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Reinsurance Losses Chief Concern
Of est awanosh Mutual Co.
"ThroUgh time we possibly•.
will need an inspector for the
West WaWaiioih Muidal Fire. In-
• surandeCompany”, was the coin.
. ment of DirectOr',19hri •MaPLen.,
nan at :the ••• annual' meeting'. 'of
the company held on Friday af-
qe-rnoon in •the • Parish , Hall, •at:
Dimgannon,:- in stressing tbe-inr.,-
portance of safety he. Rard .that
if .an inspector .preventecl just
one 'large .fire, he would More
Lial.k,PaY
as well, as saving a policyholder
..frorn a possible disaster, '
The hall Was ,. well . filIe4for
•the meeting which Was :presided
oyer by President Geo. C. Fear
• .gan of Gederich.• Vice, president,
rraflic •trhompson of /i01y.r0OCi.
Mr. Feagarl• felt that the conl:-:
pany was fortunate .in havinga
• °group of, direetors:•who were so
efficient and who had done. their
••utmost for the:company,.
POITC-Fioldrs, Of:. the company
• must be well satiOfied with the
management. Verylittle discus-
•ion- came forth . during the after-.
noon, and any, that. didAvas. of,
a very minor nature. •
• • Durriin Phillips c Dungannon,
secretary -treasurer of 'of '.the com-
pany; --read -'.the "-Minutes-of -• the
last annual meeting: He explain-.
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MEMORIAL GATES:—
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'ARE PROPOSED
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"centennial enthusiasin haS•cret•
ated more substantial - thinking
and•positive action this
eom-
munit.thaii.one could ever 'hav
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iagned. • -,"
A suggestion: for gates at the
•Caledonian Park as a 'memorial
to the pioneers„has been advan
ir'atet1ar'Wf
the. Centennial property , com-
mittee and president" of the Ag-.
S.uch 'a project -Would, greatly
en 4ppearance, OLIVET CHURCH WIPES 2:•
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CENTENNIAL
PLANS PROGRESS
• hi the brief. three Weeks: Since
• Lucknow arid Diatrict Centennial
was first discussed lat ' a•
. Meeting, • considerable' progress
has been made," and: plans.' for
. ' the big event are 'rapidly shaP-
•• Conunittees... are, nieeting al-
most nightly nightly and at. an Execur
meeting. on Saturday; night
• emphasis was placed on the need
- and, importance ..of co-ordinating
the decisiotio' and PrOgrass Of, all.
committees and sub•;etiminittees..
• This' 'is essential if the Exeeu-•
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tive is to "lino* the Ocore'.', The
piegutiVe will for ' the time be-
• ing, held' regular meetings • each
Satiirday night at'. '7.00: p,M.
The Sentinel Office : Committee,
'and ;s11137committee. ;• chairmen
who have any matters to discuss
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•or :information to offer; can:con-
• tact the' entire EXecutive, at these
• sessions.
• All Committees have been;
asked to keep Minixtes oftheir
meetings and to, see that Record-
ing Secretary Stuart Collyer re-
' -Ceiyes reports of these minutes
by Saturday • Morning of each
'week, In, this'. way the Executive•
can dovetail the activities of .the
week • and keep' up-to-date on
• What'sdeveloping This will en-
able the ptibliCity ',committee to,
keep •up to date and .keeP the
• public informed.
• Plans Materializing •
In this' regard we .are aware
• that during • the, past :Week the
prolram, finance; invitation, his-
torical and advertising commit-
tees have accomplished consider-
, Able, Initial .money
• thods have been decided upon;:
baek-torichool- lans have:been•
formulated, the pageant comb:lit-.
tee has outlined, what sounds
• like ia :real heartwarming • .por-,
• trakal of ,Lucktiow'o ,centuty of
Progress' said. some novel means
of publicizing 'the eVerit" .,have
1?eeti.: decided and acted upon,
• The invitation . • committee, is
compiling a hailing list and ,are
OPpealing to, residents of town
dcountry to bring or send the
..addressei Of former residents• 1S of.
nOmmunity, •who • have a
• Warm, Spot in their 'heart,tor .the.
tdWn. iS important
•that rural reSidents join 'in add-
ing to this. list. Don't 'figure that
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someone else Will, do. it, Send in"
the natties • and they Will bo
closely checked to aveid dUpli
LIONS. :TO. .CONSID,ER, •,.. • DONALD MacNAy• RECEIVES
FLO,OR IN. THE ARENA • .goo ',SU •
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The week -end storrn fore,
ed the. cancellation of •the
Lions Club serni.... monthly
Meeting to have been ;held
at'llackett's Church
• day evening. : • •
Slated • for ':discussion at
meeting was 'the, biggest
• project .yet Suggested. for
the Club; to undertake, --the
to
of a-cerrient floor
in the- Arena. — •
It is estimated • that the
Cost. would run • te• $3000 or
so. Such • a floor would 'prove
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• Donald son of
••arid Mrs, Ale); MacKay, has been
• awarded a $200. bursary front the
Atkinson htab1ciatiQn
Donald• is a second: Year' ou-"...
dent at Ryerson, jriptitute • of
Technology where. he is, taking a.
.three-year- 'course.
architect-
ure. :.The bursary • award AVas, for
marks. standing. ,' ..•• .
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GRANT -USE OF -H
FOR CENTENNIAL.
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hanee the • • park
situated as it is on .Highway .86, OFF CUST OF ORGAN •
and across, from the furniture
• factory 'which is soon to be in
operation . again.
We haven't any idea :how
much support there' is for this
undertaking. Sorhe May feel, the•
• community will. become suffiCI-
ently involved otherwise in the
Centennial., We don't see. itthat
• way So great is the •enthusiasm
here, that. we feel now -is the
time to do it. , • , .
• ,The project ,could 'well 'be
bacIsecl by the Agricultural Soc
TOW and a drive by the direct-,
ors of the Fair Board, ir assoel:-
ation with the Parkl3oard could
Swing it 'We think. Cost is!estim-
ated at about $1,500 on which
:there would be ,a park improve-
ment grant of 25 .percent it' is
expected., • , •
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• We hope President. kirkland
gets, the support to .put it .over.
The dedicationof memoria ,ga es
niake for a.. very iinpressr
ive and memorable feature Of
the Centennial. 1 , •
time in: particular and would
• permit the building ;,being
made More use of the year•.,
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H. GREER BUYS
LOCAL HOSPITAL
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A business transaction of cop-,
orderable interest was . completed
a few days ago, when Harold
Greer -purchased the LucknoW
Private. • ,flospital and adjacent
residence fre/in "Ernie Austin. .
.• Harold obtains Possessien 'next
week, on February' 20th. Ile :Will
also continue ;to *carry on his
radio and electric business for
the time being. •
Mr. Austin • bought the 'hOopi-
tal last Septeinber froin E. V.
Baker ; Since' then he bought
, nursing borne at. Delaware, near
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London, ; where the' Austin: fata-
lly has been residing .sin0 'late
in . the year, with ',Mr. Austin
commuting';here from time. .to
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TO 'OPEN. STORE
Ij.,IjOYNT.040CK,
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Mr; and Mrs. Norman T Sie-
grist of Niagara -on -the -Lake,
plan to open a new. business in
Lticknow in. the
building, formerly occupied by
The Sentinel. , The shop, 18. now •
undergoing, redecoration. •
Mr:- and •MrS., ISiegrist •will
open a children's: wear store,
with shoes, • in • 'addition. They
have- been in ths busineSS , at
Niagara fOr about -seven' years.
Siegrist is a, sister' of
Mrs. Dennis Hogan and of Mrs.
Wm. Hogan ,of Ashfield. She
was born in Dunrea, .Manitoba.
• Siegrist• was born at Shal-
low ' Lake, •:Ontario, , aO- Were his
parent O • Who at one time home-
steaded in Southern Saskatche-
wan near Shatinavdri,
• The •congregation " of Olivet
United /Church installed". d new
-Organ /during the ,past ,year at
a Cost, of , some $1,500: At the
annual ,meeting held recently,
'they Were able to announceithat
contributioriS to ,the orgarr fund
had been so generous, that the
entire . cost had been liqiiidated,.
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TO I NVESTIGATE.' • --'
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The • question • of . a flaier
warning . light at the Superiest
cOrner.'was again taised,.'at the
February. Meeting• of •Village
Council. Seine years ago this
question was raised, and it Was
discovered :that the cost to the
municipality would be, consider.;
able. Information is to be sought
again: in. the:hopes .that 'present
legislation see .the need for
a light on this" dangerous inter-
Petitiori: Council • ,
• Russell Whitby,.. on., behalf of
St; Peters Anglican Church and
residents in that, area petitioned
••Couricil • in 'regard to road and
clrainage -Work' required .Qn Ham-
ilton Street. Reeve' Joynt
ex-
•plained that the work on this
street. 'was • not , Completed last
year due. to other heavy expehr
ditu,res; and: that :Work 'wouldbe
completed 'iri the spring and•the
requests eh the petition studied..
. The Recreation Committee, the
body governing all Oporto, in ..the
Village, :reported a deficit' of
$169 in 1957. Grants: toylling
$1,300 are eligible, but have not
yet been received by ;the 'Com-
mittee. Council agreed1. to ad-
vance the'• Corninittee. 060 and
charge , it 'against government
grants` when received.
•. "Coiriplain of Cost• s
A communication' was ' receiv-
ed from: Nest- WaWariesh ToWn-
ship stating that they • felt the
t r charge for the' 'James
Curran fire was .-tbe • :high. -Th
letter • was 'referred to the Fire
Department who informed Coun-
cil that The call was considerably,
• over one hour in length. The fire
agreement signed iri 1950 'slates
that the Cost will be $50 per hour
or ar.;, :part of an hour from the
tithe the. truck 'leaves .the Fire
Hall until it returned arid
e„quipthent is placed in order:.
The Eire Company stated 'that it
had never "been their Poltey to
ever .Chate -for :the time spent
draining and drying 'hose after
the truck returned: although' this
was in the agreement. •
Discuss SnOwplowing •
• Considerable :.,'discussion cen-
tred'. around the ' problems of
snowploWing of •streetS.,
Trouble, has' alWays been eXper
iended iri clearing the dead-end
roads froth • Havelock Street to
the mill pond because of the
loWn. • grade and: the lack of
• space to" • turn 'around. It was.
agreed that council •wbUld aPr
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oil 'Grant Conan. regard
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to im . Plowing these ; shots
vstre 'tith a sinall;
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CENTNIAL
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The Finance Committee 'of' the
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Lucknow and District Centpnnial: •
.•met last. week' to: discusi-•.waYs-
and mans of. financing the 'Aug7
.ust *celebration apci to launch
Some of the projects immediate- • •
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fOtir-day. event • Will 4n-
volVe many majorexpenditures
but the. opinion generally is that
i must go all out to, makethis
•a royal home -coming to appro-
priately mark the hundredth
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rthday of Th Se.o • Town. •
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•Centennial Committee, the Luck -
now High .Sch6O1 Board at their
February meeting Sanctioned the
• USCof the school grounds and
facilities for;a garden, party. and,
the use of the chairS,' tables and
auditorium for 4 ,back -to -school
LprOgrarn.: This includes use of
the • school cafeteria with the
suggestion be ;under the sup-
ervision of Mrs. Armstrong, with
the Board • to: pay her for her
service. •
!The lloard-renewed meMber-
ship in the Associated High
School Board and Trustee CoUri-
cil at a fee of •$75;00;." •
" 'A $100 deposit, was .'authoriz-
ed toward he r buil ing o he
school's'. telescoPe lense. •
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The Board. apProved a • resolu-
tion :from .Fetrelia District High
School Board, that the " number
• of votingdelegates attending
the .5i -ban. Trustees Association,
be 'United to two from' each
School Board, .
, Recommendations made by the
High ,School inspector, at a'• pre-,
vious inspection were referred
to; .including the blanking .of
• typewriter keys and clerical help.
for Mr• 'Hoag -and these matters
are to be • looked into.
SIX MILE -TREK IN ••
MIDNIGHT STORM',
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Undaunted by. 'a .blizzard that
Was 'raging, • Eric Binksina Set
out on foot from 'Lucicnoviion
• Saturday, about midnight to
Make. a six -mile trip; to the farm
home of his employer, R
Richard
Elliott. -
Eric, who is •in his early twen-
ties. has been at Ellica's since'
December:. He was' in :Hanover
at.' the week -end attending the
• Wedding pf : friends Y from ;Hol-
. land. Returning by ,train, he ar•
rived here': Saturday night and
couldn't • be persuaded to stay in
• town. Nor did: he notifyhis em -
player. Eric had neither' a' hat
or Mitts, but was given the loan
of them enroute, and about 2.15
little more :than two. hours
• after • setting " out, • reached the
Elliott • hothe Ilene' the worse of
the experience.
Visibility' was nil at the time
• and' traffic had been brought: to
a complete halt. •
The opening opening date , has not yet
ben announced but' will be
about ',gaiter .tirne, • • • .
and Mr. Siegrist have
been quite iinpressedt, with this
nommunitY,," He 'says,. "My. Wife
and I have gotten to knew man*
during -ou4. Visits to. LtielthoW itt
the 'past decade and .watit to now
becothea part' -of ,such a friendly
part bf Oritarie:
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ferh. . of cash, :;donations to. • the
Centennial 'fund, arid, the Com-
mittee has decided. ,to open
VoluntarY _donation• list,: in lieu,.
'at' the present time a1 least, ;of a .,
Personal canvass. . • .
• It is the intentiOnto publish
a'weelcly list of donations to re7
• cognize these gifts. All donations...
small and large Will be apprec-
iatively receiVed: • •
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These` donations. may be left at
the 'Bank' of iMbntreal,-Sander=
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Son's Ladies' ',arid Men's Wear;
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and IVIontgornery's Garage,: Mail .
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deflations should be sent to Jim
Henderson,' treapurer The chair-. ,.•
inan of the .finance committee is •
Milton Rayner, manager of the • ,
Bank of MOntreal.,. • • , : ' •
• ,Td • start the ball rolling :the
following donations were made
up to the end' of last week: M.
'Rayner • $10:00; • Cameron Mac- •.•
Donald, 20.00, Morgan -Henderson
20 00, Jim Henderson 15.00. ‘!.
• • • Periodic Draw 1Ji.
, .) • Another project that commen-
at 'once is a periodic draw '
for" a $50.00 'bond. Only 200 tic-
kets will be sold .on each bond. ' •
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Tickets are now' available for the '
opening draw. They • sell' for 506.. •.•• .
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PRESENT ,PLAQUE
TO RIPLEY,‘LEGION
Lucknow ' Branch of the Can../- • .
adian, Legion, is -presenting a
past -presidents Plaque • to the. •
Ripley Branch to he, placed in •
theW new. Legion Hall • in that
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Weather permitting MernberS,
, the local branch . planned to, • • • ': ' •
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viSit Ripley on Tuesday, night,
with Garnet Henderson, the 'local '
Making. the official
presentation• . . • .
The Lucknow' Branch ended
1957 with Sixty aid members,
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an • increase oyer the previous •
The attendance draw is 'Still
on and a -good jackpot prize ••is••,_
building up as. a result of Herb,
Mcquillin, and George Whitby. •
not "being present to claim their
Prize.. Prizes of $5; $4, $3, $2. and• .
$1' Will be drawn for at five cOn- • •
secutiVe regular. meetings. The
jackpot •nOw stands at $9.06,' by
:reason of the first two Winne.ra
missing Out., ' •
Fcl :CENTENNIAL INVITATION: LIST
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• • The Invitation Connbittee of the Luelnow arid '
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• District
of former residents, and 'others Who had associations
d'n this cOminunitY-7-Village and Rural. ' •
Direct mail contact will be made with':' iheOe
• peeple, informing • them .of Centennial plab's and • ,
Vitiii thernbae'k, THE FIRST MAILINGVILL GO
'OUT SOON, • • ' ••, '
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• An appeal is :Made to people of town. and COtin
try, andthose at far away " points to send the names
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and full 'addresses' of friends :and; relatives so. that •
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the • list may be as complete i as pqpible,...
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,The •Corkiinitteei cibesn't want an, One to say..
• 'Ididnt get aletteT". •
names. shouid •be.g•i+ert Or Sent toi. "•
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