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CKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,_ ONTARIO
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NOTI�RE
LUCKNOW BUSINESS HOURS
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
* OPEN ALL, DAY THURSDAY, MARCH 23rd
* CLOSED ALL DAY GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 24th,
OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 25th
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OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL'7th AND' • : •EACH: FRIDAY
,NIGHT THEREAFTER.
lucknow Business Men's
Association
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George Gears
Involved in
Fatal Accident
George Gear, . Bruce County Ag^
ricultural.Repiesentatiye for 27
years, and Mrs. Gear, 'pare in. satis-
factory c¢ndition at the Woodstock
General Hospital. following a •:two
f.l
car crash: Sunday. evening of. ,as t , •
week which claimed the life of a .
nineteen-year-old,London woman.
Dead: is Mrs. Teofilo Freitas,•:
who was a .passenger • in the car
driven by her husband, when, it ,.
became involved in a•collision
with the Walkerton car; about
7:30 o'clock, four' miles north: of
Woodstock;. The crash in which
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both vehicles were demolished,
occurred at the, intersection of .
Highway 59, and the;Innerkip side.
road, also 4nown• as County ,Road'
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Mr.' Freitas is in serious condit
kion in Victoria Hospital,, London,;
with internal injuries and a, poss-.'.
ible.;skull fracture.
Mr, and Mrs. Gear:had left on
Saturday 'for Woodstock to spend
the week-end•vith Mrs, Gear's,
sister Mrs :• McLellan and it wa;,,:,
while on their way home, early
Sunday -evening, that the fatal
accident. occurred - '•
Both` Mr..and .•Mrs. Gear are re-
ported to have been knocked un
•conscious by the impact of the
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"crash; Mr. Gear .received 1a..-cerat ,
ions to his: head ...whi.le •Mrs. Gear's
back sustained injury..•;,
NOW MRS,'"CANADA,
:Diane Coulter, . 19 year-
old Miss iDOrninion.` : of
Canada from Learning -
ten,. forsook her title 'lam. .
,
Novernber',when she mar=
reed Wiltiom Monery, of
Leamington — but 'kept'
ft secret because , she hod
comn,it'ments to'. honor..
Now '; 'she `pians; to be 'o
housewife` ;and..Ict •`,the;
1966 runner -u .Mar"oric
$chocfield, of Burlington,
ossurni the title,
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ide :$.electiofl.`
Carpets
PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION ' ESTIMATES GIVEN
SENSATIONAL FURNITURE SAVINGS
EVERYTHING IN
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'ITH FINEST QUALITY FURNITURE
.OWEST; PRICES'
On Bedroom Suites, Dining
'Room' Suiten, Kitchen Suites;
Chestei'fields,::.Occasional :
Chairs, Etc. ,
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LIUCKNGW PHONE 528=3432
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SOLOMON1S GREENHOUSE
LUCKNOW PHONE 528-3017
Brides, In 1467-6$ Construction
Plans; Ask Returning Officers Appointed
Early;Tradiflg Stamps May Go;
• REPORT. FROM. .QUEEN'S PARK
• MURRAY. GAUNT , M, P P, ,
(HURON -BRUCE)
This week the estimates. of the; -
Provincial Secretary,•:and the Depar
tmeitt of Highways have been
before the legislature,'
During the estimates of the
Provincial' Secretary the :opposition
urged: that returning; officers be ; •.
appointed as soon as possible to
begin organizing for 'the: election;
It. -Was was „argued. that early appoint-
. ment of the returning officers was
necessary for ;the orderly conduct;
Of . the election, following redisiri
bution ofrthe ,r.idings:;= many of
which are new or.drasiica,lly ,alter-;
ed.
The Minister of Highways for the
,Province has tabled the Highway
Construction Program for the year
1967-68;..•
1 am pleased: to': report that it.
includes :construction of the. Wing..-
ha.m by-pass., including the ,two
Maitland River bridges west of #' 4
highway.. •
Resurfacing will also take place
in Winghani from• the ,:west to the '
east limits of the town
In
-talking with the Minister he' .•
told• me he could not say, exactly
when tenders would'' be called for
these projects.' However he did
• say that this would be doneq'very
Financial and Commercial Aff
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airs Minister Leslie Rowntree said
he will announce the 'date very
shortly on Which Ontario''s
consumer•protection legislation
will be'pilt in. 'force.
The Act to be enforced by the
Bureau requires tenders to set'out,
the cost,of loans in terms of true
annual interest and allows persons
: who'purchase from door =to. -door
salesmen.three days in which' to
revoke any 'Contracts. r
The as'sessmen't against farm.o0-,
erations for Workmen's •
Compensation may have, to be.
,increased, the Ontario Legislatures
standing committee on
8overnmetit boards and commiss-
ions was told this week:: •`
A. G. 'MacDonald, treasurer of
the Workmen's Compensation
Board , said that the assessment, •
rate'of $3.50 per $100 of payroll.'
for high risk farrn oper:atiots•is
insufficient•to cover compensat
ion payments.owever , he added'
that it is too early -to reach a
definite .conclusion:
The .benefits paid to fartri Work-..
ers last,year totaled $996,260''
which'fepreSented about 50' of the
f.
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the total premiums collected.
Last year '3 , 5S6 accidents: to
farm' workers were reported of
which 1,485 involved lost' time:
The board.awarded benefits to
families of 14 workers killed in
farm accidents.'
Attorney -General. Arthur Wishart
has given notice of his intention
to present a bill to ban trading
stamps. ,•
Only Ontario, Quebec and New•
Brunswick; permit trading stamps.
The other provinces placed blan-. •
ket.prohibition on their use:
Due to the great interest' in this
matter.1 would encourage all •
those: who. have:. opinions either prc
or con in connection with the use.
of trading stamps to write to rr e'. '
and,I would be happy 'to see that.
the letters;are drawnko'the atten
tion of .the Attorney -General for
consideration.
Town and: Gauntry
f Iub Have St.
Patrick's Party
The Town and Gotrntry.Club had
-a St. Patrick"s Day party on March
12 with fifty members present An'.
Irish sing -song was enjoyed with'
Mrs. ,Ross•.Cumming at the piano
•and Mrs: 'Ernest Lewis leading. A
short musical•prograrnme consist-
ed of two Irish solos' by Frank Mac-
Kenzie,, two flute and piano duets
by Bob Hall and John Henderson •
:acid a duet.by Mrs.,, John Hall and •
Mrs' Lewis. The club applecites
very much the help given by the •
'citizens of Lucknow
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A Mr:,. and Mrs. Qu zz.was con-
-ducted with Mr. and Mr.s. Pete.
Famish, Mr. and Mrs. W. F.'
MacDonald and' Jvtr.:and .Mrs: Earl
Swwan. ..'taking ' part. A' contest was 0
«held where ladies volunteered to
put on a nylon stocking "with Oyen
mitts .on their hands. MrsBob
Hamilton and Miss Susan Gibson
won over Mrs. Walsh 'and .Mrs.
AyE. McKini. 'The men had a,con
test where they walked blindfolded
through eggs on the floor. How-
ever peanuts. in the shell were also
on thefloor and when they were '
stepped on, it riiade a"ladgh, Bob •
Fisher,. Sid Plowright and Earl
Swan,were the, willing victims,
While the lunch was. being prep-
ared
Mrs:. Cumming, played
waltzes• and the members danced.
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