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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-04-25, Page 1Juveniles Receive Ontario Thinner-vp . Trophy Lose 6000-Market Chickens. Fire Destroys 3750 Trees In Reforested Area In Huron Township, Ripley Department Quell The Blaze THIS WEEK IN RIPLEY BY AB WYLDS Last Wednesday evening, April 18, about 5 p.m. the Ripley fire alarm sounded for the first time since the dismantling of the fire-` hall over a month ago. The Rip- ley department Was called to the east half of lot six, concession four, 'or more precisely the farm CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 . • ...KinkistTownshipiet Gravel ContraCt, Lease.-Goder For .11VinteiSnciwithrk . full seti of chains and V plow froin CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BEGINS APRI429 This Sunday, April' 29th, will, see the commencement of Day- light Saving time locally. Offic- ial change over time is 2 a.m. Sunday morning and you are ad- vised to move your clocks ahead one hour before,retdring Saturday night. nrommismommora msi Leg Injured In farm Mishap On Saturday Douglas Blake, 12-year -old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blake' of the 9th of Ashfield, is a 'patient in Victoria Hospital in London with a leg injury suffered, in alarm accident Saturday even- ing. Doug's brother Greg was cultiv- ating on the Blake farm'and was, . just about done for the day. Doug took a ride on top of the tractor at the back for a last round of the field when the hydraulic hose broke allowing' the bucket to slowly lower, and pin- CONTINUED. ON PAGE 23 • it • • w Agri,ultural Society eeting on Thursday in Lucknow Town Hall aod crowd in attendance. tBrooks, President, called iting to order and had the dealt with that had been 0.in a meeting during his while on holidays. He !lathe would like to have r, Director of Agriculture rticultureSocietiei, be a 1,ucknow Fair September • ind Mrs. Oliver McChar called on' to perform the f presenting Service Dip - ,two members who lave IMen Named 110f The mess Assoc. new and John Kreutzweis• bow have been named ants of the Lucknow Busi- iiissociation. They led at a meeting of the non Monday night of Ron Mahan had prey ved as president, •Oord - Was .renamed secretary.' eelded to cotnnlence, ht open hours to 9 p.m. kMay 4th, r,the summer sidewalk discussed, the structure. 75 cattle were saved from the barn. One cattle beast was lolt. Destroyed were 6000 chickens, ready for market, along with • ' ,automatic feeding equipment. An addition, housing steam • boilers, was saved. Ripley Fire Department was summoned and Lucknow Fire Dep• artment• was called in later, both' fighting the fire. day which saw Havelock win the championship. Pictured with Dave is Jim Mur- ray , one of the alternate captains, who was a real spark at centre ice throughout the playoff series. Jim, scored twelve goals in two games in the middle week end kural Service Diplomas Presented s. Jacob Hunter and Bob Campbell contributed a great deal to Agriculture and especially Luck- now Agricultural Society. Mrs. McCharles stated in-her remarks to Mrs. Jacob (Tena) Hunter-that it was through Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hunter that she and Oliver first became interested in Lucknow Agricultural Society. Mrs. Hunter thanked Marion and the Society for the kind words and" the honour of receiving a Diploma. She said it was over 60 years since, she first began working with the Society. Oliver was pleased to present Bob Campbell, a' recent Past Pres- ident, with a Service Diploma and Bob said in his remarks that' it was through Oliver and Marion that he first became interested in the Lucknow 'Society and he would continue to work for' the society in the future. — -- Other •business looked after 'was judges for the 'various departments, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Died In 67th Year William F. Thompson of Toron- to and a native of Lucknow, pas- sed away in Toronto' Western Hos- pital' on. Thursday, April 19th in 114 67th year. The funeral service was held in Toronto on Saturday morning with the comMittal service at South KinlOss Celifetery that, afternoon. At a Special• meeting' of Kinloss, Township CounCil on .March 19th, with the reeve 'and "all council present, the crushed gravel tend- er was awarded to Joe Keri Ltd. at $1.19 per cu. yard delivered on the road and 650 per cu. yd. -Ray Stanley's tender for load- ing and hauling pit run gravel, was accepted at 250 for the 1st _r_nile and 40 per each additional 1/,2 mile.• Tender' of Joe Kerr Ltd. for heavy machinery' was accepted for a 1973 Komatza and scraper at $22.00 per hour. All these are subject to .M. T:C. approval. , P. A. Murray was engaged as Warble Fly inspector for the cur- rent year at' $400. and supply own transportation. • It was decided to lease a grad- er snowplow from Dominion Road Machinery Sales equipped with a 100th_Anniversary To Be Marked Sunday ° A special event in the history of the Lucknow Presbyterian Church will, be marked this Sun- day. .- 100th anniversary services will be held morning and evening at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Guest minister. will be Dr. Finlay Stew- art of, Kitchener arid special mus- ic will be prdvided by Mrs. Ed Ebanks of London, Lloyd Stewart -of Dundas and the, Lucknow choir and quartette. This is one of a series of spec- ial services being held through- out Centennial year at the church, and being the I00th anni- versary, can be considered high. in importance. • A Centennial history book committee has prepared a book- let which The Sentinel has just completed printing and this 32 page booklet, containing' a . wealth of history of the congrega- don, ,will be available at, the Sunday services. Ripley - Huron To Host Group From Nova Scotia. Ripley-Huron Central School will participate in a project known as "twinning" which' will see 27 grade four pupils and 5 adults spend May 1st .ro 5th at Ripley-Huron. The, visiting class to Ripley- Huron is from Sydney River, Nova. Scotia. They will arrive at Toronto Airport on the' morning of May 1 and will be met by a. bus from the Ripley school.' • As this was written, the full plans for the visit were not corn- `pleted but it is expected that one of the main parts of the program will be to acquaint the visitors :with'this particular area. The local "twinning" project 'was initiated by Mrs. Bill Peter- baugh. grade 4 teacher at Ripley- ifluron.. Her class of 38'will be hosts to the visitors, and they will' be billeted with the local grade four students'. Grants are provided for inter provincial visiting under' the twinning plan; although no grants are provided locally tb. the host group for plans at this end, Damage estimated at $40 ,000 to $50,000 was done Monday morning when fire destroyed a large a-storey barn on the farm of. Lammers and John Van der Veen on Highway 86 in the Lochalsh area. John noticed smoke coming from the 55 X 80 building about 8 a.m: Fanned by strong winds, the fire moved: rapidly through Fire . Destroys Large Barn At Lochalsh Mack, on the right, and , Of the Lucknow Juvenile Team, accepted the J. L. Ilophy as 0.M.H. A . "A" runners-up. The aspresented at'the decid- inPeterborough on Sun- series in Lucknow against Have- lock. • The runner-up trophy received by Lucknow indicates that • this honour has come to the area three times before, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1958-59. for stockpiling.