The Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-05-18, Page 1R
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO .W11tDNNSDAY, MAY• Mk, "Hilt
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:e Lees Douglas who took the
anniversary services at.:Luck
esbyteri.an• Church on Sun -
Pictured is the Minister at
ow Presbyterian Church , Rev
ick MacLeod; on the:left, •
chats with Rev. Douglas
to the Sunday morning
e:
ge congregations attended
morning and, evening services
church and heard Rev. Dow;
who is currently: theY'Librat
t Knox College in. Toronto,
er, forceful sermons. Special
was provided by the choir
the direction •of choir lead=
d: organist, -Mrs. William
. A newlyformed quartette;
n.Loree, Cyril ,Brown; Dale
enby and Wayne Jamieson
ded several numbers which
Rev. •Douglas is the son .of the.
late Mr., and Mrs. George .Doug-
las and was born in this commun-
ity, attended school, here ::and as
a young man was active in the •
Sunday School: and choir. ftev.
MacLeod and Rev. Douglas are
well acquainted. During the
second World War, Rev. Douglas
was attached` to Cornwallis in :Nova
'Scotia where he trainedas a Navy
Chaplain under the guiding hand
of Rev. MacLeod
Anedict of ordination of elders
of Lucknow Presbyterian Church
was printed in' the church•.calend,ar
Sunday. • Robert MacKenzie,.Ross'
Gammie and Gordon Fisher 'will
be ordained; as elders on Thursday;
June 2nd.
More "Buying Education By Rural
rents, Kindergarten Will Be DCII Day
the May meeting of the
now: Public School . Board, a
r was received from Huron •
ty School • Area Board; No. 2
sing it .was their intention to
draw all Ashfield Township
ls, whose tuition their Board
ponsible for effective as of
30th, 1966.
letter is to be written to the
nts presently buying education
heir children attending school
advising that as the result
agreement concerning xhe
afion of, the new Area Board.
cknow and Kinloss, this •
of be done in the, future. •
was reported Kindergarten,
;ander•
irchased
art
et, the
I house,
n and
and
there
Enrolment presently is 32, which
will necessitate morning and
afternoon classes next School
Term.
',Sundry. Accounts amounting to
$253.79 were approved paid.
Mr, and Mrs. Alexander (Sandy)
PUndon of Lucknow will observe
their 65th wedding anniversary',
this coming Sunday, an occasion
that comparatively few are spared
to enjoy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pardon are in very
'good health and plan to observe
the:occasion, at their bone an the
Corner' of Willoughby and Have-
lock Streets ,inn' Lucknow , on friday
of this week, May:'20th, from •
to 4;p..m. and T to.9 p.ni. ,,
when all friends are invited to
call. A family dinner will be
held,Saturday at Whitechurch Hall,
a fitting location in view of the
fact that the couple spent most
of their lives in that community. .
Mr., • and Mrs; Pardon were marr-
led at Whitechurch at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and.
Mrs. Hector MacKay, ' on. May 22, :.
1901.., The ceremony was perform-
ed by Rev. G. M. Dunn of White
church Presbyterian Church. Their
attendants were the bride's sister,
the late Mrs.. Jim, (Sarah) Markle
'of Hamilton, • and the groom's.
cousin; .the late Ed Thom, of St.. .;
Helens:
Mrs. Purdon•was.formerly
•Christena' MacKay, one of a. family
of six girls and.. five boys. ' Brothers
and ,Sisters of Mrs.' ,Pardon .who are
still living.`are .'J'ohns Wawota,
Sask., Dan, Guelph;. Charlie,
Durnnville; Agnes and Bertha• of
London; Mrs. George (Catherine] ._
Markle, Vancouver; Angus, .miss-
'ionary in 7anshi,' India; Gordon,,
W ingham .
Mr. Pardon, known.to everyone
as "Sandy" , is a son of the date Mr.
and, Mrs. Robert _Pardon and one of„
a family .of eight. He is .the .last •
surviving member of the family.
'Following a horse and buggy°
honeyiioon trip to Mitchell, • they
took up farming on the Pardon/
homestead on Concession 12 of
West W awanosh. Later they , estab4
lished'.a'hardware store and flour
and/ feed business at Whitechurch . .
which they operated until some 20.
years ago, when they sold the
business and• retired to Lucknow to
make their home. Fond Of gard
ening and horticulture their vac
ious grounds are always neat and
lovely and a credit to this esteem-:
• able couple. Mrs. Pardon observed
her 88th;birthd.ay.on the 25th of
January, and Sandy was 87 on the'
4th of May.•
• •Sandy and Tena have a family
of four daughters and three sons..
They are ,Mrs. Cecil ;Falconer ' •
.(Catherine) of .Whitechurch , Mrs.
Tohn Cleghorn (Clara) of. Wingham
Mrs. Jack •Maclntyre (Florence)
of 'W ingham', Mrs.. George Tiffin
(Isabel) of Lucknow , Vim. E•'
Furth* of Detroit, Athol and •Hect-
or of Sarnia.' There are 24 grand
Children and 37 great grandchildren•
•
/1••
the May meeting of the
now District High School
permissionwas granted for
choo1 to be used for Vacation
School classes in July,
ansportation is to be provided
e pupils to attend a District
k meet to be held in Port
friday, May 6th,
ndry Accounts amounting to
32.21 were approved. paid.
e Lucknow :and District Lions
was given permission to use
uditorium for a spring dance,
13th.
JIM SCOTT RETURNS TO AREA.
Floyd. Stanley Will
.
Teack In
Euripe.
or Two. Years.
,Floyd,Stanley,. principal' of the
•Ripley -Huron Central Public
School.; has taken a two-year
.leave of absence, to enter into' a.
contract with'the Department of
National Defence as a, teacher in
Europe.
Floyd, who has been principal
'at the school for the past two
years, expects to be teaching at
an .Air. Force base in either Fran-
ce or. German)i.. The new princi-
pal at the school will be Jim
Scott, .who is presently principal
at Moorefield Public School,
and who r was formerly principal
at. Kinloss Central School.
Floyd, the son of Mr. and Mrs.'
Ezra Stanley .of Holyrood, will be
returning to his position' when
his two-year contract with the
government expires.
He will 'fly from Trenton late
in August .
Mr. and Mrs,. P. A. Murray of
Kinloss have purchased the home ,
of William Eadie at Holyrood and.
get 'possession June 15. Mr.. and
Mrs., Eadie had purchased a home
near.Wingham, where they moved
about a month ago,.
• Mr. and Mrs.. Murray are both.
natives of Culross, but have resided
on their Kinloss Township farm,
on the 10th concession,' just east:
of the "Gravel Road" , since their
marriage 39 years ago.
Their son, ,Gerald, will take'
over the borne place.
Sdndy and. Tena M 1901
Following Their Marriage
New .Baldry Schedule At Lucknow Public
School, Mir�un�m Salary Is Raised $700
A redised ' Salary Schedule has
been agreed upon by the Board
and: Teaching Staff Representa-
tives of Lucknow .Public School.
The agreement provides for a
minimum salary of $3;500,00
with a maximum. of $5,000.06 '
for teachers in Category 1, and
. a. Minimum of .$3,300.00 with a ,
maximum of $5,700.,".0 for teach-
ers in Category 2,.. The principals
allovnce was set at $125.Oti per
'classroom in addition to. salary.
• Allowance' for .previous experience
-five years on schedule„ •
All teachers presently employ
ed -will adjust to this schedule
by receiving $700.30 raise .for
1966Y61 School Term, unless the
category niaximutn makes this
impossible.
Lucknow area friends of Bill
Blue of Detroit were pleased to see
hire in the:village'last weekend,
after an absence of many months,
Mr. and Mrs, "Blue visited.' .
friends in the district and attended
„the Reavie wedding Saturday. ,
Bill was taken`suddenly ill itt
Lucknow last August at the time
Of the death of his sister, Mrs.
Annie McDiarmid,• . He was Crit.
lcally i11 in St. ioseph's Hospital,
where he;w•as confined for 3 mon-
ths, and has been convalescing
at his Detroit home since leaving
hospital,at that erne.
Last weekend was. 13111's first
1visit, back to Lucknow since taking
11.1 here last Suit in er. •