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Council G vQ
Prices. On:
A special meeting of Lucknow,
village council on Wednesday
night. of last week authorized the
Reeve, . eorge,Joynt'and chairman
,of the water com:mitte'e,,.
Eldon. Wraith to proceed to obtain
costs regarding the developing of
the No. 5 well in•Lucknow•. •
The Well, drilled in 1967, ,tests
out as the best, well Lucknow has;
ever developed with a more than
'adequate water supply It is
located_ on,:former Lyons .property
• at the south, -east corner of the
village in the area of the Lucknow-
Public School
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••° Reeve Joynt stated that the de'vel-
opment of the well:'is a, must:and
that firm prices ori. the cost of dev=
elopment would be secured at the
Receives Transfer
To.Clmton Banks day �
L:UCKNOWr; ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1969.
operate lon. a
quiced, or
eve to • - n
,earliest ossible time:, It isthe
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intention of the eouncil to utilize
as much equipment as, is possible
`from, existing wells in•the villa e'
Ree
ve Joynt felt•that•t was.essent-
ial to get the well in operation
prior to the mid summer, drought,
conditions.
Questioned .about,the.debenture
debt in the village, clerk E.11,
Agnew said that the village had
one of the lowest. debenture debts'.
inthe'country with •a ,continuous •
retiring of existing debentures after'
1970 of work done in earlier years;.`.
'Gerald MacLean, who recently
purchased the MacMurray home
in Lucknow on -Clyde Street,
applied to. the village for a. licence =
to. operate .a'.t'axi' service in: the
village.. Mr. MacLean met with
council and made. the •request'•per. `.
sonally:' He:said that. he would
operate lon' or'•short runs, as re-'•
quired night. Council was•
'not• clear on what classification
this• licence•woul'd fall into and
told 'Mr MacLean they would
vestigate the' matter and advise •
him :later . • ;
Councillor Harold Greer,'deleg'-
ated at an earlierm �eeting'. 'had'a
".
reporton theea � ibi lit of vi
po f, si 1 y moving•
the ladder from. the present ladder
truck to the .present town truck.
.This. was 'considered 'a possibility
f
oems s with the owing tnajor;probl m
ladder'truck and the recommend-
atior by th f Department' of Labour
Bill ' Fisher a member of the Bank
of. Montreal staff at Exeter, has';
received a transfer'.io. Clinton:; Bill ,
son of. Mr and Mrs. Gordon Fisher
of Lucknow'', is at present'on
vacation and will commence his
riew position as. credit .officer'' at
Clinton' on March; 3rd'.
Mrs;: hiiher` and'daughter Susan''
Arline will remain in:Exeter until
April ist ; .
Mr.. and Mrs Gordon i~isher..visitr
ed: in Exeter with Bill and family '
• last Thursday.
hree
amities
omarti Lost....
CONTRIBUTED'
HonouredAt
Social Gothe.ring
Lost 162pounds'of woman :If A social 'evening of cards was
found owners*do' notawisl its return 'held at North A`shfield:School on
The 'Dr Corrtn's :Pet Peeves• met 1 'Friday , February 21st: The guests
again' this week -and 4 new of honour were; Mr and Mrs-.
members were enrolled.. Total. ',Charlet Anderson .who Moved to
membership to. dat'e 47. Twenty,- Lucknow some time ago. and. Mr.
'eight members showed :a • total .loss '• and Mrs : Al Irwin and Mr and
of S4 1he ,n ne ;eek,-Zhts_brings Mrs. B-i11-8-t-anle_yJwlto-h-a -sold. News
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that the ladder truck be taken out
of .service. •
In Councillor Greer's invY stigation
he concluded, that a new t
i•actor''
was. needed by'tte village 'much
more than a new town truck which
would have to be bought if_ the •'
ladder mechanism was moved to
the present town truck. Mr.,0 Greer
said that the prelent tractor owned
by the Village is not powerful •
enough' to operate the street sweep:-
er and had not even been adequate
for; cutting weeds He.'felt a good•
tractor; suitable :for ;the required
jobs could be of great value to
the town. in ,many areas of service;
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Single Copy 1:5ci 16 .Pages
Graham•MacDQna1d
Is Supt. Of Schools
In Middlesex Co.
Graham, MacDonald,, son•of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. F. MacDonald.,of
Lucknow,. has accepted the
position of Area. Superintendent of
Schools with ;Middlesex Count
Y
Board of Education .-Graham is a..
Kinloss native andg raduate of
Lucknow High School: •
Graham hs; residn' Watford
since 1958 and his inspectorate- in-
eluded portions of Lambton arid
Middlesex Counties. He commen:-
cedhis new duties'.in early Febru
ary
His. family, ;including his wife
Freda and c•hildrten, 'Anne, -Jim 1
and Bill, plan to'move'to .the. Lon-
don area this..summer:
Gr�atestLoSSes,.A1so:Greatest.Gro,th•
West Wawanosh Mutual In .1968,
kart MacVVhinriey b New Qirector
•„The 90th .annualmeeting of the.
West Wawanosh Mutual Fire.lnsur=
ante' C o� � mpp
any held -in the•Parish'
Hall Dungannon on Friday of last'
week indicated. that the aniount of..
insurance, in : force by•the corn ' an
F Y
increased during the year by
$4;158,00., Total:insur•ance in
.force is riow $57;•05.1,842
• Frank Thomm -
o • pson , se,c'r etaiy tress,••
user of the•company, in presenting
the ;auditors'' report ,.stated:.that the
company' had experienced:its •
greatest losses during:1968 with. tot-
al ,losses• amounting to' $118,090. .;
.The greatest ,growth in'tlie90 year •
history .of the West Wawanosk •
Mutual was also recorded -during'
tatted Director t�f
eekly Association
:Don Thompson pii.blisher of The
'Lucknow Sentinel, was: elected:as,.'
a director' of. the•Ontario%Weekly
jpers. Association At the r . •
annual convention in'Ottawa from.•,
- our grand, total .to 162 lbs. in one ' ' their • farms: and" will, be rnoviug fa'
• • month and well.'on our way to`those.•Lucknow
trim figures ;for. Spring: :The pleasant evening w;
,A•deinonstr'ation was given by
1�1rs: Joe Scott ,of Ripley in the 'art
sponsored•by boundary, east friends'
and neighbours of the honoured
•'of applying make-up A1•1 1•'guests.
'members left:the meeting Following lunch•;•presentations
• rafter the usual.excerciSes•••etc,:'wltht were '.made to M:r;.:and Mrs:'And.-:
a glowing determination to mal<e erson, :a...writing desk; to •Mr, and
the record •even higher next' weel< . :Mts. Irwin, la rtes. and.end tables;
Anyone Wishing to join. us . in' our ; to M r : „and • Mrs. Stanley.; .a swivel.
Sunday .evening hikes (wearier • ',chair 'and foot stool...
Permi.tting) may.get in touch with'.
hlolly'Passniore or Ann Pritchard..
See you next week,
Murray llend'erson acted •as ' :
master of .ceremonies addressing •
the honoured couples.
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SED BY
A'LKING:
•-Murray Button,. 13 -,year-old son'
of 1M4r, and Mrs. Bill Bution Who' •
reside on Highway 8t, just west'of
Lur know was chased bytwo foxes
lase week as he walkborne ed after:
walked;
1
hand practice.
Murray, a grade '7 trrrdenr at
• Luc' ... ,, . s •e...
• l<now Public School' ,.� vias, en
.route horne:on 'Tuesday night of
•last week about 9 p.m. Ile was
walking through th,e fields behind
the Lucknow;Sawmill property to.
Itis home, just to the west.
Murray'told The Sentinel that
two foxes carne Out of'the:swarnp
E
to the south ,and chased him ,.They
did not` ex close and he estimated.
they ,-�' • were bout 30 yards away:•
,
when the reached the house. Murray.
got a gun, loaded. it, but by the
time he returned outside, the anim•
Were nowhere in sight.;
Murraynd, his brother Rab had Y seen ,a. den of,foxes at the edge of
the s'.wamp.Sotrie weeks ago. They
shot at them' at,that time and
thought that one had been wounded
'as blood was visible on the 'snow.
They had counted four foxes as they'
spattered from the den,'
:Thursday;to Sunday of: last'w.eek.'
The Ontario association is'repres'
entati\•e of' about 200 .Weekly news.
papers aeross the prov-ine-e Bev., `and'.Don Thompson represented
The` Sentinel at the meeting..
The othermnew: director elected •
at. the Ottawa Ineeting•was.Robert
]f:uchanan,of•t re urora ca.nner:::
Other officersinclude, president ,
Peter Hvidsten',of the.Uxbridge
'Times -Journal.; 'past president,: Ret;
Workman Winchester- 'Press;•
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1.968
Net premiums written in' the year
re 2 •
we 66 1 a intra
1 1 increase f
. $ . n s o
$29,000"over the previous year.
•About 100 "attended the •meeting
which was.chaired by: the president
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To Dr 1l.fQr Oil•
In.Amberley Area
A,Chatham oil drilling company
has:' set up onf• the farm of Ken
Elhick in the'A:rnberle area on
P . Y
Highway 86•, The firm moved in
about ten `days ago and began, pre
parattons; for drilling.
The drillers, are not, on Ken's.
home farm at Lochalsh but .on.
his other, place further to the west,
known as the former Reg"Campbell •
farm .. Other properties in the area
have also been. leased,,
Seriously Hurt>
In Florida Crash
Mrs.' 'Gordon, Davidson, 55, of
Wingham;, injured' in a two -car
crash at Hollywood , • Florida Wed-
nesday of last week was •reported in
fair condition on the. weekend in ,
Memorial Hospital there"
Previously she had been' in
criticalcondition.
Mr Davidson, • 55', driver' of the
car , was treated for minor injuries
and released Wednesday' night : The
ouple~.left .Wingltarn- February
rf
a or a m`inonih Florida.
Nlrs.. Davidson is the former Don-
ald=a.Douglas`of Luckno `, daughter
Of Mrs Robert Douglas/now of Wing
g
ham and the late;l 1r'" :Douglas:
g
;ayThorr�tan Recognized For Seivice
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Young Son Passes'`
Christopher Douglas Farrell
,young sorii.of kir., and Mrs. Doug.,
Farrell of.Langton,'died Monday
at the Nbrfoll< General Hospital
Sinicoe: tie was in his' third': year:
and their only child,
Doug Farrell and Mrs Farrell,'
the former Charlene .Lohnes , are.
natives oaf the I luron-Ripley area
athe child is
Besides his parents,
',survived by his grandparents.;. Mr:
and Mrs, clo•r•on. arre o uron
Township and Earl Lohnes of Ripl-
ey'.
The private:funeral service was
conducted at the McLerin.an-
McCteal`th Funeral Horne in Ripley
on Wednesday at 2 p; m. Burial was.
in Ripley Cemetery.
The Stratford 'Optimist Club hon- ; was presented. to.the:clubseveral ::
'oured its second vice-president .
.recently when it chose ;Ray
• . Thornton as •Optiriiist of the Year,.
The award , ;.presented ann•ua11y,
.goes to a 'Club.member, selected by
the nienbership,' it recognizes an
outstanding g contribution to the
•,
work of the club;in all phases of its
• activities
•
•Ray attended all regular •and exec
u'tive nieein$s during the past year,.
1
. years' aso by'Sam Paces, now of. •
Haniilton, in memory ,of Fred
Dannecker, for rnany•years one of
the club's most active members.
The club has ,Many projects -
both community. -oriented. and fun•
d
raising. One of;its m st•'
iniporta'nt cora munity projects is
the boys' workshop.- 'where boys
learn wood -working skills at twice
a week classes Some, 90 .boys •
lF
in addition -to ho.idirig,an' executive
position
Lucknow residents will recall.• Ray,
living hereabout five' 'years agog
When he was employed by•'Tile
Sentinel. • .•
The Optimist of the Year, plaque•
annually are registered for these'
classes ,,the. cost of which •is paid: .
by the club. ,.•
Among its fund-raising e\\ents,
the elu'h' sponsors a weekly bingo
with prizes totalling'sotne '$SOt'Y'
At the present time the'cit b has a
vertibership of between 40 a.r>d 50
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