The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-06-16, Page 1r
BABY PASSES
will aunreciate
I
ofjhis leg.
BARLEY IN HEADI
at 2.30 p.m.
all heading out.
mt nreeuiib.ui uic etjofif hearer for theSwine and. Baby Beef 4-H Calf.*”. was staM bearer,, tor. the
V'r hUC'5n<3heki^i^ the Members of the/ other three
congregations of the parish. St.
from
’the’ lift of the com-1 of two moriths. Mr, and. Mrs. EL
the
RECEIVES UNIVERSITY
DEGREE IN NURSING
number in this community where
she spent considerable time: When ’
4-H CLUB MEMBERS
MET AT GAUNT FARM
11
N.
On that. occasrA
float will visit
told, it’s really
a fire call
the Lucknow
DAVE GRAHAM RECALLS
BOYHOOD DAYS HERE
SID GARDNER RECEIVES
FATHER’S DAY GIFT
also
Was
Bri-*
of his I Hott will be' married thirty-five
his years on . Thursday, JuntT 17th,
rr~scerres ana early assoc_____
the old Sepoy Town. Mr, Gra-
difficult to explain
ON MOTOR, TRIP TO
COAST AND STATES
SUFFERED BROKEN WRIST
AUXILIARY CONDUCTED
NAVY LEAGUE TAG DAY
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16th, 1954
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* $2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra,To U.S.A;
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Beloved Doctor Had Fatal
Seizure In Operating Room
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TWELVE PAGES
Most people of the Wingham
and Lucknow communities feel
that they have lost a true friend
jp.Lthe, passing of . Dr. William
Morton Coribell, who died. sud
denly on Saturday afternoon,
June 12th. \
Dr, Connell was born irt the
Village of Lucknow fifty-eight
years ago, the only son of Wil
liam Connell and his wife, Mary
Somerville, and grandson of Jas.
'Somerville, one of the earliest
pioneer residents pf Lucknow.
From earliest boyhood he wish
ed to become a doctor^ and after,
completing his schooling at Luck
now he begah his medical course
in 191.4 at the" School of Medi
cine, University of Toronto. When
—-he offered--himself--for--active“ser<
vice in the First ,War he was re
jected because-’ of heart con
dition/ arid though advised to
take up less exacting work, he
continued ftis medical course arid
/graduated . ip 1919. In his final
year he was chosen a member
of the Honour Medical Fratern
ity as one„ of the outstanding
~ students of his class.
His internship was taken at
’the . Western Hospital, Toronto;
\ and the. Mountain Sanatorium,
Hamilton, after which he pract
ised with Dr. J. M. Robb of Blind
River, at that time Provincial
___Minister of.* Health. While at
Blind River he met Daisy Ken
nedy of Thessalon, a/ graduate
nurse from the General Hospital,
Sault Ste. Marie, who later be-
came his. wife;
In 1921 Dr. Conriel -returned to
■Lucknow to enter partnership
/•with-'tif?/^L/(3r; ;'Elljott; a much
loved physician of many years’
standing in the village. When Dr.
Elliott died/Suddenly two years
later Dr. Connell continued the
practice alone. Duriri'g these years
he and Mrs. Connell took an act
ive part in community affairs
and made many lasting friends,
Surgery was a branch of med
icine in which Dr. Connell had
great interest and skill, and. in
1934 he left Lucknow to be near-
• er a hospital, and took over the
office and practice of the late Dr.
Margaret Calder of Wingham. He
was always intensely interested
in the Wingham General Hospi
tal, its welfare and improvement,
and was of the greatest assist-
L ance in plannirig and equipping
the new wing which was opened
in 1946. . •
. Dr. Connell was always ready
and. willing, day or. night to
V answer any emergency, in any
J weather or ^t any distance, and
yorked to and beyond the limit
of his strength. Seven years ago
he suffered , a severe coronary
thrombosis, but after several
months was able to take up his
work again. He lived from day
to day, knowing that another arid
fatal attack might come at any
time, but he did not spare him-
• self. His only concern was.that
he might become an invalid, and
no longer able to carry on the
work he loved. In this his wish
^_i-_was-grantedy--for“he^was--strikeh-
after skilfully completing two
. major operations, and died with
in a few hours.
Besides his work, his chief in
terest was his. own family—his
wife .Daisy; .his three children,
Margaret (Mrs. (Dr.) T. G. Irwin
of Alliston); Mary Lu (Mrs. Hir-
am Grisdale of Harriston) arid
;Billy;- his fivegfaridchildren;
and his only sister iMar.y (Mrs.
James Cleland).’ ■ .' .
Mrs. Gordon MacTavish of
West Wawarioshy the former^
phine Gaunt, fell from a step
ladder at her. home' last Wednes
day, suffering a fractured left
wrist—and Mrs. MacTavish is
left* handed, The fracture was set
at Wingham Hospital 'and Mrs;.
MacTavish was able to return
horned t’";‘
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FARMER DIES OF TRACTOR
ACCIDENT INJURIES
_. —_,—. , ...
Injuries', received when his
tractor plunged down . an eight-
foot dredge cut on Saturday prov-
ed fatal to Edward Charbonneau^.
R.R. 6, Chatham. He was culti
vating at the rear of his farm,
and was found by his Son Ed
ward, who investigated his.ab
sence. . ° •
Among the survivors is a dau
ghter, Mrs, Jack Jennings (Lor
etta). Her husband is a brother
of Rev. H. L. Jennings of town.
100-YEAR-OLD CAMERON
FARM CHANGES HANDS. ____
Duncan and James Cameron
recently spjd their farm at Loch-
alsh to Mr, George McGillivray.
The farm had been in the Cam-
eron name for a century, having
been taken up as Crown land
when the Camerons came out
from Scotland back about 1854. v
Roderick Cameron was m his
late teens at that time, when his
father took up the farm. He later
married Annie Douglas, and to
them were born fourteen child
ren, one dying in infancy. The
family was raised on this farm
which Duncan and Jim contin
ued to operate until retiring to
Lucknow ca couple of years ago.
A. baby girl was born pre
maturely in Lucknow. On Friday,
un e-’TO'th—1954—to~"MT.T9nd~Mrsr
Charles Wilkins/of Ashfield.
The little tot passed away in
Wingham Hospital on Friday,
June 11th. A private funeral ser
vice Was;hel[d at Johnstone’s Fun
eral Home on Saturday with in
terment in Greenhill Cemetery.
WESTERN GRADUATES
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Miss Mary Anderson, daughter,
of Mr, and Mrs. W, B. Anderson,
graduated in - General Arts from
Western University, London, at
graduation exercises on June 5*
„She_is,employecL_byfhe^Londom
Life Insurance Company in Lon-
aon.____'. -_____
Bruce Johnston, sop of Dr. and
Mrs. W. V, Johnston also receiv
ed his General Arts degree^ Bruce,
will* .enter-Osgoode* Hall to study
law. .. . . ' • ■
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SEVEN BANDS AT
LUCKNOW TATTOO
In renewing his Sentinel sub
scription, Mr. David Graham of
Port Credit says that its “neWsy:
columns” keep him close to fam-
-Hiarscenes anti “eaTlynas^pW^Tibha
in
ham says: he vividly recalls the
associations with jiis boyhood
_pals,t_.Will^--Dav-ison^ and-- -Wilt
Douglas a n d . . their rambles
around. Not the least of these
recollectionsi^’.is diving off the
spring board at the Old Carding
Mill.
Mr. Graham also speaks highly
of Mr. Joe Agnew, whose coun
sel and advise he. valued highly.]
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Members of the Ladies’ AuxiL
iary to the Canadian Legion con
ducted the annual Navy Leagker
tag day in Lucknow on Wednes
day of last week and raised $66.65
foiMhaL organization^—————
Those who acted as< taggers
were: Mrs. John England, Mrs.
Clair Johnston, Mrs. Philip Mac
Millan, ... Mrs. Wm, .. MacDonald,
Mrs. Margaret McFarlane and,
Susan McNaughton..
CONFIRMS CLASS
AT PORT ALBERT
Lucknow Pipe Band will stage
: their second annual band tattoo
in the Caledonian Park, pn Wed
nesday evening of next week,
June 23rd, and with hundreds
still mlindful of last year’s treat,
attendance figures shbuld far ex
ceed those of a year ago.
• There will be seven bands in
attendance: Brussels Pipe B^nd,
Listowel Fipe Band, Mount For
est Pipe Band, Palmerston Pipe
Band, Lucknow Pipe £arid, Ches-
ley Brass Band and Lucknow
District High School Brass Band.
The parade will form at the
Town Hall and will parade to
the Caledonian Park at, 8.30.
To be featured#on the program
is Jack Wallace, a native of Scot
land, and now living in London,
Ontario, tie is a former world’s
champion highland dahcer, and
Hhas—danced before—the^RdyaT
Family at the Braemar Highland
Games.
With ;Mr. Wallace will be mem
bers of his dancing class. /
Pre school-age children will be
admitted ’.free to the tattoo and
in case of rain it will be - held
in the arena.
PEANUT BLITZ
FRIDAY NIGHT
“Mr. Peanut’’ will come 'knock-,
ing at your door on Friday even
ing with .50-cent cans of Planters
peanuts—in—vacuum-packed—eans—
that Will keep indefinitely. '
Mr. - -Peanut’L-may^-be ~ anyone ;
of some twenty-five Clansmen
Who will be conducting Friday
night’s peanut blitz, with all pro
ceeds in aid of the Club’s service
work?
The campaign will be climaxed
the following week, on Saturday,
June 26th, when a peanutK tag
day will be held. The cellophane-
wrapped bags of peanuts will ibe
used for tagging,
ion Planters big
town—and, we’re
something to see.
The Clansmen^
a hearty response to their pea
nut s'erjmgr^'frorts==iwhich “prcfr
vides h novel way for fund rais
ing, with peanut buyers getting
full Value for their 'money. '•
ENGAGEMENTS <
Mr. and .Mrs. Herbert Foster,
Science Hill, wish to announce
the. engagement of their only
daughter-, Anna'. Mary, to Mr.
William John Seaman Fisher, Of
Miltori, eldest son of Mr. andMrs.
George Fisher, Wingham. The
wedding to take place at Mount
Pleasant. United Church, June 26,
On Sunday, June 13th, at
a.m., the Right Reverend G.
Luxton, Bishop of Huron, epn-
firmed a class of: candidates pre
sented by the. Rev. H. L. Jen
nings in Chirst Church, Port Al
bert. Those confirmed were,
Thomas' Phillips, William Nor
man Hayden and . James Mere
dith Hayden (twins), Elmer Nel
son Graham, Lome Elmer Gra
ham (father /and son), Gordon
The Laura Secprd Candy Com
pany recently | asked The Sentinel
to nominate av;father in the com
munity for ‘their Father’s Day
citation. It Av<as to be merited by
some loyalty, sacrifice; achieve
ment of service.
We couldn’t think of anyone
more deserving of this remem-
brance that-Sidney Gardner, and ■
so he will receive the Laura
S.ecord citation of 1954 Father-of- /
the-Year of t,hi s community,
Which will be—accompanied by—r
a box of their candy as a Father’s
Day memento. It will be.sent to
Sid at Victoria Hospital, where
he has been a patient for almost
three months since being-serious
ly, injured. in a mill accident,,
which necessitated the amputa
tion
..~lYlAiri;rSPY1 nf trlP rSi 1 c
how Presbyterian, Church, and
•—While—unable^o“""ib’e"a.J‘Tegular
church, attendant.he was a deep
ly1 religious < man, as his closest
friends might testify* In, his daily
uain \iutuuA /auu own /, mvauuii • ------ ---------\
ArIfred“Dougherty7Hborne^imest‘'^^ihrirJi^
I Dougherty- and Mildred Irene
‘[Dougherty (brothers and sister),
1 all of Christ Church, Port Albert,
’ I and Reta Doreen Black of St.
t i Paul’s, Dungannon. Edward Tig-The meeting of the Dungannon. .
Miss Shirley TWamley, daugh
ter of Mr.. & Mrs. Chas. Twamley,
was among the graduates Who re
cently received degrees at the
University of Western Ontario. .
( Shirley, who was a graduate
of the 1953 nursing class of Vic
toria Hospital, London, has -now
received her B.Sc.N. degree and
is joining . the London staff of the
Victorian. Order of Nurses.
It’s
phenomena of barley in head at.
June 1st—but it’s a fact* for last
week Jim Culbert brought in
several stocks almost two feet
in height, and well out in head.
‘ Contract barley was grown on
-is—welL-rknowndo—^a4-the—field—-last—year—and—then—it-
farm of Andrew Gaunt. Jim .Reed
opened the meeting. All the
members answered the roll call
by telling if their calf- was halter
broken and', gilts well trained,
The group judged a class Of
mature . Shorthorn cows and a
class of Shorthorn heifers with
several giving reasons for their
placings. A true and false test
ended the -meeting. At the judg
ing cornpetition held at Seaforth
several of the local members
came high in .each class.
Paul’s, Dungannon, St. Paul’s,
Rinley and St. Peterls, Lucknow,
with other visitors filled~ the
church to capacity. The Bishop
spoke on the message of the Holy
Trinity and appealed for more
candidates for the ministry
the. rural parishes, :
After the service, Bishop Lux
ton, Rev. and Mrs. H, L. Jen
nings and Mrs. C' Lawrence of
Gorrie, were entertained at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. CarmOh
Hayden, parents of the twins
-who~had“been—confirmed;---------life and his relationships, with
people he practised the highest
principles o,f Christian brother
hood^ seeing the good in, and ex
cusing the weaknesses and fail
rings of everyone with whom he
came in contact.
'Though he Had little time for
recreation he was a talented mus
ician, “tth aKdent--Iisheiman,..an
expert amateur photographer,
but essentiailv. and always his
wor.k-eame.lir-sp.-Di^r...Cpnrie.ll...h.a.d,
a place in -
mtmit*y-^meL‘m—the—hcants.
friSr Which 4nrbeadifficuit ahdjhis ig a belated “wedding
■to fiil?’ ' ' ' <r'" ’
Mr., and Mrs. George Elliott
left on Wednesday for a motor
trip through. Northern Ontario
and the Western Provinces to the
Pacific Coast. They also plan a
trip through the States and - may
go as 'far 1 south as. California.
They expect to be away upwards
‘ was spwh to fall wheat The bar-
_____. ley has come up in tne wheat,
she. was; young and spent the j There’s considerable of it Sicat-
summers’. at the Kinloss farm of | tered through the field and it’s
Mr.' and Mrs. W. J. MacDonald, all heading out. ,
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Community Threshing Machine Lost
When Lightning Set Barn Ablaze
A community-owned threshing
machine was destroyed on Sat
urday morning as fire—caused by
lightning-—swept through a barn
on the 9th Concession of West
Wawanosh and quickly reduced
it to a pile of ashes:
The farm is owned by Harris
Purdon of Timmins,, and is work
ed by his brother William Pur-,
donv-whoTives-ne^rby.^There—is-
a house on the farm, and it Was
comparatively dose to. the barn,,
but a favorable wind, saved tlie
unoccupied residence from destruction. ’ ® . .
other place to remove the thresh
ing machine which was stored in
the barn, but before he could
get his tractor out. of his own
shed, the neighboring barn seem
ed to explode into an inferno of
flames. A hay loader ' was also
lost, but .there was no stock or
feed in the doomed structure.
The threshing machine . was
jointly owned by neighbors in
that community Including Gor
don MacTavish, Frank McQuil-
lin, John Cameron, Geo. Stuart,'
Cliff Murray, Albert Taylor and
An electrical storih which
struck .that district shortly be
fore eight o’clock Saturday /morn
ing caused the. conflagration.
When the bolt struck‘it tossed
splinters from the barn (for some
distance and 'killed a cow close
by: The “Strike”' wa’s'Wlt^at;Wm
Purdon’s, and their_daughter Bar-
bara Ann w>s the first to, see
the outbreak of fire. Bill’s.
thought was to get over to the scene.
Cliff Murray, Albert Taylor
Bill Purdon. • .
> Fearing the hoiise might
be- destroyed,
turned in for
gade. The call had to( go through,
the . .Wingham Telephone Ex-
change, and through a misunder-.
standing on the part of the op-'
erator> ^he calf was first directed._
-to the ' Wingham Brigade, .and
then relayed to' Lucknow, •but -
there uFas nothing the local fire*?
first men could do upon. reaching the