HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-12-30, Page 34[ • • WEDNESDAY, DEC, 30th, 1953 ..
Commend District Highschool
Board For Big Task Well Done
I At Monday bight’s nomination
meeting Robert Rae, chairman of
the District High School Board,
was called ,on to speak in epn-
pection -with the facilities of the
new school.
He referred to .structural dif
ficulties, caused by trying to lay
cement and. build roofs under
winter conditions. As a result the
3 colored floors iturned out’ below
^expectations, and $18,000; was.
held hack/from the general con
tractor to repair the floors,, but
which can’t be made as good as
• \fhey should have been. / . v
Th2T°o^ is bonded, for twenty
years, and while it, is giving a
little trobule is hot the Board’s
.. responsibility nor will it cost the
Board anything to overcome the
trouble. .a
Mr. Rae said that it is a per
manent structure into which the
best, of/•materials Have gone and
the furnishings, at a cost of
$38;000, 'give us a school second
to none in the Province and at
a cost „of $270,000 in comparison
with others costing $600,000.
Mr. Rae said that there i$ a
commercial class of. thirty stu
dents, that thd - home economics
course is popular. and taught un-
| der the most modern conditions,
I; . as is the wood ’ working anft
I metal courses taught in a fully
I equipped work shop.
I , Mr. Rae claimed that the Wing-
I ham District Board is “not play-
I ing the game”., They are still.
I sending a bus into the Lucknow
I area, “strictly against the ^Csire
I of the Department”, and after
I : prdniising they would stay out
I at thp end of 1952, when the
I DucknoW Board paid them * the
. sum of $7,877.00 for tuition fees.
The Wingham. Board is still
- Transporting -8 or 10 - Lucknow I
District pupils, on whom they re-1
’ ; oeiye no grantis, yet cost the!
’ Lucknow Board between $800 and |
k $900 in. lost grants;
. . Their alibi is that “you Can’t
! deny these students a good edu-1
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UNITED CHURCH
Minister: . I
Rev. GJ A. Meiklejolin,. I
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•j-SUNDAT-r-JAN-^^^ ...
11.00 a.m.: The Sacrament of!
The Lord’s Supper. , I., laxt.s O11 p,uucll?
--“That^H-May~Be^One^L-N.&vv^£uxmiiu:e-aui._----
7- ■ s. I1 equipment ...... 36,/»4.«z
. j [ U. -insurance stamps ..... 6.72
= l Landscaping account ... 2.411.45
cation”, when, in fact, Mr.
saidy yve have a better school
a better standing, ■
At the close, of Mr. Rae’s re
marks, A. W. Hamilton, made a
motion, seconded by W, B. And
erson, that extreme satisfaction
be expressed with the efforts of
the Lucl(how D i s t r i t. High
S>chool Board in a work well
done. , "' ;
. Mr. Rae accepted the expres
sion' with thanks '1 on behalf ' of
the Board, and stated that wHile
thi.e tasks. ibecaine heavy and, miOT)-
btonoqs at times, the achievement
had its compensations, • .
Donald Henderson, secretary of
both , the High’School and Public
School Boards; .curtailed his fhi-
a'hcial report as the hour was get
ting late.
'..Mr. Henderson, said that salar-.
ies and■ transportation costs • rep
resent 75 percent of the-expendi
tures of the High School Board.
Five . busies ^.are. • operating to
transport1^08 .students;They tra
vel'305 miles daily at an average
cost of 2312 cents' .per mile... for a
daily cost of $72.61. The*Depart-,
ment. will, '.'pay’ 80 .percent of a
daily cost of $54. for 200. days,,
which means 30 percent of
$10,800 of the cost of transporta
tion..
In . the Public Schbol ’ the De
partment grants cover 37 percent
of the. cost of education, leaving,
63 / percent to be raised by local
taxation,and tuition fees.
.,There is an average attendance
of 146 pupils in the public school..
In June High School salaries
were increased $1000 and an
extra,' teacher added/ . Public
School, salaries increased $700. .
Mr. Hdnderspn said that land
scaping Would be one. of the
[major expenditures in the spring,
I but at December 15th, the Board i
still' had a balance, of $42,865.08
i in. the High' School building .ac
count.
■ ' A summary of capital expendi
tures for 1952 and i953‘is as. fol-
Fhilip C..“Johnson-
School site
Labor accounts
Administration
Contract bond insur
".anee ......
School, construction- ac- ' .
' count
m_LUCKNOW^ SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Thanks a million
for your patronage, . *
and a million good .
wishes that you all ‘will{
. enjoy the good, fortune of
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Local & General
• M,is. s ‘Hazel Culbert spent.
Christmas in -Windsor ' with Mr
and .Mrs. Wm. Culben,..;. '
Miss Helen Thompson is visit
ing in Toronto, this week with
Miss Lorna Campbell.
Mis.. Russell Robertspn’- is
pending' Christmas and-New’
Years in Hamilton.
• Hill was .a Christmas
visitor at Niagara Falls with his
sister, Mrs. F. I.. Stuart, ■ ■
..’Miss Elizabeth Welsh was* a-
Christmas, visitor at Clinton with’
her, sister/Mrs. George Beatty..
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Boak and
t.wo children’ are'Christmas holi-'
’day .visitors with Mrs. C/Shad
dick. . • • . .
Mr. and Mrs. Redvers (Meff)
Johnson and'Joy speryt Christmas
with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs/
Quest Mitchell of Preston.
Mr. and Mrs.. E, H. Agnew, were
Christinas visitors in Detroit with
.Mr. and Mrs, .Joe Agnew and
Judy. '
. Mary MacIntyre,, student nurse
at St. Joseph’s Hospital, London,,
spent Christmas, week at her
home here? . ’• ■'
M.iss< Margaret .Trgleayen 'of
Sarnia spent the week-end with
her parents, Mi’; and Mrs. n Har-.
old Treleaven. ’ :
Miss Helen Salkeld of Ottawa
was a Christmas visitor, at the
home of her parents,: Mr. arid
Mrs. T.. J. Salkeld. •
. Mr. and Mrs. Win.. Blue, Miss
Margaret Blue and Don Gillespy
of Detroit were Christmas visi
tors with Mr, and Mrs. J; D.
Anderson. ■ ..
■/--Hbliday^visitors--wRh^
Stimson arid family* were Mr. and
Mrs. Don Stimson and Brock; Mr.
and Mrs. John Grace, . Barry and
Colleen, all of Goderich.
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Robb, Mr.
and ..Mrs. George Kennedy, Billy
and Jack .spent Christmas at
Lucan with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
RoHb. ‘ ;-
,'Mr. and Mrs.; Elliott Fells -.of
Smooth' Rock Falls were holiday,
visitors with , her. mother, Mrs.'
James'Webster and other rela
tives. ■ '> ;. .
. Mr. and Mrs. John Ross, Mar
ion and June of Cayuga and,
Bowen Ross, of Falcoribridge have
.in .'the community; •
Mr; and Mrs. Hector Purdon,.
June, Bruce and Cheryl of Sar
nia spent Christmas week-end
-with his parents, Mr;- and Mrs.
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tori on Monday with interment
Henderson on their return to in Brussels Cemetery; .. ;.
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Presbyterian ({hurch
Rev. C. A. Winn, B.A.,
Minister*
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 4954
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11 a.m.: Morning Worships
12.15 p.m.: Sunday School.
3, p.m.: Erskine, Dunganiioh,
7 p.m.: Evening'Worship.
AND GIFT SHOP
’Phone 218, Lucknow, Ont i s
.,$, 10,500.00
4,950,.00
563.48
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Account're debenture
issue......................................1,201.83
i Taxes on properly :..... 3.5.90
arid Mrs. Joe MacMillan.
Arthur Andrew motmred. from
Kapuskasing to spend Christmas
with his parem^
W. G. Andrew. “Miss Flora And
rew of London is spending the
holiday here. '
Mr. and - Mrs. Frank Bark well
and John Barkwell of Toronto
were Christmas visitors at the
home of Mrs. Evelyn Barkwell.
Frank has been hospitalized at
London for over a year, and re
turned after Christmas to receive
his discharge.
Visitors with Mr, and-Mrs. Jack
Henderson, Boundary West, were
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Henderson
of Hamilton, Mr., and Mrs. Lloyd
Henderson, Advice and -Lilias of
Downsview, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Wraith o.f Goderich. Iyan “HehT
Downsview where he will be em-
loyed. . ’ ,.
^STER^F^S^C.-RATHWELL_ v
DIED ON CHRISTMAS <
A resident of Clinton for many
years, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sparl.
ing, 88, died on Christmas Day
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Muriel Collett, Niaagr^ Falls.
Mrs. Sparling, the former Mary
Rathwell, was born in Goderich
Township and lived at Cranbrook
and Clinton. She was a member :
of the United Church; Her hus-
bafnd, George Sparling; died in
1912. I ; . !'
She is survived by two sons, .
five daughters arid two brothers.
Mr. S. C. Rathwell of town is .
a brother. ' _
.Thefunerarwasheldin’Clin-- -
-derson_accomp.anied^Mr._and Mrs,^ tori on Monday with interment
Mama firefly to • papa firefly.
“Isn’t Junior bright for his age?”
JOHN DEERE “DAY” SET _ ,
FOR NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT
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. .-Walter. Breckles of - Kinlough,
J John Deere dealer, is sponsoring
a “John Deere Day in the.Luck
now Town Hall on Tuesday even-.
. ing of? next week. January 5th.
The event is fr.ee to’all farm
ers and. their families and will
f. ’attire a • full-length^ color pict-
urr’; “Mr Christinas” plus a: short
i “The. Safety Pin’'’ and other;color,
I films made especially' for thc .en'i
Alex Purdon. ; ‘ ' -
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Alton and
son. Douglas of Toronto were
.Christmas visitors with relatives
in this district. Doug is in his
fourth year in medicine at Tort
onto University. .
: Mr. and Mrs. Al Guse, Douglas
and Donald of Galt; Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Johnston of.- Toronto; Mr.
and Mrs. Merle Johnston, Sharon'
and Dianne, of London, • spent
Christmas with Mr. arid-Mrs. P.
M. .Johnston.
Mr and Mrs. Lloyd "Stewart of
Kitchener, .Mr. and,.Mrs. Allan
Stewart of London, Mr. and Mrs
J R. Wilson of. Stratford and
Miss Winnie Stewart of London
...pjnt Christnufe with Ujeir par-
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As jt is necessary for me. to d,sPoseu®f
my butcher business because of poor health,
. I wish to sincerely thank my customers an
friends for their patronage and p easan
“HusihessassociatioYirdu^nr1^^^63^
I recommend my «ucce$$< as
perienced tradesman and bespea OY. f
your goodwill and a share of your pa ...
age.
Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes to All-
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r Ufist mas. .• visitors.at .the borne
of Mrs. R.' H. TOmpsbii 'were,-
.Mtss’L'brna Camobell of Toronto;
Bob Thompson : of Windsor; -Mi.
and Mrs. Win; Hcwat, Bob, Nancy
• and Ardonha of Elmira and Mr
mil Mrs. John Naylor. Tommy
dnd Stevie Cf Kitchener -
. ^Ir.: and .Mrs. D. C. Brown, of
Wellston., Ohio and Darrell Mc
Cann, of Detroit were Christmas.
.Of Mr. ’and Mrs.? George
Twainlcv.- Mrs, Twamley s.-mo.th-
rr^.r^4L-C. McCann, accompany
IS Ml’ -and Mrs: Brown on their
return < to Wellston : where she
will spend the winter., ’ ■
. iim MacMillan; Mr. and Mrs.
MacMillan, PW. yvonn® andj
Giii of London, and Mr. and Mrs. [
were Christmas visitors wjth Mr.,| .
Our wish to all the
friendly folk to las^the
■ ..whole-yeaE-thr
Is that all the days,
be happy ones, in the
$ •’ New Year ahead
of you!
Ivan arid Monica LoUzon
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