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•LUCKNOW, ONTARIO,
'THURSDAY,, JUNE 26th, .1947'
PAGES
Boosts^LHca . lisiessment.�
T�r,.W°:�1,
EARLY. COPY NEXT WEEK • AT. WINNIPEG CONVENTION
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$131,335; KinlossDown $158,380
,, ; Under the; Bruce: County .ass -1 PRIZE. WINNERS. AT
essment ;;.equalizaticn,.. Luoknow.s.,• CLANSMEN CARNIVAL,
assessment 'has been, boosted by
'$131,335. The old assessment was There was ,4 good crowd at the
245 and the new assessment 'lansrrlen's frolic on Fr' a e.
x$383,. , 4 ••d y v
}$, $514,580., which for taxation , ening•,.. althqugh scimew•a.t less
purposes does•.,.. not apply until thin t.he,,�isual attendance:at their'
re ;talar •.hate„summer cat naval
c alt e. utilization pro;
-"'1?]ae .c#ntez•tainmcnt' h1cY1 et
ith next Tuesday, •' July .1st,
a public holiday, it is necessary
that. we receive all rural corres
pondence and advertising„copy-
on Monday.. .
MAIIE:..P. ESfNTATION. TO
MODERATOR 'LAST NIGHT
4
This .-issue is off the press,• too
Johnston, is. this week.
in 'attendance at • the . Cana'dian.
Medical' "Assoclatiori convention'.
.being held at Winnipeg During
his absence Dr; B: E; Corrin is
being assisted' by Jack Mowbray,'
a medical student at Toronto .:Uni-.'
versity and who will .spend the
.summer, with Dr. Johnston.. Jack
graduates next year..
eat ly, ,t:o report the presentation::•
made last night :(Wednesday) for Underwent Operation
Rev. Charles:: H. MacDonald and.:
Rev. J.. W. Stewart 'underw•
ent'
Mrs.;, MacDonald '"in ;honor and a hernia operation •• the first of
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The C n Y q , w ,. ° -.
• ask •cum feted ' for t. ` i ; ' . y . commerror tioini of his..ele:etion.' to,`
• •tarn •'�ri'I;ch . w` . ; , P . h"Y" .•, . t.lc. Ghia;• :back: $250, featured, a ,
a K n e eL-. ” : the •rnorlei•ato'rsh' of the 'G`eneial'
` .to •tile' June session, •ted g n shack -vire perfoimer' a mtigician il�
increase 1] to Inca• and a Scott•h c,imedlan
e ilrban as . sment, . . ,. Assembly, •
ang
• d.• lower .township •. assessments, I,ucknow : Hi :h School • Earrd
paraded` to: the. arena, 'and gave=
,.half -.hour progi am _. before -;.the.
show c..utninerlced.
F inal, •etur•I:s. for the night are
not • yet available.
' Wi nner 5 in. theprize • ..draw
.Were.:: Mrs. David: 'Huston, ;Luck -
now, Cary coffee set; Mrs. Austin
Soloman, Lucknow., Gladstone
bag; Harold • Greer, Lutknow,
hcnille' bedspread; W; J; Davi
-
eon, , Lucknow, .pr•essure-, cooker;
-Stanley J. Pymm, . ;,;Lucknow,
steam fron;.''Chas.• •MacDonald, R.
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g e L s `L • cknow, :electric tea .kettle;: an Lu' kn t�r"M c :ow' ,
�YY Mi ,
�
er; 1viis ileeli Hall, Luck
for net OVeL
• 1 -i creas
e- in the
a
1
n:.
rateable property .of the county_
•of a sutra,exceeding a million dol-
, tars -'-to be exact, '$1,009,207.
- `rht report of Abe special cold.-
mittee •..on equalization' w a s
adopted; at the. June session, With.
three. ' dissenting • :votes : cast 'by
Reeves;'.Chas. :McNaughton. of
Walkerton, ' • Gordon,.Stanley' of
and:
Ripley and A. �H, McTavish . of
Ripley
Teeswater • ,
According to; the. statutes, any
.
p
rna' a"peal' against.
''mora c_pa y Y, ,
its;m
assessent, prdvided• the ap�
'Peal is,•entered within 20.'days
'.p
-after til ; pass ug. o he•`•.by law
--yehicirrrr:.this was June• '
,
' tease
s.'1
theinc
dlri
S
Heading
g.
i
' town of Walke.rtori` which asses
• pent is. •tipped • by .$583,190. . Kin
•'csrdine i close behind •, With an
•
lac,
rease:' of �511, x:89.. Of theVill.-
:.ages of :the: County,` three show
i r o
nc eases .of• over • • ne . •hundred,
.
thousand dollars• -Port Elgin up
• '''Mildmay• up :$109,633..
'.Lir--ban equalizers were Reeve.
• Van ;Dusen'of Tara, :which village.
shows an increase of $18,746;4and
'Reeve S. I' Ballachey of Pa.isley,e,
whicll'•village;is up; $6,008.
'•• -In• the I ur al' r,ur icipalitie ",
.ereases ;as 'high as.; over ;$300,
have heen made in Towns
• essments with Brant, lea
..this, respectwith •a drop
Taking 'part in ,the presentation.
were the congregations of •Luck
•
now and Dungannon churches;
find tol;lo ministers"of "the fres-
bytc:I y of. Hu
, r on Maitland:•
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NEWLYWEDS HONORED
. Teac'he rs.:and':officers •of the
Unitecfi Church' `Sunday School.
'held their regular meeting• at the
hs.me of •Mr 'and. Mrs.. GrantMac-
�Diarmid••on:Monda.y'night, Guests
•' of honor were- Mr. and 1VIrs:: Gor-
don . Morrison, .who• -recently. re:
turned`.•from•. their :wedding •trip p
r•They; • • were .presented w i t h
"hood it • •1'a; With the best
w h
r•• nr
;•-'1Yr-t• bs Sn 1 was ..YSh e W t - �,
reiade .by ,lithDna' e P Johnston, .b Mr. L: MacKenzie
II . S. �'EACHER RESIGNS •'
ATTENDED. AND .LODGE•
. I
k;
the week t Sholdlc'e' Hosruta
1(h—onto. His services. on Si nday
will We. conducted in: the morning'
b5` Mr. .Alex ' Smith • and in the
:;vening by Rev. J.; ;i-Iuttorr • of.
• 'i
I' River. 1ne v 1 •:
OUND COIN IN GARDEN
OVER HUNDRED. -YEARS -'-:OLD..
• Mr: Duncan MacLeod• of town
found an 183!7.k. one ' penny piece.
while picking' stones ,from • his
garden. on ..'Saturday. Tie 110:
year-old penny had to • be cleaned
up and polished; a 'bit before it.
was. determined What it•was; -
..
The :penny, incidentally, is only
25 year older than,
who. will be $5: in December and
i in . t he best of health.
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L..caI Assessment
•
`At a ,specialty nleetL'ng-of the
Ji a Council •on Tue�da night;
the 'Board. voted: unanimousby to
appeal -the assessment•.as struck.
by the County valuators,' under'
:the 'County equalization system.
which •is held periodicalW. each
decade. •
• The equalization : rcommittee,$
h q
'report?. which; Was adopted. at the.
June .• session•.. boosted y Lucknow's
assessment in the' amount • of
ll.ge y
$131;335' and' brought'strong•.pro
tests• from members:: of the 'Luck-„
now Board on. Monday ev
ry
in .
Most contentious points were the
big reductions in many ;rural
municipalities and the' e quallyF' `.
big inCt.eases• in some urban, ass- •
essments, although Paisley • and
Tara villa:6es show comparatively
minor increases as compared with
Lucknow •
, Reeve` -Joynt, who • presided at
the` June session in the capacity
of Warden,.. pointed.ti•ut• than only..:
two•,or three 'reeves objected' to
the new equalizatiiori,, and that
.he l ad;no •alternative but. to. affix
hist, .signature to .•
tl✓1e-•--
1Vfrs.. M.Sproul' was in Ramp.;
ton last week attending Rebekah
Grand. Lodge, as a .del'egate'froln
Jewel'. Rebekah' Lod e,-Lu,ckno,
" efore . retu.rning;. she :.vjisite. cher
Miss; ;Margaret MacKenzie, a
me
rrlber ' of. ; High.
;the Lucknow
..
•S4chool, teaching. staff. C'h'as tender-
ed.: her • resignation; 'having ' •ac
ep e e .pas1tlo.rr. as• principal of
- 9tlEd'rb—:tie
Moine"` From Hospital against the assessment was. the ..
Mrs... James .R.: Hackett • return
ed••' last ;Friday' from Wingham•:
Hospital where she: had been' a
patient :for twelve 'days with an
attack of. shingles;. She •is conval`
escing. •at the . home of 'Mr.:. and
{ privilege of any'nitinicipality.:
'He ' felt that Lueknow's: assess -
'meet • had been low,' :but; that the'
valuato 's had gone to ;extremes:.
is for :makin-.,, appeal
The�•,basg th e
' will 'include ,he fact, that. the
valuators. erroneously. ._considered,
downtown Office • which was'.
burned, • to 'be t} e assessment on: •
the main plant.
On motion of Councillors Sher
'wood and• Trelegven, .it vias pass-
ar ed
bele the first of the week They .A mlate md
atter ur 1 nom" bthe vu , "that::..this •Co.uzicil :appeal
L Mrs. 'Wilfred Hackett;'
1 T ,'ipley •Continuation•School.0
•aunt,:..lVl1s,.'W1n, •:f:;ebley, at Po1•t . •
• Daughter .I.n Training
I I ►KE.' PLANS` FOR
FAL•. }.
$336,350. 'Kinloss. Township «�drops.
$158;380 :f1 om •the old assessment
of $1;592,860 to the new of
$1,434,480 Culross was : dropped.
: and Huron, 54177 5 u on Township'' an
even $200,000:.
County atU
� e P
• The old„ assessment applies for
ax
1947 4 . t atlon : purposes,. ;: but:'with
the County .rate.boosted :one mill
at the June session; 'Lucknow• wills
raise '$614.95. more for. • county•
rates •this year than last.' The 1946.
levy;wr s $2451,05. The '1947 levy
will .bei$ 3065.92.
put the real touch ,will come an
•1948, when,., based on the present
8 mill rate,'and'on. the new` cotin..
°qty assessment; . the .Village will
pay ' an 'additional :$.1050 td: the
:'County cofferes;;:bver ,andabove
the increase thisyear; resulting
from -raising the County :-rate--•;one-
mill, l
In ••other words Lucknow's
County '
,,, Y levy in:1948 on the'new.
assessment•. and . on; the basis 'of
an "8 mill.rate will 'be $4,1.16 an
. increase `'of ap roximatel 2'' mills
• p Y
over this year's ,levy of $3065,
and which is up over a mill :on
the.village rate frorn' last year's
levy' of .$2,452.05, •
,.
(Continued on' page 8)
HARRY iE1V[SELLS OUT ', •
TO RETURN TO. CHINA.
Harr-. 'Lem
Y, , has disposed of his
restaurant •here, arid': accompanied
hY his two: sons,. E:dd and Bobby,
plans to• leave shard for his
homelandChina, �' .
in, China, . ,�
His successori -. a= -
.is Jim Lem of •
Preston Who is now in charge.
He is. ,a, Married than with
th: three•
Young children.
•Mr.: • aiid` Mrs. •. Alfred Andrew 'TRACK IDEA
• of North Bay pail a' brief visit
,. ,..W. '• t e' e' ualized..assessrne t
�':wcz•e •enroute home..acco.mpa�nled••'talk- as again lielt3g -Beard of ' a: againsth ct assessment
A meeting' of the aii:ector''s of
he 1.:ucknoW : Agi'icultui al
icty 'Was held 'last '',week, ;with
" W::: A.. ;ilex . ,1n 'the
President M
Chair,. : at.. which` plans'' 'were- laid'
.for. 'the' 194'7= show . on "September
•
23rd
"The foll.o:w•ingpcommittees were
ap.poin:ted1 evr$eprize 11st':� •
liorses,;•cattle, Sheep;
ep, swine, poul=
tables
•ti•y, grain, :roots* and vegetables,.
,.
John McQuilliGaunt, R. G.
n, A a
Martin,; Gorge, Kennedy,: W. S...
McGuire; dairy arid table; sup-
plies, Mrs R. •G; • Martin,, Mrs.
' Jacob -Hunter,! Mrs. J. `Webster;'
ladies department, '"`Miss Jean
Lyons, •Mrs. 'W. E. Gordon,. Mrs.
F. G: 'Todd; fine : arts and flowers,
Mrs :W E: Gordon, S. C. Rath -
well '''school childrens sports and
attracti John Fairish; Wallace
•
Miller.,. L.. :C. Thompson; J. Ag
new..
. Directors in .charge, of the :vari--'
ous -classes •-are:, har•ses, 1,:.2, 3
Jacob :• Hunter, D. Carruthers,
Fred. Martin; 4, 5, 6, S E: Robert
son, ' -Fred McQuillin;' . cattle, - A.
Gaunt, A.B:•. M.dkay, Kenzie
Webb, : George.; Lockhart, .Harvey
Houston; sheep and 'swine, John
McQuillin, : R. • G. • Martin, ' W. S.
McGuire; poultry; Wilfred Hack-
ett, • Gordon ''Kirkland; grain;.
roots,- vegetables, Wm.::Mclntyre;
'Wilfred Hackett, D. H, Carruth-
els; . : dairy and table 'supplies,
Jacob` Hunter,:M'r5 R.' G.IVIartin,•
Mrs: Jacob' `Hunte;, Mrs., George
'?y their•daughte.t Winnifred,'who
1 cominenelT ; .h i vacation;' ;and
t••
�: w=ho 'is,' a student ..riurse at.Hamil-;
s Alfis ales
'ton�GeneraT.Hospital.' s
}
Manager ' of,'the Northland .Equip,
ii'.ient::and:4Supply Co: '4' •
• HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS':
VISITED O.M..MONDAY
•
A .fleet of {some nineteen cars,
took the c�
students"of`the Lu�
High 'S � knQw
School to the Onpnday. The Agri-
cultural Coble' e' on Mon
Ijar{sg
Y pent the •.day touring the
College's burns', buildings and
fields, returning, home early.that
evening,
•
,Flax ,_Crop, In -
'.
n ' •
f
r tha ao
Aided o n,
'A1 b mweek
Y
e
drydr 'weather and a fleet of tract:::
:Weather
, • the firm ' of. ' Anderson Flax,
•n; 1 : Anderson
'`s finally; in
• r. ducts' ha s
P�
' it cru so
wn. Th ' work
getting in the
ett
g
p e.
g.
,of =seeding some eight hundred
acres: was ;•com:pleted' the, first of
r rd
tin' .a 'new co
1 this : week,
getting ..e
for late planting'
.Kennedy; f9'uit• Alex Andrew,;'I
,
G. Martin ladies . 'department,
Jean Lyons,. 1Vtrs. W, A Miller;
Mrs. S. Alton, Mrs. Ewart Taylor,
Mrs. F. G. ,Tbddy, S.'E.,Robe •tson,
"Con Decker; ,fine 'arts and flow-,.
rs, Mrs.. W. E. ' Gordon, 'S: C.
�a
thwel
l D. Carruthers. '
'The following; judge -s' were ap
ointed: horses, T. W. Findlay;
eafoi
d;' J.
. MoC
rack
en,. Liis
to-
e1cattle, Cameron MeTagert
v
Aurora; 'sheep' and °wine, Win.,
Rody, Elhnw•ood;•: poultry. Duncan'
Kennedy. .Winghani; grain,Pots,
vegetables, Norman S oh m i d ,
Carts true; :dairy and 'table. s p-
plies, Mrs, D. A; Fowler,- Dun-
gannon;. fruit,, R. 'H. "`McQuillin
ladies dept., Mrs. Wellington
Henderson; fine arts and flowers.
Mr.. •Lewis, Winghant. '
CtX
race. track in Lucknow:'.The cites= ;made by t e Colin y". a ua ors
and ?such'' appeal is to be' heard
ion '.was expected' to 'crop u ..at p. ..
before �1-li onour gBirnie�'-
a :Meeting .of th'e: Fair B'oard..dirJudge.�.. •
g . e �,,-. ,.• .of'the.. Count ,of Bruce''. • `
:ctors • last , weeh, ..:but as;: other judge. y
The • a••ppea1• �. which, . , .must *.be
ousiness. occupied � Heir attention �
filed -within• d s' hal alrea:d•
a •late •hour ahe• matter was � aY, • Y
until Q ,•.:,,:
rot ;broached been `forwarded to '•County, Clerk: •
e�-
Agricultural Socie :: East: :orrester, -a thfrug _ J g .
fall made the purchase of the site has until 'January lst''to hear the
where..the • old:.rink 'formerly ...appeal.. :
'Letter of :Congratulation. od"which wa,5. boo ht and g
sto and g. ,.
San;, ibson. It is Council recorded, a motion arid' `
dismantled : by.. laid
• •
land to the west:. forwarded'a;aetter cif congratule=.
understood'that
of •' the. park can' be ' bought ° fror ri- :tions to' Rev ' ;C. H. ''MacDona'ld', in
winning•,. the Moderatorshi
Alex McNay;. Viand thus. a sufficient .. , ; , p•
Accept Lighting Plan
Council accepted the General.' '.:
Electric 'street lighting.,'plan and',' ,
will :. meet with the Company,'s.
representative;• at the ,:'regular
Meetingon Wednesday, July • 2nd,
area' is assured for:a;, half •mile
val:
V• A. few .years ago he. ques io
COMING EVENTS
•ANNIVERSARY ''SERVICES
•.St.. 1?etei's Anglican--= hunch -
Sunday, Jrune .29th. 11 a.m.-'--The
Rector:, 7 ::p.m. -Ven. Archdeacon
iaitley of .:Kincardine. '
DANCE AT ST. HELENS ` .
In St.. Helen's• Community: Hall,;
trade'; . W,I` .auspic•es;:Friday, June
27, at 9.30; :Good music, admission•
40c, • l•a:die bring/lunch,:
, r, AUXILIARY • MEETING
The. regular meeting, of the
Ladies 'Auxiliary'to the Canadian
Legion :will be held in the Legion
Hall: tip :Wednesday, 'July 2nd at
8 o'clock.: ' Note, change .°of. date,,.
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SOFTBALL
Lucknow Legionnaires ' a ri d
Dungannon •-• will play an: ex
'hibition°softball gal a in the. Cal-
edonian Pork, Lctcknow,;•on Fri-
day, June. 27th •at 7 :o'clock..•' •
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GIRLS' SOFTBALL •
•. Tonight: Tlnursday, in
the Cal-'
cdopian Park at, 6,30; Kincardine
and : Lucknow • girls will play; a
scheduled W. O..A. A. ,softball
for
game, Be' on'hand, (his one',
,Silver ,collection.
IVId
ss 'Marion Williamson of
Vbringharn.home on furlough
from the. mission' field in India;
'illive . an •il'lustrated lecture
g ,.
Of her Work, in : the basement ;of
;the Presbyterian`, church,•'Thugs-
day; 'clock.
y; June •26th at 8.00 o
d .. •
'Fvcryone •is" invited °
MISSIONARY SPEAKER
reached the point 'where an..ex=
;pert was called in, and•gave as-
surance that „the terrain;, would
provide `an excellent. . track::; The.
to deal :with the; .rnatt4er, •
ti ated cost gat that `time was
regarded as, very reasonable,' and•
even: at today's cost,. should not
he proli bitive r if ...Sufficient era
Provincial Road Aid
Under the Highways Impro,M.e-
Ment' ,.Act, • the '' Province • :has
authorized 'an ex .ernditure . up to
.. .o . vila a roads and
thuslasm and support rs back of .$245,1.04.n ... l g __ oad _ _ _:•
`the. project. •bridges;; provided such. undertak-�
Li and •:ins have the' :a '' roval . of •:the
' A •race track in Luck ow, g • , a . pp
the general improvement of the District Municipal Engineer of '
Caledonian Park, seems' definite- the:' Department of Highways at .;'
of future' civic ;Owen •Sound.''.• On •all Approved
ly''ori the 'agenda
Undertakings,
4.
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TAUGHT AT HOL'itROOD
OVER 40 YEARS, AGO
Donald MacPherson` 'secretar
, Y
of 'the . f olyraod . School Eoard,
recently,received . a . Tetter: T oix%
Mr: IVfuLdoch 'Matheson:of Sask-
atcoi , whd ;taught at Holylood
early, in the century...
Mr. ` Matheson .'taught there
frorri January 1st,' 1903 to Sep-.
tember. 30, 1904, 'when be'resign-
ed td 'enter 'Queen's University
as:'a student. He •continued. in -the
teaching, profession': until. retiring
a year ago, • ,
lvlr. Matheson conclu ed his
d
letter like;•.this:Myth best wishes
still go'with the-.Eolyrood school
andto aIl. •who' are Connected with
.salary at that time was $400."
Work. the Driartinerit of High-
ways will • paa 'subsidy of :not
less • than 50 percent on rnainteri-,
once ~ work, and , 'considerably;;
more, up to 60 •percent, on some
types of construction work
-taking MusicCourse
Everett Lane of .Kinlough wi'fl
leave :shortly.. for Toronto to take;
a• six-week•s'. music..course.'
it.',1 remember well ,the Ackerts,
the Purves, the Matkenzies, the
tiliotts, the Henrys, and, other
families ,who used'to` be there
and .were -all gond friends. It was
my fi.rst`.sch;ool, and 1 somehow
have a special. regard for it. ,The
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Response Appreciated
A•,li:ttle six -line obscure notice,
tucked away in last week's iss•ueo.
brought us several copies of May
24th ,Sentinel,. and filjed. the .need.,,
The response is much. appreciated
by the Publisher, ',and by those.
who• were desirous of ,.obtaining
some • extra, copies., for the . obitu-'
aries they contained; ' .
Papers • •were received . from
Sari Murchis'oii, Mrs.'J,'J.. Smith,
Mr°s. Thornas Henry; • Adam Mc-
Queen, Geotrge Swan, E. W. Rice;
Mrs, Harvey Webster, Adam Bow-
man, Annie M. -McNabb of Tore
onto 'and Wellington 'Nixon.