The Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-05-11, Page 8_.M
THK.a,UCKNt1W SENTINEL. LAICKNOW, ONTARIO
Pranksters Paint ,
• Fence On Lucknow
Main Street
•Paul Henderson. is Lucknow's
contribution to the National Hock
ey .League. Sportsminded people
in ,Lucknow and district are very
proud of the fact that Path• grew
up in thls community •and ':played`
all his, minor 'hockey '.here_ until .
joining the Detroit`Red Wing Org-
anization. It makes tthe hair on •
the back of local peoples'.. necks
stand up when coxnnfentators, and
'columnists whose chief knowledge
Of Paul's early.career comesfrom
misleading literature' on the young
speedster, refer to him as a "Kin-
cardine native." •
One of the latest 10 make refer-
ence to Kincardine as being Paul's
hon to town was .Jack Park: of the
London Free Press. Jack'received
quite a nzaitresponse to the quote
and later endeavoured to ex-
plain "why he had said what" in
the May 3 issue of the Free Press..
His explanation oely heaped fuel
on the fire. Actually; he did ,.ex -
:plain
plaza it reasonably well but his •
,headline writer completely loused •
up the story by writing "All: lay ,
cla_ irn but Kincardine, is/it"
The May 3 Free: Press .article
by Jaek read as follows:
by JACK PARK
A most venerable bromide which
has stood the test of time, reads
something like this; Hell has no
fury like a woman scorned.
Yon can ,;get into a: lot of trouble
too if you get slightly mixed up `
on a National Hockey League
• player's home town Talce°Paul
.Henderson.of Detroit Red swings'
icer instance.
In the course of cornmenting on
a game -winning goal scored by
'Henderson against Canadiens in
, one of the Stanley Cup finals. we
suggested_• that it, must have caused
much whooping and hollering in
• 'Kincardine, his home rotnrn.
That started the mail and ;phone
calls,. We got thep]aoe, of his
birth as Kincardine om `the :NHL '
record' bbok and 'from the Red Wing
year book, gleaned the information
that he still made his home there.
This first disturbed•many;
people in Lucknow,, •once most
famous as being the :home of the •
Chin brothers, a Chinese brother.
act ,which was really something •
in their day•. One of them, Bili,
almost becarne the first member
of his race ever to play in the NHL..
Then Goderich got into the act
• and it isn't .difficult to understand
. why so many have•.been .confesed,
Paul Henderson was indeed' born
in Kincardine on 2 stormy,. annairY
23, 1:43. But it nearlydidn';t
work out this 'way. His pa s.
lived in Listowel which • .at Mat
time.didn'i have .a hcsp111a.2. -.
cause of the' i.'ad reads i..*tat dam'
tided ro take his n , `
drawn sled. to''irazarIii
the nearest ii ita.: was.
A shortcut isivolvec' .;anima o
a stretch on Lake Huren'i e wtsch'form.
Kincs dint of a bay in frau of
Young Mr."'Headers=
was born before the sled got bacit
on the mainland , so if there was.
ever a player entitled to be con- `
sidered so adept,:he must have been
born on ice, it is Paul Henderson..
That was Paul's only. real conn
ection'with Kincardine, according
to Bennis Riggin," himself a Kin=
cardine native, who hada fling
in goal' with Detroit for, while
,and actually .talked Henderson into
M. , Park commented on Mrs, .
Henderson's' letter• ort the weekend',
but the writer again chose to say.
very, little to confirm the fact that
Paul had no connections with"'!4in-
cardine• other than spending a. few
days there following his birth. • •
'In his weekend article, Mr, Park
madereference to a letter from a
Kincardine reader and said " as
we never stated Paul had anything
yto-do with,Listowel, which he
claims we -did; his:objections to
our story don't stand up"..
Apparently Jack doesn't: read his
own column because he did "say
that the Hendersons were living
at Listowel; which, had no hospital,.
so they decided to take Mrs. Hen-
derson to the 'nearest hospital.,
Kincardine. We believe this was
likely a masprint but sometimes
it would do well to check out re-
plies by readers before •comment
ing onthem. further `confusing the
issue. . 'Actually •Actually Mrs, Henderson was
visiting in Huron Township in the
Amberley area the year Paul arr-
ived and was taken by sleigh. to.
Kincardine Hospital with. severe
weather conditions making the ' -•
trip' difficult with Paul arriving. .
before. the sleigh' ,made it to
hospital,
So let's haveit•`Jack, break
down and tell your readers that
Paul Henderson grew up in Luck-
"now , attended school here bp to •
grade 11, played ALL his minor
hockey here until joining.. the -
Wings organization ," married a
West. Wawanosh Township girl
Eleanor Alton ., 'had ' both his child-
ren baptized" in his home. church;.
Lucknow United, lives in Goderich
"tithe off. season after trying un-.
successfully to secure accommo-. -
dation in Lucknow, and be sure ,
to tell, your readers'that Pauls
parents reside in Lucknow where
his dad, a'Huron•Township natio'
is station agent and where he.
learned his telegraphy trade;
and where his mother-, the forrnet
Evelyn Taylor; was born.and
raised. • •
'fell your readers that a
_`'group of Lucknow young people,:
disturbed 'at the erroneous piublicr
.•ity given the matter,'" painted a
board fence on Lucknow's main
street with, the with ,''Hoine:of
Paul Henderson;;, NO. 19• for Det-
• • roit Red Wings".and 'pictured on
this page.
Tell "em all that Jack and we'
• leave you alone to ponder your
NHL record book and your Detro
Red Wings year book which ob
viously mest have been .written
by someone from Kincardine.
"Hend'erson learned most. of his
hockey. in ;Lucknow and went from
there to Hamilton -of'the Ontario
Hockey Association Junior °'A
.his major steppingstone to the.
NHL,. He played. for Lucknow . one
year in Goderich peewee tourna-
ment and. now makes;his home in
the Salt ° Town in the off-season.
Paul has' beena prize package
for Detroit. • He scored only eight
goals in his first full season of NHL
play but this year he banged home
22 during the; regular season and
has score 'three playoff goals.
He was ptgihally^ ticketed `to go
to a Bosse training camp but
Riggin•taliced•hiM into agoing to
Hamilton -because they .lamed a
week•eariie. He figured he,could
get a #111F on the presipive
dank s Witt of
kaathy b - inzprested thetderzas: far *cm
Han -
'ate lit'
.b:. ; WPa" -a .
µ w tth Fere-=sr.
of the,a•ther...an a
'tome'
P 's trtearther.t~,ts..13arr
Hendersot of i uca:two
LuckrOaite. also resew . the s : -
•estions by sports writer: that ;Pam
was anything lets han. a 'Sep2
native son". Mrs, . Henderson .
dropped Jack Park a note toclear,
him up on .Paul's home connections
and Mrs. Henderson provided us.*,
with a 'copy of 'the letter which*
she sent to the Pree Press writer,
The executive committee' of
Ripley -Huron Branch, Royal. Can
adian Legion, -met recently to
make plans for the redevelopment
of the property of the old Ripley .'
Bowling Green, which the legion
and the Ladies Auxiliary' acquired
during the past winter'. 'This re-
. creational
e-•.creational area,, which usedto be•
a very busy spot during the summ=
er months; ceased to. fuihction as a
club in the years following the'
;Second World War, with the ex-
ception of a brief flurry in 1951 •
and 1952 when Donald ' Mason and
Jack: Powers revived interest .in.
the sport. .
Upon examination of;•the prop-
erty, the Legion found that a great
deal •of. money must be spent to
restore the greens .. The clubhouse.
must be repaired, tile laid, light -•
ing installed and the surface re
sodded The Legion is quite'`,
willing to take on this project,
as a'public service, provided
there:is the interest to form. a . new
Bowling. Club; • For this reason,
the Legion is asking all who would'
At SqIt':Mifle:
(Kingsbridge News)
Joe Moerbeek is a patient in
Goderiic. h Hospital with .a fract;'
ured•leg as a result of an arch
• be interestedln reviving the game at the salt mine,
of lawn Bowling in the Ripley area Mr. and Mrs. .John O'Neill•
,to make your wishes knownt`o any visited relatives here last week,
'and Anne. Heffernanvisited .in
of the followiung, persons: president Mr. and Mrs Antoine V a nti
Doug: 'Lackey of the Legion, press
ident Pat Stanley of the Ladies'
Auxiliary, .:Bill. McCreath. or • D. on
McLay. . •
The idea` of the Legion,is that
they would restore the area and
• tun it over to 'a newly organized.
Ripley Lawn Bowling Club , • who•
would thee bave to budget for a .
•
small; rental to cover maintenance
of the area,
• W ouid`,all those' interested make •
your wishes known to any of the
above-named persons ,as soon as
possible . ,
Arthur•'on Sunday
• Frances Gilmere, London,: vi.
home for the: weekend.. .
Congratulations to Mr.: and
Mrs. Eldon Austin on'the birth
of a sonlast weeek'•in Victoria
Hospital. London.:,
Mrs." b. Heffernan, Rv y and
Jerry, .:visited friends in Guelph
aver the weekend.
Mrs. Clifton Austin has ret
to her home after spending•the
winter months •in'Toronto and
Kitchener. •
Peter` Martin, Hamilton,was
.. home for:. • e weekend .
Winners at the `Lucknow• .District•
High School track and field day
'are, left to right, front row,
Allen Colwell, intermediate;.
Ken Rouiston , • junior; back row ,
Donna Ritchie,. junior; Donald
Andrew, tied for. senior: Sharon
Stanley;, tied for intermediate•
Rosemary' Hogan, settlor; r onald
Fisher,, tied for senior; :,encode
Van Beers,, tled for irtermiete'