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LUCKNO*, ONTARI..
O• WEDNESDAY,' JULY. 1st, 1959
TWELVE PAGES
Let $40,000 Contract
River School, To Be
The •contract for the ' eonstruc-
ti,°
• n of a new school at Reids
Corners' to serve the newly form-
ed
Huron West Township School
Area, has': been, let' 'to the Gerrat.
Construction Company of Water-.
t' 39,104.00, It was, the.only
looa $ •
tender,
T
The cost of the property, well,
fiirnis'hing, etc, will .increase':the
total eost to approximately $44,-
00,
Constructionwillbegin as soon
.
as : final approval, is received.
from the 'Municipal Board. •
The ;construction of the build-
ing is totake from ten to twelve
weeks,, and is . to be completed
as near to September lst, •1959.,
as possible for. occupation •when
the fail term opens:. ' '
Let Bus _Routes
The well ' has, already been
drilled. 'and the bus routes' have
been let to Jack . 'Liddle ..who
plans using two abuses to trans-
port students of •:the: area.
The new school is to have two
classrooms and , full 'basement
One' of the. basement rooms with
a 10 foot, • 6-inch'•ceiling • classi-.
Pies as a playroom.' The . heating
accemodation is for the present
school ;plan, bud ~ is adequate to
.heat two additiilnal rooms,
should' ' an addition ever be re-
quired. ' '
"Farewell" At SS. No. 5
.SSS: No, 5 Huron, is one of ,the.
sections .joining the area, ' and
there was some' nostalgic retni a
• rising . at a : gathering at No, 5
1ast''week winch' marked ;the ,fin-
al closing . of the old sahooL
The 'meeting was ' chaired'by
RalphtvIlunter:iand.,JOhn McMur
For Pine
Up By Fall
dents. of their schooldays, When
called • on. .
Six former teachers also res-
ponded to the "roll call", and did
some 'reminiscing of their exper-
iences at No. 5, They were Mrs.
George :Sutherland, Mrs. Chester
Campbell, Mrs.' H. Shilroth, Mrs
Deb Wilson,' Mrs, Jim MacTavish
and-, John' Bell of :Listowel
To' Dan xossel awent 'the hon
our of being: a former 'pupilcom-
ing ',the farthest.. 'distance.. He
flew "home" from California. He
is •'one Of three surviving mem.;
begs of • a family oftwelve who
attended school at S,S. No. 5.
• Another family of twelve, the
McCreights attended • this school,
but neither Frank or John were
able to : attend.
John McMurchy, who learned
the 3• R's there, writes as follows:
"Time and space will not permit
me to tell. of • the MacD.onalds.,
Finlay; :. Wilsons, Bells' Mogres,
Camerons, Cornishes, • Beattys,
Elliotts, . •Sutherlands, ' •F znstons,
Irwins :and, Wylds,who made up
the 55 in. number ..when I went
to 'school; • '
"So :much •c.ouai betoldof the
,stern discipline and the fights
between; the "Up-:the-roads"and
"clown -the -roads," and : between
the English, Scotch,,, Irish and
Germans, who were ready to up-
hold the• honour'.of the land ,.of
SE .N. TI .NEL;; WIJ.L OBSERVE
JULY list AT` WEEK -END
Midweek holidays play hob
with . publishing a paper and as:
a 'result, the Sentinel staff works
as. usual 'on Wednesday and will
observe "Dominion Day" •at the
week -end. .
To ,have the paper distributed
on • therural routes . before the
holiday,: 'would have meant hav-
ing 'int completed 'Monday night.
For. distribution Thursday Morn-
ing (and observe .the. .holiday) it
wpuldz. have to have been in the
' Post tiffice Tuesday', evening,'
So, 'it was' work as usual on
July, 1st with. the hope we can
make up for it at the end of the
week..
RETURN. ADDRESS', ON
MAIL IS IIVIPORTANT.
The isnportance of a return ad-
dress on all letters was empha-'
sized . •b'y Postmaster, Kenneth
Cameron last week, as he sought
to . trace the sender of a letter:
that had gone:. to the•'"dead letter
office." ' •
This particular; letter hadbeen
addressed to Mrs, James Living -
' *on, 155' Alma St,,: London, and
Whenit could not
be delivered
at that address, was ' sent' to the
Toronto postal headquarters for.
for final disposition. The letter
was discovered to' .have contents
of value, and was signed "mom,"
It bore. a Lucknow 'postmark, and
so an:'enquiry ,:was; directed. to:
the Lucknow postmaster, to see
if anything could < be done: to
identify o'r trace: the sender • of
the letter.
their ancestry, ,by. resorting. to
fisticuffs .' if necessary." ' .
Before the conclusion, of ':last
week's gathering, a period of
silence was observed in memo;'
of those who had passed on,:
Lunch was served, and the as-
tsemmbly broke up with happy
chy, who were greatly; helped inj:m,ernories of ' "the. little recd
the impromPto program •bY thet schoolhouse" era'that is -drawing
response • of old •sehoolmahes who to an end..
recalled some interesting . in1ci- .
•
SUCCESSFUL ;STUDENTS
AT TEACHERS' COLLEGE
The Stratford Teachers' col-
lege results were announced last
week, and several from this come
mtmity have successfully, comp-
leted'•the 'course.' •
They include, Mrs: Donald
Macmntyre, • (Marilyn Carruthers),
Luoknow; Louise Farrell, R:`• 2
Ripley; Louise Andrew, R. 7
Lucknow;. William. Black,n' R.R. 1:
Dungannon; Shirley Courtney,
Amberley;•Ann Crawford, Luck
now, Paul. Groskorth, White-
church; William' Kennedy, R.R.
1 Lficknow; Barry McQuillan,
RR 1. Lucknow; Ruth _ Steer;
R ll:
..5. Lucknow.
MAKE PLANS .FOR
CLAN REUNI.ON •
A meeting to organize the an-
rival. reunion of the • MacDonald
Clan was; held at : the home of
A. A. ,MacDonald, Lochalsh, ' ori
Saturday, June 20, The officers.
For the c"oming reunion are Fin-.
ayR: MacDonald,. Chatham,
>resident; Bob Lennie Jr., Ham-.lton, vice-president; Mrs. J. Fin-
ayMacDonald, Lochalsh, secre-
ary; David. MacDonald, Loch=
dill, treasurer. ' . •
The Reunion will. be held
la.tiirda � o
n
Y, August 1st, 1959 at• the
aVour'ite• spot, the Cedar .• Grove,
`'• comer of David 'MacDonald's
arm isolated from the remainder,
y the Eighteen :'Mile river. Ac-
ess is obtained through Finlay.
lacDonald's,.. Botch :farms were
ettled by pioneers of the Mac-
onald Clan, •brothers Finlay
nd Kenneth MacDonald, who ar-
ived in. Canada from Scotland
round 1847: •
Plans were laid for 'an after -
bon' of entertainment and d re
-
*nig acquaintances, and the
)mmittee looks forward to a day'
bigger 'and better than .ever. .
'HUSBAND .OF ' ZION .
LADY DIES SUDDENLY:
•
Issac . • (Ivan) ' Papern' ok, pro-
prietor '.of the ladies' wear. store,
The Fashion Shoppe in Goderach
for 18 years, ,died suddenly early
Sunday morning from a heart
seikure. The funeral was .in God-
erich on Tuesday.'
Mrs:.: Papernick is' the e• : ;former
Jean . Ritchie,. ,daughter of . Mr.
and Mrs:. William Ritchie -of
Zion. There' are two children sur-
viving, : a •son Larry and a daugh-
ter Jean..
AT ' LIONS INTERNATIONAL.
IN NEW YORK CITY •
Mr.. and' Mrs V. A. Mowbray,
Mr' and Mrs. K 'C..' Murdie, and
Mx and Mrs. Rae Watson left
by motor on Sunday morning
for New ;York City, where. they
are, attending the Lions Inter=
national Convention:
° Virden and' Kenny are dele-
gates from the local club, and
Rae is officially 'in attendance. as
a retiring District governor.
TOT LOT TO
OPEN THIS WEEK,•
This Thursday, July 2; will see
the re -opening of the Tot Lot for
the summer season, The Recrea-
tional Conitrnttee have sponsor-.
ed this project for the, past few
years which includes children up
to 12 years of age; '
Leaders for this' year's course
to be held at• the Lucknow Town
Hall ,are. Ann Crawford and
Joanne 'Hunter. As before,, a
first day registration fee of 25c
will be expected from each child.
• • Besides • the • regular planned
program,. swimming classes will,
be conducted by the Committee
at Teeswater two • days a week.
The classes will be held five days
a week in the mornings:,
ATTENDING Y.' P.. CAMP
Mary Alkyl, Marguerite Mac
Kenzie, 0 Carolyn. '• Mathers ':and
Patricia Thompson are' in atten-
dance. this week : at the Ryerson
Beach Young. People's Camp on
Lake -brie;• near Simcoe :.:They. Mrs: William MacTnt re,'
accompaiued Rev: • Gordon: , R. Y
Geiger,' who is one ` of the camp
leaders: 'The. 'camp .opened ' last
Will Do Short. Stint.4f General
Practice,i'heo Return To 4x#ord .
Dr. ,Alex ' MacIntyre left. the
latter part of the ..week: for West-
ern . Canada,•'.where he will 'spend
a few 'months' in general practice
work . before returning . to Eng-
land• to: conclude This, post gradu-
ate studies wherehis is special-
izing in brain surgery..
In;the '.West Alex will, initially.
act ' • as a relieving 'doctor during
holiday periods, and: expects to
beloca fora couple of months
at ?orcu me Plains in Northern.
Saskatchewari., • • , •:
He plansto return overseas
early • in : the New .Year, with
February 1st set as a • tentative:
land, upon being the Canadian •
medical student chosen for the
e
Oxford ' scholarship. There he
pursued his studies, • receiving,
, his BA an physiology in • 1953.
and ' in -.December 1955 ?pa`ssed his •
qualifying... examinations ,at Ox-
ford, one of • the ` Mother Count-
ries famous .universities
/Since*then Dr, MacIntre hai
done poaat graduate work at - Ox
• ford, • at Heidleberg University„
in, Germany, in London England
andat the !Institute of .the Royal" .
College of Surgeons at Aberdee;i.•
At • the time of his mother's
death he was at rthe Aberdeen
Royal Infirmary . under .the Pro-
fessor • of Surgery. He has . since
resigned.this ; course, and upon ` ' •
his return overseas Will 'g to'
Oxford to . resume, his post grad-'
uate Work ''in neuro. surgery. by
Which, he will' ultimately qualify •
for.Fellowship of the Royal Col-
lege "of Surgeons, •
Dr Mac]'ntrye:'' hasalready
completed the' first half .:of his
wgrrk• by which' he will attain to'
this distinguished. Fellowship. •'
• Dr. MacIntyre's return home
was . due to the untimely death
of his 'Mother, Mrs. Archie Mac
' Intyre.. Death also brought • hien
home' . about • four years ag4O,
when ,his father passed away:,:
Previous ; to his mother's.: dearth.
Alex was planning to return for
a::visit' next Year,
. Alex entered 'the University of
Toronto.. to commence pre-med
'studies° in the fall of ':1948. In
September 1951, he went 'oto •Eng -
EVAN 'GEDDES-PASSES ' ,CECIL B LAKE,IS.'.
The death of David Evan. Ged-
des?... younger son Of 'the late Dr.,.
Daniel and Mrs. Geddes. of Luck -
now, occurred in Los Angeles on
Monday: morning about. 9:80, P
eific coast time, He;was 61 yea
ars
of age:::
Word of his passing ; came: as
a shock to his two surviving sis-
ters', Mrs J. A: ,Robertson (Dean)
of Mount • Forest . arid •' Mrs, Roy
Lightfoot (Margaret)` of Port
Elgin.
John D. Ross of • Cayuga is' vis-
iting :,•at ' the ` Thome of ' his 'siker,'
Friday and will conclude this.
Saturday.
NAME WINNERS OF
LDHS AWARDS
.Proficiency shields and cups
have been , won by students o
the Lucknow District. High
School '"as follows:
Grade IX .
Finlayson Bros, Shield for Pro -
,
in 'Grade .IX -1, Barry
Johnston; 2,' Marilyn Cameron,
English, Proficiency Cup -1,
Marilyn ` Cameron . and. Donald
Durnford, 2,•'Barry Johnston.
Grade X .
. William MacKenzie Shield for
•
proficiency in Grade X-1, `Geo.
ENGAGEMENTS,..`
:Mr... and Mrs.. Lloyd. Ashton,,
Lucknow, announce thea engage-
ment of their .daughter, Beverley
Alberta,. to. Mr. Donald Campbell
Thompson, son of Mrs and Mrs."
Campbell .j ' Thompson, -Lucknow:
The marriage will take place on
Saturday,: ;August. -1st, . 1959, at
Of 2:30 o'clock in the United Church,
Lucknow; Ontario
Mr, and .Mrs. Chambers* Mac-
Kinnon wish to' announce.:: the
engagement of their ,eldest
daughter, • Lois Eileen to Mr. El-
liott • James .Purves, ',,son of the
late Mr: and Mrs; Alex Purves,
Kinloss Township, The marriage
to take place Saturday, July' 18,
1959 at . Knox Presbyterian
'Church,. Tiverton, , •
LIONS '.PRESID.ENT '
Cecil Blake of Dungannon' and -
reeve' of • Ashfield Township, as-
sumed the office 'of .president of
the'; Lucknow• and District Lions •
Club at the closing sheeting ,for
the term on Monday, eveninc
Meetings .resume in September.:
Cecil took over the gavel .from
Charles Webster, ' who was 'Com-
plimented
com-plimented for the . successfu.I
year the :Club 'enjoyed under his
•
leadership:,
.The installation was; conducted
•
by .. Rae J. Watson, retiring dis-
trict 'Governor of District A-9,
and the ceremony carne at the •.
conclusion of : Monday night's
meeting which .was • marked as.
Ladies'' Night, About 140 •attend
• ed ' the banquet wath member's ;
'of the • Lucknow Women's: , Insti
tute . catering.. A,: dance followed
the Meetings
W. A., Porteous proposed, the
toast to the ladies. A entertain-
ing 'variety program feat red a
solo: by Bertha Blue of R •: ley,' ••
humerous'.readings• by Mrs ;Jack -
Pollock,' 'accordion . num ' r by
Judy ,cove of Ripley, accordian •t
:duet by • Shiella,, Halderiby. and
Laura Breckles • of KinIough, vo-
cal• duet by Mr,. and . Mrs: Ray
•nand Ackert; : violin duet by
Jaynes Little and W. L., Macken-
zie...
acKen-zie •. Mrs. Ross Cummings was• •
accompanist for, all the numbers,
(Continued .• on page. 11)
Bushell; •2, Janet Finlayson. :
ro ic. en —
' P f' i 'cy Cup' in History
George • Bushell;
2, Murray.
Impe.ov.e And d
d
Hunter, John' Andrew. , .
• Grade XI •
• William' A, :Schmid Proficiency
Shield for Grade XI --: 1; Helen
Campbell; 2, George Gibson.
Proficiency. Cup in Mathemat-
icsu--James Watson; Helen Camp -
.bell.' 0..
'Grade • XII
Women's Institute Scholarship
for proficiency inGrade XII
1, Bill Buckton; ..'2, Sandy .;Mac-
K'enzie. •
Proficiency, Cup in Lanrguages
—1;.Bill Buckton' '2, Sandy Mac-,
Kenzie.,
Winner of Shield 'for Proficien-
cy in English --i, Bill Buckton;
2, Sandy MacKenzie,
'Winner ' of .,Kairshea Scholar-
ship for Home Economics 1,
Barbara ,Murray; 2, Jean ,Rich-
aids,
Home Economics 'Shield
;Winner of LO -La -Le Shield for
proficiency in Home EconOrnics
in any grade -1, Barbara Mur-
1ray; 2, Helen•'Campbell, Loth 1V1i1-
ler, Patricia Thompson.
1 Cemetery, Perpetual Fund Grows
o- The Kintail
• The annual meeting 8f. the Kin-, •
tail Cemetery Board was held on
June 19, at the. home , of Mrs.
Colin ' MacGregor;- Kir'itail,•
Bob' MacGregor wasp selected to
the:. office of 'trustee and trea-
surer, . a position left vacant
through the death of. his father,
Colin MacGregor, who .had been
treasurer and a trustee for.many.
years and particularly through
the period when, the :'fund • for
perpetual care was accumulated;
The Board. of. r Trustees : is now
made up 'of three members, Wil-
liam ^,MacDonald; Chairman; , W'm,
Johnston and Bob MacGregor,
treasurer; Donald •Sifnpson is the
board -secretary.
The fund for perpetual care
has .reached a total of $4,820:25.
Through the Board's' solicitor,
this amount has been • deposited
with a' trust. company iri' accord-
ance .with the Cemeteries Act.
A further addition to the• cem-
etery was: made last summer
:when land with a 66 foot front-
age was .purchased from .Robert
Simpson. It is of interest to •:note'
that the ' original: ,deed for land
was dated 1873 with another -ad-
dition being made in 490.5.
A
Wire mesh fence and gate
was completed' oVer the whole
frontage last summer and adds
greatly to the appearande of the
grounds. A woven • wire fence,
was erected around the new pro
perty, thus completing fencing
problems for a time. This ,work
has• increased the indebtedness of
the ,Boardand necessarily res-
•tricts. other • work for the . time
beings
The, Board `established ' the
price of lots to be sold in. the fut-
ure and it is the'°intention to
have. a marc of the grounds pre-
?'eared and; blueprinted,
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