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• LUCKNOW, ONTARIO •WEDN ESDAY, NOV. 15th, .1961
Single Copy 10c 4.. 14 Pages,
Wawanosh 5icbooi Rife
St. Helens May Be 2 -Roc
West •Wawanosh School Area
rate 'remains„ at 7..1 mills the
same as it has' always' been since
the area was first formed M1946.
There were seven : schools in
the. Area when it was for.med..
For some time now there have
only been, five. S.S.No. 14 on the
12th Concession, known as Nay
lor's. school, and the' ;'school on
• the 6th Concession` at ' the Divi-
' iion
ivi-'sion Line. were closed:
Currently there are 37 students
'at Fordyce school where Mrs.
George Kennedy ' teaches,':Seven
teen of this enrolment is • from
S.S. 14. At St. ` Helens there are
with •.C. W. �Worsell.
forty pupils,.
as' .teacher:,
If the present enrblinent re-
• mains as high' in these two
schools the' plans are to open a
second room° at St. Helens .school.
with an additional teacher. Pur:
pils .from SSS. No. 14 could then
be transported- to St. Helens, re-
lieving. ; the: '.'overcrowding .• at
Fordyce '
Y
Methbers of the West Wawa-
nosh Area Board 'are 'William
Webster and. ;Charles.MacDonald
who were' ,• elected by ballot'. last
year, for a •two-year °"term, : and.
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Ask Blood onorti.
dor Wingham Clic
Residents of this community
are requested to attend the blood
donor clinic to be next week'
in Wingham.
It willr
be he d next Tuesday,
November "21st;-. in the Legion
Hall, . •Wingham';: between the
hours of. 5:00. and 9;00 :p.rn.
These clinics: are o.: anized
?fig by
the London Area Branch of the •
Canadian Red 'Cross: Society vol
untary blood donor: service. This
service enables the lied Cross to
provide free blood for anyone re-
quiring transfusions.
At, last clinic' in Wingham
there were 21 in attendance from
Lucknow and area. 'Next week
it is hoped that. this number ,will
.be increased.
changed ..��.. _� ,
un,.....�.,.,. Presented Awards►nd J;ipkm(is
BLAKERD - OnSaturday �r
November lith at
Baptist
Wallace Wilson,, Jim Curran and
Edwin Mills, who retire this year
but are eligible for re-election.
'Secretary -treasurer of the Board
is William ;Ste.wart of'Dungannon_
who' has filled the position since.
1947. He succeeded Durnin Phil-
lips' who resigned ; after serving.
'for a year, after the Area was
formed.
ext
Gad the• . .
Parsonage, erich, by BeRE,
ermLucknow, High's Scheel • Commencement
Van ,Keitz; Mrs, Annie M. Reid,'
5Busses .
.330
Miles Daily At COst
f.
$2,188 Monthly0
. .•
A regular .meeting of the Luck-
'now. District High School, Board
.was held;' on.. Monday, November
6th: • .
Mr. E... Hall • isi,endeavouring to.
have 'a..larger Band and the Stu'-
dent. Council' and . Cadet •Fund
have' agreed to share the expense
of additional • band:instruments
in ':order that.; more pupils • will
have . the • opportunity to . become,
members,; ,Money received from
pupils who. purchase • their'. own
instruments through the• school
will. be .used' for: additional' •sup-
plies. A.seParate banking account.
is to be • opened, for . the. Band.
A. meeting . is to be arranged
with . •inembers :.of' 'the. Wingham
District High School regarding'. a
{limited technical : training school;.
upon advice from them:. r
• Transportation . forms :covering
the five bus . routes, ; .with a total
mileage '.of • 330:' miles per day,
transporting. 158 pupils at, a ':cost
of $2,18$,00 • a month,_'have • been
`submitted to .the ;Department for
grant approval.
The Board • requested requisi-
tion 'forms .be' completed by teach;.
•ers` for any .purchases over $5,00
Thr chairman ;of the Purchasing
Committee haying ;authority ; to.
approve ord:rs •up to: $50 00. Any
thing over that' amount is to be
presented to the Board "
Sundry; accounts amounting. to
$1,966.37were approved ' -paid. •
G oderich, . to Mr;,, Ernest •$lake of
Lucknow.
4O,Join:L.D.H.S.
Beginners';Banff
To ensure a continuity of mem-
bers for the Lucknow District
High School Band, a beginners'
band is being organized, with
forty students „having. indicated,
their interest and been furnished
Lucknow District • High School
Commencement one of the
scholastic highlights of the year.
was held on Friday evening with
a • capacity audience filling the
auditorium:
Q Canada and other selections
by • the :School Band under the.
airection • of . Mr, Elwin Hall, op-•
erred the* program, under ' the
chairmanship of Arthur Hodgins,
head of the High School Board.
He introduced the members of
the teaching staff and Principal.
with instruments. Brian B: Howlett extended : a
There are sixteen members in
the Senior band, which has made
several ' 'creditable appearances
this fall: • •
Fisher Intermediate ` Inter M
;. Both bands.will be under the m e a aril '�Yn
direction of Mr, Elwin Hall, a Henderson, Ken Houston; Seniors,.
member of the High School tea- Sheila • Haldenby, • Tom Rathwell
ching staff, Mr. Hall, is ; hoping William . G., Hunter _presented
.to be , able ••to• arrange a . weekly proficiency. awards to:. Grade 0,
evening practice for' the begin- Esther Gibson; Grade 10; : Sharon
Hers . band.. The senior group. O'Donnell , Grade; 11, Allan Kirk
practices; after school ori. -Thurs- . Gr'ade 12, "Terry Wilson; English,
'day'. ;afternoons: Shield: and cups• to Phyllis Brad-
Purchase New Instruments ` ley,' Grade 9 English., ,Bruce Mac-'
About :a dozen.new ,instrument's Kenzie, Grade 10. History; Grade
,have been. purchased/ at, a.. cost : of .11 Mathematics, Allan Kirk;•over. $1,200. Some others • have
'been, repaired. and; by a doubling' son:
welcome to the gathering.
Athletic •aw , d we • ar •s 'Were ra prese nt-
;ed by 'Gordon Fisher as follows:
Juniors, :Cheryl. Whitby, Donald
Grade 12, ,Language, Terry. Wil
Up -there are ;no.w enough '•instruf Mr5 J L MacMillan presented
inents -for all. the • members of the, Lucknow. Women's Institute,
both. hands:..
• award to • George • Bushell .for
'1 he. beginners and'the instr uu - Grade . 1 P
2 roficiency. •
,ments they areayin � l • are: Mrs ,Fri ' MacKenzie Present-
.
Y g.
Fru*
. Glockenspiel - ..Susy Hoffman ed the Kairshea Institute Home
• Clarinet •—. Gail , . Anderson, •Ec ' scholarship- to Barbara ,Mur-
Esther : Gibson • David. ' Gibson, y
Sharon Whitby;, Marianna .,Mc-
TheLo La Le'Shield for. gen-.
.
Donald, David Wall, Anita°Cline, eral proficie , cy in:, Home:•Ec• was
'Sheila .Collins, 'Diane 'Humphrey: •presented: to Sandra Cameron, .by
Alto - ,Ilene Burt, Hilda `Rit- Mrs. Laural Hewitt, with honor-
chie, Trudy Thomson' Murray
Johnstone,; Brian . Johnstone.
Baritone Jahn Pritchard,
Ann : •.Ainold,' .•Mary ':Andrew;.
Sharon Jefferson
'Trombone Bill Crosier, . Ron-
ald *
on-ald:: Gardner, .Barbara. McKenzie,
Donna Rintoul, Emerson Howard,.'
Allan McDougall.
'Coronet DonaldHodgins,
Barbara Nelson, ,,Grant •• Helm,'
Gerrie Gammie, Doug Dickie,
able; mention to . •Mary . Andrew,
Marilyn • Cameron, Elaine . Hod
gins arid. to Sandra, whp • were.
High in their °;respective •grades.
Gordon." McNay won the P. W.
Ifoag: Junior ,Band :Shield, and
Alex Hewitt the ';Senior Band'
shield. These were presented by
Rev. H. W. Strapp who tutored
the ;.Band' .last . year:
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Huron: Twp., dative
Piloted The Prime`
Minister To Japan
An RCAF pilot who was 'born
in Huron, Township, and as a
youth attended Clover Valley
School on the Secpnd "Concession,'
was at the controls' of the plane.
which recently carried Prime
Minister John Diefenbaket on his
state visit to ` Japan. •
He is . Wing. Commander James'
W. Borden, 'DM,' CD, command
-
Ing officer Of 412 Transport
Squadron, Uplands. He was the
aircraft commander of the RCAF
Comet in .which Mr. and Mrs.
Diefenbaker travelled to the Far
East:
• WC Borden is the 'son of Mrs.
E.. Borden ' .of Stratford . and
tI e;late Wm. Borden •Mr. .znd
Mrs.' Borden 'farmed in ','Huron
Township, where James was ,
born and attended school, 'before'
moving to Stratford. Mrs. Borden
ls. the.--foxxrier--AimYe'�Rou s on.
W. ---J. • and Walter Roulston of
Huron, Township and Mrs: Cyril •.
Campbell' of town are 'uncles' and
aunt' of the pilot;
- James • Borden joined the -Air,
Force in 1941.,and 'upon graduat-
ing''•.as ;a .pilot :•he flew with the
Bomber Command.'in. World. War ;
II, and.: flew .sixty bombing mis-
sions for:. which hewas decorated.
Later • he was posted back *to
Canada as .an 'instructor.
WC ' Borden . ' flew. with -the.. t
transport command :: during , the
Korean airlift He Was air . ad-
viser to the ,UNEF Commander <at.
bre, e f ore'tak`ing command 'last.
.
year. of 412 Squadron at Uplands
at Ottawa '•
WC Borden :was ,married while.
;overseas in. World War II..They,
have two children.. The' family
residesf.at. RCAF Station ',Uplands:.
Sandra Cameron, Brian Gammie,
Larry Pentland; Jean Drennan,e��
Joyce Thorburni, Heroic 'Hunter.•
;ele1on Fou0
� ;X00 Years .
inloss
as
A skeleton 'unearthed on •the •
farm of Torn Moffat, Concession
8 Kinloss, • east of Holyrood,' is
believed to.' be that '•of. a ' male
Indian' and is over 100 °Fear" old.
•
The first "White: men's" muni
-
Opal • organization in Kinloss
• Township • was ':i'n 1855 over
1;06 years' ago:
The )discovery was made last•
' Friday after a 'new' gravel pit
had. been opened • on the Moffat
farm by ' Harvey Thompson, who
,etas.
operating 'a ,front-end;' loader •"
in loading fill ,•which was being
hauled to ''the. farm'' of Bill Bates.
in Cuirass Township. `
The' discovery ' of the remains
,was Made when the dump truck
was unleaded at. the Bates` •.farm
and <a skull, rolled • out with ' the
gravel:
The bones were , sent ' to Dr.
Noble Sharp of the crime labora-
tory ofthe attorney general's
• departtxient in Toronto. Word re-
ceiv ed the 'first of, the week was
ti to the effect that it was the re -
,Mains of one 'of Canada's , abori=:
groes.'
'Whether' or not this could be
an Indian burial ground is ;limp-
Iy conjecture, but it would seem,
.a safe guess that archaeologists
will be interested in doing a bit
of "digging: in this gravel bank.
Gravel is continuing to be ta-
ken from. the newly opened pit
are
service 0f Remembrance Saturn
Bass Donald Paquette Wal--•
lace rHouston. ` -d--..Lal. rea
- .Drums— Larry Hunter, Terry With wor d peace se
lathwell, Chester Hodgins.
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•
Hallowe'en ,vandalism in, the
_�•
ale Ih�iah'° Fergus Elora district; ' '.included.
•• •• . t setting fire to; the, ; :old' • covered'.
Shand bridge over the . Grand
where the'skeleton was discover-
ed. •
This farm '• has been in the
Moffat 'family for many years,
and ; was : originally ' owned • by
Tom's grandfather, the_ : late
George Moffat.
River and setting fire to a
va-
cant house .and a small barn. The
barn was • destroyed ' and ••the
bridge .damaged:. so badly that it
(' had to 'be `closed to traffic. Gaga.;
• line was Sprinkled on 'the bridge
P
to. 'feed the blaze..
emingly
more distant and futile than ever
it; has. been, Remembrance Day,
1961, saw : the :comparative • few,
at .•'the .:community', •service on
IYSaturda - morning '.in the United
.niornin g
Church, to commemorate the.,
memory of those who gave their
lives in' World Wars; that peace
and 'freedom might :prevail:
The service- was conducted by
'Fey. • Howard . Strapp, • Rev; , Rod
MacLeod and:; Rev. Wilfred
}:i
raduating Class.,
,eceive Dip somas;
\\\ _ \�.
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Members of .the' Lucknow Dis-
trict High School `1961 graduating'.
holt the ,iren'"and machines have class received their, diplomas at
ve'd• •to 'another '.location from the• : Gommriencer'nent 00 Friday
'evening. :
'Prom left to'.right, are Touglas
Schmid, Marion Bucgtori, Fraser
`Ashtt►n, Nancy Irwin, George.
Gibson; ;Barbara Murray, Floyd
Stanley: Absent,• Wayne Kirk:
Sentinel Photo
7enofa
a
Wright' 'A community choir: r
presentative of all village chur-
chest• assisted :with `:the music. •
In his : remarks,• : Rev. .Strapp
pointed out that only the middle
aged andelderly now remember.
the: end of • World War • T forty-
threeY ears '. Which wasp the 'War
toend : all_ . wars
:The .bright '-ray on the 'dark
horizon is. ' the eternal purpose
of God :in all thing's • and the •
great' ,nature ::of. man,, endowed
with courage,' .faith' and :endur-:
ance: •
' Mr. Strapp :stressed that we'
''must see beyond our own side of
things in these troubled times,•
and in conclusion parted .to., the'
challenge which is : always' �be-
fore ', us. to make things real'for'
.Which men died: '
Headed: by the°• Lucknow' Ds
trict . High School. Band. Legion'
and.. Auxiliary me4rnbers„ paraded. '
to. church and then 'to the. Ceno
tap:h, , There '' the silent .tribute
of remembrance was paid. the
'Last Post ••and Reveille:•souridecl
by Bill ` Andrew and wreaths
placed. by. Earl Cranston,' Mrs.
Jack England,: Mrs:..Wm. B•ucl:
ir, zham, ' 11,1rs, J. L. Macl17 hail,
Geore Jo.y rt, Harcid Ritchie encl.
Terry ,•Rathwel. ..
Placed. before the inonu:nerit'
• vei.e. forty four tv lite cl oases,
carrying .'the riarnes of Veterans
who have .passed cri in ,post•war
• day.
Clarence Greer ' was parade
aiarsha:l ..and H D. ,"Thompson;
• colour serdrant. 'The co or :party
incl.udecl Kean carrieron. Kelso
• MeNag, ate. Mrs. Jilt VIcNratiahton
:end .i.r . Ph:lip.MacMillan,'
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