The Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-10-05, Page 14•
' • CANADA'S FINEST. LONGEST •LASTING
SURFACE MATERIAL . •
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FOR
Kitchen and Bathroom Walls
Table and Counter Tops
and Splashbacks
This fall marks the end.of an era
for the people ofthe Whitechurch
• area, Whitechurch school, S.,S.
'No, 10 Kinloss, located 'at the
second concession a mile and a and was served in was x 18'.
quarter north Of the hamlet of • After 10 years it Wu decided that
Whitechurch, was closed this year. a new school.was needed to•accoM.
with pupils being transpor
ted to modate the increased number of
Lucknow Public School and Kinloss pupils. A frame 'blinding was erect
Central School. While this school ed 40' x 24'' at a cost of $164.00
is one of the better one this
rural It was opened for teaching in Dart
schools. in this part of the province. uary 1870. In 1880 an addition of
the trend to centralized education twenty feet was made for .further
made it no longer practical to op- accommodation .' This building ser-
eraie it. • • • ved for•the next fifty years. , •
The school willbeoffered for • . In 1930 a new school. site was
sale shortly °. 'The Sentinel asked procured from Ben. M6Clenaghan
the foriner teacher; Mrs. Mabel . just across the road from dee old
I, Wheeler of Belgrave who is now site consisting of 1 1/4 acres. On ,
teaching at•Kinloss Central; tO,-. this a new school was erected with
"ompile a history' of the school • concrete foundation and the upper
ection and Mrs'. Wheeler' has sub- story of presSed brick.. The cost •
Mined the following article.. was $6,430.00 . The cost of drill -
.County of ing a well was $400, (extra). It
Bruce, ' was -organized in 1859. The has every modern convenience and
first Board of Trustees, was'Jas. Ham
Mon, Jas. Ross and John Gillespie.
A building site was procured from
S.A...Ferrie•on Lot 10; Con,: 1, con-
sisting of 1/4 acre. This site was
olid bush and cost $7,.50 to chop
and clear ready to bhild hpon.
111.1880 a School House was built
of log cOnstruction. The seats were fifteen years at 510 interest, This
benches and -the desks, boards fast- :school Was Opened on November
ned to side wallsThe total cost •
102n; .819nd3°e'r:oy• nue theker oafftfe7noenr.
, n the Old
school,
was $160.00 ;,t: The size of the sch1001 teachers and old pupils were pis;
program and lunch, The lunch
was provided by the ladies of
secticothe'
'Z'hos, Gaunt was the firstleach
in the section and taught the first
year for a salary of $160,ut), lie
taught for 6. years and was follow
by ii„D. Henderson who taught (la
7 years. ,The following art the
.teachers who have, taught.for
years Of More: A, H. Musgrove,
las. Stalker. Peter Gowans,
Fells; Wm. A ..flenderson, Mrs.'
Mathers, Mrs., Mabel Wheeler,
•
In June of 1966 when the school.'
was closed the enrolMent was 35„
Electricity.. oil furnace, pressure
system .with flush toilets and the
telephone were all part of the '
is considered one of the best equi- school, in the last s6eral'years
pped rural schools In the West Bruce Flatlet beds and a large ramp;
lawn made .it attractive on the out,
ninesdPefctor°$r6ate.0,.00D.e0b:.titupayable werebleiis
in :1-" side ,
The Huron County Fideration'of 7/- Alf Warner reported'on how. the
. Agriculture monthly meeting was ; Floughling Match was going. He
,held on September Sth in the Ont- said they ere now going to put
axle Department' of Agricultural 1 up a building instead of a tent.
Board RoOm. The minutes were They.don't As of yet know what'
accepted as read on.rnotiOn of shape of building, and •what ply -
Ernie Crich, seconded by Bob' . wood will be needed They are to
Broadfootstart build ing Monday and should
Einer Hunter moved that Harvey bisup by the 15th. -Elmer Fisher
.Taylor present resolutions again moved that Alf call the townships
for the C.I.A. at•the next them= and ask for men to help with the
ben meeting to be held on sept- work. seconded by Wilf Strickler.
-ember 14th, seconded by Sob Broa-Doug Miles said that Alf Warner is
dfoot. Charles•Thothas reported a to make a list ofall those people •
successful 2,stb Anuiversary •• ' he feels.deterves to receive a pass.
Banquet which made a profit ef. Bob McAllister rnade a motley.
$46.56. Be thanked at those 1„rbo that the /advertisements: for the
did such a good job to make it a London Paper and the Exeter, Sea -
sateen. . forth papert be forgotten and use
jt,..if waiter made a motion to the Money for other Ploughing
have.the Anmiai Meeting on Wed- Match utes.., seconded by Elmer
nesd4„, Novern.ber30th n ippds.- • Tisher, Rae Houston said he has •
-bow Mani seconded by
EJ me7 tile sett'set'res with Huron CointY
• Huntex. Charles Thomas stigge.sted Ptihte' °n thetn, •
coraruirree be appOtotoo to pup Elsner Hunter reported on the
for tbe,..Annual tr3eetirig4 to pick Bdbdational Comtnitte,e. He said
ont Cfliest •speaker. Wilf Strickler that they had combined the Fed-
- moved that Charlie Thomas. Elinei enation booth and the Educatitio•
Chadrmarit bethe 'cottinnittetatC.,Xi5 g°;41T, t° 62/.4
pictures o"4.posters to illastrate ,
each' tiopic •
r.4.1er,then itraoduced the &nest
Speaker. Miss. Se.a Strider to
speal or. her trz to the Folk;Sch-
Shiela 'said their topic.
•*Neu**,:nderst,andings of
phndarr.iry' .She said the7,' had
pItAisard c4s-ct.t.t.t.oz grcr..ps •uhere
seconded by Ted Fear. The Lady
rirector. Mrs.. Fear tc plan a •
meeting far the 'cies • '
• lt was voted lagertql not renewittp
the subsoriptior. 14,71.th the 'Times
•AdyOcate pa.s.: of t.lrei&. Harvey
Ta -or .stig?.,7e.Sted. hayinga.bozb
ttat„te Serforzt Fat F. Fie said .
• . roace thel wciuld require Ai/mid
and that be age woad
OCitiloss NeWs)
Mrs. Ted Collyer had the misfor-
tune to beak a .bone in her foot .
and wifl have to wear a cast for.
six weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Vickie, Denver
Walters and William visited with
relatives at Wiarton Sunday 'after- I.
noon ,•John Dickie is a patient in
W iartorr and District Hospital
Mrs. •Allan Graham 'who 'has been
a patient in Goderich hospital for
some Weeks, is able to behome„
Those home for the -week -end '
included Grace MacDougall,
Eileen and Donna Burr' from Ldugh
eed's Business College at Kitchener\
and Douglas Dickie from the. Uni-
versity of. Guelph. • '.
Congratulations. to Mr. and Mrs'. •
Allan MacIntyie who are the proud
parents of a baby girl born Wednes-i
day SepteMber. 218th in Winghain
and District Hospital. . .
Mr. and Mrs Wm MacKenzie
of Detroit: and. Mrs. Duncan'Mac-
:: Connell of Walkerton were week-
end guests With•Mr. and Mrs..
Herb Buckton.
Mrs. Geo. Lockhart. Mrs. Lloyd
-MacDougall and Mr. and Mrs. W.
Farrish were in London on Mutt -
day. Mrs. Lockhart and M. Farr-.
ish had appointments at the diabe-
tic clinic. '• :*
and Mrs. 'Harvey Houston,,
'Holyrood. and Mrs. Ray Taylor of I
•
Walkerton attended the &mai, of. I
the late Arthur Young, of Rotbsay,
on Saturday. •
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Yonhg.
Eden Grove, were Sunday guests of
'Mi.. and Mrs. Harvey Houston'.
,were ppeak from' tteit
:ova terns not ,otner oecv.r:es" r:21:
Sound good to us. One point Shiela
rnade was.- if v� cannot under -
Stand at least be undernanding". ,
Chari ie Thomas thanked Shiela •
and said that bre the way the spoke
you could tell she got a lot out of
this: 'Folk School.' but also bad a
lot of •fun. • • •
meetly; wa,s a&ourted by
•the res t