The Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-08-23, Page 9r.
gPlitS•PAY:i. AitTP. 23rc1,.. 1961:
ROY SA,BENTLEY
PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANT
GORERICH, ONTARIO
Box 47.8;
:1'1101e MOkson. 4,9531
A. M. HARPER
AND COMPANY:
ciiartered Accountants
•
33 Hamilton; $t.
GODERICII, ONTARIO
TelePhone,JA 4-7562
1. 164, :ACTESONi. Mc.
• (Doctor of Chiropractic) .•
.Wroxeter,. pittaii° .
• Tetephque. .wiwieter 210-i--1
rrS_1(09=4 :30, IVIOnday7FridaY;
Mohday, TuesdThursd y—..•
Evenings, 7, to 9 .8, •
A. R. DU VAL
Sp.C.
Chiropractor
•
Physio and ElectrO Therapist •
Aringhain " ' Phone 300
(Office. located In former CKNX
building on . the, Main Street)
- • .
INSURANCE- -
FIRE, WIND, CASUALTY
' AUTOMOBILE • •
..AND. LIFE
fi
• *
•
THE LIJCIWOW SIENTINE.,4 ,I4UCK.NOW, ONTABLIQ '
•
11/
111.T.R9, • .P.Ror, REPORT
August 15th
rain. harvest is in full swing.
Reports indicate that most wheat
is high'in moisture and there has
been . some sprouting. • Spring
grains are .a. heavy crop. but will
be difficult :tc, harvest cbeCa'use
Ofsevere /lodging in many.. areas.
Some fields of second cut hay
have been taken ioff in the. last
week. •,
• To. Protect Your...Tack, :
Insure .With ,Jack .Tpday. '
•.1A Ntc1)9NAGH
PhOne 306;Linckno*
STATE nit% MUTUAL
OTOM9BilLE,
INSURANCE—.
,investigate Before Investing
• • REUBEN, ,WILSON
• R.R. 3, Ooderich
, :Phone '80-r-8 Dungannon'
•
R. W. ANDitEW
• Barrister and SOlicitor '
LISTOWEL, ONTARIO
•
IN LUCKNOW, •
Every Wednesday and
Saturday Afternoon• , .
Office in the Jeynt, Block
Telephone: /
Office 135 Residence. 314
vo#4,444.•••••••••••••~4~,e4rol~4,04%
S. HETHERINGTON,
9.0.
Barrister,. Etc.
Winghani and Lucknow
IN LUCKNOW
Monday d Wednesday
Located in .Kilpatrick Block
'Phone Wingham
Office 48 Residence 97
• IMPERIAL :OIL..
• •
PRODUCTS
for prompt service, '.
fihq qtiality products,
•••
MacKenzie
Memorial, Chapels:
Finsugtoul:•SERVICip -•
Services conducted accord.
ing to, your.wishes at your.
Home, your Church, or at
our Memorial Chapel at. no
• additional charge.
•
Phone 181; Lucknow,
,Day or Night
JOHINSTONE'S
FUNERAL .HOME
Phone '76
Day or Night , .
USE OF FUNERAL HOME
At No Extra Cost
Mo4rate Prices
Established 1894
..••••••••;.....0~.•••00•••••••••....1.•••••
WINGHAM
MEMORIAL SHOP'
We Have Been 'Memorial
Craftsmen for Thirty -Seven
Years, Always Using ,
'THE 'BEST GRANITES
Along With
•
•
Expert Designing antl .
The Story,:Tho.
ILICited-Griffon... •
• At 'a recent. meeting of the
Bruce County Historical Society
held at Lions Head, an interest-
ing -story of the fate of -The 'Grif-
fon was related by'.A. C, :Vail
of TobermorY who 'discoVered
the remains of the wreck, which
has been authenticated. ,
'70
• The story Of The Griffon is an
interesting and intriguing, nar-
rative' in • Canadian history.
.0n the' 7th of August, 1679, 34'
men, including Rene Robert Cave-
lier, Sieur de La Salle, 'Father
Louis. HenhePin, Father Gabriel
Ribourde, Father Zenobe Mem:
•tler (Recollect Priests) and the.
pilot Luc (or Luke) set. sail
aboard this,' barque which was
• built that year "seven 'leagues"
above" Niagara. Falls, . and sailed
into Lake Erie. Sir was named
the Griffon . to honour Count
Frontenac, Governor of Canada,
who assisted the eliplorer • and
• shielded , from his many
enernies. Frontenac's coat Of arms
bore a griffon an an animal with the
head and wings, of an eagle and
body of a lion .which the' Greeks' .
, bedriven out to the fluyon
ing
•
believed to inhabit Scythia and to
• ,' • .• .
'guard its •gold Island's
. '
Master shipbuilder Moyse La Salle . heard a onflicting
laret,. brought ' fromFrance • for runir later. He was tOld.his•sup-
• the purpose, supervised the -Nies- Posed-friendi, ihe Pottawattornie
sel's construction She ,was built Indians had captured the ship &
of white oak, Carried five guns burned 'her..
"two .of brass and, three hahgue4.. ,La Salle' suspectedd',the pilot
buse a croc." She is .believed to Luc, who • had previously proved
:have hal an overall ledgth, of 'himself Auitrustworthy, had Made
•sixty feet. : off With' the fur and had hettled:
'The :Griffon' was the first. ship for the French 'River" where La
to sail the waters of Lake Erie, Salle's 'enernies were plying .the
Lake 'Huron and Lake Illinois 'fur trade: . • - ' •
(Lake Michigan). • The wreck. of the .Griffon was
. She proceeded across Lake Erie located. by Orrie Vail of Tober-
rhory in an inner • island' cove 'now; Spent last week with Mr..
close to the of the Bruce Pen and MrS. Carr -hen Farrier at the*
insula. Mr., Vail had known of 4 'cottage .in 'Northern 'Ontario.
;Mr. Walter •James of Wocicl7
stock visited:at the home of
and Mrs. Ben .Mcoleriaghan on
Monday. _ •
and Mrs. ten,1VICCienaghart
and Mr. George MeClenigha itr•
'the great explorer's 'ship Griffon:, Mr: and Mrs. :Carl ,McCleriaghan
:Final. Confirmation as to thej attended the 'Parker and Fleisa;
in debt and this would satisfy
his creditors, -.• The Griffon sailed out Of pp.,
trOit Harbour (in Green Bay) on.
September '13th, 1079, a beautiful
autumn clay: A single shot 'was
fired froone of the brass guns
• as a parting salute to Salle,
He never saW. her .again. .
For 276 Years.; the diaaPPOarange'
of the Griffon remained a my-
stery. A year atter he last saw
his ship. La Salle met a small
party of' Pottawattomie Indians
hear Lake Simcoe. They told him
they had seep the Griffon two
days after" she. left Green Bay.
She was, at anchor in a sheltered
bay No
of rthern Lake Michigan,
A .great storm had come: out of
a profound calm, they said and
• the pilot, ,Luc, "unable to feel its
violence in,.his sheltered:position,
:headed for Michilimackinac." The
Indians said they knew there was
a great storm raging outside be-
cause "the lake wore,a blanched
lobk." They said the urged Luc
•to remain where' he was but he
laughed and said the Griffon was
not afraid of a little wind.. They
told La "Salle the last they saw
of, his .ship was When she struck
her Sails,"hardlY•a quarter, league
out ancl began to tOss frightfully,
pAgg NINE.
24 In.Dungannon
4-11 Calf Club
With Achievement' Day'
weeks away at the Dungannon
Fall Fair, on Wednesday, October
4th„. members of the .4-11 Calf
Club, are getting, ready for the
climax to this project. •
On Tuesday- evening a 441
meeting was, held at Eedy's
Cransford Farm on Concession 4,
• Ashfield. • ,
Members Of the Club which
numbers' twenty-four .are: Doug •
Brindley, Harry Brindley, 'Ken-
neth Brindley, George Clark,
Philip Clark, Cecil Cranston, Bill
Crozier, Ronnie' Durnin,•Pob
Eedy, Paul Eedy, Patsy Jewell;.Sandy Ko'lkman, .Bob McNeil,
Donald McNeil, Mary McNeil,
Allister Nivins, Donald Paquette,
Terry Paquette, Ernie Sherwood,
Robert. Sherwood, James Sproul,
Fred Stirling, Robert Stoll„Bryan
Baer. , •. •
'Club.. leaders are Chester Fin-
nigan of .'Dungannon ;and John
Clark, R. 5, .Goclerich. •
• President of the Dungannon
Fair this', year is Gordon ers, with T. Marvin. Durnin, sec-
retary -treasurer. 8, •
• ,
up the Detroit Rivet, across Lake
WHITECHURCH
4.
and 'Mrs. Bill Gibson of77-.
Zion spent Sunday at the home,
of 'Mr.• and Mrs: George Fisher..2ther visitors through ,the week
,were, Mrs. Dimean Simpson .and
family •of iKintaii, •MiSs
Sineltzer . 'of , 'Huron TownShip;
Mrs. Margaret.Carruthera Of, Rip-
ley:and Mr. mid. Mrs: Irwin Car.-
.ruthers of GoderiCh. '•
. Miss Winnifred Farrier and. . •
Mrs. Lorne •JoluiSton of Luck- •
• ..•
--"
?.q
•
•JA•
•4•1 ;
•
ti
,•
• • .
••••• • , •
• • . •
'•
• '. • •• ' , ,
• •o.*
,%.1,*
;
• . .4 Or • /if •
•
• 4
.. • •.
, .•
•,,
4
, .
. Workmanship •• St. Clairto Lake ,Htiron. and
Prices 1VIost Reasonable dropped anchor, at St. Ignace, a
Cemetery Lettering a Specialty Jesuit outpost an ” the Strait of
• ' • • Michilimackinac. After • a few
R. A.POTTONdays
she proceeded to ,Detroit
• ' Harbour .(in Green Bay) :where
Phone 256. Wingham, Ontario. • ,
: • • . cOntaCt:
• . , GRAN*. , CifiSitOLM • •
Phi ta 0011eet Dungannon 19-r4
:o* 10 Lucknow
''Always Look To ItriPerial
For The Best" • ••
•
• ; La -Salle met,,,an advance .party
0:0044,•••..".~.4.0.404,044404.
G. ALAN WILLIAMS
Optometrist
. ,
•
Office on Patrick St, just
off the' Main! St. in
WINGHAM
Professional Eye Examination
Optical Services
•FOr appointment'
Please • Phone 770, Wingharn •
0 •
J. MacKENZIE,
Optometrist, '•
NOW IN RIPLEY
EVERY 'WEDNESDAY
Office Hours 10.00 a m to. 9.00
' Phone • Roy MacKenzie,
'Ripley. 96-r-24*.for appeintment..
.....*•••••••,.••••••••••••••••••••,
Gon.Ric.
.F. T. Arinstrong
Consulting OPtotnetrist
• The Square
(Pholie Mckson 4L7661)
sent outa year •previoutiv- They
,had ;collected 1,200:pounds of ftir.
which La Salle loaded aboard the
Griffon together, with consider-
able other cargo: The value he
placed On the ship and Cargo Was
60,000 .francs. •:"
,
1-4:4 Salle instructed. the pilot ;to
take the, Ship baCk: to ,Niagara
Where the fur would be protaged
:to. another. vessel waiting. below
thefalls:. The. second ship would
.take ,the fur fo'Fort Frontenac
(Kingston). La ,Salle Was heavily
FURNACE OIL, STOVE OIL;
' • KEROSENE,' GASOLINE .
See or • call
'W • ,
/ M. A. ``BUD" HAMILTON
Phone 226-w Lucknow
IP1st.ct Agent for Cities Service
'wreck's existence thereiSinc1900
and believed it to be .of great an-
,tiqUity. In. August, .1.955? Orrie
Vail and John MacLean, Toronto
,Telegram reporter, established
that the'. old wreck was that..of
authenticity of the discovery was 1 chauer .wedding which- Was held
made. August 17th;, .1955, by C. in Central Baptist Church,,sin
Ln -
H J. Snider, world -recognized don last Friday ::evening. :
authority on•early.Canadian ships, Mrs. Doris Willis spent Sunday
and discoverer of the `Nancy": A visiting with Mr. and Mrs. S. :Ce.'
rn,erirber of the Society for Nati-. Willis at Gowaristown.
tical Research of. Great Britain,: Larry•and Ken Taylor of Wing- • •
Great Lakes •Historical: :Society, 'bath Spent Saturday at the home'
Toronto • Historical Society and .,of Mr. .and Mrs: Carl McClenag-
Honorary ,Historian of the Royal han. • .
. • . ,
•Canadiat Yacht Club, Mr Snider,Miss Mary Fisher who is em- ,
Made a thorough examination of ploYed at CKNX spent last week
the Griffon Griffon, •wreck, `!The Ghost at the home :of her Parents, Mr..
Ship of thel' Great Lakes." :He and Mrs.- ,GeOrge .Pisher.
noted it : as. a '"most, important • Mr. and Mrs..•„ Dan Tiffin and
Canadian . discovery?' .Mrs Ethel Stewart of Wingham.
Canada's outstanding marine and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra StholtZ
artist, Rowley. W. lAurphy, A.R.- attended' the Civil Service Picnic
0.S.A., Royal *Canadian. Nav- Which' was held in Milverton on
al War Artist, who spent 25 years .Sattirday...8 •
research , on the Griffonr'said the Mr and Mrs, Dan Tiffin and.
wreck. "perfectly matches in ev-• family spent :Sunday in Formosa.
'erY detail.the drawing by Father There' was a large :crowd in
Louis Hennepin who' sketched attendance at the•Wingharn ball
the ship as she 'was being built." park on Saturday evening to see
• - ,• • " Highgate and Whitechurch" 'Ju-•
Gossip is something that goes in veniles play their deciding game..
one ear . . '. and another, and Whitechurch won over Highgate'
.another, and. another, ' by ,a score of 15-6,
,
J.,itiCKNOW .DISTItICT
CO-OPERATIVE INC.::
Phone tucknow 11,
coLiveR • •
Registered • Master Elettrician
'ELECTRICAL COMPRACTOR'
Specializing in •
Electric Heating, Electric 'Wiring
and Repairs
and,
All electrical ApplianceS.,''
• Phone 20g -r-25, LueknOw..":
Nini3OK40, ,,..4:40...04.••••••••••0:•••••••••••°044::" 0.0"4.40.
•
Pedlar Barn and Stable Equlpment
McKEE WATER BOWLS. •
DAILY SERVICE . CUT COST and, 'LABOR
SOYBEAN MEAL. ,
CONCENTRATES • •
BALANCED FEED'S
'.MILL FEEDS •
CHOPPED FEEDS
. .
K. D. CORN
' r
DRIED MOLASSES
MINERALS & WORMJNG PELLETS • ,•
Barb Wire
•
-Steel. Posts'
nee tell :al4 Son Ltd.
Lucknow Branch, Phone 78
"THERE'S A NEW LIFE FEED FOR EVERY NEED"
trwr4.04.44•404,44•4444•440.0.4.04,1;01.4,
$
•
• 1 •
• • r" • r,.; •
. . .
•1
r
Ito 0
• ". '
,•• '
' 'r)
• ' • ' • • • • r
•
°.•
.4.".-. • ••
4- •
•
41
•
•
• .
•