The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-03-04, Page 1.4741011210(
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LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO, ,
MAPLE. SYRUP,: PLOWING
IN• JANUARY IN ASHFIELD;.
Allan Barger of the 12th
concession: of Ashfield , Town .
ship tapped some trees in : mid
January 9nd there was enough. •
of a, run of sap to 'make the
Bargers over a gallon, of sy-
rup. Allan also got a couple.
of afternoonsof plowing • in •
during the, spring-like Janu.
ary weather. •.
After the January "spring,"
the sap stopped running and
started again the first of this
week. We .hope the "run" is.
here 'to . stay this time:
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Loca'l LadyWill.:...
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Be '9.Thursday1
Miss Catherine .MacGregor ,of
aucknow will be 91 ..on Thursday,
March 5th. She continues, to en-
joy 'good health, . and although she
stays: indoors mostly . during the
winter, recently attended ::a meet -
[ng at 'Mrs. MacDiarmid's, But
she's lookingforward to spring to
ret : out around • again:
Miss MacGregor suffered a. frac-
;tired hip a• year ago last Octo-
)er, .but' made a remarkable iin-
)rovement and Was able to leave
the hospital and-. return to her
iwn home withina couple` of
months..
Miss .MacGregor is a daughter
g
�f the late D N: MacGregor and
Iessie MacKenzie of Cape Breton,
where she _was. born. She came
o Ashfield as a child with her.
iarents, and forover fifty years
las resided.' in Lucknow; . where•
it one tithe her services" as a
seamstress were much in demand
Many friends will join in ex
ending' congratulations .and best
wishes • to : this 'iieloved lady who
s .91•` years young in spirit ':an,
)utlook..: . .
S co uts t
Wifl. Be In Oper�Io.n :BV' May
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4th, 19614.
tter
A new continuous butter churn
is to be installed this spring in
the Lucknow plant of Silverwood
Dairies.
. It. will be the first of its kind
in. Canada,, and only the' second
in North . America, as of when the
representatives from the Lucknow
plant viewed the other machine
in .operation .' recently.
I t: is 'in the Wisconsin Co-op.
Creamery' at. Union Center, Wis
consin, and a few weeks ago Wm.
Wharry,.. manager • of the Luck=
now plant and Arthur Putney,
local plant superintendent saw the
churn. in `operation at Union Cen-
ter:- • •
Ordered From France
They were "sold" on the' churn;
and : 'the Silverwood organization
later' decided to install the mach-
ine in ' the Lucknow .plant. The
finaldecision pended governmen
approval of the new butter man-
ufacturing equipment. • .
The continuousproduction churn
is manufactured in • France, . and
immediate shipment is 'expected.
It ` is expected that, the . churn.
will . be in operation here by the
first of .May.
Terrific Production
This newest invention, in churn-
Single Copy 10c
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16 rPe
!s
ing equipment is a Simon . con-
tinuous-
on-tinuous- butter churn, which pro-:
duces • a continuous • flow of butter
at the rate of 2000. to 3000 pounds'•
per hour: •
Cream is fed directly into the
infeed end of . the churn by a
pump :: The churning action is •
much thesame as the old fash-
ioned :''farm churn. After being
churned the butermilk is . drained
off and the butter is fed by dou-
ble augers into a chamber where
'salt is . injected int(' the produce.
After "salting the butter passes
into, 'a , blending . section and fin-
ally ` is nozzle;. extruded in a ' con-
tinuous ribbon. It 'can be • fed di-
rectly into the butter, printer .for,
printing into quarters, halves and
.one pound" prints,. 'or into solid
pack: butter boxes.
The Union Center. plant is pro-
ducing approximately 2304 to 2600
pounds of butter per . 'hour, de-
pending. on the temperature .and
butterfat test : of . the "'cream,
To " get an idea ' of. the poten-
tial of the ' churn, _:take . a figure;. of
2500 pdunds:. an ' hour, for a 40
hour Week' and y'have 100 ,,000.
Multiply, this by 50 'weeks, and.
you come, ' up with a figure of
5,000,000 pounds a year : just
struction.
coastiri
Presently
,. Produce 3,000,000
The Lucknow' Creamery, the"
biggest producer in this district
•at present, produces about 3,000,-
030 pounds of butter annually.'
To
achieve this figure, cream
is transported from asfar as
Windsor for manufacture .here.
The . new ' churn..offers ; much 'great-
er potential:
Have Been Expanding
carried ori •fox some . time at Sil-
verwood dairies. Last year a new
ice cream storage '• plant, ' with
modern loading facilities; was
built, and this winter another. ad-
dition is ' being .built' for butter
storage. '
The new butter making machine
will: not require any . special ac-
comodation • •as it ' is . compactly
occupy a
built • to , space of,
�floor p
only about 8 feet long and 3 feet.
Building expansion has been ' wide.
Firemen Died Fire Hail To �Ilage
Built 1n 194 For New Fire Truck;
• • •
A motion was put forth at the
regular meeting of the 'Lucknow
Fire Department on Monday deed-
ing the Fire Hall. to •the village
of Lucknow. The motion has very'
little significance due to the fact
that the Village has been'looking
g
after all maintenance costs of the
fire hall for quite' a number of
years. While "the hall was y
: actuall.
the property of the Fire Depart-
ment., the village has assumed all
responsibility , for the building
throughout ;the years since its • con
Jean Lees Passes, Wile
Lucknow United Church As Parsonage
lome T
Miss Jean 'Lees,' the :last sur
:viving.; member , of a pioneer; Luck -..
now family, passed away • sudden -resident; ' of.. the. village.
l onSundayin'' Wingham hos- She. was of a jolly, fun loving
ee,k y gY, 1 g
pital ' . where she had : been . a. pa- nature, and `had many friends here,
tient for .several weeks.. She was,but few• of her. generation still sur-
End Illfinter.,Camp_
g
87 years :of age; wive. •
the exception of a few. years spent
in, the, States, had been a lifelong
Members of the Lucknow Boy
;tout troop attended the . week-
�nd' winter camp ° for the district,
it Ayton ;,on•.. Saturday . and Sun -
Seven Lucknow scouts were
n
joined' by a Hanover youthto
nake the 8 -man patrol.
The local boys; who :Were ac-
lompanied by Scoutmaster, George
Nhitbywere as follows . 'Elliott
JVhitby, Wayne . Jamieson, Donnie
MacKinnon, Tom O'Donnell, Gary
%ustin, David Button, Bill •Ches-
er.
Miss Lees . has willed her home
;and its contents to the. Lucknow
United ' • Church as a. parsonage.
Jean Forsythe Lees, was the..
daughter '•of Robert Lees and` Jes-
Jean made her 'home with: her;
sister, Mrs. A. D. Mackenzie. (Dor-
othy , Haigh. Lees). but better ;known
as Dora, >' Mrs. Mackenzie's .:death
occurred in . September of 1954., and
sie • Douglas, natives of .Galash= was.'a sad . bereavement. for ,J a n
iels, Scotland. Her father pioneered as they •had • .been inseparable
*in the woollen .. mill ,..manufactur throughout their lifetime.. •
ing business in Lucknow, in the The funeral service was • c' o: n -.
building °"which still stands on ducted by Rey. H. W..' Strap') at
Canning St. across the river to . , the MacKenzie, Memorial Chapel
the 'wet of the Anderson Flax, in. Lucknow, ` with temporary. en -
Products mill. , tombment in South Kinloss _incus-
Jean- was born in Lucknow• on oleum. The palbearers ••r Wer e
November 15th; 1876, and with , George ;Joynt, ' Kenneth. Murdie,
W. B. Anderson, Jack Jordan, Wil-
fred` Fairish, Campbell Thompson.
In his remarks at the funeral
service Rev. Strapp said he` had
learned to know -Miss Lees as 'one
who loved her church '
u ch
and: was in-
t
t - i tI' . '1965 - - terested--in it. •He-expresssedrapprec
iation to• ' those. who had helped
With .the centenary orginally set make her last years brighter. .
for this ear, the 'dates of the Miss Lees was. 'predeceased by
,fair were changed to Friday : and three sisters + and four brothers,
Saturday; September 18th and Mrs. Mackenzi (Dora), Mrs. Wm.
eetin it was Caulfield ' (Jessie ), James,.:'Geor e
19th.. At� Friday's, ml g Will
. , .. g
'decided to stay with these' •.' dates, and iLees , and Rober and
ek-en Jessie,the' latter two".dyin in
in order•to establish the we dY g
fair and assess ,. its merits. . infancy.
-Convention Reports •
_,Mrs , ;Bert.�Alton, : George ,l en
nedy • ,and Fred McQuillin, 'gave'
excellent reports of the Fairs As- `J
sociation convention in. Toronto.
The secretary, Mrs. Fred Mc-
Quillin reported that Canada Pac-
kers were discontinuing their Dom-
estic shortening , baking competi-
tion this .year.
• Plan Variety Concert
In order to, help improve the
Society's financial position,• a var-
iety concert is being planned for
later this month.. It will be made
up of skits and appropriate num-
bers • representing the various
months of ...the year, and the pre-
liminary announcement of some
of the acts, indicates a "really
big show," which everyone' • can
• enjoy. .40
Pending Arena Work,:
Postpone Centennia
The Centennial' anniversary, of
.he Lucknow Fall Fair will . not •
ie held until 1965. This was . de-
eded at a meeting of. the Society
)n Friday afternoon, which was
well ' attended, and presided over
)y the president, Oliver Mac-
arles.
.."_AL. special - pr-ovincial grant-
tvailalile. to _agricultural -.societies,
aeon their hundredth anniversary
ihich is earmarked for the .erec-
ion .of memorial gates in honor.
�f the . pioneers.
The Lions 'Club still have ' a
)ermanent floor to be laid` in the
Crena, covering '.the, artificial ice
Apes, and a municipal ,project is
)eing discussed. regarding
• a new.
auditorium and Parking area at
:he west end of the' arena.
' These were 'factors in the Ag-
°icultural' Society deciding on the
postponement, so that' all those de-
tails could be "dovetailed; as ... and.
when proceeded with. • ,
It was also .felt that. the 'society
vas not properly prepared to
aunch. the Centennial project and
Shat' added . . .
Ile the Arne for planning
c event would be advantageous.
fair Board
To
atson
In 1948 the ,:firemen purchased
the Reid property where the hall
now ,sits. for $250. The present
•cement block structure was built
by the fire •department in' 1949 at.
an estimated cost of $3,350. ° This
price did snot include:insulation,"
wiring, painting and.: eavetrough-
ing:. 'At ,this time a new fire. truck
was purchased and a fire protect-
ion agreementmade with neigh-
boring townships.
Continued . on 'page' 13)
The :original fire department in
Lucknow housed their equipment
in the old town hall :which is `.now. ,
the Supertest .Garage. With the
building.. of Carnegie hall t h e: S ..
ot So Seriously
sett As Feared
equipment was transferred to the
town: hall. In 1945; the' firemen
purchased the present`. William
Knechtel and Son;;building from T.
Wti • Smith for $1,'200 It was sold
in 1948 to' Ernie Crawford : and•• for
some time the fire'"equipment was.
located across from the.,town: hall,
the Joe: 'MacMillan .. building
which' later made way for the. new
Bell Telephone building.
Jim O'Donnell:
Leg Surgery
Has
".Jim O'Donnell ::underwent sur-
gery at St. .Joseph's Hospital, Lon-
don on Wednesday, February -26th:
Eight and one half .years ago. Jim
developed osteomilitis": due to a
sharp bump on the. bone below his
right knee. Over the years •he has
undergone seven ,operations for the
removal , of calcified bone which
was eausing•'drainage. •
-4 In early: January he Suffered- "a
'severe flareup but modern drugs.
saved him fr"om hospitalization at
that time. However, a spot :kept
draining until surgery was decided
upon once: • more. Jim does not ex-
Pect to have to remain in hospital
too long as he has become adept
at caring for the : wound 'himself
with repeated practice.
rct'C...,
stinath
If all goes as' scheduled,' Jim
Watson will. be winging over Can-
ada's northern wilderness: as this
. paper goes into. the mail on Wed-
nesday.. afternoon.
Jim's destination. is.'Ca e Dyer
n .._. w.p ..
on Baffili Island on therrim of the
Arctic Circle. '
..There his du les '
t on the ,DEW
Line twill consist of the operating••
andmaintenance' of , radar` and
mic,•' , sye equipment..
Ken ,;Gardner of Zion , is a pa-
tient in Victoria • Hospital, London,
as a result of 'a Sunday evening
car accident, but his injuries are
less serious ::than was' at first
feared. •
His companion, anion
p Wendy Ember-
lin of 'Lucknow, is. in . Wingham
hospital; suffering from bruises.
and shock but :.otherwise unhurt.
`They were enroute to Wingham
to , visit . Chas. Anderson, .who' .is
hospitalized ; with .' a blood infec-
tion. •
About three miles ` east of Luck -
now on Highway 86 the car went
out of control and.. did some rolls
on . the highway, ending Upside-
down: . •
• Ken, who will be . 19 in M a y .,
was " unable' to • move,but had
Wendy turn the , motor .off • as the
car • was full ofgas fumes. ' Wen-
dy got a wind& , down and got
free of the vcle, but 'den . had
lost the. use ' of' his, legs : and had
to be pulled: from the car, . which
was a complete wreck. •
Ke
n was temporarilyaraltzed
from " the ' chest down. pHe was
first taken to ' Wingham Hospital, ,
andthen to London, when'
sinal
l?
damage 'was feared,
Since then Kenha,, ,_ s • regained
Some use of his limbs, and no
fractures have been revealed, • but
ligaments. in his back are •torn
and bruised. He is also Suffering
severely from shock.
in Island
Jim, age 21, is the son of 'Mr. parture plans were ' briefly dela
Y
and Mrs. Rae Watson of • West
Wawanosh and . London, and '' is
a 1961 graduate of Grade 12 of
Luckrow District High School..
Jim then went to Toronto to at-
tend .the
t-tend.the • Radio College of •Canad'a
and upon tom feting' ,his • course:
continued. at` the College as ' an
instructor. At the end of Nove
ber he went to Streator, • Illinois,
•f" 7 `*vo 'n"nfhs' cotirs,e, prior
t" '/4tro, ~'t++ tho ' Afictic, 1lis . do;.
.,1
ed when ..he : was 'hospitali2ed ing
London.
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Jini flew from London to Melton
•
and then, o1 to Winnipeg the first
of the. week. 1e was scheduled :
to fly from Winnipeg; on Wednes-
day : for the, Arctic hinterland.
Jim Will he . in the northfor
eighteen months, but atthe end
`ef eight • mends expects to fly
out 'for two weeks ' holida �s.•
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