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UCKNOWON
I, ,TARIO , • . WEDNESDAY, JUNE .5th, 1963
Single Copy, ],'Oc 16 Paged
Reeve Favours
Immediate Hiring
Reeve ' George Joynt advised •
The 'Sentinel , the first of the
week that he 'favours -hiring, a
village policeman immediately
in view of recent vandalism,
theft . and . general disregard of
the law within the village:;
•In the position 'of :Reeve,. Mr.
Joynt- receives calls , from .irate
citizens at:all' 'all". hours- of the day
or night, ' and. according to the
: Reeve "it's (getting, ;worse every
week:"
Last .weekend's' display of
wreekless driving, . public drink-
ing, 'bottle ,;brea)ing and general
disregard for everything and
everybody; by a ;few localand,
district young people, along with
recent breakins • and theft
brought the_matter to a . head.
"As well, as disregarding••the
la'w," said the Reeve, `.`the.main.
street looked like the town
dump 'on Sunday morning:"
,Mr. Joynt said, "I'M,, for Chir
ing • a 'policeman right away,, we
can'•t~. :operate; this :town effici
Oily unless • a, (police officer is
• hired by . council .(:immediately:"
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;Archi•e Nic olson.
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Mr: and •Mars h
of 'Bruce Township ..have pur
chased `the residence of the late
Watt ;Hainilton,' Ij glis St:, Luck
now, and:plan to move' in' short-
ly. .
.Mr:: and Mrs. Nvchols'on (the
former 'Birdie Reed) formerly
operated`. the: Belfast store • and
,garage. until moving- to ',; the
'Paisley district nine years :ago.
They. ;farmed on • the road Ibe-:
tween ''Glamis -and Paisley- and
.have sold their farm, stook and,
equipment complete to ' 'R,o'bert.
:McN'air; auctioneer,- WIlkertone
r. and Mrs. Thomas Burns Showered
Good Wishes On 66th Anniversary
Mr. arfd MMr '• Thomas Burns,
residents of 'this community for
practically. 'all their long • and
exemplary lives, were shower-
ed with congratulations and •
best wishes'.:. ori • the a rasion of
their 66th wedding `anniversary
on Sunday, June 2nd., •
Mr.." and, Mrs. Burns have ibee'n
residents 'of ' Brucelea • Haven at
Walkerton for the ,.pest year. On
Saturday they acted as host •and
hostess at' a reception at Bruce-
lea when .the .residents f of the
ho me extended _greetings s •' 'and
were . serveda cup of,. tea and
piece of cake. A musical . prog:
rarn, was ,enjoyed,
On Sunday' many , friends .cale.
led • to add their 'best wishes,- •
Mr, Burns observed his• 95th
birthday on _May 2nd, and on
May 26th, Mrs;, Burns, . was 95: •`
Mr. Burns' was employed-• at
the Lucknow1. Furniture Factory
for over 'half a; century. • They,.
are devoted 'members. of the
United Church, and were faith-
ful in• serviceand •`worship when
able to :attend.. '
Mr., and Mrs. Burps still en-
joy a fair measure, of health and
this .'beloved 'couple have grown.
old.•graciously and in the high -
pit esteem : of all who have had
the, rprivilege to know them.
. They have two sons, . Harold.
`at Scarbar:o. and Stanley at St..
Thomas. • They, , were twice. be�
reeved in ' ` the. deatih • , of •their.
other sons,; Stewart. and Elliott.
finalizing. Plans For official Opening
Of New Riley -Huron: Central School
-Plans are '(being finalized for March of tai is• year.
the. official - opening and ' laying
of the cornerr stone of the Rip-
ley -Huron Central School, which
will be •held. ,on Friday •, evening,
June 21st.
This modern new school, sits
uated on • the 8th Concession at
the westerly 'outskirts :of the
Village of Ripley, ,;serves eight
former „school , sections • including
Ripley Public• ••Sichool• '(S:S, 10Y
and; Rural School 'Sections 2,
3; 6, 8, 11, :12 and. 15. .
Salter and Allison were ar
chitects for ,the school and 'the
contractors.' were ' M and D Ken..-,
nedy. The actual construction ::of
the . school was . begun :last Oc-
tober : and ' was: completed in
five month in ` spite of severe
winter weather. The pup�ils,•mov-
ed•,,into `the new edhooI in .snide.
Aucfioneer's Hammer- Soumled-Knell-tf
Locholsh .school On Tuesday Morning
Th'e 'attractive red brick school
at .Lbchalsh is to fall to the'
'Wrecker's' hammer::
The Lochalsh school section
Joined the I o-rth Ashfield Ceti*.
trail School Area, and ,a nevyt ben-
tral -school was (built on Conces-
scion.' 12 Ashfield. ' ' "
The Lochalsh school, situated
close` to • Highway 86 at the Loeh-
•aF1sh-Kintail sideroad, is 'a `�traf-
eFfic . laaza•rd, and in
',keeping wifh
.
the swift march Of.pregress,
,(trust .go,
f :,
r ly9E 6^'iYi/rcrrir!c.•3f« ,o-
• The Department of Highways
c :tled the sale 'for Tuesday, re- i qu;irin'g that. the building ''be •,re-
moved •or. . derri�olished prior to
y• 8th, r 1953.
f J�,r•l
•
With John Alexander of Wing
heli(; 'wielding- the auetioneer''s
gaVe1 the 'sale" went off as
scheduled but the "bidders" were.
few, Ina •fact, the, . Department
will have to pay a Brussels 'dis-
trict wrecker $t 50 , to demolish
t
the school '
Sentinel; Photo
There are •214 pupil's .,presently
attending Ripley -Huron Central
school 'from 99 ' amiIies, .with
17. students at S.S; 11 (Clover
V'all'ey) from .9 fain}lies : Clover.
Valley: school. 'is remaining • open
until the 'end- of -the' June term,
when its doors will be: ,closed'
permanently and students ifrone
there will . •'also ,Alae, 'bussed to'
Ripley iri• r the• `: fa 1.
Ripley -Huron, Central °.: Sch• ool
is, the ,second ; central school to
be ;built. in ,Huron. Township,,. the.
first (being the. two -room school
at.'Pine :River. 'serving three. far -
Mei sections, 5, 9 and 13: Kin-
loss. ,Central' •School. w,as opened
at, Holyrood. last year, and these
three schools represent 'the :first
Central schools in 'Bruce.' Cdunty.
�`Arross :;the <road", North Ash-
field Central •school is in oper-
ation indicating ' that , this area
is .particularly_.:aware of the ben—
efits of "consolidated" ''schools.
Present members of the .Rip.-
ley -Huron ' School Board ". are:
Wm. •'McCreath•, chair' an, John
H.: Elliott, ' vice-chairman, Mrs
Donnie MacDonald, Howard
Hodge, ` Allister. MacKay,, .Mrs.
John C. Maononald, secretary -
treasurer.. • •
• Ahistory of the school sec-
tions forming• the area as '.well
as a' background 'history,is be-
ing' published in 'book form and
will . be -available *fet.e Sale at the
time of the official opening,
�2 �tegistee
Kindergarten
For
.. Unless there • are ,• some chang-
es between' now 'arid Septemlber•
3rd, there 'will be. ' tWenty4w•o
r,hildrer .starting to 'sch,00l'
•fhe 'kindergarten ,class at Luck
now Public .School, with Mrs:
Lloyd ITall es teacher There
are 21 iii. the present •kin•dergar:,
ten class. •
Re,gis.tration- *asheld last
week, when the •fellowing child.
'rent 'were registered:• ' ,
Randy 'Alton, Catherine Duns-"
nnuir, Sandra . Finlay, Tam F:or-
ster, Joari Hackett, Ruth. Hen-
derson,. Betty Anne Hunter,
Brenda
Johnstone, Douglas
Johnstone, 'Eleanor Johnstone,
Dianne Leader, ?Mark %Lader,.
Beverley !Maize, , Janet 'F11 arriptt,
Heather Mauer, Davide. Nichol-
son, Audrey Jean Ritchie, Mary.
Stanley, : Heather Stevenson,
Kathy Tr
el.eaven% Larry Wilkins,
:Darryl Wiser,
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Has M.D.:degree
KENNETH MacNAY
Kenneth (Ramsay) MacNay,
B.A., M.D.,' son of Mr. and ;Mrs..
Alex•',MacN,ay, recently graduate
ed ,from the University' of West-
ern Ontario with , the degree ,of
Doctor . of Medicine. -' •
Ken graduated: from Lueknow
District High School in 1950 and
received the Baohelbr 'of, Arts
degree from Western '•in 19.59.
During this ; time he also kora-
pleted a stint With the RCAF
retiring from the service '.in 1989
as .:a commissioned: ;Pilot Officer.
Future plans for Ken ' include
a year of interning : at St. Paul's
Hospital in•';-Vancorver,; $.C. Dr.
and Mrs.' 'MacNay, 'who were r.e
•ceritly married *ill ��� leave : ,for
the.' West' Coast. the first of the
week.
Received. IntO
S.K. Membership
Communion service was held
at South. Kinloss Presbyterian
Church on Sunday,. • afternoon
When Rev. Rod MacLeod re-
ceived 'twelve into: •church mem-
bership...
embership ... .
Feleven members ' of t'he' Com-
municants class were reeei'ved •
by'profession of (faith as follows:
.Zack Maelnnes, Donald Game-
bell, ,Bruce MacKenzie, ' Wayne
Stanley,;. ,Curtis Dawson; 'Peter
Steer, . Ross- ' Hai'Y Ilton; Douglas
Dickie, Grace.'MacDougal, Donna
Burt,: Eileen Burt..
• Mrs, Allan MaoIntyre ' joined ,
by Certificate.
Communion 'Set
Presented:� .Sunday
,The Sacrament of .Communion ..
w.as observed in • the •Luekn w
.Presbyterian Church,. on S•undayy •
when; a. new communion set ' ►oras
presented '•,to, thee church• ilte '':`
George Kennedy, in' +ririeunory of
his -father and ibrotiher: :
• The ; :gift ` was: dedicated . by
Rey. Rod ,MacLeod; to the.'GGiory ', •
of. God' and ::in: Memory of Da, I.
Kennedy .who had served as an
elder at White-chureh ' esbyter
ian church for:'over 40 4yea'rs, and
Duncan Kennedy wiio:•.had.' serve.
ed: as :a' merivber, of the•• :session.
Of' Wirigham ,Presbyterian
Church.
Norman. Ta .tor •• clerk of -
y., saes :
sion, •:assisted ' in 'unvei'ling the.
Kennedy 'gift, : which ;was, • used.
for the• first time •on.Sunday': in .
:partaking,; of . the : Sacrament.
and Mrs. T , � W. � � Sm,th Marked
ked
60th .Wedding Anniversary Mondy•
`On . Monday,‘ June ,3rd, Mr. & so:uth neighborhood .. and frons
Mrs.. Thomas W. Smith, esteem-: Sanble • Lodge 227,' I:O.O'.�F'. ,at
ed •.residents of Lucknoww . for•'�:Tara` of -"which .Mr. pith' 'has
many 'years, Observed their. 6Oth been`'` a continuous mem'be•r. for
wedding ,anniversary 65• years. , Many cards .were also
The occasion was riot formal- received.
ly ' observed !but on 'Sunday 'some Mrs:' +Smith was tee! •• former
eighteen relatives. gathered for Alfie Ross, . daughter oaf :the -late'
a _ surprise :visit and pan--anniver 1VIr; aiid` Mrs: Alex Ross` of :-
Luek•
nary • dinner in Mr. and ; Mrs. now, tier (father having come to
Smith's our. ,.. Lucknow. as a . youth to : engage
On Mond friends andneigh.; ' in the• harness imakin business
y igh ,g.
�boufs dropped in '•to extend
at, which 'he spent �liis ..lifetune..
gratulationts and ` !best wishes. (Continued on page 16)
Messages of. congratulations.
:were. received from The Queen;.
Primo' :Minister . L: ` .,B: , ,Pearson,
Mr; . John Di€ifenbaker and "Eric
Winkler, ,M.P, for 'Grey -Bruce..
The Queen's message' from her
private secretary at .Bucking:,
ham Palace read.: "The Queen
sends you; warm congratulation
es
and good wishes.On,.'your 'dia°•
Mond anniversary,"' /
° ' Included ;in the 'gifts' 1(JIr. ,.,and
Mrs; Smith received' was. .one
from the congregation of ' St.'
Peter's • , Anglican ,Church, ` of
v hich they have. long been
faithful members.; f/om the
•neigh eours in ••t'he. ' Hav,elock' St.
Engage Science
Teacher At LDHS.
.Mr:. Clarke R. }Lewis:, of
Bary, Alta: has been engaged''. as:
science teacher at Luoknow' Deis-
trict High School to succeed .Mr.
A G,McLeod:
Mr.' Lewis is a married Man
with two children.
The sole. vacancy on the staff
remaining to be filled at the
First of the week was, .t.h.et of a
French. teacher,.' '
Council, Lets Contract For .;11V ®ughhy
o
Bridger Also 'Approve New :'dire' Truck
In special session 1aet week i ways at ,Oven-• Sound,
the Village Council let. -the' con- Tenders were submitted .in ac
tract for the construction of a cordance .with ,plans 'and spec(-
view 40 -foot (bridle on Willough- fications ,draiwn and' compiled by. ,
by, west of. the High School arid Be M. Ross consulting •engineer
spanning the river just to the of Coderic+h. Mr., K `wDunn, P. •
.wi
east of what is. (best known 'as Eng who is associated with Mr,
_ .
the former Douglas , residence Ross, mat. ,th 'Council when
The contract was awarded to
the bridge 'tenders Were opened
•
Oren Hing, Contractor lof Wing- and. s , .tudied`
ham, as the . lowest of three ten- Approve Fire True '
dersr The ' tender price' was Council hes. sanctioned the
,10,924.50 on• which a govern- ptrrchase of a new fire truck,
anent subsidy ofd 80% is appli-. which is subject to the approval
cable; o.f the 1MVlunicipal 'Board, Details
The' contract is subject to' the. of this ' trans -action 'are r being:
aippi•oval and acceptance of the "fin,alized,with the ependiture •.
Ontaniio. Depar.tx lent of l igli- to be `debentured, -