HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-12-06, Page 1Wawa, District Firemen answered three
cans in rapid succession, in the past two
days-
Fire cause by lightning completely
destroyed a barn owned by Gordon Ander-
, son of Ashfield Township, on Sunday
evening around 6 p.m.
Lucknow
accident
A car -truck accident on Saturday morning,
in Lucknow on highway 86, resulted in
damage to the vehicles but no personal
injury.
A pickup truck, driven by Kevin Murray,
R. 3 Holyrood, was in collision with a truck,
driven by George Lockhart,of Lucknow,
when the Lockhart vehicle turned onto Inglis
Street, in front of the. Murray truck.
A charge bas been laid in the incident.
A neighbour of Anderson's, Murray S
Matta, was returning home and, when fie
saw the flames, believed they were ginning
from his home- He stopped into thefionie of
another neighbour to can the fire depart-
ment and Lucknow Fire Department's
second truck was sent out on the call, which
proved to be a false alarm.
Lucknow District Fire Department an-
swered a can on main street, Sunday
afternoon, when the wires in the motor of.
Bill Lyons' pickup truck caught fire and
scorched the motor.
Firemen answered another call Monday
around 6 p.m. to a burning shed in
Whitechurch, which was threatening the
Presbyterian Church shed, The burning
• Shed was located behind the Village General
Store and is owned by John moue, Ottawa,
formerly of Whitechurch.
Lucknow firemen put in a call to the
Wingham Fire Department for assistance.
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Bill Kinahan, 1(4-14. cTiznolvi was -elected
chairman of the Huron-Perth-am:6On
Separate School -Board at their inaugural
'meeting
-vice-th4.iinian: of, the -board
last year and has served On the board for 4
years. len Marcy ,of Stratford was elected
vice-chairman.
Kinahan seet declining enrollment as a
problem the board must consider in the
Coming year. "Its the same old chestnut,"
he said, 'While it looked serious last year, it
does not appear as serious this year." He
does not anticipate any schools will close
because of declining enrollment.
KMahati remarked that the board works
• well together and a lack of co-operation is
not a problem.
Santa's
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conun
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Sa.nta'q aiiinial visit to Lucknow will be on
Saturday, December 16 when the youngsters
of the village and„the surrounding area are
invited to the annual Santa Claus Party at
Lucknow Central Public School. Santa is due
to arrived at the school at 1.30 p.m. and will
visit with the children before the showing of
a movie. The party will continue until .3 p.m.
Free skating at the Lucknow Arena will
continue this Saturday, sponsored by the
Lucknow Business Association and will
continue for December 16 and 23. *
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Clete 1) alton, Ashfield Twp.; Merle Gunby, Ashfield Ttrp.; Ton
McQuill, West, Wawanoeb twp.; Peter Chandler, East Wawanoeh,
were delegates to the annual'convention Of the Ontario Federation of
lAgriculture held In ihunliton, November 27- 29. Over 450 elected
delegates from sit over °Made attended the 3 -day Convention to
determine OSA. policy for the coining year.
chairman urges c
BY JEFF SEDDON
The Huron County Board of
Education held its inaugural session
Monday afternoon and Learned that
1979 may be a year the board has to co-
operate to "do More for more".
The board members were sworn in
by provincial court judge William
Cochrane at the Monday afternoon
meeting and were told by chairman
John Elliott, who was acclaimed to the
post, that 1978 had been a difficult year
but that most Of the challenges to the
board were met and resolved4 He said
the board was at the point where it
must "proceed in a co-operative
manner to provide sound management
and direction' for the school community
in -Huron county",
Elliott said the board Must establish
objectives for 1979 and future years and
work towards those objectives an-
nually reviewing its successes and
failures.
The chairman warned the board that
declining enrolment in county schools
combined with reduced provincial
grants would create a tough job for the
board. lie said trustees must work
closely with teachers, administration,
parents and students, to solve financial
problems,
eration
"I hope we're capable of looking past
the immediate effect of decisions and
ignoring our particular interests to
consider the future of education and the
role the next generatioii will play here
because of the example we set" said
Elliott.
He said the board, the community
and the nation can't continue to do
"less for more" but must strive to do
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