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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, SEPT, 2nd, .1953 TEN PAGES »
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On Schedule Next Tuesday
The work of getting classrooms
set -up and established is going
~bn“a.pa<re these days at the newly
constructed Lucknow DTstrixt
—High School'- jn order to be’ready + . . .. -------------
for school opening next Tuesdav i^C^ • ve 9nd Mr. Baker is still
. *- A full Oiirriculpm including
home economics,«shop work and
commercial, will be available and
with modern facilities in a mod?
ern building, this is one year that
students will no doubt be “eager”
to resumef studies again,
• The cafeteria, we understand,
will not be in operation immed
iately. .
The gymnasium and auditor
ium; shop arid home economics,
and cafeteria are new facilities
. .ini'kQO!^Il..jli".th.e,’old. school, ^and
those who have had a close look
. through the new structure’ are
. greatly impressed by it. Of course
, much yet remains to be done, in
cluding landscaping. In this re
spect a landscape authority point
ed out that the setting affords
greater natural possibilities than
did the site of any other' new
school he knew of.
Shop Well Equipped .
The shop and home-economics
rooms will fee well equipped; The
< shop work classroom is mechan
ized for drafting, wood work,
sheet metal work, welding, • elect-
1 rical and forge work. Home~econ-
• oinics will be taught in Grades
9 and 10 and modern facilities
will be available for this phase
of the curriculum. ._____
Comiriercial ln Three Grades ;
The commercial course,, which
includes typing, will be taught in
Grades 9, 10, U, and this comes
as good news to students and
parents alike, as; there was some
qUestiori earlier as to what the
commercial course would cover,
and in what grades it would be
taught. _ „
Engage Extra Teacher
—^An-additional-teacher*h;as^been
a/lded to the staff this year. The
members of the_2staff—and—the
subjects they’ will teach are -as
follows: ■ < ’
. Mr. P. W. Hoag, principal—his
tory, geography, English, Latin.
Miss Jean Osborne—mattiemaL
__ks_arid-girlsk^>hysieal-ed u eationr
Mr. Wim. „ MacDonald—science
and boys’ health.^
Miss Eleanor Plumsteel—Eng-
glish arid home economics.
: Mr. H. B. Burden—shop, P.T..
and commercial.
Mr. Harvey Bride—French and
Latin. ' :
Mr. A. W. Anderton — music
supervisor.
Miss Plumsteebof Clinton is no
stranger here, having previously
served on the staff for a time dur
ing Mr. Hoag’s illnessi Mr. Bride
comes from Pordwich and Mr.
Burden, who is a resident of the
village, previously taught at the
. Second. He is qualified in the
• subjects he will teach and during
■ the - summer (has . been taking
courses in Toronto.
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THREE MOREJOINSTAFF
The staff of the_Baker.Private
Hospital’ has .now;been, increased;
seeking - more help. On Tuesday
morning three new. members,-i
Miss Gretta Hudson, Mrs. Bark
well and Mrs.^Milliomcommenced
duties there. There are at pres:
ent 26 patients at the hospital
with accomodation for several 1
more. " :.
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JUVENILES IN .O.A.S A.
; SEMI-FINAL SERIES ■ .
Lucknow Juveniles, softball
grand champions of the
, are now pitted.‘ W.O.A.A.,
. against Virgil in the semj-
—^final—series-fot the Ontario
. Amateur Softball. Association
—G— champ iorish ip“Vig;i ITT s
a few miles from Niagara-on-
the-Lake. " •
' The first game was se.t for
Lucknow ■ t h i s.: Wednesday
night arid baek in Virgil on
Saturday night at 8.3Q.
ENTERS TRAINING
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SETTLEMENT reached
• In our last issue reference was
.made to the court action that
was pending between the Corpora
ation and“J'ohn Hall’ &~Sori, over
the removal of black top patch
ing material’from the concrete
walk, in front of Hall’s Grocery.
T h e Municipal authorities’
charged wilful damage. Before
the matter went to court settle
ment was made through Mr.
Hall’s solicitor, Mr. P. S. Mac
kenzie, whereby the: municipal
ity was recompensed in the
amount .of $20;00. Town employ
ees, removed the pile of bitum
inous.
STANDING GRAIN SO DRY
SPARK SET IT AFIRE
The prolonged dry spell,, though
possibly a bit excessive so far as
heat is concerned, has been ideal
harvest weather.„ap(L-ihe , job^ is
about completed;
So dry did the grain become
that a field of standing oats on
Raynard Ackert’s farm, 2^ miles
west of Holyrood’ took fire : arid
about an acre was burned over
before the blaze was beaten out.
A spark from the air-cooled
jpotor of a self-propelled swather
is said to have set fire to the
tinder- dry field where the mach-
ine“-was”Working.A~calTwasput
in to the Ripley Fire. Department
±jrt^y^he_^ime_Jt_arri-ved^v-ol--
unteer workers had beat out the
spreading flames. / .
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ELMO PRITCHARD’S NEW
TEAM OFF TO GOOD START
EXPECTS TO LEAVE r.
tARCTic VERY SOON
MrsxR. H. Thompson and mem-'
feersbf the family were,in radio'
contact on Sunday with her son
Bob at Arctic .Bay. It was expect*
ed to be the last conversational
contact with him before he sails
from the far north on his .horrfe-
• Ward voyage,. The ship is-expect
ed to anchor off Arctic*Bay some
time- next •Week. It will' tie-.up
a'bou't threeL davs/UriA
idading a yeir’s supply of pro
visions for this: weather observa-
* outpost . The ship should
.’rjach Quebec about two weeks
^r sailing from Arctic Bay,
, ,.®ob’s family have; beep kepi
frequent contact wi!thkhim thru
[ ide co.urtesy of Fred Bissett of
; ^Itford, •/ham” .radio operator,
was something never dream-
fWherr Bob left for the North
^ly in August of la^t year. :
The ship is expect-
)tf Arctic' Bay sonic a&kiy T4- .
Elmo Pritchard started out .on
the show circuit rounds last Week
that will take him all over West
ern Ontario before? the snow flies.
-He—has a . new heavy "team of
registered Belgiums which he
purchased in March, and this team,
of 3 and 4-year-old mares have
made a notable start in the. ring.
At Aylmer last Tuesday the
team took first' place. He. had .the
junior champion 3 years and' un
der and the grand' champion Per-
cheron or Belgium of the show.
At Ridgetowh. on Wednesday
and' Thursday the team again
placed first; and took, honors for
the'best team on the grounds, as
well as the grand champion mare
or gelding class.
vAt Woodstock on. Friday and.
Saturday he was "first for three-,
year-olds • and first in- the single
hitch. ■
TO COMMENCE
MISSION COURSE
/• Mr. .
Turner
Regina
nicnce a
College,
mission
.and..
and Mrs/R- .A. (Hick)
leave on ' Saturday for
Where they ‘will eom-
foiir-year course at Bible
•to prepare' them for .the
field with the Christian
’ AlTianre.- ah .. imL
Wingham Active Treatment
Hospital, Lucknow Approves Grant
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“Anxious to have Ltickriow con
tribute a. $13,000 L share to the
proposed riew wing of the Wing
ham: General Hospital, .'membiers
of the Hospital Board met-, with
; the Village Council “ori Wednes
day, August 19thj to discuss the
matter.-. • ; . -This meeting followed the reg
ular August Council “meeting at
i which the Board decided, against
making the granC unless the
■ it x&wopixai. auuyitu
. active treatment policy, br urw
jess a referendum was requested.
Present at the ihid month meet*
ing were Fred Davison, chair
man of the hospital. board; Capt.
Adams of Wingham anef W> B.
Anderson of Lucknow, members
of the board; Reeves R. E. Mc
Kinney of Winghairi, ' Harvey
Johnston of Morris, Roy Cousins
of Brussels ahq Alex Robinson !
of East Wawanosh. ; .
The matter was discussed.’ at;
some length during which the
following Resolution adopted by
the Wirigham Hospital. Board was
tabled: “That the Board go on
record, as stipulating that Wing-
liam General “Hospital is an act
ive treatment hospital and must
remain same”,
Pass Grant
Meeting a few nightss later
.Lucknow_Council- approved ^ -
motion to the following effect:
That in view of the fact that
Wirigham General Hospital Board
stipulates that Wirigham Hospital
is an active treatment hospital and
must remain as same, that this
council give a grant to the Wing
ham Hospital -up to the amount
of $13,000 to be raised by. a 20-
year debenture issue at 5 percent,
subject to the approval of the-
Ontario Muriicipal Board, pur
suant to legislation in regard to
money by-laws. '
And there the'matter r&sts for
, the .moment at least. - . _
Newspaper arid radio reports
' of the meeting failed to give the ,
. Jriain—factor—behind - Lucknow’s J
original stand on the matter.
Mary . MacIntyre, who enters Wingham Hospital ^adopted an
training in St. Joseph’s Hospital, I
London, this week, Was surprised
on Saturday evening when a’
number of her girl friends gath
ered at her: home for a party and
presented her with a pen, pencil
andr thermbmefei set.I
APPEAL COURT
HELD TUESDAY
Lucknow Court of Revision arid
a long list of appellants against
the assessment roll sweated it out
through a four-hour session on
Tuesday night.
It was after midnight before
the "Court received the last appeal
and adjourned to meet again at
the call of- the Reeve; when the
appeals will come up for review.
Only case on ^which a decision
was reached-was a $206 reduction
on Sam Sherwqod’s property froms
$1700 to $1500. Although the mid
night hour was striking when Mr’
Shexwopd^jpase„wasj:ey-iewed^he
insisted that the Court deal with
the matter then, jj
The Court had a list of upwards
to forty appeals. About half of
the appellants were in • attend
ance to present their case. The
majority of appeals were* sup-
pprted. by personal arguments,
and the - meeting generally was
quiet and orderly. Some appeals
were withdrawn.
— Members-of—the-CourtofRe-
vision are chairman S. E. Robert- ,
son, Messrs. Irines-^_MacSweenr
Archie Smith, V. A. Mowbray and
W. B. Anderson, >
County- Assessor Everett Fin
nigan and Town Assessor A. C.
Agnew were present to review
SCHOOL ROOM MOVED
FROM REC CENTRE
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terdenornin/itjonal organization.
• The voung couple were married
this summer at. the West End
Alliance Tabernacle in- Toronto^
■where a send-off is to be given
them on Thursday5 evening to
honor them prior to starting out
on their chosen vocation.;
Mr: an.» Mr^. Turner .and his
mother,. M«. Allan Turner, called,
oh friends in town this we.ek
-before returning to Toronto. •
lants and to explain the method
of equalizing the local assessment
on a, county wide basis, according
to definite directives set down
in the new Provincial manual.
Mr. Finnigan pointed out that the
business assessment is a percent?
age- of the’ assessed Value of the .
building; The rate is 35 percent
in the, case of retail businesses.
. A. W. Hamilton considered the
assessment..out of line in many
cases and referred to reductions
of as much as $8,000 and $5,000
which were made after notices
went out.< He contended that
no new house,, should be under!
$3,000. .
George joynt felt that riew
fyp.uses were being subsidized at
the expense of older home own
ers. He compared the difference
of more than $100 'on similar
sized. l'otS^on^Qiialitv—Hill—annd-
Havelock. St. and said it seemed
“screwy”- to him./It appeared
agreed that his assessment", oh
two back lots on a dead-end
street was too high. George said
be 'would, let, them go for taxes
if it were not that some would'
likely buy them for a fe.w, dol
lars’to avoid paying: school fees.
Chris Shelton 'felt- the assess
ment op his wood-working plant
was fa'r too high, He referred to
the .bad shape of th.e__b.uilding-
arid his plans to repair and ex*
pand- it, if Council will work out
a satisfactory arrangement with
him; He. intimated that ‘upon
their decision tested the future
of this little .industry. /.
George Whitby was quite in
censed over his assessment, Stat
ing • he was' hot assessed properly
or- ’fairly.. His , assessment .was
based according to size'not Value,
he said. ’ ”•I
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—W-i-th—the—hi^h^schuol moving
to their new building, the public
school will once again be all. in
the one building. Grades 3 and $
had been taught for some time
in an improvised room in the Re
creational Centre. This has now
/been vacated and the equipment
moved back to the school.
Enrolment at the public school
is forecast at capacity for the
teacher staff.
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A very successful auction sale
of. household effects of the late
Mrs. R. J. Cameron was held at
the residence on August 15th. The
property was ’later sold to Albert’
Gammie. . . .;
PREPARE TO VOTE
ON-HOSPITAL AIO I
West Wawanosh Township is
taking steps to- hold a vote to
decide for. or “ against: the muni-
ipality’s' participation in direct
financial aid to building the pro
posed chrdAic patients’ wing at
Wirigham Hospital. ■ ~
West Wawanosh share is set
at 4V2' percent or $9,000.
The by-law to be submitted to
the ratepayers of West Wawanosh
•appears-Hn—this issue and TnusT
run for three weeks; Date of the
voting; is not yet set, but .will
be. the latter part of the month
most likely.*, ‘
The grant, if approved, will be
raised by issuing debentures oh
a. ten-year term with Interest at
5 percent’ per annum. Equal an
nual payments for each of the
ten -years, in cl ud i n gpr in cipal and
interest, Would amount to approx
imately p485.64.«
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r Mr. Wm. ’J. MacDdnald held <a
sal^ of household effects -on Sat
urday and has gone to London to
make his home with TMrsu. Annie
Twamley. Mrs? MacDonald passed
away early in July. Mr. and Mrs.
MacDonald had moved from Kin
loss to. Lucknow, less than two
years ago, and hdd resided in the
Alliri house on HaVelocR St.
A. M. NICHOLSON REELECTED
JN MacKENZIE RIDING ’
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A., M. (Sandy) Nicholson was
arriong the successful C.C.F. can- j
didates ~eTectbd -in Saskatchewan
in the recent. Federal election.
Sandy represents . MacKenzie
riding for the third term, prev
iously bging the member from
1940-1949.. .
Appointed ashfield
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
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Mrs. Duncan. Simpson (Lillian
Carruthers) has been appointed
music supervisor- by the Ashfield
School Area Board. She will give
music instruction in .sixteen
schools in the, township’ z
Mrs.. Simpson took a summer
school music course in Toronto--
arid recently received her certifi
cate.
LITTLE TOT UNDERWENT
ANOTHER OPERATION
Little Judy Agnew is visiting
at present at the home of her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Agnew. . Judy recently f Under
went another hip operation in
Sick Children’s Hospital, Lon
don, and left the hospital last
week. She rwilL^return to her
home, in Detroit in a few days
accompanied by Joyce Mowbray
who-ishelpingcareforher.
Judy, is a happy little lass de
spite rhe casts she^wears-on hnfh-
lower limbs.. The cast which was
applied after her last operation
will be worn for three months
before a change is made.
PLAYHOUSETORUNONE
PICTURE WEEKLY—4 DAYS
Effective next Wedriesday^Sep-^
ternber 9th, a change of. program
w.ill be effective at The Play
house, by which only one picture
will be run weekly for four days \
—Wednesday through Saturday.
There will be no show on Mon-,
day and'Tuesdays.,
By this move The Playhouse
can obtain a better choice of pic
tures, which will mean high qual-,
ity movie entertainment each
week.*
JAMES PICKERING DIED
SUDDENLY LAST WEEK
Mr. James Henry
died suddenly late last
night at his home in
Mr; Pickering was in
good health when_his._sisler-UVLa4^—
garet retired late that evening. .
Mr. Pickering evidently passed ' ' \
away .in the kitchen of their home
after, his sister had gone to bed
and she was shocked to find him
there the next morning. . ,
The funeral . service" was. Held
at. his late residence on Monday, •
conducted’ by, his pastor, Rev. .0.
A. Winn, interment was in
Greqhill Cemetery. • ?
Pickering
Thursday .
Lucknow.
apparent
THAT Mrs. A. B. Swenson of
\ Assimboia, a sister Of Mrs. Al-
* Jan Turner, gets her Sentinel.
in bunches from, another old
% LuckoWite, Jack Barbour of
/ Moose-Jaw. Jack is a railway
conductor through Assiniboia,
tvhere Mrs. Swenson’s son Carl „
is employed in the depot ex-,
press department. Jack saves
■. his Sentinels and tosses off a. ..
biind^ periodically for /\al’S' ?-
. .mother. Jack is a sori of the
late Archie Barbour.
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