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�° Dennis (Ember .nr-sorr-off r=
to and. Mrs; Fred Embei-lin: of Luc'k�
n now, has returned after serving
• •32. years: with 'the RCAF in
tts : ' .Eurrape: Denny arrived home to
.Trenton last Friday. ..•••
40 He • has, !been posted ,to Co -
he'. `rnox, ` B C.,, and will, have about
iits:two' weeks' before•herl'•has • to re-'
port at B.C. Denny,:'who has been
in the • service: six. years.; liked'
Ni Europe,• and would ' like : to go
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$3.00:4 Year In. Advance $1,00 Extra To U.S. A
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Tragedy struck " the Wh'rte
church .area last Thursdayeven-
ing avben•.' Albert Paterson .was
found; dead, and •badly �bu.rned,•
on the gangway of his ba
flrames. destroyed .,•the barn. and
" contents, The 74 -year-old• Mr,
Paterson, a. widower, lived alone
':on his farm on the division line
between (East and West Wawa,
nosh Townshirps . with his farm
located on the' • West • Wawanosh
side', of :bhe: road,' just a few
hundred yards . south Of High_.
way: 88,
Among the first to notice the
Mire were' John Bell of; Listowel;.
LUCKNOW, °nolo WEDNESDAsY, MAY '. 1st 1963
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Who •was. driving Eby on HighWay
m•azs
86, . and Garry .. C'hapi of
Whitechurch. Garry tried to .10 -
cafe .Mr, • Paterson. in the house,
barn as and 'finding'' the • house.apparent;
ly locked, forced his , way in,
Calling to Mr, ,Paterson in . the
dark he. 'received no. reply and
it 'was- later :discovered that the
main box feeding the hydro was
shut off:. He and a neighbour,
J Askes, searched the home, up-
stairs' and do.wristairs and . real-
ized that: Mr. Paterson was riot
in the !house,
Checking at, the barn• .Garry
found the. building ."beyond : en -
•I FATALT)1 NEAR SAME ' SPOT
tering,. with fire burning at the.
gangway door,. • It- was • a few
minutes . before . Garry 'sand a
neighbour 'Walter Elliott . real-
ized that the body of Mr, Pater=
son was on .the gangway, just
outside the barn door,, but by
that time ;he was beyond. reach
doe ''to the heat. of .the fire.' '
• Lucknciw Fire Department ar-
rived on the scene arid by using
a "fog" • of 'water were able to
get • ,to. the body and • pullthe
remains away from the ,flames.
Mr, Paterson ,'was, dead.
Mr. Paterson's body was ` lying
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.Father And Son Swim To His Aid
escue
Brian': Leader, 21/2 -year -Old
• son of Mr: and Mrs: .Donald
. Leader of Luckn'orw, nmira lou -
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ly esca'ped'drowning %about .four
..o'clock -Saturday ,afternoon
be was .plucked' from. the .river
on. Willoughby • St,, just 'west of
Lucknow 'District High• Sehael.
Brian and,:three-year-old :Sus
an Kreutzweiser, daughter, of
Mr, and Mrs, John Kreutzweiser,
. had been playing at the Kreutz-
Weiser: home just minutes. before,
and apparently 'thetwo children
wandered to The :river ,bank on
the. south 'side • of 4he,..road' on.
the' ;former Douglas •prorperty.
• Five -year. -old' Wayne: •iFarrish,
son of Mr..:.and Mrs: Jack Far-
▪ rich; was . at the Scene:: In some
marine •; young" Brian ': slipped`
Igo... the water.
Wayne .informed 10 -year-old
Jimmy Mat -Donald; son ;of .Mr '&
Mrs.. Leonard MacDonald; .of the
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child's ; 'plight Jin,rny •• summoned
Jimmy • Parrish •and Bradley
Parker 'with +whom he had 'been
,playing at 7 -Parker's on the east
side of ;the .river.. Jimmy Mac:
Donald Could ' not : reach the
Youngster . and. nine-year-old
Jimmy Parrish •palled. aft his
shoes and dove into the water
after ,Brian": •
• In..the meantime,' ' Bradley'.
•Parker .bad ,run 'to. the Parrish.
home and summoned Jack Far-
r.ish, arid ,•''Susan Kreutaweiser
"had 'gone to her ' home and told
*her Mother .and Stu Helwig,• dry
cleaning salesman Who . .*as.
Making : a call there at the' time:
The adults all'arrived about the
same time . with.. Jack Farrish
'plunging into ._the.. -river -`--and • res-
cuing the youngster ',ills; about
the ..time. his :son. Jimmyhad
regiched him,
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Modelled `; Clothes
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e s rains' o so' t music
and with -a' backg:round'. of color-'
ful•gei'aniu�ms, a group of senior.
girls •from. • Lucknot=,• District
High School modelled clothes,
made ,frorn Simplicity patterns in
a spring •bouquet of colors.' .Mrs..
Jie?.itt;. Home 'Economics—teach-=
er, introduced the com,tnenta.tor,
Miss.'. Dianne Johnston, educa-.
tional ,stylist for'Sxmplicity pat -
back. terns.
part-back..terns.
Crashed . Parked
Car On Main, St
• . The first' ' group, . 'featuring,
' shades' of yellow in..dainty fern.;
in,n:e" styles, were modelled' by
Donna Rintoul,, Donna Hogan,
Marilyn Thacker, Ann Arnold...
Casual' sports wear , chiefly; in
green tones was worn by Mary
Ellen Shielis, Sharon .O'Donnell,
:Barbara Purdon;° and.' Beverley
.R.athwell.'
• Easy-to-rn•ake, outfits, 'featuring
c: ecia1 ` tiimtiiixigs, were', model-'
led bym
Dianne Humphrey, June
Ackert, `Cathy •Leddy, Mary. An
drew:
Dics.s and stilts in 'basic col-
ours cif
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l e • rbr'own and -beige
bah,
vele worn by Karen .:Carruthers,
Joyce 'Thtirburn, Marilyn Hend-
erson ,"Bead' Catcher" blue, tap:
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ty,Bcvt.r y �alI,SSaron'West
West,
Beverley fathwell, Isabel Husk
tu;re'wtas a draw
. A special Sea
for a • dress' lergth of material
dtna;ted by 'rMr,' Lloyd. Ashton,.
tt. Simplicity ,Patterns dealer.
T is, won by Mlss Nancy
This. wag,
Cranston, :whose nanie Was
drawn . tiy �. Miss Johnston,
The flowers were by 4coitrtesy
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-<,, : 'olorion's Greenhouse,
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.girls of the school and
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several
.. Yhe :s 'found this a:,
most inter'estirxg presentat�io i,
Reginal'd,. Richardson, 18, of St.
'Pauls, in the'.Stratford-S:t. Marys
district, willface charges as a
result of a Friday `evening crash
on Lueknow's Main Street.
rtichardson, driver and owner
ofa 1956 ;Ford, 'came.into Luck:
now from the . East, ,reportr•Ydly` at
an excessive speed,, 'Corning. ,over.
the 'brow, .of, the ' hill at. the
United •Chi. rch, he swervr'c1,' ac-
cording • to ;police'. to 'avoid a
rear end `collision and• crashed' a
Parked car iii ;front of the 'Town
4-10 11 --ow• -ownt.01 ;by... A E, McKim .of
Ltie•know, •1
Mr. MoKiin was in the l ibr'ar'y
at the time ..and his' car :Was
parallel parked, against the"curb.
The lett front of the •IMe•Kitii eat`
was crushed' 'in, ,arid' ;the left
n
Side of: f•ichardso�n's • ear was
,'" also basheds• in, Po] cYe rh•Art
that the Richardson car car-
• eeneddown-Main Street ,for.
&rboti.t 'a block and a .half 'before
it •wast , 'brought to a stop in
front of
fc'Masoni's Garago, '
Constable Alex 'Havens invest-
igated,
r:ive t-
igated
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Sells Home Where.
She Lived 53 Years
MiSs, Margaret Pickering . Of,
Lucknow. has sold''her home. ori
Havelock St., south, to Mr, Hugh
Sutherland, • :Miss Pickering is
holding a private •sale of many
items' of •household furnishings:*
effects..„
"This has ' 'been , the Pickering
home for 53,: years, and the •deoi-'•
Sion to :sell ''it has not been • in
easy one ';for, Miss Pickering the.
;last Imernber,_ of the faxnily1:
After, .the 'death of :his'. wife,
Mr, John . Pic-kerin g, do
+en`
daughters ' • Margaret • and Etta, & •
his 'brother,, Robert,moved• " to
Lt}cknow: They bought the 'home
where ` Margaret has, since, • •resid-
ed,: across 'the :. street from, :,the
Dr. ,Tennant residence now,•own•
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ed''by Cyril' Brown,. and • in. the
bloc Smith o+f - :What was then
the ''"Qld Town Hall.'..', The new
Carnegie Hall +was ':opened that
year 1910 :. .
her Jas,
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l ter :made-.- his-- 'home with •i
a hs
sisters; Mr::Pickering died
1953. Their. sister Etta passed
away, in 1947 '
Hugh and lMartha•: Sutherland
have been 'tenanting:; the "Mac. -
Donald •;home'''• across', from G.er,
•ald. Rathwell's- residence:
QriglnaI; Church
Burned In 1
• The rescue, on .Saturday of
young •. rian Leader ,from the
river at. the Willoughlby St"
' bridge, 'west of the • High.
School, recalls' a • fatality
Which occurred very near to
-that spot 'seven years• ago.
• ::.Lt was on May 1st, 1956
that Janice Reid, age 312..
years, lost her life;,by drown=
in•g where. .. •.
• On Saturday Janice's mo-
ther, Mrs. Eunice Cunning-
ham, . was among, .those to
call it the. Leader ' home to
'ex+press .her joy in the rescue
of the 'little ,lad.
Buys. The Vi.rghcn,t 4
Fruit Market •
° George .Farris], who recently
sold his `pool_ roam business irr~
Liucknow,, has purchased 'the'
Wingham Fruit ` • Market • from
Paul ..Purrpur , of Wingharn;
The :business is located at the
north end( of 'Wingham's main
street :Opposite the .ball park and:.
Mr, . and Mrs, Farris] bibtain-
possession: May' lst, The food
business is not new. for .George..
He forpierly ' spent ten • years
with Dominion: Stores and Lob-:
laws. as well as independent food'.
Merchants: Mr; '' and; Mrs. 'ar
risk ' also : dbtain: an; apartment n
' connection J with the stare,.
School. Board Engages Principal
from Arnprior, 3 Shiff Vacancies
Principal Of' ,Lucknow •District
High School next term .'will -be
Mr, L. .E. Goyette of' Arnprror,.
near Ottawa.- .He will succeed
Mr.; Brian B. Howlett .who has
accepted _'• a _principalship - at
Gravenhurst.'•
Mr.'. Goyette visited Lucknow-
at the week -end. when . he. met
with m
•eun;>jers� , of the High
School Board.
Mri Goyette has:ibeeh on the,
Arriprior staff since `;'1056 :and
head' of the Agricultural de
partment for lour .years,
He has his Bachelor of Science
(Agriculture) •,from : McGill Uni-
versity in `19,51, :Master of Science.
:from ' 'McGill in 1'95E.
:Mr. Goye to has been active
in various extra curricular
phases .of • community lift, :arid'
is an 'elder of ' St: Andrews Unit
ed `Church Arnprior. die. is• 3x9:
years of : ;age;:.:a .. married ----man'
with four children and served in
the RCAF frorri 1(943.45 'He had'
+business, experreneewith Toronto,
Elevators : ,Ltd. ';,'before 'entering
the teaching .profession
.Three Vacancies
With the principalship: set
tied; : to .the satisfaction of the.
School Board, . they ' 'still have
three vacancies • to fill', .
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G. MacLeod has` accepted a
position' ,us senior chemist at
Stratford-„,.. Collegiate Institute
wrhich; : is. a . promotion ` of con
siderable' nipor`tance: Mr, +Mc
:Leo&hiS '.been .the Science•teach-`
peri 'on ;the local staff.•
Two • . previous vacancies. are
those of ":the French ' and com
Open House Held
At...Public.. . School
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xnunity s interest in
elementary education was evi-
denced .ori 'Wednesday night of
last . week when : score ' upon
of•parentss and , others 'visit-
ed : the'Lucknorw public School:
The 'oecasion . was Open :House,
when the teachers were ,ail on •
hand to chat and, discuss edu-
cational
' matters or personal
•prolbler is.
The classrooms were a "revela
tion of the 'work. ,, done in. the
various grades and ''work books:,
and: , "place • taStik; indica,-e,d°
where : Jilin and "Mary": Sat.:
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For .:many, today's • teaching:'
methods - were ..a revelation • from
•the. formality sand,- memorization
work of the "sounds" and ' 3R's,
;There was actually , a strraiffic•
jam in the vicinity' of the. school,.
;which ,was ablaze with light to
emphasize the great • improve=• •
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ment•'aceomplished• by the win-
dow replacement' • pro ram
Members of the .staff are
Principal; S;ttiart„ ,Collyer,, M•is z
Ruby . Webb, Miss. -Helen Thome-:_,_.._,
son; Mrs. . Jack.,Fisher, .. Mrs__
James McTavish, Mrs, Norman •
Taylor,Mrs. Grace 7ohnston aria
Mrs.. Lloyd H'aIl.
William Griffin, the school
caretaker,. ...had the ' (building.
"Sparkling." •
rnercial teachers. Is Your . Subscription- i enewed?.
Fire, discoveredshortly after
seven' o'clock Monday evening,,.
badly' gutted the interior of the
Bethel United Church, located
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on Highway,.21, midway between
Pine River ,and Kincardine•. Al-
though a cornplete ,assessment of
the loss had not been mmade, on
Tuesday ` afternoot, • damage was
estimated as high as $•20,000.`
, The; _ Bethel ;church, with a
congregation of ,abotit ;'1.40, serves
about 48 families. Rev, Donald
MacKenzie selves` the charge of
Bethel and 'Pine, +River• United
Churches, with. residence , at
Pine .River. '
Heavy damage viva's done to
an organ, ,which . was removed
during the
fire. About ''eight.
r3i;erhori,al stained glass• windows,
were damaged • by the heat,
some More severely than others.'
ry
The interior furnishings; pews
and . decorating suffered "heavily ,
from ,smoke,, heat and . water
damage, The !pulpit, some forts -
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tore• ;and the organ w re'e remov-
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ed by ,firemen` and volunteers,
Mr.. and ' Mrs.' Ernie Wald'en,
caretakers`. of the church,: and
who live . across the road,from
the building, stated that -fire'
had-- been -in the wood furnace
for Sunday service's , and had
been Tet out ,following the . sen:
vice; 'AH was well when the
church was checked late
day 'afternoon. •
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Mrs.: Walden was advised' of
the fire ;by' two. 'young men '.p -s=
sing by shortly after seven
Monday, evening," After sum-
moning
the; Ripley fire depart-
ment
she found it 'mpossible to
enter the churc +because of the
,dense s
e e make. rnie Walden had
left for Ripley just a short
time before and, had . not •ho,ticed
the. ' smoke coming from the
church, '
heavy -
The -'rnoke made it
The s. .
difffw1't for Ripley fire ineh, tin
s ,,
der chief Gordon Scott, '.to.,fight
the fire. The ;fire had apparent,
ly been 'smouldering. for some,
ti'tne • . arid: appeared to „ have
started in.. the .furnace. roam•
The furnace;: 'having' burned its
self . through, ; cls op•ped'through ,.•
the, floor. The furnace 'rooxri was
the ;most heavily, damaged: ,Fire-
Men : had plenty of water from
the 'river which runsacross the.
Highway, to :th;e : south of thechurch. They fc:ught the fire forr
close to, four hours.
The .. history of 'thee Bethel.
,congregation• goes' bask , 107`'
•years to :1856.. when • the • first
church 'was: •'built, on the .preseri•t
site, only:a •'little to .. the:', south. •
In ;1872 -arrangements were made
to
‘build. a. new .,'church, . arid
while the' new one .was being'
built, the . old log church burned
down, scorching one side :Of
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the 'new on
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e, In. 1928, .i, woz•k �rx�
done in remodelling, arid rebuild
.ing the church. In .193;; ,the
church 'was again` remodelled.
Plans as to the future of
Bethel church were iindefiite . a•t
wril,ing, time Tues davY Repair .of
the church would be a major-,
expenditure; ; andwith i
p d ,s lo-
cation ' very close, 144
way
21, it' is anticipated by • sorrne
that it would not be appro; ed.
i •,by .the Depar,tmen:t of Highways
hi
l its present location. •
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