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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-05-31, Page 1•9' • 1 • $3.00„. A. Year In Advance -- •$1.00 Extra To U • .LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY 31st,; *•1961 TWELVE PAGES • Cadet Past Year And Excel ELAINE McNAY AMONG raise For Progress In , NURSING GRADUATES "You have ' Shown a tremend. o, us improvement in drill and turnout and 1 'On •delighted to be back to inspect your Cadet Corps* for the second time two years, was, the .comment, of Major I W.' Hill; area headquar- ters, ,London;Inspecting . officer of the Lucknow District High. School Cadet Corps.. Speaking to the cadets and spectators follow- ing Thursday afternoon's inspec- tion at the school, Major. Hill said that it was easier . to judge progresswhen• he • had the op- portunity to return , to• Lucknow. for the second year. ;He ' com- mented" on the improved, march- ing, particularly in the boys groups,' and said that they had been trained well, andobvio us- ly� had paid ,attention to their , instructor; . He : spoke .'highlyof the demonstrations and felt that a good deal had been absorbed by the cadets in a 'short time: Speaking of. the girls first `:aid • 'demonstration,. he referred .to it, as "first 'class." Inspection • ibegan at 2 p.m,. with the inspection, of the. ranks. Accompanying. • Major Hill . were (Continued on Page 12) You're, Reading Our New Type Face • Mary Elaine M. cNay of. Para- 0 lent Demonstrations mount was a member of the brad uating, class , of the,. Stratford. • General Hospital . School of Nur, sing, who .received their .pins &' diplomas on, Saturday, The 'graduation exercises -for the 21 -member class were held in ' the Festival Theatre with the graduationaddress delivered , by Miss Helen McArthur, national director of 'Canadian Red Cross. Nursing Services;. • • Elaine •is the daughter of ..Mr. and Mrs; Kelso McNay. ' APPOINTED TO POST OF DISTRICT' SALES : MANAGER 'Miss. Verna Kilpatrick, mana- ger of Simpson' Searscatalogue' sales office in Goderich, •was re-, •cently appointed : district. sales manager. ' Miss Kilpatrick will still con- tinue as manager of her . own office, but will supervise all ac- tivities: in seven, additional ' of fiees. Her new duties commenced. the first of this. month. • Verna, is the daughter , of, 'Mr, and. Mrs. Milton Kilpatrick, for- merly of Ashfield. The heading on ' this item is set in a new type .face recently installed at. The Sentinel: The type is known as aparton' to the trade, �r ; and ha a / black, and a. 'medium` face on`" `the matrices;: which will be. noticeable .by a comparison of headings through- . out The Sentinel . and in the ad-. vertisements This type his, cast 'ori the lino type, eliminating • a • gr' eat ` deal ofhand setting. Int gives us a machinecast type twice the : size that wecould, previously cast .by machine, 'Early -.this year The Sentinel purchased a Model 14, 3 -magazine linotype: from' the Windsor /Star,. to supplement the old faithful l=magazine ' linotype which .has. limitations* to -the' range of. 'work. it can do. JuSt , recently we received 'de• livery of the 24 -point Sperton. ' mats, and' a new mold which was necessary in castingthis large face, Last, week ' , we were • able to make; fulluse of the new ' fac- ilities. : But, :it costs money:'to'. keep in /step with the 'times. The "font" of type; numbering' over 500 mat- dices couldbe carried in a pack- age under the • arm (although ar • bit ' heavy) • and. the ' tempered steel .mold ' for. casting : can be held '•in; the palm of the hand. •' 'Their ' com(bined 'Cost is roughly, $800. ` and of course, in addition there is the cost of the new machines "Saved The Day At Blood Clinic' Lucknow "saved the day" :at thg Red Cross .Blood Donor Clinic held in the Win ham Legion'Hall last: Wednesd g g ay. These were .,the . words of The' .Red Cross official in charge. Just over •1. ..•• 00 donors attended, the clinic with '21 of them being froth Lucknow. Lucknow ofifici-' als, ''no doubt, are pleased with the percentage of donations loc- 'al1y, but on the overallpercent., ., age of those who . gave, we would imagine, that the c]inic officials • wo "' uld 'be soirieW.hat disc pointed. John Anderson, of the • Red Cross, London, • who assisted in h re -organizing g ... , the Bed Cross lb - tally. this year, was in charge of the Blood Donor? Clirxic Engage Teacher Qn Public School Staff Mrs: Jack . •(Mary) Fisher has. been engaged as 'a • member of the Lucknow Public School tea- ching staff, to succeed Mr s. • Don Thompson' who has resigned:. Mrs. Fisher was one of five applicants for the position,. with., the appointment. :being _ made at a -special meeting ,of • the, Board on Thurs'day. ' Mrs. Fisher',is teaching at St. Helens where she has been for two terms, and the West Wawa - nosh Area Board is advertising for a teacher to replace:her next term. Last week'• Lucknow ' Public School . Board members met with an' .architectregarding the ..win- dows ''windows in the :'school. Measure- ments were taken and recom- mendations ,;and suggestions will: besubmitted as • to • methods. of window improvement. ' and the estimated •.•cost of • such ;a project. 27,'Registeted.'for_. Kindergarten Class Twenty-seven children, fifteen. boys and. twelve girls; registered with kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Lloyd Hall, and school board se- cretary, Mrs. Bob'.. MacKenzie, at theschool on Wednesday of last week, , to attend kindergarten classes' at the Lucknow Public .School next fall. The same num- ber of . children are attending. this years class. The, ,children; and their parents are: Tommy Ballentine, Mr. and Mrs; . Les " • Ballentine Donald Brooks, Mr. and Mrs.. Gordon Brooks;: ,John: Button, Mr:`: and -M s. rhes a on; Ilan uns- muir, Mrs.'Eunice Dunsmuir; Joy •Km+berl'in, Mr, ,.and Mrs: Fred. ,Ernberlin; Janine Glenn,. Mr. & Mrs. 'Oliver ,Glenn; Steven ' Gol- lan, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Gollan;: Larry Hackett,. Mr.: and Mrs. Al- lan Hackett; Beth Hallam, Mr. &" Mrs... Charles Hallam:, Keith. Hodgkinson,1 Mr. and Mrs. Wib Hodgkinson; David Huber, Mr ' and Mrs; Leo Huber; Marion Johnstone;: Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnstone; Sandra Johnston; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Johnston.; •David Kreutzweiser,.' Mr. '.and' Mrs. 'John Kreutzweiser2, Kenneth MacLeod, Mrs. Dorothy MacLeod; Betty Maize, ` Mr. and Mrs, 'Gordon Maize; Wayne McKee, Mr. Aand. Mrs: George McKee; Ian Mont-, gomery, Mr. and 'Mrs. 'Gordon Montgomery; David Newbold, Mr. & Mrs. George Newbold; Joanne Nicholson, Mr,' and Mrs. • 'Ken Mr, Nicholson; Gail Pritcliard, & Mrs. John Pritchard; Nancy Ritmo chie, Mr. and Mrs." Leonard. ;Rit- chie; Mel Ritchie, Mr. and' Mrs.. Harvey Ritchie; Christine Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Scott; Barb- aria Stanley, Mr..'and Mrs, Geo. Stanley; Dona Wagner, Mr, and Mrs, Gerald Wagner; Billie Wil- kins, Mr. & Mrs..'C•ha '. Wilkins. • FIRE UNNOTICED AS BARN BURNS A fire of unknown origin com- pletely; destroyed • a 'small barn, last Friday night at the rear of the residence of Mike Hogan, Bose. Street, and belonging, ;to. him: The .barn. is situated just west of the mill' pond. The barn made a spectacular blaze whenat its: •pea k. Contents were limited to . a few gardening and Personal possessions. Although many:' in the, neigh- bourhood noticed the ,glare . from the fire, it was Lloyd Hall's dog, barking that finally caused him; to' investigate and turn in the . From L.D,H•�•. alarm: sward Winners At �choo1IiispettiOn*:. PRESENTED withthe award for the bestcadets on. parade at last Thursday's inspection are, left to right, Evans Helm, best .boy; ; Linda Campbell, best gird; Tom Collyer, who was presented with • the. Strathcona Crest, ani -award. forbeing the : best . marksman in the ' school cadet 'corps. Sen'tin'el. Photo The barn was a complete ',loss by the time the.. fire department arrived • on the scene.' and efforts were ;'directed to' protecting 'other buildings close -by. The • fire' oc= curred ,,about" 9:30 pm. .The fire could be seen for many miles and :.was noticed by Motor- ists on , Highway; 86 before ; the alarm was sounded. ; UNITED CHURCH MEN - CONDUCTING VISITATION The Official Board of the .Luck - now United 'Church is undertak- ing ' a congregational visitation:. ,,during_ this -week: •---•_- -- -. An interior 'redecoration prog- rami Tanned i h`. s p w t the Ceriten= nial . "anniversary. to be marked next year. The: balance owing on: the. Church' House is $1,900' and major roof repairs : amounted to some .$1,300.! All told an Objec- tive 'Of spine bjective;'Of'sonie $5,000 has been set ,as the financial needs . of the 'Congregation, beyond the regular ,givings. '. . Top Judge, Wins 'trap To Flew York Ken Alton of ,: Ashfield :Town hip --achieved the-•'•hig-hest, aggre- gate score in .the grain and live- stock judging competitions. in 1960 .and 1961 and has been awarded a, trip to New York, and to the United Nations. - Ken climaxed his performance at , .the Huron: . County Livestock judging ' competition at ., Seaforth on May ,•20th ' .He' will receive. the trip in the fall and is looking forward to it. Ken, age 23, is the son of Mr. arid Mrs. ,Bert Alton; R.R. 7; Lucknow and has been active in .4-H and Junior Farmer: work since: he • was old. enough .to participate. Two other Members : of the Al- ton` family did very Well, Joanne Alton' was lOth 'inhe t ,e large in- ,termedtate 'class, and 12-year-0ld IDonnie •Alton : place third ' in, the novice class. 2nd. In 'Hog . g' Judging'.. Ken Kirkland, -son of Mr.and _ Mrs, r s,, Gordon Kirkland of Zion, Placed n pX, ed s .eco d in the swine• .sludg- ing competition • for the William Stone. & Sons trophy ,which 'was won'by Elliot �. Joan,t Ken had a mark of . 179 out of a possible 200. n • Larry Hunter Wasif another Z n io districtuto ` y h. what did well in the County • judging. • Receive Degrees Three graduates . of the 'Luck - now District High School re- ceived degrees at the Spring .con- vocation of the. .University , of Western Ontario last 'week.. -end. They : were Archie. • McQuillan & Gerhard and Ingeborg Suter.` • Mrs. Elizabeth . Suter of the Lucknow' 'District • High. *School chool spec - graduating:. in Honors Chemistry ' and Physics to• specialize in hysics. This' summer he will commence pest. graduate studies in Nuclear Physics..at Western. Archie.. is the '. son. of; Mr. and Mrs Wilfred 'McQuillan. of West Wawanosh:.' The `McQuillan fam- ily attended ' : the Convocation held in. Thames Hall. graduating Set Deadline 'For staff was anion the s g proud p- , • n'� e. h, tators • as she •wit witnessed her -;son s• N�n1e�'he SC do and daughter's graduation.. •Inge completed her four. -year course .in French and English: -with honours and was' awarded the, French . Consul General prize: /for excellency in French.. She has acccepted: a";teaching ' position at the 'Guelph . ,CollegiateInstitute and Vocational School.. Gary gra- duated 'with.- honours in Civil Engineering and: will commence post: graduate.: studies at the Uni- versity :of Toronto, where he has been awarded a Research Fel- lowship leading to the Master Of Science'- degree: Attending the Convocation were Mrs.. Elizabeth Suter, Mr. and Mrs: P:. W. Hoag, Miss' Ruth Tre leaven and Mr., Rod :Wraith. To DO Post Graduate . Wore Archie McQuillan received his Bachelor of Science degree.. He ,was the only one of the ;three The Kinloss School; Area Board 1. has •set June.' 15th' 'as the dead line: for entries` in; the name -the school :contest. Entries must be in the . •hands of the secretary-: treasurer, Allister Hughes by that date. The contest' < .is. 'open to. j pupils of the • school • sections comprising the Kinloss area, and the, •winner ..will receive': a $5.00 :Cash prize. The new. central school for the area is to.; be;, built west of Holy- rood. A. well has been drilledl. on the site: Next week the Board, will meet withthe architect when tenders ;will be, ,opened for •` ,the • awarding `' of the building coax tract. • .Subject to the, appriwal .of the' ;Inspector ` and the" Depart- ment of : Education, construction. of the newschool, will commence' at an early.. date: Recommends Qualified Engineer BE Engaged Yo Inspect School Beams •A representative of the archi- tectural firm of Cluff and Cluff has recommeid that a qualified .engineer be engaged to inspect the beam -cracking in, the Lucke now District High School. This firm are the architects, on the :new •County Horne building at Walkerton. Reeve •:George Joynt had; a member of this, firm visit the public school. recen'tly to look over the windo.:... • . ws Replace - . of these may. not be; 'prac-• tical; • but his suggestions are awaited as to maintenance pro- posals ,and estimates'of cost. While. here, Reeve Joynt'' had the architect inspect the' High 'School building where consider- able er- a le checking and , cracking is quite visible A subsequent ter', to Mr. Joyr t' expresses, con- cern regarding the condition and advises,' that ' a qualified pers on. make a thorough examination, To AttendWL • Convention In` Mrs. Harvey ,Houston. :who is delegate from Bruce South Dis- trict td, the ;2nd National. Con- • vention of • Women's Institutes at Vancouver on June 19th to 23rd leaves on May " 3lst, by . `Canadian'• for , the '.Western P,ro=: vinces Previous ° to the convention she will visit : with relatives at Swift Current, Sask and with hen, son Hugh, at Medicine Hat. Alta, Other delegates, going to the/ Convention on June 16th ' are Miles: `Don Mc ''osh, I 'pie chair- man of Grey -truce Area Con- f. � cnti n• o Mrs, . , William,' C1ai k • �►P ' g <l. C►i � Z.,..v.]�e • f�ormeily, ofs• the r'aisley district and ' 11"rs, Orton' Buttett,, Listowel. '