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No Children or Pets, Please 6 miles South of Kincardine - Hwy. 21 Beside Pine River Ch.eie THE MOST ANTED PERSON IN DUNGANNON THE Lucknow Sentinel requites Correspondent fot Dungannon and Area News forThe IUCKNOW SENTINEL ANYONE INTERESTED PLEASE PHONE 528.2822 . \.t Freda MacDonald' Graham MacDonald Freda and Graham MacDonald ordained in London service. Several persons from South Kinloss and Lucknow area attended the ordination service of Freda and Graham MacDonald in London at Oakridge Presbyterian Church on May 26, 1985. Freda and Graham took early retirements and began their training at Knox College, Toronto, in January 1983. Rev. Freda and Rev. Graham MacDon- ald have been appointed to the charge of Burk's Falls, Magnetewan and Sundridge of the Presbyterian Church of Canada,` located about 50 miles south of North Bay. They began their new duties on .June, 2. They have three adult children, Anne, a student in Victoria, Jim a business manager in Rankin Inlet, N. W . T. and Bill in partnership in a London greenhouse business. Graham is 'the son of May MacDonald of Sarnia and Lucknow and the late Wm. F. MacDonald, who farmed on the fourth concession of Huron Township. Freda was raised near Wallaceburg and taught in Chatham and London. In' 1969 she founded and became co-ordinator of London's Adult Basic Education School. This school, now operated by the London Board of Education includes about 100 tutors who teach basic educational skills to people whose early schooling was inter- rupted for a variety of reasons. Graham, a gradate of Lucknow High School and Toronto'Normal School, began his teaching career at S. S. No. 4, W est W awanosh, (St. Helens) in. 1947 and later served as principal and teacher in Petrolia and London. Following his appointment as a public school inspector, he worked in Lambton and Middlesex Counties. In 1969, he became Superintendent of Schools with the Middlesex County Board of Education, and at the time of his retirement in 1982. was in charge of special education for the board. Graham had an interest in special education and helped established many programs and classes for children with especial needs. The Adelaide - W , G. MacDonald School on Highway 22 bears his name. He also /had an interest in Canada's native people and helped to initiate the construction of the Ska Nah Doht, a replica of a 12th century neutral Indian village. This historical attraction and museum is located near Delaware and -is visited annually by hundreds of students and tourists. Graham also edited two Middle- sex local history books. Freda and Graham worked voluntarily. for two summers with educational depart- ments in Caribbean countries later, Graham initiated the "Operation Grey Ox" project, named after S. S. No. 4, Kinloss, the elementary school he had attended. The project helped send several tons of materials to Caribbean schools. Graham and Freda have been active in church work for many years, which includ- ed several years as elders. They have been recognized over the years for their contri- butions to the community. Freda received several awards from London organizations for her leadership in adult literacy and was awarded a special citation from the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation for "her selfless willingness to help others recover and reinforce their sense of self worth through education". Graham received the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and at the time of his retirement received the Ontario Educa- tional Association's Greer Award for • "outstanding contribution in education". In 1985 he received from the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture an award for voluntary service. Both Freda and Graham received academic awards at Knox Col- lege. Graham, along with his mother May, brother Mack df Sarnia and sister Margaret of Sarnia, still maintain their summer home on Willoughby Street in Lucknow. Council to buy building By Alan Rivett Council has decided to make an offer to purchase the old water works building at the east end of Lucknow which will be demolished in order. for construction to begin on the adjacent bridge, according to Reeve George Joynt. The derelict building has to be removed because it will interfere with the bridge construction of putting new girders on the bridge. Council will be ready to call tenders on the bridge construction by August with work to begin shortly after, says Mr. Joynt. The decision to buy the building was made after a written report by Ken Dunn, an engineer with the Ministry of Transpor- tation and Communications (MTC). He recommended the building would have to be purchased and demolished in order for the bridge construction to be done. Mr. Joynt says MTC will pay for 50 per cent of the cost of the building. Mr. Joynt said council, acting through real estate agent Barry McDonagh, are prepared to offer a maximum of $6,000 for the building. The owner of the building, Mike Daucharty of Colorado, has set an asking price of $10,000. However, council feels he will take their offer because Mr. Daucharty was recently refused permission to install a septic tank on the land, by the Bruce County Health Unit, because it would be located too close to the river. "What good is the building with a septic 'tank," said Reeve JeSmit. He also said council had to act quicldy on the matter because they recently received a letter from Mr. Daucharty, stating he was leaving on an extended trip to Ireland on June 15. The land on the property, if the buildin is purchased, will be turned over to th Maitland Valley Conservation Authorit who will use it to extend the park locate by the river, says Mr. Joy t.