The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-01-14, Page 1f,1
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Train Blocked For Nine Hours Sough
Of Kincardine As 1Mind Whips Up Drifts
LUCKNOW,ONTARIO
Six passengers left Kincardine
Thursda_},-..thozning.of last week
aboard a Canadian National •
Railways dayliner bound for
Toronto and ended up spending
almost nine hours: stuck in a
• snowdrift three miles south of ' •
• the town,
• The dayliner , which had left
Kincardine at 7;,05 a.m., became
bogged down in „snowdriftsfrom
six CO eight 'feet high, The drifts
had • been .whipped up overnight by
strong winds' and ,heavy snow,
A. snowplow sent from •
Palrlierston- to clear the tracks
broke down at Ripley. and another
engine had_' to be dispatched from
Palmerston: • , •
• Conductor.Thomas Ferguson
fought his way through 'waist
deep,snow, to Highway 21, where
he flagged :down a passing motor-
ist in an effort to obtain help,.
A car stopped, to pick hr n.„ p
but it :promptly ,Sta'11ed,with`a
frozen -soh -soli -n -•
CNR station. agent :W lliarn
Laverack also raved the snow ,
ESE/CPECIIN UR7'
Two Couples Were
In CNR Accident
At Weston
Mr .arid '.Mrs : Torn' Salkeld of,
• Lucknow ;and Mr. and \lrs : Dirk'
Lieverdink and Timrny"of,Grand
•Rapids, Michigari.'•forruerly of
Luc kiroww ere on the Toronto
Sarnia. CNR train which ,was,.
derailed on•Wednes•ay o • last •
week w.hen'i.t jumped the tracks
in. Weston .4 just.out of Toronto',.
Several: people were quite
ser-•iously iriju:re ::iu_the accident.
A Port Elgin gira:was'amo.ng.those
most seriously hurt..•
• N'either,•,of the tucknow;,area.
couples was injured although they.
sustained a severe shaking up,,
• The, -lady, in the 'seat 'behind r.
Salkelds received a.'broken •
• .: shoulder: • Mr.: and Mrs
Salkeld. were returning from a
Christmas vacation•with their
./ ,daughter Helen ` in. the .Ottawa •.
area , Mr and Mrs Lieverdink
• were returning from Toronto to'•
Port, Huron where t .• . had left
their car,
walking over a mile aiong.the
tracks to bring food and coffee
to the stranded'travellers .
The,track w.asfinally cleared •
around 4 p.m. amrd the dayliner
continued on its way, to 'Toronto.
Exactly one year ago, the same
train became stuck near'tte'same
site,'following. one .of'' the worst'
storms, in 1969
TWO SISTERS;IN HOSPITAL.
ONE, SERIOUSLY. HURT
Women Visiting In
Holland Injured ;
In Auto Accident
Vaii'Eyl,who resides
just north. of town and'her sister.
Mrs . N Brouwer 'of. H'il•lshurg.,
whoflew to.l•1o11and on Decemher
rth ,for -a visit were, injured in
an auto accident between :Utrecht
day . •January 7
They'were'travellin•g with
another sisterand a niece from
r -o.
seriously injured:an'd the ladies
are both•patients in .a:hospital
Veenendaal •
They were to have returned
home on Friday January 9th,
at
•
Died In Hospital
Elmer 13. Alton of.Ashfield
passed away •in Wingham• and.•
District. Hospital on Thursday
Ja nu y -84i --=-lie �r as 75
Funeral service was. held at
MacKenzie Memorial Chapel;
Lticknow on Saturday , January
10th
- -`r emf orar ento�ni-h•merx-w-as-•at
p .
South',Kinloss Mausoleum.
T-hevass+ ngets�w-dre teitipota.r. ,
ily taken to the cafeteria, of the
• ..Facelle nianufacturing plant.;.•
where the accident happened
before being transported to catch,
rheni.ght.._train our„of Toronto
-,which conies to Lucknowand.
which ran several hours late
Broken_ Kfl!eP
In. Car Mishap �
Mrs LorneIvers.Of. Dungannon
wasadmitted to- the. W--i-ngh- am__:
and District .,l lospital. Vec,ently
following a motor' vehicle
accident on 'County Road 27 south.
iof Lucknow...
Shewas•a passenger in a car
driven by '.her husband , which •
went out ofan control and
struck a parked vehicle ' Mr..
Ivers Was not ,injured.
'Examination at the hospital
disclosed that Mrs .,-Ivers. su-f fered'
a .factured le"fre , ,'
bruises to her face and shock:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 14th;: 1970
Single Copy 15c 16. Wages
The Problems of a Western Ontario . Winter'
'Our perfect winter weather:,
which we .had,exaerienced up to
last week. suddenly ended when
several inches, of'snow fell in a • '
very short period;. • This picture
doesn'tclearly indicate.whether
Terry Rathwell'of Luck,now
was .shovelling his way in to the
Animal Receiving Area as posted'
on the. sign, or .whether'he.was
'heeding..the; No Parking'-•. sign
and shovelling hisway out in •
any .case , Terry hada lot of
snow to shovel as did .most, local
residents. In•fairn'ess to'Terry,
the:: No Parking sign was erected
;:wf(-f en Dr : T . B. Cleland had the•
former Silverwood building on -
main -street rented from •rdoii,
•Montgomery He is' no lon. er.
located there arid the building• is
PHOTO NBA`' D. JOHNSTb E
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HURON COUNC.I-LMIN'U.T'ES •
'The inaugural meeting of
r-oi -T--ow-nsia p; -Council --was•
held in the Ripley Legion Hall.
on January: 5th with all member's
Arent.: ;Rev.. John. Hill conduct
ed devotional services and the..
Council"took their declarations
of office •from the Clerk: The
• new• Reeve , Russell Staple)
welcomed the council and espec•
�ially thve new member ,.'Bert'"'• '
Ehliott and asked for -the
ued co4operation and support.of. •
council in the' new year . a'
Council decided to cha.ng"e the
hour of meeting to 11 a .m and
hold two meetings each month
-•--•on he-first7a-nd-t-h-i-rd Merida-y-s-
and starrin n'the April
meeting at 7.30' p. ni in. the
evening during the summer and'"
until
Decemberw1ien meetings.
4w.il b a_g- n 'n 'the mornin_s:
First meetings of July August
•
KINL(S cpuN IL MINUTES: ",
Kinloss Council met for their
Inaugural meeting on`January
5th. + fter Reeve Orville 'Elliott'
and Councillors Leo Murray ,
Duncan Camp . bell Barr` JYJ Johnston
a
and Grant Eckenswiller signed
the declaration of office ., the
following Business was dealt w*
nitt
The inntes of becetrtber 15th
were adopteda's read,
• Court of 'Revision%was held on.
the Carrick lviunicipal drain and.
as there were no appeals, the
Court of Revision was: Clased ''-
Court of'Revision was held on
the V ir►derl ook drain andas
• there were no appeals the Court
a.
of, Revision closed,
Wallace Conn was suggested`
as .representative on the Wingharr
t
airman
andSeptember will be the day
• following the holiday.
Council gave third. "'reading •
o th'e apitai Bortowi'ng-By-Law
for tile=Draina. a allown; :u to
Hospital' Board to represent the
Township of Kinloss,, West Wawa-
nosh and ;the Village of Lueknow ,
Duncan Campbell was appoint-
ed representative -on ' the-Saugeen,
Valley Conservation Authority
for a three, year' terrine
By-LaW, 1-1970 was passed
appointing officials and setting
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$360,000 to be borrowed for
WsTrpTo
Rome In Italy
Mr, . :and. Nlrs . Gordon_ Montgom`
ery of Lucknow will leave'•Toronto
by air 'on January 10th for a 'week's
trip to kome.;:Italy.
The trip is one which Gordon
has been awarded through: sales
at Montgomery Motors Tractor
Division.-.•Gord and Ruth will be
away ai week:•
Receive -license
• Wallace Houston youngest son
'of Mr. •and Mrs Harvey Houston
Holyrood , recently received his
Aircraft:MaintenancerEri irjeerg- -
license ' Category A from the
Department of Transport at Tor
onto.
•The three year. course• was.
be urr .at_th e.�Lbnircui..1Erli ri C1ukl; _
transferring to' the SurVair Limited,
Ottawa in 1968', Three month
periods were spent in Guyana
South Arnerica and 'Trinidad ,
West l -rill -es.;. kie simmer four
.month field 'trip in 1969. *took the
ompany to northern Saskatchewan'
°and North West Territories.
Wallace has been at .the
Cotnpany headquarter in Ottawa
since iin
returning ...... September. .
-
;Drain Debentures
. The annual By -Laws were .,
;-passed including the. Borrowing
of -up , to2$270 ; 000 : from: -the .... , :.
Royal Bank for current expenses..
as required,
Township accounts of .$1,"218 .34;
Municipal Drain payments of
$12,555., and, road accounts. of
$1,.520.:09 were ordered .paid.' ..
Council adjourned until:January
19 .at 11 a.. m , at the Legion Hall,. •
' . EA RL. T OUT , CLERK
/TWO WEEKEND, THEFTS
n 'At-BBreakiwud
ikimiItonDepo
Loses Ta -,. e : Player
A weekend breakin at the W •
A": "Bus.' Harm ton ritesi
Petroleum agent depot at -the
east end` of the village netted
the thieves cigarettes 'and .other
articles iron the- office:011ns
is the second such breakin in
the past six. weeks. •
The theft Occurred early
Sunday morning.. 'Entrance 'was.
dMli ''breakin the: lass in
the front door
Goderich Ontario Provincial.
Police investigated . Finger
and
prints were taken nd
.evid_eace.discovered that could
lead to charges being laid
Gerald Pr.iestap of Luckno,w: had
car. e a' e n night
,
his th s m g
while parked on the G. and E.
Sales and Service lot, A ,
stereo tape player was stolen