HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-04-12, Page 110.:.A Year In Advance
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.,:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12th, 1967 •
vicerned About Lagging 'Efforts.
Swimmin,
ucknow..Centennial :Project
number of adults • were present
le meeting of the recently fOr-
youtlkgroup in Lucknow as
r held eir .regular meeting
ucknow United Church `on Sun
evening,
ghlight of the evening. was thee
4,ing•of a film on 'St Paul, the
1 centennial'community" . St..
a town of •3500 , is located:.•
lberta in an agricultural area.
boasts more: centennial pro
s than any 'other town in Can's:
ter: the showing of :the, fi'lrn , : the
ting was thrown:open for.:lis
ionwhen many .Centennial pro-
;`were'proposedby the young;
)le., sortie .a bit wild and'sortie '
practical.
landals Damage
' Wn iter Well
o, IVa
ndals gained entry, to the Luck-
Waterworks pump house near
Bowling Green on the weekend
did :considerable `darnage to
pump which feeds the main
ce of water supply to the vi11=
mediate-extent:'of the damage
not: known as this was
ten'Monday. Reeve,.George.<
t advised The Sentinel; that
esentatives of Consolidated
nes were;making a rush' trip
ie village to examine the
or and pump
e idiotic performance includ-
he.loosening of screws on •the'
or so that` the 'motor and . pump:
ime. out.of alignment. The
p is inoperative and on -Mon
-
the village was dependent on
wellat the, south end of town '
isa, low producing well:
serious fire ; , or a -heavy
land onthe village's water
could present real serious
)lems. How long the well will
iut of action• will not be :deter-
led until after the service' men..
ck it out Tuesda
,There has been•'a, feeling among
youth:, as well as adults in the
village, that Lucknow is dragging
its heels badly in centennial plan_.•
ning and the• young people hope .
that by their suggestions and offers
'of help, :Centennial fever in Luck-':
now' will finally, break through in'.
the final nine months of Canada's..
100th, birthday'.
Doug `Campbell,'.president of the
youth: group, called .for possible
suggestions' for a name for the
group and the name "Conject"
was chosen by a .majority vote.
The .group' is an interdenomination
.al gathering •pf..young.people and
representatives from all faiths have
been asked 'to serve in' its ,planning .
Reeve, Joynt, who represented the
village at;the.'inforrnal meeting;
was, asked t'o, explain to the group'
'what had been done in the way .of
centennial planning in. Lucknow to.
date.
Mr. .Joynt said that Lucknow had
been slow ,in.starting centennial
activityand that when no'rnove
was, made•:by citizens to form a
Centennial committee in the
village, council had called .a
meeting to organize a centennial"
'planning committee. This Meet-
ing was very poorly attended but•a
committee was nafned. with Cam
eron MacDonald: later .accepting
the chairmanship. ,He said the
town had agreed' to support the' Fall
Fair board, in an, effort to make the.
centennial Fall :Fair one of'sP ecial
significance Entertainment. was'
beingprovided ..by the 'town••for
Fair weekend which had appeal to,
young people .• T.he village 'is also
bringing in an artillery•,battery •
which will perform at the Fair.
'Reeve Joynt said he felt it was'
the responsibility of. the .citizens
such, as -the local youth group, ,to
make suggestions for'centennial
observances and said' the. cornmitt-
ee. would welcome such .direction.
He, said.`Luc•know had never shirked.
its duties' in community, matters
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'andals Strike,
tFairy take
Vandals -did considerable damage
and canseducli inconvenience Y•
at the suis mer property of William
Graham. of Ripley and. Ra Hard
Y
Ackert: of Holyrood located "on
Fairy .Lake in Kinloss Township.
Fairy Lake, .k. nown to older .resi-
dents as Purves' Lake', is located
north 'of Highway 86; about 21/.2
miles east of Lucknow;
•According'to Ontario Provincial'
Police at•'Kincardine.Who. invest.- .
igated the incident, windows •were`
broken inboth a cottage and cabin
with entry'. gained to the cottage
An outboard motor was thrown in
shallow water in the lake and was
later retrieved., by the owner. A
boat had been taken out on the •
water but was pot damaged .: The
cottage was not, ransackedwith.
actual damage at a minimum.
The breakin and vandalismocc
urred last weekend It was invest-
igated Corporal..
ig ted by; Hightonand
Constable Burgess of :Kincardine'
Ontario Provincial Police.
sevenKinloss .Boys .Are Queen Scouts •
.yen Venturersreceived their
:en Scout badges and citation.
he. annual, 'father` and son ban-
t of the'•tirst Kinloss Scout
dp held at, the. iiolyrood Hall
on Saturday night. Distriet omm• red; on the Queen Scout badges
The boys., left.to right,, are Jim
Mackinnon, Eric Thack
Haldenby, David Eadie
ert, Jon' Lizrrtore, ,Mac
issioner Archie Gowanlock of Walk
erton presented the citations and
Venturer adviser Lloyd Ackert pin- '
ONLY SECOND TIME
HYDRO,
FREE
ARREARS
For:'the' second time in . the history
of the Lucknow Hydro and Water
Utilities , there areno arrears of'.
accounts
Treasurer E.H,. Agnew reports a '
clean slate as of April lit. only -the
second, such time since he comm '
enced work for the 'village in 1928,
...
The utility was formed in 1921,
Only one. other time , in 1959,
were• the books, arrears free . For
those of us who run businesses of
varying, descriptions these .days it
is realized that having a set of
books,•free of.arrears,'is no srnaill
a,e,complishment.
: ' . : .•
•A local man seconded' the nom
inationof Murray •Gaunt as Liberal
candidate in,the next provincial
election in the riding of Huron -
Bruce'. Leo .Murray of Kinloss, on
the left ,.seConded Mr,. Gaunt's
nomination proposed by Cal Kraut-.
'.er of Brussels, ori the right. Shawn,
centre, is -Murray Gaunt resent
,p
member of parliament in the Ont-
ario ; legislature •
Reeve. George Joynt' told The
Sentinel, Monday that the test well`:
at the south-east edge of the :'vill-
age, on the property of William
Lyons. had reached. a depth of 192
. P,
feet on,lvlonda
Y
Drillin was ceased and` it ,was
planned -to test pump the well on
Tuesday and subsequent days this
week to see if ;a satisfactory water
supply can be obtained If the
satisfactory, test proves a .perma n-
•Birihday
en well would•be sunk in that..:
served location to serve the village's
water needs.
n,Hospital
• :Mrs; Charles Lorenz, of Lucknow
observed her 92nd birthday on'Sunr
day April 9th in Wingham and
District' Hospital
. Mrs`. Lorenz' has been in hospital
for some time'. Her daughter Mrs.
Clarence. (Pearl) Bell and.Mr. Bell
o Lucknow visited with her and
served; ice-cream and: cake to
other visitors.
•
eekenctAreakii.._
Police Chief William. Nelson is
investigatin .a weekend.break-in
at'Moritgom " y Motors in Lucknow
Somet' Sunday evening' or ..
early Monday morning entry, was
'gained to the garage•by breaking •
a window. .A;'small amount of
cash was stolen.
aror; �►rena
laced' F�or Fai
Major work on the Lucknow • still beeligible for winter. works
.arena renovation will .not comm grants: , ..
ence until next Fall, Reeve Reeveloynt said that the arena-
George Joynt has advised The' Sen.-will;be used for various' community
•tinel that .difficulties in securing
•estirrate$•and plans from the con-
tractor has caused council to.
make plans for only minor alter- •
ations this spring with the Major Joynt said true A. Brown: Construe=
renovations scheduled to comm tion Co, of Walkerton will handle
ence on October 16th of this year. the general contract withseveral
local sub contractors also. involved .
The Lucknow arena renovation is'
a joint project between the Village
'of Lucknow and the Townships of
Ashfield , • Kinloss and West WaWa-
er, , t3arry nosh. Work will be done under the:. I date,' the job should be completed'
' events throughout the spring and
summer and any construction start-
ed how might affect the use..of .the
building throughout that time: 'Mr;'
It is' estimated that the renovation
in the ..Fa ll willtake six Weeks,
and it is anticipated •by council
that 'with an October 16th starting
, John ,ick- winter works' program and cannot be in time forthe•Vnter skating and
NicInnes,• ,-carried out through the surnmer and hockey season,
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