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Dan Nicholson is 95
On day afternoon, January '4th, 19183,
anLhouse was held at the Parish Hall,
Undertow in honour of the 95th birthday of
Dan Nicholson.
Data was especially pleased that his five
children, Isabel and Jim Hunter, Margaret
and Lorne Ritchie, Donalda and Bill Snaith,
-Marion and Don Gillespie, Ken and Joyce
Nicholson; his grandchildren, Wanda and
Jack Miller, Annabelle and Jack Aitchison,
Rob Snaith, Roan and Sue Gillespie, Cathy
Gillespie, Joanne Nicholson, Allan and
Joanne Nicholson, David and Anne Nn hol-
soaa, Heather and Don Patten, Dianne and
Ron Armstrong, Karen Nihon Wayne
Nicholson; his great grandchildren, Lorri,
Nancy and Jill Aitchison, Melanie and Mark
Patten and Jason Nicholson were all present.
Many local neighbours and friends as
well as friends from a distance were present
for the happy occasion.
School repairs
underway
Phase two sof the roof reconstruction at
Lucknow Central Public School will begin
soon as the province has provided fonds for
the work through a make work project,
According to T. K. Veenstra, superint-
pendant of business and Finance with the
Bruce County Board of Education, phase two
was not scheduled until the spring of this
year with completion in the summer. The
second phase of the work will be undertakes
shortly, however, because the province has
made funds available to the Ministry of
Education through the make work project.
The second phase is to be completed by
March 31 to comply with the make work
program schedule.
Phase one of the project, restructure of the
beams in the gymnasium, is underway and
the restructure of the beams in the ceiling of
the original part of the school, the second
phase, will commence as soon as the tenders
are awarded.
The wood beams in the original part of the
school including the gymnasium have
started to sag, causing water to pond on the
roof. Engineers have recommended encas-
ing the wood beams with steel by using
angle iron at the corners and webbing down
the length of the beams. The roof will also be
replaced.
Fire destroys
farm workshop
Fire completely destroyed a workshop on
the farm of Jim Nelson, concession 10,
Ashfield Township January 4. Firemen were
called at 6.2O.p4but the building was
engulfed in -fame rt, they arrived.
Four firetne'n WeW injured when an ex-
plosion occurred, while they were fighting
the blare. Peter Steer, Gary Ritchie, Barry
McDonagh and George Whitby were knock-
ed to the ground by the force of the
explosion.
The loss was only partly covered by insur-
ance. Three tractors which Mr. Nelson was
working on, were destroyed as well as his
tools and the wood working equipment and
tools of his son, Bill.
Lucknow firemen were called to two
chimney fires later in the week. On January
6 at the supper hour they were called to the
residence of Ron Atkins at Amberley Beach
south, and on January 7 about 10.15 a.m.
they answered a call to the home of Ray
Mitchell, highway 9, west of Kinloss. There
was no serious damage in either fire.
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Kerwood tractor pullers Mary and Frank Verheyen, left, and Barb of the promoter of this Ibiropean pull. All telt wiN be driving hi the
and Art Heim of Lraelannw leave hammy 30 to attend an invitational pull against tractors Brom fid, Germany, Prance and Neoiland.
tractor pull to Rotterdam, titilland February 5. The Verheyens end 'Photo by Sharon Weir)
Reims have the dtsttnretton of being the Hirst Canadians to be guests
Local tractor pullers compete in Holland
Lucknow tractor pullers Art and Barb
Helm and Frank and Mary Verheyen of R. 3,
Kerwood leave January 30 to attend an
invitational tractor pull in Rotterdam, Hol-
land February 5.
The Verheyens and Helms are active
members of the Great Lakes Tractor Pullers
Association which promotes pulls in south-
western Ontario and Michigan. Mary and
Barb are also the first women in the history
of Canadian tractor pulling to actively
compete as drivers. Both couples will be
driving in the Holland competition.
For the previous three years, American
tractor pullers have been invited to attend
the Rotterdam pull, but this year the
Verheyens and Helms have the distinction of
being the first Canadians to be the guests of
the promoter of this European pull.
The tractors going to Holland are Verhey-
ens' V-12 Rolls Royce called the "Gold
Digger" and Helms' V-12 Allison Aircraft
called "Second Choice".
The tractors were loaded in a sealed
container and shipped to Toronto, Sunday
where they will go on to Montreal by rail.
From Montreal, they will be shipped by
Polish Ocean Liner to Rotterdam, Holland
with an expected arrival date of January 27.
Verheyens and Helms will be leaving
Toronto airport, January 30 in the evening
and will arrive in Holland the next day. They
will spend the week advertising the pull for
the promoter, before competing in three
classes at an afternoon and evening session
on February 5, against tractors from Eng-
land, Germany, France and Holland.
After the pull, they will be holidaying for a
week before returning on February 17,
The Verheyens and Helms have competed
at pulls throughout Ontario and Michigan as
well as the prestigious Louisville Kentucky
Farm Show Tractor Pull. This is the first
time either couple has competed in Europe.
They see the European trip as an oppor-
tunity to promote their sport in Holland.
Bank predicts lower grain prices
The Bank of Montreal has predicted
Canadian grain prices will not be able to
recover significantly from current levels for
some to come, indeed they may decline
next ear. The prediction was carried in a
bank newsletter to customers containing the
1983 profit outlook as forecast by the bank's
economics department.
Based on projections for domestic use and
exports, large supplies and high stocks are
likely to exist for the fekt two years, unless
there is a significant crop failure in a major
export supply area such as the United
States. With the U.S. expected to hold at
least 44 per cent of the total global wheat
stocks and 74 per cent of the total coarse
grain stocks by the end of the 1982-83 crop
year, Canadian grain prices are not expected
to recover significantly, says the newsletter.
On the positive side, Canada should be
able to sell large volumes of grains because
of long term agreements, however, prices
will continue to reflect poor markets.
The newsletter continues that neither set
asides nor acreage reduction programs in
the U.S., are expected to significantly lower
supply in the coming year. Compliance
would have to be very large as well as below
trend yield, to change next year's price
outlook. in this regard predicts the bank, it
seems reasonable to expect next year's
initial Wheat Board prices to decline from
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Sentinel joins Ontario Press Council
Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. of Goderich
has announced that six of its seven weekly
newspapers, including the Lucknow Sentin-
el, joined the Ontario, Press Council January
1, 1983.
According to Ontario Press Council chair-
man, J. Allyn Taylor another 11 papers
joined the council, bringing the total
membership to 74, made up of 26 dailies and
48 community newspapers.
Five of the newcomers are �f�ailies,
swelling the aggregate daily circulation of
council member newspapers to 1,800,668 or
77.9 per cent of total English language daily
circulation in Ontario. The six weekly
Signal -Star Publishing publications increase
the weekly circulation of community member
newspapers to more than 770,000.
The dailies to ioin the press council are:
Barrie Examiner (11,861), Cobourg Star
(5,027), Orillian Packett and Times (9,344),
Port Hope Guide (3,133) and Timmins Press,
(13,090). Barrie, Orillia and Timmins are
owned by the Thomson family, increasing to
13 the number from that group in the
council.
The weeklies joining the press council are:
Bradford Witness (3,000), Goderich Signal -
Star (4,450), Clinton News -Record (3,500),
Kincardine News (4,500), Lucknow Sentinel
(2,000) and Mitchell Advocate (2,300). All
six are owned by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd;
owner of the Huron Expositor in Seaforth
which joined the council in 1981.
In 1982 Signal -Star Publishing purchased
tje..Huron Expositor and two other council'
member newspapers - The Blyth Standard
and ,Brussels Post. it combined The Post
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