HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-03-09, Page 111966 •
THE iliCJ(NQW SENTINEL,, LNCKNOW, OI�TA1t 4
However, the various councils
Hopes Decision ToBe leache.. Soon
possibility that the Lucknow school
.may be convened to..a senior pub
lic, school and that' antalgarnation
of the Wingham and Lucknow high
schools. will be carried out. •
oThe Wingham board: is currently
planning 'an addition to the local
School to take care.of a. projected
increase in enrolment of close to
300 students over the next five
years, which would bring the '
schools capacity to' nearly 1,.800.
students.
• If the Lucknow board decides"to
'discontinue its secondary educa- .
tion facilities 'an additional 200
students would be directed to
Wingham, creating the need for,.
more capacity here. It is prob-
able that,five more 'classrooms
and two or perhaps three more
vocational training shops would
be required to handle the extra
load;
It is to be hoped that .the, Luck
now board?s decision can be rea-
ched soon;, for the building•plans.
under consideration b' the Wing
The'following editorial appeared.
in last week's issue of the Wingham
Advance Times and resulted from
the article carried in the previous
week's Sentinel about the possibil-
ity that Lucknow District IHHigh,
School would be forced to Close '
in the future
It is interesting to note that.
while the Wingham editor. does .
state that it iscompletely unecon-
omic 'to
necon-omic'to maintain die so all
schools,' he also advancesthe
theory that `"many of us have grave
doubts about the rnaxfinum size at
:which a secondary school an do
the best . job for its students.
The Advance-Tirnes ,editor.ial.. .
read as follows;
Education En Mass •
According to a press•release iss-
ued by the Lucknow District High
Seho9J'Board and published"in The
Lucknow Sentinel, the Wingham
District High School may, be fac-
ing,some rather sharp growing
pains.
It, appears that there is'adistinct.
involved both in the Lucknow dis-
trict and the Wingham district
will want to have a close look at
the planning, for there is more
to the proposed changes than the
pure physical facilities. -Altera-
tions in the apportionment of
public debt in both areas would
result from, the suggested arnalg- •
amatiou. •The Lucknow school.
carries a debenture debt of about
$2001000, 'backed by an assess-
ment of something over $5, 'mill-
ion and 'of course tgie Wingham
area still faces large capital pay-
ments on its present ,structure,
withh more in prospect to cover the
current enlargement plans.
Though many•of us may have
grave doubts about the maximum
size at which a secondary school
can doe best job for its students,
the trend toward larger,centres "of
learning is here to stay:- Since the
provincial government bears a
large proportion of the cosi of new
schools and of their maintenance'
and operation, the taxpayer is not.
in .a strong position. to argue. the
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:visited Mr; and Mrs. Eugene.
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spent the weekend here;
Lochalsh Resident
.Has : Long I mess
MRS.' DONALD MacDONALD ,'
Mrs.; Annie Christen: MacDon
ald,' wife of the'late:Donald' Mac
Donald, passed away'on February
26th. .at Kincardine General' Hospit-
al after a .,lengthy illness,
• Shewas born in Ashfield T.own-�
ship. at Lochalsh in 1894 to Mr
'and. Mrs. Finlay MacDonald,.. and
was the youngest .child in a family r
. of nine.; :
She was 'a graduate .of Hamilton
General Hospital, and for twenty
five years'devoted herself to her
chosen profession. • , s a
In 1938 • she married the •late
Donald MacDonald and. they made .
their.home at. the 2nd concession ' •
'of Kinloss. After the death`.of her%
husband, she returned to Lochalsh
and lived with her brother, D. A
, MacDonalds
•Mrs. MacDonaldis survived.by
I her sister Isabelle, Mrs., J 8.
Campbell of Hamilton, and one
brother. Roderick of Minneapolis,
She was •predeceased'by six broths;
ets, Donald. A;', Alex F, ,' and
Thomas., all:of• Ashfield Township,
Jim of Montana, Kenneth of •
• ' . California and John ,of 'Alberta e
Funeral service was held on.
March 1st' from the. Johnstone Fun
' eral 'Home 'Lucknow, with burial
in South Kinloss Cemetery. Pall-
. bearers .were nephews, ,Finlay,
Lloyd and 'David MacDonald; ,Or-
laild Richards,. Alex Andrew and
Richard West,
Mrs.. MacDonald was a faithful
member of Ashfield Presbyterian
Church. Het pastor. Rev. Neil
McCombie conducted the funeral,
service, He spoke of her `great
courage and 'Cheerfulness at all
.times, and how•she exemplified,.
by her life... Uwe to All with mal-
ice to none,