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113OO4 Year In Advance Extra To U.S.A. LIJCKNOW, ONTAHIO WEDNSi2AY, SEPT Oth,, 1961' •
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TWELVE ; pAgTa$,
One load to
As Fire
res
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The entire season's crop, ,a :machine While 'Pete and Wes ilef-
umper one, and the year's hay ferson tand • Stuart Chamney had
went , up ..in flames,. in • a lbarn gone on to 'Harold Wood's place,
owned by William Hardy, )f St 'where ,they were to move to that
Augustine aboUt, 930 dm. Tues- mdrning, • • • • . •
day morning The barn was corn- The men Were ,able to get the
pletely levelled with only 'partial threshing. machine away away from the.
insurance on / the building ,and barn,/ along with :'Ken Leddy's,
tractor & the one remaining load.
Threshingwas in progress at 1:Some, calves and milking machine'
the Hardy farm , when. the. out-. were also removed from the barn
break occurred in the. straW, stack ;before it became impossible to
in the' barn. ,The granary Was enter it. The barn was .:beyond'
fu0; and the last. 'load: was at ,saving when the Lucknow Fire.
the barn to be threshed. ,While. Department, 'under fire chief,
the exact cause it not known it ,George Whitby, arrived at the
is assumed that a :spark from scene.. The Only available source
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the threshing machine Might have of water was what little' that was
been the cause Ofthe flash fire carried in the fire truck tank.
.•• 'Ken teddy, Ted Robinson,• Jim Fortunately, the wind. Was
Leddy, Bob Jefferson ,and Bill blowing. in, a soUtherly. direetion.,
Hardy Were finishing up *the * last Firemen 'dampened the .frarri$
load with. Jim ',eddy's threshing house to the west with water on
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the truck as, •a , ,precautionary'
Measure.: A drive shed to the.
north-viest was, also. kept under
surveilanee by firer -nett and neigh-
bors, A house and barn across* the
road, owned by . John Conelly,
was in the -path of the„ wind 8&:
charred. chunks of shingles Were
found south of that house, a dis-
tance Of 'ZOO' to 306 yards: ,.
All thatAsJeft standing' of the
barn an empty :,Centent silO.,
Mr and Mrt. Hardy live on the
'6th of West' Wawanoth midway
St. Augustine .store
and
Donnybrook church on the north.
side of the road., They. :have a
daughter, Jeannie, and two sons,
Roy Who is a .trucker;. and Keith,
who iirst returned from the west
the day ,before the fire. Loss was
estimated 'at .$10,0.00..
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• Douglas Is...associated .at Taxnsui,
The retUrn :would have been
across the Pacific: to. yancomier.
„Doug: is facing his misfortune
With.- courage, and isconsider-
ing how best to adjust and'reha-
bilitate himself to a • world of
_near -darkness, into which he .was
'plunged se suddenly. : • •
uffers loss
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His' Eyi
esght
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The many friends whom •Doug:
Harton has ',made since coming
tb Lucknow, sincerely regret that
he. has. lost. his eYesight. •
.The loss of ;vision struck Doug
in late May While he was in
Torontb to 'attend 'a gathering. of
with
Rural:La Top 4 •
Bell: Telephone einployees,
which company was. employed.
for some 46 years'until 'his re-
tirement a few years: ago.
• Instead of a 'meeting with old
friends, Mr...Harton.' was acintit-.
ted to a private hospital for eye
treatment. •He . has since been
re-
ceiving. treatment at intervals,
but ' there Only *the slightest.
hope that he might have a ..restor-
ation .of vision sufficient 7for. him
,to, be able to, move about. '
Mr. and Mrs; Ration upon re-.
tirement had Moved' from .Tori•
Tor-
onto. to her native Ashfield Town-
ship in the Kintail area. Mrs.
Harton died a 'Couple of'years
ago. .• •
Until Doug's eyesight failed he
had been. living' in the4.Gammie
Apartments, and at present. is
at the hOme of, hit niece; Mrs.
Clark 'Finlayson.
A year ago Doug took. a world
cruise, and he had passage li6,6k-
ed.for a siMilar cruise which he
was ' to have. started in August
and would have continued until
after Christmas. the eyesight.
failure. forced a cateeilation, of
these plans.
Doug was to have sailed from
Montreal to. the British isles and
from there through the Mediter-
ranean via the Misid1P East
to New Zealand. 'Later he was
tl4haye proceeded to the Far
tigt. On the itinerary Was a call
at. Formosa to see the missionary
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Work with which Miss Dorothy
VVinners At Ripley
Ripley ::.and District Flower
Show was a decided success. 'Cover
300 ',entries were made by fif
teen members who . earned . for
themselves the numerous trophies
'and prizes Offered.
' Gladioli and Dahlia displays
were outstanding is' were ,the
special. arrangements. People from
far 'and -near,, enjoyed the. show
_and partook of the 'dainty lunch
served by the directors: • •
The bake table Was well stock-
ed arid everything sold2:bringing
the ', afternoons, proceeds to` a
goodly sum, . • • ' ,
Some of the outstanding 'en-.
tries were made by the boys of
the Brigade who 'were supplied
,with seeds from the Society. Six-
teen boys made wonderful pro-
gress with their gardens and
displayed both flowers and ve-
getables.
Congratulations goto two new
exhibitors who caPtured the Eat -
an
and Simpson trophies. Mrs.
Harvey Thompson won the Eaton
Trophy. and Mrs, Dave ElPhick
the ,Simpson prize. Mrs total of.
400 points to top. the show and
win the' DownhamNursery prize.
Mrs: Lorne, Luther, Mrs. Nor-
val Stewart and Mit. Oliver Mc -
Charles were close contenders, for
the honors.
Rector Baptized
His Grandchild
• Karen Wright, daughter. of Mr.
and Mrs. David, Wright of
To-
rorito, . was baptized at St.:. Peters
Anglican 'Church in Lucknow on
SundaYi .•, • .
The sacramen of baptitrn Was .
performed by the child's grand-
father, Rev.. Wilfred Wright, rec-
tor of the' parish, • •
Mr. and Mrs. Wright and Karen
visited at the Rectory last 'Week
With Mr. and Mrs. Wright.: Karen
is their only grandchild.
Godparents for Karen were
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baxter , 'of
Thirrnhill. •
Present also for the baptismal
were 1Virs. Wrights parents,. Mr.
and Mrs. 'Mrs.. T. Hipson of Toronto.
LDHS P
FIELD. COMMISSIONER; IS'.
INTERESTED llIST0,.CUB PACK
Don Rennie. of HanO.ver, field
commissioner for the Boy Scouts
of this area,was .in , town last
week in regard to possibly forth-
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ing a Cub :Pack for the village.
Don is searching for leaders
for the Cubs 'and 'while here con-
tacted several ladies in .regard
to them, acting as leaders: While
nothing definite has been done,
it is hoped that interested men or
women will Porne forward and
Volunteer their 'services as lead-
ers... Parents of boys of Cub age
might well give this matter •some
serious , consideration.
MRS., THOMAS HARRIS
PASSED AWAY MONDAY
A highly esteemed, resident of
the HolyroOct district; Mrs. Tbo-
mas Harris,
passed, away on
Monday in Wingharn. Hospital, at
the age of 83.. Mrs, ' Harris" was
the former Agnes Agnet Emir Palmer.
The .funeral service will . be
held ,at the MacKenzie .Menforial
Chapel : on Thursday, September
7th at•.2.:30.o'cloCk; conducted by.
Rev. J.. McKinney, with in-.
Takes'..Rosition. • •
At County Home
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Mrs. Duncan McConnellof
town has accepted a position on
the staff at 13firce Lee Haven,
the .new County . hemp at Wal-
kerton and coinrneriCed her duties
last week. . •
Mrs. •McCorinellwill reside •in
staff, qiiirler,sat the .horrie. ' •
Mrs McConnell hadbeen a
faithful' and efficient member
the Pinecrest Manor 'gursing'
Home staff in. LticknoW forthe,
past 4W years, .until accepting •
the Walkerton position.. . •
• Prior to her- departure, mem-
bers of the staff/met at the home
of MrsCiarfield MacDonald for
a lawn social in Mrs. McConnell's
honor. •
:She has rented 'her Lucknow
residence to mr. and Mrs. Robert
Tutchener and their. four-month.. ,
old daughter of Toronto, who
moved to the village the later
part of the week.'
Mr. Tutcherier is the 'shop and
physical education teacher at
ternient in. Greenhill Ce'rnetery. Lucknciw District 'High School: .
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Lucknow District High SChoolrEflrollmeut
Is .Up S�me, Public SchoOI pawn
it was back to .school again on are going to ' the Kinkits • Central ,
Tuesday,: and , , more than :School being built at 1-rolyrood.:
450 students were registered for S.S. No. 9, Ashfield, the 9th Con. •
elementary and Secondary edtica- school , has been re -opened. .
tion. • . , 'The enrolment • On. Tuesday at •
The oPeriirig day enrollment at L.P.S. totalled 242 pupils, down
LDS Was:. 213 students, and it 31 from the Septerriber enroll- ' •
is possible this inay be increased Merit a'year ago. By grades, the I
slightly. This is an :all-time open- registration' is: Grade 8, 2.1; Grade
ing day registration. Last year 7; 19;• Grade 6, 28; Grade 5, 17,1;
the figure was7,207, whioh mark-. Grade 4;;• ,39,; Grade ' 3, 3!; - Grade '
ed the, first time the attendance 2,„ 314' Grade.", 27; .Kindergarten, .•
figure had gone over; the 200
mark. ,The Kindergarten beginners
:Oracles 9 and 10 are eachsplit are: Tommy Ballentine; Donnie .
into two . grades'. Enrollment by Brooks, .JOhn Button,Allan Dims,:
grades .is as follows, subject to muir, Embeilin; Janine
change: •Grade 9, 78;* Grade 107.Glenn, Steven'G011an„Larry
Hac-
58; Grade'. 11, 33; Grade 12, -.21; kett, Beth .Hallam, Barbara Ha -
Grade 13; 23. • milten; Keith. Hodgkinson, David
Publie School Down : • Huber, Marion Johnstone; Sandra',
The lost of three rural schools Johnstone David Kieutiweiser,. " • • '
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has •,cut the atteridanCe his term Kenneth MacLeod, ' Betty LOU
at Lucknow Public School • Maize Wayne McKee Ian `Mont
. Paramount -students with. the gornery; David Newbold,. Joanne
exception of • Alvin -Hamiltons: Nicholson, Gail Pritchard,. Mel
children,. are now going .to the Ritchie, Nancy Ritchie, Christine
new central school in Ashfield, .Scott, Barbara ,Stanley, Karen •••.
Students of S.S. No. 6, Kinloss Vines; Dona Wagner, Wine Wil -
(the Fourth .Coneetsion section) kms. ,
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nc pa Voices Keynote Of
Academic Achievement And Discipline
, The importance of an education..1 potential:. 1' shall see ,to it that
andthe essential need for dis.-! the WisheS'of..this great majority
cipline. were the keynotes of art are. Met and satisfied. I intend to
address to. the student body by ! create in this school, therefore,
theretore,4
Principal Brian B. 'Howlett, , at the kind of .atmosphere that will
the opening' of the 1961-62 term promote .happiness for the Major-
ity and give then the best .pos-. ,
sible chance - of success in'their •
labours.•i• shall make no no threats;
but I. shall. take such steps as
may be necessary to bring these
conditions about. This I promise.
you: it is .ttly job," .stated Mr:,
Howlett„
,The.PrinCipal. Summed . it up
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in one rule: "'Act always in ac-
cordance • with the purpose' for
Which the school was ' and •
• respect the dignity of your schoo
• Mr. Howlett pointed Out that the staff and . di one another.'"
training ,andeducation Which. was • Mr. •Howlett outlined such
at one time adequate, is no Tong.: phases of school activities as sta.,'
ei• so, with statistics showing' that dent council, special ;events, as
the bulk of ,those unemployed Seniblies,%lockers, time tables,'
are unskilled and poorly educe- school rdutine. School facilities
ted, ' ".,• • • and -extra curricular features'
• • Stresses Discipline such asthe band. cadets, glee.
GOOd. 'discipline come i from` club,_ basketball . and the possi-,
Withir4 the Principal Said, It • is bility of an operetta 'with any
imposed by sensible people on reasonable suggestion weleomed„
themselves to enable them to' Staff Gathering
govern th6mseives wisely. Good Mr, Howlett introduced • the...
discipline is . not repressive and members of the staff1O. the'itu-
restrictiVe, but rathei, the op- dent body.
,posite. ."The great bulk of the Staff 'thertiberS met at the
students want a well "run school school on Monday evening at an
at Lucknow District High School
on Tuesday Morning.'
After extendirig a .Welcome to
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the students, Mr. Howlett em-
phasrze. that, they were entering
•.MatSlifeett an iinportant phase of life. The
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attitudes developed„ as, well as
the academic training; establish-
ed a pattern for' life, and good
School citizenship, with 'academic
and SOcial-trathing are important.
factors for .0.; full and .suCcesSful
Moved To London
Innes E. .1%acS.Ween . who has
been With' the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Farm Pro-
ducts Inspection Service; for the
past ten 'years, has been transfer
red to the London area to act 'as
senior inspector. .
Three years agd. Inneswas
transferred from Lucknow to the
Exeter area where . most of his
.work was inspecting produce at
the shipping point level. His *ork
now consists of enforcement., of
the regulations of the Farm Pro-
ducts Grade and Sales Act at
grower level; shipping point le-
vel, packer level; retail level, :gt
wholesale level; markets, :road-
side stands and sales 'barns,.
Innes, Bertha, 4oddy and /Dar-
lene' have Moved into their new
home, 1298 Wayne: Road Byron
Ontario. *
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