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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1975-10-22, Page 121st PRIZE WINNER WILL RECEIVE A BICYCLE Other valuable prizes will be given to 2nd and 3rd winners . leessmiesamsameimesemis BRING YOUR COLOURED PICTURE TO RON MACHAN HOME HARDWARE LUCKNOW ONTARIO 32-PAGE COLOURING BOO with eao h entry Contest open to children 12 years of age and under. Contest closes Sat. Nov. 1, and entries muse be re- ceived by midnight that day. Judging for the best pictur will be held Sat. Nov. 25, and wirmersovill be notified by phone and/oi mail. Prizes must be accepted as awarded. No cash trade-M. Take your entry to your nearest Home Hardware Store. via LUCKNOW- SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO e Small Seminar usiness management semin- trianY for people interested 2114 small hOiness, will be held in Wingham at the Wingham Canad- , .0ian Legions Hall on Monday, November 3rd. Arranged by the visory Services Department of e Industrial Development Bank, co-operation with the Wingham BuSiness Association, the seminar 14,40 be one of several hundred eniiducted by the Bank in smaller cities and towns across Canada. OFFICIAL OPENING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 *inter works assistance is .as yet uncertain., About $50,000 to $75,000 stilt remains to be raised by either public donations or "taxation. Volunteer labour completed the painting and varnishing of the building just prior to the opening. The large ice surface, attractive bright cushions, change rooms and auditorium make the building .a most attractive one. Chairman Bob called a number of platform guests to the stage for short remarks: Bill Tranter, Ripley Reeve; Russell Stanley, Huron Reeve; Floyd Weick, Reeve of Kincardine representing • Albert Woriall, Bruce County Warden who was absent because of illness;' Allan Irwin of the complex commit- tee who introduced .Crawford Douglas, M.P. fcir Bruce-Grey; Oliver Gaffney of Logan Contract- ing of. Stratford; general contract- ors; Mrs. Leismer representing W.O.A.A.; Wes Oswald represent- ing 0.M .H.A.; Tory Gregg repres- enting the 0.H.A.; Clayton Nichol- son, former Reeve of Ripley who introduced Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. for Huron-Bruce. Mr. Gaunt referred the opening as 'a hallmark occasion in the community. "I don't know of another community in the province where community spirit is more evident", said Mr. Gaunt. Other 'guests unable to be present were Ross Whicher, former _M.P. for Bruce and. JaCk Pierson of Pierson Buildings. - A short program included the following: Chris MacDonald and her Scottish Dancers, Heather and Barbara Scott, Heather and Nancy MacDonald, Joan Irwin; vocal solo by Larry Irwin accompanied on the piano by Ann Ferguson; vocal duet by Corinne Boyle and Joanne Pollock accompanied on piano by Mrs. Wallace Pollock; a monologue. by Myrtle MacLean; vocal solo by John Kelly accompanied on the piano by Susan Elliott; step dancing by Lisa Farrell, Janice. Elliott, Kay Walden and. Linda MacDonald,.with Elliott and Grace Carruthers on fiddle and piano. Richard Sand dedicated the new-- building and Murray Gaunt cut the ribbon . to officially open the complex. Oliver Ga,ffney, the contractor, presented the keys to Reeves Bill Tranter an4- Russell Stanley. Members of the building com- mittee in.charge of the complex are chairman, Bob Emerson; co-chair- man, John D. MacKay; secretary, Doug Coultes; treasurer, Mrs. Marlene Coiling; representing Rip- ley, Ken MacDonald, Allan Irwin; Huron, • Elmer Courtney, Mrs. Carol Bell, Sam MacGregor; village council, Mrs. Marg Rouse, Rod MacDonald; township council, Bert Elliott, Gary MacDonald; agricul- tural society, Jack Farrell; legion, Dave Henderson; junior farmers, Bruce Aitken and Clair Halliday; high school and former high school students, Gail Messenger, Cannon Courtney, Janice Reeves and Brian MacKay. Lunch followed and a dance to Catrutherk Orchestra. Some 25 to 35 people interested in business are expected to attend the, seminar which will consider operating projections add financial statements of a small business and the effect that an expansion has on them. Jack Ward, C.A. of the firm Ward and Uptigrove, will discuss various aspects of business plan- ning and will be available to field registrants' questions on finance, fiscal controls and/or taxation matters. The IDB, which was established in 1944 as a subsidiary of the Bank of Canada, makes loans to busin- esses of all types for a variety of purposes. Almost . half of , the Bank's loans are for $?,5,000 or less and the Bank is especially interest- ed in assisting smaller businesses. The Advisory Services Depart- ment of the Bank publishes a series of pamphlets ' on small business management, provides information on Federal assistance programs available to businesses, organizes management seminars and in ether ways tries to help business people to improve their management skills. Bruce Road Staff OK 2 Year rut Employees of the Bruce County Highways Department ratified, a two-year agreement last week through the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1654. ° An across-the-board increase of 90-cents-an-hour is effective Oct- ober 8. A further 60-cents-an-hour will be effective July 16, 1976 and WEDNESDAY OCTOBER retroactive pay of 55-cents will revert to July 15 of 1 when the former agreeme ed. Average wage of the 36 employees was $4.06 an In addition the work we( has been 45 hours, will be during the winter seaso hours. Lack of funds in tl highways account has committee to authorize a tl shutdown• of road construe maintenance effective Ge