HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1971-03-24, Page 9,
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Tfil.E.LOCKNOIN seNTINEI, LUCKNOW ONTARIO, '
pAGE, 'NINE
OUR HOMETOWN PAPER
BY MRS. MARGARET PRITCHA4P
atn: a prolific letwi writFr. ,st9ries, Ayear Qne m
tO u seAny_fa:v (Air ite c.P.Iltelliporati,..bald a .skete. of
,fortn:df expressiou in rny thought•Olionie 'of the. s,t,Q"ries
gra! drnoth-
. 'about tlio home tOwn paper.' er or maybe greatgrandmot .has,i
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qcw?up•a. Country' MouSe. but Cir - told iii.(11,Wberl a small
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...caMstanees later 0:hanged me tO,,a had„ never hea.td those sioiies
.T.O.Wn.l\'fouso, albeit ,.with str•21%, befOre:"'aild 'wds faSC,Matect:
the,ryr41 patt$:91 41110 snch p.roject would be
Ontarib:.' • . wonderful for many Weekly PaPe6
' -.When my papr,atuves, eac 1. • lb Sp:Msgr.- chere must be thou,s-
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• week, I:read the front page head- ands Of -pioneer stories in the
lines. 'Then, I go through the memories of older .people but • .
paPer. looking fOr the column fr'om when they are gone, an important
aur own community. *If it.is not 'part•of local Ontario.history
,to,be found , something very be gOne with them unless is ,
• important is miSsing.. BeCause .written•or ta*.ped in time, .
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. I 'believe the home- town paper. One thing 'which worties
• .shoUld be Just that..,„ News from about•the home town papers is. that
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• .*FIQIIIc. As the years go, by name's many pf them .are paSsinkinto the
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. 'inevitably change - many we possesSion Of Owners who.are not
• knew disapP.ear andnew ones take natives or else not•tural people.
. but.there ar,e Still I ean.think of onepaper which.
St.Iffered: su0-- fate. The new
know may dO *sbniething *a'bit. ecr owner tried AO make it a City.
centric but very typical and we: paper .and 'many SubscriptiOns
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„ may go h'iack in*.a flash, tWenty , were:discontinued?. But we who
thirty"Or•sforty years tO A. Similar read the small toWn Papers. get
but yOnthful.h4ppening.1,44idh, . the citr news we'*ant,via the 1-be,permitted tO 13rookSide
„ or,North AShfield for Grades 1 - •
'waS,,the pi-ogenitor Of wtla Nlie • iiiasi.rnedia. •We wani dUr, hoine•
. have just Tead.. ineVitab4y, also,' ic!.*n. paper to bring. us neW7s- rorn , kart!' e scalto7f
, nianY editions..tell• us Of seriouS . .honie,, not itale natiOnal:and• ••••• :1\i/A, be .given•preferetice•When..-:
• illness; or' death of old friends. international. news.... So ,•.I hOpe . filling any Vacancies that exist
many of ui who,d6",pot haye ttke °whirs. Of thesmall Papers are :in the elementaiy c'tioc•As
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'CON'I'INU'ElD. FROM PAGE 1
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Ashfield-.1/011,Slattending 13rook,
$14e Kindergarten were to; return .
Nortn•Asbfield nit' Grades L. -
that N./A cOUld be Closed if."I
1973'and all pupils accOmmodat-
, ed. at ifroOkside coMmencing.§ept,
l973. Under present, condition's
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a merger of; thetwo student,
'bodies prior tal9r13 would
nOt.te• 'feasible as -s.uCh aetion
WOuld create.overcrowded class-,
r,00rns at BroOkside.. Present enrOl
rnent at 'BrOokside 418 :North
Ashfield 92 ,'TOtal 510, In Sept-
ernbet:1971? Brobkside 400, N/A
90 "(this includes the 10 kindergar-
ten which are mentioned above);
Total 490. In September,19"72
8,roOkside 389,? N/A 80 7 TotAl•
469; Sept:ember...1972 Btookside
,.351.01us 71 from NiA Total
428 or.1,9 more tharyptesent
inent-at-13rookside.:_. -
The recomrneridatians made at
the last board meeting were (1)
' that Kindergarten pupils who
reside in the North Ashfield area
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:lam. correspondents at honle able 'to contanue in business be-. .1-11.1ron Coun.ty w!len 'a :reduction
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would not know:of these things cause they knoW ;the 'district and of school population, at 'N/A' War-
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IP101E:111C
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1 dozenParker House Rolls 49c
1 dozen Pan Buns , , 30c
Hot Crois Buns 60,c
.Horne Made Bread, 2Q oz. loaf. 27c
We take orders for Birthday Cakei and Wedding Cakes and
_Parker -House Rolls for banquets and weddings
ill §econdaty..School and Goder-..
ic.h Diitrict CollegiatC Institute.
(71$i is a sociology co4rse' and •
farnily living., rather than cOoldng
--00--s-e-vvgy,71.7Orty students ,
including boy'l have pre-4egisterL.:
ed Wingharp.and.I4.•at: GOder7
• idh :More tin still ,register. • '
. (2) a .new course, Drarnatic..
Arts will be, introdtide,d at Goder7
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_es_is_already:Tona_sqtkiaaffthle'Oetetoac.
.teach: this. Course . '
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Ouestio'na:' :,•1'. • can.a.teacher.
o-taught.'seheieHOhc
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. w_e_wo tad not_hav e..th e o.p.pdr,tu nity_
of cheering'the,aiiing or . '.• LOCal church ,and school news is
sympathizing',with the: bereaved ' always read aVidly. I lo,Ve.tO
"mplOec-a-use. no: one' had--let-ui---see-e-'s
by the children thernselv,es. Who,.
ktioWs how many futtire.,Canadian
writers and joUrnalists mill have '
gotten their start in th 1OCal
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The recent Unusual prolonged
-snOwstorin •in Ontario provided. •
• lioMe toi4.t.i pipets with a •
‘"wpridecful Opportunity to. let bun-. Weekly,paper?, A: yea 'or tWo.agOi
cited's: of uS.'knOw. what..had's really a ,couple Of girls 'froni. au r..cOrn
:happened. in the country. .04,, . • .niunity spent a 'year '
TV:aild the .city •• • and sent •freT.Luent letters home
••• teld 'US about. the:stoim ,.• •, theit eXperiences•.. What '
'hut mpst of their news was simper- way for then]: to keep Us informed.:'
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coulte.have been any7. about their working 'holiday. And
where.' when.we read the I 6ain.-,i'§in:ie tha;t .the corning'
lialnetOwn paii.ers., the storm, had' *Of the •horne ,tOwn paper. each •
• harifiened, At, week When you are': on' the .OtheF •
th/it we all;knew ..lt 14'41e pef side of the',world is.one of the, most)
sonal feeling that .we get that kart Wartning things. that can
Makes the 'home, toWn. weeklies: sO _happen. '
iniportarit too.
• The neWs ofshanges in, the • -
. community is.iMport•arit to those
'at home 'and those .away. - Farms
or other prOpet'ty. for sale:;,and
qteu sold--,--a-re interesting and
'either pleaaant neWs ot s,orne-
. tirnes sad. . For those of us:who
are members Of Century Farm
, .Fathilies the sale of a Century
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sr-sca-uses d p`an • ,
regret.' ,butifig Centennial /yeat
; sorneof the home tOwn papers* ran.
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brniernbert--of.
: " some ,of these old families. i
'Would like, tei'see more of these
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KINLOUGH
lvfr, and Mrs:, Arthur Phillips Of,
.• • Izonthili viiited'On•SUnday with
' N:it4 ,11r.1 MIS% Frank ivlaulden and
,X04.1). Mrs. Phillips remained 1
• fot a_ few dq.s.
s 'VA T-OrMilton , )pan
Percy of BrantfOrdA Donald Ilan -
of •WaterloO were 'at their reSPec••
ti've homes. during the winter •
holiday:' •
. Mr - 'cat-144,m,-4fleBe-44fiett-=
TotontOViiited saturday with
. her parents Mt,, And Mrs:. Art .
, ,who returned:with '
thermfot. a holiday
.71---.--The*pril meting Of-,thtlioly--•
rood W.I.. will be'. held on April
1st, liOstesses mrs. Lynlan 8ut-'
tan , Dan•Mcinnes.; Roll
cA11,- A saggestion for next years'
progta m Pa yine nt fect.
'tie!) 'Officets , Annual Reports; ,
;Vector., Mrs. MOrgAn Johnston,
WINGHAM
PH,ONe 3p.1630
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SHOW'r IMES—
Friday and S'attirdays at 7:1,
and 9:15. All other days, one
shav—/- eprwirere
noted on the program.
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THUR.* •
Britain"
1-Virdou
Mithitel Yoric
'ngland's finest .hOur. The
battle that turned the tide of
the war.
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SAT. MATINtE
MAFtCH 27
Tit -Cockeyed-
Covirboys, of
Calico County"
Colour
situa tiari_vitiil,be__c a r.e
fully. reviewed in 197.2 and .if the..
'conditions warrant; the school •
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There are no. tentatiVe plans for
Imittri:Ashfiel4 school 'as far aS
,the:bUilding is.concerned,at: the •
present tirne .1 :It.. has been, disCus;:
sed. an& it is.,the iritention.Of the. .
Huron County Board. of 'ducation...
to retain:the building for..
education purPose..anci.cdnimtin-
ity seryiCes. ' •. : • :.
•,: The 9ntar‘io De.partment Of
EuC.a,tiOn18 rgandatory introdne.-.
tiOn in.September 197l'Of a reVited
credit ,systern• in Grade 13 will r'e, •
quite a, total of'15 extra. teachers
'in liuron•county 'and cos.,F,'.: .. .1 •
$156',000.'. That is 'because. the
new credit'systern requires more.
teachingA r de., 13 stud, •
ent c.oyldget.,.two,credits Eng,...,
.fish•for instance, with seVen :
periods. of ' English per week or
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cycle. L.Inder. the :new system.,
EngliSr,Litcra/U. re . and.. English •
COmpOsition will become two'
Separate. Cdurses, English:One .and
English. Two,. and require; five
periods eaehf3'er 'Week 'Or..cyCle or
Ten rather tha-iii-eVetieja.sses
Week to get English creclits:;:.•Sirn-
ilar .conditiOns'exiSt IA. almost all
rs-es --91;re—Or: TO (it -a:00;3'
&IL'S in Huron; totinty and Will •
neessitate Marry additiona.i
hop's "LiFt-eat7hinr-irr-theTc-lassrtorit.
Anew meeting schedule will -be
adopted..., On the first Monday of
.eaeh 'month the. bOard will con-.
vene.at 3.30 p. ni. distiass
-a6a,d-e-RAC-41444-er
,opein tfieetfog of the board' • , •
will be held beginning at 11 p„rn.
to 11 p,m;' . The change is plinned
tO. gi..xtboard...z...better_opp
tO explore' the academic
Side of things within the syste'rn,
The first presentatiOn *ill be the' •
afternoon of A'pril 5th', when
StSperintendent Don keriWell and
•‘'e---4-irepotit-Jon -
5pccial rduotion in the county.
Special edticatiott covers' the -
trairiable retarded schools, the
remedial ,,claSseS, vocational COIR-
ses- gnidanee-scrvie-et-andVe&'ial setvlces such. as perceptU'al..
handi'eaps,' emotional distress,,
speech therapy., etc. etc.; '
'The folloWing extension Of ;
Secondar.Y idhOol program,: Were
tee oni mended. s(1)s 1 Tome Pcon,„
Onlig8 Oracle 13 at F. IE. Mad,.
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left their•Sweaters,,and jeans pe -
hind and:are bedorning quite •: ,
'fashionable yoting ladies in pant..
stilts which are warni as yell as
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attractive,
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.p46. students .receive any
inforrnation about cOnsumer'
'erdudatiOn?. :Yes.. At Gocierich
'1)istrict Collegiate. Institute 5'3 ;
xe er ta etn'is
„as:, an option subject in sQrade 9.
The:course is detigned tO.give,
.the:studelits a knowledge of good. , •
'btrsirtes-PEV:eOuis-Nctlticfrwil ,
benefit theindividual when he or
she gets gut Anth the'World.'...
'addition to budgeting. and cash
recording, banking,activities,
horneinanagement , a new
emphasis iS consUrner credit. :In .
this conrie.themse 'and miSuse, of
Credit -is stressed 7. Wouldn't yoU '
'like to see this as a. coMpulsory
subie-Ct in all, secondary schools?
;Any Comments!
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'010'.s.Or-latet.C011ect a *super •
annuations retuii.ii which the.), con,
,tribiited.to it that tirne?: Yes.
If. you 'Write ro Teachers" 'Super -an,
.Inuation CoMmisSioni. Dept. of
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.EdUcation .14th Plop!'
.1yors, Road.i 9ntario,
arid ask for an application•form.,.
YOU:will' then be required 'to fili
registratiOn',
:number , history ,of where ? when
anq ydu taught.. , If .elig-
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..:the refund 611 be' made in...
ohe lunip sum or e.qual. payments.
fOr .
2.l..'can.teacheri:.'Wear pant. suits
lio SehOol? Siorne schoOls7in•the'
eoirnst-,jnyrinc-fp•a-
'teachers they were -free to wear ..
,pant suitsJo school proidisng
.t e tops coveted .the hip's and
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include.sweaters•and slaCk.s rat,her
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•than c0-•-ordinated.pants .and
Pant Suiis Aye Wonderful for. ...
teathers•in the:,priinary grades
where teachers and.studentS are..
-EonStantly -Squalting,
bending:and sttetching;.' Many of
ihe junior and senior i,Lirls have
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Miss Alle . -
-of *Was Sadie Johnston and pkv e .
JOhriston LuCknOW,,paised •
away at Winghatn and
Hoipital On Friday ;. March.19th. •
She .was'in 'hex 9tYt
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•fed at.the Johnstone funeral., .
Home, LuCknow on Monday
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sputh 1<inlOsS Mausoietirrt. • •
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1%9 r.,,.,nty‘ Tioliffit11011-
ComPLEite sHowiN6 'STARTING AT 8:00 '
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Interact Matinee 2 .nt.
.1.4-•.'2"?'•1•-•,CANDICE BERGtOETER-STIIIISS
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ELVIS PRESLEY
"THAT'S THE WAY IT IS"
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