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With County Council in session.'
next week;. the' June meeting ' of
the Lucknow Village Council.
• was : moved for: ward a ' week.. and
held on -Monday night. All mem-
bers were present i,ncludi`ng
G.
,Webster,.,who was elected by
acclamation to' . suoeeed' : WC..
Attridge, and was sworn. into 'of-
fice
of
fice at a special meeting •held.
last week. • • '
Harold, Ritchie and Garnet
'Henderson requested a grant for
the'•Juvenile' Hockey Club's jac-
ket fund: The sponsors . were
'Short about $75.00 of reaching the
$250 Objective . and Council voted
$50,00 to the fund.
Council approved of a sign
• .company erecting another bill-
board :at the Caledonian Park;.: at
an annual 'rental • of $10.00; '
Curtail 'Road Program
-Upon •:receipt' . of '' an:. estimate
from . County Engineer' : G. E:
Stephenson, in connection with a
program • of: road resurfacing ' and
paving,. ' 'Connell decided they
would have to' curtail - the pro-
graze some ' to, remain wit in
thein' road budget.
The work to one undertaken• will
include a sand -seal ,coat on the:
:present ''hard -top ;roads: in the
village in order' to protect and'
improve •them. 'Some sections are
getting` porous, and.' 'unlessa seal
.is, applied:. winter damage could.
be severe: •
In addition, a prime coat will
be �. applied ; to all gravel' roads.. in'
the • village:: Cost of the . ;sand=
seal will run te, about~'$1600 and
priming to about ;$600 for an ex
•, penditure of $2,200; on which
there' is a 50 percent 'subsidy:
New • hard top construction
which had been in the original:
proposed work would cost. about
$1,360 and a seal coat over the
Havelack St. 'Pavement ` 'would
run '"about •$825. Both these pro
• jects ..were deferred, ' and:. will.
likely be `-under-taken-next. year..
Permission . was granted R. ;J:-
. Beak -
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::Boak- to.'use--the-Town--Shed --for
•'a livestock 'sale; at a rental r of
$15.00:
Discuss Frontage Assessment,
Reeve Hamilton' reported that
the County Equalized ;Assessment
Committee had visited .the. Vill=.
age•` last week:. 'This, opened .up
a' discussion on -assessments and:
comparisons, with: the Board`
spending some time., on .. check- •
W. inig `the cards m connection .witi'h:
frontage, assessement. in par'ticu--
• lar,, and which fapipear d to them
to vary greatly.. "We've got some
,checking to 'do", they agreed
Call --Drain Authority -'
_ _The digging. up:bf-a-main-drain
in .the Caledonian, Park has .•Un-
covered , a hedge : podge :.of Main,
drains and laterals, the most .'of
which' don't appear to be work:
• 'jog, and soQne ` apparently' . with
no�outlet•
' Council decided that . because
of the many different ideas of
how _'to. •drain the park'; that the
Drainage I3epartanen`t of ' the
'0 A:C. be .contacted, .with a view'
„to having' a drainage "authority
'called in to submit his recom-
• rhendations and' a lay -'out of
a drainage 'scheme, so that the'
'job ..can be 'properly done once
• and 'for all:'
'In the meantime work . at the
Park, will • .be halted. '
Council decided to have 'local
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.hydro meters .sent to the P.13 C.
at. Kincardine to be . calibrated
and inspected.
Assessor- Appointed
'Due to the .illness of T. E.
• Morgan, who was . appointed: ass=
essor .earlier; in 'the year, •Council
Was faced with 'the necessity of
inaki ig another ,appointment.
This was done at •a special meet
ing last week,; when Stuart Coll-
Y:er received the' appointment.
In . order to get the local ass-
e,<,grient picture ' straightened' out
LUCKNOW: ONTARIO WEDNESDAY.
, JUNE lst, 1955
Parr Drainage _
GRADUATE. 'CHIROPRACTOR •
TO PRACTICE IN VANCOUVER
Raymond oak graduated ..in
Toronto • on' May 18th from "the.
College of Chiropractics .upon
completion ,of a four-year. course.
Raymond, who is • a •1brother' of
Bob Beak 'of. Ashfield, has left
for Vancouver where he -plans to
establish 'a practise,
•. +ARRIVES FROM..SCOTLAND
•Mrs., John Munro .. of Scotland.
arrived in New York on Monday
of last week, where she was met
by ,cher:: daughter, Mrs. Harvey
Hall. She'. accompanied Shiella to
Detroit where she will make her
home .for a time.
Mrs, Munro is making a favor=
able recovery from injuries :she.
received, in Scotland "a few weeks
,ago; when" struck by -a car.
BARRY McQUILLIN HEADS
441 : BEEF CALF .CLUB: ,
The: Lucknow 4-H Beef Calf
Club met on Friday, May 20th at',
the farm of To'm : Todd.. - The
.meeting • oPened • with • the 4-H
Club. pledge. ' The roll call was
answered with': "Have. I led my.
calf". ' A class, of Aberdeen Angus
heifers were then judged, follow-
ed' ,by some members •;glying. reas-
ons' on their placing:~Mr:'Andrew
Gaunt gave an interesting talk
ori< : "Feed and Feeding". A : quiz
was then answered.::After the ad-_
journment everyone enjoyed a
social haif hour at the house.
Officers of the Club are:-presi='
dent, Barry, McQuillan; vice-presi-
•:dent, • ,Joyce Little; ' secretary,
Murray . Gaunt; :press reporter,
Anne. Todd.
TOPS HIS CLASS
THE O.A.C.
Murray 'Gaunt,; son of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Gaunt .- of West.
Wawanosh,. who is. in his first
year of the •Associate Diploma
Course at- the .Ontario •Agricul
tural',College,' Guelph,,: has' 'firi
ished first in "a 'class:.of 87 stn.:::
dents.
• The : -course. bf , 13 subjects is
divided into four groups for
bursary ,purposes with ;a student
being eligible for only one. group
award.:—Murray, won . the_ $25.00
bursary, for group 2, ;which
-eludes --bactpriolegy,otan.Y, en-
tomology and. zoology. '
QUEEN'S GRADUATE
• KENNETH, W.': BROWN
son of Mr.`: and Mrs. Wilbur
Brow'it. of Dungannon has'receiv-
ed his. B.Sc. degree at Queen's
University; Kingston, • upon . coi_n-
pletin8 ,a four year , course: ' in
electrical engineering, He will be.
employed • at 'the Trenton RCAF
Station.
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TWELVE PAGES
RouI.1n'Joss To Be IflcIude4 In
The..Lucknaw PastoralCharge
Effective .September 1st, the
congregation of South' Kinloss
.Presbyterian. Church will be-
•come-• part , of the :Lueknow and
Dungannon pastoral' charge un.
der the ministry ,of 'Rev. Wallace
"McClean. Steps were . taken to
•this' end after South Kinloss had
made application to , Presbytery
to be joined with, 'Lucknow. :
The . plan. , was approved in
principal last Thursday ..night,
but requires theformal approval
of the Lucknow congregation,
• Kinlough congregation, which.
has, beeii associated with South
Kinloss for several years, will, we
understand, join . the White-
ch.uroh-Langyside ; charge, under
the pastorate of Rev. N. Caswell.'
Calvin 'Church in East:.. Wawa -
nosh will' be closed.
A congregational ✓meeting, ,was
held` ' at, Dungannon recently
when approval was given • to the
Duigannon-Litckniow-South • Kin-
loss plan. •
Last ' Thursdayevening'..: con
• gregational meetings ,were,held
TWO-PARTY • FIGHT • Lucknow :arid South Kiloss:IN .
_ 'HURON -BRUCE.:
_ _ _ _ _ _ - - - _ The plan was explained. by the
Presbytery Commissioners `of • the
•
.t , pastoral boundaries :'committee.
The officialnomination •in
o
Huron -Bruce riding • last Thurs-
day was a mere formality, With
Only a handful of party stalwarts.
and:, election officials in ,attend-
ince as the • Candidates creden-
tials were presented.: • •
In . Huron -Bruce it's a straight
two-party fight between •John
Hanna, ,Progressive: Conservative,.
who has represented the .riding
since '.1943, . and Hugh Hill . Col-
borne Township ' farmer,• Who. is
making his third.bid tobring the.l omrnittee and approved.. •
riding ,back to the Liberal fold. , No Evening Service . ----
'..There
--':•There was. no oratory at the; Under_• the new arrangement
o_f ficial nomination meeting, the South' Kinloss service will be
which• hasbeen t tical• o t •9;45 "a:m. ucknow •
Personnel of this :e�ommittee .Was
Rev D;:'G.' `C,ampbell of Seaforth,
Mr, McKellar of: Seaforth and:
Rev.; .R. G. Mao1VIillan.. of 'coder-'
itch.
Committees' representing the
three charges later' convened at
South ,Kinloss Church,. and.: ap
proved of the.' new three-point:,
Charge. The South Kinloss : con. -.
gregationa :Meeting .had still not
.adjourned ` •when . the plan was•
referred , back.' :to them by their
yp f he hAld• a t at
campaign 'focally apart :from`11.00• a.m and Dungannofi at '3.00
radio broadcasting. With .none. of p.m:; ' with the evening service
the political "brass" visiting the, withdrawn in, Lucknow .,Presby-
terian Church. -
Committees• ;from the three
churches were as follows: Dun-
gannon Robert MacAllister,
Cliff Murray, John ',Bennett and.
Wallace' Wilson; •'South ;Kinloss
W. F. MVIacDonald, Ted, C,ol'lyer,
Alex Sutherland, Mrs. H. 'Lavis,
Mrs. Lloyd MacDougall,' Mrs. W.
• FF. MacDonald; Luckriow•-S: E.
Robertson, Leonard MacDonald;
Norman'' Taylor, Mary MacLeod,
Mrs, Jack Fisher, Jim Render
riding,: public :meetings : have
beennon-existent. ` While - the
m
capaign has been going along
in this quiet fashion, , it does not
mean the candidates are idle
They are working vigorously'
throughout the. riding: Both are
e perienced; ' campaigners a n d
keen 'interest will centre around
the''coun.tin:g• of the ballots come
next Thursday.
Can Be Sworn 'In :
Voting 'Will take 'place. from 9
a:rri:L'Until 8.00p.m., :m-D:S T "..
The. • enumerator •system has
rbeen used • provinci-a1Ly "'for the
first time in compiling. the .list
of 'voters,' No in.
Was made
.for revising the. enumerators' lists
and in .case -Of oiiisisons of`-eli
gible voters,• they ma -y be sworn-
in
wornin :on voting •day upon., being
vouched for . by an• elector who is
on the list: . •
So next Thursday be sure to
exercise 'your 'franchise Vote as•
yvu Iike'biit vote' -
THREESOME .HELD.
-BIRTHDAYTARTY'
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Mrs:.. Donald . MacDonaldwas
hostess,at 'a; pleasant birthday
dinner party at Johnston's Res-
taurant on Saturday 'evening,;
:28th when_. three, ' of the
•g roup were marking ,their natal.
By considerably the oldest. of
the threesome was Rev: Robert
Macconnell� who was 91 on Sat-
urday and is still keenly alert•
and active. Rev. Maoconnell still
frequently.. supplies . in. district•
pulpits and teacheBible Class
in the Liicknow resbyter an'
I
Church each•.Sunday. e can read
without glasses, and still delivers.
forceful sermons without the aid
of a n.ot.... • •
. The other birthday celebrants
• on Saturday were Mrs. J'. B.
Campbell ' of :Hamilton 'whose
bi-rthday---was..-drat. da ;n, ' her
sister Mrs. Donald (Annie) Mae-
Donald'of Lochalsh, whose birth.:
day was Von Monday. Mrs. Camp-
was • oanerl •"Be11 ,MacDon:•-
Camp-
bell' was. #.. Y.
a.1d of Lochalsh..
'Guests' at' the birthday party
were the ,Iadies' .brother; Mr, D.
A. MacDonald.. of Lochalsh; his.
daughter's Louise and Selina of
Windsor and U r's:'•W. J Attig of
(Continued son Page .1.2) . . Hamilton=.
e�ar,
•FERFECT SS. ATTENDANCE
FOR . TWO-YEAR TERM `. .
promotion � service was held
-:A
recently at Blake United Church,.
SundaySchool. It was hightlight-
ed by the presentation of ,certif-
icates ' and pins. to • Louise. and
Bill Andrew; each having
com-
pleted two .Years of erfeect at-
tendance at`
School •and
to John Andrew for a one-year
perfect attendance record.
Dorothy Hallam,: Mary And-
rew and. Karen .Kilpatrick . were
Promoted from the, primary. "class.
to the ;gains ndiboys'. class; While
Jean Irwin, Dorothy Curran, Bill
Andrew 'arid Cecil Hallam were
promoted from the . girls' and
boys' class to the young 'adults'
class.
The ` teachers are, priniary
class, Mrs. Jack Curran; •girls'
and, boys' class, • Russell Irvin,
Jerry Cranston,, young adult
class, Mrs. Crordon .Anderson. .
. I OSS=BORN: TEA-, • ,.ER "
RECEIVES B.E. DEGREE
W.'•Graham' MacDonald,: son of
Mr. and Mrs,W. _F.MacDonald
of Kinloss Township has receiv-
ed his Bachelor of • Education de-
gree, from the University of Tor
onto after studying" through the
University's 'extension :depart-
ment.and .summer. school
Gratiam , received de-
gree
his • B.A. . d .
e
gree last year, Be' teaches in the
Princess. Elizabeth School at Lon-
don, and . plans to attend. summer
'schoolthis year, as the first step
in attaining his Master's degree.
LANDS' PIKE AT .CLAM, LAKE
WEII IHNG .OVER. 14 POUNDS
The .big' ones ..aren't "getting
away".' at Clam '' Lake,' according
to Art .BBreckles who reports. a
lot . of big ,pike; 'being caught. at
his' lake this, ` year. On the, open
ing ;of the, season there • were
three naught' measuring ;about, 30 ,
inches, not eounting' the smaller.
fish.
.Over the holiday .week -end
there were seven •caught, . with -
the ' daddy ''of =them . all being
hooked by Wilfred Davis of
Lambeth.' It tipped the scale at
102 pounds and measured . 40
inches.
• MARKED .81st BIRTHDAY
Mr:. Sam' Reid was 'pleasantly
surprised, last Thursday evening
when his family, with the excep-
tion of Lorna of• London, dropped:
in to help him' celebrate his 81st
birthday, The evening was spent. . .
in, chit-chat. He received many
'lovely cards. and useful gifts ,
from the -family. A dainty lunch'
was ''se'rved .and the gathering
broke up, :: wishing him "many..
more happy birthdays.
Mrs. 'Albert Alton . and •'Mr.
Ernest Blake Spent a' few w days
last :week with. •'Mrs. Wilfred
Hoffman of 'Dunnville. ,
FORMER RESIDENT
HITSJACKPOT
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1VIrs.: Minnie Horne. of Toronto;
and •:formetrly,' of 'Lucknow :hit
the jackpot • in the. ,Epsom .Denby,.
last week; and won~ .$28,000,
Mrs., Horne had a . ticket:.
Acropolis': which. finished third in
the race. Top prize was $140,000,
with the second ; place ' , •horse •
bringing $56,000: There -were; two ,.
-Toronto winners:on Acropolis,
Mrs. Horne and J. Reed. •Each •
won twenty-eight .grand.' '
:Friends;: here were delighted: to
hear of. "Minnie's'? • good. fortune,
and a telephone .call wasput
through to Toronto that even-
ing .,by some of thein• to extend
their congratulations."
Mrs. Herne's , good fortune, is
richly deserved. She has been an ...' :
industrious and, hard-working
lady, and put in • many long -hours
in the restaurant business'" in `,.
Lucknow,, and. for years attent
ively� cared" f -or her` scan David;
whose death occurred a few years
,ago after a lengthy •and; crippling•
rheumatic illness. •
After selling.. •,the _ res, urant
business Horne moved to •
Toronto, where she has since op
erated a rooming', .house. on St.
'George Street.
The Toronto Star was unable
to contact. Mrs.. Horne:._w_ho -wars-
"publicity shy", and was reported
to :,be •• out -of -'town at a friend's
home.. Mrs: Horne didn't even
• listen " to therace, . but kept her,•,,:
fingers crossed until informed.of
the outcome.
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• Con'firmation Cass .At 'Ripley
Sunday, May 29th, Was• a •red
:letter day in St. Pauls. Anglican
Churoh . R,tpley, when the Rev:
H. L. Jennings, minister',, present
ed ten confirmation candidates to
the Right :Reverend W. T. T.
Hallam, D.D., assistant Bishop of
Iltrionr-•• Those onfrrmed fro.
Ripley were Laura Mae Blackett,
Michael . Albert .'Blackett 'and
*Mrs' Velma May Hagedorn.
Those confirmed from' St. -Pet-
ers, Lucknow,• were Donalda,
Elizabeth ,McQuillan,. Charles Al-.
lari .McQuillan, Ronald Johnston
McQuillan, Malcolm Bruce Thonm
son, Rae 'Alexander Thomson,
Donald. Joseilh 'Gaunt and' Jalrnes
Edwin Gaunt.
The Rev, C. F. .Johnson of St.
George's,. Owen Sound,' presented
Percy'Merritt Beare for confirm-
•ation:
The choir under' the l.cadershi
of Miss Edna Scott•.'presented the
from--
ant17, m,Pearse-L-oiu -tIIr 1 igee
in. Zion". The cliurch 'had been.
recently beautifully redecorated.'
The last confirmation service
was in July 1934, when.the Reay.
J. 13. Geoghegan, presented a class
td Bishop C:. A. Seagar. In this
class were Mr, • and :Mrs. , Jack
Blackett, parents 'of two of . the
present candidates.'
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