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.LUCK,NOW, ONTARIO, WE
NESDAY, MAY 4th, 1955.
. TEN PAGES
• -.Cookil 'Accepts New Assessmcnt
.For High 'School Levy PutOses •
At the regular meeting of
Lucknow Village Ouncil on
'Monday evening, the Board ap.-
ed of acCepting Lucknow's
;troy _ ,
•
new equalized' :county • assessment
as:the basis of aS-
• sessnlent . for tAilekriow District
'‘ .School purposes. Lucknew's
• Share Of school Oats' was prev-
iously levied on in assessment
of $812,000. . • '
•.Under the new set-up Luck:.
now will now pay 19.413 per -
'cent of high. school costs which
is an increase of appromixately
"Six -percept over the ,preVious
. 11,304' percent Share borne by
'the Village. The overall. effect
•will- mean ,an increase in Luck. -
now Ifigh School rate of approx-
imately 2.7 Mills on the basis of
• last year's school. costa. „-
Kinlosso•CoUricil at their meet -
en Monday also agreed • to
accept:.their new assessment
Which' :will increase the Kinloss
share by about 2 percent. Ash4
'field and. West' Wewimosh stand
to benefit the most by a percent-,• age reduction in their share o
'the district ,se!hool'caits. '
The Matter would have ;gdrie
•:to arbitrationhad not the vari,
intinicipalities forming the
„ ,
schaol district agreed to the new.
, ,
,•set-up. The question that: came
*:up locally, stemmed from the
• fact that Lucknew now pays $918
. .
• annually,over and above . its
• percentage shareof school costs:
• • • •
This amount.is a result of the
• • Village having .originally. agreed
--,10.,a-sstune-7-a7rta-dd-itional--ene-7-atitt
one.:half. Mills. on the assessment
•
of $612,000 for. debenture pur-
poses only. '
To .1/se DIJIMP
.Reeye Harold' Percy and Coun-
cillo P 21.;.: :Murray were .a
del-
egation , frOrn Kinloss CotinciL
seeking use ,of the MtiniCipal
dump by • residents Kinloss
Township in an area convenient
to this disposal ground
Councillor joynt reported that
the • read into the • dump • Was to
be widened and fencing • done
that would facilitate , the 4proper
disposal of garbage: The Kinloss
delegation agreed, to -grade this
road as required with the: Town-
ship maintainer ' and to_.*pay
$10,00 annual . rental as a nom-
inal fee to help maintain the
'grounds. Kinloss, council ',is at
present. Considering establishing
a series of ng grounds.
throughout the • Township. .
AcknO-Wledge,-HosPital--Grant
A letter Of ackn,owledgernent
" and thanks Was, received .from
.Wingham• General Hospital,. .for
reCeipt Of Lucknow's full 'share
Of $13,000 .to., the new chronic
patients wing Signed by Mrs:
:1Vloprey, .superintendent and
• C. MacLean, Board chairman, the
letter concluded: "We assume you
that every endeavour on • our
part • will be made to to Make. our
• • .,mtlich improved hospital . a still
•greater benefit and help: t� all
• Have Inspected bridge
In reply to a. communication
regarding the condition of. the
Pv0 'Age .on Main street
M,r. P. L. 13arrett of the Depart-
ment of HighwaYs. at ,Stratford
replied that engineers from .the
Bridge • Office 'Toronto had
made an inspection of, the•Struc-
.ture• and their report Was being.
forwarded as to what. should. be'
• done.
•
•
A $1.0.00, donation will' be made
by the local hydro to • the Rob-
Mem.dinal
. With the 'memorial to be erected,
in front 'of. the Province' of On-
tario . building rn the ..CN,E,
fr grounds.
To Pave And ResurfaCe ' •
Council outlinedits prograin
of road building. and repair. A
• black top /surface will be laid
•on '.1,VilIou'ghby from Haveloek•
Street to the new schoo) and the
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WAS • .Q.UtIlk: 141LA
Lloyd Robb• Of Ashfield • has
been ,quite ill .this. :Week from
pneumonia and an apPendect-
oiny....LIOYd had been at his
home with pneumonia. fpr .a.,few
days; When Strike,n,' with ..an
at-
thck of appendicitis: He was . tak-
en to •Wingharn Hospital ‘Vhere.
he underwent' anoperation: on
Tuesday.
NOMINATION SCHEDLED
FOR NEXT MONDAY -
• A nomination Meeting is •sche-
duled to be held. in LticknoW
nekt. Monday evening, . May: 9th
from 7.30.t6.8.30, to receiye nom-
inations to fill the Council va-
cancy •resulting frem the resigna-
tiorrof Councillor W. C; Attridge.
In event of: an election it will
be held- az--W-eek—later: --
So farraST we have .heard there
have been very few names sug-
gestedfrom, which to -choose .A
successor. to Mr. •Attridge,, •
•
PLAN JUVENILE. i3ANQIIET,
DANCE AND ramE pRAvve.
• Lugknol.v .L e g. lo juveniles,
W.O:A.A. . "1)." • champions. • and
runners;tip ,for the Ontario
will be honored at 'a:banquet in
-the Recreation -Hall'Pri,•Wednea-
daY evening , of next week:. Tick-
ets :.to the 'banquet . are ..,$1..26..•
•A 'dance Will :foil* .at. Which
three Prizes—a itinior. inpirnaster,.
dresser :deck a PA • ',14Dathi-Goin
scales: The event is wider the
ausplce.s lofz,the-.Etigkilow: Branch
ot the Canadian. Legion, Which
Sponsored the juvenile te.arn. En-
tire proceeds will go. into .the'
juvenile' jacket .•
, .
ENDS THIRTY-ONE
YEARS SERVICE
Mr. Charles SteVard-has retir-
ed After 'thirty-one years of cred-
itable and faithful: service with
the Lucknow branch. .of
wood Dairies',. Limited. . .•
Mr Steward entered the Silver --
wood ,employ. in 1924; the second
year after: this firth established
,plant in .Luc now.
His retireMent took effeetrOn
Saturday, April 30bh;. upon his
oxlip etion o more an three
decades • of service.'
TO BE ORDAINED
'FRIDAY N.101T.
An ordination' service of .spec-•
ial local interest Will be held at
Knox •Presby-terian..Church, Go&
erich on Friday • evening • when
Alexander. MacnOnald and Rob-
ert Bissett will be :ordained into
-
the ministry...Rev. j, R., Mac-
Donald; of litolcy And Ashfield,
ho; is moderator of .Huron -
Maitland presbytery, Will 'ordain,
the twoyoung men.
Alex, who is just 25 years; Of
age, is the *on of 1\4,17,--!arld' Mtg.'
./ki.t?X. MacDonald of Niagara' Falls
and formerty. of Lueknow,,His.
mother waS the former Margaret
lgacKenzie. His aged gran
-
mother.; Mrs: Ewen MacKenzie,
passed away since Alex. entered
the ministry and it would have
been a "sPeCiallY proud.. moment
for 'her t� have attended his or-
dination.
•
uated • froM-7.--the
.Presbyterian Collegte, .Montreal,
where his • grandfather',
F,wers "MacKenzie, 'Was prefessor,
of practical theology until his
sudden ,•death while •a compara-•
tiyely•young man,.•
Mrs. Torrance Andersen. and
Mary. Jo,. Andeismin of :Toronto
Were week -end visitors with Mr.
and Mrs: J, 0. Anclersori: .
AGAIN NOMINATED
• JOHN v'ir HANNA, MAPP
John W. Hanna, Who has rep-
resented the ••riding of Huron.
Bruce' in the ,Provincial Parlia-
ment since 1943, will again carry
,the •Progressive - Conservative
bannerthe forthcoming pro-
vincial •election :set for Thursday',
:lune ,9th. • . • .
Mr Hanna., :was unopposed
and was praised, for his recOrd.
of servigeto the riding ::by J.
• W. Joynt of Lucknow and .0r -
vine Taylorwho proposed his
nomination.
In accepting his nomination
Mr: 'Hanna said it Would be, his
Purpose to serve allthe people
of :the riding,. as in • the .paSt.
He expressed regret: in• the pass-
ing of two hard working, Mem-
bers of the 'party, Robert BoW-
man of Brussels. and DaVid,bar-
ruthers of Kirilpss.
..
—The. sPeciaT'S'pe-akerws Hon
F. S., Thomas, .,Minister. of 'agri-
culture. • ,
"••• .
PLAYHOUSE TO:
• TO::
The Playhouse Theatre will re -
Open, on 'Friday -.under- ,a new
promotiorial plan, which it is
hoped: will assure the continued
operation of - the shOw.
• The theatre will operate on
'Friday .and • Saturday evenings,
with ..a Saturday afternoon mat-
inee,' for ,theAnne being at least.
Ti* „opening picture is a War-
ner Bros. • production, "Bounty
.HunterP, which is Randolph'
Scott's ' latest, picture:. there will.
be the latest news 'reel and .:a
OMR HILL TO BE
LIBERAL .CANDIDATE
• •
At a nominating convention in
Wingbam." on Tuesday • night;
Hugh Hill, Colborne Township
farmer, was chosen as .Liberal
'candidate' for Huron -Bruce rid-
ing' in the provincial election in
Jnne. Mr: .1-1i11 received: ,the norn-
inMion • by acclamation, when
Clifforcl.::Diinbar Withdrew,
, ,
Margins to,. meinber-elect; J W,;
. The meeting was 'addressed by
Liberal. Leader, Farquhar Oliver
W. B. Anderson' of toWn was
•elected •One of , the vice-presi-
dents ofthe riding., AsSOciation:
LK VACCI.NE FOR.
GRADE 111 PUPILS
.,
.PUring the ,period April. 18th
to April 22nd, a total of 1,903
Grade 1,,.and Grade II children
of :Bruce County received their
innoculation: of Salk •, vac-
cine. Illness prevented 'some, of
the children fromattending the
PoliomyelitiscClinks, and a. fur-
ther -100 children did' not attend::
This latter group :represents 4.9
percent of the total number of
children,- and includes those Who
, ,
.did nothave their .parents' con-
sent for ,the inoculations and
those who Were absent for uti.
knOwn reasons, Some of the par-
ents of the former have .since
changed their. attitude arid theSe
children, will receive their 'initial
dose at the next; clinic,. ,along
With those , Who :Were ill at ....the
..time _of•thrat
•• . .
• A ,reviSion of Policyby the
Provincial. Department of Health
necessitated- .the cancellation Of
theseepnd. clinic: The .Second
course of inOeulatiOps will be
given during the. week of May
16th• to 20th.: All Grade III stud-
ents are to be inoculated with
the 'Grades I and. II.. The Grade
III students will receive the sec-
ond inoculation' duringthe third'
week of June,. The time of the
last,' Or .third,inoculation has: not
been definitely decided, but-ilwill7
be announced af a later date, .
Parents in rural. areas Can as-
sist the entie program by being
sure that their :children attend
the clinics promptly. at the :coin-
mericement Of . the .. announced
,clinic time. • •
STRAW PILE FIRE
THREATENS BARN.
soccessful efforts in extin-
,guishing a straw stack fire on
Thursday • afternoon averted a
cOnflagratiOn tAat might well,
have razed all the', buildings . 011
the farm of Joshua Dawson',arkl-
Mr: and "Mr.5. Huntley 13,4awien,
Concession 2, Kinloss,•
The Ora* stack •adjpiried. the
barn .01d a.• ,brisk .north-west
'e.reeZe: was carrying. the Smoke
over the buildings, including the
barn, henhouse, implement shed, '•
house and work shop, All Could
have ' fallen prey to the flames
had the barn Caught fire:
• It was shortly after five o'clock
that a call was received by ,tlis
Luckricrw Fire • Department. A
'bucket brigade 'did' Valiant wOrk
in keeping the blaze down .until
the fire truck. got. into •action:
The heavy rain of recent days •
which soaked the stack was also
Credited; with Slowing' doWn.the
spread :of the blaze.
After the fire was believed
ex-
tingumshed Chief'' George -
Whitby recommended that the
stack be 'zrioVed .frOm the . barn •
to prevent any danger of a I fur-
ther outbreak, and the moving
of it proved a wise • precaution
•as there. Was evidence that the
fire had . not been ',cornpletei
drowned out. ' , • •
Neighbors rallied quickly 'With
tractors and manure spreaders,
arid With others "pitching on".
the straw was scattered over a.
feld
. Sandwiches' and coffee were
served ' to the Willing.helpers, aimd
the -Dawson '' family is very 'ap-
preciative of the assistance of all •
.whO helped AP, save their. build-
ings.
SIGN IN'STALLE0 AT
,S.T. PETER'S CHURCH'
.A
. An ',attractive „sign, has been,
Placed on the front Of St Peter
Anglican. Church', to the left .of
the entrance It was donated . by..
the Men'S. Club.: of the: Chureh...
With the .artiStry...done by
, Ilew-
ard. 'Cowan. • .
The sign,: crested with a "CrdsS,'..
.bears •:the aine. of ,the ;allure/1.
and the name of the:rector, Rev,
Ierinings; as Wel) as the
hour of morning worship, anc
the ififormation' that holy :COM::
rnunion is 7held .the first Sunday:,
of each month. . • "
color . cartoon.
. The theatre is 'getting a' "face"
Trio N.abbed Near
lifting" pamnt job, three' theatre
Sign :boards are spotted. along
_Main Street,and_ .theatre_car
in merchants' • stores; all fo us
attention on the re -opening.
The .plan is supported, by the
BusinesS Men's' Association with
stress laid on both' the entertain-
ment and ,shop at .home •angle:'
Will Be Prize Draws
Merchants .who support ,the
yival of the afjo* willcontribute
weekly to its .maintenance un-,
ay- - -Pro xi:6 • -ge lf.s up p Orti
or otherwise. :Thesestores', will
display show. cards, and 'will
have contes_t_c.ards_ available to
any customers requesting thern.
To participate in the prize draw
:that will be :held periodically at
•
the theatre; it iS necessary only
to fill in the naine. of a show,
actress,. or actor, from any , one
of the pictures .appearing, on the
,big Store cards, This information
is written on the contest card
and teirned rn atthe theatre: Dis-
play cards' and contest cards will
be available only to sfores sup-
:
porting the plan..
• Free Passes•
• It • is ,nlanned to have fr.ee
Saturday passes ofr public school
children in 'the district, This.
will be done bY passes' being
shade- available' to one: school
each week. '
From time to time there will
be• a draw at the •theatre for a
Valuable prize. The frequencY •of
the* draw, and the pries to he
Offered,' are among the details
ontinned oPage 10) that have yet to be Worked out.
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IugigingMan And
A trio of Owen Sound youths
were picked :up without resist-
ance at. 'a' roadside 'table on
Highway 86 east of Amberley mn
mid-afternoon on Sunday
Several hours earlier they had
'slugged and robbed \Vim J. Ken-
nedy of Kincardine, and dump-
ed -him from his car -to •theLroad-.
side, on Highway 21 between
Amberley and • Kintail. It was
after Midnight' that the, attack
occurred ,and less than, 'an hour
later Mr: •Kennedy was discover-
ed by a party di Goderich men
returning from smelt • fishing.
He was taken • to Goderich Hos-
pital • :where he regained, con-
sciousness Shortly • after' being
admitted, His injuffes were not.
Serious and he was allowed to
leave the hospital that day.
,Kennedy, age 34, is a
nephew, of Mr, .and Mrs. Wm.
MagIntosh Of Lueknow..He is on
the C.N.R. passenger rUn from
Palmerston to Owe_ _n Sound but
lives .in .1(in—eardin, as he was
Previously brf the Palmerston to
Kincardine run. Kennedy' was
motorinihorne froth Owen Sound
late Saturday night , when he
'picked up the three hitch -hikers.
Ile let Orlp pf, them drive and
dropped off ,to sleep to awaken
at Amberley ten miles south of
his dettination, :Upon protesting
he was, sileneed by a blow on
• .
mberle 1 Alter
-redur r
Viwt
the head "from one of :the pair
in the back Seat '.and duraped out
Of the car._ , •
'The'tile was evid.ently: not
familiar With the countrysldOE
and turned West towards the
lake on Con: 10, '.near,Krntal
Ihis is little' more ...than a•
_way and the trio- -tvrapped the „.
Car around an elm tree on this
isOlated, road, .:sUffering, sexere
injuries • that, eventually, resulted • •
intheir arrest; •
One of • the trio had: a broken
rose, another',a badly lacerated
ear, and a :third suffered flid
injUries. • • • ! •
, They spent the night in a Warn
in, the vIcinity and on Sunday
cUt across fields in a hortheas“
erly direction. Due to
juries it puzzled policethat they
'walked as far as, they did -They
were sighted , on Sunday after-
noon. on "Frank HaMiltdn'S side
-
road", With.an efofrt being Made.
to hide their. faces,: Which show -
7s -Tin -s Of their injuries. A
party, of LuckrtoWites also ,saw
:them, Police had already been,
rotified and within,a very &holt
trine eonverged ,on the spot to
find the, exhausted.youths at the
roadside table, They were. James
Steffer,17; James Noble, 17. arid
Vincent Donald 'Flood,. 1Q,
were taken to Go"de,rieh Hospital
and Flood to jail
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