The Lucknow Sentinel, 1949-07-28, Page 1E •
$2.50 Yearly L-UCKNQW,.. ONTARIO; ,THURSDAY, JULY 28th, 1949.
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EIGHT:' PAGES
TRAGEDY, STRI KES' I
LOCAL FAMILY
nit Y was:.shocked
• .
This coixirri'u y
and saddened on Tuesday morn
ing• to. learn of the untimely
death. of :Ray Elliott,''yourigest
Son .of ,Mr. and. 'Mrs.; George. El-
- liott of Lucknow.•
Y
JRa lost, his; life in a,droWning
Accident: in the 'Truax:•:1 Bill race,
on�the Saug
I 'a peen.` River at, Walker-
tQ. r1 .ori. Monday . evening about
9 30; Ray`, get ;beyond :his depth
and
` ' difficultieS: arid rescue
effortswere unsuccessful • in ':say'
ing Fire Chief Irvine ••Lab-
:singer located the. -body withina
short: time but 'efforts , to.' resua
• citate him were to .no' ,avail `
Ray had been accompanied to,
the County Town by - George
Cranst :on.
on d West .
�.Raym n Elliott, young -
,
est. son of Mr. and` .Mrs. George
Elliott, was. in.his 21st: year. He
'was' ,born .in; -Huron • Thvnship
Amberley on •Octob r 10th
..near Amber y e. ,.
1928, :and hadspent all . of h's
°life : in the Amberley•.and
Lucknow' coinmt nitres, where he:
oun m e'
::' was: a popular Y g ,.
Was e -quiet and . inassumi d
' ir,. �'i
i ..
f' :friends n
had
a host.o i d
,mourn his,' to d,
:: w'ho 0
; tact . .
►path e
. extend" deepest symP Y
grief-stricken family.`
JOYCE KILPATRICK GOING.:-
. i PLAN •CANVASS'
TO ;INDIA AS MISSIONARY�
Mr..' and Mrs. Ed: Kilpatrick,
and Sons, Keith and; Byran of
O.gerna;• Sask., and their son
:Bruce of: Toronto spent, the
week -end with . relatives in'the
coinrnunity,
'Their• • 'clau,ghter, Miss. Joyce
Kilpatrick sof. •Dgeema,;'.Was `com
rriissioned.'b " the.United Church
Y
for inission•wbrk in'India, •ai-the
recent; Sasifiatchew .iri Co Ferenc
• n ... e
held in: . Regina: Jo. 'ce! who.
.
t present' i �..`T. Tenn a .Prose � e nessee,:lc
s -
in,. November' for :India She is men.` who will:'conduct a::house.
a `niece of Miss :Susan; Kilpatricklo
to, -house canvass inviting attend -
of town ;and. of Milton Kilpatrick 'ante ' at the Clinic. No : appoint
•,of Goderich..
ttending can:' come -at their con.
FOR ,x -RAY
Every Man, • Wonva.. and 'child.
of high.school age' in Lucknow
and district will !be' given the
opportunity 'o f 4: safeguarding'
EXPECT TO', RETURN TOS " • •
CHINA IN .JANUARY
Visitors . at present With Mr.'
and Mrs. R. T. Douglas are Mrs,,
A., ..Thompson and • her daughter;';
Mrs. Wm. Service. and •son John.
Mrs;. Thompson • is:t a .sister. '.of
their healt b y havinga frees 1:vIrs. Do�u las. '. ".
health! Y g
chest,x-ray When '- second Dr ' "`: ervic spent the week -
;x .,.y h the :seta I _ .... - e pe
1•
cOnan�unity survey. ; is ; '.made in .end h *re. " D land Mrs,'' Service
Luckh v.' Town''Ha11 on `August and • Jehn,' age "2� `years, return-,
17. It• Will. 'co du t d• ed 'frim 'China a ' :ear • �a o •June..
A. , . be.rr o e Y g
1 e' ri en a ed in ost' :
Wider" .th.e auspices . of the On: 1'�e ,has b e g � •.., P
. erio : + °ei cubs '. • : ' sociation'�' ' 'graduate - tudie ,in _.'i pronto _since_
t rTub.; rs ,A�s . studies � ,
``.' here"
� ': nsore'd• b •.The',`Clans set rniri :from the 'Orient . w
he •stent six' years. if conditions
they�.lan' to :return- rn.. to
permit,. •p u
China in: January. ••
Man. H
ng an
the dis
ss a'r
to ,the
Ray •had made his home in,
Lucknow with ..his' parents: He
•
assisted his father• in` operating
•theirseed ;cleaning plant, has: well
as assisting , with the;' operation:
of their farm at Amberley..
The funeral ::service will be
conducted at the f ' Y
il: residence
lir nflw, M, ,r s. ' ,af ter�nooxi<
(Thursday), July .28th, .at` two
o'clock Interment will be In
Greenhill Cemetery. •
Surviving besides his parents"
are a sister, `Miss UnalElliott. of
Kincardine', and two 'brothers,
Gordon of 'berley and Bryce
of:'
Ar.
'Alberta,' o : e • East,a .
be � flew'
• riving here on Wednesday:
HELD* ACCIDENT ViC�'IM'S
FUNERAL .ON • FRIDAY •
Funeral : serv!i.Ces for r Isaac,
het
Kiril
Conducted
ardent
tensa
fellow
1139
anent
La
etas k
on
Whew
a car
who
as esu
Miles
e co
igat
Hell
County
1. suffered
(broli
ries
'struck
cosi
Pinnell were d. on; riday. af-
ternoon. in ough Presbyter
ian !Cliurc'hi, ducted.; by t<he.
pastor; Rev •.S.• Baulch. For.
years'�an. �ard' `Oran eman Mr .
g ,
Pinnell was ered: an, Orange
funeral, with ' members :qf•
L: ,O.L. •No. 'attending ' iri - a
g
• ` body. Inter .. was in`: Tiffin's*
Cenn'etery at.ngside:
Mr.Pinnell,who was in. his
:. 85th year,. killed late Tues-
day' night.:the; ' ;highwway at
',Kinlough', w 'he stepAed into'.
the:pith of i Weir
pdriven., by
Sheave,; . as: able to stop
his• ' car ' in ' a' very 'short distance.
His' speed 'w estimated, at only.
_about 20 rni an -hour.-Pr-ovin
dial Const
abl �xwior'tki of Walk
ertori investigated the accident,
Dr. :
M
R; ' iw�e1T •df l�incar
dine Bruce
, Bruce. coroner, vis-
,ited theasc 'o: the acide't'
• • ,. f p c n
-and•decidecr'rid` est. ..as'
necessary. ,
Mr, Pinnel tAtei brok-•
`eh legs, s",
g , a broken arm and in-
ternal . injuries and :died: soon.
after .• being uck •:and before
medical ; aidcould reach
,meats' • ,are required, and • those
VACATIONAL BIBLE SCHOOL
WILL SA, PEN.; MONDAY ;,
For the third • suc4essive. year
a 'daily .Vaciational Bible, School
will be 'held in ~ Lucknow. The
School will , be ••held: in the John•:
stone Block and will 'open next
'Monday: and: continue, for two-
weeks, There are daily, morning;
sessions-from=9• to�12 o'clock, the
school' is for.- childr. en from ''5:. to:
16 •' years of age:
The"school, as in the.two prey=
ious 'years' ,is under:. the super
intendency: of Mr. John Martin
of Hawkesville. The, staff' of 'in-:
.structors. consists sof Miss' Lucy
Munnings, Miss •MVMrjorie Dance
and :Miss Lerraine Harbottle ' ;
ACC1
i TIM:
T C
��EV N .
A' E
GE S
Nine ri,onths 'after Sufferinga
fractur: le Hair= Swan .spill
ed. g, Hairy
requires the aid .of" `,+a': mane 'to
hobble -around, t
Final chapter of 'the accident
in` which both he; and. Mrs. Swan
wee injured was "' written last
week when Harry- accepted a
cash .,settlement of $1650 for. darn
ages. The settlement:•Was arrang-
ed 'out oaf' court,. with Campbell
Gra t;. ,of' Walkerton: acting as
Har 's solicitor ' 1 :
Harry.' and- Mrs. ' Swan were,
struck down by a motor:, car :on
November 14th. Both were sev
erely injured and were patients
for 'some time in Chatham;' Gen-
eral'. Hospital.
Mrs. 'Swan suffered a fractured
shoulder and head. ' injuries and
le
badly
Harry '.`,triad the right' g Y
shattered about ' the ankle. 'The
injury is still. bothering...111m and',
it is expected, that':close to • the.
year will elapse, : befgre, Harry.
Y
Will be .back ;at full .time employ-
ment' again. 'At : present he is :at'
the home .of. his parents,, IVM., and
Mrs. • . John Swtan ' .: of Bervie .
•Harry's Wife,. :formerly. Margaret
McNall, is employed: :.Kincar-
dine.
To Enter Pharmacy
Bill and • Samr. Chin: will ` enter.
Pharmacy' '' this • f a.11 • with , the
opening df, the term in Septem-
ber. Bill, ' who started '. in Mc-
aim's Drs. g Store, . Chas' been errs-
,Lployed in Toronto f6r some time.
Sam startad in the -drug business
dtirgany .one .
enienee in ' o "the
_.f .
three days:.. p;
.So. successful , was . the :pea
DUSTED CLOVER''FIEL•D
AT HOLYROOD MONDAY
A
Y
•
The survey. Is: part of• .a pro -
vince wide war on tube
begun by 'the:.Ontario T
losis Association in co ci
with'the 'Ontario
I•/ealth alined • ea at
the incidence, 'of
the province ,in:
y., ears,
•
rculosis
iibercli=
Aeration.
_Department of
'cutting _in half
this disease ' in
the . next . ten
•
1 dusting. opex'ation ` at Ernie Ack-
ert's fa' m the first ;of ' July,' that
Raynard • *Ackert had' a clover
field • dusted ` the -.first . of this
'week;
The operation at' :'Raynard's
farm was carried : out' by:- John
-Gerard, the same pilot who w,as
at :the controls When the..i pea'
T,he vast. majority in:this •com- •
J Y : field . •was dusted; This: ; wa:s :Sort
nvuriit ' are quite familiar with -
Y . q . , 'or good'wi11' flight by: Mr.„ :Ger
e
thesi�mipli'city of ha �i,ng� this' at a d• as • all ;Pilots: are. concentrat-
r P
ray, but, for.; those; who:: are .not,• in:. .in .the :;tobacco . district at,
a;•_few , details :willbear repeating..oresent
An x- a • Will
take only .: a few
. Mr ` Gerad,riatilve "� •af New
mcnnents of each :person's time. G:ealand; ; and ' an :air veteran of
The 4.Most 'up` -;to: -date >'nzobile the•. last War' is studyin `for
•
the
euprrCnt,:.whichuses 70 mm Anghga�: ministryHe' willbe
and asn~hahandle 100persons
orldained''next 'year;.and 'iS 'spend -
an,,, "hour.
Spend=an,:•hour. will be., used. These "dustin
fhe,sLi'n-um',e x as . a g
miniature Psates when r a , bY• .. pilot" lot
-to' . assist him . through his
;experts, are just as'• accurate, as ,final. year: Mr. Geratd is a mar
i.
f 3• P ! reed marc, and as yet he and his
,t - -
-ri •the talkii
g u�3�
.s, in that
.fl,ins has been: introduced
it is not ' necessary.:': to : remove
clothing. ' Hdwever, ' women -;are-
requested'to .wear, as. far• -as poss-
i
izl1- ize .x-ra 's. Ail im roveme'nt.
--iyile-.7 a` a -not yet- deeided.ail out:-
their native 'New
rettirring to i
Zealand,' when' he finishes. Col-
°fble,' ' simple+ capper garments
without : ornaments •' and "buttons.
The will Abe -.re uired to remove
only their coats .Men will , be
requested to remove their. . „Suit
'coats -and vests, dropping sus--;
penders ' over 'the shoulders
''Tuber'culosis of the lungs,;: if
in the early'stage `and treated, is
almost always . completely Cur-
able.' Nevertheless, ' nearly a s,
•manyCanadians died from this
disease during: the war . ;as ,*ere
..killed., by ei erndy action, More
persons die from tuberculosis
Ontario .tarrio than from—rill ; other .in-
fectious diseases combined : Tub
erc_ ulosis is' , , a • disease that; ,can,
she controlled, but it ' is highly
conirnunicable, and •too :often it
is 'not.:: discovered 'until. ' it has
reached advance' stages. es. Onl'� the
g Y
.x-ray plate' can discover the dis-•
'ease at this early' _ stage. •!
=DI: TI iT AGENT:
S.
Q».
.AOR •B.
-A `P
R0DUCTS;
h" was re-
cently
MacTavis ,
C,
appointed as agent for.
,.:'
the British American.• Oil: Co. lir
this • district, which includes -the
Wingham • B•ranchE.. Until this lat-
•est appointment •' Cam had: acted
"as :distributor in the :LucknQw•
district
ointment en:
The agency app
larges his, territory ` and includes
the supplying of dealers.as well
as 'rural'. and urban consumers
of gasoline and motor and fuel
.oils. ;T'o handle, this, Cam now
has. three :tricks -in <iteration.
He has: Roy: Trigger , in charge
the 'Win ham branch.,' Bud
of _ g',
Hamilton of Paramo nt and Jack
Ha �
Mackleh, of Kincardine,:, !along'
With:.., .. - . y � ,. ..i'. Ca ,.exon ,hiritself, make, up
Larry Downs nand- has ibeen with m . ,
With . El the -staff'''that :is 1 ezluired to • ser-..
mer, Uanbach since he• ,
.took 'ower; this ibusiness:• .vice the area:
SISTER' OF =J:. R:' McNAB
PASSED .AWAY, SUDDENLY
•
,
i1�1zr; R. I eNalb -was-.a•n- Sea -
f 'rth on Tuesday ; attending •the
funeral, of hiiS sister, Miss Belle
MCNab; who :passed, away on
Sunday morning.... She was' ''79
years of age and;-h'ad ,been bed-
fastd" for ...about six. _ye rl
meet was rn ' Maitland Bank'
Cemetery, S ,aforth
Miss ' McNab was a daughter
of the' -late' Mr.. and i.VLrs John
MoNaab and was born in Sea -
forth. 'She was one of a family
of :sig, 'of- whom, Mr: J. R M-
Nab is .... the, sole surviving
f
Member.
COMING EVENTS
•
BAN 1CGNCERTS
WELD.. RECE4yED
Week -end band ' concerts.
Lucknow were ,well received by
large and aPptive .audiences,
. recia„
On .Saturday.' nig t the Lucknow
Pipe Band,; long the pride of
this community,, made one of :its'
com aratively`'rare •�a 'peararces
_P p'
'of
' late, • and the inusuali • large
Qf ,, Y
,.r town..;:., :.
'crowd - that. was :•'''' n
r,,
evening : waif Evidence'; that -their
appearances earances .her e _,have':.been fall
too* f
e'
w'.
,
' the
The :11;Man 'band :paraded d e
street and then,p resented! a
lengthy concert at the Post Of
ace ,corner.' • A • carnviass; .•cif' the:`
business section and of the and
•fe
•e.
nce resulted iri . a collection
arnountirig .to !about $75 'for 'the
Band:fund.
.. Band ! on Sat.'•
Members � of :the , a
rrday : night's concert .:were' Pipe.
Major ROY • MaceKnz e, , Frank
MacKenzie,; Reid McKim,:, Alan
MacLennan, W
it
: fred` 1V1f cQuillin, . Sandy • `McDon .,.
nld •Murra '.' McDonald -Dave' Mc
., • Y ., ,..,
Donald and , Drummers: Allan
McLean and Mac ''Webster. '
,,„;Sunday,'Evening.Concert
•
Walk.'
On: • Sunday evening the
- evening,
t e air
erton ';Boys ,•,B+arid,' ,und , h
r Wood re
ectori of Bandmaste W . ,
.'L
�sPnt 'd a vel leasin� -concert'.:
e, yjP g.
' d 'a`large'audience.
'which attracted
a hed:
.The event ...wvas all' but- w' s
•
afternoon down-.
out
by; .a . late a t .
"
pour,: wwhich".cleared . in the earl y
evening., . The concert, was to have
been '', held in:the Park, :which -`
t
was 'flooded by., the 'downpour,
and tfie. band: set upat the post'
e r...
Offic : and •' �'la ed a varied' ar=`
�e, +P Y „
'r -an a vent•- of numbers. In-�' spite
g. .
PALACE' GARDEN, • 'SUNDAY
• Clarke Johnston, the singing
Irishman, will- be featdred at the
Garden • Formosa this
:; fact Formosa:, _......
,Pa
� f Sunday: afternoon, July . alas,, ,
lege..
•
IM*ROVING STEADILY
•
• 'Mrs. ; Campbell`' 'Thompson is
Making' a favorable recovery.
from .the" attack of , polio with
uitiich. she was recently .strikers:
Marg was• able to :.be upthe first
Of the.'week.and while' the af-
fects
of he attack
are
Still quite
evidentthere,has beenno: in-
dication •of aal sis ��d. she" is
t She.
' move' abou as
permitted to v
o)
feels 'incl ned: `
5EN LI
T
E F V : E'T
TRY
. S
TO:�MN.
• 'of the= weather. and.'.the xe=ar
ranged plans,' a collection of over.
•:$35:00 ;wraps received which went
to, !,the Band: , Mr. Wood was well •
leased `with thee recti' pion here
1? i 1?'
and no , doubt Walkerton . Band
.will not hesitate : to , return -here •
at some future date. •
.•
•:' The event .was ';arra •ell 'by the
newly' formed Chamber o f Com.
Tierce,. and : proved_ to be one of
many • such . ",little things"'that
'Can.,. •be. •:ac iomplished with:. no
thing ,.more, than a bit: of initra
tive and effort.
• From the- little rural. congre-
gation :of Olivet 'United' Chtirch,;
in 'Huron , Township, five . native
sons have entered the. Ministry:
One ' of the five R. "Az V.
*Walden,.passed away :• a 'couple
of years ago: The :other:.four,;still:
active . in the .ministry: of .the;
church, Will return to their ...the;
Church on Sunday, July 31st on
the occasion of the 60th anrilver-
sar Y•. The `foursome are Rev: E.
J: Koulston of St Thomas,
Vt
T.' C; ilkir n of Belmont, Rev.
D. MeTavish, 'St. +Catharines and
Rev.. G•.' 1VracTavish :.of Brad -
;ford, All' four will take' part in
the Brad-
ford,.
to :.be
held at 11.00 `asci. and 8.00 p.an.
Rev.. Roulston and 'Rely: Wilk-
inson •are • scheduled to . conduct
the' ' morning: ,service with the
MacTavish Brothers in charge'' of
the evening service.
'On Monday,, August lst, a re
unio'ri picnic will be held to fur-
ther comMemorate.this red-letter
event in. the history !of Olivet
Church:
ONLX ONS CASE
Contrary to some wild •rumors
,
that have .been: circulated, there
'has been only one case in Luck-
now ,diagnosed as infantile .pax;-
alysrs, 'according to l:ocal''doctors:•
NATIVE , OF HOLYROOD -
DIED IN WINNIPEG;
The death. of Frank Harris !oc
curred . in Winnipeg General Hos
pital:.Last '•'week ' from. "coronary
gthrombosis,'. The remains ,. 4 sere-
.brow ht here for burial In South
.
Kinloss Ohurch following fun-
eral old athe !.hofne on
tical servicet
Wednesday, :. conducted' ' by Rev:
D.: Bryden • of `Ripley ''' U n lied
Church.
Mr. Barris'. • was ason of the
late Mr.• and Mrs: George Harris
and was .born, 'gat Halyrood: • He • •
had been, in the West for a ,good
many years.
He is, survived by; one brother •.
and: four. ;si3ters,.• • Homer, : Mrs.
Wm. •Switzer'. (Marie), arid Misses:.
Birdie ' and , Elam a' Harris; all on ` ,'.
the home farm, two and a• half
rriil esy west .of . Holyxood• �arid..Mrs • ;v,
, M. McPherson (Nellie); Wing -
ham. Another ,sister, Mrs, 'Ken-..reth• Finlayson (Lucy), predeceased her brother.
•
,Has. Ripe. Tomatoes
Mr:W : 'LV. gip, who' takes just-
ifiable 'pride in his garden,' has
ripe • tomatoes ,41r eady,: and :pr ob-.
:ably the first .in: town. On Wed-..
nes,day of last: week.: Mr, Dill
;picked three well ripened :torn•-
,ato:es, . which Iie. kindly ' sent to
Mrs.' Thomrson,vho is recover-
ing. frail ' polio. infection. This •
-just the thing to
tasty .tre�at 'was' �. � g
,entice Marga•ret's indifferent apM.
f• petite and start her ,eatiiig'.'tigairr,
A•
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