The Lucknow Sentinel, 1957-07-10, Page 1• mm Iii s ad
0 A Year In Advancer41.04, Extra To U.S.A. " LUCKNOW, ONTARIO- WEDNESDAY, JUL
loth, 1957`
EIGHT PA „• E.,.,,, ' .
reale "twisters" ,bounced' •up
dowri;�in the Anberley and
iganrion districts last: Thurs-
night, wrocking'havoe,where.
hxt1, while nearby buildings•
sped undamaged,` . and. neigh;
were quite unaware of the-.
ttering impact,
amaage was .done ;at theams
iarvey. Rabb and '. Tom.
Brown'r
Highway' 80,.. east; "of :Amber ey
the farms; of W. A Culbert°
Harvey Maize, west, of Dun
non; ' ; .'
was about 9.40 ' p.m. ' Thurs-
night that the "twister"
•ck'at''the Robb farm.' It swept
n .out of an eerie sky, with'
:ial lighting effects : provided
an" awesome • display LL .of the
thern Lights which "canopied
,heavens.
heavy 'steel roof ` was ripped
the "west:. side 'df .the: •Robb
1. What few :sheets of., steel
teel remained near theridge;.
e rolled tackand crurnpled.,
paper. •
pie rafters to the purlin plate,
e Shattered, and the , centre'
ion .' of the.. roof, : rafters,,
Lthing' ands steel •were 'carried
r .over thebarn and dropped
he. east ;side of the. barnyard,
iout even" .touching the • east
--of-the. roof, • oThissection
iced -limbs _off _ trees.. that.
ted the ;barnyard.
Cher sheets. of ,,steel'were scat::
d
far arid "wide, Some were
ied clear ',over .the .Brown:
for distances from'. 50 to
ods.
arvey is',• covered wind in
nee'`Spence Irwin. had • a
, of 'workmen on the job
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HAD HAND CUT
HAY- _A444SP MISHAP
Elmer' Huffman, of Lucknow
had 'his .hand. cut on Tuesday in •.
a hay mishap. Elmer was
operating his hay baling machine
in the Whittick • 'barn in the d
Whitechurch`district He: was
threading the Machine when
Suffered the gashed'.,hand andl
scratched arm,' : •
He • was admitted" to Win,gham
4 . •.ri s _•are li kt
considered as; .serious and ,,t •w,a.„'
expected he . might' get. hone
Wednesday. . ,
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A. freak `+twister;". was., respons-
ible for denuding the . 'roc f : Of
Harvey Robb's barn on Thursday
evening. Rafters, , 'sheathing ;and
steel' • roofing. was . tossed high' and;
far and' the few steel sheets re-
maining on the west side of 'the
roof," .,were : rolled. back acid .
ON TRIP TO WEST COAST
Mr.' and... Mrs. Wm.' Graham
• (Winnifred Ackert) and their
two children, Lloyd, and Olive,
are . leaving this week in a new
Nash station wagon for a trip •
to'' the 'West Coast:`.They expect ••••
to : be . gone about:six weeks..
Bill had been in the ' garage
business. in Ripley for • thirteen
years until selling out .a,'' few
weeks ago -to Frank -Kuntsch: an:
Frank , Zipfel • of . Port Credit.
crumpled like paper.,
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entiaa�
ate=
Under a new' 'system ' of ;Pro
Vinci grants;. there will betwo
tax rates : for ViIl'age : property
this year .in common with -all
MI Pi
was done. of repairing the.
so Harvey:could get the hay
-if the weather. elver clears. ,
sere was- 'a 'Severe • electrical
rain storm that evening, and
11ey's first ',knowledge. Of the
i damagewas when he went
he chicken'; house' to find 150
:eks-old . chicks; in a . smoth=
gHe __ ot: ,theme.rn ' "un-
p �
i" intime' to` • divert thelos
the •flock. At that four' of
a were dead, and others
:h 'appeared dead soon, re=
d. The flapping of :the steel
icted 'his attention.
vo=substantfal-- wooden ---lawn:'.
rs close to, the house ''were
thed as if ,an. axe had been
Section • Off Brown Roof
-considerable 'section wa"s rrii-
clean off the : northeast side.
bin. Brown's .barn, and 'Mitch'
t splintered. Thebarn also
pared -to havebeen, -shifted;
ay wagon was carried .'about
.
eet from where •it had : been
ig and the rack ..was ..shat=
I. A -stone boatthat had ;been.
;One the aground;, .was • lift-
nd moved -from where: it sat,
he freak 'antics .of the storm.
Drive' Shed !Flattened
lat same evening,. W :A. Cul-
4th Concession of Ashfield,
the' misfortune to ' have lis'
' implement, shed, .120x28 ;•ft.,
erred to the ground' With r a
ram an. wind storm:. The
ling.. sheltered' a: threshing.
line, binder'. and 'tractor and.
Y other,. articles as tools, etc.
were extensively
r
, damaged.
getrees, were -uprooted a-
t
farm of Mr., Harvey Maize
by.• The rest of the'neighbor-
i• were: unaware of the gtorm
g that Abad;.
411'ERSON
,... IRV1�1 PASSES.
1 1
dWiri
g acritical.- illness that;
ed._ no --••:hope of, ;#recover : -
Terson ,Irwin' at
. _ passed „away at
tomehere-,=earl
y -:.'u sd of
soh, He wag". tl]I. n .two.
cs of his, 60th birthday.
le remains a are e rr e,sting n,at
'the
t
:'the
ennan-Macltenzie - Memorial
rel where the 't
h funeral service
he held o rs ' r
. , htirsday after
at 2.30•.p.m., ;With interment
xeen'hi11.Cemetery.
Taxable ;property' 'is , broken,
down.' into ,a commercial and res-
idential '.category with •4.. spread
of .4.2 'mills in the applicable
r"ate.
The :commercial rater for th'e
current year's taxes has been
,struck at 56.4 midis, an, increase
_of 2.7 'rills:; over :last year's rate
of 53.4 mill's. The residential, rate
wi l--Ibe..51.9�milIs • .a • d crease oL
1.5 mills .from last year 'o 1:50'
per 1000 ' of a s 'm $
$ s ess crit. The
lower residential; rate is •made.
possible,"by ' an unconditional
provincial grant of $2,724.00 to
apply„on the residentialassess
ment, which is equal to 4;2 mills.
Totalassessable: property in
the.' ill `
V, age •i s $023;483: Of this,
the commercial property amounts
to:7$280;05-1 an residential pi p'=
erty, $643,432.
The total to be raised, :by taxi'
ation •i.n ' 1957 is $5:1,787:35 ='-This
coatesunder-the=followngcl-ass;
ifications: •
County,. 10.3 Mill's :"$ 9,510.43
Public Sch'l '13 4 'mills' 12,345.60
High School •7.1 'Mills ':6,561.20'
Village.' ....:25.3 mills 23,364.12
56.,1 mills '$5,1,787.35
Compared .. to the 1956 levy,
the County`. rate is up 2.7, mills;
Public School, up 1 -mill; 'High
School,, Unchanged; Village, down
one .mill.
• Increase Tax Arrears'Penalt'
With' view to . cutting down
tax arrears, and to wipe, off bank
borrowings' • . ;at the : year-end,
Council 'has revised the schedule.
of tax arrears penalty charges. ,
axA
straight " '2 ' percent`: will be
'charged , on tax arrears on. the
1st day after the 15th of De-
cember, which is the'tax pay-
ment" deadline. On' January `. 1st
the regular e'l arge of ' 1/2%, `per
month w'iill' ontinue .to a • '.1y::
c J y
T e2 percent levy,' is an increase
e
of '-1,/ '.percent.
•APS, t
'in Collector
• c rrentl
about $5,000, •,and :Clerk
Agnew was appointed tax . coli
lector with, a view .to, sharply
reducing:. the • ..abnormal •arrear-.
age,' Hydro Jand water arrears
are . nil." andit is' felt that the
tax arrears ,: situation can and
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MANY . CHILDREN ATTEND
"'PLAYGROUND" CLASSES
There -has: been a .peak, attend-
ance .of about • fifty children at
the summer "playground" class-
es under the ;direction of .:Miss -
Ruth Treleaven:. and Jim Reed.
The "school" continues each.
morning for. the; month of July,
and is sponsored' by the Luck -
,now and District `' Recreation
Committee, : It is, 'Ruth's , second.
year in this ' type of instruction.
She teaches crafts and Jim 'is.' in
-charge--of games•
Those' attending are from ages
6 . to ' 12,,, .senior groups'
and ' are . divided into
junlor
.:. :and . .• .: gr P • for in
:.
struction; and, recreation.
Tuesdays:` and ;Friday's ;it's off.
to. .Teeswater`,'for swimming' les-
sons for `those" who may, or ' wish
to attend Their; ' number is in
creased .,by , :othe s: not attending
the . playground classes,', which
ma ;es , or qui e . a us
WAS 94:' IN i JUNE ,.
Mrs: John IHawe of Amherst-
burg and formerly of .Lucknow`
observed 'her ' 94th- birthday: on
June: 22nd..,Although she still en-
joys ` a ' fair measure' of ...health,
she was unable, oto make' the. long
trip to Hawick, ;Quebec, Where a
family , reunion: washeld• at the
time -:of her birthday..
Her daughter; Mrs: 'R J. But-
ton, 'and Mr. and, Mrs: Alex Mac
Nay- 'were among those who •at
tended the .reunion.
FELL :HEAD FIRST”
INTO CATCH: : BASIN
A four -.Y. ear -old . Clinton .child
. n
had : a. c;luse cilli recently -w
he fell."head first into the water'
and muck of an open catch °basin.:
He,was Ronald Irwin, son of
Mr nd -Mrs Grant Irwin of
Clinton anda: '_grandson' of Mr.
and' Mrs.. 'Clarence, Irwin of the.
Second .Concession,, Kinloss.,
The, Clinton News= Record re
ports that Ronald was rescued
from the hole by El' Jinki•n, tea_:.
oa.. cher at 'Clinton District Colleg=
iate Institute, 'artificial .respira-
LIONS CARNIVAL
NEXT THURSDAY.:`
Lucknow . Lions Club-. isP lan.'
ning , '.the revival of the street
carnival, and...have set the `date.
for. Thursday evening; of next
week? July 18th.; .
'Plans •werenot completely fin
alized : 'at this ' writing; • but• 'it:
shapes,,up as. an interesting even
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•
ing
ThereV will b f
.roup. rides •for• the children, and
pipe and other -.musical enter
tainm� n:t. L:
The Labatt safe -drivel van,
g
will Abe : on the. street, where car'
driv rs maytlake,"a wee driv
e .. ' . 3ng
test, "•to . determine what,,if 'any,.
are' one's,• : driving defects. ' This
;will ,.operate ',from 7.00 to 11.00
'o'clock • in charge ` of the Lions
Safety. Committee.
tion was- given : by A. R. Bates,
a member of the. Ontario Hydro
line . gan •.,.•,'and�`�11>Irs Junkin, who
is a'nurse at the Clinton: Public
Hosipit'al.
Just. how the top of the `catch
;basin. happened to be off remains
a.. mystery. However, it is, ;sus
pected' that, .young. Ronnie • was
reaching tor something in' the
hole, 'when' he lost his balance
'and . fell., 'The hole' was; one foot;
three inches' across, with 18 inch-'
..es. -clear,' 'before a, .: depth' df 11
inches : of ,water •and Muck. The
e tee merry -go- boys • head w.a we1:.;,..under thee.
water.
He was• taken to Clinton Hos
pital: where he' was confined for
a couple of day's: •
6_1
e_x
..
will have,an opportunity to corn-
pete in. a ,live contest, and ; the
•'old timers" can .have t eir-fling'
ih the waltz com tition.
• 'There, will. be. all kinds of carn-
ival games, in operation, in-
cluding ;'the ever, popular 'bingo,
for which 'valuable merchandise
prizes will be given, ,,
'There 'will!' be a big street
dance. to - calirnax, the night, with
music' 'by Carruthers orchestra.
FORMER PASTOR
ENDS NMi 1 T Y
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Rev. Joseph '=W. Stewart, past-.
Or of . .Lucknow United' " Church
for `'eight' years,. from', 1941 ` to.
1949, has retired after" fifty-one:
years'. -service in the. Ministry. ':
He went from Lucknow to'Tra-
,faligar,. and for . the past three
years .has been at Lakeview' at
the outskirts •of Toronto. It was
at that charge that: 'hepreached,
his final sermon on 'Sunday, June
30th. While officially .:retired,
Rev..'Stewart will continue :to'do
supply work
• Prior to his last.Sunday in the
1. " t �e .•obre n g
pupit, ,h. congregation of Lake=
, g
view Church held; k• social at
which to pay honour to Rev. : and
Mrs., ` Stewart.
The:,. entertainment .`' included
music and songs. popu ar during
the past'half- century, With per
iod` costumes ' adding ;much . to the
presentation of the songs of the
various eras."
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ED THOM CELEBRATED
IHS :84th BIRTHDAY
Ed „Thorn; a :lifelong , resid'ent
of ' the' St, Helens district, until
movitig to Lucknow 'a few years
o;-
br-&t� sA4tsh = litCele -dam-,� . _
ori Thursday, • July 4th "
'A.:birthday
i rthday . gathering was:�heicL
at
the Thom's on cottage ,a
t
Am -
A:t_ the close 'of ; the program: '
Rev, Stewart was, presented with :
a handsome Bivble"'with his name
engraved in gold on the carver, •
and -;with a we11 filled• 'Surse • of
money, . Mrs, Stewart -Was: re--
sented with,. a 'bouquet -, oaf flow'-
ers.
Rev W:, J. Rogers• brought.
greetings from Halton 'Presbyter;
and several 'speakers expressed
•
faithful
•ReStewart
ervi t h h
• s ce o the c urc •. .• : • .
.... r` t
v, ., S,tew a ,graduated from ,
Victoria College, University of
oronto with his,. Bachel:or. of
,berle ..Beach w:hen_�-the=.�farrlrl� �� ;� ��_.�- �.;.,.=��:.w_„_.nM.�..._W _._-_,--g..=....�:��.
Arts land' iBacheldr of Divinity
d'e tee ; w a :i . .
Herov s ordained ;at the, ., . .
First Methodist` Methodis"t` Church'..Haaml-
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ton, , xn 1915.
Mr', and.'s�' Melvin
1V.lt` . ,, e vi tewart,
Dawn and Judy of Lucknow gat
.tended •the farewell far his fath
got : together dor a brief visit to
Mark the occasion ' Mr' and111rs:
Thom have four daughters, Mrs.
Cam 'Tlionvpson.(Margaret)', Mrs.
Ron Rothwell '. (Helen) of ,Nor-
wood, Mrs. Al Martin'.(Jean)' •of
D•
ebroit ' and Mrs. Stuart Collyer
(Kathleen)
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