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LUCK:NOW. ONTARIO WEDN'ESDAY, APRIL 27.th, 11955
Accepts Toronto ?�sition,
Counci11or Attridge Resign
LucknOw Vi4age •Couneil (held
.a.sPecial qieeting on Monday- ev-
veeg,„._whee the Beard. accepted
• withregretthe resignation of
Councillor W. C. Attridge, Who
" accepted a position.. in: Tor-
Orito. . ' • - •
.'•'•11,0„.Attridge's resignation',read
as foliows.
April 23rd, 19.55
•Mr A. W. Hamilton, Reeve'
Village of 'Lucknow.
Dear.,Sir: . •
I hereby tender my resigna-
tion as Councillor Of the Village
.•of Lucknow. . • • ,
• It is with regret that I :find
it necessary to resign frO,rti your
Council but due • to' My 'having
• accepted a position in another
locality' it would be , impossible
for Me to carry :Out the. duties
Couneillor While not. resident
I have enjoyed the association
With you, the members of your
'Couneil and Town staff members
. And will alivvays Cherish ray many
friendships made While in, your
friendly Village:
:.Respectfully suienitted,
• ."W C: Attridge.
. Closes Sawmill '
Me, Attridge plans to •leave at
once ..for. Toronto Where, he has
accepted a Managerial andac-
countancy position. The Lucknow
cWhieleges_.-liad_op,erated:
for over two years, claSed., down
recently and • Of. late . the chief
activity at •the mill has centred
athend the disposal of ;the bun -
Mr: Attridge states that nego-
tiations are underway whieh• of -
ler good : prospects of . the. saw -e
• mill beingre-:Opened, but there
• is • nothing defuute .on this at
. present. • ... • ' •
The Attridge family carne to
Lucknow from Goderich in Aug -
list Of, 1952, When Mr.' Attridge
baught. the sawmill from Arnold
• Glooy. Mts. ;Attridge .and child-
ren 'will remain here ;until the
close of .schoot .When they will
move to the city, and their home
.here, the, former Allin residence',
will 13e. offered •far4sale.
, 'HOME. FROM FORMOSA'
Miss Dorothy Douglas .:arrimed
ire the Village on Monday, and
wiii remain here until • Septem-
ber. for/ a ;rest from .her duties
at Tarniui; Forinbaa. Miss Doug -
as • ow home from the •Far East..
WARD. • DAMAGES
IN ROAD CRASH
•At, a court hearing at Orange-
last_wee „Hare, 1 dee ongram_
of Holyrood Was awarded dam-
ages of ,$12,56b in a suit ;arising
froni. a Motor . accident near
' Orangeville en. July 31st. of,l'ast'
'fs-ei6Peeted'
:havc to. collect' under the Unsat-
__js_fted4Udgentent _Act, -Which w 111•
mean!, that Ihe ' will recover less
_
than half of the; judgment award-
ed him. •' '
Harold suffered injuries in the
' accident that • hospitalized: him
•for„ a long peri6d. He is as Yet
unable to work, and and 'may never
fully recover -from the .effects' of
the 'injuries, which included a
split pelvis,. broken hip and se-
vere. back injury:.• •
Ilarold's suctessful suit was
' against Jarnes E. Wood of Wes-
ton .and • Hammond A, 'Ferguson
outrie„.41riv..et,,,and-owzie-r,
of the car, respeetively., '
The -accident occurred „:...about
teh miles from Orangeville 'after
Harold -had beth flagged di5WA
by Mr.."' Levaek of Sarnia, who
had lost his way and was inquir-
ing directions: to Barrie.• '•
Whilestapped on the roadside
the driver . of the Ferguson car
crashed *into th e standing
. MOVING FROMASH(FIELD
• ,Mr. and Mrs. Otto YottWsma
and farnily are Moving this week
from Ashfield' Toivriship .to near
Wingham Where Mr.,. YOUwsnia
has bought a email farm, He ,has
been einploYed for aver over 'three.
.years on Cecil Blake's farm. '
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HALL ADDITION
, •
'The annual banquet •of the
•Lucknow Fire. Company was
held on Wednesday night, with
wives of the members,, honorary
members and their, wives and
members, of the „Town Council,
town officials, and their wives as
guests. There was gathering of
aboutfifty, with • the opening
feature of the evening a delicious
turkey banquet .served by mem-
bers of the Lueknow. 'Women's
Institute.
D..)ThOmpSon acted as. Chaire•
Man and Vice -Chief ••Bill ' John-
stone :welcomed • thea guests.
Reeve A. •W Hamilton com-
plimented the • J..etteknou'r Fire
Companyfor past achievements
and said that the community was
fortunate in hiving Such a •Bri-
gade as it has today'. Mr.' Hamil7
-19-IY-stressed the:importance of
good fire fighting equipment and
said that he felt "the beat' was
:noon toe good".
Banquet plates Were taken to
g num-15-er who- corildlicit—a-fte-Ifd;
and Stuart Collyer expressed the
appreeietion . that these people'
wished extended to the Fire
Cornparly. • •
Fire Chief George Whitby gave
a. Sketch Of the .Coinparly'*. act-
ivities ,and future plena. The
.greee . light is .definitely On for
the erection of an addition to
the Fire Hall to be; used as an
office and meeting plaCe.
. An inhalator is also being con-
sidered; With •tliefinancing of
this not yet decided en. It is
possible , that a public subscrip-
tion drive Might be held to,pur-'
Chase *Ali.. • '' •
a• Co -Ordinate '• Brigades ,
' geergereported that the Lick -
now Brigade had been represent-
ed at a,meeling of Bruce COL.Int37"
Fire Depertinents held at Walk-
erton recently, with a view te, co-
inatin services for mutual
assistance Ripley, Ripley; Teeswater,
wini4ani_ao LueknOw are_. a
.forirsOrrie that Would, render • aid
One to the :other, in . event _ Of.
rnajOr.,conflagratiOnS, With' "cover
up" towns standing by to re-
spond if a neighboring'. brigade
:-Atas,-,-assistmg else_where.
. The entire plan is one 'of Co-
ordination, aimed at avoiding
'cortiuSion and at . the sarnetinii
giving mixirnum protectienwhen
f!:-. town might :be_unable to 'cope
with an ' otAbreak.‘ • . ,
John* Turnbull of the :Ontario
Fire -Mara:raft's' Office addressed
the Walkerton ' meeting which
was: in charge of George,„'Broen
Ot °Wen Sound. :fire c� -ordina-
tor, whoais efficiently. mapping
out ;the mutual: aidareas,. even
to a paint of •deeicling the short -
and best roads to follow.
After -George concluded ;his in,
formative remarks, Jack Cook
spoke on behalf of,the
tee . in charge, end . ex -Chief K. C'.•
•Murdie thanked the, , ladies ' for
catering with Mrs. Ches.. Cook
replying: • ' •
• The-clinirrnana_ ointed out that
this was the 5th annual banquet,
During , the , year, , because et
,changes f rehdenee, Brock Cie.;
Taxi& and 'Keith Kilpatrick,, re-
signed their posts:: and had been
succeeded by Murray Henderson
and Don Thompson. In Murray's
absenee; Don responded for the
Junior members:•
, vehicles inn:in }1 b twenshow'n
gr°'‘viuP9f
thtfujimarts •Cwere oilyerthen
fli4the '•
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RETURNING 70 ENGLAND
DR. HELEN SALKELD .
will fly from Maiton,..en Ffiday
where •'she spend a year, in
special research work at the
Harpenden Experhnental College;
where She obtained her Ph:p.
degree.
co-op MANAGER LEAVING:
HERE tNT. OF rins WEEK -
Jaek ° McArthur, . manager; of
the Lucknow District 'Co-opera-
tive...Inc.:for the past three years,
*ill. terminate his `duties hth-e•at
the :end of thiS week:. Jack has
had some ten :years CO -op. •ex-
perience and came here on
March . 1:7th, 1952.- His home is
is
in Kitchener:, a
'Mr. McArthur's. •successor has,
'111:4 --been announced as -yet:
• • t, ,
WIFE OF FORMER MINISTEp.
DIED AT KINGSVILLE'
'
Mrs Sarah Irwin,
widow of the
.Rev. R. Fulton IrWin,,,Was
bur-
ied on Tuesday of last Week- at
She. ;had resided in
Kingsville since 1943. in „which
year Rev. Irwin died. Rev. and
Mrs': elewin • resided' at the Par-
sonage in Lucknow from 1919 to
1922 When he ministered in the
1thijdirChiirch. • • •
While in Lucknowa Mrs. Irwin,
waa teacher • of the Young Wo-
-menis-Sibleeelasshe a1so7gave
lessens In -China .paieting. She
is .Survived. by one son, Arnold.
Irwin .Of Trenton; Michigan:
. Mr, W., W Hill has been visit-
ing in :Niagara Falls With his
sister. Mrs: F., 'I. ,$triart and Mi.
C -ALL -VILLAGE
NOMINAT1014-'
Upon the regretful 'acceptailee,
on Monday nigh • of ,t e resigna
-lion -o-f7COunci1lo-r< W, C. Affridge,
the . Board mitherized 'Reeve A-
-W.. Hamilton to lestiea warrant
calling for e nomination Meet-,
0 to elect a successor to to M .:
'Attridge. ' ^.. • - '-^7.-.1-- -L-
Nominatiqn night Was set for
1VIonda3r, • May' 9th at 7.36, and
in event of an -election -being re-
quired, the VOting date Was set
for Monday, May 16th, from 9.00
a:rn: to 500 -p.m. , •
Councillor Atti-id•gel,Wa8 elect-
ed ,at: the first of the' year with
a strong Vote that. placed him
speond in the poll,
'His resignation,' which was
preseh•ted at the week -end, stem-
med from his dieCision to elose
the :saWmilland accept a position
in Toronto; • • , •
'It • was in August '195'2, about
the same time that Mr. Attridge
earn , to teehe that tucknbw-irati
'A. similar -nomination, or lather,
two of thein, ', • ..
i
q
. 'S. E. Reber on Was a. :eleeted
reeve by, ecel 1 ation t� succeed
the fate J. C., clxiab, and to fill
the Council vacancy that' reattit-
ed when Mr. Robertson stepped
um a secOnd nomination was
lied when V. A, Mowbray was
elected 'councillor by acclarna-
, • . - .. ' . time.'
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GETTING USED TO LIMB,'WAS
HOME FOR THE WEEK -END
Sid Gardner was tibme from
Melton :for the week-end,and
was getting about quite smrtly
on the artificial limb with whieh,
he Was recently •fitted. He tar-
ries a cane for the time being
to give him assurance while get-
ting accustomed to • the limb.
Some ,adjustmentsAave to be
made to give Sid his most nat-
uralrwalk:and he'll be, at Malthn
for 4 While yet !before returning
harne permanently. • -
LOCAL yOUNG, MEN
TO OPEN STORE
• Two ..,loeal young . men will
launch a new.,retail business in
Lueknow shortly. They, are Al-
lan MacIntyre and •Al Irwin, Whe
will openan alit° supply and
sporte goods store; ,in the prem-
ises in the Joynt Block, 'being
vacated"' by Greer Radio J ' and
Electric, . . .•
•The new store ` will :stock ' a
complete line of auto accessories
and .supplies and. sports •gOodal
with .Ron Wastman of „Eketer as
supplier.' •, • •
.When MT. WeStman recently
leased the building „here he had
two plans in mind—that someone
locally would be . interested in
talting over the business,. and if
not,. he Would put one Of his own
staff in eharge.
'He had several interested •part-
ies, with- Allan' closing
the deal last week. ,They hope
to .have the business in operation
by -mid-May. Allan Is a son of
. •and..._Mie-Archie_kaeln.ty_re,
and Al a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Emmerson Irwin.
_WeStman .bas a wholesale
supply
supply 'business at Exeter with
retail stores in Exeter, London,
Strathroy, Thedford, Zurich and.
now Lucknow- •
ADVANCE SALE REQUIRES
TWO -NIGHT ...RECITAL .
A .dande recital 'by Miss Amy.
Johnson's .dancing. students is to
.held in the High School
audi-
torium the latter part of May
Originally.. it Was planned to hold
a on Friday';
May: .20th, but the response to
.the advance ' Sale of 'tickets has
been so great, that a second night
performance has been decided
upon on Saturddk, May 2lat.
II6GE-EGGI ,
A-T-Red-TRuelc•-• en isn"7-th-e---
.
farm of Jack Collinson at
Kintail,.has made the. head= .•
lines With a huge egg that
would do credit to 'a tOose.
. The egg, deeidedly, oblong' in
• Shape, me -a -sures 10Y4 s•inches
around the. long way and .
inches around the middle.
.
The egg turned Out to be
.a.e egg lyeihtin an egg. Both ,
Were- :not:Mal. btit the•eouter.--
egg, tecause Of its ,size, had
' • .a "bowl full".; of ,albui-nen. .
714 PAGES
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REV. COX ENJOYED .
WORLD CRUISE
During the week the Rev.
Benson • Cox, whose horn'e is in
this district; ' returned from a
cruise around the World. 'VII-, Cox
1Perrapned the duties of chaplain,
and .found the: work, most at-
tractive,, hea-
..says:;.:Tlie voyage •
was made, by the Swedish liner,'
Ktingsheirre' -'6.60 feet long,
and making nineteen: knots. The
vessel has a capacity • of 22;000
tons. lour: hundred passengersi
wereon: board; and' the crew in -
eluded 450. persons. •
The course Was from New
York, eastward, passing through.
the Mediterranean"Sea, and land-
ing at points in Portugal, Spain,
France, Italy and Egypt; a call -
at Aden, Arabia; then ti? India,
CeylOri, Indonesia, Malaya, Siam
and 'several' other Countries, re-
tureing across •the Pacific and
the Panama. Canal to New York:
Ceylon is to be remembered for
its beauty: Thailand, foriner'Ay
Siam, is notable "the its. unusual
'and Ornate structures; , clecciratecl'•
in all of the •richness of the Far'
East. .Honolulu i's...a city' of'
quisite Charm.'
.•
One of .the very' thrilling Sights '
of 'the voYage was the erupting',
v•oedno of Mauna Kea -a mouu-
tam of 'Hilo, of the 'HavVaian
.group ':of islands. Rev. cox
ae-
cepted opportunity Of flying'
around the crater of an. after-
-noon, and observing the Stre.ant•e
of--,-reel—betc-lava—running down
the steep .sides of the immense
cone, and. :the 'frequent explos-
ions which !graced up lurid flerne„-
shOwers of rock material, smoke.
and • vapour: Dowm, along the .
sides Of the •ineuntain ,,..the land -
was scorched, and fires could be
seen as :forest and efield were •
Censumed.• fortunately, th•e •
Warning Was sufficient to, .per-
mit the inhabitants' of •adjoining, .
valleys to, flee, to safety. "There.
was no . loss of 'life; but, a vol-
canic . eruption may be oneof
the most terrifying ,manifesta-,
tions of the powers of nature-
ORDER CRACK DOWN .
ON RECKLESS •DRIVING
•• .
'A determined effort is being •
Made to. eliminate.' reckless and
careless driving ,vvithin the -cor-
poration liirut Reeve -.A: • -
1-larni1tOn states that Constable
Alex Havens has been given fur- "
ther instructions to "creek down''•
onalloffenders, and to brig
n he IarovinciarRilice nec-
essary • to .enforee Sensible driv-
ing---.Irrilue-irillage. -+
. Vines and permit suspensions... -
were meted out in connection
with 'recent charges, that were
laid locally.
Police, Officers and Court of- •
fieial,s'-fiave-""given • previous
Warnings that • the: penalties the•
reckless driving ••and drvrn
while ability is impaired wili he
dealt with :severely; .and appear
to ,Mean What ,.-they say;
ing to penalties that are being
imposed, throtighoUt the district.
Dr $01ketillyiiis
Spend Year In
TO TO
Resoarth „Work
Dr; Helen Salkeld •Sperit,a' few
days here this week with her
parents', Mr. and. Mrs. T.
keld, pridr. to leaving for Eng-
land to spend 'a year in,research
work at Harpenden Experimental
Station,
.r...Salkeld is on a yea
of absence. from the Seierlee Ser-
vice Depertinent at Ottawa to, da
special work at England's. Oldest
agrieultural experimental station
where Dr: Salkeld obtained her
Ph.D. degree in 1951. •
Helen 'received her M..S.A de-
gree at the. Ontario Agricultural
College in 1949' and 'did post-
graduate work at the College for
a term in apiculture lnd entom-
ology •
. She Was eWarded a two year
seholar.ship, •valtie'd Lat.- $1,000 e,
year,by the Research :Cottecil
'of Ontario and in September ,Or
1950, sailed. for England to spend
two Years at Harpenden. neae
London, ••
. 'Upon returinng to Canada, Dr,
Salkeld joined the Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture staff.' ,
arid,11(has..been. engaged in research'
work' -which she carried out at
Ottawa and at Bradford in. the
Holland Marsh district. .
Dr. Salkeld.will fly from Mal -
ton on Friday,:eand will be at .“
•work • in familiar sUrroun"dinge` at;
Harpenden. next Monday, '
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