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On Fridak evening of last week
the Village Council gat as a court
of revisien, on. the 1950 apsesa-
mient roll, sand' received a total
• of sixty-seven appeals. This, flood
• of Appeals' resulted from the new
of equa1iation Of asses's-
trieht„- which bas, been'adopted
locally and. been 'carried -out
this suirrineichy Mr. W. H. Haney;
'1Vingliam•• assessor,. who has &ad
4 good deal of •• experience, with -
the new syStem; '
• All appeals were not, against
the new assessment, although the
great inajority.were.Others had
. to. do -with errors in lot num-
.
. bers, properties wrongly assessed,
or clerical errors. •
Friday night's session lasted for
31/2 hours. ;Appeals . which had
• been made in writing, were :for
the most Part, personally
sup-
ported at this hearing by the ap-
pellants and, the municipal 'office
was Packed by the large number.
in- attendance.
Council Sat Last Night.
Appeats.:wete heard and brief-
ly reviewed, • but, ,no .decisions
were Made at this 'Session. The
:Council was ',schedule& to' .Meet
, lastnight; to review,. Or at least
commence reviewing, this long
Hat Of protests. • '2
The appears. were ',chiefly on
residential properties, with a 'few
• entered. by industrial and com-
• mercial. fin*. The first appeal
entered was .that Of L:ucknow In-
dustries Limited, Whichwas
• creased frem. $5,900 to $18,000. T.
• J. Haller. Of Kitchener represent-
ed the owner, Wm.*.Renea,u4 M
presenting-this.,;appeaL,Theplant
has not :operatedfor about a
year. Mr. Haller,pointed out that
. the owner had 'a deal pending to.
'sell the factory and .that the low.
aSswsznent had been a factor in.
the sale negotiations, Mr:Haller
stated that in his opinion; if the
new,- assessment prevailed? the,
• owner might 'strip the •plant, and
let it ' revert 'eventually/ to the
' 'town. Tem stressed that this was ••
. purely his wn opinion,and that.
he had notNbeen authorized by
' Mr. Reneatid,tO 'make the state-
• .Continued on ipage 8)
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•.CHILDREN BAPTIZED
• At*the morning' service in. the.
•
United Church, Dr. W. J. Mum-
ford baptized the ,following four
• children, Barbara Esther, daugh-
ter Of yr. and Mrs. . Kenneth
• ,Cameron; Kenneth Richard, son
' • of Mr. •and •Mrs., Kenneth•••Jar-
dine; 'Douglas Robert, son of Mr.
and Mrs. RobertCampbell and
• Robert Willi r1,on of Mr, and
Mrs, William Button
PUMPKIN; FACE
• CONTESTPOPULAR
T -There were twenty-three en-
tries in the 4th' annual pumpkin
face contest At. Theinpson's Gro-
cery, which provided a most , in-
teresting and amusing display of
faces. • • „.
•
The jucige.s were K. E. Law-
rence, 'Canada Bread Ltd.; J. M.
Elliott, McCormick's Ltd.; and El-
mer Uni'bach •
'First prize went to Jim Peter -
ten who received $1.00 ;and a
Canada 13read
George "r,,;44,ster, 50cInd 'a Hal-
low:e'en inasik; 3rd, to 7 place
.winners, each received': a theatre
ticket and mask. They were, Bob
Irwin, Ron Noaal, Bobby Hunter,
13illy Fisher.and Jean Stanley,:
Chocolate bars were presented
to all other contestants: Donald
Reid, Wrlda• Reid, Marlene Stan-
• leY, Ruth•Emberlin, Joyce Little,
Anne Petersen, 'Elizabeth Web -
stet', . Nancy Webster, Murray
Hunter, Penny Treleaven,4Jbaime
%tinter, Ruth Nosal,, Margaret
Ann Mullin, 'Thorniny
'1°4 c•ollver,' Jitn Brewer,
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1949
PANTS QUICKIY. REMOVED
By POWER TAKE -OFF .
•
Harvey VilPatrick has discov-
e a S ered a quick way of taking . his
, . .
trousers off, but, Alas, not in
WAVVANOSH RATE up,
TWP.'RATE UNCHANGED
West- .Wawanosh...TOwnship's
.1949, tax rate is. tip fotii..4ha
two-
fifthsaims .over last year, ac_
dordingtO tO'YebilLs which • will
shortly ,
Theanore'as6-'is due to. a higher .
county rate and increased, levies
for the •Wingliam. :and Underiah
High ..School. Districts. •
The Township rate remains un-
changed at .0035 Mills, as .does
the. general 'School rate at .0032
mills. The County rate* is up two
mills, Goderick High Schott!' up
1. mill, •Wingharn,High School .i.i
one and one-tenth milis afl
Police village. up 'three -tenths o
a mill. .,
The breakdown' of the 1949 rat
is as . • •• •
County . . •• • :008
Township . . . . . .. .003
*General School , ' ••• .003
one piece. • • •
Seriously,. Harvey,r,narrowly
c".ped severe Injuries,•about dusk
o'n;,Monday, When 'drawing out
manure. In ateipping front' the
tractor hia;p4rit ipg; came iri ;con-
tact: with. the „power take -off and
quicker ."tii4n you could say it
HarVey. was bare, frdrii the .waist
"down. •: •; •-• • '
'I --re suffered/ 4 7 -stitch '.gash
his leg that was Split open very
close to a main artery, and was
fortunate to escape ;without' a
broken', leg.. Harvey had hold of
the clutch lever, at the time:and
quickly disengaged the drive, but
not beforethe damage .hid been
P done. • •
d 1-larVey'S trousers .Were, strIP-
,
off and • reduced. . to shreds.
A sock and she on one foot was
stripPed off and the Seek Was
ripped from the .other foot, .leavL
2 'Inv only the toe of , the sock in
5 the one shoe Which remained on.
2 A- Watchin hi a- trouser§:.•was
.Goderich H. S.. . 003
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FRIENDS STAGED
IL,,S. .....:. .. . ..... ... .003
Dungannon 'St Lights • 002
F, of A. . .... ' 000
.. . . ...... .
Police Village 1, , • 012
1 smashed beYond rePair.
• • • 4
under, $150.00.
EXPECT CAR TICKETS TO
BE SOLD • OUT IN FEW DAYS
Bills are, out, announcing . the
LtiZlitiow• Legion's annual', 06:-
membranee. Night dance in the
Recreational Hall on Friday, No-
vember 1.1th. Bingo • will also, be
played, for chiCkens, and other
prizes, and it Will be 'good news
that it will be run at a niekle
a game. ••• ' •
The feature'. of .thd, night, Of
course, . Will bethe draW for.,a
rie.i2Cr, Ford car, which•iWilL•fo.-• to
One, „of 800, shareholders. There
are. a:, very limited number of
ticketsremaining •to be sold, and
it is expected that by .the end
of the week oy will be, sold out.
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pupir STEVVART TAKEN
TO TORONTO MONDAY
CoMplipationg, which have de-
veloped, in Philip Satwart's con-
dition have prevented him from
returning home as soon as was
expected and` on Monday he was
rernO,Ved,' by ,,ambulance, f r,o rn
Winghani to East General Hospi-
tal in Toronto. • • • ;
Philip ,sutfereVa broken back
two weeks -age.' today. On Wed-.
nesdaY. of last week< he was •put
ina cat, and it %\kia..g. expected
-1,Vouldsoon be able towine
hOrne. However, he was a mighty
sick man for the next few days,
and although he was *resting eas-
,ier at the week -ed it was.decid-
ed to reariaVe him to Toronto for
'observation,
•
SCOUT APPLE DAY,
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WAS. BIG; SUCCESS
,
.
The newly erg,anized Scout
Troop ' and Cub Pack got off to
a splendid financial start on Sat-
urdaY,when they sponsored the
traditional ScoutAppleDay, and
which grossed 'just a. few cents
.B.UILD:ING BEE
. •
'Jack, Wraith was, happily sur-
prised last Thursday ,afterneon;
• when several friends and neigh-
,• bers...turried in to give him 'a
hand in building a.,ahop,•adjoirt-,
sing his home; •where Jack hopes
to be' ;able to. operate -a small
wood-:working•.business. • •
Jack has been afflicted for. a
,lerig period with. a . crippling'
. rheumatic Condition,. which, fora
time forced him, to quit Werk en-'
ttrOly and kept him hospitalized
for ._kitime.last:,fall. • jack .:wears
a body cast fo.!6, support, nnet,has
• been given little ,encouragement
•that his :,condition will, ever be
any better. „ * • •
As a result Jack , is unable to
folio*, his trade as a carpenter,
and is biiilding•,the.woochWorking
shop' at his home?, where he hopes •
to_heAginjully,einploYed as .
health permits.
Mr. and Mrs; Wraith were :very
appreciative of the helpextend-
ed themi last •Thursday, and wish
to acknowledge this and all the.
other kindpeases'. shown ,them by
d• host of., friends :Oyer. :the :past
year, all- of which have been
truly appreciated.
won, Prizes At :VVingham
Miss Pauline ,Rider (IlaiWaian:
Hula 'gir1)- and Elaine Rider, -(B6* -
peep) wen' second and third
prizes , at the children's ,•°',Ilallo-
vve'eri . party held at the Town
Hail, Wingliain, Monday .night
There ., was a Marionette show,
Cartoons* and contests and Candy
and apples for all...
'SERVICE .AT CE14OTAPH
JF • WEATHER 'PERMITS
Ltickriow branch of the Can-
.
dian Legion Is planning. to hold.
nal
their annual: Remembrance Day
•service at the. Cenotaph at 11.00
o'clock .Friday morning, Novem-
ber llth If the weather is uri
favorable'the.service Will be held
in the United 'Church., :The ad-
*dres$ will be given by Dr. VV...J.
Mumford, • •,
Following the service the Leg-
ion Will hold memorial decorations,.
services .at Greenhill and South
Kinloss'.demeteFies, .
BUYS VILLAGE HOME
Mr. Albert Alton.of Belfast has
purchased what is known as the
.."Graham home", ' from. the Tre-
leaven lVIilhing COmPany. This
residence was formerly occupied"
by. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Doyle.,
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HOLYROOD TEACHER; WON
INSTITUTE QUILT
Miss Joyce Elliott, who teaches.
at liblyroodSa-oot rield-Jhe
Ricky ticketon the quilt which
Was raffled off last Thursday ev.,
ening at a „masquerade dance in
iliolyrood Hall. • " ,
" The. beautiful, .quilt was made
by members of the flolyrood Wo-
men's Institute, which will profit
by over $75.•,00. from the raffle.
14tisic for dancing was
plied by arruther's- orchestra,
and the many who attended in
coStnine Made the, task 'of, the
iudges George'llaidenby, Dan T.
Me<innan and Mrs.. Thompson,
a difficult one. .`
RAISED OVER $100.00* AT
RUMMAGE SALE SATURDAY
. The rummage ,Sale, sponsored:
by the Lu knov,v Wornetes Insti-
tute on 'Saturday, ,proved •quite
successful and nettedtheInsti-
tute over $100. It Was held in the
. .
Recreational Centre..
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cO1G EVENTS
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(2c .a Word; .each insertion)
FOWL SUPPER,
. Keep Wednesday, 'November
9th-',OPeirfOrta;16*-11U-PPer-lii- the
Community centre, Lucknowi un-
der auspices of .St. Peter's Wo-
men's Guild. Price $1.00; children
under .12,50C. •
, GUIDE COO IE DAY
.Lucknow Girl ,Guicles' Cookie
Day will be held on Saturday, g
November nth.' Cookies 25c a•
boxkAuides willcall, at the'
h
owl s.Please have change read
• Throughout the day and. even-
Ang, .Cdios and, Scants worke
hard . to m a ke t h e ,:canvas
thorotigh 1 and auceessful AlOa
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HONORED AT PRE;.
NUPTIAI,
The Kairshiee W. I. held a 16v.:a-
ly shower for Miss Grace Mac-
Kinnon, bride-to-ke, on Monday.
evening, October 24th, at the. ,
Legion Rooms, which were gaily
•decorated with glads and dahlias,.
Mrs; Harvey Houston played the ,
wedding. Music*line 1VIrs.: W. :.:
MacDonald led ',Grace to the front,
to a ',prettily . decoratecl‘ chair, ,
when. Mrs., Cliff :Itoulstrin, react
the address. •• •
Dear. Grace,
We your friends of the Kair-,
shea
We.
.could not let you
leave our neighborhood Without
letting you know howhappy we .
all are in the knowledge that the.
event.' Of your marriage, which
was so' sadly interrupted !apt year
through'. Orville's . accident, is
'about to'be realized, and we hope
for yoU both a. long. and happy
Wedded. "life. . Thesegifts from
your friends will, we hone," re-
mind .you Of our good 'Wishes.
• Mrs. Vtralter: MacKenzie , an d
Mrs Fred Gilchrist . then carried
in 'a heavily laden basket of gifts
and Mrs. Lloyd MacDougall, WO. ,
T. •Collyer and Miss Margaret •.
d 'MacDoriald assisted opening them
s when a'large'number• of beautiful
t gifts were displayed.
, . . ,
.
.persistent salesmen w e r e th
Cubs,. girlie of whom toted bask
•ets- all...day and in the evening
also. •
•
• Apple Day. headquarters Wer
'set Up .in the vacant .building ad
joining ,MacMillan'S butcher sho
and this waa•effectifeli decorat
ed todraw attention to the pro
ject as weir ,as :to scouting :an
•:Cub-*Ork. Adult:members of th
'4111)1e Day committee' and of th
Group *COMMittee spared no ef
fort -in -aiding the boys to put th
event Over. .
Special prizes. Were, awarded i
Connection with 'Apple Day an
thewinnerswere as -follows:
Beat' decorated baskets Cubs
Bob Johnson R o•n Tavener
Scouts, 71 A 11 a n Johnston, Bob
Mowbray. ••• ,
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Most money collected..,.-- Cub
,`Grace, ..a 1 m o s t• speechless;.
*thanked the ladies- and. this was, .
. .
.followed by a pregramof music
by Dr. James Little, readings by
e Mrs. ,Lawrence MacLeod; Piano
- musie• by, Mrs: W. Scott and a
. .
.Solo, by Mrs. Farialf Moffat.-Miai
;1".Marigaret • MacDonaldheld an, •
' oral Hower contest and Miss, Dean
d maeLegod gave a humorous mon-
,Ologire on an elopement Another -
e 'contest Was 'held by Mrs. Lloyd
-
MacDougall Which. •brought the ,
e program te'
MacKin-
non , then invited the .ladies' to
n an -he to a trousseau tea Thursday
d afternoon: ,God Save The Xing
was sinig, anda bountiful lunch
,
served and a social time spent.
, women's Biousea,. Waists- - d
' Skirts. The:StOre with 'the Stock. •
SPEAL girls &
. I'' •
THE MARKET
Bob Johnson.zSCout; Jack Chin:
-Most helpful Cub.E.-•7•Ken'Hodg-
kinsbn, (Ron • Tavener and Ian
Mafsball were. close ;:seconds)
most helpful Scout, Jack McKim.
[Cubs who sold apples Were.
Bruce Baker, Jack'. Button, Ted
Ciallyer, Steve Carnegie, Roy Ern-
berlin, Bill Fisher, Bob Gardner,
Eugene 'Gardner; •Ken Hodgkin-
son, Alvin Hodgins, Melvin" Hod-
gins,. Bob Johnston, Dick
Ian Marshall; .. Junior Marshall;
Bill Robinson, 'Bill Ritchie, •Doug-
las Schmid, Ron Tavener„Eldon
Wraith.
Scouts salesmen were Arthur
13aker, Alvin Baker, Gordon Cup7
skey,. Charlie , Chin, Jack Chin,
Ernie Gibson, Alvin Hackett, Al-
lan 'Jelinaion, Kent, Hedley; Bill
Mathers, Bob MowbraY,,Ivan Mc-
Quill'in, B3r McQuiiin, Jack
MeKim,6414.on .Nosal, Geo.
Web-
ster, Reddy' Wraith,. .
Adults in charge,: atbeaclquart-i
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V.• ri
ers: E. Tavener,, W. Pappas,
J. Rosa.; S.' Collyer, W. MacDon-
ald, G. Rathwell;.
During the,'afternoon three in-
vested Cubs in full uniform, Ken
, Hodgkinson, 'Ian Marshall •and
on Tavener. invaded both Dun -
armor' and Ripley adding a few'
more dollars to the pot. From all
sidesreports have come back to
the Committee, chairman of ex-
cellentconduct On the part of the
boysand kindly welcome on the
Part Of the people.' •,
y.
*DANCE' AT DUNGANkON •
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ifi" the Agricultural
gannon, Thursday, November 3rd
under auspices So-
iety
M1.181C by Mac's Old, Timers,
Lunch connter, admission 50c, '
BAZAAR & AFTERNOON TEA
.Under the auspices Of the W� -
men's ,AsSociation, of the St liel-
ens_tnited Church' will be held.
in. the, AuxiliarY Rooms, tuck:.
now, on, Saturday afternoon at
2.30. Therewill be home baking,
farni produce, aProns, fancy work,
etc, for sale and afternoon tea
ho sorved. ' •
, WON' THEATR,E, PRIZE
The monthly lucky' ticket prize
'tjraw at ,The Playhouse Theatre
as held last Thtirsdav 'evening.
Joe Howaici• was the winner and
received a loVely trilight , lamp,
It is required that the winner be
in attendance and Joe Was right"
on hand when his ticket wa the.
•
• first drawn' by. Xenneth 146dg.;
kingori all dreSsecl tip in his new
TP.:..)11.0:c IRE HALL
•• It is not cUstomaryto have
the makings of a roaring 'fire de-
livered to within.a stone's throw..
of the Fire Hail,or.for that
niat-
ter right tinder the bedroeni win-
dow -of' a. ',Member : of the 'Fire
F o r being ' so "considerate?
-Charlie Scurrah still.' has a car;
rather than fa:•• charred mass .og
wreckage. • ' .• .1
Charlie, who formerly. resided
here, and is now in 'Preston, had •
driven up early •Saturday morn-
ing for .a' day's fishing. He
'breught his daughter, Wanda, to
spend the 'day with the''Kilpat-
rick--girls,- and as she got` atifj,
.of the car • shortly 6.fter .seven ,
o'clock that morning,, silk noticed •
flame's shooting up under the
hood.
Arousing the Kilpatrick house- •
• .
hold, kettles of water were pour-
ed on the motor to no avail. The •
commotion aroused other neigh-
bors; who joined the pyjama par-.
adeto lend whand, Nels
Winter -
stein went to work. with .a 'fire
extinguisher but wasn't meeting'
'With • much sutees&-Tlit.-Wfiter7
hiked to the ,Firel-Tall for the.
foarnite' extinguisher' which is
.cari4ed on the 'fire, truekand it.
took the entire contents Of tills
extinguisher , fb 1 a n'k e t the
flames . that were enveloPing. the
'motor. • ' •
AP
, Had the blaze'broken out on
the highway Charlie, could have
done nothing but stand back and-, ,
watch his car go..up in smoke.
, Temporary repairs were made •
.to the wiring of the car that day,
and he was able to drive his car
hviolt to Prsoton eVening.
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