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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-11-14, Page 1t to a Ex, is td 14* re, a- 400 A Year In Advance ---$1,00 Extra Thrown Crash, From'Car Escape Serio A. young Holyrood couple, Mr, and :Mrs'. Harold. Elliott and their: three;- small !children, escaped serious injuries in • a head-on- • motor crash on. Saturday night. The parents were at first fear- ed ,to be badly hurt, but Harold • was able to return home on 7.ltiesday and ;Mrs, Elliott. will be discharged from . the hospital later inthe week, it is expect- ed. Driver of the other ear was Wesley Smith, son of Oliver` Smithof the 6th. of Huron. He • suffered a fractured nose. Both car were demolished in • the crash that occurred - on- the 15th Sideroad 'south of . Ripley. . Mr. and Mrs. Elliott had been in• Lucknow that- evening; and had gone ,to' Ashfield to visit 'at the home of her parents, . iVir. and .Mrs. Frank Hamilton; Mrs. Elliott is; the former Violet Ham- ilton; They were ee cute to their home on :Con. ` •8, west of Holy - rood , When- - the. !crash • . occurred. Whit y; weather conditions --the lira of the seesorl---+were said to : be a • factor ir. ‘the occident. , UneOniekals A hd .Bleeding Mrs, .Elliott, their 4 -months-, old baby 'and 2 -year-old . Murray were thrown from' the car • to the ,pavegnent: • Mrs. Elliott was • rendered unconscious and bleed - or :.nng_pre ely from ,gashes to ter forehead and' .the.back of her ld bead; which later required four- 'teen our- •teen stitches.. ' Mr. 'Elliott's. first on • fear'•was that his wife was dead. She did not.' regain consciousness, until the next day. Trhe, tvvo !children who. were third' rti •&it, inliacui'ously escaped • injury, as did - 4 -year-old , Linda •whe, rwas asleep in the backseat. Harold suffered • a cut and bruised face and bruised chest, but no ;bones were -broken; He passed out also, •'but regained consciousness:. after 'admission to the hospital. • . avir. Smith, who suffered. a bad= ly lacerated finger, 'as well as the (broken; nose, : was also dis- Chiarged !from the hospital on Tuesday. • Mrs. "Richard' Gardner of Dun, •gannon accompanied her. sister,, Mrs, Joe Cobbe upon.. the • latter's return to her home at Assiniboia; ,, • Sask., where Mrs. Gardner . plans to spend the winter. .e_ he pi. at he: rs. ter' aid LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEPN'E$DA.Y, NOV. 14th, 1956 rn s Injuries Mr. James, Webster of. Amber.: ley is a p: tient in' Wingham. General Hos ital. SET _NOMINATION . DATE L O CALLY• The Luckn W Village. Council sat till 'Midnight on Monday 'and reversed 'proceedings by, dealing with •the payment .of accounts and other routine business as the midnight hour . approached. The Board, ,opened asp. a Court • of Revision, and • spent some ' 21 hours in •hearing appeals, chiefly in•connection' with the appeal on the factory assessment. Fire Chief George Whitby in- terviewed , Council.. in connection with the newly established Bruce County Mutual Aid Fire Protec- tion Association. Council. ap- ,proved. the $10.00•. fee, and aubh- prized Chief Whitby , to attend (the. weekly instruction "courses to be ,given,:at Walkerton from Jan- uary ,to June, by; an official if the 'Fire, ' Marshall's office:: MVMr: Whitby's mileage will .. be 'paid. The course Will' .qualify himto instruct ' the local brigade; in 'modern fire fighting • methods. A request' from E.:, Irwin for a refund of•, the fine and costs, and time lost inconnection with -the.--charge--laid nderHthe=-dog, 'by-law was declined. • Coun cillo r JoYntrefrained from !voting ex- plaining that • they knew •• his views of the by-law. • ''A claientered by Mrs: Gai field, Ma Donald for .$2,000 in connection with an eye injury resulting'. frcmi' :a -fal'1an the •street, • was referred to the In- '•surance• Company •carrying the •vilIage's:;''public...liability ins•ur- ate; , Monday, •September 26th was set as ' the date 'of .the Village nomination, with deputy return- ing officers. named; in event' of an election as • follows: •Fred Jackson,, .Richard ',.Webster • and Les Purves. 'Councillor Alex MacLeod was narned • as acting reeve in' the ; ;absence of Mr. Hamilton ; who left Wednesday, on a deer hunt=, ing trip. .. A tax refund` 'was .granted Chris Shelton' 'due to: an .error in assessment dating back to ASKS VANDALISM' CURB • -T. Windrow• breakage at the idle Lucknow furniture fac-• tory amounts to . $30 or. $40 a year, according to Mr. Renaud, who pointed this. out to Council on Monday 'night at the conclusion .of .a 1ersonal- appearance- in:eon-- nection ' with an assessment appeal. He asked Council to. 'do.what it.could, to curb- thi, vandalism.., • Reeve Hamilton said that seemed to be a favtrite •, .,pastime where there were unoccupied buildings and as- sured Mr, Renaud that •• he would : inform Constable Ha- vens • to do his best . to Ap- prehend the 'offenders, • The Reeve added that they would be very happy 'to have. Mr:, Renaud use his :good in- • fluence to have the wheels ''of . industrygoing again, and . . Mr. Renaud. ' replied that tlhere.'would•:ibe• none happier than .he, to 'see it :again op- erating. 1354.' ewnuzm"`�- PLACE !WREATHS IN APPRECIATED' RESPONSE The poppy blitz staged : last Friday evening by : the • Canadian Legion. was •.generously support,. ed. The blitz .plus street sales.on • Saturday - fretted -$128.0.0 -for. the 'Legion's' welfare work, and . the support of. this cause is grate- fully acknowledged. • NAME- ;NEa MAN' t L.D.H.S. BOARD .1VIr. A. E. McKim has announ ged•_!his intention to retire at tlie end of, the yearas a Member, of the.. Lucknow:' District --H•i-g-h. School Board. His successor will Abe Gerald Rathwell, who will re- tire frorn . the Public Schaal 1. Board •and assume his new .of- fice. in .*Janivary. '• Mr. Rathwell is • the• Bruce County representative on the local board and his appointnient Was. nnade; •byCounty .'Council•' at the November; session last week. Mr. McKim has given, long .ser- vice as a trustee, having sexwed on., the Lucknow Board of Edu "cation••for•several Years prior to, the formation.' of p the'. district .board of ' which he is ,one of the original ,members..• Mr.'Rathwell is concluding his tenth year as a - member of the Public School: Board. S.O.S. CLUB DISTRIBUTES FUNDS AND DISBANDS The S.O.S, .Club which was or- ,ganized by a group of young lad- ies during World War II, with 'the purpose• of sending over smokes to the• (boys overseas,,, has distributed the . balance of , its -assets—and=clisbandecli he— lub has not been :active for some time. • • Benefitting by the dispersal of the funds are the Bowling Club, $10; The Clansmen $25 for the TV fund.project; and $10 . ear- marked ..forthe forthcoming Christmas Seal campaign. ; 'Last:president! of the Club was K. Macintosh and Gladys Mac- Donald, ac Donald was secretary -treasurer. LOWER FACTORY. ASSESSMENT. Sitting as 'a• Court •of -Revision on the assessment roll: on..Mion- day night; Village Council auth- orized a reduction of $4,000 in the'. assessment on the idle furn- iture .factory._: ' ' : The ' proprietor, Mr. WM. Ren aud,• was present • at the meeting with his 'solicitor, Mr:. J. J. Kelly of Kitchener, who pointed out that the icubbic foot rate of fit - tiring had been increased from 12%. . to 14 cents; representing an increase of 'close to $5,000 for which he could ,see no , justifica- tion: County Assessor Everett : Fin- nigan pointed out. -that the in- crease ha • en t, s -. • on . t e new rates in the 1952 manual .and that an allowance for depre- ciation and obsolescence had been. made, The new system, he' sail, was:: a' better break than under , the rental' factor,- .:- • Mr. ,'Kelley,, stressed . that th manual was net mandatory ' bu should be used only „as a guid in such • cases, . and it would b quite in order to restore the for- mer rate. • In the- delilberating Mr. Finni TEN PA,GFS HOLYRopp. NATIVE HAS RCAF POST Flight SergeantEverette C. Johnston; Supply Technician Su- pervisor' is at the .Airmen's Sup- ply Tech School,- RCAF Aylmer; ,; Ontario.: F.S. Johnston joined the 1 CAF'on August 19th,, 1942, and served in the supply branch at 13X Depot ;Angus, Ontario.;. RCAF` Station .Centralia and 1 Technical Training ..Schoel . Ayl- mer, Ontario... He has been at Aylmer ==-since Septeni�ber 1954: Prior. to enlistment "Johnny" .worked for J. .A. Little,: • Tees.; water; ' Ontario He' 'received his schooling.' at' Holyrood, .Ontario. -He is--:par-titular-ly_ interested -y --m minor hockey for ':the•'. children.&. •. His hobbies, includin 1 other- . g •e _ craft, likes working. on':. a farm. during week -ends. RS. Johnston has four sisters anal four brothers. He ',Was mar- September oar rid in Se tember 1945 to- the e former Naomi Firth, Reg.N",. 'of t Shelburne, Ontario. They have e three 'sons, Bobby 8 • Alan 6 and e " Ste hen 3 ..His P' parents, -Mx: and • Mrs.Mark L. Johnston, reside at • Holyrood. gain sought to establish if an. of - !ter ..to• ,purchase the • ;plant . had been made, in order to tryto arrive . at a sale = ••It.' was stated. that no ' offer had. been Made to .buy; the plant Councillor Joynt had Mr. nen- and verify' the fact that he (Joynt) : .'had had an exclusive listing on the sale• of the plant, and had several prospects look it over. Mr" Joynt•'said one party was on thewerge of buying when ,money tightened up. "• Finally. Mr. Finnigan 'suggested a $3,000 reduction in '. considera- tion of tle• present' use factor, rather than' a •Cubic ' foot reduc- tion:. A "saw -off" was 'finally agreed Upon at $4,000, which ap- _ plies on next year's 'taxes. The reduction . will reduce the` plant .assessment to $23,550--- On ttihis • year's ' 'tax !rate : the lower assessanent represents dol- larwise a 'reduction of a :little • aver $200. Mr. !Renaud, who had' operated the factory: for 31/2 years, said that' it was unfortunate 'he had t� close it/due to ill health, and subsequently. s •old This • Kitchener plant also. • payroll ham been REMEMBRANCE' AT. CENOTAPH CEREMVIONY Rememlbrance Day *as. im' • pressively. observed in. Lucknow. on Sunday. Pietured here is the . parade lined up at the Cenotaph:' followipg a memorial service held in the Lucknow Presbyter- ' after: placing the first Of six ian: church, •wreaths that were laid at the HaroldRitchie,Ritchie . president of monument, . the Ltaloknow Branch of the Can. .Sentinel Photo action Legion, is giving the salute .vet i,,.-•.m_��xr�•+w Tis..erramr.:K•.��.•a«a..�ms r,..vx—•i:«,.u:.•....�. • a m •� �.1 .. s.. 'ten, . ""u.; ze�� between $9000 and $9500 month- ly while in . Lueknow. • The . assessment ' on' Cameron Cook's, property •wa's sustained at $1,425, It was increased slightly under the new ,manual calling ..fora the ' assessment of closed -in porches. A,_reduction, of,. $100_was .niade.: on WritA. ,Schmid'sbusiness. tax assessment to., the same percen- taage basis as other retail estab- lishments. . . A reduction ' of $200 on the land ''and $300 on the saw1mi11 was, granted Jack "MaeDonalcd en an appeal by the assessor. •Dr. T. B. Cleland was refund- ed 1955 business tat.' of $19.20 charged to his Village property, since' moving' outside the Cor poration, NSA BLAMES ;ALCOHOL FOR ROAD•'DEATH ProvincialOfficer Lou Boyle gave a thought-stirringaddress • at. -the: Receational Centre last Tuesday evening; when he claim- ed alcohol to be. the cause, of a ;high ,percentage .of :the fright- ful •traffic • toll on our. highways: Mr. ,Boyce, who is stationed at '• Kincardine, was guest sZ.eaker at ' the annual ladies' .night banquet oi7" -01 `t Lodge. He was in - trodiicedto his 'audience of sortie. two hundred 'ladies and gentle- men by Mr.. Donald Blue ..af B,LP ler: Master. ` of ceremonies was Mr. ,Edgar'` Watson, 'Worshipful Master of Old ' Light, . who °ex= pressed thanks to Mr. Boyce. • The ;toast to the ladieswas proposed by Mr. W. L. Ma+ciKen-' zie and was responded to by 'Mrs. .Donald Blue. Mr. Ted Collyer, extended thanks . to the Ladies Auxiliary of the „Canadian Leg- ion for the very' 'delicious meal ,.,they had' served, • and :Mrs. Clair .lohnstonf Auxiliary president, replied • iJ-owarr ed .at the .. piano. while the gathering( assembled. A musical program 'was presented later by. Clarence Adltim• and his Rythan : Rangers who -also' Provided, music for 'a dance whichwasthe concluding feature of the evening. 1;111 Killed Last Year Constable Boyce pointed. _ out that tihere were 1,111 people, kill- ed in' Ontario 'last year, and he •predicted 1,200 would_ „i mpet similar fate ,'this• year on Or, .• tario's streets- and ,highways. This would be a., national disaster if it happened at one time. In an effort to curb this toll, Mr, Boyce said, the ,police had checked three-quarters of a mil- lion cars since January 1st, `•1056, He fe•1f '• ''-rto'e "r that apart SmIn rrn . ,..r Wage IO) ., NW, 4 1 • li i s+.