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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-06-13, Page 11. • $2.50. A Year In Advance --$1.00 Extra To USA, • LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13th, .1956 • J Y MAILING LIST WAS CORRECTED SATURDAY ,er . ey ce n- A succession of delegations en- gaged: the attention of the age Council for the first ,hour .of Monday night's Meeting, which 'had been postponed a week with Reeve A W. Hamilton . in atten- dance' at • County Council, •.Ur, T.• B. • Cleland questioned why two trees"had-been•cut :down in =front of his village property on I•Ia'velock St.;";' and he and • Reeve Hamilton had a heated exchange in the .matter.'; The Reeve • claimed that •the trees were on town property and. were. a Menace to hydro lines and that they did not need to consult with; anyone in taking the :action • they. did. • Dr, Cleland. 'retorted that he had legal advice; That as'' shade and,, ornamental trees,. the stat- utes requiimecf ten. days' notice be- ing ,given' before takingsuch ac- lion.- Be* said that.hydro..fficials. had not stated they were a menace :and he • claimed the trees ' were sound, apart from some dead limbs. ` He charged that 'there had been a complete 'dis- regard 'of the rights and inter- estts • of a ratepayer. Reeve': Ham-: ilton'abruptly closed off the dis= cussion, Explains. CommunityPrograms. Robert Secordof the Commun- ity' Programs- Branch- of :the- De- partment of. Education explained the, difference :between the. •Coin-.. munity. Centres Act .and, the Re creational Council. set-up,' Pres- ent besides the Council. were re presentatives;of the.Bow.ling Club and of the 'Recreational -'Council, :who •will benefit from Depart- mental grants winder. these ;two departments:. .. . The Community Centra Act:is administered under the Depart- •anent of Agriculture and provides for a grant on capital .expendi- tures of25 percent up . to • a max- Mum grant of, $5,000. This ap piess ; to . the. establishing...'of such facilities • as, ` aren0sr. .playing 'fields, swinnreing .I �r 1 i ; :The Department:: 'of; Education sponsors .programming and 'main- tenance and operation of facili- • ties and leadership. Grants of "one-third of leadership costs. are paid and one-fifth of. operation and maintenance costs, up to • a maxim um .grant. of $600 'a year. Council amended. by-law No. • 8; to -incorporate. • Victoria Park • (the `bowling: green park) ' with the Caledonian .Park• under the administrion • of :the Parks Committee, thus makinng' it pons- ible to .obtain `governinent grants( on both these parks. Councillor Sherwood •reported they had obtained .04 cords of wood for the Town` Hall from the tree. cuttingprogram, and. also that a new ,fence ',had ;been 'erected: at the west side of the Caledonian. Park. An -tend Restrictive' By -Law C. E. Brophey, representative 'of the Petrofina Petroleum Co., interviewed•"�Coun n.rrespect..to- • proposed •plans to, build a new 4. service station "on the MacKay property west. of. Elliott's• seed 'plant.:Mr, Brophey said that earl ier in the year they -had learned that -the Village had no building kr-law,' and had proceeded ' to. take an..option on this property; A restrictive iby-law was later .passed and Mr. Brophey said they . had no.. 'intention of build- ing against the • wishes • of the e. . lie submitted plans of the .mod- ' ern 'station which would be built at -e0st. of-aborct:. $13,000, aid:: which Would he half , up by .now ,had their original • plans gone through.. • :ltee Hamilton said Council. was not. aware that their''nogoti- (Contirnued on Page 10) Service AGED MAN PASSES, WERE SEVEN CHILDREN BAPTIZED PLANNING TO VIS1T -HIM AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Mr.. and ,Mrs Durnin Phillips At the .morning service in the of •Dungannon, Miss Myrtle Phil- Presbyterian Church on Sunday; lips of London arid Mrs. Dave Rev.•..Wallace McClean baptized Todd of. St..Helens left' at theseen children. They, were, .Don- end of the week on a Motor, trip, aida Joanne, daughter of'. Mr. and to' Western . Canada: 'They `plan to Mrs: Kenneth Niehoi'son; Janet go as far as Banff and "willbe :Charlene, daughter „of Mr.' and away ifor three weeks. • Mrs. Jack Cook; Brent Malcolm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boak; Sandra Ruth, daughter 'of Mr. and Mrs, J. 'C..Johnston; Brian James and Linda Marie, 'son and dau- . •ghter 6f Mr. and Mrs. George. Stanley; William' Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Anderson of London (Velma Stanley) . • Among those on 'whom. ,they planned. to .call v was John Phil-• lips of Yellowgrass, an uncle of Durnin and Myrtle. 'A few days :before. their departure they received word of his.. death. He would have been 95 years of age in September. • Mr. Phillips" was born at Car- lo*, :buthad been in the, West for many, years He.. was one of a family of seven. A . +brother. Ezekiel. of. Auburn and:two sis- ters, Mrs. W J• _._ Huriiphney ..oL St. `Helens and":Mrs Alfred 'Teb •butt pf ` Goderich :survive him. • .He was predeceased bf. .a bro- ther,••Thomas Phillips of :St, Hel- ens and and two sisters, Mrs: Stein and Mrs. Fox. • NEW MEMBER ON CO -QP STAFF RIPLEY JUNIORS loss, president of the Ripley Jun - TEN PAGES l'he Sentinel mailing list wa§ corrected on Saturday' and the label date on your paper this issue will indicate how your subscription stands. • • In case of error please not- • you are in arrears please • .attend to ;this matter. at once. Billing is undesirable st'o far. as we are concerned, and as well it takes* tune and „ costly., AsHFIELD .sgTs up DUMPING' AREAS Three dumping areas. have been established in Ashfield -Township, and with, -the setting up of these .dumps;' notice ..is Served that the roadside dump- ing of refuse is now prohibited. The Township recently pur- chased a four -acre dump on the 'Buckingham Place",• on the :Mc- Intosh sideroad between High- way 86 and the 12th ConceSsion. In the Dungannon area there is a dumping ground.on the Mill Road west of the cemetery,. and, at Port Albert permission' . has been granted by. Mel Dickkin for a disposal area on his .prpperty en the old road about sixty .rods from the airport • corner. " Word has been:, received here of the death Of Mrs: W. J. Mum- ..a:_gold, watch .plas a tour_ ef_East- ford which pccerred • on' Tuesday. ere Optario and Quebec.' .:Jiin .fthe funeral service will be 'held. Junior., in St., James United Cliureh; size_ Needham, .another Ripley .a Mr.. and Mrs. OliVer McCher, les; who. Wins the Eastern. Ontario challenge' trophy was won by. the. Mr. Ray McMillan has joined Ripley '. Junior Fanners, . whose the staff of the Lucknow Distriet five Members -had the highest ag- and of the. Ladies' AtixiliarY to Co-op as bookkeeper and COM-: gregate score .for the. day, The the Legion, seine forty strong, • menced his new duties the first five. ' .members 'were . D.urican held their anrival church Parade 'of lait week. . , Campbell, Jinr•Needhani,, Gordon\ ,on Sunday to the United Church. Mr., McMillan cemes forn Red..7- RoulSton, Gordon Patterson and The parade was headed'ilay the Wing' near •Thornbery.. He farmed Donald - McCliarles. . . : Lticknow District High School. until entering businesi ' schoel . Five ineinbers of the .KinloSs Bancl:with Pat Welsh and Nancy last year. , . - • • Beef Calf Chila5a46 took part in WebSter as majorettes... Mr. Ttli Mrs. McMillae haVe the competition..GOrdon:MacDon- The colour party consisted of taken up residenee ' in Orville .ald • placed .§iXth ' in the Junior Howard ,Cowin, Kelso .MaeNay, Jones' ..heme. They heve • tWo section ie a cies§ of 50. Gerald Mrs.' Win. MacDonald and 'Mrs, children, Lorraine,. age 6 and Murray also placed SiXth in .the 'Bob Arnistrong. IL D. •Thompson -Ewen, age -2. - novice section- in -a7class of -38-.- acted-s—colour—sergeant...- and The three. other club' member§ Clarence Greer as ,parade marsh - STAND ...PAT ON . . who also, took' part and received all. 'Harold ,RitC,hie is., Legion recognition were John .Hodgins, president , •-• '.. , .. .. -BELFAST SESSION-, -Mac-MacDoriald and Donald-Gescl- Rev, G. A. •Meiklejohn's ser - des. The boys were coached by mon was on the theine of Sacri- • The' Ashfield 'scheol. question Duncan, Campbell, ,Junior ClUb fice. Mrs. J. c:. Armstrong and got a further airing' at a.largely leader. . . Mrs.. John Hall sang a duet and attended' Meeting' at Belfast,. but . • Mrs., Harvey Webiten•.a solo. there was •no change made in the TO HARD SURFACE 9T11 . ;MARRIED AT KAPUSHASING earlier. action to withdraw #orn CONCESSION 00 AsHnELD . the Schbel Area. The petition pre- In 'Kapeskasing United .Church viously ..circulated. to that. effect . work is. getting underWay to on. May '17th, Arthur F. Andrew, was signed one hundred percent widen and" hard' surface the. 9th youngest son of Mrs. Andrew'and. by the ratepayers Of the Belfast CohceSsion, Of shfield from the the.Iate W. G. Andrew, was mar- , section ahd Thursday's :decisioe 1,ucknow-Dun neon. Road to the ried to ••Miss Marjorie . Roberts. seeeried to. be to let the matter, Biciewater , Highway at Kilitail, :They will ,live in KapuskaSing ' stand at that. No vote Was taken. Some preparatory *ark has prey- , iously.been done. • Branch of ..the ,Canadian Legion . The meeting was called, by_the Ashfield School Area Board and was presided over by:. Cliffprd Crozier,.chairman: of the Board. School Inspector J. H. ,Kin - plied with questiont. hi view of „,Thtirsday nigh s -stalemate no -further iheetings.are .KINI.CISS 'COUPLE FIFTY, YEARS WED. .(LANGsmE, NEWS A lovely' event took,,place .on" Wednesday,: June 6th, when Mr, and Mrs: Peter G. Moffat, of.Con. 8, ,Kinloss,,held open house after- noon and, evening and welcomed 'friendS and . relatives on. their 5Qtli. wedding anniversary. Kath- - erine McDonald and ,peter • Mdffat were rnarrie(I at the home Mrs. %Dopald, McDonald' of Lang- •Langside- and •Whitechurch Pres- byterian Churches, On this. anni- Versary occasion they wore their wedding clothes of 50 years ago, even to the .headdress of lily 'of ' the valley. with a corsage of olden roses. They also wore lovely wrist Watches, the gifts of the family to their parents. . They lived first Pn.Con. 4, Kin- loss Twp., where Mr. and Mrs. Robt 1VIcNall now reside,. and in 1920, moved.to their present home ", on the 8th Concession of Kinlos.s. Poith are quite actiVe and enjoy • Mr. and MT& Moffat' have one daughter Jean (Mrs. Jaines Mc- Pherson),, Culross TwP.; and, Llo3;d, David and • James. With the exception of 'William a Tees-., water, the . rest of , their .tons all live Within two rniles of home. Another son, .George; .died four years 'age as a result of injuries• received in a loggihg accident. There are 13 grand_children_and_ two great 'grandchildren, Dinner wasserved at the ICinot, Emma RiChardsOn and Miss 'Tena Moffat Poured tea while .in. the. and Mts. Bessie Craig' asSisted at the 'tea •ppts,' SerVing were their, daughter, Mrs. McPherson and their daughiers-in-law, Mrs. Bert Moffat, -Mrs. Lloyd Moffat 'and Mrs. David Mpffat. The home' waS. decorated with lovely bau- wedding cake which was made by their daughter: They receiv7 ed many lovely cards of eengra- tulations and best' wisheS and,: jovely gifts and' itis the Wish of distinee were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moffat, Mr§: Bessie craig arid MT: and Mrs. Tom Moffat, Mr. Wm. McDpnald, and Mrs. Neil McDonald, Mr. Wm., Mof- fat, Mr. and %Mrs. John Moffat old ' McDpnald "of Glen Christie; pan. arid Mrs. -Everett Pennington . }tinsel IVIcDonald; -Blyth; Mr, and Mrs, 13,OSS ,Maci<eiiiie, Billy :and Bradley of Amberley; arid Mrs: Orville Elliott, Holyrood. This is a County road and the. Kings ndge Ladies, VVon $100 - Codify Highways Committee.We understand. that eventually the likely to be called by, the Board in other sections which 'petition. ed .for Withdrawal. The withdrawal by-law has re- ceived its first and second read-, ing by Ashfield Cduncil, and we ehderstand; the by-law. IS sub- mitted to the DepartMent of Ed- ucation for' approval before' re- ceiving its third-reaclinprel passing. , Meantime the Zion section, 0.,fciciprimurily petitioned—for Withdrawal With the thought- in mind keeping their,. schoOl Open, finds the majority. now fay- Luckeow, 'arid everyone isn't happy over that clevelopmcrit e.astwArd 'through 'West and EaSt ReTURI4S TO KINTAIL FOR FIRST TIME IN 34 YEARS Alex .MacGregor Of Stettler, Alberta, is renewiriv acquaint:. ances in the Community, and familiar faces- aren't so numer- ous, for' it is thirty-four years sineemheLikrai.laat here., Born at Kintail, Ale).c went West fifty years .ago: He is one a_faMily of twelVe brothers, only fair '.*Ifom .are - Colin' and Fred are at .„Kintail and Alex and Williath at Stettier. Alex arrived here :14.5t DiuYs-• of' St. Joseph's Church,. Kings-' bridge, has been awarded a $100, 6ilie:Jii-the'riatiOriarquilt Mak- ing contest sponsored by the Toronto Star Weekly. • • The quilt Was designed bi ,Howard Cowan Of Leckno*, and quilted throegh the combined efforts bf Members of the Wo- men's League, with material. pun. It was, •original quilt carry- ing out the motif, "Canada Land of Progress". the design includ- ed an illustration of the iog cabin erthe "earlY" Settlers and .a sail beat. The quilt was centred With the Parliament Buildings at Ot- tawa, and surrounded by... the day and 'plans' to ,Visit for,, a crests of all the previnces-of the (ouele of w.ceks or so. Dominion, The progress theine. . oft, • pntost • was emphasized by a •replica of Toronto's toWering waterfront. .' There. were „petl enteresL, 2the , various classifications,' prpof indeed that the pioneer art. of quilt -making is far from lost. There were 'fpw of the old-fash- ioned patchwork quilts in the Contest, most of Ahern being of , pieced on appliqued design. 4 The first' prize quilt in taip "canadiana". group in which the was worth $350. Two quilts were awarded $250, and four others received $1.00 each, ipeludieg These "prize. quilts 'will be ott display during; the summer at 44 • • • f. •