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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1977-03-16, Page 1THOMPSON - A'LTON The LUCKNOIN SENTINEL $8.00 A Year In Advance WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1977 Single Copy 20e 24 Pages Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ritchie and , Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McCharles announce the wedding plans of f. their children, Mary Anne and John A. The marriage will take 4• place Friday, March 25th, 1977 at seven in the evening at Christ Anglican Church, Petrolia. An open reception will be held in Ripley Huron Community Centre April 16th at '9 p.m. to which all neighbours, friends and relatives are invited. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Alton, Wingham, wish to announce the engagement of their only daughter Kathy Mae to Mr. Eldon Bruce Thompson, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thompson, Teeswater. The marriage will take place Saturday, April 2, 1977 at the home of the bride's parents. . Saturday, March 12th marked the 101st birthday of Mrs. Wm. (Annie) MacKenzie of Lucknow who resides at Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home. The event was quietly marked by. visits 'of family members and friends. The above picture was taken by The Sentinel one year ago on the occasion of her 100th birthday. Born March 12, 1876, as Annie Paterson, she was the fifth member in the family of 9 children born to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Paterson who lived on the second concession, of Huron Township. Mr. and Mrs. MacKenzie be- came the parents of 6 children, Katharine; twins, Thomas and Alexander; then another' pair of twins, Williath and Frank and the youngest son Dr. John Kenneth MacKenzie. Three of the family survive, Katharine of Thornhill, Frank of Kinloss and Dr. John K. of Toronto. Mrs. MacKenzie continues to enjoly reasonably good health. Following a number of years of residing in Toronto, she returned to Lucknow to reside at Pinecrest Manor. A stroke has left Mrs. MacKenzie unable to speak, but she is alert and enjoys conversa- tions of friends and visitors. The subscription and single copy price of The Lucknow Sentinel will increase to $10 per year in Canada, $14 per year to the U.S.A. and foreign countries. Single copy price will be 25c. The present price of The Sentinel In 1910 she married William MacKenzie of Lucknow where they continued to reside until his death in 1941. Annie Patterson trained as a nurse at Mountainside School of Nursing, Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, New Jersey, graduating in 1908. Marks 101st Birthday At Pinecrest Manor McCHARLES - RITCHIE MRS. WM. MacKENZIE On Dean's Honour Lis' Eight students from Canada are included on the dean's list of Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina. Students listed earned at least a B average during the first semester. Bob Jones University, known as the "World's Most Unusual Uni- versity", is a liberal arts, coeduca- tional, Christian institution. Over 5,500 students are enrolled from every state and about 30 foreign countries and territories. Included among those from Canada is Ruth Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Graham, R. R. 5, Lucknow, a senior in the School of Education. is $8 per year, $10 to U.S.A. and foreign and 20c per single copy. This price has been in effect for three years, since April 1st, 1974. During the three year period The Sentinel has absorbed continuous increased operating costs, the most recent of which was sharply increased mailing costs to foreign countries. Of the $14 subscription price to U.S.A., considerably more than one-half of this amount will go to postage costs. Renewals will be accepted at the present rate until Saturday noon, March 26th on all Canadian subscriptions with a two year maximum payment in advance. Because of the postage increases which have been absorbed to date on U.S. subscriptions, the price of $14 on U.S.A. and foreign sub- scriptions becomes effective today, Wednesday, March 16th. Appointed Minister Al Kiiimal, B.C. WHITECHURCH NEWS Mr. Bev Kay, student minister at Whitechurch Presbyterian Church, who this year is completing his 3rd year of studies, and will be ordained at Langside Church, on Sunday announced his appoint- ment by the Misson Board to the Presbyterian Church at Kitimat, British Columbia. He will begin his duties there the first of September. Four Ifitancies Still Exist In -Housing Unit The twenty unit Ontario Housing Senior Citizen housing apartment building in Lucknow will see some of its new tenants moving in by this weekend. Housing manager, A. W. Matthewman, told the Sentinel Monday that only four vacancies exist in the building and that those area residents, who might ' be considering residing there, should contact him quickly. All residents. of Lucknow, Kin- loss, Ashfield and West Wawa- nosh,. 60 years of age or over, are eligible if they have a modest income and have been current permanent residents for at least one year. See the advertisement elsewhere in this issue. John Roulston was recently engaged as building custodian and is occupying one of the apartments. The March session of West Wawanosh Township Council was held at 1.00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, at the Township Public Works Garage. While awaiting all members to arrive, Bob Pegg, Conservation Officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources, Wingham, spoke to council regard- ing the Ministry's conservation program in this area, and answered questions, posed by those present, about deer, foxes, wolves, etc. Mr. Pegg informed council that he was avilable to answer questions or assist residents in whatever way he could. He advised Council to consider the passage of a by-law regarding the discharge of fire- arms. The minutes of the February meeting were read and adopted on a motion by Councillors Hickey and Stothers. The Dungannon lights were discussed again, and the clerk was directed to' write Ontario Hydro authorizing them to make the bi-annual change of bulbs in the village lights. The road superintendent pres- ented the two proposals on prices Donald Henderson of Lucknow was honoured follOwing the church service at Lucknow Presbyterian Church on Sunday, March 6th. Donald recently retired as sec- retary-treasurer of Lucknow Pres- byterian Church Sunday School after 40 years of service. He has been succeeded by Annette Elph- ick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Elphick of Lochalsh. The Henderson family has been associated with the secretary-treas- urer's duties for the past 51 years. Donald's mother, Mrs. John Hen- derson, assumed the duties from Miss Elizabeth Murdie in 1925 at the time of church union. She was Skating Club Held Carnival Lucknow Skating Club presented their Skating Carnival at the Lucknow Arena on Saturday, March 12th.' The first part Of the evening was called "Snow Ball Express" with the Junior members of the Skating Club taking part as follows: Snow Children - Jackie Metcalfe, Steven Tiffin, Krista Stanley, Ronnie Steffen, Colleen Conley, Lana Craig, Andrew Glenn, Debbie Nicholson; Snow Men - Michael Barger, Wayne Nivins';, Skaters in the Park - Heather Priestap, Julie Nicholson, Beverly Exel, Arletta Glenn, Angela Glenn, Josie 'Den Boer, Karen Pickard, Jackie Wil- son, Charlene Conley, Gerald Nivins, Shawn Thompson, Denise Helm, Cindy Struthers, Lisa Stan- ley, Brad Priestap; Carnival Royal- ty' '- Carol Van Staaldiunen, Christina Farrish, Gary Forster, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 for a radio system for the township vehicles. Motion by councillors Stothers and Hickey "That West Wawanosh Township purchase, the "Two-Way Communications" radio system, consisting of tower, base and three units, for $4,898.- 55". Mr. and Mrs. John Sleeker, of St. Helens, approached council CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 Lions Public Speaking Monday KINGSBRIDGE NEWS The Lucknow Lions Club held public speaking competitions on Monday evening, March 14th at the Mayfair Restaurant in Luck- now. Joe Agnew, vice president, chaired the meeting in the absence of the president. Following dinner Stuart Collyer chaired the public speaking portion of the program. Speakers were CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 in charge for 11 years until 1936 during which time Donald assisted her. He officially succeeded his mother in 1936 when she broke her ankle and he has continued the duties up to the end of this past year. The church congregation and Sunday School staged a surprise gathering in his honour following the Sunday morning church service March 6th. The Sunday School organized the event and arranged for a gift, a pen and pencil set and a plaque, which, were presented to Donald in recognition of his long and devoted service. Members of the Busy Buddies group arranged lunch. Warm Weather Brings Local Flooding Problems Warm spring temperatures ex- perienced in the area over the past week were welcome after a. long cold winter of ice and snow, but they didn't come without problems. Melting snow accumulations, coupled with a heavy extended rainfall, made flood conditions the problem at hand over last weekend. Locally the Lucknow River, both the east and west branch, was running at a dangerously high level. This seemed to peak late Sunday afternoon and by Monday morning of this week it had subsided considerably. During the' peak of the problem, several main street business places and riverbank residences,and businesses in the flood plain found the basements in their homes and businesses with considerable water accumulation. Reavie Farm Equip- ment found it necessary to move equipment to higher ground. Over the years, many of these people have come to expect the spring flooding and with the aid of pumps and experience, can usually handle the situation, but there is always a mess to clean up afterwards, and often, despite being prepared, damage is done. Even local residences, which are high and away from the river, were experiencing severe water prob- lems from snow and rain runoff, Neighbouring municipalities along the Maitland, Saugeen and Teeswater Rivers experienced sev- ere problems. Lower town and the south end of Wingham was again flooded and Walkerton and Paisley were seriously affected by the flooding. local Family Share '1'000 As lobo Prize Sunday's drawing of Loto Can- ada saw a few local winners that we are aware of. The Johnstone family of this community won $1000 and the prize will be shared seven ways between Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Johnstone, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Johnstone, Mr. and Mrs. Lin Hewitt of Bervie, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Opperman of Formosa, Don- nie Johnstone, Murray Johnstone. The Lucknow Sentinel sold $1 shares in Loto tickets over the draw period and had two $100 winners. Sharing one ticket were Mrs. HOward Robb, Amberley; Joe LeBlanc, Lucknow, 2 shares; Allan Ritchie, R 3; Harvey Wightman, Lucknow; Jessie Chester. Luck- now; Jack Gardiner, Kincardine; George Anderson, Lucknow; Alex Gushue, Hamilton; Ken Coyne, Walkerton. Sharing the other winner were Andrew Culbert, Lucknow; Bev Thompson, Lucknow; Ted Collyer, Kinloss; Jim McNaughton, Luck- now; Harlow Stonehouse, Luck- now; Don MacTavish, Ripley; Wm. Beyersbergen,, R. 2 Lucknow; Margaret zCampbell, R. 3 Lucknow; Roy Finlayson, Lucknow; Ronald Pentland, R. 6 Goderich. Mrs. Jim Bradley of Amberley won $100 on the Loto draw Sunday and $50 on the last Provincial draw. Sentinel Subscription Rate Will Advance To $10, 25 Single Wawanosh Purchase Radio/ System For Road Dept. Al Cost Of $4,898 Family Association 51 Years 40 Years Service With Simday School