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-LUCKNOW,, ONTARLO
poy Town — On. Nis Huron -Bruce Boundary
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL,. LUCKNOW, .ONTARIO
Second Class Maui Registration Number 0847.
Established '1873 --- Published Each Wednesday Afternoon''
'Member of tin C W.N.A and
Subscription Rate! $5.00 a year in advance the U.S.A., $7.00
Donald C. Thompson, • Publisher :
WEDNESDAY, DE
ECEMBER,• 3rd, •1:969
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 3rd; :1969;
�gio n and Lions'WlII°'.':oii
The sports committees of the
Lucknow. Lions Club and .the Luck -
now' Legion met with representa-
tives of Lucknow,, Kinloss and
y --n ighr
at the Lucknow LegionHall ,
'The meeting 'was initiated b
the two•clubs whowished to make
a <proposal of assistance to 'minor
sport to the three municipalites.
who have participated in the
Lucknow arena. project. t:
Brock Cleland was. spokesman
;
for the Legion. and Lions arid, out-
lined a decisionwhich had been •
reached by the two clubs.
The. Legion" and Lions.have, ''ill
,
the past, contributed very genet -
dor. Practices
.:
ously to assist .minor' spbrt in the
comfnunity and will continue to
ado this. However', they have
stipulated that in,thefuture they
do,not wish donations by the clubs
to' be• vied to purchase ice. practice
time at the Lucknow ,arena..
L �ri1 a ,F For' the .information of readers,
practice time at the Lucknow,, •
arena, in rdcent'years, had been
purchased at: an hourly rate.
Some of the moneyused to pur
chase ice time:had come from the
Legion'and Lions :funds.
The..Lions:and Legion feel that•
the are. a recreational committee,
Children ` in Biafra, who know . what real' hunger, :is; , will: benefit
A fINE'EXAMPLE!
, froma birthday= party held in 'Ripley •recently, by a ` nine-year-old
youngster 'and her friends.
•. Instead' of birthday gifts, •a 'total contribution. of $24 was . made
to •Canairehef. The 9th birthday party of Lois'' Rooney was complete
al[th fun \and games, But the most important. thing about this- party,
which made it stand', head • and' shoulders above others of its type, was
the fact that these kids were able to do something tor : children less
fortunate than themselves. '
Perha s it' wdl set ie i yle for future - gatherings oral agesur
this area. perhaps the example set by Lois will -influence some'of us.
SENTINEL DELIVERY PROBLEM
While ' tai deliver o/' The Sentinel at a '.distance has always
Po§ y
presented problems, there has been a . marked deterioration of service
in recent 'weeks; As near as.. can 'be determined, this problem was
created when the Canada, Post Office switched their , main 'distribution.
point for mail from this area from ; Guelph to •Kitchener: This was done
about a month .ago.
• '.Since .that time, .delivery complaints h'ave been;more ,numerous
than : Usual. you are having delivery ;.problems, f please let us' know
and we will endeavour to correct • the situation. •
Whi'le''thhere are. -..no problems with local delivery; nor the area.
immediately surrounding Lucknow, .the Lucknow Post Office staff have
been trying to correct the problems which, we have been encountering
with mail going .out -of -.the -area:'
'.mailing list has been sent bythe . local postmaSter
A complete Other po
to London fir.' revision and as'well,several. other. subscribers have
been switched to; different zones with the, hope that ,the situation will
be, corrected:
is
It hoped o • . that deliveries. will improve in-: the weeks . to come.
The Sentinel , leaves the 'Lucknow:`Post Office Wednesday each week,
with no exceptions. If you are having delivery problems,' please make
us aware of them so that everything possible can be done to see that
you receive your paper as quickly as possible '
•
Earlier this year, The Sentinel mailin ' costs were ' increased
% , Deliveries however o ave slid inthe o • ' 'site
irection and w,e are now having more com paints .than ever, about
late arrivals.
This problem ' exists in the large distribution areas, not in .the'
small communities in Ontario. In small communities, mail is handled'
a-quick-and-efftcient manneriAll-weekly'-newspapersare-experiene--
ing thesame: problems which were aggravated with the discontinuing
of Saturday deliveries in urban centres: •
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November 22;' 19ti9; to r'..and.
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Wingham.: a so .
VANHOORN' - In Wingham' arid:•
D strict.Hosp tai,"on Wednesday,
November 10 , '19.69, to Mr. a'hd
Nits Ja.rtyc V'anhooxn, :.R I
Holy rood twriths , a' 'soliacid .a •
daughter,
presently being discussed .by Luck
now , Kinloss •and.Ashfield Town
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ships, will be ,a great asset to
the community but;thatit will
reflect 'only the policy and the ink -
in of the three councils..
It'is•because of this thatthe/
called 'to the scene Destroyed in ,Legion and Lions wished to make
the blaze wereeight sows,, -,about ' 'their position, clear so far as
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$0'chunks of:pigs-and aboutQ-- •it coucerrrs-the.assistanee of ,manor,
weanling pigs, ' 1 -`1/2 -tons of ;feed
80;0 bales .of straw and, the barn.
'Most, of anew part 'being .built
On the barn ,by Mel was savedby.
firemen.. A' new stable cleaner
was also saved:. An east wind
was blowing and the house was.
not threatened.
•Four• .ears ‘ago last. August the'
barn on this• farm, then, occupied
by Art Dickson son of Mr» and
Mrs; Mel Dickson,` was:destroyed
by .fire ; It was. struck by
-lightning. .The large implement:
shed had since' been turned into_
a barn with.a new ..part being.:
added at' the :•time 'of last week'';
fire,
HURONELECTION
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year term but ale "bringing their;
'nominationy
'da; :and that of the,
county`school board'into the same
year:.;
The followin 'nornination's •
were, -received by Clerk-T'eeasur-
er'Earl Tout at,the nomination
..meetinat the. H ron Townshi
g p
HaTI� ia��i 1 .a.. it
noon.: Candidates haduntil
b .
.
9 SaturdaYevenin ,to.•r-
qualify:
REEVE
W>ll. am R. Lowry,by John
Gamble' and Jack Farrell.,
Russell Stanley by Win', Lowry •
and 'John 'Fetguson, k
Russel Needham by Bert Elliott
and Morley:Scott.
She will pay you ,2c to Sc per doz. above top
market price.: She also wants ' your old hens.
Lucy will pay you I2c to 15c per lb.' She gives
a darn goocl,egg Bradt.
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WON'T YOU. LET LITTLE LUCY SOLVE YOUR POULTRY
PROBLEMS. -.SHE WILL, ALSO PICK UP YOUR
EGGS AND CHICKENS;
�_ ,... '• � t--i�i� :'-�--Fc�-:"*�' x ' r'rhe'�f�-'r•'��e�-'r'r'i-�ic�•'.�»�'� .
Robert :Erneron by Bob.Scott
and George Messenger.'
sports. ,
The recommendation of the
Legion and Lions, and.their
formal'offer'was: ..a suggestion:
that the,• present. $425 received
by. the Lucknow.Recreational
4 Committee in minor; hockey reg
istrations : for 1969-70 be used to •
cover entry fees into the; leagues
insurance; pla off; entry fees and
Y :
tournaments and that thebalance
be held in 'reserve. for 'sweaters
•for •teams .when they are needed
.the Legion -and -Mops have. of '...
fered to contribute $256 from..
.each `club'($500 total) from. their.
general funds: in support.of minor
hockey,: This would be divided
among the teams.,, Novice $50;
PeeWee $,75 Bantam, $100;'
Midget $125';, Juvenile .$150.. A
finance and promotion commit
tee ,: one man from the Lions•
and one from the Legion ,: : would
.,
.: .
control the spending, of endin these
funds;. ;None'of'this,money
would be..spent by the •manage--
merit or coaches without approval
Of the 2 -man ccommittee:.
the minor tearns, would rec-
eive.;
ec-eive ; the proposal was for 15 °/
going• into the.regular fund and:.
15 Ifo ;i nto a stick fund .
The two clubs made a: proposal:;'
whereby„ the •;costs, of -stir sTwo 1
be, spplit oh an ,a proximate 5'O- 5.0
basis with the hockey 'playe'r,
„Present pr'actices.being held:
out of ,town, until ice is available
in Lucknow , are bing •paid for
by the individual players; The:
Lions and Legion stated that their
support ,did not includepurchase
of 'this,, practice ice 'time./
• The whole pxoposal:, when'
Condensed, indicates that the
Legion arid Lions are willing .to'
continue to;support•minor`hockey
on their terms with absolutely. no
funds being supplied for the
purchase of ice practice.'tinre:
Ir Was suggested' by the two
clubs ,that the : new.'Recreation.
Committee .bein'gformed be. re
sponsible+,for. theTpurchase''of -ce
tirne_fo.r...aiLteams:.:an tl e_atea�•
It was pointed out 'that. the .'
proposed recreation committee
includes nurnerous'divisions of
interest.. .from ' crafts to square
dancing to sport.
The Legion and;. Lions 'indicated
that their: proposal .was.•only> for.. •
minor hockey and that: they
would still�be villin , as before,
to assist in minor ball, swimming,
etc .
• The :Legion :.ion and•.Lions„Club Are
. g.
of the o nioorz -tha• servic clubs
should not pickup the tab for.
ice time but that. the whole corn
munity should share in•this
thr. Y
ough tax: dollars
' ° Tine meeting ad.jo:ur•ned wi h
the:'assurance that the Legion and
Lions, p.roposa^1s-wou=ld-be-d-i-se -se-
further by the pew .,rec'reation»a1 ,
committee 'which':it is.,hoped' will
be formed 'soon and -that the, two'
crabs could :count: on the -utmost
of co-operation in their :attempt
to assist'minor sport:
A further piece;. of'business.
involved, much discussion
Accounts amounting to $35O ,for
last summer's swimming'. program
andpart of ,Last year's. hockey . .
prqgfafn-werelabled
and 'Legion are •a.greeable,to pay,
one-third` each if the village.of
Lucknow will pick up. .the cost of
the remaitiin• third .Th'i's will .
be discussed at next week"s •
council 'meeting:, "The two
conn ,
` r .from. Lucknow could
c.i .110 s
not give a decision on Ic:ionday'
without bringing this before:their.
whole •board
If:suppaett entarY. funds are
needed'. the two.`clubs wou•1d..be
events in the Community with ;.
proceeds earmarked. for minor.:
hockey.. Only the' initial contri-
bution.wil.,come out of the Clubs.
genet'al fun's.
Lions` and: Legion also sug-
gested a'70% (arerma) -' 3.0 0 (team)`
split of the gate atminor hockey
'games, Originally, the spli ,had
been 60-49. Of.the 30 % which•
LUCKNOW DISTRI
DEPtJT i' = REEVE
Russell.` Stanley by, E1mer
. Srneltzer and: 'Bob Emerson .
Robert Emerson ,by Mbrl'ey
Scott and/Howard Thompson
COUNCIL
Elmer Srneltzer by Donald •
Courtney and Russ 1 eedhain.
Bert Elliott by Leroy Walden-
sand Harold Courtney.
John E Ferguson by Russ Need-
ham and Elden LoWry.
Robert Emerson by Francis
Boyle and. jack Farrell..
will be held' in
SCI -100L AUDITORIUM
Y, DECEMBER St
at 8 pm
Concert will consist of ,
PRIMARY GRADES OPERETTA
and JUNIOR GRADES 'VARIETY' PROGRAM
Adults 75c -- Children 25c