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L''UCI NOW, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DEC: .81st, 1952
!stiii,iate NeW! !d!001 Debenture.
�e Carried For about 1 MiIL
Ratepayers whoturned out for
Monday night's nomination Meet-
ing heard .an interesting and in,
_formative resume . of townand
school affairs, 'highlighted by a.
progress report ' •of • .the' new dis-,
trict high school, . and a forecast
that ; the debenture 'costs of the
new ;burld'ing can/be carriedfor
abbut a one . mill levy on the
present . district. assessment . ef.
close to $5,000;000.
. J.' W. ' Joy. nt, ex Warden of
• Bruce County, was, chairman of
the ratepayers meeting. and' in
his opening remarks asked why,
• with a :closed, factory here, .Luck-
now was not represented, at . an
industrial meeting' of the •Ontario
Planning and Board
held in Wingham this fall.
Mr. Jpyht: expressed the senti-
ments of the meeting in ;referring
to the regrettable' accident that
had claimed the life of J.. C Mc-
' Nab,by which Lucknow lost a
"grand -citizen"
• 'Reeve Stuart E. Robertson, as
first speaker, referred also to the
sad circumstancesby which he
had come to'oftfice.
Air Factory Situation
In reply t6- Mr. Joynt's query
he said that he and Councillor
Crawford had attended an indus.-
• 'trial.. •meeting 'in ' Paisley and
'Councillor • Crawford has •been
among those attending earlier
Meetings, .and had felt , that no
Useful. purpose was resulting
• from the time and effort spent.
-Councillor Crawford :- • added to
these' remarks thalt they felt. the;
fault lay with some Department
offals wh f hey..tfelt'• weren't
'doing, a job,;and : that .theY had
possibly raised their ire by
ing them so:
• The ,Departnient.;has been pro-
vided with several copies . of 'a
prospectus of the plant and 'Vill-
age,, 'but. as. ..Reeve . Robertson•
pointed out, the, idle :plant is
owned by a private individual,'
'the taxes are paid, and:, there isn't
much •'they can'. do about it.'
Councillor Crawford ' pointed
out that Mr. Joynt had been
.working quietly to. do what he.
;could in this connection..[ .
Reeve Robertson referred 'to
County mutters•'including the 'ap-
•pointment of • W. S "Forrester as
county clerk to ,succeed . his fath-
er, . and the Women's • Institute
delegation. headed by Mrs. Walt-
er MacKenzie, that sought . the
establishment of, a. County` mus-
eum ` The matter, .,was • laid over
until the January session. •
Mr. Robertson, said • that the
new well problems Were about
solved ; and that the work would
lie eorriplete well • Within the
$26;000 'debenture issue, sold . on
(Continued on page 6 )
FORMOSAt4 GIRLS
0•LM..DAYE :. H ERE
Miss Margaret "'Lin and Miss
. Carol Chan of Toronto spent
Christmas ,with Miss ' Dorothy
Douglas and Miss Ghristind Car -
OA Miss' Lin . and Miss . Chan
`arerad! .
g uat�; of the: Music De-
partment of the : Girls' High
School in Tamsui, Formosa and
are now studying in Toronto pre-
' 'paring to return to . work for the
church ' in Formosa.
OARS BADLY DAMAGED
IN CHRISTMAS. EVE CRASH
A 1950 Ford owned by Rev, R.
D, MacDonald and. a 1.950 Ch'eyj
owned by Leo Beauchamp were
badly damaged in a Christmas
eve accident. Damage to both; .cars
was estimated at $1000 .or more.
The`MaaDonald'car was, parked
in front of the ,home of Mrs. C.
H. MacDonald and due •to a. soft
shoulder was about a foot onto
the paved highway. '. '
Leo's' car, proceeding west, :got.
off onto the soft shoulder and
crashed into the back of the Mac
Donald- 'car, which was badly.
caved in. Extensivedamage was
done to the front of Leo's car.,
We understand : that' , charges
against him are.. pending.
Dan Thome'son'1,had consider-
able damage done his car in col.
lision with Harold Butt6n's: car
on Main St:, during Saturday's
snow storan. Harold was backing
out -Item the curb -at the ,time.
KINTAIL LADY DIED. UPON;
RETURNING FROM CHURCH'
The death. of Mrs 'John Mac
I,Kay age 72 years,occurred sud-'
denly on •Sunday afternoon after
returning to "her Itintail • home
from attending 'service in Ash
field ,Presbyterian Church. She
'was, formerly : Christena 'Ann
MacKenzie.
The funeral service . will be.
held in: Ashfield' Church, 'Wed-
nesday afternoon
ednesday'afternoon at 2.30' with in.
terment in. Kintail : Cemetery,
FRASER PATERSON DIED
IN . SLEEP MONDAY' MORNING
The ' death of: Fraser Paterson,
:occurred in his sleep'. at his home
in London early Monday morn-
ing. He was in ' his 63rd .yearand
had been in . ailing ' health for'.
five years:
The funeral is being held in
London on Wednesday afternoon
with interment in Woodland cervi
etery.
MAIL COURIER .ON
LONG ''IME
JOB. A
On January ' lit, William J.
Dottglas twill' commence his 26th
year as mail courier on Rural
Route No. 3', Lucknow.
This route, over 31" miles in
length, • runs. west along the
Boundary to near Ainberley an,d,
across to and' back along. the 12th
'Concession 6f Ashfield; serving
several sideroad spurs enroute.
The distance over a period of
25 years, calculi ing 300 mail de
eyear,.would
.�in tPi „would
livery
..days .
exceed 225,000 - miles: -- .
In' the.,..quarter 'of a' century
that he bas continuously driven
this route,' Mr: 'Douglas -rarely
missed . a day through sickness.
For. a 'couple of winters, -'iter he
disposed of his horses, .Elmo
Pritchard' and ; Eldon Henderson
took over the winter• driving.,' but
apart' from that "Bili"; as he is
Pop
�ularly known, has regularly
been on the job For some• time
Mrs. • Douglas has acconmpanied
him daily on the trip. •
.. EIGHT PAGES
WEEK OF PRAYER,
IN LUCK,NOW
4
January
ytht to 9th --. 8.00 p.m.
Jan,
Word of God;
Presbyterian Church
Jan. 6th --Sharing the. Gospel,
Church of .England.
. Jan. l —"The Gospel in, Act-
ion", :a film to interest the young.
people, The United Church.
Jan: 8th . The . Consecrated
;Christian ,Testifies, Presbyterian
Church::
Jan. 9th—Certainties. of Pray-
er, The United Church..:.
. Everyone' Is Welcome
These 'opportunities:' ofPrayer
and Fellowship are planned ,,and
conducted by your' local clerg :, ,
The offering each evening will
Abe • used to defray expenses • and
to assist the . Canadian Council. of
Churches.
1SEEBYT
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THAT Frank • Barkwel1 has 'been.
a, patient for several weeks at
Beck Memorial :Hospital, 'Lon
don, and expects to . remain for
treatment . for another couple `of.
months or so.
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THAT Capt Malcolm Watson of
the Canadian Army has been
posted to Japan: Eriroute. 'to the
:..West Coast. he visited at Win-
nipeg With his unele .and taunt,;
Mr ,and.Mrs: Harry Pierce and
and at Vancouver' with Mr.
and1 Mrs. W. J. Barber.
THAT .• a rabbit drive on Boxing.
bay netted a'• party of local.
n prods some, thirty rabbits
and a couple of foxes. W. C.:
Attridge, had a close call 'dur,
ing the .d'rive' when, he was
struck on . the arm bye' some.
shot, 'which, pentrated four sets.
of clothing; and bruised a spot
on ,. the; arm about, an inch
square, None.of the pellets. en=
,tered the arm.' ,
THAT. Donna ,Corrin and. Doug-
las Lankshear. spent, Christmas
in Wingliam Hospital, but hope
to, shortly , be able :to return
home :The . two little :three-
year-old •:cousins each ' suffered
fractured thighs. when • struck
,by a car,. on Lucknow Main St:
Remembrance: Day. The in-
jured limbs will be. x-rayed in
about a week to 'determine
when. the youngster'san return
home. scDouglas' parents' came
up from Brantford to spend
Christmas With him.
THAT Alex MacnItyre' is spend,:.
Mg. the Christmasvacation on
a hockey' tour with . a team,.
made up of players from both
the- 'Oxford—and; Carn°bridde-
,'Universities. This year ,Alen:
was chosen cabtain of the Oxy
ford teain Which competes. in
the English 'league,. and is cap-
tain
tain of the combined team for
'the tour They will - compete
and be entertained in several.
cities sin 'Germany, Austria and
Switzerland during the . three
weeks' tour.
AGED LADY .PASSES
the death of 'Mrs. Annie Doyle,,
mother of Mrs. Harry Anderson
of town, occurred in Wingham.
Hospital on Monday. She was in
her 93rd year. The remains are
at the Auburn Funeral Home, but
funeral arrangements were not
complete at °press, time, `.
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FORTY YEARS. MARRIED
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Mr., and Mrs. Wellington Hen
derson observed their 40th wed-
ding anniversary: on .Christmas
Eve : .Members of , their gamily
were all home to spend Christmas
and mark . this special anniver-
sary. On Friday evening. Mr. and
Mrs: Henderson , entertained a
few friends.
PEN PALS MEET .AFTER',
CORRESPONDING TEN, YEARS
Miss Joyce Smith of Montreal
spent the Christmas holiday,with,
Miss Betty Durnin. The two have
been pen pals for ten years, a
correspondence that commenced
through the efforts of Betty's
teacher, thedate Mrs. Jessie -Cris-_
Miss Smith's'.ome is in Eng-
land, but she .`came 't6Montreal`
a year ago where she obtained.
a position and 'has .. since resided.
The exchange of correspondence
has . been continued through the
years ° and;' cuhnnated °in last
week's get-together. •
HANDLE/ RECORD
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C H S M -TMAS S MAIL
core ,v me , C .. i. as.
•Are d., ,ctlu .� � :.. hr. ski
mail :was . handled,by, the local
post office staff, according to
Postmaster. Kenneth `.Cameron,
and. the •general public is Well
aware that never ;was it handled.
more . expeditiously. ; '•
The regular staff of Kenneth
Cameron, Miss Venning . and Car
rie Milne, were assisted during
the 10 -day rush by Mrs. Cameron
and P. M. Johnston, both well
acquainted 'with the job. This 5 -
man, staff had 'all incoming and
outgoing mail 'cleared daily and
wickets were never far behind
'schedule in opening.' each after-
noon. ` •.
The postal staff .got a break
in . this respect from the C.N:R.,
as the afternoon train was .:;sel-
dom more than an hour behind
time, at the latest.: The . rural mail
couriers . put in extra, hours sort-
ing mail in the afternoon and ev-
ening and were ready on'sc"Fiedule
to start ,their mo nding-trip.
All: in all, everybody was .on
their toes around the Post Office
and their. work , .waseased .to a
considerable degree by the co-
operation of the public. `'A great,
many took. pains• to bundle their
cards- and letters. This applied on
the routes as well as in town, and
rural box holders were especially
'good in .having their mail; stamp
•ed,. which saved couriers many
tedious.delays of.stam .�li�ckin "...
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Largest • single 'day 'sale of
stamps at -the Post , Office., was
8000 two -cent stamps, whichsur-
passed last: year's one day "record
'of .6500,
Postmaster ;Cameron. wishes .to
express appreciation • on• 'behalf„
-of the staff and couriers • for the
fine co-operation received during
the. Christmas .rush. '
REEVE ROBERTSON
BY `ACCLAMATION •
Reeve 'Stuart E. Robertson was
returned to office by acclamation
at Monday, night's nomination
meeting that attracted a abetter
than -usual' turnout Mr. Robert-
son was the only nominee for
the reeves hip. • "
Councillor Ernie Crawfordan-
nounced
n
noun ed his definite ''retirement
after four years on the' Board
'and Councillor Russ Button stat..
ed Would like 'to 'step 'Mit Coun-
cillor MacSween was going to
think it . over. Councillor V. A.
Mowbray; who.came to the Board
the, middle of "last year, qualified'.
again following. Monday night's
meeting.
.,Other nominees included Steve
Stothers, : ' Archie: • Smith, ' Clark
Finlayson and Kenneth Cameron:.
Mr. Stothers intimated he would
give it some consideration, and
none of . the , other • three gentle-
men •, expressed . any�� desire to
stand, yet did not definitely re. .
.fuse.
Candidates had until 9 • o'clock •
Tuesday evening to qualify, and
as we go to' press Tuesday ,noo. n,
the coniplete slate :Wasn't cer-
tain, but it did appear that by
some jockeying and "applying the
pressure", a foursome wouldsign:•
up for'an. acclamation.
The three retiring public school
trustees, - _K. C Murdie, Gerald
Rathwell and' Dr , James Little,:
were the only nominees and all
were expected to .qualify . •again.
Mr. , Rathwell stated it had ` been
his definite intention to retire .
,Nominations were .received as
follows by Clerk -E. H. Agnew:
For. Reeve:.
•Stuart'' E. Robertson by R ' .E.
Crawford -and -114 , 'i°^Button.
For Councillors
Steve Stothers by B. Pappas
sand C. Shelton: °
V. A. Mowbray by K. C. Mur -
die and W. C. Finlayson.•
Russell Button. by W. G. Web-
ster and K. ' Cameron,
Ernie Crawford by Stuart E.'
Robertson and R. F. 'Button.
Arehie Smith by Innes Mac=
Sween and: V., A. Mowbray.
Innes ,MacSween by R. F_. 'But-
ton and R. E. Crawford.
• Kenneth Cameron by •C. Shea-.
ton and B. Pappas. • - ,
Clark Finlayson by Mike Hogan
and R. J. MacKenzie..`•
For School Trustees
. 'Kenneth C. Murdie by, W. C.
Finlayson and Donald McLean.
Gerald Rathwell by B. Pappas
and C. Shelton.
Dr. J. E. Little by K. C. .Murdie"
and B. Pappas.
FALL:FATAL TO SISTER OF
MRS. CAPMBELL' TAVENER
Miss Lucy Cozens passed . away'
suddenly at the . parsonage at
.Thorndale early Thursday morn-
ing; •Deeerriber 25th, from a fall
down stairs:Death Death was instant-
aneous. She was in her 74th year...*
Miss Cozens is a 'Sister of Mrs.
Campbell Havener of Thorndale
and'formerly of the Ashfield. Cir
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Wit, MissCozens wa4; well known
to a number in this community'
-where she visited while Rev: aid.
,Mrs. Tavener were here.
The funeral'. service was con-
ducted. on Saturday from the
Jones • Funeral Hone, Thorndale,
with interment in • Vining's Cem-
etery.
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