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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-05-13, Page 1$3..00 A •Year In Advance - LOQ Extra Extra To U.S.A. LUCK .OW, ONTARIo W.EDNF:.SD'AY, ' ,MAY 13th, 1980 FOURTEEN I"ACW. S Webster &.MacKinnon fi� Crest; Open Modernized=Store ThisWeek 'When ,Webster and. MacKin non re -open this' Friday morn- ing .as.. Crest Hardware, they will. have. the distinction of beim a member' of this fast growing in dependent .association of hard ware'merchants. , The Crest Hardware organza, nen was formed just .over three ',years age to modernize. the 're tail hardware business. Their re- .`organization plan has three im.-• „ortant phases.:.. the- redesigning • and .refixturing of •the, stores; the better selection of..merchan-. • dise, and lower pricing. This ambitious goal is being reached• with the co-operation of ,.Wood Alexander of Hamilton,. a whole- 'Sale. hardware . house, .'wh.o are owners ' of the Crest Hardware name and .who authorized . its use byapproved independent dealers. Membership in the• Crest group is . voluntary. '• Each', authorized dealer. retains the ownership of his store and is tree' to leave 'at any time. Itwould seem .unlike= ly, however, that any, dealer .would leave the :organization; be - calk the . mass buying power :of the group permits him• to' equal; or better the .prices of .depart-, ';Ment 'and' chain stores - • some thing, he was unable to :do: before joining •the Crest group. Crest :Lucknow is typical, of the ' 65 Crest stores operating in . Ontario.' 'Long banks of fluore- scent , ceiling. fixtures. 'bathe.: the whole : interior in a soft ' bright light.•The . scientific use . of pastel .colours give a' cheerful • relaxing•atmosphere to the store, and the orderly ` display 'of merchandise en, self-service ,wall .;racks and aisle display stands make: the ,ex- amination . and selection of : mer-- chandise • •a pleasure. Widely Publicized The opening is '::being,: widely publicized Two; full ::page• ads (Continued on. Page . .3 ). - :,• INSPECT CADETS LAST FRIDAY NEW • BUTCHER ;SHOP . OPENING THIS WEEK=END .Alvin'. Johnston is 'opening • a new' butcher shop hi .Lucknow this, week :in. the shop formerly occupied .- by Bill • Welsh, AI's opening is .on 'Friday, -coinciding With . the official Opening of the Webster and', MacKinnon Crest hardware, next door to him. Opening specials •are being of- fered at the Johnston Meat .'Mar 'ket, and in his advertisement ,in this issue .is a Coupon with a 15c value on a $2.00 purchase.' Clip it Out and• cash •it in. Al is 'a son of Mr, ant -Mrs:. Russell Johnston of Ashfield 'Township, and was raised the . inu'playground but, so far. , as: la round. in • community., returning here from.equipment is concerned, it is. Toronto 'with his wife :and. !ani= pointed out that students are • only covered .during ., specific: hours . on school days: TO^ Pupils using' prayground equip - :, CRACK K .DOWN merit` on :other' than school days FIRE -CRACKERS or prior • to 8:45 aim.. and ':after. ON • . 4.:30 p.m. „ do, so at their• own'. risk: The matter of a fire escape at PREMIER FROST TO'E IN WINOHAM NEXT WEEK .• • Ontario Premier Leslie. Frost will be in Wingham on Tuesday 'evening of next week, May 19th, and will address a rally In the Wingham Town 'Hall,. outlining the Governments accomplish- ments and objectives.. ' He will•. speak on -behalf,. of John W. Hanna,' ProgressiveCon-• servative candidate . who has 're presented Htiror•Bru.ce in ,.the Legislature • for . Sixteen years, Other members Of, -.:Parliament. will be on the platform. • . RENEW EW LIABILITY . NSURANCE The . Lucknow Public: School Board renewed. the Public liabi- lity insuranceat the May meet Part of .the May meeting of ;the the schoolwas laid over endin Village .Council was turned .into, pending •.,�, „ a study of .new legislationin•'this• a beef•..session, as members of .regard the. Board. expressed. complaints• , A. revision of tuition fees is a that were verbally received from H matter to also be discussed at a ratepayers.' Top'.three included later.. meeting. ng'• '. the fire cracker: menace, co.ntinu • T'he question of teachers': sal,: ed: window breakage,', and, the nee-: , aries • was not . finalized, awaiting g turnal speedway intoe which thee main street is converted at tines. Words, !ram one member. of the ,Police will make ,an example of these speedsters if they, can catch' them in the act.:: 'Many; of;the .broken window panes are being shot out,. and Council passed a '• by-law 'that covers -this offense,' as Well as the ':fire cracker menace. The " by-law prohibits the' dis- charge of guns or firearms. As, well, it regulates . and° prohibits the firing ;or 'setting off of ''a de - ,tailed list of such :: explosives within the . Village, other than by.' owners . or . tenants •on .their o*n . private, property: The pen- alty provides.. for a fine' of not less than $10.00.. nor more than: _ $50.00.. • Caaxn t n" H. D ;Thompson, This action stems from an p . � 21st epi - Field 'Regt. R.C.A:, and Captain J Anstis, R:>ELC:,: London, in- spected the Lucknow District High School Cadet Corps, at 'the school' grounds' on••Friday after • no: ' • Aon.fine •show including, .,the in- spection of the corps;advance in Q review order and ,march past, been gun exercises, precision marching, and., award ` presenta- tion ` was :put on by the corps with friends and parents as their audience. Cadet Sgt Grant McNain was. presented with the Strathcona • crest as thebest shot in ,the school, Those •,participating) in- the •bren gun ' demonstration were Jim Pedersen, Kenneth MacDon- ald, John •VanOsch, ' Murray Campbell, Allan Mowbray. Cadet Major's George Hackett vas in 'command; other : officers'. . included , 2nd' ..in command, Jim. Pedersen; cadet sgt =major, Ken, neth. MacDonald; lieutenants,' John •V'anOsch, Don Johnston, Doug Stanley; sergeants; Grant • McNain,' Paul Henderson, Floyd .Stanley, • The girl officers • were cadet 'captain, :Gwen, Cooper lieuten- ants, Barbara Murray, Nancy Webster, :Jean Richards; serg- eants, Diane Rayner, . Patricia Thompson;Jo' ce H • ackett. The y colour party was made' up of 1st 'lieutenant, Doug Schmid; 2nd lieutenant',•, l'raser Ashton'�i ' sergeants, Don Hagedorn; . Ted •Collyer, Alex. MacKenzie. William MacDonald' is instruc- tor for the: cadet 'corps.. s.. TheLucknew District. High Schoolband marched' on parade for in- spection'and for the "down town" march; • define. pi :popping • fire crackers, that have been tossed around with reckless 'abandon,. and • with no consideration for the rights or. • safety of persons or property: staff, who. Was. considering 'ano- ther 'position. .. ; The initial `payment of $5,000 of the, Provincial ..edw ational grantwas received. ;:• An •expression of sincere sym- pathy was sent to .Mrs.amin her sad' bereavement: • SOLD THEM QUICKLY' Redvers Johnson was plea- santly surprised `'•: last '. week. by the way 'a "want advt'' 'worked., He had • some hens° forsaleand had enquired around seeking a 'prospective .; buyer,with no luck. A 14- w rd classified : advt. in .The Sentinel; sold the, ' hens :in short order and . brought 'hien other : prospects ''after. they .: • were gone. The selling power of these ' ' little . advt. is repeatedly proven. .• TO LOOK OVER. POLLUTIO4 AREAS At the May meeting of the Village 'i Council, ' ReeveGeorge Joynt reiterated his stand, to fight a sewage .system in Luck- now, which would send the. • tax. rate soaring to a point; where , it would ;become a real burden and hardship` to any taxpayers. J. individual's responsibility rot -sources of river pollution was. mentioned and it is `the Board's intention to make an exarnina.- tion of °areas.: under question.. The 'sewage question came to' the' fore when the Bruce County Health Unit,, reported receiving further complaints of ` ",pollution- locally, aridthe matter: was 'drawn to the ••attention of the Water Resources • Commission, which . is advocating the installa- tion of lagoon type sewage, dis posal systems, where pollution. problems ere .. encountered in smaller towns. Paving Ahead of 'Parking Councillor Harold Treleaven, an advocate of a parking lot in close prpximity to the Main St:, voiced the project, .Reeve Joynt •felt that the completion of the read' paving program • should have priority.' over the : parking lot, and the opinion was expres- sed that : with ` improved lighting, more .use .. could' be . made • of : the Caledonian -:Park. for, •parking pU rposes: • • If : mOchants Would. park their cars offs; Main 'Street 'additional ,parking • space would be avail- able. 'Consider Municipal Office With •the':lease on the • Munici pal ' Office ' in `: the :Johnstone. Block expiring this .' month, the question w.as raised, as, `it: has ,been 'in.. the gait,: 'regarding a municipally owned office. :Reeve Joynt suggested that if such an, '.office .were to .be built to.' the west • of' the Town Hall: , it. could ,be; 'heated by; 'connecting with the new heating system "in- stalled in the Town Hall this. winter ..at a cost . conisiderably in excess of $3,000. - Council looked over the site the next day, and 'some ;definite' information • will ''be• • received . in the chatter: from an architect. .. Council has the ,option , to .re- new the 'lease! on 'the present of- fice:: for a., five-year term '. at a monthly. ;rental;of $60.00; plus the taxes. �ailiner Preview Set For Nex. ursda Modern stainless-steel self-pro- pelled Railiners • like' this will provide faster travel to and from Goderich, Kincardine, Southamp- ton and Owen . Sound. NOW seri• vice will be inaugurated by Can- adian National ,Railways on June 22. A ,public preview- of one of the new Railiners will : be held from Stratford to Kincardine; Thursday,„ May 21st. On this branch line the Rail- finer is scheduled to leave 'Strat- ford at' 7:00 a,m. and: Listowel at 7:42 a.ni., . with stop overs at Brussels •and Wingham, arriving at . Kincardine at, 10:15, from whet'e the return trip will start at 10:4.5 `a,n. These. hours are stardard•. time. Add an hour for "fast •time.'t • To Stop • At Lucknow While therewas no scheduled stop for Lucknew, T'he Sentinel has been invited to board the Railiner,and we .have accepted NINE INFANTS :BAPTIZED AT•. MOTHERS' DAY SERVICE • At the Mother's. Day service - in. • the United Church on ' Sunday morning, nine Infants• were christened by Rev. Gordon. R. Geiger.' Those receiving the sacrament of baptism were: •Mary daughter .of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Eadie of -Holyrood 'Brian . Rich- ard; son Of Mr. and .Mrs, Harold . Elliott of H'olyrood; Dohalda `• • Ireie,• •daughter of Mr, and Mrs, : , Donald Hamilton -of ramount;. Betty Anne, daughter. of Mr., and Mrs, Wm •Hunter. of Luckn'o'ww, Glenn Stanley; son of mi., and Mrs. Harvey !Irwin of Paramount;, Julia Yvonne, daughter :of Mr. ,and. Mrs. Morgan Johnston,' Rip= ley;' Sandra Lee, daughter of "Mr,. and Mrs; Cheries, Short, 'Luck,' now; William Craig, son of Mr, and Mrs, John Treleaven, Luck- now; John James, son of Mr. and Mrs.•:' Jack Wilson' Of . Haxx i1ton: ' BACK BROKEN IN SEEDING MISHAP. • John . '..Ritchie of Zion is in . Wingham Hospital with a• broken ;back . and' fractured rib `,as, the , result • hof a seeding. accident orn his:farm on .Tues.day.,'•evening. of last week The break is. high up in' the' back . / etw'een the • shoulders, • John was 'scheduled to' have a cast applied .on Tuesday, which: he ..will. 'have`` to wear for about three months; John . slipped from a: hoe-typ e seed drill, which rolled • him momentarily before' the hoes 'pas sed' over him., Young Douglas Alton who ' was driving •tle trac tor: brought :it to a stop quickly_ • 'Since the unfortunate accident, Tom Hackett organized a seeding bee, and was : joined by Harvey :"'. Kilpatrick, Eldon•and Harvey Rit : chie,'• John Hunter,.,' Wm, . G. ''Hun ter, . Gordon .Kirkland, .. Douglas. Raynard, Wes. and Allan • Ritchie, who . `%cracked • in" ' thirty-five acres of crop' for Mr., and 'Mrs:: Ritchie last Friday: ; /, 'DEDICATE ...T FONT� T A HVAC K ETT `H'U RC H . The Christian Family Day ser- • vice. at . Hackett United •Church on' Sunday • had' special signifi- cance as it marked 'the' dedica tion of a baptismal font m mem- • ory •pr. •a pioneer'. family, and among the children baptised at the service were 'sixth and. sev- enth' generation ;•,descendants. , of that community's earliest fami The 'baptismal font was donat- ed to Hackett Church • by Wilfred Hackett and his 'sister ;Lena,' Mrs.. Wilson.. Woods` ' of Guelph. The presentation was • made .t by Mrs. Woods in loving memory of their grandparents 'and parents, James and Esther .'Hackett and James R. • and Elizabeth.. Hackett, and: • that The font might be dedicated to the glory of God and find a • place of service, in the church. •IIn • accepting the 'font the pas. 'tor, Rev. G:' W. Kaiser, said: "Ori behalf of this congregation I ani.. • happy to receive 'this gift and to thank the donors: • In it we: will ' continue to cherish the memor- ies and good will that have found •expression in. this significant gift. .We know that the !Duty and. . dignity of our, observance of .the, sacrament • of baptism will be en-.• hanced by the use of this beatiti-. . ful', font,." ' Following the dedication, Rev'.' Kaiser baptized 'four children, Michael: 'Donald; son of Mr., and Mrs.. Donald Hackett; • Cheryl. Anne, daughter of Mr, and Mrs.' Allan Hackett; Mary . Anne, • daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blake Alton; Nancy Lois,: daughter of Mr, ,and, Mr's. Arnold Alton. Rev.. Kaiser was assisted bV little Res- (Continued on Page 3) theinvitation, which. means •that the Railiner will stop here pro- bably between 10:30 and, 10:45 a.m.. 'Daylight Saving, Time. We hope to have some definite inforriiation regarding' the length of the stop, for next weeks paper, so that anyone interested, could be Nat the depot, • to see' the new self 'propelled rail diesel °Ar, which promise to. revitalize. branch: line passenger service.