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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-04-12, Page 110.:.A Year In Advance 149. Extra: Tp :U.S,A, 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 CONT1NUrED ON PAGE 3 • ropose •Murray Gc unt's. Single Copy lec om in ation 20 .Pagis '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, 6