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2..00 A Year In•Advance •SQe'Extra: to U. S. A.
�etiioxi FrovanC
To Pave Highwa
•
With sections of Highway •No
86 . froth. Amkerley t 'Elmira
-r• ,,
probably •in the worst onditi
•in
ever sincea.
`e��ev'in-
• becoming •
cial' Highway, a,' concerted moue•
now. underway, With the Abject,
• 'of having the' toad paved:
McSs:i•$,-Carmicha'el'..arrdBenson.
iof• ;Listowel ° were • in town `last
weekwhile on a' tour' aimed at
arousing interest in every muni
cipality,.town,• village and'hamlet
along this, route, to' the point of
•pressing the Highways,; Depart
-
° ment for early 'action in paving
this highway. A ' preference 'for
concrete: has been expressed, due
.to .the •bea_y ;..traffic -that.-travel's
this. road.`. . ,
otime
N is 0tAon being .
s .
1 in' -
s
soring: the project, which_-wilL,be•
offi iai1' g y. .upched at. a public
Meetingeeti�lang to be. 'held in Listowel
—on -:Frill- z. • ..:
y --n ght of this --week, at
which it 'expected re re
se
nta.-
t ive s will be inattendan+ee
froth-
Guelph
r _
om
Guelph to Arnberley. It:is Poss-
ible -that a Highway organization.
' will, be 'formed and unquestion
-db1y-.a deputation: viTk lie named
to present the :petition at Queen's,
Mr. ' John Hanna M.P.P
DEATHS AT
THE WEEK -END
The Gri:
m ,.Reaper claimedthe
lives of three residents, this.
community 'the .part 'art ; of the
:latter
Week. All ,three 'deaths occurred
on 'Friday..•
Mrs.. John Campbell, .f'
formerly
Martha'.Durnin,' passed away in.
her 83rd. year ati.'the home ;.of
Mr ' and. Mrs. Jacob Hunter,
where the funeral 'service ' w'as'.
held on Monday, with 'interment
' in•Greenhill. Cemetery.' ' ,' •' •
William John Dobson', father of
Mrs.. Wm. Pinnell. of Kinlough'
died"in Wirigharn Hospital''in his
76th year.' Service, was . held in'
Kinlotigh "Anglican Church Mon-
d"
ornz
a-y..__..m n
and ..
g in • Trinity
church, Wiarton, that. 'afternoon
where e
burial i'altoo
k_p lac
e
William. Henry Scott,. passed
awl
in- '.
�
St. M
YS ich
al
e s . -in;his 78th Hos ital',
p
,year..,The ser-
vice was held •`: on Tuesday frornz
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26th; 1946
8 PAGES.
his late residence, Con.. 12, Kin
loss-'Towpship with interment in
-Greenh%lf
TO, DISCUSS VETERANS','
I tin on -1 rt1-PR=OBL 1 IsI:IJ SDAJIr,
ce. an'a=Mr:'�ed 'Ed= •
wards, M,P.P, . for Perth,. are
lending . every support:. to the
move,' and- will be in attendance
at the meeting Friday, l night,"-,
Optimism . is running high .for.
early action and' some.' hope.' is
held that' preparatory ;workmay
be. started'' on leo. '86' this year.
UNDER:tVENT::OPERATION
IN HIS :91st 1��''AR'
• .Mr. John 'Elliott, of London re-
cently underwent .6.. 'successful
eye operation ,for the removal of
cataract, '`;(Which . had seriously af-
f �.
ect'
ed his tisz
o .
and
had , forced
.•hi
m t
o r� ,.
dy
cont'�`z
iZ
ue the occasional
and very ,welcome,, items to The
Sentinel.
Although in ,hi "
g s 91st- year, it
is expected that the:;; 'operation
will permit .Mi. Elliott to again
-read acrd write,. ';
STAFF PARTY: FOR
MISS •
I
v oL
A
Kf •
RRY�
•
A• pleasant social evening was
held' on Friday evening • when `•a.
Silverwood staff' party was. held
in honor of:.Mss',Viola° Kerry at
the home of Manager J. C. Mc -
Nab d Mrs, McNab.-There was
attendance of ;thirty-two per -
'sons, who enjoyed an evening of
cards, with ',refreshm.ents.
... byserved
the host and hostess. Prize
• whiners' at cards- were William
Lloyd and •'Mrs. • Harvey Trelea
During 'the evening Miss Viola
Kerry ;was presented with a loge-
lY.pen and'pencil set. Mr. McNab.
made the presentation 'address
and the gift was. presented, by
kedvers Johnston, who was on-
:;....,the•• -Car... ._..._� ...._.
• gill staff with Miss Kerry,
'prior to, coming. ' to. L' ucknow.'
The guest of honor wh ` '
oisnow.
a member' of the Elmira staff of
Silverwood Dairies Limited, Staff,
as
a member of the Lucknow office
staff for 15 years, ars ' ori
Cargill _• , , ,, arid served' at.
•for four years •prior to
comm P
1; here. • . •
'Miss Kerry's s transfer to Elmira
"took place .. so
; staff .part quickly. that, the
staff
tpar y 'vas not possible at
Friday night's 'gathering o
served as an .o g. also
come 'opportunity to wel
Mr: Mrs.; Joseph'' Writt
and 'Miss' Celia' Wilson.: Mr. Writt
hill 1lfiss Wilson, a, ,,
frvel net` , re compara-
tively u Members of the. Luck-
trove plant's office: staff.
Missing from
and b this staff.,
tend one who never failed 'to • at=
> and fully' en...
parties: Jdy:'such staff.;
Dailies; was Mrs: 'E: D. Hassalli.
se death' occurred month.
ONEIiOME',: ONE IN-HOSPITAL;) HAD •'SMALL BARN BLOWN BARN BURNED
ONE HAD NAME DELETED AWAY BY TORNADO . '
TRIO OF'
Three local boys slated to re=
turn on the Ile de France, which
docked at -Halifax on, Friday, had;
a diversity • or -experiences. Most
fortunate -of the trio was Stewart
Carrieron, who reached, Hamilton'
early Monday morning where he
was greeted': by .his '•mother ,and:
sister Arabelle, Mrs:: N, E. Bush
ell, His: brother Kenneth is bed-
fast nvalesc
e • at :his home her '•co -
ing from,.aserious illness.' ,.
Stewart was scheduled t'o'
arrive. , in Lucknow .,yesterday
T
(u. esday). • afternoon. He was
married 'in' Sciitland this 'spring
•
Nelson: Webster, whose home is
on the' outskirts of Windsor, felt'
the',affects� of the recent twister
as ,it swept across . his back yard,;
and
demolished em i
a
shed
a s 1
ma 1ar
b n at
the rearof the property. •Disap-,
peering also with the barn ' :was
a'• young calf, which returned
from "nowhere" about:. four or
five • hours' Pater, • :n'
Mr, and Mrs ''Webster's next.
'door' neighbors had 'their 'back
porch torn : off their home, 'and
three houses: on . the street dis=,
appeared ` without ieavirig s
trace.of even. a dishtowel".
and ! expects. his wife..to shortly
Jack '`MacDonald, soli •of'` Mr.
and • Mrs;• Jack : MacDonaldof
toivrz hadn't,
such• good :fortune.
After docking; at Halifax he .was
hos `�i
taliz� ' .
p ed, which will delay his
arrival' .
her
e-'
..I�To. det�'i " -"
of
a I
s
illness have been received;
But the worst '
.'bl°
ow
t . befellPte.'
. J
Donald:-Maclntyre, son of Mr.
'and Mr
s.
Wm.ac Y
M Int: '
e r o
f Kin -
oss
, who ,was, listed . on board the
Ship only to be , included in:: 'a
later list of . deletions. :W
-FARMS -SOLD -HOLD
A
UCTI
ON SALES
Mr:' W. W. ,Aria tg, p .. .
ron re res
entative -af ;the: .De ;art n •
p zne t -
of
Veterans' Affairs, + will be at the
Legion Rooms, , Lucknow from -4
to .6 p.rn. on 'Thursda:y; Jtine 27th,
to interview voter ans .'Kith .regard'
to their ,rehabilitation' plans and
pi-oblerns.''Bring your discharge:
_cr ,r ourran e an war --gi -u3 y
statement with you.,'`
O UNLTsSUCC;EED .
S
On �onsecu'tive days -this week.
—Thursday. and Fr'idaY g='clearing
auction: sales :are .
bein ,.held :
g. that
both' result .from .., the sale• of
' farnas: •
On. Thursday afternoon on`the
6th of• •Hluron. ;three miles ,:west
of ,the Lucknow Ho'lyrood 'road;
a big . sale tt-i11 .be held . at the,:
FORMER' M.D. HEAD
ofH
. EALTHS s
�
UNIT
• Dr. William Fowler 'of .Erin and
formerly ,of Luck. now,' has been
appointed Enke County-MedicalR
Health Officer, as, new head of the
-- is
U
County Health nit that
come
es into being Ys
on .J 1
u 1 t in
B'
ruce
Dr Fowler's ,appointment was
approved by the county comini.t:,
tee :corriprised of Reeves D..:A.
Maeforrald _ __o.f:. Iiuron - - -
,
Sloan
t-
Sloan of . Elderslie; •' C, A .Taylor
of Wiarton and Harold Donnelly
• of :Greenock,' and ,was ratified by
-t'tzz: rro.u-ileal-as -a• ho1ez
iAppointment of ', another. key
official in' the new, :plan Was 'made
by' namingMiss ;. F. Greenaway
as 'supervisor ' of . nurses Miss
Greenaway was a '.former V.O.N.
representative :'at Walkerton. Be
fore ' recommending these ap-
pointrnents the cornmi•ttee con-
ferred with :Dr.. W: E. Struthers
•
•
•
DAY BEFORE SALE,
On Sunday night about- eleven;
o..':clock, fire broke out in, the barn:•
on •Jack' Switzer's •grass farm, ,be
tween .the boundary and 'the 12th'
Concession of `: - Ashfield, ` and in
short order : reduced the building'
to ashes.
The h mes'w .
were e fed by a '.feve
tons of 'hay ''which, were • left
the ' barn' after wintering sole
cattle: No one. lives on the place.
The `blaze occurred less than 24
hou -s
... r before the time set for.
holding' an . auction sale on the
premises to sell , the. ;buildings,.,
including the house,. ,drive shed
and.: barn. The; house: and drive
shed escaped,. the • flames, al-
ou• h•
ththe latter w
. g as. saved •oriiy:•.�
by the timely shifting of the:
wind. ,The fire was• discovered
and d an1�
a arm
turned
i
. n
b'
Y
George Gibson,. ''
•• . 'It ' is °thou �g ht 'that a_'.'smoker
Mayhave'started
y the fire;' . as
there were -
qiite .a number on
the premises
looking thebuild-`
ings over 'that afternoon. and .ev- .'
ening.
There was • some risurance.•,.on,
the: barn. The proprietor- was e, `-
turning from `Wingham:•late. that
evening when the .reflection ` in
the direction' of his : buildin s
cause+= -hi ii ,drive to the • top
of . Irwin's hilt from where' ;he•.;.
could discern that the .blaze 'was
on his p'roperty. '
•
I
HAD , NAME -.OP CRttSHER
OPERATOR •WRONG
ee • asst -s axr - o' . e_.-...ep:ar_tzrzent-ofT
Mr: Alex . Stanley 'bought' ••this health .in . har
c ge Of the formation
farmand ev er Vthing else . on • the of County ;health units
C'
h�emiGr , .except tli'e 'hobsehol'.d' `'D' aduated
• effects• . As" Mr:: Stanley .has an in medicine .:frcirn Toronto' Uni-
-l?-c.�c-e- e-tc set -of i:mpleme
4•
and. all°she •farm stock , .he can duated in' public. health, which'he,�
hnnd.
e. he
z disposing
sof
all the had .' .
d taken a
� �, s a' special post-war
stock- and implements' h p .
on •. th.. _ cQ r's�e: Dr..'Fowler .�
_ r_ u Dx� Fow.lerfzrst,practiSed.
:Kennedy f i M. and :'states there , at Lucknow,. where' he succeeded
Fowler is 40 He gr
HEA ..
LTH..
r .BOARDS..
•
The Bruer' Cciun1 ' Hoalth,_L'nit,
app�•oyc d. b. County' Council at
the J:unr..'_ session co.riles into be:=
ing,:',at Jerly 1st; tinder. -tile- r•o-
p
visions of: the Public Health Act!
&hen 'the 'T.nit 1Vf edical' Officers
of Health -assume he'powe:rs and
ie . Z
-,dut res . • r � z
,�, p e ously ,c-e-rcised and
performed by ;local' Medical `Of-
fi• .r .
ce s of health: ': •
Head of• the County Unit 'will
be Dr.'Wrn, Fowler,; utzder whose
'direction will be:.a nursing Super-
visorand-StaffLL
• f'
o nurses,•whose.
task` it 'will be td—Conduct medi-
cal ..examihatiens:.'in the school
and .in� the. hor'ne where ''there are
pre-school, age;`childre,n.•
zl
:The Unit Board of Health -also
replaces local Boards of Health
which :wilt -cease ----to nation -at
:the end of this month..
•.Official'notice .has been •receiv-
ed locally of the establishing of
the new plan, , and all accounts
incurred locally for medical in-
sped-on--o-f•-schoo-l-pupils foir-the;
first .six montrs of the year, are
to be submitted- fors certification
and `payment. .
The local Board of Health has,
been 'comprised of Dr,.W. V.
Johnston, M O•H,; hteeve J W;
Joynt'arid L. C. Thointison:'',
LOCAL OR.00ERY ►
CHANGES HANDS
Effective last Thursday, 1VIr.
George Moncrief . topic . over •'t e
fruit and grocery business ope'
'ated since February lst, by r.
and Mrs. Herb 'McQullin, Herb
has disposed, of the business' due
to the necessity of entering''' the
hospital to receive treatment. for
a back ' injury suffered. while 1'
overseas. '"
� y
"nat•e nt•lti
Mr: •Moncrie f ,-,fit
Pen-
ticton, has been'' in, tliu East
for •the past eight years. In June
of '1940 he joined the R.C.A.F. as
an aircraft. , engines r, and Tater',
served as an Armyclerk. ':•
Mrs. Moncrief, was 'fornier;iy
Betty f#issett,''daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Russell 13issett of Ash -
'
field:
rivair
193 a
��i`t�his year gra•-
operating ;ip .the new`fown it' is
p
owri'ed ane operated` by Joe. Kerr..
I
last In a week
s issue vc e gave � Joe • •
Scott the: credit.
It was :Mr', ' S.eottTwho-ripened.
the pit
but '
t finding P din;.
g the.. `gravel
unsatisfactory for " his require=
ments, turned it -over `to:.Joe-Kerr,;_ e
who installed • . his' crushing r hang out= •
fit. here, from' where he,is filling,
he r
g a�el contract on the''
h
Wing-'
H~g'h, y'86, He previously corn -
•r
1
C S
'vii1 he: Positively no. reserve` • Dr- .R J Bowen. He later.. went
t
L ttle,.Sate . zErin'AVhere
he practised'. until
1„
T1 I1
fcr a,�t.ing, day (Friday) on "enl'istzing ' in the �' array.. medical.
'the. Fourth of Kinloss, a mile 'corps;. He, served': overseas J
est 'f,h.
n
g
the Lu - �
Of , cknow .I-Lolyrood .parte in .the Sicilian invasion' and
z•o •�r
ad. •Mr."AIbe •t .Little, z t •
le w'
t .�h'•
od:th•'-:
X11 1 e attic ,fo '
b rI
taly.-He : was� at
a clearing' auction sale' of, stock.,:tached ,to;:.15- Canadian General
an d implements: • Hospital and later No: 4 Hospital
i'fr: Little is ,retiring' from the in .England. . '
faun'
nav'n i '
z ds
0
sed
of the' prop-gHe, ,' was P e vas . born in Wentworth'
erty .t .''
o Cliff •
y Roulston •of: to�wri, County and. :..was -educated at•
who. has' purchased it: under the Hamilton, where ' e also
Veterans' Land Act, and will 'ob- his intern •.
eship m t;; Hamilton
:tarn' possession •very.:shortly, al-: General' Hospital and in.., the
though for the time ' being; the Mountain Sanitorium.' .He is
housing situation may: delay Mr.. married and 'has two children,
Little: from leaving the farm.: Billy :and Joan: :•,
alt is not yet certain 'what Bruce.
Burs• .Siddall--Iio e •• • '-- - County-_ ..cornmtnity- ;will --:be the-
Mr.:. •and ' Bars.I centre for th
. H. D,;. Thompson el county health� unit.
have purchased the residence of
the ' late Frances Siddal Estate,
.wri.ich: they have tenanted for
some tiine. The deal. included the
-adjoining- .prenzisesr--occupiect-by
Mc,.'R: J:,. Moore.•. •
COMING 'EVE NTS
•
LEGION DANCE
In- th-e Town :;IIa1.1 Liicltiaoty
Friday, .1unel-28th, Carruthers' or=
chestra, adr'nissio i' 50c. . Lunch'
counter. Remember the date, this
Friday night; -
•
ANNIVERSARY • SERVICES
Hackett's Anhiversary Services
will be held on. June 30th'at•2,00
P.m, and 7.30 p.m; D.S,T.. , Rev.
C. H, Dickinson: of Toronto `will'
be guest minister. special., music;
-afternoon, , Misses Doris Taylor
and Margaret Rae; e iening, Au
burn quartette: .
• BANDS! BANDS! :'BANDS! •
Come to the Waterloo Music
?estival, '• Saturday, June 29th,
Waterloo, Ontai;io, Music canine-
titian •• Concert Bands =- Bugle
'Bands --.Trumpet Bands
irrfr acid Scotch dancing,. All clay,'
Great musical • tatoo ir`:. evening
with., s;,zec �
r tacular fireworks lis
piny. All in beatttifitl Waterloo
Park.' D.aylib ht saving time.:•
In addition to the .medical health
officer there .wil'1 be 12 nurses,
three sanitarY•'inspectors and a
veterinarian.
am
t ..
`Am '
b
erley :Stretch. 'of:
te-
Pled'gravelling from : Ltv
is oeh
'Wingham. -
Mr.Kerr,• is' currently using ng a ..,
o er
trick which
carries 12
ons .of, gravel, and discharges. its
oad, f'
nom underneath to "do an
specially i
all
good,job ob
of.l laying ng
the
ravel:It, fs expected
•
that :the
on
•tract '•to. Amberley will be •
ompleted:•n ten. days or so..
to
t
1
e
c
c
-"Want .Ad" . Brought .
all
k's
is
De
smith
Detroit ,Telephone C_
A "cottage 'for ren -f!' -,
in ' last wee. Sentinel
brought one -reply 'v long dis-
tance telephone •from troit, and.
brought not only the
call, but
results
Hose ur. ,
�
�ha wed_
rola
• The,`-ISaturd'ay' auction of the
p'roperty..and .hoti-seholdIeffeets of
the late George H. Smith' Estate,
attracted buyers 'froth such' points
as Timmins, , Niagara . Falls,. Seb.-•
ring vine, ' Seaforth, • Goderich
.Hanove`r and 'Wingharn, to• men-
tion.
ention• but a few, with hundreds
of • other buyers and spectators
in attendance from the commun-
ity, but Mott of the crowd didn't
have "the kind of money" . ,that
was, paid for much of the house-
hold goods.
The property prices all attain-
ed or exceeded the reserve bids,
although the general opinion was
that' thereal estate : was ` well
worth the mone�> and prices paid
were slightly below, where,"street
ta'lk" had, them' set:'
Thehouse and. lot. nt
mbei4�J".
Was bought' by W. G;. Finlayson
for $5;3001 lot ,100, 'adjoining,• to
the east went to L. C. Thompson
f'or $225 and .lot 98, to . the north
•
•
,Y,
•
and -immediately back of the rest-
•
dence, went to 'W. E. Henderson'
for $150:
1`;
The sale got underway prompt-
ly at one o'clock arid itawas about. ...
7.30. that evening before Auction- -
eer Wellington Hen°derson'•barked `.
out his last "sold'''. It was a big
afternoon's job with' even• bigge
prices • ;obtained.: Th e bu 'yer
weren'tidding: in trickles, or
quarters �t this sale
but''•were
talking in paper. money. Some in-
stance's of quality and price were
$286for a.:Persia'n •rug; $575 for
the. baby grand piano; $210., for •
the upright piano;. $245 'for a '4-
.pi•ece` 'bedroani suite; $54 for a
framed needle point, •with a
couple' of occasional chairs in the
thirty and forty 'dollar bracket.
Dishes, ' silverware, linens ' a.nd.
bedding were among other ' ef-
fects that were, snapped, up' at •
good ,prices..:
fix.... +'11 I Vt a:`�•.�� vargw.e=ftmo•--.
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