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LUCKNOW, ,ONTARIO WIIIDMSDAY FEB 9th 1955
-engage Clerk,. Eight,
.,..Applications For Posjtjcm.
,the February Meeting as
thes Village Council on Monde
, night, E. ;It ..ignevit!' Was re -en
'gaged as clerk -treasurer wit
appointineptsare associat
sedstite..-office' duties of the hyds
•and water utilities; The. salary
• $3,000-sa year and Mr. Agne
• will, pay $10.09 .a month offic
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rental, for the 'carrying on of hi
private business. The :front Of
fice .has been rented' le R. s
Hetherington, Wingharn barri
,stery for $20.09 a month.' ,
• There were .eight ,application
for the, position. Council met i
coxrunittee., . and conferred fo
• about two hours in arriving a
• 'their •decision. • . •
Reeve A. W. Heinnton'vacate
the °chair to., move the motio
for the appointment of H. D
Thoinpson, The Motion Was, sec
• (aided by CounCiltor Alex Mae
An amendment was moved and
tecOnded:. by ..Councillors . W., C.
- Attridge. and 'George joynt, for
the appointmentof E. H.. Agnew.
•Couneillor:Virden-Mowbray sup-
ported the .ainenainent. •
.,Laid Over
. ,
• 'pito applications were receiv-'
• ed m each casgsforsthe Positions
of :,town •foreman. and -assessor,.
-st-sand seetes-laid-'70ver-stessbei 'dealt
...With at .:4 later meeting, •
Ask.Taic:piemptiOn
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A.cornmunication,Was received
• from. the • Liacknow SBranch of
..the Canadian .•Legionsaskiag..for
exemptiqnfrom taxation on the
Legion Hall, exceptfor. purposes
of local .improvements and school
tax, as -provided' for by. statute.
•.tie request Vat. for astertsyear.
• period from., January ist,..1955.,
• Couneil.wir look into the matter
and deal' with it at the , next
. meeting. •*, •
An agreement • was received
from .Wingliara General, ,Hospital
in -regard . to • Lneknow's payment
of 'a PrCstata,•,share of , the cost
. of the new Chronic patients Wings
It was accepted. and
To Rebate Parking :,Ticket
Council. decided , to rebate .: a
$1.90 parking ticket fine, assessed•
•Gordon 'BrOoki, last :fall, ..Omar
• Brooks took issue on the princi.:'
pals thatit; the fottrihOur park-
• ing limit' wee to . be efiforcedit
should apply to all vehicles. He
, had presentedhisease to the 1954
Connell without obtaiaing. satis-
faction and then took it Up with
• the' new 1955 'Board. '• •
, to rebate •the le,vy
the ()Pinion was expressed that
• the,Bytisaw was, not valid' unless
restricted hours ," 'Parking Signs
were pieced throughout, the vill-
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agesand thatifa-test -ease. were
" made of it, in the *mks,. Council
• hadn't* *a case. s •
, Requisition.. Presented
• The Lucknow Fire Company
1955. .requisitioli.Was presented.' in
• • the amount of $8,671.83s. which
• •devers the frock.' debenture, hY-
drant rental,. salaries', a ,.$450, fur-
naCe and fire hose arnonnting to
These were • among the
majcas items." in the estirriateS.
• A letter • receiVed by k .13:
Stothers, farmer chairmansof the
: arace County.induitrial Commit':
tee, was turned ossesiato Council:
•:-It...ssas' fro/xi:the Tilde And in-
dustry Branch of the Department
of Planning. and 'Development
tind• anaouneed sa. meeting .
in
°Wen Sound on FehrOary 9th to
• ,discitsS the possibility of forming
• a regional organizatien for Grey,.
..struas-enel-Dtifferi
RECEIVES HER "CAP.
An impressive capping. eeres
rnOrlY Was helit,On Wednesday of
last week' at the.Reereation Cen-
tre at St. Joisepla Hospital,,Lon-
don; when 'a, clas of some severs:
ty-five student . nurses received
their caps at the cOnclusioat 'of
six °Months'. probationary, Per-
iod.' ', '
Among those receiving her cap
Was Miss ,Audrey Ross, daughter
of „.Mr: and Mrs. Wm. G. Ross
.of Lochalsh. Audrey, a graduate
of lsticknow District High School,
COmMeneed her training fait Sep-
tember.
' MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED *
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ADAMS--YOVAN
• A quiet wedding was solemn-
ized. on 'Wednesday,- February
9th, at the Presbyterian' Manse,
Lucknow; when the Revs. Wal-
lace McCleamunited in marriage,
Beatrice, Keith 'YoValf,' only dau-
ghter of •the late' Mr. and Mrs.'
Donald Keith.bf...TeesWeter and
john'Adams; only 'son of the late
-Mrs and Mrs.' John. Adams .of
Wroxeter.
REYflWrER_
ANNUAL MEETING
annual ' meeting of . the
Luknow toreSlskterian Church
was' held on the,evening“of Jan-
uery 2Pth. in •the .church. There
was a fair representation of the
congregation present to heat the
reports of the various 'soeieties
active Within the church. .
• Steady progress within all de-
partments was expressed in their
•reports. „Both, the W.M.S. and the
Evening Auxiliary Met their, al-
locations for the Budget as did
the Congregation The latter
, • • .
raised $1,409.60 for this cause.
A C.G.I:Ts girls; group has been
farmed' under the leadership of
IVIisses ,'Gladys .macDonald, and.
'Kathleen MaCintosh. •This group
is proving a real .blessing in the
.church by their Useful aotivities
•
Mr. .GOrdon • Fisher, as' Chair.:
Man of the ;Hord, .of Managers,
gaVe. a . resume or that *,,beslY's
work.' throughout the past • year.
Considerable money ,.had been
laid out as capital expenditure
bothat the • Church an&s- the
Man4.. While there .is a 'deficit
of •some $1,338:50', in the General
Fund On the year's bO,Aess, he
stated the •Board was oonfrdent
.the inernbers of. the :Congregation
Would respond-and:4a the!clet-
kit would disappear. in the ;next
fewmonths. . ••
The • 'Congregation • has been:
blessed Under' the leadership of
the Rev "Wallace McClean' atter
,a• pulpit 'vacancy of six moriths.
Byway of affirming, the, Cons.
gregation's appreCiation, the min-
ister's travel allowance wa9srars,
ed by $100.00. • •
Appreciation was alsolseXsirdgl“
ed for the faithful.:4rvice of the
Choir,- Sunday Schoolteachers
and all thae Who held office'and
assisted' in. the Lord's Work in
Cur church. in '19454,
Four new memb,ers were elect-
ed to fill the ladancies On the
Board 'of Managers caused by the
compulsory one year retirement
of 'Gordon Fisher, Denald Ilen-
dergont.FredsJackson, and Archie
iths--The nevv niernbers are,
Jack Fisher, Ronald Forster,
Lloyd: Irwrn .and Jack lVfacDon-
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10W ,WINI)OW SMASHIE13
Plate glass window* at Smith'sSmith'sGrocery, *as smashed by
a stone -at the Week -end. The .,
. reek as big as an egg was lying
pn the, sttep,t, on- Monday morn-
ang A sosst.; big as a quarter
.was smashed through the corner i
bg the* big window. Constable
Al
• ex' Havens' is investIgsitin, g • the t
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Mrs. W. E. MacOuais, and
man Taylor,were re appointed to.
he financial secry retaand'treas-
urer. re.spectivelys, Miss 01ady
Mi 's
MacDonald and m., Morgan'
Tendersbn are in crintiritte as aud-
tors' in 1955. '
The evening Wa4 cohchtded'"hy
h I hdiO9 'Serving. 'a bountiful
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usr•coRREcup, :How
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Morning,.. and ,'Subscription
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BUYS WOODS FARM
AT ST. HELENS
•• Mr. and Mrs,. Wilson Woods of
„Guelph were callers in the com-
munity on Monday, when WilsOn
was arranging.' for the 'sale of
-the-Woods '-farin at St. Helensto
•Charles MacDonald; who Jhas had
it rented for a times. • •
• This, 100 -Acre farm,. •the W.H.
of Lot 21, Con. .19, ,West Wawa -
nosh,. Was taken up from the
Crown over ninety' •.years ago-s-
Joly 3rd, 1861. The 'purchaser
was George. Wilson and the price
was $290.09,ser 42.00, an acre.. The
caption On the deed read, "Pro-'
vincessof Canada!,%,...• , • • •
The next owner was IHenry
RintOtit, who sold the farm in
1885.10 Alex and:Robert:Woods,
and. It .had .,been in the Woods
•neme ever 'since.. '• .
, The Woods homestead was the
farm on Which Lorne Woods now
resides.
NONAGENARIAN
DIED TUESDAY
Death • came to Kinloss Towns
shiP!ssgrand.old, lady, Mrs. John
Cox, in the early hours of Tues-
day morning at the home of
MiSSes. Edna s and ..May " Boyle.
Mrs; Cir.os suffered a heavy stroke.
:on. Sundays, and • lapsed. into ..a
coma frOrn which she dicF net
rally. • ' •
'• Mu. 'Cox obserVed'* her orie
• huncli'edth birthday on July 9th
when a reception , was - held in
her honour at the hone of her
sen, Mr. Wm. Cox, Com 10, Kin-
loss, with whom she resided.
Sinee Neys. Years she had . been
eared for at the Boyle „home,
s The'rernains„rested at • the Cox
home prior to the funeral ser-
vice whiehis• being .held this
,Thursday afternoon. at the ,Thursday
FuneralsHorne in 'Ripley:.
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RNIETTMRS NEEDED
*Knitters are urgently needed
to -knit -children's::sweaters-in-8-
year-old° sizes, for' the Lucknow
and ,Distriet 13ranch of the Red
Cross, .Yarn is -available Sfrom
Mrs ,• McKim. to , any. Who , would
care to 'assist with this Work. '
ENGAGEMENTS • "r"'•
Harold H. Sperling , of
Wingharis wishes to -announce the
engagement of her •daughter,
Margaret Marie, to 'Mr.George
Alan Barger, son of Mr. and. Mts.
Howard Barger Of Lucknow; the
'marriage to take piece the early
'Parf of March, • •
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'DOES *THE' CHRISTIAN -
cHuRcur NEED,A•REVIVAL?
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HIGHWAY cifEws HAVE'
WEPhIRSpAY PROBLEM
A. 'Call last. 'Nqeek . from the
:.Stratford Office :of the. Ontario.
Highways Department, inforniecil
official's here that inset highway
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crews were 'haiiinst trouble and
:delays. due . to Wednesdayi after-
noon traffic traffic Cengestion:On. Luck-.
notv's ,Rairf Street, . .
• Wednesday • is livestock awes
day here, And parking.' facilities
are taxed ead;,,week,ssvith "bot-
tle•`-neeke,resulting'.thatsare ag-
gravated by winter conditions.
'Constable Havens was instracts.
: ed. to be on duty to regulate
.Parking and keep traffic moving.
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KINLOSS CLER
ON LUXURY LINER
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;Elsewhere in this issue, 'spade
Permitting,. Will be found a very
interesting 'artiVle' bY. Rev. G,eo.
Benson Cox, ' •written 'from and
about Gibraltar on the first Ateta
of a world cruise on •the •Ssisedish•
luxiiry liner "Kungsholin" of the
SWedish-Arnericen Line.
ReV, Cox,a retired clergyman
-w-ho- tnissistereS • for many years
in NeW York City, has been re,
siding •atsthe,old home in 'Kinloss
-hile, not on one of several
cruises he has Made'. in recent
Rev. • Cox is S'ervings as. ship
ehaplain the
• which sailednfrot New York on
January 8th .on. The Cruise of,
is Lifetime, , which will be a leis-,
,usely three-rnonthe trip ,arotind-
the world, ••
Some 400 travellers Who make
uPthesshiWs, paying passenger
list, • will pay approximatelY
$2,8007,000° for, the 97 -day cruise
that .will takethem' to 21 portS*
c--'Italy;-Egypt;Arabia.
India, Ceylon; Thailand, Indons
Jap,an7Haws
alien Islands, Califernia, Mexice,
and back to New York Via the
Panama Canal.
Top price, for a 'suite for tv've
iz•J ° $25,000, „With a minimum of
$.5,000 for sirtgic accomodation.
• Mr: and Mrs. J. W.• ."Paddy"
Conklin of Toronto are among
the passensers, lie is owner and
operator of the C.E. inidway.
. A .fssrunrseill •b,! held-on.Thurs--;'
day, February 17th at 8.00 'pan.
in the •Lucknow 'United' 'Church
under the Ministerial Association
of Ltiknowsto 'discuss the ques-
tion, "Dees .the Christian Chtirch.
need, i revival?' ThiS, meeting iS
the result cammunity: re-
ligious
spirit ' from the Week., of
Pi.a3TV gCrv.P4'1'ePr?ne:s
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KINLOSS. MAN WON • "
RENEFIT..rRizE •DItAw
. There, were fourteen tables ol
'Shoot 'players at the Monday
'night party in the: jehnstorie
Hall, with MI.'S: Lloyd • Hunter
winning the lady'Spriza and Mrs.
A Wilson the 'man's"prizes
Consolation prize winners .were
•MrssJim Mat:hers end
. • .
• In' the benefit -prize draw spoil-
sered by the • .MoridaY Night.
Sheet Clb, the. 8 -clay creek was
won by Cliff Robb ofConcession
10, KinleSs„ andthe
• by T. J salkeid., The draw Was.
made' by 1VIrs. FusS. J'Ohnstone.'
Net asreceeds :were ',expected to
exceed. $125.00. . :
EIGHTPAGES.
CARNNIVAL SET FOR
"PRIPAY QV' NEXT WEER
• The Clansmen are 'presenting -
their second annual costume car-
nival in the Arena on Friday
night of next week and 'judging
from the flurry of activity in cos-
tume preparation, it should .be
a
colorful event. , •
The carnivalwill open- with" •
a. figure skating • perforrnance 'by
the Winghatn, Skating ChM, and
after the 'costume judging, races'
andspecial events the conclud-
ing feature will be a broomball
game betvieen Ashfield and
Kin-
loss. •
IS STILL PIPING
ATNINETY-FOUR .
T9Frt floss, who was, born and
reared on a farm at Langside, .
to .where he, •still returns each
surmner, 'got a bit of tPublicitys,••
in the Toronto ,•Telegram •• last'
week. The article read as follows:
- He's a bit of: a.lad, this iTorn
,Ross. Ile's 94 yearsold, has serv-
ed -for.34-years on Toronto Police'
force, and Plays the., bagpipes
twice a week. •
, 'Ord' Tom" Was givers ..a -big
:hand When, he: arrived•sat the
•Toronto Pollee' Superannuated •
,
Mensbers' AssoCietion'annstaydin- •
rier in the Royal. York.
• He :and about 85 elesp'hlicemen
and their, Wives and friepdsgath-
eked. •toWether to enjoy ,the e-
union,,Of -.the:Yeat:and chat ab'eUt.
the old.'day9,•, s ••
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•J,iist. give TO ma skirlon the
jipes4nytime and he's happy..
' "Yes sir?', Tom said, "the pipes
are. the thing: Map,. I haven't
missed •Olaying thein since 1890.
That'sa'•lot of wind to blow awln.
the wee tube during these years, • •
t_,ohs,thes.pleaSuresstfsh" •
Started Pipe Band •
"As a matter of feet"' he said
medestiy,, "i started. the Terentas
piPeband: and served, as •
the pipe. major . for 20 years.
: We; •I'm not frerr•C:Sceiland";
aria, then: he. said •"how ski- you
do" in Gaelic, from Luck -
now, was raised on a farmS there.,
My mother taught me. the Gaelic..
and Isstill speak it".
'Toni sesspleined- he had ., been
the champion ' '..eaher ,thrower it
the. Highland • Games in :Bruce
County-. and .he .loved the sport-
ing games of skill and. strength.
Wasn't a big'..heai7v Man, just,
well -knit 180 'pounds".1he,•said,,.
'and looking at the Men on the • •
force today 1 don'tssuppose, there's '
much 'differeriC,e, •
"Thingisseern to, be .easier -for. •
thein though. All those nit.e,squad', •
cars aridsmart uniforms"... • , :
-A 10t of the 'older men at the
dinner • remerribered •Tom. •very •
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'sr Chief lohnr.' • Chisholm,. . - •
guest Of, honor, shook Tom's- hand .
arid told. -You'r,p . St ill • look-
ing' fit as ever Tom. If.s good •
:geeing. you again .%•
ctogenarian <Iek ihaiiks Kiiks
eople For Birthday Remembrance
On the eksen'ins.' of January 23th't Macke•nz•ie ,Georgc Tit fin asSI
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the, occasion of .erghtietlis present R.'eeve, II:2Crinlittb!.,yst;
vi•sit of tWo MeMberS of your
••Municipal .Courteil; Messrs. Mur-
ray and Percy, hearing greetingsfrom ..the 'Township Of Kinloss,
and' wishing many happy returiss
Of the day, acconissanied with, a
beautiful,rna'ntel el -tithe' clock as pis,. I may Mtn tigs allIc to -4i.-,.1*ve
a gift., from the pebhic of. the you kir some while yet,-
-Mun10-480.04-it-a-ge, ei -fhe,
birthday, we.lhad `11-ve plegsure of 1,'hav enjOyed the Vvork, at 8011.3e
iro es st renuouq, but WIW, riOt
.h4(1f-,.g,the farm. l 4*).
to look al' the
last- few. Years, I, haw had mo
time'to litlepd.to it, tnid if honlAh
and facultic pe mit .and with
.1) -cc conept of siteeding Coon-
Myself. •44J 4 nfi-d
gesctirb :of .gcbci\vili •and 63nfi,':
As Clerk of the. Township • or deace„ 1 •ortly gay 'thank
•Kinloss since aos's of 1aS9,1,1saY0 frathafte bottomef rn'v heart, and
.erideaVdtired to w4741,. you one and all, the hI(.-
al the office to the .best of my ing of health and happintsi.S
ability, and haVe hope, had the a its to caraessvhile oe,
the. .confidehOr of .SuCceetling givol the .of iife,whvi:lwr
Councils sihce that. ta Ilk, and be longol.‘ or hoi ti' •
of You; 0.1e OLIO,P16' o„f:„.,1th1:1„,9ts, Lane jOins, MO azad,o
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Since a8Sthrl .°1•Hce .4.-th4"VC sayin,g- t'hank 'yea' aU„,
serVed' With. Ree ves' j, Often,- •
S, P4rruthorsi Elliott, A.
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