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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-04-21, Page 1.$4,00 A Year In Advance $1.00 Extra * 7a' U,S,A. LUCKNOW; QNTARIO if WEDNESDAY; APRIL' 21st, 1965 , Single Copy 10c 1.6 Pages Business Men DiScuss Promotion Ides Naw Slate ofAppoint Officers� • Lueknnow !Business..•Men's: Asso; around ; promotional ideas for the dation w a s reorganized at a business life of . the communit , ` meeting in the town hall on Mon -Bob Finlay and ' Pon Thompson day.; night. The group, has been were appointed :towork with . ,, ;the =.'.without ' a slate :of officers for executive in .coming up. with a some time now and its only func-: plan to, promote business on a tion has, been '. the arranging of group scale. • More is expected to Santa Claus DaY in. Lucknow be heard :of this very shortly. Lloyd Ashton has accepted the The. association .• office of president of:. the group; Canon «s presently Gerald Rathwell• is secretary and considerably. in the . red so far urdie tree ure Bob mac_ as the "financing. of last . years Ken M , S r o Santa. .Cly Claus da • is' . Kenzie was appointed ..1st: vice concerned:' president and Charles Webster, -2nd vice president. In accepting their offices, 'several" of the men stated 'that they were • doing so because they felt it was ' essential that the group. continue .to func- tion and that, the efforts be gear, The group- discussed several • ed to apromotionof the . village in other items . and another. meeting • various ways, is planned for. Tuesday, May 4th Considerablediscussion centred at the . town hall at 6:30. Mike .Sanderson, Lloyd Hall, Lloyd Ashton and Bill. Schmid volun- teered to approach quite a num- ber of '.business 'places in .regard to collecting. dues whh .have 1964u ic gone. ;unpaid. • Salary. Schedule For Ashfield` Area • Ashfield Township School : Area' the s in Ord: and pie r the ° Town- ship Bo a . . School Area met `recently and arranged a.; salary schedule for teachers in the area to come into effect at the start of the Fall teaching. term. All. teachers presentlyin' • Ash- field are.' in • level. ' 1- and . a . mini- mum of $3300 was set as a start- ing salary in this 'category. Tea- chers will be allowed $200,: •per. year for experience up to five years. The annual increment will • be $200 and • $100 . will be allowed for' each, university credit obtain- edq through extra courses:...taken by the teachers. . No maximum ; was set at'. -the ' time the • contract was negotiated. . Friends • Hon�r , Pete. Margaref.Upon ie�ving Ashfield Prior to•. leaving. the Ashfield d community, frienand ' neigh - ...hours of, Mr and Mrs. Peter .Mac- Donald Donald and: family gathered at. their. ' home for a•� • farewell 'get-to- gether. An enjoyable- evening was • spent in playing euchre and soc- ial chat. During the lunch Pete and- Mar- garet were presented with an au- tomatic. u-tomatic• 'c of f e e percolator, a steam iron, • •sand ' a tray. Two• of •"Mr. Pearson's Pennants" :appro priately . accompanied , the other gifts. • The following address •was read by• 'Leo Courtney:. „ Dear Pete,- Margaret and family: Your neighbours and friends •are gathered here to -night • to spend one last evening with you before you leave:the' farm. Just ten short years ago, 'you came among us and have made many•' friends in the community. You have'proven, to be' -good• neighbours, always willing. 'to lend a helping ha=l=l whenever the need arose. Your home has always had a welcome mat for all 'who chose to 'call, especially our young pee- ple, who were ' always popping and out.' We are glad to :know, you are not' moving far away, and .will always be able to come • back and visit among •us. • We could not let you withy g � out expres in to ' io in goa small way, our best wishes for you in your new tome. So we ask, you to , accept these gifts and ,may they • remind you of the days spent on the tenth • concession of Ashfield, 0 -whenever you use .;them Signedon behalf of yy our -friends and neighbours • Graydon Ritchie Harold Campbell Wilfred Hackett Following' the address Pete and Margaret expressed their apprec-,. laden to the thirty° neighbours who had taken them completely DY siirpr. ise. PURCHASES TOP BULL Thomas Inglis• of R.R. 1 Luck- nowr u p ...chased :the top.•,priced bull at the Bruce -Grey -Huron : Aber-' ideen Angus sale at:' Walkerton for $535.. '.:., Consigned by ;Charles 'Stott- of •Puslinch',::. Killeanmere 14IJ : is . '19 months old. His sire was .,Anoka-. 'mere: 61st .and the dam,. Royal Rosebud of .CB5. , A. full brother was the'.,: futurity .reserve,, grand •champion. at London in 1963 and went on to win .his class at the Royal. Winter Fair Sale total was. :$7,665. - The seven bulls broughtan average price' of. $325 and the average for;the fe- males and calves was $200.. • Principal Resigns At KnIoss Ceniral: James Scott, . principal of 'Kin- loss Central Public School at Hol.- y rood for the.year, h • as re- signed signed and the board is presently advertising for a successor: Mr. Scott • has accepted a pos- ition as rind al of a 4 -room,' p p school ' at Moorefield:operated by the Maryborough Township School Area Board; His resignation at •Kinloss. - is effective; at . the .end 'of:' .the present -term. JAY MANSFIELD PASSES Thomas' John "Jay" Mansfield, a Holyrood storekeeper, passed away at Victoria Hospital /in Lon- don on Sunday; . in his 56th Year. ff The body rested :at the Mac- Kenzie Memorial Chapel innLuc- know until' Wednesday. morning. Mass ,was . sung • at. the ' Sacred. Heart. Roman. Catholic Church 'at` Keniltvorth at 10:30 Wednesday with .burial' in the. church Berne- teryt. V • MOVE TO WINGHAM Mrs. lIarvey Robb • and Donnie: moved from Aniberley to Wing- ham. on Thursday of last week. Mrs. Robb will be employed in the kitchen • in, Wingham 'Hospital and will be assisting: the dietic- ian. +'.. b's daughter •Elane.•s; Mrs, ltob ghter attending Stratford Teachers' 'Col- lege. SWANS IN WAWANOSH A •group • of, swans'. spent a - shorta ,. time on large pond. on the tariii; •of Lloyci. Humphrey:. in the • St; Helens area. last week. Lloyd noticed :about 6 there on Wednesday evening And ori' Thursday the number had in- creased ta• 10.. They were all Marge pure white swans'. Children and d o g s and swans . apparetitly.=.don.t . mix :.. and the .swans decided they, being thc.visitors to the ,tarn, would take off. They were *scared tiff before Lloyd had a chance to advise game war- den officials.. . • FISHING;' WAS POOR Heard This One! A local young man came to the aid. of . a neighbour in .:distress: this past week . and: ';rescued, . her "unmentionables from atop: the roof of , her house. where they .had blown• following a , r �ecen .wind .. 0 �r ts in ,' .•. • Seems that a pair of lady's undies- had :.caught the full force of the wind and had blown, from the clothes dine onto the ,roof -top. • The services of the . young knight; were called upon. and his first strategy wasto use a fish • hook ` and by .: skilful casting, , hoped. to ' catch the lost article. But the weather was cold, and the undies had frozen to. the roof, and the poor young man lost his fish hook. Monday Morning the weath- er and time was right ' and he emploYed a new means of attack. He went off an.;- up- stairs balcony and` 'onto , the roof where ; the' mission was accomplished and the lady's underwear was 'retrieved. The . young man . was award- ed with 'a bottle ; of pop for his daring •;feat. We hope he removed his fish hook too! JOAN -BARGER WON KINTAIL WOMEN'S INSTITUTE QUILT Ten tables , were ' filled.„ at 'a card party sponsored ' by Kintail; Women's Institute, held at North Ashfield `:' School on Wednesday, April.14th.. ' Bob' Farrish (playing with a lady's . card) won . first prize, and second 'went to Lillian Irvin. Men's . high was . won by Bill Caesar and ' second. Donald. Simpson. After, lunch was served, the ticket for the quilt was drawn. It was wonoby'+ Miss Joan: Barger, R.R. 7 Lucknow. • Purchases Hotel In Shelburne Bruce Baker of Listowel, son of . Mr. and Mrs. •Ed . 'Baker of Shelburne; has purchased the ho- tel on Main. St., Shelburne, which. has =been vacant for some time.; It ip planned to utilize the hotel sso c ' withBak- er's , in a c is t ion t g er's Nursing Home in Shelburne. The. building :will be completely renovated, including a- new . fur- nace. It is expected the building will be in use by mid-April. NEWS . AND ADVERTISING' News and Advertising are; two separate items in a news - Paper. We believe a brief ex= planation of each ' would be , , that, news explains what has happened, andadvertising ex-' plains what .is going to hap- pen, . although there are ex- ceptions to this phrasing,, as.' well. Last week we ran a "news" item about . a .function' ' within the: village that was to oc- cur after the.:p'aper .had come out, We classed .it as adver- tising and told- the ',gentleman. • who submitted it how we felt., There was just' no ' .getting away from it it was .a straight advertising piece. submitted to promote an event. ' It was. ex- . petted 'for "free", The event happened a n d this week is the week that it should have"bGen published as a `iiews" iteni, butas so of- ten is •the case, no report of • the event was • sebrnitted to us. - We • dd not feel . that any group has any obligation to submit their meeting ;reports to us, this is a. matter of their consideration. But,, wedo: feel that when a meeting is im-, portant enough to submit copy BEFORE the event, it should be .. important enough ,to follow through with the . real news of the event - AFTER it has taken placer COMPLETION BY' END JUNE. Wards $21,000 contract at Kint�il The awarding of a contract ;for. the improvement . of the intersec- tion of ` Highway 21 . and Huron County' Road No. 23 at Kintail, approximatelymid-way between Goderich and Kincardine, . is to- day announced by Highways MinisterCharles S. MacNaugh- Under the contract award grad- ing and drainage work ` will be done, to be followed by the laying of granular base and asphaltpav- ing'. r Estimated . over-all ' construction cost is $21,000, with the work 'be- ing carried' out by' :George. Rad- ford . of Blyth, who was. the .low'; bidder. It' is expected that the contrac- tor will make ' a start on ' or about May 10 and: complete • the work about the end of June of this year. County Tartan for SaleB b Summer. Since, the• ' registration ' 'of the Bruce County' Tartan ..in . Edin- burgh, Scotland, the county tar- tan committee has contacted two Canadian . and one Scottish ' firm about having the : tartan :manufac- tured. 'Replies : from other firms ere 'expected soon, and it is hop- ed . to have the tartan ready for sale for . the summer season... The committee h a s .: received many requests for information as to when/ the' tartan will be ' on sale. Not only in Canada is in- terest shown in the •new tartan but the. Scottish ,,Press has,. giv ing a= tot of .space to the'reg- istration of the Bruce County Tar Stuart Forrester, ' Bruce County Clerk, has, received a letter from Colonel H. A. ': B. Lawson, Roth- say ' Herald and Lyon . Clerk at Her Majesty's''. Register House in, Edinburgh, Scotland, ; with a, pho tostat. copy of items from, the three papers, the and Mail,: the Daily Telegraph. . the Scots- Man, • describing the. new tartan and Bruce County Coat : of Arms very favorably and . said that only, ten. Canadian tartans are regis- tered, mentioning'.only Bruce County, : Nova - Scotia and Saska- tchewan. • Impoi•Oolir *to Joe Stuart of Lucknow has been, a patient iro Wingham District. Hospital for the past three weeks with pneumonia. ' LETTER, TO THE EDITOR" Ar�� People Leave• Impression, Plans. Ta ....• • ReturnT� LItvE • 94. Howard 'St:, Toronto 5, Ontario • April 4, .1965. Dear Sir' or Madam.: I am writing this letter to. en- quire about the subscription rates for your.weekly paper "The Luc - know :Sentinel" and :also try .to explain my reason for subscrib- ing to your paper. .It all • bean last October ",on the Thanksgiving ving weekend when 'I had the extreme privilege to visit' your community and stay• at my friend's parents 'place, where t had a really truly enjoy- able week -end. ` It • was not' only these people but all people r that T. met were all the same, friend- ly, • pleasant,, hospitable and °°al-: ways down to . earth. After leaving this coiiimunity I made a promise to myself that I .wo°uld beback someday, to, riot only visit, but to ,live. . This IS why 1 would like , to subsribe to your'paper. 1 remain Very truly yours, • Paul James . Black Engage Principal At. North Ashfield Angus MacLennan,.:: a resident of the Glammis district,: has been engagedby.. ° the Ashfield'.Town- ship School Area, Board as prin cipal of ,North Ashfield Public School. . Mr. MacLennan is k presently completing his third terin as vice- principal at. +Chesley Public School. Mr. MacLennan is a single man. He will commencehis newduties in the Fall. • Five applications . were received for the position of principal:, Two vacancies exist on the teaching staff in the . Ashfield Area and the filling of these 'positions was left over until . another meeting date, ELLIOTT LITTLE PASSES Elliott Fulton Little, a, , resident of .' Huronview Home in Clinton, passed • away there on Saturday at the age of 77 Elliottas w the t e son . of the ' 'late William J. Little and Amelia Whitely and. was 'a long time Lucknow „resident.. Funeral service as ' conducted from the Johnstone. uneral; Home in •' Lucknow! on M d y. with bur- ial, in Greenhill Cemetery.; POLITICS SERIOUS BUSINESS Municipal politics were hot .. •. in the ear:. 1898. John yForan, who has: just retired as clerk 'of West . Wawanosh Township;' was : glancing • over 'early rec- ords ':recently . and ; noticed that in December, 1898, . it was re- corded that 15 candidates were nominated f o r ' four council seats in Wawanash. 11 uali fied -'and• ran far election. Elected ,to office in the Jan-- uary 2 election were William McQuillin, Patrick O'Connor, John ; Thompson and Charles I : Taylor. Reeve James Gibson was elected " .by • acclamation. The : hall was packed for this nomination meeting. ; • In 1898, -West Wawanoshhad' a ..deputy -reeve in the person of Robert Medd. Township clerk at that time was Wil- liam F. McCrostie. SYD' DECKER:. DIED SATURDAY,, AT KITCH'ENE'R HOSPITAL William Sydney Decker, a for- mer resident of Lucknow and ,well known to many here, died at St. Marys ' Hospital in; Kitchener on Saturday at the age of 57. He was the son of the late Mr. and . Mrs. Conrad Decker who were long 'time ,Lucknow reel - dents. . Syd is survived' by . his wife, the former Kathleen Tierney of Kincardine • and two sons William • • andNoan o 'r f m Kitchener, and -four grandchildren. Funeral , service was conducted in Kitchener on Tuesday. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery, Luc know, on Wednesday '\with ' Mac- Kenzie Memorial Chapel making burial arrangements locally. TConduct Local. Cancer Campilgn During the week of 'April 25th, citizens,' of this community will be asked to .donate to the's' Canadian• • Cancer Society. Last year about $600.00 • ,was donated from . Luck•; now and it is' hoped that this Year, more people will be reach- ed for• ' a donation. Lucknow.. does not have an .or-- ganized unit of the sae et� and is a ` branch of the.' . Walkerton Unit. With the help • of the . Wo- men's Institutes of -Lucknow. and Kairshea, and the • Order of Par esters, and other interested per- sons, a campaign iso being organ- ized. There will be six Teani Cap- tains • who will have six helpers each, Your support in ' this wor- thy . cause ,would be appreciated,. ,F 4.