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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-02-27, Page 1of a new nuclear gener- ion to be built in this confirmed for the first week by an Ontario iresentative. f Art Mosher , meeting nn County Council, con-, te fact that a new plant Constructed "within miles of Goderich" . He )n County Council , "In lit schedule, it will be ial by 1985 arid supply he western region - Lon- don, with lines to Kitchener". Mr. Mosher would not comment on speculation that the new Plant • would be built at Blake, a ham- let in the Bayfield area. Leo Van- plew of Hamilton, a' public relat- ions,officer. with Ontario Hydro, later commented that "It is not news by any means that hydro is considering •such a move nor should Mr.. Mosher's comments' be considered as-an announcement". He said that Hydro was not about to announce anything with respect , 'to plants while the Ontario Energy Lavergne MacMillan, a of this community , has appointed as Vice President eneral Manager of Standard ical Ltd, with headquarters ntreal, The announcement • lade by company president rd F. Powell. John. L. MacMillan vergne, as he is known to t of his friends in this area , ed Standard Chemical in 1952 graduation from university. e 1957 'he has held various • tions with the company in the trial CheMicals Division recently being the Manager rganic Chemicals Business • ndard.Chernical, a subSidiary G industries, Inc. , 'recently pleted a modernization and anti expansion to its Chlor- caustic soda plant at Beauhar- Quebec 'and is'a major pro- `r of th ese.chemicals and• 56.00 A Year In Advance — $2.00 Extra To. U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1974 Single, Copy' 15c 20 Pages Villiam MacKenzie of renewed her Sentinel Lion this week, which in ,not an Unusual happening Sentinel week. rs. MacKenzie , who is as [id deVoted as any reader Sentinel mailing list 98 years of age on March d.this makes the worthy of special men- former resident ofiucknow, she .has made her home for. a ntim- . ber -of years With her .daughter •- Katherine at 65 KeeWatin Ave.. r • in Toronto. She remains • •' keenly interested in the happen- ings of Lucknow .and .area and had the following, comment in her later to. the editor "When The ' Sentinel comes in, that Means I - sit down and find out .what, is going On . will 6e:9$ sodium chlorate, as, well as being a distributor across Canada of in- dustrial and specialty chemicals made by. PPG Industries , •Inc . , and other companies. Lavergne , for a number of years. has. been residing in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania and , with the new appointment , will move to the Montreal area. Lavergne is the' son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John MacMillan. Former Minister Did. At G-uelph Rev. L W. Stewart, a former minister at Lucknow United Church, passed away at Guelph General Hospital.on Monday morning, February 25th. . The funeral service will be con• ducted at the Skinner and MilbrOok Funeral Parlours, Port • Credit on Thursday , February 28th at 1:30 p.m. Interment will be at Oakville. , BY MARIAN ZINN At last week's Huron County Board of Education monthly meet- ing ,"the Board approved the estab- lishment of the Mr. and Mrs. W.F. MacDonald Award at F.E. Madill Secondary School, Wingharn. This annual award , being donated by the Farnily of Mr. and Mrs. W.V. MacDonald of Lucknow , is to be a $50.00 Schol- arship, offered to a student of F. E. Madill Secondary School Board hearings are in pr6gress. He said the board is looking at prop- osed Hydro expansion for the next 20 years. While Hydrd are tight-lipped about the location of the new ,plant , The Sentinel has been aware for some time that three prime locations along the Lake Huron shoreline have :been consid- ered for the proposed plant. One of, the sites under consider- ation is located at Sheppardton, between Port Albeit and Goderich, on March 12th and want to' send my best wishes to all my Lucknow. friends. My health is quite good and I, enjoy every day as it cornes". Although a couple of weeks early The Sentinel, on behalf of this community, would like to extend birthday wishes to a lady who has alw a ys, shown a high degree-of interest in her home town and its people. Kinsmen Welcome New. Members The Lucknow and District Kins- men Club welcomed two new members into their club at the regular meeting, last Wednesday evening. Ken Taylor and Ray Nelson join' ed the newly formed club. Ray was' a former Member of the St. Thomas Club. Guest speakers for the evening were Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. Huron-Bruce and-John Green, Drayton; a candidate for gover- nor of District 1. The subscription price of The Lucknow Sentinel will increase April 1st from $6 to $8 per year. United- States and foreign subscri- ptions will be $10 per year because of extra postage costs out- side Canoida . Single copy price will increase from 154, to 200. who qualifies for a Secondary School. Honour Graduation Diplo- ma . Conditions of the Award are: (1) The award shall be given to a:resident of Huron or Kinloss Township, or of the Village of Lucknow , who plans to proceed to a Canadian post-secondary instit- ution. (2) The winner must have obtain- ed the Secondary. School Honour Graduation diploma not more Another site , immediately south of Goderich and very close to the Goderich town limits, is being Considered. The third proposed site is the one mentioned at last week's meeting, near the village of Bayfield. Whether the Bayfield site has any preferance over the ;other two is only known by officials of Ontario Hydro; however , the fact remains that this community could have. the' new plant located on its doorstep, if either of the other two sites are chosen. Cubs, 'Scouts HOld Faqier-Son - Banquet Approximately 50:Boy Scouts ! Cubs and their fathers attended the father and son banquet held Saturday night'at the LucknoW United Church. •The mothers pre- pared and served the meal. Rev. Robert Nicholls.acted as chairman for the evening. Grace was given by Rev. Nicholls , foilpwed by a toast to the Queen and the singing of God Save the Queen a with Norman Taylot as pianist. Following the meal, the ladies were thanked .by Jack Treleaven. Rev. Nicholls welcomed everyone Mark Abbott , a member of the Boy Scouts, proposed a toast to the fathers and this was replied to by his father Morley Abbott; Garry Koyle, leader of the Boy Scouts and Jim Morrison, Cub Leader were4ntroduced and each spoke briefly. Their assistants, Morley Abbott for the Scouts and Tom Chester for the Cubs, were also introduced. The evening was brought to a close with the showing of two palms . The last increase in the Sentinel Subscription rate was three years ago. Over the three year period The Sentinel has absotbed numer- ous costincreases. Renewals. will be accepted until March 30th at the present' rate with a two year maximum. than -one year following the receipt of the Secondary School Graduation Diploma: (3) The winner must have an average of 70°7o in the best six credits used for the Secondary School Honour Graduation diplo- ma. (4) The winner must haVe contrib- uted positively to dhe spirit Of the sdhool , (5) The winner must show prOmise of contributing to Canadian SOc- Ken Farrish Wins Scoring Championship, Registers 73 Points KEN FARRISli, Ken Farrish, son of Mr.' and •Mrs.. Duncan Farrish of Lochalsh, who has been playing hockey with the Stratford 'Warriors for the. past sea,- son, won the 1973-74 O. H.A. Junior "B" Scoring Championship in their grouping., Teams in the group were •Stratford , Sarnia , St. •Marys , Loncldn and Petrolia He ended the• season with 33 goals and 40 assists for a total of 73 points , just one more than a top scoring Sarnia player. 'The Point that put Ke,n on top was acquired in the last 14 seconds of play in the final regular season game. He received his trophy at the playoff game between Strat- ford and Sarnia on Sunday. , Ken is preSently a Grade 13 stud- ent at Stratford Central Secondary School. Stratford and-Sarnia are present- ly in 'a best-of-seven playoff •ser- ies with Stratford down 3 games to •1 as this was written Monday. The 5th game was played last - night ; Tuesday and a sixth and seventh, if necessary , would be Wejinesday andthursday. Died In . Hospital • Mark Leonard Johnston of Luck- now passed away in Wingham and and District Hospital on Saturday, February 23rd in his 83rd year. The funeral service was held at MacKenzie Memorial Chapel,. Lucknow on Tuesday., February 26th. Temporary entombment was at South Kinloss Mansokurn. iety. (6) If more than one candidate appeari suitable for the' award, preference shall be given to the candidate who (a) "will not ,be the recipient of other major awards, and (b) appears to have the great- est financial need. (7) The winner will be selected, by the principal and staff of F. E. Madill Secondary School, and will be prAented at the disoretion CONTINUEDN PAGE 19 dear Power Station. Announced For ..Ggdotich -Area iheppardton One Of Three Sites Under Consideration Lucknow Native Gets New Posting To Montreal Area s. Wm. MacKenzie Is Approaching 98th Birthday, Remains Keenly Interested in Home Town Sentinel Subscription Rate Will Advance' Effective April 1st Establish Scholarship in Name Of Lucknow couple: