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LI.J.CICNOW, ONTARIO: WEDNESDAY, FEB, 16th, 1955
EIGHT l'?A.G.ES
Wawanoshfil.:70,..1:n.sotante...-(0.
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Shows Surplus, Rates Unchanged
The, West Wawano.sh Mutual
Fire,Insurance COmpany • is in ,a
-healthy' financial ;•position, ac-
cording to, 'reporp, presented at
the. 76th annual meeting held in
the Parish 'Hall; :Dungannon, on
•, Friday.. The:Meeting was -We11.-
tended and Was presided over by
President Harvey Anderson.
••Grant MacDiarrnidwas elected
• as a director to. succeed Ernest
Ackert of 'HolYrood, Who has re-
tired. My: lVfacDiarrnid spoke,
briefly in accepting the appoint-
- • ment, the duties of -which he has
assumed immediately in the zone
. previously covered by' Mr. • 'Aekt.
• ert. Mr. Macniarrnid ..Was• the
only candidate for the vacancy
• and was elected on motion of
Harvey Houston and•Jack:Aekert.'
The 'other two retiring, direct-
. Ors, George keagan and, George
Stuart, were re-elected; Mr. Fea-
gan on Motion of Herb Curran
and :Wilfred' •Par-fith,
Stuart:On 'motion Of Thos::
ger and Herb Stothers. • :
' The: auditors, W. A. Stewart'
and P. A., Murray, Were re-elect-.
ed••on motion of• Wilfred •Farrish
:..and Kenneth Scott.. The,appOint,.
merit of 'Officers of the Company
• is , made at the first "directors'
• meeting. •
Discuss Niisance Clainis
Los1 iroS-.4.Paid,....by the: Com-
pany in .1954,.totalledY29. Of this
number 69 claims were ;for. Sums
9f -410.00.0A Under and are clasS
ed -as "nuisance claims"; They
.are mainly for damage to
elect-
rical appliances, attributed. to
lightning; although When , no
other damage results in. the home.
:there arises some'incertainty as
to lightning.always being •the
cause.; , • •• .
After some discussion the 'meet:.
ing• decided t� ,continue, for the
time being at least, the. Policy. ol
.paying -these' Small claims, with-
out adding a deductible clause to
.the &hey. . •
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Weather Protection? •
• Another. Matter; im ..fOl• discus-
sion was, that of supplemental
eantraets*, which 'would ,permit'
' the Cpmjiany.:to 'include , Weather
'insurance ,protection along with
the fire insurance. Authority
Was granted the Board of Din.
• ,eetars to ..enter into such an
agreement, • if -auci, when ...theY
saw
Livestoek:•Losses:.0imir_. °
• The Company is holding it
, rates at the Present levet.; • and
in doing So requests 'the co-op-
eration of •allpolicy holders "..to
take every' precaution.t' to :.keep
claims' to a minimum. ,;the Cgril,-
Pally this year shetwed a surplus
of $a,000 which increases the
• tOtal.'sUrPlus to $151,000, which
is well over twice the Surplus
required' by the Department of;
Insurance.' The. West Wawanosh'
• rate& it is 'clairried, are among
WILL •OBSeRVE 85th
BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK
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• Mrs,' DaVe 'Alton' will be 85
years .of age on Saturday,' Feb-
ruary; l9th,,She.niateS•I'fir .home
with,: her daughter, =Mrs.. W. G.
Reed and Mr. Reed; Who reside
just north of the .Village.
• Mrs. Alton has suffered from
S lerin of arthritis for about fif-
teen years- and 'for nine'. years
has been Crippled to a ,,degitee
that confines her to a ,wheel
chair. She .has not been able to
take "a- step in that time. For
a lengthy Period she Suffered
'greatly from theaffliction; hut
of ,late .years the. pain has .eased.•
Mrs. ,Alton otherwise Continues
te .enjoy fairly, good health', is
bright ,and cheery and , takes
Much .pleasure in hearing from
seeii.ig old ,friends.
.,thel lowest of any district c9nll
• •panieS.. •
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'In, discussing the rates, • the
-question of • raising "them - or
adopting a classification, rating.
was brought. up. • In. this regard
'it was.' pointed out that livestock
kand tractor losses' were out of
.,.:proportion to other and
that, this claSs , of risk was not
• carrying ; its share accordingty.
However no change of• poliey
was decided on.
HELI) VALENTINE PARTY .
The ..pnpilg of the. LtieknOw
iridergarten crass
and .their .teaeher, Mrs. Isobel
MacKenzie, .•herd a . Valentine
• party . last' •ThurSday afternoon
With, the .rnotliers' as „guests. It
•• Wats Jield in the kindergarten
room and was • a Very pleasant
• occasion.
Were is a class 'Of seventeen
arid despite weathekconditions
an.d 4Ilness irr. the cknrriutlitYi,
...attendance. figures, have. been
high in this class, *
:NEW. BILL BOARD
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:A- bill board , is now . located
• in., front of ,Masen!s Garage and
is available for publicizing local
doings. The; boardhas been, pro-
vided by the Lucknow •••Brarih,
Of the Canadian' Legion, and will
te an asset- in keeping the public.
advised, ,Of: 'coriUntirlity
and- they. are Many:.
GIBRALTAR
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• (0y. George. Benson ;Cox), '
• "Strong as Gibraltar'? , is a fre-
quentlyused. phrase.' "The Rock"
as is spoken of. resembles,. a
crOuching:; lion:, and it a fitting
symber of British naval power;
„arid . it has often been. designated:
.":the key to the •Mediterranean".
.The Rock -of Gibraltaris a loaf -
'shaped mass of limestone 'tower..
ing 1396 feet above the, sea. The
colony has an area of two and
a quarter. „square miles. :
It. Was a:clear; .Warin morning
when.,,We paused before the- famed'
fortress. .In theship'stender we
were transferred rapidly -to the
'levet landingat the fo6t. of the
'great .k)ck, By automobile' We
were . driven through ther.niie-
iqng tunnel beneath' the 'Mighty
smasS,... named 'the ,
Way". for a • former governor ' of
this .British 'colony- There are.
,other':, tunnels also, . and some
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tinder Teonstruetlen , by Spanish'
work men •
Gibraltar h38 *a popUlation •of
,
22,000 and 6;000 workers cross
daily frorn. the neighboring Sp6n....
isli, toWns of •La "Linea pnd Al•-•
.geciras: The inhabitants are Eng-
slish,SParrishHand—Maltese. -They_
reside elliefly.in Well-ctaistructed
•apartinent houses, with balebnies
for • .eaCh apprtinerit;, In, addition'
'there .are the We1l-15u.ilt barrackS
of the. garrison.. ,
book eleSely yoU•••, niay- see
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all over. the. Jace,:, of . the reck,,
niches and -openings. 4,Inside or
t.hese are the 043n. eniplacements:
there are thousands of therii: But
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the cannon' are nOt . thei
times .of „peace „they are stored.
'elsewhere,. ;
•',"The water • ,supply .conStitutes
a problem. 'Large, slanting
cern-
(fliCCl areas may- be seen oil the
'eastern side- of.`the :Rock; these.
tire km:4n , as ',catehments..".• The
lath which falls on, these is con,
,d ucted 'to reservoirs, and many
-millions of • gallons are -Slored,:
enough • for a possiblesiege. of
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,tour years, .
hcr-narth • of the---foi4ro.,(
area. ira level tract ont. mile
afid a half mile wide, This
is used. as •a British 'airfield with
runways. Beyond is a "no ins
land", where the , British and
.Spanish flags, arid sentries of the
two countries; face one another :as
they'have done for' two hundred
Years, . •
Much .more' might berelated
of our Mteresting day in "Old
aill" if spacewould perrnit."
BEEN CHAPTER TREASURER
OVER FORTY: YEARS
, Mr: W. W. Bill is serving his
43rd year as treasurer of the.
Lucknow• Chapter of the ,Royal
Arch, Masons., Mr. Hill joined the
Phapter in, 1905, abd come May
,he Will have been a member for
50 years, He has been treasurer
since 19.1. Mr.'•Hill and the late
4IeX Nicholson joinded the
Chap-
ter_ about the same 'time.. ,
Mr. "Hill' also served as treas,
tder of Old Light Lodge for some
thiRy-six years. He has been a
Member of Old Light for over
half • a century,having received
his fifty year -jewel last- year,
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FOUR ,BRUCE BATTALION
MAIL' MEN HAVING,
.TROUBLE !FINDING BOXES
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The lot of the rural mail men
is not an easy one these. slays,
•with King Winter holding .swayA
The Liggeil problern,at times Is
"to: find . the mail' :High
banks.are being. piled up by con-
tinued snoWPIOWing, ,andmail
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box,es ih places, are.. accessible.
only 13y .°•Serambling over the
hanks, in...k..forne cases they. -• are
practically :buried., •
The. Post Office Department
has Week distributed a
cir-
cu]ar to rural box holders, out-,
lining . Department regulation
'with ,resPect to rural mail 'deliv-
ery.. ••
VETS DIE IN TWO MONTHS
• • KiNLOU41-1* COUPLE
'I'wo World War I veterans of
FIFTY YEARS
the '16(1th Bruce Battalion, Nem
'McLennan and Jack McKendrick •
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gpt .to talking in. The • Sentinel (KINI.;01.1GH NEWS)
Office on Satiiklay •whri it was . Oh .gaturday everiing thelam-
revealed, that 'four of their, old ily of Mr .• arid Mrs. 'lames Hod,
160th buddies had . died , within gins' gathered' at their home for
the pest coliple of months. a family dinner marking their
. The four included -Leslie Buck-50th-t7wedding----anniVersarY-.. The
Ingham of Kincardine, •Ted Duff home was tastefully, , deCOrated
of „north .0.f. Kincardine, Clair
Kean 01, Owen Sound and.form-
etly. of Tiverton and. Dan Mac-
Donald of New York. and,-forin-
erly of Huron Towrishipi. , .7 •
°Mr. ,MacDOnald's funeral' was
held at ,Ripley last .-week.
Al-
though • he was 5 feet,.-: eleven
inches tall; he. was known in the
160th as P ",Little .Dan",. because
there-'-wai-another Dap MacDon-
ald from 1-Iiiron who vitaiT6 feet..
4.1 inches and, waScknown-'as
Dan''. He too, is dead k Both the.
MacDonalds, were born and rear.:
ec,l' west ,of Ripley,
C'ONPER, 014 .:AssEssMEN.t.::.
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The 'matter of the equalized
:assessment :Of , the Lucknow. High,
School District is to the fore at
presentand. a:conference of the
various 'municipalities concerned
is .slated for Thurs.day. ' •
HLEAD,#^F DETROIT
TOOL AND DIE FIRM
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4The following ,artiele recent 3
appeared in .the busines section
of the Detroit NeWs:. •''
for the occasion 'with baskets of
spring flowers and other suitable
'decorations' While a, three-storey
:cake adorned • the bridal table...A
Very ;pleasant evening -*as en-
ioyed. .Both Mr .• and, Mrs., Hod -
'gins enjoy: a. measure, Of good
health and heartiest congratula-
tions are •extended to this highly
respected couple:. .
Mr. Hodgins WaS.:born" onhF
ferm:. that his father; the late°
John Hodgins, took • tip as virgin
land. over 100. years .ago ..and m
.1905 he Ved':Myrtle. Armstrong,
'daughter' Of. the ,•late . Mr: - and
Mrs. , Joseph Armstrong. Of Kin-
loss, Theywere ,married by the
Methodist minister', the Reverend
Vance. They Were .blessed 'with
'a :family . of two sons •tand two
daughters; 'Torn. and Jack
here, (Audrey). Mrs Cliff Borth-
wick of St 'Catharines, (Mabel)
the late MI'S. Charles •Gillespie of
whom they were •sotrawfully be-
reaVed. Her. two Stnall, Children,
Donald arid Betty' Gillespie: (IVIrs.
Dan Bushell) Were brought
in the HOdgiins home.
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Mr and digins are vat-
ued Members • of •,the :Kinlough
Anglican Church where Mr. Hod-
• •The National: Association of gins has. served as, thirrch' war. -
Engineering ..Companies.has.eleet :din and on the Board of Manage;
ed Simon. S. ,Baer and Charles Ment.:,'Mrs: ,HO'dgiris is .a charter
Sherwood: directors. Bearis the member of Wornen'S
Auxil-
toundr and'president of Efficient -lary and . a .life member of ..the.
-Engineering Co.. Inc, 'Oak Park; Holyrood WO,meril,s-Institute..0a.
and.Sherwood founder and presiL Tuesday afternoon, arni evening
dent Of:'RYCO° Engineering* Inc, receptin• was held whenTneigh7
Detrqit..::. • bors and friend called.. o etend
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Charles Sherwood is •a: Son of lest wiSheS., Many Congratulatory.
the:: late :Mr. and MrS., '..Samt.t0 niegsages • and. gifts -Were .reeeiV,
(lierwoed and was born' on the ecl., . , •
'tztinily farm on the 10th Coces-
sion
Ashfield, now :occupied by
h'..s-brotlier-in-Iaw: and -sis-ter,"Mr,
and, 1VIrs:-Leslie Richic:•
•• ,charlie went. to Deealt in 1923
andwaS employed until 1933
the Ford •Moter. CoMpanyintheir..
tool:. and dip department,;during
RASH .OF BROKEN
'.BONES • LOCALLY
There has been a rash of brok-
en bones in this-corriniunity
ing the past •ten days.
On Monday 'afternoon.'Melviri:.
liedgins; 16 -Year-old son of Mr. "
and -Ur's, Oscar Hodgins suffer: -
ed a • frktwe • of the 'right leg,
in': •a-: an in front of Spence.
Jrwin?s-ternei while the .37-Outh,
,was coining ' Marie- from school. °
The break • was midway between. :
the kripe and the ankle. He was
taken to. Wingham 'Hospital. •
Fractures ate nothing new ,in;
the Hodgins' household.. Two
:kcither Sons, Clayton and Alvin,
suffered -fractured ankles a few
years ago, and. Oscar was badly
.smashed up When working, on •
HighWay, .,66; When'. pavng was
being carried On:west:of town. f'
Breaks -Arm. • •
Last Thursday,. Margaret '.Ann
Rees, .-11-yearold , daughter of
and 'Mrs. George. Westlake,'
'fell . on '1Vrain Street and broke •
both bones • iir.her . left forearm. :
•Margaret---th-La-thirdTroOnn-,stiident
at Lucknow Public SchOet
• Leg Racily Broken':
On Thursday, February . 3rd,
Clifford Meriary of Ashfield suf-
fered a badly fractured right leg;
while assisting ••in. Unloading, a. •
'cattle •beast • at. the "Hedley!'
slaiigher .:. house; „South of • the
High ,School. 'Cliff . Was assisting
Frank Ritchie when the beast
bolted"' from the. •trailei.)'
scarcely.knoWg 'What •• haPPened
except that = when he tried .to get.
up he 'couldn't., The •reason Was .
three breaks in the right leg
between::the kric...e :and .ankle. He
was taken to ...Wingliani Hoipital,
for; treatment, and, will be there ,
fOF six or eight •weelts:.',
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Fractures Wrist
, .Late" SuridaY. night, Febrtiar3r •
8th; 1Mrs. Wm..:I MaoCrostie
re-
ceived a bad: fracture of ithe,Aeft
-Wrist when she ,slip'ped and fell
in • her ,...b.edroorn. She was taken°
to • Winghain Hospital' for 'treat-
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ment, suffering also. from sllOcIt. •
MAKE.. PRESENTATION
TO mks. .JOHN ApA:ms,
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• Mrs. J. L. 1VIacMillan•Was Ids-,
tess. to the. Bridge Club and close ..,
neighbors ; on .1Vlenday everting .
with 'Mrs. John Adarni, -whose • •
marriage took .place 'last week., •
.a.s. guest of hpnor. • • , ,, .
Mrs. Adams, was presented with
a lace table .cloth,- candle sticks,.
-i fancy -teapot and --other gifts:',.
Mrs._ W.. C. Attridge won the
bridge prize .for the high la -d -Y-'
mong the neig .bors,, and Mrs.
1 R; H. Thompson won the prize .
fox' the high Score of the, Bridge
Club rnemOers., ..
orripleth
unicipa
.pipitatm40:: Of
Monday
Lt a s ecial Trie.,etm Of the
'which tunehe atten.e.
a5s. • Village Council on 'Monday even-
'I'echnieal High. SehOolan-
d the ,ing, the Board colk.v,ileted th,t ap-
paintrxrent•ot.:Villat..i.,e
On ,,-Motioyi-7-ofl•tottne ill4r8 At-
tridge ancl...-.Toynt, ap
pointed T. Eli Morgan "of:.Tees1,ya'ter as Ltteknow assess:01.'1'er
the year 1955, at a Salary of $575-,
Mr,' Morgan •at,ended- Monday
night's meeting.' He waS
• I•Ord., •Eriginp.ering . institute, He
'later •-•afterided•-•-the' Detroit' Cbl -
lege,' of Applied Seienc'e.
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In the interirn . between his
'cOnnection With 'Ford Motor Com-
panyand the •founding Of. his
,Own he,. Was .constantly •
'employed, in vAriou8phases �f
engineering werk: ' • Township assessor fOr.three years
In 194.7, he , and Mr.' George
Nidiffer .• of Detroit organized with Ripley's new • assessment
ftYco Engineering, Inc, The first He i now teaching, school at
few months • were, difficult, ones Teeswater. •
but; they ended ihe first ?year Oii Mecron•of
and,''.• we .."'Undkrstand,. asSisted,
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'Road estiMated $6,000.60,
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will be apprOved Jur the subsidy
D'epartment- in 1955, al-
thetigh ..that atneunt.7.will. not nee-
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c'- 1i *be 'Spc.tit.*--.A
.' break d
ofthat an-ioLirit !Ni,(10f0r
•c•onstruction, .$5.,opo. tor mainten-.
arwe aria.,.$50q, for briclg.,'s and
CulVerts.:
The'' Peeve. ,and.• \yore
auiliorized to sign the office
lease 'with
First and k second .r0a,cting iv:1s
:given, By -Law Np.. 2, covering,
the ° issuing, of d.ebentuves in the
firnount of $5777,77.:in connection..
;with Luck'now's Share. of the con -
with an engineering force Of' 8•'• Leod an' MoWbray, Catincil re- streCtion• of. the ,Wingham
hien, •Sinee then, .,the cornnanJIenaed Alex Havens as. town
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has enjoyed continual growth andl foreman at a salary of $2,400.
now has ank.engineering• persin-
.nel of Over 100 engaged in de-
signing tools, dies, fixtures,
'far pec-
mah and products for •
the automotive, " aircraft and
other intlustries, •
in the Detroit a*reas. approxi-
mately AO of :the leaciin'g
fvgin-
ecring compaPies are metribers
of the National Association of.,
Engineering Companies.
, Apply, For 'Road. Subsily '
Council with petition the Hight
ways Pepartment, for the subsidy
on1954,road expericbtures A total
of $4,2$3.43'twas spent,ofiUage
roads in 1954 This amotint. was
reduced; bY $88541 from . County
graits and .other receipts; leav.
lig a „balance Of • $3,363,02 on
whieh• the .governmeht •sulvidy. Of ,
50 percent, will aPply, '
pital chronic Patients 'wine; the
issue requires equal anntialPy-•
monis of principal' and in,10'rest:
in:•the amount. of $7:12.33 for ten
for appi oVal to the 'Mtinicipal
Board before the third and. final
r,eading.
'Council t PdVertisine for 30
cords of bi'h or 61n1 �qi1t<0
be delivered.: and piled at-
TOW11' Hall Prior 10 July 11.4;
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