The Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-02-11, Page 1■I
$2.50 A Year InAdvanc<s-$1.00 Extra To U S A.LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11th, 1953-
POPULAR FARMER
BURNER TO DEATH
Trapped in a burning barn on
his pasture farm, 0 half mile from
the home farm at Paramount,
--johnMcLennanM<dntosKm^
horrible death in nud?mor.nirig on
jack had heeiri over to the barn
to do the chores earlier in the
“ day; arid rritwrije^ later in the
morning. Supposition is that he
may have noticed smoke and
rushed Iback to the barn. Some
thirty-five head Of cattle were
out’of the stable.
A couple of neighbors, Oliver
McCharles and Jack Elphick,
sighted the outbreak and hur
ried to the‘barn. Mr- McIntosh’s
car was in the yard but their
calls were urian^wered. His son,
Bob, arrived moinents later and
as Mr* McIntosh had planned-to
go on a cattle buying trip with
another buyer/ it was assumed
they might have met there and
Mr.' McIntosh accompanied him.
A phone call quickly disproved
this theory. As the flames sub
sided the body was sighted in the
upstairs of tine barn and they
improvised a^method that en
abled them to remove the xharred
remains.:
„ The /district ^was—profoundly
shocked and saddened by the
tragedy. “Jack Mac” was known
to everyone, and his genial,
friendly manner won him friends
_ everywhere* Many a ~:y d u n g
couple have been, given A send-
off by Jaek as he frequently act
ed as master of ceremonies at
wedding receptions. His doWn-to-
earth cdhunon sense and humor
made him idealy suited for the
job< ?/■
Jack was the originator and
promoter of the weekly commun-
'■ ity" salri^'ih
grown to an important weekly
event. * ; * / ••.■■’ /'
He was in his 61sit year, and
was born in Ashfield Township
not far from his present home
farm on the Boundary West. He
was a sori of the late Mr. and
Mrs* Hugh McIntosh and the last
member of the family. He was
predeceased ^by a sister, Mrs.
-Glridys lifecKenzie and by a^bro-'
ther Robert who was killed over
seas in World War I. His wife,
-formerly Mary Belle MicCharles,’
predeceased hirri a few years ago.
Surviving is one son, Robert
McIntosh, who was closely as
sociated with his father in their
farm and sales operations. Bob
MacKenzie of town is a nephew.
The funeral service will, be
conducted on Thursday afternoon. '
at 2.00 p.m. .at the MceLnnan-
; MacKenzie Memorial ChapeL by
Rev, J. R* MacDonald, of Ripley
and Ashfield Presbyterian church.
Interment will be in Greenhill
Ceriietery. • . . *
ACKNOWLEDGE WEEK OF
PRAYER CONTRIBUTION.
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Rev. H. L. Jennings has receiv;
ed a communication from the of*
fice secretary of' the. Canadian
' Council of Churches, acknowledg-
-Jng^aucohtrihutiori from the'-offer---
. ings. taken duririg the Week ofx
Prayer services held in Luck-
how:
? The amount of the contribution
was $34.85 and, the letter con
cluded, “we appreciate your sup
port very much”.
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SUFFERED BROKEN ANKLE
Mr. Edward Little, who has
been a patient in Wingham Hos
pital for several months, had the
misfortune to. fracture a bone in
hi£ ankle a couple of weeks ago
He was taken to-London where
a bone specialist set the break,
and later returned to Wingham.
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HACKETT CONGREGATION
HADX SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Hackett’s congregational an
nual meeting was held recently
in the church basement with a
good attendance. Rev. J R. Dick
inson opened the meeting with
prayer, and Walter Alton, the
congregational secretary, read
the minutes of the last annual
meeting.
The reports of the various de
partments. were given which
showed a successful year. The el
ection of officers followed. Mem
bers of Session are Elmer Alton,
Blake Alton, Alvin Alton; Board
of Stewards, Walter Alton, Geo.
Alton, Ralph • Cameron, Wilfred
Hackett, Andrew Ritchie; Trus
tee Board, Elriier Alton, Leslie
Ritchie, Wilfred Hackett, Cyril
Campbell, —Cliff -Hackett, ■Alex'"
Hackett, Gordon Johnston, Bert
-Altona—organist,—ElmWAlton,
Jim Hackett;, auditors; Wilfred
Hackett and Russell Alton.
The Sunday School meeting
followed. ; Superintendents are
Blake—Alton arid-Alvin-Alton;
Bible class teachers; Mrs. Bert
Alton and Mrs. George Alton;
junior .girls, Mrs. Blake Alton and
Mrs, Cliff Hackett; Junior boys, |
Gordon Johnston and Ralph Cam-'
eron; beginners, Mrs. Alex Hack*
ett and Mrs; Jim Nelson; young
adult class, Arnold Alton and
Mrs. Wilfred Hackett; librarian,
Chester Hackett; Sunday School
secretary, Russel Alton and Fran
cis Alton.
Arnold Alton rrioved<a' vote of
thanks to Rev. Dickinson for his
fine work. The meeting adjourn
ed and Rev. Dickinson closed
with prayer, after which the lad
ies served lunch.
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LAD HURT IN ’
TRAFFIC_MISHAP
pale Congram, 7-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Con-
^ramt^wasseriously^njurecHlaite
Tuesday afternoon Jii collision
with a (truck driven by Dave
Houston, Jr., of > Holyrood. ’
The dr iver a told Constable
Havens that the young lad ran
out from behind a vehicle he was
meeting arid into the side of his
truck. The accident happened
near Dale’s home a .half block
north of Main St opposite the
residence of Bert Ward.
. By ambulance the youngster
was rushed to Wingham Hospi
tal, and later that evening was
taken to Victoria Hospital, Lon
don, where it was reported he
had a (fractured pelvis, hip in
jury; and possible internal and
head injuries.
Eunice Button was first, to
reach the inj ured lad and 'held
him in her arms until a car ar
rived to rush him to the Doctor’s,
office.
OUTLINE PLAN TO
DIVIDEJCJRCLMX^
Members of the congregations'
of Blake, Hackett and yZiori
churches, which comprise the
three - point Ashfield Circuit
charge, met in Hackett church on
Tuesday of last week to. hear a
proposed plan for dividing up
(the Circuit. . ! > . z
The’ meeting was largely at
tended and the proposal does not
appear to have been received
with much enthusiasm.
The plan, advanced by the
Presbytery of Huron; was out
lined by Dr. Beecroft of Wing
ham and Rev. Brooks, members
of the Presbytery Boundary Com
mittee. It is not proposed to close
any of the three churches, but
to assimilate these congregations
with other charges in such a way
as to eliminate a QircUit riiini-
THAT memlbers of Mrs., Vernon
Hunter’s and Mrs. G. A. Meik-
lejohn’s Sunday School classes
held a skating party at the
pond at the Hunter farm fet
Thursday, followed by supper
. at The Parsonage. . ?
THAT Mr. Rod MacDougall who
was a* patient ip. Wingham Hos
pital with a fractured hip, re
turned to Bdker’s Private Hos-
pital on Tuesday.
THAT The Clansmen’s dance and
prize draw is "a week from Fri-~
day-—the 20th, There’ll be a
draw for seven,' prizes valued
--at—$250*--^First—prize~"is-:a^suit
of clothes — lady’s or man’s.
Tickets are available from all
Clain'smen.
THAT a card from “Bill arid Jen-
, hid’’ Porteous from Daytona
Beach, Florida, says they are
, * enjoying lovely weather with
a temperature* of 73 degrees the
day the card was written. They
had met Mr. and Mrs. Ewart
' Cameron of Walkerton nad Mr.
. and Mrs; Alvin Walker of
Wingham. . > '
THAT Mrs. W. A- Miller under
went a major operation in Vic
toria Hospital,, London, ‘on
Monday of last week. She has
beeri making favorable progress
and it is expected she will be
able to leave, the hospital with-
/ in a few days._ /A';-,-'
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FORMER RESIDENT
WAS 91 IN JANUARY
A note this week from
Lindsay informs us that his fath
er, Mr. Thomas Lindsay of Fort
Franeisri^Wr^^^^
day on January 25th. Mr. Lindsay
is in fairly good health; Earl
sends him The Sentinel and, in
that way he keeps, in touch, with
Lucknow where he lived e- good
many years ago. . —:
LAD’S HEAD WAS BADLY
LACERATED IN CAR CRASH
Young Bobbie MacKenzie, son
of Dr* and Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie
of St. Clair Shores, Michigan,
suffered a <yery badly lacerated
forehead iri a recent motor ac
cident and over 100 stitcWris were
necessary. Plastic surgery was.
performed which” did a ’ wonder
ful job and it is hoped that with
a lad so young the scar Will not
be very noticeable. ; <
Bobbie’s* mother had entered
the Detroit Osteopathic Hospital
that morning where a little bro
ther for Bobbie was born later
that- day;.
In the afternoon Bobbie and his
brother Ken vrent for a wr~3icte£
with , their grandparents and
unclerThestreetswereslippery
and another car skidded into
them, sending all five to the hos
pital. Bobbie. Was the most ser
iously hurt.
CO-OP MEDICAL SERVICES
AVAILABLE TO TOWN FOLK
Enquiries have been numerous
of late in connection with the'
Bruce Co-operative Medical Ser
vices plan of hospitalization and
their new surgical plan.
These services- are available to
urbari fplk through ’ large r or
small groups and we are inform
ed, that .Lucknow could be re
garded as a school section area,
making the service available to
anyone within the municipality
wishing to avail themselveiys of
the plan.
- It Would be necessary to set
up 4 group with .a receiving sec-
retary.lMf. LomeJB« -Evans, man
ager of the Bruce County organ
ization, has made it clear that
hewpuldWelcpmethe^opportun-
ity to explain the plan at any
time to any interested group.
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EIGHT PAGES
TO MOVE SIREN
TO FIRE HALL
At the February meeting of the
_ Village Council an agreement__
was read from the Bell Telephone ,:
Company, in connection with the ;
installation of ai telephone in the
fire hall, and a pew signal con- .
trol system, >. • :
Fire alarms' will still be turn
ed in by. calling 100 which is . ;
the fire call number or by simply
stating there is a fire. ,
The new control system will be
accompanied by the removal Of ; -
the siren tower ifrom “Standpipe
Hill” to the rear of the Fire HalL
The change-over ’ is' associated
with the removal of hydro ,pole
lines from main Street. 7
. . Cost of installing the change
over is a trivial sum plus a phone
arid service charge of $6.03
monthly. , ■■■'-';■
The Public School reqtiisitiion ,
of $1600 was passed and $400^
paid the Library as partial pay
ment of their annual per capita
grant.
Appoint Delegates :
Reeve S. E. Robertson and ? >
Councillor S. \ B. Stothers were 7
-appoint^-delegptes-torthe^indus-^*^^-
trial' Plahning and Development
-in—Toronto—ther-end -of^Marchr-—7^—’
The; Reeve expressed the hope *, >
that there' mighi be something
gained from it. An. industrial dis- .
cussion ensued. that led to a com-
parisdnofpowerrateswithother—
adjacent municipalities. Luck
now was higher, but not far out
of line with most; centres, al- :
though, Hanover, Fergus and Lis-
towel have much lower rates. :
' The discussion then led to
means of controlling- the peak
hydro load locally, upon which
the monthly bill is based.
Councillor V, A. Mowbray Wag -
gr^tod penriissibh cpririect an
automatic fire alarm at jthe Flax
Mill with the- siren. A “dry”
sprinkler system has been install
ed in the rebuilt Flax Mill and
the automatic/alarm is “as good
as a night watchman”.. Installers «
of the system are hot now afraid
of fire but of the water damage _
that could result when the.
sprinkler system is set off*
•Salary increases of $400 each .
were approved for iboth E. -H.
AgnewandAlexHavens,tobe;;
charged proportionately»to the
Village, Hydro and Waiter Sys
tem.
RE-ORGANIZE ST. PETER’S
CHURCH MEN’S CLUB
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A number of men of St. Peter’s
Anglican church met on Monday ,
night to "Yerorganize ’the ’Men’s
.Club. The. meeting was opened
with prayer toy Rev. H. Li Jem
nings. Nominations , were called,
resulting as follows: Pres., Bill
Pappas; vice pres., C* Shelton;
secretary, Guest Mitchell; treas
urer, Russell Whitby. . : ‘
LITTLE LAD HAD
SKULL FRACTURED
RECALLS YEAR OF
THE BIGJFREEZE
In a letter from Richard
Reed of Detroit, giving, us a
change of address .tri the new
home they bought in Hazel Parkp
he asked .wihat year it was that
all the apple trees were frozen.
Dick claimed it Was the winter
of 1933-34, and had an argument
over the date * with a former
Lucknowite who recently visited
them. 4 This party thought it was
1938-39. He asked the; Publisher
to settle it, and so we contacted
J. M. Greer, keeper of the, of
ficial weather records.
You’re right JDidt^Jt... was-in.
February of 1934. That month
was exceptionally , cold through
out. On the 8th of February that
year.theynercury didn’t get above
.1'6 below .ail day. and that night,
the 9th, it Sank, to 34 below zero;
for' the coldest night dn record
in thesd pafts* There* Were 2.1
nights that month that registered
Velo.w zero temperatures and the
theremometer, never ro.se above
the freezing point any day of thd
-months—?—■—■ ■■*’ ; u..;...’ .
The average daytime, /temper
ature for the,month was 15.1 de
grees and the aiverage night read
ings wore 5. below* V
Many. trees -Were, frozen
as a^resulij although it- ^ras hot
Until the growing season that
year and the next, that -the dam
age waS fully apparent. The fine
orchardofthe iaterKentieth? dam-;
eron was one which* suffered
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Douglas Struthers, younger son
of Mi*, and Mrs. Gordon Struth
ers of West Wawanosh,. suffered
a .fractured, skull and concussion .
in a fall at his home lasit Wed
nesday morning. It Was thought
.that an operation might be im-
perative an d the yoringst er w as
rushed* to Victoria.'Hospital that,
afternoon; and kept under close
observation for,48 hours.'
’ His improvement wns. . such'
the parents . Were alloWed tri
bring the ldhesome,.laduhome' op
■ Sunday, 'where; he is being kept '
as quiet as possible .’for. a few .
days. ' ' ' ■. :
- Douglas, who, Wjll, be three .
years old on February 20th, was
playing with bis dog on the
clothes stand at his home. Ho _
;Shoyed’ thO .dog off arid having *
hold of the leash, ho tumbled
off tori* striking his head a>hard
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Presbytery favors charges with
a minimum of about. ISO families.
Total families on the Ashfield
CirduH- at present- number slight
ly over-a hundred.
It was* suggested that Blake
.^congregation; join the Dungan
non, Crewe Circuit;’ Hackett’s
join with St. Helens' arid y/hite-
church, and Zion come under the
pastorate of the Lucknow United
po'saf had not been' presented: lb<
cally at'the time of' the Ashf.ield
meeting as Lucknow is. in another
Presbytery.,’ <
• Prior to the Circuit meetings
last week, the Hackett, congrega
tion at their annual meeting, had
unanimously gone on record, to
remain as they dre .at, present^
“'The'matter- UP
at congregational meetirigs of the
Blhke and Zion charges do ascer-
tain their wishes in the matter
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CHARGED BY BULL,
HIP FRACTURED ....
gannon farmer, was victim of, .a
mishap, at noon Saturday when
untieing'a bull in the stable. The
animal, not used to his handling,
■knocked. t Mr. Park down as it'
changed, past him and the farmdr
was thrown heavily to the floor*
suffering a broken hip. He was
taken to Wingham Hospital where
thr Hip, Was ^rit^ lateT, ?
Mi*. Park's sori, Richard, Jr.,.
Was helping in the stable at -the
Who nf the accident. *
THAT Mrs. Alex Rintoul suffered
a heavy stroke last . Week at
the home of her daughter, Mrs,
Jim Reid aind Mr. Reid of Port
. Elgin, and passed away on
Tuesday morning*
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THAT Ed Thom ^underwent an
operation in Civic Hospital.
Peterborough, on /Tuesday** . . ’ , . ’ *
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TP A Tl.Mrs^ob^Reid-and-Charies-
. Mason Were .prize winners. at
the Auxiliary Shoot party -Fri
day night. The consolation prize
wehit ’ td Bill Stanley.. Prizes
were donated by Mr. :ahd Mrs,
Wm* «Eddie. There were' ten
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THAT at the .morning service in
- the-Presbytei?jdn Ohurfeh; Rev?
. C*. A* Winn baptised Donna
Joyde, ihdtemi daughter-; of’ Mr*
Snd Mrs. Stewart. Mullin*
:. heavily?. arid :;ireeawe^e jaW'%ut dow*
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