The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-05-03, Page 1,pp.. A. Year In Advance — $2.00 Extra To. U.S.A.•
• Three ..... rizes
To Lucknow
:Ontario. Contest
Lucknow. Fall Fair entries
'captured:. three prizes in the provin
cial photographic :competition held,
at the annual convention of the •
Ontario Association of Agricultural
Societies in February in Toronto.„
mimmy. nor,
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO"
�ugheed Graduate
.`WEDNESDAY; MARCH Sth, 1969.'
Single Copy. 1Sc 20.,Pages
.Plan Return Visit This .Month
In the division, for Class "C"'
Fairs in Ontario, of which there
are 180 ,..Lucknow won one first and.
two seconds, All of the 180`.Fairs
do not enter the photogcompetition
ut a good number do and All are
e gible to do so
ll three winning photos were
fron th'e :lens. of Harvey .
Wightinan of Waterloo. and 'Luck
now . ,Harvey's. first prize shot in.
the class depicting livestock. was
' a ,picture . of Mrs. Ron Alton of
rucknow mounted on her -riding ;'•`
horse. He placed. second in the'.
4-H: exhibit class with:`a picture of,
the Zippy'.Zionettes display. and.
• also had a'second place winner yin:
the home department 'class with a
picture of driftwood
Tlie slides ire.entered in the
Lucknow, Fair and prizes awarded.
They.then:become the property of
;,the :Fair' board who ;exhibit them. in
.the : provincial competition'.and
prize of $4.1.15'
has come;to
'Money Y
the Lucknow A ricultural'Societ •
g Y..
through Harvey's photographic
skill. 1'
Delegates to the convention- •
viewed `theP g rize winning slides
af'a special showing;.
ion Kiln
Ana Accident
Friends in this .community: were
a
S.
Saddened to learn of, the
sudden . '
death of, Wil l iam • Holcak of London
ar r. e'
'early.last Saturday mo H , is
the son of Mr and •Mrs'.• John,
Holcak of the,l0th, of Ashfield.,.
The 1lolca.k faa ii1 have ;been •"
�.Y
Russell 'Allis son of Mrs,;,; Jessie'
Allis of Lucknow; has graduated
from Lougheed's Business College .
in" Kitchener.'and is presently em,-
ployed• as accountant'for Uniroyal
Tires.in Wi'ndsor... •
The graduation was held at the•
Coronet Motel' in'Kitchenet'and '.
Was attended by Russ:ell's •mother
He received his business admi• nis.
p
tration,di loma front the' college
and .as well received an, award:Of
honour°,from the business e•
association of;Canada:for:speed and
perfection in••:typing:' He was
presented with a bronze' •pin; for this
achievement.
residents ofAshfield' for a'nurnb'er
oflyea-rs-after-pure•hat-ingthe form
Vint' farm.on the 10th
Killed in the two car: accident on•'.
Highway 4 near Arva'were
William Holcak, 27 driver sof' one
car. and Clarence' Milford' Ayotte,
19 of Dashwood..
Funeral>service,for•Mr.' Holcak
a. salesman' with Coleman
'Packin Co -Ltd , London was •
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PIEY
IJ.IISPA
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•
A Pee'Wee hockey team from
Timiskaming, Quebec visited, the
village of Ripley last weekend and
played two exciting hockey games
•with'the Ripley. Pee Wee team., On
Saturday at 5 p.m.. Timiskaming
'defeated Ripley 7• - 4 and on Sun-
day afternoon the visitors won the
second game defeating the Huron':"
Hub team 4 ; 2„ •
But•hockey was secondary to the
enjoyment and benefits gained by
the young people in this, exchange
weekend . •Guest Mitchell •
formerly of 'Luc know and now of.
Thorn which is just across the: ' :•
Ontario boundary line from Timis
'kaming•.in Quebec, arranged the.
'games 'between the T.imiskaming'
Flyers and Ripley team: Guest•.is a
coach"of the Quebec team He is
married "to the former Joan Johnson'.
of Luc know ,Joan's. parents M r .
and Mrs: Redvers °"Meff" Johnson,'
formerly of Lucknow, now reside
in, Ripley as does, her sister, Mrs.
George (Joy) MacLean. Guest, who
is working in a pulp mill at Timis-
kaming ,
imiskaming, ;wrote to his brother-in-
law George MacLean, Reeve of
Ripley, and through him arranged
for the weekend visit Guest atten=`
ded%high; school in Lucknow ,
where his father, Rev: AS.
'Mitchell" was minister of St; Peters
Anglican Church,.
Three; cars from. the north made;
the trip to Ripley in slightly over
six • hours . The youngsters and two
adults who accompanied Guest'were
P
billeted at various•• places: in the
area including the•homes of,Meff
ra
Mac' and Mar.j Grahatrt:of Toron .
to are presently enjoying. a vacat-
ion in or f range ,. Janda w
Mac. grecently
haying retired after
.
nearly arl .44 `.Years of service with the
Bell Telephone Company.
The Grahams are ;well known•in •
this area•• where they visit quite
fre,uentl with Mrs Graham's
mother, Mrs. Wellington
Henderson of. Lucknow..
Mac's: :.service with Dell goes back
to 1925• when according to him, he
•decided to, try working for -the tel-
ephone .1:Other. than deliver
o1ePhone.rather`than.deliver
r
g
'oceries. which he doingat
was
the time. This.associatipn•with'.
t Q
Behl has'•lasted'until St:.; Valentines'
day : of this ��ear'whe he officially,
y n
retired from.the company.
Local Group Pictured At Fairsonvention:
efe
etires
Johnson, Pete Bissonnette, Ken
MacDonald,'' Doug Liddle,. John D.
MacKay, Jim Brooks, Bob Fair,
Wilson, Farrell , Howard Harrison,
y' Walden and Bert Elliott.. One oft'
the players on the•Timiskaining
team was Steve son of
Mr., and Mrs.; Guest Mitchell; .
John D. MacKay is manager of •
the Ripley Pee Wee team 'and Bill
MacTavish is Coach. • The•'two men
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'Mac served the,,Lucknow. area. • .
from, 1938• to 1942 and this, coupl-
e
ou -1
es" t e act t at e m �•rriep a
wita
Lucknow girl' has made the Sepoy
Town a second home .to him,
During' his years: with Bell MIac
was'.emp loyed ,as a stockman in
staller , repairman:, combination.
installation• foreman , 'plant
school'• instructor and, finally' right-;
of,•way agent. He spent from 1942•:
to 1945, in the R; C, A...F.
A: dinner' and party 'in, -his honour
washeld• by, fell.ow.ernployees and
friends at: Peller's 'Restaurant in
:Toronto on Friday February 14th
Marj and' Macplan to do'''the`
things they Want to when they want
to in.'retirement with 56 plea ,Eche
Road in Toronto as their home \base .
duties As Clerk
Ended `Last Week
Howard Agnew., clerk -treasurer'
of the°,vihage of Lucknow for many
Years -and who'has been associated.
with municipal duties in: th'e village'
for' forty .years. Will shortly end his.
work at the ''iniinicipal office in
the village
Howard officially retired as clerk
an November 1st of last year:: He
has been carrying: onas acting
clerk; on: a•. month to month basis
�ri •inal intention s`to -.
His o g i.. n onwa e•i ° ,
:,pletely give up the w:ork•on January
1st -but announced°at the inaugural
Meeting. of .the 1969 council, that he
would 'continue •on' until March 1st
1to'ggivethe.new council. the opport-
unit Y to .secure'areplacement:
H•is duties as acting clerk 'came
to an 'end last week and he is now
acting, in the position of. temporary •
assistant to the offices of Clerk-.
treasurer and related duties of the
Lucknow. hydro and Water, recr.'eat=,
ion';and .arena committee; tax colla:•
ector and welfare officer: A new
clerk-treasurer•.has yet to be named
by council::
an c
MT. Agnew pl• s to Continue on
as division` court clerk and with his
and 'i ve. en t 'business'
insurance n stm n . •
;Brookside Public School Students:
Ado p•ted Girl In:.
South Americo
. ,
:Last summer the:students of Brook-
side Public' School adopted a child:`•.
in Bouth America He to i"e`iS
Victoria Torres., Victoria lives in.."°.
Colombia in the city of.Bogota.
She is ten years old and one of a --
family
•-family of five. They live in
extreme poverty . The house in
_which_the_y live isyer"y_small con:
-
stating of one room about 13 feet
square. The walls arebrick: and
th•e--floor--is-c-e-t�- en - -he
furnishings are very shabby.
Victoria is in the second grade and
lacks the clothing we.are accustom
ed to in Canada
Theadoption plan provides' a •
monthly cash grant of $8
for clothing and other necessities.
Medical aid dental care is provid-:'`
ed atthe plan's .clinic
Brookside School sends $51.00
every .three months in support of
y alto send gifts at :.
Christmas 'And for the child's birth-
day::
birth day::' The money is 'raised through
collections, rinti'nlage sales, and ''y
box socials held .by each room
Those at Brookside are..proud of
their project and are grateful for
the co-operation Of everyone in'the'
school,.•
Some familiar local faces are pica
three at the convention of the Ont-
ario Association of Agricultural
Societies held in Toronto a couple
"o ',wee•hs ago:,
Seated . left to right 'are,:Mrs..
Bob Gilchrist of :Kinloss; Mrs, Jake
limiter of Lucknow; Mts. Oliver;
MGCharles of .Lochalsh, district 10
lady representative.en the 'Ontario
Association of Agricultural Society
ies; Mts .:Bert Alton of Ashfield.
Standing, heft 'to'right, are Bob
Campbell,of Lucknow president of
the Lucknow •Agricultural Society;
Mrs. B' b Carnpbell;'Bob"Gilchrist
•
of Kinloss , vice. president of the,
Lucknow Society;,Mrs.. Bob
Struthers of Lucknow,,, secretary of
the Lucknow •Soci4:y;' Ed Starr,
Superintendent of the Ontario Ass-
ociation of••Agricultural Societies;
Oliver McCharles of Lochalsh Bob
Struthers of Luc know • .
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