The Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-02-28, Page 1$6.00 A Year •In Advance -,--$2.00 Extra To U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2111, 1973
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Youth Killed In'.
Snowmobile /V~,shap
Receives Degree
WILLIAM KENNEDY
William Kennedy, son of'Mr.
Id Mrs. George Kennedy of West
awanosh Township, recently re-
:ived his Bachelor of Arts,
:gree, majoring in history, at
Dnvocatioh Hall, University of
NOM.
Bill, resides in DOn Mills where
is presently teaching in the
:orgraphy Department of Don-
ew Junior. High School. •
Trio On Way To Hockey Game Save
Ashfield Barn From Destruction By Fire
xkey guile in Goderich on Sun-
ty morning, February 18th about
a.m. spotted a fire Which had
arte-d in the barn of 'Clete Dal-
m'of the 9th of Ashfield. Their
lick action saved the barn from
sstruction by fire. •
Raymond' Hogan 'and Douglas
:on of Ashfield and Gary Mc-
uilhn of St. Catharines were :
oceeding down the sideroad to
e west of the Dalton farm.
They saw smoke coming from
upstairs of the barn and not
ing sure whether it Was smoke,
Clete was chopping, decided
investigate. The barn door was
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'hat Can We Say?
What can we say other than we
very,sotry girls.
Two pictures of public speaking
nners in last week's paper were
versed in position so that the
Ines and heading did not.cor7
pond with the picture.
An error occurred at our central
rating plant at. Goderich. Such,
error can easily happen in the
rating of newspapers; but this is'
kle consolation for the, young
?pie who had'achieved top
riding in public speaking, and
led to get the proper recogni-
11 deserved. • of*** ******
sidejits of the village of Rip.'
voted on Wednesday of last
k on two liquor questions'
hth were defeated. A 60%
is required to approve any
question.
"the vote for a liquor lounge
oted no and 133 voted yes.
Stemp of Sutton, a good friend
of Don's, who had gone to bed
early. To be a winner it was
necessary to be present when the
draw was. made. Second name
to come out of the hat was Miss
Isabel McBeth, publisher of the
Milverton Sun, a former Engligh
teacher of Don's at Ryerson a few
years back. Miss McBeth had
left the convention early. Third
name drawn by John Noel, public
relations director of Canadian
National Railways was that of the
Sentinel Publisher, who, with
his wife, was presented with the
award by Earl Morrison of •
Napanee. new president of the
Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc•
ration.
No decision has been reached „
as yet regarding the destination.
Bert Altons Buy
Lucknow Home
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Alton of
Aslifield have purchased. the Shar-
Man Ivlason.home on Ludgard
Street , Lucknow just east of. Hav-;
elock Street. Mr. and Mrs. Mas-
on moved to Douglas Point where
he is employed. Mr. Mason
built the Lucknow home a year
and a half ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton moved to
Luclitow last Saturday from their
Ashfield farm on the 10th conces-
sion where Bert was born and liv-
ed his entire life. The' farm has
been taken over by his son Don-
ald.
Couple Observe
55th Anniversary
Mr. and,Urs. Bruce Gammie
R. R. 2 Elora , celebrated their
55th, wedding anniversary, with a
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Guelph Graduate:
G. ELLIOTT WHITBY.
G. Elliott Whitby,, son 'of Mr.
and Mrs'. George Whitby of
Lucknow has received his Mas-
ter of Science Degree in Environ-
mental Biology. The ceremon-
ies took place on January 26th in
War Memorial Hall at the Univ-
ersity of Guelph.
Elliott entered University of
Western Ontario, London, last
fail to further his' studies.
DONALD SCOTT%
The Annual Banquet and Elec-
tion of Officers of.the Township
of, Ashfield Federation of Agricul-
ture was held at Brookside School
on Februaiy 14th.
Warren Zinn brought greetings
from the Council of Ashfield
Thursday/0 February 22nd mark-
ed the anniversary birthdays of
Lord and Lady Baden7Powell,
joint founders of the Boy.Scout
and Girl Guide Movement, • and
is celebrated throughout the world
as Thinking. Day.
The Lucknow Girl Guides open-
ed their meeting, held on Feb-
ruary 22; with roll call. Guests
Timothy Meyer, age 5 and
Nancy Meyer; age 10,hildren.
of Mr. and Mrs, Bob Meyer of
Teeswater, were victims of car-
,bon monoxide poisoning in an un-
usual incident on Saturday of last
week.
Bob was in Wingham picking
up his, licence'plates and , the
chilgren sat in the station,wagon
for a very short time while he
was in the licence office. He
then went to the dairy in Wing-
ham and upon returning to the
car with a treat for the children,
found Timmy unconscious in the,
car.'
,He rushed the youngster to' the'
hospital and, by the time he reach.
ed there and opened the door,
Nancy was unconscious.
f.
He removed Nancy , placed her
on the ground and rushed Timmy
into the hospital where he was
revived. Returning immediately
Donald' Malcolm Scott , 14-year- •
old son of Mr. and Mrs. •
Malcohn Scott of i3elgrave, died
instantly abotit 8 p.m. last Thurs-
day evening, February 22 when'
the snowmobile he was operating
was in collision with a parked car.
The. accident happened on the
9th of ,East Wawanosh, County
road 20, west of the village of
Belgrave not far from the East
Wawa.nosh school.
He had been snowmobiling
with a friend David Dunbar when
the accident happened. David
was operating another machine.
Donald's mother is the former
Freda Hunter of this community ,
and her, mother , Mrs. Jake .Hunter.
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Don and Bev Thompson of The
Lucknow Sentinel attended the
annual convention of the Ontario.
Weekly Newspapers Assoeiation
held in London from Thursday to
Sunday last week.
Don retired after serving four
years as a director, of the associa-
tion and as a fitting, ending to the
period of service won the "grand
prize" draw at the windup Presid-
ent's Ball on Saturday evening.
He was the winner of round-
trip air transportation for two to
anywhere in the world where Air
Canada fly.
All registered publishers or
their' representatives at the con-
vention were eligible for this
prize donated by Air Canada.
The first-name drawn was that
of the convention chairman Harry'
Three young men going to a , open. •
Gary alerted Clete who was
sleeping at the 'time and Doug-
las and Raymond proceeded to
fight the fire. A hose was hooked
up and water also carried from
the stable and the fire was brought
under control.
It 'had gained considerable
-headway when discovered.- The
fire was on the floor of the barn.
The first thing the boys 'did was
to shut, the barn door and elimin-
ate the draft,
Water pipes had been thawed in
the barn the day before.
Bruce-Board
Adopt Policy Of
June Attendance
The following is the of
The Bruce County I3oard of Educa.
tion• regarding attendance of •
elementary and secondary school
students and staff for the remain-
der of the 1972-73 'school year.'
'
.This was set at the last, meeting
of the •board.
1. In elementary schools, stud-
ents in, classes to the end of
Grade 8 will continue in attend-
ance up to and including. Friday,
June 22, 1973.
2. In secondary schools that have
final examinations, students will
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soy no fo.
4~`0 liquor
•
"question
On thequestion of a dining ,
lounge , 141 voted against the
proposal and 131 in favour. •
273 voters cast their ballot.
This is about 70% 'of those elig-
ible. '
The vote took place at the
municipal office in fapley.
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Vincent Austin Heads Ashfield Fed.
Of Agriculture, Meeting Favours
Continuing Warble Fly Spray Program
Township and commented that he
hadn't seen so many Ashfield res-
idents gathered together at> a meet.
•ing for a long time. Mr. Zinn
raised the question of how those
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Kingsbridge Girl Guides Join Lucknow
For Thinking Day, Seven Are Enrolled
'for the evening were. the Kings-
bridge Girl Guides and their
leaders Lieutenant Judy Moran
and Lieutenant Mrs. Theodore
Van Diepen.
During horseshoe formation
Helen Wisser was presented with
her Collector Badge, and Deborah
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Tees/water Children Victims Of Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning, Several Injured
By Snowmobile Accidents Last Week
to Nancy, he found that she had
commenced to come around
again after being exposed to the
fresh air. After treatment , both
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Centennial Year
Events Continui
Lucknow Presbyterian Church is
promoting an evening service
this Sunday, March 4 at 7.30.
The Wingham Bell Ringers,
under the direction of Gordon Leg.'
igatt , will be in attendance. A
local instrumental group will also
'be supporting this service includ-
ing Rick Orr guitarist.
This is an open service and
!everyone is invited to attend.-
More special services will be
,promoted •during the church'sl.
1973 Centennial Year,
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