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LUCKhiOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY,MARCH 25, 1964
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Presbytery Proposes Ashfield' Aid
St. Helens Charges Discusi'Area Future.
The fact that St. Helens United:
Church will shortly be without a
resident minister,; has initiated ac-
tion byHuron Presbyter• of the
Y
.United . Church to . have the con
of " the Ashfield Circuit
nd 'St. Helens arrange a meeting
of all families to "discuss the .fu-
ture of this area."
The three appointments of the
Ashfield Circuit, asit haslong
been known, have been served by
Rev. Gordon Kaiser' for several
years.: -' ,
. served b
St Helens' was y .Rev. •
B. F.- Green for some time until
his permanent retirement. He was
succeeded' . by.. Rev, W. R. Tris-
tram, ' a .retired minister, who is
now planning to. permanently ' re-
tire' at. Port ;Perry.
A few years ago. the St: Hel-
ens -Ashfield congregations discus-
sed amalgamation into one charge,
but nothing developedfrom'• these
talks:
The ' motion passed at Presby -
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Presby-
Wm,
Tildena e
Banquet, S�rpe al�e
The annual meeting and ' ban-
quet of the Ashfield Federation of
Agriculture will be held •in the
Legion. Hall, Lucknow, ' on Tues
day of next week, '.March 31st
Guest speaker... is Wm. Tilden,
and here's an . opportunity to, hear
Federation news "from the ,top:"
Mr: Tilden is • 'a past • president of
• the Ontario •' Federation::. and. `. a
fewweeks ago, `attended the Dom-
inion convention held in Prince
Edward Island:
President Kelso " McNay says
anyoneis welcome, as the ban-
:.quet is not confined to Ashfield
Township ' residents: Anyone ` plan-
ning : to attend should contact Mr:
McNay or ' any ..of the directors at
once for tickets: •
•
tery meeting recently -at. Bruce
field was as follows:.
' ' "It was moved by the Rev. • H.
Wilsonseconded by,. Mr. J. Snider,
that the Pastoral • .Relations; Com.
'mittee recommend %, to Pastoral
Boundaries that a meeting of .all.
families concerned; with St Hel-
ens, Hacketts., Zion, and Blake be.
called to discuss the future of
these communities."
Within a few - weeks the Pastoral
Boundaries committee plans to
meet with the families of the
four congregations : so, they may
express their views and wishes:.
Busy Wi d=U
At Arena.
W eeek.
The last . ten days of March is•
finding ice time at a premium
at the local arena, with , a rash
of activities before the ice is tak-
en out, at the end ' of the. month.
Monday over 100 students,' from'.
Kinloss 'Central held a skating par-
ty and Lucknow Squirts edged
Goderich 1-0. In the evening 'Rip-
ley Junior Farmers played. Kin -
tail in an exhibition game.
Tuesday was the first game of
the :.Industrial League finals be-
tween ' Silverwoods and Holyrood,
whowill go right back at it Wed-
nesday evening and if a third game
is necessary it. will be on ; Friday
night after skating. .
There's curling Thursday, skat-
ing . on Good Friday, hockey ,prac-
tice ' and • skating on Saturday,
skating and curling Sunday.
g g, on
There'll be skating again on Mon-.
dayafternoon and 'all . star 'game
between 'Lucknow and Kincardine
Industrial teams . on Monday . ev-
ening. Skating and skating par-
ties on Tuesday night -continuing
until 11:00 o'clock will ring down
the curtain on the .second year of:
artificial iceoperations in Luck-..
now:
Ripley ; LOdge5N�.flieJohfl: .Brooks As
United
.Student:For
John. `.Brooks, son of . Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart Brooks of R.R. 4,
Ripley has been selected : ,to take
part in .' the .15th annual United
Nations' Pilgrimage for youth "this.
summer. • .
John will visit New York the
latter part of, June ` as one of
more than 1,000 student observers
of the, :United Nations. . `fr'o m:
throughout the United States and
Canada. __The project is sponsored
by the Odd Fellows'; and' Rebe
kahs. , `
Delegates will studyand observe
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the U.N.: in action, see commit=
'tees and commissions atwork in
the five official U.N. languages;
and learn :of the vast work done•
throughout the world by such UN
departments and agencies as UNO, • •
PilgrimageNations
UNESCO, FAO , and Technical
Assistance. ,They , will visit the
American Association of the . UN
and the : headquartersof the Un-
ited States Canadian . Mission to
the UN, as well as those of var-
ious - other member nations.
International House, . where gra-
duate students 'from more than
80 countries live' under one roof,
will be visited, anda specialfea
ure 'will - be a °day. ;at the. New
York World's Fair the theme
`of which is "Peace Through Un-
derstanding" and whose symbol
is the unisphere.
Presentations were ` made:7 all""
contestants by .N,G, Jack Farrell
and N.G. Mrs: Russ Brooks and
D.D.G.M. Stewart Aitkin:
Set.SiIarySchedule t,L.D..H.S.,'
-Re uir - 'n � t er � Teacher: Next 'e rm•-
q e a o
Minint and
axim_. m salar- that in effect this' term is as f
um nd m mu
• BEATLE'BUBBLES
The Beatle 'craze extends ' a •
long . way and is doing great
things for one . bubble gum.
manufacturer. Cyril Brown of
The , Lucknow Fruit Market, . .
advises us ' that . from. Thurs.
day morning until Saturday, at
six • o'clock upon receiving his
first shipment of Beetle : Rub-:'
ble Gum. he . sold 20 boxes for
a total of 720. packages of gum.
Better step lightly; around the
Fruit Market corner- or• you
may find yourself sticking to
the pavement.
Thurs. P.MO .e
AndSaturday N'i t
g
There was' so m: e' scurrying
around the.first"• of the week to
decide on open hours for bus-
iness
us
iness' places in the Village this
week -end.
.All stores will'be_ . open Thurs-
day afternoon preceding.. the Good'
Friday holiday; . and will also be
open on Saturday. night. for the
convenience of Easter. shopping.
Effective the following week,.
Lucknow business places will- be
open on Friday.nights'' until ' 10:00
o'clock and will close on Satur-
days at 6:00 p.m.
Honored asAt
irthday ; Party
Mrs. Ruth Brooks of Lucknow
was happily surprised . on .Saturday,.
evening at a''family gathering:at
the home of" Mr. and .Mrs. Gordon,
Brooks in honor off`her 75th .birth-
day.
A turkey dinner with all the
trimmings: was' enjoyed. Marilyn
and Ruth Brooks, two granddaugh-
ters ,brought' in the . birthday' cake
and little Kathy Brooks...not yet
three, had great enjoyment .in.
helping' Grandma blow out :'the
candles.
It will be fifteen years in
September Mrs:Br
sinceBrooks
moved to Lucknow from her.'Enr-
on Township farm. Some nine
years before she had been widow-
ed by the death of her husband,
George Brooks,:,who passed away
on April 14th, 1940.
That fall her'son 'Harvey was
married. His death -occurred :.sev-
en years ago.. '
Mrs. Brooks and her son' Gor-
don, then 16, .operated' their 250
acre, farm.. Gordon later became'
associated with his' brother Omar
Brooks, in the transport business.
In 4958,--Gordon-took over this bus-
iness, while Omar. cocentrated.
on the implement business. : and
farming operations. Last • year
Gordon ,,built' a new" transport .de
pot on Inglis street
-Mrs. Brooks has eleven .grand-
children and one great grand-
child: who were present to'add to
the happiness'of this birthday oc-.
ecasion. °.
Mrs. Brooks is a faithful and
active member of the' United,
Church, and is . also a • valued.
member of the Lucknow 'Women's
Institute.
les . at Lucknow District High,
School have been increased, effec
tive in September.
The increases vary from $100.00
to • $300.00 in the' various categor-
ies, in addition to the annual $300.
increment. '
Negotiations had been carried on
for a time,"with the Board. hold-
ing a series' of meetings with
staff representatives and the in-
spector before the final, Settle-
ment was agreed : upon, •
Members of the staff have
ceived their contracts on the basis
of the new schedule. They have,
'if they so Wish, until the end of
May to sign and return them.
The new schedule, compared to
olj
Easter•d ySI.
ea Fund
.ObjOhjective In Sght
Donations to the Easter Seal
fund for crippled children Contin-
ue to be' received locally, and as
of the week -end the total 'was in'
excess of $900. '
There 'are many' who custom-,
arily donate to such causes, who
have not 'yet done so either from
oversight or . neglect. So, it is
confidently expected _ -that : Easter,
week returns should send the fund
well over pie'
Another partials list of donors
appears in an advertisement in
this issue.
lows, according' to'. the qualifica-
tions category:
• Minima
1963 1944,•,
Category .1 • $4,700. $4,800.
II' . 4,900: 5,100;.
.' III, 5,400. 5,700,
IV' 5,600: • : 5,800,
,• •Maxima
1963. 1964
; '.. r. 8100: $8,200,
Catego y .. $$ , $,
If 4 . 8,400, . •, 8,600.
III. 9,300. -9,400,
_ _ • IV , . 9,600.. 9,800.
Extra Teacher Required
,.An additional teacher will be
required for the 1964-65 term. Thin
Will increase the staff 'to eleven
teachers ' and the' principal.
•
ReveW �I: #� I,;okrnbatiom. Program
At Annual � Meeting, Ripley - Lucknow
Will Have E.A.S. When Ripley Goes DkiI
Huron • and Kinloss Municipal
Telephone System ' annual meeting
was 'held Friday afternoon, March
20 in Huron Township.Hall,: • 'Rip-
Rip-
ley.. The . auditor's report was read
by Miss Marie -MacKay, secretary
treasurer .of . the System.
Murray . Campbell, president,
was in charge of . the meeting and
spoke on the modernization pro-
gramme that had been carried
out and. Dungannon Dial conver-
sion completed during the_ : past
Year -
Comm ss oner
ear,Commissioner Dan A.MacDon-
ald explained.how some Dungan-
non customer's had'. to be: re-routed.
to the Ripley exchange due to the.
distance involved. He also.stated..
that the cables ploughed in • the
Ripley exchange area were ade-
-quate: and ` suitable for dial ser-
vice.
Commissioner .Stewart Needham
spoke on the increase of toll .com-
missions during' the past year
but this would be. certain to drop
when the E.A.S. (Extended Area:,
Service) is ' activated.later this
year between Dungannon Luck
,now and Dungannon' Goderich
In order." to .compensate for some
of " the' loss in revenue there will
be an ' increase hi, the:monthly
rental • . rate for the telephone.
A similar connection between
Ripley. and : Lucknow is planned:..
when the Ripley exchange is com-
pleted to dial.
Clayton • Nicholson, ' manager,
said that by the 11 &, K owning'
the. toll circuits from D ungannon
to Lucknow was a train factor
in" the• increase : of ' toll commis-
sions.
Some ' of the '' job's to be done
shortly will be the reeabl ng of
the Ripley Village due to the
change made by the local Hydro'
system. Also,.several . lines that
were put. •up temporarily `last sea-
son for the Dungannon Dial cut- •
over will have to be, . done per-
manently;
Stewart : Needham was the re-
tiring. commissioner but,was -re-
elected ' for . • a three-year . , term.
Hugh Mason . was 'also ' • nominated
but was unsuccessful in the vote:
Horticuliural Membership>Up, Order
Flowering Crabs As ° tentenninl- -Tree
• (By Norman Taylor)
:' The March meeting - of the Luck- The thanks' of the Meetin were
. a g.g.
now • and . District .: 'Horticultural . `extended:: to those taking;' part by
Society was 'held in .the Town Hall Miss Hazel Webster, convenor of
on Fridayevening with a ood t 'e. pro :ram 'committee. Mrs.: Ted
g .g ,n g ,•
attendance to' •welcome:•the Director. McClenaghan was the other com'
of District 8,.Mr. Cliff Epps ,of 'Chn mittee member.
ton. 'There '.are :some . two dozen. den-
, Mr. Epps 'spoke the , meeting: tennial trees on' order. Two of
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on a variety of subjects to `do' with: these'.. are earmarked for :public
horticultural affairs.First,. he:. planting in' ' Victoria Park, sub=.:
•spoke of. the convention being held ject to the consent of the Village
in Guelph on ; June.' 18th and19th, Council. The remainder, have -been''
when all societies in . the district ;ordered by". members for their pri-
are being encouraged to. lave a Vete,. planting
good representation present over The'' . locust ' trees.: on Campbell;
and `above their" legal number of :St. , Fare ' to be pruned and shaped
delegates. This, will be a very good during: the week 'of March 23rd
opportunity to get an insight into The . meetingdecided as charge
the business of the Ontario . Hord-
cultural
$3,5,0 per' seat on' a bus to the .Con -
cultural Association,and as well vention with the:. society
ty
take: in. some of:the' tours being ar-::$1.50 of this amount. There will
ranged. The . adult . membership : also be a registration fee of :$1.00
drive' Was. stressed next. g • . .
:per. member � and banquet.•trek
We • were once again reminded ets are $2.50 making a total 'out
of the '.prizes • being' offered to<the:; lay per member of $5.50. There are •
society with -the' greatest percent- 136' seats' on , the: •bus . and, the, secre-
age increase in membership in tart'' will accept registrations at the
1964.: We might .add here that the.: April .17th meeting.~ First come,,
Lucknow Society: is. offering a bon- I first served '
o selected mums to each + The meeting 'gave a special wel
us' of •.tw.
paid member this.Spring and there ' come to three new:members from'
will be .a special section 'set aside •Dungannon. ' We are ':glad. to wel-
in' the Fall Flower Show to exhibit come all new and old members •
the blooms:. The increase • in mem ! alike. Join : and help us contest the
bership at.present is 19%..Mr. ; prizes' offered' "in ' the province
Epps drew our attention to the.wide membership drive.
A1mey • Flowering Crab. as being ;
the - Centennial • tree & :recommen-
ed the
d , 4 5ft. size, is an. all . • . .
Canadian tree &' that' is the re
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,,son:
Held
Successfu• l
it has been chosen as the Centen-
vial tree;- Planted in -1964 it should Shorthorn Dispersal
beinbloomin1967.
He touched on the photographic • A dispersal;'sale of the' High -
competition, • and 'the scrapbook lawn Dual Purpose Shorthorn Herd
and floral picture' contests. These of . the ' Arnold Alton. Estate was w.
will be judg_g__dLpon.the_.distr,ict-level--..held--last'I'hursday"at th Ash
and prizes will be 'awarded; the field; Township' farm. • .Arnold's--..
winners being eligible for provin- ; death occurred last November at
vial contests. It, was pointed :out ; the age of 33 leavinghis wife
that a lime sulphur spray should ' and five young girls ages 7 months
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be applied early to• roses to control .•to 7 years.,: •
black spot. Also, some protection! Mrs. Alton made the decision to
should be given mums now to.'Save ' sell 'their herd"and machinery this
the new shoots from frost damage. srin although thefar' has-
p g g mnot
Mr. Epps' concluded his. talk With., been sold. ' '
a showing'of slides depicting ,ver 'i :,Registered cows sold quite well
'ions places from coast to coast and averaged. $241 Top priced
in Canada and some' Shots of • the , cows were.p
purchased by George •
Seattle World's . Fair and .of' the Freiburger of Elmwood for $3350
mums in. Florida. : , I and $300. George Smale`of Dublin
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The • Question 'Box was opened paid $205 for •a cow and'' $65 for'
and Mr. Epps was µasked to answer ' her heifer calf, Buyers
.,. �y a came from
the questions found in it: ` • an areae bordered Stratf rd
Miss Rosalie. . ..... . .. . . �_ .,. by �
Phillips pla. ed Port Elgin and Mildmay. Only
some .selections on the accordiaii one registered . f ,
, .. g :. v .cow,. 'teas sold' loW ,
and .Mrs. ' Ross Cummings offered .call:. Allan MacInt >re «'... s c
a Lumber of piano selections. ` ._.,
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tioneer at the sale, a•
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