The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-02-11, Page 1$6.00.A Year In Advance — $2.00 Extra To U.S.A. .WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1976 *Single Copy. 2.0c 20 Paps
Barry McDonagh of Lucknow is
sporting a cast on his leg which he
fractured playing "bush league"
hockey on Thursday of last week.
He plays for Lucknow.
- Barry is getting about on
crutches and will wear the cast for
eight weeks.
Most advice is,worn. out by be-
ing* passed alorig—not used.
Gaunt MoveFI As
Front Bencher
Ontario's new Liberal leader in
the Legislature, Dr. Stuart Smith,,
has rearranged the seating plan for,
his supporters in the House.
Murray Gaunt of Wingham,
MPP for. Huron-Bruce, along with
• John Eakins (Victoria-Haliburton)
has been asked to leave his front
row Seat in order to make way for
David Peterson, who lost the
leadership race by only 45 votes
and for Dr. Smith..
Front bench pPsitions are re-
garded as important, for their
occupants would be strong "prob-
ables" for cabinet posts should, the
party win a forthcoming election.
Died At Pinecrest...
Mrs: Roderick Campbell • of
Lucknow passed away at Pinecrest
Manor Nursing Hoine on Monday,
February 9th in her 93rd year.
The funeral service will be held
at MacKenzie Memorial Chapel;
Lucknow, on Wednesday, February
11th,,at 2 p.m. •
Temporary entombment will be
'at South Kinloss Mausoleum.
Trailers Burn
In Barn Fire
Art Purney and Rev. Glenn
Noble of Lucknow both lost their
house . trailers in a fire near
Milverton on Monday Of last week,,
Art and Glenn had their 17 foot
and 18 foot• trailers stored for the
winter ' in the barn of Egbert
Jacobs, known to many in this area
as a square dance instructor, Both
trailers were insured.
Mr, Jacobs lost the barn, some
machinery . and an antique. truck.
Other machinery; stored in the
barn, Was also lost.
hOrrie and were staying . with
neighbours, . Mr. and Mrs. John
Dadson, .jut across the road.
' Mr.. Dadson. and Mr. Wafters
have been friends for many years.
' Both are elhPloyed. at Douglas
Point and the Dadsons- were
instrumental in having Wafters
family come to this area to reside.
They noticed flames in the upper
portion of the home and phoned
Ripley ,Fire Department who redir-
ected them to Lucknow Fire
Department. • •
Weather conditions at the time
were poor with high winds, drifting
snow and poop visibility.. LucknOw
Fire Truck dade it. to the' Scene
with 2 firemen, but the fire cafand,
water tanker truck were held up
About 37 interested young
people attended an organization
and information meeting for the
formation of a Leo Club for this
community. .
The meeting was held on
Sell Store At
Riversdale Alter
221/2 (ears
Mr. and Mrs.• Stan Stevenson of
Riversdale have: sold their general
store in that community to•Mr. and
Mrs. Robert J. Hughes of Kitchen-
er. The transaction' becomes
effective about the end of Febru-
ary. ,
Mr., and. Mrs. Stevenson bought
the business : from Stan Letteau,
now of Teeswater, about 22% years
ago. :The store, at that time, was
close 'to the highway and about . 6
years ago the Department of
Highways expropriated land where
the store was .situated because it
was too Close to the road allowance,
The building was moved and
expanded and the business was
closed during that period of about a
year in 1969 and 1970:
Stan came from the London area
where he had farmed all his life and
worked for fiye yearS With •A•and P,
Stores before coming to Riversdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson will live
in, the Hanover area following the
completion of the' store sale.
The Lucknovv District Co-opera-
tive recently held its annual
fkieeting and banquet at whiCh it
named its Board of Directors.
near*Holyrood by a car, which had
been following the fire truck froni
Lucknow,, and which had become
stuck on the roadway in their path.
One-half to three quarters of an
hour was lost due to this fact-
David Eadie came to their , rescue
with a tractor and blower to
untangle the mess.
While they were not completely
moved into the house, the Wafters
family did lose most . of their
clothing, beds, chairs, frig and
stove, dressers, a rug and other
items. A very few things* were
saved.
Donations of any clothing and
furniture are being sought for the
Wednesday evening of last week at.
the Mayfair Restaurant 'in Luck
now.
The Lucknow Lions ClUb is
backing 'the new, group but it has •
Heart Fui4 Is
Heritage Project
Your flag, Your future, Heritage
Day, February 16th.
' The Association 'of Kinsinen'
Clubs, Canada's Young Men's
Service Club, is presently promot-
•ing Heritage Day. Clubs across
Canada are holding 'special events ,
and projects in support of the
proposed National holiday.
Lucknow Kinsmen and Kinertes
are going to conduct a canvass on
-Sunday afternoon, February 15th,
in support of the Heart Fund.
Fehruary is Heart month and the
Kinsmen look for your support.
Died In Walkerton
-Alexander (Sandy) Hackett, a
former resident of Lucknow, pas-
sed away at County' of Bruce
Hospital, Walkerton, on Thursday,
February 5ih, in his 92nd year.
The funeral was held at MacKen-
zie Memorial Chapel, Lucknow, on
Saturday, February 7.
Temporary entombment was at
South Kinloss' Mausoleum. .
Seated, left to right, are Direct-
ors Doug * Martyn, Jack Alton,
Merle 'Giinhy, AuStin Martin and
Doug Catileron.
faMily. Phone Mrs. John Dadson
at 395-5728 and these will he
picked up.
The home,' which is owned by
Lorne Eadie, was a complete loss.
Only a small amount of insurance.
was carried on the building,* The'
horne .'had been tenanted by "Dr.-
Donald HOdgins until last Fall
when -he moved to Ripley. ,'
• Firemen were on the scene for
about 4 hours keeping an eye on a
barn about 300 feet to the north of
the house Which contained 152
cattle belonging to Lorne Eadie.
The Bruce County Highway plow
was called to plow a road to the
scene of the fire to allow firemen
and the equipment , to return to
Lucknow about 4' a.m.
been emphasized that, the club will
Operate strictly on its own and is
open to any Youth in the corrimunity
who might wish to join.
It is anticipated that the number
of interested young people will
grow,— Because of winter road
ConditiOris„ ino-st of those,. present
last week were towri residents , With
many from the country expected to
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Area People
Work On Plowing
Match Committees
A. number of area people are
involved as committee chairmen .for
the upcoming International Plow-
ing Match to be Iftild near.
Walkerton from September 28. to
October 2 of this year.. Lord Elgin
from Scotland will open the event
Presently working on plans • for
the event are Jim Powers, Chep-
stow, publicity; Cliff Hewitt, R. 2
Kincardine, health and sanitation;
Mrs. Oliver McCharles, Lochalsh,
crafts and demonstrations for
ladies; 'Donald McTavish, R. 1
Ripley,' trailer park; Burton Hod-
gins, R. 2 Kincardine, farmstead
iniproyement; Orville Elliott, .Luck-
now,. gates. *
Many others are in/involved in
planning the event and these
members, will grow as the Match
date approaches.
FireDestroys .
• Workshop 0f
Diekmccosh.
BY AB WYLD
About three 'fast Friday after-
noon, the fire whistle sounded in
Ripley calling the firemen to the
farm of Dick McCosh .at Purple
Grove. 'The farm is the second one
past the Purple Grove corner, two
blocks east of the 15th on the 12th
concession of Huron Township.
The fire destroyed a railway 'box
car which was used as a second
workshop and itsconients includ-t
ing a brand new snowmobile.
Dick had some of his clothing
burned in' trying to remove the
contents. The fire'was believed to
have started from the heating
system. Ripley firemen saved the
main work shop, just a few feet
away, and also took care of any
threat to the house and barn.
Driving the fire truck from .Riplev
was Doug Liddle and with hi ere
firemen Clarence Polio and
Johnny Dodds. Fireinen. John D.
MacKay and 'Ted Rouse fbllowed
by car and then the water tanker
was driven out by Donnie Peter-
baugh and with it also were Harvey
Pollock • and George McLean.
Fireman Bob -Johnston was at ••
Dungannon at the time a the alarm
and when, he returned to Ripley he
remained in charge of the firehall,•
making ready for the return of the
fire department.
The cloud of dense black smoke
rising in the clear afternoon sky
Was visible at the farm Of Donald
Gillies, one block north of Ripley.,
In its use on the railway, the
wooden interior had become soak-
ed with spilled oil.
NEVER MISSED A'
DAY DUE TO ILLNESS.
ROtiOs..After.4,0.-
Tears Employmer.t.
With 110ilroad
Bruce McKenzie of Lucknow, has
retired after 40 years of service
with the Canadian NatiOnal . Rail-
way. During those 40 year's he
never missed one day of work
because of illness.
The official retirement date was
December 31st and previous to
that; he had been on accuthulated
vacation since October 7th,
Bruce worked with' 'the Section':
crews in.various communities. He
started with in Malton. in
1935 and has worked out of Malton.
Brampton, Georgetown, Guelph,
Simcoe, LucknoW and for the past
4'/2 years out of Palmerston.
On January 30th, iyir. and 'Mrs.
McKenzie, and family were honour-
ed at a dinner• at the Holiday Inn in
London. Attending the dinner, with
Mr. McKenzie were his daughter
and ' son-in-law, Marguerite and
Elino Sandeyson of Lucknow..
Mrs. McKenzie, who Underwent.
the amputation of her leg a number
of years ago and finds it difficult in
getting around during. 'the winter
Weather, decided against attending
• the dinner. Unable to attend were*,
their Other daughter•Beverley and
her husband Roy ,Mosher of
Oshawa.
• Bruce was presented with a
Silver ,engraVed tray and his wife
Edythe with an , orchid corsage,
along with Many good wishes,.
Bruce and Edythe hope to take a
trip in the Spring,
House Destroyed By Fire 110.:„.100y Morning Storm
A family of five lost many of their
possessions •in an early. morning
fire in ' Kinloss . Township on•
Sunday.
Breaking Put "shortly, after mid-
night Saturday, fire completely
levelled, a 2-storeyd frame' home
belonging to Lorne Eadie on the 8th
of Kinloss. The farm home is
known to many as the "Bob
MacDonald place" and is located
on the ,8th, about midway between
' Holyrood and Ripley.
A family of five, which had been.'.
living in the Springfield area, near
Aylmer, moved into the home last
week end. They .were` Mr. and
Mrs.. Jerry Wafters and Linda 15,
Ronnie 13, and Troy 5. The family
• were not coMpletely settled. n the
Form LEO 'pub For community. Youth
Standing., - left to right, are /
Directors Har;,/ey Culbert and Terry
Dalton, Manager. Lloyd Crawford,
Directors Albert Taylor and Bill
Andrew.
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