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LUCKNOW, . ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, , MARCH 21, 1956
lu�know Joint Geargia� Bay
industrial Development Group
:Industrial, interest was quick
-
Oiled ,locally and, positive actien:
taken, as;>a . result of , first of -the-
week• meetings with officials of
the Georgian :'Bay. Development
Association.
•• Mr.' Ivor Wagner, r of ' Owen.
Sound, President 4 of ' the Georg.:
ian Bay Association, addressed
the. regular monthly. supper
,meeting the Clansmen, on
Monday, • night, at • .which all
me;nbers\of the.. Village Council
were present.
.Mr. Neville Keefe, 'general
manager•of the Association, was.
unable to be present due to a
previous engagement at .Part El
gin, .but on Tuesday : morning he
met informally with the Coun-
cil and, a four -man committee
from . The ' .Clansmen. .
The' immediate result was that
the Cotine-il voted : •to: join the
:Georgian Bay 'Development As-
sociation, `the fee•. being 10c per
case, slightly' • over $90.00.
The. Sepoy Village became the
• .61st municipality • to . join the As-
sociation. There are ''• few urban
:centres in ;Bru e County, one of
c
'four Zones: n the area, which
do not now belong.:'; •
•At Monday night's meeting
• :President • Harvey Webster pre-
sided .and. `after, outlining.: some.
' . of the attributes : of the commun-
,ity, introduced MrWagner, who.
is head. of : the Dominion .Trans-,
,pertation .Company at : 0 a 'n,
Sound:
One. Of. Nine Areas a d Clansmen-commlttee.�to-meet_
•Mr.;' Wagner explained that the the ` next; . morning • with. • Mr.
Georgian Bay ,Area :' was: one of Keefe. •
nine areas in which the' province •Mr. Hamilton stressed that it
had been :divided 4.inchistrialwise was apparent . •that "a pe r
by the Ontario oire anent s esseri • pepper
,f', .� .. a Pl;.x2uA�a�a tral.�;fox�ir�d
eorg n Bay Area extends from .trial promotion, ••and that pro -
Parry Sound in.' the :North to: cedure .along that line ' would
Lucknow in the south and• east" •have, to 'be followed.
to Orangeville. It, in. turn, • is :$houlld 'Join Association
divided into four zones.•; Zone No• •. Councillor Joynt queried if the
.1 is comprised.. of all of Bruce Georgian '.Bay Association ' had
County. It has . an, area, commit- any , direct overseas contact.,, _with
tee . not .exceeding 15 members, industrialists. who .might locate
half of� whom . it' . is suggested
s could `be elected representatives
presentatnves
of the various municipalities..
From the Zone Board, three dir-
ectors are -elected to the • Area'
Board :of twelve members, plus,
'a thirteenth member, .wnho . , is a
representative of the Ontario
.Government,. • wihich .'contributes
dollar for dollar raised from area
fees,. ,Up- to a maximum . of
$10,000.
The ' Georgian Bay Area 'was
organized about a year ago, with
General Manager Keefe starting.
his duties in August ,He and a
RICHARD BAKER PASSES
The death of .. Richard. Baker
occurred' unexpectedly in Wing
'ham Hospital: on' Tuesday. even-
ing. Dick,. as• he was .popularly
known,- had not been ;enjoying
the best' of `health, :but` had been
admitted. to hospital only. the
day before: He was' 72, • •
The' funeral , service .will. -be
held. at the' Johnstone Funeral
Herne' on • Friday at .2.30 Am.,'
with interment in South . Kinloss,
Cemetery. • • .
deal of'work--and to meet .with
Much frustration, but by perse-
verance success will Came, some
times , 'suddenly ' and unexpected=
Thanks Sneaker •
Reeve A. W. Hamilton: thank-
ed Mr Wagner for a very bene-
ficial
„addres ....
audience gained a great deal.
Mr. Harinilton .referred. to the
community shed ...Which ' has a.
floor: • space of approximately.,
8,000 square feet,. and could be
diouibied ,' by raising; ' the 'roof.
•'here has been suggestions that
it might have industrial .possi-:
bilities "and' he felt that,. care was
necessary in its :disposal so that
it 'might .be put to the best use:
'Mr. Hamilton made reference
to the death, of former Clerk
Jos. Agnew 'and stated"that while
LOST WALLET CONTAINING
RED CROSS • COLLECTIONS
• Donald MacLean, of town .
had the rnisfortune on Mon
day to- lose- his wallet con=
taining. somewhere „around
$75.00;
Orf.'the,.contents:'.of the wales
let," $4000•.was money which
Donald had'collected` for the ,
Red Cress Society,. as one of
the Village's volunteer can
•vassers. ti .
Surely . the finder , of :tlfe.
wallet'- will see that it is. re
turned to Mr. MacLean.'; He.
is offering a Liberal' reward...
That, wasn't the only .loss .
• reported on; Monday. Another
' party lost a change: purse on,
Saturday night containing .
$41;00, - and • would :certainly:
appreciate its` return:
ORGANIZING CALF CLUB.
Plans• are currently, underway
for the organizing of the 1956.
Calf .Club • sponsored 'by the
' Lucknow Agricultural Society,
Entry . ; forms -may :::be obtained ':'
�, ,m a ac ay.' t, :1-e -' .FORMER CLERK
ers' are George Kennedy,. Tom"
`Todd and Murray' .'Gaunt. Ten '
Members, ���D.,ON MONDAY
burs• , are the. minimum � rg-
quired -to' .form a' club.:
Joseph •Agnew,..•a lifelong resi
_ dent of the commuinty, .:and Who,
NARKED ,83rd BYRTHDAY, 'had: the unique distinction' of
EIGHT PAGES
Call For Tenders in.OrderTo.
Reach Decision On Shed Sale
OUT TO CHURCH SUNDAY having' served as • clerk ; ' of the
Village of Lucknow for 45 years,
1VIrs .')Wilson ., Irwin:' observed :passed away, at the sup e'r., ih�our
,p
'her " 83rd birthday on Monday, on :Monday.
March,'12th.She is still enjo',�in ' Mr ,�
J Y . g .r.. A�gnevv. was .8i3 sears • of
comparatively` good health and age . ons. Februai lst. .'He had
on Sunday was in attenddnce at been•in failinghealth for a
the •Munici al Office. would be the , mornin •
P g service in the' tin-, ',period ,'.and had .been
•closed he wished • C • - sited
Church. , the ounc&1 urn . • • • bedfast past,few. Weeks.
n To ?nark the occasion Mrs:1.
Irwin�e was the son of the•late Mr.
accompanied Mr, and ,Mrs. and. Mrs." Joseph Agnew,: and was
Spence 'Ir•w-in and.PaltrierIrwin Iai
the a last -member criember of a pioneer.
to ' Goderich for . . a • birthday; • din- Paramount district f
e
ner at , the'' hoixine of Mr.. and Mrs. 'amity: • 'i:- h
Gorsi9.n,�r.�uiii•. : Mr...
wae: born on the farm cin' vv�hioh
• "vs located` Hope"hh • which
Mrs. Irwin vcas ,formerly. La -has;. long since `disappeared. The
vina Florence Caesar: of Ash- little ` cemetery. of that name. is
field. still'. to . be s
' gen 'soQine. three miles�
west of town, and it was. there
SHOWERS HELD IN that his..sister Annie, .who' died.
HONOR OF' SATURDAY: BRIDE a• young girl, ' was. the 'first
stenographer, 'are the only+sal-:
arried . offi.cers• • of the' .Associa-
tion, • •
• Job Begins Ai ' Hoflie -
Mr: .Wagner, ,,as did Mr, Keefe,
stressed that the j db ' of • indus-
trial promotion', begins at home,
and that it is important that ,a'
Municipality have art' active in-
dustrial committee, which can be
contacted and ' is ,inossession of
intelligent information. • The ser
V d • - an • now a ge of
the general ,manager is always
available to member municipal
' Mr Wagner outlined some :of
.the facilities:. that industry is
looking.' for and pointed out that
the health and happiness of em-
pleyees is of major concern. In-
dustry will not gravitate' of its
own accord, we've ,got to go• af-
ter . it and sell it, and we must
}isiVe. sa
ethi
ced that industrial de-
velopment
ce
is not. the only con -
%'.•• • person ,to bei -.buried:
Miss Christeria: ' MacLennan: ;' Mr. Agnew tnarrjied Edith ''Mc.
in Canada. Thereply was ,:that was guest of,, honor at two pre- Lellan, daughter of- Andrew Mc -
any such. contacts were through •.nuptial . showers :last week, that Lellan who was a sawmill'o er-
Canada
or...Ontario House over- preceded her marriage on Sat actor in 'the Paramount district.t
seas. • urday to'. Mr. Glen Victor :Mc- Mrs. Agnew` predeceased . him al,
Mr. Joynt pointed out that he ,Fadden -'of . London, 4itt most.-.
a quarter: of.•a century ago:
was • • associated with ie. broker On Wednesday evenin g .friends • Follotwingtheirrnarr' a they
that had •an exclusive listing on> and neighbors. gathered- at ..the farmed at Paramount . i
for.a. few
the looal furniture factory whidh hone of : her :mother, Mrs. Alex, 'years :before Mr Agnew took
k
has been idle for = a long period, . MacLennan, to shower Christens over ' the • general store ' business
,iSale tenders are.'�being • called
for, the=Lucknow Community.
Shed so that. a 'decision • may be
officially reached to -sell, or riot
"to : sell,: the;; building:.., With' at •:
'least one .'party interested ` in the
property, this '• procedure '• was •
considered necessary in order to
deal with'. the matter. •
Back'in 1951 when the shed
was purchased as, a • community .
shed from the trustees •of- the,
United' Church, it• was registered
in the name' of the Village of
Lucknow, with the municipality •
responsible for lighting and ord-
inary ,caretaking; '
The • authority for disposing of
the building,'' or•' ,the -making of•
major repair's, was vested in a
Permanent Committee comprised
of the •four reeves' of the muni-
cipalities of Luckriow, Ashfield,
Kinloss' and West Wawariosh,
currently in ; office at the time :. T
� nnzg f arise... ..
• Reeves A. .W Hamilton, Cecil
Blake, Harold Percy and John
Durni:n ' of these respective muni- .e
cipalities met on Saturday and.
decided. to: call for tenders on
�the.shed,: •with the provision that
the highest” :or any tender • need
not be accepted: •
The shed' was: purchased for
$1,600 from donations made in
1951 by resident's Of these .`four
municipalities and :was specified
•for "the �accomodation of farm
era ' and... others Who may be' en-
titled to:. its: use".
-The 'provision •:was also
Made.
-that.. if the : building • was -ever..
sold, and. the sale price .exceed-:
ed . the purchase. 'prico' and the
cost of: Major •repairs • .which
might ;have ' ,been incurred the,
surplu's`' rb'e `re"mlburse. pro -rata
to the 1951 contributors. "* •
All' such details are being re-
viewed. ,and -studied by the Per- , •
manent CCommittee, as `, they: call
for tenders.
PLAN GOOD. FRYDAY SEYtVICE
• The Lucknow Ministerial As-
sociation is planning a, commun-
ity Good Friday service.'to ..,be
held in'the •United Church at 11 :
a.m. with y Rev. ,D. A. Brydon of
Ripley ,:United Church as guest
speaker. The offering will 'be` for
the Bible Society
but would be pleased .to. • work with .many, lovely- -.miscellaneous at Pine .River: t a r a
• Followirng this � 'a familiar and popular
along with anyone. He • favored gifts.:Mrs. 'Roy.` Black had .charge lure' in the mercantile . business •' ..ca figure
joining the' Association... of the program and /Catherine they moved . '.to Lucknow where. Joe' ' as ... 1everyonenactive.
life.—He Mare
' :Councillors Aiex• MacLeod,' W. MacLennan and • June Collyer he • had since been . lived a full' and aV lla• eife: i-
prominent in had served ',on :bhe Village : Coon- ,
G Webster ' and Sam Shrewood assisted the bride-to,be= in open-. the life of • the. community. He Cil, : •
spoke. briefly,. pointing out . that ing her gifts... • was, first' associated `in thepro- prior to his appointment to
while. we couldn't'expect an On Thursday afternoon form- duce business with Alex•fraternalthe clerkshi�pl He , wasi active in
thing too big in an.. industrial er neighbors. in" the Lochalsh dis- and . (olhoe days, circles in his. Younger
then , ,went into • the'shoe : havinga
'way, we would be 'happy to' have trict . met :at the home of Mrs. .business, • which he sold to John n attained the .Black
Knight degree in ;the 'Orange
any industry' locate here 'no` mat- Reg Campbell to, honor;Christena Joynt and Son, .to enter the law 'Order. , Amon . other• -
ter' .how small, . ' who , a ain received many lovely_office .- of�_ P. - A: Malcamson • g . aci 1.0. F .
g . � was`... a member of the 10 4;F:
Tuesday's vleeting ' gifts, which she :was assisted in Where the received his. grounding and
A. • , opening, by Mrs D. A. MacI:en- in the.cony of the, user having acted.
At' Tuesday ,mornings meeting ian a , eyancing business and as local treasurer for
Mr.. Keefe joined in a round y years ,held the title ofthe 'latter.
and Mrs. Lennie Houston. for urianOrder for many
table discussion of the workings :Mrs Campbell had charge of the conveyancer dna notary, ,colic: His 'seryl
years...
of • the . 'Association and his program which' added to , the en -as secretary uf the •
p�,r. joymerit of , a ' lesaant' social af- ' In 190.7 Mr. Agnew was appoint-. Agricultural. - Spciety � equalled•.
conal ;activities in co-operating .-. .. e .. p ed clerk of the , Village, as Mr, that -of his
individual
• . • ,. .. ernoon.. . ,. , ,. - , NLalcomsibn's successor and�..w service. Ile
the as an ardent l. (bowler at one
follovin rear
4ssuned---t1te—me sand arr�tber of the Fres-
. r
g
;treasurers, duties. also, succeed- 'byterian. Church
with , individual municipalities t
and he area as •a whole,
He dressed that there was. no
such : thing• as. a • "list of • indus,,••
IENRY� CARTER ••
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Blies" lookin far locations bu'tGOING TO CLI NTO
on l ib errs -on•- she -alert• nd-.
y. g
following every leads could stie Henry Carter' has been -ap-
tress be expected: pointed .0:N.E.• agent. at' Clinton'
He did not clairn the Associo and will assume his new duties
tion to be ' any Santa' 'Claus in the first. week- 'in April: Henry
ibtaining. industry, It' is only in has been ..agent at ° Ripley' for
its infancy, but, is now •begin-. over five years
fling to :walk and on the basis He �rc�as employed 'in' the ex -
of achievcrnents to date the•'As- press business zit' Lucknow for
iati$n - s==t -est 1d =E ` . tWve nt- - :.-.'ears::.lac*fi i joining-�"t1
im -or`tance and prestige. C.N;R. in '1040 at Fergus. He pre-
p g p
1Vir.. Keefe stated` that he.' i vioufily served as:an epeiator at
CI ih.ten. '
1 lien ;y_„_wars--....� gen-t,--at`-- Neva'ton-
for two years, and 'served a .sign-
iliar period `at l3rucefie.ld, .prior)
to his ;Ripley assignment 4'
Mr. and Mrs Carter, who was
rnhe Georgian 13ty.•,As- preparing to present a budget to
oclation , .T
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li seeker„s' ' paradise and ' 'i• os for the iss in: of an
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Phase of ' promotion should
riot be overlooked.
Must Persevere,
The speaker.,
��g,anstressing eoricltxded by
local organization g the importance of
anization ,+.With the corn -
arca brochure, and a sunn• for
promotional • advertising.
Ile. u recoini•nended each muni-
cipality. publishing its own bre- formerly Lona Durnin, own their be at the office with regularity
chure containing all .the pertin- •own • home i, • Ripley: and, will until 'last fall' failing eyesight
h
prospective desk
facts in winich a roc ec�tivc continue to i :.Side; there. for the forced him• away from :
irititistry' ntilWfn:'cei'cstreld. %`i'tigY .. wlrefe' Tie , iI"af'or so long"`beers
ing John Murchison in this role. Twice "married, Mr, Agnew
Throu hout 'the ears At ew is
g y ....,..._.1lira,.,..Ag-.•,..su.r�vived.�b:,-.. his:--
...,�_. _,u P. Y _ wid+ary
a tare.:flip= ._.
nes---also-.•, ezigaged iii,: -.thy' -firms :mcr �Rebekar-C _w_.
insurance business. three. sons,: Clair anday, and by
and Howard of
He - was appointed ` '.to office Lucknow ' and Harold of Pl.
during the • reevesh' mouth • .�.i. y
g , >!p of J, G. .. 'Michigan, A son •. Lloyd
Art"derson and 'for two score and .died ' about a year previous to
ive. years ul and' of-• his :•mother's death :and • .a sora,
gave faith+
fitrient service under such other Earl, died at the •age of 14. '
ii'edves as,• John Joynt,' Moore -Two brothers and two -sister: •
house Mitchell,' J.. 'G, Mui o'
d,..c
_. hi `t'red,eceased hino.,...David,.:ali,]: _Tay �....�..
i n ert Jolzn o D. NT - o inston, is. wan Maci en -ie
Robert tae A. W. Hamilton, W. (Maggie) and 'Annie..
B. Anderson, N. E. Bushel]:, J, W The remains ;a,
r , r e resting at the
Joynt, VV,. A.. Solornon and: J• C. famil1incus lcinii until Thur' d
Ci`hrb 1Te retired iii "February` ' end t11e"�.`funer al • se1 - lee will
1952 whien his son, .F• kl. Agnew,
be. conducted at Johnstone's Fun -
was appointed, to succeed him. ural Home at 2.30 - o'clock,
:.,
But in the • intervening few Rev.. J. R MacDoh,ald: ••
years 1,1r. Aghew, cont,nued to
Iiltei-flaunt tl•
wi.. be in . Greenhill
Cemetery, the pallbearer. being
J. • W. Joynt, S. l✓'. 'Robertson.
L..:Macle2il tan • .
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