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In Ashfiel
Ashfield Township • S c h o o l
,Area Board has decided to close
...three ,schools .1n the..;area, . effect -
eve at •the end,' of this.,teerin` The
three schools, ;are,. S.S. No. 5,
'Zion; , S:S; No, ii, 4th Concession;
S.S. No, 16, '-Crew'e.
The. plan is to transport Zion
pupils. • to S.S. No. 7, Lothian;
S,S,: No, .6 , pupils to Dungannon,
and Crewe students to S.S.• No,
9, Finlay's School.. ,
'Last year the : Boarci • closed
Iintail' and Scheppardton schools,.
and • Laurier school'„ .. has- been -
closed since' before the .School'
Area ;Beard .came into being. ' ,
The • kissing• of the we re-.
duces thenumber of public
Schools operating in the Arese-to.
none, 'In addition 'there is the
separate school at Kingsbridge. .
Present enrollment at • Zion, is
9' piufails withi- about_ -__12.- pupil§.
..ect - , t.. 0 ..,.T.r ,.
' "amore :•are..
now . 18 ' attending No 6, witha
• possibility 'of 21, to be. transport.,
ed next term' to Dungannon.
Crewe has '•a present ' enrolment
of 16,, with 18 pupils anticipated
for next termto be transported
to `inlay's.
'Total' pupil 'enrollment in Ash-
field public :'schools • is 260 pup-
els:
• Zion.,Considers Lucknow
Ratepayers in the Zion section
have been `considering sending at,
leas( some, of the' . children from
that section: 'to Lucknow Public
School, In that 'Case the Ashfield.
. `Board has •:agreed to 'pay, the
• tuition fee of $65:00 •a :pupil!, . but
withouttransportation • respon-:
sibi1ity, . Transportaton will *`be'
:provided to Lothian.; .• '
'•On•' Monday' evening a depute.'
,tion of about a dozen Zionites
attended a *meeting of Lucknow.
Pulblic School Board. `The Luck -
now Board -Informed the delega-
tion
elega-
tion that aecorriodation was avail-
able at' Lucknow for ; Zion , pup-
ils, but they, in no way wished
to influence their decision, and.
-. ' left the matter strictly up to
them le -decide where they would
send their children
There has been some opposition
.oto closings Zion-sehoal,-vuhi4h-ha§
given rise to the suggestion that
the section should withdraw from
the School Area • and set up their
"own school section.'. administna_
on,
UNDERWENT MAJOR `
OPERATION IN • WINGAAM.
A.. J. (Armstrong), Wilson un-.
derwent an•.emergency operation
in• Wingham Hospital in the early
hours, of Saturday morning, • for
a perforated . 'sto nach `ulcer. His
_condition on• Tuesday was report-
. ed . AS considerably improved. • .
He was stricken suddenly on.
-Friday:,; evening,...
_, watt-'- a---xrlOs't-
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• 'Painful seizure • :and' was rushed`
to the: hospital, where 'Surgery;;
was- immediately prescribed : and
was . performed about 2,00 , a.m.•
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4•E CLUBS TO ORGANIZE
,ON' FRIDAY NIGHT
Organization . meetings •of• the.
Lucknow. 4-H Calf 'Club •• the
.;'Dungsnnen.. Ca f '
1 Club and the
bungannon •Siwine Club -,are, scclie-
' duled to be held in the L� k
v► uc now
Town Hall on Friday night of
this week ,April. 20th, tit 8.30.
o'clolck.
Boys .ate ,irisi2 the,: district
o • are conte/- Latin :j
• any of these elui s should. pining con.'
tact • Club leaders gat once* and-
, pion to attend Friday:..,_night's.
`eetn;g,•
memibers are asked to note
the change inhe
t pIace.of itieet-
• 'big. post card notices fretrt the
• Agricultural Office announced. •i`t
would be in
Rs11: the Comimtintiy
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, .APRIL 18th, 1956 TW
� '. . ir`LVE PAGES.
FATHERS DONATE' BLOOD
FOR PAUL ,MEIKLEJOHN a
Last ,Friday, a carload ' of Fath-,
ers , including Alex `' Andrew,
Fred Emeferlin, °-G len Warden and•
Rev. ". Fred .Starkey. /*Stored to
Victoria, Hospital. London, to do-
nate block to replace .transfusions
received ,by Paul '1VIeiklejohr , 'The,
next ,day, Mr, Wm, MacDonald
was on hand. with a, group of
High. 'School • students, •to give
blood if needed. , •
We are 'glad to • learn that the
wee lad is home again . and his:
condition rhueh unproved at, pre-'
sent.
HEART ATTACK
PROVED FATAL
;fairs
-John -. -
Mae3�ougaR of • the,;
Second Coneession,'Kinloss, • re
ceived word' on Monday \o f the
sudden death at. Brantford of her
son-in-law,' Percy Crosier., Mrs.
Crosier, is ` .the :'former- .Dorothy'
MacDougall of ` Kinloss: ,
• Percy, who was in his ' 40th:
year, was . ,'a 'garage operator ; at
Brantford. He was; stricken at his.
place 'oaf . business:: on Monday
morning, and.died at his home
within an ;•'hour.'•
Mx,, and Mrs. Leonard` Mclnnes
and • Mrs;: MacDougall motored to
Brantford on learning. of the be
reavament. M'rs. MacDougall 're-
mained
remained in the- city. and : Leonard
and Freda • twill return for :the
funeral, to : be ,held". at Porters
;funeral 'Home: 'Delhi, at 2.30 on.
Thursday, ' with :, interment
Delhi Cemetery. • •
Mr, Crosier issurvived.,by,.his
widow end :a daughter Sandra.
' He is. also survives# ; by two Janet and Dianne, will not -take
sisters • and. three brothers, , all up residence . here until the close
'of Delhi \ of . school.'
NAMED MANAGER
BANK'. MONTREAL,
The , . appointment Of Milton
'Rayner as ananager of the local
office of. the Bank of • Montreal
leas . officially
;_been ,-announced-
.
-
nnounced.-
iVfx°: Rayner,. formerly >g
mans er-
of the of M branch at High-
gate, succeeds " G. Murray :Douse,
w.io: will take charge at. Tillson- •
burg, • ,
•A native: of Edrans Man., Mr.
Rayner •. joined' the' B of M at
Unity, . Sask., in 1912 and and gained
a wide . knowledge of banking
while serving with branches'. at,
Unity, Regina, Carnduff-�' and
Saskatoon :in' Saskatchewan, 'and
Hamilton, Kitchener and Simcoe
in Ontario.' He was appointed
accountant,` at• Leamington. in
1946, and, for 'the, past six_ years,
has been : engaged ; in manager-
ial
duties at Wales and Hpgh
Mr, Itayney -takes an active
part. in community' activities and
has , held executive positions
with several charitable and
church ergaeizations. Mrs.. ' Ray
•net: and their two.. daughters,
.
Name Commitee To Study Setup
Of Local Hog Assembly. Centre
Hog marketing was ;the st Ject TEACHER •RESIGNATIONS
of a :three-hour discussion at a' ARE ,RECEIVED LOCALLY'
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wellsattended meeting of district_ "`
farmers, 'held in the Johnstone . ,Miss: Mary Fulton: and Mr. Paul
Block, Lucknow, ton Monday-- ev-.: H, Pratt -o': the-Lucknow • District
erring. The mieeting adjourned High School ' staff have tendered
close to •midnight. a f ter Setting up their resignations.. Miss . ,Fulton
a seven -man committeeauthor- teaches English, , typing and
ized to investigate the Matter of girls Physical a ation Mr.
establishing a. hog 'assemlb�ly`'cen- Pratt's subjects include indust-
ttre in ' Lucknow: Such, Centres rival. arts, Latin and ,boys' `Phys-`�
are• in ',operation at Teeswater ical• education.. •
and Kincardine: • • The Board 'had previously re
The 7 -man 'committee is. cote- ,ceived • Mir: Coulthard's 'resigna-
prised •of Gilbert: Frayne.'•'Jack ' tion,-; : and . his successor- appears
MacKenzie,. Omar Brooks, , Har- to be definite. •
vey Houston,, George Elliott, •Wim: The . Public Sehaol Board 'has
-Kinaham arid• -P. -A, Murray.
With seeding tithe at hand the
Committee was given• thirty days
to study the.' plan as to: iocatiion,
cost ' of • o. eration, etc., and• there:
to report back to a genera meet-
ing, :I.f the plan is thee .approved'
a permanent, iboard " will be set
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up,
.Under the, assembly centre
plan, hogs are' "purchased W.0.1%.
at the assembly yard by the pro-
cessor who pays 'the. .trucking
charges -and ..- transit' insurance.
The .local; assembly •. centre is
strictly. a Local project, 'with the
cost sof operation •decided ' . to-.
call =sand � var es- aec�r d n
- y+ g
whether hogs are picked. up or
delivered to the. Centre. Cost of
operating = the assembly point
r i iS ere:Witt 30c. a..hog,:_- but- .v;ar¢..
ids, with • local conditions.
The. 'meeting 4 was- presided.
over by Lorne Woods of St..
Helens, with Grant Case acting
as secretary. There were about
seventy A1ye farmers 'present..
-yT
iIdren Had
rst Salk Vaccine Monday
Approxlimately 245 p u ,b.1 i c .
ACCEPTS C01�1GIZEGA�'ION'S.. "
school children from. Grades `1,,'INVITATION /TO 'kEMA1[N
5, 6, 7, 8 received their " first in-
j ection, of Salk vaccine on .Mon- : " A . large ' congregation
� g at the .
day morning at. the �Recreation.al .Un ted(Church on 'Sunday morn-
Centre,
I'1?he clJnic was in. leherge' of , �g gave a standing vote of ,'ap
prov'al •tet.. the' ,motion . ±by .Lien
oifficials of the Bruce 'County
1'iealth Ilp�t, .,and within an' hour 11i�°alden cryo-` 'T:, A,°.`C'ameror�;
Rela-
after opening at 9.30 �a:qn. 'the en- members of the Pastoral
tire.tions Committee, 'inviting Rev.
group had been inoculated
It '.is,.: A• 'Meiklejolin to' remain as
po.,x� of a D�aminion wide pastor . •
.program aimed at immunizing
,Mr. "' W. L. MacKenzie, °hair -
children against pol omyelitis.
man "pf the Corriimittee, was un-.
upon completion .of the 245 able to ;be present due to illness
inoculations'. at Lucknow, Health ,and..Mr. Ernie Ackert stthstitut- '.
Unit. officials. moved ; on to 'Rip= ed for -him .in` outlii ing what the
ley Where-:anothermorning clinic Committee had done.
was held with .about 130 child :In ace " in
ren treated,
ep't g the invitation to
Tentative date for the. second
inoculation has been. set for May
14th: At this . clinic: children of'.
Gr"adesr 2, 3. 'and 4; who received'
the vaccine' last ' year will 're-
ceive another : needle, It is `: a-_
pected. at n7'e.•29a
be treated .'in May. •
remain, - Rev. ., Meiklejohn : ex ,
pressed his 'appreciation of . the
kindness, consideration and loy-:
alty of the ;congregation. '<
Guest 'soloist was Mrs. Ralph.
Howlett, whose husband : is a• •
_student- minister-andA as -been in
1.110-1° targe of the St. ' Celens••Pa stor-
ate Mrs. Howlett's sol "The Th.e • ,
Lord Is :My, Light", greatly im-
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ressed the congregation.. ngregation. , , . , . •
'HAD EYE OPERATION
• Mr. J. M. Greer underwent an
eye operation in St. Joseph's
Hospital, Londono on Tuesday of
last week and is ' getting . 'along
nicely, ' although it is uncertain
'as yet* when he may . get ham.
Mrs. Greer , has . been staying
with Mr. and Mrs.' Harold 'Greer
While Mel is .in .the hospital, and
she has not been enjoying. good
TO. SA1 L: FRIDAY
FOR. GERMA Y
N
Mrs. Ken Bridges (formerly
Mae McMahon) and • her t+wo .
daughters, Donna • and Patsy, are
scheduled to sail on Friday for
overseas: •
They will' 'leave from
health. •_ Quebec
Cityare
on' the:Homeric and
due . to arrive at Le I#arve,
LOST FINGER IN
.A - they proceed • to .Zweiibrucken,.`•
W M I S H P .Germany.; to join .,Mr. Bridges:
France. on. the, 26th.'. Fro..tn .there
'RCAF
arrwaras pol fsfieteder-Bridges 'Germandfy thin
e • •
:to
February_ after a long stint at
Centralia . airport.
They expect. to be in- Germany
for three years.
BBillRoss• of • the Loclialsn Am
herley oistrict is miring the index
finger on . ,this,, right hand as the'.
result of a buzz saw, mishap on
Saturday. afternoon:' The second
finger..was (badly' mangled, and
exten. ve surgery ; was perform-
ed at
eriform-ed:at Winigthaan.'Hospital, to 'save
this finger. Bill. was • still, in the
hospital on Tuesday.
Bill owns the • sawing outfit
and was (buzzing: wood , at the,
farm of Glen :Campbell, at Am
berley when the mishap., occur-
red
PUBLISH 'AUDITOR'S REPORT
SUMMARY .THIS WEEK
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There _ appears . elsewhere in
this issue,a. suminary'otf the aud.
itor's statement of the Village of
Lucknow and of other ` .boards.
and. commissions: This .summary
gives a "nutshell". report that is
readily understandable and gives'
a concise picture of the receipts
and expenditures • for the past
year. •
The' summary • is a:..portion of
the detailed report which was
presented and explained • to.
received -._the resi''nation. of 1VIrs.. _Council at. the ' March meeting
Eli Mor an who liar tau t artsby 'the -Municipality's. ' auditor,
g 'Mr. A. M.' Harper of Goderich.
and crafts since lastDec'emlber,
Mrs. -Morgan plans: ' : to attend
Teachers` 'College. ' These ,sub-
'eets..w4lope. at t e
lic . School. ' • ' '
:BEAR IN ASHFIE D!
A , bear : has been seen : in
Ashfield Township:by Mr..
and Mrs. Ben' Comfort of.St.
(Catharines Mrs. . COn fort
,was formerly Myrtle: Blake.
'The bear was seen on the •
*thick is ow ned' . by
,Blake Bros;: "with- Mr: and
Mrs:. Comfort having reno- .
vated the house as a .sunt,' •
mer 'home. They *ere spend-
•ing the week : --end: there
when they : sighted the hig •
fellow..'
On the farm is a_reforest
"ped acreage „ With a , creek
flowing near the house.' Mr. '
Comfort ''spotted' Mr. •Bruin
• iamib1mg along the river ;bank
and . scarcely believing his •
eyes told the, news to his dis=
ibelievang wife who was can-
vinced' however at one look: '.
' The bear eyed -them both
and ambled off 'quite ''uncon-
cerned.
Explain Marketing Plan
Guest speakers 'Were Eldrid
Aiken of Allenford and Wesley
Magwood of 1=Ianover, w1w • are
'both'members of the ' 1.1 -man
Ontario Hog Producers Market-
ing .Board, to 'act as the '"inark=,
eting agency." for the .marketing
of Ontario" produced hogs...
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Mr, Aiken :outlined • how the
(genu c a-m'eAnto- - being- .said-
that while it has the power'''of
'directing hogs to,• where they
will, be sold, they prefer co -op-
oration. -
o -op -oration.- Provincial and bomi n-
i'an, legislation "which gives 'dir-
ection powers Is being tested„ as
to its validity, and ' Mr. Aiken
stated that efforts were being
Made . to 'break up the Co—opera...
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ped Fire That Threatene
Destruction Qf B.A. thrrage
A.flash fire :about 10.30 Tues, 'office portion; of the' building. •
•daymorning seriously threaten -The main powei switch to the,
ed the B.A. Service ,;Station:, and furnace vwas turned `off and. an,;•
only quick action and .presence alarm sounded. '
of mind by the operator;' "•Biil.' Lucknow Fire Brigade res o -.
Hunter, in turning off the main, d"ed but were lam ered seat .
power Switch to' the oil furnace; h ` • -'°p greatly
' , smoke.� . , . Itiiig
in cin efforts by the • choking
saved the.building . from, likely' By this time the fire had
destruction. ' leaped up a hot air duct setting
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l�r�rss'ell.---whrfksy'�.�ad. _tfrre =-tzi•Ache � �a�' • of --the .__Office-
been doing'some .painting in the and stock room and Seine items
early morning; and the first stored in' the upstairs of the
signs of smoke were. ibelieved to building. : Fire eh su
: . .. 6 ,, ceeedcd..iiY.•,..
Abe. paint ,in •.the:rvair Increased,:-extinguishii g,..u,�the., .•.pblaze_:'with--
haze
and the smell oaf smoke little actual fire damage being
g
proanpted an investigation, and done, .1VJ:ost serious damage .+re-
the basement.wliete the`oil fun- suited, from smoke' and: water
ace and drums were situated was : About four, inches of water re-
found to be full of smoke, The 'mained in, the •�baseanent portion.
basement' is situated under the
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