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• The . icy waters of the MacDon-
' ald sawmill ~pond .claimed the'life
of Lyle. : McInnes, .six-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. George McInnes:.
of Lucknow "' late Monday' . after-
noon.
Lyle is a ; Grade .1 student : at
Lucknow Public School. ' He.. had
returned home from 'school, be-
fore going, outto playas: was his,
*custom. Ile was not in the• habit.
of going to the mill pond which
skirts the . back of the;' 'McInnes
,. home.' But, ' apparently, on . this.
occasion he went on an exploring
trip' with . a child's shovel : , and
headed down. :the' embankment to,
the "pond. He walked . straight out
onto the ice for several: yards
and : dropped .into about five feet
of water, where.. the river current
flows toward the dam. The 'spot.
where Lyle fell ,in; was believed
to be thinly coated with ice, and
as, the • temperature dropped . it
iced over again before '• the re-
covery of the body was accomp-
lished
It /was', Lyles father ,Who 'follow-•
ed the single ,'set of footsteps to
the thinly coated '.• spot in . the ice,
.where the ' footsteps .° ended and
while - he was searching for the
little` lad, Mrs. McInnes turned in
a fire. alarm . for help.
: Lyle's- absence didn't cause 'con-.
cern until he failed to : answer ` the
supper . call.: He frequently . plays
with Wayne . Farrish, . soja of.N Mr.
and Mrs. 'Jack • Farrish 'who re-:
side a short block: from the .Mc
Innes -home, .. When it was learned
Lyle wasn't there, : fears for his
safety were aroused, and a search
began'. It was then that Mr:. Mc-
Innes discovered the fateful set
of small footprints leading to : the
•
pond.
The fire alarm was ; sounded
r about 6:10 and ' upon their arrival;
firemen,under the directipn of
chief ' George Whitby laid ladders
and used lights to pierce the
black depths of the water from
the spot where the footsteps had
led, . ' and ' from the dam to the
south-east of the 'fatal spotin the
pond:
While , firemen carried on ; the
search,. the distraught father
resigned to the worst returned
to join his' wife outside 'their•
homeand less than a hundred
yard from* where the footsteps
had ' ended. There they waited
helplessly,, numbed by . the trag-
edy, and shivering unnaturally as
were many who had gathered at
the scene, and stood . about awed
and 'reverently,. in the eerie light of
thefire truck flasher, while search
lights played on the ice and water
below.
The volunteer firemen went
about • the r. grim task quietly and.
methodicall. Fire• chif George
Whitby had his boat and another
ladder brought to the scene. The
water was " glazed ' over by ': ice,
which had to be broken as, they
searched from : the boat. , Within
about six feet 'of where the tracks
had led through the light • snow,
a `:shoe was noticed, then his shov-
el,'then ..Lyle;.• Quickly Nand' quietly
the: little lad's; body was placed it
the boat, manned; by George Whit.
byand Al Baker Wrapped in a
blanket, : he was carried to , the
(Continued on page 11)
fire Victim�
Autops
Lucknow Agricultural Society Ta: Mar
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Re vealsCentennial Year PickDates .
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Lucknow Agricultural Society• Allan Miller presided' for the
' a sue-
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nor year tneetin when reports Extensive ���Smoke= � : will mark � their' icer e g is f a suc
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An, inquest : into 'the • death of
Alvin B, Hamilton of Huron Town-
ship will be held later this month
with the date not set as yet
Mr. Hamilton was : found dead
and . badly burned in his. car in
;a. Kinloss Township farm lane
early Tuesday morning of last
week. An autopsy was performed
by provincial pathologist Dr.
Frederick Jaffe at the attorney
general's- laboratories in. Toronto
on Wednesday. Dr. Jaffe is also
assistant pathologist-- at tToronto
Western Hospital,
Provincial Police in, Kincardine,
who `.are in charge of the investi-
gation, advised the ;Sentinel .Mon-
day that. the autopsy ,revealed
that extensive smoke had been de-
, tected in -'the windpipe and lungs
of the victim and it• isassumed
that he was overcome by smoke..
before being burned in the car.
this fall under the presidency .of" cesful .'fair 'in 1963 were presented;:
Oliver MacCharles, who stepped and the directors of the various
up. from : the • vice-presidency at 'classes outlined • any change's* er
the annual meeting on • Friday. improvements which might be.
Mr.. MacCharles was .elected to ' Made. ;in . these departments.:
office . succeeding Allan Miller; '• New judges, preferably having
who completed a . two-year ,term attended judges' school, were. are -
A former president;:George George Ken- commended in some classes.
nedy ' was .elected: vice: •pres. and S. B:Stothers said there wasn't
-Wm.:Q. •. Hunter,. vice-president.. enough e ug roonii to . properly '.display.
Mrs. Margaret . McQuillin . was re-{ Continued 'on page 11)
appointed ' secretary -treasurer. P
To_ mark the . Centennial .of the
Society, the. meeting attended by
eighteen members decided on
week -end dates, an as advantage ;
in bringing back former residents'
to. mark, this event. '
The dates tentatively.set . were
/Friday and Saturday, September
18th and 19th. The ' fair for sev-
eral years past has • been held
the ; last Wednesday and: Thurs-
day in September:
leerRe ®rte Good
United Church. Prcjram
Com lete 3200• itprovement.
The ' annual meeting t of the \V_ B. Anderson; . church treas
Lucknow- United ' Ch rch.'• reported urer, stated • that:from anniver-
a • . . Members nary" time in ' October until the
. . $ 00 more
very success£ ...,,year. , , . theyear,5
met in the church � �on TtYesday end. ; of ,, $
evening of last; week. contributed to the church than 'in.
gthe first 40 Sundays of the year.
that the congregation :
He said �,,f
"goes :behind : every Sunday o
the, 'year • until anniversary,. time.
This yea'r's,. anniversary offering
was In excess ,of ;$2200.
REPORT I3EQUE5T •
r.. Anderson ;reported a : M. be-
quest ..erce � of $500 to be in-
stall
the late Miss Jeanie
P ,
used td
P.�
a " suitable ': and permanent,
memorial, • in the church.
mem a :p chaired the
W. Str pp
,..
with James; MacTavish
meeting'
acting in • his: role of recording-
secretary, Rev. • Strapp read a
'letter of thanks from R.ev...l'ohn
let ConfinUed` en page 14) . '
Church contributions were, abo►ic
$11,000 • during the year with the
United Church Women contribut-
ing $500 additional to -the" church
funds. Total money raised for,
missions was approximately $3500
which .was. remitted . to the treas-
urer of the United Church . of
Canada. ' • •
Brick cleaning of ( the ' .church
, .
exterior and painting was a major
project during• the year with $3200
being spent onthis work.- A bank
loan of $3500.to 'handle this and
other expenditures was reduced
tthe0
year,
$500of
by.edy
then
With no:,Special appeals for tnoneJ
being made to the congregation
during the ,year. -
GEIGER TRIPLETS MARKED 4th BIRTHDAY JANUARY 27
The triplet, sons • of Rev. and. Mrs. Gordon Geiger of
Essex who set a national record as the heaviest threesome
evercontinue as the bright and husky
trio, who were ushered
in Canada,
into> this. world on January 27th,
1960, at Hamilton General,Hospital.,
The Geiger family resided in Lucknow at that time,
when Rev .iger was the pastor of Lucknow ./United Church.
The three boys were named . Paul, Alan . and Ross. They
aggregated 21 pounds . at birth and on their 4th birthday
iStar said,addingthat
as the Windsor ,._
lastweek tippedthe scales at .125 pounds of "healthy, happy
energetic
hey had boys",n ee for mischief and an ear for : mus", : as
the pphotographer', snapped them while singing "Happy
Birthday." •
J. R. LANE OBSERVED HIS
89th BIRTHDAY,JANUARY 26
J. R. Lane of Kinlough, one of
thiscommunity's longtime , and
highly esteemed residents, quietly
observed his 89th birthday on Sun-
day, January : 26th. Mr; Lane con-
tinues to enjoy fair health; . but
during ' the winter is, : remaining
close to home
Mr. Lane served for many years
as Kinloss' Township clerk nuntil
retiring a couple of years ago.
`Fatal it ° Retail l�
y
Previous Drowning
,
The dro tri
w g of ,. Lyle McInnes'
on . Monday • evening recalls .an-
other tragedy which occurred in
that`same: area ';a few; years ; ago.
It will'be seven -years; ago on
May ,1st, ': that little.. Janice : Reid,
daughter of Mrs. ; Ford` (Eunice
Reed) Cunningham slipped into the
bubbling spring waters in the
creek ;.above the mill pond, and -
Was ' carried down . stream. T b e
little tot's body was : caught by a
branch just where the river widens
out into, the pond area.
- Janice was 31 years of age the
day ' of her :' funeral.
Early last summer. Bryan Lead-
er, son of Mr. and .Mrs. Donald
Leader, ' disappeared in ' a hurry
pP.
and made his way to this river on.
Willoughby Street. between Have-
lock South
and the High School.
Then 21 years of age, he fell:. into
the river and was rescued by Jack-
Parrish who dived ' in to get him.
It wasn't until Monday : night .that
the full impact struck home .to Mr.
and' Mrs. Leader of how fortunate
.they had been
Sign in an optometrist's. office
"If you don't . see what you're-
looking for, you've ' come to the
right place."
f r Long:RetireS A to:
Factory. Service
.
Harry Nixon of town has • been
pensioned off, and commences a
well ',earned retirement ; after 52
years in factory work.
For the past fifteen years Harry
was employed at Lloyd's . Sash
and ' Door factory in Wingham,
completing- his employment on
Friday • last, after . remaining with
the .,firm: by request for 'a month
past the date he originally planned:
to retire. •
'For the most of his 52. years
factory service, Harry was with
the Lucknow • Table Company. He
was . employed'. for '•a; . year by
Lucknow Industries and: then by
Lloyds
'During the entire 15' years. in.
Wingham, Harry commutedwilh
Sam Cupskey=of
Belfast. Sam is
presently -residing in Win am: for
the winter.
rs; Elliott
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Sunday 0.
Mrs. A. G. Elliott, a" : former
Lucknow resident, who is . remem-
bered . most kindly and lovingly
by older friends here, observed
,her 99th birthday on ; Sunday,
February : 2nd.
Mrs. Elliott's d
h sba `
a n, the late
Dr
A. G. Elliott was a medical
practitioner herefor many y`years.
He died suddenly at Kincardine
when stricken with 'a. heart at-
tack while a ,spectator at ;a Luck -
now -Kincardine baseball "game.
Mrs. Elliott has been residing
for. several years at St. Mary's
Hospital, London: Except for .fail-
ing eyesight ' she is . enjoying fairly
good health.
Friends here jolt) in. extending
congratulations and : best wishes.
rDI
A Purple -Grove,family,' Mr. and
Mrs. George S. Emerson and son
Bob, suffered heavy fire damage
in a Saturday might blaze. that
gutted a portion of the interior
of the house` and left heavy smoke
and water damagein theremain-
ing part of the home., •
The , Emerson farm home is '
located. -on, the south-east:, corner.
of the. Purple' Grove intersection
in Huron Township. This' ison
the 12th concession, 4 miles west
of Kinlough.
PHONE. FROM NEIGHBOURS
Mr. and Mrs. ; Emer.'son:.were at.
home at the time the fire was
discovered. about 10:30 p.m, Sat-'.
urday, and- their' son Bob was at
the , barn: First .sign of anything
wrong was an "exploding"' noise
that caused Mr. and Mrs.% Einer-
son to investigate the 'basemient.
.Meavy • smoke was ,.pouring from
the basement area and, in a mat.:
ter • of minutes; the " areawhere
the Entersons diad been was in-
accessible because of smoke. An
attempt to phone for aid from the
house proved futile as the phone
wires had been burned off in the
basement. It' was necssary to
phone Ripley 'Fire Department
from the ' neighbouring farm ' of
Don Robertson • across : the. road. '
CALLED FOR WATER '
Ripley firemen ' responded, un-
der chief Gordon Scott, and , it
soonme c
beapparent
a -that lack
of water•would be a problem.
Ripley pumped'• from two wells,
one running dry and the other"
keeping upa fair supply of water.
Shortly after 11:30, Lucknow Fire-
;men received a call from the
Ripley Department requesting that
the water supply on the Lucknow
truck ,was all . that was • needed.
Only a handful. of 'Lucknow fire'
'men went with the truck, only to
find that a full crew couldhave
been used quite ;handily in fight-
ing the stubborn fireRipley , de-
pa"tm'ent find set upto draught
from a • creek about gof a mile
away when the Lucknow Firemen
arrived. Because of lack of depth
of water, thisdid not prove ef-
fective. Lucknow 'firemen, under
chief George Whitby, used the
water on the Lucknow Fire truck
and still had close to `.half of the
650" gallons on the truck following
the , fire.. •
The fire, 'worked its
,= way into,
the partitions in the brick house:`
It was over 4 hours before it was
brought under control, Investiga-
tion the following day by the in '
surance adjuster revealed that.the
fire had started from a • short
circuit in the basement. wall.
Prio
r to
the
arrivalof the_
fire-
men, neighbours assisted the Em-
ersons in fighting the fire with
a bucket brigade;
HEAVY DAMAGE
The living room •- furniture . was .
removed from. the 'house by Volun-
teers but. nothing ' was removed
from : the kitchen and . centre .por
tion of the house .where - the heav-
iest : damage occurred. Clothing,
curtains, bedding • that got : the.
worst of theheart and smoke were
ruined.
FRIENDS PITCH IN •.
Friends and neighbours around.
the Purple Grove area Dist no
time in ' coming to aid the Emer-
son family, .0n Sunday cleaning
up operations were started as the
first step in repairing the inter-
ior of the home. Following ' the •
fire, the Emersons. stayed with
the Robertsons, neighbours ac-
ross: the road, Mrs. Ernerson
teaches at Ripley High : School.
Besides the 'son athoiriei they
hhaveCrossanother son:.Dr. ,James .Em-
erson, a veterinarian at Charing
.
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