The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-01-08, Page 1s
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Modern Facilities
An important milestone 'in the'
history of secondary: education for
the village of Ripley. and sur-
,. rounding' rural' district ,was .mark
ed in'the "Huron Hub" on Mon-
day evening . of ' last. week -when
the new " $112,000 'addition to Rip-
ley District High School ' was of-
ficially opened. The new addition
contains:. a gymnasium -auditorium,
storage 'room, - physical education
instructor's .room, • janitor';s room,
dressing roomscomplete with
showers, kitchen . and lunchroom -
/classroom. It is ' situated to .the
north of the original school..
The present school, prior to the
new addition, wastbuilt. about 1950
after fire destroyed the original
'' school in. 1948.: In 1950 the school
;,hid 4 classrooms and in 1948, 2
more were, added. Now, with art-
LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO
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WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY 8,. 1944.
ool Addition
other,.: addition, it indicates the'
growth of secondar�y'•education
Ripley and District" in these. .years.
William Harris, chairman of the
school' 'board' acted; as . program
chairman for' ''the evening. After
the singing of. "0 Canada" Rev'.
George Ball' of • St. Andrews United.
Church conducted devotions tak-
ing some versesof scripture' from.
the 90th.; Psalm. '"A Faithful Shep-
herd is my. Lord" was •sung by
the Ripley High School double
trio of Barbara, Joyce *and Mary
Anne Funston, Anne . Gemmell,
Diana MacAuley and Corine Mac-
Donald. : • ° a . ,
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• TRIBUTE 'TO • JOHN A.
In his Chairman's .remarks Mr.
Harris welcomed' those present
and invited them • .to tour the ad-
dition at• the :conclusion of . the pro
gram "I hope each •-and every
student; 'will treat •this :school as.
were his. own," Mr, Harris
said. ' He explained that the flood
lighting front 'of:•`the "schoot in
stalled a year or ' so ' ago. from a
"bequest' .by . the ' 'late James H.
Needham is being extended to in-
clude- the new addition, "Huron,.
Bruce and Gre unties, I .be-
lieve, are thecounties of the future
and Ripley District High. • School,
believe it or not, will be • right /in
there playing an importantpart
in. their development." Mr, ; Har-
ris stated that one of the com-
ments ` made when they. • met the
Department •of .Education offic-
ials in- seeking approval. for this
new addition was, "It looks as if
you swish to carry on the work of
Dr. JohnA. MacDonald whose
heart ` and soul was . m your
school,"/ and we, assured them that.
(Continued on'. page 10) :.
California Winfer
For Octogenarian .:
Mr. Wm. Ritter,*Who /resides
with his daughter - Mrs. Chas.
Shaddl.ck, Lucknow, . left Boxing
Day for Hemet, California, where
he will spend about three months
with . his"•daughter, Mrs., Malcolm
McFarlane. Mr. Potter, who 'is
82, motored with, hisgrandson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert s McFarlane
of.e e
H m t,CaliforniaCa who were
visiting in this area.
cene: 0�
Air- Cras
F}L Shirley... Robinson. of - the
RCAF at. St, ' : Hubert, Quebec,
visited with her 'mother Mrs..How
and•
Robinson,. ucknow ` :over the'
n, . , .
Christmas 'holidays:.
Shirley resent at : the scene
was " p
of the Trans "Canada, Airlines'DC-
,8 .crash at : St. • Therese, Quebec,
shortly after .: it happened. Her
presence at the scene of this sec-
• ond: worst crash . in ' commercial
aviation history was mainly ; to
familiarize •herselfand compan-
ions with' the first aid set up at
the .diaster: area. They. felt the
experience gained would help their,
medical 'staff ''in :handling, a 'sim-
ilar . first aid: set -un, should such
, '. an accident thappen in their area.
All at the 'crash scene had' to
he, inoculated against tetanus,
and thin: was. done ' with :' a : special ..
`gun at the rate of , `: about: 500 in
• a half ' an hour.
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'> ;The. ' recovery • work ,was . much
like any .excavation work. Shovels
scooped out the earth and dumped
• their load on dump, trucks. The
5 in front
' oad n
trucks _ ; roped their,
r
• 'of aboia 80
• men who
went .over
the earth' with forks ' searching
for human remains,'aircraftparts,,
ete.' 'The human remains were
removed to a pathology lab (a
converted lire hall) .Where they
were carefully' examined :and then
to.. the , morgue, , where they were:
put in sealed. bronze " caskets.
Shirley reported , this , as very
painstaking and cold work. She,
another' nurse and a : female path-
: • ologist• were ' the ' only's three fe-
males allowed into ` the .lab.
• Earlier, .Shirley , had .Visited the
Montreal, Rehabilitation c e n t r e.
They .discussed the possibility' 'of
settingupa' physio therapy " de-
partment t St. ' Hubert. The new
Montreal hospital' treats all types,
of, ?patients with handicaps and
while there Shirley, saw several
Thalidomide .babies.
`
She h a d . a mem1ory , e `. ex-
perience •'while.., at the pt,
'T'herese
crash scene. She drove a- railroad
d isel engine belonging • to the
'nearby; army camp. Shirley at
• tended° ,Lucknow High School and
-since her nurse's training has
served as a nursing sister with
the RCAF.. Her rank in the "ser -
Vice r is • Flight Lieutenant. •
Camped Out Toronto Rink In
.::.
dor 'two Nights Curling Bonspiel
Three ' •liardy young men from
Lucknow spent two'"'nights camp-
ing out last week in. temperatures
that dipped to: 2 degrees below on
the second night..
Elliott lhottWhitby,• pill' Chester and '
Allan , Kreutzweiser, members of
the Lucknow Boy `... Scouts, were
working : on their , .winter - camping
badge and . spent Monday, :Tues
day and Part of Wednesday on
the' "Smith farm's ` on the 6th
concession Of Kinloss,
The boys '.slept ; in sleeping : bags
der the shelter 'of a ' un ltelean-to
made front cedar -boughs.: The.
made the trek in on snow-
s shoes carrying -their: supplies' -on'
a toboggan.
,' They didn't use a camp fire
the first nightout when';the temp-
erature was about 16, degrees; , but '.
the . secondni ht when the read-
ing
ing..:went to 2 below : zero, they
lit ".-a reflector fire which "didn't.
work too well.?
Langside
And Pik
Boxing 'Day ...
Sixty-four. curlers participated in
the: Boxing Day bonspiel for mem- -
bers, of the Lucknow Curling Club
Thomas Ross' ' 'of Toronto,' who
and their friends held in the'Luck=
was • bornat Langside in 1861,
now arena, afternoon; Thursday•
, celebrated his : 102nd ;Birthday , on
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•and evening,.:December 26th. Christmas . D'
ay, He still attends
'First place
winner
s was arink
church..
s
ervi
ces ..' regularly
'ea
ch
Mrs. GeorgeWhitby,Ted McClen- Mr. Ross.. is . son o` he. late•skipPedby AlvinHamilton. with 'Sunday.
•aghan, Omar Brooks. They 'tad 2 Thomas Ross and- Mary . MacKin-
wins plus a full allowed plus on 12,' non.. His `: father • died when. he.
A rink. skipped by Bill Chin of.:, was a ' few weeks old. Two years
Toronto, . comprising Bill's • wife and ; later his mother; married Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sy Mah . of Toronto ' Thomas Maclver a ,widower with
placed se and with .2 wins. plus 11- 'a family .of^'four : young:.` children,
Consolation, : prizes,donated by
'George, Kenneth, arJane'
and
William 'Schmid,; were .won.bYWilliam.To thisunion. were
born
Blake Alton's rink of Mrs.. Bud four • children, Donald Lauchlan
Hamilton, Alan Barger•' and Tom. John and Lize.. Mr. Ross.:is the.
Rathwell. Everyone•played two 10— sole survivor : of this family.
end games;' the first `. draw 1 to. 3 ;
His'.. early life • was spent ' with'
'and 7. to�:9,: and the second 'draw, '3
- an uncle: and aunt, Mr., and Mrs.
1
to 5 and 9 to' 11.
Sandy Ross, at Langside.
sing.• Oopyr:10c
ative, toted Games Athlete
er, Was 102 Years On Christmas �•
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,Former L�ucknowites WiHSnell'd
Mrs.oss
R „, . the, former: Jean.
Davidson of Langside, passed
away in. '1946, three years • after
they: had celebrated their::' Dia-
mond - Wedding: Aniversary.`, His
two daughters, ; Miss ''Minnie Ross,
and Mrs;: Alex. Murray, son -in
Eighteen Months In Afgh�nistan
Dr.:`John Mowbray.of Saskatoon Dr. Mowbray, who is a spec-
nd formerly of ,Lucknow is Vis-,ialist in ;.Internal Medicine ; in
stinghere along with his wife & Saskatoon,. will serve underthe
familiy before flying to .. Afghan- care project. for. 18 months.'. Phys
istan where ,he will "serve in, a un-. ieians; that work on the team•
ique medical instruction program
aimed at helping that country.
Dr. ' Mowbray will ' work ' under
a CARE project
. of medical
in-
struetion to interns' and Post grad-
uate
ra-uate students of Afghanistan'. ,The
aim of the nine year plan, 'three
of which«have° been • completed, leted is
mainly' to improve the standards
of medical teaching at, the med-
ical'' school • at Kabul, the . capital
city of the: country. Kabul, with
a '• ponulation of '300,000, is where
theMowbray owbraY family will make
their. home. Mrs.. Mowbray is. the,
rormer. Catherine. athherine', .. uta
johns
Luckhow,° and their family,;;of''
three boys -ages 13, .10 and '41h -+
will attend an International School
at Kabul. The family fly from
New York on the' , 17th . of ,Jan
uary.
TWO FUNERAL : SERVICES
law Alex :Murra Sr., and and ;daughtr, `Miss Jean Murray have .
also %predeceased him Mr..Ro�ss served : on .theToronto
Police' ce' .for.`: • : FlitHurt six ears.Y. YHe oranized h rgt eTo onto. - PohceBand and •taught . each member
to play the bagpipes.• : He won: many ;athletic trophiesfrom ,the ' Caledonian' Games and
later the' Police and Scottishgames:
Hee: is a member of T the Gaelic
Society.. Mr. Ross. was Huron -Bruce
champion ` 'at •the Calendonian
Games"'inLucknow' in ' 1889 and1890, and:,that year went to'• 'Toronto to join :;the 'City Police Forcewith which : he. served; until .hisretirement: in' 1924 atthe' age of
63.'rs,M Rats said`:' that in thosedays 'there wasn't as much crime.
Police officers couldn't carry. a
gun in the day • time: and' henever fired a .shot,: always using"a peaceful way" .in enforcingthe law.
Is ,Mater. .rSe eant
In .U0S.-- ,Air" �Force
rotatedon a 18 •to 24.months basis. •
Five; physicians, ' four nurses and Known to many in the ' Luck -non-commissioned - o f f i c e r in
medical technichians make',urs the now and'°'Kinloss Township areas,' charge of maintenace control.." This
continually ` rotating team. Their Donald MacDonald has: been pro- includes 'supervisor control over
instruction, to<' the.. Afghans .'who -rooted to the rank' of Master' • Ser- radar, • radio,. nav-aids,— teletype,
main- geant .: in . the .United States: Air and crypto equipment. re are
have � their own: language is maf ;. , _ equipment. T� ,
ly .,done through interpreters. , . Force. , : other NC0'sa in each,.. of these div -
Afghanistan, is • in south-central.
Asia and. borders on the Soviet.
Union
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Mrs. „ Wilson• Irwin of Brucelea'
Haven, Walkerton, spent Christ-
mas day .with her son Spence
Donald,,who is married with a isions' and. Donald is' ` chief 'over'
family of four children, is a nep- them all. '
hew of= Mr., and .Mrs, William. In March.: of this year"' he will ' a
eous:of Lucknow. As a"young.
Port
'man, :'he . lived with` his grand-
parents Mr and .Mrs. Dan Mac -
'Donald, `second of •• Kinloss, and
attended. Lucknow High : School:.
be reassigned . to ''• France in:a
mobile . squadron which travels all
over Europe, Africa and the .Mid--.
=ale East.. Donald's: wife and . fam-
ily', will'join him' in France about,
I inand Mrs.Irwin:
He'enl enlisted in the U.S, Air Force. "a month.. after he is osted there.
rw : Irwin. ' Mrs:.1rp
win, who., will . be' 93 in March,is Donald w has made a career of • In a letter . to Mr.. and Mrs..,
en o in. Food health and,is' ble the 'service. He -is presently. sta-Howard Agnew of. Lucknow, Don-
to
on-
J Y r gable a tinned .at Mood Air Force, Base,ald, wished t ' be *remembered tQ:be arotynd using, a wheel•.'cha�r: Y, His ., -. , : 4 bered to
Valdosta, Georgia; His duties•' are everyone in Lucknow and'district...
'ou�ng, Wes*ford Family Lose
HELD '.FOR INFANT BABIES-
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Two private„ funeral services Home in:I;�'. ears Eve Fire
for' infant babies :were ; held ,on. New : Years Eve, ,a time . of in .Lucknow •to visit.' relatives who 'succeeded ;in: removing most of
Monday, December 23rd., • gaiety" for' : many,' % brought ' only
The infant- son, of Mr. and Mrs. sadness ' to . the ' James .Haldenby
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Elmo Sanderson who . was. still
born was temporarily buried : at
South Kinloss . Mausoleum • with
the final resting place being South
Kinloss Cemetery, Rev. H. Strapp
. u • e at
h .funeral. servxc ,
conducted the
the MacKenzie Memorial Chapel.
Graveside services for ; the twins
of Mr, " and;Mrs. Dan Rose . of
Emo, Ontario,: were held at Loc-
halsh • Cemetery with. Rev. Neil
;McCombie officiating. One child
was . stillborn and "' the other died.
shortly after birth. Johnstone
Frinerl Home .was in ' charge* '
family of Westford as, fire level-
led " their . frame farm home . oil
the 12th' concession of 'Culross;
Left homeless were Mr. and
Mrs. Haldenby, 'their two girls
Debbie•age 7 and Diane age 5,
and Jim's -brother. Kevin, 17,
who snakes his home with them.
Mrs. Haldenby was , the former
:Helen Campbof : Kincardine,
The fatiniy
e,
1 had lefttheirfarm'
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home,
located near the ' Westford
School east of Kinlough, and had
planned to go to the funeral home
h `' the furniture and"'p ersonal , effects
ereavement.
a' d suffered•
�a b from
the downstairs of the ' house
When leaving a `f arm, they not- but the bedrenth farm- are bed-- •
iced a. low. in ,the ' ur stairs '� aof . irs t
l�� . • ding and all the. �upstaxrs effects. •
the ' house,.' and' returned to find were destroyed in the 'fire. The
the upstairs, of the home on fire. loss is 'estimated by firemen at
Teeswater ' firemen were summon- about $4000 to the house • plus the.
.ed but could do' little to save
the ` house when they rrrived.
They carried. 1200 gallons of water
on their truck and did not use
this up •coma letely in their fire
p Y
fighting. A nearby . barn was not
threatened, The farm' " has been
in the Halfienby name for'malty.
years. .. .
1 The rH'aldenhys and ties hours
furniture and personal. belongings-.
Temperatures atthe time of the
fire were sub -zero. It is. believed
that the fire started in the chim-
ney .and spread'': `from,- the ' attic
.ow,n rSia .
The young family has secured
living accomodation in a ' bome
a fever miles -.away, 'belonging. to .
Everett Whytock,,
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