HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-08-23, Page 9AI,TGIJgT 23; 1951.
:ROAD .NEGLECT
STIRS, COTTAGERS
Summer residents atPoint'
Clarke are aroused Over the fall_
• ure 9f .ffitron Township to repair
• roads apprOaching this summer
resort and .at a meeting of, the
13each Association the •Proposal
was advanced to inCorporate the
•area int'a police village.. ;Legal'
.!•: opinion is being sought on the
• necessary steps 'should s uc h
, actiOn h*.e decided'
According to figures. revealed,
• -att this meeting of' the Point
Clarke 1eaoll' ASSociation; there
* are 150 Cotta,geS stretching over.
tan,area of about, one and a •half
• miles. • Along with„ many, others
viho possess only icits,.these own.:
:ers' Contrithute'..rnOre than .$2,090
•annually ,in a • police
••villagetheY Would be subject to
Caunt3i rates but would retain
• the balance of taxes for' read reL• .
pair and other. improvements.
Under the present set-up cot-
tagerS claim little of this money_
isreturned in read • upkeep. ,Sev-
eral deputations Visited the
Township Counci.Z over the past
few Seas,on.s.„ but have not gotten
• anYWhere. • ' , •
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Calbng for -immediate. action
;., the meeting appointed •William
Leonard, Durham tbank manager,
:and Charles.' 'taidlaw,t-,Atwood
farmer, delegates. to Wait again
on the HuedTownship Council.•
Failure •to obtain satisfactory re-
sponse will likely be followed by
an 'appeal to the Department; 'of
iiiwys' • : • ' • .,
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'Both .southerly and -,northerly;
roads approaching the resort,
which draws .extenSiv 6, traffic
from Ontario points; and the
States • New :Yet* and
gan; are termed "deplorable",
• They present dangerous drilling
conditions and:also prove. a hard-
ship .on vehicles. ,A private road
behind thecottages is', Mostly
maintained: by the -bWriers.
Part of the wutherlyaPpipach.
• passes • over • private •:propertY.
However, the tOviriShiP•gainedthe
froin farmers Jack,
•• CamPbell and,Ve er Brown Thr
• $1.00 a year Jib e hange.for an
agreement to repair and main•
the byway;
• • , Oppose Rum�red Move
•'Cottagers alsp -will oppose la
• move believedunder way by the
township t�I gain a road. allow -
ince along the lake front: 1Vjr.
Leonard'. said ,he • was told by
• township, Officials that •the title•:
, to the. strip:•had •ncit yet come
• through • and that he •Would' re-
ceive a copy:of the deed when it
was.received. ••' . • '
Th•
e,. association wag.' annoyed
hen.*Mt PreMlted
copy of a quit claim deed to the
• strip, which, was registered by
the 'township' in 1947. Cottagers
also point out that 'they are ass-
essed $2.00 a '.year' for ,garbage
collection,. 'thereby ContrPpurting
. '$300 to the .township; treasury.
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• TAE 1tUCK1VOW $ENTIE, L;TJCKNOW, ONTARIO
FORMER RESIDENTS' FETFO'
• Q.N 8ILVER ANNIVERSARY
• A" happy fainily gathering took
place le the farm home of Mr,
and Mrs. John ,Secitt, Huron TWP•
on StInclay,. August .19th, when
friends and relatives gathered to
honor Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lloyd,
• fOrmer'r.esidents of this district,'
.now of London. The ,oecesion was,
marking Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd's
25th wedding anniveriary,, and
:was also 'unique in the fact That
it was the first tiMe, that the
relatives experienced a complete
(family, r,eunion, • •, •
A bountiful dinner. was'served.
on: the lawn, the tables: being
• adorned with two beautiful. 3-
• storey fruit Oakes, • one cake te.,
celebrate :the ..s0er "Wedding,: the
•other' to ;honor 'the joint: -birth -
:days of Wjlliarn Co X and John
Scott. The sillier'. wedding cake
was served by Miss Doris and
'Mr. Ivan .1.41-.)Ycl. • • . •
' With .the dinner, completed, the
Rev. .J. L. Ball deter as toast-
master, and thanked the, host. and,
hostess_ for opening :their home
to the ocbasion, and Mr. and Mrs:
Scott, both ..in turn, eXpressed
their: pleasure at having all the
relatives with thein. Mrs. :Scott,
on behalf of . the relatives,, pre-
s'nted the hdnored couple with a
• silver tray. •and a' box of silver
,She expressed regret that
the, Moose. Jaw friends were not
:represented, but.also 'Pointed, out,
that every family. in Mos, Jaw.
Ihad been hard from; they. had
'all sent their congratulations and
best WiShes; and,Were .411 includ-
ed in the family:.gift. . •
Mr. Ball proposed a toast to
the King;, and all joined in sing: -
the .,National, Anthem; • 'the
IkeV.,,G. B. 'Cox; Valley;:Sttearn;
:LOng Island; ,New York, spoke
.words fitting o he accomplish
• ments cif the honored gUests and
proposed -a -104i to the bride and
groom of 25 'years proyious...Mr.
Lloyd replied, expressing ;Pearl's
taPp.reciation and', his own, to
everyone who had .helped to
Make the event possible,. • •
:The. afternoon was spent. with
relatives from.'a...:distance visiting
with the hurn•P f-oIke.• Mrs.. A.
• Hodgins• and Mr. •and Mrs; R.
Sieloff and. farnily, Detroit, Were
• sent and had' been visiting Mr..
and Mrs, Maurice odgins and
Ellwood;. Miiss Iona Terry, .Wing -
ham and Mrs,. iNlary Simpson,
Hensall,. were..welcbinecb and had
.been visiting Misses May •and
,Edna Boyle; Mr. and Mrs. Karl
I3oyle' and family, London, were:
home from a tripto the Western
'Provinces and, IVIrs. E. M. Mitch-.
ill, Val:iconYe-1-, B.C.,•had arrived
'recently,and has been Visiting
her sifter, Mrs. William.,Cox.
. The' guests heard Miss.. Jean.
Kindardine, in, several solo
begs during, the.., afternoon,.
and -all joined Miss Ball in singing
f• . .
ami •
ar ym . ••
• It was noticeable during .the•
day that friends• were recalling
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HEADS B:RUCE OL.15H
BOYS TEN YEARS'
Stories of early-dars in; liruce
County shared honors with thrill-
ing tales of ;the opening up of
Western Canada at the annual
picnic of the Bruce County Old
Boys and car's, Association held
recently in StanleY Park, Van-
couVer. •
It was the 56th picnic, to..be
held since the .organization was
founded in Vaneouver •••=-. one of
the first such social groups to be
'c eated in the West Coast' city.
laresiding over the gathering
and, acting as Chairman at.the
speech -making program that ,fol:
lowed;„the picnic was 86,7year-dld
Dian Alton, formerly :of Luekriow,
who has been president -of the
association for the past ten 'year.
Now retired Mt' Alton was for-
merly a C.P.A. bridge and build-
ing expert. He came to Vancouv-
er in 1.890,-Lonly four years after
the city ,vi.rat founded. •
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Past presiderit after serving'
four consecutive , years in office;
is R. J: Mitchell, who left Ripley
in Bruce. COunty, in 1899: Still
active in bUsiness, Mr. Mitchell
ist president of a large wholesale
• supply firm, P1Mbing and Heat-
ing Supply Ltd. in Vancouver.
First vice-presidentand secret-
ary is F. Hamilton formerly of
.Lucknow. H. -Mitchell, Who: caine
from. Ripley, is, ,treasurer. Direct
ors are John Garbutt and Dr. R.
J. 1V01V1illan, both of Tiverton; R.
.J. Mitchell from 'Ripley and Dr:
M. Sparrow, •a. native of Paisley':
' On the • ladies' social commit-.
tee are Mrs. .4: qurin and'Mrs.
S. McCartney-, !;.both froin 1,1rilder-
wood, Mrs. 0. Nelson from' Luck.
now .and Mrs. N. $: Stangled, from
Mantis. .•' • •
After, • a bduntifill repast Mr,
Alton. ledined the Btuce Coun-
ty9, fo • and their guests, Spealt
ing i a• firm, strong Voice that
belied his 86 years. Mr.,A1Mn de,'
seribect :the Bruce County picnic
as a real. Vancouver institution --
one that, is genuinely. looked for,
ward: to from year to • year:'. He.
Said, "We regard it as. a .great
annual opportuntty ' to .meet all
our .friends and tomake. new
ones". • ••
• ,He outlined .. the BrUCe. Old
Boys and .Girls Association's win-
ter program Of . dances and get-
togethe'rs, and extended' a cordial
inivitatiOn to: all Bruce County
People arid. their friends .to: at-
“GOSSIPPERS” SHOWERED •
'MIS JOYCE CASP1g1.41-,
' Last .Thursday night, Them-
Lers of, the “Gossippers" Club
eri-
tertain former School mates and
friends at the ' home of ,Shirley
Robinson in honor • of the bride-
cleet, 'Miss :JOyce Campbell,
, Upon arrival, Joyce .was ,es-
corted by. Margaret Chin and
Viola Cook down tan aisle of pink
and White streamers to lipr hono;
place.- The living room was de-
Corated in a pink and" wilite color
scheme. the place of honor, be-
neath, • an arch of interwoven
strearriers; • was similarly decor-
ated ,The cha del' ri ,ge
in pink. From it hung Iiiver4bells
and beneath it stood.a decorated,
table. upon Which 'the 'gifts.. were
displayed.'" Geraldine Courtney.
and Mary Chin assisted Joyce
opening the giftg;
During the, program. Group 3,
having the least contest points,
had to forfeit the ,consequences
A dainty lunch was served and
tbe evening ended with "Auld
Lang ,Syne"'. ' • •• •
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To their dear friend ...Joyce,.
"The Gossipers" wish ' to
ay-
"Best- Wishes", •• •' • • .
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• inFquieto:YStui y;
St.
•ieapchtrlFocriv.li „
Eileen Marshall datighter.of Mrs, -
Jame's MarShall of Luang*, ibe7
Came the bride' of William Me,
Millan Mullin, Son of Mr. and .
Mrs, Cecil Mullin,.Listpwel:The
ceremony Was performed by the
Rev. 9A. S. Mitchell, • ••. ••
, The,bride wore a street length.,
sheeri pale blue dress and caTriecl
a corsage of white .sWeet
'The bridesmaid, Miss Jessie - Mar, •
shall, sister of, thp-bride, wore a
street, length w,151 flanriell dress
andalsocarried a corsage• ,of
sweet peas. • .
Gordon jVIullin acted as best.
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man for' his brother. ..
, Following, the wedding are- '
ceptiori was held at the home of
Mrs. Marshall.. ••.
. For a honeYmOon :to",Northerti
Ontario the bride , donned. a .navy• ,
.blue, two-piece dress with white
aCcettories, The:-%cOtirile re- ,
side at' Monkton • • , • •••::
.ATTENDED OLD bOY'g- -•
•P,ICNIC IN EDMONTON
•,Misses Jessie end. Annie Mac-
Kay have returned from a, very
Pleasant Western trip .which took
them to the cciast. 'Considerable •
time was spent' in Edmonton' With
• their brother Alex who 'recently
was 'able to -,leave the 'hospital
after ,five. months' -confinement'
with a' fractured hip. •
.• The MacKay. sisters report that
one of •the ;Triariy' highlights of
„their trip was attending. the an.-
'nual picnic of the Edmonton
Bruce Old. Boys' ASsoCiation,'
They -.were- welcomed by
• Norman Moon, formerly of ,Port
Elgin. Everyone was identified by
a •badge and the Misses. MacKay
soon. felt quite at home ,and. en,
.joyed conversing With; those .who
originally hailed from such pints
as Ripley, Kincardine, Tiverton,
Paisley; Walkerton, Watford, Pt.
Elgin; Southampton, Wiarton and
'Dungannon: • ,' • •
They met a Mrs. Jones whb is
related .to, the. Rackets of Ash -
wedding, how that ,on a beautiful
summer .day, -Augu.s .18th, 1926,
earl; 1.4, Boyle and Wit). Lloyd,
-.Kirawigh-exesidents,___Iost e'r
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vows at ,the Church ot.Ithe As-
cension, Kinlough, with Canon W.
S.. Townshend, now of London,
officiating. The . gathering ,came
to •a close by, *everyone wishing
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd :*another ' 25.
years and more of happily wed-•
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orie or Mr and Mrs. LloYd s• ded life, • •
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FOUR'GENERATIONS •
AT •FAMILY -
Present at the annual •Tebbutt
family reunion' held recently in
.Seaforth were Mr. and Mrs. Will
PO#er,:MrS..Chas. SliacIdick and
Mrs. A. J.'. Boak and son ,Ricky.•
i.nd-Mr-s-Rotter not -.only
the distinction Of being head of
this four 'generation group, but
OS were the couple longest.
married; having: celebrated their
50th wedding 'anniversary in: Oct.
'ober Of last year. •
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'TRAVEL RELAXED
AND CAREFREE
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TO :THE,
:EXHIBITION
Atioilit 24 TO SEPTEMBER 8
FARE AND ONE-HALF
•FOR THE
ROUND TRIP
Good going Thursday, August 23
to Saturday, September 8, inclosive.
Return limit - September 12 •
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Full information from any ?gent.
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for $200,, netting the municipality
$100; but still %no .money comes
• ..back through road improvements.
• ' Officers elected to the associa,,
• ton for 1951-52 '
B. ToWnserid, Mt. Elgin; ; presi-
dent;'' • Leo Dollar, 'Coldwater, •
•, • Mich. ViceR.
-preeident? Rev. J. .
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Greig, Fergus, seo.7treas4.. Miss
1: Leatha Croft, Knowlesville, • .
Douglas Burdett, TilliOribtirg. and
• Mrs. W. W. ' Arriarong,• Wing-
, ham, collectors Mr.. Leonard. and
c1r Burdett, auditors:, • ,
•Committees: church, G. Mur-
•'• ton; Listowel, J. W.. Butters,. St.
• Marys, Rev. Enos Hart; Toronto;
• .sanitation; Andre.* Jarvis and •
Lloyd Yost, Listowei; road, Mr.
C. W.. 'Bamford, Listowel,.
Roy McMane, Lurgan, and, Jack
•'.efnpbell, Mint 'Clarke. •
• PRACTISES DEVIIISTRY
AT AGE 'OP' NDIET1't ' • •
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• Dr. George Martin of 'Croswell,
• blichiganattended the .funeral,
,earlier this montfrof hisi brother,
Jbseph Martin, 84 years of
agetwho died suddenly on his
'Ashfield,'roWnship farm.
• Dr. Martii ig ninety -Years of
,but still alert and active,
• kel continues to practise dent-'
ittrY in Croswell despite the tact
• he %has reached the status ,,of a
•nituagerlarl4p.
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do. Comparable rates for shOrter. terhis.
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