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LUCKNOW, . 'ONTARIO.
°,WEDNESDAY,'JAN. l8thi 1967
Donald MacKenzie; Reeveof '
Ashfield Township,; was, elected.•.
,.Warden of `Huron County at the.
sessionof county council which
convened at, Godericl,:on Tuesday
afternoon:.'
Don, a farmer'who•resides west
of Dungannon closets) Highway 21 j
has capably served his home town-
ship of Ashfield for the past, 13
years,.' He served 'eight years as a
township councillor before taking
over the office of Reeve five years
ago., He is just commencing his
sixth term' as. Reve ..
He has .also been very 'active in
county workand. just "completed,
his third : year on the county road
committee, serving as chairman.
in 1966..this past year he has
been Very -active on the commit
tee which'arranged the Interna
tional Plowing Match at Seafortb.
Tuesday's election as Warden
came by acclamation to Mr.
MacKenzie. No one opposed him'
and this can be considered as a%
fine tribute to the Ashfield Town-
ship , Reeve .
The last Ashfield Warden was in
1950 when: Cecil' Johnston, now of
Sarnia, won that position;' Other
Ashfield Wardens include Thomas
Stothers in 1912 >and' ,Joseph Griffin,
in 1093.‘
' ,Mr. and'•.Mrs MacKenzie have ;a
family of two, Donna 17, a
student at: Goderich Collegiate
and Joh `n , ' 15, who attends Clinton
Vocational School.- Mrs. Mac-
Keniie is the 'former Florence
JamesHoly
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centennial., year of Canada ,'Don ald alsoalSe has the honour of serving
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in the centennial year of county
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Forming Commuttee
Says Reeve Joynt
At the ,inaugural meeting.of
Lucknow village council, last week,
Reeve George Joynt'said'that.the.
responsibility for•the'organizing of `
a centennial conimitte,e for Luck-
now and district .lies with: the"citi-
zens .of. Luckno '
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-He said that :froth all information
he has,studied on',the matter.., „he
feels.ttiat`the fnitial",action for 'the;
forming ot"a 'centennial committee
should not .come•;from# council,
The Reeve. suggested that the
.formation'of a'centennial commit-`
tee would be done,if'interested
citizens approached 'council on the
matter.
• Lucknow presently has no centen-
nial co-ordinating committeecoin•
parable to other district municipal-
ities, .and outside of.a few separate
instances 'where projects are being.
carried out by various orgaiza I
.tions,• centennial has beef a pretty
dead 'issue in Lucknow.
Sounds•likea busy_few months
ahead .for '-the staff and,=students`at .
Lucknow High'School. They have.
set a minimum 'object'ive of
$2,000 which will help,reduce the
costs. of , a. planned 'week long stud-
ent
tud-ent and staff trip to "EXPO in ,late ;
June of this year.
Principal Noel Mason received
formal '•approval'Tor the trip from
Huron -Bruce: School Area Board at.
their' meeting. in Wingham last
w.
eek :'Tproposed ro osed triPwould '
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take place following'the June exam
'inations
Participationin the' EXPO trip
would.;beori a Voluntarybasis.,
,Students::would•be expected,; to: pay
a portion of their expenses, which
would be in relation to•the amount
of 'motey'which the student body
could raise•,etween now and then.
The more money raised.,'•the less.
the fare for each student,;
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Students and:staff arewasting
Aitrte in 'commencing their fund
raising projects:'A winter carni
val'is planned., for February 3 and
4 at the school, an;operetta on •
March 2 and 3', a slave day iri
April ,at which time `students will
sell themselves, as slaves for the
day and perform variews .duties. for,
the slave fees, a fashion show in•
May and a chocolate bar sales
carnpai-g n; These,,along with,oth:er
money 'raising:events, will help
finance the E po t p •
Donal
s Chairman Of
Public School Board
The inaugural meeting of the
newly formed 'Kinloss-Lucknow
Township school area was held on.
Tuesday night lasts week; with
Donald MacKinnon of. Lucknow
appointed chairman. of the five
man toard Russell Ross of: Kinloss
is vice chairman .'r
Committees set:up,were finance,
Jim, Henderson:' Walter 'Breckles;
transportation Russell Ross., Del:
• Lindsay Walter, Breckles;"'' r
operty',
the whole board
The board will meetithe second
Tuesday of each month at the
board room at the High School. -
Members Of the new board are,
Russell Ross and Walter Breckles
representing Kinloss; Del,Lindsay,
representing. Greenock; .'Ji -m Hend
arson and Donald MacKinnon
representing Lucknow.
Mrs. Robert' MacKenzie of LUGk,
now, wh"o had served as secretary -
treasurer of• both boards prior to'.
the`amaigamation'of Lucknow•and.
Kinloss; was appointed as secretary
•treasurer.
A borrowing by-law, authorizing
the'/borrowing of up to $75.000 to
meet current expenses, was passed,
MacKnnon
Mel ONAC+F] in St. Joseph's
Hospital Toronto, on Saturday
j`atltuary 14th,;,• to Mr and Mrs.
Ross Mcr)onagh of Rexdale , a
daughter Michelle L'orraine,'•
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There were some desperate min=
:utes at the farm' of,Barry Hackett
on the 10th of.Ashfield last,Satur
da when for a time, it was be-
lieved that two youngsters had `
drownedin the.creek on thea
farm.
Mr, and Mrs. Tom Sullivan 0!
Toronto were, visiting with, Barry'
and Dianne. Hackett for the week-
end and their 4 -1./2 -year-old
twin sons,' Mark andr'Todd' were
ideal playmates for 5 -year-old
Bobby Hackett:
Barry and 'Tom had been 'making
the "rounds of the farm on a Skip• -Do
:and the youngsters had been play-
ing outside •,Todd had•come into.
the house for a time and had later
gone out to play, ' again•,. seeking
out his two playmates. •
The first cause' for alarm came
when the two Men came back
from the Ski -Do ride and heard
young Todd 'crying;; Todd had
broken through theice on,;the
creek located nearby into 'about
two feet of water, buthad'man=
aged: to Claw his way back onto
the bank and when found was wet,
:cold and scared •.Asked where
they other, boys• were ,' he' did not
know and the .nten immediately
thought that all three had.. fallen.
in the creek. ;
Barry and Tbm ran' to the 'gee(
waded in and started breaking up
` the ice around the hole which
.Todd; had created.;when he fell• in. •.
They believed the boys were unded
the 'ice;, and after futile 'searchin.
g
tracks which they had created!.
and thoughthe could make out
small footprints, t' He followed
the marks to the back of the farm .,.
and eventually beard the.:young
sters before' he could.see them,
They were by.this time into the
farm of Alex Hackett and had
become lost.
It was about '3/4 of an hour be-
fore the youngsters were located'
and needless.' to say, there were
some tears of, joy shed when the
'pair were brought -back to the
;house on the Ski -Do. 'Seems
the kids had wanted aSki-Do
ride; and decided to follow the',.
two dads to make sure' they got
one Yotfng Todd "was the most
. visibly affected by:the ordeal
and was' quite shaken for the re=
'•rnainder'of the week -end.
Bobby. observed his fifth birth
• day on Sunday nd'no,,doubt it• was
a: HAPPY.BIRTH AY at the••
Hackett home.,
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n Norfh Africa '>
Jim ;Reed of Toronto, son of •
Mr and Mrs. "Allen Reed:.,of
Lucknow; is on' a three month
leave from th'e CBC. and_ has sailed'``
for Tangiers, Morocco, Jirn sail
ed frorr New York.Cit �y "on Janu-
by others of the' other areas around ary 12th' aboard the .Yugoslavian,: •
,the barn. and ;house , there,did not
seem to be any other solution;
'Dianne had summoned help':from
Donald Hackett's and numerous''.
men in the community turned up
quickly, to assist in the search.
Torn. Sullivan, in desperation;
walked back over the Ski -Do
ship, " The:.Klek" . '''
While travelling'in,North Africa,
he. Will be doing free lance .writ-
ing and interviewing. On his re-
turn to Canada In, the spring, via
London,: .England,'he will, be worka
ing •for the' CBCT at EXPO in M9n.
treat
co, Years Study In EngIcnc
ac enzie
to
Alex. W (Sandy) MacKenzie,,.
son of Mr ...and_ Mrs Thos Mac
Kenzie of Kinloss. Tpwnship , has
be�. n a, a
e w rdedThe Athlone l~ellaw
'ship which entitles him to two
years studyan Britain at the univ-
ersity; of his choice.
Residents of Lucknow and area.
Will recall Sandy:graduat:ed from
Qrade 13 at Lucknow District High;
School in ;1960 , earning in his fina]
year four shields of achievement
'and.'the honour of being Valedict-
orian' of his graduating class.
continued his edupati6n at' the
.University of Western Ontario
where he completed a Four Years
'Honoutascourse in Engineering ;,
Science
Sandy 'is employed by the. Home
Oil Company,with .Head Office : at
Calgary;:' He Is presently Plant
Engineer at•their\'newest.gas.plant..
situated at Carstairs, 'approxirnate•
ly 40 Miles north of Calgary and
commutes daily
/ A 'message of congratulations
was received from`. the Dean of '
Engineering at Western .University,
a call from the Britich'Trade
Commissioner of Alberta, as well
allows
,as telegrams;• from friends and
associates; Sandy's.sailing date is:
1 not Puntil Setember• 5th but his.
1 hometown joins in extending
' gratulations and wishing•hini the
best of; luck .
SANDY MacKENZIE