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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. on page 8 The LLICKNOW SENT • Sll A Year in Advance S21.50 To U.S.A. and FiOreign WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1978 Single Copy 25c 28 PAGES 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 • conun . 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. * oar 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 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3