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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1955-08-24, Page 1$2.50 A • Year In Advance—$1.00,' Extra To U.S.A.. trike ive lhiits Qver last Y'ear's Levy .......... LUCKNOW, ONTARIO• WEDNESDAY, AUG. '24th, 1955 EIGHT. PAGES Increased high. school;,_ public • school and indigexnt patient costs, are in the main,' responsnble for a 5;n'i U increase-- in -the Lucknow' tax rate ',,this', year.• . x , The rate was struck at :48- mills; •last Wednesday night.. at a,special meeting of Council The 1954 rate was 48 mills, and by comparison is as follows; 1954 1955 r.. 6.0 -6.0 'Public School 7.6 9.3 High School ,;' 4,2 6:4 ' Village' 25.2 • 26:3 43. X18.. In striking the Village rate.' an, additional • 1,,/. mills was estimat ed• to cover .the increased cost of. indigent' patients. These costs. this year will Je up, about'$1,500 'frown .$3,300 to $4,800.:: A 'mill. • raises approximately 4,0.00, ' on the local assessment $1,024,495. There :was a surplus• of about 2 mills on last year's operations, 'but a smallersurplus is ,budget - ..ed. for ..iti . thus year's''. rate.. ,. ▪ County ' er-' To'' Collect Arrears At last week's"•meeting. Clerk E H. Agnew submitted a' estate- ment of arrears in all village •de- partments: and was authorized' to • Collect all sums :owing' the. Vill age ',under the. ,provisions • of the Municipal Act , and, the` Public Ijtihties Act Tax arrears covering` fou'r years, total $2,851.41,, :,,and are Made '' u follow P a'follows: s '1954,. 42,355.15, ;1953, $346.05 1952 $99.06; 1951, $51.15. ' Hydro • arrears at August' 15th totalled '$385.08. •'and water • ar- rears ''at that' date were • $301.68. Safety box rental, public 'build= ing rental and outstanding';' dog -tax' makes up another.' $37.00 ow- ing. the municipality, • NEARFIF'TY PASS 'SWIMMING TESTS. Swimming instructions receiv- ed,:this . swimmer ,by 'children of- • this community at the Teeswater Lions Pool, has.not been in vain. •:Almost, fifty of these., young swimmers passed °stiff . examina bons last week,: held• at ` the pool with Miss'; J. Winchester of the anadian Red Cross as the ex rine"r— • Bus ' transportation for the local swimrning classes was pro= vided 'during the sumimer by the local branch of the Lucknow and District Red Cross Society: On • Monday -Allan Reed provided a freepost -examination trip to the 0001 for any of '.the youngsters wishing a final ."flip". In four classes the following , g students . sucoessfuliy- •'p assed their tests: , Seniors --crests,' Mary `Allin'. 'Nancy Forster: • Interinediates_..crests and .cer- tificates,, Bruce Baker, `Sara Jane Bannister, Mary Lyn Couse, Ted yen, ..Thos,,. - Co']lyer, ;Joan ' 'Crawford, Bill 'Marshal], Nancy' Webster: Juniors—pins and •'certificates; Bob Andrew, Linda ' Button, Leona Collins',. WayneHenry,, • Frances Henry; ry, Paul .Henderson, Bob Hunter, Murray .Hunter, • Jerry Mowbray, Patricia Thomp- son, Tom • Wasney,. : Beginners—pins,Marjori e A)- , teen Tom Andrew, Helen Carnp- bbe]Y,, Gary Mailman, Geo onnn Vetiver Dickie, Elizabeth Finla y son'Y Mary Fisher, Ross Forster, Janet • Gaunt,.`` Karen Groskorth, Kathleen Haoket't Ton Jackson' .Kn ;•,'Xirkland, Muriel : Moore, ry Murdie, • Margaret McKen • zie, Patrieia Pentland, .''Eleanor Reid, Calved Townsend Carl W Wagner, Cliffor ..' , • Weiler � Wagner' dally Gary Willis, Jim Wilson, John Willis,° ° TAPNC. NAVAL COURSE '.• AS' DIESEL TECHNICIAN George Webster, :• son of Mr. and . Mrs. Harvey Webster, 'is completing his first year" in the naval : service at the East Coast: George is or 'the li.1VIiC.S:. Cape Breton and • is taking 'a general Diesel course . fitting, molding,, welding, "sheetrneta],: draughting.. For; the next two years he'll be training as • a ' diesel 'technician:. George is quite ::interested in the work and has been taking high marks. He topped..his• class in draughting and in•'diesel shop work. It was a c,o idence. that on George''s• birth day he received commendation on 'his dieslel: work from' the Captain. That, and a big birthday cake -from '"Mom", which., he shared with' his, mates; made fora' very happy birthday -his 18th. CABINET. MEMBER TO OPEN.� FAIR 'Hon. Fletcher S. Thonias, Mini seer: ' of Agriculture for the. Pro vince :of'. Ontario, will.: officially open the Lucknow'Fall. Fair: -The occasion .is the 90th ariniversar of the.show, and it's little'. more than. a month .away .' Tuesday' "and Wednesday, ..September .27th and 28th. ; • Fair ' Secretary.: 'Alex MaeNay has. received the following let- ter from; Mr,., Thomas ::__ .• ",I "have,.your letter of 5th July -addressed to .: Mr. John - anna, M.P.P., with 'kind invitation for me ..to open the Lucknow Fair L:. on: Septernber 28th •andr. `in, reply I wish to advise that; 1 .ain very pleased to' accept this invitation and' look forward, to being with you. then": • Prize Lists Out • The Fair prize fists are'printed and may . be obtained at The Sentinel Office or from Secretary Alex facNay, by anyone: who is not on ;the regular mailing, list. • MAILING LIST WAS REVISED ON SATURDAY • The Sentinel's mailing list wasrevised on Saturday and. subscription paymentswhich have been made in recent • • weeks' 'have been advanced accordingly. -Subscribers', are' asked to notes the date on ,their.. ad- dress label to see if proper, credit has., : beeTi given: • Prornift attention; to :sub%_ 'scriptions which''have expir- ed or ` are in arrears is .re- quested. ° • • How does your label read?. • SHOW TEAM OPENS FALL FAIR 'SEASON Elmo Pritchard. ' .has 'started out "again', on the fall fair circuit and before he winds' „up'' " the season. about seven • weeks from now, ,he will have : attended up- wards of forty "fairs, with a his' prize teani of 5 ,and •6 -year-old' Belgians. • Ebno-Jhas--raised =-this— team since. they •were colts and for :the past two: years : has had out- standing success with. them in. the show ring:: • • He attended 'spring fairs" at •Hensall, Clinton,•Linwood and Plattsville, 'where they. were consistent' winners. as` usual: On • Tuesday Elnio started the „fall y: fair ,circuit at Aylmer He plans to be in Ridgetown on Wednes- day. and to move to Woodstock fore their three-day show 'Thurs day, Friday and ` Saturday.• h CAN STILL. WORK - AT NINETY-ONE, Sam.. Durnin is ninety-one on. Thursday and: .by • the way he feels, `"could, ,be out . working every day",, he says. As it. is, Sam takes care of .his _gardeni _,dace nurrm.erous other odd : jobs ..and never; •zuisses his daily ;trip:' down town from his' home east ;of Lu.ekn,ow.. ' He frequently makes the, round, trip twice 4a day, and` steps along like a lad. It's' just • exercise . for • Sam, who: you'll se mpst' any 'morning if you are on Main Street. . by eight o'clock ;o earlier • Sam was born on August. 25th •1864 at Shipman's Corner in' the Brantford -Paris district Where his mother kept the postoffic He is the last' surviving"-mernbe ©f a family of: eight. children bor to Alexander Durnin and Sara. Ann M'acLaughlin: As a • Young - ger Sam moved with his . parents to Con. 6, ' West Wawanosh, and later ;io St. ' Helen& where .his parents resided, until'their death., Sam has -spent -Ibis :'entire life in the community , . with.' the ex- ception�' of .'a few years. that he. worked at :1V,litchell. 1VIr.: and :Mrs. Durnin • moved to ..l:ucknow' 19 years ago, and • reside .on 'what' they term Windy Hilljust north of. Highway 86, at the eastern outskirts of 'the Village. . • As : a young man' Sam • learned the carpenter trade with the late; Wm. Gordon of St. Helens and he. still does "some, tinkering"• with the carpenter 'tools., In 1915 e and ' Donald McDonald bought a"threshing outfit from Jim Baker of St: Helens =• s vtrhexi he joined. the :army: For several; -years this. pair .conducted' .a: threshing -part= nership.:' covering . an extensive ;area from Con.'• ;6, West . Wawa= nosh, ":into' Kinloss `Township. Be-• tureen "seasons ..Sam•, • was busy. at: carpenter work. Ariether season ala job he iheld for many years was that •' of firernan at :Thomas• Todd's • sawmill ' at . St.- Helens,' •later the Todd-Joynt• :mill. Mrs. ,Durnin was the former Kate Gaunt, daughter of . John Gaunt' and Anne. Rutherford;' ioneer •'residents of .the St Het- OFI NG, TOWER , OF BIG CHURCH. The final step ..in : a program of . renovating :and, improving South ' • Kinloss Presb$rterian Church„ in ' preparation' for . the''' "centennial. . _....anni_versary .,-::• n-e..x it ---- ear, is' now underway. K. ,' Woerns, .steeplejack con- tractor. of• Stratford', has work underway that, consists: of putting , g. aluminum roofing on the tower, •pointing • the brick work and e l painting the'exterior trim, • ,The interior of the .church, r both the 'auditorium . and ..the Sunday School .room,. was prev- , iously re -decorated, re -carpeted and: •a new ; heating system in- "Stalled. • e. •• In' all, '•the : oldest established r congregation' in this immediate n area, is sparing nothing to have Sarah the church building most attract- ive- , and well preserved, ,as a fighting .tribute to those • pioneers wtho established the congregation one hundred years • sago,. come next. spring:. , • Re -roofing, of the tower. with aluminum; which . will be good for a lifetime, .looks • tricky to, those-wholike their feet on solid ground, ,:but, to ' the : steeplejack • . it's all in a iday's . work. It is. the first; time :the. tower: has been ,re -roofed: since it 'was shingled ;originally in' 1911 by• Wm;' Fisher of town. ' ,. MARK BIRTHDAY ALEX MacINT`YRE 'HAS RETURNED TO ••ENGLAND• :: Alex ViaclnY ,e,'who -is ' • . stu y- ing medicine at Oxford, England, lefttha• latter part of the ..week to return by air to the Old Lar,,d. Alex flew 'home following. the sudden death of his father, Archie 'Maclntyre: ' • Alex.: spent two years : in- Pie - medical ,studies re-•medical'studies at; Toronto' TJni- versity , before going ,..overseas. He is pow, completing his fifth• and final' year at Oxford. •.After Christmas he expects to .do post p .m. graduate. work on the continent. e ni• distr.. ' ict. • ijc A—winning- lime' ick -r --h Mr.. William Buckingham!of Bel-. fast, . eligible for three -grand prize awards in the $400,000 Sealy Posturepedic Contest. The wihnier.,.. who entered through Johnstone & . Son Furniture; Lucknoty; receives 'a, Sealy 'Pos. turepedic Mattress, and contest officials will now consider his entry ,for one of the three ,grand• national --awards. ' ' The Sealy Ptisturepedic Con- test, the nation's largest: in the home furnishings';field, offers as. its first : prize • $20,900 cash at once, or $100 ' a month for 'life, fr'orri North covered by a policy. American Life Insurance C .; A-� - two-week, Paris, vacation fo'r.two in Paris,.p'lus 8300 spend- ing money and air travel-, via TWA Constellation, is 9nd' prize.: The third award:. is a 1955 'Pack- and Caribbeai Convertible. : Sealy: Inc.,. announces that 5,000 winning.entries were chos- en from among millions 'subxriit- ted in the 'U.S. and Canada. The Contest . was .wintered by� more people._ihrou , Tore retail stores than any other contest in home furnishings history.' :Announcement of .the three' and Wiimerrt Will„' be r ade nat- ionally in early Septernli . In the m' eantirne,. "Billya', who has a flare for poetry which paid off in..this. contest'is,. 'no doubt, keeping his finge'r's • crossed and many., interested' friends' are pull- ing.. for him tp be in the top three. TO • COMMENCETHIRD' TERM AT.: DRESDEN HIGH, •,� Lloyd Backwell has been past FLEW ;OVERSEAS MONDAY' Aaron Boak recently complet- ed a Second Specialist course in :industrial arts at Toronto.. While- he hile he • was taking the course,' Mrs.” Boak . and children: Ricky. and Larry ' visited ' here: ;with her mother., Mrs:, Charles Shaddick.; Following • a trip to' Trenton, Ottawa and North Bay the Boak family has returned. to Dresden, where Aaroi�i 'will; cprnmence his. third term as : industrial ' arts teacher at • Dresden District High School, • •. ' PtRCHASES AUTO AND SPORTS SUPPLY -.BUSINESS John • . Ganirnie'= has . purchased the Maclntyre and. Irwin Sports and Auto Supply: business and will take over on :Tuesday ,of next "week.' ':• This business was established last .May by Allan IVIacTntyr.e :and Al Irwin,... in t:•ie Joynt Block premises vacated by Greer Radio an eetric:' ' 'The ,sudden death. olAllan's father , makes it necessary for, him to return .1o, the . farm, and Al � -`ra 1w' y 23 es' haves lt�t him quite. busy this summer, .which decided the boys" to . dis- pose of the business. There was morethan one interested buyer, with. John Gammie' closing the deal the first of the week,. • ed to: Germany with the RCAF, and flew'from Montreal on More:- day on, day with -Baden, Germany, •as his destination. Lloyd, who•:' is a cook 7i n the ,Air. Force, will be overseas for two years: • 'Lloyd, 'son of Mrs. • Evelyn Barkvell of. town, concluded his furlough last•, week and. reported back to North Bay, prior to 'em- barking.'" m-barking.'` FIFTY=TWo YEARS tAR U -ED -�-FR 1=D-A-y---�'=- 14f r.: and ` Mrs. Sam , Sherwood of Lucknow quietly observed their 52nd' wedding anniversary •on. Friday,August 19th.. gU _ Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood were • married at the home •of her uncle, Mr. Nath aniel Saunders ' of Ashfield by Rev,, Charles M Rutherford of Dungannon; Presbyterian church. Mrs. Herb; Curran of Ashfield is the only living relative who was present"''arthe ceremony • . Mrs. Sherwood was -formerly Edith Lillian Brown, daughter of James:: ,. Brown_ and Florence' Vaughn; .16—. her`Woo 'was` 4the son of Patrick Sherwood and Ann Hutchison,. ,' 'The: .f farmed; armed in Ashfield -' 'Twp. on the farm, now owned by Tom Culbert, Jr.,• until retiring" to LueknOw fourteen years ago. +ol�llY:.lY•(1•.1�'' ���s Otrls/P.111UP �a/a'�� 1�11•L�':...xd�!'. • AT ' BAKER HOME • y • • s s.� oThe fourth anniversary of the :II opening of P g Baker's .Private Hos- 4) pital,'. was observed.:on Tuesda y 1o% -last week, w len open house ;was held: to appropriately. mark tie • occasion- 'The' . event 2 el e y rr�any guests and distinguished, visitors an opportunity to inspect the hospital and togive recrvg= ' nition to a ,local, project that has proved of untold value: in pro viding not only a good home, but good; care and hospitalization, • to' those who l3ave need for..such accomodation. Tice project was first dreamed ' of, .and. then carried tofruition b y E..: -V. (Ed) Baker., w.hc' pun- chased thea former '.'Moorehouse' Mitchell residence and converted it to • a, convalescent. home. He eontinued to 'expand; ` :improve and modernize it, until within a year, it .met government require-' merits to qualify as Baker's • Pri vate Hospital: _. _Rev:. Grant_�Ie liteio presid' ed for last Tuesday': night's :in- formal off in-formal..of er) Nouse,: proceedings, which opened with 0 .Canada; •and'the 'singing of "Happy Birth- day" for Roderick Ross who' was Observing_ his, birthday that- day.. - Among 'those who spoke brief- ly were A. Robinson,•M.P ; Kincardine; John Hanna, M.P.P., Wingham; . Mrs. Orville Jones, •a m.err bei of the .nursing staff;, Messrs.. Rod MacDougall and Wm.,Lovef who are longtime re's - idents. of the lio'i•ner Miss Annie • MacKay, a good' ` neighbor 'and Rev. G. A. Meiklejohn_.Greetings, were . received from the. Hon, MC - Kinnon ,Phillips, e-Kinnon,Phillips, who was unable'' Abe .present. ' As Well as 'many laudatory n d • corri-plimentary , . remarks° about the hospital and its oper- ation, there were reciprocal ears pressions of co-operation and ap- preciated. interest on the 'para" of those associated, with the hoshi- tai; , 'Mrs. Baker acknowledged with appreciation the interest, shown. Scotch • airs were played ,by Pipers Frari.X.Nackenzie,LW-ilired and Archie McQuillan, The hospital ,was ' e er . • P co a d ted .for • the occasion and the numerous guests who called were . shown.:•.:,." t'. ro>igh the building by the ,nttrs ing staff" . • • • • There are thirty residents of t:lye ltospital''at the "present tinie. tfhey, are. Roderick Ross,+ Wm. Love of Hehsall, 'Adam Bowman,. (Continued on Page 8) • tri r.�r r rt a7 ter. as 'N! if idly Eic yS .. •