The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-09-08, Page 1Oil Testing In
Ashfield Township
KINGSBRIDGE NEWS
Shell Oil drillers from Leh-.
bridge, ' Alberta hive been test-
drilling for oil 'on sideroaxi 6,
Ashfield Township, every 60 feet
and down 30 feet, putting dowh a
charge• of dynamite.
' Work began on Tuesday, August 31,
Today, Monday, September 6, as.
this is written, even: though it is
Labour Day, men are laying wires
and the charges' will be let off and sound readings taken to determine If there is oil.
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Receives 6. Sc. Named. Principal
At Kingsbridge
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17-Year•Old
Flies Cessna .
Toronto To Trail
In 22 Haves
Ben Thompson, 17-year-old son '
of Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Thompson
(Isabelle MacPherson) of Caledon,
Ontario recently coMpleted a
remarkable piece of aviation.
Ben, accompanied by his grand-
father D'Arcy Thompson of Trail,
British Columbia, :flew his 120
Cessna. Aircraft from . Toronto to
Trail in 22 hours. His grandfather,
D'Arcy Thompson, had flown east
on a regular commercial flight to
>Toronto so ' Ben wood have
company on the .flight to B.C..
The pair ran into some tough
weather. High winds near Fort '
MacLeod forced -them down and
then gale-force winds in the
Crowsnest Pass reached 60-80
miles per hour.
Ben, 17, is a high school, student
at. Caledon and obtained .his pilot's
licence on his 16th birthday. His
dad, Fred Thompson; is with Air
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'After a , two week visit to B.C.
Ben flew the plane home.
Ben if a grandson- of Mr. and •
Mrs. Gordon McPherson, St.
Helens, his mother being,, the
former Isabelle MacPherson.
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'August Swimming
Results At
Lucknow Pool
. The following have passed in the
August session of swimming lee-
sons at the Lucknow Swimming
Pool.
PRE-BEGINNERS
David Cayley, Randy Collins,
Lisa Barger, John de Boer, Cindy
Emmerton, ,Lori Emmerton, Danny
Gilchrist, Andy Grazier, Laurie
Harkness,' Denise Helm, Kim
Hilverda, Kevin Irwin, Evelyn
Lennips',. Juanita Little, Dorothy
Martin, Ruth Martin., Audrey
MacDougall, Jeff Philmore, David
Reed, Vicki Rutledge, Elizabeth
Smeltzer. .
/ BEGINNERS
Jamie Alton, Suzanne Alton,
Donna Damsma, Jeff Gibson, Vicky
Hackett, Lynn Hilverda, Dorothy
Lennips, Rocky Little, John D.
MacKenzie, Janice McInnes, Dav-
id Ross, Linda Searle, Jeananne
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• RONALD FRANK SIELOFF
Ronald Frank Sieloff, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elroy Sieloff of St. Clair
Shores, Michigan and grandson of
Mr. and Mrs; Rudy Sieloff (pee
Norine Hodgins, formerly f Kin=
lough) of Detroit`, 'grade •" with
honours from Wayne State Univer-
sity receiving a Bachelor of Science
Degree, majoring in , Chemistry.
The American Chemical Society
elected him "The 1976 Outstand-
ing Undergraduate in the Depart-
ment of Chemistry - Wayne State
University','`. •
, He was also honoured by the Phi
Lambda Upsilon • Fraternity,' a
Chemistry Fraternity,
He is in Atlanta, Georgia at the
Georgia Institute 'of Technology
(Georgia Tech) where he has been
accepted to pursue the degree of
Doctorate in Chemistry, his Ph.D.
He is currently doing research
work there .' for the summer.
;September, , he, will assume his
teaching duties and begin his own
classes and studies in pursuit of his
Ph.D. •
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New Asmnment
On Baffin Itkind
Wallace Houston returned froth
Goiania, Brazil, early in Atigust,
and visited with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Houston, Luck-
now. Since that time he, has been
working at Survair Limited head-
quarters in Ottawa.
After a vacation, Wallace was in
LucknOw on Labour Day, to re-pack
and report for duty at Frobisher
Bay and Hall's Beach, on Baffin
Island, in the North West Territor-
,ies.
He expects to be in this locality
three or , four weeks. Wally is an
airplane mechanic 'with Survair .
Ltd. - •
Barn Damaged,
Friends Assist
Huron Tvvp. Family
BY AB WYLDS
On Friday, the damaged barn
roof at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. G.
A:. Meurs on the 4th concession
west in Huron Township, was taken
down.
The ',work bee was made up of
neighbours and . members of the
Lucknow: Christian Reformed
Chtirch. Starting on Monday of ;,
this week, Cleason Martin Of
Ashfield and his helpers started
installing' a new roof.
It will be recalled that a freak
twister windstorm did considerable
damage at the farm, earlier this
summer.
Mi. and Mts. Meurs are thankful
Ito all those who have' helped them.
KINGSBRIDGE NEWS
A. very special welcome is given
to David Zyluk, the new principal. of
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic.
School at Kidgsbridge. Mr.' Zyliik
replaces Clem Steffler, principal of
the .school for the past nine years;
who recently moved to Whitelaw,
Alberta.
Mr. Syluk was born in Dublin,
Ireland, receives his *early educa-
tion in England, completed grade
13 at the Listowel High School and
graduated' from the University of
Western Ontario, London. While
attending London Teacher's Col-
lege, he taught at the fanshawe
College.
For the past four years, Mr.
Zyluk taught Grades 7 and :8 at the
Precious "Blood Separate School in
Exeter and was the Physical'
Education co-ordinator of the
school for both boys and girls. He'
founded the Soccer Club in. Exeter
4 years ago.,
At present, Mr. Zyluk is working
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Former Resident
Pea In l'OOth'Year
Miss Lottie Armstrong died at
Parkwood Hospital in 'London on .
Friday, September 3rd. She was in
.11q1'..,,WPA Year.
Miss Armstrong, was raised here,
the family home being the present
residence of Stuart. Collyer. While
she left here as a young woman,
Miss Arm4iong was a .frequent
visitor here with' friends over the
years.
She is 'survived .by nieces and
nephews. 'The funeral was in
London on Tuesday with burial in
Woodland Cemetery.
• An Ontario grant of $150,000 will
'be awarded to the Maitland Valley
'ConServation, Authority over the
next four years for land- acquisition
in the Saratoga Swamp, Natural
Resources Minister • Leo Bernier'
announced recently.
Located along Sharps Creek in
the Township of WestWawanosh,
the swamp coinprises 4,000 acres,
mark their 57th wedding anniver-
sary in October. Mr. WcDonald is •
89 and Mrs. MacDonald, the
former, May Graham, is 81.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Graham.
of Lucknow observed their 52nd
anniversary in July. Mr. Graham is
78 and Mrs. Graham, the former
Sadie Gee, is 74.
Win New Car In
CNE Lottery
Edward and Nancy Brown of
Lucknow are the winners of a brand
new 1976 Monte Carlo automobile,
haying been advised by letter by.
the Canadian' National TExhibition
of their good fortune on Saturday.
The Browns were at the Ex on
September 1st and purchased five.
tickets in the C.N.E. Lottery. The
grand prize at the end of the
Exhibition is anew home while the
daily prize, pulled each evening
during the exhibition, is an
automobile and other major prizes.
Edward is a teacher at Ripley
District School • and Nancy is
employed as a lab technician at
VVingharn and District Hospital.
Died At Huronview
John Mills Aitchison, a
' former resident of West Wawa-
nosh Township and White-
church, passed away at Huronview,
Clinton on Wednesday, 'September
1 1st. He was 88: • •
The funeral service was' held at
MacKenzie Memorial' Chapel,
Lucknow on Friday, September 3.
Interment was in Greenhill
Ceinetery. i •
i of' which 460 acres have been
previously' acquired.
Flood control will be maintained
in the area, Which has been,
experiencing residential dePelop,,
ment pressUres. ° ,
Acquisition of the land will also
protect the biological community in
both the swamp and Sharps Creek,
which supports brook and rainbow
' trout.
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Sangster of
Toronto were 50 years married
August 18. Mr. Sangster is 89
years of age and Mrs, Sangster, the
former Bessie Graham, 'is 85. •
Douglas Graham, Mrs. MacDon-
ald and Mrs. Sangster are brother
and sisters. •
All reside in their own homes.
.THREE COUPLES FROM
ONE FAIVIILYMARK
159 ANNIVERSARIES
Three couples, all from the same
family, were recently pictured.
Among them, they have marked'
159 wedding anniversaries.
Left to right are Mr. and. Mrs. W.
F. MacDonald of Lucknow who will
SUSAN HOGEBOOM
Susan Hogeboorn,. daughter, of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hogeboom of
Napanee, recently, graduated from
St. Lawrence College, Kingston,
with her nursing . diploma.
Susan has accepted a:position on
the .staff of Memorial Medical
Centre, Corpus Christi, TexaS.
Mrs. Hogeboom the former
anie Alton of Lucknow.
Ontario Grant Of $150,000 For
Land Access In Saratoga Swamp
Region Of West Wawanosh Township