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LUCKNOVww; ONTARIO,. THURS, DE9CEI ER 13th, '1951
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Board Receives Sketcr posel
fork
Sketch', plans of the proposed
new Lucknow' District High
School. were • submitted . to the
:District Board at a special meet-
ing on :Friday evening, by .'the.
,architect ,P'h'ilip Carter Johnson,
The, Board members Were' well
leased with the ,,draft, and ae*
Plans
cept� the . plans , with the h e oddminor change ` discussed. •
' The sketch plan has ;been- ;post-
ed up in the window ,of the Bell
• Telephone Office, and residents
of . the • High • School District will
na doubt be interested .in view-
ing Ahem. Any suggestions 'froni
- the Public will ; be welcomed. by
_ The�-.Board..• '
The sketch : plans • now go to
• the' Department. of 'Education for
official approval, and upon. re
ceipt of 'this,;' blueprints can:• be.
drafted,. It is.. estimated that it
will take about two months to
draft the plans and specifications,
so that, if an immediate O.K. is
receilved from the. Department;
prospects •,are that tenders could
be . called for 'Vie ' new school •iiy.
• early 'aprinyg.
The sketch plans pl of the build-
ing show . an exterior view.' from:
the North-West, an interior view
Of the entancehall, and ;a bird's
eye •-prospective : of '. the general
exterior: appearance. In. addition
there is a cross-section room -by -
room sketch of the interior show-
ing three classrooms, a :library
classroom, .general science room,
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LOCAL RED CROSS;,BiRANCII
ASKS FOR. ADDRESSES
Lucknow • and District Branch
of. the Red Cross Society wishes
to remember at this season. a11
•those serving in . the Armed
Forces, or any. veterans of for-
mer -wars who ;'are now' hospital:
Will those, ',interested please
leave addresses with Charles
Smith• at the •Bank of Montreal,.
or at The Sentinel Office.:
' .' RECORD ' ATTENDANCE
rte.
ATTENTION; MERCHANTS;
The next- issue-of-
tine',
ssue of=tine', December 20th, will
carry ,Season's • Greetings
from business establ.'ishments.
in, the village:
In 'order that plans May be
made, for this, issue' it will,be
necessary •to have advertis-
ing' copyin by 6-00.2.m. on
Friday of ,this week. If you
wish, The Sentinel. will .pre-.,: .
pare 'the greeting for you.;
But order it,•;please ;by I+'ri '
day night,:. •,
There will be no issue of
the paper between Christmas
and New Years; ' • ,
• New , .attendance reeerds , . have
been ' set ",during the• past three
.weeks at the United Church Sun-
day School On successive Sun- (,
days the :attendance has been 133,
• 141 and 145 last .Sunday. Not in t
the memory of those longest as-
sociated with the church• has this
figure ever ,before beeh 'reached
at regular classes in the Sunday'
School
# S"E 8"Y .THE
SENTINEL .
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ZION GIRL HAS Lg./MING
ROLE. IN "THE MIKADO"
'Miss Eunice Helni, :daughter of
Mr. and IVtrs. Wm. Helm of Zion,
has one of the leading roles in
Gilbert' and Su1hv'an's 'The Mi
trade"•:, to. be. :presented by stu-
dents of tbie Qntario. School for
The Blind. ,at Branford. •
They have been working on the
operetta' : since the beginning • of
the fall• term,. First costumes have
Made ade by the students and'
the . play has reached the , re-
hearsal stage. It will be present
• ed- in Brantford and other eities,
with the. major performance slat-
ed. for' Toronto, next .spring,
Principal characters include
Lorraine' Jackson.. Of Galt, Greta
Thederahn of Calgary and Eunice
Helm, who. plays the part of
Pitt' Sing. There are dozens of
other 04,p, "students in the cast..
Eunice attended public school.
at Zion,: and then Lucknow High
School, but because of defective
eye -sight? for which. no, remedg
was offered by eye ' ..specialists,
she is completing her education
at: the, Brantford :School for. the
Blind. •
:MRS. CONL1 •t PASSES . .
T r P • W. Hoa' h
THAT M , P. Hoak, : Mei The death of. Mrs,; Joe: Conley
School ''principal, s ill, with 'Occurred suddenly; at her home'
pneumonia.
SCHOOL CONCERT
'MAT 16'tables twere' at Monday
night's Shoot party.Winners.
PAt KS TOWN H AlL
'were Mrs George .Elliott • and;
Morley'• Chin..
Lucknovri Town Hall was pack- _, o_
ed to, the "d
ing for• a '
gram ;presented• in pleasing style
by students of the Public' School.
iss:: Markin. MacDonald, music
supe visor, presided at;the piano,
andshe andthe members of the
sta Principal Stuart '•Coll er
Miss lite by.. Webb, Mrs, Lloyd ell.
ours' on Friday, even- 1
'most entertaining
,pro- :THAT Mr:..and. Mrs. J m Reid
• g' y have purchased a grocery, busi-
general shop room, :home 'Hall,
ness , on the outskirts of Port
oinks room,, the Assembly Hall, Elgin, and obtain: possession •on
including gymnasium. and • cafe- M n Friday. Mr.': and Mrs: Reid, for=
terra, with an adjoining kitchen. merly "of' Lucknow, sold their
The Assembly' "thrall :xs' .consider- h . general store business at Black-
ff, 1? y ,
ably larger than ..the • Town Hall , „horse a few months ago, •
•stiditc,}ri.• -, •.:and • =has; ' t 4` ours(; -^o-^
and 1VIrs " Roy Havens have re
-
There
stage also THAT the Lucknow District Hi - h
eeived'.: many compliments. for g
� �s .: •a�riple locker spacer .Sc ool Band staged ed a . ' splendid
showers, avatgry �md hour's ra ram: on Main Street.
undertaking._ � P g
stores T h'
• their successful efforts in this big h g
1 facilities
rooms. sac ors rooms bn • Saturday, following' the.
and ;offices ''are over the. boiler 'The' ` program-' opened. ivy i t 11.
Santa • Claus. parade Several
room. Christmas' carols 1?y a. 36 -voice ;commented ;that this . young
choir of Room LIT pupils. Next. .
The plan allows room : 'for came snappy:numbers b ' ' the:..: group....of .that
never
•. buildingex ansio on. the . south- Ysounded better,
- n ;Roam 11 Rhythmn Band, .'directed: . .
west d f theb Id' d 11 0--
�.
side
o, ui ing, an ; a ` in turn by Harm. H�ofestede, Eliz �`
in : ''all appears like :a splendid abeth' Bannister. and Nanc For,. THAT Sgt. Sidney"Smith of Cen-
layout:. :'ter.. "Silent Night" was'' sung" as. : •' tralia R.C.A.F. "station •called On
' The' Board -has • also good reason : a duet, by Garry Ritchie and.m. friends here at the week -,end.
to' believe. that the :cost of the Ian MacDougall, and 'then Harm' Sid .has been 'posted, to,—. Air
school will be'considerably Hofestede sang the number as a . 'Material :Command Ieadqu.art-
the' figure, presented- to themun-: solo in; his native' Dutch: tongue:. 1,•. 'ors at Ottawa, after five. years
in Lucknow, on Tuesday • morn -
in. g: She` wase 65 years of; 'age.
The funeral service: ,will• be` held.
at 'the MacLenr�an and MacKen-
zie Memorial Chapel this: ,after.
,after-
noon (Thursday) at 2.30• o'clock,
with interment in Greenhill Cem-
etery.
TOWN. HALL PACKED
FOR' SANTA'S, VISIT'
Santa Claus :' paid 'his annual
visit :to Lucknow•' on.: Saturday
afternoon, tinder: the. sponsorship
of the Business :Men's Association
and was greeted by' hundreds 'of:
.enthusiastic children:.'
Accompanied by the Lucknow
District High School Band, Santa
was transported in Andrew's
light truck, ' up' and down the
Main Street . and ..then'. took up
headquarters at the .' Town '. Hall;
where the: children .;saw • a 'free,
show and received a big: bag of
sweets. Unfortunately the picture,
was not ; a very appropriate • tine
Or the ' youngsters:. •
The Town :ball was packed for
the.. occasion. 'ard',kchildren too
young' for the show. received their
IGH' PAGES'.
NDI ENT COSTS:
SOAR -LOCALLY.
At the regular Decernber. ;meet-
ing of the 'Village Council 'the'
Board discovered that relief and,
indigent costs for 1951 • will far
exceed the budget .estimate.,
.At this. meeting a bill w7as , re -
Luck
�ceivedno•frw'som share Brucof• • e i Countyindigent, pat -
for
lents in the amount of $826. An•,
other account. was, received for
$321, .which the Council assuix>7.
ed, and, "will ;be responsible , for
hal f of that amount: " Relief bias
totalled $138 at this session, for a
•total efmore than $1000 levied
against the corporation. at this
one. meeting: '
On this' basis it was estimated.
that in. 1952 a special social;
welfare levy would have to be
made and which Might run from •
214 to 4=mills,. '
We got ,to look after our old
people", was the opinion
ed. by the Board,but costs are
getting to a point 'where. ' the
Municipalities will not be able to
assume them.
Make Road Plans
During the Meeting,' Council
contacted ;County Engineer Geo,
Stephenson regarding work on
Village streets, preparatory • to
paving, 'which was, approve by
An. . overwhelming vote of:: • the.:
' -a few weeks ago. •
Since ,ratepayers • then work : of grading,
.gravelling.; and: filling has got
underway, in'order. that the'hard
top :.surface 'maybe; proceeded
with': in the spring with the .least;
possible : delay.
Outram "St.., a block north from
Camnpbell, was 'excavated 'with a
County power *shovel in order to".
tower the road sotnevrrhat and
provide under -drainage.
Council declared .Boxing Day_ .
Wednesday, ' December 26th; as a'
Civic Holiday.
Council ; expressed appreciation
.of the •Dramatis. Club's efforts in ' •
financing., the remodelling` of the
TowHall stage:
treat at. the Playhouse Theatre::
All told 748: bags: of sweets were
passed out.
"The pace" appears to betell-
ing, on Santa ` and he . has lost
weight :this. year.; although still,.
full of his'. old Vimand .vigor.:
By the way, Santa bore a strong,
resemblance to Gordon. M'acPher-
son of -St. Helens.
icipalities .concerned. • Room I kiddies were' cute• in at the Centralia Depot T?le
Smiths. reside ' at Crediton,
staging the
°INCREASE POSTAL RATES'•
ON U.S. SXIBSCRIIPTIONS
• Be4 ause of increased postal-
rates, the" Sentinel subscription
Brace to . United .States: subscrib
ers is now $3.50 per year, much
as we regret the necessity of this,
step.
Dominion- postal - -regulations
now require 2 .cents • postage on
each • United 'States paper, • which
are individually .'mailed in a
,' special 'publisher's wrapper. a solo "Frosty the Snowm n":
The' .new rate.went into- effect' !ha cast' included:.: King ''.Cole,
two weeks ago. The Sentinel will Franklin MVlurdie; pages, Evan
'Absorb o on it ; , THAT the.' approach of , Christmas
the additional' postage Agnevv,.Bob.Habkirk, Court Faol,, ,
all . ip i - . brings the annual: renewal • of.
preser;t .stubscripttons• until. I�•ri�ce.-Baker,.Simple Simon,::.G•ar •.:. ,
they :become d e for renewal. al • Old worn•an Car- a Sentinel gift• subscription --to:
Fi r MacDon d
r ..
olyn-1Viathers ;Fairy Queen, Pat-
ricia Thompson Humipty DUMP-
k '
Jill,
Button; Jac and
eek
ty;.J
Kenneth Jones and Margaret Ann
1�Iullin; Little Miss Muffet, Don-
na Haldenby; Little Bo Peep,
Elizabeth Bannister;" •: Queen . of
Hearts,. Karezi ; Carnegie; • Kxave
of Hearts, 'Thom Collyer.
A •12 -;voice mixed chorus 'of
Room 111 pupils ' sang a trio of
Christmas carols:' •
The concluding number- Was a
30 -Minute operetta. With songs by
Stephen Foster, and with the cast
.and chorus • in•appropriate •and
colorful, garb, even , to blackface
folk.. The story. of Stephen Fost-
er's life teas narrated • by Ruth;
Ertierin. Chief;. characters iri the
Smith pantomime Kittle
Red, Riding Hood" Elizabeth Ann., Where'. s. t
Webster acted.as reader.and the .:' school and virhere she anii. their
principle characters -'enacting the ?"year-old son .will continue to:
S•• p reside until June:•
story were . Linda Crawford as•
-L- ittle-Red-.Riding_HQQ_d, Elizabeth—'°'a- :. '
Henderson ersori as her mother,Dianne THAT -Mrs: Thomas-enry�flf the -
Jamieson as the '''granmother, Second Concession 'is "smart as
Jimmie Coxrworth as. the Wolf- a '•ci`icke-t" at ,.82.,. And was in
and
•,1Ylckse Richards as • the' town on Friday doing. her.
Woodsman,' The bunny scene; in ...Xmas shopping: Mrs. Henry ob:.
this Was particularly- good. __
served her birthday, on Novem-
ber; 6th ---gond -although-4n.. -lien
Room' 1I .pupils presented the•
• • "Old „ . > • .88th. year, continues to perform;
operetta ,King Cole, in all."the: household duties about
Which. Allan MacDougall,, sang as
her•- ' Kinloss ; . 'Township farm
hone.
•
ARM
8R0►KEN 'I
oUse FALL
.Mrs; Wm. Robb of ' town • sur
feted a'. broken right •arnl:, in a
fall in her home last. Wednesday.
afternoon, The break is high up
111 the a tn, below the shoulder.
How the, mishap occiurred it
not certain, but it is thought that
Mrs. Robb Suffered • a. dizzyspell
avid fell �. to the floor. ,She lost
conscaouaness : and lay on the
floor for an hour or se before
reviving. Mrs.. Robb was 'alone
at the tithe as her husband had
guile " drawn to the etentittlnity
y.
salts, • east were Billy Ritchie as Ste -
The facture was $et tater and
tlirs; Rc>fbtb iS 'able to be 'about;
tithe tfgh fa, suffering consider-
ably from it'he' injury and from
shock,
pheriFoster, Marilyn Ki1patriek
'as his tnather, -Minna Jahiistoti of?
as Jeanie his sweetheart Ruth
Treleaven as Susanna ' .and Wilda.
Reid ,as Miranda,
Mrs Win. Kempton of Goderr-
ich. Mrs, Kempton .-'observed
:her 94th birthday last August.
Although able to leave her bed
only ' with assistance, Mrs.
Kempton . continues' ' in fair
health despite her , age: •
ctepts (hui
Continue As Community She+
Donations from residents of the
Townships of Kinloss; Ashfield,
West; Wawanosh and: from the
Village of Lucknow, . have slight
ly 'exceeded the $1600 • required
to -purchase the,.building from.the
'United Church and assureits
continuance ..as a community Shed.
Donations by' municipalities •are
as . !follows: • •
'finless Township • f $549..
Village• of Lucknow : 442
Ashfield "•'T'atvnship '4.16
West Wawanosh'1.?wp... ,: 253
Total:°._:. 41660
Anything over and ,above the
$1600 sale price will. be used to
set up a.sbuilding repair fund, with
the Village of Lucknow.' ass+urn-
,' ing the cost • of ordinary care-
taking and lighting. . '
.SSu;bject to .the conditions ',be-
,. lovv; ' • the Lucknow .. Municipal
;Council;„at the regular 'December
meeting, •approved • ,of. the Cop-
.oration• accepting 'the ownership
and title of• the property. , , ,
Conditions relative to sale. of
Church :,Shed. by the Lucknow
United •Church' of Canada:
1, The. Municipal Corporation of
the Village of Lucknow agrees to
have the said lands registered in
the n me of the Municipal Corte
'por4 tion of the Village. oif Luck-
now-.,.
2. The Municipal Corporation' of
the Village of Lucknow agrees to'
of said ...Shed as�.Tbig. as it shall -
be used. as. a Community Shed
for the” accornodation of farmers.
and:. others who may • be entitled,
to the ..use thereof.
3. Any 'Monies' collected .or. cone •
tributed over and above the pur-
chase price of $1600:00 ;dollars;
mentioned above ' shall r become`
the .property of:the • Municipal
Corporation of the Village ' of
..Lucknow to be used to make re-
pairs to the shed. _
4.. ;A Permanent Committee com-
posed' of 'the .'Reeves' of -the four
Municipalities' above, mentioned
shall be formed to advise;on • and
devise means Of makingmajor.,
•
J
it wh
reps s if, .as and en deemed
necessary.
'4. In the event that the ques-
tion of disposing of or selling
the shed should, arise at ; any fut-
ure
period such question shall'be
settled by a Majority -vote" of the
committee of 'Reeves.
6. 'In' the event that the °Shed
shall be apt some future date be
sold by the Municipal' Corpora-
•tion of the Village of ' Lucknow,
then'. the• Monies realized from
the , sale thereof --less any ex
pense ' the Municipality at the
Village of Lucknow "has incurred
• in the maintenance of theshed
other than ,ordinary care taking,
'arid lighting•• -shah be re-imburs-
red or, paid back: prop rata to the
1951• contribvitors to the purchase. , w
ordinary care -taking and lighting: price. ;