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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6th, 1962,
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fir, and Mrs. 1:h.,$... H. Burns Obsetved
dding Anniversary Saturdu
• Mr, and Mrs. Thomas.' H. Burns ousness , and thrift, . they found
of Lucknow • quietly observed..
.their 65th wedding anniversary
on Saturday, June 2nd; It ' is* an
-anniversary: that few are 'spared:
to enjoy, .and it.• couldn't have
. happened to a finer couple,
"Throughout their life.tirrie* they
. have been; beloved' and exempl-
ary citizens, • whose home and
family and dhurch were theirs.
chief 'interests,. In this :devotion'
and . the pioneer ` characteristk^s
of hospitality, honesty,.. industri
Grade 8 To Meet
LDHS Teachers -.
Grade 8 students who will be
attending. Lucknow pistrict.
ilig.h ;School.. next terra, . and •
their parents, are invited to a.
meet -the -teacher night .,before
the term's • end,
Plans have. been Made for.; the
gathering -at L
t the High Sch000n.
Tuesday,.' evening; June`"''' 19th,
• when • the .Hugh Siehool teachers
and Public. ` ,School "`Inspectors;
K. Waldiie and J, 'H,. Kinkead
will also be present.
Pupils and parents *ill tour •
the;. school with Grade \ nine stu-
dents as "guides. Purpose ,of,
the gathering is , to. familiarize
them With: the school, Meetthe
teachers; and.' hear the 'ex ana
tion of courses under the new
Robart plan.
The evening will conclude with
a question and : answer *period
and .,,,a `cup' of . ,tea,"
deep. and abiding happine^ss,, and
h ade a host of friends; who hold'
them in the highest esteem.
Both are 94 years" of age , and.
had birthdays this past Month—
kr. Burns on May " 2nd and, Mrs:.
Burns on May 26th;'
Mr; and Mrs. Burns had. many.
callers at the week -end to. ex-
tend • congratulations and best
wishes, which Were. supplement'.
ed .by cards. and other.remem-
trances.
While . not so active' as they,
,once "were, they still look ..after
their .own needs in their` `Com-
fortable and well -kept home on
Ludgard Street. 'There 'they have
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Joanne Alton • i,
Dairy Princess'
Miss Joanne Alton of Ashfield
has been 'chosen- as Huron. Cour
ty s. Dairy. Princess," and Will
represent the "•County at the
C.N.E. Competitions in late stun -
mer for the Ontario ; Queen
crown.: ,
T'oanne, ' 18, is the' .: daughter
Mr. :and Mrs. Bert Alton and
'V1 .,
is a Grade 1.3 student >at. , Luck -
now. District High .School • where
she was • voted ,Sc'hooa': Queen a
few 'weeks • a'g;0:
Joanne won <.the Huron hon-
our at the Spring Fair at Clin-
ton on Saturday: There were
.hree other • contestants and 'a
milking competition was a .fac-
for :.in. the award,
Ir, and Mrs. Joh�t Reid Celeb. rated .50th
�nnirer�ary, Open House At Hclyrood
Mr, and Mrs;.. John 'Reid of
Pine Rive., observed their 5•Oth:
wedding' anniversary on Satur-'
day'when open house •was 'held
,,
at e h
t
ome of their 'daughter,
•M4.11aynard Ackert of Holyrood,.
As evidence of the 'respect'
esteem in which Mr, and. Mrs,
Reid- are' held, • over 300 ,Per:
sons called • to extend their con-
gratulation"
sand best wishes.
The anniversary of their mar-
riage is actually June 7th, and
°n Thursday a family dinner is.
g held at the Bruce Inn, Kin-'
Ca `dine,
•p
14; Beginners At
Holyr�od School
There will (be fourteen begin-
ners in Grade 1 at Kinloss, Cen-
tral School at Holyrood ' in; Sep
ternber. The, teacher is. Mrs„
Nancy . MacIntyre,
• The fourteen prospective (be
«inners are:
Kevin Ackert, son of Mr; • and
Mrs,: John Ackert; Nancy deBoer,
daughter • of Mr. and Mrs: ,Peter.
deBoer; Karen. Elliott;' daughter
of Mr, and Mrs.. • •Qrville Elliott;
James Graham, son bf Mr, and.r
Mrs, Allan Graham; James Han-'
na, son of Mr. and 1Vfrs. Ernest
Hanna; Paddy Hedley, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Delbert Hedley;
Fern Kragt, daughter '' of Mr.
•and. Mrs. Hendrick Kragt; Mary
MacKinnon,,' daughter , of . Mr.
`Mrs. •Fraser, MacKinnon; •; -Kevin'
Murray, •.son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Murray; ' Joanne Thompson,
daughter .of Mr. and Mrs. ,Frank
•
Thompson; Wayne Weber,: son of
Mr^" and Mrs. Louis Weber;' Rus-
sell Young, son , of Mr•and Mrs. '.
Clifford .Young; Wilfred Guse,
son of Mr. 'ands Mrs. Carl `Guse;
Bobby M:aeGi+llivray, `son
.;of Mr,
and Mrs, Stewart, MacGillivr,.ay:
Lifelong . residents, • of Huron.
Township,, Mr. and, Mrs. Reid
continue to enjoy, good"' health
and sill,' participate ; in farm,
church and " community activi-
ties.. •
Mrr Reid, one •of ' a faiy of
7, is the son of Mr, and •'Mrs:'
Russell • Reid and `was born and
has lived .all • his, life within a
"stone's throw of Reids' Corners,
•
so called after a post'' • office
which was once located at this
intersection of Concession 4 and
Highway 21,'
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Students Made
Presentations:
Thefinal assembly of :the.
year :held at• Lucknow .:District
.High School was : the beat and
funniest • of the terix... But, : .it
Was •snot without a touch af sad -
fleas fork . it was: marked by fare-
well presentations o members.
of tie staff,: arid- fol prospective
graduates, it was the the final
student `assembly :of their schol-.
asti i lives: •
With Murrayunter. presiding
y
as ' .master ; of, ceremonies:; As-
sembly opened :with The Queen
and an '.amusing skit ' by• Grade
9B sounded the -keynote for an:.
entertaining. program. The Glue
Club, ,wrath aceerrpaniment by.
Mrs. .Hewit,, and which 'has. been
directed; by • Mrs Howlett, ' sang
two ,numbers, "The last' time. .I
saw Paris'.' and.' "Chante." .In a
draw for
p runes, remainingfrom
the. magazine 'sailes, Ball Andrew
won the poodle,. '' and Stewart
Curran.. the• hug -a -bear. The; hil-
arious highlight, was the "jazzed=
u;p" eenactment of the assassina-
tion' scene in : Julius Caesar by
Jim MacDonald, Glen Cowan,
Doug MacKinnon; David T'homp-.
son, Terry O'Donnell and Ken
Gardner, , Trio selections were
played thy Bill Andrew,. trumpet;
Allan.: MacDougall,, trombone &
Mary A11in, piano. Marilyn
Thacker•, sang .a 'solo with Sha-
ron Bannerman as accompanist
and for. a duet' ,by Barbara Nel-
son and Cookie Gibson, the:''ac-
companist - was Mary: •:Ellen
Shiel;ls. Terry Rathwell • and
Wallace' „Houston staged a com-
ical interview.:
'_ Gifts were presented to five'
memc,ers of the teaching .staff
who are departing' at the ;end
of •.the tern and to :Mrs, J. C.
Armstrong, • who has , been in
charge of the school cafeteria
since its inception, The presenta-
tions • were made by"' George
Gibson.
Teachers receiving:• remem-
brances were Mr. Ronald ..Kelter:-
born' who has Been on the 'staff
for five ,years, Miss Audrey
Fiederlein with , three years'.
service and Messrs Joseph Mur-
ray, Frank l)esj arlais and; Robert
Tutchener, ' who have,' taught.
this terra. Principal `B, B How-
lett spoke,' briefly following , the
presentations.
MAY WARM AND DRY
BUT PLEASANT' MONTH
May was warm and dry; hut'
a very ,pleasant month, although
a high of 91 degrees had the
district "camplainin.g' .,of the.
heat; • •
There,,;,were nine days in the
month with the temperature. 8Q
degrees • or' more. The low was -
27 degrees, ,
Rainfall was a comparative
scanty 2.09 inches;. which fell on
the first and the last days :.of
the ' month. In ' between . there'
was s -scarcely enough precipita-'
tion to measure...
In spite of the' dryness growth
has been surprising and the
countryside "looks good:",
GetsBruce-, • County
Award Tuesday
Fraser Ashton, 20 -year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Ashton
of • Lucknow, has successfully
passed :his. first year of a four
year degree course in' biology
at the Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege, Guelph.
Fraser was awarded the $100
County hof,•Bruce Scholarship &
received the ay card Tuesday 'at •
'the June session of Bruce County
Council being held at Invezhur^on
this . week,
Fraser is. errnriloyed. at Ghats-
worth for, the :summer :in a line •
of work pertaining to his studies;
J. R.
Lane Kinloss Township Clerk.
for 33 Years, Tenders Resignation
• :Township ' Council at ;
their June meeting.' `on:. Monday I•
Kinloss
received. the resignation' :of' Mr;
J;'`R: Lane•. •
It was• 33 years ago. in
• May` of 1929 — that Mr. Lane.
•was appointed ,clerk and While
conteanplating retirement it -was•
his: desire to cornPlete 'the 33 -
year span Mr. Lane, has • en-
joyed comparatively , good health
until recently_ . He • was unable to
attend Monday's meeting,' and it,'
was • a ::disappointment to him
that. he :''could not personally
present his notice of retirement.
John 'Rutherford Lane was 87:
years of '.age. "on January. 26th:
He' is a.• son Of John Lane ' and
Eliza Rutherford and was , born
at L'anesville in Ashfield Town-.
ship, but spent the greater part
of his life north of ;Kinlough in
I Kinloss Towrnship,
He • • was appointed clerk
1929 • during the : reeveship of the
late' John : Colrwell,' and upon the:
retirement • of • George ' G. Mof�
fat, Mr. 'Moffat Was clue: k from
1900 to 1911 and aga i from
1920 until :1923. •
Kinloss 'Councilis currently
advert! sing, •for a 'successor to
JOHN R. LANE
Mr. ; Lane;: whose long service
has . been, marked by a: recogni
tion of the: ` resF onsibiaities' ' of
the ' position, and the; .. faithful'"
performance of his - diuties.:
Plan Toronto Bus Trip Next Week
• .The Huron ; County Hog Pro-
dubers Association, • in <co-opera-
t•ion with:,. the Lucknow. •District
Co-op,, are .planning ' a bus trip
to Toronto on .'Thursday, June
14th, "
:The bus 'or buses (depending
on :'
how' many go) will leave
from. Lucknow andan interest-
ing* day's. itinerary. is planned.
The tour.; will include a ,visit
to the United Co-op buildings at
Weston, the Hog..selling, agency,
The • Assembly • "swilhg" the
school song to the tune of "This'
Olid House:" The song was ori-
ginally composed by the Camp-
bell" Sisters ef' Amberley.-Joy ie -
and Joann
the:stock:. yards n, and a • packing
plant. As Well,. the group won't.
go hungry, : With meals' being •
taken -care of by the Co-op.
Total cost ''' of the outing. 'will . ,
:be $3.00, ' with reservations made
at the Lucknow ' Co op;.:or with`'
'Raymond Finnigan or Bob Me -
Allister.
• It i.;' e'cessary • .to. know '.'by
June 9th how' many will . be
going: so :transportation arrange
merits can be finalized,
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New Accountant. To Hold Hereford
Arrives: At B:: of M. Dispersai Sale
• Mr. J. R. • Gannon, of Westport
in 'Eastern O/itario, arrived here
the first' of the week; to assume
liis duties as accountant : at .•the
Bank •of Montreal: He succeeds
Mr, Les, Ballentine who, has. been
a_npoirtted manager:. of the new•,
branch being 'opened at Listowel.
'Les , was • called .for jury .duty
this Week; but • with . •no -cases
on the docket, he reported in
Toronto ".in connection with his,
new managerial duties. :; '
•Mr. Gannon has - rented the
new Baker house on Ross, St:
south, and expects their furni-
ture to arrive the 'end of the
week ' Mrr and Mrs, . Gannon,'
(Betty).have y))on•e son, Chris,
who.' is nearing his third 'birth-
day Mr^ Gannon is a native of
Picton and 1VIrs,' Gannon• of
Gannanoque.
Neil 'McColl of lion 'Mills and.
formerly on the local staff, is
presently relieving: here while
the • manager, Milton Rayner, is
convalescing from an append-
ectomy,
George Kennedy is preparing
for a dispersal :sale of his herd
of;'.Hereford•. cattle:.., numbering
sone fifty Head: Sale.' date . is'
Saturday: 'June 16•th at Pine
Echo .Fa.`ni's on. H:iehway.
mile.- east of Lucknow:
i� one. oyf..the .c.de.t esta-
Hereford •her cs in Huron'
County: It . was ' i.rn 1'92 j -. 42 •
.ars a ci 'that Geo: *e' as. •a
boy tiurehased' his f.r.Ft: pair of
ou' e'' r d Lierefords,
George :s.lanning • . to retire
ire
from farming, I -le is disrLict,•ie.
presentative for:.Herbaget'm. min-
eral conditioner 'for livestock,..
and h^s••territory,' which origin-•
ally included part of Huron.•. ,
County has been. expanded •to:
take in :Bruce 'County, •
His .175 -acre :faun is fisted for
sale•'
There is widespread- interest
in this dispersal sale, 'The herd
has been fully accredited. since
1935 and luted and George has
never had a Purebred Hereford
go down • in., the' :T.B, or blood
'testy
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