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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, APRIL
1st,
1964
Single Copy 1Oc
24 Pages '
iim -' '' Watson Writes,:From 1..roughton •
stand North Of The Arctic . Circle 'siela special .8 -page . section an
•.Received the following . interest-
ing letter' last week from Jim
Watson "to let you know how
things are in ' the .Arctic,"
I got up' here on. the 6th of
March and was moved out to
another station first off.
I am on Broughton Island which
is about 80 to 100 miles . north of.
the Arctic Circle on. the Davis
Strait. There is an Eskimo village,
population,. approximately 200, at
our lower camp and .the air strip,
"This is . one of the few sites ac-
ross. the Dewline where ' the 'ice-,
burgs come in relatively close to
shore, ; so last Sunday` we took ' ad-
vantage of the opportunity and ten,
of us went out.. climbing iceburgs
sport
for about three hours. T
beats skating or skiing. ..
The temperature holds around
20 to 40 'below but the other day
it got hot and went up to zero.
When : it's- g, around .35 to.40 degrees
below it's' . not '•toobad, but , with
.a .30 mile per hour, wind,it's a
bit chilly for prolonged walks,
We get a :Supply , aircraft :from
Winnipeg once a week or 10 days.
There are four sites in this sec-
tor and this week we have around.
800 pounds of .mail .coming, in on
the -plane. Everyone 'really looks
forward to some mail and it is
a real event when sorting the in-
-coming mail takes place.
We receive newspapers, from al-
most every major • city. ' in Canada
and several from the U.S., not to
mention the number we get from
."the oldhome towns" . where the
boyscome. from. I can't stand by
and not let everyone get a • chance
to see a . real, small . town. paper.
There is only one real paper and
that is "The .Lucknow• Sentinel."
SENTINEL: ADS SELL
BAGPIPES AND TYPEWRITER
Through single -issue class-
ified advertisements ' in. The
,,Sentinel, Rev..: Benson: Cox ;has
sold his "..bagpipes . and a used
typewriter, which, he said,.
proves that The Sentinel is '
a • very ' efficient advertising
medium."
iIt will be •'recalled that a
couple .of weeks ago :,we re-.
ported Rev: Cox making the
purchase . of a, new, typewriter
despite :the fact '..e'S in : his
• 90th year. His old; typewriter
was ' quicklysold
Bermuda ,Ldd
Wishes Pefl:;PaIs.:.
• .In August ..oflast year. The 'Sen-
tinel carried a story of . Delmonte
• Davis, a • :14 -year: -old lad from
Bermuda being a guest at the
home 'of Mr and. Mrs.' Bert . Alton
Ashfield. •
Delmonte's .' mother •. was a re-.
ceptionist'."at • a hospital
in Bermuda' ,where . Miss'.
Dorothy Alton had been employed,
and it was this association which
resulted ' M . Delmonte's Ontario.
visit being arranged:.
Last week we received the fol
lowing ' neatlyprinted letter from
Delmonte Which is 'self explana
tory,, ;
Hillview. Development, .
•Warwick west, ,
Bermuda.
' 1213164.
To::.those. concerned;
I desire to correspond 'with chil-
dren in and , around the Lucknow
area. •
1 was in Lucknow durin • 'the
summer for •a • week, so I think
it possible that someone might re-
collect me. While in . your" ',area I
resided' • at . the. Bert Alton home.
I can remember'-. a 'number of
persona *With whom. T conversed
with. They are as foloWs The
Lucknow Sentinel's desk clerk, El-
mer the pharmacist, -the bank man
•ager --the Ladies a e . pos o
flee,' the . workers' at • the Fruit
Market, ' and many others I 'could
name. .
I wrote this letter mainly for
three .reasons. To havemy name
appear in your pen -pal column,
to give my regards to the people,
and ' to ask . if you . would .send
Me `a • road 'map of Ontario.
' My credentials and, address are
as follows I am a coloured Ber- ,
mudian, brown -eyed, curly haired,
if t , 6ins,, . and will be 15 years .of
nge on the 1day 4th 'of March.
� a
Y ddress is as above I would,
)refer -o
co... , .. -
rresponding with children
if ages thirteen to sixteen. Will
'eturn letters promptly. Please re
ily soon;.
• I remain,
'Yours sincerely,
Delnonte Davis,
COMMUNITY SERVICE
HELD ON GOOD FRIDAY
A community Good Friday . ser-
vice was :held at''11:00 o'clock in
Lucknow United Church, with Rev,'
H. W. Strapp; , Rev.' Rod •MacLeod.
and .Rev. J. R. King participating
in the 'service, The address' was
given by . Mr. MacLeod .and the
.choir rendered an . anthem under
the direction • of Mrs, `Gordon Mont-
gomery:. .
Easter services in all churches
in the community werelargely.
attended:: ,. .
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WIND FELLS TREE
Last Thursday's: gwind, storm,
in, the area felled a " large
tree just west :of `' the resi-
dence of Walter. Scott, : Have-
lock Street. .Watt, who works
for Brooks Transport, was on `
an overnight haul and . Mrs
Scott and children ' were at,
home alone.
the house
The. � tree shook ,
and broke their living.: room '.
window: Had the, tree, . heav
ily• coated with .icer struck the ,.
house squarely : injury and
more serious damage would
no doubt have resulted: As it
was the tree brushed the •side
of the house and came to rest
on ` the lawn at ,4 a.m.
Easter
Seal
Fund.
Reaches 1000
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A generous response; by the res-
idents of this area, has kept the
Easter Seal. Fund steadily climb-
ing until the $1,000 • figure ` has
been reached.
This was. a : `'minimum objective
set by ' the ' Easter Seal' Commit-
tee • of 'the' ,Lucknow and District
Lions Club, and- was a figure
some $200 higher than the total.
raised. fast year.
During the year the Club spent
all of their share of the campaign'
funds• at the local level.
Donations are still being receiv=
ed,,,�nd while they continue to
tr%kle in '` of r "so` iia "time, the
Coin ittee urges thosewho .plan
to donate,- to do so, this week if
possible.
In next ,week's 'issue publica-
tian' of the' list of donors will be
brought up to date, which could
be the "wrap-up" report,
SCOUTS TO HOLD PAPER
COLLECTION 'THURSDAY..
' LucBoykno' w Scouts will
hold their annual Easter week
'paper collection on Thursday.
and Dun-
afternoon in Lucknow
g.n on.
. paper se�
ani
Tie or box your it
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surely and place it.. at .the
.. wishing paper
curb: Anyone
tied .or moved should .contact
George.., Whitby or B111 John'.
stone. "•
pouncing- the: official opening
of Lucknow 'Bowl and Billiard'
Academy, which "is schedule d
,fore next Monday,
The official ribbon cutting
,, ceremony will 'be conducted
at 7:00' p.m." by Reeve, G. W.
Joynt and Murray Gaunt,
M.P.P. •
Open . house will continue
throughout the week, with an
invitation to everyone in the
• community: to drop in and ':.
"see ° for' yourself;" 1
To Relate Personal
Africa, ,Experience'
The .Rev. Wi R. Tristram will
present his illustrated lecture on
his personal experiences in West
Africa, at St. Helens • United
church on . Friday evening of next
week, April, 10th, .under auspices.
of the United Church Women, who
will hold a social hour to .'con-
clude ' the. < evening.
Rev. Mr. Tristram is supply-
ing at the St. Helens; charge, and
as he will. be 'leaving there short-
ly, the community is anxious to
see his,: pictures and hear the ad-
dress :, efore his. departure.
This lecture has been. given in
many parts of Canada and Eng-
land and will 'be found to be
inost . interesting,, and.'instructive.
Mr. Tristram . has visited every
colony from "Sierra, Leone down.
to the French Congo on behalf of
British firms and spent three •
years : in the • Congo and two ". in'
Ghana, which . was then known
as the Gold Coast.
New Postal Rates:
Now In effect
Effective April 1st, ' a : 'new scale
of ` rates . pertaining in postal.. ser-
vice went '. into effect.
C.O.D. fees. will be 15c' for a-
mounts up to $2.00; 25c over $2.00
to $50.00; and •40c over $50.00 to
$100.00. The.• former charges were
10c, 15c and 30c, respectively.
The new minimum: charge for
addressed . printed • matter, which
includes cards such as greeting
and Christrnas cards will be '.3c
for the first 2 ozs.,and lc for
each additional 2 ozs., .'or fraction
action
thereof.The .:previous ',`charge"
started with 2c _•
Householder mailings of printed
matter, will be .2c for the first
2 ozs., and lc for each additional
2 ozs., or fraction thereof. Such
charges to the present commenc
'ed at 14c. ' • ' •
Newspapers and periodical (ma-
gazines) posted by the general
public 'will cost 3c for the first
2 ozs., and lc for each additional
2 ozs: or fraction thereof, to each
separate address. The former in-
itial charge was 2c. For instance,
if you are "sending on your Sen-
tinel, to someone, it will now re -
1 wire 3 :
Rural news budgets ' in unsealed',
envelopes will now require a'. 3c
stamp: •
RECALLS COMPETITION.
ABILITY OF LOCAL 'BAND.
At the variety concert on Thurs-
day night Lolyd Ackert wore 'a
kilt belonging to Roy MacKenzie
of Ripley Roy is now crippled
by an arthritic condition and con-
fined to ,a , wheel, chair, '
For many years' Roy acted as
Pipe 'Major of • the Lucknow Pipe
Band, and he ' told—Lloyd, '—Lloyd: who
passed it ori to the concert aud-
ience, that the Lucknow band was
outmoding . in its class in band
competition, and Were known for
their competitive .performances
from Sault Ste.Marie to Windsor.
Vatiety .Concert .Thursday Evefllflg
Made Big Nit With... lame Audience
• An audience that practically fill- .fish,, proving to' his ' Dad he was
ed the High School auditorium on. the . better . fisherman.
Thursday evening, despite a storm The Belfast .school children un -
which reduced visibility to almost der the direction of Don Cameron
:nil at times,. was : well repaid for staged' a May" pole dance and
"venturing out," sang,
Negro spirituals. Taking
The variety concert program. - Part in the dance were, .Shelley
and • it was.. trulythat -- was
Alton, Wilma Hackett, Sandra,.
Humphrey, Lorraine , Nicholson, •
Shirley Nicholson, Mark Kilpat-
rick, Jim Alton, Mel Irwin, Ron-
' nie Menary,` Rae Nicholson.
A shot -gun wedding ushered in
the - June number, with .' Currie .
Colwell really . "blasting, off" with'. ,
the shot -gun . as Lloyd attempted
to make ' a • "run for it," ..
There was more dignity ,to the
number .:which followed' as wed-
ding gowns worn byladies of
yesteryear and yesterday : were
modelled. ' Mrs. Omar Brooks, was
commentator and in tails and top
hat Omar ushered in the • "brides."
Mrs, Don Cameron wore her gown:
of , July 1959;'' Mrs. John Hunter
wore her 056 gown; Barbara Nel-
son wore 'Mrs. Wyld's gown, her
marriage : having been the same
day as that : of ' Queen ; Elizabeth
in 1947;.Betsy Henderson wore
Mrs. Lorne ,Luther's gown of i 1946;
Mrs. Alex Hackett wore- her gown
of ' 1940; • Donna .Corrin .modelled
Mrs. Omar Brooks ; gown ',of 1936;.
Betty Mauer, ' Mrs. A. ' J. Wilson's
gown: of 1935; Janice Brooks,. Mrs.
Oliver. McCharles •gown of 1934;
Diane Jamieson, Mrs. Alex Mc-
Nay's gown. of 1931; Jane. Joynt,
Mrs. Albert Campbell's : gown 'of
1913; June Ackert, her Grandiino-
ther Ackert's gown ,:of. 1908 *and;.'
Marie Brooks, , the 1908 wedding
gown of the late Mrs. ' Robert Rit-
chie.
A beach scene introduced July,.
with •Wendy' MacKenzie . and Elaine
Murray as two bathing beauties,
surrounding Lloyd.
Two _patriotic solos were . sung
by Mrs. Ken Alton..'
August featured a Scout -"hike,"
with ' Holyrood .scouts impersonat
.ing Girl Guides in anamusing
skit.' The .: "Guide" leader was •
Currie Colwell, and. the "Guides'fi' ,
were Jim McKinnon, David Mc-
Kinnon, Ken Roulston, Walter Dic-
kie, Bruce Colwell, Billy Thomp - .
son, Max . McInnes. The bear was, . .
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typically a rural -urban effort and
left little to be desired for a night
of wholesome entertainment.
The Master of Ceremonies was.
Lloyd Ackert: He kept' the pro-
gram'rolling ' and . aided by behind -
the -scenes helpers did some quick
change acrobatics, to • introduce
every 'number in a change of
costume, typical of the season and
most original; and entertaining.
The program was based • on num-
bers, typifying the various months.-'
and the
of the year ' whole show
`
could be summed .up ' t ' one word
"excellent."
Sickness prevented the.
president and his wife, Mr. and.
Mrs. Oliver McCharles who ::.had
conceived and promoted the con-
cert; from . being in attendance, and
this threw the load on Lloyd Ac-
kert, who by ingenuity and "keep-
ing his fingers crossed," 'saw' it
go over with a bang. He wouldn't
recommend stretching his luck too
often in .: this manner.
Vice president George Kennedy
and his wife were also on the
'sick. list, and with • the foursome
so sidelined, a school day skit had
to be ` dropped and some last min-
ute program juggling done. ,
Attired ` in what the "gay blade"
would wear in the : Easter parade,
the master of 'ceremonies opened;
the program after a prelude • •of
musical selections, by Janet Car-
ruthers and: Sharon Mowbray. Mu-
sic .;for the months ' was provided
by =Mrs. ' Ross Cummings.
The program got off to a good
start . with a 22 -voice mixed choir
from St. Helens, ` singing ' spring
numbers . under the direction of
Ted Rice and• . with Mrs. Wm.'
Rutherford ' at the . • piano
A.\fishing scene introduced May
with John Ackert with a real live
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Federal Member°
Questions Return.
if �DHS Arms
John Loney, federal member of
parliament for Bruce riding, has:
raised : the question in the House'
of Commons about the recent re-
moval of small arms and ammun-
ition from. Lucknow . District. High
School. • : " > . •
Mr. Loney's . comment on the
floor of the house was, "I have
a question,' for the '.•ministerof
national •defense. Will the minister
inform the house ' when small
arms and: ammunition removed
from the Lucknow District • High.
School will be ' returned to: the.
cadet corps so that they may
resume their trainingfor the 'de-
fence of Canada?"
The reply from the ,speaker of
the house was,. "ti -suggest -7 -that
is 'a question for ` a order pap-
,, or I-Eoi I'd a
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Mr. Loney has advised The Sen- 'Angus Cline, . 22 -year-old son of
tinel ` that he has placed further Mr.` and Mrs. Llovd Cline of Ash-
questions in 'this connection on the i field,flew from France recently
order paper and that the Sentinel. `; to spend" a two-week leave at his '
'will be advised upon receipt of . a' :parental' home.'.
reply. from the minister , of na-'• Angus is with the RCAF at Oro-
tional defence. •;stenquin, Moselle. France. He has
Along the same line of thought, I been in the Air Force for over
Harvey Carrick of the. Zone. 6, three years, , and has been with ,
Hunter SafetyCouncil,has
pro 1 the Second Wing at- � the
vided the Sentinel with a press • base since last. August.
release advising private owners With a • leav
a coming upy Angus
of firearms that their time -hon- had his name in for a "when
ored diti
ttraon,, of�.ownershp -of : fire- space A : available"—flight
� ri, to Can-
ar
ms in Canada is. not in danger ada. Less than 'ari hour after re --
of being changed.- The release, 'diving word ofspace a?vailable
issued by the Canadian Wildlife Angus was winging it horse, His
Federation,.. , : i ed at Trenton; : from
states that there is plane land
currently., no• sinister threat and , where he is scheduled to depart`'
real threat would be' met Monday hn his ,return ` r+°xt to
that any �
by strenuous opposition.
GROOM TO BE HONORED,
,AT SATURDAY NIGHT STAG'
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On Saturday evening about:
thirty-five friends of ;Ross McDon-
agh gathered at the ' parental
home here • to honorhim prior, to -
his mariage which takes place
this Saturday in St. David's Un
ited : Church, West . Vancouver..
Ross is flying to. Vancouver on
Thursday evening. His • , parents,
•Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McDonagh' and
his brother Roddy left."Good Fri-
day morning by : motor for Van-
couver to ' attend the • wedding.
They drove Ross' car,' and will
fly ,,home, while Ross . and ' .his
bride will return by motor to. Tor-
onto, where they. will reside.
r France. '
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