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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-03-23, Page 1$3.00 A Year. In Advance $1.00 Extra. To U.S.A.. LUCK1S OW, ONTARIO "WEDNESDAY MAR. 23rd, 1960. TWELVE . PAGES. FRACTURED H1.Pt: I' MAI N. ST. FALL .Mrs,, 'James. Culbert ,of town.. • suffered a ,fractured, hip in a fall on CamVibe11 Si. on •tIIonday afternoon- shortlyafter one o'clock. • The mishap occurred' in front of theshop which Allan Reed had operated as an auto supply store, before . moving •,to the White. Rose ,Service Station, Mrs. Culbert slipped on , the snow covered streets• and fell "heavily• MrS. Al 'HHai u1ton was the first to 'reachher, but was unable to gest her up. Cam- and Don' Thompson literally carried Mrs.. Culbert to her, huslband's• • car, and she was taken • to' 'the home of her daughter, Mrs.. Gordon Brooks, The doctor • Was . of the Opinion J. that the hip was. fractured, -and .Mrs Culbert, was •taken 'by arn- ''bulance •,' to ..Win•gham...Hospital for x-rays on :Tuesday' Morning. 1 1 1 1 1` t 1 1 0' 0 0 'ENDS..MIN.I,STRY' 'HERE ON SUNDAY • Rev. Wallace McClean; pastor of the Lucknow and /Dungannon Presbyterian ;congregations since' September 1954, • will ,:conclude his ministry', here on Sunday. A :• special service on ` Sunday evening :, well , mark, the ..conclu-- Via' successful 5% -year astorate, The service ' will com- mence at 7 30 .and all friends: of the , 'congregation ,pare invited to attend' ' ' Rev.• McClean came to Luck - now from Picton, : assuccessor to Rev: C. A. Winn.; who . had, one' ; ,t ; Dixie Presbyterian .. .. g on•. Church the previous April. • 'Rev.. McClean goes from here to. .the. Elmvale charge in 'the • Barrie .Presbytery.: PRIZE • WINNERS AT LEGION. ST.' PATRICK DANCE :Lucknow Branch. ' 309 ' Caned fan Legion;, held a successful dance in the Legion Hall on Fri- day night' S'rize `,winners were Door Prize, early draw, . Bob Ait- cheson; ; Door,' Prize, 'Mrs. Bob McIntosh; Spot Dances, Mr. 'and Mrs ' Tom Jordan; Lucknow, and; ;Miss Yvonne Bondi' and Den: Compton, Wingham;,:• Statue Waltzes Paul. 'Henderson ' . and Eleanor : Alton • and Grant Chis- holm and Mrs Dick West; Eli-. mination dance, Bill teddy and Jean Mullin, MUMPS, THEN CRICKED NOW' ii, 4c. 'URE• .For the Gordon Maize family ,it has been . one thing after another all winter, • . Before Christmas their four children, then the . 'parents developed : the mumps in consecutive attacks., Next the children • came daown with' the: chicken pox' which they still ,have, .. • . • •• . Finally, Gordon shipped : on some: steps at their ..home • .last Friday • evening andbroke : a bone in his leg above the ankle. He is laid up at present,, but ex- pects' to have a 'walking cast put on in a_ :few '.days: The. Maize children are, Bon- ' nie 7, ,•Brenda• 6, Beverley 3 and Betty. 1. APPROVE' PLANS OF COUNTY HOME Approval by the Municipal' Board of the revised •plans and .costs in connection with thead-. dition •'to • 'the Bruce County Tome for• the Aged, isall that is .requirednow; before work gets ; underway. • :The 'contract .has • been award_ ed to the Tope, Construction Co. at. a figure ;of : $685,467::00 • Furnishings and. • equipment, will • bring : ;the total estimated cost of the:. proposed extension' to the County.. Home to $809,699. ,providing a. total of 111• beds.. ELECTED T O. •. . 4N .T AR10 BOARD • Durnin Phillips: of :Dungannon,' secretary-treasurerof fbhe West t Wa : ,a os •tuah e I u w . n.. h M �,'F,r ns r ance ' icempany, has been elected as a member of .a seven -man *board ,of directors of the Mutual •Fire Underwriters .Association of .Ontario Attending., the convention: ' of the 'Association' at. the King Edward. ' Hotel ' in .Toronto on March T5,th, .16th, 17th. were Mr.. Phillips, Frank ;:Thompson, ,pre- sident, John' • MacLennan' • and •Ross • ' McPhee •°representing' • the' West Wawanosh Mutual Fire„In surance Comlpany;of Dungannon and Allister Hughes represent- ing the,. Culross Mutual Fire In- surance ,Company of Teeswater. Tt is quite .an 'honor for the West ' Wawanosh ;company and for 'Mr.. Phillips to be elected to .tlie, seven -pian board Which; dir ects sixty-six ' mutual companies Ontario whach:.belong ' to the association' ' • WAS NINETY EIGHT ON WEDNESDAY Mrs. James Scott, a native ,of the Teeswater community • and presently a . resident of the Greer ' Nursing ;Home • in Luck-; now, elbserved her 98th birth- day on Wednesday, March, 23rd. Mrs. Scott,` who • has been at the Nursing: HoYne for about one year, is in good 'health and until a week ago had been able to be up: each day. and walking 'about on her own; • A::minor•: fall • has caused her•. presently to- be bed fast. '.. Mrs: Scott was. formerly •Eli- zabetli. • McTavish and came to the Teeswater community with her : parents,' Mr. ,and John McTavish, when •'a. child of four.. Her parents . farmed in Culross . :ons .• ,, o �Iy�'�1: w. ,a ;d ll �in -h r. `mariagteto James Scotty she' and her : husband' continued to farm with Mr. Scott doing some stone, mason work for. .a time. Mr. 'Scott . died ` in 1944 ' 'and. sincethat time she has • lived with *her son' and daughter un= til 'being admitted to, • the Luck- now Nursing •Home. She has' one daugh'ter.,: • Mrs.. Alex Donaldson of Teeswater,-. with :whom she, made her home for twelie 'years wise. Rural Tuition Fee, Possibly Need Another Teacher Representatives; • from the school sections , of ” Zion and Paramount . met with• members of the Lucknow Public School Board at a • special meeting last 'Wednesday: The • two ' sections have been approached ;by, those concerned : with the proposed :Hemlock, City four, room school to' see if they would be inter- . ested 'in "gbing 'in" with such a move. 'The purpose of the meet- ing. was to discuss the pros and cons of the matter of educating their children so that rthp _re •presentatives from each section would be able to inform the people of their section about• the xnatter. ' • Representing Zion was Gordon. Kirkland. and, Allan Ritchie; 'and Paramount, Lloyd .Cline,, r Or- land '• • Richards, Bob Campbell and . John: Elphick. ' ' Raise Tuition Rate Mrs., JessiAlltin, chairman of the ' Lucknovt' Board, informed the two sections that the tuition' fee for their sections, as well as. the Grey Ox section. yin Kinloss, would 'besraised to $150' per pup- il • per year cominencin.g . next teran. The present rate is • .$116. per pupil per year.. This figure ofk$150' is the exact' cost of ed- ucating , one pupil' for ..cine year as figured on the 1959.,.. a enses.. It was • broken ,down as. 75c ,per day for 200. days • which'. is' .con sidered a school year.' If: a pupil is.,.absent the 'Cost of tuition will reduce . slightly according to the number of ' days 'he er '•she away. Orr is °$ 50` lite;• ;th'stlfo'S1 sections . will receivea govern= "Pentgrant of upwards to`50% Possible New Teacher ; In ' referring to ,'the increase in tuition, the chairman pointed: out' that '.if the school sections remained with -the Lucknow. Public • School the inspector had recommended that ` the board hire ;:another ,teacher : to. handle 'the expected' enrollment of.: 270 •prior to coating tc „Lucknow, and pupils, next. veer., -one 'son, :John Scott on the home ;PLAN TARED. CROSS BLITZ NEXT •WEEK The Lucknow' ' and Dlistrlct• Red. Cross Society's canvass is being. planned. as ; a blitz drive on Thursday, . March 31st. The E • -. .. xecuti ve is being assist- ed by: ' members of the Lions Club in organizing and . conduct= ing the ..canvass. The list of vol- unteer, . workers: • and plans will . be , submitted to the ''Lions Club:. at their 'meeting next Monday evening. Thursday has been Set, for the visitation, • but sonie ofthe canvassers may find it ,m,ore convenient to .:call a' day or two. earlier. •This district has:''loyally asu • •.•..,. P ported, the'work, •, of.; the Red Cross, which . has a 10e41 pro- gram as • well . as the larger hu- manitarian' work. Locally the loan cupboard is well stocked with • a variety. of items needed in Mimes or illnes- ses, convalescence or emergency. The local branch supports the blood bank, and the water safety campaign, with some fifty, young • folk taking lessons last, summer " at Teeswater. 'With transportation • provided by .• the' Red Cross..' :Under this,• program 21 awards 'were Made: During the • past 'year ' the • Workroom , Committee, shipped the folloWing• articles to the .On- tario Division Headquarters: 20 pairs: men's socks, 20 boys swea- ters, ' 20 ` "layettes, 10 .pair boys'. pajamas, 18 quilts. ' The:.Executive ,is pleased. that the Loan Cupboard is being used more by the citizens, . crutches and wheel chairsseeming to be. farm' in''Culross Township Mrs.: Scott ,,has three grandchildren. and five .great grandchildren'. Mrs. .Scott's brother, Daniel Mc- Tavish of Teeswater, is ~ the only other living member of'.a family. of sten. She is. a-meinberof Tees water Presbyterian . Church, and a life member of the missionary society;. Kinloss Schoci ections. To Express On School :Ares, .Central -School The rate .•rs..of each of the ` e ten School Sections in Kinless Township' are • being asked . g a tb ',express.' their:, views for • or against the ° establishment of a 7bwnship School.Area and. like- wise; their :opinions in the mat- ter of central: schools. leetingis are to be called . in each ,school section, and May 15 was set as. the deadline for ob- taining:.' the :;decision of 'each' section, after the . subjects . have been fully explained and a vote taken. The decision of each see-. tion will (be submitted to T. K.. 'Waldie, Inspector of Ruublic • Schools '' in the southern section of the inspectorate. This . procedure' was . agreed. upon at 'a .meeting at Holyrood• :School 011 Friday evening with 'loss of all sections in Kin- ,. in : attendance. The gather- ing' totalled close to forty, •H- vey Houston acted, as chairtnari and Gordon Wall, was secretary of the meeting. , Explains Meetings ,oright. • Orville Elliott of the Itelyrood Board 001,44116d' the. Catling of i "the meeting. He ' said that . the Holyrood school was. in ' "bad' shape" and' a new school was of necessity ' being 'Considered, ' Be- fore • any action be taken they had invited . Mr, Waldie to • at- will design the bridge for Cour": tend a meeting', and • had decided' ors and ,the .'1Jeparitment's;• ap- that all' sections . in the Town- p'roval. • sh+• be invited.. schools in the • - • ght of the tenASIIFIEL,D�' GRADER : Township are in operation. The OPERATOR RESIGNS 'students `• of S.S. No. 5 '(Con.;6) are ' dieing 'transported, to Holy - rood and • those of ' S.S. ° ; No. 6 (46, ' Con) are being brought' to Lucknow. There is no .longer :a 'school buildingat the "Grey " There Ox: are approximately 215 students attending Kinloss Schools' ews • uestons NAME BRIDGE ENGINEER Burns .Ross has been appoint- ed : Village engineer oh the, bridge building and sidewalk 'replacement program. Mr; Ross Explains Formation • Mr. ' Waldie explained that an area ,could be fornied by two dr. more school' sections, `with an increase in provincial grants 'of $200, per sectionwhen there are six or more sections in the area: 'A .Township, Council has the authority 'to form ,an area, but generally waits .until it is peta- (Continued or . page 11) • Jim. Huntergrader ' operator, ► � for . Ashfield Township for the past thirteen years, tendered his resignation to 'the Township Council last week, and has taken a position Week,, Harold' Kerr Construction. C mpany, Wingham. •• ' SUFFERED HEART ATTACK. , Eddie Moore of Lucknow is a ' patient in Wingham' Hospital due to a severe heart. attack. He suffered a seizure early Fri- day' evening at his home, and another one on Sunday morning in the • hospital', His condition on elm Tuesday • .was r rted • as• 44a lot better," " Ml•'1ll"'iL`fl1Yk•i3lfii","'-1-ywii�l�y; popular; atrticles The inspector, Mi', Waldie of. Walkerton, was supposed to be at . the meeting but the blizzard that night' stoped him at, Kin- lough and he was . unable ` to be presentt. • (Continued on Page 10) • EN.TH USIASM 1. FAIR P.' ANS A directors meeting of the Lucknow Agricultural ' Society was: well attended', last week, • and increased enthusiasm was 'evident in. laying plans • for the 1060, Fall Fair: • The , lady . 'delegates` .to the Fairs ' Association convention, Mrs. Fred McQuillin ,and.. Mrs. Cordon Kirkland each gave in- teresting and •• informative re - :ports and some of the suggest- ions •.'brought back. vvili; : be adopted • by the Society.. The, lady delegates : did: ' such an. job ent excell 7 . ' that t another innovation was. introduced-tjie appointment of lady canvassers Named for . this ' j ob ' were Mrs.• Harry :Lavis • and 'Mrs., Olive{• McCharles, and it is ' expected they . will be • starting their calls : soon to• facilitate the .early:', printing •f the rintinl . o : prize,. list.' p At , last ;week's meeting con-- sideralble time was spent in: dis= ' 'ussing and• Making revisions to the, prize : list. Stuart ,-.Collyer, Public : 'school principal; .attend- ed . the ' meeting and, offered s suggetions for revisingand' im- : =Prov: n - 4it fschool children's comPetitions which have be- come an increasingly : iniportan•t department.. r A.ladies' meeting was set for ,Saturday, : to ',complete the ' re,= Vision° of. the ladies' classes, and' add new features.. President. Evan . Keith presid- ed at . the directors meetingand the.. `early;,. action and interest shown : portends a ,"bigger ' and better". .year. • SCOTS, ALAS • HAVE NO MAC PATENT I" this n s traditionally. • Scottish: community •• ' • we , ' find . names .starting.with :" •► and" " Mac Mc. 'veru numerous. ' Our Sentinel mailing : last is full of such names as yin ''. the ;telephone . directory Y. and other listings of this type. Many in -this area, and others;: Mire lived withthe belief that the ,"Mac" people • are . Scottish While the "Me".,group are Irish..: A. strong' opponent of . this belief 'since coming . to Lucknow ' from •Scotland several years ago is Mrs: • James McNaughton . (note: the spelling) Mrs. Naughton has always maintained' that the Pre- fix Means nothing and that' you have' both. "Mac's and "Me's" in both, countries. However, doubt 'if many of the .stalwart • Scotsmen 'in this area whose, families came from the land of 'the heather,, were prepared to accept Mrs. McNaughton's ver- sion: • In • the March .19 issue of • the Star Weekly a sharp. of Ireland • anpeared showing the names of the well known Irish families' and where they lived . hundreds • frs .' ago. The map proved Mrs.. �McNaughton's theory, as we find ' . that most of the Irish. 'names are •spelled with a Mac.'` Roughly glancing over it we didn't see . a "Mc" on the whole e map of 7.reland, .but we noticed , hundreds of '"Mac's".' Some of you Macrionalds, " T acKenzres andt tacLeans, who are proud of your Scottish heti- tone. better check ,a little closer. Maythe vont ,ancestors all eanie • tr nl trel•atid..