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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-05-13, Page 1• r, $5.00 A. Year In: Advance — $2.00 Extra To U.S.A. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,. MAY 1411, 1970 Single Copy 15c:. ! , Pais. Centralia Grad HARRY IRWIN HURT IN BUSH ACCIDENT, LAYS NIORED AT MARIE MEWHINNEY M-a-r-ie-Mew-hrnney , -da-t ghterr-of- •Mr.• and Mrs; Frank Mewhinney, .R.: R, 1Lucknow , gra.4uated on. May. 13 ;from Centralia, College of Agricultural Technology with . a; diploma, in Home Economics. 191, a • junir dietition in St. Catharines' ` General Hospital. • , 9 i a Brian Keith is first In Contest. F. E. Madill Secondary School; •Wi�ingham entered 16 students in the Junior Mathematics Contest. sponsored by the University' of Waterloo. The. contest' was tried by:18; 700 students in' grades nine, to eleven, all across Canada. F. E.' Madill Secondary • School ranked:fourth in their dis trict. An individual winner from } that school, . in lit. place , was Brian Keith, 'son of•Mr. and• Mrs. EvanKeith, R. R..5 Lucknow; a ---CONTINUED-ON PAGE 18 .An injured man renlained al- most motionless for at least 15 hours in a wooded; swamp. near Belfast Saturday and Sunday 'be-•. fore being found, by a search party of neighbours, relatives and provincial police. ` Harry Irwin, 68., 'of Belfast, drove .into the bush property he owns on the '10th of West Wawa nosh about 1 p, m. Saturday,park- ed his tractor •at the edge of the swamp and went:•in on foot to cut cedar posts. Harry had •been 'cutting wood in this area on many• occas ions . police said Mr. Irwin was acrid• entally hit across the back of :the neck (*a dead cedar tree/ struck • by.another•tree the man had just finished cutting. His spine was • injured. • knoc ed to the ground arid: was unable to 1..n Swamp On 10th move. He lay there 'until he was. finally found on Sunday morning.. His sister Mrs,. Glenn Campbell Kinloss,Go To Twice Yearly Tax Collection •Kinloss Councih,met:in special session'on April 20 at 8 p.m. with -Reeve Elliott •and all .Council press ent.• H. M. Gibson Ltd.was • requested to prepare a new plan for the entrance to the •Ernie King road, as requested • by the D. H. Oh,. e As tBrj,ice County School . Board ,requisition .for 1970 has to be paid quarterly ,„By -Law 12-I9.70 was passed to collect the. taxes.. CONTII�UJ D N PAG -E-,6 BEFORE RESCUE of Wawanosh with whom he lived', became alarmed when he failed to return home for supper Saturday, • Cpl. Bruce Wheeler of the God- erich detachment said Mr. Irwin had been bitten by.black flies and was unable to rno've his legs, even his toes,. when searchers found him shortly. before 7 a.m. Fortunately.; overnight weather ' had been clear and; warm. Police said •M. r.Irwin heard several searchers pushing their Nay through thebushes and ; yelled to• them for help.. John 'Lyons of West 'Wa. wanosh,• with • the=group-of-sear-Ghers—o..P to. hire first. By that• time they had heard him calling and had found , the area .where he had, been work 2. ing. He remained conscious. throughout the •ordeal:: . ' Ab New Teachers In • District Schools Several teachers have been hired •by area elementary schools. In Lucknow Miss Ruth Bischoff of Kitchener and Larry Davis of Stratford ; both attending Teach-ers' college at present , will • teach here fiext term. • They .w ill replace Mrs: Cheryl Cronin and Miss Helen Thompson. •Ripley -Huron Central School will now have•a vice-principal. /George -Armstrong of -Galt, =a married man. with two of'a ' family will ,take this position'. e wi •.e e:achng grades.• an' 8• at Ripley. • He has been teach'- CONTINUED ON PAGE 19'. G41VTI=NIJED 01V-PA-C-rE 2 .T-ORONT© To-sa-veosis-in- providing quarters for. expanded operations in the Clinton area , Ontario'Hydro will, take over one of the major buildings at C. F.B. Clinton which is being phased out, by the Department of Nation- aI Defence. The. announcement .was made jointly to -day by.the Honour- ab.le'Charles :MacNaughton, treas• urer of Ontario and M.P. P:. for • Huron_ a.n:d;.iylc._R. .-McKinley , 8 CLINTON • • • UILDING M P -.:for- Huron=