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' LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY,. SEPT.. 16th,1964:
Lorne Campbell Thompson, •ed-
4qr. and publisher • of 'The. Luck-
now Sentinel, died quite' suddenly
• in the early • hours of Friday,
September • 4th at Wingham Hos-
pital. ' Hewas 56 years of age,
The• Sentinel editors death stun=
ned. Lucknowa n d surrounding
community where he had spent
all his • 56 • years of life.: Camp-"
bell, his • wife Margaret, daugh-
• ters Joanne. and Patricia and
Murray Hunter had .slipped away
late Wednesday afternoon to "take
a ..break" at the Canadian Nation-
al Exhibition in Toronto •To some,
a brief .. holiday ' of 't h i s •type.
might , be tiresome but to., Cam
it was always a ,• brief .,freedom
from the pressures of . his bus-
• iness and he looked • upon such
outings ' asa rest.
The ''party attended the grand-
stand
randstand'. show Wednesday ,night and
. stayed over at a 'Toronto • hotel:
Inhis usual health Wednesday,
he thoroughly enjoyed, the grand-
. 'stand,' '. but was not ' feeling: com
•L. CAMP .BELL THOMPSON '
WEEKLY NEWSPAPERMAN
.FOR. THIRTY-SIX. •YEARS.
pletely. . well on Thursday morn-
ing. However, • his health did not
prevent 'him from leisurely :Stroll-
ing around the CNE grounds un-
til their return home in early
evening. Upon arriving , home,
Cam. did . not feel too. well and.
mild ' chest pains were bothering
him.
Dr. 'Jack McKim 'advised that
he be rernoved to., Wingham Hos-
pital when a cardiagraph reveal
ed that. he had suffered a cor-
onary attack of some kind: It
was after 10:00 p.m. ' on Thurs
day evening that he wasadmit-
ted to Wingham. Hospital . having.
been taken there" in• 'his car by.
son Don and , wife Margaret. ; Cam
.was resting comfortably about
midnight when Don; Mrs. Thomp-
son and Dr. McKim returned . to
Lue&now..'
His condition rapidly worsened,
and Dr. McKim was called back
to the hospital. Word ,. of his, death
was received by his family about
.1:30. a.m. An .:obituary will be
found elsewhere hi the paper.
RETURN FROM VANCOUVER ..,
TO STUDY LAW
Last week Mr. and Mrs. James
Snelgrove took up residence in
London, Ontario. Mrs. Snelgrove
is, they former Ruth :.Johnston,'
daughter of Peter. Johnston> of
Lucknow and the late Mrs: John-
ston.
With . the exception of .a :year
spent in. Calgary Ruth and Jim
have lived in Vancouver for 'the Wilson, Hepworth; • Mrs. ' Ruth
Bush, Southampton. . , '
A family. gathering ano dinner
was held Sunday at the home -of
Spence . and : Mrs. Irwin.. Those
attending were: Spence's mother
Mrs. Wilson Irwin of Walkerton;
Mr.and Mrs. '.Irwin's daughter
'HI would,
Mr. and. Mrs• John. Brown;' George '
o
ia:
Your e and ,their granddaughters Mr;: and:
a
Mrs. • Bastido and Miss'Au-
drey McConachie . all . of George-
Be . Annrecuated � :., . •Mown; Mr. and .Mrs. Bert Mills,•
Your help would be appreciated ,Goderich, ; Mr. and :.Mrs. Eddie
duringthese difficult days at The, 'Whitby and- Michael, Detroit; :Mr..
Sentinel office. We will: continue Walter Norris, London; M.1 s s
to • try to ` give you the type of Maude Hadley, Georgetown; ,
Weekend ,Marks Furniture• Stolen
35th Anniversary- In :Toronto
Mr:.' and Mrs. Spence ' Irwin cel-
ebrated their 35th :wedding anni-
versary' last Friday . A bowling
party with 'friends attending was
held Friday: night, Among' those
present . were Mr.. and Mrs: Ches-
ter Nicholson, Belfast; Mr:' Keith
past seven years. ,.Jun, who has
his Bachelor of Arts degree, has
decided ;':to study law at . Western.
University. 'While in Vancouver
he was employed .as an insurance
adjuster.
Mr. and ' Mrs.: Clifford Wagner
of Toronto were week -end visitors
of his brother Carl in London.
Returning home, they found their,
apartment had been broken into;.
A radio, TV and some electrical
`appliances and clothing were sto-
len, ':amounting ' to. about ' a thous-
and . dollars. Clifford is. the ' son
of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wagner
of town
• ` FUNERAL MONDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Wil-
liam McGill of ' Lucknow, age 75,
were held from the Johnstone
Funeral Home on Monday of this
week with 'burial in South Kinloss
Cemetery.
Mrs. McGill was : the former
Rachel Morrison. • Her death oc-
curred in Kincardine . Hospital on
Friday, September lIth.
newspaper you have been accus-
tonied :to, ; and the job' printing
service you have come to know,
but we anticipate finny problems
in;' the' months ahead '
In : mid • summer, The Sentinel
had five .qualified people, four
theoffice
Centennial: At Kinlough Anglican
Church Draws .From Far And Near.
('by' Edna and: May Boyle)
The: Church - of `the Ascension who installed electricity in the.
in the. shop and one " m
with ' more than enough; workfor at Kinlough he'd special services church • by Mr. and ' Mrs. John
. all. We now are faced with three .'.on. Sunday, SeptemberHodgins and. sons John and.
' . ex riencedpeople one and :learn-
experienced ,the 100th ',Anniversary • of: Worship.'; Donald. We mention. with grat-
er trying to do the same amount Sunny seasonable weather add- itude the . gift' of a Baptismal Font
of work.
. ed. to ,the comfort of those who ! made by, the late •Mrs., J.:, W.
You can help us . ... by sub- packed the'church and to all who ! Colwell In memory of ` hr hus-
mitting copy' as 'early as possible, were seated' on the church lawn band John and: daughter Annetta.
bygiving us news. .tips and where .where a public address system, ' Altar linen, the' gift' of Mrs. Ethel;.
. possible by writing stories, by : and, n erated 'Mr: Jim f Imlah of Stony Brook, •'Long .Is-
donated, p by �
".giving us as:much advance warn- Bo+ lemade . it possible ' for all •. land,. New ' York,' was . accepted'
ing on. y� job' • printing require- Y P
to take part'' in -.service. : � with ,gratitude, Fifteen books of
ments . as possible.'This . would be Thee . ringing ' of „the the bell by : Rae ; Common Prayer was given in
much appreciated reciated .in our work. of
pp
Haldenby . brought worshippers memory of Mrs. J. W. Colwell
carrying' on your weekly .news- from far . and' • near to join in by her family. A silver •paten'
1 eo le and 'Chalice en aved' and ' iven
that on earth do dwell.: singe. to ; in ".loving memory of Mrs. John
the Lord with cheerful voice.".' Cox..Two oak offering plates were
During the service the choir 'sang E given,by Edna : and •. May, Boyle
"Rejoice ye pure in heart." •Mrs. s"in memory of their.parents Mr.
Jack Hewitt ... sang "The Lord's • and Mrs. Wesley Boyle. Two .can-
prayer."
an-
p yStump . accessories in
ra er ” Rev. Canon; R. W. dle • holders and
service,memory of Muriel Jean Hodgins
was in charge of'the . as-sisted by Rev. Benson ' Cox. Miss ;. were , given'by , Mr.. and Mrs.
Edna Boyle :was organist. The Maurice . Hodgins and Mr. and
gpreacher was the Rev. L. Mrs. Ellwood Hodgins. and fam-
guest, , ' , a' former. • ily. • A sacristry , cabinet made by
W. Owen of Simcoe, ;
rector here. Mr. Jack A. Hewitt was . .don-
.
don-. Rev, Benson Cox, chairman �of ated ;by Rev. G. B. Cox. Sev-
the
a eral families gave memorial 'flow-
the
low-
Board, , of Management, read ,
the following ' citations..We •. ac- qrs. In loving memory of our
knowledge with thanks the.swing-., parents r Mr. and Mrs.' Charles
Mg.' `' doors in memory ..of Eliza Gillespie by ^Mr. and Mrs. Don
(Lloyd) Haldenby and Margaret Gillespie and family,' "Mr. and
y Mrs. Don Bushell' and family, In
E. Wall by' the Lloyd family. A , . Y
plaque stating that the • bell in ;loving memory of Mrs. Annetta
;he tower was given „by the late . Hedley by Mr. and Mrs. Delbert•
Andrew . Shoebottorn. �A plaque in Hedley and family.. In loving
,
,.
emory of Harriett Ann (Black memory.of Mr. and Mrs, . cyber-
well) Brock. A plaque in memory A. Graham by Mr. and Mrs. Art
M d M John Hod ins (.Continued on page 13)
paper. ` : '• the processional hymn Al p p gr g
FiI'� FaJr,SJated
fay
Saturday
Th 99th annual Fall Fair, spon-
sored by the Lucknow - Agricul-,
tural Society, is slated for this
Week -end, Friday • and Saturday, .,
September 18 and 19. The arena
will be open on Friday` night for
viewing the exhibits and the fair'
•
proper is on Saturdays ..-
i '.
School children Will parade
• from the Lucknow .Public School;
' at one o'clock headed ° by the,
Lucknow District High School
Band and , the Teeswater Pipe
Band, recent' award winners at
the Fergus Highland Games,
Lucknow Fair. offers something ;
for• all 'ages. 'It fa a fine tangly
m►
day and ou are urged: to turn
out for this event.
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Single Copy 10c. 1.6. Pages.
Lucknow Sc..oohi....,eport R.egistrpt on
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About Same For 19b4-65 Term. .
Principal L. E. • Goyette ,reports
235 registered at the Lucknow
District High School for the com-
mencement of the Fall term, This
is three more than registered in
September of last year. Twenty
students are taking the special
courses at Wingham District High
School as compared with ten last
y Tgrade and enrolmenthe ..
at
'
LDHS. is as, follows: grade 9A,
38; grade 9B 38; grade 10A, 30;
grade 10B, 28; grade .11A, 29;
grade ' 11B, 18; grade 12, .28;
grade 13, 26.
Teachers- and their subjects at
the school are Donald. Dennis,
Latin, . Physical Education; Miss
B. McCall, French; Mrs. Doris
MacKenzie,; Commercial; ' Peter
Conn, Mathematics; Ferg
uson � Math and Science; Elwin.
Hall, eEnglish and Guidance; T.
Ramautarsingh, History; Miss E.
Plumsteel, ; English; F. R. Dow
sett, Industrial Arts; Mrs. L. Hew-
itt, ``Home . Economics; C. Lewis,
Science.
245 At . Public School
'A total of 245 pupils registered
at Lucknow Public School for the
Fall; term:` This : is a slight de-
crease in the number registering
last year. : Stuart E. Collyer : is
principal at the.. school.
Enrolment by... grades is: kin-
dergarten, 19; grade 1, , 23; . grade
2, 25; grade 3, 31; grade' 4, 28;
grade 5, 34; grade 6, 37; grade.
7, 30; , grade .8 18.
' Thee ' teachers and the . number
of, pupils they are teaching are
Mrs. Helen Hall, kindergarten, 19;
Mrs. M. Taylor, grades 1 and 2,
32; Mrs. Norman Taylor, grades
2 and . 3 33; Mrs. Jim MacTav-
ish, grades 3 and 4, 31; Mrs;.
Jack • Fisher, grades 4 and 5, 32;
Miss Helen Thompson, grades . 5
and 6, 32; Miss Ruby Webby
grades 6 and; .7, ' 33; . S. E. Col-
lyer, grades 7 and 8, 334. '
Introduce Rotary System,
'A partial rotary . system, taking
in the three senior rooms, has
been introduced, at the school this '
year. Classes are rotated, .each
afternoon except Friday; Under.
the new plan, Miss Helen ; Thomp-
son teaches artand health, Miss
Ruby Webb , teaches music and
'history and S. E. ' Collyer teaches
science ,and physical trainingto
the senior grades. The remaining.
subjects are taught by the home
room teachers. •
Kindergarten . Enrolment
Those beginning kindergarten
this year with the father's name •
in brackets are as follows:
Steven :.Button (Russell Button),
Lynda . Campbell , (Robt. Campbell),
Hugh , Connor'' (Peter . Connon),
Christopher Gannon (Ray Gan-
non), Lane Gollan (Grant Got
tan);' Cheryl : Anne Hackett : (Allan
Hackett),` Susan Hall (Elwin
Hall), • Susan' Hamilton, (Lorne
Hamilton), Ricky Howald .' (Joe
Howald ),.. Annette Kirkland ` (Dav-
id
; Kirkland), . Susan Kreutzweis-
ser : (John Kreutzweiser), Blanche
Lewis (Clarke . Lewis), Glen Par-
ker (Thomas .:Parker), Teddy
Pritchard (John. Pritchard), Bar-
bara Straughan (Don Straughan)
Craig Treleaven (John Treleaven),
Elaine Whitby (George ' :Whitby),'
Ricky. ' Whitby. (Sidney Whitby),
Joanne 'Ritchie (Leonard Ritchie).
three Area Central Schools Back
At The "Three:`R's"• After Summer..
_September means : school days
and; area .. children are very
evident again, lunch pail ;in hand,
books under their arm, waiting.
for. the :' school bus. Registration
from three area : central schools
are
Kinloss Central
The enrolment at Kinloss is
108. James Scott is the newprin
cipal ' teaching grades 7 and 8
Mrs. Gwen Parker of. Lucknow
teaches grades 5; 6; Mrs: Audrey
MacDonald , o f Ripley teaches
:grades; 4; Mrs:: Nancy Mac-
Intyre of Lucknow teaches . grades
1,' 2:.
Beginners with the name of,
their `'parent .following are: Randy
Ackert; Jack Ackert; Robert Burt,
Jiifi Burt; Freddy : DeBoer, Peter F.
DeBoer Wendy: England,: 'Donald
WE: ARE SORRY
.Sixteen •pages this week was
not enough to carry ' all our
news and advertising, and a
quantity of each is necessar- !
ily being held over. The . miss-
ing of last week's issue caused ,
some "piling up" of news copy
Y
and, we sincerely re ret the. in- !.
convenience we in a cause i.
our .rural correspondents.
inor Injuries.
As Scaffold Falls
Gordon Carter of Lucknow re-
ceived
e ceived `a. six , stitch gash on the
head in 'a construction . accident
in .Goderich .last Friday. Gordon,.
along with Donald _ MacIntyre of
Lucknow and. a Goderich resident'
were employed by Spence Irwin
who is building a house for Bill
Burke of Goderich..
The threesome' were about to
shingle. the house and were on
the scaffold .when it collapsed and
the men fell about ten feet to
the, ground. Gordon wa'S treated
at Goderich hospital. The other
two men Were rlhakenup, ,but
'unhurt.
•
England; .Lloyd Hanna, Ernie Han
na; Marilyn Murray, ; Leo Mur
ray; John. McLeod, Don ;McLeod;
Sheila, Machntyre Donald Mach
Intyre, Jeanne Reid, Ford ,Cun-
ninghamn. .. •
Ripley -Huron. Central
Enrolment. at Ripley Huron : Cen-
tral. School • in 'Ripley is 229 com-
pared
with, 243 last term. Teach-
ers
at the school with the num-.:
ber` in their., classes are: Mrs.
Violet MacKenzie, grade 1, 20;
Miss Jean . Krueger, . grade 2,
34; Mrs. Eileen MacDonald; grade
3, 32; Mr's: Mary Stewart, . grade
4, • 33; Mrs, Elaine ..Irwin; grade
5, 36;.. Floyd ' Stanley,' principal,- •
grade •6 and 7, 37; Mrs.' Isobel
Martyr, grade: 7 and 8, 21.
Grades. 5 to 8 - are'using the/
rotary .system in the 'afternoon.
Mrs. Elaine Irwin • teaches geo-
graphy and art, Mrs. Isobel Mar-
tyn handles science and music
and; Floyd Stanley looks. after 'his --
tory and. ,physical education. This
is the first year as principal for
Mr. Stanley.
North Ashfield School
North Ashfield has a total en-
rolment of ''132 with 'teachers and
grades covered being: Mrs. Grant
Farrish, grades 1 and 2; Mrs:
Lloyd Cline. grade ' 3 and, part
4; Mrs. Sandy MacCharles, part
grade 4,„grade 5 . and part. grade;
6; Gene Martin, principal . at' the
school, teaches part grade .6,
grade. 7 and 8.
• Nine beginners have registered'
at North Ashfield .Public .'School.
The 'children; and parents are
Sheryl McLennan, Mr. and: Mrs,.
Bayne McLennan; Donglda Ham-
ilton, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ham-
ilton; Debra', MacDonald, Mr, and '
Mrs. Bruce MacDonald: Glenn
Irwin, Mr. and. Mrs. Harvey Ir-
win; Alex Howes, Mr. and Mrs.
Colin Howes; , Susan Hayes,. Mr.
and Mrs:. James Hayes; David "I'
Farrish
Ti . and. Mrs. Donald
Farrish; Mr,
Roddy MacDonald, ' Mr.'
and Mrs. Dave MacDonald; Jack
MacDonald, Mr. Lorne MacDon-
ald.. •