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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEIDN4SDiAY,
EPI. 5th, 19+62
Single Copy 10CC
10 Pages
lakes . Generous .
Donation TO.: Ice
Cailers. , in town. 'last week
were Mr. and Mrs. F. A. ,O'Brien
of 'Detroit, who were holidaying, •
at the A•mtberloy ,-Beach, cottage;
Of her brother, IMr,-. Huntley Gor-
don :and Mrs. Gordon.
Mrs: O'Brien,., the former Rena
Gordon ' of- LUeknow, .Called on.
.some old' ., friends here, who are
..becoming; •fewer with. the ;passing.
years.
She tdrapped .into: The 'Senthnefl
Office to'rrvake a generous dona-
tion of $25.00 *to: the Artificial
Ice Fund, and recalled the: good
*es spent in the old rink,/ Not •
the least of these recollections
was a girls' 'hooker team of
which Rena was one of the Mem-
bers. She .Played "rover" on the
7 -+player •"teaarns of those clays; &
some of; the ibumps . are still well.
' remembered;
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enumerating for
Huron -Bruce Vote
Enumerators have; been busy
'this week compiling the voters'
lists' for the forthcoming -Provin
ci`al .'byelection . in Huron:-$rine.,
The Returning Ofiiiker, is
McCool; of Winghasn.. ••
,Enumerators- .in . •,some of the
adjacent mturicipalities are `:'as'
follows:• .•. Lw'eknow•="Mrs. Omar
'Brooks;',Mgrs: Jack • Cooke, Mrs,
Armstrong• Winson
• 1R•ip1ey-OMs. June, Liddle,' Mrs.
Erma Hodginst. ';
'Kinloss Elmer Bannerman,
Mrs: Joan Barr, Cliff ,Johnston,
Alex . MaCKenzie,.• Philipp Steer;N'
Mrs. Robert • Henderson
Ashfield• -Ben. Mole, Raymond
Finnigan, '
Marshall Gibson; Joe
McGee, •Earl • Drennan, Howard -
Barger,• Lorraine Harniltpn.
West Wawanos'h•--Mrs.,.•Flossie
Iv.ers, Ernest I urnin, Walter •Ar-
nold, Ross Errington, Mrs. Eileen
•Ma ler, Mrs ' Tom Arinstrong.'
-Oulross: Harvey Ballagh, Les -
.ter
es -.ter 'Falconer; James +Ba1lag:h,
Graham Moffat, Mrs.: Thos.
Henry Houck, , Mrs. • Perry.
1lodgins.
Flames Soar At Height Of Treleaven.
enter
.AN INpER,N.O OF FLAMERS
leaps: skyward at. the •height, :Of
the, holocaust that swept through
the Treleaven Mill early : last
Wednesday ' morning. • The •des=
truction .was, complete except' for
a new metal sided, storage' shed
at• the horth-east corner. of: ,the
mall.
• played
'• �FirFiremen continually R . y
water on •th'e office area of the
Wilding, and valuable records
were •
' later recovered "without: a,
mark." `These . • included the, ac-
counts receiv'able.ledger . and the
Cardex System... "
Grain, timbers and debris, have
since' continued to.biurn, with :a
watch being kept on 'the ,blaze'
Within 'the cement and stone
wa1 s • which stand :as a gaunt
reminder of ,this once 'imposing
building: Hundreds upon hund-
reds of spectators and. motorists.
High School Enrolmenl is Again Up
Public School Attendance HnMs Steady'.
The `open,ing'day enrolment at
Luoknaw District' High School
on Tuesday saw 234 students re-
gistered; an . increase over , ast,
year.
The opening day, enrolment
last: year was 213 ' and by, the
end of,'September .was up to 220 ,
So it • can be ;exipected. that
Tuesday's figure of .24 will'' be.
higher before the month's end.
It' has been necessary to • split•.
Grade 11 this i term into ' two •
Grades; Grade ' UUiA •ril'l corn-'
Arise. ' 'Latinstudents and . NB
.shop and'home economic stud
cuts.
1Meinbers of the High' Sehool
staff met on Monday evening at
•
Pre -opening stalif meeting.
,.There are five new, teachers
on the staff this .terve ; the per-
sanfell and subjects taught be-,
ing as follows; With, the last five
• named the new members:
Prinenpai` . Brian . B: Howlett,
Grade. 12 and 13.,En •lish; A. •'G.
McLeod, . Middle and U 'er.
School :science; .Hers. Laura] He-
Witt, Home Economics and Girls
p.7'.; Elwin Haff : Lower' school
English, Mathematics ' and Guid-
ance; Donald . Dennis, Latin and
PT: Peter Connor),Sr Mathe-
maltsand Junior' science; Ro-
bert Dowsebt, ..Shop and. P.T.
Edward. Dzierzek, Commercial &
'Geography; Miss
Alexandra
Gall, . Mathematics Science;
Harr atirs and . S�cien�ce,
History;
Lee,French and Grade 9
story; Miss Eleanor Plumsteel,
Sr, Historyand Grade 11; Eng-
: L.P.S. About The. Same
Enrolment • at LuCknaw `Public
School ons :Tuesday.; was .'239; esti-
mating matin ',Kindergarten registration
....
at 21' 'beginners.:', This May Abe;
higher.. Last year opening day;'
registration was 242 students, .•so
this year's figure''Will '•be 'much
the , same •
There are 19 . in Grade .8, 27
in Grade ,7 'and 1.8 in Grade 6:
These students 'are . divided • be=.
tween Principal Stuart Collyer
and Miss Ruby Webb: Miss Helen
Thornpson has 35 in Grade 5,
'Mrs. Jack Fisher has 34 in Grade.
4, ,Mrs..` James MacTavish has 29
in Grade 3, Mrs: Normae Taylor
has'29 in Grade 2 and Mrs: Grace
Johnston has 27in..Grade 1;
Mrs:. Lloyd Hall. Will, have at
least 21 'in K•nde'rga'rten".'wh.ich'
does •not open .until, September
17.
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ATTENDED WATERLOO
HOME EC: CONFERENCE
Mr`s. Laural• Hewitt of the staff
of L.D.H,S. attended a week's
conference of. 'Horne Economics?
teachers in Augusto held' at the.
Waterloo Lutheran' University,
Water,
loo This was a' follow -lip
of the two-week conference ,k��eld
a year' ago. d bythe
A. busy .Minae was had:
teachers in discussing their work
in eonriedtion with the new cur-
r:iculttim in ,the secondary high
s'ch•oo.ls: Miss Anna ,Lawson, the
Home rconemics inspector for
the, province was also in . atten-
d•aneea
rs. • i h er . o • earning
ton spent Noonday with •Mr.".and
Mrs Ernest Ackert:
LDIIS 'Graduates...
'Pursue :. Studies
• Septen'ilber finds, quite a` -null
bet' of district • ,young people;
graduates of" .Lucknaw • District
High School, finaizing' plans .to
pursue their education : elsewhere
and in a 'Variety ,bf fields.
Some, have gone. Others are
not ''yet'certain of adin ssi•on in
the courses they desire., •
It has been diiffieult •to • com-
pile an accurate lint and :,1m-
possible
,im-possible to Complete it. 1-lere are:
where some Grade' 13 students'
w•
ill be registering::
University •qf • Waterloo, Den-
ver Dickie: and George BuShell;
Univer:sity of Western ,Ontario,
Terry Wilson,: Allan' MacDougall,
George Gibson; O;•A.C., 'Guelph,
John,'and Bill Andrew:, Stratford
Teachers' College, •Nancy Forster
and Patricia Thompson; Victoria
Hospital Sehool of• Nursing, •Jo
Ann Alton:.
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Joanne Crozier will attend Beal
Tech and Beth 'Cooper h,as ace
cepted a position in London with
London Life. Elaine Hodgins 'is•
considering MaoDonald Hall • at
Guelph.
Among Grade ;'12 graduates
whose, plans are known are Mary'
Purdon and Ann • .Rintoul who
will ',attend Lougheed Business
College in Kitchener; Judy Web-
ster Who will attend Goderich
Business College, Caroline Math-
ers who has entered Kitchener -
Waterloo Hospital' to train as : a
nurse,
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Passing'by' on Highlay sq; .'have
viewed the. grim •spectacle:
John Treleaven, propr.iet;or'• .•af
the .mill' has had , a busy • week;
assessing the 'foss: and. 'atternpt-
ing to solve :the problerns reSult-
inig from the conflagrationy chief
of • which is 'the :question of - r•'e-
�.
--Sentinel' Photo
.--Cut Courtesy Kitchen. er=.Record
ayfair Restaurant
Changes Hands
Muri'l and Ed Burrell of.
Peterborough have taken Over
the Mayfair, Restaurant from,Mr.
and 'Mrs. Wilson' Loder and cap-
tained possession 'last 'Saturday,.
September 1st, • Wilson . ' is em : .
poyed in 'T'oronto: '
1Mr: and Mrs, B.ur�r�ell ' formerly • ' '
operated the .Rendezvous Rest-
aurant on George St. ' in Peter
borough, and this is being con-
tinued under the managership of
their son; 'Raymond' 'McGregor. •
Mr. and Mrs. Burrell have. been
"M and out" of the restaurant
..business for .twenty-five years.
A.ccomipan ring, them .to•_Lucknow
was their cook, Bill Gordon o£
Windsor, w'ho will act . in 'that
• capacity here.
LitIle. ` Rest For
Lucknow Firemen.
An 'eXplasion of a gas tank on'
a Coleman .trook Out .of London,
exitensively damaged the 'truck
and . sent" about' $5,000 to 56,;00.0.
worth ofbutter up in smoke, in•
a 'highway fire • last Wednesday
•morning, abuot :.two mriles, south
of Kinig�{}�ri dee on .Highway 21
The Coleman struck was ..haul
ing the; butter from Kincardine
to :London. The driver had pul-
led the truck to the'side of the.
road for sonne coffee from his'•
thermos, 'whelk he 'discovered the
fire. Ltraknow. Fire '.Department,
•: wkith::their socks liard$ly dry from
the ,Treleaven Mill fire, answered'
the alarm in mid morning. which
was rn;,440 fxarn nearby' `farm.
house. ' • •
/ Melting ' batter was: > literally,:,
rolling into the .ditch . when fire
Men • arrived. The .fire was
tinguished •with little orno da_
,mage done 'to the Motor. of the
truck, .but. the rest of the 'vehicle;
;practically: a cpnuple'te' lost.
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,• Confuscius: ,Say,!' Salesman • who
cover • ehatr 'instead of territory
find, himself 'on. (bottom most of
time.
iDiscuss Plans dor Resumption Of
Aice histaikition This fall
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Members of, the, Lions Club
Executive ° , .and' Artificial'. 'Ice
Committee rnet with the -Village
Ccunnci] on Tue,sdrser night at the
re'zu7?r ` Se`?t=mber . meeting, ' to.
dic cuss a•'tails regarding re-
supt`nn •cf, the : installation of
art: is al ice.. .
• The ice-n'ahing machrriery was
instaired in ' the sipring lin ' the
building. built at the "south Mrest
corner of ' the 'arena to house
this equipment, and completion
of, the work deferred .untilthe
fall.
•The header .trench, laying of
the pipin,g., and: 'any ' associated
interior work will be resumed .in'
October,..tinder the ,whiter works
tiTtstrain.
/..
3'he layinb of the concrete is
now being considered this fall.
if time permits.. To do so' would
effect •a considerable saving, as
to, • make ice without a floor co-
Vering, 'involves an expansive
chpped ice 'outlay in order , to
start ...ice mulling;
A goad floor is advocated
which ' could be used for roller
skating, and dancing. However,
this is in the discussion stage, &
a• definite decision will be made
shortly as to what course to
pursue, .
In the meantime final w esti-
mates on completing the installa-
tion of the' ice -making equipment
are to be arrived at and sub'
, mitted'. for '.governmental • ap-
proval as to grant? .which .are
arplicable.,
-Express . Regrets
Council expressed their • seivti
dents' to khe Treleaven Milling
Comipany • in the Ioss of . the mill,
and added that they would do
anything Within. their munioiPal
powers respeotin.g assessment,
a rebuilding program is ;under-
taken.
Letters .af thanks= are to '-be
Sent ' to. the';Lucknow Fire Depart-
ment , under Fire' Chief . George
Whitby;and to the Ripley' Fire
Department' • for ' their ,services. .•
Work to be undertakep by the
Department 'of Highways at
east' endof the
town,which
volves water• flow• to the' Tre-
leaven'
releaven ' pond, ;is being deferred
pending developments; as water.:
power would not be utilized in o
the future.
Five ' Bids
Council spent most of Tues-
day night's session considering
the bids , from ifive financial
houses, regarding, the sale of the
debentures on the high •school
A, variety 'of split -Coupon.. and
below par value bids, kept coun-
cil tbusy,.figuring Which was the:
best offer. The final decisionwag.
left' over until the bids . could
be further investigated more
fully on' Wednesday,
Daiiry..farm•er, questioning pro-
spective hired man. "Have. en?'
bad habits• --smoke,• • drink, eat •
,margal ine?" •
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