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Nortit AshfiOd School Sparks
School Boundary Study
CLINTON - The 'Huron :County board of
education decided 'Monday: to launch a study
of 'school boundaries to reflect .changing .pu-
pil ,enrolments.
During 'discussion of the fate of North Ash-
fiOld Public •• School Ashfield Township
near Amberley, . trustees moved to study
school boundary alignments • across the
county.. •
Board chairman Wilfred Shortreed
ton • said the 40-pupil four-rooni schoOl ,at . the
rorthern erd of the county' "looks like it will
have to disapPear."' , •.
Trustees Were considering' an administra-
t;on recommendation that the pupils all of
'whom are in Grades 4, :5- and fi .—' be trans-
ferred to ..Brookside Public School, about 12
miles further east' near Dungannon. • • . .•
The ;.tdministration said the phasing4i,ut of
the 14-year7old school 'which began , several
years Ugti • could produce a', saving of about
',$3.750 in'. the 1975-76 school year.
It was POinted out that only two. of the
North Ashfield school's four classrooms are
being used now.
'Superintendent of education J. W., CoUlter
reported there are 400 pupils at the 13-class-
room Brookside school. '
, • lie suggested that one classroom could be
•oocrated next yearat North Ashfield but
that greater, savirrgs-
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were likely it-altpitOil-s.
were transferred to Brookside where a port-
able. classroom Would help handle the -addi-
tional Pupils. ' . • •
Herb .Torkheint, trustee from Zurich, said
the North Ashfield situation shows the need
to alter, sChool boundaries to cope with
changing populatiOn patterns.
fie cited school crowding at Clinton due to
the increasing population at, nearby Vanas-
tra. lie Suggested many elementary-age chil-
dren could. bez,,,00t instead to' Huron Oenten-
niaI Ruhlie Silrool at Brucefield..
The matter was referred to the edUcation .
cnd management committees .19- bring a re- •
Port hack to the board. ' •
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LUCKNOW CENTRAL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ACHIEVEMENT NIGHT
ednesday, Mardi 12th 8 P.m.
DISPLAY OF NIGHT CLASS WORK AND FASHION SHOW
EVERYONE WELCOME
S. E. COLLYER, Principal
Ripley Lions Roar .
By Alan McLean
The Ripley' and District Lions
Club met Wednesday night at the
Ripley United Church.
The meeting was directed by
president Bill Kempton. Zone
chairman Harvey Howard from
Hanover was present and spoke to
the club members. Charles Liddle
showed a film of the Lions
International convention held in
San Francisco. This helped to show
the fellowship among Lions and
displayed some df the world and
community work 'done by the one
million Lions in the world.
Two visitors, Whitney Crawford
and Randy Roppell, were present
to bring greetings from the
neighbouring Lions Club of Tiver-
ton.
Two new Lions, sp'onsored by
Lion Bill Kempton, were initiated
into the. club. Bill Scptt and Bob
Scott were' presented with their
membership pins by president Bill
Kempton and their membership
-kits by treasurer-Reuben-Burnett.
Injured In Collision
With Snow Plow
A Tiverton-area man was 'ser-
iously injured and removed to
Wingham • and District Hospital
Wednesday of last week following a
car-snow plow crash east of
Whitechurch.
Robert Woodison, 41, and his
wife Shirley, 38, of. R. R. 1 Tiverton
were injured when their car
collided with the rear of a snow
plow on Highway 86 about three
mileS west of Wingham shortly
before noon. '
Mrs. Woodison was reported in
satisfactory, condition'.
Provincial police at Wingham
Said the collision took place during
poor visibility caused by blowing
snow.
Driver of the snow plow, Gerald
Dorscht, R. R. 2 Lucknow escaped
injury. '
No 'estimate of damage was
available, but police said, the
Woodison -car was demolished and
_snow plow _extensiviey damaged,
the
store
If Your Supply Of
FARM GROWN GRAINS
Is Getting Low
Check These Prices
10 TON BULK
CASH PRICE
16% Hog Grower $131.00
16% Dairy Ration $121.00
36% Dairy Supplement
$148.00
48% Beef Supplement
$154.00
CALL US FOR YOUR SOYBEAN MEAL
AND WHOLE GRAIN REQUIREMENTS
PRICES IN EFFECT TILL
MARCH 8th, 1975
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THE;LUCKNOW,SENTINIEL• LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1975 PAGE TWO
Eight Churches
Join Together For
Day Of Prayer
"Become Perfectly One" is
the focus for. the 1975 World Day of
Prayer on Friday, Mardi 7th.
Approximately 3000 communities
across canada and '1.70 countries,
around the world will be sharing
,this inter-denominational 'day' of
prayer and fellowship.
This year the service was
prepared in Egypt. For the
Lucknow area eight congregations
join in the service in South Kinloss
Presbyterian Church on March 7 at
2 p, m. with Mrs. Donald Robertson
of Purple Grove as guest speaker.
The World Day of Prayer is one
day of the year when people around
the world, young 'and old alike, join
together in seeking peace, love and
Christian joy.
Churches participating in the
service at South Kinloss' are
Lucknow United, -Trinity United,
Lucknow Presbyterian, South Kin-
loss Presbyterian, Christian Re-
formed, Lucknow Catholic, Kings-
bridge Catholic, Lucknow
:an.
Test Guides
For Citizenship
On Thursday, February 27 the
Guides were tested on the Citiz-
enship Badge .by Murray Hunter
and Ken Roberts Of F. E. Madill
Secondary School. Each patrol'also
worked on their screens for a
contest later.
Terry Taylor received her Horse-
wothan's Badge and Faye Forster
received ,her Child Care Badge.
GUiding on The Move 'buttons
are on sale for 25e. It was decided
there will be no skating party. A
District Volleyball Tournament will
be held on April 5th at Lucknow
Public School. The meeting closed
with vespers and taps.
CANDYSTRIPER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Mrs. George Newbold, Director
of Nursing at Pinecrest Manor,
thanked the Candystripers for their
work and commented how much
the residents appreciated them.
She also thanked 'the Kinettes for
the bingo games they are conduct-
ing monthly. at the Home.
Mrs. Claude Guay, Mrs. Evans
Helm; Mrs. Herb Barger and Mrs.
Morley. Abbott are 'the Kinettes
who are on the committee respon-
sible for the candystripers. Mrs.
Guay, who will now be the liaison
officer between the Candystripers,
Nursing Home Staff and the
Kinettes, spoke. She told of her
plaps to pertodically check .at the
Nursing Home on the progress of
the girls and of the committee to
meet with the girls every, two
months.
Punch, coffee and cake were
served to the Candystripers and
their guests.
The service given by the
Candystripers is voluntary with
awards given according to the
number of hours served. The
twelve Candystripers. are: Lorna
Boyle 118 hours, Karen Campbell
50 hours, Judy Gollan 316 hours,
Kathy Taylor 871/2 hours, Lori
McKim 501/4 hours, Mary Lynn
Cayley 179 hours, Karen Lindsay
1701/2 hours, Gail Gollan 1651/4
hours, Edith Greer 671/2 hours,
Grace Alton 174 hours, Sherri
Jerome 12,6 1/4 hours, Susan
Thompson 57 hours.. These hours
have been served since the
Kinettes started, this project