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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
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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)
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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,
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