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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, •:LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
The LU 'KIS )W SENTINEL
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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WEDNESDAY,•FEBRUARY. 1,2th, 1969
Lucknow Rangers.H�sIToronlo Group
For Fun-FiIIed Winter Week�nd.,
CONTRIBUTED .
Last Friday evening after' several girls But they quickly 'discovered
weeks of planning,, under the capa that falling off is always part of the
ble:leadership of_the chairman,
Pat Hamilton, the. Lucknow Rang-
ers entertained 9,Rangers andtheir'
leaders from''Toronta. The initial
silence and: shyness seemed over=.
• 'come as both groups played the
game of twist and other contests.
under Barb Wilkins and. Brenda
Ritchie. After pizza and other'
goodies; th'e•Lucknow Rangers
each: tookone of the Toronto
girls. to stay at their home for the'
weekend:
Saturday morningsaw the'Rangers
showing their billet the sights of
the" area: Maybe you saw several .of
them ,on Main street. By two
0 clock•tlie t.wo,groups. numbering
twenty-three, plus the Toronto • •
leader's ten:=month.-old daughter ,. .y
Mary Elizabeth,and her husband,
Father Riesberry:, an Anglican
.clergyniari, were thoroughly,
,enjoying .a sleigh ride at the farm.
.of, i.'R. Murray. This'was a new
ekperience for 'most Of the Toronto
Club F�as Toral
Lou Of 79�/s lbs:
Pounds are melting fast and fur --
ions.. not er wee ly.,.meeting of
'Dr.; Corrins, Pet Peeves:.': was held.
at; the. Lucknow Public School on.
Friday evening January.:31.. Little
did anyone realize, least of.all its -
organizers; •that a club such as this.'
would:prave to be•such a booming •
success'in just 3;short weeks,.1.Elev
en more 'enthusiastic' members' were
enrolled bringing. the• total- so •far
to •33.members in all.
Eighteen rrmenibers" lost a total of
i9 ihs , hringing our. Grand total' of
weight loss to 79,1/2 lbs'. Few
showed no. weight loss' this "week '
and 2.showed again of1`•lb. each
for which theypaid the penalty of
:10'c •: . .
furl., It would seem such Lucknow
Rangers as. Debbie Corrin and .Marg,
Chester were' Very adept at showing.'
how -to fall off the' sleigh . Riding
bare back was also a thrill for'the
Toronto girls.
From here it was back to the
Presbyterian Church where all pit-
ched in to: prepare a' pot luck supp
er which was scrumptious. ' •
By 8:30 p.m. they were.. again
together at a:Record Hop; sponsor-
ed' by. the Luc know Rangers ardwart,
Luc know Public , School . Four hours
later they had all declared it; areal
success d theweary but thrilled
cashiers Joanne Greer 'Elizabeth
Newbold and Janet Thompson
bearned as they realized. they.
could •meet expenses:
Sunday .morning dawned too early„
for some who talked until the wee
small hours of the' morning but all
were there on time at the Lucknow.
Catholic Church; where they' were
given a most gracious welcome
Farewells' were bid- afterr a lively
'singsong and tasty snack at Janet*
Carruther's home. She is the
Lieutenant of th'e Toronto group.
and along with RangerGail Jamie
son 'sparked the sing song.
Our thanks,to all .who helped,to
make this weekend a• great success
especially. .the'parents•of the
Lucknow Rangers.
Arrangeirients were,:made.for the
weekend outing by Janet
Carruthers and the Lucknow Ranger
Company'.
Mrs: Angus MacLennan is
captain of the Lucknow,, Ranger•
Croup..
point-mem�
Bruce School Board'
NNOUNCEMENT•
!BENSON - '.::NRY
'WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12th,•1969 •
Mr. and,Mrs, elville Henry,
R.R. 1,,Kincardine wish: •to •
announce the, forthcoming
marriage of their daughter Brenda
Jean', to Mr, Robert Kevin Benson,
son of Mr• and Mrs..I-van Benson-
Of
e-nson-of. London, on 'Saturday , March. •
Z, 1969 at 3:05 o'clock in Pine
River United Church,
•
. ENGAGEMENTS
WILKEN '- MadMILLAN
Mr. and Mrs Philip MacMillan
of Lucknow announce thcengage-
ment of their daughter, Isabel
Margaret., to. Mr, Murray John •
Wilken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will-
iam Wilken of 4„R, 1, :Kincardine.
The .wedding•will take place on
Saturday . March 1st in Lucknow:
United Church at 3: p: •m .
GLENN THOMPSON"
Mr, and Mrs: Frank 'F,. Thorny •
son of• Dungannon announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Bernice
Anne, to Mr..Gerrie Morgan Bert,
Glenn * n of Mr. and Mrs':- Frank'•
°GiTe
will take place in'Dungannon Unit-,
ed.Church , Saturday , March 8th
at 3 p m,. .
NICKEL. -• •McQT4ILLIN
Mr: and -Mrs 1 -, Richard -A ;-McQui-
'11in Of R.,R. 3',' Holyrood , announce
the engagementoftheir .daughter ,;
Barbara Esther to Mr. Donald
James'Nickel,'.son of Mr. and Mrs;:`
Robert Nickel of Weston The
'Marriage : will take place on Satur-
day; March lst at 4 p:'m in St.
Peter's Anglican Church.,_ Lucknow.'
REAL NEED -
t.
CONTINUED' FROM "PAIGE 1
Theylong 'll remember the winter
of 1968-69 in this sector of Western.
Ontario, particularly CNR crew -
men w
Though plowing; through
mountainsof snow in this, snow belt
Y .
is common, ever . winter,.
Weeks 'may be recordedamong the'
most' trying .
' CN's most recent storm,
started' inriicently Monday night
of last week, when a snowplow,'
preceded a dayliner' from .Palmerst-
on to Kincardine: .
Early Tuesday, on its. return trip
to Palmerston, the snowplow's
diesel quit. So, at noon, officials
dispatched a second plow from
Stratford to rescue the stranded
unit., •
With the: crippled plow, i'n, tow ,.
the second unit suddenly caught.
fire about four .miles north of •
Lucknow and it was ,brought to a'
halt on a bridge on Concession 4,
Kinloss Township. That was 3
Ir. m
The :Lucknow volunteer: fire depart
•rne.n4 p tinguished the .blaze ; Caus-
ed by .a,faulty electrical system,
but not before' extensive darnage.
was caused to the interior Of the •
cab.
Following• the blaze., a .double:
diesel unit was called..from'Palm-
erston to lrescue both the stalled' ' k•
snowplow and; the one with a char-
red cab,
All manag. • ed to mike it back' to
Palmerston Wednesday. The fire
damaged engine" was -hauled to
Toronto Wednesday night on the
first leg of a trip which will end in
Montreal whererepairs will be
made. 1
Chief dispatcher; AF,, Hughes
of Stratford was unable to. estimate
the ,arnount of damage; to the cab ,
" W'ould sure hate to be without
the home town paper. We look for-
ward. to it every Friday" ;:writes
LW. Alton of London in •renewing
Sentinel subscription..,
Passes Music Exam:
Mrs. Cla -ra Shaddick of•Lucknow;
.
has received word that the follow
ing pupils, have` passed the Royal
Conservatory piano exams; Donald
Elliott passed° Grade 8 and will re-
ceive his certificates. Grade VI and
VIII;
Elizabeth -Newbold passed'
Grade VI ,with honors; Karen Elliott
passed Grade VI with honors; Lorr-
aine, Boyle passed Grade VI'. with
honors; .Brenda Ritchie passed Grade
VIwith good mark,
SucsfuIPupiIs.
.
Pupils (If lvIrs.1 William Scott'of
Lucknow ,:who passed their Toronto.
Conservatory of Music piano exams
in Stratford in January 'are
:'Grade
VIII - Pass, Carol Campbell
Donna Mullin, John 'Henderson;
Grade_ VL - onours , Sandra Finlay:.
Grade IV= Pass Susan Hall.
Appointment of •four superinten-
dents far- Bruce County board -of
Llinutes of the last Meeting were 'education was announced Fridayby
.read' and approved: Ann -Pritchard •
led the ladies in their daily ex.cer- 'board chairman George '
,cises and all had, a hilarious tune
Loucks .
• Lunch'was served while 'a shortthike :. Roland Ross Swanson of Markham.
has been named superintendent of
•was discussed fo Sunday' (weather... •
business arid: finance, He has ,been
permitting) and :agreedupon: See manager of :the main Toronto office
you again next week with more,. Victoria and GTey'Trust
.•good: weight losses (we hope);.
Company
The board appointed three area
superintendents--o-f•
board"chairrnansaid a temporary
loan from the banks'could enable.
construction to' be completed .
The building: committee reported.
on several Other building projects
and proposals.in Bruce.
Two new teaching• areas of three
classes each and a resource area are
nearing completion ,at Kincardine
public. school: ! '
The committee saw';the need for a
proposed • $174,!000 addition ate Walk
.erton public. school, This• would .
include .a resource •centre and ,
library.' Tentative. approval has
been. received:from the department
of education and an -architect --has---
completed' sketch plans,.•
The Teeswater-Culross public
school has plans for. :an •
extension which would inc'orporate'•'
a. new teaching, area: and resource
centre , '
ESTIMATE $140,000.:
The cost of additions -and 'renov=.
ations to the public school at Luck
now vias estimated at $14:0,000....
rhoolt The building is the former Lucknow
district High. School:
The'school now has' ll classrooms
and_.two, portable.. rooms.
kindergarten and two common
areas for three classes each are •
recommended Also the fire`
marshal has instructed that wood
Panelling ;',used extensively in the
school, be removed •
. Mr. 'Bowe'rs •who saw a .real treed
in the Lucknow situation"
advocated -a study, of all schools in
Bruce :and establishment of a :setof
priorities in a five-year prograrn,
Mrs,' Donald Milne'of Kincardine,.
looking into sites for the board
offices, said her eornmittee .is
delving thoroughly into all comm
unities which have expressed inter-
est 'in haviing the:'headquarters.. A
recommendation'may be made be-
fore the end:of the month:. °
TenPND. IvMcConnell,now Young p ie
• principal of Waterford District `High
Join Credif `Union
Bruce,Countyareas ape intend iron;
_.
ent
of schools for the department of •
\. Lucknow ands District Credit ,education and •C.B. Beamer of Sud'-
Union Ltd, heldhtheir meeting on • '.'bur•y, :principal of Carson -Falcon-
Tuesday., February 4th, Minutes bridge High School. ,
of the last meeting were read with g
ten members attending,
.The Union is :glad'.to r•eport.the
'• • jb•ining of ten. young people , these
coming from(/the Youth, meeting The Clerk was instructed to call
field recently,• or tenders forg ravel contract and.
A dance is being planned for:the also.for Warble Fly Control for
Members . and non 'members. ma\., Road Accounts. of $4817 ,'55 and b •
attend, The; Union is also planning general,-adeounts $.350.59, were
a card party'soen, The next:Meet- approved for payment:.`
'Council adjourned to meet March'
4th at 1:1,0 p.m, •.
;DONALD M. SIMPSON
Clerk Treasurer: '
NEW ASHFIELD'
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