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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1947-02-05, Page 7001 • 4644. , February 5th, .1947 .1: THE-LUcKNOw .SENTINEL,,. LUCRNOW, •QNTARIX( • PAGE .SEVEN c, b... I e �r s �• . . r�uc a user. � . .� �o Take �1-FF�c�t :�.� Junep • R .. L 4444-- _ • ,e J. W. 429574 t of Lueknow ectedRWarden of the Coun- 3ruce for 1947 .when Bruce Council opened Its ,Ian - Session - at Walkerton on y evening; '.January -20th. )their • members of :Council. ,orninateci but a1l\vvithdrew ReeYe .W�m,. Walsh of Iain and Reeve • Jpynt; the lat- rtn . receiving 21 votes : to his ant's 41 in the voting. which • Warden appointed :a sty. ik ;ammittee composed'o f Walsh, , Donnelly, Mc- ton;- Fpater, Ba1laGfr Y, ; Mc-. Durst,' Falconer and ind the following standing- ttees were` struck for'''the nee -Messrs, 'Walsh; • :Don- `Mclntosh, Engel, Tomlin carroty, and Hunter,,....,;,,,," - •ation'; &• Printing Messrs,. hey, 'Short, Balls Stanley, Taylor, Hesch. ilizatien and Salaries =- I,. Van. Duscn, Grieve; Mc- i, MacKenzie Moore Mc- , �BaUache3r - • . cultural '4 Messrs, . ster Struthers;. Engel, McGuire,, ish, . McNaughton, siwe Messrs, Grieve, ison, 'Falconer,, ..Forbes, µi A Irestatior} 'Messrs. Sloan, Forbes, Moore; Joynt, : Fos urst Donnelly.:. !arty''.-- .Messrs. McNaugh='. ong,• Durst, • .p se of Refu _ -Messrs. ;Fal- VICIVIullen. and'.Joynt dren's Shelter'. Messrs: Ball.achey, Walsh G lth , J�rit 1Vle rs : Dori- Sloan, McTavish,.° Foster. den's Messrs.. Durst,:.Van. lVMcNat%ghtoh `' sultative . Committee' r e. Schuo-1 Districts — Messrs: Joynt and , Ballachey: Waw MessraTTorkrlirison McMullen,.;. Walsh,.. Balls; Taylor, Foster; Fal-; 'percent, This excellent financial condition vis. due largely to the "p`ay-as veru ge; plan of ,inane-' • • Council : adopted the following recommendations ' of '. the High- ways Corhmittee; That the Province' .assume : the CoUnty.road from Ferndale to the northerly ilimits of Lion's Head., ° That the road .from;. No. 9 King',s highway to Formosa. be prepared for, surf acin_ • as soon as possible.' That t ' este ile 'of the ,6th: Concession o . alug'een at Gobles Grove. be 'surfaced. The the 'road froth: Tiverton` to the .lake be surfaced,. ... That. the road:. from King's Highway No 21 easterly to ,Ar= „maw be,' 'widened, ,in: 1947 • and plowed in the Winter thereafterf, if a *p1oW is available .: for this purpose. - 11 ' That . the highway , running from .Ripley ,north• to the King's Highway. be .:hard surfaced in 1947. According 'to, the report. of the Keeper, Mr R T' i1es, theA num bei of inmates at present in the' se of Refuge is 60, of .whom 37 are inen and: 23. are' woven, and .Reforestation Association; $50 to the Ontario Agricultural Council; and Canadian Aid to China'-`.' Fund,'. $3,',,040;,. •'Chesley Memorial Hospital, ,$ 15,000; Sau- geen Memorial Hospital; •$15,0lQ;. Wiarton Memorial Hospital, .$10,- 6006 Children's - Aid ' Society, $4,200. I The report of- the gealtli Unit disclosedthat the: Public Health Nurses.e f `.the unit ',have, made 1;153 visits 'to, homes. in the *Course of their Work' on ,Prenatal Maternal' health; Child Health, Tuberculosis and Communicable 'Disease Control' Their .purpose' is to give advice ',and °instruction ,along these lines. 'and .to •denion strate where 'necessary the pro - Per health procedure required. Irl the School • Health program,. —almost. • all .the sehools of, , the Ci unty jiaVe been visited bay the sanitary.. inspectors,,-, • drinking water sampleshave been tested in. all •cases, and full' reports and; recommendations for health.; im- provements 'submitted:. . 70. pup= ils have reported 'to the 'School nurses for advice, -:„first„ paid, and health • inspections: The School medical '.officer .(Dr. , Wm, Fow- ler). has done 374,. physical exam-; •inatio. ns; of SchoolIt�Fis g 'o no e a in near y 80 'percent •of th e. examinations one'•of the, parent attended ,This: is. an ',indication ;of' public spin- ion: the'. people are_: defini.tely.„inL er.ested in the 'health. me fasures')'; designed' to' improve the . 'health and happiness 9f -their children.' �e n: dun. : in • to 40 percent of cases .examined, nat•:..including ''bad teeth. Defects . -referred-to, are --related. to;--defe- tine hearing eyesight, nasal'' b'reathing,' -tonsils and.:pastille,. 'The irrporta'nce • of 'the . early col; ihrhates 'during the. year'.. The .gross, expenditure'' for the year was ;$25;027,15 . but after '.reduc- ting $25,550.17 for :.produce; sold and, $10,040.07 ' for other ;reserve, the amount actually expendedby the .County was. $121436.91, or an ,person•; per week ` The: County of Bruce will`pay for spraying: for the elimination -of t ommon. barberry and the::pur= :ple-leafed variety of common barberry, since: •it is'ins trtimental •in• the spread of rust to grain g•, , crops: i An intensive warble. fly campaign aim'e i • at the eradica- tion of the ,.warble .v fl will 'also be launched;' .e 'The, $5:00 bounty on foxes kill- ed within the countywill 'be dis- continued .an 1Vl"arc ,1st, J,94'l;• • The Ag. gricultural committee re :