The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-01-29, Page 1lc
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IUCKNOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY,•JANUARY',29, ;1964
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Alvin B. Hamilton, 46 -year-old.
resident of • the 2nd' ' concession , of
Huron. Township, met tragic death.
early Tuesday morning when his
car was 'engulfed in flames. and
he was burnedbeyond recogni-
tion. Cause of the fire is not;
known at time of writing, . but
it is ' thought that ' Mr; Hamilton
might have been asphyxiated prior:
to his death. '
Alvin --was discovered in the'.
farm, lane • of Donald MacIntyre,
on the• .second . concession of Kin-
loss Township''. a . half mile east
>tc of "South Kinloss Church. He had,
been at the. Maclntyre :place about
midnight, the night before and as
he ' . was leaving •the farm had
slipped off 't; laneway and be-
•come •mired in snow. It::`is as-
sumed 'that• he was in thecar
all night '
Upon rising to , fix . the fire'
shortly before ' seven • .: the ` next
• morning, Mr. Maclntyre noticed.
the glow from the ' window. and
realized 'that , the Hamilton car,
still in : thelane, was on fire. He,
summoned Lucknow firemen, he
aith- himself being unable toget.'.clpse
pade . to . the; burning auto. ' Firemen, un-
7 for der ; chief George Whitby, sue.
sway ceeded in :getting the fire out
Dr. with water on.'the, truck. The 'en
us- tire' interior of the car was`- gats,
ted and Alvin's charred remains
were in the driver's seatwith
his head resting on ' the back of'.
the. seat.
Jack Hatch of the, .Ontario' ,Pro-
vincial 'Police in.. Kincardine in••
vestigated the death. Coroner Dr.
M. R. Helliwell. of Kincardine has.
ordered an. inquest into the': death.
Ross MacLennan . Ambulance of
Kincardine removed the body . to
Toronto where an autopsy , will
be performed. " The ` late model
Buick car is a complete loss.
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SECOND'. TRAGED.X
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This is • the second tragic death
`:in. the Hamilton ':family .in less
than ' five years. In May, 1959,
Alvin's father William R.. ' Hain`-
Ilton, at that time 76, was fatally
injured in a truck -train accident
on • the Holyrood.. read. Mr. 'Ham
ilton was proceeding south at that
time when struck • by : ;a train„ at
the .CNR crossing between Luck
now and the second • concession.
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Alvin lived on. the second of
Huron'in the .Olivet
comunity
He" had ,:.farMed and r e-
mit cently, had been : employed as a
great. , lakes sailor. He has • done
• trucking in this area and also. was
in the trucking ':business in the'
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Hamilton area g in . recent years.
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MonitOba
From:„
Mrs. Elizabeth Sherwm of Bran-
don, Manitoba, is 'receiving ther-
aPY treatment in the hope of re -
,storing ,the bormal Use of.. her
. in a' fall in the pew Air. Terminal
'building in Winnipeg,
Mrs, Sherwin, the farmer Beth
Alton of, Lucknow, was returning
honie from a visit with relatives
here, when She suffered the inis-
ban. She had come- East tO at-
tend the funeral of her nePhew,
jhe late Arnold Alton of Ashfield,
Mrs, Sherwin was going down
the -stairway in the Winnipeg
terminal when. her hee caught
and the. pitched forWard to the
main floor, after making 'frantic
efforts' to eheck her fall, .
She broke a bone in her foot
and eruShed the heel very badly.
• She was takeri by ambidance to
Graee Hospital, 'for elnerOnqY
former .Jean Patterson of Dundas. school . being in : grade. 9. Besides
She had been working as a cook the two teenage girls, a son Mich
on a, boat on the great lakes,ael, age 7, attends the new Cen-.•
and. was at' Port Colborne Tues- tral School in Ripley. A . brother
day when informed of her has.: Ray, resideson• the 2nd of Huron
band's
of• two death. They have. a family not far from `Alvin's place . as
girls and a hoy Marie is does his- mother Mrs..William : R.
a grade 12 student at .:Ripley Hamilton. •°
District "High School and • Janet Funeral arrangements ' were not
is also a;, student at thee. same complete. at time ;of. writing.
Presbyierian Church Ended:: Year With
Go�d:BalMission
encs Exceed �� :
The annual meeting of the to the budget of the church, be..
Lucknow Presbyterian. Church was sides meeting all of . their : own
held in the Sunday : School room expenses.
Of ,the church : Thursday ' evening, There were'. 28 babies registered
January 23. It was preceded by -a on the Cradle ' Roll, 44 children
buffet supper prepared by the were onthe roll call of the O.C.
ladies. ':The meeting opened with The C.G.I.T.
were active, ,car-
a hymn, scripture and prayer... rying out an interesting . program
MacDonald elect-
ed
l t of study and service. At ;Hallow -
• Cameronwasec
ed chairman of the meeting and
Norman Taylor secretary. ;. ;
The ' : Session reported'' 211 com
municant • members. Six infants
e'en their canvas netted $77.15. for
H N'.LC E.F, ' Mrs. J. Pollpck ..of
,Goderich 'was ' thespeaker at the
Vesper Service in December. ..
were baptized and there:. were six. . The Afternoon and Evening Aux -
deaths. iliaries of the W.U.S. sent '$830.00
The. financial :statement showed to the Presbyterial Treasurer,
a balance of $1,450.98' on .hand in i . Mrs. Stuart Jamieson . and Mrs.
.thegeneralfund: with all accounts Clark Finlayson were re -appointed
paid... The budget for missions was Financial Secretary and Treasur-:'
exceeded slightly with $2,312.06 ` er respectively, •
being •raised. Both . the, _.general. Leonard MacDonald was elected.
fund and ,the>. budget wre down to . the Board of Managers,:' for a
from 1962, probably reflecting the. "two-year' term . and Lloyd Irwin,;
€act. ' that no. special project was: Ewart • Jamieson, .Gordon Lyons
undertaken -during : 1963, Tu. ad- and . Frank Hawthorne were ' else-
dition' to regular commitments ted ,..for three-year terms.
$186Society. Mrs
.00 was raised for the Bible ` Miss.Mor, Gladysgan MarscDoonnaldwere and
Hende
The Sunday School reported an= appointed auditors.
other ` successful year with ' an The trustees are . Mr. W. W.
average 'attendance. . of 81. Ten Hill,.. Mr.' W.
J. Irwin, 'Mr.; S. E.
,pupils . had perfect attendance, six Robertson, 4 James Henderson
of " these from the J. C. Johnston and. • Mr. Virden Mowbray.
family. •The S.S. contributed $25.00
Horticultural : Execu# ve Reviews Year.,
Membership ' Drive ..Shortly
An executive 'meeting of the
Lucknow and ' District Horticult-
ural Society was held • at Mrs..
Morgan , Henderson's' home .Fr. iday
evening, January 24th. „
Plans were made' to. conducta
membership drive ' . and for the
first meeting of the Society on
February : 21st, with Mrs. . Cum;:
wings and • Rev,.. H. W. Strapp as
'convenors' for this meeting.
An executive',is in, the process
'of being . formed and will be 'pre-
sented at the February 'meeting
for its approval.
'treatment and x-rays, ',bone
specialist', was called in and, after
trying as- best he could to set
the bones, a cast was pat on the
lltrib • to the knee.
..-Mrs. Sherwin was, hospitalized
for two weeks •in .Winnipeg,' with
the' injury. 'causing- her -much pain.
She 'had the cast remOved • on
January 6th. ' and' now' is under-
going two months of phySiotherapy
treatments at the Assiniboine Hos-
pital . as an out patient, before
she .cap attempt to put any
weight on' it. The ankle wasArs-
locafed from .the socket as 'Well
as the other injuries, which may
result in MrS. SherWin always
being lame. •
She had undergone sU'rgery
October and wag. 'recuperating
from it .at the- time She came
Balance on hand •
December 31, 1962
Admission to: flower
Sale of Seeds,
plants, ete.
1.00
Expenditures: .
Prizes, cash awards 176.80
Junior activities 73.55
Horticultural meetings
and banquet 192.70
Printing and aditertising 37:72
Purchase of seeds,
bulbs and. plants 150.56:
Assoc, memberships 8,88
Miscellaneous 5:27,
Balance on hand. ,
Officials of the society .Point" out
that yoti Will be *approached in
the very near future to becothe
a member of the Society at $1.00
membership fee, and stress that
will enjoy every meeting -and all
the activities.
WOW $100.00 BOND
This. month's winner of the,
"Bond -A -Month" draw' spon-�
. sored' by the Lucknow.- and
• ' District. Lions Club, was. Mrs;.
Marion Donis:
A limiof 200! tickets is sold:
each month for the Club's_ •
.monthly draw for -the . $100
•Pry,.
StUdi1.1
WEns Public
Speaking Honors
Jean ;Sutton, a Grade 10�, student
at .. Lucknow District • High School,
won top public speaking honors
for Grades 9 and 10 at.the public
speaking coneo'
pe g. contest held n Saturday.
in ,Wingham District High School
under the sponsorship of •- the
Wingham Legion.
Jean is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lyman; Sutton of „Kin-
lough.
Kinlough , She receives a '. large tro-
phy to' be kept in the.school and
also a personal' trophy . which She
can keep at home.
In winning' . the honours in this
class she gave a. very forceful
address: on the . timely subject,
"Canadian, Unity." The runner-up,
and last : year's champion was
Peter John Pace. who spoke on,
"Atomic Energy, Master or Ser-
vant."
John Bradley of Lucknow Placed
third `speaking ,on the "United
Nations Organikation." °In '4th
place was Jim •McKague of Wing -
ham on "Canadian Unity."
,In the Grades 11, 12 and 13
class, . the winner was Barry
Thompson of Wingharri. Marjory
Thompson of LucknoW District
High School placed third and won
a Schaeffer pen set. Richard
Stanley of Ripley .was second.
Other contestants were -Lorraihe
Ball of Ripley. arid Keith Rou/-
Congratulations are extended to
Jean and best wishes as she ad-
vances into' the Zone finals to be
held at a., later date in either
Clinton or Goderich. '
'The local speakers were accom-
Panied to Wingham by their. par.
ents and bY Messrs." Tom Pettit
and Elwin HalT,of the •High School
PUBLIC SCHOOL CONTESTANTS
Nancy Corrin and Beverley.Mac-
-resenfed .Lucknow Public .School.
at Saturday's speaking centest.
Nancy placed 4th. .
Nancy and Beverley were pick-
ed at a loCal contest held in the
schotil last week, with Mrs. Harold
Treleaven, Miss Helen Thomp-
son and Mrs. • Helen Hall acting
as judges. The other contestants
'were Linda Marriott and Ricky
Pritchard. '
Family' Gathering
On 80th • Birthday,
..- A surprise .pirty • waS held on
Sa uiday, at the home of MY.' and
s. Sandy' Purdon Lucknow,
on the occession of Mrs: Pur -
don's 86th birthday.
There was a gathering of nine-
teen for the birthday supper,
Among those present were Rev. •
mid Mrs'. Angus MacKay of Lon- •
don, who are hoine on furlough
from India, Miss Agnes MacKay
of London; Mr. John MacKay and
his daughter, Mrs. Brehaut .of '
Western ' Canada, and relatives
from the Lucknow 'and Wing,ham,
On Sunday Rev. MacKay con-
ducted services in the LucknoW
Preibyterian ChUrch, and South
KinlosS Presbyterian Church. Mr.
and. Mrs. MacKay will return to
•was a happy Week -end for
Mr. and Mrs. Purdon who Cen-
tinue to enjoy fairly ,good health.
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LIONS AGAIN CONDUCT
EASTER SEAL CAMPAIGN
Lucknow and District Lioni'
,Club' it making plans • for the
annual Easter ,Seal campaign, in
support -of crippled' children work.- •
The local, committee. is coni- .
prised' of Gordon Montgomery;
Gordon Fisher, Frank ' Thompson,'
Howard Agnew and Robert Mc -
Hurt: en
,Truk ROi le
Dr:' Warren Staples, a 5 -year
student at ,the %Ontario Veterinary
College, who will .graduate in
May, ,was injured. in a motormis-,
hap five Miles sOuth • of Lucknow
pensary truck he was -driving,
and which .is ewned hy Dr. Mark.
Raithby, was demolished.
Dr. Staples, assisted Dr. °Raith-
by, duringLthe Christmas vacation,
and has been in charge , of his .
practice at week -ends while' .Dr.
and mrs. Raithby are in Florida.
Sudden flooding of the Lucknow-
Dungannon, County road near Chris,
fabtor in the miShap. The wea-
ther had turned cold and blustery
on Saturday as a climax to a
week-long thaW which caused the
road. at this point to suddenly
flood as, an anti -climax. It had
-not- been flooded viten- Dr:Staples .
made. the call, and as he hlt the
spot upon returning, the vehicle
went out of control ' and rolled
over, three times it is reported.
Dr.' _Staples suffered a double
fracture of the wrist; ' cracked
.ribs, bruiseg • and shock. He Was
treated at Wingham heSpital on ,
Saturday. where he remained over
night. .0n Sunday he yeturned to •
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.:1$6111
Gary - Alton,: 5 -year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. JackiAlton of Bel-
fast, is out to play again aftero
fall in his father's. barn on Mon-
day of last week.
Gary, who was five in,' Dedem-
ber, was . - the barn with his
grandfather. Sam Alton, Anxious
to be of help he attempted to
open the trap 'door so his grand-
father could drop a bale of hay
to the stable. °
His efforts resulted in. Gary
toppling head' first io the cement
floor, a drop of, ionie ten feet.
He was rendered uriconsciotis and
was rushed directly to Winghatri
Hospital for x-rays, before being
taken on .to Victoria Hospital,
London. '
There 'he wa's kept under close
observation but With no comPli-
Fine, RecwOry
Barn foil
Cations developing /Mrs :Alt&
who remained in London, • was in-
formed on Thursday afternoen
that Gary could 'go' home. •
Jack made the trip • to London
and return in a heavy fog whieh-
it was ,about 11 o'clock that even-
ing when the Altons arrived hOme.
Gary was into toWn for a medical
check!up on Monday and was ,
given the O.K.. to resume nbrmal
the top of the skull, and the scalp'
.bruising has now extended into
Gary's face so that he haS a -
couple of "dandy shiners," The
lad ..is on the slim side and the
fact he is net a' 'heavy youngster,
Was in his favor When he crathed