The Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-06-20, Page 1$3.00 A Year In Advance --,-41,00' Extra To, U.S.A.
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WsEDQrIzISDAY, RINE 20th, •196
•Pictur,ed : above : at the offici'al.
opening of.'North ':As�hfiel4• Cen-
tral
School are left to 'right;
board chairman, Sam• Gibson;
•
Judge I•an : MacRae,. who was
guest speaker and. who: -cut • the
ribbon to . officially open ; the
.school; Gene Martin, principal of
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c..ordOn t.,.l..i.ne4.KI..i.ik.ss'.Township
Clerk as Successor To
Ata special meeting; of Kiri-
loss Council, held on Friday,
lune' 15th, the application of
Gordon H. Wall for the clerkship
of the Township of Kinloss was
accepted with duties. to • com-
mence immediately. •
Surprisingly • there were only
two applications for "the, position.
:Council: will • meet. in', regular
session on. Tuesday, ',July 3rd at
• .7:30• p.m.. This is a day later than
customary due to. the, July, 2nd•
holiday,
the school.. A large'".gathering
g
heard 'the program -on the school
grounds and later insPected' the
school
° . I PORCUPINE "INVADED"
NEW HOL ROOD . POOL
Robertson Sells .... � •
It came as a surprise,, to
CIeanin . .,, Plant p
�, put it mildly, for . Raynard :
',Gordon Johnstone ,of town, has
• purchased Stuart E. 'Robertson's
seed cleaning, plant and• building:
.and "gets. possession' • July first.*:
.Stuart 'has been in, the• seed..
cleaning business since 1926, and
for the 'past 15 • dears 'or,. so has.
',been:,located , in, the ' building
•which Gordon ,has bought to;:thea'
• north • of • Omar Brooks' Imp
lement .shop,
:This ;bu'i'lding . was bu,It orig
inaily over 70years ago* as a—
. barn by W J. Little,' who always
• kept . a • •good ..'horse or two.• It •
later was.'bougl-Lt •'by• A. E:
son ,who: operated 'the bus bus-
iness,`;which was later acquired
• by. Peter. 1VIcCal1,, from whom
M•r. Robertson' purchased the pre -
rales
• Stuart -uir �e�d the bus' in. this
Mitired
transaction ,•It, was not the .'or
ginal' "big"; • bus, ':more of a
"royal carriage", :.type:. It Was
later bought for : parade.,piirposes•
by, Jack 1VIaeIntyre. of Wingham�'
DUNGANNON LADY PASSES
The death of Mrs: Richard Wi
'Park of Dungannon, the former
Margaret Ann Reid, occurred in
Victoria • 'Hospital,. • London on
MQnday. The funeral service
was held • at the Mracxenzie
Memorial Chapel on Wednesday
with burial in Dungannon ceMe-
tery,
,,1iht
nin Shot
s•TreeSpIinter
A .tree was shredde '•:into 'rib-
hon`s and'
three sections of a rail
fence burned out or the Sutton.
• • farm, north-west .01, the town
Sunday morning,:
1.t ,waan't until' the next •day
that the strike was , diseoverred.
'It was at the ..
back of the farm,
:adjoining that'of Herb McQuillin.
Rain which 'fell',soon after ,is..be-
lieved to .have doused the fire.
Which reduced threepanels of'
..rails to ashes; • p
The tree was litteral]y pulver-
ized, With chips and' ' splinters
Dying about;
Bob Button, 12 -year-old .sbn of
Lr, and Mrs. Bill Button, was
asking the •
cows ,bak •.the lane
Oben the bolt struck. He• was,
o far ' away to see that it • had
hit the tree, nor did he notice
the 'fire which broke out after.
lie was however, close enough
to bef'aai.7y lifted off. his feet
when :t strut :•. •
Ackert: to: find ;that •..a , por
supine had. taken 'up res-
idence 'in
esidence'in a'section of la hew
swimming `::pool . which they
are build,ng. 'adjoining . their
home at'Holyrood.:•.
The two'.Ackert dogs were
stuck with quills as evidence.
that they had .either > tried
to .dislodge' ' ani•mal or
thee
had .chased it into the re
treat, •
The porcupine , xrad' gone.
through the car garage which
adjoins the. .pool,. down • an
entrance' hall and into an
• empty .cupboard space,,: which
is -planned as a:gun and fish-
ing tackle cupboard.: With.
a little caution. 'and an emp,,.
ty cardboard box:; •'Rayn'ard.
.succeeded in removing the
visitor;
Can't Finance
Bus l'runsportation
• Officials'"of the 'LucknoW and
District; Branch : 'of the Red Cross •
Society,, regretfully .announce
• that the local branch will not
'be. able to: provide tran-spOrt,a:,
tion .to the Teeswater • Pool: this
season... •• .
The •local response to the an
Mr, Wall succeeds J. R. Lane
who resigned' the position after
33 years of faithful service.
•Ciordon,Wall served as Kinloss.
Township tax , collector . for 15
years;: until 'giving up this .posi-
tion a couple; of years ago. He
was secretary=treasurer of S.S.
No. a for three ' years:, until the
Section joined the Kinloss Cen-
tral School Area; and• for ' 14:
years he has served as Clerk of
Session at Langside Presbyterian •
Church.
St. I:Peter's:_,'Folk,' Saw .Dream. •Come True:
As . ''Parish( Hall ' Was Officially: Opened:
A. long cherished dream came ..read by Rev H: i-,••• Jen'nings . of
true on Friday evening for t1he Brussels, and .formerly' of •'St;.
congregation of St', Peter's Ang- • Peter's Parish: '
lican Church, when •they witries • The wording' is as :follows:
seal and . participated in the of-SENTENCE:.OF DEDICATION
ficial opening of 'their. n'ew, and 'WHEREAS a'� Parish Hall has
their first parish hall. •been' built. at St. Peter's • Cl urch,
• St. Peter's Church was; :well- Lucklnow, ori property'composed
filled on Friday evening for a of":Lots 60 and 6'8 m : Sonaer-'
service: of. ' dedication At 'the, ville's.• survey of. the' vi'llagle. of. `
conclusion• the choir, 'officials. & Lucknow; and •parts of lots. 59••
congregation' formed a proces-. and .60, in the• first concession, of
sional '. to the parish hall, ad- the Township of Kinloss, ' in the
joining the . west; .end, of •the County of. Bruce, in 'the . .the
church: There :with the choir, wince of . Ontario, and.., the. *said
assembled, indoors; the; 'offieiat building is' completed and ready
mg clergyman, the church war -.:'for dedication,
dens, the:'=chairman and, members And SINCE •a• petition has been
of the building committee group-, presented •, to, us . by the ' hncurrn-
•ed • around the entrance,. `while bent, the 'Church " v,rafderis,. and,
The Right ''Reverend • George, N. others, praying that we would be
Luxton,` •Bishop of.. Huron ,. af. pleased '.to dedicate the said
fixed his, signature; to 'the' Article. "Church; • •
of ` Diedication, • after ,it had' been (Continued on 'Page, 11)
nual campaign for funds has not
• been sufficient. ' to, • ermit. the Cppacity .'• Congregation
O.
For several. summer seasons,•
children from Lucknow .and Dis
trict ' have ' been transported.
\•'twice •a.' week to. Teeswater for.
swi•mming .instruction under .the.
Red ' 'Cross Water . Safety,Pro
grain..
Two buses Were. required :last
summer. t'o 'transport :these .child-
renl.et a. cost of $340; to the
Lucknow Branch: of the .Soeiety..
Pastor at Special
A' capacity, congregation filled.
the Lucknow United Church :on
Sunday ' for 'the • " Sunday School
anniversary, at which. Rey...Gran
Meiklejohn; • a former • pastor,
was .guest 'minister. •
The•.occasion was One of sev,
eral special :set►vices that. • .wi11
mark the centennial of the esta-
blishnient of the congregation.
On Tuesday evening of, last
Week. :a: Centennial supper 'was'
served. by ':the United : Church
Women, with„+between.. 3900• and
400 people enj'oying a delious
repast.:
A bower ” of .artificial. flowers
flanks'. the ' gold letters • .reading
North Ashfield Central School •,I,
Opened :Friday By Judge Ian MacRae
North.;•Ashfield .Centr'al School,
which. replaces seven one -room,
sehools in• that :area•, ' was offi-
cially .opened on Friday night at
an impressive ' evening that .was
held • outdoors on the `school
grounds.' The school, built last
year and 'occupied since the Fall
school term• opening, .c'omp'rises..
the 'students' that formerly be-
longed to No: 3, Itintail; t14,,
,
Lochalsh', No.. 7; Lothian; No.'
10, Lanes; .No° •12,` Laurien; U14,
Paramount; • No. _15, Hemlock
City, The school' is built on the
site, of the former Hemlock City
School and` is located • south of
Highway ' $5 on th Lochalsh.
sideroad: • •
J. 1-L.:Kinkead, public school
inspector, Goderich, was chair-
•'man for the evening. • Mr. Kin-
kead said that years ago, :when
early . settlers moved ..to . that
area, the '..church and', school
formed a central. and real part
of the 'communrfwa. He s:a.d that
many great people shad been ed-`
ucated` in the seven schools in
the area and that the schools
had also produc:e'd. man out-
standing citizens Who continued
to live :in: the local area, •
Three 'numbers by • the school
choir, • Companied by Mrs:
Marga e McCharles 'ate -the pi-
ano, program.
ram.
ned t g
no p
a ,
Township • Officials
Councillor Gordon Boyd, on
behalf of the:Township of Ash-.
ebiranents and
COUNCIL • TO INTERVIEW
POLICE OFFICER THURSDAY
,Lucknow 'Municipal Coun-
cil. . will :'.interview a city
• :police officer here on Thurs.:
day' afternoon in connection,
with ' the po'ssrble hiring of ,a
full time officer.
Municipal Officials, not to
mention village residents in .•
general, have had about all
d
they will take of -_,r t ur s u bonces••
and infractions of the law.
Cost of an ., "experienced •
Taw enforcement ,officer, will
run to about 6 mills.
One • c uestiori to be decided
Thursday is 'whether" Coon-
'ell wishes to. authorize' this
expenditure or. submit the
matter to 'an eu'pression. `of
the ratepayers.
Donald•. Simpson,clerk=ti>easurer
of the township; 'presenteda flag
td Gene Martin;'' principal ' of
the school,. Chester 'E imerton,
reeve of the Township of Huron,
spoke briefly corfimenting on the
• Pine River Central School, which
was the central •school,, forerun-
ner in this area,Chester. spoke
of educational progress in Rip-
ley where they are to build a
new $180,000 seven -room public
school, an addition. to the . High
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nets`; former'
Centenary Service:
"1862 Centennial Year .-' 19627
as. decorations that have ..been
used effectively •`in. the ,•Sunday.,
School: room and in•. the church ;
'lobby,
Sunday's '.con•gregation was a
! tribute-tp Bev, Meiklejohn,/who
nfinistered 'here from 1952 to
1,1958, when : he accepted an in-
vitation to Forest, vomer e =he-
still. ministering .and is currently
serving as .chairman of Lambto•n
Presbytery. On his • return to
Lucknow on.. Sunday he was
`accompanied by Mrs.; Merklejohn
and their daughter ' Ruth
With Mrs: Ross Cumming at.
(Continued on.. Page 3).
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Robinson And Cardiff HoId .Bruce
And Huron In Minority Government
` konday's; Federal election did- fight . Mr, %Robins'on "hada ma-
n't . settle . much: John. Diefen-. jority , of 4,1535 over Chesiter
baker's Government. was re- Merriam.
On Monday Luckno.w • gave
but 'without an .over- against a majority Robinson a majority. .of. • 104, as
eral Party, � ' of •222 for
all majority.. Andy in 1958..Kinloss dropped
It resembles the' 1957 election 'Andy's' margin ; to .72. ;votes . on
results that saw another. election Monday•'compared to,10(i in 1958.
in" less than a , year. Already.
'there .are *predicti.ons of. another
vote .before the year's ,out.
was much the same, with Liberal
Locally, the predictions ran candidate, Ernie 'Fisher staging
an energetic drive to cut Elston
Cardiff's majority to 2,573. votes,
I'i
„1958- " Mr. Cardiff coasted •
to a easy; victory with a•majority,
of 6,647• over Liberal candidate
Wm, • Ga .•Cochrane,• It was a two-
• party fight. On Monday the 'NDP, '.
and S'dcial • Credit . 'candidates
picked up 'a total of •;1,586 votes, ,
Mr. 'Cardiff .has represented •
Huron for 22 years.
In
s ,1958 • Ashfield gave Cardiff
'
majority
of 31.0 votes as com-
pared :with 126: on Monday. 'West
W wan'
a osh went Conservative in
1,9.5.8 by 2,00. votes and on Monday
:by 108. •
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turned with slim inan,-power. ad
vantage over-the=-resurging- Lib -
Huron Pietnre'
In Huron riding,. the pattern
pretty. true to form .with ' Progres-
sive -,Conservative candidates el.-.
�ected in both Bruce' and ><Iuron
with 'majorities sharply cut in
comparison ' with the extreme
pluralities' piled up .in, the. 1968
balloting,
In' Bruce,Andrew M. Robin
son, who has.served for 13 years'
at Ottawa, was returned with a
majority • of 1265 over John Mac-
Kenzie, Bruce County warden,
and Liberal candid'ate. The N.D:P.
and Social. Credit candidates
polled between, them 1002 votes,
giving. Andy' an overall 'edge 'of
2:63 votes. °
In • 190 .in a •traiglht two-party
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