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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1952-07-16, Page 1$2.50 Yearly In: Advance—$1'.00 Extra To U.S.A. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, .JULY .16th, . 1952. EIG 'PAGES. HOLD TAX RATE TO SMALL INCREASE At. the July meeting the Muni- cipal 'Council struck the 1952 tax rate at 50.8, mills, an incre a of 1. `two . mulls over • he 195 rough y � t 1 :levy. In view •of'` sharply' soaring rates in •wnany other .district cen- ' 'tres, it is Very griatifying to the taXpayers. that local administra live 'Boards have been 'able,. to "hold the line". against spiralling' costs.... In fact the Lucaknow Distriet High. School Board a has reduced this year's rate by almost .half "a mill to 2:5 mills as ' compared • .with. 2.9 mills last ' year. The Village rate is :up 2.14 mills,' but .this provides for the deben lure; levy. On the current road paving program, as well as cov- ering social, welfare costs wlhich have soared sharply,• during .the year. ,• The 1952, rate as :compared with last year is as. follows: ' 1952 • 1951, county of Bruce 8.3 8:3 Pulblic . School 11: "11. Dist. High Sohool 2;5 . 3.9 Village 29. • 26:5 RECEIVES PUBLIC HEALTH APPOINTMENT AT KINGSTON i .... , . ofMh Edith' Munroe a member ..e„Bruce Health Unit staff of nurses, :has. accepted,. a 'simil• :iar' appointment by the Depart ment of Health at Kingston.'Miss Munroe will conclude . her 'duties at Walkerton the latter part of this 'month, Her new position at Kingston takes her closer to her home •in Eastern Ontario, but she ;will ;nisi Bruce Countywhich- she fou. nd-.ari interesting place. Miss' Munroe w,aas at. first ;sta- tioned ` at Lucknor as: the/ Unit's pulblc health nurse, and . she thinks' the .Sepoy town is a' love - 1y little village ''where the' people were very :kind. to her: ' Total Levy : . 50.8 • .a 48.7 The 50.8 Mill le •on an.assess- • ment sof $615,885, raises a total in round figures of .$31;313.00 for all. purposes. This is, splitup as ' f oUows: • Bruce Co 8.3, mills $5145.• Public School 11.. mills 6774:' High `School y , 2.5 mills .1524. Village . 29. mills 17870. •' 50.8 $31313. A ,breakdown of the. Village: ex penditure under .respective' heads: is ,as ,follows; Executive & Adrift)nistrrat'ion $1635 General expense , ' including buildings ..... . ,2182 Protection to .persons &” -property, fire and police,' street lighting • 5923 :.Public Works streets and bridges sidewalks, snow .' removal,' drams' equip:-. ,rent 1450 • 'Health &. Sanitation• , 450.. Socia ''Welfare Direct relief ' -• $1000 Hospitalization /1/4. in- • - digents • . 1265 Recreation serwl ces :492 • Public Libray'' 514. ' Agricultural' Society 50 Grants • . 23 3'344 Debenture debt charges .... "2271 Contingencies & reserve .... 615., $17870 ON VISIT; • TO, BIRTHPLACE, 'AT CAPE BRETON,' N.S. Dr. George and Dr:*Will Mac - 'Gregor from Chicago and Mr Alex . MacGregor from Granum; Alberta, have been visiting' their sister, Miss Catherine MacGregor 'Qn their ' way 'to , Cape Breton, 1`Tolva Scotia'' and dr•e' taking both their 'sisters, Miss Catherine Mac - : Gregor arid.. Mrs. George Stuart of St. Helens with thein to visit the land of their birth. • AWARDED V:O:'N. SCH. OLARSHIP Miss Ardonna Johnston dugh- "ter of •Mr. and ars. Noble John- Ston of. town, has been ,awarded a boininjon $750 Victorian • Order • of Nursing .soholaship at Western. , UniVersity, London, where' she • Wij ,.,, c�owrirrtence .' the `� one-year' course ins ,Septet tber. • Ardonna graduated from. Vic lboria Hospital, ; London, in, late May and will concude her train- ig She August llth. { successfully wrote her Registered `Nurse examinations exax>ain this spring,' and rw'puld• no `ally not have written: !diem, untooNov. toemer,ndsexntvertihsLtty.she planned HAS HIGH PRAISE FPR NEW RECTOR.' Rev. and 'Mrs. A. W. Brown':of. .Brantford and formerly. 'of the Ashfield . Circuit, . paid' a visit to this '. cornnn nity. ,, last week, 'and elsewhere, in this issue We. pub- lishan interesting article by Rev, Brown ' on the' "sunshine and the shadows of this visit,': ' • • • In ;the article. Rev.. Brown.; pays a finetribute to Rev. A L. Jen- nings who`' has been , appointed. rector, of !St. Peter's Parish " :and the end of :: thismonth will • as- surae the duties of :hisnew in :cumbency succeeding. Rev: A. :S. Mitchell, Who. had reached: the' • retirement ,'age ' • Rev, Brown and Rev. Jennings are personal friendsand were intimately .associated . at One :time as'officers of the Brantford, Min isterial Association. Old '`• friends ;.here Will, be 'in- terested yin the • •Brown ;family; where . they ',are -'living and ;what they are doing..' Rev:. Brown, al- though still a fairly : busy man. is retired from the : active' minis - ,try:.. They are living in Brantford and with • thein is their :'daughter Ethel, who teaches. in the Bell Meinorial 'School ' at 'Brantford. Their other daughter, ' Bertha„ Mrs, Murray *Bay, is..married: and lives at '.Woodstock: The elder son, Arthur .:Brown,: isa mathematics master in Dan= forth Collegiate ' Institute .•Syd ney, the. younger ,son., is principal of the Orange True Blue Orpbiian age, in Toronto, an appointment that, is „made by the Toronto' Board of Education. He lives •at. Richmond Hill. Enroute To England . • ' r ', rs '"Ale G,.: MacKay -#roan' Edmonton;' .Mr. and Mrs:: John• lm Laramie, Robbie and Gail have I. returned home after spending ten days with • their 'aunts, . Misses Jessie and' Annie MacKay.•Mrs: MacKay went on to England to ,visit • her. two , sisters `whomshe has not seen for' forty-five years: DEODORIZED SKUNKS BECOME FAMILY PETS The newest thing \locally m household .Pets are ' tl~iree • wee skunks' deodorized of course. The "triplets" were,: captured by Rod- ney Crosswell and. `Steve Carn-• e'ie w+ho: by carefully' suspend- ing',the cath by their:respeetWVe tails accomnplished , the mission "unscathed". ' .Dr.. T, B: Cleland and hishety erin avian assistant, Dr., Bruce P1arlia+men:t, . performed the de- np dorizig ' operation. The pretty little and • White ,animals black measured y. about .only t four inches . in length whencaptured,' and nicely in ;the palm.. could be ,held nicely, Of : "the Band... ,.. _ - OwnerS of the pets are•Rodney, Steve and Brock Cleland,. The doe p for + erfth'med the operations on the understanding that they would i,be ; kept a pets, for to return them to i 'their natural ,habitat would leave 'them de- fenceless' against' Predatory ani mals',. '• • •.. (Since this Was ,ten* they they have Mysteriously disappeared.) r. A EXCAVATES FARM POND IN. K I N LOSS Ted Collyer has introduced something new to -this district by the excavating of a pond on their farm • en Con. 4, Kinloss, which • is, the former Dan Maclntyre farm. The excavation 'was made to the''. east -, of• •their home . and adjacent to the road,sand' will provide a . pond about i t long bywl� . . ards •to' 150 feet wide. . The water supply is from a spring creek that has ". its • source swampyground• to the south of the .Harm. The overflow will. be into a ; ditch at '•the road. Depth of the. pond will be, between •and five'feet it. is expected when. it fills.. up. . • It will provide a water supply for fire protection, and rio doubt will. provide ,a ' popular spat for bathing. It Offers : possibilities for attractive landscaping , that., will enhance the 'premises. • The excavating was • done with Grant . Rubherford's • • bulldozer, with. Ross MacPherson assisting in operating, it At one pointthe cat became. bogged '.down, in a soft spot,' and Bannerman's big; bulldozer was brought intoser-. Vice to. extricate it Fard ponds. are :.in .favor With the Department of Agriculture,: to Such an:. extent that grants; are being :made of half the Cost of such projects tip to $200. FIRE THREATENED • 'HAY ' FIELD .AND . BUS,,H.. A bonfire• of a bit of loose +hray in a field on the Harm of Clar-, ence Irwin : on Friday,' seriously threatened an adjoining field' of standing hay and a •pearby bush. Efforts, to beat out the spreading fire ' weren't . accomplishing 'the job,, but the timely .arrival of the Lucknow fire. truck and its six- man ...crew 'brought it under con- trol. • . The farm buildings weren't en- •dan ered because 'of, the .,. wind g direction, but the ' .outbreak was a real threat tb a: field of hay a few feet away and a ,tinder . dry bush which .lay to the north of it,' VISIT ASHFIE �D L AND 'LUCKNOW ' (By. A,W B.), It .has been a bonnie week *- Ring and meeting friends in this area.. An old minister: gets more, than a kick you know, what sense that word "kick" is used.. In meeting .gold associates and 'friends.' But there .'are ..sad timations and' happenings found woven intothe web of lifer. Amid "the '' beautiful threads of gold" there are homespun material that makeup 'the warp and woof -,of this mortal ' life. The' pattern' in 'some places' is , sombre; and far . . from gay • and glamorous. It was a pleasure to' ' `meet young menann .. g'.. d 'women- Who had grown u '.. A from r the boys and girls Of early years. While it was •.a privilege. ' 11 '13 .Alsi ' to,, pay, respect . to those whose i his parents, a brother Marvin of_ vigor and gait-Were-v•isiblY-oheck- lton and two sisters, • Mrs. •ed by age and 'bodily troubles, it Harriett McGregor of Edmonton . SEE 6'f 'THE .:SENTI NEL 4 THAT . Mrs. Thomas Blake of Ashfield has been suffering' from a severe attack of the shingles. THAT the ` Warren construction. Company has coo nn enced, work of . dismantling their-• asphalt plant thatwas set up with of the C.N.R. depot last year for the paving. of • Highway 86 from Lucknow. to Anaberley. THAT the printing of the Kin- - -_....lossTownshaip-voters' 1ist-lhas= been completed, and with ies now eligible for jury .ser - Vice ..the number of qualified jui ors in thetownship has • jumped from.. 326. male -jurors to 570 of both . sex. • o' THAT the .12th of July was en, livened ` locally on Saturday warning by some able ,'•Ming and drumming by Charles and Fred McQuillan: The occasion also'brought out'Mrs. John Lit- •tle in her full regalia: •In frail health . this nonagenarian is no longer able to 'attend the cele- bration but she never fails to put in an early. morning .ap= pearance• on the Main ',Street, to 'mark the occasion, : • • •-Jo_. THAT last week we ,hada query from Orlo Miller of London, seeking information ' about his • • paternal grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Miller (formerly •Cath erine Young) who died in Kin- loss Township in-loss.Township pn •January',2nd, '1909. She wasS".. the. mother of twelve . cliildreai,:;and:.. she .;and : her husband were ,referred to in her obituary . as- `5the 'first settlers of Kinloss". Mils. Mil- ler was 71 at the, time of her death. Eleven members, of the farnily then ' survivewith Jacob 'and 'Mrs. Spindler ' the. only ' two living in kW'c:own- munity besidesher h ,,Orlo Millet+ is a oouu's+in: o Fr Miller of Langside. , band:. EDWIN WH'ITLE1f;' FATALLY: INJURED Injuries received when.. pinned, .., under his dverturned, truck prove-- ed'•fats earl Sa'turda ' ' i y y mornxng to Edwin Ralph; Whitley of Ham= ilton and •fomierlywof Lucknow. Edwin was one of a family, :of four children of Victor Whitley and iVlili.ie' 14ixon, formerly. df bits . ' .. community and residents of Haan_ ilton ' for the past twelve years or so Edwin was 36 years of age, and was in the contracting busi- ness. • Shortly .after midnight last Thursday,, Edwin's truck got on- to . a soft shoulder about axnr "le. out of Hamilton. He :Was thrown out. of the cab and pinned under.. the overturnedtruck; where he lay : helpless .but ; conscious for about, an hour,' before discovered and .released.. , His, left. arm . and both 'legs. were broken and ' he suffered acritical internal,. .injuries. that caused his. death in H'aipilitaon Hospital about 'six a.m: Saturday morning, some thirty hours :after t e. 'mishap.. He, remained con- scions to. the ,end, The funeral service 'was held at tike " Wallace' JEiznenal Home in. Hamilton and attendants there said it was ' the Largest funeral.. ever held ,from their home, 1 and floral tributes were . many • ;and.. beautiful: Iriternnent was in Woodland, Cemetery, Hamilton:.. Edwin issurvived by his . wife, formerly:- Martha Sinclair.. , of Sandridge ` and by t 'free sons, age 10, surviving are ' brought forth, a pathetic : 'sigh to see how the ,years: and .cares • do' male sad difference: There ' were changes to .note. Roy Alton: and. his excellent wife :were not on: the 10th. Concession, their lovely township home.. Qual- ity Hill . at, Lucknow' has gained and claimed 'them. Quality Hill sounds . of a superiority,' o f a class- it essy that belong to people. 'high born with gentility It is 'for us to -believe that-that4.Quality "Hill° swill. lose none of its . quality if that Ashfield pair • remain; .there. 'The lastfew__ years- have seen farms change hands. We missed good Toni. •Twaniley whom , we i hear is in Goderich•. He has not 1, beentoo well of late but is doing. better. The 'Albert Alton's Have pulled up stakes • and made a Lucknow residers'; _,_a Blake_ theson, is keeping up the Alton tradition: of busy doings', at' the fine. farm near the highway: T.; A, Cameron is now ' a Lucknow businessman, . /leaving •. a boy on the farm w,ho••knows how to work and keep a smiling ilaran. It made us :sad -to hear of Glen Cameron's unexpected decease at the far-. away, northern place 'where. he had ' made/ his home ` with his young wife. and group of ,.young sons and . daughters. Well known Ashfielders were ready, as over, to show sympathy and render help in sorrowful conditions. Over long mileage they went by. the, he .. car with the grieved bereaved, 'parents 'to lay this erstwhile son of.,Ashfield to rest: One recalls a British newspaper 'which ' had. a . regular column headed by these word, . "Sun- shineslime and shacloiw on the dial of the . life". W ' found that sunshine and' shadow` as We. went Here and there: We heard for the first time of the passing in winter of that good and useful bran; M.r.. John D. Farrish It made las aware of the; shadows; tails. we made on the ,sick which included Mr. Tom Ander- son; 'Sr., Mrs,..D. Little, Mrs. W. Ts Gardner, Worthy . folk . and .sympathetically: remembered by a large •;circle of friends. The mounting' ' years have brought xious and, ill days to thein and their home folk. (Coiatinued on page 8) • I and Mrs.' Ella Ford of'I'Iamilton.: Mrs.: John 'B.:Ennnerson: is 'an aunt; , and left;:'for • H'amilton: to be with her sister, Mrs. V. • Whit- ley, upon' • learning. of the acci- dent. '. Mr. .Er /person ' and Isaac Nixon attended `.the funeral on. Tuesday. AT NATIONAL GUIDE CAMP Eunice Button . and Ruth • Tre- leaven, , of the ' Lucknow Girl Guide . Troop left : the first of the week to attend the 12-day_Nat - ionkl.' Girl Guide Camp ; at . Con- naught Rifle Ranges; near Ottawa. The 'camp' will continue until July 25th:. BORN AINSLIE — at Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ' on July 3rd, 1952, to Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Aainslie (nee Bambara MacLen- nan), a son, James,. Fra'nkl'in. Mr.' and Mrs. .Clarence Bell of Cleveland leave for''' their . home Thursday;• •after spending some time with. Mr. and 'Mrs.. Charles Lorenz. . DALE' HEARTY. 114 NIN, ETIETH, YEAR Sunday, July 13th, was the oc- casion, of a, very happy gathering ., when the family of Mrs. • John Howe gathered ;to honor ' their ;Mother and .enjoy a family, din- ner. Mrs; Howe resides with her daughter, Mrs. Feyge, on: Bala• clava' St., Amherstburg. In June Mrs. Howe celebrated'• cher' 89th birthday. Despite the years she is well 'and' actwe afioutt' the home, caring ,,for her flowers enjoying ;visits .frown family and friends and. very .,Proud '• of.' her' forty.--three.-great•.:grandchildren• Among .those present were Mr., , and ,Mrs. R. J. Button, .LuCknaw Rev. and Mrs. . Joseph Tully, Windsor; Mrs: Feyge; Mr. 8i Mrs., Garnet Sisson, Detroit; , Mr.; and Mrs. Len Lakin, Regina. A dau- ghter, W 'A: She*, was lin- able to he present. Others from a distance Were Mrs. Ella Mace. Kay,'' Toronto and. Mr. and Mrs, Harold.•Button front Dundas, Ont, • • • '.,• P ,1s •