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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-10-10, Page 1I SEE . By The Sentinel Skating registration Figure skating registration will be held at the. Lucknow Town Hall for the Lucknow Figure Skating Club this Saturday between 10.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Private lessons are available Thursday nights. CNIB .canvass Canvassers for the International. Institute for the Blind will be out 1cno€king on_ doors in Ashfield and West Wawanosh Townships ' this month. Mrs. Carl Riegling of Ashfield is campaign chairman. Hockey players register This Saturday is the ,last, chanceto., register you son toplay hockey with • the Lucknow Minor Hockey Associa- tion. Registration will take place this Saturday from 1 5 p.m.. at the Town, Hall. Registration must be completed : this Saturday to arrange schedules and ice time. Fowl: supper Lucknow United Church will hold their annual fowl,supper on October 16• in conjunction with; the 117th anniver -sary of the .church. The dinner, an autumn tradition in the community will be served between 4.30 and .7.30 p.m. Leathercraft hobby Leather craftsman, . Bob Kelly has shown his work at the Western Fair in London for the past fouryears and he has won four firsts, throe seconds and a third in the showings. Forced into— retirement because of a knee injury, Bob began the time consuming hobby of working With leather. He has produced hundreds of leather crafts since moving to his retirement home in Ashfield, from London. See picture story on page 2. Elsie Jackson of Lucknow celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday, October 8. She marked the occasion at a family dinner held at the Sutton Park Inn on Saturday, October 6. - 'A lively woman who looks younger than her years, she still likes to ham it up for a photographer and enjoys being the centre of attention. • A resident at Pinecrest Manor she attends activities in the cafeteria andvisits with her family and friends in the Manor's lounge. When the Sentinel marked the 98th birthday, it reported she had recently slipped and fallen while doing the Highland Fling during an activity period. The nurses claim she can still kick as high as her head. She could still stand on her head when she was 65. - A great skater in her youth, she competed in the races held at the winter carnivals in the district: She would skatebackwards and win the race while . the other contestants skated forward. - Born Elsie Janette Bowers an October 8, 1879, she is the, only remaining member of a family of seven children of the late Mr, and Mrs. John Bowers of Huron Township. She helped the family clear the farm where they settled two and half miles south of Ripley. She worked as a seamstress in Detroit for some time and. in 1905 she married Tudor Alexander Jackson who had come to Ripley from Seaforth to open a jewellery, store. They lived in Ripley where they raised. their family of two children, ' a . daughter, Dorothy Stergios, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and a son, Roy H. Jackson, of Detroit, Michigan. She has a grandson, Roy M. Jackson of Detroit, Michigan and a great grandson, Roy M. Jackson Jr. She resided at her home in Ripley until five years ago when she moved to Pinecrest Manor. She leaves Pinecrest periodically to spend time with her family at her home in Ripley. Elsie Jackson The 24, PAGES WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 10, 1979 4 Single Copy 30c Herb Clarkwas honoured.at;a retienent'partymarking the end of a career of 31 years. Mr.' Clark, outdoor recreation supervisor at the Wingham office of the ()Maria Ministry of Natural Resources, has. served in the area from Oxford County north to' Bruce during his -years with the ministry and previously with the department, of lands and forests. Herb and his wife, Alene, make their home in Lucknow. [Wingham Advance -Times Photo) erb Clark retires rom ministry A . retirement party September 28 marked theend of a career spanning 31 years for Herb Clark of Lucknow. Mr. Clark, outdoor recreation supervisor.. at • the Wingham office . of theOntario Ministry of. Natural Resources, has served citizens inthe area from Oxford County north to Bruce during his years `with_ the ministry and previously with the department of lands 'and forests. Friends, relatives andfellow- workers: gathered at the .Wing - ham Legion Hall to celebrate the occasion. A dinner, for more than 200 guests : was ' followed by an hour of presentations, slides and speeches thanking Mr. Clark for a job well done. He rose to the occasion by reliving for the aud- ience some of his more :hurhorous experiences during his. years of work. The head table for the banquet consisted of Mr. Clark and his wife, Alene, MNR . District Man- ager Norm Richards and former manager Dan Mansell - .andhis wife, - Mr. • and Mrs.. Murray Gaunt, MPP for Huron -Bruce and rump speaks to 'At their October 3 meeting, the Lucknow' and District Kinsmen Club had Bill Crump of Wingham as their guest speaker. Bill, who just recently moved to Wingham, served on the .Lucknow town council for three years and is actively involved in the Business- men's Association in \)Wingham.. He answer- • ed questions on 'small town politics and business activities. As appreciation for his service to village council, he was thanked and presented with a., small gift. The. Kinsmen Club received a cheque . in the amount of $3;000 from the Lucknow Tractor Pullers Assoc. in recognition of their time spent parking vehicles at the two pulls • held in Lucknow. The funds will be put towards the tennis courts,constructed last Spring. About 75 area men and women turned out for the Kinsmen Turkey' Shoot held on the cold, rainy Thanksgiving Monday. Several marksmen , shared in the prizes and Brian Howes of R. 3 Goderich won the draw for the 7 x 50 Bushnell binoculars. The Kinsmen would like to thank Raynard and the Wawanosh for their all those who partic The Kinsmen Cl Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elston, reeve of Morris Township. A local band, The Back Forty.,' Bluegrass Band, with Mr. Clark's son, Tom, as one of its members, supplied music for the oe asion.. Mr. Clark, himself an : ;expert fiddler with. many -years - of musical experience,, accompanied' the band for several numbers. Mr. Clark was born andraised in Woodstockand served: for 3' years with the Armed Forces before commencing , his 'career' with the ;Ontario governnient`as.a conservation officer in 1948, working out of his home in Woodstock. In recent years he has worked out of offices in Stratford, Hes- peler and Wingham. Since 1973 in the Wingham district he has been responsible for planning, co- ordinating and . implementing public services for wildlife man- agement, sport and commercial fishing, ';provincial parks, : snow- mobile and cross country ski trails and Taw enforcement.. His most significant contribu . Turn to .page 6• i insmen Harold Londry, Bruce Township of West involvement as well as ipated. ub is currently on a membership drive and have had several interested men of the, area out to their last two meetings. Coming events include a Hallowe'en Danseisind a Kinsmen Interclub euchre tournatnEfIr. en snack bar The: Village Store . in Whitechurch has re -opened, as a convenience food store and snack bar. * .. Carl and Helen Schack of Brampton have completely renovated the store, putting in a grill and counter to serve lunches. They moved to Whitechurch in May and opened for business a month ago. Helen wanted a small business which wouldn't be too much for..her to handle. Carl is still,working in Brampton and is only home in Whitechurch on weekends. The couple owned a .lunch counter, variety grocery and gas bar business near Brighton which they sold in 1975 because their business had grown too big for tip two off; them. They had been. looking for a similar business, 'but smaller, since then. While in this area looking at another business, they learned of the Whitechurch store for sale. Ironically, the previous owners of the Village Store thought a snack bar .would go over well in Whitechurch, because people were always stopping at the store to ask Turn to •Page .6*