HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-07-13, Page 1TEN PAGF.A
HEARING Hum By
,1,,ABouR BOARD
hearing was held. in TorOnto by
• the 'Labor Relations 'Board' in
'connection • with developMents
arising • from,. 'efforts •to .unionize
• employees „of the Beatty: Ladder,
The International Woodtvoric-
ers of America is seeking eerti-
ilcation as a 'bargaining agent,
and recently ari organizer made
cmoennta. et with the individual wo.
'have 'been made, but. we under
stand that a considerable num-
, bet of employees- who had. 'Sign-
ed • up, later, signed a, petition. to
l'resent at the 'TorOnto 'hear-
ing •was . a representative; of the
WooclwOrkers' &, his soli-
citor, /officials of* the Beatty
CornPany, apd five employees of
the,local • plant Who have div-
. ergent views of uniOnization..
that the Bbard hes , decided a
supervised vete. be taken to de-
termine the wishes Of the elf -
SID l‘HTH RETIRES ;FROM
IltAF, RESIDES All! LACHINE
SidneY $thith mho „has 'been
stationed for' slime 'time at St.l
• Hubert. Quebec; has, reached the.
' age of retirement frorri the
l•le is .Presently employed 'at
Dorval' Airport and Mr. and -Mrs.
'Smith, are taking up residence
'.at Lachine, Qdebec, ,to where
their Sentinel beirig forward -
al for Sid Says .it iS,stilLthe- most
some time .113eing employed, by
the late Mr.- Ralph NixOn.
Mrs. Smith, While‘ncit from this
made many deliciouS ' recipes
from ideas appearine •in. "This 'n
That." This be ' weleoine
news to the writer Of the' latter
column, , who ',wonders 'at times
how widelY her. column is read.
Noting by his ,,address label
that it is .renewal tive, Herb
‘Graham of Toronto sends it
along by mail,' which is unusual
as Herb generally/ drOps in with
it when visiting the ;old home
PASS CONSERVATORY,
MUSIC EXAIVIINATIONS
Music pupils of Mrs. Duncan
Simpson all passed their Conser-
vatory examinations. They ' are:
Grade 1,TILI, Elizabeth. J. Emmer-
ton, Marion Reavie. Grade VI,
iie, Shirley Steele; Pass, Barb-
ara L. MacKenzie, Theory, First
Class \ Honours, 03)
EXPRESS SERVICE
TO Be BY titUCK.
Canadian National Express *ill
Points on the Listowel, Wing -
ham, Lucknow, kineardine line,
presently serviced by the C.N.R.
The truck delivery is expected
to give speedier .and More sat-
isfactory service, end eliminate
claims for freezing and spoilage
that have en occasieri. resulted
during extremes of teMperature
'in winter and stimnier.
While express shipments will
arrive • arid be dispatched • by
truck, local delivery and pick-
up service, will, be' Made aS tisual
by bcpressman Joe Conley, from
, ArriVal of the • express' truck
is 'scheduled for shortly after
the rioqn hoer; with the return
trip being made about 2:00 p.m.
BILL'S MIA SERVICE
ENGAGES BODy MAN
As, announced in this issuep
Bill's- Fina Service operated by
Hubter, =has engaged Don
Steffler of Kitchener as a.' full
time body man at the garage.
Don comes from Kitchener,
where he, had twelv,e years ex-
perience . in this. work." 'Four
years were. spent at Forbes Mo-
tors on bodY werk mid' Don had
six years painting experience...
three children will move, to
can be secured. Don started
work .for Bill about a week ago.
JIM REED STAGE MANAGER
FOR "TIIE Boy FRIEND"
Mr. and Mrs.• Allan Reed, Miss
Eleanor Reed and Mr: Jack Ir-
win were in Niagara • Falls on
Monday ' and ettended, opening
night of the play "The •Boy
Friend" w.hich has finished a 3 -
month run at the Speakeasy
Theatre in Toronto and• which
is currently rphiying in' the Ball-
room 9th Park Hotel at Niagara
James Reed, a former Luck -
now ',District High School stu-
dent, is stage manager for this
production. It is expected`.. that
SOmetime during August they
will have a few days In Strat,
ford.
TO-TPE. BIKES AT
ARENA FRIDAY •'
EverYone in. Lticknow who hes
bieYcle should have. it taped
aS traffie safety precaution.
All, yen have to• do is' have it
at the Lucknew Arena this Fril,
day • morning between the hourS
Mernbers of the .Lueknow' Wo-
men s Institute will do the rest,
The lecal branch is perticipatirig
in a Bruce South District pro-
ject to safety -tape all ,bicyeles.
:A red, reflecting -type taPe will
be put 4M the rear "mud guard"
of the bike. end a white flores-
bent tape on the left fork ef the
The, tape is ,purchased hy: the
'District Institute and is being
passed froM one local branch to
another. 'The Lzicknow ladies
will have it only Ori Friday
Morning for ' two hours,, and if
yon don't get the job .dozze then,
you'll miss it,
Mrs. Philip Stewart is' presi-
. dent. Of the Lucknow branch.
C. R. BRISTOW GETS
DISTRICT OFFICE .
Charles Rto Bristow of Luck -
now was elected district direen
tor of .District No. 8 of the On-
tario Horticultural ''"Ikssogiation
'at the district annual ..held at
Cliesley last 'Wednesday.
District 8 includes the Coun-
ties of Bruce; Grey and Huron.
Mr.. Bristow succeeds .Clifford
Epps of Clinton who has been
the director for seven years.
The appointment does not be-
come officially effective until
the Ontario Society convention,
Mr. Bristow is, an ardent _hort-
iculturist and haS 'done much to'
arouse' enthusiam in Lucknow,
since ' coming here from Fergus
as manager of the 'Beatty Lad-
der Factory. He is secretary -
treasurer. Of the Lucknow Soci-.
ety, which. is flourishing since
its re -organization. . '
Steve Stothers, was the official
delegate to the district Meeting,
In attendance frbm Lucknow
were Mr. Stothers, Mr, Bristow;
Misses 'Ada, Hazel, Flora and
Olive Webster, SteVe and Vlora
.won doer prizes.
• It is planned to hold the 1961
district meeting in .Lticknow, at -
,a date te be decided 'on later.' ,
Dtpt,,:: 'FOOTS:: ilt:L4
• At the , July, meeting of the
Village Council A progress re-'
pOrt was reviewed' of this year's
Which- has been somewhat de-
Jayed 'in ' getting underway due
to weather conditions and. the
B. M. Ros,s, /with whom Council
has consulted in the matter of
the Campbell St. sidewalks re -
'placement Tenders Will be cal-
led shortly, it Q is ezpected, for
Village roads scheduled. for
hardtop this seasen, Were %grav-
elled and treated with calcium
chloride some time ago: The
Levis Construction CompanY
will start, possibly next week;
to grade and pave these streets
with hot roll asphalt. Some 3000
, Preliminary . plans for the
'Wheeler St.. bridge . have 'been
approved by. the • PePartment,
but more steel is demanded than
was originally planned, • Which
will increase the cost. by $1,000
Or so.
The Wheeler St bridge •will
make .pessible. an.' access road
along the west bank of the river
to the rear of the stores an the
north side of Campbell Si. it
will be necessary to buy three
lots,' one, owned.' by Bob Mac!.
Kenzie and two by ,Omar Brooks
if • this roed goes through. The
Asking price of these propertieS
The 'Department of Highways
will astume the entire cost of
tree removal and widening Of
Highway' from Outrarn 'tIS Have-
lock. Work of removing the trees
start shortly„f:-: Cost. ,of
ening the street to 48 feet 'will
run- to several. thousand • dollars
born ,100% by the department.
The Village'S only 'eost is the
sharing of a .pole line reloca-
tion estimated at less than '$100.
New lighting: unitS
bell St. .have been, under con-
sideration. Prices are presently
being obtained on 6 -foot flores-
cent units,' M comparison with
4 -foot unitS originally eonsider-'
(Continued on Page 10) .
CLOSE TO' 400 rAut
' It 'is . difficult to guess what
the final tally will be when the
committee in • charge - of the
.1Libns eye A glasses, collection
tabulation. •
, TO ;booSt• the project The Sen-
tinel Printed signs for tolleetion
point's 'in the area, and then
started' "taking them in" at the
office. From time to time we
have made mention of the "Bank
of Light" Collection and there
has been a Steady resporise ,from
both near and' far.. , •
, Last week the Sentinel's col-
lection. ;was indivichially wrap-.
"ped •-and packed in shoe boxes.
We found that glass- cases. had
'to be discarded becadse Of. the
c weight involved in. shipping
these glasses to India, '
The Sentinel colmt is approxi-
mately 310 pair, with an. addi-
tional 8(1 Sets of lenses without'
•
frames. These are now ready for
the Coinmittee to Ship, and
shodid be substantially increas-
ed by their pick up at other
colleetion points.
• Who says it d,oesift. pay to
"advertise." This, of iebur'se, was
all at no cost, tb the Club. The•
success of thit- project reminds,
us Of Centennial time, when The
Sentinel launched a donation ap-
peal, and by frequent and sus.=
tained reference to the cam-
paign, and an acknowledgement
of the' donerg names, resulted in
$2,100 being raised for, the cen-
tennial fund — and at little or
no cost other than receipt books
and postage..
CAUGHT 10 -POUND PIKE
Emerson HoWald, • 14 -year-old'
son of Mr. and Mrs. Warden Ho
weld of town, caught a 34 -inch
pike ' while fishing in the Tees-,
water River last' Wednesday.
The big fellovv weighed exactly
ten pounds on Joe MacMillan's
Emerson's brother, Harold
_helped hiM land the fish, for
,fear they would lose it. Harold,
incidentally, is a meniber of the
Oakville Public School teaching
staff and is home for the holi-
days.
ARRIyE *ON BRIEF VISIT
FROM THE FAR' EAST
•
Rev. and Mrs. Hugh MacMil-
lan Of ,Formosa, arrived by air
from the Far East a short time
ago, and visited here the first
of the, week with his brother,
Mr. • and Mrs. ROSS • MacMillan
and other relatives. •
"Hugh and Donalda" as they,
are known to many • will be in
Canada for only a few weeks
before returning. Their daughter
Sudbury and their sob, A..
(Sandy) MacMillan, a , graduate
of the 2.A.c,, resides at COoks-
'Rev. and * Mrs. MacMillan
fleW to the States by' way of,
HOng Kong 'and acrosS the Paci-
fic to,. Anchorage, Alaske. They
will retern by Eiir across the At'•'•
lantic, by way of London, the
Middle East and India.
CHANGES MADE IN
PARISH PRIESTS •,
Themes condueted his first ser-
vices as ,parish priest at St. Au-.
ski who has been transferred to
Kingsbridge as successor to
Rev. Fr. H. Van Vynekt, who
has )aeen' appointed parish .priest
at St Michael's. Church, Ridge-
. Following the service.' a• week
ago Sunday, •the congregation of
Marys Church, Lucknow„
presented Fr. Achtabowski with
a farewell gift of money and
spiritual bouquets were present-
ed by the Sunday School and
Altar •Society.
• Rev. Thomas comes to, the St.
Immaculate' Conception, Strat-
ford where . he was assistant
priest
Rev. Van Vynekt- has been at
Kiegsbridge since 1952 with the
exception -of a brief ,Period
Wine -ram. He came to Canada
from, Belguinn. and was ordain-
ed at St Peters Cathedral. in
London in 1934: He has a broth-
er in the priesthood at Tilbury.
FIGHT 'DRIVE SHED,
FIRE .'SAVE BARN
A- gasoline -fed drive shed:'ho-
locaust on.. Saturday afternoon
at the farm of Mr. and Mrs, Wm.
Andrew, Contesiion 9 Ashfield,
created a serious threat „,for. • a
time to all their,, farm •
- A Pond of water on the,'pre-
mises, which enabled. the ',Luck -
now Fire Department to cen-
centrate two streams • of water
On the blazing shed; .proteeted
the other buildings. A favorable
wind was also a•,seving factor.
The bern to 'the 'south of the'
shed and ,quite. close. to, it, was
pot even scorched: A colony'
house to the south-eest and ac-
rOsS 'a, laneway from • the shed,
was Slightly damaged.,,, The And-
rew resid.enee is ,to, the ,sputh-
breeze was from a westerly dir-
,eetiori and \ the' shed is ,situated
to,the north of the ether bnild-
The frenie shed with a metal.
was completelY destroyed ,alongf
with such implements as a. big
John Deere tractor, a seed drill, , :
vvhich Bill had pureliaseil "lust
recently, from' •Tom Anderson; ,
two o'clock in the afterneon,•and
'it Was four o'Cleck'•before , the
Shed end its contents were no
through, the front of the.' farin,
creating h natural prond, from
where the :firemen drafted Wat7
debris for :a Solid hour.
Cause , of the ontbreak wag
due :to , refueling when spilled
gasOline Struck the hot- .mani,
fold of a tractor close 'by the
'5alitioecItile4it.,:t4aGelta*Cts4'1117.ti.*a-7,swh46cill•
gasoline tank containing -Sonie
twO .45:gallon drums added fuel.
to 'the blaze, as they btirst. One
:barrel explosion shot a "geyser"
of debriS straight up to .2n.
mated height.' of' 150" feet. •
The deep well on the 'Andrew.
•farm 'is located 'in the Shed, and
Pumping equipment . was put
out af action. Local electriciens
wcirked fete 'thet night re-
pair the dernage and restore •the
water supPly.
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SALVATION ARMY CANVAS
NOT YET COMPLETED
•Lucknow end District dona-
tions to the Salvation Army's
Red Shield appeal, have exceed-
ed $600, but there are still 'sev-
eral canvassers who have not
made, .or completed their calls.
The eaznpaign is being con-
ducted br members of the' Lions
Club, and the drive was defer-
red f?r a time so as not to con-
flict with other appeals, which
were also running behind sche-
dule.
High ..$,ctiool...:..,..aoqd.....'Mp.:0)bors:
Atk
All members were present at
July 'meeting of the Lucknow
District' High Sehool Board held
last week, at Which they checked
the categpry placement of the
teaching, staff.
Letters Of perinission were re-
ceived frem the DePartment Of
Education to engage the folloW-
ing teachers, Mr. Alfred Ma-
Leod, Mr. Edgar Brench, .Mrs.
bers :of the High School Band
urged the Board. 'to, seeure a
band leader, as Successor t6
Hoag, who organized the band'
,arid has direeted it throughout
his. prineipaishipe The Boerd in-
tends te dear with thiS matter
at an early date.
Bus operators stated that
transportation rate of pay, will
be the Same next school terin as
for the •,...current school term.
A letter of appreciation wes
received from Mr. Hoag in
Which lie thanked the Board 'for
the social -evening for he and
•Mrs. Hoag at the Dunlop Inn,
Sydney Whitby was' re -hired
as school • caretaker' at a salary
strong, was re -hired as cafeteria
It is planned to have all 'type -
Writers „Serviced and repaired
after first consulting .Remingten-
Rand service manager.
' The amount to be levied On
the , Area for ' debenture and
maintenance costs for , the year
1960 is $40;000,00.
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