The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-12-16, Page 21,WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16t4,, 1970
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• THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Editor in Chief, —. Robert Rooney
Assistant — Beverley Smith,
MarY
MacCharles Barry MacDonald -- Bruce Aitken.
FROLIC IN THE SNOW
On December 22nd the students
of. RDHS will, participate in the
Second Annual Winter Carnival.
Featured will be toboggan endur-
ance races,, snow sculpturing, soc -
ce?At =the=snow%and other"exc"it-.
ing activities. The school is div-
ided into various teams. Refresh-
ments and a record hop will round.
outthe day, •
PLEA( CLASSIC .
Ripley High School's Table'
Tennis ,Tournament is. well.
Under way this week with four
games played. In:the first game
Bryan Boyle and: Sherry :Pollock
defeated Murray Hill and Tish
Campbell.. .
-In the second game Mr. Brown
and Sally Harrison defeated' Brian
MacDonald and. Bev Smith.
The third game was very even-
ly matched with Barry MacDonald
and Joanne McGarvey narrowly
defeating Elliott Courtney and.
Wendy Courtney.
Mr; ,Burnett and Bonnie' Boyle.
defeated Bill Bissonnette 'and Joan ..
Courtneyin the. fourftgame of
the tournament. `
CURLING'
The RDHS sdents began their
high school curling .on. Monday •
..December 7th. The ice was
good , the rink sparkled andevery-
one got down to some serious curl-
ing. We would Tike to thank Don
Mc Lay. , Shirl Bowers, and Elaine
Pollock for being-present--to-show
the'rudiments to the beginners in.
our ranks. The Curling Club is
to be. thanked for allowing'us to
use the ice and for their hospital-
ity., .
The seores,were; Monday -
"Moe" 8 (w) - Judy Hodge 3;
Brian MacDonald ' (w) - Glen
•Wylds'6; KathyIrwin Joan Fer-
guson. Tuesday, Wendy Court
ney.8 (w) Gail Courtney 7;
Margaret'Anne Courtney (w) -
Terry 'Elliott; Peter Walden 9 (w)
Robert Rooney 5. Wednesday -
Mary (Big Red) McCreath 8 (w).
Bill. Kirkpatrick 2; Mary Mac-.
'Charle.s 9'(w)- BarryvlacDonald
.2; .Joanne MacGarvey(w) - Marg
MacKay.
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THOUGHT. .
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A•. - Halfway. .
RIPLEY IMPERILS.
Rpley's Juvenile, hockey team
chalked'"up"two more victories
thi$, past week. On Wednesday
night they played host to. the
ONTARIO
Durham Club., The outcome of
the • game was set ,by the first
period when Ripley skated off
with a 5 - 1 lead. Ripley doubled
the score 'in the second period.
while holding Durham scoreless.
There were no goals scored: in the
third and the fitial"score was 10
1. for'Ripley • . •
On Saturday night Ripley played'
host. to ,.ion's Head., The northern.
lads showed the hardest 'com'peti-
tion of any team this year so far.
It Was a close battle during the
whole game. At the end of the
first period Ripley was. ahead 4. -3..
In the second•.period Lion's Head
went 'ahead with a.5 4 score.
The, Ripley boys then poured on
the steam and.rallied for 4•goals'.
finishing the period with an 8 - 5
score ,•
In.•the.third:period the hitting
got hard and tempers flared. Each
team .scored two goals and the
game ended. with a .final -sc'or'e :o.
10:7.' .
SLAPSH.OTS .
-Dennis Martin was challenged ....
to a fight in winch lie knocked ' .: -
the I ion's Head opponent out cold:
-Brute Aitken received a bone-
crushing check (keep 'your head
up, Aitken).
-Jim Needham'ls doing.a great
•
job of .coaching this -10m ' to'six-
victories. so far. •,
' Bill ' Kirkpatrick is anxiously. •
Waiting on the. sidelines to get
into action this year:
REPORT CARDS .•
Report cards are`. expected. to •
be. issued at .the .fi'rst 'of this week
as• a .conclusion of . first term toil
and labour under the new credit'
system 'employed by R.'D.•H. S,.
Level I showed the wa . with:
he-highestl-a-stmedian--of-'16'
per cent' while Level III,`followed
:with 7,1... 'Levels IV and V were.
•tied.with'.69 % each while Level
II trai ed with 68 per cent.
Marks were considerably'high .
er this year as•indicated by•an
overall: increase of twelve marks.
Only Level 'II (falling short .of two'
=alarks) failed :to-inc
'average of last year's•grade ten.:
The 'class 'rnedians.of Level I,
III; and IV were augmented res-
pectively. by six , five and three.
e ne::..,
o ntano s ax ssistance . ai
� .o�emme
is helping the e
Iderly Cheques have already
been sent to more than 230,000 people:
and many ill soon receive additional assistance.
Paying taxes is tough for everyone.,
;But some people have a particularly difficult time. Like the
elderly. They are hard-pressed by rising property taxes.
To help lighten their load the Government has introduced
a new plan. It is called 1970 fax Assistance for the Elderly, '
The plan. ill pay, out up to $100 to help elderly.'people-those
who receive the Federal. Guaranteed Income Supplement—to help'
pay-their
aI t ll, morre than 230 000 taxes, or ersons across Ontario Will SII receive.
$17 million in benefits.
1970 Tax Assistance for the.elderly is an irnrnediate,step to
relieve the pressure of property taxes. And an important one.
GOVtR:NMENT OF ONTARIO
Department of Municipal Affairs
w. Darcy McKeough, Minister.
•
WHItECHURCH
Mr.. and Mrs.' George Fisher and
..._Carruthers-spent-S.unda-y-w:i-th
Mr.' and Mrs. Elliott Carruthers
of •Ripley .
Harold •Stoekhill of South Porcu-
pine sent word 'to his 'grandparents
,Mr. and MrsTom Morrison that
recently the hockey team for
which he plays, were at Noranda ,
Quebec to play.. The South Por-
;otipine:.tea.ni_.were-again-;the:
aners.
•
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fisher'and
family of Guelph ' spent the
week end with Mr. •and. Mrs.
George Fisher of Wingham and
'Mr. and Mrs. George Marshall of
Culross.. • •
• Mreand Mrs. Joe Moore and.
friend of Wroxeter were Sunday
visitors with Mr. and' Mrs. Wal-
ter Moore and family,.
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