The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-12-28, Page 13Lucknow Seintinel, Thursday, December 21, 1978 --Page 13
- July August
Gather at Open Community Centre..
GreyOx
People of character they
were,
People of strong wills,
Friendly people whose hearts
and
Minds helped build this land.
A "Scotch mist"cleared
arid the sun broke through as
the kilt was drawn away with
a ribbon to nova the Grey
Ox Memorial Plaque at the
dedication ceremony on Sun-
day afternoon, July 9, 1978.
Former pupils of Grey Ox
School and former- residents
of the Grey Ox community
from across Canada and
some from the United States
joined families of the com-
mutlity today at the Grey Ox
A
corner for the Grey Ox
Gathering.
The plaque was unveiled
by 90 -year-old William F.
MacDonald, the oldest living
pupil of the 'Grey Ox . School,
who started school there 84
years ago. He represented
the pioneers who settled the
community and built the
school. Heather MacDougall
assisted Mr. MacDonald as a
representative of the future
generations who will live in
the community. Her grand-
father, Lloyd MacDougall,
attended Grey Ox School.
Fraser MacKinnon introduc-
ed Miss MacDougall and Mr.
MacDonald to • the gathering.
min.or epidemic
The Lucknow Medical
Centre confirmed on Monday
that there is a minor epidem-
ic of a virus infection in
Lucknow and the surround-
ing area. Although children
have been the most suscep-
tible to the infection, there is
no clear evidence to connect
it to the Lucknow Swimming
Pool.
The infection is not being
passed in the pool but around
the pool from child to child
said the medical spokesman.
Virus swabs have been
sent to St. Joseph's Hospital,
in London, which does the
virus studies for the city of
London, and the virus has
been isolated but the name
has not yet been determined.
Is3olation of the virus will
not lead to a treatment of the
infection, because it is like
measles, there is no treat-
ment. You can only watch for
complications and give sup-
portive treatment. Isolating
the virus is of academic
interest to learn what kind of
virus is causing the infection.
Youth killed
Brian Snowden, R. R. 2
Lucknow, West Wawanosh
Township, died early Sunday
morning in a single vehicle
accident on concession 10 of
West Wawanosh, east of St.
Helens.
Brian was a passenger in a
half -ton truck driven by
Steven Davidson, 17, of R. R.
2 Lucknow, which left the
road and flipped over in the
ditch around 1.15 a,m.. Sun-
day.
Steven is in fair . condition
in Victoria Hospital; Londono --
and another passenger, Bart
Beyersbergen, 17, R. R. 2
Lucknow, is in satisfactory
condition in Wingham and
District Hospital.
Brian is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Snowden, R. R.
�. Lucknow.
Wins baton
• championship
Tommy Gilmore, 10, of
Lucknow, defended his All
Canadian Boys Baton Twirl-
ing Championship title in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, on,the
weekend and brought home
the title for the third year in a
row. Competing in the junior
boys division for boys aged
11 to 14, Tommy took the
open solos class and the
Canadian Boys . Champion-
ship.
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A ribbon cutting ceremony
on Saturday afternoon mark-
ed the official opening of the
new Lucknow and District
Community Centre. Built at a
cost of $275,000, it has been
called the "biggest project
this community has ever
taken on".
The concept of a Lucknow
Community Centre was initi-
ated by the local Lions Club
who also spearheaded the
fund raising drive. Funds
were raised through a weekly
$1,000 lottery draw, which
netted approximately
$80,000, as well as around
$22,000 in donations.
The ribbon was cut by Stu
Reavie, chairman of the
building committee for the
ractor Pull
attracts 5,00
Close to 5,000 people came
to Lucknow on the weekend
to watch the top names
compete at the Molson's
Points Series Class A Tractor
Pull. Billed as the biggest
tractor pull in Western Ont-
ario for this season, pullers
came from Michigan, Ohio,
the Ottawa Valley and all
over Ontario.
People were coming into
town as early as Tuesday of
last week to camp until
Saturday for the' pull.
The pull was sponsored by
the Lucknow Tractor Pullers'
Association and after expen-
ses the proceeds from .the
pull will be given to the
Lucknow District 'Community
Centre.
The Lucknow Association
built a track costing $3,500 at
the C.N.R. property north of
the railway tracks on Have-
lock Street. The hillside was
an excellent "bleachers'' for
the spectators and there was
adequate space behind the
track for preparing tractors
with separate access from
Dies in
accident
An accident on Friday
morning, _.Jultiy.. _7...about... _ 10
a.m. claimed the life of the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Barger, Lucknow.
David Mercer, 17, and a
companion, Todd Hamilton,
17, of Montecello, illinois,
were driving along highway
10, about 18 miles south of
Owen Sound when the car
left the road on the right
shoulder and came back onto
the - highway where it rolled
over twice. Both occupants
were thrown from the car
which came to rest on the
highway.
David received severe
head injuries and was treated
at Markdale Hospital. He
was transported by air ambu-
lance
to Toronto General
Hospital on Friday afternoon
where he died Sunday after-
noon.
Todd received Cuts and
bruises and, was released
from hospital.
David is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Don Mercer, the fernier
Sybil Barger, Southampton
He has a sister, Barbara and
a brother, Jim.
He was a student at
Saugeen District Secondary
School.
the road.
The traffic flowed easily to
parking space across from
the track area and campers
found grounds for camping
across the road. The Lions
Ladies and the West Huron
Junior Farmers provided re-
freshments from food booths
and the Lions Club manned
the gates and tended bar at
the beer garden.
centre, assisted by Walter
Arnold, chairman of the
finance committee and Barry
McDonagh, treasurer of the
community centre. Joe Ag-
new, president of the Luck -
now Lions Club; Angus Mac-
Donald, representing the
Lucknow Legion; Bill Hunt-
er, chairman of the Lucknow
Recreation Committee, and
master of ceremonies; Barry
Hackett, president of the
Lucknow Kinsmen and Rus-
sell Irvin, president of. the
Lucknow Agricultural Society
also took part in the opening
.ceremony.
Entertainment was provid-
ed by the Lucknow Concert
Band during the ceremony
and the building was open to
the pdblic for viewing. By
Special Appointment provid-
ed the music free of charge
for the dance in the evening.
Kinloss Kaper
It was the "great Kinloss
!Caper". Wally r . Houston,
Lucknow, did not want a
conventional reception fol-
lowing his marriage to Kerry
Hodgins, Ripley, on the
weekend. He barbequed a
side of beef on a rotating spit
over an open fire at his
brother's farm in Kinloss and
over 500 friends and relatives
gathered for an open house
on Saturday and Sunday.
The spit was a combination
effort of Boyle -Houston En-
gineering. Wally had seen a
side of beef barbequed this
way on television about 10
.yv
years ago and he took his
idea to Jim Boyle, of Jim
Boyle Distributors, Lucknow.
They sketched a blueprint
and figured the gear ratio
(the speed at which the spit
turns being a top secret). Jim
had .the gear box .and. the
equipment around his shop
and the result is better than
he had anticipated.
He plans to make another
spit which will cook several
rolls of boneless meat at the
same time but will be design-
ed so the meat will finish'
cooking at various times for
serving a crowd of people.
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