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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-11-09, Page 1r 1 -row!Sc '0 Pillow E tie 19c E20c GAIN c SAVE; 14c E'• ill tilt rivE • of the award winners at the ow District High School. Co cement on Friday night are in the above'picture,. On the, Sheila McQuillan, daughter and Mrs. Wilfred McQuill West. Wawanosh township.. "• was .thetop.student in last ' grade 13 •class and. as such e' br. W. V,. Johnston. Shield e 'Student Council;Prize., a pewriter.'Ai class: valedict- she was also .presented with ledictorian trophy On the , right Is John Bradley, son of Mr." and Mrs. Eldon Bradley of of. Township. John was the top. student. in last year's grade 12 class and received the Lucknow Women's institute' Award: Following the program, a:grad- - nation. tea and dance.. was held., Shown in the lower picture is Mrs Noel Mason, wife of the school principal, Who was. one of several who poured tea to Comrn encement guests; . INE TWd POSITIONS' ser NracK�nnon Clerk.Treas.. kflIossTwp. Mackinnon, treasurer of Township since the Fall .of ill assume the combined of clerk -treasurer effective of the year.. . cision was made by Kin- ncil at their Meeting Mon- followed the resignation week's ago of Gordon Wall, Kinloss since the summer Gordon's resignation does ome effective until the this year. o ;applications were received position of clerk.. : " t. Gets M(.ai dor 12 Years service Flight Lieutenant Shirley Robin ' son, (nursing sister) with the R, C. A. F. was presented with: the Canadian Forces Decoration'mid - 'al for .12. years service in the R.C,.A.F. • . The presentation was made by the'Commanding Officer of Nat- Tonal Defence Medical Centre, Ottawa.: F/L Robinsonhas served. as Medical Nurse at .R.. C. A F. .. Stations Rockcliffe•, 'Ontario,. Goose Bay:, Labrador, Aylmer, Orval o, Gros-Tenquin .France, • Parent and St. Hubert • Quebec and is presently stationed' at -the Nation- al M dical Defence Centre, Ottawa She i the daughter of Mrs. Howard' Robinson and the late Mt. Robinson of Lucknow.. 'aledicforian Lucknow District High -School. Commencement was 'a very impr .essive event and the school audit- orium was filled to 'capacity last Friday evening to witness one of the finest commencements ever stagedat the school. Opening remarks were given by school principal Noel Mason. and chairman of'the Lucknow District High'Sehool, William G. Hunter of Zion. An impressive rendition. of"the halls of ivy": by the girls choir, The Harmonettes was ded- icated to°the graduating class. Those students receiving their honourary secondaryschool gradua- tion diplomas recognizing the coin- pletion.of_grade las_ and. the_posit- ionsof the students, at present, were; Jean Bonnett, Phyllis Brad'- ley, Herbert Hunter;; Sharron Jefferson;' Barbara Pardon, David Thompson and Joyce,Thorburn, all at Stratford Teachers' College; Roy Button and Sheila McQuillan at Western University; Keith Roulston at Ryerson; Roger Pentland with Ontario Hydro; 'Douglas Dickie at the University of.'Guelph;. Douglas' Johnston planning career•with RCAF, Board chairman William Hunter:' reported 15 students' presently Kinloss 'Cep. :Farm is Sold The farm.of Alex MacKenzie Lot 21, Concession 4,. Kinloss. Township, which his been in his family since 1866, hasbeen sold to Mr.. and ,Mrs. Don Bell of Kin- loss. attending i iingttam District :High S'chool'from Lucknow 01E11'11 of these in Grade 13, and the remain- ,der, iri the vocational course..; He praised the school spirit at Luck - now and the extra effort of the staff 'and principal.' Mason in organ icing Clubs 'Within the school• Sheila McQuillan,. the top stud-. ent in grade 13 last year. was. he valedictorian at the commence- ment. Sheila is presently attend ing Western university in London. Miss McQuillan said., "no one can ever say that Lucknow District. High School°offered less opporturt7. ity because of its' size.'Too'late, the people of this community will. realize .the values of a small school far outweigh the disadvant- ages", Guest speakeryof the evening was. Hugh Bremner, well informed traveller and broadcaster of Lon- don Mr. Bremner is news director for CFPG radio in London: Mr.. Bremner• commented that In_, the many'.commencement exercis es.he had•attended, this Was the • first tithe that the :platformwas entirely made up, of Students. 'They ate much more , attractive than;most faculty' and board merit:- bers;" commented Mr.' Bremner. c.1' Yin ddltion To Passes: OnSunday Mrs. 'R. V.MacKenzie of Luck- now' passed away at St. Mary's. . Hospital in Kitchener on Sunday. She , was -89 years of age and had been a resident of thisarea; for her entire life The 'funeral service was conduct- ed from the MacKenzfe Memorial . Chapel in. Lucknow on Tuesday with burial in South Kinloss Cern- etery, We Have Gas In, Lucknow Too! Eighteen years of gas odor. in the` basements of business places in Mitchell was rectified last week. with the removal of four large' gasoline tanks froni:under a Main* street sidewalk. A smell of gas had been apparent in the basements of stores there all . these years. The Mitchell incident is :very similar to: the experiences of three main street stores.in Luck - now , uck-now, b, R. Finlayson, Lucknow District Co-op and The Lucknow' sentinel. A strong gas odor' is prevalent, in these. buildings at certain times of the year, partic- ularly in mild Weather after water has been running. Attempts have been made by Lucknow council to determine the cause of the gas odor" with: tittle results. The sickening odor• at times. is quite bothersome and 'no doubt could be quite dangerous as well. ers.,i ssroom He also referred to many. coalott rer* ceine. nta where be had beeen be ed :waiting,on hix•part hi -the pro am. but said thiswas not the ease It. Lucknow and"he paid tribute to Organizing of the event "Value that which is worth ing and discard the rest" "W. Bremner said to the graduates. "And this need not be a dull life He stressed the value of being well informed on events Of the day and deplored the fact that the.. 'Dept/intent of Educartion do not -feel Curren' •events a Worthy, err necessity subJe .for'Higb despite:the fact. that• ed in elementary school. " Political .pla rior`ms are now built: on computers and public op- inion surveys. but we still 'urgent-, iy need* inspired leadership in fgovernme "', commented Mr., Bremner. tt Elwin Hall express the speaker. R.: 1`shkanase., a teacher ar Lucik- now District ,High School:, varied farosm :the progea ► to pair tribute o priti'cipal foci Masan for his drive. CONTlhi':(J'ED ON PAGE 12 ks'to • Tenders for tieaddition to the' • St..Joseph's School, Kingsbridge are being called in this edition of • the paper.: A new four classroom school was recently constructed . at Kings• bridge and with the forming of a new Separate School :Area, which embraces pupils from the Town ships of Ashfield and. West Wawa- nosh, it was foundthat accomod- ation in.. the new school' was not sufficient to handle .all .140 pupils in the'newly`formed arei. Board members took immediate 'action to increase the size, of the school and the addition was plann ed . Plans and specifications may. be obtained from'' Donald .Frayne, secretary of the school board;, Plans .call for ' the; construction of -a gymnasium and one More ,class- room to the school. j NightSchi At Ripley Has Five (losses Ripley` and District Night School has been going' for two weeks now with five classes operating and .meeting at Ripley. District High School.... Typing is being taught by Mrs., Gordon Patterson,, sewing by Mrs. John McChatles, oil painting by Dwayne Fenwick of Wingh,.am.and rug hooking by Mrs. John A. Mac- Donald. These four; Bourses. are .: well on the way and a fifth ,classy local history, which is being:`. taught by Ab Wylds, has been .a bit of a slow starter but it is.ex- pected that sufficient interest will yet be shown in this classy A Koffee Klub" has 'beenergantz ed ;by teenagers .of iucitno,w and : District, and the new group plan to meet at least once a week, likely an. Friday nights, as soon as . accomodation is secured. The; group are .presently consider- ing several possible. meeting plac- es in town 'and as soon as a decis- ion has been reached on the locat- ion; they will•swing into high ear.. . • An advertisement in this. sue A lists as; the. •events planned, exotic: atmosphere music,. live entertain - Mem , 'refreshments., dfsctrssions plays - companionship, . checkers.. cards; candle "light.: Dress Will be casual.. The young people have recently crganlzed with "Rev. Stanley lay of Luckntiw siittng in' on the, pre- liminary plans. it is planned to have an adult ,presen at each of. the meetings.. John: Toss has been elected president Of the new group, Joan Mackenzie secretary,' Linda ,Chisholm treasurer; Rain Ashkanase of the High School staff is an ad- visor;, Susan: Arnold is in charge of amplification .:in the Meeting place; • Cathy MacLeod is press. reporter and .Jamie Rc ::is in charge of refreshments.' rinegn Friday This Friday; November llth, has been declared a "+civic. holiday. in Lucknow until one o'clock p. M. • Stores will re -open at .one for the , reimainder of. the 'da,y:. . The Remernbrance Day service will be held Friday at St. Peters Anglican Church in Litcknew. Leg- ion membeers, .Ladies Aux.lliar, Rangers, Girl, Guides, Brownies. Boy Scouts, and Cubs will gather at the Legion Hall at 9:445a, tut„ fot the church parade. A service will follow at the Cenotaph at 11 a.m. t►.