The Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-03-26, Page 1a
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 1958
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• ecretary easurer •Of Kinlough
School Ends 32 Years Of Service
George Haldenby, Seeretary-
treasUrer of No.2 Kinloss
inlough. School), for the past
thirty-tWo years, has: tendered
his resignationT and MiSs: 'May
,Boyle ,has been appointed: as his
succester. She, asSUMe4 her news
duties. last week. . •
Mr, Haldenby• is construction
foreman. With the Standard Pav-.
and-Thrs .
keeps • him absent from his Kin -
•lough horne •for lengthy periods,.
him to resign :his school oard
office. His.resignation was re -
lough Boara,••,and' on'behalf of
•the section they presented
George with a gift in recognition
• Of his , long and, efficient service;
•• The present '139ard is cOmpris-
ed of. Ezra Stanley, chairman,
• Frank IVIaulderi and Donald, Mc-
• Farlan. The first' Board under•
Whom Mr. Haldenby 'served con-.
sisted.,of J. R. Lane, chairrnan,
*111 PereY and. Henry.PhinelL
Mr. Haldenby 'was secretary-.
treasurer of ,the Kinloss Board'
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that organized/andinitiated the:
first high school 'bus. service to
Lucknow High School; prior to
the. lormatiOn. of . the .Lucknow
.Distridt High. School.
'ISchool *Sections' 1 2, 4 5, 6 -
and. the Westford section;in Cul-
ross, joined forces to purchase
bus. and engage' a ' driver to
trantport• students to Lucknow
High • School. :The . co-operating
a.
sections bore the `-cOtt. .Allister
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Hughes was chaizman of that
Beard.
Mr.lialclenby has expressed.
his: sentiments to • the kinlougli
• To the Ratepayers ' and School
Board of sa. No. 2; Kinloss,
Dear Friends:
It was with ,' extremeregret
that 1 .tendered My. „resignation,
as tecietary-treasurer.of•S.S. No".
2-KinlosS, but i felt it was only
••fair to the Beard, and :ratepayers
• ofthe Section, that I did, so
un-
der the circUmstances; as rriy
Preterit position , requires meto
be absent from theSeetionfor
long periods: of time. •
•'I have ,many• happy mernories.;..
over the past thirty-tWp ;3rears;.'
• that 037have 1been. privileged to'
serve You. I. want to thank you
• for the wonderful co -Operation I
• received froth All the • .Trustee
Boards it has been :any priyilege
to serve tinder, and to wish you
•continued success in .the years
•'ahead. If At. any tine,my past
experience' can be of .any help
. you, I, would Ibe very pleased
• Wipe of service to you in any
.
way possible.'
I also -w,ant: to thank you for
the " wonderful gift the Board.
,
saw fit: to give me, and can as-
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Sure. you 1 ,will always treasUre,
I trust you will giVe my suc-
Cessor; Miss May. Boyle, the same
co-operation' I reeeived.
With; every goo4wish for the
future,
Yours sincerely, •-
• •. George W. Haldenby.
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Mr, and lYfrs'. A. J. Thornton.
• of Rochester, New York, • with
.to announce' the engagement of
their niece, Mildred Edna Thorn
• ton, to. Murray Alexander "Tay-,
lor, on of .Mr. and Mrs.' Chester
• Taylor of •St. Helena:* The rnarr tennial, will have 'many details
riage' to • take plaCe Saturday,,t° iron out :before r the big days.
April 12th in Colborne St. -United. arrive : Not ',the least of these,
Church London. , • be the . matter „ of feeding
- • ,.. the influx. of people that will
Mrs. Margaret MacLennan of swell our normal population sev-
LucknoW, announces the engage- eraltimes it is expected, and in-,
ment of'.her, daughter, Catherine dicated.„_by the enthnsiastie_re-
Marie, to Mr. Donald Andrew sponse already from !fold boys
McCormick of •Wingham, son . of and girls". • •. ,
the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew . Control, of all ' concessions of
McCormick TheL-- -marriage-
Any7nature tiviII-beliny-the-hands
• takeplace at •the PreshYteriii ofthe local • cominittee, s and *a
ansei .• 14F°114°w, °n .SatttrdaY,•permit for anY ,concesst__ 1011
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oncessions Committee To
pith Heads Oi Ladies' Groups
. The Concessions .Committee . of
the Lucknow and District.
-NAVAL PROMOTION
FOR GEORGE :WEBSTER
_George, "Webster, seri Of Mr.•
and Mis; Harvey. 'Webster .of
town, Was recently promoted to
e rank •.ot,‘ Petty • Officer• 2hd,
elass engine Own artificer.' Geo.
• stood highest .in, his class arid
tained two months .senority for
having an ',average mark of '75
or over.
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,.George has served, 31/2 . yeart.
inz 1)16Canadjan. Navy and has'
• • a similiar period to .put in be.•;
' tore hia, Seven-year, stint Of ser:
',vice is cOmplete.. He .is nOw at
be' 1 Cornwallis taking a' Six weeks'
gist'• • • 'leadership course, arid•,Will grad-
• trate on April. 2nd; after which
it will be off to sea'.
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GEORGE HALDENBY
NEW, PLANT MANAGER WAS
IN • TOWN ON SATURDAY
Mr.
and Mrs. 'Charles, Bristolk
of Fergus were in. town on Sat-
urday on, a "house -hunting" tour
• of the village. Mi, Bristow will
be 'in charge of the Beatty plant
here. • •
• Some delay has been.. caused
.in getting operations underway,
Adu e .to technicalities that devel-
oped in obtaining a. clear title
to the plant.
CENTENNIAL DONATIONS
-PASS THE $308.
Total donations •to •:the
LuCkneW, and Listrict Cen-
tennial fund to "the end Of
last Week totalled 1$327.90.•
• :,Last • week's.; donations . a-
--.-Mbunted--to-$49:59:-Fornier-
residents • did - muchbetter
. than local citizens last week.
Four of the six donations
• were fitirn 'out -of -town -folk
n117Y. '11"
. Mr. :and, Mrs. Alex 'Percy f tee', '
Kinloirg4eannoiince the engage.: :The Concessions Committee. . is
'rnent of their' daughter; ,Marion callingan open meeting for Fri -
Sarah, to Mr. Hugh 'Gustav Jan.- day evening at 8.00 pan. in the •
sen, son of Mrs. Jansen and the Town Hall, to deal specificalry
late Mr. G. Jansen of .lizehOe, with the, serving of meals dur-
Gerinany, the wedding to take ing the. Centennial. The presi-
place early in April, dents .9f 'all ladies' 'organizations
• in Lucknow and District,
Church, Institutes, etc., or
representatives of such :groups,
are requested te attend .therneet-
• as follows: Mrs. Jas. Valad,
Windsor; Mrs. J. W. Hender-
• King Toronto; Alex And-
• rew; \F. Freeman, Roch-
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• ester, N.t.; James McNeil,
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A house4o4iouse Red Cross
"blitz" Campaign is to be held
in .120th town and .eauntry. The
canvass has been undertaken by
the Lions Club, and the canvass
will be made' by Members Of the
Club, with a :few exceptions.
President S. E. 'Robertson and
Virden, Mowbray,campaign Man-
ager,. have Zoned the Village and
Surrounding rural 'area, and ap-
pointed 'canvassers to each Sec-,
tion...Thebritz is set for Thurs-
day •of this week, • although it
may be that all theworkersmay
riot. find jt convenient to Make
their calls then. . ••
• Ai the Lions meeting on Mon-
• day 'night Mr.. Robertson, : Out-
lined the campaign_planS as fel-
loWS, and subject to substitution'
replacements, here ,are. the- men
who will be knocking at your
door- on behalf_of jhiswqrthyL
•cause: • •, ,
• Kinross Twp.: "2nd Con., .Allan
MaeIntyre • and Thos. MacKen-
Zie; 4th Con,,,Frser :MacKinnon;,
6th Con., 'Elliott Carruthers and,
Allister Hughes;.' 8th Con., Or-
ville .Elliott and Harvey "'Hous-
ton; 10th ,C9n, Frank '1119mpson;,
Kinlongh, Waiter Breckles and
Harold Percy; Black, Horse, John
Hewitt. •
LochOsh, Kenneth MacKenzie
and nil' 'Parrish.; Boundary West,• ,
Kelso MacNay and R4,;ibt, Cainp.7
Boundary East, • Ron Fgr,-
ster and Vernon
• Ashfield Twp.:' 12th Con., Jack
McDonagh; 10th, Thot, Hackett,
West 'Wawanosh 12th
Con., Lloyd Hunter and Larry,.
Salkeld; ,10th TheS. Todd
and Ronald, MacCrostie,./
Lucknow: South side; Sam Al-
SteVe Stothers, And-
reW, Stuart *Collyer, .Robt. Fin-
lay, Win. Hiinter;, ;North side,
Ernest Button, ,Gordon Bailey;
Charles ShOrt, Milt Rayner,' Mor-
gan Henderson, Jack • Fisher,
Leonard MacDonald, ..Lioycf.Hall,
cliGe;rarilotiriRlitistilicreeonfo .m:Jaacink7sTir...0e.raVr:
vey Webster and Kenneth Milt -
',and Chas, W el7ter.
die; 'South side Mein St, Wiiliain
Schmid
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RETURNED. FROM
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'.OVERSEAS.•:SlliN PAY:
• Sgt. and Mrs: SYd RoUse and
•family arrived, here on Sunday,
after spending over two years
on' the continent,, where Syd
.served 'as maintenance superin-
tendent with No. 2 Fighter Wing:
He, arid the fami:ly were station-
ed at Metz; 'in the. Saar. valley
near ,the German -French bord-
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.Syd'S stint was for three years,
but he received a posting :back
.to Canada, because their sen Syd.
has not been enjoying the best
of health and. ,it was felt' .
change •gf. climate might help.
• The. Reuse ,family went Over-
seas in December 1955; and
were not scheduled to, return' un-*
• til latethis' year. Mrs. Rouse
vsivas' ,the former Evelyn':Whitby.
They have four children; Judy
15, Syd 13,Doris 8 and Joan, 4.
2. They returned on the "Ivernia.
and docked at Halifax. They
came by train to Toronto ',Where.'
George Whitby met thein
Sunday and broughtthem to.
Lucknow. Sgt, Reuse' has been
posted back to his ,Old: station
,the Saturday night Execu-
tive meeting details of the "bacit.'
tp-scheol" • prograin set for Sat-
urday. morning :of, the reunion,
were outlined :by Helen Thom/3.-
Son,: and the committee felt.that
this will be among the highlights
of :the Centennial program,- so
•far at least as former. pupils are
• concerned. •
'Mr. 11..- A.. Doupe,. whoicame
s to Lueknow, as: principal Of • the
Continuation. School Some forty,
• five rears ago, is. • among those
Who will be back to have a part
in ceremonies. Many fermer•
teachers will be present, and ,for
others who have passed ' on a
fitting memorial service is plan-
• Each week general ' program
details are .taking shape, and
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STORIES; ADS: REQUIRED
FOR .HISTORICAL BOOK
In association with the Cen.:. •
tennial, : a •historical -book • Of
Lucknow's 10O -year -o14
will be published. . •
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• Writing 'astignments have beeri
made, and, several stories have.•
already: been turned in. The ad-
vertising response has been. good.
The. contents of the. book will
be 'governed by the advertising
reveriue, and the proceeds, of the
sale of the books will 'be entire-
ly Centenriial revenue.. '
• The end Of Mardi .has been •
set as the objective .for having
articles ' and advertiseinerits• '
lit: is suggested, where/ space.
permits, that advertisers. give a '
"thumb 'nail" sketch. Of their ..
business or organization. TO aid •
in this, if desired, give us the
facts at Ttiq, SeptQtf,j,c0i, and
• well endeavour to write, as well.
as to :"lay out" the ,ad. But . let
us have -'it now, PLEASE!.
•since our last report, the TOr- BORN
onto Girls Pipe Band has been';pURRAN.-in Wingharn. Gener-
engagedto take part in thkScot-., I al 'Hospital, on Sunday;,' March
tish day being. Planned for Sat.- I 23rd, to, Mr. and Mrs..,Jim Cur-
• urday afternoon.• ran of St. Helens, a son:.•
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Lions Plans Ways Of Financing
Installation Of New Arena
:canip,13,9rderi ',.as ins,truct•...•
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• In Halifak they . Visited with At .their regular meeting on
•Monday night the Lions Club
Joe Whitby and his Wife. Joe
discussed ways and means of
was scheduled to be at sea, but
financing thp instailation of a,
because of storm eynditions his
hard surface floor in the :arena
ship was at arielicir . and he was — project that was , approved
ashore briefly at the time sof the .
few
Rouse's arrival: . .' a weeks_ago • ' , . : !
. The Committee has been seek- •
----Syd--has.-;-abOut--twenty---years' - • ' ' • • •
: ' 7--ing-further-information-as-ot-the
serNiiee in theAirForce- I.e.join- merits of cement or hot mix
ed the .R.A,F: three year's prior aaphaltThis angle ,Was not cliS-
to the war and carne to Port -cussed on Monday night 'as spec_
Albert in; 1940 under • the Com- •ificatiOnS were not •complete.
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Moriwealth Air ' Training Plan. The hot mix is much cheaper
He :returned overseas in 1943, . than the : cement, and there
and after the close of the war
returned to Canada in:,April 1946 serns some doubt in the ,rninda
of. experts as to how .satisfactor-
AO join the R.C.A.F. He was sta- ily cement, would ,,stand .up,,.
tione'd at Centralia, Camp Bor-
., • Cost of the cement floor might
den and Trenton' before :being run to $4,090..The hot mix would
pos'tedoverseas in .1958.probably be less than "0,9400.
During his last .Stint overseas, ;President Rae Watson reported
Syd •spent some time in North close to $1,000 in the Lions gen-
Africa, and 'While there "ran in- eral activities account, and stat -
to” Jim Barger on the runway .ed that 'a grant of 25 percent to
• of this French 'airbase .after Jim the project would 'be . available'
had brought in his •jet craft., He
* :through th e proper channels
also' met Ken : Bridges in Ger.- from • the Provincial GOvernment.
many, Mrs. Bridges 'was former- These amounts ; would represent
ly Mae McMahon, Syd said it about half \.ofthe cost Of. the
,was surprising how many con- .project. , ' ., '
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teats he made overseas with
'these who . were in , seme . way. ClubcouldRayneron'ulhorrstated ownp'ttttheoh.a$3;O90
connected :withthis community.. on the personal,. notes,' of the
SOme' Of •these :contacts were 'members; and. the Club: aPprov
made by spotting someone in the ed of this procedure, to make
mess. reading The Sentinel. . the. necessary funds available,
, • when. needed. This can be .paid
• Among those from a distance • off over an extended period.
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attending the,:‘ funeral of RUster • The President stresSed that
Bisset Were. Mrs. Emil Norgard the important 'thing is, to work
and. Mr. and Mrs. Webster ,vans to pay off such projects; not to,
of Chicago and • Mr. b and Mrs4 dip into one's Pocket, "The value
Frank jelinstori of ' lietiVerionto your Club is the . wOrk, you
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do for it" ' he said.
'lunimage Sale'
Ken MacKenzie proposed a big:
(rurnmage ;sale When. the :floor' is:
in,'and stated he already had the.
offer a several : sale items:: He.
was named' chairman of the Com-
mittee. • t. •••
Finance Committee, reconiniend-:
ed. P big Ppening .night •which •
found laver. •• .
.. No Canvass Now •
The Club •voted against mak-
ing any direct appeal or canvass
for the floor •fund, until After
the Centennial, as they they did; not
wish to conflict ,in any way with
this project Of first importance, •
Gordon.• Fisher suggested that .
the • Preston . Sconthouse :•Band,
which • is • widely, famous, had
Lucknow listed: as. a .prospective.
engagement, 'asthis band is 'um= ,• • •
able, to • be here: at Centennial....
time dile2tO:a previous booking
in TheState. ' ••1= '
To•Stage. Red Cross Canvass
iStUrt,E. Robertson, "chairman.
Of the Liicknew and District lied
Crest, submitted a list of can.
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vassers to stage a blitz of ,both
town • and country, " Canvassers
supplies were passed out follpw-, •
ing :the meeting.'
Bob Finlay • reperteda profit ••
of $284.88 frOni the light,.bulbs
sales.
• E. Mckiin'im
'aetinced
•A.that ,.
•Eleanor 'Reed - •woUld enter :the
next round of the Lionsrtpbrisor-
ed public .speaking contest to be,
held, in SeafOrth on. April 'ard.
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