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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-12-30, Page 17 r $2.00 A Year—In Advance; 50c Extra to U. S. A. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURS., DECEMBER '30th, 1.043 EIGHT PAGES A • TOWN PROP, RTY. "iS NO ASSET" ''1`•hat-they town-•QWncd "building; known. as the. Grid -des Block, is no ..asset was •an. assertion made by W. B.' Anderson ' at the nom- ination ;rneeting on Monday night. • The meeting was .poorly atten- ded and one. of, if not the quiet- est, we have ever • attended. - The onlyquestion asked was b.y Mr: Anderson, who sought some information on. the receipts and expenditures ha conrie.cti9n with this Municipally - owned, building:. • .Reeve Joynt pointed out that practically all the $3,500 'deben- ture issue had been spent and that the rental' revenue from.'the main floor was •$216, a year . and $150.00 per annum from, the y apartrnent. Commencing at . the • A eginning of the year, for a six months ` period, the rent on the store .building was to be reduced td $12.50, Mr. Joynt said., Doing a little mental arithrnetic =1VIr• Airderso`h pointed out-"that at an, interest rate of 5 per cent, plus' the loss of, tax revenue from this block,' plus insurance and upkeep costs during the year of $92.74, as shown, in the financial statement, it could easily be fig- ured that the building was: no asset: "Nevertheless , '•we • ern it.' rt• Was voted on end carried",, ;plied. Reeve Joynt. "I've no in- tention of commenting on it. We've -got to make the best of it", he added. :Asked why the. Council didn't sell it; Mr.- Joynt replied that, new businesses couldn't start up now, •and . that they didn't have the ,money to equip it for oc- cupancy as•• a municipal office.. The debenture issue on this building actually . bears • an in- terest rate of 31/2 per cent. • WM. DONNELLY PASSES • The death of William Donnelly, a lifelong and -very popular resi- dent of , the 12th Concession of West Wawanosh, occurred in• Wingham hospital on °Monday. He wae in his 78th year and had been ill with a heart condition: - Requietii High Mass •was .'sung in St. Augustine Sacred. Heart Church on Wednesday ,•morning with interment in ,St. 'Augustine R. C. Cemetery.. ' ARE MARRIED . ' FIFTY YEARS Mr. • and Mrs. W. J. Todd quiet- ly celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their home in Lucknow on' Monday. During the day a number of relatives, friends andneighbors called 'Ito extend. congratulations and best wishes; - Mr. and Mrs. Todd were Mar- ried by Rev. Angus MacKay. Mrs. Todd ' was formerly Charlotte E. Taylor of the Bethel community in West Wawanosh and 'Mr. Todd Was a native of the St. - ilelens district where they continued to reside _until. 1917, when they re- -tired to Lucknow. -• They have ohe daughter, Mrs. D. M. Johnston, Pearl, of Chat- ham. • Mr and Mrs. Todd are both ei g -eons r we _;ems health .and . are quite active. CANTATA - ELt PRESENTED E'N.TED V , • The cantata. ,"T:he Birth -of- Jesus", was .impressively present- ed to a capacity Congregation° in the. United Churc-1i on -'Sunday evening, by patomirne,, song and story. , The church 'was attractively. decorated, and, illuminated Christmas' trees . and special lighting effects •enhanced the beauty of the setting. The Junior Choir; in, the gal- lery of the church, . took part in. the ' cantata as an -.echo choir, and. :.the Senior . Choir .took up' their place in a. candlelight p'rocessio al. The story of the Birth c Jesus was narrated from the Scriptures by Rev. J. W. Stewart. Soloists were rec • es, , ss 1anch., Stewart and ,Mrs. D. R. MacLean: Mr. and Mrs. Raynaud Ackert took the part of:Mary and Joseph. Jean, Allin was the angel; Harold 1•1•lin; George, Joynt -and: Harvey Treleaven, the three. Wise ' Men and WM.. Murdie,: Ernest Ackert and Jack • Campbell, : the shep- herds. . ' • .0BOBITUARY JAIVIES . ItURN*.IN A lifelong" and highly, respcclted resident' of 'the St,. Helene : cern:. rnunity,- James Durnin passed _away at his home less t Wednesday morning. Although he • had been in failing .health for ;a °time he. was .not confined to bed, ` and his Pissing was sudden and unex. 'pected. I•ie was• in his 78th year.. • Mr. Durnin was one of a f em- ily of six..: sons and six daugh- ters off the late' William and Mary•. Durnin,. He was born on the: 9th :Concession of Wdst,. Wawanosh• in August' 1866, whtre . e: resided, until his marriage 47 years age o atherine Webster. Mr.'' and Mrs. Durnin, then moved to the farm just south of St.. 'Helens,. where 'they •lived the remainder of their lives Mrs. Durnin having predeceased her husband seven years ago. The - funeral service, was con-• ducted at his late residence on Friday 'afternoop by Rev. J. • la. Ward ' of • ''St.. • Helen's United Church. Interment was in Green hill Cemetery . with Colin Mc.- (Donald, Donald MacDonald, Geo. Stuart, George ,McRoberts, Frank Ther cantata was . directed by 1 Todd and Isaac : Miller acting as Mrs. D. R. McLean, with .•Mrs.. Crispin at the organ. It . • was splendidly and impressively pre- sented throughout, re-sented"throughout: • ' •• • • pallbearers: , . •• IVIr. Durnin : is survived by .his son Earl on the home farm .and his daughter. 1Vlary; , Mrs'. John Cameron of West Wawanosh and • one grandchild; Don CaMfron REEVE, COUNCIL BY ACCLAMATION • Lucknow's 1944 Council was re- turned by doh - day acclamation on' night with . one change in the personnel df the Board, Har- ry ar• - ry 'Nixon having qualified to fill the vacancy caused by the re- tirement of Councillor John Kil- Patrick.. Reeve " J. ' W. Joynt was the only nomineefor that office, and only six were nominated for the four Council seats.' • ' Lucknow's• 1944.Board will be comprised of the following mem- bers: Reeve ' J. W. Joynt and Councillors ., Austin ` Solomon, Thomas Boyes, Temple Clark and tarry Nixon. - , The nomination meeting was presided over .by. E. H. Agnew in the absence of ,his father; who was ill. The following nomina,: tions were recei ed for the Var- ious offices, • with the above men- tioned qualifying. •; - For Reeve , . • -: ;, J. W. Joynt by R. T. Dougl• and K. C. Murdie. For Councillors W. A. Solomon by K. C. Mur - die and R. T. Douglas. Temple Clark by R. 'r. Doug- • las and K. C. 'Murdie. Thomas Boyes by Harry Nixon and David Milne. - Kenneth Murdie by V. A. 'Mows - bray and R. T. Douglas. Harry Nixon by :K. G. Murdie and V. A. Mowbray.: - Virden Mowbray ..by. Harry Nixon and 'Dave Milne. Virden Mowbray by A: E. Mc- Kim and J,, A. Mallough, For Board of ,Education W. B, Anderson by Dr. W. V. Johnston and K. C:. Murdie: T. W. Smith by S. Sherwood and -J. A. l Ia1lough. - J. L. McMillan by R. T. Doug- las and K. C. Murdie. Also surviving are- one• sister, Mrs. Thomas Phillips.• of St. Hel:- en's and two ° brothers, 'John ' of Concession , 9, West Wawariosh and Thomas of Alberta. > ' ...;. Won Big i'Turkey , A twenty-five .pound . turkey, which was raffled off last week was won by Bill Lyons who held ticket .number 13: Thedraw was made by Bill Chin. from London -last Thursday after spending three weeks in the.city' where she underwent an opera= tion in 'Vittoria Hospital, for the removal of a cataract from her eye. • RETURNED FROM' HOSPITAL Miss Esther McGill returned On 'Toronto Staff Miss Helen MacDonald of they Barik .of Montreal staff at Bloor and Lansdown branch in Tor- o, spent Christmas .at The en was recently treris- Toronto from the local.•. Manse. ferrel t branch. MORE QUILTTS' WANTED A. .number' of quilts are still wanted by the local Aid to Rus- sia Committee, if the. December `,`blitz" objective is- to be met. The response 'so far has "' been very encouraging and the Comi-. ittee is delaying their 'next shipment -for -a few days await- ing _further month-end contribu- tions. g LOBBY CLOSES EARLIER 'I;he local postoffiee ,has; beenp 'advised that commencing 'Thuis- day, January 6th, the entrance is to be locked at 7.30 o'clock, r -Mo. ., Hend n -b ^. when. the lobby will be in dark-- To ark-ro power. ..McKim -and K. C..•'Murdie. • " ^ - to conserV Corning .South Frani- Arctic, Received ',a- couple 'of copies 'of -the "Canol Piper", a- ••;Mimgo napped• • weekly; 'newwpapei;, iin Miniature, pub'i. hed•itlain. ^a. "stories • throw" of -• the .Arctic Circ'te:.The , sender was Gordon Thompsorr,msori - of . Mr: an:ct Mrs: D. -1b1. `Thompson. Gordon and his wife _Wan' to 'spend 'a. holiday in, Edmostton • in 'mid-January, but their, .18 -day leave is not long enough . to permit them to .come East. Suffered Severe Stroke Mrs: Donald Stewart suffered a severe stroke recently.. She is at .the home df het. daughter, Mrs: Harold Stanley. 4 • FORMER PASTOR DIES LACK ONE MEMBER• L' BAR. • When enJ,"y•typo : of, .the ' :thre.e retiring members' of the Boai.d of Education qualified• for office follow rg - • Monday's - nern+ n -a io•n-•• • M.eeting� it left.thc'Village with- out a•fu?1 hoard 'of trustees. •• . The three retiring members :. were T:. W. Srriith, ' J. L. Me1Vi'il lan and Mrs. Morgan 'Henderson. Mrs. Henderson "'was, .prevailed'• upon to qualify at the • eleventh hour, a•. ,year ago, to complete the Board,•• but this year :declined to qualify.., • • - , The'only other, norninee'for the • Board'. of ,Education was- W. B. • Andersen., Mrs. Anderson ' is ' at present a .member of the • Board, having, been appointed by County. • Council as ..the eighth member:,.. hat -action when, had.not been' officially. an- nounced on •Wednesday morning in ..order to coinplete .the, Board, the personnel of .which. is •A.. E.. McKim, .W. V. Johnston; Haold. Alin; Phi13p: Stewart;- Mrs. Anderson; T. ' W. Smith and J..L.. . McMillan; and an eighth inerriber to heel—ferried ,to succeed, Mrs Henderson. • The. 'death 'of v. R. Fulton venni age 76, occui red 'at 'l••'ris- • home in . Kingsville' 'early Mon- • day morning from a heart, cun- ditioi�: i;•Ie had attended charch on 'Sunday.:.The: funeral service Was ' held in 'Epworth United cl urch,• Ki:rigsi-ille-on Wednesday -:- Rev. Irwin, a, -former paster of the Lucknow Methodist -.church,. is ,survived .by Mrs' kIrwin, and one son; Arnold,..' of Detroit. •. • evitw. tndj. Wtr .S.stqras 6 ?' . m9'BEatkn .Meeth'g ' Chief speaker. at the nomina- tion meeting on Monday night was li.eEve J. W. Joynt, who gave an interesting •review of matters pertaining . to the Hydro, and Water Systems in particular., Mr. Joynt said it was disap- pointing to see so few in.,'attend- ance.. The biusiness men should be vitally :interested, and • unless 'citizen' shows an interest in mun- icipal affairs, you can't pave -good government, Mr. Joynt coritend- ed.. We have a thriving town :with industries as never before, and . Should .show •more interest to keep it so, he ,said. Reduce Hydro Indebtedness Mr. Joynt revealed .that . the' overall cost of changing the local, hydro system from 4,000 to 8,000 vats was, , in round figures,. $13,000. Against this a• credit of over $4500 was received for transformersand obsolete equip, meat that could not be used after the change over.' $500 of this credit •was received . after Mr. Joynt had approached the H. E. P. C. contending that the original credit.: note was not sufficient. • -Thus • th:ez.riet..coat -of-the 'ehanget over was. $8179.52, which was car- ried at four per cent. $5000'.Was paid off by the local Cbmn!iss on during the year; and Mr: Joynt said they hoped to liquidate, the balance of 0179.52 during 1944: 'We should then create a sur - plug to maintain the system in the high standard to which hydro users " are- ,entitled", Mn. Joynt said. He was not in favor of 're- imbursing users by small rebates until avery substantial credit was - established. `Power users, and:,cons-liners are entitled to a lower rate lrc stated, adding that the time is _becoming opportune to 'apnrn.ach _th .,.J -,E or r more avora.le rate's.• 1' In the .matter` ofeaualizati of rates' in urban centres, Mr. Joynt pointed out that the• Vil'l- ;age .Council had recently enders - ,ed .. a' resolution . by the Sarnia Commission .favoring such. action:. .• Raise Hydrant• Rental In dealingwith the Water Sys- terri., Mr. Jciynt stated that S275.00 ,had been spent ori repairing the second well this year, a; a result of the oiling system Leingout of commission. He , said therewas evidence: that the- high' speed pump in this well had not stood up to > expectations and that he didn't know, whether, or not it: Would give service. • There has been prat:U(1-1y nod' a :cent spent on the firstvwell. in . ' 12 or. 13 years, Mr. Joyn: stated. and in his opinion 'it' was' up t( • the: 19448 Board to .have the pump lifted and work done on the well. "If we can get raven' aryl ma,terial it is ourduty to do so". he said. It' has . been necessary to in- crease the fire protection costs • - to the Village by ' over $600 per annum in order to meet the de- betureindebtedness of the Water System, Mr. Joynt estp'lain- ed.' --.Fire'--protect cm --ngti osis $2880 per annum on' a hydrant rental basis. of $80 per hydrant With revenue from water rates as it is at present, Mr. 'Joynt 'be- lieved the System could be oper- ated on this basis. He said it was not his i.ntention'• of criticising' past Councils "tor not providing to, adequately take care of t.hesc payments.' ' ; • • BevieWsG County Matteis Mr. Joynt' ° touched briefly of County Couil matter.; .referring; -to the debt -free; pbsiticin of the County, and the 05,000 war bond reserve: He congratulated the c•it- mens° f ,. Lucknow on oversub- (Continued on Page, Eight) - •°• J.