The Lucknow Sentinel, 1977-02-02, Page 1The LUCKNOW SENTINEL
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Lucknow Was Possible Site
Million Dollar Facility Is Deferred By
United Co-operatives of Ontario
Stu Luckhart, director for zone 2
of the United Co-operatives of
Ontario, announced at the annual
meeting and banquet of the
Lucknow District Co-op on Tuesday
evening of last week, that the
million dollar grain drying and
milling facility, proposed for the
Lucknow-Wingham area, had, been
deferred:
Rumour of the intended project
has been circulating in this area for
some time. United Co-operatives
Margaret Montgomery of Luck-
now, who is employed by her father
Gordon Montgomery, received 2nd
and 3rd degree burns to her lower
legs in a flash fire at the Lucknow
Sunocd Garage on Wednesday of
last week.
Margaret had been serving gas
Fire, Fatality
Mar
Christmas
Elliott and Ardith Whitby of
London had the misfortune to lose
most of their possessions in a fire
Christmas Eve in London. Elliottis
the son, of Mr. and Mrs. George
Whitby of Lucknow..
They were residing in the lower
half of a home at 34,Weston Street.
The fire broke out when they were
visiting for Christmas at Navan,
near Ottawa, with Ardith's par-
ents. The upstairs tenants also
were burned out.
It was Christmas Eve, while at
her family home at Navan, that
Ardith also received the sad news
of her brother's death, he being
killed in a motor accident.
Elliott Whitby is in the final year
studying towards his Doctorate in
Environmental Micro Biology,
studying at Western University in
London. He was able to retrieve
his Doctorate Thesis from the fire
ruins.
Died In Hospital
Herman Phillips of Lucknow
passed away at Wingham and
District Hospital on Wednesday,
January 26th in his 88th year.
The funeral •service was held at
MacKenzie Memorial Chapel on
Friday, January 28. Temporary
entombment was at South Kinloss
Mausoleum.
Died In 86th Year
Robert Donald Buchanan of
Kirkland Lake died suddenly at his
home on Wednesday, January 26in
his 86th year.
The funeral service was held on
Sunday, January 30th at MacKen-
zie Memorial Chapel, Lucknow,
with temporary entombment at
South Kinloss MauSoleum.
of Ontario owns the former George
Mart, or Frank Graham property,
about 1 1/2 miles east of Lucknow on
Highway 86 and also owns property
just north of Wingham in the area
of the. 'Kerr Construction ware-
house.
While neither of the sites had
been signified as having a prefer-
ence, Co-op members in this area
were hoping for the Lucknow site.
A heavy demand all across
Ontario for capital funds for Co-op
at the pumps when it splashed back
on her clothing. She, wiped the.
clothing with snow and went back
into the garage. Apparently the
gas fumes were still'present, and in
lighting a cigarette, her clothing
burst into flames. Fortunately, Ed
Blackwell was at the garage at the
time and was able to assist her.
Snowmobiles
Lend Aid During
Storm Emergency •
As this is written Tuesday, the
area around Lucknow has been tied
up with storm conditions for almost
one full week. High winds and
drifting snow, coupled .with very
cold temperatures, made travel
almost impossible and very highly ,
risky.
Schools were closed or running
with skeleton-staff and attendance
for most of the week. School buses
found it impossible to travel on
rural roads which are banked high
with snow and keep filling in as
quickly as they can be plowed out.
Church services were cancelled in
many area churches on Sunday.
Snow plow crews have been
working steadily as conditions
permitted, but it was a losing battle
and a frustrating one for plowmen.
Many stories of stranded travel-
lers, minor accidents and isolation
without food and fuel will come to
light when the storm abates.
Snowmobilers and snowmobile
clubs have volunteered their aid
and assistance wherever possible
and local club members have been
running mission of supply and
service whenever required. Also
working in the rescue and supply
operations was the local Citizens
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Terry Rathwell of Lucknow had
an experience in the storm last
week that was an unnerving one, to
say the least.
Terry is a member of the fire
department at the Bruce Nuclear
Power Development and set off to
work about 10 p.m., on Wednesday
of last week, driving his van. He
had made a trip from Wingham to
Lucknow a short time before, and
found no problem with driving
conditions.
expansions has caused U.C.O. to
defer the area facility.
President of the Lucknow Co-op,
Merle Gunby, said that the
Lucknow Co-op was disappointed
in the announcement of the U.C.O.
He indicated that they had worked
hard locally to promote the project,
but would have to , accept their.
decision.
$27 million dollars was requested
across Ontario for capital expan-
sion next year and about $9 million
is all U.C.O. can afford.
Rolling on the garage floor did
not extinguish the flames. Rolling
in the snow outside the door
extinguished, the flames and saved
her from very serious injury.
Margaret's hair was singed in
the incident and she was treated for
burns, mainly below the knees.
Retires As
Deputy Clerk
Mrs. Charles (Hazel) Webster of
Lucknow has retired as Deputy
Clerk of the Village of Lucknow and
was recognized for her service at a
gathering of .council and town
officials recently at the home of
Reeve George Joynt and his wife
Jessie.
Hazel was presented with a
figurine in recognition of her
service to the municipality.
Her work with the village was of
a part time nature and she served,
as needed, during the span of three
clerks, E. H. Agnew, Wayne
Jamieson and Alf Herbert.
The Lucknow District Co-opera-
tive Board of Directors and Man-
agement have been considering the
possibility of expanding their
facilities locally and at the annual
meeting and banquet held last
week, the proposal was put to the
membership.
A questionnaire was circulated to
members at the meeting asking
their opinion of expansion, what
products they felt should be
Striking out west on Highway 86,
he had planned to pick up another
man in Ripley, but soon found the
driving conditions almost impos-
sible. At a point between the Fred
Martin and Harold Elphick farms,
about four miles from town, Terry
hit a snow bank and his trip was
over. The visibility was nil at the
time and the wind was fierce.
Unaware of his location, he set
out briefly on foot to try to get his
bearings and possibly find the
Lucky To
Be Alive,
,Injured In Storm
Gerry Ross, prbprietor of,Gerry's
Auto Body in Ludknow, is lucky to
be alive following an accident in the
storm on Highway 86 near Listowel
about noon on Saturday.
Gerry was returning from Kitch-
ener to Lucknow when his car
stopped. he left his vehicle to
correct the problem and was
standing on the passenger side
when a second car struck his car
broadside. .
Mr. Ross hardly knows what
happened but he was knocked
unconscious by the impact and lay
in the snow, with no one aware of
the fact that he was there.
When he came to, he made his
way to the nearest vehicle and was
removed to Listowel Hospital
where he was kept overnight for
observation, returning home Sun-
day.
While Gerry was badly bruised,
shaken and sore, he did not receive
any broken bones. His car was
badly damaged.
Another race with the stork,
which we had been unaware of at
the time, occurred in the wintry
weather of January with Dr. J. C.
McKim and Stuart Reavie of
Lucknow making a quick trip to the
Wingham Hospital in a blinding
snowstorm in the early hours of
Tuesday, January 11th.
Mrs. Don (Sherry) Akin, be-
cause her expected baby was
overdue, left her snowbound 9th of
Ashfield farm home about noon on
Monday. Jim Nelson, went ahead
with a snow blower, and Don Alton,
wife Sherry and 2-year-old daugh-
ter Vanessa followed in a 4-wheel
drive jeep to Belfast, then on into
Lucknow.
Sherry and Vanessa stayed with
Don's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Alton, in Lucknow, which was in
expanded or eliminated, what new
products or services should be
considered, whether they were in
favour of merging Lucknow Co-op
with United Co-ops of Ontario, and
to what degree would members be
willing to help finance the program
in event of expansion.
The results of the questionnaire
are to be weighed by the board of
directors.
President of the board of
lights of a farm house. He only
went a short distance up the road
when he realized the fierceness of
the storm and the dangers of
exposure, and he crawled back on
his hands and knees to the van.
By this time the van had quit
running with the motor wet and the
tail pipe plugged with drifting
snow. He had difficulty keeping
the motor running and had to free
the tail pipe from snow on several
occasions.
Community Billet,
.Stranded Hockey
Players and Fans
The Walkerton Juvenile hockey
team visited Lucknow for a hockey
game last Wednesday, January 26.
On completion of the game, the
weather had deteriorated to a state
that return to Walkerton was
impossible. The bus load of
players, management and fans
were taken to the Mayfair Restaur-
ant on an invitation by Al Hamilton
and from there were billeted.
By 11.30 p.m., local people
contacted responded eagerly, Har-
old Ritchie with 4 boys; Bob
Ritchie, 4 boys; Rae Cranston, 2
boys; Bob Struthers 4; Janine
Glenn, 3 girls; Barry McDonagh 7;
Bill Hunter, 2 girls; Bud Thomp-
son, manager and his wife; Al
Hamilton took core of the overflow
of 14 Lucknow area people strand-
ed.
Many thanks from Lucknow
Minor Hockey. To make matters
worse for Walkerton, they lost the
gaine 7-4:
closer proximity to medical aid and
the hospital.
In the early hours of Tuesday
morning, Sherry, realizing the time
was at hand, summoned Dr.
McKim.
Stuart Reavie was phoned and
was quickly on the job to blow the
snow from the Bert Alton driveway,
which was blocked.
Realizing the urgency of the
situation, Dr. McKim transported
Mrs. Alton in his car to the
Wingham Hospital in very poor
driving conditions, with zero visib-
ility. Stuart Reavie followed in the
Bert Alton car in case Dr. McKim
experienced difficulty getting his
car through.
About 10 minutes after arrival at
the hospital, 'about 3 a.m., Sherry
Alton gave birth to a 'second •
daughter, Heather May.
directors, Merle Gunby, said that
the local downtown facility has
been expanded almost to the full-
est. The office space is severely
cramped, the store will not handle
any more merchandise, and the
warehouse is inadequate for the
present feed needs of farmers.
Some of the possibilities in an
expansion program are the hand-
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Fortunately for Terry; he had
been in the process of installing a
C.B. radio in the van. The radio
was on the seat, but the final
installation had to be completed.
Terry managed to complete this
work on the C.B. and it was about
midnight when he put the radio
into operation.
He says he sure was happy to
hear the familiar voices of Jim and
Jane West of the Lochalsh area.
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Gas Fumes Ignite, Suffers Burns
Stork Fond Of Storms
Discuss Expansion Of Facilities
At Lucknow District Co-op
CB Radios & Snowmobile Credited With Storm Rescue