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LUcQW ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JULY 5th,, 1961
'�ai� two BlIErU.5,ses;Provide
TruflsportatiOfl Tai : Teeswoter• Pool
•
Tot .L'ot opened . on Monday
with an popenifg, enrolment of.
36. 'youngsters ranging in ages'
from .4 to 12.. There is accomoda
tion, for more,
Morning sessions. are held dur-
org
ing 'July. Mary, Allin is in charge
o group the -.up to 8 years and''
Jim. Watson supervises the sen-
ors . up to . teenage.
Classes 'are held in the Town -
Hall'. and out -door activities on'
the hall grounds;
On ,Tuesday and Friday' there
• will be no: classes for the -younger
children as the supervisors will
accompany t,the, swim . classes.. to
thei Teeswater. Lions Pool,:
Busses Taxed
Registration. for these swim -
Ming classes 'has . 'soared ' to . • an
all -,lithe high` of about, 125 Trans
'portation is provided by the
Lucknow and Vicinity ,Branch of
the Red Cross and children from
8. years in this Red Cross. •area
are eligible.The registration, in-
cludes ,children from as far south
as Dungannon.. Two big ,busses.
leave from the. Legion Hall; and.
if they fail to accomodate there
cord -enrolment, provision will be
made to transport the "overflow",
although attendance drops some -
What as the season • progresses,
One bus goes by way of " White-
church . an'd, another by way of.
Holyrood,• picking up children' at
these points.
There were about .150 turned
up. on Tuesday -65 of them be-
ginners,: and three busses were
needed to make the initial trip.
H€art Seizure
Suddenly Fatal
Walter' H, Stafford,. age 66 yrs.
who came to; Dungannon 2 years
ago to , make his home, died sud-
denly from a' heart . seizure • on
Monday. afternoon ••shortly' after
being..admitted• to Goderich'slios'-
pita'. '
i `
•, Mr: Stafford was sitti xLg n his
• parked car ;on The 'Square. in.
�.' Goderich: while • Mrs.. Stafford
was shopping. An American mo-
torist: Parked •'beside` him . and
Mr; ` Stafford asked him to tell
his•wife he was ill: He Was rush-
ed. to Goderich .hospital : and' plac
ed in'an oxygen tent, ,but passed.
away: soon after: ' •
• M'r, , Stafford, -was a ; former.
principal of Shaw Business .Col-
' lege in North Toronto; aiid ' he.
:.and Mrs. Stafford; the former
• Verna Hamilton', ,:ha'd. 'retired to.
• Dungannon
'Mr.. Stafford, a native •of How
-ick, Township, wag secretary
treasurer of Ashfield School Area
No. 1, i T..
.having' 'succeeded • �R..
Kilpatrick over "a year ago •
,,The funeral will 'be from Stiles
•>anDun:-
afternoon:,
, eral ile, Goderich . to Duni
an C meter •%/'on Thursday
ny�grl
afternoon, with -service at 2:00
i.
Des des: ',his' .wife he is sizrv'iv-
.ed bya :dau hter, Mrs. Peter
(Davin) Phemister of Agincourt
-and -a brother' Frank 'Hi. .of Tor-
onto. ' :
• PASS'' MUSIC EXAMS ;•
Pupils. of .Mrs:' C.' Shaddick''of
Lucknow have passed their Grade
6 piano .examinationsof-the Roy-
al Toronto Conservatory of Music
as ..follows: •`Sheila . '`McQuillan,
honors Karen Carruthers, 'hon
Ors;. June Ackert,'. pass; Grace
McDougall, 'pass; Helen' McNay,
pass.
MRS. JAMES PURVES DIEM
:The' death - of .Mrs, James; Pur-
..the, former Margaret . Ken"
nedy, • occurred•; at her home in:
'West 'WawanosI ' Township .:on
'Monday'.evening, July. 3rd. She
:was within' 3days .Of her 86th
birthday... The funeral ,,service
will • be .held at M'acKerizie Mem-
�oriel Chapel on :Thursday at 3:45
p:m: .with`; 'interment . ;in .' South'
Kinloss . Cemetery.,
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Le.�sedFin uas
Service
. •
Alvin 'Baker of Lucknow has
leased the: Fina Service Station
Lu know's • main ' street '
on c ' for-
merly"•operated by Bill Hunter.
took : ' er hisnew dut'es..last:
He o , oy n
Thursday.
Al.�' son of Mr. and Mrs.
is 'the
.Ed :Baker, ..formerly. of Lucknow,
and has been with' the Canadian
Pacific ,Railways for: five years:
The :last ' two years were spent
in Dr,um:bo.
Mrs: Baker o erates Lorraine's
Beauty S��
ho:ppe fn Lucknow:
Structural :engineer
Of High_. School On
'At Monday 'night's meeting of
the Lucknow District High School
`Board, it was announced- that . a
structural inspection of the school'
Would, be .made on Tuesday. ' It
.was decided to hold a special
meetiri:g of .:the, Board when the
inspector's report :is ' received:
At a Board r meeting on June
12th it was agreed that the beams
referred to in the Sanitary- In
s pecto:r's report' should be i.n-
,spected to clear the Board of
criticism. •
At this rneeting,'Mr: W. H. Sal -
4P1'. of ::Salter, and Allison, archi
' ter•ts. of Barrie was . introduced
to the Board by Mr. Allister'
' lug1'' es: '. This firma has the con-
tract for the central' school at
•:Holyrood• and has done a.good
deal' of school construction.
Mr: Salter. suggested L:' D.
Carruthers and Wallace of or
onto as reliable structural --en
''giricers to make :tick an inspec`
titin 'Arrangements were , thus
made,: and a 'r'epresentative of
this •firm' was scheduled to be in
hacknow on • ,Tuesday to make
the 'ir � .., •� Y
lspection which had . been
deferred until the close of school.,
'Theo
firm •had requested' the
Board as. aat..
rn ter of courtesy,
to. notify Mr. Carter' o
. . , Johnson,
architect ' of the. Lucknow school,
that the ' inspection. was . t
madew to be
nada Survey
'uesday:
•
HELD BIRTOPAY PARTY
Fog .Q,TOGENARIAN
Miss Jennie Pierce of Lucknow
and a former resident of Kinloss.
Township before moving, to the
village, observed her 88th birth -
clay ,'On Thursday, June 29th.
Her neighbour, 'Mrs,. Noble
Johnston, was hostess•',at a birth
day party, complete with birth-
day cake,, attended by' a number
of friends who enjoyed a.pleasant
social evening, . and took the opl
portunity to present' Miss Pierce:'.
with someremembrances of the
occasion. .
•
Hanover is seeking to have . a
Dealh �Of.Zion,Ladyg
school located there and a letter
in this regard had been, received.
locally' from the Hanover Board.'
Hanover is regarded as out of
the question:so far as Lucknow. is
concerned:. '
Information as to .administra-y
tion & transportation was; -vague
at last week's meeting, but. ano-
ther meeting is to be held' ,in:
Kincardine on Friday of this-
week when Department of Edu-
cation officials will. ; bepresent. to
help clarify' the picture,,;•
This type 'Of composite, school
District VOcit.or.iaI.
HBei. ng Studied • By
..
At the July, meeting ..of the
Lucknow.. District High School
Board on Monday" evening the
government -projected plan for
vocational- schools w,a"s, discussed
at some length. • '
Representatives from the L' uck
,no.w' 'Board ,attended A. meeting in
Kincardiine last Friday evening,
but little specific information.
was available: Lucknow, Ripley,
•Kincardine and Port Elgin, were
-suggested .as an. area; but doe$.
not apPear to .be a logical .group,
SEP
1
hool� Proposal
.Qooard
...
is • designed to provide vocational
training for students brought 4o-
gether from, various District High
Schools. One result :could be the
easing of ove.rcrowding condi-_
tions rn some schools. An addition
is under consideration at the
Lucknow District: .High . School,
but the Board' will now' "mark
time" until composite school de:
velopinents , are more definite.
'Set Up In Huron •
In Huron County,. , the Boards
of Goderich, Exeter, Seaforth &,
Clinton,, have formed an investi-•c.
gating committee, with a pros-
pective million dollar school pos-
sibly locate in•Clinton. Wingham
decided against participation and.
was not represented at last
,week's • meeting -in ',Clinton.
Construction costs will be born
.entirely by -federal. and', provin
cial, governments with the*former
assuming •75%,
Members of . the Lucknow Dis-
trict "Board' will attend Friday
night's•• meeting in ";Kincardine to
keep in close touch with degel-. •
•opments, in this new field ''of se-
condary 'education. '
Suddens' .DisI,ruct
This community, was. ''deeply
saddened '`to learn of` the' death.
.of . Mrs. Jack Ritchie of; ' Zion
'which occurred'inWingham Hos:-
pital , at noon .hour on' Monday;
She• was;her 47th 'year.
On Thursday, June 22nd Mrs.: