The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-07-05, Page 7a
Antique and his;toric
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Brantford -built engines still existing in
Ontario.
The engine appears primitive com-
pared to a modern internal combustion
without unnecessary refine-
ments, but it is well and sturdily built
and even after almost 65 years shows
few signs of wear.
As can be imagined, the men on the
committee are mostly old -engine buffs,
farmers with collections of their own,
and they were an enthusiastic groupas
they labored over the engine, compar-
ing notes on the construction of the
magneto or the auxiliary battery -coil
system used for starting on cold
mornings.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Talbot
(Mr. Talbot emphasized the women are
playing as big a part in the work of this
committee as the men), the antique and
historic committee includes Mr. and
Mrs. Simon Hallahn of East Wawanosh
Township; Mr. and Mrs. Alex McMurt-
rie of Kippen; Brian Treibner and
Audrey McClennan, also of Kippen;
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mote of Clinton; and
Mr. and Mrs. Don McGregor of Exeter.
VARIED DISPLAY
There is quite a variety of items
planned for the committee's display at
the plowing match. In addition to the
Goold, Shapley and Muir there will be
about five examples of steam engines, a
Bell thresher made at Seaforth by the
Robert Bell Company and possibly a
Connor engine built at Exeter and a
bean and pea thresher, which is, like a
regular thresher except in miniature
and could be lifted and transported from
farm to farm on a sleigh during the
winter.
There will also be- examples of early
tractors and other-farrtrimplem-ents and
an operating sawmill which will be
sponsored by Dashwood Industries in
honour of their 50th anniversary,. -
A display of small engines will
include two very rare hat :Or engines, a
type of external . combustion engine
using heated and cooled` air to drive a
piston back and forth. ` This type of
engine was developed late in the last
century and used for jobs such as
pumping water in mines. It had a very
limited power output but was also very
clean pollutionwise. Some of the smaller
models could reportedly operate on the
heat provided by a candle flame.
Mr. McMurtrie noted he is also,
working at getting an old "dog -power"
he , has- back in running order. This
machine harnessed the energy of a
large dog on a sort of treadmill and was
typically used for churning butter. It
didn't take a dog too long to get to know
this machine and some developed a
habit of high -tailing for the back 40
when they heard you setting it up, Mr.
McMurtrie recalled, while others would
jump right in and be raring to go.
Clearly one of • the reasons our
ancestors didn't complain about energy
shortages was they knew how to
harness the sources of energy available
to them.
STILL LOOKING
Although many of the items for their
display are already lined up, committee
members are still looking for interesting
objects or pieces of equipment.
They are looking for artifacts at least
50 years old and are trying to- stick
pretty much to agricultural equipment,
especially that made in Huron County.
Former Kinloss
Road Superintendent
dies suddenly
Elliott Lockhart Carruthers
of Ripley died suddenly of
a heart attack on June 19,
1978 in Wingham and Dist-
rict Hospital.
A farmer, who was the
proud owner of many fine
registered horses, he was a
member of the Ontario
Harness Horsemen Associa-
tion, the Ontario Racing
Commission, the Canadian
Trotting -Association and the
Canadian Standardbred As-
sociation.
Her served as Councillor
and Road Superintendent of
Kinloss. Township and oper-
ated a Nursing Home in
Kinloss for 20 years.
He also belonged to the
I.O.O.F., No. 172 Penetan-
gore Lodge, Kincardine, ,the
Old Light Lodge, No. 184,
Lucknow, and the Mocha
Temple, London:
In his early life he enjoyed
baseball and pitched for the
Bruce League, for several
seasons. Music was a high-
light of his life and he formed
his own orchestra many
years ago. On several occa-
sions he played . for the
second generation.
His interest in sports kept
him in contact with the
children and young people in
the community. Many people
visited the funeral home to
pay their respects from the
surrounding area as well as,
Owen Sound, London, Toron-
to, Buffalo, Niagara palls,
Campbellford, Ayton, Brus-
sels, Burlington, Hamilton
and Wiarton.
Born on March 30, 1918,
he died in his 61st year. He
was the son of the late John
Carruthers, Kinloss, and the
late Margaret Collins, Hur-
on. He married Grace Boyd
of Ashfield in October, 1944,
at Pine River United Church.
He is survived by his wife,
a daughter, Karen, Mrs.
Doug Martyn, Lochalsh;
three sons, Garry of London,
Boyd at home and Blain at
home. He is also survived by
a brother, John of London,
and four sisters, Rena, Mrs.
George Fisher Of _ Wingham;
Kathleen, Mrs. Ronald For-
ster, Lucknow; Alma, Mrs.
Eldon Lowry, Ripley; and
Lillian, Mrs. Duncan Simp-
son, Kintail. Four grand-
children survive and two
sisters-in-law, Mrs. Jean
Carruthers, Goderich and
Mrs. Margaret Mowbray,
Lucknow:
He was predeceased by
two brothers, Irwin and
David.
The funeral was held from
the MacKenzie and McCre-
ath Funeral Home in Ripley
on June 22, 1978 at 2.00 p.m.
Rev. James Bushell of Ripley
United Church, officiated.
Honourary pallbearers
were fellow orchestra mem-
bers, Basil Hogan, Ross
Henderson, Jack Bowers,
Pete Peterson. Active pall-
bearers were nephews,` Elli-
ott Lowry, Ross . Forster,
John Simpson, Glen Boyd,
Gordon Fisher and John
Carruthers.
Flower bearers were Har-
vey Houston, Leo Murray,
Clarence Allen, Frank Zipfel,
Allan Coiling, Bill Kirkpat-
rick, Ray Fuller, Watt Cul-
bert, Donald Martyn, Barat
Twolen, Donald Reigier and
Roy Davis.
NANCY O'KEEFE
graduated on June 7 from the
University of Western Ontar-
io with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Sociology. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe O'Keefe, R. R. 3
Goderich.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This pic-
ture appeared last week but
was marred by a white streak
during the printing process.
It is reprinted this week.
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