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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, APAIL, 17,, 1963
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Benefit Dance Named 1st Queen Scout
• 1st Kinfoss Boy cout, Group
l• • • So • that country • •
'be sent to -India, where they
set.ve a valuable purpose in
¶the relief of eye troubles in
The new Scut Leac.lersof the
rst•, Kinloss Boy Scout Gym')
were invested last week when'
Dlstrict Cominissioner • • Archie
• Gowarilock attended • the Scout
meeting •for •• the special cere-
mony The new Scout:Master of
the •North Troop, Frank Colvirell,
re -affirmed : his Scout Promise,
along with tErneSt Ackert. who
witllI15e an 'assistant to Smith..
' •, Troep. ,Assi-stants Currie Colwell
and Donald. Geddes were offic-
iajIy invested by the 'District..
Commissioner. • • •
• :•ADIUPs'..11tove
. • .The Cub Packwere. guests Of
the Scouti as well, and the
Coming Up ceremony was con-
ducted for Allan 'Nicholson, Pat
Passmore, Donald Moffat and
John • Ackert Who entered . the
Scout Trop Aitl Soul- ofthese-
lads were Sixers in the Pack
• so promotions will be , in order.
for the CUP Pack. •-.• '
Ken Roulstxin .and • David Rho::
• dy ..received their Leaping' Well
badges whiChthey can always
• wear at 'Scouts signifyingthey
had beep...two, Star Cubs.: •
Some of the motherS of • the
Auxiliary 'Serveci_Lthi _e_gr-oup
-..---doughnuts7' and hot chOcolat ,
.and aft ,vamoosed to see th
felt ,of the .hockey .garrie. •
Father and on .Banquet':
Last .week the much. post-
poned :Father and Son Banquet
'was held. The Ladies A -1130i nary
served 127. Fathers and Sons' .a
turkey supper rn their fine tra-
ditional nianner Martin Benedict
•The Troop Leader,. was chairman
for ••the after. dinner toast Allan
Colwell toasted' the Fathers and.
his father, 'Albert replied for
the Dads. '
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After the tables were cleared.
QXOup Committee Charman, Or-
Vilile 'took over as '
gram chairman' and the rest of
the' evening was spent in good
laugh's at the skits put On.11:+ST the
Cubs and., "Scouts. -The mailers
all came up from their .dinner
duties and each received:a daf
Jodil :rpm her •son. as a• thank
You•Ifor.the supper. •
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Gets, Que•en's Seeut Badge:
District GomniisSioner • Archie
•Gowanlock spoke briefly , and as
a :highlight:Of the eVening,preL'
sented Martin /Benedict with his
Queens ..Scout Badge.
All of the 1St- Kinlosi Group
are ,proud' to have their firSt
Queen's Scent.and 'they are haP-
PY-Lfor---Mart in•-•,who—has—werkecl-
hard and succeSsfully. for .this
honour,. He will be presented
with .his Certificate. at the. Salt-.
geeri District Spring meeting on
April 244th at . Walkerton.
. Fire Benefit Dance
On •Monday : Of :this week the
Scout,:Troop :held a, benefit dance
for Mr. and Mrs. Alex Percy.
-who-7,1ost-theirhome by -fire, In
.siteof :ring seeding dp'era-
ions , there w.as. . good crowd,
and everyone enjoyed the.musie,
by the volunteer 'local musicians
w'ho turned. ,Out in full ..force.
An:extra special' treat Were the'
songs 'by' their neighbour, Erxile
King. , , , • .• .
The :Scout Troop woudd like
to thank. alt1 who Ihelped 'make
this evening . a ..`suecess„. They.
know that Mr and Ms Percy
share ..•.with them in extending
theiethanks to their good. neigh- .
bOiTir7ind friends..
The LtUcknow.: and' Dittric;t .
Lions are assisting 'the Sea -
forth Club in this project,
and anyone -intill:is •,,,c,orri-
Triunity who has a 'contribil-
• tion to make, rney leave •
them at The Sentinel Office:.
few' years ago the local .
.Chtb staged their OWn • earn,
paign when hundreds of
pairs of +glasses 'were tUrried
in. • '.: •
• In ' the 'meantime there
must behundredsof pair
more. that have: been replac-
ed and are "lying about"
arid of .no further use. Gath-
.e:r. them, •up and leave 'them
at The Sentinel .or with ariy
'Lions meniber. "
°April quickly rernoved almost
the fast 'es of ai . unusually
seVere winter, 'snow wise,but,
for milticipal, councils it brought
final iguree Of. snow •Coritro1.
eosts, 'which reached rather, stag.
gering, Sums, •
Now that its just l'water down'
' the .drain," Township Councils
find that their road budgets for
the current ,year are 'badly
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One bright spot .in the pie -
titre, iS. that Hon. C. S. Mac -
Naughton, of Exeter, 'in his ne.v
role as minister of highways has
recogniked• the municipalities
road program Proiblems, and
higher ,,provincial subsidies are
in the offing, •
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Organize 4-H
Clubs 'Next Week
• . 4-H, Club organization meet
ings. are now being conducted,
and representatives 'of sthe Huron
County. Agricultural ,office, will
• 'be in LucknoW, on Wednesday
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evening of next week,. April
• ,,,•,24th, for this purpose,
• ' 4-H Clubs have.beceme•impan:
tiarafeatures of .fall fars, and
. • the activities are..Cli'maxed with
, 2 aalideVemerit day at the Fair
Thisyear the ki.tieknow Agri-
cultural Society 'will sponsor a
. ;Calf Club and • Tracton 'Club if
•the 'interest warrants, •and the
Dungannon. Agricultural Society
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Will sponsor a 'Calf Cub as
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.Thes'e Clubs' be' • organized
at ,the LI.Kkno'w joint meeting
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Nonagenarian
In Good Health
.,1V1, •Gordon, a native
of St Helens, who is now in the
Mid -nineties, is still :enjoying
reasonably 'good' health, andre-
tains a •ken interest in the coin-
Munity where hp was born,' He
is a son of 'the lath Mr, and
Mrs. John Gordon of St, Helens:
His son-in-law, P. "0, Ripley
of Ottawa, wrote a note for br.
'Gordon, in, sending' his', Sentinel
renewal, • •
Dr: Gordon, doesn't do much
,writing :now but his -mind is
Clear', and .while his eye-
sight is failing some he still
ertjoyS reading, and visits from
friends.
. St. Helens friends, whO: called
On .nitti th the tall, were arriazed,
at Dr: dordOn's keenness, arid
good health, and he' still enjoys
• a game of euchre,
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-.GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE.
WEJ.:14 ATTENDED
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Easter services fn. community
'churches were attended by large
congregations:. " ,1
On .Friday .afternoon. a Gabel
Friday service was held at St..
Peter's .Anglican ..Church, which'
was well filled with parishioners
.froin the four changes, and' mem-
bers •of Other congregatio.ns in the
contrntinity. ' ' •
'The, service was conducted by
Rev. J. R. King, assisted by Rev.
H. W, Strapp and Rev. Rod
MacLeod. • , • ' .
IsU-o -4o -ont
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Research ,Associate
Mr. and MrS. Gary *Suter of
Toronto' spent the. Easter week-
end With 'Mrs. Harold Treleaven.
Recently Gary received his Mas-
ter of Applied Seience in Struct-
ural .Engineering*.from the Unl-
versi•ti of ,Toranito, •and is lurr-
a research aSsociate at the Uni-
versity •
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DHS Principal
as Resigned
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Highest Ever •
In adjacent rural , .
ties, '..snow control costs during
the • 1962-63 winter -.were • the,
highest . eVer .experiencecl. .
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In the four townships of Ash- `.
Huron, .Kinloss and West'
Wawanosh theyaggregated over '
$90,000. .
• Ashfield and Huron Township,
bordering Lake Huron, were bit
the^heaviest ..of the four,anc.
are somewhat +larger as well..
Ashfield. costs ran to about'
$35,000,-. exceeding the year's
estimated mainterance,. budget.
The:cost was Whoa three times
as.hgh is the nominal costs ov-
er the Oast six years, ,with the
exception.,of the winter Of -1958-
59 which' at $20,000 set a record,'
high which stood until this rwin-
• In' Huron TWR. the overall cost • •
was about $30,000, wdthin.. $9,000
o the total earmarked ifor main-
tenance this year. and .over half
of the total road budget of s�ne
$57,000. • • „ •
In West Wawanosh sri,crir costs
totalled over $12,000, which 'wag'
half of the total road expendi-
ture last year, . ; •
This year's road iby-daw has
been set at • $28,000., the '• higihest
that-:theDepartntent
approve for . subsidy. PaYments. • :
Supplementary by-laws • can •
,and May be, .considered by .all
fl•ninitipalitie.s. This is. standard •
proceilute,/should the road Work
program. warrant addedexpen7
ditu.res. . • .•
The LUanow . District High
School Board has received -the
'resignation .Of Mr. Brian B.
Hewlett,' principal of L.D.H.S. for
the past two years. Mrliowlett's
resignation; effective at the end
of the presentiterrn; wasreceiv-
ed °On TlitOsclay.
He has accepted a iprincipal-
ship-at-.dravenhuitt , •
Mr. Howlett carne from: Dray-
ton to Lucknow, succeeding Mr.
D. G Kirk; Who ..Was principal,
here for qineyear following the,
retirement: of Mr. P W Hoag.
. • Two Staff VaCanCies
T.he Board has at 'present two
staff vacancies to 'be filled, as
well as acquiring a prancipal
Leaving are Edward Dzierzek
the commercial teacher and Mr.
Har,ry ,Lee, the .17rencli, 'teacher.
It is understood that last. year's
French teacher, Mr Frank Des-
jariaiS is -considering , returning
here. Commercial teachers are
!very .scarce and this .vacancy
may be .difficult lb
THITASI)AY IS BOY
SCOUT PAPER \DA •
This '1‘,h.ursday afternodn, the
Lucia -few Boy- Scouts lvi411 hold
a waste paper collection in/ Luck -
now and Dungannon: .
Have your paper and maga-
zines boxed or tied and •at' the
curb, or :if you wish this. .ser -
rice done for 'you; Phone Scout-
master George, Whitby.
Rural residents May leave pa-
per at iDonald• ,MaCkinnon's
barn ' up, until ThurSday,.. Rural
residents 1M the-Dung•annon area,
can 'take' their paper into. Dun-
gannon on: Thursday afternoon
to "catchthe truck." ,
*Mile .-Pungannon.
Fair Officers
,Dungannon • Agrictiltdral So-
ciety:. held their annual meeting
pn Wednesday evening, with a
good attendance. *
'Stan IVIeGrattOn seted.ai chair
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rlhp .election, of the
f1:>
LionsH.Take, Charge.
'1.an for'itotficers:"„
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Gorden Saunders; • Pres:, :Harold
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The Lucknow:•& District Lions,
Club • to take charge 'of Red
Cross' Supplie.swhich are .avail-
able locally for ,use by ;residents
of. • this Cornrnunity, in cases of
need or erriergencies. 1 .
These . supplies had, been ad --
ministered by the Lkicknow and
, District Branch of the Red: 'Cross,
which ceased to 'operate :at the
•end 61 the year': • --
At; .the, 7 Lions 'ineeting-,last
.week•„it was. agreed that the
assyrne charge of • these
' supplie$.. /and a 'Committee for
Vhs ptirpose will 'be named at an
Executive Meeting of the -Club.
Reference •was made;to • the
condition of The Lions signs. at
the Vilflag,e appreaChes, and .these
re to •receive attention. •
Bob Finlay gave a report of
the }pe carnival which costume
wise was very strecessful. Never
regarded as a money niaker, re -
'fell a little short of. pay-
ing , expenses, according to the.
financial 'report •giyen by Jack
VICDoriagh,
Gordon V'isher reported `' that
the t;iter Seat catripaign Nas
'progressing !very well. • ,
Adams,; First -Vice, -.Chester.' Fin-
Second,Vice,• Rpderick Me -
Kenzie. -• .
• Director's! Donald 5VIcKeniie,
Harvey Culbert, .Rcs's EedY, Al-
lan Reed, Nelson Culbert,- Stan
McGratton, Dick Park; Wilbur
•BroWn,' Hugh 13ennett, Theodore
Redincind, Ross, Henry, Gordon'
SmYth.• • • . '
Associate Lady Directors: Mrs.
Chester, Finnigan; Mrs. Donald
McKenzie;:Mrs.•Ress Henry, Mrs.
Russel ;Brindley,
T, M. Durnin; Au-
ditors, W. A. Stewart,. K.
Dawson; Calf Club leader, RoSs..
Eedy, • •
Cord Saunders,president, for
,the past two years, reviewed the
Succe881111 .fair held last's fall.
He thanked all .+Who had help-
ed during ,his time as president.
He*espectally 'menticined the work
done ib y the lady directors to
build up the indoor work, and
wished; the society co.ntinued
succesS, • '” • •
The fair' lbook' was discussed
'and changes Made. 4 .
A 'drive was suggested to se..
cure ^.M.Ore Associate Direotort.
The tair is to be held this
year o' Fri1ay, OctOber 4th."
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Mr. and Mrs.- Jelle .• de 'Jong,
Township, Wish to, an-
nOitnce the enga,gernent. of 'their.
daughter,' Johanna; to Mr. Will-
i* George. Searle of Kincar-
dine, son of Mr. and Mrs Chas,
..Searle of Kincardine, . the
'Marriage • to take, place .•.on
Friday, May 3rd, at •seven -thirty
o'clock at Luckriow Christian
Reformed Church. .
Still Receiving.
°nations For
Easter Seal •Fund •
Donations to the 'Easter Seal,
Furid for 'Crippled Children
from LUcknoW and District,
were .slightly over 4ihe $.700 mark.
at the first of the week: •
A list of donors appeared in
last ;week's Sentinel and a sup-
plementary , dist • isbeing pub-
lished :this week;
The . project is sponsored in
this „fear.= uribty by the Lucknow
and District Lions ClUb.' The
$700 . already receiVed is still
shortof last year's mark. Dona
tions ,contiriue to be received
and if you ..,have overlooked
m,aking yoqr contribution, the
'Lions C1413, remindS you ;it will
still. be ,very wedcnie
•• If you did not, get an Easter
Seal letter' or if you find it more
coriVenientto make a 'Personal
donation, you nray leave it with
Gordon •Fi.sher, treasurer of the
fuod, or any member of the
Lions Club,.
Donations to date have been
i•receiVecl from abOul 300 persons,‘
representing about one.,thnid
the nurnber of itters sent out.
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"SnoWcoats in Kinloss
ship. •,totalled .over: $14,000 ,dur-
ing ,the , past 'winter, 'Which figure -
represents almost half 'oif •,„jJi
$30,00,0 budget for this' year. •
And there's 'nothing fo show
ifor , it all .On. the •credit, side of., • ".
I the '.ledger; ' • '
On the debit side, over . and
above
snow costs, are broken
fences,•.and lower sschooI.grants,
based on... per • student day at:-
tendance, which was affected by ,
storm ' conditions, and snOlw.b19eic-
ed roads. , • •
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Sand-110st Paint
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Off .United Church
Work is. underway it 'present'.
in sanciblaging the eXte-ior Of,.
Lucknow United Church, tb-
renil.:(Ve the red ;paint which r has
been scaling rather badly. , •
The work .wilil,restore' the: ori-
ginal, white brick surface, Which
will ;be "pointed"/ where, ne•ces
sally' arid the surface water,*
,preafed. The .painting of the
windows 'will complete the ex
terior renovation, the estimated
Cost of the 'entire .project in, the • .
neighborhood of $3,000:
The interior Of the church un-
derwent. an extensive iendvation.
program prior to.,the Centennial:
of the congregation, 'which was • "
marked last year. , . ••0
It was then Considered that the
exterior work,' Would soon have
to be •undertaken. The project
Was approved at •the • meeting of
,the •Gfficial Board on Wednesday
e,a'n,ing of last week, and work
as immediately commenced. It -
'is expected the, Sandblasting
pointing will take about', ten *
days, Tlitt work is lbeinrs done by
a Waterloo firm.
The °hilt ch. was originally • .,
painted about 35 yeariago. The, •
work was* approved in' 1927, The
!building wax spray Tainted
some years later,
. Expert' advice was .to the ef-
fect that a. satisfactory painting
job could not be done in the
present condition of the brick-
work t .a,ncl, thus it Was decided
to sandblast- the •building. re-
turning the i?rioieto their natweal, /
color„, 0