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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1948-02-19, Page 8iz • 1 . EY ij .v Ys AtGE m7i;IGR THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LSACKNQW, QNTAIU, FATALLY INJURED • •. (C(intinued from page 1) that her•pastor, Rev. J, W. Stew' cart, took_ her_ Jo, her : home where ,a few 'minutes later- she was`to learn of the ,awful tragedy that. had robbed. Mr. and Mrs,: Os- trander 'of:' their, beloved .son, :Injuries Were Extreme A: postmoyAeru revealed ' con- elusively, that' Rexford had suf., fere(' •very '.extensive chest and, abdominal. .injuries. The••.pest mortem. was held in: Wirigham- On. Saturday • morning,' ,,and the. re mains,were returned to Lucknow' at=noon• hour' that day, and were taken to :the. family : home: that eveiing ,,.:. All day Sunday'•'a' continuous stream: of sorrowing friends visit;. .ed the Ostrander•home, and at the • public funeral., service in the Uri iced Church ,on Monday •afternoon there were many who cottid not I • gain adniittanee to: the. church Students '-of the Lucknow High I ' School gathered in . the: Sunday School room'\and passed :by the, bier in a body. A1T'business places.. in the village Were closed „from one • to • four o'clock. The<whole community f w'a s i n :deepest mourning. •`Rev. J: W.. Stewart had...Charge SIZES: xt:fi8:' :q7•74x9 ..0 .x 9 9 x.,10%-.' . . 9 x.12:•-• : 9 x' 15 `:'t WON PROFICIENCY SHIELD Philip Stewart was in • Strat- ford last ,Wednesday ,as a guest, ,''of ' the: Sovereign Life Assurance Co.' in . honor of the; Stratford agency, winning the efficiency shie l Lor the third. _consecutive 'tune . on highest vv itten business for the Company. ciagEN Q NOODLE' when you bUy'V2 II sissK\' SA" "GET A LIFT' WITH: LIPTON'S TEA' 60 tea bags N LTTE .. iutggestiott ranee -American Itgatoni Catelli Egg Noodles Forney• -Tuna 'Fish is Aunt Jemltma Pancake, Flour edium anadian Cheddar ,Cheese. ii: e 4'. FANCY . B. ' C:' SALMON, •• All Grades Buy Of The Griffin Brand CHICKEN HADDIlE . . 9C NODAMAGE IN. MIDNIGHT FIRE, CALL : THURSDAY .' When some refuse at the' rear of the b Habrough Metal Products. plant it st... into .flames. about midnight .on:Thursday, a fire p; 4W31' Wg.Z. twraed_jii and t oligh a hose bine was' laid from the hydrant at ' the. Siipertest Garage,` the lusty :blaze was. extinguished • THURS.,, FEBRUARY 19th, 1948: :N $:. T HOM P 0 The Store ,of: Friendly: Service 'PHONE 82 .: • • WE DELIVER' e _Prepared for Spring eat er LIBBER FOOTWEAR FOR. •, ALL. THE F ►M•ILY ' •yCh d'$ Rubber Boots, 640 sse'' 'Rubber Boats; 2 ° - _. _ • $2.45', ;f lV en!s' and' Boys' ,Rubber- Boots omen's, -Misses, and Child's 'Pull -Ons SMART NEW �.prrng Dresses, Skirts, Blouses t _i by Revs R. A..Joselyn of St. Peters. Church, Rev. C. C.H. 'MacDonald :oil Luck-: now Presbyterian -• 'church, without (the: necessity of turning,) Mr.' Facey, of Teeswater'.United. on the ater. ` Church and Rev C. B Woolley Some rubbish had been ;burned of Ashfield: United 'Church - Cir cuit • Professor ' A. W. Anderton, a close friend. and music associate of Rexord's, presided at the or gan, at which' Rexford hims,l.f had so :often sat 'Itev.:Stewart took_ as the theme of his'servicethe Weaving of the web of ,life, and 'paid a lovely: tribute to Rexford .and the, lofty motives' that `:guided the .weaving: of :his ,web of life. He. Made. par - behind the plant' during the day and..was _believed' to have, burned itself. out: About Midnight, how-. ever, an ''old ' oil -saturated' . barrel' ,took fire and caused, quite: a blaze: - . A member of the • night shift' at, Treleaven's Mill,' notified Mr obrou h who' turned in :the, H, g ► alarm, but they had`'suoceeded in pretty' well : 'extinguishing the blaze by • the 'time the hoseline wasm laid. . • The Hobrough plant is., the- for ticular•'mention of his life of ser - mer waterworkspurnphouse vicefor,. others and his love for 'across : the road 'from the . #lourr ' fine art' • and music: A _picture of ilh. The . Sa�'iotlr which hangs . above the organ in, the church was the 'Have- you renewed your Sen.. .Work' of Rexford's'. brush', - and as Mr. Stewart •stated the .picture was • an : expression of '. what . lay within Rexford's, soul, ••' Members o f Old "'Light Lodge attended in a.body with'the last tinel subscription? ,. WEATHER MODERATES The",continued • cold spell was broken over: 'the 'weed=end.;:. A rising temperature :On Thursday was followed by a freezing ram late Friday :that , made driving conditions almost -impossible -an very . dangerous. ' The ; . freezing. .ram not only glazed; the highways juf gathered on windshields cut ting visibility ,very greatly. Stich. :conditions were, 'at their worst when Rexford Rexford Ostrander was ,fat ally irjtred early that evening. On•'Saturday,a drop in temper attire was --accompanied by drift - king,. , siioW ' that added. a 'chi -nate the Ostrander home on Monday touch . to 'Many country` •sideroads • : afternoon's prior. to the public ser-- and concessions 'which as it was; vice, when ReV' Stewart read were almost impassible for horses passages from Rexford's ` own "" Bible which were fou" d he h d in• manly cases. .' ' . � � ; a Sunday brought rising temper underlined'in'red: • attires again, arid on Monday and Was Born. ,flere:'• g � ' Tuesday something akin to Rexford's' ; parents 'moved to Luck 'from. ".f 1 w f om Frin,ce E 'Ward spring - like- '•breezes ' weave felt - . EdWard "thaw", ' Y ,. hirty. six years again causing the first . thaw Count'' . about t since early winter: Roads soften- ago, when his.father bought: the ed quickly and snowplows were • blacksmith business, of Charles rites. Qf'. the .'Order‘ conducted „by, Mr„ Donald Blue of Ripley. Pall- bearers were Arthur.:. Andrew, - John 1 ilpa£ick, Grant'' . 'MeDiar- midi Wesley__ Huston, .aLeenard_; MacDonald and Cam p b e 11 irr omtis on. The' remains. were taken..by. motor "...hearse to Picten' whera service '•was. held • on' Tuesday, with.interment in 'Cherry, •Valley Ceinetery, : in Mrs.. O►strander's.• family ..plot.. • A :brier service -::Was held' at •• a•>�' • 'VV`OOL DRESSES :Half.'; _Price MEN'S TWO -PANT SUITS. in Cambridge '—:Made.—t6—Measure.`. f e Sprink Ready-to-Wear'Suits- and; Topcoats;. Have .:Arrived... herp':'oii. March. ,18th. 1918; and with the .excepti? n •of a year Ispent at' Art .School ''in Toronto, after ,graduating from Luckriow High , . ISehoo1,,, had ` spent'' •'his compara- tively short' life span in'theSepoy ,town, Arid: there .was none' more civic.minded:' or more ' interested in the better, things for his com munity. He..lived' life to the,: full; and: found 'his greatest ''happiness fin _kindlydeedsTand in his, dee •apL predation 'of``the•.finer things Of. life—art,.=music,: flowers. music'. and 'artistic tale .. found; eatpression: in:' many •ways but were'' probably ; most' often 'apparent. in his church, • or any 'church which. sought ,his help. He saw . beauty in all ;things' sacred. At the time of his death he writ • busy, opening."back" roads. ' ,' McKinnon. Rexford' , was born rel Ec14 SALE OAF .woca. BLANKETS. COTTON BLANKETS, RED: SHEETS, BED THROWS, ' •AND MATERIALS AND ; BATTING'. FOR AUILTS'. : - , • .. ' . • *GO concentrating on a„' four. "year home 'studycourse by which he' hoped to attain his bachelor's •de greein' music ' A;•friendly 'lad,' he was beloved ,by young and old,: and none there is who can speak but good of him Rexford loved the •children•, and his ' theatre, which 'he 'estab- lished' within the past few 'years,. he regarded not, from a financial standpoint, b; u t . a s something, worthwhile for the, village::and for. the ' entertainirnent ,o'f:'."tile . ;kids'', as he. affectionately . referred to° Just:the afternoon: of his .death. he had presented a fa ee show' for the public school upils, when. •he 'screened an educatijonal;`film and ' added some ", : shorts to round out• :the. per,. formance • A few nights. before. he had High, played "host ; to , the H g , Schooi..:_ students .as a, special •shawing fol `Towing, a: skating ' party. The day before the fatal accident he had aken ':a load. of: 'Bantam. hockey.. 1i4yers to Goderich. ; From ` that trip he returned :with a: lovely lace handkerchief -his 'mother's Valentine, remembrance, , a n d which . he had;given:- her on return• _ . • Such. little incidents 'ar'e typical of ,Rexford ,Ostrander's life. Ifito his : less than thirty ;'t'e'ars, 'he crowded more .'kindliness, more` Unselfishness and. did. morea noble :d'e'eds thari 'most, of .us.. will . ever be able.; to claim` in our full al.,. ld pt'bf three score years • ndottet ns. a a e .. His heart -broken. parents' have many, many lovely memories to .;comfort them in the- lonely, days ahead.. ' ' • •