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3.00 A Year In AdVariee - 0-00 Extra To. USA 1:4J,CKNOW, ONTARIO •WEDNESDAY, • Jill- 4th, 18.01
'edited g AI an Reed's Life
Allan Reed of Lucknow can
probably .credit his life to the,
persistence of Barry ;Hackett &
Bill MacPherson ,who 'felt "spine-.
• (1.' '.. ;thing was; wrong' when they
" f ' failed •• to get- a .response from
iAllan's garage andservice sta-
tion on ' Monday'. night. shortly
• r; ;after. eight .13-111: • " - -
Hockey was in progress at the
arena ,and Bil.1. and
Barry had gone, individually, to
the :servic . station and auto
supply stciie a Iblock south •of
the arena, to . securea hockey
stick. Each nan found the. lights
on and a b running inside the
building b • were unable to get
an ariswer, jto their knocking at,
the door. ack at the arena the
two men 1 arned of 'their • simi-
liar expe nce, • causing' suffi-
cient cone n. for them both.. to
return to , e• garage when they
found the• same circumstances.
Hesitant a4ut breaking into the
building, y • checked windows
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hut were • -tileto see anything.
They stun#ned Allari's brother-
in-law, G 'don Montgomery', &
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the men. forced a front door.
Allan was found at, a rear GOP:
ner ' of :one • of his large sehool
buses which ' was still ru•nning.
He ,was slumped, on. the .garage
floor in an noccmsejous ,.conti-
tion -apParently overcome Iljy
carbon monoxide, and •seeming-
lY had stopped,breatliing. He was
removed from • the b,uilding and
placed . on a blanket on • the,
ground, with ;;Bill . MacPherson
-commencing artificial respira-
tion. ;Dr. 'IM. H. Cortin- was surn-
moned and administered Oxy-
gen. Luoknow Fire Department
was called arid when theyarriv-
ed,- the Fire Department's resist
eitator was 'used. By the time
the resuscitation was 'commenc-
ed, Allan had shown signs- of
breathing on his own again.'
, The resuscitator was used at
the . scene. for • a time arid then'
the Victim Was placedin, the
rear of Barry 'Hackett's • Station.
wagon and taken: to ' Wingham
Hospital. Deputy -fire chief -1 Bill
Johnstone I continued resiiscita•-•
tiod enrotite to Wingharri Hospi-
tal; Other firemen, RoY •liarens,
Alf Ritchie; Allan Hackett, Stu
art Collyer and Don Thompson
accompanied to assist in 'any
way poSsible... • •
". Allanwas placed in any
',gen tent upon arrival at hospital
and had 'ShoWn sortie Signs of
recoveringconsciousness, at that
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•' Allan ,must have been over-
come by the carbonmorxide
for a considtrable,length of time.
It was about 8;00 'io'clOck. that
Bill MacPherson had first been
at the .garage and it was close
to 'p;45 when Allan, was remov-
ed frona-,: the ..bnilding. Members
of ,the fire. department were still,
in session at: their monthly 'meet-
ing when the call 'was reeeived,
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Recovery Rapid
Ori Tuesday Allan's condition
was quite :•goed and it' waseX-
Pected hewould be hOrne, on
Wednesday. He had,sufficiently
recovered from the effects a few
hours after :admission .to' the hos-'.
ipital to talk to 'members of the.
family Who were at his bedside.
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477,
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allies To Aid Farnily of
o Lost All, Fled In Night
as Home Razed Xmas Day
The ,s of. Christmas, has
been Ver:‘vident in the district
and a • 1,h'esult; Mr and Mrs.
Fra-nk 'HOkins and :their: family
of •8 ch- .ezi are now clothed
and corn table in anew
resid-
ence, afti losing, everything byl
fire earl' (3 -wistarias ••morning...
Theealt interning curiosity of
a; seven-Ow:old member of the
family, 411 to what Santa. Claus
had bro4it, may have averted
loss of hi .•
• The 14 Was greeted at the
• foot of ti$ stairway by a wail of,
flame az aroused by.his.shotitS,•
the fam escaPed, 'by a rear
stairways their night attire.
The Outl ak Was discovered a
• little -af • 6;30 a.m. and was
then •adx ced to a 1. Point that
nothing Id be dorie to fight
it, or sa ge...any belongings.;
The he'owned by .Mr. Hod-
gins .thrtijh is ,situated.
south' ` of Nackhorse. store, across
from thea and is
known Icier residents as' the
Ed' HariOn home..
ence ha
Highwa
the Cub,i
°aged'
u noccur,
the. lar:
rary place, .of
resid-
een obtained on. the
est of .Blackhorse on'
r farm. Neighbours
bee'!' to clean up the
house and: to stock
and: equip the
cciiP-•
l, Other neceSsities..
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arounc1..from LUcknOw &
Kincardine., Donations: of furni-
ture, :footwear, clothing,: cash .84,
the like; were spontaneous and
the destitute family was quickly
rehabilitated: The Salvation
Army •at Wingham, Lucknow &
DiStrict Lions 'Club, a committee
named at the United • Church in
LucknoW', that •morning were a-
mong those who acted at Once
On behalf of the family. Harold
Bannerman of Kinloss lent valu-
able assistance to:. the cause. A
quilting .bee washeld' at Holy-
roOd,,. rand there were innurner-
able such acts which would mer-.
it special mention.
Two members - of the • family,
Grace: and Velma Hodgins, are
students at • :Lucknow District
High School:. • : •
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PRIVATX HOSPITAL IS
NAMED .PINECREST MANOR•
The Lucknow Private Hospital
will now be 'known as Pinecrest
M,anor. The name has been adop-
ted by the new proprietors, Mr.
and' Mrs. George Newbold who
recently bought the hospital
from Harold Greer: ,.•
SNOVV -LOAD SA* ARENA,.•
boards 4th household utensils,
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CLOSED' AT CHRISTMAS •
&tlery
The I onsecame from many 'An -accumulation snow • on
the arena. 'which 'proved cliff'
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NA
BOAI
Samtit
appointtk
ly •elect
ASEIFIE!..1)
OFFICERS
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GibSon was recently
chairman of the. new-
. Ashfield School Arta
'Board D 2. Other Members of
the 5 -in board are Leo Court-
ney, G,( on Finlayson, Robert
Simpsor • bert, Heim. •
:1Vieetit rec'ently ,'Ithe Board
considei a half dozen
applica-
tions .fc he position, f secre-
tary-tres er and ,ajp lilted J.
Roy. Ma ay to this pot.1•
•: The :rd shortly be
torthallyi
will cor ence the .business of
plannint.fir the construction of
a now (Oral school,
,SefiqoltriSpeCtor; J.. H. Kin*
kead is ,.414-)itratost to eValuate.
the asses of each of the. six
hooI-'satierig thafr. Make .up
the new area: .".
stalled into office and
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cult to•disiodge, resulted in acti-
vities. being cancelled at, the
aiena at Christmas time. .
• The; Fire Department tried
the 'fire hose to move the snow,
with -poor resUltS. 'Heat . used
Within the building.' also j failed
to create sufficient softening for
the snow ttOoshed off the metal
Sheeting.
Finally a creW, , sticiVellets
went onto the, to6fto reinove
at seine ;points was said to.
'haye4
iled Up to a depth Of some 3
feet: '• ' •
As a safety preoantion it was
decidedqe keep tlie• ,areria closed
to, the ptilblic until the snw was
removed.
Firehose, we recall, were'usect
at least once a few years ago
with satisfactory' !results.' But
this time, there Seemed to, be a
freezing condition in the now
accumulation that preVented
the water fro uvrng it
"nitieli of the accuMulation which
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COMMENCES NURSE DUTIES
AT 'LOCAL DOCTOR'S, OFFICE
Mrs. Ernie Gibson of the AM:,
berley district has ,corrimenced
duties as • nurse and receptionist
at Dr. '4. H. Corrin Office suc-
ceeding •,Mary MacIntyre who
has accepted a position at Kin-
cardine • Hospital:
Mrs.. Gibson was, ;the former
Mary , Boyd ,of Huron Townghip
and is' a graduate of Stratford
Hospital: She 'Worked at Clin-
ton Hospital • pridr to:.her •mar-
-•riage. .• •
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LI3RNE. POWER NAMED
2 SETS OF 4 GENERATIONS
TOGTHER AT HOLIDAYS
the/ Curran faririV'r, had
the unique experience of •,2.
sets Of . four generations. all
!being' together at the holiday ,
-Season. • •
At Christmas Mr. and 'Mrs,' •
Herb Curran arid Mr: and
Mrs. jack Curran and ether
meinbers of the .family were.
with Mr; and: Mrs. Ken Oke,
(Ruth curran) and their
daughters?. Dale,' Diana and
Dawn.
•At New Years the great
grandparents, grandparents, .
& Other relatives were with
Mr. and Mrs..' Ted. Johnston,
. It. 1; Goderich (Sylvia Cur-
ran) and their four children
Debbie. Eddie Steven and •
Bobby. '•
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FORMER MARKET
STORE CLOSES
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The Sabo • Store -hi- LticknOW.
has been ,Closed with the cessa-
tion of business taking place on.
Christmas; Eve
The business was better.known
as The • Market Store, and was
estalblished and named by the
late Wm., Hornell, who foresaw
the small ' town trend to the 5c
to $1..00 variety - type. of mer-
chandising with its open, semi -
self serve counteri.,. • -
In 1952 Korman Welwood of.
Wmgham bought the businessi
from the Hornell Estate and
continued to operate it until late
winter 'last year. In March Mr.
WelwoOd launched' 4 selling out
sale, and had set the closing date
for Maith 30th. Before this oc-
curred, Nathan Silver .of Toron-
to bought the business and•
re-
named it the Sileo stoie. -Mrs:
Hornell continued to' own the
building. • . • • .
'Mr. Silver had stores in PIrk-
AREA S'UPERVISOR • • hill •and HenSalli:'grS: Jean Fin -
. '.• had been in oharge of the
Lorne Power of -. Weston. has local store :.
been • named area supervisor in
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SHOULD TURN IN FIRE CALL
FOR .THE ,A,ESUSCITATOIc.
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In an eriergency; .when a re-
ssuScitator is required; ,a call,
Should be turned into the fire
'hall.' This will result in promp-
test .action for sit will summon
firemen and the equipMent is at
the hall as it is carried on ,the
fire true*. • • • • t
Delay may be caused by try -
tins district for. United; Co-opera-
tives of 'Ontario. He has assum,-
ed, his new duties , as successor
to Bill Harvey •,who has been'
transferred to another area.
,Lorne was a former manager
of. Lucknow District • Co-op, And
Was succeeded by the present
manager, Ross Robinson. .•
Prior to the supervisor's ap
pointment; Lorne had been head.
of the propane 41mi-tine/it of
Uco
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TWELVE PAGES
HOAGS MOVED
TO STRATHR9y
moved14r'ntd( MSr7r. aPt rW03; Hoagtoinh aa e
e
their •Ibome. They left the Vil-
lage on Friday Mr and Mrs.
A. G. McLeodand: family have
moved -to the residence ne- _a&the
High Sebool vacated by MrN&
Mrs. Hoag. Mr.. McLeod is a
member of the High School
Staffi
Mr and Mrs Lloag• -
*Many friends 'during , their resi-
dence here.' Both, were faithful
members. of Lucknow United
Church and Mrs. Hoag was very .
active in the •WA. and. W.MS.,
aving given able ' leadership lo-
cally 'and in the Presbyterial.
Mr Hoag was -active in •the Ma
sonic fraternity, and his work in
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organizing and. directing, the
High School- Bandwill long 'be
remerribered.,.
_Mr. . Hoag was a ernbeif of
the High School. staff for 'SiXteen ' •
years,.;corning to Lucknow from
,Seaferth in 1944 to serve under
the prinCipalship; of Miss F. E.
MacLean until. her - retirement • .
twoyears later,•.1 Mr, 'Hoag siic-
ceeded Miss MacLean. ',On
January.' 1st, 1951; the Lucknow
Di$trict High School Area came
intobeing and. in SePteniber
1953. the new high • school was
officially opened. ••• Mr Hoag's:,
retirement became effective last
June and sincethen • he and
T. •
Hoag have continued' 4- -Ade ' . •
• • pen Mr.. Hoag s re irement •
he was .honered" by -ine,mbers. of
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the, High School . Beard' and by
the strident body, . whose ,good
wiahes' '7qiattime are' - still
mot applicable now and Were
summed up. , thusly, "wherever
yoUr''lot is cast, may Your 'fu-
ture life be crowned With health • •
and happiness"' . •
Held Friendship Tear
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Mrs'. Hoag was guest of hon-
our at • a friendship tea held' at
the home of Mrs. Harold Trelea-
ven reeently. - Mrs. J. • "Wesley
Joynt pouredtea and Mrs,
J. Little and -Miss Ruth ,Trelea-
ven assisted inserving the
uests. Mrs: Joynt exPressedthe
regret: Of the group that Mrs.
Hoag was the .00#111?4:: •
rilty
piness di,ax ••%.,V,phirthers,e:31'.nethew:ir, niyethr,y Mrs
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Hoag
a pair
of matching figurines.. . s,
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There are better ways 'of get- •
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ting up in the world ;Ilan hitting
,ing to contact an individual. the 'ceiling., • . '
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A /nether: of 'five young •
'r.e,n was killed, .and another lady
is still in •Kincardine ; Hospital
with injuries received: • when
both • were •struck by a • bread'
truck at RiVersdale on Friday
afternoon .before 'Christmas. .The
injured 'Woman. was Mrs,
Kaake of Kinloss.
Killed -was Mrs. Wendeliti•Sla-
yvik. ;of Riversdale. She '• was
crossing :1-lighWaY' :NO 9 froni, the
mail box, when Struck. by"a 'bak-
orY . truck driven •by ',Russel
Noble, ,"•8, . of Teeswater„ who
vAs,proceeding west. He said he
saw Mrs,: Slawik. but could:. not:
turn left to miss her because of
911 approaching car. turned
right as NIrS: .Slawik tUrned to
retrace ',he •rstei)S. She ,;was
injuredand died from in-',
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ternal ..injuries soon after admis-
sion to Wingiharn Hospital. •
Christmas Gift
..„Mrs. Kaake. Who resides jut
west • of Blackhorse, had visited
hcr husband,in Kincardine Hos;
,bital, where he had ,undergone
$trgriery:k and had then proceed -
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ed , to Riversdale • to deliver a'
gift., She had left her car • and
was on the: --Step leading tothe_?
store; When struck.. the truck
had collided with ,the Kaake car
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before she was ..Struck, Mrs.
Kaake• cannot recall. just •• what
happened. She , suffered a badly
broken Shaulder blade, facial
cuts and a leg injury and is stifl
llospitaiizecl. She :is the former
Eileen Bannerman. . • • .
: :,•• , Oldest 'Child' Is 6
Mis Slawik .was born'in-;:Mann-
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heim, Germany, 'March
1932. She. emigrated to ‘Canada
three arid a half Years ago. • The'
couple 'w.ent to the . Teeswater
district, and moved tb,Riversdale
last spring. Mr, Slawik is a on
Structj.on: .,woricer. The deceased
was a rneniber. of St Arine•
Ft C. Church, Riversdale,
She is survived ,by her hu -
band, and • five. phildren,,
gangIlizabeth„ 4; Resernary-.,
3; Margaret, 18 inorithS, and
Peti sIX weekS old ' •• ••••
.The body.rested at.the Church' • ..
PUtieral'. :Home, Tees -water. Rt- •
FATALLY 11411MED
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quieni high massts
ed at St Anne's' Churh Monday
at 10 30 am .11'ev;. J.
offfelated and 'burial' was in,"„
Riversdale R.C. Cemetery'