The Lucknow Sentinel, 1957-03-06, Page 1•
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lapcICNOW, ONTARIO 'WF-4311sMSDAY,. MARCH 8,,is457
The. 'Ile*. .schedule Of -Provin-
cial grants to ease thp:•Oue4Aloii-
- al tax load . on property OVirbers;
Is estimated* , to. .arriount to :ap-
proximately ‘$.2;00.3, in. tt?e, ',Rate
• Or, the ,LucknoW District High
• §ai001..
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Meeting on MondaY.,nighti,„the
' Board received 'a ':letter from W.
------X--DUnlop,L_Minister_Of7Education,
outlining-. the new • schedule.
' There', was. a. ,difference in Opin-
ion as , to the interpretation , of
the -new n but it will at
least amount to $19.60 per pupil,
on the basis of last year aYer-
age daily 'attendance of 140:2..
• On Overseas Search' For Teachers
•A• letter from W. It Stewart,
assistant superintendent of sec-
ondary education, 'Statedthat
he would be going to the. British
Isles . early in March, in 'search
,of qualified teachers for _Ontario,
High- '••Schools-h-andthat, Boards
requiring , teachers could ...still,
•. contact, .him While 'overseas.
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The Board has had no intim,
ation.. of the 'intentions of, the
local -staff, but hope to have the
,•'.niatter settled at an earlier date
,than last year,in:order to avOid.
the, problems they,. encountered
-last year in obtaining a full staff.:
The local salry. ..schedule; re-
vised each year forthe past three
•years, was set ;last year at a.`min-
iniuni-Tof.-$3,/-400 --atict"-$3;600 for
Specialists, With an annualin-
crement- of $200, to . 'a maximum
-46;20-0-10-Orino.iPa.
e minimum 'schedule at that
time .hadcpmpared favorably'
with; and in :some: cases' better,
• than most district schools.
:The Board made no • change;
for the present at least, in the
• salary schedule,
•, A newspaper report was re-
ferred to. Where. the , Secondary •
School Teachers PederatiOn. had,
at their annual meeting, approV:.
• ed a $4,600 Minianurnsalary up
to a $15,000 TilaxiTTIUM for
prin-
cipals. .•
Mr. Hoag stated that they fore-
saw a very heavy Grade 9 next
term .1----.-riratte-r--11-re-
- Board would .have ' to • consider,
• as Grades 9 and 10' have „tbOth
quite. heavy. enrollments At pres-'
•
ent..
Allister .i ,Ifughes - and --Henry-
MacKenzie were appointed to ,at-
te*IAIrgie• Urban and Rural Trust-
ees sociation• convention 'in
f.rnelph-on. March 27th.
auditorium was rented to
-Miss AMY Johnston for a dance
recital: the last of May. The fee;
is ,•$20.00 Of Which $5.00 •goes to
the caretaker.
In a:discussion- of rental of. the
,High School auditoriurn, the
°Pinion, seemed to: be that there
----7vkias' no P-redit' on such- a .rental
basis but anything that rnight
,be of . an educational - --nature,
, should ,,not ,be discouraged.• .
Departmental letters were read.
ore information of the Board
, regarding, 'regulations .governing
those ttic-ihing on n"Letters of
• PerniissiOn",•for a three year per-
. iodi
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-Aceprints-:apt:WOV-iticlU7diffif.,
, salarieS and, .transportatiOri, to-
talled .$5,;272, which was within
a few dollars ofexpendituresfor
a earnParatiVe period a' year .ago.
,
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At their' last„_meeting.The
Lions, Club' decided to
sp�n-
or-t-peamt -sates7earn-Orgffir-.
.:, and the Company'S represen- •
tative no time in' getting
the "MUrialing" .started,
.Later in the week ;1106.eaSes
H2400 at '
ivedin towni and ineni6er8
,..Of the local eldb 'are alteatly:".
puShing, the Sales, it's• a case
G sell e1 or'eat'`sepl
• .NEVER Ii4D•'•TIRE,OF
14* IN OVER I .YEAR
D. R. Mackenzieof Loch.4..
. aIsh 'recently dealt in, the, Car-
, ,
he has driven fOrsix and.
•one half years,: and whit* ,
•'Certainly. didn't 'owe
,
,anything so: far as tires w,ere ..•
concerned.
In that time Dan. never •
had a tire off :a rim. in other
words` he never had a flat,
never picked. up a,ndil; never •
bought anew tire in that
time. . • • •
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He rotated the wheels, to..•
get the most out of the tires
but never had 'occasion to re-
place or remove one.
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Philip' Steer are
_pleased,„„ta„announce_the-engage--
merit, of , their eldest •daughter,
Margaret , jean, to Frederick
Woodley, eldest, Son of Mr.. and
-Mrs. F. Woodley Of London. The
'wedding to take, place in London
On March'•22fid.
How LONG CAN WE.
AVOID A FATALITY'
A public school lad • on .
bicycle had a close brush • with
a -truck -On Tuesday' noon at the
11Lnitecl Church . corner, • and a
group of; High School.' students,
sed th
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moment before Were jUst, out of
harm's way as the truck braked
and swerved to miss the
Winter. conditions , aggravate
the motor; ,•ychicle pedestrian
'problem , and one .• Wonder's for
how ',long we canescape-a. trag-
edy. •
Public- ,School - 'Children swarm
from , the north :and High'. SehoOl.
students floc i9 II
converging at the United Church
corner, : which is a busy inter.:
sectiOn, at: any time, and mOtOr-
ists, from the East often' roar in
at high Speed to this. Point:
--The' selralars, either -unmindful
of danger,: or defiant of • the
motorist, are spread all Over the
„
highway. But, right or wrong.
they cant win in a• traffic
nis-
hap.' Huck caret-Iast-
,
forever.%
'GEORGE' "JA.RDINE PASSED
Avir4ty .01%1 SUNDAY
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The'. (lath . of George Jardine
occurred at his home .in Luck-
nOw, oi Sunday morning. , He was
aoyears of age and :had, been
poorly for some time • with a
heart condition.,
One ,hundred and ;forty-three
students of .Lucknow District
„High *heel received Salk% vac-.
cine at the school Monday: of
last Week.- The vaccine is a k4fe-
'guard akainst pgliQmyelitis.' •
For close to 414 Of these
stud-
ents ' it Was their first ,"shot"."
About, fifty rectivedlheir third
dose, having previously received
two culations.'whil!
pub-
lic .
The -vaccination - was ad-
ministered by D. R. Allen,
head of the Bruce County Health
Unit, assisted by Min Ruth
,Thoinpsoni-tpublie-health-murse of-
Lueltripw and..-MISS.,Kay Redgate
.of the Walkerton office. , . •
The vaecine was given on that
occasion at Lucknow, Ripley aFicl
Kincardine school. • The 'second
round. of "shots", will be given on
March' 25th.,
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EDUCATION ,WElEK •iv,mitKED
_LO_CALLYBY-sOPEN-HOUSEt..-.7::
mi•••••1•=kr•
• This. is Education Week and it
is being 1.spotlighted ,throughout
Ontario, .„‘,,under SpOnsorshiP. • of
the Ontario Teachers' Federation:,
Locally it is beingobserved
by. "Open' House" being 'held at
the ,Luelpriow • Public • *heal on
'Thursday evening from 7:30 to
9.00 o'clock:, Parents and 'every!.
one interested in education - are
cordially invited to visit the
kehool. Theine;_of.....he..1 week is,
„"Education
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Open :House will provide the
, •
pu lc •wi e Opporium y• to
see the work the Children' Of
the Various grades Are doing, and
to familiarize adults With Present
'day ''.;teaelling methods. • It will
also serve to•. acquaint citizens of
thecommunity with facilities.
and , 'equipment ;and • the school
curricula, • and • to -•-bring theni
MI.:we intimately' in contact with
.the staff':, •
-FREE OF MAJOR
FIRES LAST "YEAR
.:___Georgea:Wiritby•-was--re-Oected
chief of the Lucknow 'Fire Cern-
pally at their Meeting on Mon-
day night.' The , same slate of Of-
fieers WaS,/returned,.fcir' another
year: .11ePuty, cihief,. Bi1l John-
stone; - captains, Toni *Anderson,
Jack • COok;.„ secretary, Stuart
Collyer; •treasurer, Dori. ThornP-
Sorf;. trustees, Roy ,Havens, Lloyd
Hall, Bud Thompson.
The----LUcknoW "-Brigade- had
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Only ''6 miner, 'town tires during
the past year. • Besides' the rural
Calls; there was 'alk.a drowning
. fatality in the. spring of last
year.
• The 'funeral service__ was held- - WAS--.TROP111-Y-WIN ER
at Johnstone's --Funeral Borne on AT RIDGETOWN SCHOOL
.Tuesday by Rev. G. A. Meikle 7 • 7 ' •
john niernient in ' South
Kinloss -Cemetery. •
is survived by a sen _Kenneth of
Luelsnew_ALdi hter,
Donald Malcolm (Alice) of Ailsa
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Craig
SENIOR G1RAI
JUDGING CHAMP'
Winning awards is, .,nothing
new for Murray Gaunt, son
St, Helens, but he was top man.
in a---new,-.--f-ield-last-week...*
.* Murray,. was • 'the *inner .of
senior diVision-of-the'Seettladt4'
, 'Competition . at, the Huron
County ,Seed •Fair, :''and won ..the,
Huron County Soil. and Crop
ImproVeinent trophy. ,He had 0:
score:of In third place Was
Frank Alton •Witli; 8434 • •
In section
David KirklandWaS second with
861 points.,'.ralkford .ivkNoit 3rd10
with 'no -0 Ken Alton%
with ,754; • •
Donald '.1WeCharles, 19 -year-old
sen of Mr. and Mrs. bliver
Mc-
Chinqes, is corn -TA ellifelus sec-
Ond.year of the two-year. diplorna
-ours--at the-2-Vester
'Agricultural • School, at Ridge-
toWn. ' • .
The Sohool4Aheld-x,their-revieW-
--WVelr-710f—We'elts7ja-na7 7M -rigid
placed first ,in t the .class fOr.' e
„pered steel .toOlS•to,Win the Clay-
ton . Johnston- 'Motor Sales fro-,
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phy„ He • also *finished among -the
, winners in '.the ropeWork,, wood-
classes.'
The school has 400 , acres of
_landLtInd-..reachstudenthas his
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oWri 'grain` profs. Donald '"placed
arnoigthe winners with his e-
hibit.s of White Wheat; red, wheat,
shelled corn and ;late
oats,. . , .•
In. the veterinary Science'
div-
ision he was among the five top
'Students for t,*disease • and write -
agricultural exhibits . he
olneed among: the 'winners in the
,C1AAOSfor insect collection*, hoine
pro:lettand weed -seed', collection,
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,t4.9c414.covilog .4*., TEARS
MARRIED JAST WEEK•
E;A•OES.
Mr, and Mrs., John Henry of
town quietly observed their ,49th
;wedding anifiVerrY", on Monday,
•kebruary. 25th; •"
They ,Wieke life) fig ,residents
„of •the Am14erleY districtuntil
moving to Luckp'ow a••few years• .
Mrs. Henry was the, fOtiiler
Edith 'Robb, daughter of John'
Robb and Ell,zabetli-YowlerThey
were married at the bride's
home by Rev. Mr. Fydell, Meth-
odist• Minister. • ,
They have three children.Mel-%
Ville of Huron Township, Mrs.'
Stewart .Bradley (Irene) of Tiv-
erton Gordon•-- Lyons
(Agnes) of West ' Wawanosh.'
There . are eight grandohildren:,
..TEARING
OLD BUILDING
An old main •Areeti landmark,
and among the 'oldest. buildings
„on_the.street,is being torn down.
It is the Massey -Harris
built about 90 . years ago, and
recently vacated by .0inar
Brooks, who has moved his im-
plement agency to the renovated
buiiding, on Inglis St. adjoining
Bob Macintosh's • sale •barn.'
L. C. • Thompson recently 'pur-
chased • this building from jack
Kilpatrick and disposed of it for
,dismantling to Lloyd Cline and
Peter •Cook. They conunenced the
work last week', and as this Was
written. Tuesday only; the shell
remained. .
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It is ..planned to erect a'cernent.
oc ui .mo ern
I front" on this site, i order to
[give The. Sentinel more spacious
quarters. . • •
EVENING CHURCH
'ATTENDANCE, GRATIFYING
Excellent Congregations have
been 'attending the evening, ser-
iYices• • at St. 'Peter's' , Church:,
•iese com. me services P.ave,
.been .held ' for the past • two
'months in rotating 'series of three
con.scritive • services in the
linitdhiurPerheet.yterian .and
e .
°rot the • St. Peter's congrega-
tion it. is: their regular service.
which replaces the morning ser-
vice. For this period. the Ripley
and Lucknow . tiine ,of .service
has been exc,hariged, • •
The third ,service will be held,
in St.. Peter's this Sunday even-
irig at 7:130 , and ifolldwing the
service • the representatives of
the ,fh-ree. congregations . will
nieet to discuss future Plans.
•John Finnigan of Concession
West WawariOsb,.. -haS•' "sold hiS..
farrn to Theodore .Redmond, aricl
will :held a ,clearing auction ,Sale
on „Tuesday, • March, 26th.
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John „has --turehased•the-• greet-
ery stoke on -HighWay 86 .at the
•south-eaXern' outskirts Of Wing;
.ham froi A. AllindOrff, :Jbhn
will-als-o-tiave—Stipe-rte--sl gas.,
service. •
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•The 'upstairs . apartment over
-the gto're-is occupied: b3,7
Mrs. Elwood Irwin of .Lucknow...
and Mrs. ,Finnigan will
move from the farm the latter'
-part--,--of-,April. They -obtain •-poss-
ession . of •the business, on May
1st.
ROBERT TRENCH. TO 'ATTEND '
OVERSEAS SCOUT JAMBOREE
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• Robert Trench, , a member of
the Listowel Boy, •Scout: trOde
has been selected to attend the.
jubilee jamboree in • England,
commeniorating-theitcentenary of
Lord • Baden-Powell's birth.• •
The jamboree will, be held. in
..August at SuitOn,Coldfield, War-
wickshire, and about 2,406 'Can-
-adian- Scouts andScoutmasters'
willattend, making the trip by
air; 'both ways. . They , leave in
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The • Listowel Scout, who re-
ceived• his •QUeen's badge last •
year, will be a Rover Scout rep-
resentative at the jamboree:
• Rob, -w. iws is 4,be son
.of . ListPWel, and -• a 'grandson of
of Mr. and Mrs.- Doug Trench
derson of ,Lireknow. His mother
- was, the -former' Audrey Hender-
.son.
.gousIN0 IS :NO /
_Pit,011LEM LOCALLY ,
Regretful as it 'rna-s"- be, it's
fact that there are. toe , Many
vacant bornes in the Village.
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ff4tk
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in mind's eye, and Vte easily •
think of upwards : of 26 homes •
:that, are ; vacant:: Some ofthem
may he . temporarily' ,'unoccupied
for, the Winter, but the inajoritN;-
have been 'vacant for Some :time.
. nuniber are. tfor ratheri:
than for rent;.••how,-ever; or they,
:nO..ddoubt. would be tenanted AS
well there are a number of un-
tenanted apartments.
•add to this unhappy. picture
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there are •a good marry one -oc-
cupant homes, ,With. the • result
that the Village's population .is
at about its lowest level in many
years
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LIST
, TTACWOREREKEC-ETstALING
' Revision : Of The Sentinel mail-
ing- ,shaS---•,-beery delayed, and
.we have been. receiving a 'num-
ber. of enquiries .ftern, subscrib-
ers who • are wondering- WhY.•
their label date :hasn't- been ad,
• It's in the plans to correct the
if we don't
get too pressed With 'got • to
have' it" coniniercial.printing. '
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:MARRIED IN '
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The :marriage.. Was performed
at New Glasgow,•'Nia Scotia, 611.
Saturdaylast of Margaret Chin.‘.
and , -Douglas- Wong .of New -
RETURN FROM SOUTH„
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orstrE2rimv
BIRTHDAY 11ANQUET
..ICairshea Wooten'sInstitute
held •a family:, night ',AI Borne"
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in the, Recreatiorig•-::,Centre* lagt
. ,
diamond juibilee:.pf the' founding
f the Women's Institute,
• TheeVening, got -underway
after L. C. Thorrip-
SOn,gaVe an ithistrated' talk on
their .everseas. trip \slaSt 'fall, The
I(airshea ladies ,wish, to et -press,
their'', apprediation; and ''‘erijoy-
ft6rkt Of the travelogue.
le;;.,-MaeXtritteti-r- Pres
dent of the Branch, %introduced
Mrs. ThoMpson •,.and thanked "fiot4.,
Harvey Itotistort"PreS,ided
',hoe for a 'sing -song.....,•
on . otnps.on... and.,
George Anderson' 'rett.t.ri,ied 14st.
tglia:y,t4#011t*Te'Tweeks in
They 'fleW.,•,-freriti.':•.1<ey.:..
West .to:..ctiba•.te.,:spend.•:•a. couple,
of- days on the Island.
. `17.70017,57-ia'Affe-Y- '•were
door neighbors to Mr. and \1rs.
W. A. Porteous. and to lr. and
Mrs; R�hert MaCipte*sh,
ter couple: rettirned.. the
first ofhe wc'ek• "
.-,E•tikei4t.e-...• • • y -asser.-
.throttigh•-Atlantk''.0eOrgia.•vhich
rerninded them of the fact that
Mrs. Herb Nesbitt
commenting, on this ,.••,When,: •
ancl behold, the.,y spied
her husband in . , •
traffte,•
and tti6'sf' ..e•otttito:
fiantie:•.'horrittdotirig
theiP. •,a.ttentinti,
On t.he beach at; bay tone.th
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