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LuckiowOnt1,. Wedne0ay December: )ist, 1941
• Electors To Vote Monday On
Establishing Board Of 'Education
••••••,,,-"e.0
, Elegtors of the Village of tuck-
• .noW are, to vote next .Menday, Jai
uarY 5th, on the ;Matter of -establish.
Ingr. a :Board of Education in Luck-
. noWi Ail those eligible, to Vote at a
:municipal election are . yntitled, to
vote on thisi, question,; as well as
• rural residents, residing Within this
school-seation.:'
A Board of Education is required
in -order that the,Board may be pro-
perly constituted, which it has not
been since the local school attained
the • status of a High School a few
•years ago. • •'
• Without a Board of Education, a
Trustee Board for both the Public
and High School :wand be necesl
sary, and with both schools under
the one roof the impracticability of
this is readily`rapparent. •
Defeat, of the bylaw -to authorize
• `•• the establishnient of this -Hoard of
on/biie
thing—that the local school would
.reVert to, the status of a Continua -
in order for the Trustee
• .Board to be properly constituted.
This • new. Board' •.:.of Education
. •
?Ntdd -consist-of sevenrmenr, =elected
as at present; but Atli a,...toard
would not become Operative for an:
other year •
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Saimert For By -Law
ICE- SENDS TWO,ASHFIELD
-LADIES, TO THE 'HOSPITAL ..
Just a few minutes after she had:
• visited patients in ,Goderich Hos-
pital jest SUn'clay evening,
J. O'Connor of Kingsbridge was re-
admitted. to the hospital with a 'free-
tured .hip. •• •
' Mrs. O'Connor ' was crossing the
road upon leaving the hospital when
she Slipped on the • ice and fell.
Fractures Shoulder
• ,Mis. Wm. Vrooinan of near Shep-
.pard,on was on her -way to meet
friends to attend chiarchA service on
Sunday, when she fell fracturing her
shoulder.. Light snow that covered
some ice, caused the tumble.
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JOINT VOTING PEOPLE'S
SERVICE NEXT „MONDAY
• The 'Young Peoples Societies of
the Village churches are holding. a
union service on Monday evining,
January 5th in the Thircerc
When Rev. Waiter McCleary, dis-
trict secretary of-thelyipper-Canaela
B' e 'SOCiety will give, an address,
lllultrated bp,r pictures:.
• This is 'the. opening service a the
Week Of Prayer. •
•nomination meeting on •
Monday night, the chairman of the - •
FORMER DUNGANNON
• Schbol Board, Mr. T. W. Smith and
DOCTOR PASSES
Dr W, V Johnston pointed out facts
• as referred to above, and asked the
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TWO SOLDIERS• HONORED AT
.GATHERING LAST WEEK
A;/large crowd gatheredto enjoy
a pleasant social evening and a night
of .dancing in. the Lucknow Town
'Hall !On Tuesday, December23rd.
Splendid' musks was provided by
Carruthers orchestra.
The guests of honor on this ec-
,eaSleri.viere James Hamilton, son of
Mr. and ,Mrs. Robert HaMilton 'and
G.,0e,SeatoP, sOn'ok M,. incl Mrs.
James- Beaton, both of whom are
with the Canadian Army and pres-
ently4tationed in the Maritimes.-
• Howard MacGuire and Jack Mc-
Intosh, on behalf of the gathering,
wished the boys God's blessing and
presented them each with a liberal
nurse of money.
The boys made fitting replys, stat-
ing they would do their best to be
Worthy of the kindness and honor
shown -th:ern.
HELD SHOWER FOR •
•BRIDE -ELECT . :
Was the :guest . of !honor at a mis-
cellaneous shower held at the home
•of Miss Eva Greer on 1VIOniclay even -
-electors-10,-support.....the_by law_on_ Mrs. J. R. McNab has received
Mondrity. word' of the death of her cousin, Dr.
Walter MacKay, a former medical
The three retiring trustees (ail
the
eligible for re-election) spoke brief-
doctor in Dungannon.
.
ly hi order of their nomIn the last Great War DrMac-
Temple Clark Urged the -
ination.
Kay and five of Ins sons served
plowing of the sidewalk from e snovv-
oVerseas and all returned safely. A:.
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sixth ten, who Was too young at
United Church to •Silverwoods so
that school children would not be that time, is serving overseas in the
-- - forced towal
• present Conflict.
• .
otighfarer7 •.
• ir ,.•••;,:`,74°;;-
rOo
• A. -E. McKim, in stating his in-
tentions to 'stand for re-election,
pointed out that he knew of no.
• reason why the Beard. of Education
• by4aw'should. net be supported. .•
To Demand Garbage' System
Dr: W 7. Johnston stressed -the
necessity of supporting the Board
of Education by-laW, if the status
of the local school as a High School
was,• to be retained. •A
• Rferring to the Public School
dental service; Dr. Johnston pointed
„eut• that the eost of this had now
been reduced from $3.00 to $1.60'per
• pupiland with the Provincial Gov-,
ernment grant, of one-third ,the coat
to the ,ratepayers :was reduced to
$1.00 per person.
Dr. Johnston as low Medical
Health Officer,. advised the audience°
• that the Board of Health. would in-
sist on -establishing a garbage col-
lection system. Outside toilets he
also recommended should be closed.
- Simon' action is regarded as imper-
ative in view of the poliomyelitis
• epidemic here this fall, and the fact
that •the virus has since been re-
covered by investigation both in
flies and faeces.
• Dr. Johnston stated-, that exten-
• • sive and expensive investigation was
• being carried on centred around the
local epidemic and it Might be
• .spring before complete results were
•available.
Dave.
' MacDonal
ompson • and Cameron
, two trustee nominees,
spoke briefly. •
Change In Magistrates
Announcement has been made that
Magistrate /an MacRae of Strathroy,
who has been serving on the Middle.
sex County Bench, will assume the
inagiSterial duties of Chatham and
Sarnia this week. Magistrate Mac-
Rae succeeds Magistrate S. B. Aril-
• Old who is retiring. Aro,
)1• Magistrate MacRae is thellidest
son of Mr. and 'Mrs. John MacRae
of Lochalsh.
,Rioteu.s Comedy At Lyceum
• Bob Hope and- Paulette Goddard -
c� -star in a riotous comedy, "No-
' thing,But The Truth", which is feat-.
• ured at • the Lyceum Theatre this
Week -end. There will, he 'matinee
• showings of this picture On New
Year's Day as well at Seturday.
•••
•1,1 Qtlite Spry At 85 .
• While renewing his Sentinel lett
Week,' We "quizzed" Mr. John 'Mc-
• Leod of town at to his age, to learn
• that he will be 85 next July. Mr.
McLeod is enjoying good health and
Is ,quite spry and »ct1ve.
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Sixteen of Evelyn's' girl 'friends
• Were :pr_esent. to .Upend -a pleasant
socia1 evening and- to. -shower Miss
Nixon with, numerous lovely gifts.
Miss Nixon left on' Tuesday for
Sudbury where she will be married.
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CONTEST WINNERS.
• mmumm•••••••=1
Winners of the popularity contest
conducted at Thoinpson's Grocery
prior-to-Christi-1as were:,Boys—Jack•
Stewart, Lucknow, toboggan; Bobby
Lyons, R.1, Lucknow, gaine;,Girls—
Nereen Kilpatriek, ,Luelmow, pen &
pencil tet; Mae Irwin, R. 7, Luck -
pow, game. The results Were an-
nounced, on Christmas eve.
THIEVES: ,
15t-m-zlEoTek44144•4'147:434w4jvh:".meririzvng.mgc,ruinriertinthrAsr.,-..4-
brothers, Dr. Alex MacKay of North
Dakota; Tom of Alberta and one
sister,, Mrs. , Margaret Williamson of
Alberta. • • '
FORMER RESIDENT'S BROTHER'
BELIEVED KILLED
• Fred Stanley of Chesley, and.for-
merly of Lucknow, 'recently receiv.
ed, word that his brether, Albert E.
Stanley, is "presumed to have been
-killed by enemy action". The word
came. from members of hielamily
in England, where he has three brp=•
tilers and three sisters living.
The late naval officer was a com-
• missioned gunner and lately served
on the; Barnhant,. one of Britain's
greatest battlesifips.
The late Mr. Stanley had been a
• member of 'the British' navy' for
about 30 years, entering the service
as a lad during tits last war and
remaining, when the war ended.
• During his career, he t'4sited every
country in the world. His boat was
at Shanghai when the Japs started
their invasion of China about five
years ago, and It assisted in evacuat-
ing Canadian,,Britith and American
civilians „from' the scene of hostil-
ities.'
• • It is three Months since Mr., Stan-
ley heard from his brother, as he
has been serving in, the Mediter:,
•iariean during the past year or rribr-e.
and mail went from that district
to England and thence acroas to
Canada. • In, this letter, he told of
aetiOn he had- seen recently, Saying
they had quite a hetic time in evac-
uating British and allied forces from
Greece and Crete, and also told of
action against the French, fleet at
Oran: and Dakar. In fact, he said
he ‘'ad been more or less on board
andlwithout leave for twelve months
and that they thoroughly enjoyed
seven days' holidays' when ' their
boat milled into a Sonth African
port. ,t
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Received Cablegram
kr. and Mrs. William Humphrey
of- West WawanoSh received an es-
pecially prized Christmas greeting
this year in -the form of a cablegram
front their son Harold Who has been
Overseaa- since early in the fall. The
cable arrived the day before Christ•
Down With The 1Viunips
Jhn Hamilton is one lad who.won't
be fully enjoying the Christmas ViSt.•
cation,' for aePresent he is eonfirt=
ed with the intinips,
The holiday season was interrup-
ted for William Alton of Toronto
by thieves who broke intb his home'
-in-the-City. Bill:is anrember Of the
Toronto teaching staff, awl: when
school closed: he and 116is, Alton
and 'Douglas' left the city to spend
the 'holidays in this commtmi4..
• Upon arriving Mr, Alton wait in-
formed of the break-in, and had to
'return to the city. •
FATE UNKNOWN 'IN
HONG KONG :BATTLE
Sergeant Charles la: Jewitt of the
Corps of Staff Clerks, was among
the Canadians at Hong. Kong, and
his family and friends anxiously a-
,
wait woidh concerning his fate,
• Word that the beleaguered garri-
son had ceased resistance was re-
ceived .on Christmas Day, after a
valiant 18 -day defence against re-
lentless Japanese assault by land,
sea and air. •
Facing far superior forces, the
Canadian, British and Indian forces
fought 'on without. hope of assist-
ance, until their water supply ran,
out. The Canadians numbered about
2000 men including' the Quebec Roy-
al Rifles and ' the Winnipeg . Gren-
• adiers.
• Said Minister of Defence J 'L,
Ralston "Hong Kong will be a
• sombre but glorious page in the
record ot:the__ Canadian Army'„
Casualties in defending this Bri-
t-ish Colony are feared to be heavy,
but to ware detailed figures there
• is likely to be considerable delay.
Action. has been instituted through
Switzerland, and United States to
bbtain details, National Defence
Headquarters, have announced.
. Charlie Jewitt is popular in Luck -
now which is regarded as his home.
He „attended public and high school
here, and Waked considerable hoc-
key with The Sepoys before going
to London to:attend Westervelt BUM,-
ness College. '
'Since then his. mother, Mrs. Viola
Jewitt and his two sisters have
moved to London to reside. Charlie's
younger brother Bill is a1 in khaki.
Their father died about seventeen
years ago.
-About a Week previous the Jewitt
family received a delayed,'Undated
cablegram sending Christmas greet-
ings, aild assurance all was well at
that dine. • •
mraelf, his
Mr. gid two officers of
Christmas in .
OBITUARY
• BRIAN M. IAJCKINC411.Abl
death of at aged and lifelong
resident of Ashfield ,Township Oc-
curred last WeclnesciaY December
24th, with the passing of Brian M,
Btickinghani,at hit home on the 13th
Concession of A*fleld Mr Buck
ingliam was *pt years of age.,
Born m Riiron„- Township, Mr.
Buckingham has. Spent his entire life
ir Aslifield. He Married, 'Catherine
Nicholson ever, fifty years ago, and
had Mr. Bucking/Ulm lived, this aged
couple would have observed their
51st wedding anniversary on New
Year's Eve. Mrs. Euckingharn is 86
years of age. - ••
.
Besides his widevv, there survives'
one son, Wrn. M. Buckingham of
Con. 13, Ashfield end one daughter,
Tena, at home.
Mr:Buckingham suffered a stroke
on December 23rd, and passed away
late the next afternoon.
:• The funeral service, . which was
largely attended, was held in Ash-,
field Presbyterian Church on Fri-
day,x0iaductedbY
Interment was in South Millets
Cemetery with Neil J., MacKenzie,
R. A. Grant, Soy -MacKay; John
:Cpwan,--Ituts_Bissett..,and4.-,1
Bul-
lan acting as pallbearers. .
Joins R. C. A. F.
Torn Henry of the lt,. C. A. F. at
ManningPool, Toronto, spent Christ-
mas with relatives here. Tom was
a former member lof the Bank of
Monti:val.-staff here, and for the
past few years has been with the
Bank -in Western. Canada. He en-
listed while on the staff. of the Nee-
Pawa, Manitoba; branch.' •
•
CREMATED RE; VIAIN,S: PLACED
IN FAMILY BURIALPLOT,
The cremated 'remains of the late
Dave Wellace,ef Saint Maries, Idaho
who passed away on June 22nd, M
his 68th year, were placed in the
family plot at Sanctuary Park cent-
eteky, Port Elgin, with the burial
service 'conducted by Rev'. L .And.
• erson of -the Presbyterian church.
The late Mr. 'Wallace was the young-'
est son of the.late John and Lydia
Wallace, pioneers of Saugeen town-
ship. Mrs. D. C. McMorran of Lila-.
• now, a sigter, is the only surviving
member of the faintly. Mrs. Victor
• Tanner of Elderslie, is a niece. of
the'deceased.—PaisleyAdvocate.
Hotel Closes
• Following .th fesult of the bev-
erage room vote in Teesivater last
. Friday the- Vendome Hotel has Clot-
• MRS ,RICHARD .RoBERtsoN
The passing of Annie MeCauf; wife
of Richard Robertson, at her 'home,
lot 12, concession 9, Huron, on Wed-
nesday morning,pecember 17th, re-
moved -a highly esteemed citizen.
• Mrs. Rebertsonwas born 'at Em -
bre, West Zorra, in 1.876. As a sin -all
child she' carne with her parents,
the late Robert McCaul and .Lucy
IciacKenzie to take up residence On
• the sixth concession of Kinloss.
In 1903 she married Richard Rob-
ertson , and since then resided on
concession 9. • •
Although in failing health for the
past seven years she was alitrays
cheerful and never heard to corn -
plain. She was a devoted Wife and
vatithewancelnfointeWeliasingshu
•
the quiet thinglof life, so it is the
• home Where her' loss will be felt
most deeply.
The funeralservices were held on
Saturday; December ,20th 'rem ler_
late residence by the Rev. Dr. W.
0. Rhoad of Knox - Presbyterian
•.C'hurch,_ Ripley. The. pallbearers
were: John. McIver, Donald McKay,
Sr., SteWart Needham, Andrew Pat-
terson, John McLarty and 'Allan Mc -
To mourn the loss of a thoughtful
and affectiOnate wife and Maher:
she leaves her husband, Richard
RObertson, and a fainily of five:
Christena, Mary and Robert at hoine,
Lucy Ellen, Mrs. C. J. Ware, of
Huntsville and William of Ottawa.
She also leaves four - sisters: Mrs,:
Peter Robjtson of Ripley, 'Mrs. R.
Middleten ucknow, Mrs. C. Nied,
Ypsilante, Michigan and Mrs. Angus.
McInnis, Murrayville, British Col-
umbia, brothers Alex and Archie
Predeceased her. •
. Those from a distal -ice Vhd Were
.present at the funeral were: Mrs.
Carl Nied, Ypsilante, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie and Miss Jane . McArthur,
Embro, Miss Patricia Robertson,
Woodstock, Misses Luc, Katherine
and Alice Robertson, Toronto.
•
. BORN
•THOMPSON—In Torento on Wed-
nesday, December 24th to Mr,, and
Mrs. W: F. Thompson, a daughter.
THE 'NEW YEAR 1
Courageous strength in months gone
- 'by,
Seemed far beyond our scope,
But may the New Year show us,
The gleaming light of hope.
The boys are fighting o'er the waves,•
Privations !mist endure,
To keep our country steadfast
And to keep our cause secure.
So may there soon glad tidings
• come, .
New hoe to every nation, '
'And strength tocarry on our 'tasks
With netr-found inspiration.
Elden W. BuCkinghant.
1 COMING EVENTS .1
'NEW YEAR'S DANCE
• The Ilire Company will hold a
Isw . Year's Night Dance in the
•'`.' Mall this Thursday night, Jan-
triat
i 1VlacItenzie'st, ocheStra.
soaps e .u.
ed-tts ,dciors._Ithadibeen:pointed- out:
• prior to, thevote that under exist-
• ing conditions, operation of the hotel'
was a losing proposition.
Cards of Appreciation .
•
I wish to take this opportunity
to thank the Luclmew Red Cross
Society for the pareel -I-received at.
Christmas.
Pte Or, J. A.,
Sussex, N. B.
• Harvey Hall wishes to express hir
thanks to the Lucknow :Red Cross
tor their Christmas gift; to the Fire:
men for the fountain pen and to
_theWornen!sinstitliteLtorigar.
•
I wish to thank the Lucknow
,Branch of the Red Cross for' the
gift of socks,,mitt and sweater, also
he members Of St. Peter's-Guildfor gifts of:tobacco which.1 received
at Christmas and which -were very
• much appreciated. 'r wish them all
a prosperous New Year during 1942.
• Pte. Wm. Stimson,
Veterans' Guard of Canada
COUNCIL, SCHOOL
BOARD RETURNED
•
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The Village . Council and the re-
tiring. members of tha Ltickricyr
School_ Board were all returned- to
office by acclamation. D. Roy
Finlayson qualified as trustee to
fill the vacancy caused 'by the 'death
of Wm. MacKenzie diring. the •past
-summer.
Reeve N. E. Bushell itras—iretiiiii-
ed to the Reeve's chair *without op-
position to commence his fifth term
in this capacity and `his ninth as
a member of the Municipal Cotm-
cil.
The Connell Board will again be
composed of Councillors Donald
Ferguson, R. H. 1VIcQuillin, J. W.
Joynt and Austin Solomon.
The retiring trustees,' who were
returned by acclamation were Tem-
ple Clark, Dr. W. V. Johnston- and
A. E. McKim, with Roy Finlayson
Ming.
• MacKenzie's death. Other members
of the School Board are Harold Al -
lin and J. L. 1V1cMillan, under the
chairmanship of T. W. Smith
In event of the Board of Educe-
iion vote being carried - (and there
is, !to'. reason to believe it won't),
the entire Trustee Board will, re
'sign at the' end of 1942, although
they will be, eligible tO stand for re-
election ifthey so desire.
Port Albert Lady Passel '
In poor health- for a number of
years, Mrs. George Adana of Port
Albert passed away at her homenn
Monday. Mrs, Adams was formerly
Leea Mae Standish,' daughter of the
late Mr. and 1Virs. Thomas Standish
of Culross.
'Besides her husband, her loss is
Mourned by a family of four child -
Ten, Harold, Harbburne, Charles and
Margaret at hc•ine. •
• The funeral service is being held
in Christ Chtirch, Port Albert, Wed-
nesday (today) conducted by Rev.
Patterson of Sarnia.
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Village Affairs Reviewed At Very
LnclaiOw's 1941 nomination „ meet, Debenture Debt ‘'
ing,, held on Monday night can be
numbered as one of: the quietest op
recerd. Speech making by Reeve, of the..village Which is in excessZ4
Councillors; School: Trustees and
Other npiiiinees occupied less than.
an hour and a„ half, during Which
time there wasn't a word, of crit-'
icism „voiced. The attendance was
only fair. •
Clerk Joseph Agnew' received
twenty-two. nominations during the
hour set ; apart for this, and then
was proclaimed :chairman of the
meeting.,
• The first speaker was Reeve
E. Bushell, who 'dealt chiefly with
County matters. Hereferred to the
death of Warden Ewart and the, el-
ection. of Warden Logi e to succeed
'Mr. Meclinllin: and 1v4. Jaynt both
referred to , the total debenture .debt'1,
'ef v2,000.‘Mr., McQuillin broke this
down in° round figUreA aS..,.f9110*-
Community Hall $5956; Canning
bridge arid, sidewalk $2674- ,
street paveinent $1238; Sidewaiki
$174; Havelock street paVenient
$5060; Hydro $807; Water 'System44::
$53,347 and the Geddes Blocie$3,
On the Water System interest only
of $2939: annually has beert paid
but commencing next
year and cen-
tinuing for 20 years, principaland
interest annual payments will a-
mount to $4447.00. •
Counliciylidror°jX!W".djorilYnerteagidealteg
ly with hydro, showing how -the load -
•
County expenditures, in round had. increased annuallyfroin.257
figures, were over $353,000 of which H.P. in 1938 to 374 H.P. in 1941.
-$40;000-wai-spent-0,11-schools-;-$19;000- An-increase-of-117-HrPrinlotir--Y
on grants; $146,000 on highways and and nothing done to -help take care
$12,000 on the House of Refuge. In of the load.
this institution there are, presently He referred to the difficulty the
'7sorne---58-inmates;-20--tit:vvhich--tre --lour--M111---had in- -starting-41WeOld Age pensioners who. pay'a'total maahinery and the delays ui stop -
of .$4000 annually to the Refuge. ping 'work to cool the motors. The .
ME-13-tith-ell-relerred to local...Hy- trouble has been'or-will-be' CCM'
.dro tifork - be undertaken at an Pletely ',Corrected shortly, and we are
expenditure of some $13,000' to 5n0owmpa!)1013 toa codnelitrvieretwatiithaldel?stal,f
double the local voltage. He refuted
Snell an undertaking, and stated that,
Saw-
a report that ,,he had been against -711dCusmtryPan.,itrY'orkir._..'74,6°Y4tyste.7khlt_Lit,.._„.....
the Council supported it 'Unanimous- tention, as well at the general wel-
fare of the village Mr. Joynt !add
in stating he planned to stand for
the Connell again, From power users
down to, the titers of the =air'
of electrical appliances, all are en..
titled to the best service and ;its
concluded Mr. Soynt."': • ,
the Board'slliirdentyspelgi$2780iot them,
,Cmincillor W. A. Soloman, chair:!
man of property and supply, told of
of constructing a building over the
doing the snow.p,'Icriicitrig--wavanetheir gb01.140.kunnitr*sidkir can atbeTwasmanvosvALCStawithajla
damage if required. •
To 'date Mr. Solomon said apprbz,
imately $2600 had been spent on the
Con -n c i o r-Donald_Ferguson,„ town..building_leaving:_a_balance_ot--
chairman- of the roads and bridges, about $900 with some work yet to .4x4A.
said he had a btiay-suininer attempt- "be done. •
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ing to see ,that things were, done- W B. Anderson, in stating he had
correctly., no .intention of qualifying, for the
• Referring to the hard surfacing reeveship, recommended that a gar-
-of- village roads. Mr. Ferguson con- bage collection system be establish-
sidered it will a long time to go ed and Urged the Board to make
round . the town, as- it appears a some effort to influence' a rao‘.',
Second c -oat will be necessary. The 'equitable freight rate, in the inter -
stretch from the Supertest Garage ests of a local industry. •
to the Flax Mill was not standing Wm. Robb, the only other noin-
up, he said. ' tienneteiepnrsesoefncitziattedinghfeorhtande nco
-ci)o
in -
Unpaid Taxes Over $6,000
im-
. • •
Councillor R. H. McQuillin point- Those nominated for the various; •
ed out that ,,there ''had' been some offices; with the mover, and nd-
expenditUres during the year that .er, were as follows: '
might be regarded as "extras". One • ,
was the balance of $300 paid on For Reeve
the snowplow purchased in 1940. Nelson Bushell by R. T. Douglas.
The cost of operation was heavy and Temple Clark.
due if part to a severe winter, and Donald Ferguson by Ale Me-
•
then there were municipal votes in sptioHararnrarniydd andjm.McQuillin
ojmin:., him
suiepnbJyob7
Jos.
January, June and August.
' Mr. McQuillin pointed out that n
the village Mid a total assessment J. W. Joynt by W. B. Anderson
of „over '$400,000 en which collect-
and :M. Henderson.
George Greer by J. H. 1Viiller an
Current collections total more than
able taxes amount to over $17,000. A.
WM. B. DiaArTildde•rson by Robert Rae "
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\t4
$14,009 leaving 1941 tax, arrears of
over $3000. Arrears of taxes held and G. 11. Greer.
ly. •
Wants Constable •
-Mr.-13nshell said helavored a
time constable, and said without,
suckan,ErHi-eer little or no help could,
be expected from Provincial. Police,
as the need arises. You can't and
don't expect efficient policing on ,a
salary of '`$100 a year,. the Reeve
stated. • ,
A truck suitable fOr carrying fire
Suggestion Mr. Bushell advanced for
consideration by the ratepayers.
Needs Second Coat
in the Village amourf., lo same $1300, For Coimpillors `•
and arrears returned to the County W. A. Solomon by N. E. Bushell
'are over $2000, making a . total of and Donald Ferguson. • •
unpaid taxes slightly in excess of Harry McQuillin by R. T. Doug-
• las and W. A.Solomon..
_
WI- 1;irw.A.
and Donald Ferguson, '
FORDYCE PUPILS ACTIVE
Donald Ferguson' by W. A. Solo-
mon. and N. E. Bushell, • -
IN JUNIOR RED CROSS. WORK Peter Watson' by Joseph Jo
and -A. 1VicDiarmid.
Russ ,Robertson „by J. R. &dm, -
stone! rind J. R. Hackett.
*Wm. Robb by Alex MeDiarvid
and Jos. Johnston. ." • •
For School. Trustee's r 7``''
Temple Clark by J. W. joynt apd
R. H. McQuillin.
A. E., MCKIM by J. W. Joynt and,
1t. H. McQuillin
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Since September pupils of Fprd•
yce Schtiol, of which Miss Dorothy.
Drover is teacher, have contributed
$15.50 to the. Crippled Children's
Fund of the Jun* Red Cross' Soc-
iety, They also sent $10 to the
Winghare blanket fund.
The money was raised at their
Hallowe'en party and Christmas
concert. •
• From Toronto they have received
the following acknowledgement of
their donation to the Crippled Chil-
dren's fund:
"We greatly appreciate your &n-
ation M. help care for our little pat-
ients. We are especially grateful for
your 'donation to this fund at' the
present tiine, as nearly all dona-
tions' that come in are for war pur-
poses. We feel Stare that yotir Sun
-
tors enfoy helping these little chil-
dren".
Dr. W. V. Johnston by A. .E Me'
Kim and J. W. Joynt. 4*
D. Roy Finlayson by Temple Oat*
and W. A. Solonton,
Dr. Little by P. J. 'McMillan
A. E. McKim.
Dave Thompson by Dave Idi.ine
and J. R. Johnstone. . •
Cameron MatDonald. by Jigielit
Johnston and Alex bleDiaindtl;
John Kilpatrick by J. 11. Miller
and Joseph Johnston, „
Mrs. Herb McQUklin by I
Johnston and J. H. Millet •
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