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THE LUCKNOW, SENTINEL . LucK Nbw', ONTARIO `
WEDNESDAY, JANUARYith, 1969
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The LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCKNOW ONTARIO
"The Sepoy Town" On the Huron -Bruce Boundary
Authorized..as second class matter by .the 'Post Office Department,.
Qttawa and for payment of postage in cash,
,Egablished 1873 Published Each Wednesday Afternoon,
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Donald C. Thompson, Publisher
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY eth, 1969 ,
LETTER TO THE E61TOR� ���•
States Inspector F. Coombs:. Made' _.
Remarks ConcerningArena SafetyVhk
Were Iot Acknowledged At Meeting
Lucknow Sentinel •'
Dear Sir:
During the' course, of 'the, meeting
• ` at the town hall January X3/69 con
cerningthe Lucknow Arena:
BrockCleland asked Mr.,'
.Alexander of J.T. Donald and Co:,
Ltd . if he had made a staternent. to.
the effect that he would challenge
any engineer to,refute any state -state-
!Tient ;he had made, concerning the
safety, of the arena. Mr: Alexander
• said no'. The statement'
which Mr.:.Cleland was referring to
Was one which Mr.. C.00rnbs. m e'
tom' Members r fthe io i
i
ctz ns'con �-
ittee; to the effect that :he would:
challenge 'anyoie,to dispute any.
stateilient ,he 'would make concern:
•ing .ihe .condition of the present
Arena' (Lucknow Sentinel', Page 6,
November '27/10: What'Mr
Coombs Meant ,was statements re
'larding building materials and' was
backed up at, the inee ging by Mr.,
Spriet and Mr,2 Runcinnan who said
they_would,acc;e.pt...his...report
Mr. -Cleland tl:ien asked Mr'.
Alexanderif his opinion concerning
the Arena. sulerced_ed thatof an
engineer: Mr. ,Alexander answered
•
sa id no'.
. Mr. Coombs ,told members'of the
citizens' committee and other
personsat the.arena at the time,
of 'the inspection that if the two
main discrepancies •as described
in, hispreliminary report •were re.
paired , the .arena in'his opinion
could be opened any time'. He,
quoted. 200 'lineal ft of ,2" 'lurnber ,
sdrne steel" cables and a quantity
of .spikes as the materials needed.
If due to some business. '
code , •Mr .' Coombs does not want
his opinions: aired publicly :,'then.
ie Should aadvise the• eo leto
whonl he:Makes theca. as such ,
Signed
M urvirl'Solomon .
To Give Paper At
India Conference'.
fIoliday visitors with the'Treleav-
en family..of Lucknow were Mr.
and Mrs. 13111 Treleaven, -Donald, •
Anne'; Jim and Torry of Beaver,
Pennsylvania and 'Dr ,/and Mrs'.
• Gary.Suter of Ottawa..
Mrs.,Harold Treleaven; returned
no to Ottawa with Dr. and Mrs. Suter
1- ,"
Neve Mr `C
referring.to a statement I had made
at' nomination ;n1eeting4to7the.
effect that the citizens' 'committee
lad. been advised- by British 'Canad'-
ian Structural Engineers ; Toronto .
that an: engineer's report
concerning the structural material
of a, b i1ding would have to be con:
firined�'b a Inspectors and'Testers
.Y n
report. They advisedus to.go, i
.directly t'o •the Inspectors and. Test.,..
'ens: and hypass_ their-costs�(1 uc'k
extiairtiozimonth_.
She expects to go on, to Edmonton,'
where she will •visit. with Mr. and,
°Mrs,.Frank. MacKenzie:.
.In January Dr. Gary Suter ,will
attend a conference in Coimbatore,
India', where' he; will present a •
paper at an International Cort
ference on shear problems,in re-
inforced concrete
now 'Sentinel , -Page e 6 , Novem er
27/68) Thisadvice• was given by
phone -a�,
Ai r��lela nd,-then-asked'; IW r
Coombs if he had made a state= ...
,'meat to the effect that repair to •
the three westerly •trusses' as descri-
bed, in his preliminary.report which
nn para. 2 of1 ilii knhw SPnr
ARENA. INSPECTION
CONTINUED "FROM PAGE
sent condition of the structural
compon,ents:of the building.and out.
lines what deterioration .or of er
defects .exist
We have not,.analysed the ade
quacy of the design of the struct-
ure' and this is at-leastequally im
ortant,inan.overail appraisal ppxaisal of
the 'structure., '° ' :.
• In'order to be assured of the safei
Y
of the.'structure•.,Y ou should seek
the adviee of a professional
consulting struuturarengineer who
Will -be able to assesiabe ade as
of the structure tin; consideration 'of
• inel (November 27/G8) would
`entail 150 lineal ft' of lumber and
2 steel• cables would make :the' -
arena safe =to operate, Mr. Coon-►bs
f
asscausei.ts
ErYOURINSUMNCE-NEEDS
.
CIAG has increased its sales/ staf f
inihe Lucknow area.
MRS. JEAN .<<..WH ITBY
r new representative
is- our •
CIAG is owned- and controlled by • more than: 900,000
members of the Ontario credit .Union 'League, :Ontario
Federation of Agriculture and United, .Co-operatives of
Ontario. The Association his -1717 offices -across the prov-
ince , .' a reputation for fair claims service : , and
overa quarter -million policies hi force.
For dependable insurance protection and service, please ' call:
MRS. JEAN WHITBY
LUCKNOW
• ;PHONE 528-3813. .
CIAG INSURANCE
CO OPERATORS 1NSl'RANCE ASSOCIATIONS OF' (.l F:Lr'1i
LOCAL and GENERAL NEWS
Mr .and Mrs. Forbes McLellan
and Sara ' Sarnia and r' . and' Mrs
aofM ..
Murray Hunter of Arthur• spent
Christmas w ith:Nlr . and Mrs .
Vernon, Huntet ,. •Lucknow . .
'Visitors:on New Years Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs .• •Isaac Nixon,'
Belfast were Iv1'r. . and Mrs.. John:
Nixon, 'and .family. of `Belgrave.,
and Mrs'. Delbert 'Nixon and family
of Stratford, Mr ..and, Mrs. Orville
Mr . -Land -Mrs 61:a-rencejltitchre -, Welsh=a-nd-fa-ini-1 r-ef ingh.
Barbara , Brenda , Stephen', Donald.
and Mary of Kinloss were host to a
family gathering.'on,Saturday.,
'December 28th. " Those present
were Mrs :.'Gordon .Ritchie , Leonard.
Ritchie and Elizabeth', Nancy and
Joanne :.of :,Lucknow 'Mr:,and Mrs':
Lorne Ritchie and Annabelle of
Huron Township; Mr. .and Mrs.'
Harold . Ritchie ,.Lyle and .Murray:of
London; Miss.'Olanda Strong •of St;
Thomas. Mr. and ,Mrs . Mervin' •
Ritchie-a-nd-farni-ly--of.-Blyth
unable:. to attend as Mrs. Ritchie .
broke her 1g in a fall about five
weeks ago '
Mt...and Mrs. Wayner
s
Brook,' ,.
Craig and Shelley of:Preston visit
ed- over the Christmas' Holidays,
with their .Parents: Mr. and Mrs .
Omar Brooks and M. •and'.Mrs:
'Charles Webster ,
Mr: and Mrs. Frank Backwellof
West Hill' spent a few da ys'w'ith.
..P Y
Mrs. •Evelyn Barkwell during the
holiday season..
•
Ctristnr'as visitors with Isar: and
Mrs , Steve Stothers included Ruth
and Jim. Scholtz and,their two child
rens. Andrew' and Douglas,from• .
• Clarkson Decenber 24 to 26; Mr:
and Mrs. Steve Stothers of Winni-
peg with, Scott ,. JoAnne,. Steve the •
third and Susan -December 26 arid'
• 27, The Stothers left for Boston,
"Massachusetts, U.S. A. where
Steve is,going to do a.sabbatic year'
Massachusetts _institute of Tech-
P
nology'. •
All the family telephoned on
Christmas Day Agnes,Bradbury of
Hutton Rudby , England - -Elizabeth
• Passmore of Ottawa
Whale of 'Saskatoon and Steye of
Winnipeg 7 T',he; Schultzes were ;
here in Lucknow
ruu
Mr -:',Land Mrs7-Les1te-Ha-1
' family of. Amherst View were °re -
dent visitors with Mr.. and' hire.
'Charles Hallaand family,
Mrs. Ron Rothwell of.Norwogd
visited Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Coll-
yer and ,Tim in Lucknow for a few
days at New Years
• Mrs . Wm'. T. Corbett „'aunt of
Pimbrose:Gamble of Ripley is at.:'
P y ,
present.'in .St. Michaels Hospital:,;
Toront', having undergone major
surgery ;there'recentl
g Y Y
•
Mrs Peter Carter , Hol rood :retu-
rned .to her home last Thursday, ev w
ening January 2ndafter spending
P. g
twelve ;days in the General Hospit-
al -at :Kincardin e.;
Ralph Pagan of Lucknow returned
Koine the Sunday between Christ
Inas and New 'Yeats' after. spending
many weeks, in Wingham Hospital.
• Ralph underwent:the amputation' `.
of •his leg in hospital and has .prog-
,r -ss quite well-snth-tmajor'
surgery.•
•.Mr,:. 'andMrs.. Al Irwin,'.Warren.
and Darryl cif Timmins spen't,Christ
Inas week with her 'parents , Mr..:
and Mrs 'Bert Alton of Ashfield
another relatives in the area..
y..,nd._.lvlxs:;�.eor-ge-H.a�k��t.-.o#
ane P
talthe resent condition of the mater-
ials-as__;, elha ye -outlined them -to
•
y
Por your' information,we ,we' enclose
the directory. of the Canadian Test-
ing Association 'of which we are
mem .ers". 'Should you wish'to en`
quire of the Association as to our
coinpetence to perform the services
ave' provided to you, we are
onf dent that you will receive a
v cable reply
Should' '.ou decide toengage a'
y ,,
professional engineer, .we shall be.
111
ndings `with
h.irl of he requires aninformation
in addition tot
that in the.report we
have sent to you, ,•
Yours very truly '
f. 8
Donald 86C'o : Li.rnited;'
E. • Alexander -(signed)' ,
.P.
trig.
Ed •, �
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Winnipegspent a few days during
the Christmas. season` at the home
of his `father:, H-ar-ry*H-aekett--of
Luc know
Ariibrcise Redmond of R. R; 2, A
urn attended the Ontario'
conference for 4-H and junior
farmers held last week -end at the
King Edwards and Sheraton Hotel";'
Toronto
•
b•
'Mr. and Mrs. Murdock McLeod
'Walkerton, Peter'Car'ter , Geor "e',
Pee g.
Peter R an Aile
en of Holyrood
visited Christmas afternoon with
Mrs, Peter Carter,at Kincardine
General Hospital. They gathered'
later at the home of Mr. and Mrs,
Murdock. McLeod and KeVin , Along
with Mrs. Norman McLeod and Mr
And -Mrs. 'Gerald .Bailey, 'Walkerton.
for Christmas dinner.
New Years visitors with Mr.and
Mrs. Don,Thompson-; Susan, Nan7:
cy.and ;Donalda of Lucknow were
Mir . and' Mrs .:Barry' MacLeod of
Kitchener who became storm stay -
.ed in •Luckno.w overni' ht when en.
route' frorri'Kitchener td'Kincardine
to 'spen New Years' w ith `her. par
,ent
s M'r.'nd'.
• a Mrs', Mel Bennett.
•
Chris mas visitors with Mr:, and
-Mrs. Wm:.Neabel were: -Mr. and
Mrs. Murray Neabel, Bobbie, . •`'
Murray Jr," of Lambeth; Mr.. and
Mrs�.•Gor
don•:Neab
el. Brian, Shan
on;
•.
Danny of Caledon;,Mr. and
Mrs'. Gene Tunney, Ricky., Churl
ann •of •Inglewood;, Mr,. and Mrs'.
Bob Nickol ,''Garry of Listowel; :•
rahar-n-Neabel-of-yAtwood, f•1oward.
Neabel of Kincardine Mr and
Mrs. 'Julus Fisher of Listowel spent.
last Tuesda :with their parents'.
Y .P
Christmas'visitors .with Mr., and
Mrs. Alex Andrew were.Mr. and-.
•Mrs. -Robert` An and. Paul
of London;, Mr: and Mr's Thos,.
Andrew•of Waterloo; Donald
Andrew of duelph, where he is
attending university and Mrs: •Tom
MacDonald of Lochalsh;:. , µ
Mr, and Mrs. J.C.'Dr.ennan•and ".
family of Ashfield and Miss Wanda.:
Wilson of Calga"ry' were Christmas
week visitors with Mr.. and Mrs
Wilfred Drennan; ;
Mrs . Ed Thorn, Mrs..
Thompson and. Joanne treturned .,
.home, last Saturday by air,,after. . a
two and one-half week visit'at
Long Beach, California with Mr.
and Mrs: AI Mart_ion (JeanThom
'andtheir son Ned Mrs. Thoirip
son and Joanne attended the Rose
•Bowl 'parade in Pasadena.on
New 'Years. day
Mr,. and Mrs., Aylmer: Aitchison
(Islay' Campbell) of Kingston and
t-he*r-d-a-ughte r`. a nd-her-hnsba rid=Ni t
:and Mrs Martial Gauthier of Perri" -
broke spent four -days during Christ-
Inas week with Mrs Allanson s
father, Jac -k Campbell of,Lucknow
and in, Wingham with Mrs.'Herace
Aitchison : 4 ;
Rev. Rod and Mrs. MacI:eod'.
of ;Chatham were yisitorsa in Luck-.
'now one day last -week.
'Mt and Mrs. 'Jim McNaughton
of Luc know and Jim McNaughton
of. Kingston visited with Mr; and
Mrs , Rudie. Henning , Elaine and
Norman in' London; over the Christ,-
mas holidays, Over the Revs/ :Fears
Holiday, visitors' with Mr.,: and Mrs
J'im M:cNaughton'were. Ern. f`I<'ing-
stop and Maur'eerr.Calvert of Toron
to. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs
i Rudie Henning, Elaine and Norman
of London '
Mrs. Charles •Steward: returned
taller home -in Lucknow' last
Saturday after twoweeks �in. London
among members of her ,family: Mr.
and lcrs ,Cljas ; •• en erson o
Toronto and son Brian' spent Christ-
Inas in Londorrwith.'her-mother.
and ,brothers: and sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Wilfred Drennan
spent -Christ ma-s-iaLd-u— •ph -4. tkr.
their daughter and son-in-la.w , Mr.
and Mrs:. Mel Stewart and family.
. ewart-of-C=-oo-ksvill
was also a visitor at the Stewart
home. .
am .always interested' in,Tie
Sentinel an itsood coverage" g . g /6.
says 'P. W. Hoag of Strathroy
renewing his -paper for another
•
Mr. and Mrs . Angus Cline and
Angela .of :Waterdown,,, Mr , and
Mit. Blair Redmond and Michael.
of London and Mr. and Mrs,
Geor .e Hackett•df Winnipeg were
:Christmas week visitors.with their
parents., Mr,. •and Mrs. Theodore
itedmiond•of R. R, 2, Auburn,. Miss
Mae Redmond of Windsorwas also
a visitor at -the same home':