The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-01-31, Page 1Bog crashvi
One of four Weston Collegiate students, .
who were killed in a crash between a
chartered school bus and a loaded tanker
trailer on highway 400, north of Barrie last.
Thursday; was buried, in Ripley Sunday.
Scott -James Cameron-, 15, is the son of
Murray Cameron, Toronto, formerly of Pine
River and his wife, the former, Oral
Finlayson, formerly of Huron Township.
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The bus was one of a convoy of seven
headed for Mount St. Louis, where the
students were •planning to go skiing on their
annual outdoor education day. The crash
occurred at an S-bend on the slush covered
road about three miles north of Barrie.
The 'bus, second .in a line offive, skidded
as it came off the curve, crossed the highway
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Ripley
and ended up in a snowbank. It was strucl•
by a tanker, loaded with flour, which
demolished the rear 'of the bus, tearing the
bus in two.
Four students died, five were critically
injured, 15 others, including the tanker
driver, were in serious condition and 16
suffered cuts and bruise
Scott is survived' by Nisi parents„ one
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sister, Susan, Prince George, British Col-
umbia, and his grandmothers; Mrs. Violet
Cameron, Pine River, and Mrs. Verna
Finlayson, Ripley.
The Natal was held Sunday afternoon at
2.30 p.m. from the MacKenzie and
Ivicereath-Funetal Home, Ripley'„,and buriat.
followed in Ripley Cemetery.
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Wingham
hospital will
close beds
There will defintely be a clogure of active
treatment beds at Wingham and District
Hospital in view of the budget restraints
announced recently by the.. .Minister -of ,
Health Dennis Timbrell, •
, "We have no:choice," said the hospital's
executive director,, Norman Hayes, who
estimates. approximately - 18. beds
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closed this• year with fewer beds closed in
following years The hospital board has not,
as yet, met to discuss how tileY. will handle
.• the budget • restraint, The :.hospital •will
receive the sante atibUtit of money in their:
1979 budget as last year. While this is not a
budget cutback, it does not keep up with the
OA Per cent inflation rate. . •
The quality of actual are itself Will, net
change said Ilayes. "Quality 'should remain.
the same," said Hayes. "It is quantity that
Will be affected." "We will have to bemore
stringent about our admission procedures,"
he Cothinented. • - ,* .
The Wingham and Districts.HosPital Board
will meet on February 14 and the public is Stu Rea**, Lucknow, right, won firat. plaee 14 the 13,000:fitack class
invited t� attend. , , and fourth in.the 10,000 stock class In the Western Ontario Tractor
Pullers' Association for 19713: The ASsOciation's awards dinner was
• held at the tkeEtOW Coininunity Centre on Saturday ovenhig. when , •
. the awards presentations were *ode. Shown with Stu are the first
place , -winners In the other classes. From the left, .they are Ralph
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A fire on the farm of J. C, Drennan,
concession 6 Of Ashfield Township, com-
pletely destroyed a driving shed and the.
'machinery it housed on Saturday night..
The fire was discovered around 8 p.m._ by.
neighbour, Doug Blake, who had been
•Welding in the doorway of the building
earlier in the evening. The cause of the fire,
which originated in the back of the shed, is
still unknown. •
Mr. and Mrs. Drennan are vacationing in
the south and have not been informed of the
loss. Their sons, Paul and Shaun were home
at the time of the fire, as well as Dave Gorrel
who was helping do chores. •
Lost in the fire were a 'Massey Ferguson
65 tractor, a -mix mill, two gravity boxes, two
forage wagons, a corn planter and a manure
spreader.
Lucknow District Fire Department an-
swered the call, but were unable to do mudh
to save the building. n
There is no estimate of damage aVailahle.
Thede, Port Frei, first In the 7,000 truck class; Bill liendertion; R. 3
Kippen; •first in the 7,600. Open and the 9,000 open claimed; Paul •
Murray, R. SS.eaforth, Wit in the 16;000 stock and the 18,000 stock
classes and Fred. Dutot, R 7 Clinton; first In the 10,000 stock, and.
12000 tock classes. .• [Sentinel Staff Photoj
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,,-Appoilifforattitotit,co-ordinator.
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Denise Dalton; Kingsbridge has been
appointed community co,OrdinatOr for St.
Joseph's .Community School, after the school
received a government grant to further the
use of the school as' centre for community
A graduate of the University of Guelph,
Ms. Dalton has worked as a freehmce artist.
...She wants to bring more 'cultural groups
into the school, and ififfiaiiiiies in thiii —
periods when the school is not already being
used.
As community co-ordinater, Ms. Dalton
will train .people who are good in certain
areas to teach others in night school or
supervise' programsf. -
She wantslo start new programs in sports,
crafts and recreational activities.
Ms.. Dalton sees the advantages ' of a
community school as beneficial to the com-
munity, She feels that the government grant
will support the prograins already started, to
Make sure of the school outside its education •
format, '
The comniunity, involvement will provide
job training for youth in community and an
opportunity to find summer employment.
The co ordination of community activities
will also set an example for the youth as to
ways they can .use their spare time wisely,
she said. -
"Eventually it will be up to, the people
themselves to keep the community school
operating,': said Ms. Dalton, and a
co-ordinator will help get, the idea of a
community school firmly established.
ucknow firemen wi
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BY DONALD SIMPSON
The Township of Ashfield has decided not
to sign an agreement for Fire Protection with
the Town of Goderich for the South West
portion of the township. All fire protection in
Ashfield Township will come from the
Lucknow District Fire Department.
In 1978 an agreement was made between
the Townships of Aihfield, Kinloss, West
Wawanosh and the Village of Lucknow to
form the Lucknow District Fire Department
with each municipality sharing in both .the
capital and operation costs. A new fire truck
was purchased.
The Tovvn of Goderich was advised that
they could no longer provide fire protection
for Ashfield Township without a formai
agreement. A tentative agreement was
reached for the balance of 1978. '
At a meeting of council held January 23,
1979, a new agreement was presented
whereby Ashfield . 'Would be assessed
$3,371.000for 1979 for protection. Council
voted- not to sign the agreement but to use
the Lucknow District Fire Department for
the whole of Ashfield Township.
In future all residents are instructed to call
the Lucknow Fire Department in case of fire.
\ The telephone number is 528-3131.