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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-09-18, Page 1the LUCKNOW StN •ii ._..,.•...............•.w.+�mn.�wcs..nr>mua:m:�rayrare.cas:.wrucr� $8.00 A In Advance --$2.00 Extra To U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1974 Single Copy 20c • 24 Pages• MISS DOMINION OF CANADA WILL BE AT LUCKNOW FAIR NSC` gthe Lucknow Fall Fair on Saturday , September 21 MissDominionof Canada, spend the day, in Lucknow Saturday evening will Midwestern Ontario at uty contest • held in conjunc- the Fair. Midwestern Ontario will be from a group of girls rep - g towns throughout the will win an all expense kat Niagara Falls next where she will have the ty to compete in the 6 inion of Canada contest la Campbell, the present Damages hssTwp Home and Mrs. Wm. .MacPher- be 10th concession of Kin-. Winship suffered heavy fire to their home on Friday ;of last week about 9 1lacPherson farm islocated lOth about mid way betwe- ocknow-Blackhorse road Culross -Kinloss boundary. Ile, which is believed to rted from an overheated ,did extensive smoke , water damage tothe lith side of the home, lacPhetsons also received td water damage to their d futnishings. Theywere olive in the home.follow e• Teeswater Fire tot was on the scene 2 to *fore bringing the fire Miss Dominion of Canada has brown hair, brown eyes and is from Leamington, Ontario. Of particular interest is the fact that she was a contestant in the Luck - now Fall Fair contest last year. entered as Miss. Zurich Bean Festiv- al.. She didnot place in the Luck - now contest and later went on to win another contest which made her eligible for the Miss Dominion .of Canada event. Since a distinguished panel of judges selected her Miss Dominion of Canada., she has been busy tray • elling throughout Canada and the United States and abroad.. Miss Campbell, a 21 -year-old high school graduate and model, won, the title of Miss Dominion of CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 Dan Rose Is Named To Five; County Position The appointment of Daniel J. Rose as Area Coordinator and Farm Management,. Specialist, with headquarters at Markdale , has been- announced by T. R; Hilliard , Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Foou. Mr. Rose is a 1960 graduate of the Ontario Agricultural College CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 Lucknow Bowl Sold To Listowel Business Man A change of ownership has taken place at Lucknow Bowling Alley. Ernie. Webb of Listowel, prop- rietor of Listowel Lanes , has pur- chased the building and business from Dave Sproul of Lucknow who has operated the Lucknow Bowl for the past two years. The new name in Lucknow will be Lucky Wood Lanes. By the end of this week, the Lucknow laneswill be 'completely automat- ic. Besides his bowling interests, / Mr. Webb is owner of a pool' room in Listowel and is in the trophy and engraving business. Mr. Webb plans to introduce Youth Bowling Council and Ont- ario Bowling Congress bowling to Lucknow The Lucknow business will be a member of the Bowling Proprietors Assoc. of Canada. Mr'. Webb is president of the local zone of this association covering from Colling- wood to Goderich and Owen Sound to Listowel., Reunion Shows Profit. Of $18,983, Community Projects To Benefit The executive committee of Lucknow Reunion, "Let's Roar in 74" , met on September 6th to wind up financial details of the• very successful reunion on the July 1st week end. The net profit of the reunion was, $18,983.09 with details spell- ed out in a statement in this issue. The financial report was presented by treasurer A. E. Herbert. Barry McDonagh was the reunion chair- man. The following decisions were reached 'concerning the profit from the, week end. All were designat- ed for community projects. - Pay off balance on Swimming Pool, $9,273.20 has already been cleared off and when a cover for the pool costing .$1100.00 has been delivered and paid for, the ,Pool twill be clear of debt. - New lights are required in the Ball Park. These are to be instal- led at an estimated cost of $3500.00. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Single Car Accident Takes Life Of Bob Watson Robert Watson, 30 -year-old res- ident of Ashfield Township, died on Saturday night in a single car :accident on the 10th concession of Ashfield. Bob .left home about 9.45 Satur• day eveningenroute to Arnold's Store at Lanes. It is thought that a blown tire on the car caused the automobile to veer off the gravel road on the 10th and *into the south ditch; Alone, at the time , he sustained injuries which proved to be fatal. It was about 4.30 a.m. when the car was discovered by some neighbourhood young men. Indications at the accident.- scene ccidentscene were that he had not died. instantly and that he had moved about the outside of the vehicle following the accident. Barn Burns In Ashfield Saturday, Lose 2248 Bales Of Hay, Tractor And Majority Of Farm Tools Residents of Ashfield Township for the past six months, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Card suffered a heavy loss by fire on Saturday night of last •week. . Mr. and. Mrs. Card and children Billy 6 and Lisa 4 live on the form er Donald Farrish farm ; on the sideroad , just south of the 12th concession. They purchased the farm from Mr. and Mrs. Parrish and moved here from Oil Springs on March 16th of this year. The Cards are farming -525 acres. •Mr. and Mrs. Farrish now live in a new prom e' on the 12th. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Family Ot 8 In Horse Drawn Buggy Injured When Struck By Automobile A West Wawanosh Township family , riding in' a horse drawn buggy , were involved in a serious accident south of Belfast on the County road on Sunday evening about 8.45 p.m. A car driven by William G. Tut' ton of Palmerston, proceeding north , struck the rear of the buggy driven by Joni Shetler of West Wawanosh, also northbound. The Shetler family live on the former Harvey Webb farm on the 12th, concession. Riding in the Shetler buggy were Joni 26; his wife Mary . age 30; their children Alma , age 4; Lewis age 3; Noah, age 2 and Elizabeth, age 8 months; also his parents Dan Shetler , 64 and Jamime , age 62 of R. R. 1 Norwich who were visiting with their' 'son and family for a few days. The two women and the female children were riding in the back seat of the buggy while the men and two boys were in the front. Force of theimpact threw. Mrs. • Mary Shetler and the infant Eliza- beth a considerable distance up the roadway. She received multi• ple abrasions, head lacerations and a broken arm. The infant Elizabeth received a fractured skull and internal injuries and was transferred to a London Hos- pitalin serious condition. Mrs. Jamime Shetler received multiple abrasions, injured right eye , pos- sible fractured ribs and internal injuries and was hospitalized in Wingharn in serious condition. The younger Mrs. Shetler returned home from hospital on Monday. Joni Shetler and his father Dan. were treated for minor injuries CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 Robert Charles Watson is the son of Rae J. and Edna Watson of Lon - CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 Double Trouble In Kinloss Family It was'a bad week for the Henry Harterninkfamily of the second of Kinloss. On Tuesday of last week. Henry received a 2 -stitch gash when the manure spreader threw up a stone and struck him on the head. Henry -was driving the tractor at the time and while stunned , he fortunately did not fall off the machine or his injuries might have been. more severe. Mr. and Mrs. Ilartcniink were confronted with further problems the following day when their daughter lvonne , a grade ti stud- ent at Lucknow Central Public School, fell off the horizontal bars at school and fractured her arrn just below the shoulder. Un- able to set the injury in Wingharn., she was taken to London' Hospital for treatment. She is now home. A further accident on. Friday at the school saw Darlene Fiowald, daughter.of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Howald of Lucknow , also fracture her arra .on the horizontal bars at the school. Darlene is in grade 5. President Resigns, P. A. Murray Takes The Office - At a meeting of the Lucknow Town and Country Club on Sept- ember 10th. the 'resignation of the president Aubrey Higgins of Dun- gnnon was regretfully accepted. Mr. 1-liggins has served very capably for one and a half years but feels his health will not permit him to continue. P. A Murray of Holyrood, vice president,. took the • chair and Wilfred Drennan of Lucknow was appointed vice president. Robert Fisher gave a very encouraging treasurer's report. Cards and lunch 'finished off the evening's programme.