The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-03-11, Page 1•
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 11,,' .196.4
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'Vill Be E#�ective Before The Year's End.
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According t Q ` announcements •user increases with the increase.
ade this week ' by Bell Tele- in the ' number of telephones that
tone Co, and Huron ..and Kinloss •can be reached without long, dis
;lephone Co., phone -subscribers. tante charges:
the Lucknow and. Dungannon. • Although. telephone: users here
changes Will be • phoning back will pay higher monthly rates.
id forth by late this ,Year with .when the plan' is' introduced, the
long distance toll charge in- Bell .:manager said; .• most of them
Ived, , . , Will pay :less in total '.:monthly
The; following news 'release . was bills when both. local and toll..
ceived from J. M. ' •Goodwin; bilis are included than 'thy, are
ven Sound, Bell manager. for this paying ' at present.
ea.• Thenew rates for. Lucknow. when
'`Long distance charges : will be, this. wider focal callingis intro -
moved from ' ; 'telephone calls duced .will 'be;
iced between Lucknow ; a ind Residence ° Business
ingannon late in 1964. . ;Individual Line.. • $3.70 • •: -$6.30
The plan ; to. enlarge the local. Two -Party Line .; . 2.95., 5.05
ea of 'the.centres.: , involved is Multi -Party ' Line . 2.8'5 4.00
'result a.` careful study of Extension
Iling 'patt ns between.. the' ex-• . Telephone: • .1.00-0 1..$5
angel, Mr. Goodwin' added.
1'he addition, of Dungannon :to Clayton.; Nicholson, `.manager of
local calling area' of • Lucknow the Huron . and Kinloss Telephone
ll mean a, nominal •increase• in System which .operates the Dun
)nthly rates' .locally. This: is gannon exchange told the Sentinel
sed on ; the principal :that' the • that the EAS (extended :area ser-
lue of telephone. 'service • to . thevice) .has been `in. the,lannin'
.p g
Irs. Wilson Irwin
3 ursday
Ars. Wilson Irwin,- a lifelong'
;ident of. ; this community will
serve her 93rd birthday on
ursda March ch 1 2th
Irs. :Irwin. is a resident .at
ucelea Haven and is' enjoying
rly good health, . although she
unable to walk.
VIrs.:Irwin will 's nd Thursday
Lucknow ` at the pe
of her
1, Spence: and Mr•s. Irwin,
ere She will be a dinner guest
j where open .. house • .. will be
d::' on Thursday afternoon ` and
ming for any of Mrs. Irwin's
ands' who wish to call.
JIr. Irwin's death ' occurred 10
irs ago.
w Beauty Salon:
Opens Next 'Week:
• ,Gladys. McDonald, daughter of
Mr.' and Mrs Charles McDonald:
of St. Helens will open - a hair
dressing business in Lucknow' next
Monday. Gladys will be located in
the • Wraight building on main
street just east . '.of Sanderson's
Ladies. and Men's 'Wear. Mrs John
;MacRae formerly operated a. sim-
ilar . type business in. this location.:
-The '. new business :will • operate
under the. name Gladys Beauty
'Salon. Gladys attended. Lucknow
District High School: and •;has'' just
:graduated from an'• eight months
advance : hair ' styling: course at
Bruno's School of Hair Design,;
•
London
on.."....111014 School ;Students
ampete FQr. Trip To Uni#ed Nations
► teenage high . school student
in the ;Ripley and ,District area
I be selected by competition ; to_'
:e part in this year's 15th an-:
11 • United Nations Pilgrimage
With sponsored by the Odd -
DW andRebekah Lodges. The
dent selected ; to " . receive,this.
and will attend-
Mable aw United'
tions headquaers"for one -Week
•an;observer ,'
'he ten following students have.
'oiled in'. the contest ` and are
dying for their tests: John
inks,, ,oy Davis, 'James Em -
lien, Paul Karrell,. Rhoda How
Aria. Smeltzer, Allan Tran-
, Alice Vander Meer, Cornelius
rider Meer and Gloria Aitken..
selection committee will re
w ` contestants. "to ' determine
nparative qualities of , scholar -
[3, leadership, character, inter-
in community welfare, corie§rn
.world affairs and general fit-,
;s to participate in the •project.
tach student will take a 1'00
!stion quiz on the 'U.N as:.part
their selection.
'he winner will be announced
the annual I,0.0.T'. St. Patrick
lee in the Township Hall, Rip.
on Friday; March '20. As well
attending' •the U.N. the winner
1. spend a day . at New York
Fair, the theme of which
."Peace Through Understand-
The fifteen day tour will
y include stops at .Ottawa, Mon -
11, Hyde Park, Valley Forge,
1'Valley _
ahmgton, .Gettysburg and Nia.
a Palls,
• SIGHTED. TWO ROBINS
ON MONDAY ; MORNING
There have been various
signs of spring during this un-
usually mild winter but
not__until ._ AO_
robins,,: is it official.
They're, back again! Alex W.
Hamilton 'spotted two of the
red', breasts in • an apple tree
at his home on Monday . morn-
ring.
Goes To Quebec. As
StedmtMantligrer
Robert McInnes, who has been
manager of the Stedman store at
New Hamburg, has been trans-
ferred by the Company to man-
age' their store in Huntingdon,.
Quebec~
Bob is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
.John McInnes. of Kinloss, and was
a student at Lucknow District
igh' School. and a ``fiddle play-
er" of •considerable ability.. Bob
e,
is 27; and has been manager of
the New Hamburg store for up-
wards of '.two .years..
The McInnes artily. . moved to
'Huntingdon iMrs.
on. lastThursday.
untingd
M ishe .former Helen' Nic-
McInnes t , �. ,
holson, daughter of Mr., and:. Mrs.
Archie Nicholson. They'have :;three `
children - two girls and a boy.
stages for some time. .He feels.
the move will be "generally: accep-
ted,
ccepted• very ' well by subscribers of
the Dungannon system in connec-
ting them on a toll free basis with
Lucknow .and also Goderich. The'
Dungannon system ; has also been.
extended toinclude the Goderich
Bell exchange as well as Luck -
now. Mr: Nicholson stated that
the new : plan will. also •mean a
slight, rate increase for the. Dun-
gannon exchange. Subscribers on
the Dungannon. system, under. the
now plan, will, be able to call
Lucknow, Goderich, ; Auburn or
Ripley with no toll charge.
Today there are a great. number
of Long distance calls "placed be-
•
aii
tween Lucknow • and -Dungannon
each month. Many .subscribers
are paying. more . in long distance
charges than they will under the
new, set-up. Because of the pres-
ent' charges, . many are not call
ing between these • centres as
freely as they would like.
: Telephone, rates for all comm-
unities are regulated by the Board
of Transport • Commissioners .for
.Canada : and are • based . on the
total number. of 4 telephones that
can be reached : ',without a long
•
distance charge. '
When the new. service '. comes
into effect,. Lucknow and Dungan-
non subscribers will dial. directly
back and forth.
THIS WEEK. ENDS SHOP-'
IN LUCCKNOW..DR'AWS
. This 'is the :last : week 'that
coupons will 'be, given - out by
local merchants 'participating
", in the : 'Shop-In-Lucknow ;coin-.
munity draw:
All , coupons. should be de -
posited. by Saturday, for the
final draw next Monday which
:will be for prizes of $25.00','
$.10.00 ' and $5.00.. .
!9m�. Alley
Nears
With • the opening date , for the,
new bowling alley and billiard
`hall. fast approaching, quite, a tran-
sformation has taken place within
the . former United ` Church shed,
which will house the new enter-
prise:,
'The proprietors are Lammert
Van, der Veen, ::and ' his son% John.
Van der Veen of• Lochalsh. John
has set the end of the month as
the tentative ` date for the open'.
The installation of the six bow-
ling lanes has ;been:' delayed some-'
what, but word the first of the,.
week was that they were being
shipped and should be going in this
week.
The billiard hall area; and rest.
rooms are now partitioned: off. The
snack .bar area is laid out' and
counters built. •
Entrance to ' the • building will
be; . off Havelock. Street and a
section g Buon the west side of the din Fto .the right. ht of the 'side
entrance• is being. reserved, with
consideration being' given to ; in -
Little Tot Had
Maior Surgery
Little Betty. Anne Hunter is con
valescing favorably from major
surgery. which she underwent in
Sick Children's Hospital, London
on Wednesday of • last week.
Betty Anne, •age'.5 is the daugh-
ter ofBill and Mae Hunter' of
town. The surgery was necessary
because of a double kidney `;con-,
dition which was ':discovered, and
while not common is not Unheard—
Betty Anne, . was ``as good as
gold" in ,undergoing. the operation,
and: her attendants are quite pleas -
'.ed with lier progress. ''Intraven.ous
was discontinued the first wof.. the
week, but• it. _was not certain then
how long she would be hospital -
•
close I. I..iIIiofl
Feet inGra .nd 'Bend
er• Lumber Project
A . land clearing- project in the
Klondyke Marsh near Grand Bend
has .considerable interest locally,
Doug Dick .of Hensall has con-
tracted to clear 1200 acres -of land
which stood solid' in trees. Mr.
Dick is 'hauling the® :cord wood'
from the. project to a paper box ,
factory. .
The logs from the project have
been 'purchased by Wesont. Lum-
•
Fier: Co. of, Lucknow and . Allan
Manto has engaged a portable
saw Mill 'to saw theme .at• Grand
Bend. The cut lumber will Come
to Lucknow with much of it,
trucked to. the customer directly
from. Grand ,Bend.:
Allan estimates that there will
oe close.' to a million feet in the
whole job.`' The clearing will • take
about ` 11/2 year:
Teachers Give
'Excellent' Rating
' Ontario Secondary _School Tea-
chers' Federation. advised,'that •re-
sults of the survey of employment
conditions -as they apply to Luck-,
now District: High School. were; -
Attitude toward Educational Im-
provement ; 85%, Staff -Board re=
lations: - 85%; and .Conditions of
work _• 790 --. '.all • classed . as
"Excellent:"
Lucknow Agricultural Society
was." granted use Of the auditor-
ium; Thur4day. ,March' 26th for a
Varity. Program.
An . additional. water cooler was
in =tailed . and. ;repairs are. to be
made to • the •, chimney, air: supply
'
to the; r
furnace _ bon: is also to be '
attended ,to.
Sundry accounts amounting to'
$953:77 Were approved . •paid. • ' A .
_payment .ef $8,303.00 was received:.
ized. on account of Legislative . Grant:,
MISSING ..TEN HOURS.
Ten
Sc
Year-old Fans Ta Refu0Frim
ool, Qbjec# Of- Polio.S000h; . .
The- . whereabouts of 'Douglas
Pruder, 10 -year-old son , of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill . Matthews of R.R.'3
Lucknow, was the cause for Hauch
concern in this community of Wed-
nesday night of, last week.
Doug attends , North Ashfield
Central School and it was about
2:30 Thursday morning when Doug
finally returned home from ° Wed-
nesday classes. '
The family live / on the "Bob
Campbell place" a couple of miles
'west of Lucknow on Highway. 86
which is 'no* owned 'by Omar.
Brooks. of.. Lucknow,-.Mr, Matthews.
is employed ' by . Omar and the
family 'have been living there
close toa year, .
stallinga laundromat. DrainageJ Doug left the school bus near
is 'the problem that
y
has delayed the residence of Dennie Hamilton
a final decision 'on this.. a few 'miles west of his home..
I.Iie' started the "wrong way" down
the highway and got • a lift west-
erly ; from a • Lochalsh resident.
He was, later seen by several
passing motorists & then banish
ed for '.the next several , hours
The younster • was'. missed at the •
supper hour . when Mrs. Matthews
returned • from: ,Lucknow.. Police
were notified . and. 'a. search for
the. boy commenced.
. It' was after ' 2 a.m.. _that -the -;
Department Of Highwys 'vehicle,
manned by Harvey Mole of 'Luck
new. and • Carl Weber of White- •':`:
_church noticed•. -the boy proeeed --_
ing along ' Highway 86, 2% miles '
east of Amberley, this time to-•
wards 'home in ,an easterly, direc
tion.' The youth was returned'. home
by the • Department men,
Pedestrian S#ruck gy Car'
Jack:uckwell, a 23 -year-old'
Pembroke youth who has been
living in Lucknow since .early Jan-
uary, . was seripusly injured about
8:30 Saturday evening ,� w h e n
struck by ; ,a car which . did not
stop.
• I3uckwell and . a companion
Douglas Allen, 16, of Lucknow
were walking on the highway to
the east of the Lucknow' United
.Church. At a 'point just east of
the river, opposite Treleaven Feed
Mill, lhitckwell: was struck by a
ear and thrown to. ;the shoulder
of the road. Deng Allenwas no
t
injured.
n Lon
.a.
The 'injured youth ,was treated
at the scene by 'Dr. J. C. McKim'
and Dr. M. H. Corrin . of Luck-
now and was removed by .Curie's
Ambulance of Wingham , to the
W nghazn and District, • Hospital,
He was later removed to Victoria
p n`
Hospital, Londo
The two young men had been
Walking easterly on the south aide
of the highway and the `car that
struck the .youth was also pro-
ceeding in an easterly 'direction.,
Police Chief Joe Balzer of Luck -
now, who was at the scene with-
in minutes of 'the accident, in-
vestigated.. A short time later. a
•
ospita
17 -year-old Lucknow youth Contact-
ed Chief Balzer & stated that he
thought he had hit 'something with
the car. The .youth was later char-
ged by Chief , Balzer • with leaving
the scene of • an accident..
dick . Buckwell's, injuries '.the
first of the Week were reported
as a fractured pelvis, head and
internal injuries. After coming to
Lucknow, Jack roomed at the
Allan Reid house just east of the
accident scene and boarded'..at
MacMVi llan's Restaurant in:hg.
same building. He was an em
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'lora ' of .� Lucknow Wood Prod-
ucts,
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