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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-05-13, Page 1. ...4246511191114 $4.00 A. Year In Advance.- $1.00 Extra To U,S.A, i.UCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY 13th, 1964. ' Single Copy lac. 16 Paws • 5erve: Area ' By Plane, Dog Team De, Kenneth MacNay., who .has been in his.. intern year at St. Pauls •Hospital, Vancouver, will leave aboutthe. end. of June for nubile in the North West Ter ritories. Ken . is the son of Mr. and• Mrs. Alex MeeNay of Luck - 110W. Ken' and his wife Arlene •will take up residence in this . com- munity .of 1500. located 2000 miles ., north. '.of Vancouver, 200 miles be- yond •.the Arctic circle and 50'. milesfrom the mouth of the Mac- Kenzie river. Inubik is a govern= meet built experimental town where " all the major Arctic re- search is . being carried on.The population ' of 1500 . is ' made up of about 300 Eskimos and the remainder chiefly' white govern- ment employees.. The federal 'de- partment of northern affairs runs, a number of health centres for Eskimos, ' Indians and civil em,:: ployees in the ; North West Ter- ritories. ,The two major centres are Whitehorse and Inubik. Ken and. his. wife •will.: live in acN•ay during November, tl December and January and three months of . 'to-" tal light during May, June and July. .. -.Most interesting to Ken 'will be the 150 bed hospital which- is new and modern, He will . be jun- ior doctor, there are twoothers, and they will serve the residents of Inubik as well ' as five other Eskimo centres with populations of about 300 each, There. are a few whites at each of these• five cen- tres. The centres are, as far as 500 miles away and . as. close ' as 40. They are served • by air by. the three doctors with the close ones` often commuted toby dog ' sled or snow. mobile. Being jun- ior. -Doctor, Ken will.' be making most of thetrips to the • outpost clinics: and will probably make good'' use of his flying experience ience Altogether, the . three dee tors are responsible for. about 3000 'people. The' threesome . will do all , the surgery. and he looks on this work, a minimum of one year, as three .'months of :total, darkness. a great .medical experience. Dr yMacNa 'is a 'graduate. of Lucknow. District High School and. Western ;University School Of Med- icine. DR. KENNETH ..MacNAY SevenIn One Family Receive Perfec' Sunday.. Sch��I .Attendance .Av..:..; rds" On. Sunday morning, May; :10th, en of these students are children of Mr. and Mrs. J C. Johnstone.; Mr.•' Jim Henderson, past ;super- intendent, assisted in • presenting the awards. , Mr. Norman ; Taylor, . clerk of session, ' 'presented the session awards.' for high church attend- ance ' to . Janet : Carruthers and: Donnie MacDonald:: There were two Sunday school students : in attendance 51 : Sun- days, 6 had .a• rec rd: of 50 Sun- days, ''5 had 49, 4 had 48, .8 had 47, '7 had 46, 4 had 45, 2 .had, 42 and : one each : had 41 and. 40. Posthumous Award The posthumous award of a.: two, year seal. and two ` yea r pin' Was made :to Lyle. MacInnes who lost his life by drowning on February 3rd. He would have been 7 years of age in arch: The 'award ` "WIT• received by his brother Melvin. the 'Lucknow Presbyterian Sunday. School: held its annual Mother's Day. service. Owing , to the illness: of. Rev. Rod MacLeod,, the '. . ser-. ' vice .was in charge of Dale: H:al denby,' superintendent of; the Sun_. day School., Scripture . lessons were read by Dale Haldenby a n d . Edward Brown.. A fitting story was ably told by. Tony Johnstone Attendance awards, . earned dur- ing the past year, were 'presented to 52 students..:Special . awards 'were.; made to, 11: students with a perfect attendance of .52- Sundays. Those with perfect attendance were Brenda . Johnstone, Sandra. Johnstone; Joyce Johnstone,. : Murti ray' Johnstone, Donald Johnstone, 'Tony :-Johnstone...Brian Johnstone, Jimmie :MacDonald, Carol :Brown, • .Edward ;Brown, Ross Forster.' Sev= Sites dor Twin Project Proceeds Tentatively Approve Pines apartment If At the Monday . night' meeting of the Lucknow and District Lions .4 Club, President Robert. Macintosh. reported that a representative of . ,Central Mortgage . and Housing Corporation had conferred • with. Reeve G. W. Joynt that day- re- garding prospective sites for .the • Twin Pines . Apartment project which is under consideration by ' the. Lions 'Club: Joynt was unable to be present at Monday ; night's meet- ing but in effect had advised the president :that lots had been inspected* and two sites had "been tentatively a ' proved. ' No valua= iv , PPp ;tion.....had.,.been_ ..laced,. on the. lots, he said,- • until more progress on the .project was made. Make ..Retarded . School 3rent ,Harvey Webster requested. a grant to the Wingham school ° for retarded children. The Club ' has annually contributed to this cause and -On Monday voted another $100 to the school. Mr. Webster said • this would be the • last ap- peal, as : the Provincial govern- 'Meet overn`anent will take over the operation of the school at the end . of the year. ' .. • Treasurer Mike Sanderson pre- sented bills of some $300 for the. '`promotion' of minor hockey, y *rep- resenting' p- resentig entryeessupplies and ice= rental, vh chwerepassed by the. Club which sponsors minor ^ sport. • In this connection Harvey Hou- ston reported that , PeeWee, Ban- tam & • Juvenile ball teams, were (Continued On page ,15) 4 Baptismal. -Marked Family Day Sunday The Mother's Day' service in the United church en' Sunday , was marked bythe baptismal of elev- en ' children by the pastor,, Rev. H. • W. Strapp.• A large . congregation including a number of .visitors., filled", the church for the occasion, to •' make Family y, �I a as'"thus' it truly. a F . second„ Sunday in May, has come to be known. Mother's Day had its beginning fifty years ago when it was of- ficially proclaimed as such in 1914 by ?resident Wilson as an expres- sion of reverence and love for the mothers of the country. Rev. Strapp emphasized that the Sacrament of Baptism is * a• commitment by both parents and the church to give leadership, and training in the, christian . way of life. � . • were: The children .baptized Steven • Kenneth Ackworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth'Ackwor•th; Lois, Anne. Alton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .• Clayton Alton; Paul. ( Continued' on' page 15) Police �nvestgatir�� False Alarm A barn fire at the farm of Blake Alton, just south of Belfast 'proved; tq. be a false alarm for Lucknow. fire Department .shortly. before six o'clock on`.Sunday afternoon. • • Upon - arriving at the scene,: it was 'soon discovered that Blake.: , • had 'not turned in the. alarm: Every other` •Alton, in. :the' Breawas. checked along with , Blekes and Ray.: Dalton,. which 'sounds a bit like. Blake Alton 'in the excitement: of a fire call.. Despite the 7 checking,' ,'those . who.. rec lved the call were quite sure that Thei. name., given had been. Blake Alton . and that it 'had. been a. youth or child's ;voice. . soon became evident that: the call' was from a prankster and ' after the return from Belfast, It :another coli was. received on. the fire phones from the same party: A ..couple .of firemen also• received private phone calls from the trouble . maker, after ' they returned from the false alarm; It was later 'learned that Lucknow police had received a • call prior to. 'the fire advising that .; "there. was going to be a fire."' :Police are investigating what is consid il .9 9 g consid- ered to be a very serious offence and indications early Tuesday afternoon were that two Lucknow 'children were involved. Mary den SI1ieJI. gowned Queen f D.H.S., Donald Barr FIs The King (By Jim Anderson) On Friday night, 'the annual spring formal was held . in the, beautifully - decorated gymnasium. "Moonlight and Roses" was the' theme this yearand it provided, great variation in.the,.thought. and ladies Canvassing setting of the scenery. On enter ing the school, the guests saw a For ,Cancer. Fund • .No. one . should have to be re- minded of the, urgency of "fight -1 ing cancer with .a- check-up and, cheque." You can have the, check-up :any- time, but this is the week that local* residents • are. being . asked for; 'their . "cheque." The;r. ponse,, no. doubt will be' generous A house-to-house: canvass of the 'Village is being made' this ';week' by a group of Ladies.' Seven team captains were . named and they in turn haveasked for assistance in making 'the calls. . Anyone whois not personally contacted '. may leave theirdona- tions at the Health Unit office; in Lucknow. Rural. residents are requested; to voluntarily.. 'contri bate and may ' also `, leave ;their -donations-there. It is hoped to .complete the can- vass this week. : '• Plan Night Classes. fInterstShown' 1. Ifsufficient interest is indicated within the next ten days, night classes will be held in Lucknow commencing next . fall, l • The proposed project is being Promoted by the. Lucknow Wo- men's' Institute; and . anyone' in- terested in the various classes being considered must notify the W.I. president, Mrs. George . Whit= by by, May /23rd. • It is, necessary to . have this information by this time so . that plans can be made with the De- partment of Education and Com munity programmes. officials for. 'these courses. ,. Courses ' suggestedare typing, rug hooking, sewing, . painting, up-, holstering, or any other course in which sufficient interest is indi- cated. . Ten persons . are ` necessary for a class to be' organized. Instruc- tors tors of the, various' classes must be approved by the D•apartment, and: there . is' a good deal of detail work to be arranged . for the pro-. . posed fall classes which will com- mence in • October if the response received within the next ten days warrants: ' Classes ate held one night a week for ten weeks preceding and ten weeks following Christmas: If 'organized they will be held in the Lucknow District High School. the Library ' with Miss Plumsteel. acting as hostess. Other 'rooms were : in two and twelve.. Dancing resumed to the music .of Garnet . Farrier's ' orchestra, under a :blue sky and .a full moon. When the dance came to ' an end, the " admiring comments of the.. canopied bridge, flanked on both guests' as they filed out was : full sides by pools of .blue water and payment for the students who work- cedar :;trees, Having crossed this, ed so herd to make .this dance a they' were greeted by a. receiving `success line including members of the • Spearheading the -. ,drive : was staff, of the Board, the two' student David Thompson who directed- the leaders ' and the committee chair- Grade 12's in decorating the ` gym man. In the receiving line were. and. foyer: In the committee under Jim .MacDonald: -and Cathy Dalton, him were Bev Wall; .Barb Nelson, June Ackert' and Allan Mowbray, Mary Murdie, Ken Kirkland, Billy 1VIp and.. rs. L,.�..E_.. Gopette Mr.' Nelson and. Jim Anderson. Decor an Grade 11's d s: m: G. Hunter, ° 15avi .:atm the:stage a were the Mrs: '�V d g g1. Thompson' and Mary 'Murdie, under Marianna MacDonald. The Pink. and red roses. ;wee 'scat- credit:for.the success of this dance. teredin profusion around' the gym has to go to .:these people because and their individual beauty' was en-: theycertainly worked for it. • henced' ;by 'tne fresh green of the grass . leading up the -'steps to the stage. Thru U these ''sem' ' steps, ' at 11:03 Stone :Thrown. Up @ 'o'clock went the King and Queen of L.D.H.S. and their .runner-ups: rainWindow.T' Announced;' ' by Mrs. HeWitt, the king andueen had; been` accorded'Althou h showered- with glass' qg this honour bye popular vote ,of : all from a broken. window, a ' pass the students.. The:King for`" this' ,eager'. on, the CN1t. train on"aun year was Donald Barr, :a popular day . evening escaped injury as Grade 13 student and , renowned a • large' stone, was :thrown through athlete. The Queen, also out of the window. Grade 13, was Mary Ellen Shiells The ` incident occurred, at "Mil- : another well -liked student and an lei's railway. bridge" just north accomplished musician. Her run- of Lucknow. as the train waspro- ner-up was. Sharon O'Donnell, while . ceeding into , the Lucknow station. ; Donald's, 'runner-up was Glen The` stone :throwing episode oc Cowan.:They were, crowned by last, ;carred between six .and seven year's king' and' queen; Donny o'clock' in the evening.: Dalton and Elizabeth Finlayson, According to provincial ;police, and .then .the flash bulbs began' to two: Lucknow.. area' youths are in pop brief : " : volved with one .of them doing A ieintermission followed, the throwingof the 'stone. Charges and the guests enjoyed donuts and ',have been laid under thetrim- punch'•. which was:prepared': by inal code. 'Provincial constable Ed Master. Chefs Peggy 'Button'; and McPhail of Kincardine detach - Anne Ritchie. The main room was. meet, investigated. ' Fire Crackers Cause of Saturday Blaze, Chicken ��rn Burns Down A smoldering fire cracker is Lucknow Firemen fused` the wa l e d .,.. -.be.:-the:. cause _... of w..a : ,:ter ....on ..: e.:.... ... to •be i ve to . the.: ....proteet...:,.the,_:.:.. fire on Saturday night shortly barn and laid •a hose line to. after 10:00 p.m. that levelled a the river, a considerable distance two-storey chicken barn on; the away. The portable pump at . the property of Grant ,Chisholm, one river would .pump the water to. mile south of Lucknow: the bottom of the ' hill below the According to Grant, his child., barn, but .because of .'the' length ren had been A)laying with . fire of the ' hoseline, would` not push crackers about . noon that day and it over the hill where ,firemen it is thought that the fire must, were working, A hole was dug in have smoldered , all that time. ,. the low• lying 'swampy area dos Lucknow Fire Department say-, er to the barn, and this ; was ed the barn, which ' was directly pumped until dry. ' At ough ,not in use except for storage,the ',chicken barn was a good nulding.. It was built by the Cliftons when they lived there • many years ago. Tom ' Magoffin • and Jake Hunterlater owned this property Until purchased by Grant Chisholm 24 years ago. ,in the,'path of flames and: sparks,. A, high wind was blowing in a north-east ' direction'' and did not seriously threaten the house.. to the north of the buildings. The Chisholm` ponies were removed from the . barn as a precaution- ary measure.. a•� r,y' • 4 • i • •