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L'UCKNOW ONTARIO.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1964
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Single Copy 1Oc; • • 10 Pages,
Loyal ResidentBecQmes Foster, Parent i Technical Difficulties Cause Deny
To. Heed�> 1.114:10.r.41.d.Oreek..YOuth..
Ernest .Ackert. of Lucknow has
financially "adopted" Constantine
Economakis, an 11 -year-old . Greek. -
boy,' through Foster Parents' Plan,
Montreal The Foster Parent has
promised to contribute $16 a month
for the child's support, . for . at
least a . year.. ,
Monthly'. letters will be received':,•
from overseas, both ' original and •
translation: In it a Foster Child
• may .describe how, it feels sud-
denly to have shoes on his feet, -
a, mattress to sleep on instead of
a dirt floor, and thecomfort of a
• full stomach. He always .reports
on 'his progress. at . school.
Letters from his Foster Parent,
both original and translation, are
treasured. Often they.. tell about
life in Canada. Letters are ex-
changed: monthly,
A Foster Child starts learning
about generosity, Canadian -style,
as. • soon as , he is.selected' by • a
Plansocial worker. tin' his. country,
(Continued on. page • 9) •
V.
Constantine .Economakis
Toll •Free
Service Between
.n
Spring
ow -Dungannon Till
Technical difficulties will delay.
the introduction of toll 'free call-
ing between Lucknow ' and. Dun-
gannon and between Goderich and
Dungannon, officials of the Huron
and Kinloss Telephone Company
and, the Bell Telephone. Company
announced this 'week. Originally.
scheduled for later this year, the
plans will go into effect in . the
spring of . 1965.
Long •,distance charges will be`
removed from telephone calls plac-
ed between Goderich and Clin-
ton, as scheduled, this fall. The
addition of the Clinton exchange to
the local calling area. of. Gode-
rich is ::sufficient to make a nom-
inal increase in monthly rates.
There .will be no further increase
in Goderich rates when the Dun•
-
Lj�yd AShi�n,Buys
Heart of . Lucknow'
Henderson: Block 1�
gannon exchanges is . added .. next
!annul
Although. ' Goderich 'telephone
users will pay higher monthly
• rates when the plan is ' introduced
most of them will pay less in tot-
al .monthly bills than they are .pay-
ing at present when long distance
charges to . Clinton' are added to
themonthly bill.
The . nominal increase in mon-
thly rates in Lucknow and Dun-
gannon will not come into 'effect
Until the long distance charges
are . removed from 'telephone calls
placed between : Lueknow. and
Dungannon . ip the ' spring. of, 1965..
In the fall, Direct Distance
Dialing (DDD) will, be introduced
to Clinton and, Goderich subscrib-
ers; Dungannon will receive. the
DDD. service in , the spring of
1965:
The three communities will then.
' • the growing number ' of com•
-
munities where subscribers cam:
.dial their own station to .station.
long distance calls to any one of
more than 90,000,000 telephones in
Canada and the United States.
Direct Distance Dialing is made
possible by giving every one of
the millions of , telephone users : in
Canada • and the United States . a
different number, just as each "dere- .'
phone customer hi Gederich and
Dungannon or Clinton has . ,, his
own individual number.
North America hasbeen divid-
ed into more than 135 Number-
ing Plan Areas, each identified by
a three digit area code. The area
code for Goderich, ' Clinton and
Dungannon is 519. -,A seven digit
telephone nuniber in any of „ the
three; centres, when prefixed by
519, will not be duplicated any-
where in North American
YOUR CO-OPERATION, PLEASE
Fractional Increase In: Taklate, Scho�Q•BUSlnessS��tao/�n PROBLEMS •AT THfSENTINEL: � '': .,
Lloyd. Ashton, of Lucknow, has
purchased the Henderson Block'
on. Campbell Street from . Mrs.
Wellington Henderson' of town.
The * block is known to many as
the. "Allin Block" having been
built by the late. William, Allin,, of
Lucknow. It. was sold to Mrs.
Henderson's father, 'the late Is-
aiah, Congram, about 1928 and has
been in the family ever since. Mr.
Congram's death occurred' in the
early 1930's.
The bio c k contains three main
street businesses, Ashton's Ladies
and Men's Wear, Ritchie's . Barber
• Shop. and Bennett's Sepoy Store, : as.
well as eight apartments over-
head.
The Sepoy Store:was established
in 1938 by .Mrs. .':Henderson's ; son-
in-law, Doug Trench, of Listowel,
and Mrs: Henderson `managed the
store until it was sold about' five
years ago to Mel • Bennett, of ' Kin-
cardine. Prior to being operated
as a variety store, 'it was the site
of the Ailin ., implement shop. Or-
iginally there:. were. four ' .business
places. ` in the block, but when
Williani''.Schmid built his : new
building, Ashton's expanded their'
space to take in the building -.form-
erly occupied , by Schmid's '
The new owner, Lloyd Ashton,
commenced' a children's a wear bus-
iness in'
us-iness"in' the Joh istone Bleck in
1947 and in 1952 he moved to the.
Henderson building and . expanded
to include' Ladies' and Men's Wear.
He purchased the business of Miss,
Emma • McCluskey, formerly
Templeton's, at that time.
•
Headlines variety Shou�r here next week
TOMMY
Tommy Common, a star of the.
CBC Country Hoedown show,
headlines a galaxy of 'performers
g
Who wiltsta e a variety' show
.. .
in Lucknow arena on Wednesday
evening • of next week.
The show and dance, tender
CO1VIMON'
•p
Lions , Club. aur ices, marks, the
y�.ng• of the ,,
openi. new arena.. floor,
Tommy..Connmor1 appeared in
'Lucknow four years ago with the
Bill O'Connor Show and those .who
heard him in person are anticipat-
ing `his return appearance.
Allan McQuillin,' who ..has
been > carrying the brunt of the
linotype work at : The Sentinal
office;, was admitted to Wing-
ham Hospital. on Thursday of.
last week with ' infectious
jaundice
•. When he will be back on the . .
job is uncertain at present.
The linotype load "fell" on
Allan when . Ray Thornton
took °a position in Oshawa and
quite a .spot:•
Allan's. sickness. has . us in
With Cam and Don "conte
fined" More .than; ever to the
back. shop, the reporting and
writing may be neglected some
so we ask the to -operation of
everyone . to :send', in = and
promptly, please- news items
meeting reports, stories or
Up -offs, so we may, keep up to
date with the -mews:
This week 'a retired news-
paper publisher, ' Doug ; Young,
now of : Kincardine, has helped
us out part time with some of
the linotype work Doug is
•.'the father of . Mrs.,Art Putney,:
of Lucknow.
osteone Arena
;urvey Until ,The
nd Of. The Month
The municipal survey to be held
in order to assess public opinion as
to the project to be undertaken at
the arena has been postponed till.
the end of the month.
The blitz canvass was planned 1.
for this ' week, but the postpone=
Ment was decided'; upon .in order
to give residents of the. Commun-
ity
ity a chance to see the new per-
manent manent concrete floor, which • has'
been laid in the arena: This $10,- ''.
000 project completes the artificial'
ice undertaking, which was :.spon-
sored by the Lucknow and District
Lions Club and represents nn'
overall expenditure of . a"pproxim-
ately. $38,000, at no cost to the
ratepayers.
The new polished concrete sur
face will add to the use which can
be made of 'the building and is re-
garded as a factor in warranting'1
the municipality to undertake the
construction of a new auditorium.'
building at the West end of the
arena. A variety showand dance
will mark the opening of the new
floor on Wednesday evening'., of
next week and afford the oppor-
tunity for the public to have ' a
``look see" at this achievement
before the municipal • survey is
p • u y
made.
levies .Are Down, Municipal Levy.. Up
Lucknow's 1964 tax rate will be. on •residential and -farmassess
mentis is . only 90%: of the •rate.
levied for. such: 'purposeson com-
mercial assessments, making a
spread locally of .7 7.8 'mills be-
tween the residential and. com-
mercial }levies.
The two• rates and 'a comparison
with ,the. 1963 levies, follows:
RESIDENTIAL
1964 1963
Bruce: Count"" ` 14:0' 13:3•
Public School ., 14:8 17.9
High' School . '13.2 14;4
Village 26.1 24.7.
Police '5:1 • • 2:2
up . just a fraction of a mills., ac-
cording to tax bills. which . will be
going ' out shortly. •
The commercial rate is, 81 mills
up a half mill from last year's 80.5
levy. The residential rate . is 73.2
mills, up seven -tenths • of a mill
over last year's rate .of 72.5 • mills.
The . Countyrateis up . slightly.
The Public School rate is down
by 3.1. mills this year on : resid-
ential property and 3.5 • mills on
commercial,.
The High : School rate is down
1.2 mills on both. residential and
commercial property.: ` School rate
.reductions result from 'sharply in -
Creased provincial grants.
' The general , village rate is. ' up
1.4 •mills on. 'residential property
and .1.6 mills on* commercial. The
:biggest hike this . year is in . the
Policerate which is 5.1 ` .mills
covering a full' year's ': service.
The 2.2 rate last year covered
only a portion of the 'year, :with
full time' ' policing service:. being
introduced in August...
Assessment Over Million
The assessable; property in the
Village exceeds the million .dollar
mark,with the :residential' assess-
ment $676,100.00 and the comm-
ercial assessment .$337,749.06
A Provincial unconditional . gra:-
nt.
ra:nt. of $3093.00 applies on residen-
tial .and • farm property • and .thus
reduces the residential tax rate
by 4.6 mills. In addition the tax.,
rate levied .for school purposes
• 73.2 =..72.5
COMMER.CIAL
Bruce '-County ; , 14,0 13.3
Public School 16.5 " 20.0
High Schou :7 15.9
Village 33.7 29.1
Police • '5A 2.2
120 ACRES OF ;SUNPL•WERS.
MAKS 'QUITE A SHOW
120 acres of towering sun-
flowers; : now' in full head,
makes quite a ' sight ,on the
farm of Hector McLean, 'south
of. ' Amberley: '
The crop is owned by Geo.;
Wraith of Goderich.
• ORALE CONGPAM PLANS 'TO
ATTEND UNIVERSITY
Dale Congram; 18-yearold on
of Mrs. Cliff Congram of • Port
Credit and the late Mr.' Congram,
has .successfully completed 'Grade
13 ' in one year, obtaining nine ;
subjects. •
Dale, plans •to attend, university ,
with a teaching career in mind.
His brother: Brian, age 16, will be
in Grade 12 ,. in September: • The •
boys are grandsons of Mrs. ' Charly
es Congram. of town.
Itwiilb
ca h
child, Dale was in collision with
a car and suffered : • severe in-
juries Which hospitalized him for
a long period and, required the
use of crutches for a time 'after
returning, to. his home here.
81.0 80.5
Provincial education grants are
up sharply this, year. The • high'.
school grants total ' $92,000.00 and
the pubic school grants, $25,250
for a total of $117,250 . '
Highway g'. -ants are :up this
year to a $40,000 'figure withpro-
vincial grants to the municipality
arnot4nting to over $45,003.
Locally the taxpayers contribute
29,500.00 for school ,purposes and ,.
33,200.00 for municipal purposes
ti
August .Flower
Show This Friday.
The Lucknow and ` District Hor-
ticultural Society's annual August
flower show is scheduled for Fri-
day night of this week in the Leg-
ion
eg ion Hall. .
This ''•is always an interesting
,and colorful. display / and ' with
plenty of moisture' this year the
exhibits should be plentifuland
beautiful. • • •
.The Hall will be open for ;an
hour and a half on Friday after-
noon and on Friday 'evening.
In the . gladiolus, annuals;
roses, '° . dahlias, 'perennials;
baskets, floral arrangements and
potted plants, there are no less,
than 101 sections for exhibits.
There 'is another clepa'tinent' for
vegetable exhibits and the Junior
section, which .includes some 25
competitions for flowers, ,*eget-
abler, novelties and collections.
The children's class ' always.. at-
tracts keen oonpetition,
Anyone wishing a .prize list, who
did not receive should
,, . one, Tay-
lor,
the secretary, loot=mar Tay-
lor, or the president, nt, F• a.
Henderson,