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I,UCKNOW; 'ONTARIO Vl4ppT4$W Y , MAR. ` 9th, 1960
hepresentatives of several
school sections in the north-wes-
tern sector of Ashfield• Township
met. on Tuesday of last week to.
consider ,steps 'to: be taken in fu-
ture school " planning.
While. ,the whole matter is
still in the discussion ' stage,
with no 'definite ;actionhaving
been taken; the meeting did
support the proposal,. to build a.
four -room • schoolat .Hemlock
City, . which would provide. faci-
lities to serve at least six School
Sections. •
The . original ''idea of a new
school (or. an addition to Loch-
alsh School) Was' -t0 Serve ,the
• four sections of Lochalsh, Lauri
er, Hemlock City 'and Kintail.
The proposed area is how ex-
tended to include. both 'Lothian
and the '.10th .Concession .School
sections. It was 'suggested that:
two, other .sections; Zion and
Paramount might :.be interested,
bid' while,, the door "is not 'clos-
ed'?
cios-ed'.' it, is • questionable if inclus-
ion :of r. these sections would .b0
desired on their 'part, or would
• be feasible.
Would Cost $125,000.
• • Last ' .week's meeting ,consid
ered < the building of a four, -room
school to serve. 6 . former School
sections, . and to accommodate
105 7115. pupils The cost` of 'a
project of 'this sort Is. as follows:
Cost of school, • $80,000;*Athount
to retire this on 20 -year deben-:
tares,. $125,000; ;Department ' of
Education 'o'rti �.n 500, Rate=
P o , $52 , ,
payers portion, x$62',500; Amount
o . be Paid annually, ; 125.
t $3, ,
Annual : cost of :operating ' the
school, ' `$14,500; Transportation
of- pupils, .,$5,500; . 'Debenture
Payzment, ; $3,125;, Total :amount.
to be iraised, $23,125; Estimated
Annual ' Grant 12,500;.: Amount;
to be raised :'by.. ratepayers,, $10,
625.
On an _:Assessment: , of $1,200,-•
000 a• levy of 9 mills would raise.
$10;800. ;, .
The• representatives at the
meeting felt that this plan had
much merit. Many of • the pre-
sent . problems':, would be solved.'
Improved:, education would be
provided. The cost - is moderate.
It was decided that • this infor
mation .should` be published• and'
that each • school section repre-
sented should 'discuss ` the • pro-,
ject with the ratepayers and that.
another . generalmeeting would.
•' (Col tinued' on page 3)
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SOCiA.L . HELD
ALTAR SOCIETY
• A social . evening, held in the
Legion roorri last Monday,was
enjoyed by the 'Members of St:
Marys . Church when the ladies
of the Altar, Society sponsored
a program for 'the children'• of
the parish. •
Mrs, J. L. MacMillan, • presid
era' • of the ,Altar • Society presid-
ed for the evening; After the
opening • :hymn -by the 'Children
an program followed
consisting of: Recitation,. Ellen
O';Donnell;: Accordian solos, Iso-
bel Ritchie, Mary Ann MacDon-
ald,. Linda O'Donnell; Reading,'
Terry O'Donnell, Jammy, Mac
Donald, Piano selections, •'Donna
Hogan, ga , . Sharon andLinda O'-
Donnell, Siheilla :McQuillan;.
duet, Sandy ancd Sheila McQuil-
lan; Violin selection, Basil Hogan
With accompaniment • by Mrs:
Jas, O'bonnetly ' Quartette, Mr.
and Mrs. George Tucker and Mr.
and Mrs. Jas:, O'iDonnell.
' Rev. Fr. John w Ac'htabowsks,
pastor of St. Augustine, was*the
guest speaker, Ltaneh was served
by the ladies and • a social hour
followed'..
FOURTEEN PAGES
FORMER RESIDENT' PASSES
The death of Mrs J G; Mur-
doch,„ a ' former resident . of
Lucknow for many years, died
in • Toronto .on .1Vloxiday. She was
the • formerEmily Jean Peart,
and was within • a few days 'of
her 89th birthday. The : funeral,
service • is being.:held at•
the. Mc-
Lennan and MacKenzie IViemori
al Chapel on Wednesday with
interment in' Greenhill Ceme-
tery. ...
SUFFERED, LIGHT :STROKE,.
WILL BE 88 SATURDAY:
: Mrs, . Wilson Irwin • suffered.'a
light. • stroke on' Thursday, but
has since :'made a 'remarkable
recovery: at Goderich • Hospital,
• where she is 'ableto be up and
about.
• Mrs. Irwin suffered the• seiz-
ure "while' .'visiting • in Goderich
atthe home of 'her son, Gordon
and Mrs. Irwin She ' will be 88
years. of age on. Saturday.
ANY, INTEREST IN FARM • •
BEAUTIFICATION CONTEST?
Lf there • interest
is sufficient ' in rest
Y
shown b otential entrants, the
'potential
Lucknowand District' Lions Club
will sponsor a faith ;beautifica-
tion contest this spring and sum-
.mer, • open to anyone in the di's
trict. '
• The Agricultural Committee of
the ,Club '•got. the go-ahead ;at ` the
last : meeting, arid have been dis-
cussing. `details of the ' project;.
but first are trying. ' a "finger in
the breeze.'.' .
Generous cash, prizes will be
awarded ,if the contest • goes.
' ahead.. But the Committee would
like : to . know the public reaction
to -the project. If,' you are . inter-
`ested, in : entering a "before -and-,,
after"" contest ;of general : farm
surroundings beautification,
.Please- let any member .Of the
committee know ' before '.the end,.
of; March:. Members you .. may
contact are: Vernon Hunter,
chairman; Jack MacKenzie, Or-
ville Elliott, Fraser 'McKinnon
Mark gaithby, Blake Alton. �
HONOR MEMORY
OF THREE MEMBERS
--.The village 'of Lucknow was.
well represented at Joshua : Pre-•
ceptory at Amlberley on Wednes-
day evening of last week, when.
the following : members , were
t
presenSir Knights 'Dan Kings-
bury, Al •Irwin,' Lloyd . Bell, Gil-
bert Hamilton, Wm. Houston,
Bob Lyons,'. John Emerson and
Nat ;Thomson.;
One' important feature of this
meeting iwas the planning and
arranging «for a degree team
from this lodge to attend Wing-
ham: Preceptory on Good Friday,
April' 15th. and `assist in putting
on . the .Red Cross degree. This
is, the• fifth .consecutive year,
that the' degree team from Am
berley ha s ,put, on and initiated
candidates ..into this highest de -
,gree in the order known as the.
'1Red Cross. Degree.'k'
In, honor' ofthreeof the oldest
and .::well respected :members of
the ,lodge who passed on during
this past decade, leaving .,a va=
cancy that has been hard to fill,
it, was the unanimous opinion
of the members to have,: their
photographs. ,framed: ' and hung
in, the lodge room. The• three late
members are: „Barry McMullin,
Charlie McDonagh, and Al May
nard`.
BROTHER'S; ' WIFE • DIED ,
MONDAY : IN OREGON
Elmer Johnston received word.
on Monday of the death of his
brother's wife,. Mrs.' Wm. A.
Johnston of Portland, Oregon
after a lengthy illness:.His sister,
Mrs:. .Eva ' MacQuaig has ' been..
with them since early December.,.
Mrs.' . Johnston will be • buried
there. She • also . leaves .a daugh-
ter. and two. granddaughters.`
MRS.' DeGRUCIIY PASSES
The death 'of Mrs. James De-
Gruchy occurred, suddenly early'
Monday morning "at the home of
her .:daughter, Mrs. Bruce Mac-
Kenzie of Lucknow. She was 75.
The. remains :'rested, at/the Mc-
Lennan . and 1VtacKenzie Memori-
al
emori
.al .'Chapel until Tuesday and,
thence , to 'Montreal, where she
was born, for burial:
WORLD. DAY OF. PRAYER,
AT ANGLICAN ;CHURCH •
• The World Day . of Prayer Ser-
vice for. Lucknow was' held. Fri-
day. afternoon in 'St.' Peter's
Anglican Church . with •a -good'
attendance. The. leaders' were
Mrs..Carmen, ' ; McQuillin, . Mrs.
H. L. Jennings, Mrs. ,W.'Hoag
and Mrs. Clare Agnew."
The theme or the -meeting this'
.;year Was "Labourers together,
speiker.....was:
Mrs. Milton Rayner. Mrs. Clare
Johnston sang • a:' solo accompan-
ied .by'• Mrs. Fred McQuillin
Others taking part in the set: -
vice • were Mrs. V: Hunter, Mrs.
Robert MacKenzie;; •Mrs. G. Mc-,
Diarmid, Mrs. Morgan Hender-
,son, Mrs. H. McQuillin and :Miss'
Mary McLeod. The ushers. were
Mrs; •E. Pritchard and Mrs. Ws
Hodgkinson.
FIRE TH:REAT:'AT.
SAT FACTORY-
.
BEATTY F . CTORY -
A fire ''alarm on Monday .onda e
ening about ,9:30 (the •secon o
the day) found members of the
Fire Department already as-
sembled for action, as ; it was
their monthly meeting which
was, justbreaking up.
The:: call was to : the Beatty
Ladder Factory,where a smold
ering fire n was discovered in:
the sawdust and shaving bin. -
•The sawdust and •Shavings
from the various machines are•
carried by pipes to • the big over-
head cyclone and from. there .go,
.to .the cement sawdust bin' which
has .an "above -the -roof." wood-
en top. • Serews • draw the shay
Ings and sawdust from the bin
and from there are carried to
another smaller cyclone and:
from there to the furnace.
'As' the sawdust pile' was re-,
duced in the ' bin, it is believed:
that it allowed sufficient.. air to
fan • the smouldering sparks. The
threat was discovered- by' Chas.
Hallam and George Parrish, • the
former using extinguishers
while;;George turned iii ,a fire
call. At' about the same time the
sprinkler head "let ' go" in • the
sawdust bin, starting the auto;
matic alarm at, the plant.
A 'line of hose was laid to
soak the remaining contents of
the bin, and eliminate the thr at
of a. major ' outbreak,- • `
Plant Manager, Charles Bris-
tow is of the opinion that lad-
der repairing, may have • caused
sparks which were carried:
though the big. metal ' cyclone to
the •sawdust . bin, with the
threatened ' outbreak developing
when conditions were right.
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tSesizzavaswvogi
10e .TO DE ,THE PRICE OF
SENTINEL SINGLE COPIES
Effective -Wednesday. , 1VJ'ar;•
23rd, . the price . of •single
copies af The' 'Sentinel will
be 19c..
To 'fill• an unpredictable
. 'demand for over-the-counter.
Sales, we always run off ex-
tra copies. :It is difficult to
guess at, arid frequently we.
have a good deal of wastage
or. if we 'try to "economize"
will run short.
The 10,c rate .will cover
' this wastage.
The yearly rate is' $3.00,
figuring out• at 6c a copy, so
there are . those . who may.,
consider taking ' out , a sub
acription. •
OFFER .SAAL,ARY
-: I NC R EASE ,AT.P.1.$4,
.SELLING OUTA AT . .
MARKET . STORE;
On Friday of .this week a go-
'ing,-out of -business sale Commen-
ces , at ' The.. Market • Store, with
'the Purpose ofclearing a $15,000
.stock to the bare::. walla.
It.. is a . well 'known fact' that
.The Market' has: been for sale for
some tithe, and failure to finalize:
such a transaction has decided.
Mr. Wellwood, to• clear the .'stock
and ':close: out the business..
The Market was . purchased by
Norman Wellwood of Wingham
from the Hornell Estate in: 1952.
Wellwood operates a Variety,
Store • in Wingham; similar to
.The Market, but has found •: the
dual responsibilities.: or manage
ment` •a , bit too. Much of a load: to
continue to /shoulder. ' •
'Mr, : Wellwood' .anticipates . that
it willl take ia• ;few weeks to. dis=
o O:;:.,of... the ,: entire.,: ' toc „.,but.
when this is accomplished the
tl
1
store will be'; closed,' if a `buyer
"does not -come along in;the mean-
time: ••
• The Market . Store was Luck-
now's. original ;5c to $1.00 semi.
self-service store. It was pioneer.-
by
ioneer-by Wm.:• Hornell, who', return-
ed; to his home town and event-
holly took over the 'interests: of
'the' Cameron and Murdoch, dry
good store. Forseeing the tread
away from show case buying,
Mr. :Hornell gradually, converted
the business to the open' counter'
display. ,Y
A two-page spread : in this is-
sue, *
s -sue,: as well as "hundreds of sale
bills ` in the. mail this `'week, an-
nounce 'the closing out. .sale. The
Market . is `. closed four • clays this
week' in prepartation• `for its
launching.
At the March meeting of .the
Luckconsideranow blPeu•tiblmeic School
sp. ent• Board,,
;in
discussing teachers' salaries . for
the 1960-61 •.'School ` term. The.
Board has made the offer of a
$300. increase • 'to .the .principal;
$1,00.' increasesto each of the
teachers and $50. to the . music
supervisor
The teachers were.,notified
last week of the Board's offer,
but 'we understand, have not yet
met officially to consider the
offer. .
The' Public School 'staff is' i ot
y. s•
on a' salarch'edule, providing.
for an annual increment; as is;
the , High School staff.
To Install Yard Lights
W. E. Collyer's tender was ac-
cepted for the ,installation of,
two 300 -watt .,yard ,lights at the'
school .grounds. •
The report of Sanitary Inspec-
tor, 'E. Ross of the • Bruce County .•
Health, Unut• was .received , and
its •recommendations will be. at`-• '
tended to in the .spring.
Three fire extinguishers = ;-one
in the boiler.. room. -`and one in,
each:of of the ::halls are to be pur-
chased..
Notices are -to be:. sent .for fees
outstanding for : the school year
1958-.58. ;
.Graduating, awards and a
'means' of recognizing . safety
patrol, services, were again discus:
sed` and • ,further . information' is,.
to be . obtained: •
'Notices . of the. Trustees Zone
meeting in Preston. and the Eas-
ter convention in' April were re-
cei.ved..
To, . Check ; Equipment '
A
,,,thorough inspection is . to' be
made of .'-all. playground 'equip-
meat, .,prior to, it 'being. used ,this
spring
.FAR BOARD .PLANS EARLY
.PRIZE LIST REVISION '
A : meeting;. •4f '' the Lucknow .`
Agricultural Society. . will be .
held next Tuesday, evening in
the Town Hall, to which anyone
is ' welcome Reports will ' be
given by the lady, : delegates to
the ; Fairs '' Convention;
Special `attention will . begiven ;
to the •prize ;: lista revision,' with`
,emphasis On the school' child-
ren's competitions, and the sug-
gestions . of teachers 'would be
appreciated. • •
It ,is proposed ' to have the,
prize lists ;printed" much earlier.
this;'year.`.
aag Tenders Resignation
Principal, Effective End of June
Mr. P.•.W Hoag, .?rinc,iPal of
the LueknoW District: High'
..School for;• fourteen • years, will'.
retire at . the end of the '.school
term • in Jime. Mr. Hoag's . resig-
nation . • was received by the
Board�'at their .:regular meeting
last week • and :was :accepted re-
gretfully. Members of the Board
conferred with • Mr Hoag in the
hope, he might re=consider 'and,
defer his , retirement , from the
profession, ',which he ' had con-
sidered previous .to::- this' year.
With the resignation ' being
final' " the Board has advertised
in the Globe and . Mail for.:a
successor. • •
Mr: Roag joined ' the Lucknow
High School. staff sixteen. Years
ago, in 1944, under the princi-
palship of Miss F. E'..MacLearl.
The other two bn the four -mem-
ber staff were Mass Jean Osborne
and D. R. McLean., .
Mr. Hoag was,, appointed
poi ted,prin-:
+QipaI, in 1946 upon' the retire-
-Ment of Miss MacLean. The
L,rrcknow District High School
cane . into being' on January
1.4 10.51 and the ;t new high
•
school• was opened. on., Septem
ber • • $rd,: •' 1953. -Mr. Hoag ' •and;.
Mrs:. L. Hewitt are the' two ori-,
ginal members of the new
school, . staff. ` Wm.. MacDonald,.
whose- death occurred • •in De-
cember• was 'also, on the. staff
when. the school opened:
At last week's • meeting the
Board' further discussed the.ap-
pointment of .a Cadet instructor
and: hope to have •this matter
•finalized soon...
Total .Cost $285,000
The Board has , a . little over
$700:00 in the Building Account
and the Department of . Educa-
tion has ' recommended this ; ac-
count ibe, , closed out. Tt will be
spent this year on a school 'inn-
provement' proJect, .yet to, be. de-
cided. on.
The disposal . of this fun'
d will,
in ' round` figures.. ,make 'a total.
expenditure of $285,000.00 from
the, thine the construction of
• the
new school was 'started.
The sanitary inspector's re-
port was .read, and its recom-
mendations
ecorrmnendations 'noted,