer;, Robb•
assisted: in the eapture of 'Al= RECEPTION AT DUNGANNON
,best Lenoir,.the nudist who in- q • •
:traded • the Amberley district- A. dance rec eption. in honor ' of
• ten days ago, and who.' had Mr. and 'Mrs: Rosa Errington (nee
spent part of thea night prior Elaine Little)- was. held on Wed*.
• -to his capture in the. Robb barna' nesday evening of hast week in
Sorry, boys, that we overlook- the Agricultural° Hal°l,.• •Dungan=
• ;de the part you played, in the non. Tiffin's -orchestrasupplied
•I ' p
gas-; bile —up he---plac�-
•and sent "Dank" hurtling 15 feet.
through the air.' He -was laid up
for two months with first-, sec-'
one- and, third-degree• burns of not intended for, • nor ear used
the face. • ;
Death just missed '`Hank” again
in 1937, when he . was chasing a
speeder at 60 miles an hour near
Dix and- Southfield. -
",A .car' coming from the other
direction struck thepolice. cruis-
. er`broadside, . sending it, tumbling,
- over three'
of � four tithes. 'Luck-
'as
'Luck-
'as a family record, as were many
'such old 'Bibles. .
The well bound andwell' pre-
served Bible was • rinted in
Manchester in 1810, which makes.
it ' over 140 years old. 'It • at'' one
time was Owned by Thomas Rich-.
•ardson, grandfather of Mr. .Stats
ters on his mother's side.
ill I was the .onlycu ant be- On April 2nd, 1892, Mr. Rich-
' Rardson . had,penned the following,
cause the car was' hit on the'ap , '
• posite side". •. notation on the fly leaf: "This
He the - ,book • is for. Edwin Statters ,after
staggered. frons' . wreck
;age 'under his `own ower, then •^m death, hoping it • will be a.�
collapsied.`' The episode 'cost' him 'blessing • to 'him and • his family".
•another two m ths.of' inactivity. Edwin Statters was Depz�il's fath-•
ori Y �, .. .
with three fractured els era • .
The police i i Termed 'a Family Bible ,with
P cruiser, �which..had
been almost new was Sold for practical ' reflections, and useful
scrap: - • ' admonitions • at the e'ndof each
Only once was Krueger, in real
dangerrue$ .
of being shot. That was
`when a . drunk he was. attempting
•to arrest felled him with • a.
"As •1 wrestled on the floor, I
,heard someone yell that he 'was
trying to get my pistol, and turn
Atm me, he 'said'
The officer, .who is a pr\etty
hefty man,, ended the' straggle
with one powerfulpunch, send-
the drunk; to slunnberland.';
Appointed a sergeant in' Feb-
• ruary, 1936, and made a Beaten -
'ant ih becember• 1944, Mr: Krue-
-.ger will' still be'' represented , on
• the force e
f
a ter it ent.
his ret t
e?n
His son-in-law, . Harold Poe, is a
) patrolman. .
Although his Suture plans are
•$,piewhat clow ed, "Hank"' • •is
ek refaced
.episode,.
` . the music: • During, the evening
1 Miss ' Lois' Webster :read an .ad-•
dress conveying best wishes and
Wilmer 'Errington presented the
young couple. with . a purse of
money.
.Mir. Erring' ton. teaehes at `Ford=
Yee school . and the • newlyweds
will make, • their' . home .`on• the'
former'MacKenzie Webb farm,
Con.: 12, • West sWawanosh, now
owned. .by Allan Miner:,.
THAT The Sentinel Office will
be ;.closed for holidays from
• August 9th to. August 20th, so.
that . there'. will be no pa1er
published on August -16th. '
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THAT Ralph Hodgins is.'planning
to move 'to London to follow
his trade as carpenter..
THAT. ' an underground . gra)
shoot was recently installed •at
Elliott's, • Seed ' Plant. Installa-
tion of • the cement work was
complicated by quicksand. •
THAT W. F. Thompson, formerly.
of Lucknow, is again"a: , nnem-
ber. of the C.N.E: ':grandstand
' 'chorus. The+big shove at,the Ex
this„:year will feature jimmy
Durante, and will be under the`
direction of • ..Leon . Leonidoff,
who hasproduced so :many
• dazzling C.N.E. successes.
•THAT the, Warren Paving.: Coni-
pany has conimenced work on
Highway 86 east of Lucknow
preparatory to .pouring a hard
top, that should, make this one
of the finest stretches of .high -
sway in the Province.. Work of
setting up ` the• asphalt plant,
nArth of the ''C N.R, . station is
nearing, completion; and ''there
the hot mix will be .prepared.
for paving • operations.
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THAT Bill Stimson, , Jr., who :was
stationed at Lucan as
sectionforeman has been trans-
on as oremnan,
there':
A
THAT,'. Carman..McQuillin,, ',who
suffered a critical head.;injury
two weeks ago, is •making quite
an' encouraging recovery' and.
his :physicians are well pleased
ith 'hic nonditien—arid: _
rens.
,THAT George 'Orvis has sold his
,' home in Lucknow. to Mr.' and;
Mrs. Wilson Irwin, who obtain
• possession next spring. Mr:. and
Mrs • Orvis' future plans are
not definite at present,
•
THAT among cadets. home fro.
Ipperwasli ons a long week -enc'
pass were Bill Mathers, Bowen
Ross,, .Charlie. McDonagh, Ben
ny Moulton, Donald Stewart
and Ralph' Haines. •
chaptr; th " Boo is pre ace•
with this printed. paragraph, `'The THAT 'Mrs.. John Little, age 90
HAIL • STRUCK BT.. HELENS-
DUNGANNON DISTRIIC.T
Hail, that: in • some cases was
reported half ,as big as hen's eggs,
struck in the .Dungannon -St. . Hel-
ens district on . Wednesday : night
of last week. - ' •
- It las on. the ground'. for an
hour orsorts' the vicinity..of the
6th and 9th Concessions Of West
Wawanosh, • and one, farmer: re-
ported .• that 'it ..was amore like
chunks'' of see than :the usual•hari
stones: • . .
•
Leaves were cut from trees and
some damage to• grain and fruit,
crops: was reported Windows,
were broken in the home of Ches-
ter Taylor,' but gene0rally, the
damage .was not extreme,in ac-
cordance with the' severity of the
storm • 4
KING AND: . `COURT
COMING- HERS
The:King and. His Court,that
internationall f•-ous f•u-man
t • all . -- team,', are ' corning • to
sLucknow on .Monday, ' August 20:
for ` an exhibition game with the
Lucknow Legionnaires.
For some time has. • Webster
has been keeping' the wires hot
in his efforts to book this four-
some and on Tuesday received
• nfiiation--that-thud
come to 'Sepoyvilre •
.,"Chuck" managed to, wangle .a•
game last year with Toronto •:Tip:
Tops, and . in booking the King
and His Court has accomplished
another feat:
This, remarkable foursome.' of
white boys from Oregon will
play •a Sunday ..afternoon game in
Montreal' on :August 19th. They
will make .Kingston that : night,
and will continue their trip here
ori Mo nday, From Lucknow they
go to , Owen .Sound. They • will
also playa game in London .and
will be featured again this year.
at the :Toronto Ex.' The C.N.E..
softball • stadium ;wouldn't hold
the, crowds: that •wanted to • tee
them'
them' last year and they are be'-
ing' brought `,back to the . Ex to,
compete with various nine -men
teams selected . from leading soft
ball, leagues. - '
The King and His Court con-
silts• of a pitcher, a catcher,, a'
first' baserian and, a fielder. Last
,year they held the World Cham:`
pion Tip Top Tailors, team to A.
tie after 'nine: exciting innings.
The King and• 1•Iis Court are also
Masters at trick baseball, and
Caledonian Park, Lucknow, is
certain to see its • biggest crowd
for a sporting .event; • since the
Caledonian Games,` when this
foursome hits town oh August
20th, •
tivholecalculated to enlighten' the " years, has ;been ill with prieu
understanding; purify the heart ' monia at the' home of Mr. and
and ,promote: the cause, of , virtue: Mrs.; Bert Ward,
'and piety 'an'd''.hereby :establish,
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‘SIJRPRISE FARTY FOR,
MARION MacDONALD
the happiness and peace of Chris-
tian families' in this world and
secure their eternal .salvation in
the. next ,
The Bible was turned over by
Mr. Statters to Stuart E. Rcbert
son •for presentation to the Luck-
now' Library. •
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•
:certain about what will transpired
immediately 'after his retirement..
He and his wife' Jean will leave
their neat home at 1539, Warwick
for, a vacation. to his native South
Dakota.
Members of the choir of the
Knox Presbyterian, Church; Blue -
vale, surprised Miss 'Marion Mac-
Donald bygathering at the manse
oto present her with .a rhinestone
necklace in appreciation of her
work. with • the choir. Following
s
ay,t
program bhe choir n �e nriber s,
Miss , MacDonald Was presented
with gifts ,by Mils. Harvey Rob-
ertson ertso and Mrs. A. D. Smith, Rei
freshments Were served., tt.
°FIRE: DESTROYS.
AGED MAN'S HON.1_.•
Wars. Baldwin, 75 -year-old Ash: -
field Township farmer, is. in God•
erich Hospital ' suffering ,. from
shock, and burns to his head and
hands, following an early .morn-
inig;:fire on Sunday that 'zed his,
home, just ' east of La :'s Store Sto .e '.
.. n..
ori 'Con, 10, -Ashfield :The burns.
were not serious
T h e ' fire, •o f undetermined
Origin, . broke out • 7about. dawn • in
Mr, Baldwin's bedroom on the
ground . floor of the .two-storey
brick veneer house. Lloyd Go11an,.
who•has been Mr. Bal'dwin's com-
panion• for the pasttwo. months,
,was asleep upstairs and was
awakened by the calling 'of. the •
frail gentleman
'y The ...telephone dine, seemed to
be out, 'according'; to Lloyd,' and,
the. two of them fled from the
house in their 'night attire, to.
lose everything they 'owned.
Lloyd ran to ' Harvey Millar's .
home nearby to summon helpand
on returning, to the blazing home,
found Mr. Baldwin had gone back'
into the house in an unsuccessful -;
attempt. to salvage • some clothes:
Lloyd: rushed in'to bring him '
from the burning• -<building and
suffered burns • to his , hands . in
doing so.
When neighbors .. arrived there'
wasno chance , of checkinng the
fire or : saving ,anything from the .
house; •and`•they had .:to., • stand
around helplessly. while the home
was completely' gutted:
Mr. Baldwin received medical`
treatment a'nd was taken:to God, -
Erich ' Hospital. Lloyd " Gollan,
who lost everything he. owned, is
staying temporarily at the near-
by farm home of Robert, How_.
ard.
The loss • is at least partially
covered :by insurance.
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BORN
WEBSTER' .- gat' ,the Wingham
General Hospital, on Monday,
July .16th,:' 1951; to Mr.. and Mrs..'
George Webster, R. 2, Lucknow,
a .daughter. , ;
WAGNER—at the Gen-
eral
ham
g
Hospital, on Monday, 'July
16th, 1951, to Mr.- and Mrs: Ger-
ald Wagner; • Lucknow, a dough-. '
ter:'., •
HAMILTON ' At the Wingham.
General Hospital, on • Wednesday,
my 1-1-t•h,--1-951, to ., r rs, •
James Hamiiton, It 3, Lucknow;
a son. .
NDERSON--At `the Wingham •
General' i •
Hosp ta'1• , ,on •
Sunday,
July'.15th; 1951, to Mr. andrs. •
Robert Henderson,' ; R. 5;' Luck -
now, a son.
PRI. •HARD—in, Wingham Gen-
ral Hospital, on Thursday, July
19th, . to Mr:, and 'Ma`s. -Elmo ''Prit-
chard, '' R 1 . Lucknow, a son. ,
• Punctualty;':is • a fine thing iP
you want. t� be alone.
UILD ADDIT.ION ' {
TO FORD GARAGE
The 'old. blacksmith '.shop adr,'
joining the Ford .Garagenow
,known, as Montgomery Motors-
has. been• torn down to make • way-'
for the enlarging 'and, • moderniz
ing of . the garage.? '
The new 'building, constriction
of" hich is, now . uderway.•,-will be
a cement block structure;, set back
in several. feet, from the street
to permit the removal ofthe gas-
,olive pumps (from . ,the, highway.
Reinoval' of the pumps from the
road allowance -is a requirement'
of the . Department , of Highways,
. The 'sew building will ;be used
as a show room and parts depart-
ment, while the front of the pres-
ent building will be altered to
permit a three way entrance into.
the repair and i storage section of
:the building, •,,
Th'e' building and remodelling
program will give thef>, proprietor,
Gordon Moritgor'riery,. quite a
modern prern`ises:: •