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LUCKNOW,, O]
ARIO WEDNESDAY, MAR, 29th, 1961
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There was a. small: attendance
and little discussion at' the an-.
nual meeting of the ,subscribers'
of, the' Huron 'and Kinloss, Mun-
icipa' Telephone •System;• held in
the. Township ,Hall, Ripley on•
Monday afternoon.
Stewart Needham,. .chairman of
the Board, presided and Clayton
Nicholson, manager of the Sy
stern,` gave a report of.. the year
and plans for the future,.,
.It was announced that plans
and: work .'are • ,now underway in •
. order to meet : the Dungannon
system dial outover in ''December
of. /
This project requires a cable
to be constructed between Dun-
gannon and Lucknow which will
serve local" customers plus all
long distance service
Stew rt Needham; and :Murray
•Campl6ell "' were reappointed.
commissioners and D A:' Mac-
Donald is 'the newly.:,elected
commissioner ,succeeding . Oliver
Smith
ATTEND ' BACCALAUREATE.
SERVICE AT . 'THE
Mr. and Mrs., Orland Richards
spent Sunday „in; Guelph ` with
Professor and 'Mrs.. N. R. Rich-:
ards, and family: They attended
the Baccalaureate Service in War.
Memorial :Hall at the O.A.C, for
the graduating class, Of which
their ` son George is a me fiber
on the engineer option. •'George:
has' joined the R.C.A.F. and. en
•ters `' with a commission to . fur-
ther . his studies:
Guest, speaker, at the Sunday
service was•Rev. C. H. Dickinson,.
Book': Steward of. the United
`Church 9f `.Canada. His son, Elroy
Dickinson,; • is also < a graduate of
this class' arid 'it, is -'understood
be 'will enter ;the ministry as an
agriculture engineer. He assisted.
his father in the service by tak-
:ing;'• the Scripture . lesson:
DIED AT PINECREST MANOR
1VIrs. Wilson.. Muller., formerly
of Al "
A lenfor Pin e
d, died at , ecr
Manor, : Lucknow, on Thursday
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LUCKNOW COUPLEFIFTY YEARS ' MARRIED
Mr'. and. Mrs: Charles" Steward;.
celebrated their golden wedding.
anniversary on . Wednesday,;
'March 22nd They were' `married'
in Wingham '`by' the Rev. • Croly.
of the. Anglican' Church:.: •
• Born: in •England,. Mr. Steward'
is. thee' son. of • the `.late' Mr. and
.Mrs.:. George `Steward of Ipswich,
Suffolk, England . and came' to
Canada .in. 1910
Mrs,. Steward,. the former Mabel
'Annie, Houghton, daughter of: the
late .Mr.- and Mrs. Albert Hough-
ton . of Wickford, Essex, 'England,
came to Canada in 1911.
They have . three. daughters and
•two''sons; Stella, Mrs: H. S. Cum-.
ing;': Verna, Mrs, "M.' C.:McDon-
ald, ;both of London; • Zylda, Mrs,
Charles 'Henderson.'.: of •' Toronto;
Gordon and.Fred' Steward : of•;
s ; ond.on. There are five .; grand-
ildr n' : and~ 'one = greatgrand-
Child.
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arch 23rd, at the '•age .of . 78. r
She was born at Burgessville . and
was the former Winnie Maude
Thorne. The funeral service on
Saturday at the.,Mackenzie.
Memorial. Chapel;. was .'conducted
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ment was' `iri .Greenhill Cemetery.
y Rev.Hoard Strapp. , Inter -
OCTOGENARIAN
MARKS BIRTHDAY
Prince Arthur House, Toronto;..
Saturday, March 1 lth, ' was' the
setting • of 'a reception honouring
,Mrs. William MacKenzie, former=
ly of, Lucknow, on the , occasion
of 'her 85th birthday.
The tea taible, beautifully 'set
with .fine Brussels lace, cloth
centred with pastel' pink ;candles'
and spring ''bouquet • of .snaps,.
tulips, • carnations . and roses, was
presided over by friends of Mrs,:
MacKenzie.
Toronto and former Lucknow
folk were nd con-
gratulations.
to exte
Receiving the guests.
with Miss Katherine : MacKenzie
were Mrs John MacKenzie` of
• Allis.t
on and , Mrs. Torn-MacKen-'
• zie •.of' Lucknow
On Sunday a 'birthday dinner
was •held, with Mr. and, Mrs.
Frank MacKenzie •and family of
Lucknow being.present.
ent.'
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Callers' included Rev. Laird of
Knox Presbyterian Church, Mr..
Y'and Mr
s. Wmti'.;
F. • Thompsoh ."and.
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atnrly Telegrams and flowers
included these of Mr, and Mrs.,
Alex:` 1VIa , er`
cKenzie of �i'aii'couv
and Dr, •and Mrs. "WM,- IVlacKen-
• • rip of St. Clair :Shores',• Mich: and
•: everything''
)•. combined to make the
birthday' a memorable one in-
deed',
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BOB MURDI E WON
'FELLOWSIIP
,Robert A. ' Murdie of Kitch-
ener is one Of 84 Canadians Sel-
ected; to receive a Woodrow Wil-
son National ,Fellowship •Found-•
ation award He was among ,10,-
453' students in the 'UnitedStates.
•arid Canada competing for the
fellowship; designed for, those
;.intending: to teach 'in university.
'Bob is the ;son of Mrs. `Apex
Murdie and the late .,Mr. Murdie.
His; mother is the former Mabel
Woods .of St,, Helens.
Babe is 'a senior student,, in
the' geography department of.
Waterloo ; Co liege. ' : '
• The :fellowship has the value -
'of a '$1,500 ?iwing grant•, plus full
tuition payments. •,Mr.. Murdie in-
tends. obtaining a' master'of arts
'degree. 'in ,''geography and hopes
tinter ;the 'University' of Chi-
eago this .fall.
SKETCH:: PLANS RECEIVED
FOR TWO NEW SCHOOLS:
SketchF lans :for both the,.new
:Central schools in Ashfield and;
Kinlo.ss Townships have been re-
ceived,ans have
the': respective, Boards.:
The ;pl
' ' e been submitted
ftyo• . r,rl;l« Departmental .'approval;
val; an
d
When this,is received, thBoards,
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havethe ,gteenlight .to.,o
}on. r rr .....urns.
'� with corisi;rei`ct o p
ahead � . • :::..
. The Kinloss Area' Board is this
advertisingit
Week for principal
and . three teachers` to staff the
school which .will
new l-iblyrood s
serve the
six school :.sections
known as the 10th,. Holyraod,.
6th, 4th, "2nd' and Larigs de:
Mr. :Stewart operated'': •a mail
.'z1ite and milk business in Luck-
low...for a number, Of years. Then
he was; employed by Silverwoods
Dairies :for:.31; years and ..is :a
Member '; of the .Quarter Century,
lub.. Mr: Steward is retired
i1/ 'years.
On Wednesday, lylareharch 22nd a
tea ',was held ' :at . the borne of
their daughter.' 'arid son-in-law,
VIr.'.and' Mrs.:H. S. Coining. Mrs.
Harvey Treleaven ;'and.'. Mrs. Ro-
pert Rae : poured tea and; Mrs.:
Gordon Steward ' and'. Gloria'
Cuming assisted in the tea room:
On. , Sunday •' a family dinner
was served'at the' Cuminghome
to mark this 'happy event ,
The happy couple : • received
'many congratulations, which all
helped to make the event' a very '
enjoyable and irriportant` occa-
sion. • .'
NOTICE. CORRESPONDENTS'
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• There will be no rural
mail delivery, service: on,
Easter Monday which will;
delay the usual delivery of
rural. correspondence, If at '
all possible we would appre-
ciate f` correspondents; could.
arrange to have: ` their news
budgets sent• inby other
means -,to. reach .,us as• early
as possible on Monday.
JIM : REED SELLS FROSTY
KIN& AT KINCARDINE
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' Mr. ,arid Mrs. Jim. Reed (Freda.
Rintoul) and young spn Donnie
have returned from . Florida
• where they, spent, the past few
months They visited with rela-
tives in thecommunity.before re-
turning to Kincardine.' Their son.
Ronald . went south from' Kin
cardon about three weeks ago &;
accompanied his parentsi on their
return.
Mr. and -Mrs: Reed: were form
er residents ` of '.Lucknow. For
the past two. years they 'have'
been operating the Frosty -King
Custard Stand at the south of.
Kincardine. They have 'sold this
enterprise and their house trailer
to Doug McArthur, Owen Sound.
PLANT, MAPAGER•
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DIED SUDDENLY
Death came with shocking.
.suddenness ..on, Thursday, March
23r.d, , to' Wilmer R Howey, man
ager ._ of the Lucknow and Car-
gill branches.. of : Silverwood.
Dairies. He started .with Silver
woods in his home'branch here
'38 years ago,' and after, serving;
' hero , in at other:•points,�rett#rned h e ,
1952 as r'nanager succeeding the.
late. J. C. 'McNab .. who ;.'met' an
'untimely .death • in a motor ac
cid'ent':
Wilmer had .a recurrent and
rather :severe •..heart 'attack; •. on
March .11th arid ' had since been
confined to bed at home.''He,
was . making a favorable rec.ov-
ery with prospects of having to
rest for - a couple ; of months, At
the supper . hour on Th'urs day, . he
Suffered '' . ano'ther. ,seizure and
passed away within minute
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literally, in the arrns of his wife,
the;'. former' Grace Guenther ;of
Kitchener'; and ''Dashwood._
STAFF NUMBER TO;
,REMAIN SAME
Lucknow Public -.School Board.'
at' . a meeting last Wednesday
evening, officially decided �to'
maintain the • lteaching" .staff: at'�
eight,, plus. the ' music teacher.
Another room was '' Opened and
an 8th teacher added at . t'he
start of •the present `'term to ac-
comodate a record attendance:
The '1961-62 tenni ,.will. see 'a
drop in enrolment because : of.
the :withdrawal of students Who
will attend Ashfield ' and Kinloss'
Central :schools. Th:is. will . per-
mit 'a "thinning out" of the pre-
Sent- heavily taxed' rooms,, and.
the anticipated enrollment next
term will mean an average of
about 32 pupils. per room. '
The Board has been" officially
advised. that students • of the
Zion section,' numbering about.
20, will, '' continue to attend
Lucknow. ,
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LYLA . TAYLOR PASSES•
'The.' eath. of L la. B.'Taylor
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occurred in Detroit on Sunday,
March ,25th. She was a •daughter,
of the late Mr.'.And -Mrs, 'William
J. Taylor of Luckiow arid . was
as here. 73 years agog....,
The remains rested at • the
MacKenzie Memorial.Chapel`' on
Tuesday evening with 'the fun-.
eral service In St. Peters Angli-
can, Church' on Wednesday morn-
ing',, with burial in 'Greenhill'
Cemetery.
'WII�MER R,' HOWEY
Mr. Howey' gave. untiring seri
vice" • in, i}is managerial capacity,
and ne'rer,• hesitated to ,'don the
overalls" and work side byside
with the employees, He also gave'
.valued service to his 'community
and' his' church, He was chairman
of the Lucknow District High
,School. Board", a member , of the
Official' Bbard of the United,
Church* " and a . faithful Chtii,ch
man, and • a Charter member.' of
the Lions. was ;current=•
Ty serving his second term .as
,,president of the• Ontario .Crean'r-
erymen's Association He was an
ardent fisherman and found
intuch,'pleasure .and relaxation in
this .sport..
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FOURTEEN PAGES'
LOCAL MAN GETS`...
COU CITY HOME..J013.
Jack Hussey • of 'Lucknow.' has.
been appointed engineer-mtain-
.tenance: man at the Bruce County '
Home for the Aged; where • work
on a ,,new 3/4 million dollar Strut-,
ture is approaching 'completion.
Jack will assume his new 'du-'
ties on May lst and will be. ,as-
sociated with the final stages of
the work being: done ' by the
contractors. Completion of .the.
work, 'i's. set for about, June 1st,;
Chairman of the County. Horne;
Cothmittee and 'who has devoted
much' time .to' , the project.
throughout the planning and con.
struction •stages,, is 'Reeve -Harold'
Percy 'of ' Kinloss Township.
Mr. Hussey was selected for
the .position frorn a list of '25
applicants. His 'appoi'ntment' was
made on Friday,'
Jack has been employed at:the•
Beatty' Ladder Factory in. Luck-
now since it was 4' established
about three years ago. Mrs. Hus
,sey: is the. former Evelyn Nixori,
'daughter of 'Mr, and Mrs. Harry
Nixon• •They have . a 9 -year-old
son, John. The 'Hussey family
moved here 'after•, .selling, their.
farm near Goderich which Jack
had operated' following his naval ,
service' discharge after, ,World
War :II:' :
Mrs: Hussey - and John : will re -
Main here until the .close of the
school :term; : when the' family
'will' take up residence .in Wal:
kertbn.. J'ack's ' 'departure will
leave ,a vacancy on :the. Public
School Board.
'Staff „Supervisor Named,
,' The Home .Committee has also
appointed Mrs. Oscar. Stockdale,
R.N. :of Mildmay as supervisor'
of staff. She .was:�the only one •of':.
three ,'app'licahts with registered
nurse qualifications.'
Mrs. Stockdale is the former
Patricia: Robertson of Ripley. s,
FINAL SDR I E
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EASTER Ea SEAL
FUND
The Easter Seal fund: for:
Crippled children is entering ' its,
final stages, and. residents of :this
community, who :have ' not :yet
made their donations 'to assist
this .commendable work, are re-
quested to do so 'at once.
,.,Between 1300 -and 1400' Easter
seal letters were sent out by the
Lucknow and: District Lions Club
and the returns have ,not yet
been what, can be anticipated.
This' is the first 'year this pro-
ject has been sponsored at the
local .level. The, appeal has pre-
viously ' been. made from .`adja-
cent. centres
At _ Monday night's Lions Meet-
ing,. Lloyd 'Ashton, chairman of
the Faster ,Seal ;committee'.•gave
a progress report:; Returns at :the
end of the wfek Were encourag
ing,' he: said,. with • slightly over
$550,00. This includes proceeds
of a benefit hockey game.
' This amount ' is' ; still far ,short,
of what can be• expected from;,
this community, arid it is' expect-'
ed there will be 'brisk returns
for the remainder 'of this week.
Won ::Suit Draw
•Clifford Johnston bad ' 'the
lucky ticket for the' $100.• ward-
robe draw, made at Mondays '"'•
meeting.' • Vice ,President, .Frank
:Thompson reported the .draw as
quite successful with a net pro-
fit of : over $280.00.
Like taking, coal to Newcastle;
B 11' Schmid . •won a fancy. • dish.
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Th a convention 'fund raffle.
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,The hockey, club draw was
I made .
• at this meeting, with Har-
`• vey Mole ' winning the. portable ..
I mixmaster and ,Cordon ,Montgo-
eery the electricer.colator,
A 'discussion l;
'of. ..... ,,,..
a big
the summer was held';' and. ;left
with ,the • Executive to name •
corrirnitteesto dele
v into it,
Spoke on `CCAS
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Rev, Ry ,I. MacMillan mini-
ster of Knox' Presbyterian
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