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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-03-16, Page 1$3.00 A Year In Advance $1,00 Extra To; LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WFDNiFFSDAY, MAR, 16th, 196+ t. With' the . Village -street pav- ing program approaching; corn-, • pletion,Reeve G. W. Joynt for- sees 'a .bridge building and side- walk improvement program, re- placing ' it. • We will movefrom one . to the other; he said, The. bridge :question was aired at a meeting . of Council _ on Fri 'day night,'withthe topic !brought to the fore • ,iby . a "Letter' To The 'Editor" in 'last week's Sentinel captioned; "Why. Wheeler St.? Council , had decided on the. Wheeler St.. site at a • special meting in .February. At, Friday night's meeting speaking . to The Press, • Reeve Joynt saidf•that •since Lucknow's inception. there hadn't .;been a• • bridge between Campbell • • and Gough St, and gave as 'the. rea- son of Wheeler. Street, site, the 'fact that Lucknaw's VIain Busi- ness Section Was. a` link op High- way 86." As •such, Department of Highway officials have• notified Council, he said; .to do' something •, to correct. traffic • Conditions., To this end unloading of transport trucks 'at, the 'rear ,•of business: places .will `become necessary. .:,So;. it becomes Important, : to build the Wheeler St. bridge to • provide an access road • to the rear of ,buildings on the, north • side of Campbell S,t.. The Reeve , , contended that if it was just the matter of ;buildr . ing a bridge he 'would' favor, Hamilton`, St, (thee foot -bridge. crossing). But, he. added, if he *as in,• office 'in 1942, he -'161t a bridge would:', be built there al= so. In feet,. he forsees 4he d'ay,. when 'all three 'streets; •i between Campbell and Gough will be bridged. Su ' gg ests Stauffer' ' St. Approach ' . Councillor.. Sandy MacLeod suggested that :.by lowering the. • sidewalk, removing a big elrn tree and 'levelling and • ,grading, behind ; .the north . side '. business places, a truck entrance could.be provided off Stauffeir St . • As . far as the. bridge.con- , was on-: cerned . it wouldn't cost any more to build on Hamilton than Wheel- er and he felt it' would :doaway with annual . repairsto. the ' foot bridge and a winter hazard to. pedestrians as snow ':piles •:up, to'. railing level 'at' the bridge ' ap' proaches. He raised the question •'of theservice road ,over private property, and felt •on .,Wheeler St., that •guard. rails would have. to., be built along'\the west end 'road embankment. Councillor Harvey' Webster „ . questioned why. Council' was ob- ligated to . Pitt in a, service road;. and • queried as to -the the cost of (Continued - en page .3) ' FARM' HONE ROOF ,'FIRE EXTINGUISHED " A fire alarm on `Friday after-' ;noon -- the third :of the' week to substantiate the belief they. come in threes—was to 'the farm of ' Omar ':Brooks' on Can, 4 Ash- field, •west of ,Dungannon.• Fire had • broken out. • cin the •roof. of ' the home, ' and before it, 'wag brought under control burn- ed through the roof.. Neighbours had " it pretty well 'under control upon the arrival, of. the Lock - now Fire Departent, who 'fin- ished the jab.. • Water, damage was confined largely, to the upstairs of the residence. Merle Kerr operates the farm for Mr. l3rooks. P There was a chimneyfire' ea- . . in ear - ;Her' the day,' and it is thought • that a spark may, have, lodged. on the roof, causing the ' outs � reak sometime later ata point' on the roof; ,a • Or '$ feet. "frorri; the chim-. ney; STARE JAMMED •FOR . - SALE • The. Market , Store selling'. out sale opened last Friday, morning,• when the . store was ,janmed . to, .capacity. It hasbeen customary '. to ' hold an annual sale at this store, and •always, the'` response ;is terrific. Mr. Wellwood; • states, with Friday morning's opening 'crowd,. possiibly excelling all, • • The. selling ,out, sale continues., "to. the - bare : walls," and it, is. expected to be well into April before 'this will .be completely achieved. TWELVE •PAGES: JOANNE NNE'HUNTER'MEMBER;� Establish", OSIDistribution. Centre Joanne Hunter, 18 -year-old grade 13 honor , student at Here L'ueknow District High School; is the school's representative in the London Free Press school Queen's Club.• •!Joanne is -the daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. Ver- non ' Hunter. ' .Beside+ , her: , sohol- astic activities'.She 'is .a..Member of Teen Town, .a • Girl :••Guide Ieader' and active in t e united, h c Hi-Cand Church u nd�y.�c S S `ho0• • ' Joanne hopes to; obtain a• B.Sc, degree and to teach home ecorio-. mics. • Mrs. D. L. .MacKinnon is. con- valescing, at her home in. Kinloss after being ,hospitalized at' Wing - limn for several weeks:' 13th Power Bill: Rebate $3,356 ay Mean • Ily WIJ1M�ve , . o Town Grant ,-Chishotm . of the:.Gode eries in ,Goderich were handled rich district has °Wen appointed the new ' LucknoW' 'agent for Imperial: Oil Products . and • is presently seeking a house in Lucknow:' Grant will carryon' the' petroleum 41 businesSArom, Lucknow with Imperial ;1i1` ha'' ing bought. a piece of, land°to;r posrte Greenhill cemetery *40e they ,Will erect , storage'' "M'tanks and a suitable warehouse. The land is in the areaof the Jim Culbert gravel' pit and was pur- chased from' Mr, ,Culbert. lg. the agent's For+nerly, a Grant' has been associated with his' father, Ben Chisholm, in . the' petroleum; business` "for•' .thirteen years. Ben started' the business as a "side -line" twenty 'one ' years ago 'with two . custo- mers and it has 'continued to • grow • since . then. Ben *ill move to Goderich where: he will hand'- le and= le the agent's. jab for that.town: Formerly, all furnace • oil deliv- ew Street fighting : The Lucknow • Hydro . System is in a good financial position, which was strengthened . by • .a •13th Power ' Bill, adjustment, which' 'brings, a credit of :$3,356.70 to thhe local commission;:' ;It is the .largest .credit, in. several years, Last year the 13th Power Billamounted to $1,921.54 while in 1958, it showed. a defi- cit of;' $302.32. With the local system show- ing , a 'substantial. profit 'during the past • fiscal :Year, the • Com- missions cash..' reserves' now amount to . approximately '$10,1)00 bl addition to $9,000 in bond's: • . This: • substantia'L cash : resexive may mean modernized floures- cent lighting on Campbell (Main) "Street.: this : year. , This project .is' 'under 'consideration and prices of the installation are being,: obtained.' The•sur,•Plus was announced at. .a meetiri of : the Village Council• ,g' on •Friday evening, .when it was decided to confer', at an.. ,early date with :Officials regarding' g g street lighting, the Purchase,' of a truck 'and pole replaceriient irl; the :block from Outram -to Have- r lock, : where a . highway , en= � Y wi d ing program 'is -being planned. by the company, but with. Ben, as ` the agent he will handle. these accounts, a job'that he ;will not be able to do alone; • It is the.'wish'of the company dtfiat then :agent live in the town theyA serve; and that is what. caused' the' father and son ,busi- Hess' to :go their separate "ways,. It . isexpected that *work on the storage facilities :will begin '. at •Lucknowras soon as. the frost. is out: ' of the ground. Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm and six young children, three of school' age and three younger,' will move to Lucknow as •soon'. as housing can ''be obtained. The Chisholm fam- .: ily are well known to many in Lucknow • with - Grarit having •pitched ball for Lucknow. for, several y. ears, as well as having. worked through this area,' since starting :• with' his Dad. + .• The. new flourescent ;light.ting, 'r . WIDEN .BLOCK .. mination, would consume •little'. ' EAST OF: � QU1`RAM more than half the wattage, . ,• now used bythe 500 -Watt -Camp- bell 1. St. Lights, This .type of flourescent lighting • was instal- led on. the "back streets" • two years ago. Council's expressed opinion in thee., matter' of : street widening and illumination ' was to "make a job of it." • providing much ,improved, illu- Council` • approved of ' a contin- uation of the tree prune :. pro- gram gram instituted, ; bwo or'' three years ago, and carried' out by an ex rie d. o est r - of the 1?e , ,P� .z f�.� .rY C ewe .; Hydro ' Electric ,,Power ' Commis- sion. This program:, is considered. to have proven 'its worth, with a minimum of hydro interrup-' tions,' and ,has; been a• safeguard against ice -storm,. damage. Cost of this work •+has decreased pro- gressively, and can -;now be main- tained' at a relatively low cost. This year. they Will check iprun;- ing.',requirements along, all': pri- mary. and secondary lines and at street: lights. "`.Reeve'JoY nt stated. . that de- livery : of the:•' aerial ladder truck was expected' .in ten .days. The Village Council is to en- ter • into 'an agreement • : with the Department' of Highways for the widening of . that portion of Highway 86 connecting link be- tween • :Outram arid' Havelock Sts. on both sides • of ` the tho- roughfare: : • The Department, will: bear the'. entire cost: of • widening' to their 'regulation . 48 -foot width; Thewidening will mean the removal •'-of the trees- and boule- vard in this block, but _ there is little alternative as traffic- -con- gestion 'is particularly difficult in. that area.:Woo:den poles in the block, some of which are show- ing. signs of decay,will have to. be ::removed and replaced ' with modern • type'.: metal or ce•ment• •poles.' • This 'widening program ties in. with theproP` osed roject of general widening P.. J nOf Campbell Street ' and sidewalk repair, as well as modern flourescent ;type. lghtir.g: LUCKNOW AIRMAN ; SERVES IN: GERMANY gag. v%.f.w.i''f%( ,• ..�•'1i.. 'tai-�v.wsvnry�cr•cr: .wzw000wv :rFvxo»:x fi weapons technician. He received his transfer to Germany in Sep- tember of 1959 and was accom- panied ied there by his • wife, the former Doreen, Miller, of Luck - now and their three children, Michael 8, Patricia 4, and Shawn Leading Aircraftmari . John H, Dahmer of Lucknow is seen re- assembling a .50 Calibre machine gun from a Sabre jet 'fighter' at the • Armament Section of the RCAF's 3 righter Whig, •Zwei- .brueken, Germany, • LAC. Dahmer' is :imun'itions and: • The Dahmer's live. "on the economy" in Germany in the village of Contwig, some '5 kilo- metres from the .RCAF base, and Doreen 'has. already learned enough •German to, tarry on a normal conversation with ,her German hotiSewife neighbours, RCA' Photo • NINETY-ONE THIS MONTH. Percy Purves of Oregon City . and a former, resident,. of; Kinloss Township, ' observes his 91st ;• birthday this; month. He is a brother-in-law of _J, R: ,Lane of Kinlough, whokeeps in touch with his,'old friend and .sends him The entinel- .:G The : two men 'Married ' sisters.- The isters .The late 1VIrs; Lane was the for- mer Elizabeth' Malcolm of Kin - lough and •Mrs. •Purves was Sus- an Malc'olrn. There Were. two. brothers in the Malcolm :`family, ' Joe and: George:\ ,They :,resided. east of Kinlough.: •' SIX SPEAKERS IN ..:LIONS TE L O ••CO T NS N S :Six contestants competed'`: in . the'. Lions ; 'sponsored. public speaking contest . held at the- • regularmeeting of the Club '• on Monday evening:;:. , • The winners were - Joanne Crozier, ;daughter.' of Mr. arid Mrs. 'Clifford Crozier of '• 4sh- field and Bill Andrew, ,;'son of Mr:.and Mrs:. William' Andrew •of . Ashfield. • . ' • Both are students at .Lucknow: District : High ' School. Joanne's ' ,Subject ,Was, "Sir- Winston. Churchill" • and ;Bill spoke on "What Would Total`'Disarma- ment` .Really Mean?" They are now `eligible ,.to.° continue in the .' Lions regional .public • sneaking contest. The other '; contestants • were Eleanor Reed, Gladys . 'MacDon- ' ald, Barry . Johnston. and Terry Wilson .. The judges were Miss Helen Thompson, . Rev. ' 'Wallace Mc-' Clean and • Jim Henderson. The decision and remarks were given by Miss Thompson; who pointed to the, closeness of the scores, and the ' fact thatboth ,Juniors and Seniors competing added to the difficulty of a decision. The subjects and the speakers were good and. the, judges, wish• •ed• to impress ori' the speakers,. not to be discouraged but "try,; • try, again:" Points:'to be ,kept;in. 'mind .included falling inflection, • oven •gesturing, : dropping of "g's," .care in .phrasing, enunciation and pronunciation.. • Milton Rayner was m charge Of the contest, and the speakers and' judges ' Were -thanked • by Carzeron M'acDonld: Eleanor McNay played a .piano .'• • solo` and was 'presented with a gift by: Wally .Brec:kles:. ' • A '$50,00 cash •nrizo in connec- tion with •a' convention fund bi- monthly draw, was wore b'y. Al • Johnston: ' Support Memorial Fund Stuart Collyeroutlined the purpose of the memorial top the.' (Continued On Page /3) • 5r • • its ,