The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-02-01, Page 14
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The Lucknow and District
Community Centre fund raising "
campaign swung into action this
week with the announcement of
the $52,000 lottery boasting a
weekly prize of $1,000 for 52
weeks with the first draw to be
made on, March lst.
All tickets will 'remain in the
draw for the 52 weeks; one ticket
gives a subscriber one chance
1
000
Community. lottery.,
each week for a full year to win
$1,000.Q0. Only 1;500 tickets will
be sold making the odds 1 in 28.
Ticket holders may make
arrangements to pay,the $104 for
their ticket in a monthly, quarter-
ly, semi-annual or annual pay-
ment, making it possible for
anyone who can manage $10.40 a
month to get in on the draw. It is
also possible for a group to buy
one ticket, sharing 141e cost.
' All lottery proceeds will be
used .to fund the new Lucknow
and District Community ' Centre
already under construction at
Caledonian Park.
The fund raising committee
expects that the money raised
from the lotterywill leave very
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little be raised to pay the costs
if the new centre.
All tickets must be sold before
the first draw on March 1st and
the fund raising committee is
planning a blitz of the area during
the week of February 5th when
you can purchase a ticket on the
lottery, or make a donation which
will be tax deductible. '
The
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1978
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Lucknow Co-op
plans new store
•Austin Martin, R. R. 5 Luck -
now, Bill Andrew, R. R. 7
.Lucknow and Leo Murray, R. R. 3
Holyrood were appointed by
acclamation as the new directors
to the board of the Lucknow
District Co-operative at the annu-
al meeting. of the Co-operative
held at the Lucknow 'Legion on
Tuesday,. January 24. .
Retirtng direetoy- and outgoing
president, Austin Martin, agreed
Huron
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to. serve for another three year
term, and retiring director Harv-
ey Culbert, although nominated,
declined to stand. Retiring direct-
or, Terry Dalton, having served
six years on the board was not
eligible to, stand for re-election.
The Board of Directors for -the'
coming- year -include the, three
new directors, Doug Cameron, R.
R. 7 Lucknow, Merle Gunby, 1.
.11, 1 Dungannon, Doug Martyn,
R. R. •3 Lucknow, Albert Taylor,.'
R.R. 2 Lucknow, Dot Scott, R. R.
• 1 Ripley and Bob Irwin, R. R. 3
Lucknow.
Foderation The head table guests included
circulates
petition
The Ontario Federation of
Agricultiire is submittingj.,
posal for a corn marketing board
without agency powers to the
Ontario government. A petition
naming farmers who want to see
the Ontario. Farm Products Mark-
eting Board conduct a plebicite .
among the recent growers of
grain corn to determine the estab-
lishment of a. negotiating type
marketing plan in Ontario will
accompany the proposal.
County Federations.of Agricul-
ture are being asked to circulate
the petitions among area farmers
to allow submission of the
proposal to the government soon.
Merle Gunby, Huron Federa-
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tion of Agriculture vice-president
is circulating the petition in the
Lucknow area and any farmer
wishing to support the plebicite
should contact him. at 529-7610.
A study of the present corn
marketing system has prompted
the Ontario Federation of Agricul-
ture Grains Committee to propose
a modification of the present
system to deal with current and
continuing tiroblems,
The Committee feels, said
Gunby, 6$ a corn Marketing
board witlepowers to buy and sell
or powers with pricing is not the
practical solution to, current
difficulties. About 40% of the
Ontario,grain corn is fed on
Ontario farms, without entering
commercial channels. The farmez
sells predominately into a feed
market . and must tempete with
Western Feed Grains and Ameri-
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John Black, United Co-operatives
of Ontario (U.C.0..) Zone 5
director; Nelson Hill, the manag-
er of the Lucknow District Co-op
and U.C.O. Group 2 director,
Stuart ,Lockhart.
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Storm:
worst
in'a
ecade
The b6t-tom dropped out of the
barometer last Thursday and the -
storm described as a winter
*hurricane struck southern Ontario .
and parts of the north-eastern
• United States causing death and
damage.
The barometer fell to a r rd
low in the 108 years that the
readings have been logged.
Hurricane force Winds were
measured at 128 kmh, nearly 80
miles at hour, causing a blinding
blizzard that blew up within
fifteen minutes during icy rain. ,
• Described as a massive colli-
sion of warm, moist air from the
Gulf of Mexico and frigid, arctic
alt. from Northern Ontario, Luck -
now sat in the eye -of the storm
with fluffy . snow falling and
drifting and blowing snow in the
country.
T4 storm here was not as bad
as the one that hit on Tuesday,
January 40th ,NVhdt1 you couldn't
see' past your front window -pane
and everything including the
Bank of IVIontreal was closed.
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Doesn't eryone love tt Panty? Daryl Graham, 3, didn't even seetn to mind when the flower.pot hat
didn't cause his snowman to come to life. Daryl is the son of Lloyd and Deldre Graham, R. It. 1 Laciiinow.
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