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Page 12--Lucknow Sentinel, Thursday, December 28, 1978
May
June
First events
at new
Centre
The new Lucknow District
Community Centre opened
Friday, May 26. when the
first event was held. A
twenty-fifth vvedding anni-
versary for It ; r. and Mrs. Bob
McIntosh v s the First event
in the nevi building with a
crowd of about 400. On
Saturday evening, approx-
imately 400 people attended
a : ,ieth wedding anniver-
s for Mr. and Mrs. Jack
V; )sch. The grand opening
of the new Centre is sched-
uled for late in June or July.
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Turn sod for new Co-op store
The sod was turned Mon-
day afternoon for the new
Lucknow District Co-opera-
tive store and warehouse to
be built on Huron County
Road 1, south of Lucknow,
across from Helm Welding.
Construction is to be com-
pleted ifor opening in -Nov-
ember.
Doug Cameron, president
of the Lucknow . District Co-
operative Board of Directors,
operated the backhoe for the
sod -turning ceremony.
The Lucknow Co-op Board
of Directors, Albert Taylor,
Doug Martyn, Bob Irwin,
Merle Gunby and Bill Scott
and Co-op manager, Nelson
Hill, Stu Kreller, job super-
intendent; Kirk Freiter,
U.C.O. construction super-
visor; Bob Hladki, U.C.O.,
senior project manager and
Warren Zinn, reeve of Ash-
field, attended the sod -turn-
ing.
The new 60 x 160 foot
facility will house a store,
he:.ted warehouse, another
unheated warehouse, offices
and an outdoor garden cen-
tre.
The new building will
increasee the efficiency of
operating the Lucknow Co-
operative because of the
expanded store space which
will be 3,600 square feet
whereas, the present store
on the main street, has less
than 1,000 square feet. The
display area in the new store
will be sufficient so that
products will not have to be
stored in an area where the
customer cannot find them,
as they are stored in the
basement at the° present
store. By the expanded store
and warehouse, all of the
farm supplies, hardware,
seed and chemicals can be
kept at one point. There will
be no need for three different
Hamilton returns
to council
William (Bud) Hamilton,
who tabled his resignation
from Lucknow Village Coun-
cil at ' the regular monthly
Council meeting in ' March,
returned to Council when it
met for its May 'meeting on
May 9.'
Council refused to accept
Hamilton's resignation when
he did not attend the April
meeting and decided to wait
until Hamilton missed three
consecutive Council meet-
ings before accepting his
resignation.
Hamilton would not com-
ment on his decision to
return to Council: He only
said'that theother members
-of Council knew he would be
attending the May meeting.
Hamilton resigned when
Reeve George Joynt brought
up . further discussion of a
dispute -between Council -and"
the Reeve, over the hiring of
Robert Symes, Lucknow con-
tractor, to do the snow
removal for the town this
past winter.
shfield wet
The Township of Ashfield
went "wet" in the liquor
vote held on Monday,. May
29:Residents of the township
voted on three questions and
60% of the electorate had to
vote in favour of the change.
in's'tatus for the township to
go fr orn dry to wet.
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62.5 per cent were in
favour of the sale of spirits, _
beer and wine under a dining
lounge licence or consump-
tion on licenced premises
where food is available. 61.4
per cent favoured:the..sale of
spirits, beer and wine under
a lounge licence for con-
sumption of licenced premis-
es and 62,2 per cent were in
favour of the sale of spirits,
'beer acrd . 'wineunder an
entertainment lounge licence
for consumption on licenced
premises.
Injured in
accident
A Lueknow area teenager
is in London hospital recov-
ering from a severe concus-
sion following a car accident
on Huron County Road 1, 16
kilometres north of Nile on
Saturday, June 10.
Donna Hackett, 18, R. R. 7
Lucknow, was driving a 1974
Toyota when the 'car entered
the west ditch and rolled
She was+taken to Goderich
.Alexandra and Marine Hos-
pital and transferred to Lon-
doi University -Hospital fol-
lowing e amination in God-
.erich •:w.
y;D.OrtnE0s1the daughter of
.>: Mr, and Mils Donald Hack-
ett, R. R. 7 Lucknow. Her
mother said Monday that slip
4? �; ogi; si. la,vota81�1t
warehouses as the Co-opera-
tive now requires.
The increased office space
will mean adequate space for
the ' accounting staff with
privacy for the manager and
patrons, not now available.
It is easier to work up
enthusiasm for day-to-day
activities of the business in
new, efficient facilities said
Nelson Hill, manager of the
Lucknow Co-op. The new
store and warehouse will
generate a sense of pride in
the Co-operative by both
employees and patrons.
Reeve . Warren Zinn of
Ashfield Township told those
attending the ceremony that
the township was pleased to
have the business locate in
their township.
Farmers' market
ened Saturday
The Lucknow Farmers
Market opened Saturday
morning and the turnout for
the first morning indicated
the market may go over well.
The largest number of
patrons at one time attended
•between 8.30 and 9.00 and
within the first hour the 20•
loaves of home baked bread
brought by one vendor were
gone.
Vendors sold fresh farm
eggs, fresh rhubarb, maple
syrup, homebaked tarts and
cookies, house plants, hand
made quilts, hand made
raggedy ann dolls, hand-
terafted leather goods, hand
worked afghans and pillows,
and macrame pot hangers.
Tony .McQuailo.Lth_e_Mar-
ket committee said that some
of the patrons were potential
vendors who had come to
look over the Market and
decide whether to rent a stall
to sell their goods.
Market patrons asked
when the garden vegetables
would be ready and com-
mented that they do not plant
their own garden, but still
enjoy fresh vegetables, if
they can buy them. Several
requested fresh strawberries
and plan to return when they
are ready for sale.
One _ carload - of patrons -
were passing through, stop-
ped at the Market to ask how
long it would be open. When
they learned it was open until
noon, they went for a cup of
coffee and returned to buy.
One vendor sold more of
her hand made articles in the
one morning at, the Market,
than she had -sold in two days
at a craft show in the area.
Kingsbridge C.W.L.
launched campaign..
to ban books
The controversy over the
banning of three English
literature textbooks from the
secondary school book lists in
Huron County started when a
group of parents from Kings-
bridge, who considered the
books blasphemous .and ob-
scene, initiated a campaign
of
to have them banned.
The Kingsbridge Catholic
Women's League brought a
letter writing campaign to
bear on the Huron County
Board of Education in April
to have the three "objection-
able" novels removed from
the list of high school English
Books discussed
in emotional atmosphere
at public meeting
Close to 500, people sat
through an emotion charged
public meeting in Clinton
Jund 13 to hear arguments
for and against - the use of
three English literature nov-
els in Huron County High
Schools.
In a public meeting organ-
ized by a concerned group
opposed to the recent cam-
paign to have' the novels
banned from county high
schools, parents, students,
grandmothers and authors
debated for almost three
hours on the merit of the
three, novels or the reasons
they should.be removed from
the list of approved high
school' textbooks,.
People carne.froth the four
corners of Hilton and from
:areas outside its boundaries,.
Many came simply tb` witness',
the debate••but became. dbep
Iy ittl?bfi e'd, aS thb-aU'diettee' •
tan the emotional gatriut: ° z''
Some wept openly. Some
shouted.. Some pleaded for
cool heads to prevail. Some
argued and _,one rXtan ' asked
the audience to settle down
and listen to their hearts as
he prayed.
The meeting was arranged
by a group 'opposed to the
removal of the three novels -
The Diviners by Margaret
Laurence, Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck and Cat-
cher in the Rye by J. D.
Salinger - and to support
their cause imported four
noted Canadian 'authors. 'to
defend the books.
June Callwood, a ; non.
fiction writer, Alice Munro, a
fiction writer, Janet Lunn; a
children's,., writer and Steve,
Osterlund, t poet;, ex posed.
a panel "th;fi' �'keyndied ` the
debate and each wasp,, td:
ten minutes to outlui ,-eaR'
sons :the books shouldnotbe
i etno ed fronr.it pMved lists
Of to fhoolc i
Literature books.
The novels - Catcher in the
Rye by J. D. Salinger, The
Diviners by Margaret Laur-
ence and Of Mine and Men
by John Steinbeck - have
returned 'to haunt the board
for the past three years.
The three books contain
language that is "filthy" and
consistently refer to sexual
activities according to the
C.W.L.
Excerpts from the hooks
were sent.. along with about
200 letters that went out to
board trustees, members of
federal and provincial parl-
iament, township councils,
county council, minister of
education, Thomas Wells,
and area churches.
A public meeting on the
issue of the book•banning•has
been planned and was to be
held in Clinton last night at
the high school. Authors,
Pierre Berton and, June Cali -
wood planned to be there to
defend the use of the novels
in : rgh' school. Ehglish. • •
larice Dalfon, spokesman
for ' the • C.W.L.'said . the
novels were objectionable
and should be removed from
the list of books used in the
County's five secondary
schools.
The women bolstered their
request with letters of reply
from Wells, Huron Bruce MP
Bob McKinley, MPPs Jack
Riddell and Murray Gaunt,
. and Stephen . and . Tucker
smith ,Township ; caun`clsr
Both"' township councils
;' e1 dgt;se&'ros"olutioris to have
�f
4,th 04ok,exeijtoveAf't'om the
curriculum and of the politic-
ians only, Gatint SObk'c'°', rut
aaiiist"the' hovel's. '"
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