The Lucknow Sentinel, 1977-07-13, Page 1JANIS FAWTHROP
The LUCKNOW SENTINEL
$10 A Year hi Advance S14 To U.S.A. and Foreign WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1977
Single Copy 25c 20 Pages
I
Lions-Club Marks
20th Anniversary
A special evening marking the
20th anniversary of the formation
of Lucknow and District Lions Club
was held on Saturday at " the
Lucknow arena.
Over, 300 people attended the
evening which commenced with a
social hour from 6 to 7 p.m.,
followed by a barbecued beef
smorgasbord dinner under the
direction of Ernest Ackert of
Hol yrood •
Joe Agnew, president of the
Lucknow and District Lions Club,
acted as chairman for the evening.
The head table members were
piped in by Frank MacKenzie of
Kinloss, and included Lions offic-
ers, past presidents and their wives
over the 20 year history of the club
and widows of past presidents.
The banquet was preceded by 0
Canada, a Toast to the Queen and
Girl Guide
From England
Visiting Here
Judith Armitage, 15, of Shef-
field, Yorkshire, England is visiting
for a week with 15-year-old Susan
Thompson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Thompson of Lucknow.
The visit is part of an Interna-
tional Girl Guide Camp which will
be held this year in Canada on
Cape Breton Island. The visit
provides for girls from many
countries of the world to spend a
week in the home of a Canadian
Girl Guide prior to attending camp.
Susan met Judith in Toronto on
Monday where she had arrived by
plane with other Guides from Great
Britain.
Judith, Susan and Lorna Boyle,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Boyle of Lucknow,,, will attend the
International Camp at Cape Bret-
on, travelling by air from toronto
on Wednesday of next week.
Nursing Grad
MARIE BOYLE
Marie Boyle, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Cyril Boyle of St.
Augustine, graduated on June 30
from the Fanshawe College School
of Nursing, St. Joseph's Campus.
She is a graduate of St. Joseph's,
Kingsbridge and Goderich District
Collegiate Institute.
the singing of the Lions Grace.
Past . president Stuart Reavie
introduced the ,head table, Edith
and Harvey Webster, Mrs. Greta
Johnston, Mrs. Edna Watson, Mrs.
Olive Blake, Hazel and Charlie•
Webster, Noreen and Gordon
Montgomery, Cora and Frapk
Thompson, Lois and Bob McIntosh,
Marg and Bob Finlay, Omar
Brooks, Anne and Mike Sanderson,
Isabel and Edwin Walker, Marion
and Donald MacKinnon, Dean and
Joe Agnew, Gladys and Al
Hamilton," Freda and Russ Button,
Wilma and Grant Chisholm, Alice
and Bruce Murray, Mary Lou and
GerryPriestap, Shirley and Gordon
CONTINUED' ON PAGE 12
B.A.Degree
From Harvard
David S. Bell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. MacLean Bell (Jean
Bissett), of Rothesay, New Bruns-
wick received his bachelor of arts
degree, with a major in economics,
during commencement exercises at
Harvard University in Cambridge,
Mass. on June 16th.
David will attend Montreal
Canadiens Hockey Camp in Sept-
ember.
Vacation Nears
Vacation time is fast approaching
at The Lucknow Sentinel.
There will be no issues of The
Sentinel published on August 3 or
10.
Advertisers wishing to use the
paper for events in that period
should consider the 'issues of July
20 or 27.
Receives 'Award
Of $1000
The general meeting of the
Leonard Foundation has granted an
award to Russell Moncrief in the
sum of $1,000.00 tenable at
University of Guelph for the
scholastic year 1977-78.
Russell will enter his final year in
Veterinary. Medicine• this Septem-
ber.
Russell is the sop of Mr. and
Mrs. George Moncrief of Amber-
ley. He is presently employed for
the summer with Dr. Donald
Hodgins of Ripley.
During the past year, the
Lucknow and District Leo Club has
been raising money through dances
and various fund raising projects.
Their initial community service
work project was to make imprOve-
ments at the community swimming
pool.
In late June, the efforts of their
year's work was realized. As well
as buying several shrubs and
having Huron Landscaping arrange
them, they contracted the Lucknow
Machine Shop to supply and install
railings for the front steps. Leo
PRESENTATION HONOURS
CHARTER PRESIDENT
The late Rae J. Watson was the
Charter President and was highly
responsible for the formation of
Lucknow and District Lions Club
To Officially
Open Senior
Citizens Home
Opening ceremonies for the first
senior citizen residence built by
Ontario Housing Corporation
(OHC) in Lucknow will be held July
15 at 11.00 a.m.
The 20-unit, two-storey resid-
ence, located on Walter Street, was
designed by D. C. Stevens,
Architect, of London, and built by
Don Riehl Construction Ltd. of New
Hamburg. Total cost for the project
was $372,069.
The residence will serve Luck-
now and the townships of Ashfield,
West Wawanosh and Kinloss. At
the present time, the' building
houses 24' residents.
Representatives from the provin-
cial and. federal governments and
the above municipalities will attend
the opening. Dr. Albert Rose, a
member of the OHC board of
directors will represent the provin-
cial Ministry of Housing.
member Mike McDonagh painted
the sign now hanging over the front
door. Lucknow Cycle and Garden
Shop are in the final steps of
completing two bicycle 'stands
ordered by the Leos.
Directly to the south of the pool,
the Leos purchased two pieces of
playground equipment from Paris
Playgrounds of Paris, Ontario. The
one piece is a round-a-bout and the
other is a combination climber
slide. It is hoped that these will be
of great assistance to the play-
ground staff. Leo members Lynn
twenty years ago.
In his memory, at the anniver-
sary banquet on Saturday, Mrs.
Rae (Edna) Watson presented to
the Lucknow Club a stand carrying
a miniature flag of all the countries
The July meeting of West
Wawanosh Township Council took
place on Tuesday, July 5, in the
office of the Public Works Garage.
All members attended, with Reeve
Lyons presiding.
The minutes of the regular June
meeting and a special session were
read and adopted on motion of
Councillors Hickey and Foran.
Two trustees and the' clerk from
the Police Village of Manchester
(Auburn) attended the meeting and
discussion took place concerning
dogs and the street lights in the
village. The clerk was directed to'
write the Community Renewal
Branch, Ministry of Housing to
ascertain what assistance may be
available to help the village pay for
replacing the street .lights.
The lights (or lack of lights) in
the hamlet of Dungannon were
Elphick and Pam McIntosh, backed
up by other club members, are in
charge of the playground run in
conjunction with the swimming
lessons provided in the mornings.
These improvements represent a
lot of hard work by the young
people of this community. Close to
$2,000.00 was spent at the pool.
The Leo Club has enjoyed a great
sense of community service work
through this project as well as
gaining the valuable experience of
doing something for' others that
they will carry with them into the
various adult service, groups.
where Lions Clubs serve. Accept-
ing, on the left is, Harvey Webster,
Honourary Past President when the
Club was formed in 1957 and,
right, Joe Agnew, President in
1977.
discussed, as well as the obstruc-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 13
Centennial Grad
Janis Fawthrtip, daughter of
Mrs. Gwen Fawthrop, R. R. 3
Stouffville, Ontario, formerly• of
Kinlough, received her diploma in
Community Services, Recreation
Leadership at the Spring Convoca-
tion of Centennial College, Toron-
to, held at Ashtonbee Campus,
June 16.
Present for the ceremony were
her grandmother, Mrs. Roy Coup-
ertwaite. Nobel. Ontario; Mrs.
Wm. Richmond and, Mrs. Gwen
Fawthrop.
Leo Club Spend $2000 On
improvements To Pool Area
West Wawanosh Township Agree
To 10% Of Annual Maintenance
Cost Of .Proposed Area Centre