The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-06-06, Page 1•
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Inside this
Junior Mime —pyre 4
Hue* moths page 4
Births—page 7
Obituaries—page 5
Family and friends mourn
the death of Hilda Andrew
This cortununity was saddened,
on the weekend, to learn of the
•death of Hilda Irene Andrew, a
•longtime resident and former
busineas woman of this village.
Hilda passed away at Victoria
Hospital, London, on June 1, 1990
in her 43rd year.
Ban in Wingham on December
17, 1517, Hilda was a daughter of
Waal& (MacDonald) Ritchie and
the late Andrew Ritchie. Hilda at
tended S.S. No, 10, Ashfield
Township; Wallow District High
Schoot. ,and Business Scheel in
Goderich.
Oir June 25, 1966 she married
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survi"om.reeowingvAndres h:vtheir.. of marriag.Lackllow_who
•et'lloda
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„. , •• ti. and Tom lived .in -Ifiti.
'.7. •-:.: . -.,o ,.,,i, . i:
. e ' cheater_ . PiVaterloo, where 'Hilda was
emPoled at the Waterloo Univer-
.,,,, ,•',. ••,,-,,:•.•,•,:,,, , sity. They :returned to Lucknow in.
I I 1.11 : :. VtatiOn was at'the Lucbiow
lbe.7510„•Anniverrierr '...c*iilifilan, olii in Trnbring woe celebrated at lAtiknew United Cherch en MY 40;1.40$ 44 reirvieiv , paean en ;
Wool/WOW ' — 1140.000Onlieft)'0041vrorion ffloodolLitrigh4 Wha were, the leader, when.VG1T li.eetral
agir*in"Lai 0, 44.,0,1* 4r* -17;:-.",', Plido,c*hi.,i 104ilrg,ent of hi.
volvement., • • .'s ,• -• . • ,.•; - .- ,, '• • ,, ' ' ' , .;, . , .,
CG.171 celebrates t anniversary
The 75th AeniversarY Of Canadian Decades. 4or.' the 2Q's, Helen
Girls in Training was celebrated at Thompson was interviewed by
Lucknow United Church an May 28. Austin and , Abby -Lynn Knorr.,
As guests registered' 18 former Gladys. Bold, who attended CGIT
leaders and several special guests. in Montreal the, ' 20'a was in -
received corsages. Tea,, punch and trOduced. Bernice Johnstone
cookies were served by members, reminisced about CGIT. in the
recent grads and leaders With Wirigham group la the .
Mildred Loree pouring tea" ;„; Whin ilGlir• began atiellon 1942
President Merits MacDomoall Leanewo GindynR0 n and.
welcomed everyone. MemberS and . park& Mendell were the leader&
their mothers were *traduced and • merlon talked about the. 4000- with
then came a roll call of CGIT ban merien zen Aurora
leaders and membern LWOW Finlein say wh0.1, was in ihe Gerrie'
an elthe Csalleit;UAIrPotein. frntiPn, and JnYee 'MaCIIIM011 1110
was CGIT in Montague, p.E.L
Becoming The Woman God Would The Ashfield Preslvteriarl group of
Have Me Be, was done by leader the go% reminisced with leader;
Doreen Mali, Tarrin How ,maoLennan,
Katrina Abbott, Alesha Moffat and
Crystal Brindley. •Three members from the 00'0, •
Anne Pritchard accompanied the Mary Nelson, Joan Pollard and
singing throughout the program. Margaret • Wilson, shared 'With
The CGIT groups sang several leader Gladys Robertson. They ,had
songs and all Joined for several others join in the song grepphig,
numbers special to WIT; Stones used at rallies. In 1958 they
Leader Lavin Lee Cayley led began the UNICEF' collection with
Remembering Tiwough The is still • carded on -today, 'Leader
Ethicatiog. taxes .incrette,'•1,
separate • school supporters,
by Patrick Baths
HANOVER—The.. Bruce Grey
Separate School Board approved a
$25,305,038 budget for 1990, an *-
crease of 16.7 percent over 1989, at
its May 29 meeting. The budget is
a total of $3,617,242 higher than the
1969 budget of 821,687,794.
Total education taxes will in-
crease by 17 per cent for separate
school supporters in the two coun-
ties, an average of $100.79 for the
typical home owner, said • Paul
Serre, superintendent of finance.
Separate school taxes for a typical
local residential and farm assess-
ment of $23,394, will be $654.85 in
1990, compared to $554.06 in 1989.
Specific individual increases Will
range from $38 to $175.
Mill rate increases will range
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front 10.9 per cent to $1.3 per cent,
said Senn, due to .a multi-year
phase -In plan for equalization of
education taxes between rural and
urban conuminities. The ministry of,
education is in year three of the.
plan to update equalization factors
used for both provincial grant
municipal' apportionment
calculations. •
, The need to set aside.reserves
for capital projects, to counteract
the reduction in previncial grants in
.recent years, with more severe eats.
expected, has led to tough budgets
the last two years said Serre.
"This budget reflects the upcom-•
Mg shortfall in grants for capital
projects."
The board allocated abed $1.5
Million in 'capital reserves for an-
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Elizabeth Irvin remembered with
grads of the 70's, Laurie Bell and
Pam Van Dyke.
- The Jamboree Song, written by
Pine Biller CGIT in 1960, was sting.
It will be used again for Jamboree
400.whieh will be held Jime 34
at Campbell 'Conservation Area
near Alvhiston. Attendance awards
were presented to Matta Mac-
Dougall and Amy Austin. Crystal
Brindley was rewarded for having '
the top Easter Egg sales. Friend-
ship Badges were even to fkst
year members. Cathy Conley
• received a white lanyard• as she
becomes a senior member.
Marita MacDougall will be a
Camp Council delegate: Ruth Bell
for South Kinloss W.M.S. and Cathy
Conley for the CGIT presented her
With cheques. Marita,led in the
clueing- service, Let, Loose The
Flame. At the close, the CGIT-
memberepassed the light, from the
Christ Candle to the guests al they
sang Pass It On. Everyone Joined
in a circle ter, Taps. •
7 percent for
13ruce-Grey
ticipated major projects such as ex-
pansion at schools in Port Elgin
and Owen Sound, up from about
$1.2 million in 1969. •
Serre emphasized that many of
the reasons for the increasity size
of educatioa, budgets sw out of
our control?. . • . °
Conforming to government
• legislation and providing mandatory
programs accounts for 4.6 per cent
of the total increase. Included in
this category is a $1 .per cent in-
' crettae in employee benefits, which
Serre attributed to the switch from
OHIP premiums to the new
Employer Health Tax. The tax will
cost the board $447,000 in 1990,
compared to $261,000 for OHIP
premiums in 1989. Increased
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united church onJune'5, prior to,
-4treet, lit the village ida the funeral service which • was
• Managsd * abet* ill/ sold held . at 4 p.m.. Rev. Gerald
it ta February MS. • 1101cFarlaneet the Lucknow United
=de was a member of the Church Officiated.
Lucknow United Church. An avid • Funeral arrangements were en -
curler and golfer, she was also a trusted to MacKenzie •and
Member of the Curling •McCreath Funeral Home,
Club and WInghim (olf Club. Lucknow.
She is survived by her husband Honourary pallbeare
r • was
Tom; two, children,. Mark an • Grant Chisholm. Active
Michelle, both at home; her Pallbearers were George Ander-
mother,. Donalda Ritchie of son, Chuck Becker, Ken Gardner.
Lucknow; one sister, Those (Mrs. Art Helm, Tom Kleinknee,lit and
Tom Dickson), Port Albert; one Jim Schroeder. • .
brother'Calvin 'Ritchie, Kit- Flower bearers were four
choler; mother4n-law and father- nieces, Kim Dickson, Michel
hi -law, Catherine and Alen An- • Dickson, Lori Jenidas and Lisa
drew,. Lucknow; aids, Beth Rit- Geddes, and two nephews, Jeff
chic of Goderidt and Tillie -Wilson ,Andrew and Paul Andrew.
•of.Lucknow; and an uncle Peter •
MacDonald of Lucknow. As well, Interment in
Greenhill
several nieces nephews and many Cemetery.
friends mourn her passing. Donations to the Canadian
• Cancer .Society or' the Lucknow
Hilda was predeceased by her United Church Building Fund
father, Andrew RI e, 1 1966. • would be appreciated. •
OP".report
The lOncardine detachment of Huron Boundary on Highway 98.
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the Ontario Provincial Police report On May 28 the detachment in -
that during the week of May 27 to vestigated an industrial accident at
June 3, they investigated five motor Bisa in the Bruce Energy Centre.
vehicle accidents, three involving Wilt Gant, age 38, of Inverhuron
personal injuries and two involving suffered a fractured 1011 arm when
property damage only. , it became trapped between two
On May 27 a 1969 Ford pickup rollers on a machine on which he
driven by Jacqueline Wilson, le, of Was working., Mr. Gant was taken
Lucknow went out of control on the to Kincardine and District Hoapital
parldng lot at Betty's Burger Bar by ambulance. The Ministry of
and struck a sign post. sherry Labour is also conducting an in-
Vibert, 18, received minor injuries vestigation into this accident.
as a result at the accident. Damage A series of break ins at cottages
to the truck is considered severe. in the Point Clark area took place
on Victoria Day weekend. In only
on e case was there property stolen
and that. involved theft of $290
worth of electric tools and liquor.
A complaint of a noisy beach
party near concession eight, Huron
Township on Friday night June 1
guidePosts abuS highwaY 86 Just resulted three persons being
Donald MacLennan; age 00 of It
5, Clinton and his passenger,
Marion Madame% 49, of R. 3,
Lucknow received minor injuries 01
May 29, when the car driven by
Mr. MacLennan struck several
east of Amberley. . chargedni .
Rosemary Huber, 23, of Lucknow A lawn ornament was stole
was slightly injured when the car from the residence of Barb Ross,
she was driving went into the ditch Lucknow, on Saturday morning.
and rolled over. The accident hap- The ornament is a statute of a si
Paled on June 3, near the Kinloss ting black boy and is valued at $59
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