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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-12-28, Page 10The Lucknow and District Community Centre fund rais- ing campaign swung into action this week with the ann( uncement of the $52,000 lottery boasting a weekly prize of $1,000 for 52 weeks with the first draw to be made on March lst. All tickets ' will remain in the draw for the 52 weeks; one ticket gives a subscriber one chance each week for a full year to win $1,000. Only 1,500 tickets will be sold making the odds 1 in 28. . Ticket holders .may make arrangements to pay the $104 for their ticket in a monthly, quarterly, semi- annual or annual payment, making it possible for anyone who can manage $10.40 a Month to get in on the draw. It is also possible for a group to buy one"ficket, sharing the cost. AI1'lottery proceeds will be used to fund the new Lucknow and District Com- munity Centre already under construction at Caledonian Park. The fund raising commit- tee expects that the money raised from the lottery will leave very little to be' raised to pay the costs of the new centre. �.. All tickets must be . sold before the first draw on March 1st and the fund raising committee . is plan- ning a blitz of the area .during the week .of February., 5th when you can purchase a ticket on the lottery or make a donation which will be tax deductible.' Community Centre go Building erection will com- mence this month on the Lucknow and District Com- munity Centre with comple- tion . scheduled for May, 1978. Eighteen requests for bookings have already been received said Walter Arnold, co-chairman of the Fund Raising Committee. The community project spearheaded by the Lucknow District Lions Club, with the assistance of other local clubs and organizations will now° become a reality and requires the support of the people of this community. Several fund raising pro- jects are planned which may include a lottery. Storm - worst in a decade The bottom dropped out of the barometer last Thursday and the storm described as a winter hurricane struck southern Ontario and parts of the . north eastern . United States causing death and damage. The barometer fell to a record low in the 108 years that the readings have been logged. Hurricane': force winds were measured at 128 kmh, nearly 80 miles an hour, causing a blinding blizzard that blew up within fifteen minutes during icy rain. Described as a massive collision of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico a:-' frigid, arctic air from North ern Ontario, Lucknow sat in the eye of the storm • with fluffysnow falling and drift- ing and blowing snow in the country. The storm here was not as bad as the one that hit on Tuesday, January 10th when you couldn't see past your front window -pane and everything including the Bank of Montreal was closed. Ask, Us About These Hybrids HL 2222 85 days cribbing, combining and silage in early zones• , HL 2217 78 - 80 days combining or cribbing Gary Dauphin R. R. 3 Lucknow Phone 395-5617 Page 10.—Lucknow Sentinel, Tharwley, December 28, 197 8 January February The year 1978 i i^Nr rr it r'r�rt II <<i'l• I"►...,I.,,�.s� t I Whi..$1,000 in lottery A year end . review of 1978 recappng the major news stories hat hit the front •page of the Sentinel during the past year Lower Interest Rates •.a NOW AVAILABLE ON 1st and 2nd Mortgages ANYWHERE IN ONTARIO ON ,.. 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Clinton to -Former reeve 'dies John Wesley Joynt, Luck - now, passed away in Wing - ham and District Hospital, Thursday, February 2, 1978, after a short illness. He was in his 88th year. Mr. Joynt was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Joynt and was born in St. Helens in West Wawanosh Township, County of Huron. On September 10th, 1913 he married the former Edith' Freeman, ' daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freeman, and moved into the former John Joynt residence on Ross Street. Mr. Joynt has given valu- ed and faithful service to his church, Lucknow United, and to his community. He served for fire years as . Reeve of Lucknow from 1943 through 1947. During the latter year, he was elected Warden of Bruce County. Mr. Joynt was a member of the Masonic Order, Old Light Lodges No. 1,84, Luck - now 'Chapter R.A.M. Lodge of Perfection, and Rose Croix of Guelph. In the past few. months both the Old Light Lodge and Lucknow Chapter presented him with 60 ' year member- ship jewels. He was devoted Don't Let A Black -Out Wipe Out Your Farm .451 to Masonry, and his keen interest in the craft proved very rewarding to him. Besides his wife, Edith, who is a resident of Pinecrest Nursing Home, he is surviv- ed by one son, George Joynt of Lucknow and two grand- daughters, Jane, Mrs. Wm. O'Hara of Toronto and Kathy of London. Jumps from burning home A West Wawanosh woman and her two Year old baby are in satisfactory condition in Clinton Public Hospital after they' jumped from a second storey window of their burn- ing home on Tuesday morn- ing. Carol Menary . and her daughter, Kerri Lynn, are suffering from burns and Mrs. Menary has a broken leg. Lucknow Deputy chief, Bud Hamilton, said the house was a "ball of fire" when the Lucknow Fire Department arrived at 10:30 a.m. and the home was completely destroyed in the blaze. Mrs. Menary jumped at least 25 feet from the upstairs window. Mrs.' Menary'shusband, Harold, heard her screams in the barn where ; . he: milking his dairy 'cattle:. Mrs., Menary had returned ,about.,; 8.00 a.m. from working a .lb hour shift at Tinecrest Nurs- ing Home in Lucknow. The older children were at school when the fire broke out. r Is fitness Important-? Ask any body. 1 ParflOPaiTleil _... ' 1M Cansdhu+ eytoon,ilf lot DNIOMN fIIMU . . o