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LLICKNONV?
1.VE_PNESDAY,, .J'
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Single Cop$, 100
12 ages
Rural Area Digs Out Alter Storm .
A Sunday afternoon -search for 1414stial storM,....,pietures - was
.abruptly,encled,---wherriffiathiFblow cameThp and sent the photo-
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seurrYing for home. While notthe mostfantastic they
, will give -"lianana belt" subscribers some idea of how !The &Aug-
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.rful," bas piledtip iri "the lee of the Ilakes," • • ,•
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PILED HIGH — typical. Of what can .be for -did aiong theroad,.-
side where ever snow accumulates; LS this bank fronting the farm
of Bi,b1 MCQUillin. on the St; . Helens Sideread 11/2 miles South of
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PilDEIC •A BOO — here's as motor car and Luoknow District.
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High School bus '"Clug :in" at Glen Campbell's farm on the County
ROadnorth' of ,Belfast, which gave the hnpression of. playing Peek
a Iboo with the, crew Of. the 2 County. Highway •••Olow that was
w.inging back' the drifts at the time. • • . , •
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RTXGEfl'GOiNG and
above. ".Snow •and more snow,
task a tough one last 'week in
from,coMpietely tieing tip motor
here's the plow-. crew' Mentioned
and: constant drifting :made' this
1.3.attli event King. Winter
traffi .
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To Disband Local Red Cross Branch,
Has Been hibieration Here Since 1939
The Jannual meeting. of the
• Lttcktiovir and Vicinity Branch
the Canadian, Red Cross, Society
was held or ,Monday evening,
lantatty 2$th iri the ASsemblY
'ROW; Nvith an.. attendance of 8
persohS.
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4r OE W 3ynt w hairmait,
- !The ,Branch has, been. operating
WithOut a president for' a year..
• RePoris -were given by the
• treastirer, -secretary, convener .of
the. Work Rbotti and convener Of
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the. Water Safety Committee. •,
The chairman called for nom-
inations for a slate of officers for
1963 but after some discussion it
wasfound, impossIble to appoint
even a nominating committee. &
a Motion to disba.ncl the ,Branch
was -put to. the meeting and tai-
ied, •
• The ltrarich liaaCarried on,sinee
October th,.1039 end . it wa with
regret :that this atep WAS takefi
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Wins Bicycle in
Bread Contest
Sharon' Wagner, - eleven -year-
old daughter- of Mr, and Mrs.
Gerald Wagner, Lucknottv, is the
Proud, owner of a new bieycle
having won, the bike in a 'contest
presently being sponsored» by
Weston Bakeries • 12nited,
Three bicycles. are !given away
each week, ;also* 40 dolls and 100
super flash, lanterns. The- contest
nuns for eight Weeks and Sharon
was a second'iveek winner. Pur-
chases of 'the Weston products
were made at Henry's Fruit Mar-
ket and .they were the winner of
an eight transistor, :dib as a
Winning, dealer.
Sharon received the new lateY-.
cle on Tuesday neon of this week
'from Len Durrer of Walkerton,
,branch sales manager of Weston
Bakeries Ltd. who aLSo presented
Mrs. 'Marion tonais with the
radio.. Also participating inthe
presentation was George Lehman,
salesman for Weston .products for
•thi's, district, . . • 4
'Fills The -Arena' As
• Two Youths lia.ve beep arres,ted
'by. Metro Toronto Police, ,who
have made a stateinnt •adinitting
to at 'least four receit Luaknow
break:ins, • ,
Constable Jack Hatch of' the
,Kincardine Detachment of the
0.P.P., who has been investigat-
ing the local burglaries, received
word to the above effect on Mon-
day. Taken into custody by Metre
police were Jack Arthur Einbo-
den. of Toronto and Wm. Jamie-
son, a teenage -:Whitechurch dis-
trict youth. " •
, Police picked thezn up unc(er
supicio circumstances and
.charged • 'them with conspiring to
commit a crime. •Their investiga,
4,1On-resulted an admissions,. we
Pauli
Will be a tribute to Paul
Henderson to 'fill .the arena, for
we have never had a 'better h&c:-
key7player go, pirt bf Lucknow,"
said Charlie Webster in repOrting.
,to the Lions Club at their: regular
meeting on Monday.- • ,
He Was :bringing the',Club up
to date .6n•plarts for the. Hamilton
Red -,Wings exhibition ganie here
,pn February 11th with the GOde-•
rich' Jr. B Sitto.S. •
That is the next :regular: 'meet-
ing night, Whidh •,haS. ben can-
celled with, mem-bers 'present at
the .game qualifying for -meeting
a.ttendance. • , • . •
Charlie pointed • out: that spec-
tators should be:on hand at '7:30'
to see the teams' work out. Caine
lime, is. 8:00 o'clock. Eddy Bush,
the HarnittOn Coach,. ;has told
Charlie that -he will pick out the
weak. spots 'in. the first period.
and do sonVe sweater -changing-:
'for :the 'seContd (period to 'bolster
-the Siiftos. •• : .1
Zone chairman Mchaie*riribeanr PReetrrived
Bissollh'
nette :• conducted. the cerernOnY:
initiating Lion Jack .1V1eKum. as a
.member of the Chib;.',He was
sponsored by Lion M. H. Corrin,
and received with the Lions roar.
• Lion ;Irian:Howlett Presided at
the piano in the 'absence of Mrs:
Ross, Cumming: ;
Twice the `Awiriner" of the goat
for absenteeism, he had the priv-
ilege ' of Making Monday night's
draw with ..;the 'goat "going" to
Lion George Jciynt. Lion Alvin;
Hamilton feeds the critter during
the winter- 'with. the "Winner"
'contributing $2:06 :to the conven-
tion- fund: ,
Pins ;were .presented: to,'Past
President Frank -1`hortipson, Past
Secretary Gordon Fisher ; • and
•Past Treasurer Gerald
The secretary, Lion' Harvey
Webster • announced the awards
Of five-year perfect attendance
pins , and, .41901 -62 Perfect atten-
dance winners. Five-year awards
went to: Alex Andrew, Lloyd
Ashton., ,Raynard ' Ackert, Blake
Alton, Ernest Button, ..Oinar
Brooks, Cecil Blake, Peter BiS-
sonnette, M. H.. Corrin, Stuart
CoIlyer,,• 'Donald' ;MacKinnon,
Gordon .Montgomery, Bob Finlay,
Wm., A. Porteous, Rae Watson,
Charlie Webster, Gerald Rath: -
well, •`Wm. Schmid, Milt Rayner,
Gordon Fisher, Tom'' Hackett,
Harvey 'Houston,. Morgan Hend-
erson, • Alvin Hamilton, Jack 'Mc-
Donagh, Cameron MacDonald,
Robert 'MacKenzie, Kelso ,MelsraY,
Robert 'Macintosh, K. C. Murdie;
V. A. Mowbray,• M. L. Sanderson,,'
Frank .ThOmpSon, L. C. 'Thomp-
son, Harvey Webster, ,
The Secretary read a letter of
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understand, to; two lareakins
Montgomery's Garage, infCluding.
the Friday zht job,, one breakin
at Gann -Mel Supertest Station;84
the Saturday - night breakin at •
Jack McDonald's Esso age. , •
The initial. Statement of their
series, of crimes did not mention-
Lucknow. District High School,
but they did admit t.&Other
burg-
aa;ies Clinton, Palmerston and
¥olesworth. • • •
Local breakins on. Friday and •
Saturday- the Ford and Esso;
garages, to Whichthey have': ad-
mitted, are. reported in ;another.
article which was in type before
the news Of the , arrest breker0/1
TuesdaY.
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Ford :.qatage.,,.Agam
Ransacking. Disorde
Gordon Montgomery's Ford I.
Garageat the west end of Main I
Street, was again entered in the
early hours of Saturday Morning:.
The loot was 'SecOndary to the
ransacking of • office drawers,
desks, • files' and boxes, that *left.
an unbelievable ,scatteratiem of
valuable papers and records.
Entrance was agairrmade by a
rear window not, the same one.
as a few weeks ago. To get to .it
required „Eciundering ,through
deep Sno*.on'"Standpipe
In addition, to the .scatteration
that littered the offices, the soft
drink dispenser was badly
dam-
aged in prying off the coin box.
To.toP off the 'vandalism;. a new,
battery' Sitting in a,display rack
,near the frorit,dOOr was sari:SA:led
c4301, permitting the' acid to run
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Broken Into,
r Is Unbelievable ('
Indications also pointed. to an
effort being made to getgas
from one of the vehicles in' the
garage, • '• • • .,'
The •Co-op warehouse, north .of
the 'CNR ,depot was also entered •
that night. • It .ds believed this
breakin was in !search' Of gas, •
• ' Got $5.02 .,At• Esso'
On Satopclay. night btirgla.rs •• .
struck' again: This time at Jack
MacDonald's Esso Garagea bleat' :,
sou* Of the .Post Office:. They
gained entrance through. a rear
WindoW., made a scatteration. of .
records, but less violent, than at I .
the Ford Garage, and netted:ex-
actly .$5.02 iri small change for
their 'efforts, • •
Jack discovered • the breakin
•Sunday evening, when he went
•to. the garage for the first time
that day to ,battery •. •
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for a stalled, motorist: • •.
Study Of Receipts: n pendituret
Showt. Artificial Ito Breaking Even..
At• a meeting of • the Village
Counc-il on Tuesday night, of last
week, three members of the Ar-.
end restrooms would be incor--,
ena • Committee, .11,u8s, Button, porated in the. addition.'
Cameron. Macnon 441: •ancl'Mprgan Such a plan would in_no. *ay.
Henderson, sat in • !for ,a review altei the Art ice p nt or
'of- ‘arena' financing to date tkus Playing suilfa(Ce other than to re-
wthter, • ' • gain a' Couple of ..feet of Ice
sur -
With artificiaLiee in Operation face at the east end which was
for Ihz first. tiine.,a .closeHcheck leiSt at.the west -end in::.Iniking •
is ibeirb- kept on r,,rvenuc; 'and ex-' inStallation. The .
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pen iture an, v as .„,..atl.fying eXisting, roDnis at the east -end:
to learn'tliat to this rpoint the could be. converted. to more seat -
Operation of. :the arena .is. ing space and would pretride
ing, its own," possibly'Showing (conihinecl, on Page 11)
"a slight profit. •-1 '
The expenditaires ,frieluded the
utnett Out am! •
,annual in.3urance Pay:nen ibut
..on thc other side. of the. lance . •
sheet thzi • recelpts include •Seaion
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skating' itiekets, ',so 'that skating
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revenue, which. kias been excel- ,
lent, May taper off, as the sea- " Mr, and Mrs, Harold HoW.ald
son; wanes: • 7 •• ..• • , of ConCession 2' tkinloss TOtwn-•
DisouSs ,Renovation • • ship are appreciative of the kind- • ,
Tills. financial study brought ness and assistance tendered them • '
.up the question, which •has been since their home was destroyed
clisetissedbefore, of e$tensive; .by.,fire about midnight on Tuesr ' •
alterations and renovations • to day,: January 1
the building• • . With the exception of ,a' couple ' •
The proposal i to "actually of artieles,: Mr. and Mrs. Ilowald ,
turn the .,arena around This lost all their possessions except:
would mean a new addition at the clothes ,•they were " earing. •
the west end which , *mild be- The children escaped in their PY-
eome.the entrance. .Closing of the jamas. They have three cliildrens
higthiway,4",ditehi would provide Anthony '5, Fred 21-2 years and •
ample Offstreet .parking,. and Janette, 4 months ald, •
eliminate the traffic congestions 'The Salvation/ Ariny responded
.and hazards to. Children and rio-. with assistance,' and word of the
torists *at' the intersection: of the family's plight brought spontarie-
County • ItOad (ROss St.) . and ous response fram others, -
highway 86 Mr. andMi Howald are .pre-
Tentatie; .plans which Were sently making the h' home in part :
drawn -up early last year were Ofthe resideriee of 'their across -
the -road nei.ghbotirs, N1r, and Mrs.
'IlUntley Dawson. They. are 'pre--
sently pondering -plans to rebuild,
Mr. 'HOW•alti. is *a plasterer by ,
trad.c 'nd• the family' has' resided
in this cominifility for the p•'Ast
few years, .
looked .over. : With- alterations
they PrOvide for glaSS-frolited
public 1`6,61114 wash rootili„ show-
ers, dressing roots and such lac-
WthiCh provide modern ae-
cOmsnodation fot.year round 118,0
of the building, The .13-.4esent.kVest-
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