Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-07-04, Page 1r r i r 1 I. i 1. o ,: Miss Dorothy Douglas is sche- duled to arrive at Malton : air- . port on ,Friday everting. , She ;is I0 flying "home" ;from,Tannsui; For mosa, for the summer ' holidays. 1 ° She •will.:return in ;Septemiber, Mis'sDouglas will bemet :at 0 Malton by Rev. and Mrs. George I•bouglas of ':Willowdale and by i Mr and Mrs., T. A, 'Leishman • • (Mary Mingles) of . Mai{kherr ,� 'and a family reunion is planned 0'. .at the Leishman home. . i • Dorothy, daughter of . ,the late j Mr; and 1VM.rs. George Douglas of • far. many years where she tea'ches; 1 Year 1n. A4vance ;$1.QQ Extra To U.S4k. 1.UCKNOW, ONTARIO I T; DNES1 Y.. JULY .... .., 4th, 966,. .Single in Co 10c'.• ._....,, pY 12 Pages. I3.U0 A Frank fihompson . 'secretary="Treasurer # West Vllawanosh firelnsurante Ccs. Frank Thoi pson , ..Of' Con. 1.0 Kinloss Township has been ap- pointed secretary -treasurer, of the West Wawanosh Mutual Fire Insurance Company, ; with head- quarters at Dungannon. ,Frank will take over his ,new duties on August; 1st as suc- cessor •to. Durnin Phillips, who. is ;r ,tiring after holding the 'Office for . 15, ,years. Therewere twelve ' appl'ica tions for. the position,. with. the :Beard deciding 'on . Mr. Phillips' successor at a meeting on. Thurs- day evening. Mr. Thompson has : been a• . director of the 'Company for six years, a position he has resign- ed • to accept : the new appoint- ment. He is a past president of the Company. 'Frank ' is. a son 'of • 'the • late Mr, and Mrs. Fred; Thompson. and Was . • born . and: raised on the. 10th Concess=ion where he continued "to operate the family farm, which is' now being offer ed for sale.' Frank. and Cora,, as they, are ,popularly kngwn, and 'chi'ldren will . take: up' residence in Dun- gannon.. A farm 'auctio'n' sale will. be, 'held on Monday, July 16th. . Frank': hasbeen. Kinloss : Town- ship . treasurer for over. 1.3 years since. in February: 1949 and officially tendered his resignation to • Kinloss Council at their; July meeting on Tuesday.. • Mrs, Bert Ward returned', home • last week: With the exception of a period Of. two the. - she ,had been• hospitalized in Wing ' ham for' 5'/2 months: Mr. and Mrs.: Harvey Treleaven of London were holiday visitors • here. •Harvey hasrecovered fa- vorably following a:• heart 'at- tack. New ParishPesr� -..t Assurnes Rev. L. C'. ' Thomas, who has .been. pastor • of St. Marys Church, Lucknow,,,and' St. Augustine, fore the :past 'two. • years has . been' ap- pointed •temiporarily to' St. •Mar-. • tin's, London, to post graduate studies. ` Before leaving, Fr. Thomas was presented with • a °gift of. money from the congregation, by .Mr. James O'Donnell: and Spirit- . ual bouquets ' from`` the Catholic' ' Women's League ' by Mrs. P. MacDonald ' andfrom the cate-' chisrn• class by 'Miss Lynda, Chisholm. Rev.' E. Malaak ' from St. Michael's,' Learpington, succeeds Pr. Thomas 'as pastor. "of St.•Au•- gui'stine' and Lucknow. NAMI• D'- TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL POST • Prof'.. N. R. Richards, form- erly of this community, •and for 11 years head of the. soil 'Science department at the Ontario Agricultural College; Guelph, has; • been . • appointed dean of agricul- . • ture of the newly -created Federated Colleges .of " the • Ontario, .Department *of Ag ri.culture. • • He • will succeed 'Dr,: J: D, , M•acLachlari, who was ap- pointed president of the Federated,. Colleges,.' Succeed- ing Prof.,. Richards' as, head of the soil science department is Dr.': B. C. Matthews: MUSIC STUDENTS PASS CONSERVj,TORY EXAMS' • The following ,piano p.iipils of Mrs.:Donalda• Scott were 'success- ful in passing .their Royal' Con- servatory of . Music exams: .' Grade' VHI: --r Bruce MacKen- zie, Lucknow, R.R. 5, honours; Joan Tiffin, Teeswater, R.R. 2, honours; Marion Scott, Lucknow,. R.R. 5, .pass, . . ' .Grade IV Jo. Anne King,, ,.Teeswater, •R:R 2, pass; Janice Brooks Lucknow;pass;' Mary Finlayson; Lucknow, pais: „ • Playground 'Has Started. .Focally SENTINEL' HOLIDAYS FOR NEXT TWO :'WEEKS. This is the Iasi issue ' of The/ Sentinel until July 25th. The office will be closed during the weeks of July 9th. and 16•th for a two 'Week's.' • vacation „'period. Have 5 rAt.CHS Taes Teachers. R •Five teachers. have, been en- gaged to fill vacancies '• on the Lucknow. District ',High School staff, but the latter part of the . Week a. French teacher was still required. The Board had placed iadvertisements .. 'in papers . ° in, Montreal and Northern Ontario,' seeking to Obtain a :qual;fiedre- placement. Teachers engaged are Mr, Bob Dowsett, shop; 'Mr. Peter Can- non, mathematics and science; Miss' Alexandra Gall, mathemat- ics and science; .Miss. Eleanor Plumsteel,•;, `history; Mr: Peter Dzierzek, commercial. •• . The 'Lucknow' Playground, un- der the 'sponsorship of the` Re= creational Council, commenced ori Wednesday morning, under the" 'leadership ,of Bruce MacKenzie and Patricia Thompson, who 'are, in charge of the' senior 'and jun-' for' groups respectively.. ' The age range is. from 5 to 12 with- activities being- held at the l` : School Hall anl' the ,Pub ic„ School playground.. . 'Classes, are from ;9 to, 12 each Monday;. Wednesday and'Thurs-, day. • morning during July.. Tues.: day and 'Fridays are reserved for Swimming '° classes. .• The courses . featuregames, crafts, 'singing and special •evenits.• This " "vacation school" is for children.. •of town and country. There is no charge, and ,those- who missed the opening ses- sions this week can still parti.:. cipate. • • Arriving. From Formosa: Friday : Lucknow, has been ,in .Formosa 0 • i the • Girls' High `.Scholl. ' She was home on furlough 3 • Years ago, and when --her next. furlough • hence 'she up two years. •. l e will return Ito Canada permanently. Council` Airfoils BL1V R.eg�rdig •.; Eaea� P�biscite On Hiring Policeman Lucknow Village Council at their ,regularJuly. meeting .on. Tuesday evening,• were delayed in acting on a proposed police officer plebiscite, as the neces- sary. legally -drawn, by-law -had not ' been received. ' It 'is expected it will be dealt with at a, special meeting.. within a few .• days. . ;Cost Of a full time . police' of- ficer would increaSe the Village rate by approximately five Mills, This ,represents a ' tax' levy of roughly $5.00 per 11,000. of, as- sessnient..• Councillor W. A. Hamilton questioned . the necessity of a vote, e4piressing the • thought that CouTi'cil might well• •pro= ceed, to engage a. policeman, • in view of• complaints, .and noctur- nal • disturbances. • The. Board, however, felt that the 'ratepayers should express _a "yes" or "no" opinion,' and if not favoring, this expenditure,, at least they_ would: ,then have Ice ' Fund. Report I' project .is • indicated bythe fact Is'that:�52 memlbers., personally.' don= Interesting.aced ' $3;450,. which..represents • At Lions .Club Ladies. • Nigr held recently, ,Bob. Finlay, trea- surer of. the • Artificial Ice Fund, submitted a .detailed up-to-date. financial. ;.report.' :This: statement of receipts and expenditures: ap pears elsewhere in this issue: It wilt' be noted that Canada Ice. Cornipany has received. over •$10,0.00,' roughly Half ''of the 'con tract. price. Cost of the ; building to house the, •ice 'Making equip- ment. is not ` yet included in the expenditures... , The .completion . of the instal •lation, including .' the laying of the 'plastic pipe,. has. been defer- red until • fall; A'.: cement- ;floor Which, •will '•' eventually, . it , • is hoped, be laid' over the. pipes. zwill be undertakenafter . the sYstein has been hi operation. for ; •a' �` winter. Otherwise, the pipe will . have to .be .lifted. . Cost of the •floor' was • not' reckoned . in the initial campaign but it is hoped that the response from 'individuals and . organiza-. tions, in the community, and from former residents,` will continue:•to permit the 'col pleti'on of•• . the ambitious 'project.' :• A study of the .figures in -the financial statement, showing the .balance. on 'hand, . will indicate that substantial . provincial . ,and. federal grants . are being ' count- ed ori, to . cover the initial . cost. Thebreakdown of donations is also interesting.. How :committed )the.Lions 'Club. has been. to this • /about one, -sixth 'of the total:' re- teipts to date. Those 52 donations were within $435 'of .being half asmuch • as the,' remainder local canvass,`' 'in which $7,335159 was received:' from .713d• ;Gontributors: 406 letter donations,' from •for-' mer : residents, have to :date of this report . amounted to $$3,920.99. • no • grounds for the. comgla nts and , "beefing", that ` are heard about rowdyism, vandalisin and failure to lay charges for en- fractions of the law. • Reeve , G, W. Joynit, 'is not • anxious to have ' this: ; heavy 'taxi: ' ,levy 'imposed,' when, the , money could be spent to much. better advantage: But, 11e added, "from the Reeve's standpoint it is nearly impossible to' efficiently operate the Villageany longer without a •full time police; ofificer." It was suggested that a public meeting might be held :after the by-law, which has to be adver- tised three weeks Alas •been. sub.= rnitted to the ,ratepayers. There are other considerations, also. Toeffectively, control traf- fic, parking and. •truck unloading' regulations under the 'recommen- dation , .. of the Department of. Transport survey which Council, plans' -to adopt, a police, officer , is essential. • Leave In Ten Days On Overseas.Tri .;.., p Mr. and Mrs..N'orman Taylor' and, two sons, Terry and Neill,• will leave Saturday of next week July: 44th .from Malton on , a flight overseas where they ;will spend the next month. They will' .concentrate., their . time in Eng.- land and Scotland where Normae has relatives The' trip is a chartered flight, or anized h • the: Ontario :Men • - n Two Months:' gy Teachers' Federation,; 'for teach-: ers and their- .families:,'. They are "on. their''; own" overseas. The plane is scheduled.••to arrive at London airport ,'on' Sunday:' Others on the passenger list. include Mr. and. Mrs 'Charles Pearce of'.Brantford. Mrs., ,Pearce is the . former Olive. Anderson.:of Ashfield: Qver�as Tour Miss Mary ,Anderson: of .,town and. :Miss,•Betty Tuer. of ' Mitchell left on : Saturday by air 'from •Ma•1'ton on the start of a two: months' overseas tour. They Were met 'at Shannon airport by Mary's brother,,. Geo.' Andersen.. and they plan• to spend,, a •short time in 'Ireland. George Will, 'return: to England • having.. LDHS Awards arrived there a few weeks . ago from . New Zealand. ‘ The girls will then .travel by, boat for a';tour of the Scandina- vian Countries candina-vian.:countries and plan to con elude their travels with a :'visit to Ronie and • "basking" on the Riviera: •'Mary' ' and Betty. will return: home theend of August. in time for, "the' re -opening of school... Dr. • and Mrs 'William . Swan and Mrs. Anderson Motored to Malton' to 'see. the girls off • oh their :trip. • Lloyd .Ashton.•Assumes Gavel As Lions President The installation of the 199a-63 J'tiie 23rd. slate of o • 'officers of the Lucknow and District' Lions ' Club /was a fea Ladies' ,Night,' , which marked •the final ..meeting of the :Season on 'Monday , •, evening, Shown left to right are Instal-' ling•officer Dial Meir "of Seaforth, as he presents the gavel to :the .new president, Lloyd Ashton,• 'While the retiring president,: Frank Thompson, looks on well aware ofthe duties and respon- siubilities that will tall to his' successor; • —Sentinel Vhoto • Home Economics The following girls stood high-'. est for their year's work in the Home -Economics classes at Luck-. now ,District High School. They received the following awards: Grade IX Barbara • .Pardon, a • place setting of cornflower Crystal,. donated by William Schmid; Grade X. = Sandra Cameron, a' •pair of china : candle -holders, donated by William Schmid; " Grade XI --' Mary Andrew, one sheet .with 'matching pillow-" • cases donated by Lloyd Ashton., •Grade •XU—Wilhel2•niria' Smith, . a Better Lorries and Garden+. Cook • Book, donated Eby Elmer Um:bach. .Throe Regiter for Swiininin g. About 170 young folk'•• from'. Lucknow and 'District have re- gistered for the swimming in- struction at the Teeswater Pool: • Registration was officially,, conducted' on, Friday and Satur- day when about, 140 registered.. Over the week -end some. 'thirty More were signed for the clas- ses. They are held twice a week —on Tuesdays and .Fridays, with the first tri i l p' being made on Tuesday;.' Three . busses ' were` • packed to accommodate the opening day • turnout. Bus drivers were Allan• • Reed, Bryce Elliott • and Eldon. Miller. The group is in charge of Patricia Thompson and Bruce MacKenzie. ,, Trans ortation Transportation is provided by the Lucknow Branch of. the, Red Cross. . and the ,Lucknow and r)istrict Lions 'Club. . AQ I1'