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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1952'
EIGHT° PAGES.
!�NCIa._.DEC 1'DE
ON REMUNERATION
• Thee inaugural meeting of • the
Lucknow Municipal Council, ad.,.
journed from°•the previous week,
*as held. on Monday night •with
all members present. •
During ;the meeting • Reeve J.
C. McNab reported, that at Cou:n-
iy Oouneil .he had polled : rept
resentatives .' of , every Municipal
'Board. in' Bruce, and found that
the .reeve, and members of Luck--
now
uck-now Council; were the only ones
in • Brucen County who. ,were •not
receiving remuneration for their'
services. Locally the •Cou.ncil alao,'
has the handling • Of hydro:and
Water matters, , Which Tin some•
other centres is in ,charge' of a
Public Utilities Commission '
All' •rnemnbers Were •agreed on•
the matter when .polled separate-
.1y, Councillor •* ;Robertson e.orn.-.
anenting that the time 'had , Corrie
. When it .was the- usual ' thing to
....do. 'The fee' Was set gat $5.00- for.
re. ' ular meetin s, and not to ex -
g $60.00,•
g
teed $60.00,' a year If a member
missed one or more regular meet-
ings the $5.00 allowance could
be • made up at special meetings,
but, in no event was remunera
tion to any member to exceed
•'the. $60 maximum: It was suggest=
ed that the Reeve. should: receive
higher remuneration, but he pre.,
f erred to stay on the same basis:
as the, councillors. ' •
Clerk Wishes To Retire . • •
•:Clerk:'Joseph Agnew''made ap-
plication.' to ' withdraw •from': the
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'service 'of the municipality on ,a•
retir:ernent' :allowance, and the
Board has this matter under con-.
sideration '
Mr• "Agnew has been. 'clerk of
, the.Village for. 45 years, clerk and
treasurer .for ,44 ..years, and sec
• xetary-treasurer ' of the: Water
System; `for over 20 ;'year Mr:
Agnew disclosed that he will be
84 'year's of age on February 1st,
and he said, he must admit ;that
. he `has reached the point when
he can ne longer, do- the *ark..
Mr, Agne'vr recalled . 'that his
starting salary 45 ` years ago was
$100,00:: He referred to changing
municipal ..• conditions and said
that in ' those days you bought
a lead •of. gravel, paid. forit and
ptit' it where you liked.
Reeve McNab said--he:.had-1elt,.
and : had • previously • stated • that
Mr—� 1tg'new-would--eonti•ntie- -: as,
clerk and treasurer of the ,Village
so long' as he was able to be•
with them.`
Council deferred.. any, action' un
til their next meetingi and the
appointment...of' Village, hydro.
- and- water- officials teras
quently postponed.
Alex 'Havens :was re=appointed
lar o: 2-000,; char-egged-•prop
y"$ ►
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rata ": to the V;Mage, Hy Hydro and
WaterDepartments.: This was an
increase over last year, and, J'N
C. Johnstone's hourly salary rate'
was increased. to 8$e. The hourly.
rate for casual; labor was set at
80' cents. . '
Arequest : from: the Lucknow
'Bowling �
Club to cut down several
maple trees at the Green was re-
ferred to the - Pro: Property Commit
tee.
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Councillor .Rabertson. reported ,
:Wi•1:-
; that:the new • fcot bridge on.,
loughby. . St was 'quite satisfact-
ory
. Consideration
Orthe increase to
be''.de in water rates was heft
ma ,
over till the February...Meeting.
The International•rater . Sup-
. ply Company. informed Council
they would start: developing the
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TO BUY•PRUOJECTOR WITH.
A(AAZINW OMMiSS1010
!Students • of Lucknow District
High School netted a total of
$285 from commissions received
in
.a magazine and ' newspaper
sales campaign last fart' '
'• 'Part of the money will .be used
to buy a filn strip.projector ro`ecto' for
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the, school, as :well as other
school' equipment._
• date. •
O.K. Pole Removal
our it approved ti .:Ih1✓.P.C'.
estimate of the cost • of removing
hydro poles from the Main Str'eet
andmodernizing g•
the'lighting sys-
tem.
Coniinittee• 'Appointments •
Council Committees . are Un-
changed from ;last except ;for.
the • . Waterworks and Fire • ;De-
rtment Committee, and as
councillor .. illor Robe
nisbn did not
'wish continue as chairman,,
(Cohtiinued , On page 8)
TO NAME SCHOOL
FOR ' 4SHFIELDITE
The new $450,000 Waterloo
school being built to replace the
century -,old: Central School will
be known as, MacGregor Public
Sch'ooi in 'honor:' of C. J. • Mac-
Gregor,'- veteran Waterloo prin-
cipal . and a native .. of Ashfield
Township. ' •
A'.decision to rename the school
was made . at, a dinner•held by
the Waterloo`'Tublic School Board:
following the inaugural ' meeting.
.The present -school will .con-
tinue to
con-
tinue'to be • known as Central but
the new .building' ,will . be referred;
to as MacGregor School. It. is ex-
pected to be opened . in Septem-
ber.: Vq
Mr. MacGregor, has taught
school.: for 41'/2 • years of which
33.'years have •been•'in 'Waterloo;
He .is principal of Elizabeth 'Zeig
ler ,School : and supervising prin
cipal of the three Waterloopub
lit schools
•Prior :.to becoming ;principal at
Elizabeth Ziegler in 1931 he was
principal at Alexandra :School.
APPOINTED CASE, AGENT
Bob Arrnstront;� p ro :�r, of
� ., P.ietor
the Lucknow Motor.' Service Gar-
age, has been appointed- distriet
agent ' for. Case Implements.
SYNOD AI D5':' 1 N`
WORK AT':RECT:ORY
The :.annual' : meetings of the.
the:
Vestry of',', St. Peter's Church.
was held on Monday; January'
21st, when most,:; satisfactory ire=
ports=were ,received •from : the_
Warden and Parish organizations..
The Rector "stated that there had
:been • slight.• increases in all, de
-p�artrnents,and-l-arger-attendance
at services. The Ladies' Guild had
urn erlak i`i-eavyabligations-but
had.finished the year with a bal-
ance exceeding six hundred
dol -
tars ofUer contributing over $500
for Parish and '.Rectory. 'The
smaller. ;group--of=W -A.. workers.;
had met all their-.miss'ionary ob
�gations as- well as --sending' -a
large bale of bedding and 'other
comforts to the Rupert's House
M
er : to ission, and' hard-`ctnd ttakem-
decorate two of the• rooms in the
Rectory . which ,were wrecked in
The fire. : F
•The Rector' and 'Wardens .reg
ported progress in the matter of
restoring the Rectory, and later.
the meeting inspected the. work
which it is, hoped to, complete in
a few >days. Ail, expressed their
amazement and' satisfaction ' at
the manner in which' the devas..
teflon had been remedied. By the
generous co-operation of the Rip;
ley '.congregation there will be a
rnodern kitchen :and bathroom,
and the Synod ' of Huron, as a
token of, appreciation ;of the Cour
Nage, with which -the . Par,iah had
'tackled .their terrific problem;
had installed a complete and.
modern heating. system:. • Among
,other improvements, ' • all ceilings
ad " eerr
<
Which will .add still more • tothe
comfort of the'Rectory...
The following elections 'took
laee: Rector's S .- Warden,{ W.
Srnrth, Peoples Warden, T. J.
Salkeld; Parish clerk and.' treas-
urer,'
reas-uiter,.' C. L. • Smith,; delegate to
Synod, . Fred McQuil.lin; substi-'
tute,.. John McQuillin: auditors,
Miss D. Cook and. Mrs. Fred ,Mc-
Quillin; Board of Management,
Carmen ,McQuillin, Stewart Lave
is'.. L. Smith, W. Stimson, Mrs,
C. Stewart La:vis and Mss D: Cook,
,
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CHILDREN'S STORY HOUR ,EC".`CENT-RE .' TO COMMENCE SATURDAY
CURB DAMAGE
Repeated acts of wilful damage
g
at the Recreational Centre, hava
decided• the, Committee to close_
the building at nights, whennot.
in use, and on Sundays.,
The building , bad previously
been accessible- -throughout the
day''Ind evening because' of -the
public restroom facilities, and re
creational 'opportunities .it offer..
ed. •
.The Cornmittee has decided to
close the .Centre each 'evening at
six o'clock with the exception of
Saturdays,.: when •the{ closing.hour
will '.be• 10 p,m.. Hereafter 'the
building will • be locked all day
'and evening .on Stinday. •
It is unfortunate that. these • re=
;strictiops Nave been 'found: nee=
essary in an effort to curb the
wanton damage which takes place;
from time to time Tt has been
impossible. to - keep clothes -hooks.
on the walls.: in the. cloak rooms:
',These- are repeatedly ripped., or.
snapped off, .and coat ' hangers.
twisted :into useless pretzel.
shaPest Broken windows and
damaged doors have also figured
in the .destruction:
The Recreational Centre. is 'in
partial'. use .: as a , public/school
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Classroom few' Grades 3 . and • 4,
abut: the students are not respon
.sible for. the ..damage that . ha
frequently occurred.
TheCentre will still. be ,rent-
able for the many functions that.
are ,• staged there, but' no longer,
will the Centre be ;open to the"
public, other than for supervised-
activities . it is regrettable . that
a few, destructive minded persons
rob all others of..: free access" -to:
the opportunities .for recreation
and - the restroom: facilities, offer-
ed by this Community; !building.
TM:E.
SE'NT�I N EL .
THAT 'wee ly bingos are again
being commenced by .the Luck-
now ;Legion: The first night • is
next Wednesday' January30th
r
in the Legion Rooms: and each
Wednesday thereafter
;THAT XQIr: . and• Mrs:, Newton
Jaxrres of Windsor "ran into".
Mr. and Mrs.: Burt. Roach ` and
, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott - Sandy. at
' Daytona :.Beach. Spotting the
Ontario license' and hiking en-
quiries, Mrs. 'James discovered
that. they 'were from her own
home town. •
•
THAT in a letter•. from Miss'' Ger-
trude Treleaven, who.: is ` mak-
ing
ing her•horne' in Strathroy with
• Mrs.. A. G. Elliott, ,she .says:
"I wish you • could see tls•-, ort
.Sentinel Day" . " Gertrude .ex-
pressed surprise in learning 'of
the,: sale of ' Purdon's ' Baker:..
She. wishes 'Stewart Miihin
well; and adds, "•I think their
ibakeshop has.better baking 'and
variety 'than Strathroy".
o-.
THAT. the Lucknow United
• ' Church •Choir, •was entertained
last' Thursday evening that
proved a most • interesting. and
entertaining- event, : `'-
. The children' ory incur' is to
.;again be'resuined, and Will ;corn
rnence on Saturday morning of
this' week,, January 26Th in the
Recreational Centre. The hour is
from 10.00 to 11400 a.m. .and is:;
for children of °,pre-school age
and .Of Grades 1 . ".and 2.•'
FORMER RES:IDE'NT
NINETY FRIDAY
January 25th has long . been
'traditionally observed.. in this
:Scottish .community in commem—
oration of the birth of the great
Scottish
Scottish'.Poet, Bobby Burhs. But,
the date has further significance,
in this conam.unity, and this year.
is an especially noteworthy ' oc-
casion, • as 'Mrs:. Janet MacDon--
.ald. marks -her :90th birthday : to-'
morrow—Friday.
Mrs.- MacDonald was formerly
Janet Beaton and was born : in
Crief, Ont., in...1862, of ,Highland
Scottish: ;parentage., At. the age
of :seven she moved with, her
parents to Kinloss Township : and.
in ' 1882 Married Thomas -Mac,-
Dor al'd. of Kinloss, ' .who ,passed
'away .twenty 'y ears ago, in 1932.
With the' exception of.. twelve
years' spent•, in the -Algoma Dis
¶riot the MacDonald family t lived.
in Lucknow or ;vicinity until '1939.
Of a family ,of eight children,
five are living -Jack and Gar-
field of Lucknow, 'Lorne and
: Pet-:
erborough, Mrs. A.. J. Lockeridge'
(Myra) of Wingham arid Mrs.'C.
E. Smith (Kate). of . Seaforth,
with:: whom : 'Mrs. .MacDonald
makes. her -home. There are fit=
teen. grandchildren' and;' eleven
great",. grandchildren.
.:Mrs. ''MacDonald continues to
enjoy. remarkably good . health
and' her. interests are many. Al-
though confined' to her home
most of the time,. she .enjoys the
radio; tuningin, to two sermons
regularly each Sunday and never
ng
missithe -daily7 newscasts.
Her eyesight ,.:permit . her to'
still 'enjoy reading, . with the
Bible being h'er :.best companion.
Mrs. MacDonald reads. other 'good
-books,:-the daily -papers an&The•
.Sentinel, a.in__,which,. she ..keeps
close tab 'on sports and. other
doings. in the old home town.
Mrs--rMacDonald is= ate. -Toronto-
Maple Leaf fan and listens in to
th- e•--Saturday----right br-oadea-st-sr
These games, have Iest ' a ; 'little'
of their glow 'with thedeparture
of : veteran`T
ark„ Bfrom
r
the• Leaf goal, .but ,still ,she” en
joys ahem. • • •
. One_ of Mrs. MaeDonald's. chief
joys is to have Lucknow friends.
call• to •'see her in Seaforth. To
'have had the pleasure of spend-
. .
an g-a.�isy din Lticknow:during the
Bruce Reunion was really a ' "red
letter day's; in her life: So many
friends of earlier days found time
to sit and Chat with her on that
occasion.
Her many ',friends . here now
jroiri in extending congratulations
and best wishes on. her path
birthday.
.ter
THAT friends and neighbors' re-
. Gently joined'• in contributing to.
a comiriunity fund, for 15 -year-
old. Everett, Swan, who lost an
eye, the day before Christmas.
Everett -has got along real well
since the remo'v'al of the optic,
and was in London last week
for a fitting of an artificial eye,.
He to has to return next week.
D. L. MacKINNON, PASSES'
The death •of Donald L., Mac-
Kn'nnon' occurred on Tuesday ,at
,his. home, .,Con. 4, Kinloss,, after
a lengthy illness.' He was 7,1 years
of age, The •fune.;al service will
be held this afternoon (Thursday)
at .'Johnstone's Funeral Bonze at
2.30, with interment in South
Kinloss Cemetery,
ENG AGEMENTS
nourices the en a O
gemerit 'Of his
only daughter, rvlary Teresa, to
Mr. Joseph ,Courtney of Kings-
brickie,, son of Mrs, J'os'eph Courts.
ney of fe'.roit, and: the late Jos`:
eph Courtney. The wedding to
take; n1: e in St Joseph's rhurcl
Xin:g; .brrje, on Saturday, Feb-
ruary, 9th.t 10 `a.r ri
r%' j2tries H. McIntosh of
' Wingham and formerly of Kin-`
loss,, is obnW lesci.ng after an,
' illripss with pneumonia.
REVIEWS
P' PROGRESS
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A fine turkey supper was en-
joyed. by the members and ad=
herents of ,the Lucknow PreNhy-
terian Church fast Thursday ev
ening, Almost 150 people partook
and 'to• .•the men_ of the congrega
tion, who did every bit of thrg
work involved -and"took care • of'-
the -,expense, is'owing the thanks
o°f .'all. 'who .• w
` When the `supper was ever the
annual meeting of the congrega- •
tion 'was `.observed. The meeting'
opened when the minister, the
Rev. C. . A. Winn, led in prayer •
and 'rea.dfrom the 122nd psalm.
Mr, Cameron MacDonald . made
the motion which 'ryas • duly 'sec-
onded that Mr. Stuart Robertson.
be the chairmanfor the meeting.
The 'Session report, presented'
by. Rev. C A. Winn,. sltow.ed that.
there, had :been seven deaths
among members of •the •congrega,-
tion in 1651. 'There :ha:d -been, six •
infants . baptised, .' one, .marriage
'was .solemnized and `nine .'new.
trnenibers received.
• Messrs. Gordon Fisher, Archie
Smith Fred ::Jackson'. and"•Donald`,
Henderson' were appointed:'men's-
bers of the ",Board. of• Managers.:
Mr. Lane Gardner was appointed
a.'
manager 'for .a . term:. of one,
-year to, succeed ."Mr. John; ,.D.
floss 'and co&nplete. his..teran` 'et
office: Mr: 'Norman Taylor' was
appointed treasurer:,
The Mission .Band . report was:,
prepared, by Mrs.,:; W. C;' Finlay
son andread by Mrs. B,. Agnew,
.showing- a membership of twenty-
five children.. The . study , book,
"Frien:ds Across • Canada', was .
read discussed chapter by
Chapter..
chapter : during the year. Three
Junior mexnbership were;• pre-
sented : to members With. perfect
attendance records. •'
The .Young People's Guild re= •'
port ' for :195'1 • was , presented. ' by;
Miss.' Gladys Chin showing that
at.. ,meetings during__ the year' an '
average of • 15mezziberswere pre-
sent; The study 'book was "The
Church of Jesus .Christ", and ,was
found very helpful and interest.:
ing:
—Tlie Cradle Rall report .present-
ed',by 1Vfrs� C "?t` Winn: `s5d Wed ..".
six :'promotions •and• nine new •
names: added'to.'the •roll, and 'the
number • on the roll at presenb
Stands at 21
The. congregation was pleased
to •know. that all the organizations.
showed a new interest on'::the •
whole and marked ii'nprovement
over last; year -was .in' evidence.
:Miss Gladys MatDonWd rad
the , Sunday School . report for
1951 'shawl/4 74' -"
rcriezrnbers'�'ori the'
roll and... average attendance' .of
52. Cert i
cafes .and. seals f a s were•
presentezl"'to""'memrbers- af-••-the ,'
Sunday. School' for attendance
during the year. We novo have
eleven teachers and officers . in.
this work. Our attendance' for the
year •1951 was up 'considerably'•
over recent years.. •
. The secretary's' report:for 'the,
Evening •Auxiliary was :given•by
Mrs. Gordon : 'Fisher' showing 'a
•.steady average • attendance of. 22.
The study book chosen and: stud=
ied was "Our Share in the Mis-
sion •World" and also 'studies in
the Ten • •Comman•dments, were
enjoyed': Fi'v'e new membbe'rs
were added duri'ng the year and
the ''allocation was met; and . ex=
ceeded by:a goodly amount:
Mrs.* James. Little 'gave the
financial • report of the Evening
Auxiliary which was very en-
couraging,
•s sr r ous ._aye lesec-
retary's report for • the • W.M.S.
Which' showed; a fine successful •
Year: The allocation for the
Y year
was met,' and extra `solendid and
commendable work' •was accom r ;5,
plished, , Mrs, Betrice' .Yovan
presented the treasurer's 'report
'tor the 'WKS. which showed: a . .
goodly balance. !•
The financial report . of ithe
congregation Was given' icy Dom
,ald Henderson, There Were ' extra
(Continued, .en' page 8).
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