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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-10-31, Page 11 ucknow's public :health nurse:, Ruth Thompson, has retired after working 23 years in; the public health field in Kinloss and l:iµton Township$, She .,was honoured at a ► assembly at Lucknow Central Public School on Wednes- day, October 24 witha presentation of a desk • pen ,Principal 'Charles Davies ' told the students they could,, have no "finer" person as their : public health nurse than Miss OU Thompson, He remarked it is -possible some of their parents were in school when Miss' Thompson began her public health career 23 years ago, He thanked Miss Thompson for the contribution she has made to Lucknow school children during the years she worked in public health. As well as. Huron and Kinloss Townships she also served part of, Kincardine Township and St. Anthony's Soh ool in Kincardine in the later years of her career. In addition to school,innoculations and eye cheekups which remand many of us of. the achool nurse, Miss Thompson ,. p proyid'ed mental health and prenatal and postnatal care, Raised in Toronto where she nursed at Wellesley Hospital as a registerednurse, she decided to go into public health after the. idea ways introduced to her by a supervisor on the staff at Wellesley. She graduated from a One year public health Program and was sent to Bruce -County. Torn to -Page 2• E INE 24 PAGES Injures two 'WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1979 Single Copy 30c Lucknow fi emen place a fan m the window of the den Boer apartment above the Lucknow . Home Bakery,to,draw out smoke, following a .fire which destroyed the apartment and caused smoke and water damage to two adjacent apartments, the bakery and Billie. Place variety. Hank and 'Alice den Boer and their children; doale and.Pani'.fled the burning apartment when they discovered' their hit* room ablaze about 11.38 Friday night. Firemen aroused Ruby Webb and Claude Tetreault who live In the two apartments above Bill's -Place vaulty store. Mrs denBoot Is in Wingham hospital with second degree burns to his: arms, feet and. chest. Mlels Webb 'WO treated at hospital and released. [Sentinel Staff Photo] 1 � I1. ome1ese • A fire on the main street of Lucknow . Friday night sent two people to hospital and deft seven people homeless. - Hank den Boer is in good condition in Wingham and District Hospital, suffering from first and second degree burns to his hands, feet, arms, legs and chest. Ruby Webb -was treated in Wingham hospitalfor second degree burns to her right arm. She .was released from hospital Saturday. The fire started in the living room of the • apartment owned by Hanka; and Alice den ,'Boer abbve their bake shop, -Lucknow Home Bakery on the south side of themain street. 1t, spread;:; inti o the ,hallway adjoining the Brown building, above Bill's . Placf. variety store„ east Oldie bakery t • Lucknow• District . firemen ' answered the call about 11.30 p.m. and brought it under control in about an' hour. Seven people fled the burning building. Hank and Alice den Boer and their two. Children, : Josie and .Paul, were awakened by • their collie dog, Sandy, who was tied to the door in the living room where the fire started. The family left the apartment by the backstairs of the apartment through the bake shop to the south of the building. Mr. den Boer returned to the apartment to get the dog out. He left through the• living room door to the hallway adjoining the Brown building, where he. mei, :Florence Vickers who . lives in an apartment above. Greer Electric, east of the Brown building.. She, left the -.building down the backstairs to the south of the building with Mr. den Boer and his dog Mr. den Boer then returned : to the apartment againbecause he thought the fire .was only Located in a living room chair. He grabbed a cushion from the chesterfield and tried to smother the flames in the chair but the cushion exploded in flames. He grabbed the cushion and carried it outinto the hallway and. threw it down the stairs. He followed down the stairs and kicked . it out- into the 4treet. Ruby Webb, who lives in the' front apartment above Bill's Place, was awakened when Mr. den Boer ran down the hall • pounding on the wall, yelling ."fire'; l She said she went to her door and found the hallway filled with smoke. She left the building by the north stairway which was burning to the street. Claude Tetreau'lt, who lives in the back apartment over Bill's Place, was awakened by Mr. den Boer's calls of fire. He found the hallway filled with sinoke,'grabbed a towel which he dowsed in water and wrapped around his head. He then ran out of the building down the north stairs to the street. Mr. Tetreault met firemen coming up the stairs as he left the building. The den Boer apartment was destroyed and there is smoke and water damage to the bakery;below. The apartments in the Brown building have. smoke 'damage and some water damage and there is water damage to the variety store .below. Fire chief George Whitby said ,Tuesday Tarn to page 40 ISEE ... By The Sefltiflel Mat ` ci kin This 78 pound ' p flt pktn took first , prize. in the Pumpkin growing contest sponsored by Cedarhill Garden Cen- tre. The giant pumpkin was grown by Daryl Graham of Kinloss Township. See page 6. Just for ;kids A Place for Kids is a column for children the Sentinelwill-. carry when space permits.. Featuring -cross word puzzles, stories, games and pictures, it is . a section in our paper just for children. This week's column is a story about the tradition of Hallowe'en :with a picture to cut out and colour. See~ page. S: United Nations Day Lucknow •Central Public School students celebrated United Nationq Day on October 24 with . an assembly. Heather Macintyre's class represent- ed Japan and Heather wore ,this kimono and carried a Japanese' fan and -lantern. Story and pictures on pages 4 and 13.