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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1975-02-26, Page 12r for Bic Pen's Red, Blue, Black or Green Get Two Pens For The Price Of One THE LUCKNOW 1111111011111111111a ,THE LUCKNOW SEOINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAYf FEBRUARY 26, .1971 INTEREST RA Now Avidiable On 1ST AND 2ND MORTGAGES Anywhere in' Ontario On RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, ItilDUSTIR1AL and. FARM PROPERTIES interim Financing For New COnstruction S Land Development FOr Representatives. In 1Pour Area Phone SAFEWAY INVESTMENTS AND CONSULTANTS LIMITED (519) 744-6535 Collect Head Office - 56 Weber St. E. Kftchener, .QnI .Buy Existing Mortgagei for Instant Cash— Either of these Clay Liquid Mamire Ifandling Systems can move a month's 'manure in a single day. Either, inject manure into fields or spread in controlled 25 to 35 foot swathes. Honey Wagon has inside the tank, liquid cooled Vacuum pump. Slurry Surrey is impeller type system. Available i n 800, 1500 & 2250 gal- lon sizes; with many options. Write for More information. 111. 11111 111i MI MI TWO Clay Liqul Manure Systems: Honey Wagon! Slurry Surrey! • 0•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• LOOKING BACKWARDS THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES WITH. MARGARET THOMPSON N••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••4 Alex G. Maclntyre, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Maclntyre of Kinloss, who was studying. at Oxford University, England, for the fourth' year, was awarded "The Radcliffe Infirmary Prize in Surg- ery" for 1954: The previous,. year Alex had received a similar prize in • Pathology. When his gloved hand became caught in a 'corn picker, Gordon Vale& of- Rt—R-.-11—DungannonTlost the four fingers on his left hand. He was working alone at the time and had to release himself from the machine and make his way unaided from the back of the farm to the house before securing help. On the 1st of February, 1955 Lorne Reid took over the shoe repair business at S. C. Rathwell and Son Shoe Store. For - Rathwell it terminated almost sixty-eight , years at the' cobbler's bench. Lorne had been assisting Mr. Rathwell for the previous eleven' years. At the annual meeting ^ of the Lucknow Agricultural Society the 20 YEARS AGO 40 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 1955 DUNGANNON Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lauzon, Windsor visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith on the week end. Mrs. Gerrie Glenn was a patient in University Hospital, London for a, few days last week. Gerrie Glenn is presently in Sholdice Hospital, Thornhill. St6re Caesar is at his parental home here during winter break from his classes at Sir , Sanford Fleming College in Lindsay. Mr: and Mrs. Torn Fowler, Darrel and Karen of Parkhill and Tracy. and Cindy Rempel, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fowler on Sunday. Huron-Perth Presbytery will meet in Hensall on Tuesday. The eighth annual meeting of Huron-Perth Presbyterial U.C.W. will meet, in Trinity United Church in Listowel on Wednesday. The. theme is "Celebration". The sympathy of the community is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Robt.' Stothers on the death of his sister, Mrs. Frank Jones (Lulu) whose funeral was to Dungannon Cem- etery on Saturday. World Day of Prayer services will be held in Nile United Church on March 7. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Baxter of Springfield, Ontario, called on Mrs. Minnie Jones and Mel on Friday. On Saturday callers were. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Rudow, Alan and Betty of Eltnira. Other recent visitors with friends here were Mr. and Mrs. Kitchener Finnigan and Mrs. Mary Barr of Goderich and Mr. and Mrs. john Finnigan of Wingham. WINS CANOE Mrs. Mary Bere and Jamie attended Open House at Fanshawe College on Friday evening and visited Mr. and Mrs. John Bete_ and Karen over Saturday. Jamie was one excited young man on Sunday when he learned he had wan a 16 foot canoe as a result of his ticket being drawn in a contest at Fanshavve. Jim Anderson is spending a .few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Anderson during study' week at York University. Miss 'Patricia Anderson of Lon- don spent• last week end with her parents Mr. and Mrs.. Gordon Anderson. McQuillin; 2nd Vice Pres., Alex Nicholson; Secretary-Treasurer, J. E. Agnew. Messrs. Bell and Dowse, who as partneri had been in the hardware business in Lucknow for two years, dissolved partnership, Mr. Dowse withdravVing from the business. Some other advantages are, that you are not as restricted as the downhill skier because the equip- ment is lighter; you don't have to - wait for a lift to take you up the hill; and the enjoyment long outlasts the few seconds it, takes the dawn hill skier to' finish his run. It is estimated that a down hill skier would get Only 90 minutes of actual skiing time if he were on the. ski slope for 6 hours a day. When you compare this to the freedom• and the. 'quiet of , spending an afternoon enjoying the winter scenery at your leisure on cross- -country skis-, it's,easy --to-see-Why the cross country method is in great demand. You can read, instruction books, or take lessons from a trained instructor to learn how- to use your skis properly and get full enjoy- ment from them. However, some people will read the next Rocky Raccoon article to learn more about this exciting winter sport. RIPLEY DISTRICT SCHOOL ASSEMBLY An assembly was called on Thursday, February 20 to present some students with awards. First the .captain of the Public School Volleyball team, Shelley Hackett was presented with the trophy for winning the Bruce County Public School Volleyball Championship. Next the dance-a-then trophies were presented. The trophies were quite appropriate as they had a statue holding its foot in pain. . Those who received these trophies were Bob Coiquhoun, Jane Mes- senger, Marilyn Stewart, Jane Ann Coiling, Anne Farrell, Sharyll Mason, Bev Scott, Wayne McLean, Kathy Farrell, • Robert Reiger, Rodger Ludwig, Brian Coiling, Rickey Clampitr and Debbie Zip- hel. Mary Ann Calling got an award for earning the most money. Next Mr. Armstrong ,presented the `Public Speaking awards. In the . Junior, division it, was first, Tom 'Wilson; second, Dawna •Rutledge; third, Corinne Boyle. In the intermediate division it was first, Marilyn Rhody; 'second, Robbie Sutton; and third, Debbie Ziphel. In the senior division Julie Reeves w first, Kevin Cook was second Vicki Dore was third.' C . gratulations again to all the students who received awards. FEBRUARY 1955 following officers - President, Jacob Hunter, 1st vice, John McQuillin and 2nd vice, S. E. Robertson, were all returned for a second term. Joseph Agnew was re-appointed secretary-treasurer. S. C. Rathwell was re-elected for a third.' term as president of the • Lucknow Horticultural •Society. Other offibers elected were 1st vice, G. H. Smith; 2nd vice, Mrs. Wm. Murdie; secretary, Robert Fisher; treasurer, A. W. Hamilton. Pure -Clover honey was selling S pounds for 50c; amber honey 5 _pounds for 33c; peanut butter, 26 oz. jar for 25c; fancy rice, 4 pounds for 25c; macaroni, 5 pounds for 25c and jelly powders, 6 pkgs. for 25c. Announcement was made by 'the provincial government that school examination fees were abolished. This meant a considerable saving to parents of students writing entrance, lower, middle and upper school examinations. 60 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 1915 The Lucknow Agricultural Soc- iety reported a successful year. So pleased were the members with the operations of 1914 that they decided to re-elect the same board of directors for another year. Officers were President, A. B. McKay; 1st Vice Pres., Wm. ROCKY RACCOON Cross-country skiing is another _winter_sport _that—Rocky-Raccoon has recently looked into, Known also as Ski touring or Nordic Skiing, this method of getting across all types of snow covered -terrain on skiis, is' said to be the second fastest means of winter transporta- tion. (second only' to the snowmo- bile). For more than 5,000 years, Scandanavian peoples •have used cross-country skis. to travel, from one community' to another. Canad- ians generally get involved in dross-country, or XC skiing, to stay in shape, enter competition, or to simply enjoy the experience that the sport provides in the outdoors. Cross-country skiing is presently one of the fastest growing sports in Canada. Reasons for this popular- ity include the fact that people of any age can cross-country ski. The experts claim that if you can walk, you can cross-country ski. a