The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-03-17, Page 1•
$8.00 A Year In Advance $2.00 Extra T
Council . Asked To Call 'Vote.
which have been overlooked.. to
some degree by the liquor Control
Board. All permits issued were of
the "no sale" type.
The deiegation made their point
known, to council in their request
for a vote, - If Lucknow votes in
'favour; and goes "wet", special •
permits"for the sale of liquor can be
legally obtained. If the community ,
stays in its preseht situation,
``dry", no such permits can be
obtained for any event except
"give , away" permits which' allows
a person "to have, a bar facility, but
only if all drinks are given away to
those attending.
The delegation made it known,
and it is certainly known by • most
residents who are involved in
community affairs that the' money
raised by service clubs and other
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BEGINNERS PERFORM
AT SKATING CLUB
ACHIEVEMENT NIGHT
Members Of the beginners group
performing at the Lucknow Skating
Club Achievement Night Saturday
were:
Front, lett to right, Matt Rhody,
4, son of Mr. and MrS. Allan Rhody
of Kinloss; Shawn Thompson, 4,
son of Marjorie Thompson of
Holyrood; Kevin DeJong, 5 and
Steven DeJong, 6, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Gert DeJong of Kinloss.
• .Rear, left to right, Julie Nichol-
son, q, daughOr of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Nicholson • of Lucknow;
Michelle Gardner, 7,, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. ,Eugene. Gardner of
Lucknow; Cindy ° Struthers, 5,
daughter 'of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
'Struthers of Lucknow.
A delegation representing a
cross section of village service
organizations was present, at the
March meeting of Lucknow village
council irequesting the municipality-
make application to the Liquor
Control Board to have a vote in. the
Village of Lueknow.
Present were Stu Reavie and Bill
Nelson of the Lions Club, Terry
Rathwell of the Kinsmen, Ab .
Murray and Bud Hamilton of the
Fire Department, Bob Struthers of
the Agricultural Society and Angus
MacDonald of the Legion.
A recent stiffening of the
enforcement by the Liquor Licenc-
.ing Board has made it impossible
for any local organization to get a
"sale" permit for bar privileges at
any local function. Most commun-
ity •events, for, some 'time, have
been operating with bar facilities
Last August a group of eight to
ten citizens of LUCkflOW district,
most of whom were senior citizens,
launched a study group under the
above title. They hoped that this
would provide another. activity for
senior citizens and also give them
the pleasure 'of more fellowship
with their peers.
They have been -meeting at 8.00
p.m. on the first Monday of each
month in the Parish Hall of the
Anglican Church and discussing
general historical subjects chosen
by the members 'themselves' such
as: Witches and Witchcraft 'in
Europe during the . Middle Ages;
Explorations in the Canadian Arctic
for the Northwest passage; The
early history 'of Toronto, of the
Township of Kinloss and of
.Locknow.
The group now has decided to
undertake a compilation in book
form of the early history of
Lucknow District; 'including that of
nearby commiinities such as Loch-
alsh, Belfast, Dungannon, St.
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WEDNESDAY, toga( 1z. 076'
Single. Copy 20c 20 Pages
Form LucknoiN District Historical Group,.
consider Publishing Early Area History
Stewart Needham Retires As Telephone
Commissioner After Serving The
Huron & Kinloss System For 38 Years
BY AB WYZDS
Last Wednesday afternoon,
March 1,0, 1976, in Huron Town-
ship Hall in Ripley,' Stewart
Needham of 'Ripley retired' as
commissioner of the Huron and-
Kinloss Telephone System after 38
years of continuous service in that.
office.'
He was first elected commission-
er on January 28, 1938. The very
next year, 1939 he was elected
chairman of the system, a position
which he held for many years. ,
Several , times Stewart stepped
down to let another commissioner
be chairman but in a few years
Stewart would be back again for
Bill Taylor Is
Livestock Shipper
Bill Taylor of Ashfield Township,
who resides on Highway 21, just
north of Kintail, has been appoint-
ed as the new livestock shipper for
the Farmer's Co-operative Co. of
Lucknow. There were six applica-
tions for the job.
He "succeeds Gordon 'Finlayson
who was forced to give up the
position for health reasons.
Bill 'is manager of the Lucknow-
arena and will assume his new
shipper duties /at once.
Other employees of the Co-oper-
ative Co. are Al Irwin, Charles,
Anderson and Pete Cook; •
another term in this top Position..
In 38 years as commissioner
Stewart has , seen great expansion
and changes in the system. The
number of tvlephones in operation
has risen from 680 to the present
2552. The area covered by , the
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••••••••••FateMI*010
Medical Group
Will Service New
Ripley Huron
Medical Centre
It was decided at the March
meeting of Ripley Council that they
accept the , offer of , Kin-Huron
Medical Group, of the Kincardine
area; subject to -the terms. of the
contract to service the area.
Council feels that this Means that
within a short Aline the Ripley and
District Medical Centre will be
operating, serviced by doctors
familiar with the area.
Under the agreement, a• nurse-
receptionist will be located in the
Ripley Medical Centre and one of
the rive doctorS in the Kin-Huron
group, on a rotation basis, will be
at the medical centre in the
afternoons to see patients by
appointment for as many after-
noons as appointmentS dictate.
The arrangement will commence
in April.
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Lucknow Village
Council Briefs . ,
A building permit has been sold
by -the village of Lucknow to
Ontario Housing for construction: of
the senlipr citizens apartment
building at the east end of Lucknow
on Walter Street. Construction is
expected to start as soon as
weather permits.
Carl Whitcroft appeared before
council asking to purchase the two
village lots to the south of , his
house on Stauffer Street.
The lots span the river and are
directly west of the C. and M.
Transport shed. Council agreed to
sell the lots for $1.00 each with Mr.
Whitcroft to accept the legal fees
involved and allow the village
access to the river at that. point.
The motion produced a tie, vote on
council, Glenn and Maize in favour,
Solomon and Ritchie opposed.:
Reeve George Joynt vacated the
chair and voted in favour of the
motion approving the sale.
t
The new Citizen Band radio club
requested permission to meet in
the, town hall.
*
Murvin Solomon was appointed
to serve as Lucknow's representa-
tive on the Maitland Valley
Conservation . Authority.
* $
A donation of $500 was approved
for the Lucknow Agricultural
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100th Birthday
Was Memorable
Weekend Occasion
On Saturday, March 13th Mrs.
Wm. MacKenzie celebrated, her.
100th birthday at Pinecrest Manor.
Thedining room was. festive 'with
a profusion of beautiful flowers.
Miss Ada Webster,' Mrs. A. E.
McKim and Mrs. 'Noble Johnston
presided at the tea' table. The
special birthday cake, made and
decorated by Mrs. Leonard McIn-
nes,' added greatly to the attractive
table.
Mrs. MacKenzie was assisted in
the receiving of her many goests by
her, family which included eight,
grandchildren and one great grand-
child. 'Messages were received
from three grandchildren and two
great grandchildren who could not
be present.
Congratulations were received
from Queen Elizabeth and the
Prime Minister of Canada. Murray
Gaunt, M.P.P. for Huron-Bruce,
brought greetings in person from
the Premier of 'Ontario and the
Ontario Government.
The spirit of the occasion was
heightened by the contribution of
bagpipe music played by her son
Frank and her grandsons, Ian and
Rod MacKenzie.
Another heart-warming feature
was the singing of two solo's by
Frank in tribute to his mother.
Relatives and guests were pres-
ent from Cobourg, Bowmanville,,
Toronto, Hamilton and St. Clair
Shores. •
The many ,friends' who called 'to
extend congratulations and good
wishes made the day a very
memorable . one. 4) •
Wins Trip For
Two To Bahamas,
Mrs. Bob (Susan) Ritchie of
Lucknow was the winner of the
Lucknow .and 'District Kinsmen
Club 'draw "A Week 'For ,Two In
The Bahamas".
Susan is employed at the Bank of •
Montreal in Lucknow. '
° Bill Hunter made the draw
.Monday night with the, proceeds
slated for Kinsmen community
service work.,
Dungannon Fair
Board Raise $600
In Marathon
DUNGANNON NEWS
There were six machines entered
in the Dungannon Agricultural
Society Snowmobile Marathon in
connection with St. Helen's Snow-.
mobile Club Poker Rally on
Sunday.
Five of the snowmobiles finished
the route to raise about six hundred
dollars in pledges. •
Mrs. Diane Park was top
contributor bringing in over two
hundted dollars with 'pledges at
$6.75 a' mile. •
The executive of the Fair Board
hope to have the pledges collected ,
by the next meeting.
While they had hoped for more
participants, they did well consid-
ering weather conditions, '
The Dungannon . Agricultural
Society has just been re=organized
and the money raised will, be step
numbapni in the restoration of
Dungan11'6n Fall Fair.
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