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Hockey:
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Centennial Hockey.
eduled •for':latei this
El wind up with an, inter
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e on Saturday night
yup of "oldtimers"•, if
r 30 can beclassed in
rnent , will play ,hockey
. Lueknow Midgets, .
.ton has been promoting
for severalweeks now... •
ze exception of two or't,,
e 1.954-55 Legion Juven=
'ho. have not advised
as things pretty' well •
.of that teanm,were Bob
Paul'Couse, Ron Grah
itacNay;':Ernie Gibson,
!y, Jack Chin, Hugh . .
:, Eugene:•Gardnerrn Roy
:harlie Chin, George ,
toy 'Emberlin , Al Baker.
iderson'and the late Jack
e business managers of,
'Harold Ritchie wts
Ken Cameron was presi-
sponsoring Legion
tyear
"Give 20Q
rds Scout Trig
Branch ,309,.:Royal" Can=,
ion; at their regular
)n Tuesday;. January 31;.
200. to the Saugeen `,,
Dy Scout °Centennial trip
I.this summer.:The trip
Scouts from the district;
1 Canada and Expo. The
ration was earmarked for
tent for the boys.,
;ion alsodonated $5. ;to..
tow Cenitennial hocke
y..
ng"staged-later this month
tased. $20 worth of:
Sale tickets for this. minor`
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Extra To U.S.A..
.� LUCKNOW, ONTO
WEDNESDAY, FEB; 8th,, 1961.
00 Attend L
r xpo, H
�y Janet Carruthers).
For the: last .two weeks L'L D. H. S..
has been /busily .planning the `
Carnaval , The "girls helped make
small woollen snowmen for Sale.
The boys did their. part by'•making
dark wooden centennial pins to
sell On Friday, enthusiasm •was
high, Cars .were decorated , and
torches Completed. All was ready,
.for the big night.
That night,, although it was 20
degreesand extremely cold ,;
throngs of people gathered to
watch the Parade •which -began• at
the,High School. •
Last rn inute. preparations. were
Made as,teaclers 'rushed; to and
fro. Mrs:, Hewitt was asking,
-'Who has the :snowmen?" Mr.
Mason stuck his head in to count
the duchesses. One was missing:
At that. moment the torches flared
outside:: Rushing out , .Mr Mason
soon had things again under con
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Single, Copy 10c, 14, Pages
N.S. "Carnaval,"
Irwin "Carnaval
ue.en,
trol, 'The, torches'were .extinguish-
ed in the 'snow , The larst duchess .
had appeared and'finaliy all` was
ready to go.
• Mr. Mason aided"b1Marty
Adler, helped lineup the car's.
Police Chief; Bill Nelson headed
-the Parade;: Following h.inri. came •
:Mr. Bonhomme i' the, SSnowman
The duchesses were perched:on
hoods;of cars, decorated by their
Glass; Each class;: wavin brightly'
lit'torches:, followed' :heir duch-
ess. As the parade moved along,
students sang their theme song .`
"Carnaval" and. "Canada". A
.public address system played''other,
songs ,
The crowd thronged into the
arena which was filled to capacity
Someone stated .it was.one Of the
largest crowds ever in the arena
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Never Missed Report,in 34 Years
A valuable. public service to the.
Lucknow district ended on January
h whenj. M;"Mel'.' Greer of Luck
now resigned local w.eather.,
recorder for the meteorological,
division •of the Department of Tran•
sport.
•For the past thirty-four years, Mr:
Greer has recorded the weather,
daily in this•area and has never -
missed . a 'Monthly "report, to.the
department in those: thirty four •
years :.
His was truly, a public service.
Mr. Greer performed .the. tasks of •
keeping` the records_ and at no time
received any payment :for perrform
mg this service. .
In his final, report, for January;.
Mr. Greer recorded a high, temp
erature for the niionth• of 53
degrees 'on'January 25th and,a low..
of Ԥ. zero on..the morning Qf
January'31st•,. Rainfall was •55;
inches,;' there was one thunder -
'Storm and 39.5 inches of'•snow,
January was:a very dull; cloudy
month. In: recent months, when.
health'd'iPd not ermit., 'he wa•s`•
assisted in. Y look,og after the .recor-
ds b .his wife and other. members
of the family':
•,Throu h his' of recording.
CONTINUED:ON PAGE TWO
Mr Bonhomme; the snowman,
Was a.: stately , :striking figure,<at.
the 'Licknow District High School
"Carnaval" held on Friday gnight
Shown, left•to right, are Nancy
Irwin; •Carnaval Queen;: Mr Bon
hornme , Doug 'Alton; Mrs :Thom•-
: as AMacKen•zieand Mme Madeleine
F, St :.Hilaire ..teachers at the
school, who officiated in the Queen.
crowning
0 Atone, Barely
ScaA.e
The two=story;frArne . house • of
Mt., and Mrs.' Bert Walden -of the. .,
2nd concession, of Huron Township,
was levelled by fire about raid
night Friday with the loss running
into, many.• thousands of dollars.
Besides .the loss in dollars, Mi.
and Mrs,:',Walden,l'ost personal
items that accumulate .over. a life-,
time which cannot ever be replace
ed, nor can there 'be any value set,
on this type of loss
',The Wald'en farm is located *on
the second between the farm of,
H
ugh. Mason and
'the former'
".George .MacDonald place" as it
is known to .many area resident
party line: andimm:ediately, went
to the Walden farm, to assist. He
met. Bert :coming out the laneway•
in` his overalls and stocking feet,
all`' he had been, able to snatch in
his haste get et out of the burning...
home',Allan: took, Bert to his '
place to Obtain clothing and
shoes an in the meantime,
er neighbo,' Hugh Mason arrived.
at, the scene. He'had' not seen
'the other two and for a time
feared. the•Waldeits were' in the,
home . , He was'unable. to get into
'the burning building by that tithe.
The .insult'brick covered tWq�
s.; : • story large home burned fiercely
-It is' On the'south side of the road , , on the 'inside before breaking
the second farm in the second mile', through the roof or walls
and a quarter east of Ilighwa:y:•21,, Ripley Fire Departrnent udder•
the i3l'uewater Highway'. The .Wal chief Gordon Scott, responded
dens .rrioved therein 1953..and to: • hut, were ,unable.. to g,et to the
many the farm is still recalled as • home until a snow' plow cleared
the "forrner ,Billy Jackson place the 'lane,,: However, firemen felt
Mrs: Walden is assistant super- the delay made no difference and.
visor at Kincardine 1lospital• and that the house was a loss:When
because of the storm conditions. they arrived:
had t'emaited in !Kincardine that Cau'se' of the fire m
is not inied
night, . Bert had retired' following, ; lately known. The house was
the late: news' and had dozed off heated by a furnace and wood
to sleep before'being awakened: bye "stove, and wiring.was also being
choking smoke "which filled<\he '
house;. The fire broke .out •ab.out
midnight, Mr. Walden 'managed '
to get to the phone and''sUmrnon •
the. telephone operator: He asked,
,for assistance from Ripley fire`'
.Department and'•also.:a: Snowplow,
to clear out his lane which was', .-
blocked by three foot drifts,.
Many rteighbours`were in Ripley"
at• a` social function that evening
but fortunately, two close neigh
hours were at home . Allan •
Culbert, who residesf,just across
the road on tlt erciad•.-=tteart-`,
the phone call fat help on the
considered as a possible •cause '
A barn, which housed 47 - 0 head
.of cattle, was nOt.thfeatened by
the fire
Mr, and Mrs. Walden are .now
living temporarily•with their n •
IvTtirray "Walden and family at Reids
4 Corners' in a house Murray built
after he completely, lost his home •
by,fir.ein 1954;., Glen Wa:ldenrof
Lucknows also a soh.
Neighbours have rallied to the
• assistance' of. ivli f and ' Mrs Walden
and a benefit dance ,IS being
stated on Friday of +t1t1s4------:
1<inc.ardire for the Fite Victjtr5
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