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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-05-09, Page 21At MAY 9, 1973 THE. LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO PAGE TWENTY.ON MMUNITY CENTRE . flUEP:.FROM PAGE 1 a sal and the green light n for participation in the at a meeting last week. creation Committees, ley and Huron, over the Its, have met with the 'cipalities and explained planned. • anned that the.. '. nComplex will be com - the 1974-75 winter sea- ommittee has looked into structure on such a and has been in close ith the members of parlia this area, both federally facially. community centre .grant ale. It is the plan of the ee to build the complex be used in conjunction• 'Ripley -Huron Fall Fair. O grant is available,. the Fair board, on this b also anticipated that e assistance•can be secur- h pederal' Winter Works apr'fund raising project. ,lottery. The Ripley ict lions Club.will sup- two Recreation Commit- Ripley and Huron in • g a'$100,000 lottery to. 'establishing of the complex.. Talks with 'f ciais have been Iotteryquestion and ted thatpermission Operate .this ' The committee has investigat- ed other community centre pro- jects which have been financed through the operation of large scale lotteries. Other local fund raising events are planned in the upcoming months. Robert Emerson., chairman of the committee, spoke to Ripley High School students last week and asked them to come back to. a later meeting with ideason the project, the proposed pool and suggestions for fund raising events, No plans are being considered by the committee to approach residents of the area on an indiv- idual basis asking for, contributions to the fund. The Ripley -Huron Community Centre Board, in charge of this project, is a combined group of the two Recreation Committees in the village and` township. The Ripley Recreation Commit- tee is comprised of Ken Mac - Donald , chairman; Mrs. Ted Rouse, Rod MacDonald, Dan Dodds, Dave Henderson and Bill. McCreath: The HuronTownship Recrea- tion Committee is made tip of Al- lan Irwin, chairman; Bert Elliott, Elmer. Courtney, John D. MacKay , Robert Emerson and Earl Tout. These two groups combined, known as„the Ripley -Huron Com- munity Centre Board have elected., Robert Emerson as -their chairman and Bill McCreath as secretary. The chairman, Robert Emerson, 'is also, deputy -reeve of Huron Township. fl pi1eitq Portable Super Twin . Spin/Dr WasherY .Automatic timer • Suds return 'Direct drive **Hi -zone gyrator White *209. Coloured $219 .V. And. Electric Phone $28+ 3112 LOOKING BACKWARDS •��� THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES WITH 'MARGARET THOMPSON 10 Years Ago SEPTEMBER 1962 The Lucknow Sentinel was cit ed for service to community in the 1962 Canadian Weekly News- papers Association Community Service Competition for service "beyond the normal call of duty", in the words of the judges and was awarded second place. First prize was awarded to the Delor- " aine Times, Manitoba. Third. prize was given to Powell River News; British Columbia. The Sentinel was judged on its con- tribution to the local campaign to raise $20,000. for the installa • tion of artificial ice in Lucknow. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burrell of Peterborough took over the May- fair Restaurant from Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. Loder. ' The Lucknow Branch of Silver- wood Dairies placed a huge van in operation the first of Septem - ber for transporting butter, eggs' and cream. It was'a refrigerat- ed van; 22 feet by 7 feet ,with a twelve ton capac Lucknow Man On Xmas Seal Assoc. Each child with chronic asthma' must be assessed individually be- fore treatment and .medication are given, said Dr. Harold A. • Williams, Clinical Director of the Toronto Crippled Children's Centre, when he spoke at the annual meeting of the Bruce., Duf• ferin, Grey Tuberculosis and Res- piratory Disease Association in Varney recently. This was the. 4th Annual Meeting of the Christ- mas Seal Association, and more than 70 persons were present., many of them doctors and nurses to hear of the work being done inrehabilitating these children. Dr. Williams explainedwhile there was no cure,' with proper diagnosis medication and exer- cise a child need not feel he is a cripple but can do most of the things normal, children can do. However , he said, the child must realize that he can never become a national sports hero. Speaking to the Association Dr. .Williams said he hoped that classes for Asthmatic Children can be started in the. main centres of the three count- ies, teaching both parents .and. child•how to•handle the disease. Knowledge •of how 'to handle an acute attack is. most important said Dr. Williams, •but such knowledge will not come until the child is eight or nine years old. Until that time the mother is the most important factor in keeping the child ,from becoming frightened: E. Fred Scott was re-elected president of the Association for the incoming year and Mr. Ralph' Woods of Grand Valley was named 1st' vice president: Others named from this area were Gord ion Montgomery, Lucknow, and 'Donald Arscott, Kincardine. ity.. The driver was Jim Wilson. The big truck was being utiliz- ed to transport butter and eggs to Toronto and butter to Chat- ham, Windsor and'Sarnia. On returning it brought cream from all four cities for the manufac ,tare of butter at the local cream- ery 30 Years Ago SEPTEMBER 1942 In order to'ensure that 'all avail- able ocean transportation space was devoted to war essentials, it was found necessary to take steps toreduce the volume of newspap- ers to civilians and the troops in. the, United Kingdom and other Atlantic destinations, as well as in Central and South America, Bermuda and the West Indies. Patrons were requested to. forward VARIETY CONCERT LUCKNOW PUBLIC SCHOOL SATURDAY, MAY 12th clippings of special interest. "as complete newspapers or periodicals could not be accepted at the Post Office from the gener- al publicfor transmission to such destinations.” . Since the "folks at home" were. restricted to sending only news- paper clippings , The Clansmen Club decided to send The Sentin- el to all Lucknow boys overseas. 50 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 1922 Robert H. Thompson took over the Lucknow Grocery, Confection. ery and Flour Business of W. E. Barker in the Joynt Block. Mr. Thompson had previously assisted A. R. Finlayson in his Grocery, Flour and. Feed Store. A carload of peaches was received in Lucknow and r_stglIod at 65¢ for an eleven quit basket. Lucknow ' Fall Fair, held,on September 28 and 29., was report- ed "one of the best in ten years with hall exhibits and ' cattle unusually good: The day was ideal and,the;people came from fkr• and near BIUSM IOWA 64 140010 wan •nus ravaacs. . 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