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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-07-06, Page 1LUCKNO , • ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JULY 6th, 1966 A spectacular tire aboutmidnight :> members of his•faniily:who.were turday night levelled an old killed in a highway, accident,, about cknow landmark., , MacDonalds a year' ;ago. ,-. *y" an Havelock Street South. Last September the mill, house The old sawmill and Chopping - and property were sold to Clifford' Iwas one of the'feW Water Roitlston of Kinloss aird-•tlie•'fanmily ere n. resided there c Saturday''s fire was a, spectacular one•Which could,be seen fer miles ered mills left anyw h in thehave ded F r. since that time.. niry. It has been idle for some. e since the death of the owner. nA.. MacDonald and three ter :itc drat' sdm w qua ght ter• ch 0 ars' Iu • la" ev f 1 rvii• s w' around,. 'The mill was practically a complete loss before the fire was -even noticed. • Firemen received the.alatm just. before midnight and with the_firtt• •wtune of the fire siren, the sky was a 'bright red from: the tinder, dry •. imill..whi•ch went up "like a matchbox". • A horse belonging to barbarah Cameron and a pony belonging to the Jack MacDonald .family were :stabled •in a nearby small barn. The horses were removedand: fire- men succeeding, insaving the barn from destruction. There wad no .wind .which was a'. factorthat probably saved further ` outbreaks.' Despite the calm night• burning embers .were dropping .on houses -to the north of'the mill,and burned -out embers and foliage from trees were. reported as far north' as the •Silverwoods corner in•tOw,n, t The old mill site is nearly as old : as the "village itself. Prior to the MacDonald ''family operating the mill, the business was run by ' Thomas Treleaven for rnany years:' One of the owners prior to Mr... Treleaven WasRobert McCarroll, with James Lyons Senior operating' the mill for him. • • The site. was the 'location of the first sawmill to serve the needs of the early 'settlers. •Cause of the fire is not known.. George Whitby , *Lucknow Fire Chief advised The Sentinel the' first of the week that the Ontario Fire Marshall's office has been con- tacted and that they will make an -- investigation into the cause of . Saturday night's fire 'and also into • twoother incidents which have occurred in the village. -The two 'other incidents involved 'files 'set In the area around Anderson Flax. Products and Treleaven.Milling•.• The flies did not develop into anything serious .but might well have. Provincial Police were also in town the first of,the•week carry- ing on an investigation.' • - SERVEQ AS LEADER Rangers �onor Mrs. ' M. Rayner The final meeting of the season, for the Lucknow Rangers took place on June ,29 . The meeting took the form of a Surprise "Going Away“ Party ,for Mrs. Milton. Rayner, Ran- ger Leader. Janet Carruthers was in charge. Mrs. Rayner was presented with :a gift in, appreciation of the time and effort she spent with the Ran- gers. Everyone took part in a sing- song, after which, 'cake and, ice- cream was enjoyed. The meeting Vas concluded with the Ranger Prayer and, Taps. All the Rangers join in wishing Mrs Rayner the Best of Luck 'in her new home •in Goderich . Mr . and. Mts . Gerald Wagner and family of town visited on the week -end with their .son Mr, and Mrs. Clifford. Wagner in Toronto: Open House is .being held today (Wednesday) .by Mr., and Mrs. 'Cam- eron MacDonald of Lucknow in honour. of W.X. •. Hill's 90th birthday . Mrs. MacDonald was the former • Sharon Wagner remained in Torontci'Kathleen Hill. where she hopes to get summer Mr. Hill will be at 'borne to his employment ' friends.;both afternoon and evening,' • Clifford broke two bones in his anklelast week while playing ball: He is able to - get •around on 'crutch- es; but he is expected to be off work for' a couple of months. Louise: Andrew,claughter of Mr., and Mrs. Bill Andrew of Ashfield, She, wasaccompanied by .Margaret Machan of Wingham,'a.teacher left •last week -end by air on a trip that will last. seven weeks in which Louise will.tour Europe, England .and' Scotland. at Ripley. Louise has taught in Kitchener for the past .seven years The two girls flew from Toronto to Montreal and then directly to Brussels, Belgiumwhere their tour b:e .gan. : Mr. Hill was :born on July,6th, 1876 at Curtis, near Oshawa : He. was in the .grocery business ill Mit- chell prior' to coming, to Lucknow in July of 1904 to follow his trade. He continued in therocery•business here until September 1949 when he .sold' ` out to. Archie Smith, He had entered•his 46th year of business in Lucknow..: at that time: Mrs Till's death occurred in August of that year'. , Until 1925, Mr..Hill.operated "The Hub Grocery where Joe MacMillants •.butcher • shop was formerly located. f ie then mov- ed to the building formerly occup- •ied by the IGA and now vacant Mr. Hill has served_as treasurer of the Royal Arch Masons for 54 years. . • He has also received his' 60 year • • jewel from the "Blue 'Lodge" and . . for 36 years, was treasurer before relinquishing that post. -.Mr. Hill has always been an • ardent horticulturist and gardener. . ohn Ackert Gives Valedictory Address t Kinloss School Areal Grade .8. 'Banquet bout 95 people attended a"Grade anquet" sponsored' by Kinloss nship School Area .and held in Holyiood Hall on. Tuesday of week: • esent were grade tl •pupils and. irparents,• the staff of'Kinloss 001 Area schools Mr.. and Mrs, K, Wal I e , Mi. and Mr$'. tray, Mr .,and Mrs. Ernest ken, board members;and their e3, oard chairrnan Evan Keith acted • chairman for the evening'. He adored the head 'table guests, teaching staf#.and board mem- s, .Twenty-tetien -grade 8 pupils e introduced by their teachers.. Bill Black, principal of 1<inlctiss - Central.'school , acted 'as. wast- Master: Mrs. J. 'MacFarlane, teacher at` S S . No. I, rroroscd a toast to the grade k pupils which ' was responded to by Dorothy .Fan Beers, •Charles Thompson; a pupil at S . S . 10 -proposed a toast to,the teachers which was respond- ed to by Mrs, M, Wheeler. ,Betty `Schneller, a pupil, at 5,5..2 pro - Posed .a toast to the parents which was responded to by Lloyd Ackert.. Barbara Maclntyre , Kinloss Central pupil, proposed a toast t� the, school board, members which was resporided'to by. Leo Murray. ro CONTINLIL D ON PAGE 15 The' Kinloss 'Township School - .Area Board. has set the 1966 mill rate at 5 mills,' a drop of 5 mills from last. ,year. Last year's rate was 10 mills, Reasons for the considerable drop in the rate were that'•the board had received a much larger provincial grant. in 1965 than -anticipated, They had also levied for a •surplus\ to be usedin a proposed building ,program but with the amalgamat ion with Lucknow coming up, and the Lucknow District High School becoming available for the two boards, this building fund will not -be. needed The considerable surplus was therefore used up by a drop in the mill rate which will likely climb again next -year. he.'board decided to close the Whitechurch school in the Fall and all of grades: 4,7; .and 8 • will be tran'sported to Kinloss Central School. Mrs Mabel Wheeler, teacher at Whitechurch will move to Kinloss Central wher�e a. temp- orary classroom will b opened in the playroom. A few of the junior., pupils , convenient to Kinloss Central will also go there and the - rest of the juniors will be trans- ported to Lucknow.