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M..R. 15th 1961
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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.'
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machine in, Lucknow. The corn.. . .
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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 •
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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,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,
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The councillors were muted AS
a committee to contact Suppliers
of material in tegatd .t� di -
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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
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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
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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 -' •
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, 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. . •
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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,
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..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
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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
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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,
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