The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-05-28, Page 17WEDNESDAY, MAY 38th, 1969
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
PAGE SEVENTEEN
AShf1e1..Nat1Ve
Died
At Cooksvlle
MRS, K.J. MacKENZIE.
The death of Mrs. Margaret Mac.-
Kenzie occurred in Cooksville
Ontario, April 30, 1969. Sh&would
have been 86., in June.
Mrs . . 'MacKenzie was the -former
Margaret (Maggie) Grant -and was
born: on the 12th Concession of Ash-
field . 'Her husband Kenneth Kenneth J . •
MacKenzie also a native of,the
12th ,Concession of Ashfield ,,'pre
deceased: his wife 42 years 'ago
while they resided in Sarnia..
. She, is survived by a. daughterand
son-in-law., Annie and .George Fish-
er, .now of Cooksville , Ontario and
one grandson Kenneth Fisher of
Truro, Nova Scotia.
Mrs, MacKenzie was also
predeceased by one -brother , R. A.,
Grant of Ashfield and two sisters,
Mrs. A11anivlacKenzie of Chicago
and Mrs. D.A. (Salena).MacDon.
ald. of Ashfield.;
Services were .held from D.J.
Ro, bb Funeral C1�}}ape1-, Sarnia , with
interment in. La(kevie.w, Cemetery..
J‘ingihrickm,
BY SIXER BERNIE VAN OSCH
37 cubs- attended the:meeting of
the 1st Kingsbridge -Cub Troop held
op' May 22. The Grand Howl• was:
led by Tommy Barger . A kala pres-
ented a badge to Shawn Dalton-;
Louise Dalton. (Balou); a former.
cub leader, waspresent at the.
meeting. David Drennan went. to
Scouts,
The cougars. put ona skit....
and:. jokes.' The Tigers; are in char''
ge next week. Cubs practiced for
field day and then played baseball,:
Lloyd Tigert lel in the .Grand
Howi'and then Akeia closed' with
0 Canada and Lord's Prrayer..
•
Weekend. with mil Smiley
I never want to wish !Ili:life bawled out ' the • d y before?
away, but some weekends .1 Was it a .crank? Was ' it atax-
could : do without • and be per- • payer driven: beyond • `the
fectly happy . to have ,.my life ' . brink? ' Nobody knows,but it
cut • short by three days.. will come out'some 'day.
It started Friday. Somebody Well, nothing wrong. with.
called -the ' .principal at : the that, you say,. Just a, little extra
school at 8 a:m. and ;said there • excitement, and nc_harm done
was a bomb planted in • the • . But I knew what was comm .
g.g
building. sensibl be kicke These things all run in. three's,. ;
r3! y. a dal! as any old 'pilot will tell you.
the: students out of -the `plant, Saturday; I ,played m ,first
• and 'kept all the teachers in it y'y•
of the' season. I• dis
It was a, rather • brutal,. but: golf game :
efficient, way of ::pointing out covered that either I'd.. gone,
wito was dis erasablein the blind,' or Qld Nick was moving'
P
system: . 'the. ball just: as• I swung. Talk
Hordes Ofr of and fire= about a lack'
.of :communication;
pollee F e I •was''right. Sunday morning,
• men. added-, to the. e>Fcitement:
The teachers. were ` twittering ' :it six sharp' I was • visited by
like• swallows,: making bad : thelightning flu bug thathas
jokes about ticking brief cases ' been decimating classes lately.
the
'=hil'
_.! ar�aus=objectsr-.-_-� ;:barely -made. it _.tithe_
AS an old .fighter pilot, ho ''room, 'where.. everything came •
' had.' bombed, and had been • up, except the traditional kitch=
bombed in more. ways than' en sink, and a . couple of times
one, 1 thought: I • should 'set' - a • 1•'was' sure, the:sink. corn
good; •. examp1e, • so settled my- mg -
se in a corner of the staff ` It . goes without saying that.
room, and read ;poetry Not a' that, was. my Sunday totake up
soul was impressed,' which was I the' 'collection.. Shivering and
rather depressing..;,. " sweating and tottering, I made • .'
The kids had a ball. It''was it through the ,service. And if I:
like being locked out of jail. don't get. to .._heaven, on. -that'
The smokers gathered in' their performance alone, , somebody
outside smoking: • bay. ' and is going to catch hell. •
reefed away on the weed as Sunday, our *new kitten <'
though it were : going out of who had been perfectly • trained
style. A . number •' of young from the day we brought him
ladies, locked out of the schoolhome, going• to' his litter -box as
on a cold, windy day and light though he's been doing it for
ly clad, climbed into carswith years, suddenly decided to .join
their boy
siends to pool -room Crowd the thing, teen-age
found revolt, •a or corner,
w
arm."
headed straight downtown, g ht_at aha badt_, of: one _ of the
Eventually, the school was kitchen cupboards, where you,•
cleared • and; We got a sort of couldn't quite reach him,
half.holiday, whiyle the • police • Which: was more to - his liking.
searched
had the' bu ldi he break Sunday evening, after being -
,
e
assured' by four 'different ex
-
in ,routine •except myself.. To perts that Pip; the kitten, was
someone who ,is'..perfectly, or- a male, a lady .dropped in and
ganized, such ' a disruption . is dropped -a -pall -by --announcing,----
very disrupting . ,' With proof, that he was a lady.
It was a fairly hair-raising .A big, ugly, yellow tomcat loi
day for the teachers in charge' tering ` in the vicinity when 1
of the school's' annual musical :, threw the little monster out -
comedy, to be ,presented that side in the morning underlined
• night. Would there ' be any the .point. .
a Id ipnr ivit1411i lomat--is'l'e - -e= - ha 1
• :stationannouncing, nightWayed up talking
that there mightba bomb in until 3a.m..
I arrived at •work
the School? Monday 'morning physically
Needless to say, there was and emotionally ravaged.. And
no bomb, and there was a • huge . who was there? A •sweet •:youn'g
audience, and the musical, for- woman, a • former student,
tunately, was anything but a who's going to be ; teacher;
bomb.Happy ending. and wanted to'"observe" me in
Who made the phone call? •action.Some action..
uate Teti
RICHARD BOAK
Richard:'B.oak;.so`h of Mr. and •
Mrs Aaron Boak, Dresden,. Ontar-,
io. was one of the 1969 graduates
from the Windsor Teacher's-
College,
eacher'sCollege; Dr . T.C. Whim, former
director of the Windsor Board of ;
Education and now. awards" officer
at the. University of 'Windsor., •
addressed thei'graduates at the
banquet in :the Teutonia' Club'or
Wednesday. evening, May 14th. .
The first �graduation event was pad.
Sunday , May llth, a non -denomin-
ational service. in the college •aud
itorium
The highlight of: the week was
the, graduation' ball 'held in the Ain
bassador. Rooth 'Of Univers,ity`•of
•Windsor"s Student :Centre . •
Rick has .been hired.' by the Kent'
County Board of Education 'and •
willcornmence tea'ch'ing duties in.
Wallaceburg in' September. He is..
a grandson of Mrs'. Clara Shaddick
and Mrs. Tae Boak .of Lucknow•..
Mciy Tea
Brownie Meeting
,2ND PACK BROWNIES
BY SUSAN HALL.
The Tuesday. Pack of Brownies,
met on May 20th for our May Tea
when: we .entertained our mothers.
We had Fairy Ring; then our guests
looked at our scrap books,'. knitting.
and toys which .we have made„ for,..
with some little sisters .who had!
. come to our Tea
Refreshments and 'tea were. served
.:by Mary Eadie: and Martha...,
rrahani. •
Susan Hall was presented with a'.
gift from:the Pack at the -close -of
the .meeting...'...
Bruce1..1hooI1..:oOrdWi
Budget FIs Reqqested By Waikerion
CHESLEY—No action will; be,
taken, by the Bruce board'; of
education, • to review its. 1969
budget as. requested by Walker-
ton council. . The motion which:
was; endorsed .. by councils of
Paisley. and Kincardine Town-
' ship asked' the board; to curtail
expenses,' specifically by defer-
ring 'erection;,at. pis time of a
headquarters building. •
"I, have no intention of asking
the.. committee: to' review • the
budget after, all. the work, 'they.
have put. into it. It. was •indis-
creek of council to make; these.
comments without. having . the
information," board, chairman
. George 'Loucks said.
"We have more responsibility
than any .mun ipal council, or
county ,council., Some, . of their
comrnents have been insulting,"'
the chairman' said.: '
Mr. Loucks singled 'out one
sentence 'in the.: Walkerton' mo,
tion which 'said the extreme de-
lay in the''board's :budget cost
the taxpayers many ' dollars.
Municipalities themselves are
to "'blame for this as Much. of.
the. delay was due to slowness
:in getting in'municipal audits
the chairman said.
ADDED COST '
• "If Walkerton wants to spend
its -taxpayers' money' sending
out ' additional tax • notices
• .can,"' •Mr. Loucks said refer-
ring to .;the Walkerton council
statement that it will not bill
•property owners .the full amount
of :the school��levy at, this time:
A ': statement by Walkerton
` Mayor Irwin. Lobsinger :that.
• services at Walke*on p u b'1 i c
' school, were'' being'.cut next term
was denied. •
• Superintendent : Keith' 'Waldie
said facilities at the Walkerton
school • will be • urcre"aced rather
than 'decreased. The school will
hav-e-a-part, time 1 i_b-rte,-rLia-n
Whichit ,.does not `: now have.
Oral' French will.be' taught. for
the first .time *ht. the .school, .he
said.
"Should .:we • ask ' Walkerton
Council how we .can cut our
• - budget? I don't suppose we
should give suggestions to -Walk-
erton council on how: to' run the
affairs ' of Walkerton," Mr.
Loucks Said.
The. chairman said that the
board' has little to do with; set
a•1-seheol rmll-rat
Finance • chairman A 11 a
Whither of Wiarton said the
•
.1969 expenditure. increases. hage
been kept within 15 per. cent_on
a: • per . pupil' . basis:' with last:
year's figures.
He.' noted teacher salary in:
creases of $400,000 for elemen-
tary 'schools in Bruce and $470;-'
000 for vsecondary schools. Last
year's .boards used..$540,000: in
surpluses' to 'keep the 1968 ''ex-
penditures down he said., `Tui-
tion fees' rose from $50,000 to
`$165,000 :and debenture pay-
ments are increased.
: "Many desirable items were,
cut. from the year's program
to keep ''costs: down," --he said;.
Supervisory salaries which
the province' previously paid;
are now.paid by the county and
for 'six 'months of this year' 29
transitional committees: •were.
paid. �.
Director'. of ' education> J.. L..
Bowers named, several areas in
which services'to county pupils
will be expanded. starting next.
term.
A. supervisor ,of oral' French
has been, hired. The service will:
start in' some° 'schools this 'fall
and :will, be. available : to all
Grade 7 and 8 pupils in two or
three years. Four new :kinder-
gartens will be opened at/Ripley,.' .
Kincardine 'Tiverton, Lions
Head and:'Tobermory- schools..
A' program • of industrial arts
and home economics will be.ex-`
tended to :public schools at
.Teeswater and Ripley.. Oppor-
tunity classes at "Chesley and
Elderslie schools .will be extend
ed to••full,day service:.A full-
time librarian will be • engaged'
for -Kincardine • public school
and a part-time for Walkerton.
•
NEW 'COURSE •
'- There will be remedial ,assist-.
ance provided at' Paisley: and
Elderslie . schools., A ' four-year •
business and ' commerce : course
wall bie• offered for the first tilne
at Lions Head high school and
five. nor rtable-classrooms
and seven, additional; staff mein
hers added 'at Walkerton • dis-
trict secondary' school
A,, new technical .' school .::at
Hanover will not • be -Completed
until the 1970`term and the .::Han
over , pupils° will • attend classes
at Walkerton:.
-.Arbitration to • assess assets.
and. ilabilities of the' f or .m a
school` jurisdictions is b e i n. g,
hampered by failure of the leg-
islature :to : give third reading
'1116-wlzich-sets=up=guide•
lines : for arbitratOrs, the ,board
was told.
BY HELEN ALLEN
Was :it a . kid who had been
1Xm.q',pyY.N-Yfl'Y!L'.s✓p°° ••, ••r Rfidi i .NY,.le4Mp'P'•
Jefftey is eight month's old of. Czechoslovakian and
' needs to be adopted, "so he :will grow up..
as acme nber of a family. He is fine -boned but sturdy, With
dark hazel eyes, fine brown hair and light olive skin' with
rosy cheeks. Ile has no teeth 'yet, but that searching finger ",
his mouth suggests they are .close. He is a happy,` active,
good-natured little boy who loves to be with people, so It is
�`ed�-he•yvwll�-be-�ade�%tl=irlt�=�-f�l�v-c�he=�irll�ha� � ' �"°
brothers and sisters. Jeffrey is such an appealing, cuddley
baby he is perhaps 'a little spoiled. There is .diabetes in his
background, but he is in excellent: health. • He needs' warm,
demonstrative parents . who will .not worry over his medical
history. To inquire about adopting_leffreoplease write to....
Today's• ' Department. of Social and d.... Family Services,.:
Child, :
Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182. For general 'information
about adoption ask your local Children's A'id"Society:'