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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1975-09-17, Page 1tR. 10, 1975' MISS DOMINION. OF CANADA WILL - BE. -AT-1.UCKNOWTFAIR • Since a distinguished panel of judges selected her Miss Dominion of Canada, she has been busy travelling throughout Canada, the CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 Died Suddenly . Mrs. Lorne Hasty, 54-year-old resident of Mhfield • Township, died suddenly at Victoria Hospital in London on Wednesday of last week. The funeral was held Saturday, September 13 at MacKenzie Mem- orial Chapel, Lucknow with burial in Dungannon Cemetery. Rick Pritchard Named Wooico Manager In West Young Mother Died Suddenly In South Africa, family Residing There For Past 11/2 Years Mrs. Russell Barr died suddenly in Durban, South Africa last week end. Word was received here about 7 a.m. Saturday when Russell phoned his mother, Mrs. John Barr of Kinlough. Her death occurred in Parkland Hospital there. Barbara, who is about 40 years of age, is the daughter 'of Dr. and Mrs. Austin Carbert, long time residents of Elmira. Her father is a dentist. She was one of triplets and was raised at Elmira. Russell and Barbara have a son Darrell 13 and daughter Cynthia, age 11. Her sisters are Mrs. Allan (Molly) Mills of London and Mrs. Bob .(Corinne) Warnica of Rochester, Michigan. Russell is an engineer with DeLeuw Cather Co. of Toronto and was working at their Durban branch office. He had attended public school in Kinloss, and Lucknow High School. The family had been in South Africa for about 1 1/2 years. Their intention had been to remain until mid summer 1976 before returning to their • Toronto area home. Barbara had been ill for several weeks but her death was unexpect- ed. An autopsy Monday revealed the cause of death as an abscess at the centre of the brain which could have been caused by a fall or childhood injury. The funeral was slated for Monday in South Africa. A family memorial service will be held today, Wednesday, at Trinity United Church in Elmira. The Barr family reside at 17 Marklew. Ave., Westville, Natal, South Africa 3630. MENIMNIQUEM2 ig. 97e 89c Lucknow Village Council Briefs . he SENTINEL $8.00 A Year In Advance — $2.00 Extra To U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1975 Single Copy 20c 24 Pages CET 101 10 OZ. 149 Ontario Residents Vote Thursday ht The Province's 30th General Election OWNED AND DRIVEN BY HOUSTON Napai DEW Wins Sires Stakes At Elmira Napal Dew, owned arid driven by Kenneth Houston of Holyrood, won the $10,194 Ontario Sires Stakes pacing event on MondaY of last Week at Elmira Raceway. ' It was the 10th victory in 14 starts for the 3-year-old son of Armbro Express. Napal Dew earned $5,097. Napal Dew increased his sea- 79c son's earnings to $21,981. Four more QSS events remain, including a $50,000 race October 26 at Windsor , Raceway. lie Napal Dew took the lead 'at the start and was never headed, in pacing the mile in 2:05 3-5. Ken raced the horse on Sunday at Kingston and won first with a time of 2:03 3. 1600 He will race September 27th. Lucknow Village•Couneil recently enacted a $100 charge for water main to curb hookuP on village residences. Woolsley Street in the village was recently extended further east to serve new residences. Land, where the road will run,, owned by Ken Jardine, was turned over to the Village at no cost and will, in future, be maintained by ,the village roads department. * * * * IERICH Council felt that a snow fence should be erected for protection around the Bob Street bridge site which was washed out in a recent flood. Be sensitive — talk to your friends, rather than about,them. Leading the Lucknow Fall Fair parade on Saturday, September 20 will be Miss Dominion of Canada. She will spend the day in Lucknow and on Saturday evening will,crown Miss Midwestern Ontario at the beauty contest held in conjunction with the Fair. Miss Midwestern Ontario will be picked from a group of girls representing towns throughout the area. She will win an, all expense paid week at Niagara Falls next summer where she will have the opportunity to compete in the Miss Dominion of. Canada contest for . 1976. Normande Jacques, the present Miss Dominion of Canada has brown hair, hazel eyes and is from Blind River, Ontario. hookup of the lights. The Kinsmen have spent about $4000 of club funds on the towers, cement bases and wiring, , not to mention the volunteer labour of club members. The end result is an excellent lighting system for the Lucknow ,Ball Park. Wet weather has prevented a few "finishing up" chores which will be completed as weather permits. Floodlighting of the ball .park was initially a project of the Legion and was completed by them in 1949. The machinery is' in place for more than five million qualified voters to. cast their ballot in Ontarie's .30th general election this Thursday, September 18th. A work force of about 40,000 has been employed as deputy returning officers, poll clerks and other personnel required for. efficient election administration by Return- ing ' Officers in 125 electoral districts. They are working with millionS of forms and other necessary docu- ments distributed from the Ontario Election Office in Toronto. The "reverse print" ballot design introduced in the 1971 general election is being used again for this . election. Prior to 1971, ballots were mostly white with black printing, enabling a voter to mark an "x" in places other than a circle opposite .a candidate's name. To reduce the number of spoiled ballots, the ballots now are, entirely black except for candidate's nam- es, numbered consecutively ,in alphabetical order by surname, and a circle opposite each name -- all in Erect Lochalsh Cemetery Memorial The Lochalsh Cemetery Board is in the proCess of completing a memorial wall 'in front of the cemetery. .The stone work was done last week and aluminum lettering with the words "Lochalsh Cemetery" placed above the , wall. The board hope to do some landscaping and erect a historical plaque in the future. The project was financed by former residentS of the Lochalsh area, as well as those living in the area, who hold, an interest )n this rural cemetery. Letters outlining the board's plans were sent out in late August and the financial response has been very encourag- ing. Members ofthe Lochalsh Cemet- ery Board include Ewan MacLean, chairman; Mrs. John MacDonald, secretary; Gordon Finlayson, Frank MacLennan, Mrs. Henry MacKen- zie arid Roy MacKay. white. Thus, there's no question of where the ballot should be marked: in the white ,eircle. Candidates' party affiliation does not appear on ballots used in Ontario electicins. Ontario voters will have four opportunities to vote in_ the prOvince'S 30th 'general election. While a voter may cast only one ballot; the franchise may be exercised on any one of four days: September 12th, 13th, 15th or 18th. The first three dates were advance polls, available for any qualified voter unable to vote September 18th.. On eleCtion day, 'September ' 18th, the .polls will open at ,9 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. EDT. Running .for office in ' Huron- Bruce are Murray. Gaunt, Wing- ham,' Liberal, who has served as , M.P.P. in 'Huron-Bruce for the past 13 years; Bill .Waiden, 'Witigharn, Conservative and Dr. Donald Milne, Kincardine, for NDP.. Two Huron Men Go To Iran For Employment By Ab Wylds Two young men from Huron Township flew from Toronto airport last Sunday evening to their new job, halfway around the world, Doug Tout and Dave Stanley will now be in Iran (Persia), where they will 'be .building hOuses for a Toronto based firm. In Iran they will be working near an oil refinery in the city of Abadan. They expect the project to take "between 6 and 10 months before they return to Canada.' ' Doug's sister, Marlene. Tout, drove them to Toronto on Sunday afternoon. She was on her way to Oshawa where she teaches. On their trip over, .the young men were scheduled for stops 'at Montreal, Brussels, Tel Aviv and then Tehran. The trip from Tehran to Abadan was by, bus. Doug is the' son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tout and. Dave the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stanley. Mr. and Mrs. Rick Pritchard ..:id 9-month-old Dustin have movt:d from London to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan'. Rick has been with the Oakridge Mall Woolco Store in London for the past two and.a half years and in August received the appointment of Divisional Manager of Woolco in Moose Jaw. Rick flew from London on August • .19th to take• up his new position. Donna and Dustin followed by plane a week later. Rick is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pritchard, R. R. .1 Lucknow. 99c at. London on St Well traaries to Home Work on the new lighting at the ball diamond in Caledonian Park has been nearly completed: The old lights and• poles have been removed and are to be used by Lucknow Lawn Bowling Club to light the greens. Partial profits from the Lucknow Old Boys Reunion was used to bity a complete new lighting system for the park. The Lucknow and District Kins- men Club purchased and erected the new steel light standards and completed the installation and Only one tender was received for 400 feet of sidewalk work from Woolsley to Gough Street,' 'on the east side of Havelock, running, past the new medical centre. No action was taken at the meeting. kinsmen Complete $4000 Project Of Erecting New Steel Light Standards 59c 19 OZ.