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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-11-17, Page 2Thfrikin.g of a gift • - FOR CHEW Why not Frontier Ways To Modern Days" PASS Two THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER • - ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.......•••••••• History Of Secondary Education In Wingham Area The LUCKNOW SENTINEL . LUCKNOW, ONTARIO "The. Sopoy Town" On M. Huron-Bruce Boundary * • Second ClzAs Mail. Registration Number 0847 • * Established 1873 -- Published Wednesday Member of the C.C.N.A. and O.W.N.A. • qubscription Rate, $8.00 a year in advance • / $2 extra to U.S.A. and Foreign • • - Donald C. 'Thompson, Publisher • * ••••4~••••••4•••••••••.***......•........4 The following history of F. E. Madill Secondary School as pres- ented at the Commencement last week. r The first attempt at providing secondary education in Wingham took the form of continuation classes in the public, school building. However in, 1905, the contract for a high school building was .awarded to Messrs. Nicholson and. Bennett and the building •was completed' in 1906 at a total cost of $17,121.31. Known as the Wing- ham High School it was officially opened in 1907 and was located on the corner of John St. and Carling Terrace on the site now occupied by CKNX Radio and TeleviSion. For PIONEE f3 -1 0 CORN ALFALFA, SORGHUM Bruce. Raynard R.1 LUCKNOW, 5284345 RK OUTFIT COVERALL PANT SHIRT JACKET HAT the 'next 48 years this school' provided secondary edUcation for the students in the town and surrounding area. Students from the area were required to find their own transportation and many boarded in town especially , during the winter months. Smaller high schools known as continuation schools were operating in. the Surrounding villages of Brussels; Teeswater and Wroxeter. It was' in 1948 that the Department of Education created the high school districts in the Province of Ontario and provided bus transportation for rural stud- ents. At this time the :school changed its name from the Wingham High \ School to the Wingham District High School. The continuation schools in Brus- sels, Teeswater, and Wroxeter were closed and these students were bused to the district school. To accommodate the increased enrolment the school board. purch- ased an "H" hut from the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1954 construction was started on a new high school on the site of the present school. During the Christmas vacation of 1954 the "H" 'hut of the old -school was destroyed by fire which neceSsitat- ed a move of some students to the new unfinished school in Jantiary 1955. The new Wingham District School was officially, opened' in April 1955 by the Premier of the Province of Ontario, the Honour- able Leslie M. Frost , This school , NEILSON - ROTHWELL Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E„ Roth- well and Rev. and. Mrs. John A: • Teji son, son of Norwood are pleased to ann unce the forthcoming mar- riage ' of their children, Jeanne Rosemary and Barry David. The wedding will take place on Satur- day, December 18th at 4.30 p.m. in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Norwood. Plan For 77 November 8th saw the second meeting of Kinsmen and. Kinettes working towards the Lucknow Kinsmen Summerfest for 1977. This promises to 'be an even greater and more successful event than the past summerfest held June 25th - 26th of.1976. This year, a wider variety .of activities are to be planned. -Those included are a. dance, midway, ' casino night, etc. The' meeting was held in the clubhouse and this year's Summer- fest Committee began what hopes to be a weekend full .of fun and enjoyment for the whole family. was built to accommodate' 520 students. The old high school which had been sold to CKNX Radio and Television was' destroy- ed by fire in 1962. The station continued its live television pro- gramming from the stage of what is now Gym 228 without missing a single day of broadcasting. As the school: continued to grow in enrolment during the so called "baby boom" of•the post war years an addition of • 'seven classrobins was, added in 1959 which provided fora capacity. of 760 students. In 1962 an agreement, was reached between the Wingham; Lucknow and Ripley District High School Boards te) provide vocational training at the Whigham District High School. As a result in October 11962, a second addition• consisting of eight classrooms, five 'shops, an enlarged cafeteria, and a second gymnasium was. started. This addition was officially opened on April 23rd,, 1964:by the Minister Of Education, The Honourable Wil- liam G. Davis. ' On J anuary lst, 1967 the I Wingham District School and the Lucknow District High School Boards were dissolved and a new board, the Huron-Bruce District High School Board assumed the administration of the areas under the two former boards. A third addition to "the schdol . which expanded the vocational business and vocational technieal facilities was completed in 1968. This increased the rated student capac- ity to 1510 which included the students from the former Lucknow District High School. In September 1968 the name of the' school was changed to the F. E. Madill Secondary School in recognition of' Mr'. Madill's long service and his great contribution to education in the area. • On January 1st, 1969 all schools in Huron County 'came under the jurisdiction of the Huron County Board of Education. In September 1976, the F. E. Madill Secondary SChoot celebrat-. ed. its 70th anniversary in the field of secondary education. Principals 'of Wingham High School, Wingham District High School and F. E. Madill Secoridary School have been J. A. Taylor, :1906-1909; J. C. Workman, 1910.- 1911;J. C. Smith, 1911-1912; H. E. Ricker. G.' R. Smith., C. L. Brown, W. H. ,Houser. Miss Grace . G. Brackenbury, 1920,1934; W. St nley flail, 1934- 1959; F. E. Madi 1959-1%9; G. O. Phillips, 1969.1 5; R. P. Ritter, 1975. A 325 PAGE HISTORY 'OF NORTH EAST ASHFIELD WRIT" PICTORIAL BY Trinity U.C.W. Ashfield Price $.12.00, I (-1.00 EXTRA FOR MAIL `AVAILABLE AT LUCKNOW SENTINEL OR MRS. WARREN ZINN, R. 2 LUCKNOW - PHONE 529-7350 Ripley Lions to a local resident. 7. Lion Rod MacDonald sta' a pair of eye glasses were ( Lion Peter Klukach w Have Two Chinese auction. The next meeting will be held on V New Members day, November 24 at the .13r in Kincardine. 91nd Birthd James Keane of Luckno breed his 92nd birthc Wednesday, November 101 neighbours and friends gati his home for a, social time Their son Roy Keane, I Marlene and two children and Brian of Cardiff visit them last week. Mr. an Keane had earlier.visited w daughter' Mrs. Bob Curi family of St. Marys. 'caned litter averages of 700.froli) 296 farrowi with. NOic.•pig...storter:. ...Performance like this helps make 'hog raising profitable:' Bob Robs( "Our swine nutrition tests include many formulatio for starting pigs," reports Bob Robson, Assista Manager, Shur-Gain Research Farrn, "but we find 0 No. 10' Starter remains a winner for general use. consistently turns out healthy, igrowtliy, litters .of p averaging about 50 iba. at nine weeks. "Pig Starter No. 10 is introduced as soon as 5 11 per pig of Shur-Gain Cr'ep Feed is consumed. Cre Feed is vital to high performance but of course it's t. 40-50 lbs. of No. 10 .Starter that produced the 9. weaned litter average." Why don't you choose Shur-Gain Pig Start No. 10? GET IN ON THE Ka LUCKY DRA Have your choice of outfits DRAW WILL BE MADE DECEMBER 24 AT 6 P.M. JEANS JEAN JACKET SIERT DENIM VEST ' BELT SHOP AT CHAR- MAN'S k WORK CLOTHING • MAIN STREET OF LUCKNOW JOYCE ADAMSON, PROP. The Ripley and District Lions Club held their. first November meeting . in the. Ripley' United Church on Wednesday, November 10. Past president Lion Bill Kempton, inducted two new Lions members as Jim Paquette and John Langley joined the club. Reports were heard from' various committee chairmen„ Lion Leonard Irwin, C. N B . chairman, reported that $300 was raised in the recent canvas. , Lion president Bob Fair reported on the District A-9 cabinet meeting. This was held at Walkerton on Sunday, November pig starter No.10 ANDERSON FLAX PRODUCTS LIMITED LUCKNOW PHONE 528-20