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LUCKNOW, ONT. ...1
ARID ,FEB. 22nd, 1961
FOURTEEN PAGES
HYDRO SYSTEM:
HAS GOOD PROF T
The Lucknow Hydro Electric
System had; .* good year' and as
of December 3,1st, 1960,.. shciwed
a profit; 'of $4,515.78. The System
has currently cash in the' bank
of slightly over. $8,()00' and. • has
securities of : $9;00O.0Q
' Power purchased from
amounted to $28,462.74. Total' ex-
penses, including" -$2244.00. for=
plant depreciation amounted to
$38,348,11... .
Revenue •'fro#. sale •of power
was as follows:
Domestic ..$16,898.53
Commercial r..:.10,111.80
Power Comrnet cial . .. 12,767.13:
Street lighting: • •, 2,803,11
'Interest on security
and Su,ndry 283.32
•
Total revenue .,,:.,,$42,863.89' `
Total expenses38,348.:11;
Net; Profxt. ,..$.' 4,515,78
Total KWH .•,pu=rchased:
H,E"P.C. ,by. the' . local system '
amounted to .3,164,800; • •Total;
K,W':H sold -amounted:to . 2.,863,-
13.0, which : means ' 'a ' line •. 'arid
transformer loss' of 301,670 KWH.
A certain amount..of line loss is•
...inevitable and in : comparison
•,',with other. systems; this does ,not
Appear "„excessive' locally.., It
sufficient however, to warrant a
thorough; survey . of the local.
:system to.'determine .Was changes.
and .improvements can„ be made'
tocorrect :this to `
s. ss ,of.. power.j
L. RW IN HEADS
EW C
•... H' AP ER ;T'
A meeting held a t:Amber-
ng was s
mai ariate
Icy. Orange,, Hall 1 ,toa g ,
Kincardine District. R.S.C. and
Kinloss District:R.S.C.under the
lR e
new charter of West Bruce Cty.:
'Royal 'Scarlet.' Chapter
'Clarence. MacLennan, County
.Master,• was •. chairman for the
•election,: and : installation ' of ,the.
.,following' officers._•
W. ' Commander, . Alvin • Irwin:
: D. Cor anan'der, :,Irvin Keyes;
Chaplain, A,'ithur Smeltzer;
:Scribe, .IReuben Wilson; Treasur
'•er;'John McCorinich; Lect;. Lorne
Reid, ' J. ; 'Kettchabaw, Marshall,
Lorne Emmerton; • Conductors, H.
Guest,' R. Lyons, Sr.• Herald,
belt Courtney; Sentinel David
Johnston.
ATTEND BAPTISM'
Present sent on'.theoccasion of the
baptism
il
p sm of Robert Grant• 'Gil-
christ;
chri'
st, infar}t son of Mr,. and Mrs.
:Robert Gilchrist; in Lucknow
Pr•s
egbyterian Church on Sunday
were Mr..and Mrs', Gordon Camp
bell, Mr. and .Mrs. Anco Gu key
ma; ' Betty and Joyce of Kincar-
Cline, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon .Mac-
Donald Kinlough 'ant Mr.. Fred
Gilchrist. ,
ist. Mrs: `Gilchril't, was • un-'
able to be -present •
' ”"THE ROCKET" WILLING AND GENEROUS* WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH
ROCKETS TO POPULARITY `
it was his Skill in scoring goals
that won.. Maurice ';Richard the
title of : " T'he Rocket", But on his:
'visit to,JLucknowlast Wednesday
he 'rocketed to . popularity. with.
;young and old,•alike, by his mod-
esty and his interest in "the'kids.''.
'Here,. the Sentinel cameraman
caught him between games
the ' Community .Room '. 'of the
Arena, surrounded = note you •-
•
mostly *bygirls at 4114particul-
ar: time; who were eager'. for his
autograph:' And they ' found "The.
Rocket" gracious' 'and willing to
oblige •
Sentinels Photo
lens Progress
Contributed
Tli :f' 1 L • - kn - ' w.asr
Tlie V 1 ag�"`o'f-•` , uc aye -••-
founded in 11158,. and the, Ang1'i
cans of this . early ` Community,
worshipped ;at ', 'the ' moather"
church,'• St. P
au.ls Dungannon. .In
,
1874, :-the year after the, •inco-
pe>rati•,on• of the' Village,. the
Rec-
tor::of Dungannon, The Reverend
E. 'M. Blarid..was'requested. . to
conduct: services at L'ucknow.. The
first sei•viu was' attended' by 3:8
people,. and was held in :rooms
over, the .store' that is noW oc-
cupied byB•utton's Butcher Shop
•Iii 1878 the ,present site was
donated•`by one of the: members,
Mrs, West. and in' the 'same year;
the„ building of the chureh••corn-
plc:ted the •firsCincuuribent being
the Rev: James Carrie.
• As the -Years passed a growing
•ncod for accomodation for the
Snday,.,School, and ;other paro-
chial events ,was evident, and
:from -tithe 'to' time many. plans'
were discussed, chiefly,the exC:a,-
or uildingaSt. Peter's' parish
j vation• and 'renovation Of.' the
-basexent area..Actual' work' was
ard eive
R�t,.sIn
:come. On Lucknow: Wisi
•.About, a thousand enthusiastic
residents of the community —.a
good rnany of them very vocal
children: and', teenagers ---;' .gave
Maurie "The Rock01" Richard
a rousing' reception on the occa-
Sion of- his appearance in the
.Lucknow Arena .last .Wednesday
evening.
Modest and unassuming, iii
spite of "'the fact he• is one of the
all-time greats in hockey;, Rich=
•,ard made, a" big ,hit locally, He
:remained on the ice throughout
three =nit br hockey games. of 20-
minutes each and '(graciously
re'flock: of autographs' for
warm- of children who be-
seiged him. Pictures of Richard
which '
had• been 'printed; s't The
Sentinel 'Office, 'were distributed
at 'the arena that evening.
•
•
.mpnies.. and called Reeve Gee,
:guest, 11,1r, said •it ;was a
"1141 lihnoor do so, and th,at•
1, one and efily. M•auriev Richard."'
!.-ed onto the ice arid. re;eived quite
f.hd•alfit. was the; Centennial hi -
Club, Pl'esent'ed. ,a servittg
-v to. lOhn for hig part
(C tibitied on Page 12)'
Y
CAR STOLEN, EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING
Jack MacDonald of .the -Es-
so serviee.
he Es-so'.service:• station,'. arose on''
Tuesday morning to 'discover
that his car had. been stolen
through .the night' from be-
side his . hotpe
Jack'first'iioticed a strange'
It was., a 1952 Chea. Then he
discovered•, that his 1956
Dodge was missing
Police were notified & upon
train.. •'the .Chev, found c g v, .o t.
it; had been stolen . from `the
',ow ner's"garage' in Kincardine.
•
hampered by lac • k' of 'finances,
as well; as` -the perpetual` clatniineas
of the basement .& made the: use
�f this ,area.unsuitable.
the �ear.of.'19-
InD during. 3' ., . 5 , du , g. the'.
incu'm'bency • of the' ` Reverend.;
A. S. Mitchell the . first definite
step's Were takers by the found=•
.in'i of a `=Parish' •=Tall. `Building
Fund," the'•,firstgenerous dopa
tion:.frcm ]I•.,'James.: Mitchell,
,now of London; Ont., in memory
of his'•father, .Mr. 11/loorhouse Mit-,
. hell who for over 25 years' was
SEEK. LOTS. FOR
TREE PLANTI NG
•
. The -regular monthly meeting
of the Lucknow and District 'Hor-
ticultural Society was • . held in
the Council' Chambers,. of the
Carnegie hall on Friday even-
ing. The, president, Kenneth., Cant-
eron' ;opened. the meeting (with •
welcoming, remarks., •
Correspondence read included.
a notice from • the Canadian Rose
Society announcing , this year's
show to be'. held in Leaside,. June
23rd and 24th" A letter from ,Mc
Lean . publishing, company: invit-
ed member's to subscribe to the
`Canadian Home:, and Gardens at
.a;special reduced rate of $1.65 per'
year, '
A letter . of•, acknowledgement
from .Mr, 'P,' W., Hoag was •read, in • `.
which he stated:. he 'was very
grateful.• for the diploma given,
hirn; by the Society., The treasur-
er's 'report. showed .a balance:.in
the," bank_ of .$378,11 with cash, on .
hand of • $12.84, There. are •73'
senior and 41 junior members
paid up to date.: ,
• The ; program .'committee, Mrs.
Struthers • and • Mr's. Reavie, had.
:Mr. .Cameron . call on Barbara
Cameron for aviolin selection.
She was 'accompanied by • Mrs:
Ross Cumming •
.The fust. fi1'm: • was'• ,them pre-
sented, "The Miracle ' of the
Bulbs Thisis' a' film . of time
lapsephotography" depicting:from
the time .abulb is planted until
thebeautiful.,blo m breaks Ont.
in all its glory. Special music ac-
'companied, the ;pictures: and .one
part was' called 'ba'llet in . •bio•s .
soros.: Miss Cameron then played
.;another ' violin 'selection.
The next `film was 'The ',pro -
mdse. of Sprmg" . and. featured,
America`s famous ; 'gardener Fred
x.
F� Rcckwel;' showing a . young-''
couple: how to plant their new;
home, and then : the results of his
suggestions were shown .as the 2.
'film took the viewers on to the .
next spring:
Following • the ,films, Mr. •'Came-
ron asked for volunteers to ap-'
proacfr-the . i.4 uperty-owners-eon
cerned 'with the treeplanting on
'r=ain ;street. 'It wasleft to Mr.
Stewart Robertson,' Mr: Cameron
,and , Mr .•Bri tow. .
(Continued o gage 14I'
car 'parked On the roadway unday.; School Superintendent
'and a loyal church .worker. Over
:the last decade." the fund has
grc•wn by donations from mem
hers` some of t� hcr:[ri now reside,
' ,e
elsewhere friends of from . s ...
o the
Church, as well. as local merch
thesegifts were placed..'
n the S '-i d of the Diocese trust'
and with the interest has
r --ached ,the :sun= of 'nearly,
$1,200,00. 1
On ivover•t�er ...he 28th, • i:;3G
(Contin. on',. rage 3)'
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LIONS .ICE• CARNIVAL
'EP FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
The Lucknow and ` District
Lion: • Cluib popular • annual ice
rn'ival: wi11 be held iris the lo-
cal arena on Friday of this week,
• rpbruar.y. : 24th.; commencing . 'at
' 7:4.5 sharp.•
'.f'l=e'e are cb,sturne event cash
prizes for_• ni'e-schoo1 and kinder-
at.teri- ublic school arid. hi .11,
school students and adults: A de
tailed list. -appeared in last Week's
i ;sue of. The. Sentinel :``
There will a'so be speed arid
novelty ,,crintests, as well as•the
Q een of the :Carnival award.,
There will be a:• treat for all
'Pre -School and ptfblic , school
Children. not wrnrirng' a costume
Prize, .. •
• Pre-school children ate free of
charge and all in a 1e iti'niate cos,
tuna° w,iil be. admitted free:
• Theedrnrssion is - 35e for 'adults:
25c for. High School students and
10c. for public school children',
This' is, always an enjoyable
even: rig, and on.e which the°`spon-.
Sorg never hope to much` more
Man break even " in sponsoring
the event. • •
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NAME WEST ' B RU'C E.
L
L. ' OFFICERS
The West Bruce Ccunty Orange
Lodge Officers :for: 1961 as instal=
.led. iby Carl Smith; . F:02%ff.•: at
Ontario West are:. P, M,''.Clarence;
Ma^L:en'nan .D...11/1,„: Charles Epi-
Merton;Cha' air 'Rev. J C; Hut='
ton;. Sec., Reuben •Wilson:
Sec., James . McNai'n; ,Treas., Bert
'Alton; .,Marshall, Donald • Court=
ney; Lecturers. Lorne :Reid, ' A.
S:meltzer; Auditors. Robert Lyons,.
A. Ii -vein.
It was decided at this meeting
to hold the Tiwe'lth of .July cele
bration • •in West- Bruce in 1962:'
Lihthing'
awanos
doss
Frank Thoin�son. R.R. 1. H"oiy
rood, George Fee an, Goderich
and i•c,wn Smy.t , Ii.P.. 2. Au -
hu •n; all directors of the West'
wr
Wats arrc;:,h li utual Fire
ghee • Conipany• were re-elected.
the'r ,positions by acelai^'+a ion.
at the a'n'al meet:iri ' of the, Co,
held in the .Pa;1sh =Zell t ungan-•
non, on Friday a fterioon. The
nomin'.tions, were Prank 'Thomp-'
son by Harvey' Houston. and Har.-:
ry Watson; ' George Fea ;asp by
Robert 'Sow, et;l:;y and Harry. Mit-,
chell; Brown Smyth by Williatn•
1"ranSt.o:n and .Ted, Redmond' '`
Frank Thompson•,' president of
the company, acted .as chairman,
and urged the attendance to el -
ter into the disci' fi"ian as it: was
g :.retorted
w
",heir meeting, He,
:,rirplup. at the''end. of •lt)60 of.
20,352 as cemp'a fed With S4.900
at the end of last year. With fe-
�iyrr elec `rival storm -i ' dui '.rig• the
si`IYin,ei lightning losses \Vere /
down from ••$5,7(50
to W 13 fj30:
nh-ect. , roser. incrxeaseci. X1.1;000
while reinstt•anoe fosse„'•. \;`ere'
1'e s
by 816,000. The president ex-
plained that earn(, re nog aero
"face lilting;, had. .been clone at ,
the office iia Dungannon• with
work on the front giving an' im-
proved appearance, An illuminat-
ed sign is being considered for
the front• of the office building,
Frank urged fire precaution and •
that pcnlicwy,holde,rs". ensile:(=t their
livestock after each electrical
storm. HHrr referred to one corn.,
(Continued oil para. 1131
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