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HIGHWAY WORK:
ISHU . MING
Work on Hig way 86 ,is hum-
ming in this° ''. , mediate vicinity
with paving,• , cad building and
iic°ulvert constr '. tion work all un-
! derway,
West.' of, the -
a en:, Paving con*
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Extrato;U:S.A,
T�LlCKNO�
' ONTARIO; THURSDAY, AUGUST 9th,. 1951
MAKING GOOD RECOVERY
Fred Whitby of Detroit, who
was critically injured, in. a --,-car
accident in that city a few weeks
ago, ismakinga good recovery
and spent the week -end here with
p
his agents, Mr. and Mrs.Joseph
Whitby., He was accompanied .by
Mrs.' Ne.hie. Myers, who: has been.
nursing him during his : conval-'
• scene..
Fred hati.his ribs torn'. from his
back and a'kidney perforated in
the accident end his life.,hung
in the balance for four days;
It will•be a • couple of months
yet before Fred is able to return,
to work. •
Orlo Miller Going To• Halifax ,
Orlo Miller, playwright, histor-
ianand radio broadcaster, who
his been a resident of Bayfield
the.. past two 'years, is . leaving
shortly with his wife to make
the War-
is , pouring
a hard, top• from. here to Amber=
ley.• The'surfaces is'`•anplied .hpt .
and, rolled• to a . earpet-like.
'smoothness. We understand , this
,is. applied,.. in three coats.
Half of the roadway is; done
.Qat a time, ' • and with ; traffic_ -per-
mitted to use the hard -top Shortly.
after it is poured, 'there: is little
traffic congestion or delay.
A break on the paving machine
halted operations on Saturday,
after a good start had been made
With: one lane 'paved' for more
than .two miles. • '
;The mix : is . trucked from the
mammoth asphalt plant north of
the :C':N.R. where .a 'huge' stock
pile of crushed stone is available
and a spur line run, to the plant •
by the C.N.R..in' order t'o' deliver
the tank cars. right to : the' plant.
East of town monster road
/machines are in .operation by. the
King .'Construction Company in,
preparing :this portion of No.. 86
for eventual'' hand;topping.,,
sonReid' farm is the c n-
Man. S e.
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•tre of: the Company's operations.
present.: Torranoe's hill has all
but disappeared in/. the'cuttin'g
down process, With, this'fill ,be
jog used for widening and birild ..
ing up 'the .road. on'either: side;
Looby and Looby' .are: continu-
ing` oto "construct culverts farther
--east having had' the contract ' for•
all such work, at this end : off the
highway, which promises to •be
a two lane highway second. ' 'to
nonein,: the ./province: when coin-
pleted
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T.ORfI,. )EIt�S• __.11T , L
Mrs. ,Elmo. Pritchard who had
been in Wirighain Hospital • since
the birth of her baby,• was .strick:-;
.en with a blood clot on Tuesday
of last, week and ,on Wednesday
was removed .'by ". ambulance to
Toronto General Hospital ' for:
special treatment.. At the .week-.
end , her "condition was somewhat
• improved
NEARS NI N�ETYi
STI LI PIPES
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Thomas -Ross of Toroiit'e,: •srtai
wart Scot of • Caledonian Day,
fame, is back to the old .home=
stead at Langside where he re
turns for a timeach Year
' Mr.Ross' was. bon at Langside'.
nearly '.ninety.'years ago, being a
son of Thomas Ross 'and Mary
McKinnon. Well over :six feet.
s ill stra—Vitra' as' a w ip,
Tom. will 'observe • his 90th birth
day 'on ,Christmas Day.
A 'lover of .thepipes., and an
able musician himself, age is ' no
deterrent : to this venerable gen
tieman He has . a' : small set of
pipes that. he ' plays quite, fre-
quently and transposes such pop-
ular tunes as ."Old Smoky" and
"Mocking Bird Hill" Rivhich .add
variation to his 'i°eperttoire''of�
ditional. Scottish selections. Upon.
'querying Mr. Ross if, he still play;-
ed the pipes, his 'reply was that,'
"Why, .I played them until mid-
night just the other' evening".
Proficient at tossing the Qoa'ber;
throwing: the hammer and putting
'the shot,
. Tom Ross' competed
r`Wit}i "thebest at the Caledonian
Gaines in Lucknow,..'and it is his
pride that he ,competed,. against
'the Scottish.. chahi, ion Donald
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Dennie ith
en he� ; attended The
Donald
Games in'Lucknow. •
In 1890 Mr. Ross .was Huron -
Bruce champion at They Games,
and that t. ,
, name year left•for Tor.-.
onto to join; the Police 'Force :on
Which he :served for X34 •years..Hee.
organized
the Toronto Police
Porce Pipe Band in 1912.and• `was
ipe. major uiftil .his. retirement
in 1924.E
Best w''
sties to Tom Ross, whose
y citti'sh fervor',everi;'rather Time
ash failed to cool
POSTPONE• OFFICIAL '
OPENING ONE WEEK
The formal opening of the
Hillside Convalescent Horne has
been postponed ,one week,. until.
Thursday, August 16th at' 7,00
P.m. The postponement Was nec-
essary because: some of the equip-
ment- failed to 'arrive, .' •
The formal' Opening will •be
/narked; by ,prayer -s by ',Venerable
Archdeacon W. ' A. Townshend,
and Rev. A. S: Mitchell and. ad-
dresses. by J.. W. Hanna, M.P.P.;
Donald, B. Blue,. •M.P.� Reeve J.
C. McNab and other distinguished
guests; .
Music will . be provided by the
Lucknow Pipe Band and follow-
ing the opening ceremonies the
Public will have• an opportunity
to inspect the •home, •'which has.
been renovated as a convalescent
home by Mr. Edward V. Baker:
CHAS. WEBSTER -
SELLS .. BU
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A ibusi
ness.-transac ti .ion ' of cc�n-
sidera�ble local interest tool place
on'° Tuesday. when Mr. ,and Mrs.
Chas. Webster, sold their 'ladies'
and men's wear business tci Mr.
end Mrs. .'M..L. Sanderson'of St.
John, N.B., who obained tm nedi-
ate possession° , '
"Charlie " and. Hazel" have con-,
d'uoted-this business•quite suc-
cessfully for the past three years,,
during .which time they modern-
ized' the •; store' to: ;make it one' of.
the' mnost attractive ladies' `
a s and
men's wear shops inthe district.
Mr. " Sanderson,' .p o; p,'u l a r l y
known as "Mike",. is .a native :o f
Gdderich :and has; been employ-
ed in an: executive position with
Western - Canada Flour Mills at
St John.. Mrs. Sanderson, form-
erly Ann . MacDonald : Of Pdra-
mount, has had several:years' x=
ie • in ` the -mere and' n
pBrne. ,c, h ..g
business and for some time. has
hada supervisors. position in a
large department store. in . St,
,John.
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THAT W. J. Davison ,underwent
• an eye .operation in. Toronto for
the removal of a • cataract. Heis
getting. along nicely and is ex-
• pected home this week. '
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THAT the marriage e' of "Gordon
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Montgomery • and Marion Ruth
Halfyard took place in .Queen's
R ea Presbyterian d Presbyterian Church, ,St,
Johns,- Newfoundland . on . Sate
urday, , G'ordon motored to
North : Sydney and flew .from
there. to Newfoundland for the
- 'weddin'g. Following their wed-
ding trip: they • will return CO
Lucknow . and' take residence
herein the former Ostrander
home,, which Gordon owns. .
THAT : Mr. J, :It::. McNab `. went to
Toronto, yesterday where he
was• entering Western Hospital;
to undergo. =;ani .eye : -operation
• Thu
this ^afternoon rsda `
( y)"for
the 'removal' sof; cataracts.'
WII E BE NO:'SENTINEL;
PRINTED' ;NEXT WEEK.
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are reminded that 'there will.
Abe .no. ,Sentinel. next :week
August '16th:
Aater rlising this issue
The Sentine staff will hike.
• off for,` holidays;' arid the .of-:
fice will be .closed until Mon
day morning,' August 20th.
The next issue of The Sen-
tinel will be on August. 23rd.
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their home at. Halifax, where he
'!has 'a contract with the CBP Mr,
Miller was • formerly a,, resident
of London. ' He is a cousin ' of
Frank Miller .of Langside. ,
ASHFIELD ...FARMER.:
DIED BARN
The death ofJoseph h Martin 84-
year-old • Ashfield Township far prising more than 200. acres' is at
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mer,'occurred suddenly last Wed- Winslade in.Devonshire. It has
nesday, August list;': froin a heart long since changed hands, but in-
attack'.
n attack. Mr Martin, died ; in the scribed with .a diamond on' a pane
barn where he ,was discovered
MThe funeral service was held
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VISITED ANDREW
HOME IN ' DEVON
Mr, David Andrew, of Calgary,
secretary, of the Canadian Here-
ford Breeders. Association, re'-'
turned" last week from '.an Import-
ant international Her-eford•breed.: •
ers meeting in • then' Old. country,
"Dave",, as he is familiarly
known here in •his native com
munity, Tilade the (trip 'both ,ways `.,;
by air. He •spent the ' week -end .
rat Zion with -his ,aiged mother,
Mrs,' Isaac Andrew, 'who will be.
87 this fall, attended the And-
rew -Lane picnic on Monday and.
flew • to , Winnipeg on . Tuesday
where he had business to attend
to before proceeding to his home
;gat' Calgary, after an 'absence. ' of
seven weeks. Before• starting' on .
his, 'Eastward ` trip, Mr. Andrew
had just, returned from a tour of
the • Central .,States.•
' Mr ;Andrew was imprerssed
with the progressivenes s and the
mechanizationadopted by the Old
Country agriculturist, who how-
ever represents .only. 7 percent
Of the population of the Island,
Before' retuu°rningg !home Dave
visited the ,Andrew homestead in
.Devon from • where his forbears.
carne. The. Andrew' farm, cam-.
by rs. Martin •
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of glass ui • the : old home, is the'
name of John Andrew' . and the
year -1813.
at, the 'MacLennan and 'MacKen-
lie Funeral. ,Home on. • Friday, DR J. -F. MaeKI NZIE:
conducted by the minister of the DIED FROM HEART ATTACK ' • •
Gospel Hall at Win -ham: The re-••
man by, were .take , .motor tF•
o Dr. •J. , MacKenzie of Detroit
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Albion, • Michigan, for burial: ' died suddenly•in Kincardine 'early.
Mr ,Martin was: boorn : near Tuesday .morning frerr a • heart
Brussels, ' and lived for --many attack ' The 80 -year-old . retired • '.
years in the :States:. dentist was a native ' of this; rrom
A' few years ag'o' he' took munity where he. frequently
o up
the farm across ,tile road ` 'from
the, Ashfield Presbyterian church
and: despite the fact . he was at
the four -score' mark,abecame act-
ively:engaged ''in operating ,the
farm.'
COMING ; TO • LUGKNOW:.
EDDIE FEIGNER—KING OF SOFTBALL
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• When, "The King ...and lis
Court"' •corn.e to
- , p Lu know a week
from M¢nday_A�ust 20th.•=they
willprovide probably the biggest
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s orting attraction since the'Cal-
p, •
edonian Gaines, and bid fair to
attract; a crowd off several ,thous-
and d p ple., .. ,ll will
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The'Caledonian, Park. .,,.... •. _ �,
• ' leered off to provide a nat
' 'hithe'atre that'`will • ac-
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the tremendouS CO�
"The. King ,and ,,His Court"' is
a 4 -man softball team comprised
of ward . F igner, pitcher
Meade Kinzer, catche ,i ,Jerry,.
Jones, •;1st base; Gordon Meilicke,
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'short:sto and Ken White;;. re -
.serve, I?
•serve
, T'his• foursome held the' world
champion:Tip 'Tops to a tie game
last year, and so sensational, is
their performance that they are
returning to the Toronto ,Ex again
'this year. '
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Any one of the team can. pitch,
'but' Feigner is the Wizard' with
i :. He
can ' pitch
the h
orseh de
strikes from centre field, will
pitch blindfolded, h."s 19 ethical
aVariations,
wind-ups and, 5 speedations°•
After the 7 -inning game "The,
Xing and Hiis 'Court" will give
demonstration: of trick ball ,.that
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makes one ckoulat.;if they're seeing
roi erl ; '
Here are what a: couple' of press
clippings • say: "The incredible
hurting perforrriance twined in by
;Fegner held • the crowd •.spell-
bound"
"The gasps and chuckles,, con-
tinued, t.roti'ighout the gargle 'arid
the 15 -minute exhibition' that fol-
lowed".
"Feigner is no ordinary soft
,ball pitcher, He is hailed across
the. nation' as the • .,greatest soft-
ball pitcher i4;the ' world, . and
few, if. any,are there to dispute'
that claim
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ited, and was held. in the highest;
esteem. '
He and Mrs. MacKenzie were •
Spending -the summer at. their cot'=
tage' at Bruce beach. 'On .Monday
of last week they were in. a ;motor, • •
accident on: the Bluewater, High-
way near : the Beach, and were
removed to Kincardine Hospital.:
Mrs.. MacKenzie; who was :the
more 'seriously injured of the
.two, was taken byambiiiance • to •.
Detroit on Sunday.•'` Dr: MacKen=:
zie had been feeling fine and
I ekpected to be discharged from
!the hospital in a few. days
A funeral service was held in
Iiurc
Wednesday'afternoon after which.
the remains weretaken by. motor '
'to Detroit` where a service .:is be-
ing held this. (Thursday) after-
noon at ;2.3q p.m. Interment will
be in 'Detroit: •
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CONSIDER: '.LOCAL.
SPEED.CHE1t'
'Speeding and some ' wild noct-•
urnal `driving that , occurred •re-
cently in the'. villageengaged the
attention of the Village 'Council.
at their regular meeting on Tues-
day night.
The :wild drivifig orgy occurred`
on Main . Street about "tendays
'ago in the early :hours' of the ;
morning. with the offender. using
the sidewalks at times as a speed
way
Constable. ,Havens was instruct
ed to investigate .the success of
Speed checks ' that , have been
adopted •by othercentres, when
Council wi11• decide whether ,or
not= to --adopt-such measures' in
;an* effort to curb fast and reck
less.-motorists. • : °
The third and final reading was
given the by-law covering ,the de- '
vel- :..ment, of a new, . well, The •
op
motion :passed with Councillor',
Robertson dissenting. Final ap- '
proval of .the. Municipal Board is
required. before the 'project ,is
proceeded with.
The District High .School tax
r' to2 rYi.ills f' r
rate . wa ` a ed .9
s ,p ,
maintenance.:. Thi , plus a 1, •1 iill
reduction in the Public School
rate, sets the 1051 rate at 48.7 • 1.
mills, as compared, with 43 mills
last year: I ,
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