The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-10-08, Page 1ER 1st, 1969
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8th, 1969
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Ashfield Couple Mark SOth Wedding• Anniversary
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Mr and Mrs. Thomas Hackett. •
of Ashfield quietly l celebrated
their: 50th wedding anniversary
with, their: familyonP
Se tember
14th atthe home of their daughter
and: son-in-law, Mr, and Mrs.
•Midford on: the tenth.
of
.'Culross,
All members'of the:famil
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. attended ,' Mr. and Mrs:. Keith
Hackett of Islington; Mr. and
Mit. Eric Hackett 9f Heron Town-
ship; Doug Hackett of Ashfield
Mr. and Mrs. Midford Wall:of '.
Culross, Their thirteen grand -
children :were also,present. A
family dinner was served
Thomas Hackett was born,in
Ashfield Township and spent chis
li•fetinle on the 12th concession.
Mrs... Hackett the, former Cath-
erine Irene Irwin , : was born on - the
boundar : west of Lucknow,'in
Ashfield Township;
They. were married at the bride's
home on Se` tember 10th, 1919.` b
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the Methodist minister' theRev.
,
Fulton Irwin.
Mr. and. Mrs.. Hackett received.
many lovely cards and, gifts on the
occasion They are, in fair health.
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tors'Insur
has beef.
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places will
it closing..
until,;Dec'
open again
to Clrist�
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DAY, K.
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Lucknow Minor Hockey plans;
wereformulated on,Sunday at a
meeting of representatives from the
Lucknow Lions Club:, •Lucknow.
Legion, coaches and managers of
lastY ear.'s`. minor teams as well as
others who are.interested in 'the
promotion of minor hockey locally,,
includingrepresentatives from
area councils
A full slateofminor hocke will
oerste in Lucknow this. winter
.
Teams proposed are Fleas, Novice',
Peewee, Bantam, Midget and Juv-
enile.
uvenile.' As. in former"years, the
cltnow Houseea will
L .gue
for
organize e
g ,. PeeWee and Novic�•
and the:•Combnes for �un
players y g
sters of Bantam .and. PeeWee ag e,
.
Every youngboy in the area, inter-
ested .in playing hockey, should
have something available to them.-
It
hem."It is hoped that hockey'will comm-
ence locally in early; November
':A promotional •comrnittee,has
been formed headed by Charlie
Webster from the • Lions and Ken
Cameron 5trl"thrl i il'nrWfil
arrange ;:for tournaments andspecial
events as well as giving the public•
w reness o the rocal:hockey,
picture.
A number of men were named in
charge of local teams at Sunday's
meeting with further help needed
in,various areas. In charge of
Fleas will be Ron Alton and Bill
Nelson; lgoVice , Leo Courtney;
PeeWee will see Harold "Toby',
Greer in charge and as coach with
Toby also available as an adviser
to other teams;. Bantam, ''Grant
Chisholm Brock Cleland, Roy
place at the town. office from
October 8: to October 15„ inclusive
Clerk•Wayne Jamieson'will..r•egister•
the boys duringregular, office
hours'.. Registration' fee for Fleas.,
Novice and PeeWee will be $3;
Bantam, Midget and Juvenile $5
Dies In Hospital
LARGE)
, Emberiin and Ken Houston;
Midgets: Al Hamilton and. Ross
Forster; .Juvenile', Keith Kilpatrick;
Combines, lack'1-Iackett.
'The Hoose League needs a con-
vener and' will be organized' aTter
hockey registration which: will take
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Mrs. George Elliott of Lucknow
died in" Wingham and District
Hospital on•Tuesday of this week:
She was 72 years of age.
The• -funeral -w l•1- be -held n ;
Thursday at 2 p.m. from: the
MacKenzie Memorial Chapel in
Lucknow.. Burial will be in Green
hill. Cemetery,
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Trial
New Church Name
The Ashfield United; Church
charge has Adopted an appropriate
new name, Trinity United Church:.
The three congregations of
Blakes; •Hacketts.'and .Zion'recently
•became One. and •as's•gg
uch suggest-
ions
u est-.
ions were'- ut �•A..
p forth for a new ,name.
TThree names ere=-subrr fitted d=
vote of g
the .congre ation,a•week
g
ago last Sunday favoured the new: •
:name, Trinity United Church.
rinitTUnired Church nil
Calvin United Church,:St. Helens •
now form a two point charge which
is ministered to, by Rev. J. E •
Hummel.. '
"Our first mail, drop by air" is
how-L=e < on:-
Township described an interesting
incident at his. farm on Wednesday
of last week,. October lst. .
Leonard resides on Highway 21;
one mile north of A mberley , :and.
as a dairy farmer ships milk via
the carrier firm of Allan. Johnston.
of Listowel. :,
One of the Johnston trucks had
left Listowel early Wednesday
without installing.the new licence
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plates for the vehicle. New
lates-are-Tequi-red-cpiarterl
Johnston ; upon realizing that his
truck.was on the road with the' old
licence, phoned'.„Leonard. Courtney
and told him to hold. the driver at
his farm..
Mr. Johnston a licenced pilot
flew the truck licence, plates: and;•
ownership card up to .Arnberley in
his private plane,and dropped there;
in the. Courtney yard air mail,
special delivery.
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IX Calves
Lucknow .4-H Calf Clubs have ; '`
once again proven their superiority
in Huron County: -For „many"years,;
the Lucknow Club has produced , .
high ranking calves and young' show.
men and a good deal' of this success
goes back to•the leadership they
have experienced in the club,:over
the ears.''
"• Glen. Walden and George
Kennedy are in charge of the 4-H
Dairy Calf Club and Andy Gaunt
and Tom 'Todd are leaders of the
4-H Beef Club: All four men have
long. and 'valued service as 4-H'
ea • ers`. }•
In the championship show for.
Huron County Dairy'Clubs-held
recently at Blyth,: Lynda .Walden of
,Lucknow, had the champion calf .
and :her' sister Nancy had the
reserve champion
Showing as a groupof three
calves, Lynda, Nancy
and a third sister June 'A lton placed
Road,. Bridge Work
Course Completed
It has been announced by the
Ontario Good : Roads Association
that Frank Schumacher,` R. R. 1,'
olyror d; Road-SuperinteWent ofd
the Township of Kinloss, has succ-
essfully completed a three year
course on road and • bridge contruc
tion and maintenance. s •' • nsored b
From
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first in the county;., This is a
credit to the Lucknow Club and as
well to the herd of Glen Walden •
frdm .where.:all three 'winners have
come
In the' championship show , for
Huron County Beef Clubs held ar,
Seaforth, brothers ;Kenny and Doug
Mewhinney:arid. Hugh h Todd placed
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first- in the group of three class for
beef. This gives the. Lucknow •
Clubs the to six calves in the
comity ..
' f • �'nthe-dairy and
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beef divisions.
In ,the individual classes at . •
Seaforth,. Hugh Todd" placed, third ,
Murray Mewhinney sixth. and Doug
j Mewhinney' first 3n the second:
the • Association:.
The course is attended annually.
by approximately 400 road Superin-
tendents frorri all sections of the
•ti.
province •
prize'•group.`
' The Lucknow dairy club has won
the group of three award•four: times •
in the' •ast five: ears. The beef
club, ; outside • of a Toss to
Dungannon. last year.; has won the
group of three award forabout the
last four years
Appoin icers
it 441
The Lucknow Branch of the
Canadian.Bible Society met in.•the''.,
y
United Church on Sunday eevenin
Octo • ` r 5thto re -or e'
ganiz and .�
make plans for the annual canvass
The following, officers
, g�r
swere app-
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ornted; Chairman Dr`Little;
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Treasurer,: Mr. Do'ltl. Ross;ecrr't
'ar Mrs : Van' Stem .vo
y; J'.. P rt.' .
• A. canvass, will be made in the
near future, of all homes in. Luck -
now and surrounding community.'
NI.CIPAL. , BOARD` INITIAL APPROVAL
A' new
addition to"the Lucknow.
Public School, and mayo_r.._
altera-
tions to. the existing building, have
been approved . bythe Ontario Mun-.
,
icipal Board Total'cost of the
work will be $515•,000. Board', '
approval. was for $398•, 000 with the
remaining $117,000 fire insurance
money from the; Lucknow Public
School which was turned over by
the. former Lucknow-Kinloss School
Board to'the Bruce County: Board of
Education and which has been held
In a»special fund for ''the project at '
Lucknow.;,
approval allows. the Bruce County
Board of Education to proceed with
the final plans and working draw
Ings, and to call tenders . for the
$515,000 roject. Followin
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tender call, the further approval
of the. Ontario Municipal Board is
required before 'construe ie '
q , tion can
be
approval was made to the Bruce
Board at their redlar meeting
in
Chesley on Tuesday 'light.
bireetor of; Education
T e Ontario ,_
IVlunicipal, Cloatt=d'
• J. L. Bowers, told The' Sentinel
that work will rooeed at' once to
pr Bruce
bring the•plans to the, final 'stages
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and the . ' .int where tenders can be
Y.
called on,the building project.
The e
Br,,uc Board of Educatior`,has =
been unable to take .any steps on
this project until the Ontario Munic-
ipal Board approval was received..
The proposal has been' before the
Ontario Municipal Board for 'many`•
The Bruce Board' of Education has
two capital expenditures slated' for
this year , the Lucknow project and•
the building of t.he.. iew_adxninistr-at_
ive building Y at ChesleBoth have
,now:received the Ontario Municipal
,Board .initial approval.:
Initial planning on the Lucknow
addition and alterations to the
present building was done by the
Lucknow -Kinloss Public School,
Board,' prior to the County School'
Board taking; office,* The County..
Board 'accepted lthe plans of the
former board' and proceeded to '''
fete the- project A'ppFo. -14
'tthe Ontario'Dep_
a
rtment of Educat
ion had been received
by the lor:al
board. prior to the county hoard
taking office, With the Ontario
-Municipal-Bea rd-apptova1indw rci,
eived,the pro ject••is t;'xpectcd to
trove .more rapidly.
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