The Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-10-02, Page 1he LOCKNOW SENTINEL
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1974
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WINNER - at the.
Fall Fair Baby contest in
months and under class
was Dawn Marie, 4 -month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Hogan of R. R. 6 Goderich.
termediates Win �eA"
oftb�H Chaipionsblp
w intermediate softball
the Western Ontario
Association "A" champ -
on Wednesday night of last
defeated Mount Forest 7 - 5
w, winning the best-of-
pionship series 4 games
Lucknow team, Which has
some fine ball over the
season, will go into the
lbunpionship series play-.
Moorefield this week end,
Sana 6.
I¢ianship teams from Inter -
A 11, t, and E divisions,
tsluniorand Juvenile, will
.h an elimination series.
loss will automatically
e the team.
is will meet the C winner
dor at 6 p.m. Linwood and
kiiinn been playing ori' in
he. If Lucknow continue
dey will play again on
it 4 p.m. and at 7 p.m,
eoli for the final game for
d Saturday
}rain of Belfast passed
Vimghain and District
Saturday, September
h7/ed year.
nal Service was held at
tie Memorial Chapel,
eu Monday. September
at was m Greenhill Cent-
Lucknow was: C. Barry McDon-
agh, P. Hugh Todd, 1st . Pete
Chisholm, 2nd Rick Orr, SS. Doug
Stevenson, 3rd Ron Stanley, LF.
John Rudder, CF. Bob Cranston,
RF. Harvey Livingston, LF. Gra-
ham Hamilton, CF. Ross Forster..
Pitcher Atmer Ackert was side-
lined with an injured shoulder and
catcher Wayne Todd was out with a
broken finger suffered in the
previous Sunday's game. Other
players who were unable to be at
Wednesday's game were Dave
Black and Dave Sleightholm.
Last Of Special
Centennial Year
Church Services
On Sunday, September . 29th at
11 a.m., St. Peter's Anglican
Church, Lucknow observed the last
of its. special Centennial Services.
It Was a Young People's service..
The other congregations of the
parish, St. Paul's Ripley; the
Church of the Ascension Kiniough
and St. John's Bente attended and
took part in the servicer
The choir; led by the organist
Mrs. Thomas Pritchard, was Bren-
da Phillips, Lynn Murray, Jill
Murray. Chris Naylor, Janet Nay-
lor, Nancy Haldenby, Deborah
Arnold, Brenda Arnold, Rick Rock.
Stephen Pritchard, David Pritch-
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. Grain Bin Fire
Threatens Barn
Lucknow Fire Department re-
sponded to a call to the farm of Jim
Hawkins, 3 miles west of Nile on
the Boundary, on Thursday after-
noon of last week.
A light fixture in the granary had
shorted and fire burned down into
the grain bin, smoldering for some
time., Mr: Hawkins realized the
grain was.heating, and was moving
the top grain, not .a realizing the •
problem had come from the
electrical outlet buried in the pile.
After firemen arrived, the grain
was angered out of the .barn with
firemen watering it down. The
electrical short was discovered as
the grain was moved. out.
A considerable amount of the
grain was either :destroyed or
damaged, but the Hawkins consid
er themselves lucky to have a barn
standing.
-59th Anniversary
.Mr.. and Mrs;. Alex (Sandy) -
MacLeod • of .Lucknow observed
their 59th wedding anniversary .on
Sunday. September 299th.
They spent the day with their
daughter Mrs.. Wilbert Hodgkinson'
and Mr.o Hodgkinson of Wingham,
Switch Tampered With,
Freight Train Derailed
'A.
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Kinlough Youngster Proves To Be A
Bever Salesman Than A Gambler When
It Comes Time To. Pay Election Debts
Did you ever make a bet, and
then find yourself hard-pressed to
meet the payment when you lost?
Such a thing happened to
10 -year-old Scott • Fawthrop of
Kinlough. It seems that Scott has
been dabbling a bit in politics and
decided that Robert Stanfield was •
the odds-on favourite to win the
recent summer Federal election.
Scott's sister. 13 -year-old Lori -
Anne, had different ideas about°the
outcome of the vote and so the pair
made a small wager. Sc on the
outcome.
Scott went all the way with
Stanfield and Lori -Anne stuck with
Pierre Trudeau. whose track record
she preferred.
Well, we ail know the story. Scott
lost To' make matters worse he
didn't have a nickel to pay.his sister
who kept "bugging him", accord-
ing to Scott.
But Scott had a wealthy friend. a
friend who he had supported
through thick • and thin, when,
things were not always the best for
that friend. So Scott summed it up.
"He'll give me a nickel and 111 get
Lori -Anne off my back once and for
all"
So Scott wrote a letter to this
friend in 'Ottawa. ,explained the
situation and stressed the urgent
need of funds to quiet his sister.
Scott received his nickel in the
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A freight train travelling north
through Lucknow was derailed
shortly after 'noon on Thursday of
last week.The siding switch located
just south of 'the stock yards' had
been tampered with and the lock
broken.
Fortunately the train' was travel
ling slowly at the time and engineer
Mel Walker of Palmerston was able
to bring the train to a stop with only
the; diesel locomotive off the tracks.
The two 'empty freight cars and
Caboose remained on the tracks.
Oscar Hodgins and his son Lyn,
who live at the north end of town
right at the scene, of the dorai`i-
ment. are pictured as they obser-
ved the accident just after it took
place. Train conductor Cecil
"Pogey" Christman of Port Elgin
phoned from the Hodgins home for
instructions ' on what to do.
Brakeman Jim Hempley of Palm-
erston and John Malloy of Owen
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Lucknow Kinette Club. Sponsors Candystripers
The Lucknow and District Kin-
ette Club has sponsored a group of
Candy stripers, girls about 11 to .13
years of age. who are doing
volunteer work at the Pinecrest
Manor Nursing Home.
Several of the girls now have
their caps which represents 50
hours of service.
Pictured. seated. left to right,
are Gail Gollan, Grace Alton. Mary
Lynn Cayley, Edith Greer. Judy
Golian.
Standing. left to right, Sherri
Jerome. Karen Lindsay, Debbie
Bolt. Mrs. Tony (Donna) John-
stone. president of Lucknow Kinet-
te• Club who presented the girls
with their caps and other awards;
Lori McKim. Lorna Boyle, Susan
Thompson. Absent was Kathy
Taylor.
At the recent capping ceremony,
the girls were addressed by Mrs.
Don Cameron. nurse at Pinecrest
and by Mrs. George Newbold,
director of nursing.
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