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LUCKNQW', ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25th, 1970
'Single Copy 15c
16 Pages
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Two: Nerw Men, 'tea To:.•fll Posts .Of.Ret.iring
West Waw.ano•sh Insurance Directors
v.
•Ilersoti Irwin of•'[lelgrave•and .
I3rown •Sriiyth:ofDung annon':
et-rred:-lest weelf as diroetars of
' the 1Nest .tVawanosh \i,utilal .[Mire
Insurance C onrpany.after 11 and -
--7-711-eaTF7enri,
Pictured left to•righ°t ; are
Mr. •Irwjn:; his .successor, •\1aSon.
Robinson of.East Wamartosh
-'F owls -chip w -h o , e3 ee t eti-tom fi 13
out _tlle'remaining year of 'Jr. °
Irwin's tern"; Fred \'1cQuillin. -
Srri th', on ,the,righr
•
three year term -to sue'ceed i3rown•
A lsoLolooted. for--•.t-hr•e-year--- _
ternis'bv acclatila:ti:on it i riday
meeting,were C;harles•Anderson o
Gode.ric'h'., •.•
Strikes -Head In
FaH At School
• Mary Stanley., 'eleven -year-old
daughte'r•of Mr. and •\.lrs. George
Stanley of Lucknow and. a 'Crade 1•`
pupil at'Luc,know'and District
Pu'Milic ,S'chool suffered a slight
coricirssion in a fall ,on, \'Monday
•
• of.thi-week:
']he' accident occurred:at school;
.-just. afterthe:noon hour., As the:.
•pupils were playing a game,. M'.ary:.
• ••'fe.11.and iil some manner struck
er tea. , w ic. .ren were - r un-
consc,,ious . A doctor was
st,imiiloned, atid' she ,Was t:alreh' to -
Wi igha.m and • District Hospital
Vary is ho. w fide again,: but as a
precaution is being kept inhospit=
al for a courpl.e of ,days:
Visit By P.'Icne,
Land In Gordon .
'Smyth,.. Fie Id
•ZION' NEWS.
Ken', Ernie and Bill Weaver of
Sudbury, relatives:of Charles
and Herb Wilkins flew their
pilin'e_doWn on Srrad.ayJor_a-visit.--
They landed in'.,Gor:don•Sii:myth's `
field on. the .6th concession of
West, Wawai oshThey mYade a
•
similar trip down two weeks •
previot s.'but we
duie to the. fog. Mrs. Weaver is a
sister.. of Charlie. and Herb..
It used ,toJake two bales of
cotton to make a. woman s dress..
Now a silk worm can do it' -on his"'
day off.•' .
'Jack Verhulst is
"New :Ashfield
Union President
The regular 'meeting of •the
Ashfield. Loca1.34.2- of. the Nation
•al Farmers "tlni'on was• Held on
February 13th at:Kingsbridge
sc oo . r •resieent.. orne ut ler
presided for the meeting and .'
,election of•the new executive
Bev McNay introduced the guest
speaker, .Peter Twynstra•of
1 sa raig :. e spo e: on-: he
•growth: of the N R. i l ; across
Canada' 'and' the need 'for ,new
nienibers' in the Union
The newpresidentis Jack ' 1~
CONTINUEP.ON PAGE 2
Char es
cQulln,
insurance
inso'•1!eCt.i
rt
n ers:on, ', eorg
eturned By Acclamation
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Two retirettients from the board
df:directors of the West Wawanosh
Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
of Dungannon,and the impend-•
—r iris=electiarts to' ft11 these -.-
vacancies , was the. reason ,for the
very large attendance of
'policyholders at the 91st annual
Meeting of the, company; last
•
Friday - • .
e:-r►a e.e t i ti w-as•-„h•e14 the
I)ung,annon Agricultural Hall
'which was well filled, At. •
estimated 200 attended ...The
--meetings had -been -held at the'
a
.la-trngannon_ktiglic,tn P ari stt,;f141_.
for many years but: with• a large
crowd expected • •the switch 'was
made to the larger Agricultural
Hall; , ,
Chairman for the meeting was
the president of the. company,
lTonald” \Jacl<ay` of ITurotf,Towti-
si
p, • "'A v e r -y' it renis l-yy. vis- -
'reported: by the company. ..Net
gain was' 134 , 5? as compared ,to
last year. Losses were
dowrnsligh -ly-dttint giite yt'at--
Mr. 1\1acKay stated thas •very few
buildings lost by fire were • •
rebuiltwhich Might cause the •
directors to give further' considers•
Y �
tion. to arel rebuilding clause in the
in utar,lce con e;x(SPLS
his regret that Brown Smyth and
Verson Irwin had.decided to
retire ,H=is directors of the comp. rt
any. He said that their sound'
judgement will he missed 6n fre
board,
Prank Thompson; secretary:'
treasurer of the rotiipany, ,read
the minutes.. or the i6st annual
tiaeeting as. well as the auditor's
•
e -p
adopted•on a rnotioti•of Alvin -•
Sherwood and [-Harvey C,ulhert and
the auditot's•report on'a 'otion
..hy'Gordon Smyth, and '1 : 'M
I)urrtin..
Hfl3$:Uugery On
Won Sales Trip.
Injured Knee ,: To Germany
Ray Elliott; 1'7' -year-old son .of
Mr. and Mrs, Bryce Elliott •of
•Luckno'w,, entered St: Joseph's
Hospital in .London on Tuesday •
o.f•th:is week. and'.surgery7 on his
right knee was. scheduled for
Wednesday.
Ray injured -the knee wrestling.
in Phys. Ed. at the. F• E; 1;1adi11
Secondary School in. Wipgham
last, Fall and it had given him..
-some trouble Since that.time.
More seriousinjury occurred
about four we;e;ltsag° when he
was pushing...a car stuck• in the
snow on .ma.in. street_, At that •
ti"i le ,
he broke the cartilage ,in`
the •knee•..
A cast Was first applied tom
die knee' but further.exaipina-
tion `reveraled that surgery would
be necessary , ••• Ray has beers • •
Stuart Reavie of Lucknow is
presently ona trip to ,Germa,ny .
He won• the •trip along with •other
• Ford Farm' machinery representa-
tives for sales at Montgomery
Motors tractor division in
Lucknow.
• Stuart. left on Monday: of this
week by. air ,for Germany. He
won ;a•s'irnilar• trip. as year ago.
crutches and has been out of •
school for• Odin, three` w ee•ks .•
',awaiting z.wCo.n nlod ition kit
London..to perform the surgery,
Wintei Weekend=
At Doe Laky
The Lucknow Ranger .Corripan.y
•
spent t.he'week-*end of Saturday
and Sunday; February 14' and 15 at
*floe.' Lake Camp. 4Sp.rucedale.;
io-w h iia- 4-Y-nl-t#e H -u t�-ts�:4.11e •
area. ' A• total of C, girls took part
inthis week-e.nd.:outing accomp
,' anied by their, leader Mrs, Nancy
�jad1 en.own : •.Transportation-alas.
It is;. expected he will be
provided by cars driven by. Mrs. '
. hospital • tit-Londot for°a ® ?nd rs.'Cayle
•_ Spencer•.••
rl'he group left at 4: 00 a . m,.
•1\11~. and ?sirs; Jack 1;1cDonagh
and Mr : and. Mrs . D'ona•ld, , -
Mackinnon of Lucknow, h ive••beeii
holidaying -in Spain,' Port-uga1.
and the 'Ma jorca:Islands. '
Thy, left b;im ;Toronto
of ��^.ondaey I?yeharurary.lfro°1.th.'and
planned to be: away about •
sixteen days', •
raid, arrived•.horne Sunday •evening
"at '1, u0;p m The wee.k-•end
was spent enjoying winter sports,
snow shoeing, skiing ,and•hiking;
',"
The girls',were accon.mo lsted
.in' the ''Lodge':.where. the}•. •
prepared.•their own meals. The_ •
six localRangers attending
g
were Elizabeth Newbold Janet
Thompson:: 'Gail Jamieson: ..Marg.-,
aret Chester, Joanne Greer. arid
Brenda Morrison: ':•-
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Two Area Young People Win
-n,e-Speakitig retest
L1:
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The' firm .of A. 1\1 Harper and
•C1odericit Were ,reappo•inted.
aiidttors.on a-tnot'ior.i by Keii. • -•
<S coy. troily 1•a�' ill%•a ili Goy. '
Directors: of the company•
'were called on, Bert NicWhinney,
'R, 1 Pling1nuon; c crald Kerr, R:
R. 'tc' C oderich; Jon i`: 'Maeteii
Dan, IT. R f3 Goderich; Willi=l'nl.
il;guls„Ting myon,
Merited- On various, aspects of the
•conipany's husinesS._ Cine 'item
receiving considerable cot tli
was the new liability in-urance
presently ;Iva tillable 'through , lie.
company, Reference was made
that jos n•1vlacLennan, with 20
years servic:e , has the, longest
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•C..ON'1`1!ll$E. ON`PA''CIM 13
`I'wo "area young people won the
Zone C-:1, Royal Canadian Legion ,
Y g
Public Speaking ontest held in
midi Cathy Culbert, 16, a' grade
10 student •at Goderich Distfict
Collegiate who re' tesented
Hall on Saturday.
Shown , leftto right ,, Are
=ller'than Yo -un ; 1t'ine-ardiite;'.
.on d• .;=r`dt citizen hTp
�:OR� tld 1St t p,
a ri rty tii 1or�t1T 1ioti W1i 5
clpresellted the secondary school
,, winners: •13rya'tt Boyle, lti, a• .
grade elev.en elevenstudent at Ripley
District High School'who. ,'
represented the Ripley Legion
• Bryan, the 'Senior secondary
?school winner, is :the son of
tv1r,
and Mrs y Francis-
junior
rancis Bo le of=-
-H-ur-ern- `ow -tubi-- arid -Cath , -the -
winner, . is the daughter•at
J... •
Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Culbert M
Dungannon. w
`- Photo by John Strong.