The Lucknow Sentinel, 1948-02-19, Page 8iz
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LSACKNQW, QNTAIU,
FATALLY INJURED • •.
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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
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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.
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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
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a hose bine was' laid from the
hydrant at ' the. Siipertest Garage,`
the lusty :blaze was. extinguished
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THURS.,, FEBRUARY 19th, 1948:
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The Store ,of: Friendly: Service
'PHONE 82 .: • • WE DELIVER'
e _Prepared for
Spring
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LIBBER FOOTWEAR FOR. •,
ALL. THE F ►M•ILY '
•yCh d'$ Rubber Boots, 640
sse'' 'Rubber Boats;
2 ° - _. _ • $2.45',
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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. .
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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:'•
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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
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'VV`OOL DRESSES :Half.'; _Price
MEN'S TWO -PANT SUITS. in Cambridge
'—:Made.—t6—Measure.`.
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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
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busy, opening."back" roads. ' ,' McKinnon. Rexford' , was born
rel
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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
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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.. ' '
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