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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1975-12-17, Page 1ET 73.31111 10, 1975 e LUCKNOW SENTINEL $8.00 A Year In Advance — $2.00 Extra To U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1975 Single Copy 20c 24 Pages ww Bob Street Bridge Not Connecting Link Lucknow Village Council were advised at their December meeting that the Bob Street bridge in Lucknow. running off ,Campbell . Street to the Public School,. does not qualify for .full replacement by the Ontario Ministry of Transporta- tion. and Communications under the connecting link agreement with the town. Under this agreement, negotiated a number of years ago, the province paid 100% of the hosts orthe portion of highway thiough the village: . • The bridge does, however, qualify for the normal .80%, subsidy. The letter advising of this was received by Reeve George Joynt from ihe minister, .the Honourable James Snowe. The bridge was • washed out during a heavy rain storm this past summer and is presently' not usable. • Council learned that the town hall . roof was leaking badly and arrangements were to be made for repair. • Several business taxes were reviewed and agreement was reached on some rebates to businesses which had ceased operation during the past year. Bruce County Library Board will pay a S1000 annual rent for space in Lucknow Town Hall, the Lucknow Public Library. The previous annual rent was $750. George Colwell of Lucknow submitted an account for cleaning a ditch at the rear of his property. COuncil stated the drain was a private one, not a' municipal drain, and refused payment. • Eye Injured In Hockey Game Jim SimPson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Simpson of 'the Kintail-Lochalsh area, received an injured eye from a stick in a hockey game in the Lucknow Town and Country League Thursday Of last week. Jim had a cut above the eye lid which was stitched before he was sent on to St. Joseph's Hospital in London that night. Extent of the injury was still not known as of writing time Monday. Jim is a member of the Kintail hockey team. Leonard Clark Named To Couned Leonard Clark of the 2nd of Kinloss Township has been ap- pointed as a councillor in Kinloss Township. Walter Breckles of Kinlough was, earlier appointed to fill a second Vacancy on. council. The two vacancies were created by the resignations of Barry Johnston and Grant Eckenswiller. Other council members are Don Bell and Duncan Campbell with • Leo Murray the Kinloss Reeve. •sari —is4 4W Air 41, Ir Allr 41 411111 Ir ASV air IPaar/Air 4sw • AEI IP Mr All r AMY 41 ASV II. 4IW .01=1" Amy Posted To: Tirket With External Affairs Department OW ighhOurs rdon held in the St. moved' to church in t. playing nt .to Mr. th second and Cliff •won the d Mr. and cQuillin ted them p. At the rued. • ER S gift, one Sated all renewal vc Sent- 'ada, .$10 dire gift Sentinel Publishing Schedule The annual Christmas Greeting issue of the Lucknow ,Sentinel will be dated Monday, December' 22nd in order that all subscribers- 'will receive delivery before Christmas Day.. • • • . • This means that this week will see two issues • of the paper published, the regular issue .an Wednesday. December 17, today- - and the issue scheduled for next week will be printed by this week end. , • Copy deadline for the Christmas ,Greeting issue' is Wednesday. December 17, There will be no issue, as is .the custom, immediately following the Christmas paper. The next issue of • The Sentinel will be on Wedncs- day. January 7. Vice President Shorthorn Club At a recent meeting of the Perth-Huron Shorthorn Pub, Ross Proctor. R. R. S Brussels, was elected to, the presidency of that organization. First vice president , 'is ken Mewhinney, R. R. 1 Luc-know, second vice resident, Ron Shelly. Gorrie and secretary- treasurer. Gerald Smith, R. R. 2 Brussels. Lois Johnston. daughter of Mrs. • Fred Johnston of Belfast, is visiting with her mother and members of her family while on a six week leave from her position' as a secretary' with the. Canadian ,External Affairs Department.. . it was a wet day for Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus as they made their visit to Lucknow Saturday. But it. takes more than a rain and they made • •the trip . down. storm to stop Mr. and Mrs. Claus fueltnotV's main street, undaunted by the cloud burst. I Several floats, with music 'by a clown band composed of members of the . Lucknow School Band. paraded froni the east end of town. After a round of the main street, Santa and Mrs. went to the school where treats and gifts were handed out and where movies were shown. The ,Lucknow Kinsmen Club arranged' the parade. movies and the organization of the day and Sorry A number of stories. scheduled for this issue, will appear in the. next paper . due to lack of space available. Lois has just completed two years in Jakarta. Indonesia and will leave January 2nd for a new two year posting at Ankara, Turkey. She joined the •government service • in February of 196.5 and has also were assisted by some Girl Guides. The gifts and treats were paid for, •by the Lucknow Business Associa- tion who also • sponsored free skating at the . arena. • The Kinsmen were disappointed that more effort was not put forth by the community to enter floats in the parade- Advanced Honours In 411Work ZION NEWS Elva Ritchie. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ritchie, received her advanced honours award at the 4-H Club Achievement Day featur- ing "Let's Bake Bread" at BrOokside Public school on Satur- day. The name of her clnb is —bppy Trinettes". Advanced Honours are for com- pletion of 18 4-H 'clubs. 4210F111‘,_ served at Ottawa, Prague, Czecos- lovakia; Nicosia, . Cyprus and Warsaw, Poland. On her way home to Canada she visited the Phillipines, Singapore, Malaysia and in Los Angeles with a A Montgomery. Motors school bus was stolen on Saturday night or early Sunday Morning. The theft was reported to Ontario Provincial Police at Kincardine on Sunday morning with the bus recovered shortly thereafter on Given Road, south of concession I and 2 in Huron Township in the Amberley-Point Clark area. There was some damage to the bus, although not extensive. Provincial Constable Don Daw- son investigated. Two area young men one from Lucknow and One Let Us cousin Ron Scott who she hadn't seen in over 20 years. Ron. was born east of Lucknow and lived in Wingham as a young man. His mother is Mrs. John Scott, the former Majesiza Gaunt. On Tuesday, December'; neigh- bouts and friends ofCliff and Rena Menary gathered at their home in Lucknow for a surprise party. The evening was spent playing cards. Don Alton addressed Cliff and Rena and Jim Nelson present- ! ed them with a mirror and a double deck of cards. The ladies served lunch to end a pleasant evening. Mr. and Mrs. Menary moved to Lucknow November 1st from Ash- field. They purchased the home. of Mrs. Eileen Ashton on Havelock 1 Street South. • • 0 The Lucknow Branch of the 'Canadian Bible Society has com- pleted its annual canvass for 1975. &total of 5657.52 was collected in Lucknow and -surrounding areas. This is up 560.00 from last year CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 Santa Made Annual Visit To Lucknow Oa Saturday, Free Show and Skating for Christmas or New Years. Have some visitors? Call us at The Lucknow Sentinel 52S-2822, and tell us about them; We'd hie, to hear from you. If you have a rural correspondent in your area, give her a call School Bus Stolen Honour Couple On The Weekend Leaving Community from Listowel, have been charged in connection with the incident. Bible Society - Raise $657 Know! •1 • -" A LOOK AT A SCHOOL RANO OF 19S2 Lutkuow District High School Band is pictured about 23% years ago. P. W. Hoag was bandmasters Front row, kneeling. left to right, Ken MsteNay, George. Webster, Ben Moulton, Murray tAtNein, Jack McKim. Don Thompson. Dan Johnston,. Gladys Kilpatrick. Caro- Ilya Gibson, Bill Baulcir, Joyce Standing, Charlene Smith, Mor- Baulch, Charlie Chin, Mac Mac- ley Chin, Gladys Chin, George MacDonald, Jack Chin, Kent Anderson, Janet Campbell. Wayne Hedley. Ain Hackett, Marilyn Kilpatrick. The picture was 'taken in May of 1%2 during the annual cadet inspection at the sato& Note the cadet uniforms on the boys.