HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-09-25, Page 1$3.00 A Year In Advance — $1.00 Extra To U.S.A. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO' WEDNESDAY,
SEPT, 25, ,1963;
Single Copy lOc
6 'Pages:
0,1.1 .1ruck sola -:For $3,500
receive DeliveryofiNew
Lucknow has a spanking new year :old truck home with thein.
fire truck,- The 'vill'age 'received After 15 years the Fire ,Mar—
delivery on ` Thursday. .night :of zshall'sLL office does not •permit
last week of a new l aFrance the direct stale of such a ;vehicle
pumper mounted on a .Ford • to .another municipality..
e alis purchased . from ,Mfontgom- The :old truck, a LaFrance
•ery Motors, .In less than 36 hours'; model •also, was purchased in the
from delivery of the' new trick, spring • sof 1949 .krroxima�tel
Pip Y.
the' old .Mine truck was on its way $8,300, . Reeve 'George Joynt an-
to Warren,, -a municipality of formed. The ''Sentinel that the
a`.bou't 500 located about 36 miles sale price' of .the_old ••truck; was
east of . Sudbury, :Two rural $3,500, much .mere than its trade -
municipalities are included in in value, f The water tank ori the
the transaction; Representatives old truck ;Iw;as in need of :re -
from Warren arrived in Luck- placement and ;the" original tires
now about seven o'clock • Satur- were still on the go, but is still
day morni:nig• and drove the. 141/2 a valuable piece. of equipment.
re Trus
• The Ford ehasas of the new
truck was delivered to LaFrance
in. Toronto who ''built .'it from
there on, It Carries a' oapacity of
650 Imperial , gallons , of water
and is rated to ,pumli 625 .gallons
per :minute: The new (truck will
carry More hose conveniently,
and has spacious .storage • space
for the portable• pump, air pack,,
resuscitator and e7ctinguis'hers:
Cost Apr. cee.of`et'heen it tee , . af-
ter discounts , and; 'sale price' of
the old truck, ;Will 'be ,between
$11,600 :.and $12,000, . financed
by a 1'0=year debentture issuer
Can Noi, Stand With Crutches; Braces Attended Grand°
It
Was a 'happy exile ,fence on
Sunday for. Mr, and :Mrs.. Leon,
• and Ritchie,• • when they •visrited
their• :diau,g'hter Audrey, and for
the ,first .time saw het stand
alone . •and take 'a few steps, paid-
ed.:by: Crutches and leg braces.
But if ,the parents, were over-
joyed,' Audrey was equally Chap,
p.y and Proud of her` aehieve-
men.t. =
Audrey is .fi've years, old A.
,malformation of leer lower • limbs
at birth, -lent •; no hope that 'she
would ever walk . • -•
Within the' past year, ?a London
Surgeon ` felt he might be able
to do icmething for Audrey, 'pend
major surlger,y .was f}erformedon.
her feet '' and ' hips, •with the
, • : . .
Chcipter At Windsor
In •a.ttendance at the. . 48th an-
nual Grand •,Chap'ter ,sessions of
the ..Order . off . the. Eastern. Star,
held in • Win•c'Isar., were • Mrs.
Ronald Forster .,of. Lnucknow,
Associate 1VIatrbni- of iH' union Chap-
ter 8+9, .• Wingham, • ': a:5 ' ;delegate,
,and, ,1i1lrs. Ted. Collyer of . Kin-
loss. as Worthy `lVLatron :Of this
Chepter. ,
The` sessions ,were :held . in the
beautiful Cleary : au 'thriuni and
the, (banquet Was, (held" in.- the'
D•ieppe room and ethe Skyline
ro1om both, overlooking. the : De-
troit '.River: There. wereover
1,200 in atteendanee.
Also, in , ;attendance from. Hu'r--
:on f haapter . were: , Mrs. Fairish
1VIOffat,• Mrs: Jack , Reavie and
Mr. .and . !Mrs. '. Alex R'abertson..
Over 2,100 members . were. re-
gistered •for the installation of
the' neve. Grand Chapter officers:
With over. •°295 a•cti c 'Chapters
in. Ontario, . thele• • were only
eleven . ef. the associate . mlatm•ors
wthc were .not present: •
slightI
hope e. that a't she Might .ev-
entualiy be able to get about.
' : Audrey has spent lengthy per-
iods in Sick Children's ` Hospital,
London, and for soixne •time, now,
following the - surgery, has been
receiving., physio -therapy. treat-'.
m:ent, r
'..One can imagine, the joy ! in
the Ritchie family when Leonard•
and Bernadine came' back Irene
their Sunday visit .with the good
news:that 'dor the 'first' ,time they
had seen Audrey able to stand
and take ;a few steps.,
Continuedtreatment will be.
necessia•ry strengthen muscles
and to . eneourage •, Audrey to..
further. improvement Band. Ability
.to get -about •about. ; .
$ns Q
raanr�
i��rcha t
This Week For $40
The. . winner - of this - week's
$5.00: pr"ize in the .''Shop. In Luck
now Community • Grow,"is 'an-.
nounced in . the, :advertisement
elsewhere 2n; 'this 'Issue. '
The ..lucky ticket was, drawn
by Mrs', Wan: Wharry, .;and the
purchase . this week was made
• at Wm, Schmid's' Jewelry
This'week; .features the.month-
• end 'draw: .for a • total of $40:00.
:•merc`lvandis•e. vouchers, , fw'hcli
are as good. as cash at parti i-
business',
p�ting business;.places' /M
There will ibe three •prizes,• $
• •$10 and •$f5. All tickets deposited
during ` the month will I e.'•'"in
Chet, drum" for the .$25 . and $40
prizes.;,' The (.$.5 prize, as ' Usual
• will be drawn from current
week's ' ,tickets '
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It's 'Fair' Day,:
In Lucknow
As the last run of this' Week's'
paper ,goes; .: to press, ,entries• ate
pouring into` the 'arena for the
Lucknow Agricultural Society's
fall -fair. ;which is nearing: its
centennial ;anniversary,
Judging: takes place Wednes ,,
day •.afternvoQn and the arena
will -be open to the public on.
Wednesday. evening. •
• Thursday, the main day, •,fore-
Gants ,a~ . ibetter-than usual stock
show, and three 4-H clubs will
add .tothe junior activities.
''School children's contests, fa
bY 'show; ete? .dancing, Scotch
dancing,: numbers' iby'the �.Luek
naw D s
i tricot High Sc,ho•ol Band,
will feature some of. the ,grand_
stand ,entettairiment.
Disappeared = il�ree 'Months Ago,
Mystery Has. Never; Been Solved
The 1disappea•rance of; Kenneth
1Vi;aeLenna;n,, ;brotherein-law of
James. Culbert sof Lucknow, sti11
•remarifns :a, 'mystery ;after; • tfhree.
month , .
Mr: Culbert received a "letter
last week from 'Mrs, MacLennan,
the 'former Barbara Culbert of
'Ashfie1c , 'wh%ch ' gave: some 'de-
tails'
details' or of the •unsuccessful.:efforts.
to 1.. ts�.
, �a.rn of his n�hercabou
What happened to him,
Mr, MaioLerinan was ire his. &0th
year, .
ee ,ad ,hhardenin
g
of t
he
arteries, h ch might been
a •
actor un his disa+ppea•rance,;
'Mr: 'acrd. ,Mrs. Mecleennan who
resided in' Vancouver, ..were en -
route East ;for •a' visit, They had
• a stop -over in ,the • Verdun ells-
.trfict' . of "Manitoba,' •ifrom 'where
i'h'eY vt"'ere' to accompany their
• daughter •avid som.in-law to On-.
tario; .
While in Veen tob:a, ,;Mr : mac-.
•
Lennart decided he . •would pre-
fer to •'rettrn •to Vancouver, and
i,t',;;was ,planned that he and. ,his
'wife"wo'ul•d 'fly Melee and 'give
up the idea of the Min East.
That evening Mr, MecLcnfai
"eat on his 'hat" ,arid' went ou.t-
of-derors and 'hasn't •since been
seen. His absense 'w'as noted just;
a few ;minutes (after leaving the
home, but 4 search and police
irwestigation ',fa•ill•ed' to (bring any:
result. • '
•
Mrs., MfacLiennale eventually re=
turned to Vancouver. Last week's
letter, ig,ave details of, th.e futile
efforts to find her husband.
Pictures .of him have'.ibeen cir-
cul at;
ed through 'the. West, The
massing ''persons bureau . of the
R.C.M.', and the Salvation Army
have been tdoing What 'they can,
Hospitals .'across the country
'have been Contacted. Any. lends
they 'have had hove proved false.
• 1VIas. MacLennan ,a cLentn n said there was
:...1k Cif •anotihee 'search beingto
made • in. 11Vfanitoba. The peope
, ,
there, .and
,everywhere, have
b, kind she said;:, `bust. the
` eeni ; 30,� ,
uncci'te my -of it all is hard to
take;
i�" Ma n
. an had abiout $1(50
;vl
when '•he disappeared.
with him,that
Ml`s. 1VMeLoreien feels
it"l,1 •"alive ;someone must
he is ctr
lie,helping for his 'money Would
be all spent by now, as it's now'
ebout• three months • since he
walked off..
To Complete
CNIB Canvass
The .'annual` canvass:: on .be-
half ofthe ' Canadian National
Institute for the Blind. was ,not
held this year ..;in Lucknow .and.
Kinloss Townishi:p:
The Lady Foresters- of .Luck -
now breve agreed to' complete
this project. The : Kinloss canvass
w'11 be 'by letters' Senit out on
the Lucknow. and Holyrood
routes in.. the' Township.
In I:�ucknow a door-to-door
canvass:. will be conducted by
the ladies on the evening of Oc
tolber: 8th. •
On November 2nd. 'they ' will.
combine 'a bake sale 'arid sale
of Blindcraft articles.
NINE-YEAR-OLD LAD.
SUFFERED 3rd FRACTURE
Bob Hall, 9 -year -old eon
of Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Hall,
: has his right . arm in 'cast
uee over the elbow, •as .a re,.
stilt of a 'wrist injury 'suf.
•,fered in a fall from the
"monkey" bars at, deb Pub,-
lie
ub;.lie school.,
-
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Bob; cracked the whist'.
bone ,in the fall, but frac
iturews aren't new .to lini,. • .
• This is the third one. He.
previously • has had bones
• broken in his,tel ober,,k,ve and his
foot .
Pian_New .Fronl:F�r
:to n
:John s e• Biock
Inthis 'issue . Johnstone and
Son Furniture is advertlisi:ng a
redecorating sale at -which their
present stock , is ' reduced from
19:% to 50%. Extensive ;redec-
orating is planned: in the store
and .int 'is the aim: of Bill •tb ,re-
duce his stock as •much as pos-.
silble before this is done. The
sale starts this Friday. .•
In last week's paper we , re=,
ported an accident rwihere '.a' •car
mounted the curb •'in front' of
Johnstone's Funeral -Chapel:, and
damaged the 'front of the (build-
. ing .Exam!ination revealed that
an entire new ;front must be
built ion• the Chapel and Bill. has
decided to: remodel, the remain-
ing storefronts . in the ;black . and
present rplans, call ` for : an arti
ficial Stone front. • This Will in-
clude the-,frtont ;of the furniture
store, • th;e Bence County Health
Unit• and/ Di James ::Little's of,
flee :has well ,as.; they Funeral.
;Chapel; . x
Standpipe. Is
Being Painted
Jacob Vincent of Grand Bend
has the ' co itreet for painting • the
standpipe; .The outside of the..
close -to -f eet-this 'tank has
been •given a black undercoating
before ' ,being "eesil eyed With.
aluminum .paint.
The standpipe was.drained last
week for an interior inspection,
and cleaning out of the. "sludge"
accumulation. As a result of ;the
inspection ei•t . vies deemed: • ad
visa+ble to. sira,pe and brush the .
interior of', ithe tank- and give
.it a ipreserv"ative •inrteri•vr coat=
inig.. .
It is fifteen "yea* since the
standpipe received .' a similar
"going • -over."
'While the : s'tandpi'pe was • be-
ing drained last Friday morn-'
ing, (the Village was temperately
without water, %wtliic+l proved (she'
truth of the old' •saying• that :you
never miss' the ' water ' .until the
well runs ' Id.•ry.. •• .
The draining of :the tank •ser-
ved a t*ofeld • purpose in , Iflushhi=
Iry 'out the Water mains. The
standpipe was ,emptied' by open-
ang .fire hydrants.
` The domestic . water : supply
teeing 'Pumped directly intoethee,
mains, while 'standpipe 'work :is
being •. carried out.
A- '4 -hour , hydro interruption
during the 'early •hourse/of Tugs::
`d'ay morning, which; idled :the .'
pumps, resulted 'in •water Pres
sure; dropping to a' 'low 'point,
ibut 'by shortly after:•• f8 00 a.an.,.
ehid: started to . 'build ' !LIP again.
The Sentinel is a must said
Wes: and EV'e:lyn ,Hus'ton •of Kit-
chener, . in 'renewing ' their "sub-.
,scrip fvon.
Meisri�i: 5ervke For .Jain n lora
Dieaa s oder( Why
le On •Overseas.. Trip
Memorial ..and •committal' ser- at G+oldai • �Greien Crennatori�um
es '
Vicere ' held •here ,at theLondron, Bedford 'Chapel.
week -end `(for.:John'• Park Eng-; Mrs. 'England finalized plans
g
land, who died suddenly. in Eng- ;for returning to, Canada., and
land on August 6tih from a heart arrived back there on, Friday ale
seizure. He Was within a efew ter visiting' •a few .days.: at St
weeks: ,,of ' this 606th birthday:.. ° Catl erines with Mrs. Louise
Mr
and' ' Mrs.` England 'were Morrissey:
on ,a . fhol;id•ay trip overseas :to her . The cremated remains rested
homeland. `wheal John suffered at th:e .MacKenzie ` .Memorial
the ;fatal seilzure,'•They• had been • Ohlapel, where 'a Legion', mem-
in England jusit a week : They , oriel service' was held. on . Friday
were visiting. with meneber>s .of evening conducted by Rev: -Rod.
;Mrs: Bnglanid's' ifanily; and had lVIacLefod, • padre . of the. Luck -
gone . into •London .some 40 miles now • •Bramc'h. '
distant for a clay's shopping ,and, The funeral service (was "lied
s:Lght� seeing. They had arri' ed on:Saturday afternoon coriduc
at •Pa'.ddingtoi. station and Were ted ,'by Rev. H. W. • Strapp of
on .foot in London .w,hen' John Leteki •ow • United C•hu;rch,: with
Suffered ' the coronary theom• 'interment in South Kinloss Cem
,bosis •seizuree He . was :taken by etery. Honorary pallbearers were
taxi •to St. Marys•. I•Iospital, ,Pad- Dr. M,' H: Corrin, AlexSharpe, •
:diington,, *h•ere 'he passed away M. Nixon, Hiram Coiling; J... C.
upon .admittance. • Johnstone, Earl `Harris: •
•Jack• ,as the was • f .
A . ehort fun•e�rai eervice wasfamiliarly•
held on Tuesday,, August 13th • (Continued On gage 3')
The 1963 ,tax rate for Com
mercial properties m Lucknow
ills
will be . 86.5:5 mills, an increase
of 9,1 'mill:s• over. last .year's rate •
of ' 71,4 mills.
The residential 'rate will be
72:5 : mills, an increase' of 5:7'
mills over the, 1962 rate, Zlhe
residential levy is reduced 4:4
mills
.be. "•uncondittional 'grants
from t11e • Province of On),tario.
The 1.963- rate was tentatively.
struck , at the S,epiteniiber meet=
ing of the Village' Co•un:cii, stub
jeot to a review of the expen
ditures ;and estim+aites ',with the
municipal auditors, After a stu-
dy'of the. ,figures the rates
•as orginally s'tru'ck, and
tai bills are euirrently being is,
slued,
The County "rate renn,anns Aire;
&•hanged. School rates' Vary for
akes
commercial ;and residential tpro-
verities, ;as does the village rate,•
because of- provincial grants •ap-
plicable to residential property.
• A police levy .of 2.2 mills, has
been struck this year :as a .sep-
arate •item from the village rate.
' Residential, Levy
County :...............:.... '13.3 mills
Public School .......:..::.: 17.9 mills
.....,i
High School , .:,.,.......,,:,, 14,4 mills
TLuckn,ow g
, enerel' 24,7 milis
,
Lttelenovtr,, • police .' t" ..r, 2.2 ,mills
72.5 'frills
Commercial . Levy '
C'o""unity 13.3 mills
Public S 'hoof ......:Zee20.0 twills
.lh School, .. 15.0 ,spills
L ek'now, general :29,1 mills.
.cknoty, :police y.":."2.2 instills.
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•THAT • there has !been a •change;,
on The .Sentinel staff. bon .
Steeves' who- was a faithful
i and , effic,ie:nt enipl'oyeefor
just two weeks short ,of five
years, concluded • his job on
Friday.. Sv ceed•ing him ' is Ray
'Ilhorntoia, who has been With
us now over five' weeks,''°lle.
was previously employed , at
the Stratford Beacon Herald
; as linotype operator and corn-
•positor. • Ray and Mrs, Thorn-
ton are residing in 'Mrs. Mc- •
C,onnell's resiclence ore main
Sit, Allan .1k/IcQ:uilllin who has•
'been with •t now for :well;
over a year Is +oecor in ef-
ficient .on the iiteetype and is
•••. doing .considerable type .•sett -
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