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U.S.
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
• : WEDNESDAY, APRIL:. 7th, x965
WEDNESDAY,
Single .Cope 10c.
•16 Pages` :.Y..
• A $23,000 bridge, construction
work.' to several streets" in ,the
village, anaccess road to . the.
rear of mainstreet'business ..pla
•ces are; all � part of an extensive
..
rdad programbeing :carriedout
by the municipal council of the
village of Lucknow this summer.
Construction of the bridge was
.started last week by Owen King
Construction of ; Wingham. T h e
bridge is • .located on Willoughby
Street and crosses the rive% just
west of Jack MacDonald's Gar-
age. Total cost of the bridge and
approach work is $23,000': of which
the provincial government pays
<v village e of Luck -
now
ck
80%. Cost to.. the g
now' will be $4600.
NEW_.. ACCESS -ROAD.' • .
A,., new °access road' is planned
running north off Willoughby St.
in the . general location of the
new bridge. It will rim to the
rear of the business places on
the south side of main street. A
service road• will run east off, this
road to , the river. This move is
aimed at alleviating truck unload-
ing- on . Campbell Street. It •is the
plan of council to pass a bylaw -
in 1965 calling ' for parallel park=
ing' on one side (the,north side.)
of Lucknow Main Street.' This . is
being done on • the recommenda-
tion .of the Department of Trans-.
port.. The area .of the access road
will, be streetlighted as added' po
lice ° protection and will offer'bet-
ter
better' access for fire protection pur-
poses. ' •
STREET WORK
• Storm. sewer work, construction
and paving work is planned in
1965 for three particular areasin:
the • village: Willoughby, Street
running from. Ross Street to •Have;
lock (fronf Allan Hackett's resi-
dence to George Whitby's, .resi-
dence);
res i-
dence) ; Wheeler St. from Have-
lock to Ingles Street (Public
School to Johnstone's Seed Mill);
Albert. Street (the 'street' west of
the Factory running past Bryce
Elliott's residence):.
M. L.. .�
[[Sanderso9s:
Justice:f0 e
ecM. L.«M..ike".. Sanderson' .: of
Lucknow' has been appointed as
a Justice of the Peace for Bruce
County, . and, as : a . resident of
Lucknow, will : serve the village
a n d surrounding Bruce County
area.
The appointment is : made
through the Dept. Legal Offices
at Queens . Park . in Toronto. The
late Robert Rae held the.. Justice
of the'. Peace position in Lucknow
and no :onehas been serving this
office since his :.death several
months ago.
•
D. Jack McKim.-
Heads
I n. Cub
Cu
Dr., ':Jack . McKim of:. Lucknow
'has been elected as president, of
they Lucknow Curling ;Club for the
next year. • lie., succeeds : Vernon
Hunter.
. .
Other oficers are 1st vice presidet, Frank Alton;executive.
committee, Bob Finlay, Mrs. Bob
Finlay, Mrs. James Boyle, Larry
:Salkeld, ` Henry • MacKenzie and
Alex Hackett. •
Appointment of a secretary-
treasurer was left over until a
later date. Glen=Walden-- is;pres-
�-ently : serving this office: =
The election was made at the"
annual ` social evening of • the club •
in the town `hall ,last week -end:•
Joe Mac Intyres.
25 Years Wed
A surprise party was : held for
Mr. and Mrs. • Joe Maelntyre. ' of
• Brampton. ;and formerly of ; Kin
~toil, ' on . the occasion of their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
The event was arranged by their
family last Saturday ' at the home,
of 'Mr, and Mrs. ''Lloyd Collins,
Kintail;;'
A lovely buffet luncheon was
served, along with a wedding cake,
•to 'twenty-five guests from 'Hain-
' Ilion,
Ilam -•Ilion, Toronto, ' Brampton, Under-
. wood and ; .Kincardine. They. - re
• eeived : many lovely gifts„,
Shorth�rn B
Make US. -Sales
Two •prominent . district 'Short-.
• horn cattle breeders:. have recent-
ly •.made , .sales to , Francis .Barry'
of Cheville'_ Farms, Aledo,: :Illi-
..ois. •�
Andrew Gaunt o .. e tNawan-
os
h
a
Township' 1 ° three cows, a
. heifer and a bull „calf, •
• Maple Emblem Farms of MM-
. ` gannan, . operated by ° W. A.• Cul -
heti and eo Bill , and. 'Howard,
.sold 8. head of females to the U.S.
buyer.' The, C were ,
Culbert females we
aonle of their show cattle.. One of
'the, • cows. was by Princess Mary
'(imp,)• that topped- the breeders'
sale at Toronto at $1500.
9 Y�arsarra
M ed.
Mr. and Mrs.: Robert' Fisher of
townui l
q et y observed their49th
wedding anniversary on Monday,
April 5th. .They lived in : Lucknow
until : :1941 when they moved . to
Hamilton. In 1962 they returned
to Lucknow - -where they built .a
new home on Hayes Street (the
street behind . Pinecrest •Manor ).
have one daughter hter Mrs.
They... g
George (Mary) Newbold of .Luck-
now '; and three grandchildren..'
Mrs. Fisher is. the former Alice
Huston 'df Lucknow. She has .three
brothers William of Florida,, Wes
`of Kitchener and 'George of Mel-
ton and one sister .Mrs. Levine
Brabson, Windsor.
Mr. Fisher. has, one brother Wil-
liam of :Lucknow and 'four. sisters
Mrs: Rod (Kate) Campbell,
a
m
pbell , M
r
s
Robert(Annie)...5truthers Mrs. .
Philip (3ean) Stewart, all ofLuc-
know,:Mrs.
A. E. (Marion) Rey-
nolds,.
eynolds,• Toronto. .
Farm
•
M�cCharles
Sold On
Tuesday•
The 200acre farm of Mrs. John..
Maccharles on the. 2nd ' .conces-.'
Sion .of Huron Township has .been
purchased by Bob Rutledge of . the.
12th of Huron: , `
Mr. .MacCharles'� death .occurr-
ed.recently `from.' a....heart attack
and the farm and. equipment was
auctioned " by Emile . MacLennan
on' Thursday of• last week. The
sale ::was a .•very ,successful one..
The farm didnot go' the day 'of
sale, but. arrangements for com-
pletion of the sale • were • made
on Tuesday of . 'this week.
Mrs.; Maccharles plans to move
to Ripley to. reside
CARRUTHERS BROTHERS•
SUFFER HEART 'ATTACKS:'
John Carruthers of West Lorne
has been a patient in St. Thomas
Hospital for the past two weeks
following a heart attack, : He is
manager of the Bank of'Montreal
at West Lorne.
His brother Irwin Carruthers is
at his home in 'Goderich and is
not,. able to resume his work at
the Salt Mines as yet. : He suffer
ed a coronary attack some time
ago and was hospitalized for`• two
months.
John 2nd. Irwin air ° sons of `Mrs..
John' Carruthers of : Ripley.
Fire Damages`
Ray; Leddy, Heme
Extensive damage was done to
the roof of the house of Raymond
Leddy of Lucknow last Saturday
about. Thealarm noonwas turn-
ed
' in by . Mrs. Leo Huber who
lives across the ''road from, the
Leddy's:. after ' her son • Francis
saw smoke and flames coming
from the roof of the. Leddy house.
A : spark from .the chimney star-
ted the roof • on fire and • burned
through to 'the attic. Lucknow
firemen quickly doused the flames
,working from _the{.roof :outside Anil
a -hole into • the attic,,; inside the
house .. The__attic . floor—was lined -
with an insulation which was ` be-
lieved to help" control the fire.
Vote V Moray .On
Property owners , of the Village
of Lucknow will go to the ."polls
next • Monday, April 12th to.'vote
on the following _question.
• "Are you, in favour of the ren-
ovation•and : extension to the. Com-
munity Arena at " .a. net costa of
$35,000 after taking into account
.receipts from other sources. Mon
ies. -to be raised by , issue of . de-
bentures to be . retired over e ,
period of twenty years: at an es- and a light ° truck entrance. The
D.H.O. ditch at the west entrance . .
will be closed in. with a box con-
crete tile to provide.' an off -the-
highway . parking area with the
new entrance at the west . endof
the arena. The west end °entrance'.
Will eliminate traffic congestion
and hazard as ., it presently ex
-
lets,
•'If the renovation plan isturned
down, it will still be necessary
for council to' spend a ', minimum
of $10,000 in repairs to : the . arena
as is with renovation, interior and
exterior painting, r o of repair,
dressing room and rest room im-
provements
and: assembly 'room
repairs. This is regarded by coun-
cil as a "make do",: program.
The renovation program being.
voted on is regarded as a per-
manent plan that will provide
year round accomodation for
summer and 'winter. activity.
rena Renovation
If the : plan ., is approved; ' the
arena would be renovated to in-
clude a new : `.addition at the west
end with modern : glass, front
lounge; hockey and skating rooms,
lavatory a n d. shower, facilities,
complete" • interior and, exterio
painting, and repairs to the struc-
ture. It will also' include new
bleacher seating . at the east' end
with under the seats ' storage area
timated annual cost of $3000."
Voters will register a "Yes" or
"No" vote on the .'question plac
ing their "X" -beside one or the
other.
Only, property. owners (includ-
ing ;joint owners): are eligible :to
vote ' on, this money bylaw.
• A questionnaire w a s recently
circulated by the Lucknow' Lions,.
Club . to secure opinions ofrate
payers in regard , to the ' arena,
renovation. Council did not feel
that the • questionnaire presented'
a conclusive opinion because of
about 100 property •owners who
did ..not express
an
opinion
and
along with the fact that the ren-
ovation could' be classed as a
luxury item, and - the uncertainty
of a local industry at the time,,
decided. to put the '.question,: to 'a
vote;
Mange This Week
�wnersfiip Of
LucknoW Sentin�i
Arrangements were completed.
this week whereby Donald Thomp-
son of ' Lucknowbecomes.. owner.
k
u_
of
The L c n
aw Sentinel.
''
For• the •information of those
readers at w distance . the . new;
..s
owneris,
w the son of Mrs. 'Camp-
bell' Thompson: of. ,Lucknow and
the ; late Campbell Thompson
whose death, occurred last. Sep-
tember . after'. 35 years as editor
and ' since 1941, owner : of the pa -
Per.
Donald commended work at the
paper: on:. a' part': time basis while.
attending school and in 1953 com-
menced full time employment
working for his father' :Five ' years;
ago, he p uirchased—a-- half• interest
in the business.
• Since the death of his. father.
-seven—months ago, he has con-
tinued to operate the . paper in
co-operation with his mother un -
The
°.,Ledd s, were unaware of til this past yv. eek when Niel ' ar-
• ,. ti Coangements were made' :or the
the fire .until; a child- came t .
their door to tell them. : • ' sale.
,The' Leddyhouse,' formerly: own' The changeover, is. merely on
ed' by Andrew : MacDonald .• and' paper and The Sentinel wily'con-
previous to that by Con • Decker.," tmue .to operate as before with
is . situated on . Havelock Street employees Mrs. Campbell Thoma-'
across from the Public School son, Mrs, Don ,Thompson,. Allan
McQuillan and Tony Johnstone.
The ;Lucknow Sentinel '.was foun-
ded in 1873 and presently serves
the village and . a large rural area
with a ,circulation of 2300 papers'
weekly.
Hoare
' - .Ashfield Foriti.,
Fre Levels
The farm hoine .of Roy MacKay of Ashfield • Township was
by
levelledfire' on Tuesday .morning. .Nothing remains of the:
. •
brick house located on the Lochalsh sideroad, just south .of Ash-
field I're
. ey
sb terian Church. . . • .
.
The fire broke out about 9 a,m. Mr. MacKay was.'.at the -
barn at the time and Mrs. MacKay was 'alone in the house.
Gene Martin, pi ci al at North Ashfield Public School; noticed
r . n P .
the 'roof -on fire and went to the MacKay farm to tell them.
When .he ' arrived,. - .Mrs.: MacKay was on the phone summoning -
aid, reritl noticed the fire about the same: time. When
aid, They .aPPa , Y .
a noticed the fire the upstairs was full. of smoke.
Mrs, MacKay
Cause. of the fire is not certain although it is believed that
a
spark from the chimney might have caused the outbreak.,The
MapKay's heat, with a Wood. furnace; . •.
Lucknow Fire Department was summoned' .and. an insufficient
water supplyP
hampered ered fire fighting efforts. After the water on
the truck /was used up;_ the fire got into the partitions and the
nearest water supply was from the Maclntyre ditch which.. runs
a considerable distance from the house.
Everything was removed
from the downstairs portion' of the
'house but 'everything upstairs was lost. The , only clothes they
have are what they •were wearing, •..
Fire Department were „also called in to fight the fire
le
DRi Y ,
Phours2
and firemen were on the scene 'for about five untilOt) •,
' lo -k hi the afternoon, Firemen were forced to.*fight thefire,
i , miserable weather. It .rained steadily they e••
in, iii lied quite �white ..were
at the scene, ' .. • ` w ' afire life,Navy .
Ro: has resided on •the: same farm £or his e i
Roy. born there... Mr. and Mrs.. MacKay .had no immediate
Ina been timewriting Tuesday. They were at the home of
plans a ht , of wi g ...... itchard•in . Lucknow. The walls of
,,. � .. titer Mrs, Tore •.l'ri , ,.. .remains _ .
their brick
the brick. home •wei'e pushed in ani nothing remains of the,
home,. .
High.
Engage. Tecicher
Mrs. David MacDonald of Loc-
halsh has been engaged. to •teach
at Lucknow District High School
next term. Mrs. MacDonald ' is
presently teaching at the Ripley
District High School having gone
there in a 'supply, capacity ' •be=
cause' of the illness of a teacher
in Ripley. . She' will finish this
term at Ripley: ' k ..
With the hiring of Mrs. Mac-
Donald, the staff' is presently coal
plete.• Three teachers•' • have re-
signed and four have been ivin en-
gaged g g giving. the s chool the+•e+ttra
teacher required for next: term:
Thompson. Ramautarsingh has
resigned h i s teaching position
here to accepta position in
Georgetown, It will be effective
the end of the _year.. 'Mr. Ram
autarsingh came here from Kin-
.
car fine � last'. September, He lies
been teaching. History and World
Politics.•
local Man Heads
Walkerton Bcttery
•
Ca t..'G. • H. Tanner" 'of , Walk
p
'erten is retiring asofficer porn
-
mending the.97th .Field 'Artillery
Battery there and .will be ,succee-
ded by Maj.. H. 'D (Bud) Thomp-
son,
.of.• Lucknow.
Cpt. Tanner
ahasbeen with .the
3 isi gunner
unit 2 e rs m
:.ro
• � ��'�.°.a � ��?�:. Jag f., � .
to comtmaiidei . He has 'been in
charge of .. the only 'militia .;.. 't
in Bruce'County or 'thepast
. f
three years. .. •
Maj. Thompson ,
h. been with
the 21st. FieldRegiment, of which
'
the 97th battery is a: component,
for• 15 .'years and during •the •. war •
served overseas with' `the' 19th
Field Regiment. He fir'- 'superinten-
dent of . Brucelea Haven in Walk_
ertorr:
A ' officers' mess `dinner was'
held in Walkerton to , .mark, the'•
.change_of_command'
It was also the first. social func-
tion
tion . at .the. unit there attended by
Lt. Col. J. D. ,Harvey of Seaforth
since he took over command of;
the regiment from Lt. Col. L.'. A. •
Vickers:, of Listowel. The. regi-
ment comprises batteries in Walk-
erten, .Listowel and .Wingham.
WAWANOSH' FIRE SATURDAY '
. Lucknow Fire Department made
a ° run to the farm of Jerry Vane
Aaken in West Wawanosh on Sat
urday , afternoon:
—A—spark 'from the chimney had
ignited the roof of the honie. The
fire was under contaol when fire
men. arrived, The Van ' Aakeri
farm is loc'ated on the "Cyril
.Boyle, sideroad"' just south of the
6th of West Wawanosh.•'
•
Suff�rS Fractured•
Hi...... 'At age '94
MNs'. Wilson Irwin, former Luc -
know
Luc know. resident and presently mak_
ing her home at Brucelea Haven
in Walkerton, ' suffered a broken
hip in, a fall ' there - last Thursday
evening.`
Mrs, Irwin, who i5 94. ret.#eni,ly
was h
0
nottred ata'
birthday party
at the • home of her son Spence
in Lucknow at which time Were generations of `'her •' family were'
presents
She• was,''taken to Walkerton
Hospital where V her .condition is
regarded • as satisfactory,' Mrs. Ire
winhas been able t get around
using a wheel chair. She has riot
walked ,for` somfling,
me,
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