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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-06-21, Page 1t".IIlt w.1.4149 4.Wir..ti.a1111r . 1Wn ,ox.,;0►:i: R .00• A Year, 'In 'Advance' • $1.00 Extra To U.S.A. • LUCKNOW, ONTARIO gowned: L.D.H.S. King and Quee Doug Alton of Belfast and•Peggy. 'MacDonald. of Lucknow were crow- ned King and Queen of Lucknow. District High School at the Spring Formal Dance at the school on Friday evening:.: Doug is the;son:of the late Mr and Mrs. George Alton and Peggy is the daughter of Mr;. and Mrs . Bob MacDonald.. They were crowned by last year's King and Queen, 'Herb Hunter and Wendy MacKenzie,' after Noel Mason, school principal, had ann- ounced the nn-ounced'the results of the•student vote for this award Runners-up for the awards in each case were tied lan MacKenzie and Jamie Ross ,'Joan, MacKenzie. and Marybelle Hunter. The gym..and foyer of the school; were decorated by Grade 12 students using the:, theme .7 over the rainbow". A. large rainbow ran cornerwise across the• gym: disappearing into the sky of blue and returning to its end where _ a_ Tot .of •gold was found. The gym was centred with a dwarf'princess on a swing with other d varfs plac— ed • ed in•the:foyer. A brightly colour- ed• flower garden. and a small bridge over a pool surrounded by trees. and flowers was also found in the foyer. •The•, Marcadoes provided 'music from 10,to 1. legion Observe National Veterans y Banquet And Dance On Saturday National Veterans Week was. Branch of the Canadian Legion, officially observed by Lucknow,.. No. 309'; with -a centennial ban- quet•,anddance, in the Legion Hall. on Saturday night. • The Legion had sponsored a 'veer ans church parade and service of remembrance at the Lucknow \ cenotaph the previous Sunday and. the banquet Saturday marked the' end of National Veterans Week: which was.proclaimed by the Can'- adran government to honour all veterans who have served` in the ,Canadian Armed Forces. .This is the first time any•country has honoured .its veterans by issuing a . Royal. Proclamation. • One hundred veterans and their • wivesattended the banquet with H D. "Bud" Thompson acting: as: master'of ceremonies. A toast to the Queen was proposed by Bruce .W;amsley and Rev; Stanley Jay ,said Grace. eek`. fes Joest :Receives 50 Year Jewel J.W. Joynt of Lu know received his 50 -year few at a member. of LicknoW Chapter of 'the Royal' Arch Masons., The'presentation was made on Tuesday night,of last week at their -regular meeting; by his`son George Joynt. Both .Wes' and George are past 'lst principals of Chapter. served a Wes ser � . � , . i s 1st principal.n 1921 ana 1022 and was grand su.....erinten- .dent of Huron,District. No.�6 in•• 1934;. Bud introduced'rhe head table' guests Mr. and'Mrs, Harold Ritchie,' Bruce Wariisley, .Mr and: Mrs. Walter Arnold.; Chester Merr nam, ,Legion President Irvine Eedy and Mrs.. Eedy,, Mr, and Mrs,' Bud Thompson . Mr,,. and• Mti, Charles Robinson; Rev:. arid 'Wt. Stanley Jay, . , 4 Walter Arnold thanked the Lucknow Women's Institute ladies , for the delicious turkey dinner and. Mrs. Omar Brooks responded Branch President Irvine E'edy wet} corned the veterans'and their guests.. Harold Thompson read a letter from Reeve George Jbynt who was unable. to attend, commending CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 • WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 1100 ,1917 Off T' DublinEarly Costumes Were interesting In the Green ASHF1tLD;.FARM.UNION NEWS Six area men equipped .with hammers,' ropes, and carpenter aprons:travell.ed•to Ont-, ario on June 16 to the scene of the recent tornado The •nien spent •oneYda:y at a farm in the Dublin area repairing a barn. The barn had been lifted from its foundation during the recent tornado and set' back,on the same foundationin a twisted mariner The volunteers were. Keith Blake.. Gordon Robb,Herb.Wildgen, Jim Boak,;John Austin and: Jim' Martin. The Work gang was organized: by the Ashfield Farmers' Union`. .��► �.• - yam. -_ ��. ;�� '; , GROSS ABOUT $4,500. .Sell . Four : More Rural Schools: The,. board •of trustees of Huron County School Area, No. ;2 covin, ued their sale of rural schools in Ashfield.an'd West Wawanosh Town= ships• last weekend. Poui schools were sold on Fridaynight and Saturday morning by ;auctioneer Emile 'MacLennan •of Lochalsh ,., The ,,four schools, property and equip, ment grossed close to $4500 Friday night, No. 17, West Wawa - nosh, known as The. Diggins was. • sold to Howard Sproul for $500. Wes Nivins bought the wood furn•- ace for $10 with' the total gross for the'school and equipment' being $605. • The second school to be sold. on Friday night was •Dungannon with. Allan Reed of Lucknow purchasing the building and property for. $800. Allan ; also purchased one. of the oil furnaces•there for' $206 with tie second oilfurnace in the school • selling to Mel Morrison for . $265 The•Dungannon school sale grossed' $1'467.. `. On Saturday Morning,. the No. 9 Ashfield school was; sold to Ash- field Council', building and proper= ty for $700: Council also purchased a :furnace in'the school for '$320. This sale grossed $ll77 including all items. Council have used the school for some time as a meeting place. The location had been :rent ed by council until this time: • • No. 6:School .in Ashfield, located on the 4th concession west of Dun- gannon, was sold•to Howard Cul- bert for $900 with .Howard also,pur- chasing the furnace for $225. This sale grossed $1188•. • . Port Albert and Belfast schools': • are the two remaining to be sold • but •this; will not be done until a later date when, legal matters can be cleared" on the properties. Dan McLeod Passes' Donald (Dan) McLeod , a resident • of £rucelea Haven in Walkerton Wand a former.'resident in Lucknow ifor many years, .died at. Walkerton ' on Friday.,. June 16. He was 81 , years of age, Dan, who Was unmarriedl, was' the son of thelate John McLeod and Isobella McQueen. In recent .years, he lived on Ingles Street in Luck • now •In the home now owned by Frank Johnston, He is survived bythree s'%Sters Mrs. Margaret Fink, Mrs. H; p. (Verna) Cater Mrs. Sadie Gaynor. The, funeral Service was held at the Johnstone Funeral [ tome in ' Lucknow on ,londay , June 19 with interment in South Kinloss Gene- , t cry. Single Copy 10c. • 1i. Page: Portraits from the Past presented• tia1d While Miss Io at Lucknow 'District High School;on' Anne Alton represents the: Flora Monday'ofaweek by the Agri- (Dora Girl 6f earlier bar .'In the cultural Society produced •some .. lower icture', left to, right , are YP p .. interesting costumes of years gone Mrs� ..'Don:Thomspon; the eariv •b .In.the above icture 'Mrs. !motorist; Mrs; Jack. McKim Lade. y P Y. Bert Alton .of .Ashfield . left rep r- (rn.Red. Miss Elva Ritchie':, beauty y ; esents Mrs, John.'Sanfield MacDon-i. on the tennis court.': At it 60th Reunion '-ether members residing in Luck Robert. Fisher and. Noble Johnston of Lucknow attended the 160th • Bruce Battalion Reunion at South- ampton on Friday, lute 16th,. 150 former members of. this • Battalion were present.: now, but•who were'not present,, I are Sid Plow ri g ht , Dan Nicholson i and George Taylor who is at pre- '. tent a, patientat Westminster • Hospital, London..` 88. e.