HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-04-19, Page 1Lucknow stores displaying the Bargain World signs
and listed on the Bargain . World pages of The Sentinel
each week, have been offering some real values to area
shoppers In the past few weeks.
In addition, they have been giving away merchandise
vouchers. This week's winner was Mrs. Graydon Ritchie
of Lucknow 'who received $30 when her lucky ticket was
picked from thousands of others.
This week is a big one for the kids. On Friday and
Saturday of this week, Free Balloons will be available
from each of the Bargain World stores in the community.
Each store will have 100 balloons to give away. There
are 18 stores participating in the community promotion
so sure to bring your children into town for free bal.,
loons. If you find one store's supply 'exhausted, try the
Other seventeen and you ,won't be disappointed.
The following will have the balloons on Friday 'and
Saturday.
Progressive Lucknow merchants joining to present
_Bargain World_include: Luck,now,Dry Cleaners, Schmid',
Jewellery and China, ,Greer T.V. and Electric, John W.
.Henderson Lumber Ltd., Ashton's Lucknow Ltd., W. A.
(Bud) Hamilton, Johnstone and Son Furniture, Sepoy
Store, CE. McTavish Fini,11.71—icknoW 'Fruit Market, Luck-
now Pro Hardware and Village Shop, H. and B. Discount,
Mel Stanley's Sunoco, Finlay Decorators, Johnston's Sup-
ertest, Montgomery Motors, Lucknow District Co-op, Mar-
ko Shoes.
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Brother Passes
Jai-ries Nixon of Lakeland ;
Florida , brother of Harry Nixon
of Lucknow, passed away on Mon
day, April 17th.
Hi-s-wiftr 'is -the-former Wilda
MacLean of•Kirilough.
short time at the Wettern Hospital
in Toronto, Major Robinson dec.7
ided to join the Royal .Canallian
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WEDNESDAY, .APR. K, 19th; 1972'
Wayne. Lowry Construction Successful Tender, •
• Single Copy 15c 20 Pages
IX•
300 young people., boys and
Is of Farm Union farnilies , will
ke pan in a youth exChange
ogram from July 15 to August
411 , participants are *from the •
,ritimes-70nrato, Manitoba ;
skatehewan, Alberta, and the
eace River District. ,
FROM ACROSS CANADA TO PARTICIPATE
woArea Young People Will Be
on of National Farmers Union Exchange
exc nge.
This program has' been. made
possible by.a grant ,from the Fed-
7-e—la Department orthe Secretary
2,t.for all 300' participants,.
This is the third and largest
exchange, organized b,y the Nation.
al Farmers Union in .its short two--
and-one-half year history. From
Region 3 (Ontario) 41 boys and
42 girls are participating; 13 of
these are from District's,, and 2
of these are from Local 335.
Jeannette Hogan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Howard,, of
Ashfield Township and Joe Austin,
son of' Mr. and.Mrs. John Austin
of Ashfield are taking part in the
t
Mr, and Mrs. GeOrge Newbold
,fLuelthow appeared before Luck-"w
village council on Tuesday
ght of last week to advise coun-
lof plans for their new nursing
inte in Lucknow and to make
everal requests concerning their
perry which will-beT-th
,,• new building
bu
. •
Mr. and Mrs. Newbold plan to
ild a new 41 bed nursing home
-lath of the Lucknow Central
Public School on property recent-
ly acquired from William Lyons and Ronald Foister:
While present plans call 'for a
'41 bed facility, ;Mr. Newbold
told council that they are hope-
ful that this might be increased
in the near future.
Mr. Newbold indicatedsto
council that withlhe advent of
extended care 'nsurance coverage
for nursing home patients , and
also more stringent' regulations
under the' nursing homes act , •
they had applied for and received
approval of the building of a new
.nursing home facility with a cap-
acity of 41 bedi to serve liaCknow
and surrounding counties .
He stated that they had assem-
:‘ The contract for the develop-
ment Of a new water Well in
Lucknow, in the south-east corn-
er of the municipality , south of
the Lucknow Public School, was
let on Tuesday night of last
week by' Lucknow•village council.
Eleven tenders were received
from construction companies with
a locaLfirm, Wayne Lowry Con-
struction of Huron Township, •
being the successful bidder.
The. Lowry firm wa ithe second'
bled land 'for the purpOse and for
more than adequate sewage dis-
posal.' They-have acquired lots
418, 419, 421, 422', 423, 42'4,
425 ,and 426 south of the public .
school.
Mr." Newbold stated that, with
the new nursing home ,• they hop-
ed 'to serve both the health needs
and social needs .of the' commun-
ity. He referred to the increased
employment , assessment for the
commimity and hoped that it
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low tender and was awarded the
contract at a 'cost of $16,905.25.
Tenders ranged from the low
bid of $14,055.36 which was not
'accepted becaute of an unbalance
in one 'of the items, to a high
tender of $46,355.
Five of the tenders were under
$20,000, four were between
$20 ,.000 and $30,000, 'one was in
the $30,000 range and one, in the
$40,000 range.
Council also accepted a firm
The Department pf National
Defence has announced the pro-
motion of Captain Shirley Robin-
?z)n to the rank of Major. :The
promotion becomeS effective in'
Shirley is the daughter of Mrs.
Emily Robinson of Goderich ,
formerly aLUcknow :and the
late Howard Robinson.
Born at Lucknow , Miss' liobin-
son attended elementary and sec-.'
ondary school in this community
and then entered nurses' training '
at the General and Marine Hospit-
al in Owen SoUnd.
Following three months work at
the OntariO Hospital in London
and at' Sick Children's Hospital
in Toronto 'she obtained her R.N.
in 1953. After working for a
Graduates From
Conestoga College
James Martin Webster, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Webster
of R. R, d Luc know , graduated
on April 14th from, the' Wood Prod
nets Technician two year coufse
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plete ..
The basic, price of the machine
was $1336 with an additional Cost
of $289 fox a gutter brush and
$175 for a water kit. .
Hackett Bros. has indicated it
will rent the village a tractor to
operate the sweeper.
On a number of.occasions, it' ,
has beemmentioned at .cOuncil,
that the street sweeper purchased °
by council several years ago has
never worked satisfactorily...
The new sweeper is Manufactur•
ed by a firm 'in Michigan and
distributed by Duke Lawn Equip:-
ment in Burlingtion. Lucknow
works department drove to Burl-
ington Last week to pick up the
new machine.
Sweeping of the Lucknow
streets has been done Manually
and has been a very time consum-
ing chore for the' works depart-
ment.
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The youths will, travel simul-
neously from East. to West ,hand
om West to East. Each' will stay-
itha farm union family for 10
ys, Marning about the lives
eimikas_aricLthediffe•ren
ethods of farming from all parts
fCanada. The highlight of the
pyill be a 3 day_seminar in
nnipeg from July 31 to August
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International VVater To Supply Pumps, Equipment
LUCKNOW WATER :WELLclINTRACT LET
price on the cost of the piimp arid
equipment at $5,128 from Inter-
nationai Water Supply Co. plus
their estimate for installation of
$990.
Engineer's fees on the project
are 7 1/2 /o of the total cost.
Burns Ross, engineer for the
village and the project', sat with
council during the, opening of the
tenders.
The Lowry firm is expected to
start work on the-project at once.
Vandals Damage
Car Aerials..
• . _w o r-k_p
day night of last week. Several
car aerials were bent ,off and
broken .on cars belonging to mem-
bers of the Lucknow Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons, who were ,
having their annual' ladies' night
at the. Anglican Parish Hall.
Constable WhitelaW of Kin-
cardine Ontario Provincial Police
re-oeiv-ed- a call about -the matter
but when he arrived at the scene,
he found that everyone had left
the hall. • 4,
Police remained in the, village
for, some time but were unable
to locate the vandals'.
In the' early hours on Saturday
morning, a car drove on, the lawn
at the Lucknow'Centra.1 Public
'School, doing damage to The
newly, sodded grounds.
Police received other comp-,
laints of dangerous and noisy driv-
ing which occurred early Satur-
day Morning, approachitifg day
light.
A local lady had her cosmetic,
-sales--14-stolen frem-her,oar , also .L
on Friday night. ,
Outline Plans To -Council
-or, New 41...BediNiirsin6 Home
'The funeral service is'„being • '
held-on---Wed-Resday,HApri_l 1_9_in
of State. , .Lakeland. ' ' . . . . , . . .
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Shirley Robinson Promoted
Buy-New
Street Sweeper
For $1800 Price .
Lucknow village council, at
their regular meeting on Tuesday
of last week, purchased a new
To Rank of Major
loader mounted pickup street
sweeper from Hackett Brothers in
Lucknow for a price of, $1800 corn