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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28th, 1956
Kinloss Council Returned By AcciamatiOn.
Reeve Contest, Vacancy
• On Council, School Board
-An :election for the- reeveship
of Luoknow, is being staged be-
• tween Reeve A. W. Hamilton and
Councillor George W. Joyht. The
electors will go to the polls next
Monday, between •the 'hours ,of
nine o'clock a.rn. and fiye o'clock
. 'It Will'be 'Mr. Hamilton's third
•consecutive 'election battle in the
two years he bas held the reeve -
ship. He is seeking re-election
this Year with a view to centest-
ing .the Bruce -County„warden-:
ship in 1957. • ,
CPuneillor Joynt, who is com-
• pleting his second year on the
Board, stated a 'year agothat'
he would be a/ -candidate for the
reeveship.' He opened his ad -
'dress on Monday night with that
•
statement and qualified at the
:eloae of: the-_meetizcg:. - •
Reeve Hamilton -.qualified on
Tuesday evening and before- the,
nine o'clock deadline Councillors
Alex MacLeod, W G.• Webster
, and Saba 'Sherwood signed up:
With onevacancyon both the
Council Beard and School Board
a second nomination meeting has
ibeen Called for Monday, Deeern-
•'ber 1.0th 'at 7.30. ..,
Mrs. Jessie Aliin and James
.• tees. K. C.: Murdie automatically
left the Board by his absence
from Monday's meeting., V.. A:
Mowbray, the.only other born-
- inee, did not ehoose to stand. •
E. Robertson was 'norninat-
ed•-fOit.ithe reeveship,. arid :for a
timethere_Ava.s_sorne_:_conjecture
that there might be a three-way
• race for the reeveship, but this
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did • not develop.
Nominations received by Clerk
E. H'. Agnew on. Monday were
•as
For Reeve •
George_ Joynt iby Chas. 'Web
ster and G. Itathwell.
George -Joynt bY. S. B. •Stoth-
ers and V. A. Mowbray.
Alex:Hamilton by S. SherwoOd
.an,d7L'U.-G-.• Webster. • • ," •
• . • Alex Macteod by Albert Gam-
mie 'and Well 'Henderson.
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S. • E. Robertson .by. Omar
• Brooks. and Innes MaeSWeen.
• . • Fir Councillors.
Alex MacLeod by G. Web-
ster •and-S.-Sheawood
• W. G. Webster by A. W. Hain-
•ilton and Well Itenclersoii. ,
Sam Sherwood (by A: W. Ham-
ilton and W. G.' Webster.
Harvey' Webster by Geerge, W.
Joynt and Alex MacLeod..
• For School Trustee
aVIns. Jessie Allin . by Charles
• • Webster and G. Rathwell.
V. A. IVIowbray by Jack Fisher
and H. M. MaeLennari. •
James Boyle by H. M. 'Mac-
*Lenrian, and Jack Fisher:.
• K. C. IVIturdie by V. A. Mow-
• bray and Stuart E. Robertson.
• RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS
• RY-PLANE-ON FRIDAY
•
E. V.. Baker arrived home late
•,,,; Friday night after a three-week
. visit in,England 'with his moth-
er, sister and other relatives. Ed
1,, made the trip both ways by air,
travelling on A TCA super con-.
,stellation. ' ' ' . •
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The return flight was delayed
by a snow . storm. He arrived at
Melton about ten o'clock Friday
-I, vening-where-he-was-met-by
-4.
.,t his `sen, Alvin. . ' •
• During his stay in England,
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Mr. ,Baker telephoned home •and
talked with Mrs. Baker and their
datightq,'Eileen. The call "was
put through' in about three min:.
utes arrdthe reception was quite
clear. Mrs; Baker, incidentally,
`1.
•I• ls'novir visiting in Chicago, hay-
ing accompanied, misses Annie
'0/110470t. and Jessie MEteKay. '
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CAN IT BE 'EQUALLED?
President Bill Kinahan, In
.his remarks at the 'West We-
• wanosh Federation of Agri-
culture banquet last :week;
wondered if any other town-
ship' coUld boast, of having
had a Guineas winner and' a
-reserve champion in success-
ive years. :
•
• Murray Gaunt, Won the
award a year' ago andBarry
McQuillin was • ranner-7up
this' year. •
MACK MadiONALD WINS
BRUCE. CO. SCHOLARSHIP
Mack MacDonald was among
the., winners 'of :University , Of
Western Ontario . scholarships
announced last. week.. Mack was
awarded the Bruce County seller-
arship which,has a value of $100.
, A son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
MacDonald, . Concession 4, Kin-
loss, Mack is• •a 'graduate of
Lucknow District. High ,Sehool,
and is in his second yeai.phY'sics
and chemistry. -course' at Western
TW LV E PAGES•
• ' Kinloss--TownshipCouncil __was
•
ieturne,c1 by acclamation .at Fri-
day's -nomination. he Board is
headed by Reeve Harold Percy,'
Draft Church Co-operative Plan
•The open -deer season in Bruce
. County was .the subject that
ientre_-front. On -the _,:right IS
Clerk J. R. Lane and on the left.
Treasurer Prank Thompson:
Standing, left to right, are
ConnrilleirS _A. Murray, Parish,
1Moffat, Elliott Carruthers, Wal-
lace Corm•.' • '
• • --Sentinel Phofb
aroused the most discussion at 'F, • •-
orongregations.Consideraticin
the • Kireiloss Town:ship .nomina-
tion eting , in the Ilolyrood
University. ,
H 11 F id aft' P
EETIN, G FAVORS
LIONS CLUB
At an open meeting last.„Wed
netdaS)' . evening in tee ' Town
Hall, with twenty me.n in atterid-
arice a unanimous vote favored
the ferination-qf a. Lions Club in
-LuCknow. °
The 'tote was by ballot and ,of
the. total attendance, fifteen Were
members of The Clansmen Club.'
A meeting of The Clansmen
was called for Tuesday evening
Qf this week: but there was' not
a sufficient number present, to
proceed with the' meeting.
•This meeting was held at:the
theatre and it was' planned to
follow up • with a showing of
pertainingAo Lions ,work.
• Upon -• adjournment of The
Clansrnen meeting • President
Harvey ;Websterstated his in-
tention to .call another meeting
on.,Priday evening at 7.30 when
a full atteridanee' will be imper-
ative., .• .
SUGGESTS 'MAIL BOXES •• .
AT. OUTLYING POINTS
At-IVIOnday night's nomination'
meeting, Mr. •S. E. Roberton
drew attention to the fact that
since the introduction. of
service by truck the letter drop
at the' CNA:, 'depet had' been re-
moved. '• / •
He advocated that next. year's
Council -put :pressure On, the
Postal DePailmerit to set up four
letter boxes at. outlying points
in the Village. In reply. to •the
Chairrnan's query ' as , to who
would bear the cog, Mr. Rob-
. a' A • ",at it we, Id be
a serVice for which .the Post Of-
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dice depaniment would be re-
sPonSible. ••
CAR WRECKED B,Yr
TRANSPORT.tRAILER
Mr, and Mrs..Stewart Camerori
and children Mary Ann and Rod-
dy visited at the 'Week -end with
Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Carteret),
'Their ttip here was halted for
.., •
a tinte0 when a transport- Tras- er
jackriifed -and crushed in the
side of their car, wrecking it.
Fortunately the Cameron family
,escaped injury.
The 'aecident' llappefied near
Brantford.'Stewart's sister, Mrs,
Arabelle Bushell, 'motored from
Stratford to pick- them UP, and
Stewart Used her ear to continue
their trip to the old home' town.,
, •,•;:• -tg• ,
a ,on r ay ernopn. oor
weather conditions and.slippery
roads reduced- the_-. attendance
somewhat to. the previous year:
At one o'clock When nomiriaJ
tions ,were • scheduled ta. start the
attendance:1 was ;"..so few that.
Clerk J. R. /Lane 'extended • the• .
nomination time frOM i.a0; to
2.30 p.i.n. , •
• - Kinloss. will :have the, same
Reeve-an.d Ceunci), for next year..
Reeve:Harold Percy, and Coun-
cillors P; A. Murray, Parish IVIof-
• fat; .Elliott Carruthers and 'Wal-,
lace Conn were elected' by .ac-
clarn'ation. P. Murray 'stated
at the meeting that if there was
an election for -council .he would
contest the reeyeship', but when
ho.,One.seemed interested in kill-
ing the Council seats; he again
signed up on the council board.
Harold Percy said that in event
of an election for reeve he •weuld
definitel3r be a'candidate.,-Parish
• Mdflat the, other ..-noMinatioa
, •
'for reeve, intimated his consid-
eration of - the reeveship,
said -that he did .not like a three--
way battle. . • • - •
fter Clerk J. R, Lane- had-re---
ceiVed the. nominations, Harvey
'Houston.. was appointed eirair..
man for •the afternoon• . .
Harold 'Percy 'Was the first to
speak., and outlined the work of
the county council -during 'the
year. -He said that he had pre -
'posed an .amendment • to the
drainage act at the sessions', and
that a proposal .had. ben 'for-
• warded to ,the. provincial gov-
ernment. He had. the assurance• •
that. the act: would be. revised at
the first session of •parliament,
The present drainage act allows
repairs to be made :to each drain
each year up to one-fifth of .the
cuSt of the -drain -wit
• . .;
RepreSentatives • of the Anal- SNOW PLOW OPERATOR
Can, Piesbyterian and United COULD BE UNSEATED • ' • , . ' • •
Churches 'Met on .Stiday even- • . '
ing to .draw • up proposals for co- Harvey:Webster .waS'. no,minat- ' ......• ' . , .,, ,i •
operative : action in.- LUeliow. ed as ,Councillor on Monday flight •
Their suggestions are to be pre- and was one of ••fotir nominees • .
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serited to each congregation for. :fer. the 4 -man board of :cotnicil- • •
immediate consideration. A sum- lois.
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rpary. of the- proposals follows: . He: Might ,have • qualified but '
• 1. The topnatien. of ,a Lucknow''f'otind. hiniself Subjett. to be iiii-
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,.;
• Connell of ' Churches- Con-sistirtg- :eat.ecl-if -anyone-should-so-de— -
of • a man and. Woman appeinted
by each congregatiori together
With the Ministers. . , •
2. Combined Sunday evening
'serv'iCes starting:on- January 13,
1957,' with three in the United
Chur6h, then ,,three in the Pres
byteria-n Church and then `three
:iri the Anglican Chureh• . •• •
a. On Anniversary occasion „ of
one Of the Churches, the closing
of evening services in the others.
: 4. Formulatien :of a Plan of
visitation • of people who Are nen-
active in church life..
5. Consideration of a Commun-
ity Preaching Mission..
• 6. Continuation of former pro-
1&:tS ?gtieh .aS,Services..in private the plrolfgh-,'Mr. ari' infer- • .
hospitals, Week .of Praye. ser- est in the contract and could be
iriiCes;;GOO-Cl Fridai-ServiCeig, etc. 'unseated if proceedings taken
ed in the meeting, dentonstrat- •
one ..Lord r and Saviour. If all TWE4VE
ing the ceritral:rconcern of our
Christians in the area show
• eagerness to deal with these mat-
ters, thereis,no telling how great
the impa.ct for good may. be 'in
the community,
sire to •take such stens. Highly
improbable, but possible. • •
A question and answer recent-
ly ...appeared in the IVIuniCipal •
World magazine,' in respect to
•this anatter which has ' its ekact.
parallel. here. , • •
Harvey is einployed 'as silo* °
plow operator by Gordon , Mont,
gornery who has the local' snow-
plowing -contract, , • • •
R.eferring:to the Municipal AU:
section 56' (q) and seakin '
172; the Municipal World •states:
'In our opinion,* if Mr, • Y: has
a contract with the muniCinality •
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for snow ploughing and Council -
•H.1
ler X is hired by.Mr, y to drivt •
A wholesome attitude preYai - before the judge'', - •
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Dr. Wheaton Thompson has
left Ripley to accept a, position
at 5tratford. as animal husbandry
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inspector. .•
h_SKU
a maximum bf .$800. One-fifth: of
the ,cost of the earlier drains,
which were . much• cheaper,
doesn't give council much to.
work on. He stated that he was
on the equalization corrarlittee
for the county this year and had
dope Considerable traVelling.,
This year's assessment in, Xifiloss
is 'down considerably: •
Mr. Percy stated that the court.
ouse-had heen .teraodelled, and
Ole new registry office had been
built at, a cost of $.100;000 in the
county this year, and that taxes
Will likely be tilf> slighty next
year 'k cover this. The road from
MacMillan's farm to the siXth
concession. was left to the care
of the tewnihip this. year, Mr.
Percy took a • strong stand
• (Contintiorl on Page 9)
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FRACTURE
IN TRUCK' CRASH
Grant Wall,. 29 -year-old Kin-
loss Towns,hiP trUcker,4.was seri-
cuslyInjured in a truck accident
on Tuesday night of fast week,
but is, making a satisfactory- re-
cOvery • ''' ' • ".
Grant's truck struck a culever:
and went out of control into th6
ditch In and his :companion;
Weir Eckenswilfer,.
thrown from the vehicle.
'A passing motorist took •crriint
te the doctor and from there to
• Wingliam.by ambulance, His in-
juries were listed as a fractured
Skull, broken rib's and a punetar.
ad lungs, ••
• Weir Eekenswiller was not
hoapitalized with ' inhlriegJ
but hasn't been ,able to work.
BAPTIZED SUNDAY
An linpreasive' baptisnial. ser-, . „
-vice: was conducted in the Un- •
• ited Church on Sunday Meriting
by Rev. G. A. Meiklejohn When.•
twelve „children, were, received
into the Church of Christ in the •
sacrament of Holy baptism, .Mr.
W. L. MacKenzie assisted in the
•service. •
Those 'baptized were' Wayne .
Harold son 'of Mr., and .
IVITTAlaroltrElltott; Donal
don Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs.-„.-
• Gordon .Broeks; Richard Edward
Irwin, son "of Mr, and &Tr's., Har-
vey ,Irwin; Gail Ann, Ruth. Prit-
chard, daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
John Pritehard; Barbara Elyn
Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Alvin Hamilton; Donna
Marie Greer, daughter of ;NAT,.
• and Mrs, • Clarence Greer; Ruth
Meiklejohn, daughter of
ex. and Mrs
Janine Ann Glenn, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Glenn; Ian
Vitilliam"Mantgarriery; on of Mr:
P.nd. • Vis. Garden Montgomery;
Karn Isobel. Elliott, daughter of .•
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Elliott; '
Kevin Ewart ACkert, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Ackert; ritancy
Pearl, •daughter .4z$f Mr. and Mrs.
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