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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-03-15, Page 1• t •r. • ' • $3.00 A Year In AdValice — $1,00 Extra To U.S.A. LucKNow oNTARI o WEDNESI)AY M..R. 15th 1961 FOURTEEN PAGES • L.Staff New, la • Lucknow District. High' School Boa'rd is currently engrossed,.in a salarY schedule proposal and associatedbenefits, ,as •presented by the teaching staff. . • The presentation was made at the March ideeting last week, The Board called a special meet- ing on Monday night to consider what. offer 'they will make 'to• the staff., A late afternoon bliz- zard which sprang u, prevented rural •members frorn attending and the Board meeting was post- poned until Wednesday 'evening., Last week, Mr. 'A. G. McLeod, • representing the Staff, presented a proposed salary schedule, with an increase in both minimum , &I maximum salary in each cate- gory. Also included in, the •sche- dule was experience allowance increment, cumulative sick leave plan, retirement' gratuity and a proposed principal's salary. The blackboard lightfixtures ordered after the Previous' meet- ing will be •received shortly and installed in the, Science, Room, Library and . one • Class- -room.. If this type of light proves satisfactory; similar ones are to be placed in the three other classrooms. • ' Accounts for Marcamounting to $5,848.111/4 were ap roved for payment.' • • erits edule • mAjuNp LIST .WAS CORRECTED, ON FRIDAY The •Sentinel mailing list was corrected on Friday . • • Morning, and subscription payments , up to •that date have advanced accor,dinglY,' , Check the date on your address label and in case of error advise: this office at .• If the :10be1 does not 'read March 61 or in advance of that date you't subscription is due for renewal or in ar- rears. "61;". without a, month indicates the subscription is. paid to the end of the year. r • FIRST POSTAGE METER MACHINE INSTALLEPHERE • ': ent • men . . Grows . To. • .r„. The Bank of Montreal has in- ..r .... .4 R stalled the first Postage meter C' ' U3 aric live . ,,, , r machine in, Lucknow. The corn.. . . eep pact Machine was put intc:opera. Oen 'last weekend and promises, to-, Speed mailing operatiens at, the bank. • swing .of a dialsets the. correct stamp reading, be it a $e.- or a lc Stamp, The Bank, pays the post office specific 1/4 amounts of :moneyand credit '-' for that • amount ' is indicatedon the 'rna.. chine. As the. envelopes . are stamped. the credit decreases until such 'a .tinie .as it works it • -.way down to riOthing. At this time, another payment is made to' the post. office and the mach- ine is reset • , . • Weather.14cerder 29 Years LONG SERVICE. IS RECOGNiz,ED J. M. Greer who has been faithfully" and 'efficiently observ:- ing and recording local weather conditions for close to 29 years, had that service officially recog- nized last week,. He was the recipient 'of a new •editionof the Canadian Oxford Atlas of the World, presented to • him personally by a representa- ASK DISCOUNT ON HALL MATERIALS tive of, the meteorological branch. of the , Department of TransPort. Mr Greer is one of only three of: more than. 300 climatological observers in, Ontario .to be so honored. This award was made to 17 of Canada's 1400 observers in recognition of exeellent*weath- er reporting :over a period of years At the presenttime there. are Over • 1400co-operative weather observers in Canada. These Ob - Servers -perform their duties Without payment from the ,Met, eorological Branch and in. the Public interest, take time. each morning; and evening ,to observe the weather and record the tem- perature and rainfall or -snOwfall. if 37 has ccurred• It was. pointed Out by Mr.. P. p.: McTa3gartCowai,directorf the. MeteorologiCal Branch, that, the co-operative , climatoligical (Coritinued on page 14) The regular March meeting of Lucknow. 'Council, the third meeting. in nine days, 'was held last Tuesday evening in the Council Roorn of the Town Hall, which is eventually to become the regular ,office., Tuesday night's meeting was held there 'because .-the auditors were occupying the municipal' office: Announcement Was, made that official approval of the winter work's project was, received, and. that all that was required now . was approval in writing from the Municipal Boaidtd•issue de- bentures, before final reading was given the by-law that Will permit immediate action in town hall renovation. This will pro- vide a modern meeting room in • the :basement; with kitchenfa- cilities provided 'bis! the 'Institute and Lady Foresters. The Council; Chamber on the, main floor will be remodelled for municipal of- fice. quarters, With a large fire- proof • vault constructed in the fotmerjail cell area.. Theestimates on , the work were gone over item ; by item. • ,Councillors Webster and ,Boyle had previously raised, the ques- tion of contracts for the work, and in reviewing the figures on Tuesday the question was again brought up, with : Councillor Webster contending that the' Board shouldn't just issue , a "blank cheque for materials" Councillor Brooks agreed that in such sizeable orders, a . sub- stantial . cash discount could ;be expeeted. • Reeve JOynt,revieWed the ex- tensive work previous1Vdone in 'the Town ' Ha11, and by whom, and stated that a contract price • for the ' entire project, soon to .be. started, was not 'possible causeof the .giants being received front both provincial and federal government which alto- , plied to different 'phases of thei;,.-Work, The winter works Subsidy la' on payroll expendi- tures, • The councillors were muted AS a committee to contact Suppliers of material in tegatd .t� di - Continued 'on 'Ork Page 14) , ATTENDANCE LIKELY TO ,DROP At the March meeting of the Lucknow Public School Board it was decided to get estimates for the replacement of the pre- sent windowpanes with new glass and also improve ventilation in 'the classrooms. • Accounts totalling $2,415:87' for March were approved for pay- ment.' In arranging for requirements for 1961-62 school term, Princi- pal . Stuart Collyer estimated 226 pupils will be attending School in' September of this year, not including 'the kindergarten Class. A further meeting is to decide On the classroom accommodation and supplies required. These :figures indicate a/ re- duction-: of some twenty pupils in Grades 1 to 8, as compared to the.' record enrcilment at: the start of the Present:ter,rn, which required the addition of in -8 teacher. Last September the enrolment was 246 at the opening of school, plus 27 kindergarten pupils for. ,a .total :0! .273. • This : total would have beer higher except •for a sharp: drop in Kindergarten 'beginners; which, resulted ,in the' class being aC.,- Comodated at a ,"morning Class. The previous term they had to be split into morning and after- noon grdtips. The forecast drop in next term's' attendance, results from the anti- cipated withdrawal .. of pupils froth the Paramount section to attend the:. Ashfield' Central School .and. from S.S. No; 6 Kin -1 loss .to attend Kinloss Central School. There app s . to. be a grow- ing av" . iarens of the .importance of 'keeping' " live" the Lucknow and District Red Cross Branch. Surrender \ of the _Charter would result h all the loan,. cup- board supplies b g ' turned over .,. to headquarters. This 'would in -- :elude. wheel ,chairs in se. in the community and on loan by the, Red 'Cross, In addition there are linens, sick room*. supplies, etc., etc., valued at several hundred dollars, that- are available at a moment's notice when the need arises, or an emergency occurs. At the local level, the, Red, Cross Water 'Safety program has' been .promoted by the Lucknow, and District Branch; with ,scores of children receiving swimming instruction in ' Teeswater 'each summer. , But, to keep the. Branch Kr' live, a president is required and. ,a carnpaign'; organizing commit- tee. ' .An official from the London., , • office of the Red Crdes, will tre. in •town the .latter part of the Week to sparkenthusiasm, and. do what he can to get the'branCh. On Sunday morning, , Rev. • H. W. Strapp made briefmen- tion of his 'concern as to the , • future of the Branch, and this sentiment has been heard more and more frequently, offering hope that the 'community , will continue , to provide the leader- ship and support that has been quite outstanding over a period of. years. . , CLOSE AT TEN 'DURING SUMMER. Lucknow Business Men's As- sociation has set ten o'clock as the closing hour on .Saturday nights for the summer months. The decision Was ...reached by; seven members, all that attend- ed a .meeting in the Town Hall on Friday night • .• The. ten .o'clock hour will be- come' effectvf-Saturday, April 1st,. and will run . to the last Saturday in Septem,ber. •.Clarence Greer, president of the association for the past two years, resigned his pesition. :No one , was ' appointed to fill the presidency in view of the small representation present. LOCAL LADY'S BROTHE HOME FROM CONGO . • • LIONS DISTRICT • LOCAL CARD- WINNERS -' • ENGAGE IN FINALS „ • „ • , Lucknow winners, in the Idist- rict: card tournament playoffs, sponsored by the Legion ;Auxin- aries were announced' on Tues- day by Mrs. Ronald Forster, Dis- trict Sports Officer' fer Zone C1,.- . Mrs., Forster was in Palmerton On Saturday When final plans were made for :the tournament to be held in Durham on Wednes- day, March 22nd. Euchre winners from Lucknow are Mrs. Austin Solomon, 'Mrs. P M. Johnston,Mrs. Lorne John- ston, Mrs. Tom Anderson. Cribbage winners are Mrs. J. Carruthers, Mrs. Alex Purves, Mrs. Bob Hamilton, Mrs. Les • Purves. .Ainner's were decided 'by. the iaggfegate scores • at card 'patties in November, January: and_ Feb,- ruax.y. . • •, Signalman Ross Beggs . of Kingston, brother of Mts.. Don Steeves of Lucknow, was one of a group of Canadian serviceinen. who arriVedhome from the Con- go at the Week -end. He was met at Trenton airport by relatives including his wife and his mother Mrs. Wray Beggs of kitchener. • Ross was one of the nine Canadians who were quartered in a two-storey concrete' house, which was , under, fire at Matadi :by Congolese troops . for some time. He had a patch on his fore- head having. been "grazed" by a piece of debris shattered by enemy fire. FAME Is SeIf HeIp Answer In Producer Marketing A self-help program in the' form of processing and market- ing of livestock was .portrayed as the "real need" of Ontario livestock producers, at -a FAME information meeting held' in the Legion Hall on Thursday night. It .was a stormy night,,but there were about 25 farmers presentto. hear ,Pat Dickie, sec- retary of the,' organization ' ex- plainthe aims and forecast the accomplishrnents possible by producer support of this newly born Farmers' Allied 'Meat En- terprises . Co-operative: . Pt A. Murray Of Kinloss Town- ship, inttoduced Jack Macdilliv- ray who presided and .in turn introduced thq speaker. Mr. MacGillivray referred to the Ontario ' Government's 'Bill 86 which is the ."Big Stick 'of State Control" . and meant that producer matketing. was ended.. The, logical move now is a self help program and tet into , the processing and marketing business.'''So it, was that FAME WAS born early in 1960, , Mr, Dickie, a Frontenac County farmer, quoted figures totrace the increase in the Oonsumer.in- dek, While the producer receives' .Jess of the national income, • ss. ..He pointed to trends today, including curtailed' bank credit which is essential to the farming industry, and the taking over of smaller packing plants, .So that, competition is lessened' on 'the market place. Collusion. is ...the result when there are too few in the Marketplace and he re- ferred to thecourtaetions against and,. jail sentences given electri- cal companies' executives, • in Support of this•claim $100 Membership $100 gives memberShip and SCOUTS PLAN voting' power in FAME. -No PAPER DRIVES There shouldn't be any' waste paper in the district by the time the Boy Scouts Make their spring cleanup. '4 On Saturday of this week Kin. loss Scouts, aided, by a corps' of 1$ or so . adults; will scour the Township farm by. farm: They'll be in, search of waste paper and Magazines, baskets, bottles. cast iron clothei., hangers, used ,cat batterieg. ' ' An advertisement in this , is- sue carries details of the collec- tion and lists the .names 'of the driverS assigned to. each con- cetsien. During Easter week, on Thurs- day, April , Gth, Lucknow 'Bo Scouts' will hold a pap ec -and Magazine collection . in Lucknow nd blingarinbil,. -matter how many 'Shares, there is only one Vote feir each rnern-' bershiP, so •it is Membership not Money which controls the or- ganizatien. Mr; Dickie estimated about 80,000 , livestoelf: producers I .. in Ontario and at $100 each this would represent about $8,900,000, which' approximates the profits that packers' statements are showing. .So, he said, you are giving them $100 a year. This amount irivested in FAMt membership, will be a factor; in establishing a producer own- I ed and operated co-operative, which will pay dividends to the shareholders, '..and 'keep cortipti., tion on. the Market place-, Killing and cold stOrage, Plants are .Iiinted in both 'Huron and littice, in a new Canadian ap- proach of ,taking, the abbatoirlo the livestock„' not Vice Versa,. , Mr Dickie stated 'that the (Continued' on page .14) • GOVERNOR HERE •• Morley MacLean, District Go •(rerner of District A,9, paid his Official 'visit to the n Lucknow Liens' Club, on Monday night. Lucknow was his 34th- visit to .. the 41 clubs in the district. Mr..: MacLean, the operator of an. electrical goods and restaurant, business in , Orangeville, has a ten-year perfect: attendance pin.: In intrOdUcing him, Lien, Harvey Webster said- that Morley had done as much, and was willing . to do as Much' for LioniStri as anyone he knew.: .' Mr. MacLean brought ..greet- ings from. the Libris ,Internation- al, from the District A office in' Toronto and 'from the Orange- ville Lions Club of which he is a inexnber. He referred to the accomplishment Of the Orange-. vine Lions in building, a swim- ming pool for` the town five ,years ago, The peel cost in the • . neighbourhood ,of $10,000 arid is valued. at about $60,000 todaV. The entire pool was built bV the Lions Club using volunteer labor with the exception of putting in the filters and this is how is was done so reasonably,: He i'eported an increase of 107 members in. District A-9, a, gain of 2.4%. Mr. MacLean enthusiastically spoke. of Lions work and what it means to be, a Lion. He, was, presented with a gift by Bob McIntosh. President. Gordon MontgornerV reported the,Ontario-Quebet con- Vention• to be in 'Kingston on May 28th to 31st..:and the Inter:, national at Atlantic City on, June 2lst to 24th. Frank Thompson reported that • sales for the Easter, suit draw had been, quite- gratifying with $370. turned 'in to date.1/4 Because a few, books that were believed sold had not been turned in, the ''draw Was riot made, but will be made , within a few days. Lloyd Ashton showed. Slides of' his arid Lion 13i11 SChnid'S recent trip to Florida, • • • • , : • . #t) 14 ll t4f ft 14 )t. ti$ *44 4