The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-07-19, Page 117
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY' JULY 1.9th, 1967
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Lucknow. Centennial Committee
has disbanded The decision was
made Monday evening, at•a. meet:-
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eet=lag in Lucknow Town•Hall,
The 'move comes as a disappoilt
m ent to many residents of the'
community who were keenly- inter
ested in centennial observance•in.
Lucknow. and -district. To others,
the disbanding has little meaning •.,
because of their indifferent attitude
towards a.centennial''organization.
'right .from the -beginning.
Fortunately the'former group out-
numbered by far the latter group.
' Inmid February, .Lucknow ,took'
--its first step. toward. establishing at_:.
centennial. committee in thevill-•
age,. A public ;meeting was called
by village council and attendance
was very:, small A committee was
'forrned at that time'whtch never
did; actively function. ;
Ilate Aprtl,'and. early'
t May', the
;• Lucknow: Business Men's. Association
disturbed •at the,'lack'of centennial,.
:'activity in the village,•• called in
Reeve and Council for discussions.:
'that time Reeve
on the matter.. At iiati.
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.Joynt advised the gatherings that •
council had made applications for
grants on centennial projects but
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had been rejected by government,
on groundsprojects
the that: thes .
.were not' suit able for centennial'
grants; Illuminated street signs, a
new meeting room for council at . .
thetown hall, were two of the pro
,jects which were turned down by
• the ,deartment in charge of :cent
..P. g.
ennial grants: •
• After a series of meetings,• prom-
oted by the• Lucknow Business
Men s: Association, a centennial
'committee was. again established.'
Boil Finlay, agreed to chair the
committee and Donna Ritchie was
appointed'secretary. ; '' '
Representatives were named from
all'district organizations.
The committee agreed that a
main•project would' be decided on ,
and that• the group'w,ould work to
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wards this goal as.well as attemp-
ting other. smaller projects:
After several Meetings,: and a ;lot
of discussion among the committee
members, .it•was the unanimous•,.
decision,by the ..centennial comm
ittee that .a community park; with
Picnic and playground facilities,
would beestablished on• Willoughby
Street on theproperty of Bob Mae=•.
Kenzie •and` just east of MacDonalds.
Garage
Chairman Bob'. Finlay in the d
meantime had been •.in touch with
the department'of municipal aff-
airs In Toronto regarding grants on
the project and hadlearned that a
-pa'rk project would' be suitable and.
would be approved. Despite the
fact that the deadline for grants:
had passed, it .was agreed to re-
open the file. Grants were •
available from the: federal and
provincial governni'ents of .$1.per
capita. each. The centennial., grants
would .cover. up:to 50'f0 of the cost
of •the projectup, to a maximum of
about $2050. The village, of Luck -
now were to match the centennial
grants dollar for dollar and this
had been assured by Reeve
in the early m eetings•with the
business men and .the centennial'
committee This left: approximat=
ely $4100: available;to 'commence
:the` project. •
Total estimated cost for ;land , ;
excavation, :fencing. seeding and
topsoil was set at $44000 with an
with,an
additional '$1006 estimated_ for
playground equipment and 'picnic.
tables.. Incidentals would bring .the,'
total cost of the .park to about
$6000:.
With $4100assured this left
about x•:$2000 to be raised by• the:•
Centennial committee who .had.
commenced the sale of member-
ship tickets ,at $leach" as a money
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•making project..
The•Pro osal• was presented to
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tratford Graduate
BETTY DE BRUYN graduated from,
Stratford Teacher's College and,
will commence teaching in Sept
ember at St. Joseph's' School,
Kingsbridge. Betty is;the eldest of
a family of twelve children of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman De Bruyn of
R,.R.5, Lucknow'.
;tgrniva� Slated
Thursday Nite
The mid summer .carnival, an
annual event of•Lucknow and Dist-
rict Lions' Club, will be held in the
Lucknow: arena. on Thursday nig ht;;
Of . this week.
Thecarnival is -slated to get'
underway 'at. nine: o'clock,with •
bingo and, games,. Old Time
fiddlers from around the' area will
perform and there will be : free
dancing all evening, both modern
and old time.
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As of Monday. nine :girls had
indicated their intentions of `enter,
in •the beauty -contest .which .will.
be held at' 10:30 P
0 . m $50... in • •
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rizes,will, be awarded for this
contest with°the winner to •
represent Lucknow' in the,district
'beauty, contest to .be held in•Septl'
ember at the Lucknow Fall Fain.
A prize draw is being sponsored '
by ,the Lions' with the winner to , •
receive a 5,day: trip to Expo for
'two' people all:expenses. paid
with .$50'in spending money.
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Che ws Off
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Holly; Katherine, E', -month-old:
daughter.o1Mr. and Mrs.. Lorne ,:
MacDonald of the l2th concession'
of Ashfield Township;, w,as the..:
victim of astray cat which'chew-
• ed off three: of. the: youngster's
fingers in a freak .accident::at the
vlacDomald farm recently; "
Mrs. MacDonald had placed the'
youngster on a blanket on the
lawn and in the short time she was
in the house a stray cat:, which
had beep about the::place for a
week or so, attacked the. sleeping
Child. •
The baby, did not cry out 'and
Mrs. MacDonald'found:the cat
chewing at, the child's right hand.
The little fing,er.was completely.
chewed, off , The' thumb and rmdd.
le finger were not touched: The
other two fingers are off, .at the
first ,knuckle•.
The child did not cry out and.
was still sleeping when Mrs. Mac-
Donald rescued. it from the' cat.
Holly Katherine was, taken. to Kin
cardine :Hospital and •then: onto rhe
Sick Children's'Hospital in London
where she rentained'for, about nine
days.
She is progressing quite well,
none: the worse for the terrifying
experience;.
Pa Contra�ctor.15%*o,f Accou•nt
"• A board of arbitration has settled.
a dispute.;betw•een rhe .Township
School Area 'of Kinloss, and
Lucknow and Smid Construction•
Co'. dating .back tothe construction
of the, Kinloss Central School. at •
Holyrood: several: years ago
,Work at that time was -not' cont-
pleted to the satisfaction. of the
school' board and a portion of the
contract price was held 'back,
pending correction. o-f'rhis' work. ,
Whgn the contractor failed to do'
this,, the board proceeded to have
the work done by another firm .and
still held bach the payment from
'Smid.. ' . .
The Smid firm pressed for
payment and: the matter :was hand-
ed .over to., an independent three
Iman board of 'arbitration which . '•
ruled•that'. the school board would
only be` required to pay the Smid';
firm 150k, of, what they were re-
questing.
Judge -R,,S. ,Hetherington, chair- •
r ���' man board ofd
man of the th, ee
�returned his.�. e•`• $200 fe:
'arbitration.
paid him: by the lawyers concern-
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ed and asked that the 'sum :beut,
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towards sonieeducaticinal aid
•which would benefit the upils
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in some manner which mightnot,
otherwise he available to'them.
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Another `Glimpse Of Tie :Past During' Centennial Year. •
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• 'Other ,news briefs 'from within'
rhe school area are that'the frame
work on the doors at Kinloss C'en-
'tral Public School•will be repaired
in July: The doors have 'given .
problems since construction of
the .school with children finding
•difficulty: in opening and.'closing
them „Pail -441'u will be done a'ft'er
repairs are Made-.:.
• Nothing furtherh�
s.developed
in regard to teacher replacement:
The board are, short.of theit•umber'
of teachers required': for the -190
Fall teem,
Mrs. William Scott. of. Langside
was re-engaged as music instructor
pewith 'her'salarsrooy: increased't"o $175
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