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LUCKNOW, Oh1TARIO., WEDNESDAY; MAY 30th,
1962
Single Copy 10c,
16 Pages
Over 1000 Received OraI Polio
Vaccine At Holyrood And ffipl e•
1058 adults ,and children re -..•Also the majority of•• children
ceived the ,Sabin vaccine tor- are vaginated against smallpox,
protection against ,poliomyelitis. at as infants and:, pre-schoolers,
Clinics. at , Ripley and Holyrood .Public school Children are gi-
last week. ' ' ven boosters every •three years
There were 644.at the Ripley for 'protection against polio, .dip-
clinic on Wednesd'ay, evening & theria and, tetanus and• area re-
• 414 at. the ,i"Tolyrood , clinic On vaccinated every .five years.
Thursday evening, some, of them ,Some, adults •have had immun-
from Lucknow; having .evidently ization against polio ' but by
neglected or • forgotten to attend no ,means even half •o f the adult.
'the -local clinic : 'the previous population:
Tuesday' evening 'which had: an The.. current Sabin program in
attendance of 616. ,. Bruce is primarily for adults: -
Total for the three nights . was although no one over the; age
16.74. :. • of three months ' will be ret
• The Ripley'.. clinic was held .in • fused. -'It is hoped through this'
the Legion Hall with the Ladies Program,. in addition to regular
Auxiliary as sponsors, Assls:ting infant. and •pre-school clinics
the Bruce County Health Unitthat have been carried on, for:
nurses were: Mrs.. Clarence Po/-: the .past few years,,' to have ev-
lock, Mrs: Murray Pollock, Mrs'., eryone Possible inthe County.
' Bob. Love, Mrs. Nelson • Hodgins, protected ' against polio. •
Mrs: Donna .Bradley; • Mrs.. Don
Cameron, Mrs.' `Don MacLay, Fall
Clinic in
Mrs. Bill McCreath an Mrs. A •second county -wide series
Darwin Pollock, nurse.:•of clinics. is expected to be held'.
in September . •or. • October.
:Members of:.the Holyrood and . In the •meantime until an oral
'' Kairshea Women's Institutes as- vaccine is
"'
devel ped and . ap
-
sisted at the Thursday night provedinCanada combing Pro
ch.nc .held at Kinloss ,Tow shi tection againstdiptheria, polio;Central
School .,at• Holyrood. tetanus and whooping cough; the
Bruce CountyHealth
They, were: Mrs: Jim Burt; :Unit !will
'
Mrs.. Harry Lavis, Mrs, Fred
•'
Gilchrist,' Mrs. Clifford Roulston,
Mrs. ':': Jack • ,Ackert, :Mrs: Bill,
Kernpym, Mrs • Harold' Haldenby,
Mrs, .:Allister .Hughes and. Mrs:
Currie. 'Colwell and nurses,,
County -Wide : Program
laThe administration of this oral
vaccine ' is conducted 'by' Bruce
'County Health Unit on a county-
wide' basis..Twenty-three :even-
ing
ing • clinics; are Scheduled, hav-°
.
ing commencedat Cargill on_
May. 14th, .and will .conclude at.
• Chesley ,on June 22nd: •
To' date, Sabin oral: vaccine
is available only to Public .Health:
Departments, It' is a thin syrup.
i,i, .
ui
pnk liquid, d, the dosage .being /z
ex., or about' 15 drops, taken in
a cube of sugar.. '
It'.' is a live virus and because
taken by' mouth a 'person' is . more
quickly ;protected.' , - This`. oral
vaecine'has been used very suc-
cessfully :. in Europe:, Asia and
United
States before being used
in Canada.
It:'contains .protection against
the three strains of polio, as did
the Salk •vaccine, which .4t. is felt
did protect 85• to .`90% . f the
population to whom it was:. ad
ministered, •
Sabin, vaccine besides • comple-
menting ; the 'Salk injections;
may 'also protect' those who fall
in the 10• to 15% categorynot
protected by Salk— .aswell as
.those, who ..:didn't receive injeco
tions of Salk, vaccine..
•Children. 95% ,Immunized.
95% of Bruce County pre=
•'sehool' and school, children•: have'
been immunizedwith ;the/ Salk
vaccine and -this is beingcontin
ued:' Alonwith
g the polio•• for the
pre-school child, ;and contained
in :the same solution,' are toxoids
• for protection against ga stdiptheria,:
tetanus and whooping cough:
continue its present ammFuniza
tion program' by injections.,
Fall In Huron.,
'Dr; R. .M. •.Altus; Medical 'offi--
cer of health in Huron ' County;:.'
has announced that he does. not •
forsee .theintroduction of Sabin.
vaccine in Huron until fall or
winter;. `unless the 'polio 'picture
might change prior: to that time.:
:ool Weather- For
Cadet Inspection
Lucknow District High School
Cadet' CorpsA. was; inspected and
reviewed at the . school last.
Thursday afternoon. A ': •number
of interested residents turned Out
to watch . the • exercise, but. cool.
weather kept then' in their., cars
• for •most. of the inspection. •
Major John Harvey, 21st Field'
Regiinent, was :the reviewing of-
(icer, & Captain' H. M. L•
Brown,
area cadet officer. was:' 'the in-..
specti'ng ; officer./Accompanied by
Captain H. D, Thompson; • chief
cadet instructor,' Lt. A.. :G.
MacLeod', Robert Tutchener• 'and
principal Brian : B Rowlett they,
reviewed the cadets,
Lucknow, District High 'School
'Band,, .under leader "Elwin Hall,
looked smart in their new uni-
forms, ,and added; color to the
r.
progam. : Demonstrations' ' were
given' with David'Thompson in
charge of ..signallinig; "Ken Gard-.
per , .and• ' Terry 'O'Donnell. in
charge of casualty hanIdling; •Don-
ald• Young • in' charge of: first aid.
Both Major Harvey and cap-
tain Brown spoke words 'of com-
mendation to 'the corps, the
leaders and the. band; 'Cadet in- •
structor Thompsonalso addressed.
the corpswhich had adjourned
into the /auditorium •because ' of
the rain 'that had started outside.
'Percy :McClenaghan was award-
ed ,the Strathcona crest as the
best -shot in 'the' school .and also
a marksmen's• crest Major Har-
vey .chose and presented' cadet.
captain Ken Gardner with the
award for the best cadet on par-
ade, and cadet sergeant Wilhel
'mina Smith as the best girl cadet.
on parade, y '
'Following, refreshments served
to all cadets, the corps paraded
through the town • headed; bythe.
-school, 'b'and.
Major George Gibson was . in:
Command of the Corps with other.,
officers including,. Captain Ken
Gardner; Captain. Nancy ' For-
ster; rBa,t'tery. Sergeant-Major
Terry O'Donnell; Lieutenants,
Jim MacDonald, ' David Thornp
sons; Joanne Crazier,,JoAnne Al-
ton; • Sergeants, Donald • Young,
Barry .Menary, Mary Allin, ,Wil.
OfficiallyOpen
..
DoubIeS . Friday
Mrs. Sadie` Hamilton and Mrs.'
.Sadie MacMillan are
• ,plannin
g
'
for the official .oAening'of theirDouble S. Driveln
on Friday of.
this week, . when yau' can •buy a
cone and get: One free. '.
The ladies
�.. have, opened their
rive=in in •the' form er 'Lyons'
:• •. building on,
Campbell St,, East,
1 approximately .across. fromTre-
leaven's•• mill.,' They have ins�t.a1-
• 1ed•'a • unit for: producing soft.
:'frozen. ice cream, • and which is
In 'operation. T'
S]lverwoodpss r. They also• have.
products.
An open advt.:: in this issue
Says they specialize in banana
• Splits, sundaes and .. .
dogs , foot long hot
Receives. Degree
In Engineering .
GEORGE RICHARDS
Flight. Officer George, Richards
has. received his degree as a
mechanical " engineer .' from. . the
Faculty, of Engineering, Univer-.
sity of Toronto:. With his degree
he ' receives :the commission of
flight. •offiicein the RCAF;
Last year George graduated
from' the Ontario ,Agricultural
College .. in Guelph, 'With his:
B.S.A.'degree.•
He spent the summer .at the.
RCAF station at..Cen�tralia, and;
'then took'the engineering course
'at U. of •T.
Flight. Officer Richards, Mrs:
Richards'and, their infant daugh-
ter,. Dawn, are • vacationing at
the home of his . parents, Mr. &
Mrs. Orland Richards, .'Boundary
West:.
George 'has been been posted, to the
RCAF station :at ..Moose• 'Jaw,,.
and . the -family will' leave by
motor for Western ianada`about
June.' 1,2tih.
Carrier Boy Had
Trip To. Michigan
Tommy O'Donnell Was . one of
thea Western Ontario London
Free Press carriers who qualified
for: the motor trip to see the. air.
.show at, Selfridge Air .'Field in
'S
eventesen boys :viewedvari
usMichigan •onSaturday,May1.9th.
types 'of planes,.. and 'were allowed
to -look 'over the' • capsule which"
carried Astronaut John Glenn
on his orbital flight.
• The boys had to . increase their
paper routes by' 4 new Gusto-.
;niers to qualify for the trip.
LA ' Free Press Car picked up
the lucky boys' in this district
for •'the .,trip• to Michigan.
EntersTraining`
,
n • Dover Hospiial
'Flt: 4.‘ieut.' •:.Lloyd ' Henderson,
No :3..Fighter Wing of the RCAF
in ..Europe,1/1,sends 'along his ' Sen-
tinel. rene*al and a $10.00 dona-,
tion tothe artificial ice fund,
with this note,
Dear Cam:
We enjoy the Lucknow Sen-
tinei. *Very much arid ,certainly'
look forward to receiving it,
You have probably heard our
oldest daughter, Adrice;' entered
training at the Buckland Hospi-
tal, Dover, England, 'and is en-
joying *it very much', so , far:
I wish the Lions the • best of
luck in achieving 'their goal in
such •'a large project; The. wea-
ther - is• very cool -here and' we
have "had a • 'very backward
_Spring,' We are planning a holi-
day trip to Rollie and Venice
this 'summer, '
• Sincerely,.:
Lloyd Henderson:
•
helmina Srnith,
The flag party
Dan Dalton . in
Barry Johnston;
Haldeitby, . 1{eith
!Bill Zettler`. .
•
included Lieut,
.charge, Lieitt, •
Sergeant's Roy
Maulden arid:
Highways Department And Council To.
improve Eqsterly Village Approach
The Village Council '•has ap-
proved'
p-proved' a • co=operative ' project'
with the Ontario Department of
Highways t� close ' in the open
ditch on' the north side of High-
way 86 at the .easterly -entrance
to the Village.
'• The Department has confirmed
they are preipared,` toproceed
with the ' undertaking and will
assurne 75%p of • the cost with
the. Corporation assurning 25%.
Total cost to the Village which
will; include sidewalk r.eplace-
Ment at this point will be about.
$2,500, • It will probably be fin-
anced by a :temporary,,mill rate
increase, '
The work, will be accomplished'
by 'constructing • a covered con-
crete. box, type : flatbettorri' cul-
vert. This will eliminate a haz-
ard' at this point,' enhance• the
approach . to,. the 'Village, :and.
improve the residential value of
the Properties in that section..
Within the Oo1)poration ; the .pro
perties of Sid Whitby and. Ger,:.,'
ald Wagner front . on this ditch.
The box culvert '• wili result
in the removal of the" retaining
wall of the open ditch. It. will
tie-in with the new culvert re
Gently built on Walter St, to t'he
west . of. the open ditch, and at.
the easterly end will tie-in with
the D:H ,O. culvert .on Highway
86, carrying: the stream, from the
MacMillan dam. It will also ex
tend easterly to, take care of
Water ater coming . in fr' om •the
Kinloss:. ditch ' to the north-east.
' Reeve' Georgie J•oynt ` haelb-een
negotiating with. the Department
for a lengthy period to have,
the project undertaken. Highway
officials looked the site, over. re
Gently' before finally agreeing to.
assume the major share of the
costs
M
i ove Landmark
Froma�Am
berl
The Courtney store at Amber-
ley, a familiar: landmark over
theyears,, was• moved from' its
'site on the northwest corner, . of.
Highway ' 21 • , and . &6,: 'this week;:
The building which',• was a
dual• . residence and store, was
moved about three miles to'the.
east to the farm. of Eldon Mac=
Lennan on• Highwway 86 in Ash-
field. A; part: of 'the. building' was.
purchased by Mrs.: Herb.:Farrell
arid moved to Bruce • Beach.
Some `preparatorbulldozing
and grading was necessary on
the.'. steep lane to the MacLen-
nan' m• far.in order to get.' the
building." to the top, of the hill
and on to .its foundation built
about a, month ago by `Spence
Irwin.
The`�movinb ' .was .in' Charge
, J
of the Parson firm :of Staffa.
'4'Mr:: andMrs, MacLennan',have
been living in a .trailer- cabin on
the farm,: and hope to soon have
the -n
ewl. Moved. m ved . house ready
for occupancy:
It was cthirty-two, years Mast
year that Art Courtney, .bought
the ,former hotel' :building • from
Mrs. -Elizabeth 'Brady:
They.. continuedto offer over-
night accommodation while ad-
ding a'• grocery department and
general merchandise line. In the
late. 1940's they • added a snack
,bar and built adjacent cabins to
cater to the .*.growing tourist
trade.. •
Ill health forced Art, to give
Up the business and: the B ghway
Department purchased, the build-
ings in order to demolish them
and .. improve ';visibility ' at /this
intersection
At an auction sale Art Court-
ney,: bought :back the building's,
and ''subsequently sold the main
building to •Eldon MacLennan. &
the cabins to 'Doug MacLennan
of • Windsor, :who mov d. them
to Bruce; ;Beach for cottages..
' BOWLERS TO. OFFICIALLY
OPEN SEASON . NEXT . .WEEK
While there has been consid
erable 'activity at the bowling
green for •thepast few' weeks,
the season will be,' officially op
•ened next : Tuesday, June 5th
with a local mixed, jitney..
New bowler's are welcome. &
are invited to ; the greens, any
evening to learn to bowl..
The date • of ' the first .major •
tournament of the:. season,' was
set lastfall for June ..18th, but
as this, is' election night, it is
likely :the date will be changed.•
Car ;Burned
In Ashfield Sunday
Reported Stolen
A 1957 Buick y sedan, owned •by.
Janes'Kno?t Williams of 'Clin-'
ton,: •was , totally -'destroyed' `by,
fire on Sunday ,afternoon as : it
sat on the road on •:a sideroad
in Ashfield 'Township.
:..Lucknow Fire ' Department.'re
ceived' the fire 'call• from.'Ontarici-
Prdvincial' Police at .Goderich
about. 4 , ,p.m: Sunday and re-:
sponded to the scene on a side -
road ,!between *the 2nd and.. 4th •
concessions of Ashfield; three
•corners west of • the Lucknc w-
Dungannon road.
The. sideroad is a'•'conipara
tively deserted one, but ;con-
stable H. D. Hobbs; of• 'God'erich
Provincial Felice had . requested
a fire truck because of, the ; dan=.
'ger to •a wooded' reforestation
area • on the Brown property:
• Firemen, at the requestof the
police officer, extinguished the
car and. broke into the . trunk..
.which, proved" to be completely
empty of •e: erything'.' including
a spare tire..
The , car Was reported `.stolen
to Clinton police :by the. owner
Williams' at 5.45 ' p.rn. . Sunday:..'
afternoon.
Transportation To Swimming ::Classes
Dependent (fin Better Red Cross Support•
•
The annual canvass -on behalf
of the Lucknow •and District
Branch of the Canadian, ' Red
Cross; appears to have, lacked the
.thoroughness . that is 'necessary.
in ;providing the ,funds to carry
on the work.
Donations reported' a't the end
of the week amounted to about
$500. which is little' more wthan
half the amount received last
year,
The local , Branch provides
bus transportation during 'the
sunimer to the 'I`eeswater 'Pool,,y
to enable many children in this
community — urban Al rural •
— to receive.' 'Valuable swim....
ming instruction,
The Sentinel ha''s, .been •in'for-'.
reed thatunless tlaer.e is a bet
ter „respons.e fi'on district re-
‘sidents, 'to the Red• Cross . tund
dri•tye, there is .a very•• definite,
possibility. that • the' free . trans-
portation program will have to
be discontinued. W
If , ybu are Ore. of- the: many:
on whom . a canvasser ` has not
youcalled, may ; eave , your
donation • at'. the Bank of IVlon-
treat, or, Umbach's prug Store,:.
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