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$2.50 Yearly Iii; •Advance .,r 50c Extra to U.S.A:
'ruck Fee
alis Outside Village
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1949•:
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At a; special session:of the Vill-
age Council on , Monday nigh•t,''a
-". fire. truck'' fee was.:.decid.e.d upon
in ans^uverin.gi : out 'of -:town`' calls,'
They `rate,. was .:Set, at.$50.00' for,
each .hour, or `'Dart : of an , hour:'
The. •time.'will. be 'chargedfrom''.
when the,'tru'ck leaves the Fiie
x,Iiall •.until the; equipment •is re-,
:;,placed �'trpon returning* from pthe•
call. It will ,be: necessary for at
.least. ten firemen •to remain in
the. Village, with`' auxiliary equip=:
ment, such as•:a• hose, reel
lt' is understood ,`,that'' if • fire
breaks out 'within the Corpora-
tion while the trucks is answer,.
ing an gout -of -town call, ` th:e
equipment: will be immediately
.;returned .to Lucknow.
Resporiding.to out-of-town°calls,
• however, ,depends entirely on the
willingness .or otherwise,. of . ad -
.°r. rural . ur l mu rai .i cipali ies to -
enter into an agreement'.;where-'
b the ,are willing 'too' ' acce
•these rates and assume payment
if other, .sources do riot.
Iris •the meantime, until these
-agreements 'are , accepted or re-
jected, the localr 'Fire'•Department
is authorized otorespond to out-
of -town calls : .
. County ' Rate :To • 'Be Down
• Reeve •J. C. McNab gave an
interesting resume of his '.first
session at County': Council; held•
last week. Mr McNalb 'wasap-'.
•
pointed to the Finance.'.Cornmit
-tee, and . reported .'' that County
-estimtates` for• 1950 tentatively pro-,
vide for a•.half .mil.l 'reduction
BLESSED: ARE 'THEY ...
• ::Blessed is :the •W
oman 'ivho.
•
sends' in a.'written ,account of
a ►warty, or .wedding'., 'lor",0 e
shall . see the'details.
'of•••�he
'function and. the nmes of
• her
;guest .rep orted .torr c
t
y
Bless ed are all those• who
do not .expect the 'Editor to•
know. everything, .but v1io
shall ' call, ,up and tell him
w h e'n e v e r an interesting
event •occurs to 'thein; for
they shall have ` a . newsy
paper in their :town.
Blessed • are they. who get
their copy iri'• early; for they
shall occupy a warns place in
the Editor's, 'heart.'
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EIGiHT PAGES
HOLYROOD TO PINE RIVER
SLATED .FQR :HARD SURFACE
Iii. session ;last week. '.the Bruce
County :. Highway, sDepartment
approved'' preparing; the .County
rofti,•461yrood to Pine 4�.iver
for hard surfacing, •However, this
does not Mean 'that' the work will
e rushed ",ahead ' •as ,th e m ti'
..motion
provides for this road building
and ;widening pro g rain beingar-'
._,.
tied .out "as g e
funds are, a +ailable":
).THREE • INFANTS BAPTIZED
' AT SUNDAY :`SERVICE
-At the m:orn,'ing service, in the
Presbyterian Church, Dr. C. '171.
• f42ac0'.onald ibiaptized : three child-
ren,; one„of whom was,his. little.
grandson', The; 'children were,
James David'Brisbin, son -of Mr
,and Mrs; .saris `s Brisbin :01 Belie=
vide
Ju xtz Lee Red daughter
',of Mr .ani Mrs RobertReid of
Lucknow;' and; John=
:Donald John-
stop;• son:'of Mr. and Mrs. J. 'C
Joflziston .Lucknow.
PRIMARY P1l7PILS': RECEI
'1V E,,DICAL EXAMINATION
•
•
;Dr. W G.' Moss : of the :Bruce Had Wrist Broken
'. • County. Health Unit and Miss
Edith Munroe,, • ;public .health
•nurse• of the Uinit, conducted a
complete medical examination of
the `first year pupils+ at Lucknow
Public School on Tuesday.'
AN'GUS GRAHAM. PASSES
• The ' death of Angus Graham
bieloved husband of 'Annie Emle ,
son Graham, occurred early Sat-
•
•Donald ,Stith son M '.
of . _r and
Mrs: Jim:Smith of Holyrood, -and"
a • student at Lucknow H i• g; h
School, has.his right arm" in a
cast: He broke the wrist in a fall
while sating.
H IGH• PERCENTA E
r SIGN PETITION ....
VISITED. HIS MOTHER ON
urday morning,'' t h' ih' t
HER 9441 BIRTHDAY s• ,
miles east of Lucknow. He was
Mr. Cyril 'Campbell of Ashfield
'and ' Miss .Eileen Campbell of
Kitchener visited in
Tilbu
ry re-
cently with his 'mother, Mrs, An-
nie Campbell who observed her
"92nd birthday on January llth.
Mrs. " Campbell 'makes.' her • home'
with her daughter, •, Mrs Charles
Alton
In` spite 'of her age :she •enjoys,:.
com,parativel good health,'but
Y.:
.is -practically. because. of
a second hip :fracture which- she,
suffered in "February ' of last year.
Mrs.'. Campbell .' enjoys',g
reading
.
and is : still quite: adept.' •with,
crochet needles. Her Many:;friends
"s con�muli t y extend con -
from 11 •7riills .to 101/2 ;mills. Ori . in l th
gratulations ,and: ;best :wishes
the "..basis of • Lucknow's : new
equalized • assessment • this •• will
mean. a county : rate locally
of
approximately. 8.2•;mills,. 'which
' forecasts a local reduction in the
-SUPPER ::HELD :
AT. ..
ANNUAL .:11AEETI'N
G
county.rate '.of about 1:8. mills.
It .
- was -stressed that this p iy
a iswas ure
an' estimate.:
The..County• rate reduction is
aided by .a 1949 surplus of•$1.7,500,
with .1950 estimes"pared' to al-
low for a, 'surplus of-. only $124.
Arr.�r
a•ie"
en
is h "
m ve' e n -
a b e a "
g m
de•
:'with; the. Bruce ' County Heafth,
Unit foie . ,rental :of office.',. space
in the •Recreational 'Centre nfOr
the 'Public Health • Nurse; :• Miss,'
Edith Munroe;
Want -.history Up To Date
1VIr.
MeNab said he, had. learned
• ;awhile in `Walkerton that, ;Luck •''
naw was;' ,one of .the Bruce Co.
municipalities that 'had. failed to.
bring their'localhistory' t •
date''from 1906, to • supplement
Norman Robertson's "History of -
Bruee A fee of $.25.0.0 is •allow,
ed for this 'service :and: the • Wo
• :men's° Institute is' to';'be' contact-
,: ed to see if they willundertake.
7 the; work.' .
By a vote of 28 to .5 County'.
Council..turned down a request:
• from Kincardine for ;$50,000 for
a 20 -bed chronic section addition
to their hospital.
• Praise. For, Tom •lton
• °' Mr. • McNab paid• a compliment
Oto County Treasurer Tom• Alton,.
Lucknow, boy, who is ,chin'
•(Continued„on. page
• ST PETER'S CHURCH
.VESTR
Y MEETI.NG:
The ,annual Vestry meeting of
.St, Peter's Anglican Church was
held in the chirch,” Friday even.
ing, January 20th with Rev. A. E.
Taveper presiding,
The.
folIowin.g officers were
elected:
Ch
s. L. Smith Rector's
s
Warden,• Fried Mc�uihir;I people's
warden; ;Dorothy
Cooke,' Vestry
clerk T. W.. Smith; 'delegate to
Synod; John McQuillin;: sub. dele-
gateoard of Maria ernent': T.
J. Salkdle John g
, .McQtillin,.'Mrs
• ' S, •Levis, • D. Cooke, elected by
.the 'people; T. W. Smith, W. Pap-
as • E. V. Baker, Mrs. IVllalcolm
Stewart,.Mrs, Ttan'ple Clark, Wm.
Stimson, appointed by the Rec-
tor; W.. Pappas, . convener of
'Sidemen; auditors Mrs S. Lavis,
Mars. W J..:Mars)ia11
A congregational s'upper'.; "was
held'in the United :Church 'on
Thursday evening Preceding the
'
,chill4a .'i!secting;':Vt71iie'11.W•S-.Illdl•1{-
ed • by enthusiastic, harinc iy as a
successful :year was reviewed, Dr;.
W J:' Mumfordpresided with r
.. I M.;.
R' th el acting ..
S. C•. - a w 1. c as •secret:::
pry:, a
The:Missi�onar. •and a�intcn -
Y 1VI n
ance: givin,ggs °showed' am.increase`
and axnotirited :. to
• of .owes • $300, a
M . W. G ., Andrew' r
„$1376.00,. r e.
I ' orted :Mr, Robert. Rae gave the
P :
treasurers report, - showing re-,
3. r 0 which' includ-
ed
af:'$466 .•,
ed envelo e :'ivin-s'of. 26.34.65
envelope g g... $
and : 'an anniversary., offering of
• •ri.
".$126860.' There. ..a, ' a. balance, o
hand of $1162:29 :as compared
with" `$1215.?i 7 a year ,"ago
.� olat_.
'The average, .Sunday ischo a ,
'tendance for, 49 "Sundays • Was 92.
. The -Evening Auxiliary with• 35
active Members and 19 associate;
.:- 255.2. The Af--
members, raised, $, 3_
ternoon Auxiliary. raised $46,1.98.
Jack McKim gave 'the Y.P.S.
•.
,report• .Mrs. Stuart .Collyer re
ported an attendance of 30':at the
Mission Band, and Mrs, A. E.• Mc-
Kim :reported 66.members' in the
Baby .Band.' .
aiby
• the
Wo
w• �oia
s,�.;; o
ft
'The- t'hmee� gr p
. . i:.. ..... raised. 952:17
mens .Association r $
:and a've : a balance ori hand of
28 Was
Spent t
on .the
01�' .:' 615. a
•'45.96 p
Parsonagfew less'' $61.00. realized
from the. Sale of furnishings. •'
The membership 'stood 'at ..418
at- Decern ber -3•lst,-•x 1948 -arid -at
43.0:; gat .the end •of
1949. ' Of this,
number.'99'are non-resident mem-
bers': The following. are the year's
•faith B
statistics`.• 'received: bY.•' ,
by letter, 16; !removed; by death;
6; by letter, 6; marriages 17,' bur-
ials 8, batruisms '9, '
Grant acDiarinid. •w:as ,•elected
M -
an elder, and the following. ste
wards were elected 'for a'•three-
year ,term, Dr, W. V. Johnston,
grant :MacDiariflid,'':J. C. ieNab;
Gordon Morrison, Ewart Taylor,,
Campbell ° Thompson. ' , :
A. 'vote of appreciation of •the.
services rendered by' Dr. and Mrs.
W
J. 1Vlrunnford, the'choir; and'
all who 1 a.d given ' leadership
throughout the year, was extend-
ed. •
84
:The funeral service ,a
s held
at the. Grabam ,,w ` Home in :Luck
row ori Tuesday afterhioon ,with
interment in South Kinloss Cern-
years: of age,
etery.
SALES MARKET
•IS
:P
aN ,BOJ:ECT-
•.. The Lucknow a ri
d District
Chamber `of Comtnerce, :'a n t•�'n-
�:'
r ,
Of it ',
or n'
ai
atiori •'
P !wh e
• os 'iZr-.
'pose, is to ' romote..:the mutual
wel�fa:. e•"of" town and :;country, is
planning.to . rorriote : '.a ..co' -.
AY sales Market in .:Lucknow. The
management arid • 'proMotion . of
'the Pro`ect lias__been• turned over
to the agricultural, , cultural• directors •' of
..the Chat -Ober headed b...•Jack
:1VIaclntosh. �"
These . open: :markets are .be
coming increasingly 'Ipontila• and
provide . an outlet for. the, ex-'
chan'ge f.:. goods • to, the mutual::
advantage.. of •'buyer':;and :- ,selle,r'
.e. . ' o .:ar, is e•, is : oo' , Ig ...or
trio :: s=nail; ibut It i:s important'
that :quality an&iiseftilness of the
article .` be .recognized ' as• essen.:
alai::It is:not..a:.'rn3rket•�for trvin;e._
n
to, ::in off' some obsolete :article'
`or, a:`:d.ecr,eoit aniinal.
These • s les vvi:
a ll be run on .a
Small.corriimiss'ion collected but
of sales; .:n udi' less than it would
cost 'a buyer to drive the "coun-
try'
ount
tr ' ` lookingfor. It's::.a - market
Y
for.. the sale of Stock;, grain, im
plements, `: household • effects and
such. . commodities ' • that ' are •' in
every day.use•an demand in
.Y .d,ntfe
community.•
The frequency' uency' of : he le ` .. i
q y t sea_ , s Will.
depend `on'the response and the
reception ' accorded • the first one;
which is :planned for 'Wednesday,
March 1st. .If ; they, prove. es;
worthwhile 'as::is anticipated; sales
ma' be 'hel'd monthly: thereafter:
Y Y '
WERE 56 'YEARS MARRIED
ON'•• JANUARY 18th
On Wednesday, January 18th,
Mr. and -Mrs. Robert C. McGowan
of Bl Y -th- obser-ved theirzn56fh-wed--
ding anniversary: Mrs. McGowan
was formerly.,:'Maggie Murdoch,
the Murdoch • homestead' being'the
farri now ' owned, by ;'Gordon
Kirkland '
Mr. and . Mrs. McGowan con-
tinue .to, enjoy good; health,' and
the. previous Sunday a . family
gathering 'was held, when a fowl
dinner was '.served.` : An electric'
heating pad was presented to Mr.
and :Mrs.: McGowan;
Those present .for the gather-
ing were: Mrs. HBuffett a.n d
Shirley of Carsonville,•Mich.; Mr.
and Mfrs, C. R. Coultes,' Mr: and'
Mrs: James R. Coultes.and Marie,
Mir., and Mrs. Kenneth , Wheeler
and Ivan, of Be]�grave; Mr. arid
Mrs. Freed Reid,, IVIr. and. Mrs.
Barry Reid and •;Sandra) 1Vir; and•
Mrs. Bruce Keyes, of Varna; Mr.•'
and Mrs. Geo. Cantelon of Clin-
ton; .Mr. and Mrs. G. , Hall, Carol'
and 'Beverley of London.; Mrs.
George Charter,. Robert and Gor-
don.
West -West ouncil -has
been presented with `the 'c�omplet-w
ed petition seilldrigg-witbdrawa1-of
the northern,'section of'the Town-
ship from the Wingham. High
School District, .and requesting ..to
be included in the Lucknow..'Dis.
tri'ct: All signatures' were:. affixed
• to the dual petition.:
•.A total' of ? 141 :ratepayers 'yin
this section of the To. wnship sign:-.
'ed -the+ petitions, out': of ' approxi
mately ;1'60: 'ratepayers. A check
of the tax: roll shows that 88. per-
cent of the ratepayers had their
navies. affixed.' Of the: remaining
12 percent there Were some. whom
it� was impossible to:' contact
With ` Huron': County Council
having: , previously approved the'
withdrawal of this section. from
the.: Wingham`' District; :the pe-
tition wiltt, be resen'ted'.
a, 'P
,'to the . Depa tmemt.:, of Education
for final action. :
trier
SAVED THOMSO•t!!
HOME:. TH U RSDAY •
Lucknow Fire I ompany 'r, e
sp.onded' to la fire 11 last Thur-
day morning and by prompt:
•action• saved the, hoin.e of .Dan;
Thomson at the Second; Conces-
sign, a mile and a half • north of
town;
r •
ome uncertainty. � Still .exists,,
as:'to the cause of 'the ou'tbreak,'
winch : had ina.le "'c .;nsiderable -
headway. when discovered. ;It. had;
burned" through” the- 'floor and.'
ceiling -between 'the first and 'sec-
ond floors., had.burned • into. the
sill • and was 'spreading rapidly.
Jack -England +and. -Jack Hender-
son were •doing what.they .could
to control:the blaze wit: buck-
ets. when the" Fire . Department,
arrived,. With .extinguishers. ' '.and
thee, use` of the'. hose' reel :on the ' .
fire truck the blaze was:quickly
brought under control:, Smoke
and heat, that had built up in
the, upstairs 'and attic gave sorrie
the ..im ression'-t
. p „ that •the -fire had ., .
got into the attic,; which was not
the ease:'
Total, damage, including furn-
ishings,.',will run to •about 500
and Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are
mighty 'appreciative ' of the fact
their home was saved. The in
surance •inspector' complimented
the Fire . Brigade and stated, he
never saw less water damage in
putting mit' a blaze,.,'which . would
soon have razed th building.
The Insurance' Company is.pay-
ing.
ay-
in the service 'fee for'• the-
g Fire
truck. 'An observer.' who' • tinned;
•thealarm, said the fire truck •
was enroute- to the fire'' in taw
•minutes flat, from, the time . the
alarm; was 'sounded:: -
Roof,- Blown Off . Coal Shed
Last ' week's ,- high ,winds un-
roofed , the. Rae & 'or teo, us}. coal
shed 'at the C.N.R.;. depot,,'
C . .
T e r h death , of David Edward
Johnston last 'Thursday evening
was.`.a grievous blow to 'his. wife
, and five children, and shocked
`and-sadderied:'thi's "community as
only ;can such. tragedies '
De.tails: ofthe' accident are. con-
flicting`,and' which, happened 'so.
suddenly that .probably some. of
the <details are vague indeed. even
to those who were .with him,; ilv.
eluding- Mr. and Mrs.': Jim Ham=
ilton and: two children of Tees.
water :an "' Walter; Hamilton of
Luck/low, • All six 'were Tiding: in
the cab of Mr. Johnston's•, light
truck.; .'
'They were west bound 'towards
Lucknow' on• Con. 6, Culross. The.
mishap ' occurred , at what - 'is
known as 'Currie's`. • Corners, - at
the boundary between' aulross:
and ' Kinloss where the Sixth
Concession comes to; a•• dead end,
'arid. turns north. to join , the .8th'
Concession: ' of. Kinloss:
Police'reP, ort. that the truck,
Went„into the "ditch at this point
sand ,='turned over ort -Mr. John-
ston. He was known to'.have a
bad ,heart 'and Dr.. F. • W.: Luney,
provincial pathologist, of London.
who performed a post : n orten at
:Teeswater..,, stated that *death was
due to suffocation. • Heordered. a
'coroner's inquest to:.be held on
February 3rd.
The.w::accident Was investigated
h'y Provincial 'Constable Hugh
Ruthe,'ford ,of Walkerton,
incial Corporal .3'," Craig of .Walk-
erton and Constable Grant Sym
ons• of ' -Teeswater. ,
• :' Thetruck was, not damaged,
nor were any of the'•.passengers
injured,,
Funeral' Largely Attended, . .
Funeral services• for the •tinfor-'.
t'unate 'young man were held ' on
Sunday afternoon with a ;public;
service at Johnstone's Funeral
Horne. It was, among the largest
funerals ever held in L•ucknow,
and was under auspices of Zion
Orange Lodge, with over .106
miemibers orf the Order in attend:.
Aida
ance toy perforin the 'last.`rites:' A
w
e.a
1
th:'
of floral l trib
au
to '
.banked.
sib
d
•the'bier.•:Dr, W. J. Mumford`'con=
di`
cted -the'.: service
and. spoke ..
•com•fortiri l • to
g y the sorrowing
family. and ' relatives.•'
Inter
me>1t .was :.in • Greenhill
Cemetery,' The .Pallbearers were
Ross Henderson, Ivan:.- Hendee=
• son
Clifford Johnston, ,Lorne
Johnston, :Orland'
.Johnstori '.arid.
Stanley' Johnston
• The Orange' committal service
was • :conducted by Harvey •Ritch
'iey Master' of:Zi
onLodge;. John..
i
R tchie, •Chaplain• •and Bert
ton deputy. -master.
. parade .mar-
Sha o
Shall • was ' �' •
Ralph Humphries' of
Antberle
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pi
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icrilo`
w
Plarn' •.as > d ort'Ed;
die Johnston, '.; he:. Was . born on
Concession, essian 10 '
Kinloss; forty-two
years ' ago, a son of Dave John-
stop
of Kincardine `and •'the late:
Mrs. Johnston. His mother, who'
•predeceased 'him8
X years ago;,'-
wlas-• formerly:'Nlargaret James:
• Ed lived in Kinloss, Lucknow''. ,
and ''at'-Bervie- and' :in 198Z,-,rruar
ried Winnifred...-Webster. of• Luck -
now. They resided for a time in
London' and ' Harristonbefore
taking up residence. in : Lucknow
ten .years .ago..
Ed ,was friendly, jovial and big-
hearted and had a wide circle of
frienls who •iriourn; his loss' and
extend heartfelt" sympathy to his
grieving <wife and fans
ly of five
children, 'Shirley, age 16; Betty,
14; Donna, 10; . Garry, , 4 .;:,and
Douglas .3. :
Surviving. also; besides -his fath-
er are two ,brothers, Leonard. and. •
Kenneth of Kincar' in'`e ,
d and• four ; •
Sisters, . Mrs, •14. 'McIntyre: (Mar-
garet)', London; ..Mrs. Frank
Goodwin' ; (Thelma Mrs. Archie:
) ,
McKay (Helen)'; Mrs. T, Bor-
land ;(Grace), all of •Kincardine.
A brother Stewart, died: at• the
age of 'three years: •
Eddie' •'Vvas to have been a pall-
bearer on Friday apt' the funeral
of one of his close neighbors r:
;yrs. W.M. *triter.
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