The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-03-12, Page 15WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12th, -1969
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL,, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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'DUNGANNON NEWS
Rev. and Mrs', 'Glen Wright spent
three days last :'week at the United
Church Training Center at Five
Oaks, • taking part in a : clergy ,re-
training.course... They went on to
• Toronto, where they spent 'another
three days at the Ontario .
Camping Association Conventibn.
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OnWednesday , March 5th the
Orange Lodge card party had 12
tables in play.: High winner for the
ladies was Mrs•: Alex Nivins , while. the men's'high went to Walter
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Alton. The:ladies second high
prize was^won by .Mrs . Walter
Alton and William Caesar won the
men's second high prize.
Congratulations to Mr. •and Mrs:.'
Jim Rivett on the arrival of 'a boy,
a.,little brother for -Allan, Scott
and Dwayne
FRACTURES ANKLE
We were sorry to hear that John .:
'.Maize received abroken ankle n
walk
. two places and :,has been in a
.ing•cast.for the last two weeks.: -We
do hope the ankle.. keeps improving,
";John.
Congratulanons to M-r,—an'
At , ice Capcadels
The Town and Country Club en:-,
joyed a trip to Ice Capades in •
Kitchener March 1st, Forty six
attended .
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During March' an; Irish Concert,
will be held as: well as a• birthday
party March 25ih.
is in Victoria .Hospital London. We
hope to hear .of her: returning home
soon;
Congratulations to Mrs. Bert' •
McWhinney Sr, on.attainin thee;
g
good age of 83"last'Sund'ay. Annie
is in fairly good health. and does.all
her own house work: She is a
very lovely person to: visit with:
We. would also like to say :con-
gratulations to Mr. arid 'Mrs.' derry
Glen on their' recent marriage. The.
'good will of..the'v�illa g e:is: with :..ou
g g Y
both,. and we are glad to have .you
make your. home with us
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"God is my power of strength'."'
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a born Elizab th as
She e w s
. h
.y
1888 in Killemenagh,. •Parish of
Ardboe,County Tyrone; ,
Ireland At the age of 16. she
d where ,
N: Y;„ 'to' join her,brother and sister
She acquired a .position on 5th ,
Avenue where., she Was employed ,as•
a, parlour maid for':John R. Abney
BY $HIRLEY J. KELLER
By a .vote of eight.. to six:,._ Huron
County ,Board! of Education decided
Monday evening to: locate their'
offices in the town of Clinton.
One wing of Central Huron Secon-
.dary School will be renovated 'a
quickly as possible to house. the dir
eetor of .education John D.
Cochrane and his:staff. Until the
premises is readied for occupancy,
temporary 'accommodation will bp -
found in Clinton, probably at the
school or in the former nurses'
residence at 'Clinton Public High
School. , •
Deliberations concerning the
,question lasted about' two hours
during. which time principal
speakers were Robert Elliott;, vice:-
chairman
ice-
chairman of the board who' origin-
ally outlined the proposal at last'
month's Goderich meeting, and
Dan Murphy, Goderich, who went
ori -record,: also. at the previous meet
ing that he would.oppose the iugg-
estion . •
The meeting ; held in' CHSS board
room to permit the board an opport
'Unity to view the accommodat.ion,,.
heard the pros. and cons 'of locating
in Clinton versusG.oderich-
In a prepared report, Elliott esti-
mated the cost of renovations for
the CHSS site at approximately
$17 ,500,. Actual estimate submitted
by.contractorto; the'b�oard was
,$22,30,0'' based on the instructions
given the contractor'•by'Mr. Cock
rave; who rear•t'arigec'llliott's. initial
plans for,. the. suite of offices to
better suit his ,needs.
This price includes moving.' a
once the board of education locat-
ed in •a town, sta ff members would
locate there also: In. tittle to cone,
the board would find it very diffi-
ycult to disrupt the •: entire operation
,and move it to another Ideation'.
"The board. would. feel:cornmitt--.
ed.td that location,'mobserved.
Sheppard
Hensall's Jim Taylor reminded Ythe,
board -there was 'no estimate recei-°
ved on the cost of" parking provis
ion for:the board of education.
Suggestion had been made earlier
to rip up a cir'cle'of:lawn.at CHSS
and pave it
Chairman John Lavis repcirted';
it was going to cost the- Huron rate.
payers' money, for•a parking 'lot,
regardless of where the board
located . 'At the assessment, build-
ing , Lavis noted, it was understood
that the size of. the parking lot was.
to be doubled at" a cost to the•
ratepayers" .if the board located
there.
`
in
science `lab to another location
hoard::
the school to;•make ..way for•a. boa
room in.conjunction with the
offices. Actual,.square footage
available, is 3500 as compared to
`Murphy suggested it was fairer to
separate. school ratepayers to :rent
accommodation than to'enter into
a capital; expenditure , Lavis hinted
there were indications. that county
council would be phased out before
county school boards .
"Where would that leave this
board if we were:located.in a ..
county building?" asked.. Lavis,
Elliott said even'if.re ional:govern
g g
nment was::upon us in five. years,'
the saving would .still have amount=
ed to about $25,000 during the
interval.
emigrated. to w ere the: streets, are
d Mrs ". Paved with gold ," New York City ,,
-acconimedation in the 'assessrra.erit_.,„-
building amounting to 2280 square
feet
In his report Elliott :estimated the'.
boardwould save about $25,200
minin u.m in a period of five years•
with savings, increasing at a rate of,
r approxim ately' $8 , 500`on the sixth
year and everyy .year - thereafter
• (The five year figure was used for.
was out on strike He 'reported. back Banner which was eventually. pass; comparison because.. it is' estimated
Douglas. Kerr. on the arrival 'of '
theirbaby boy` at the Goderich
General Hospital:. '•"'
Mr. and •Mrs. Lornelvers;had'as'
Jg
ud e:of the Supreme•Court of New.
guests on Saturday Mr. and Mrs :
York Mary Pendleton Abney; wife
Harvey .Congrarn and Barbara of ' • of the•Judge;.'• whom. Mrs: Kelly.
Kitchener
referred to gas 'Thee Lady'w,as a
Rodger Pentland was ,home .1 sty diree.t• descendent of'Franeis. Scott
\`'leok,1".^thi.19 the hydro connpany key,.auth.or`'of the Star Spangled .
to work Monday.at Sturgeon falls. ed.:by:the U.S;• Congress in 1931 as
I' rs ::. EtlZel' I` : on, .' t+ 1e
,again after spending three weeks in ‘,`It. was during her er'nployrient
Wingham':;liospital and, then four, -with'the Abne.y's•that she .met
weeks at her daughters, Mr and Rose: Kennedy, (nlothLr of; the late
,Mrs.' Wilfred Pentland., while they . �president:John.F ' Kennedy and: -
were. down south on.`a halida•)"; late Senator Bobby Kennedy) lust;:
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Therewere nine Explorer girls and prior•to Rose's „marriage to Joseph.
\their three leaders at:a Tharjhoffer-..Kennedy. She was just as warm
nd1y"as she.is''to-day" , Mrs
March 4th, The service was very_ ' Kell recalled. •
capably:led by Mrs. Alex'Nivins . Elizabeth'Cassidy was nlar ilea' to,.
'and Mrs. Reg: Brindley with lunch
served after the ,service
We were sorry to hear. Mrs.' Harold
McLeod spent a few days in the
Goderich Hospital with=pneunponia.
Hope-t-o-hearettcr soe
We were glad to hear Mr.. and
Mrs, :Wilfred' Pentland of
ngannon. and Mr. and
son Pentland of London had a very
• enjoyable trip., down to Florida,.
where they visited with another
brother Mr, and Mrs.". Lavern Pent,-
• land for two weeks . They teport
lovely weather while down•there.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs
Hendrick Brink on :the arrival of a
-,baby girl,' in 'London Hospital, We
• hope to hear the wee girl is fine.
Mr , and Mrs Brink live on the
former Arnold Stothers'farm, south
of Dungannon;
,Mr. and Mrs,' Frank 'Thompson,'
13111 Wiggins, Bert.McWhinney and
others of the surrounding area went
to Toronto to the Fire Insurance •
Convention until Thursday of this
week.
We unders,t, ndr•lvlrs ., Tom Phillips
John: Kelly in 1911 at the Church of
"St: Ignatius Loyola New York ,f.by.
Rev, P.H. Casey', SJ. `"At that,.
ti e everyone', in New York waa•
Iri h." They moved to Matemoris,
l�enii =wtiere-Johnywdxked- gn_th P
Pennsylvania Erie railroad;
as the' desire to return to
Ireland , :which they`did,f Ten of
their eleven children (6 boys and 4
girls) were born there, They'also;
adopted Molly,, a baby 'of two
years. After spending sixteen years
there, they returned' to Canada to
farm during the ''hungry thirties",
in Saskatchewan. Here their last '
daughter. Bridget: was born, "The
crops were burnt alrnost'every
year" , recalls Mrs, Kelly , ''from
lack of water:"' One morning as 'she'
ttgh her cupbaa
food ,,' all she could raise was one
teaspoon of tea to go around 12
little 'faces . In' 1057 they moved
to Kingsbridge adquiring 'a farm on
the first 'road north of St, Joseph''
Church .Many residents know itY as
eat w icy.
:that regional .go'vernment'wil
i .hin five 'ear
and because the :county was askin
$1000 each. year ,for fi\ e. years
to pay for furnishings etc. in addit-
ion to the.re•nt of $5000:• annually)
pan Murphy told •the•board there
were 'too' many' intangibles : in' r
Elliott's'report, 'He' criticised the ..
suggestion to' spend about $25,00d
at this time:•because it is still not /
known exactly where--the-new-board
is headed . Murphy. advocated .
"temporary location" in the .assess
Ment building where it wou.ld:�be, .
possible to work efficiently until, a
clearer picture of the overall.sit ia~
tion was revealed
Following,thevote in favo' of
Clinton the•boaFd
dec
ded to
con-
sul/
uit Page 'and Steele architects, `.
regarding sketch plans and working
drawings for the renovations. ,
Cochrane was instructed -to pre °,
pare .a. report concerning the office •
furnishings he and his staff will re-
quire.and the -office furniture
'which is now unlised throughout, the
county school system. •
In his report, business.
administrator , Roy Dunlop request ;
e, the board to hire an assistant for
hi . Dunlop claimed. the Workload'
was sufficient to. warrant the addit- -
ion to the staff.
Presently working on the budget
Dunlop predicted a substantial.
increase. 'He advocated a system
whereby the'board would, approve
any capital expenditure of $10.0 or.
mere, • '
"There is a tremendous demand
for audio-visual aids," remarked
Dunlop. He -cautioned' the board it
was advisable -to "look at the
whole thing" before buying because
one single expenditure could lead-
to'a series of .expenditures'in, the: '
future.:
Mr. 'Cochrane stressed the wisdom
of asking principals to "justify"
their requests, for"'equipment.
Dunlop expressed a ;fear that if a
principal thoughtthe budget/for
school was severalthousand dollars.'
for 'equipment ; he might ,be
inclined "to spend every cent of ;
it"
John Eienderson, 'Gordon Moir',.
Clarence McDonald: and John'Lavi:s
have been' appointed' as a committ-
ee to deal: with non -teaching em
ployees following a • letter• from the
custodians at-CHSS regarding a
wage: review .
In other business, the beard
repr-ese:nt-to
'of the.Stratfo
rd District Horne
'and
•
r•School to; the next meeting; • and
a
authority to"
ve ne the
c ra Co h
g..
increase secondary schdol staffs as
recommended byprevious boards
�av�ngs You
an
e e,
the road to Shamrock b h h 1 f
• Wingharn board• member Shepp-°
and Said .• he was not in favor of
pora.ry lee -n -anywhere
because "temporary things tend to:
become permanent" . He said that
John developed.
Mrs. Kelly and family were
unique when it, came time to dance
the "i'risli Four Hand Reel"' at:the
community dances;. She taught her'..
four youngest children the ji'g.,and"
she, aecorhpan.ed them on the
fiddle. "We entertained inGoder-
ich and all over ," she remembers.
o -day t ere are nine-surviving
`ch°ildren and twenty-seven grand-
children in.the Kelly family. Mrs:.
Kelly is not holding open house 'on.
her 81st birthday next Monday .but•
hopes that some of the neighbours
will feel free to drop; in to see :her ,
:d.P..iWi1•••r•dr.�`.
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