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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO'WEDNE,-:SDAY, JAN. nth, 1955
greement In
yment
• When the Village Council re-
convened on Monday evening for
their inaugural meeting, they
completed t h e : appointments
Which.had been commenced at a
brief ,Morning • sitting/ Mrs. J.
•Marshall, librarian, was appoint-
ed' to the 'library Board for a
three-year term to succeed Miss
Agnes IVIeQuaig, who wished to
retire, • .•
B. Anderson "WeS nominat-
ed as a candidate to represent
Lucknow on the Wirigham. Gen-
eral' Hospital Board. t
idexvMacLeod was appointed
relief officer......
.:The full Council was named as
a Court of Revision. Council 'had
..the option Of .,naming. two out -
nide Men .to this 51man,Court:
•,Council,, decided • they ,should
have something official on reelird
in resPect.,to-LucknOW's,Payment
, of $13,000.• to the.:Wingham Gen-
eral Hoapital chronic 'Parents!.
I wing. Council. now holds LUCk--
notv'S share of the .13r#Ce,COuntY
grant in the amount of $7222,23;
. Application will be made to the
Municipal Board for authority to
issue debentures. for the balance
or $5777.77: A b*.tlaW„ Was pass-
_ ed •approving of this formal ap-
plication. ., .
,.. Council adopted the following
motion: "Thatthey pay to -Wing
ham general Hospital.'Board .an.
interim.. payment. 'of, $1222,23 to
•apply on grant of ' $13,000,
.atithOriied by Village; ,of s4Uckr
now Council,„1*iyernber lst, 1954,
(.fOrcapital expenditures. Satis-
jaCtOrY :authorization regarding,
'.wriCeiPt*of'theSerftifilgqii "bCgitt-:
en to :the Counell, and iisStiKnce
be given by the Wingham -Hos-
Board: that no Surcharge
will be Made to Luekricek •
Vill-
age ..patienta.,. That .-the :Reeve;
Clerk and Chairman of Finance
be empowered to , negotiate • the
'aseirarice: .. before the interini,
stall he.paid". "
Council also recoiMnended that
• when the, balance. ,is Paid an
agreement :be drawn up for the
xecords. "
" The clerk? was instructedto
send a letter. 'Of •appreciation
Bruce, :co*Iti for the grarit.•
4 was passed .authar-.
izieg •eorporation • borrowing .as
required • during the year •Ait, •to:.
. THE NAKED
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Yon can generally:Count on • •
"a ehild.tccgive you a straight
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_ ..forward :answer. Reeve
• ilton gat ..one On Monday, ..
--evening. He was making
o m 6 ' telephone sgOTAVi4.• '
,...„seeking a, lady rneriiber';kfor• "
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the Public Library Board. A. .
. little •girl answered the phone
on one pecasion.. "Is your
.rnumrn'Y in.", asked his ,Wor'-
ship. ,"Yes", Carrie...the; reply,
"she's in the bath tub", ..
Mr. Harn. ilton hurig up and
• tried another 'number.
N.A.INIE AMMO CHAIRMAN
'At the inaugural meetings last,
-week- 'of the 1.4.14now blitriet
aigh•SChool Board and the Limit-.
now. Public School 'Board,. the
chairman of each Board -was re-.
'appointed •to Office.. Allister'
litxgRes .carried • On for ,a 'second
terra as High '':Scheol. 'chairman,
and K. C. Muidie was renamed
for third. term as head 'of. the
Public Scheol, Board:
GOOD FISHING!'
.11/ recently .received h picture
-of- rt---Reactr Irirr--rlorida-,---section-z-Of-z-the.-Assessrrient2--Aet
and showing him 'holding..1 rOd, was quoted, that Was considered
and a fish that came to,his,shotir- to apply iri. this case,. The 1954
der- :;picture Is The Sen-.; Couneil. recommended that .legal
tinel Office 'Window' so that Burt's" advice ' obtained: with which
friends can 'see "What a' good the new Board ;concurred. •
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EIGHT FIA.QES.
WAS NINETY TUESDAY' I VISIT SOUTHERNMOST TWO LOCAL BOYS
TIP OF UNITED STA S
Mrs. John Macteoci observed • TE
J 1-11, Alit FORCE
January 10th, ,at the home of padre ISland, TexaS, we have'•re:
her 90th birthdaY .on MOn4Y, From 'the director of parkS en.
her daughter, Mrs. Harry Nixon. ceived the "following item: .
Mrs. 1V14°Le°d 444 been 4 "Mr.' and Mrs.Morris Reid and
long and esteemed. resident of • faingy, and. No% and Mrs; Ray -
the
„poremunity, and it. is the 're- rigrd Ackert' end .family, all of
git of :13114;okrrym4naYnafir.i. je:dsfaittagt ,your , oorru,punit5.,, •wel,,e-, boils:16yshe is .
visitors .to Isla.,Blanca park on
- 'South, Padre island' TeXas'. great
new ,beach .resert development.
NEW
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The.Rid and- Acicert'S enjoYecIT
SWORNIN. MONDAY
• their visit to this fast deveroping,
year-round-playkfouricl, and were
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••Lucknow's .1954 ,Council Wound
up the year's business ata.. half
hour session on Moriday morn-
ing,. and .had adjourned before
the . time new Board. therriberS
Made. their entrance' te. be serOrn
Little. but routine business en-
gaged •the attention of. the re-
tiring Couneil. A letter was read
from County „ Treasurer T. H.
'Alton; which/. 'accompanied ,the
'County cheque of $7,222.23, , as
LucknoW's share Of the grant to
the ,new Wingham ;Hospital wing
Application to the Municipal'
Board to ,issue debentures f6r the
balance -of the $13;000 levy, and
the disposal of ,the County theque
were matters passed on •to the
new Council.• . • •
An application was. received
from John 'Kilpatrick for' a. re -
'bate of -a" portion of taxes on
the, •••vacant-7.building--greviously
used as an iiiiPlernent shop, Al
.coMplimentery remarks about
'facilities already constructed
in. operation", , • -
Padre; Island, in the Gulf":of
Mexico, is at the sotithermnost
tip • of he :United ,States and only
20 miles from Old Mexico.
VANCOUVER 'QOUPLE SEND
GREETING'S X0 FRIE19§
Lucknow • Sentinel, .
Dear Sir:
Please . find enclosedour Sub-
scription for 1955. ".
--:Onee-againas-we-zstand-on-thg•
threshold of another new year;
il . is. our Pleasure to . extend,
through The •Sentinel, ' our best.
wiSties. to all'. Our .friends in and
around Lucknow, for happiness
and prosperity in the year ahead.
, ;This'. is just one of. the Many
joys ,The Sentinel brings weekly
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to. otir:hom'e.. andWe... wish_ , you
and the old home -town paper the
best-of,*verything for 1955: .• • ,
"•Sincerely yours,
Mr. and Mrs. ,Ewart De,..1VICKeith,
3771! West.' 1 lth Ay
•• 'Vancouver, B.C. ,
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HEADS LEGION
fisherman he is". . • - .The, 'motion of the 1954 Coen-
,. The -weather down there has 'oil , to • adjourn "sine die"and • .•
been 'ideal:. The day- •the .•-•letter FOR SEC ND.. T
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iAias' written. Mr. and Mrs. Roach
Made by. retiring, COttheillors.
'Archie 'Sinith, and S. B. St,others.
In vacating the chair
Stuart' E. Robertson, thanked the
members for their
and said he had never sat ..With
a better bunch. of fellOws
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wished those,. .rernaining every
Ville public schools. • • _*- .•
. .Clerk E. H. Agnew .performed
the 'brief swearing in ceremony
before Reeve A. W. Hamilton and
Councillors V. A. Mowbray, Alex
MacLeod,. • C. 7, Attridge : ; and
George' ..Toynt -.signed their de-
clarations of ..office.,
Reeve Hamilton said he hoped •
had been flagged . down by an . • P , V
.. At the December-_meeting—of
Ontario party; •who, . it • turned out the Lucknow ranch of .the Can,
, . . .
Were from Bowrrnariville. . They adian Legion, 'Kenneth Cameron
:spoke very 'highly of .'a., former was re-elected president for 'a
Leeknowite. Andre* • M. -Thomp-.. second term. During his . first
son Who is principal. of• Bowman- 'term in office the Branch had an
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WEEK OF PRAYER SERVICES
CONCLUDED .pitIDAy
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The Week. ef • Prayer. services.
.conduCtesi ,by the: Lucknow
Min-
tsterial Association : concluded on
Friday evening with the show-.
ing of a film "The Bible the monious, even though one might
Table", in the United Church. ext,ect differences of opinion. we.
.services. vvere held On will do' the best we ean, try to
active- and successful year.
Other •elected offigers, are:: Vice
.president, Harold Ritchie;. '2nd
Vice .-president,. Clare' Johnston;
secretary -treasurer. H. D. Thomg-
son; .Executive Committee, Rob-
ert M,acIntosh, Philip MacMillan,'
Russ Button, Roy Finlayson.
the Board's efforts Would be hal--
$25'0°°' Tuesday, • WednesdaY. and .Thurs-
' 'The resignation“ was. received day evenings in. "the. United,.,
"f,S. B: StotherS- as . ineinber Anglican_ .•a n d • Presbyterian
,of.. the 'Bruce County Industrial Churches, ,respectively.
COniniittee, , of . which ..he was frly6re' Were fairly gbod.c,Ongre-
gations.'"at .these .meetings, With
the exception: of Wednesday ev-
ening, When 4, glare„or,iee coated,
roads and sidewalks, and sharply,
cut down the attendance.
chairman. No • successor .• was
named, '
. • 4,
Appoint Local C011asnittee .
. Industrial matters: were
ceSSed. by Council and it was de-
r . I
'work, in an honorable way ,and
„treat the ratepayers hop-
arable•waY, 'said, the -11e6verelectr.
and. with th4„ese* thought i re-
Ouested the rnernbers ; to . take
their Seats. •• • • . . .
-,Getting right down:--tousiness
the' following appointrnerits.:Avere,
Made before ..the, `-noon-hoer
ad-
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j•ourninerit, the Case --of-„the
ei ed.:to ,set up, a local.mdustriel The services 'were conducted various Connell tominittees..the
COmraittee, Which' includes 'Reeve by ReVg: Wall4re 'McClean; G.,' A. first: nained is chairman.: •
A.: W. Hamilton arid.,couribillots . Meiklejahn ,,. and • li; L. Jennings. , ii:HMowbray, joyn't, 2 kain_
. -C. Attridge- and Geo. jeynt. The Ministerial . Association- is ..at .
ilfaii . Attfidgo.'"IrlacLeod:-'''' '
' The ••••aPPointrnent- :of. officials present considering hol leg .se 9 .Finance: Attridge,, Joynt, •Mae-•
....!4,4_setting....Of_sitlaries-, was-lat -
other type. of 'week -night gather- ./.:400d. ... • „: . ,
over, to be dealt. with at a special ing during the winter and -invites Highways: Maeljeod, Joynt,
Session,' lieeVe Harnilton .compar•. suggestions as to What ,Thrin this mbwboy. :: ,.
—where. should take..,
...One man withAinifted Pert, tithe
aSsistance was performillg the
duties of town foreman, and, quer-
ied Ir IlaVens, why•,t4,,,r0 men
Were necessary there., •Mr., Ham-
, ilton revealed that 4. C. John-
ston, Whq assists with town werk,
received $1965- during .1954.Mr
Ravens' salary is, $2400.. '
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_LEAVES NEXT WEEK FOR
NOVA -.SCOTIA ARMY` BASE ”
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• George 'seri Of 'Mr.' and
Mrs. Spence Irwin, Who has been
on a i,xty-day furlough since re-
turning. from service ' in Korea,
leaves next, week for the
Can-
adian 'Army base at *Aldershot,
Nova Scotia. •
George will leave early next
Areek for the East by motor. He
iS due ' to. report on 'January,
'25th, On February 1st; George,
.Will have 'completed two years
tu the service. •
FLIES ,OVERSEAS
TO TAKE 'COURSE'
, Miss Marion Hodgins has gone
to England where she plans ' to
Study for three Months at West-
hill . College," petty" .0ale, near
Birmingham.:, Fallowing .that she
intends to take 'a two inenthS"
tour of points of interest. •
• MISS Midgets ' left on :New
Year's. day "foe the Old '.potihtry
and ma -d -e -The Atl "
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by Plane. ' '„, , . s
Miss. Hodgins is a•"daughte'r of
the late ' Mr, ' and. Mi's. Walter
Hodgins • of 'Kinloss, and 'taught
scheol at Belfast prior to taking
up-aconess work., Until •Cer
curre --1
t furlobah She WaS asSocii
ated With the...United Church Mis-
sion It Ethelbert, Manitoba.. Miss
Hoclgins. snOke tie:re in the Fall
at the W.M.S. Thankofferin•f.c
' Meeting.
Health and Sanitation: 'il'oyratt
Maci,e6d, Mowbray,
, Property, and Supplies:. Mac-
Leod; Mowbray,' Harniltori,
-. Water and Fire:: Hamilton,
MowbraY, ,MacLeod, Attridge,
,Joynt.
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Recreatoe Centre 'Committee'
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B, Anderson, Gerald -Vath-
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well Mrs. A. E. MeKim Stuart
Coflyer,. jack Bannister, Alex
MaCLeod „and Geprge ijoynt
'Arena Committee: Cameron
MacDonald, Chas. Webster Russ
'Button, Sanderson, 1/17111. G.
Webster4 ,V...2-A.L,Mow,braY, Alex
MacLeod. • /7 .
Caledonian ."Park Committee:
Kenneth' Cameron, Clarence
Greer, Fred . IVIcQuillin, 'S.
Stothers; Robert Macintosh', •A,
W. Hamilton, George ',Myr*
The'last two named on tile Re-
creation, Arena and Parks Corn,
m ttees. areCothicil represeniat'
tiVes ,with appointments for 'a 1 -
year, term. Other mernberserVe
for 'a' twd-year term..
Twa local young men, Bob
Morten, 17 -Year -ofd son. of Mr.
and:Ws:Albert Morton, and Ross
'Irwin,.:1.7par,-old son of Mr. and;
Mrs,- 'Sp-difee "'Irwin, have. joined
the RCAF and -report at St. Jahn,
Quebec, ' on • Thursday •of next --
week. They • will ..take, a trades
course. at •St. john ,Whichiis near
,IVfarxtreal:' • •
The two local ybuths took their
fests.and-thedical at London re-
cently and were 'swore into the..
Air: Force, 'last week, '7. •
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TWO FAIVIILIES. LEFT '
FOR SOUTH. ON SUNDAY
Robert Rae and daughter,
Miss Margaret Rae, and Mr. and
Mrs. 'Wm.. Porteous, left on Stia:,.
day • for the Sunny south wile*
they will'.spend an extended Win; •
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ter .vacation: ." : •
Rae * and Margaret' will
vacation as .Woodalls Trailer Vill-
age at 'Lakeland, ,Florida,. Which
Is. Operated by Mr., and Mrs! "as:
Nixon, formerly 'of. Lucknow. ,
Mr. and Ws. Porteous' destin-
ation about 100 'miles farther
south at Daytona Beach.,
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HELD. TURKEY :SUPPER
TO MARK 8th ;BIRTHDAY
Harvey' Webster, Sr., of town,
obierved..hls-L-8.5th---birthday - on
Saturday, January •'/Ith: To Cele-,
brate4he--eventhe Iliad a number
of hik, friends in .for a. turkey •
dinner and Shoot .iiarty. *,
• .Neighbor • ladies assisted .
.preparing ',`the feed'' with all, the;
trimmings .for this annual event.,
.DELIVERED PARCELS •
TO 'INDIAN ..MI§S,
• Prior to Chriatanas a white gift ---
Sunday was held in the United
Church. ?The following... week •
Messrs. Ernest Ackert, and Grant
MacDiarmid- motored to the In -
Alan Mission at Cape Croker with
the car ' packed to the limitwith
parcels from.Lucknow, Teeswater
and Kincardine.. • ,
Upon, delivering the gifts they ,
remained. at the . Mission . to at- .
tend the Sunday. School concert -
that evening -Which. was .an in-
spiring exPerience.
• Reeve A. Ar,.. Hamilton vvill, at-
lend.--Brixce -eouritY--doun-eil-next
week unanirnaeslYS'upported by
the Lucknow Village Council in
his „.• contention -that ; Lticknow's
.newr• eqtialized •:assessment, , is
'much tod • high; in comparison
with Other Bruce municipalities
Where' thenew assessment, has
been cempleted'. In, addition,, the,
_Board__ men -litters .....expressed.;:thg
()Onions that there i a interrial
'problem of many inequalities of
values, and -a`,general:' System of
assessment that Was started on
.too high a. Seale Under the new
Sdherne. •
All angles of the new assess-
ment .picture were aired at Mon-
day night's Inaugural -7 meeting,
and. Ineve Hamilton plans ' to
throw the. question in the lap of
County Council Which' he feels
has 00111e, responsibility . in, tho.
matter
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• The; assessment discussion was
one of the highlights .of a 4 -hour
session as The newly .elected -
Board launched its • 1955 muni-
cipal program. The disctissron
steinthed from .eomparative fig,
tires which, Mr. •Hamilton had
worked out and presented. to
Couneil. "These ftgures w
struck on a population b�is,
divided into the muniCipality's
total assessment t6 giv,e a per.
ea ita picture, ,
seven Inunicipalities rn
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'Bruce where. the new as' sesainent ,
has been, completed,
per Capita aisesithent tar exceeds
that :of the ethers.. The inunici- • ,
panties . cited. were 'Walkerton,.
Port ,Elgin,, Mildmay;: 1.4iekricvvv;.
!Teeswater; Ripley .and Tiverton;
Lucknow had a per capita 6:ssess-..
erkl:ef, $71;384 by: the '1034/assess- •-
rne,nt and ''$1,431 by. the 1954 fig-
ure. P�rt E1gin was
tloSest ,with
$1,157, Tiverton $1,018; 'Teeswater
$962;.Walkerton $940; Ripley $852„,
and ,Mildmay-st49-1)0 -person:. '
. Councillor , Attridge felt that
values were basically essential in.
'Making- an assessment, .and: that
the manual wasconfusing and.
might well be . dispensed with.
Councillor Mowbray felt we, Were
over. -assessed but, . 'adjustments
could be made • without getting
involved in throwing out ' the, .
mantial, In this Councillor JoYnt4
?"4 Orreurred and Couireillor 'Mae -
Lead observed 1 that some prop-
erties 4ere awaY out of all pro-
portions,. •
• Reeve Hamilton '.stated that the
ty' Assessor had ,contacted:H
hi and had Intiniated that
Lucknow Might have •a case of
over-assetsthent. • ' Mr, ,,Finnitan
will be 'invitedto attend a future
meeting of the local Council, and
in the meantime, the'contentious.;
assessment sitbject appearto he
slated for. a *hearing at Walker-,
ton next week, before the next
'step is taken °,locally. •:
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