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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, :Wedn, esday, January 15th, ,19 47
,.-7NEW ,COUNCIL, I'N..
OFF -ICE- MONDAY
T•.
Lucknow's • 1947 Council was
sworn into .office at the inaugural
meeting on Monday morning, 'the"
' Board is comprised of Reeve J.
° Joynt, Councillors Austin Sol-
omon, Harvey Treleaven, Clair
Healey' and. Sam.. Sherwood. 'The
latter two are 'rnew members of.
the Board succeeding Councillors
Temple Clark and Harry Nixon
. who hive:retired.
Mr, Nixon; was absept from
Monday .morning'sfinal meeting
of the old Council°° Reeve Joynt
expressed appreciation of the
services': of the retiring members
and congratulated Mr, Clark on
•his handling "of 'the garbage col-
lection department:
Mr. Clark extended best wishes
to Mr. Joynt 'for success in the
- •-wardenshi• contest,- -a d=-=nrn v
P � o ed
.the adjournmentas the final act
of the :1946 Board.
Housing Big Problem
Win -addressing the 'new Board
,
•Mr. Joynt placed' housing as one
of the biggest problems and pro-
posed a :conference . on, ;.this sub-
ject be held very, ':soon.' Enforcing
g
of the weed actand drainage' are
other'. matters that ' will receive
attention.-
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CALL MEETING TO-NIGIIT TO
ORGANIZE CHINESE RELIEF . Lifelcing.
The Muniei
p al Council hat call-
...
ed a• public meeting for tonight
(Wednesday). for, the, purpose of
setting up a committee to con-
duct the local "drive to behalf
of ' the • Canadian:. Aid to China
Campaign, -
The, meeting-' is =to: be held in
the Town`_ Hall- at eight • o'clock: •
Representatives of :all local or
ganiz•ations and citizens in gen-
eral are requested to attend this
meeting. • '
BRUCE, AND HURON :WARDEN
RACE OF SPECIAL INTEREST
The contests for the warden=
ship of Bruce and Huron Counties,
are of special, interest in this dis-
trict '101$
is-trict:'1iis year,.'as' the 'reeves • of
Lucknow and `;•West Wawanosh.
are-.--aspirants.for -the - respective
offices. >,
When .'Bruce County Council
convenes' next. Monday one of the
fist -.term- si . w1 rro
*the election of :the 1947.warden.
This race appears to be definitely
a straight Contest., between
Reeves. J.'W .Joynt of Lucknow
and •Wm1sh ..
of Kincardine,
with the.+,Wa"experts" forecasting'• a`
. close run.`
, Rev. J W. Stewart, who was
present in regard to the.Aid' to,
China cam aign read the'scri'
1? � p
-tore --and..offered prayer Reeve
Joynt commented ,that this o .en
P:
ing„service might well :be adopted
by 'future' councils
1101d"�P'itblile °Meeting •
Revs Stewart 'ou.'tlined'what in-
formation he- had on the „did to;
China
-Campaign, and Council de
cided to call • a:: public meetingfor
m g..
•
Wednesday bight of thi ek.:
organize ,a local committee.
Cost : of • removal of .the' Snow
...from main •'street, which has.. met
wit •general. •: ; approval . , was
'$112:26.
Comm
litters ' Strtak: •
Co it
mm tees were -
struck as,: fol
lows .the first named being pg chair:
man- ”,
Hydro—Joynt, : Solomon, : Tre-
leaven.:;,
Finance Joynt, %Iealel!, Salo
mon
Sheriwood, Joynt,
.Petitions' BZ By -Laws -Healey;:.
Sherwood Treleaven. ,.
Garbage- �
.Sherwoo : eleav-
:: Z`r
en, Healey , .
Property & 'Supplies -Solomon,
Healey,:' Treleaven:
sWa
terworks Council :.•' as ` .a
whole
•Comm
unity ` Hall --Solomon ':arid'
Treleaven.
Adjouriing utti1 Monday night,
Council completed ..the appoint-
ment of V.iyllage•officials, granting•.
a • 10 percent: salary increase to.
the clerk: and', .treasurer .and -.a;.15
percent increase to .lex. Havens,
A
Brock, •.laa . vise and Dunn were
appointed auditors at $105;00.
W. 4E..•Treleaven wias appointed
ointed
o
the' : Library Board'•for la three-
ear ''term; 'poundkeeper,' Jaynes.
ehnston; fence viewers,.. G. A.
ree'ri John Al 'MacDonald
eorge .Swan's
Council .a :pp • roved he action
tie f
o
he
rire Company, in issuings,n0
asses to • persons, ' leaving the
aiice hall while tickets were: be-
rig sold, ...and •recotztrnended' tha
Cher organizations follow -this
rocedurer b
:The Clerk was 'instructed to
rite .the Department p meet of ' 1VSuni-
ipal' Affairs, regarding the
ovvers" of the nnitncipgiity-lri re- '.
and to housing, and if municipal
Orley could be usedin the con
tructior of 'houses,
'
venes.: ;'next Tuesday,'with the
.wardenship decided .,at•.a caucus
of Liberal; members. Three_ aspir-
ants mentioned for the office arse;
Reeves Brown '•Smyth of West
Wawanosl, Cecil Wheeler of
Morris and John A_ rmstrong of''
ullett> , a
Passes Reg.N.. Exams ' • •
Miss •ISoris Eadie, .daughter'°of
Mr : and Mrs W. S Eadie of Hol -
j'
:� US
her :•registered. nurse •� .examina
tions.Doris is . a graduate .'of;
Women's College .Hospital, -Ter:
onto: She has • been holidaying :at
her home at IJoly rood since -com-
pleting. g . her. •trainin butplans' .to
,.
"return to ' Toronto to do , private
:duty nursing
EIGI IT•PAGES. - •
On .Saturday, January filth,
Mr, Joseph Hackett, ,who re-
sides in Ashfield Township at.
the• outskirts of :the. Village;
celebrated his 89th birthday, .:
His father a n d his t.Tncle
Joseph Were. the first: two set,
tiers in' this district`to venture
into the wilderness' `north. .of
Dungannon: ,That , was 7412
years ago, in 1845. •
• The story of the Hackett
family,• which we **can only
briefly • sketch' h e.r e
intriguing, yet is •only 'typical.
of that which might be record-
ed .of most .any pioneer::fain='
ily, i
Natives Of. Ireland, the Hac-
ketts,.'like so many .01d Cowl-.
try. `folk, 'left their .. homeland
for this„ land o ,rom, .e, _w �c
offered them the opportunity
to own their own farms; and
Fort ° GENERATIONS A ND SAME"*SCHOOL
Above is pictured Mr. "Jose h Hack t 'who •celebrated his . •89ti>t
attain personal possessions not _ . ; n
birthday on Saturday, his .daughter,' •Mrs. George " Hunter; •leis:.'
possible in the ---1 _,:. . f ' b,eir::.,, - „ °: -
���--�-���c'i�r`iRis- " eat . grsnucEau ��iiieY� iviarlene
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birth; • _ . • • __ _ • •. �, ...
?linter* In the • background' is '7 n., Schoolhouse, which.is the seat'
Two brothers, Andrew• and of learning, f al
g or l four generations.. •
., ..
'Joseph .wth,'their'families set
sail fo"r. • Canada, undaunted by
stories -of . Indians and , wild ani
mals. They, ,suffered, shipwreck in
a . three -Months'
0 ocean'--cross'in
gi..
but were rescued by another
sc ooner'an • an • e• :a ontreal;
with; the clothes they wore as
their only possessions
The .-rained - at Montre 1::' o.
a ;for
a year to accumulate a few be'
longings, then . on to Upper Can_
ada. Hearing .,of the. good farm
g, .
-in-in+-the-�•lnnd--of-:the-mapie in
Ashfield Township, Alex;;Hackett,
father of Nf r. Joseph' Hackett, and
Alec's Uncle . Joseph . set 'Out:. for.
Goderich, where they obtained a
-surveyor's map of Ashfield and
was the ' termination' of ,' civiliza-
tion. At Glenn's: Hillithey had,to:
turn westward: toskirt the swamp
that, lay before;:them and' u :bn
reaching the 10th -Concession a
mile and a' quarter .west of what
is now, Belfast,,' took u
, ,up .a ; two
hundred acre •. lot of bushland;
which is 'no*. the 'farms of :Clif-
ford` and; Wilfred Hackett; whose
TOM •ISITT'PAYS VISIT
TO OLD. FRIENDS HERE
Jack McIntosh' .of "Paramount
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when an gold friend, Tim
Paid hint a ` visit, 'And whom. -he.-
'had
he`
bad. ; not`h'eard from ' in over' 30
•years:'.. ;
In 1913. '"Tom came out from
' Englan&and took employment on
Hugh: Mclntosh's farirn:.for. about
two years: ; He vizorked for. 'Stuart
Robertson, John' McDiarmid , and.
Jack Watson before -,going west
at the age of 21, 'and where he
has : made .good. QHe now is a
grandfather;',and 'incidenta'lly :has
a bald head: • �: :
Tom is' a supervisor , on- .150
miles of • the • Alaska` Highway
from ,Athabasca. to :Slave :]s..
-Although it.goes to 72 below, Lake, Tom
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`says they .don't get as'•niuch snow,
•as' we do here and'pabout'.three
t 'i s •in a Winter With 'a 'low is:
all'that is necessary'"to keep- the
highway • open:
In recalling the "gallant ' crew
who threshed back in 1914' Tom
found; that, among • the missir1g,
;were George Murray, Jim Mac-
.
Dlonald, Isaac .Tntign,.: Dan .Fer-
g. n>i Pat Gilmore, '+ . M •c-'
u �oW. J: a
Kenzie Frank McCliarles , Pete
Robinson;- Gilbert - Barkwell--and•`
Thresher W lliai McGuire.
• Tom arriv'ed.in Lucknow on the
night train with* the idea that -he
would spend the° night • at the`.
CaiY --HoUs -or• McGarry House,
brit *found neither . in existence,
although he ,t,tairfed good''•ac-
coinedatio-i W.' "iss Treleaven's.
Joins: Air. Force
Syd Rouse, formerly with the.
R A.F has joined' the R.0°A:F.
as a •rhet:anic an • ` `is awaiting
word to repor:at. Toronto.
sons are the -sixth '• generation of live in the; past alone,' but takes
the . original settlers. °. • a ' Very keen interest in everyday
,. y'
Alex L
and his, -Uncle returned . happenings and 'world •affairs:. '
with goodr.'ep• orts of their' trip' . H � rin L. his lifetime `• he has'
and 'three earl
families moved to Ashfield - with. than at Zion, and until fracturing:
acturin
. _
a° pair of 'oxen, and' a' few meagre hit • leg:'three: yearsrjago:last Au -'•
requirements.:.Iii • the , meantime • ust,• never'•: missed' Casting -hit vote',
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the i illi s far `• '
P 1y had settled on :at.: federal, .°provncial'.'.or.•-muni=,
tile' 9th ' Concession' of Ashfield, •cipai elections
where' the ladies of ' the Hackett` Mr. Hackett was , born on' the •
households remained '•"while the farm o w n
ed,by :'Clifford Hackett,
menfolk pushed on to Racket- .on. which Hackett C urch st .
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town' to erect • the first . rough. On this . very site: ands:
ki: was built • •the ,;
shanties. • ,first long .school: thatwas. used
It was:. some ten:y•f a r
ch This sChool,
, � ..:ointlY.,..ehu
on. January, l lth, ' .,l.'858,,"• years later that ;� 1•at which 'the. "'first • .teacher•. ".w � '
JQ.seph Hackett' -was born, arid' M`i. Jackson , ,sere d a section fr
oxr� ,
con iddef t .11 i •s corner on e ' wes
3
of ,the. Township• ,••..where •• he has 'to s, :` 'Johnston's :and north-:
n.
served at. reeve,.,deputy 'reeve and ward .t. e : Boundary : line.:
councillor, andhas:. always play- Eventu'all a iri ted .. l
ed'' a leading part' in church and' was .held by .which • the "north.'
civic.`activities., ,' :. • erners''.' • succeeded`. in
'having..a
•.' Mr 'Hackett retains': ' amazing ,news school built • on . 'e'. Gardner. �. .
th. , G er
vigor, and, Is .at mentally alert farm on. the. Zion sideroa' ..This
as; .p* young. man : He can:: recall, same building was. later. 'moved
a`s few can, : pioneer days as he to:. the c rner where.. it now ;
.l
v
ed
th m�°
e . 'Mr.
. Hack
ett
dors:.•
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tinue
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Joins : Canadian Navy .:
Rill` A. Johnston,- ` son, .of Mr.
and' M
r.s..Nobie Jo
h-
nstonv'of
:tovwn,
has .joined.the "{Canadian.Navy,
having •s bed. p f #iyears.
service and left the first - of the•,
Week, with° the West Coast as
his destination. Bill lias spent -the
'
last';three summers on the •Lakes,.
and' has developed a liking ' for
sailing. ••
COMING. EVENTS
BURNS BALL
The •annual Burns Ball under
auspices '• of ' the: Lucknow Fire°i
P
Co.: will be : held Friday,
January
24th' from `8' to 100:: Music .'by.
CXNX Ranch Boys. Admission
50c,
D▪ ANCE AT DUNGANNON
In the Parish Hall, Dun'gannon,°
Wednesday, January 15th, .Wee
ther arid roads; permitting.;. Ausw•
pices Agricultut"al Society: Pan,
rier's'orchestrai Adiniss*on'50c;
W AUKILIAkV DANCE,
Come; to the dance Thursday
Night, in the Lucknow Town Hall,
sponsored by, the Ladies Auxil-
iary--
uxil-iary- ..iYf the Canadian region's'
.
Lunch counter
iyission' counterincluding homel.
made pies Parrier's orchestra, -Ad
KICKED BY,,,•HORSE,ONLY : TWO BIRTHS, :
.ARM I. BADLY BROKEN`"
Bill Lyons;, who is .employed in
teaming sawdust and .wood at '
the
Lucknow Sawmill,, had :: his'
arm
•badly :shattered when kicked by
a, horse` e on •Saturda .Y. The f c-
tu. ; was :.. ac
r so rseriou's that Bill •tvas
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taken to,:.Londoh for treatment.
'THOMAS STOTHERS PASSES,
N ' HIS- NINETIETH . YEAR:.
merit- of births, death's and °azar
ria es in. Lucknow'•'in •194 h
:g .1946 the
the
figures are, as follows: births',•2,
Marriages 8,. births 14":
Really the' stork was :busier
,than that in the village, ' but at
practically ,all the* little tots Were
.ushered 'into' the world in Win
g..
hate -or : Goderich Hospitals,' they
naturally are, not • registered! as
being .born in•LticknoW
• The death 'of. Thomas. Stothers,• DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES
Dungannon postmaster, and'•,son • 25; YEARS' SERVICE
of'' a pioneer., Asliftield °.Township
family.• died: on : Saturday ' in' his
.•a.,
90th: year. The funeral : service
was held at his residence• in Dun .
gannon on 'Monday. with, inter-
ment5 in .Dungannori"Cemetery,'
Mr. Stother's death occurred
on Saturday, .which. day''inarked
the 8th birthday - of ' a lifelong
friend and boyhood schoolmate,
Mr. Joseph Hackett: •
•
'Last -Week S B. Stothers re -w •
ceived; a beautiful medal from the ..
Ontario`' Department of• fiAgr cul
ture in ,recognition of his ;service
of a': quarter of -a century • with
•
that 'bedy. The Min sten -of Agri-.
culture expressed his regret-. that-
hewas unable to come, to Arthur
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arid: personaily present the medal:
Actually,• Mr.. Stothers
has .been
in : tlie• *service for . thirty Years. t'
fie conducted his ` first short.-
GEORGE. IRWIN . PASSES, • ' ` course in London "Sn January df '
1917° • Later he was assistant
The -death -teemed in Kinca - Ltinpton County. before being ap_
dine ' Hospital' on Friday ; of pointed ..District Representative:.
George Trwin, a fortne.i• resident for Huron. Froin. Huron he .was;
of Toiionto 'who resided in Kin transferred `to 'the office in Esse
Cotinty, and in 1832.. was trains''
•fel redto ,‘Wellington. Here for'
almost -, fifteen 'years he has :ac-
eoniplished » splendid Werk.—Ar-
logs for the past few years. _The
funeralservice: Was held • at'
Davison's Funeral Parlor'
s on
Monday :afternoon 'with.
+*r1 :•w uty 1 1`^�e s �Knlett r �. +t,:.M, i.;e,.•
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