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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1952-10-29, Page 1. K1 • 5Q �, Yearly f n Advance -`--$1.00 Extra To • U;SA, psi LUCKNOW, ONTARIO; WEDNESDAY,• OCT, 29th, 1952 EIGHT PAGES: MacGregor'.s•: Gordon •.Mil . Laid W.BY Fire On Monday Gordo, acGregor's chopping ' mill on the 12th. Concession of Ashfield Was laid waste by :fire which 'broke out early afterdin- tier on Monday when Gordon was pre -heating 'his, diesel engine' Witha blow torch inpreparation to commence chopping.. This blow srch operation is a customary ,procedure in start ing the engine,'While it was heat- ., ing Gordon 'started for .-a little barn nearby which he uses 'as a piggery.; In the nnillyard" he •met D. "A. MacDonald and Jim CamL. eron who were canvassing for the :Bible Society' • Chatting to them' briefly while he made a• dona tion; Gordon then. casually. pro- ceded to the barn, and thenre=: turned, to . the millfor a bag of feed for the • pigs. As. he • reached theamill a,erackl'ing'sound alerted him and he rushed to the engine room to find the blow torch spit ting 'burning gasoline and the ;place. on ,fire., Just what hold the, fiire had. then Gordon 'scarcely recalls. He , emptied , a powder fire extinguisher which appeared to have. little effect, and his next BAN Q UET. STARTS thought wag to remove his books .DISTRICT SCOUT. IRE. from the buildin g VICTIM. U' N D clothes Took Firs, / OFFICERS . (MEET. He was d ing this when. Dave ==- At the Fastball 'Banquet on : Cowan appeared . on the scene.: The annual meeting • of Sauieen Monday night, Clarence Greer, •Dave had,: a ;flat tire on his tract District Boy ''Scouts Association Legion. ,president,` made '• reference or near :Gordon's ,homeeast of was -held on :Friday. evening in to the misfortune that had be - the mill; and had .come to the, the Legion . Auxiliary :Rooms fallen • Gordon MacGregor • '.that when twent three ,Scouter's w I ' day,. and :,added that :the gather - Y were !TON ' SPEAKING CONTEST. Mar .. y .Margaret.. Fisher; daugl-* ter • of ' Mr. and Mrs:. George. Fish er of Whitechurch won. the. Kin. loss:' Township public speaking.' contest held, recently' at Holyrood Hall. Mr,, P.. A. Murray'' was Chairman.: •and. the .judges. . were Mrs. Irwin Carruthers, Mrs. Eadie and Dr.. James Little... "Laura Secord". •was .the ject that the champion spoke .on. ;.., Among -the the. 7 contestants • was Mary's sister, Kathleen Fisher,' who won the. public speaking at the Lucknow FaiF•. Mary Margaret will represent Kinloss Township at the "Bruce County contest at . Paisley on No.- vernlber 3rd. Lucknow Public School 'r will be represented ,by, Elizabeth Webster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Webster., :Her subject was. "The. Exhibition" The judges: ; were Rev., G. 'S Baulch, H: L. Jennings and C. A. Winn." HOME FROM . OVERSEAS • MISS HELEN SALKELD, After two. years -.in post graduate, studies. in England#;, Miss Helen Salkeld returned hdine last week with the . degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the . University of London: mill for assistance. Another ' ex ing.: would..have' she opportunity. to contribute to ' a fund in. '• his As .a result $825 Was dropped d' into 'a box at the door: This, was turnedover' to Jack Gould to be earmarked from the " Fastball Banquet, and to' be added to a fund that, Will ' be raised bya canvass in Ashfield .Township., Anyone ':who will, not he con- tacted by this canvass, and who would like to help out the ,fund, may ' leave. their . contribution,. tinguisher was used and :Gordon I served a .delicious dinner by the then went for water froan a near= ladies of the Auxiliary, and a by ri while' Dave `ran. to get :Vote of thanks to them was re- theextul+guisher on his tractor. sponded to by Mrs: Roy Black. i' District Chairman Gerald Rath_ ;..Qn• entering~ the• -•mill with the. . water Gordozx's. clothes caught 1 well presided,' pa id:'District Cora - fire when sp'r, yed with a..•Plarrr- missioner Archie Gowanlock re- in liquid•'which he can't explain. 'ported on activities .during .the All • the gasoline that :was n the year at. the'!various. • centres':••in building was What was inthe g in . the"district::There` were '154 boys •''. blow toreh 'and in . a 'little hand at. Camp. 'Ithis . summer, Profits oil ; can, used for : priming.. the. 'froth, ' Apple Day sales *ere as torch: follows Walkerton $211:, Hanover $190, Lucknow $135 end paisley with hisclothes afire, Gordon • Targe or small. at The Sentinel dashed . outside to roll in :some $76 t., long grass,;': and at that moment .:• It was decided to hold the an- Office: • • ' Dave' was back with' the • exting •nual district,; -church parade near wisher and used it 16. dowse the St:: George''s. Day, April 23rd, as thanes on Gordon's clothes which St. .George is the Patron Saint of caere not burned ,through but had !Scouting. It.. Will be held 'at Dur been fed: chiefly by the liquid- ham next year.. • (Contin'ed on page 8) Provincial .commissioner Firth brought, greetings from the Pro- vincial 'Cornrnittee. He stated that the Scout population, was at - the highest point on record. There are 59,000' Cuba, Scouts arid Rovers in P I SSE BY •TH'E Qatario and. 138;000 in Canada: Aou of 13 Queen Scouts from SENTINEL KY' P Ontario will, attend. the Corona tion. District Badge Upon Mr. Firth suggestion that they'Should 'consider a "dis- trict : badge, it ,was decided toy have a contest for a design, with 'a prize • to be offered for the one -accepted The secretaries- of the local" Group Committees, . and Commissioner Go•wanlock here appointed 'to arrange this ,con- test. Mrs. Firth, who accompan ied her ,huarid, asked that she be allowed to donatethe prize for this contest, and 'her. affen. was • gla:dly accepted: SON OF •DIL likelSIMMON. VISITING IN COMMUNI i ... • Mr. - .Alex liIcCrinnnon o f. . Seattle is .visiting with Mr .. and Mrs. ' Neil Mannan of Ripley, and spent Tuesday . in Lucknow where he was born 75 years ago.; Ile, visited South ',Kinloss. Cern; etery where his 'parents. a're bur- ied: Dr. IVicCrimmon practised med- .. ieine ' ", L . ow, latet went to nderwood and -from there to -Ripley-where a "lived o f -his- ' his' .days 'in his profession. Dr. Mc- Crimnon was first chief of. the Lucknow Caledonian, S o c ie t y which was organized in 1874. Alex went West .:as a young inan and spent many years min- • ing ; in Alaska and railroading,. until retiring at Seattle He was ibaek, to the scenes of his boyhood abotit three years ago, which then was his first trip, hack in , over Half a •Century., KINLOUGH RECTOR GOING TO WINDSOR Rev._ H R. Janke, 'rector for the Past "Year ,of the ,three-point Perish' of : Bervie, Kinlough and Kingarf, has been appointed ,rec- tor of St. Peter's Church at Wind- sor and will assume his new dut- tiesthe first of the month. ;His congregation is situated on the city outskirts •rind has five`hun- dred members •' . ' Upon r . • . . C g aduatin,g' from ,Hixon o llege, Rev. Janke preached at l'el;. Wand. before coming to Serve. • • THAT Harvey itebster, Roy', Fin- layson and :Fred • Jackson at- tended 'a •meeting in Seaforth on Tuesday, night of '. the Pro.- vincial:. Lawn Bowling Associa-' • tion..' . • THAT Les. Purves returned home from Wingham • ;Hospital on Sunday,. following a recent ser- ' ious operation: He is. being car- ed for by his . daughter, Miss Eileen Purves, Reg:N. THAT Ivan Louzon has purchas- The present district officers ed Al Rutherford's . grocery were all . reinstated for another store ° in. Wingham, and, will ell operates a fruit" Market They are. Gerald Rathwell, it a term. T y chairman Lorne Evans, Paisley,1 " and '.grocery ;Istore'awith Dan vice-chairman; K. C: Murdie, I Adamson in charge:.. sec.-treas. ' THAT Mr. and Mrs: W: l.': Mac- Kenzie are observing their 45th wedding ,anniversary Thursday when friendswill be calling to extend 'their congratulations'' and best wishes. TOT -•HOME FROM HOSPITAI On Thursday of last week Mr. and •Mrs, Ralph Cameron of Ash- field 'brought home, their infant son, ` Jack Glen, who had been. hospitalizedsince his birth seven weeks before.'The little tot was in Wingha'n Hospital, for a month and was then taken to .Victoria: Hospital for a stomach, operation. The hid is,gaining now and it is expcscted his recovery will. 1;oe rapid: ..' *Ilse oier..,1W THAT good progress is being made' at the new district high ' school; . The building.. is being roofed in and duet' work in. stalled for the heating system. The building is now !beginning "to look like something" and catches• the eye as one enters the village from the East:' MURRAY 1VIcKINNON RETURNS FROM KOREA Murray McKinnon, age 24, Younger son of Mr. and Mrs. -Arehie- McKinnon- of :Culross, -and -formerly' of .this 'conununity, was among the group of Korean war veterans : to arrive~ at Vancouver last` Thursday. Murray hag been in Korea for, 13 months . with. " the ' Canadian, Army, and 'returns home under a rotation plan. . KINLOUGH COUPLE' FORTY YEARS MARRIED '1. of ' Science' of Agriculture. , She • Mr.. and Mrs. John Bushell was then awarded a' two-year .. • marked their • 40th wedding anni scholarship •in England by the, versary on • Sunday .•at a family Scholarship Committee of ' the gathering at the .home..of Mr: and Research Council of. Canada, at Mrs. Morley. Bushell,, when about Rothamsted, .which is 'the oldest thirty . sat 'down. in: a delicious . experimental -station '. in the turkey dinner. Mr. ,and. Mrs: world. ' .. Bushell were presented'' with , an Miss Salkeld sailed fr over - electric clock:' and :other gifts by' seas in September of 1950. arid' the :family. spent the firstyear en rossed . hi .Their family • .of six children, , g her; studies, so that she might be Lomax, „Donald, Perry. and Mor = more free to do someaveuin 'ley, Mrs. D. o n a 1 d 'McEwan o with � her . sister Margaret� who (Mabel); and Mrs, Herman Fish-; the following er (Ila) were al1. present, with OldCyear in 'the . ountry under the ' teacher-` spenttheir fajrnilies Among -others pre- exchange arrangement:• . sent were Mr. Bushell' brother a, brothes, Helen and ;Mar ~ret travelled ' William and'Nelson Of •Lucknow at . everyg _: and Mrs: `:B.ushell s sister, ., Ms.opportunity: They :;tour Margaret Montggmery and ' her; ed'the 'British Isles on bicycles three. brothers; Ben, Robert and and the; • .Southern 'countries of Edward: Europe . in • an "aid jalopy Helen O6 'A1,N$. DOCTORS. DEGREE OVERSEAS Miss Helen alkeld, 26' -year old • -daughter—. r an s Salkeld, return ,_ home on, Mon- day of , last •week after tivo years of +post -graduate work at.: Roth- amsted Exirnental ' Station • nearLondon? England, where she .earned 'the degree of Doctor 'of '• , Philosophy (P.D.) awarded by: the University Of, "London. Helen stpent five 'years at the O.A.C.. at Guelph, graduating ,with her -degree, Master TO PROCEED WITH NEW PUMPHOUSE At a . special • meeting of the Village Council last Wednesday night, the Board decidedto pro- ceed with the erection of a °con cretee: pumphouse at the site Of the new well 'south of: the :Flak mill. Warden ." Howald has the contract on a time basis, with the' . Municipality . providing the materials:: Stress was . laid .on get- ting the, .work ,underway at,once. Mt. Kirk. of the International. Water Supply Co., which drilled the peww well, sat in :at, the 'ineet=: :ing; when the Board 'studied 'the blue ..prints • of the building:. Council ,had' been a bit eon-. cerned over. a "B" report receiv-, ed on a sample t t drawn by the Bruce- Health y!t a , but : were as sured there was '• no :grounds to fear the purity ,of . the water,. as the drilling .company is under contract to provide water ap- proved by the Department of, Health. The new ' pumphouse provides for the addition °of an iron -re- moval plant, if and when found necessary, but the water is not expected. to . be •found. excessively hard., and the iron content ,may: diminish:. when pumped regularly as`, has been the .case of the No: 2 well which s • at '-present • the main source of supply. Reference was made to the breaking of street lights and the after -dark nuisance some lads vVerei•ausirg� ar�o[ind ; peaple's: homes. . A new'automatic fire alarm system is recominended iby the, Bell Telephone Co., and ' the Board discussed this plan; which might mean • the moving of thea siren ' to the. Fire Hall property: The rebuilt -flax mill, it was pointed out, will have' a direct automatic alarm, as one of the underwriters requirements. Discuss Snowplowing Council, :discussed at length snowplowiang plans for, the win= ter, and considered, if necessary, the purchase of a, truck to do their own ,plowing. In the mean- time , .arrangements have been worked out. , for Montgomery: Motors to, undertake•the job. Mr:. Montgomery will obtain a five ton truck for the purpose, and the Municipality has placed an order for a one-way plow. ; De livery' is expected in • two weeks. The Oki. V -,plow" is valueless 'ex- cept "for scrap, and, will be re- tained. The ,wing and fittings •can be,tised'ih conjunction with the orie-way plow: has travelled from Spain to Nor •way, including.:,Spain, France, Italy,' Switzerland, Holland, Ger- Many, Norway and Siyeden. Her last"tour in company' with a girl friend from Holland Was a hiteh-hike trip which; she en- it n joyed most of all., This. "via=the- thumb" trip :was 'through Hol-.; land, •Germany, Denmark, Nor- `. way andd. Sweden. The' Union Jack On her back was an aid in mak- • ing the journey am the courteous treatment received at border .'points.: Her friend could, 'speak a little. 'of these languages, arid' Helen, •says that a few :words of English are known to many in. these . countries " so that making ..• one's self ` understood was ..not ' 'particularly difficult ' Tea being. off' the: ration list, ., ' has raised: the moral , in England; and while they are getting suf- ficient to, :eat; it may 'not .be, a well balanced diet ' and some : foods such' as canned meats, 'while available are beyond the financial '.reach of many. On the 'continent the. Britisheris respect-. ed, and is :felling of sympathy • is extended them' in. -their austerity, program. The Americans, it would appear, -are not `so popular.' , Helen returned aboard„ the • freighter? Seabord Star, an Eng- lish ship carrying, a .comparative-, ly: light mixed cargo of , 'cars, ceinent, toys,. Christmas puddings, etc. This; method . of ocean cross- ing, although it took over two • weeks, is preferable to passenger liners so far as: Helen "is. concern- ed. . _ _ ••She_ was -met- at Montreal ---by- , her parents, and arrived Horne' in ` time to help her Dad complete 'the harvesting of his •apple crop. Helen's plans are ':.as .yet in definite,. but, . she is not • :yet' through • with travelling, and' hopes'at some 'later dateto poss- ibly .'tour India and the.;Far• East. LAY HELPLESS .TWO. HORS' AFTER FRACTURING HIP Mrs, R. J. Cameron who is a patient in Wingham Hospital with a •fractured right hip, had .a pin put in the hip on friday. Mrs. Cameron fell at her : •home late last :Tuesday' afternoon as she went to get up on a 'chair'.. to straighten a blind: Mrs. Cam-', eron lay helpless on the floor. for. • two hours` (before her plight was; discovered by her daughter, MTS. N. E. Bushell, who called at her home that ,evening; . Mrs: Cameron is now snaking satisfactory progress, but will be confined t'o the hospital for some /flint. u • ,• I • ti