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LLTCKNQW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, JULY. 6th, 1955;
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EIGHT FACIES.
Indigent Hospital Charges Soar
To Very High Figure Locally
At the July .meeting' on Mon-
day -
da evening; the Municipal, Coun-
ei] received and .passed a seven -
months' account for • indigent
in. the t, of
.hospitalization"aSSlpun.
.$2,795,50. The, total amount ` of
the account was $5,5900 paid a by:
• +the County, of, • Bruce ,with •thall
of . the anaounf• reeoverable from
• the municipality. :
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The seven months' bill from,
November 1st to 'May 31st; rep-
' •resents a mill rate of 2:8' mills
to provide, for the expenditure,.
and on ' thebasis of the' past
seven months, indigent cost • for• a
'full : year Could run to approxi-'.
mately .five' • mi11s: '
The bill for $2,797.50 represent;
ed hospitalcare during this per-
iod for some. 16 'patients at `Vic-
• Coria: Hospital, Toronto General,
Wirigham, The Schaeffer .Nursing.'
Home, Kincardine' . 'and , Baker's.
Private Hospital
w '-Presented • Report
A.' M Harper of ' Goderich per-
sonally presented ` the auditor's'
report,,covering, the various de
partments of the municipality: In
;accepting: the report the., Board
decided to write: a letter: of thinks.
to 'Mr° and
for: his presenta
tion. and explanation.
Exempt: Legion • Property
• By-law No: 7 was 'given . the
reuuired• readings.' and passed;
subject to approval by . the De-
partment :of Municipal Affairs:
' , The by-law: provides for; ex
• emptier) from, taxation;: exceP,' t
.for localimprovements' and
—sc-•hool purposes, the - lands afnd
• preinises of Lueknow Branch 309
..of the . Canadian •Legion,
for a • period„ .of. ten years.
.Council deferredh -' •'
e; till t •e next
,meeting the making of a ',grant.
1.6 th.e Fire Company's' Resusci
tater. Fund, . with the .idea • than
the size of the . grant will depend
on • how muchthe fund may be
short of its objective.
Im resp onse to a .. revious re:L
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• A
quest : by . the '• Lucknow • .:District
High School Board, for hard sur-
facing'
ur-facing' of the . road ,from. Highway
86 to , the .school, Council .pointed
Out .that :this .section of road . had
now :been primed and sandedand
• .according'.to the 1955 :read, :bud-
get. no further expense could be
.considered this `year.: ;
Council ', passed• a resolution.
supporting Andy Robinson, M P.
for Bruce; 'in his ''bid 'to' - have the
Government increase their es=
ites i`n an effort to stamp out
the lamprey : eel in order to. -'re-
—store trout in:Iake Iruren.
Civic Holiday will be'proclaim-
ed. for Monday,' August 1st, and
Council''s next,regular session,
'"Will ;be on • 'Auust ..2nd
LEFT MONDAY
FOR/ Bic.' .C.' CAMP
Beverley :Ashton, 17. year-old
daughter of Mr. •and Mrs. Lloyd
.Y
Ashton of town,left' on Monday.
ty train` from Toronto for Lake
O'Hara 'Adventure•Carri•..e, British
ritish
Columbia, where 'she ,will attend
a' ►;•,month leng •-G-i-ri-=-Guide-C-amp
in the Rocky Mountains. •
Beverley. was 'one . of • two in.
Ontario . awarded 'a Wishart
Campership which allows .'her
free train 'transportation, to and
fr'orn the camp. One hundred •Girl;,
Guides from all parts of the Do-
minion will attend the Camp..To
rEach their estination, :the girls
;rriust walk s-ven miles front' the
nearest, train top, •Hector, ,B.C,
Besides the camp experience,
t. e,gir `ro p w n sm end;tiirie 71a .Win-
xxipeg, Regina, Calgary and three
hays in Vancouver and Victoria.
While :making these 'stopovers
they Will be guests orf -:the :various`
provinces for meals' and sightsee-
, ing. •a.
Beverley was recently awarded.
'ih "Gold Cord", which rs the
highest honour in Girl, Guide.
work.
LLOYD BARKWELL GOES -
TQ GERMANY WITH RCAF
,
Lloyd . Barkwell;' son of , Mrs,
.Barkwell ` of', town, • will l •go to
Ger-Many, with.,., the 'RCAF ' on
'August' 15th.
Lloyd- is a .cook.; an -tile Air
Force, and has been in the .ser-
:vice for two years. •
He is presently stationed at
North .Bay,. and expects- 'to -be
stationed ;at' Swibrookin in. Ger-
many.
'WANT TO.- BOWL?
Increased in� t has been
shown at the'�rlocal : bowling
.greens' this season; • and with a
full three:.months of. tbowli'ng re-
maining, anyone interested should
start immediately. Membership
has; increased and the local club
is str%ving to make as strong an
organization as' possible:
Winners' of the jitney. on Tues-
day, June 28th, were. Howard -Ag-
new;: Lloyd Hall, Leonard Mac-
Donald,;:Mike; Sanderson, ` Roy
Finlayson:
ENGAGEMENTS
Mr: and Mrs: Harold' IL'
guson, . 'Goderich, ' announce
engagement of their daug
Alva Lorraine, to .'James L
rence Olson, son of Mr and.
Ahbert ; Olson, Toronto. The,
ding: will' take -place-,at-North-S
United Church, Goderich, •
30th...
QUITE A CHANGE
FOR ''`THE OLD ..MAN":
For the first time'in almost
'25 years the Publisher's edi--
'torial...contribution.. to getting .
lout• this issue .'has been 'al -
most nil. We slipped away
• last .Thursday and didn't get' ,
back until Tuesda y, afternoon. Y
The boys had things • in good •
shape •to: publish 'on schedule:
With Don. doing racticall. , •
ng p, Y
all the'•writing for.this' issue,'
,it' is the first tithe since
took' over in June . of 1931,
for. the late A. D. Mackenzie,
'that we've had` a breather •
from scratching off the .copy
every week-- barring. holiday
weeks' of course.•' .. • •
EIGHT LUCKNOW SCOUTS
ATTEND CAMP MARTYN
Eight Lucknew' Boy Scouts are
attending a ten-day • camp' for
Seouts from'' the 'Saugeen District ar
UC NOW. SCOUT
T .A.
O JAMBOREE
MBC�REE
Ian Marshall, • 16 -year'' -old :son
of, Mrs.. Annie Marshall of Luck -
now, . will attend the 8th 'World`
•Boy Scout Jamboree at Niagara
Falls in .:August as a represents
Live from the' Lucknew Troop:
Ian .is on:e. of about 35 • boys
making up the Great' Lakes Troop
No. 7.: He has'•been given . some
financial assistance. by the local`
Scout Association -that will : help
hurl on: the, 10 -day : Jamboree. •
Ian is presently at • Cadet Camp
at' Ipperwash ' but, 'Will return . in
tune for the'Scent Jamboree:
to Toronto. Mrs, Chin and Frank ' SCHOLARSHIP--;WJ-NNERS
,AT ;WVINGHAM , SCIOOL
BILL' RITCHIE SPENDS
SUNNIER AS JUNIOR RANGER
Bill I ,itchie, 17-year=old son' of
Mr.. and Mrs, Alf Ritchie•of town
will - spend the -summer months„as
a Junior. Forest., Ranger. in North
ern' Ontario.: Bill is employed by..,
the • Department of Lands.and.
Forests; and • will be • one.. of 25
boys -Working at Restoule Lake;
about 20 miles from Powassan
The`"'yo _4g 'group will: be en
a ed in .• earing g ea ng •about 25 .'acres
of`" land on the 'lake,' to be used
as 'a provincial: park when .coal-
coin -
Piked. •
Mr:, 'a[nd Mrs° Ritchie, ;Bill and
Donna, motored north. last Fri-
day;.. and Visited 'with Edgar Rit-
chie in Huntsville exiroute: Edgar
joined them• Sunday when they.
continued on ; to' Pawassan.
Bill• has had a 'career. as. a 'For-
est •Ranger in mind for some time
and his summer job will act as'a
good "testing ,ground”
at Camp Martyn near. Inverhuron.,
They include Doug Schmid, Ted
Collyer; Bruce Baker,,. • Fraser
Ashton, Thorn.Collyer, Bill Rob-
inson, Arthur -Short and Bill
1�Ia�rshall. '
Local'. Scoutmaster 'Stuart Coll-
yer wil, fact' as one of the leaders
at the camp; The group' left ,:by
Allan Reed's bus ,on Saturday.
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VANCOUVER ..TRIP
Mrs° Rose Chin and Frank Chin
Fer- 'of' Toronto • left, recently • for a
:.the' 'month's holiday in Western Can
her;' oda, They ' plan to. motor as far
aw=' as' 'Vancouver where they Will
Mrs. 'deliver the .car, After a visit with
Wed-. relatives they,. •plan .`to fly • back
t:
July were , accompanied ; by another
couple' from 'Toronto..
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120 )Tur ' Fo
• n U p r Red Cross $wimClasses, ..
Are Makin
9four CrrPs
WeeklyTo Teeswater.
Expectations) `were' more..,"than
doubled ', on Monday •morning
wheri',120. children: from Lucknow
and district' signed, up to take the
twice -weekly swimming in.struc-
tion course at Teeswater `pool.
Last• year sixty . children'*as
about • the ;maximum, and this
surprise registration has, caused
some alteration in the' plans.
'.:' The new schedule will include
four .weekly : trips- . for: Allan.
Reed's bus service.' Beginners
will go ori Wednesday. and• Sat-,
'•urday,' mornings. at 9.00, and the
Juniors and; Tntermed ates " nn
Monday and Thursday ..mornings•;
at 00. •
The classes , are ,sponsored • by
the Lucknow and Vicinity grane•h
of the Red Cross' .Society to inn,
cc u a any chirdren •firth district
who • areseven years and over.
The instruction will continue at:
the • Teeswater : Lions 'pool for •the
sin -inner ,months. '. •
Must' Be Eight
Notification was,; received here
'on Wednesday. ' from,' officials of
the Teeswater pool. that because
Of the large' attendance, .they Can
give ightinstruction : only `•to •children
eight, years • o .f age n .and•!^ ,
over :
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• SPRING FEVER
Eleven'Y ear - old Jtrimy',
Coaksworth; son :of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert CocksWOLth of Ailsa.
Craig, and fbrn'ierlyof Luck -
now, seems to get 'the:. urge
to' wander . at times, This
»spring Jimmy and a couple,
of • pais set out for school' one
day but never arrived. When ,
`die failed tv Corrie---herrie--f-or
dinner and supper, • his par=
ents 'notified the police.. The
"hitch -hiking three. Musket -
Vers"!
:_a. out..:2 30. ,.,
.were -found b ,
a.m. 00 miles• from home,
near Sarnia. According : to
Bert the' ;boys didn't know
where ,they were going, but
knew where they .weren't go-
ing—school.
o-.in;g---school..
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RESUSCITATOR
FUND. GROWS
Donations' to the Lucknow Fire
Coni;pany "Resuscitator Fund as of
Monday ;noon of this week had.
reached $458:00:. Another drive
was launched ; by :volunteers on
Saturday night, and they are gett-
ing, closer t9 I. the .'bare minimum
Objective Of :$600.00...,•
Jim Cameron $1.00; ,Miss • E.
McCluskey<• 2.00;, Little Lights
Junior Red Cross; Room 2, Luck-
now Public School.' 2.85 Bob Mc-
Intosh 2.00; Archie 'Macln.tyre.
1.00, 1 aynard: Ackert 2.00, Wm,
Stewart .2,00; Dungannon Wo
men's •Institute%10:00; Allan Reed
.2.00 Jack. Bradley,2:00; Al Irwin
12.00;. • 1VIrs. Wilson '.Inn xi 2:.0.0;
Douglas Graham 1.00; Hazel Cul
bert 1.00; Bob.; Mole ;2.00; T. A.
Cameron 1,00; John, Dahmer .2.00;.
Dorothy Cook . 1•:00, Mrs. Eileen
White 1.00; Bill .Brown .,50; John
Murdoch 2°00; Bill ,, Arnold 1°00;
George Tucker 1°00 Jack Kil—
patrick 2500,. Dan MaeLeod '1,00;
Ken • Nicholson '2,00;, Earl Harris
1:00 Chas. McQuillin 1,00;- Hugh
'MacDonald1:00; (Russell • Gaunt
•1.00; • Warren : Wyl'ds . 1:00 Bob
•Reid 2 0 Haro1d"Johnston 1:007
R. E. Crawford 2.00; Eddie Moore
1.00; Harvey Ritchie 1•.00; Wm:
Bain' '2.00;• George Westlake 2:005•
Vernon' Hunter 1.00; Frank Mil-
ler '1.00; . Howard Barger 1.00; R.
D. Ross 1:00;‘. Bill. Houston 1,00;
Bill Eadie '1.00,• _Wm. ,MacIntyre
1.00; Wilmer Howey 5.00; Orland
Richards 1.00; W. T. •Roulston
1.00; . Bill 'Humphrey, .Sr.,' 1.00;
Harold Ritchie 1:00;. • Cant Mac,
D naLd 2 Uri; •-A� Al_iga%�1.510;
Glenwood Campbe1 5.00•;.. 'Ira
Campbell 5°00e
Wm. C Johnstone
•2.00;. Wm. M. MacDonald .2:00; J:'.
E. Bannister 1:00; Chrastena Car-
rick .00; W. L: •MiacKenzfe 2,00;.
Jane, Johnstone • 2.00•;, • Wm: Port-
eous 2.0k Jerry Cranston 2.00;
Donald It. MacDonald 2,90;.Eldon
Henderson 1.00;- Austit Solomon
2.00.
Ival . and Barry iNlcQuillin;: sons
of Mr: and Mrs, Fred • McQuillin
of'West. Wawanosh, and .Mari-'
anne
1VIc.Kiblbon
• , granddaughter anddau,ghter of
Mr. and Mrs. 'W.: A Ru's'sell • of
town, have all ',been awarded
scholarships for good, standing at,
Wingham :District High School.
.` Marianne Won the Lions C'ltib
scholarship for top. standing in
Grade , ; 9, and 'also ..the whole
school. Her •-Percentage was :95:4°
Barry won 'a scholarship for top
student; in Grade 10 with "'an 86,8
percentage. ' Ivan's . percentage of
78.7 'gave him 'third 'standing. in
Grade 12, and the• Dr A. J: Ir-
win schollarship Barry was .,also,
stop .•student, .in. Grade IN,'dast
year, T
LOCAL :YOUTH
SAVES nCOUSI N
What : might easily have been
a "drowning fatality at -"The Foot
of . the Twelfth"' in 'Ashfield ••-'
Township was narrowly. averted'•
due to the -fast. action •of a local
'youth,. 14 -year-old Art Howald.
The • incident 'occurred . about two
•weeks ago but it' was not ; until.
last week end that we learned
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Mr, and Mrs. Worden Howald
.and family, and, Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Marriott and ; family were
spending an afternoon at the
beach. : Art. ,and • his 12 -year-old:
cousin Joe . Marriott, were swian-
ming along. the lake on a :`.log
in :the 'water 'up to • their chest,
and were passing over the stretch..
where the river enters .the• lake.'
The river had apparentlygouged:
out a path -into the lake. When
young Joe, a :non -swimmer.; fail-
ed to ' touch • bottom, he beearne '
alarmed, 'and, the. two lost. • the'
log Art managed to get •:Joe c
ashore, • being a fairly good
swimmer himself.. Aside • from
shock and •swallowing ; some ... "
water,,. the . young ' lad luckily
escaped a more disastrous Fate,'
'brit had.' hebeen alone ,possibly,.
would not have. been so fortun
ate. • .
This spot where :.the river joins �• '
Lake Huron has long lieen noted , . •
as 'adangerous ' area for swim-
mers, and the public :should: be
ever mindful of this with the'`'
summer season ahead
Public~ Invited
RE -MEN TO -TAKE
ST. ..;),OHNS COURSE
The 'St. •• Johns Ambulance peo-
ple are ,holding a 'course in .anti-
ficial respiration in the Recrea-
tional Centre . tonight,'' Wedneas:
day, sponsored by the Lucknow
Fire • Company, and which ;the'
general -public is invited to 'at-
tend. Members of the ` Ripley
Brigade will, also be present
The Firemen have been helped.
in •the 'financing of this ..project ;
by the pub:lc. donations • to the
Resuscitator Fund.
Two St. ,Johns 'nen, from' Strat
•ford, one oaf'whom is John. Wil-
son, 'son-in=lanw 'of,:.,Mr. and .Mrs.
Philip Stewart, will 'demonstrate':
the 'methods of . artificial respir-
atien commencing at 8:00 P.M:
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Escaped Destruction By Fire�:
The'Liicknow Bowlers.' •Club
-House narrowly escape etrus-'
tion by ''fire about 'the supper
hour on Friday afternoon, :but
tole;' outbreak was 'nipped in due
time and the: 'bi.ilding. saved.
An. . alarm was turned in, from
Gordon Brooks' home :after they
had noticed -clouds of smoke bil
lowing forth 'from' the building.•
'Gordon and Jerry' Culbert, fought.
the •blaze with ,a garden hose un-.
til the Fire Company arrived,.. but
-va•erg••---hanrpercd--gteatly--in tli
efforts, by the 'ainuunt of smoke.
The fire originated' in the• men's
lavatory and burned'out the floor
and .wall, before it was discov,er-
ed. Smoke filled the other rooms,
and it ;was difficult • to pirf` down
the : extent of the. •`b]a2e' while
fighting it. The burned -out room
was the only one with a ceiling,
and this fact . was possibly the
reason for thepanies: not spread-
'ri
The cause of • the blaze , is a
mystery. There is no electrical
current in the building' unless
Abe_greenflQo Rights}_are The.
lavatory is ,generally open, and it
•is thought: •a• .careless. smoker
(young or old), might .have been.
responsible for the outbreak. -In-
surance was carried on tne'build
ing.
DISTRICT _GIRLS- ;RECEIVE •
ACHIEVEMENT -:CERTIFICATES,
Fort. -ei h •
y, g t• 4 H Homemaking .
Club grris„ in South Bruce 'receiv-• •
ed Certificates of • Achievement at
the Achievement Day. in Walker
ton District High School.
District garb receiving awards
were: Marie. Coning of . Purple
received a .Provincial' Hon=.
or. Certificate for completing` ,12,
prtoj'ects; Marilyn Carruthers and
Irene Roulston of . Kairshea, and
Elaine 'and Joyce .MacNay of Par d
amount received County:' Honor
'Certificates 'for completing ,six
projects; Certificates' for coinplet-
ing two projects Wein to Beatrice,
Betty & Joyce Haldenby of West-
ford, ,
estford,, Shirley.'Coiigranf of Holy-
rood, ,Marion Buckton, Amelia.
Carruthers, Irene Roulston .and
Marilyn Carruthers of Kairshea,
Irene Elphick,• . Maine .'.And ' Jo-
YCe
1VTgNaY,.Jean' Anne_w Bi.ckiards,
Marlene Stanley and Mabel Stan-
ley of Paramount, Donna Hedley,.
Mary. Ann McCosh,• •Doreen Mc- •
Leod, Esther 1VIae o a1 i
1yn Parker, Elizabeth Scott,
Frances. Scott and Louise Trantor
of purple Grove.
There were 130 girls who con- ,•
pleted 'the project, ;,The • Milky
Way''
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