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WEDN. ESDAY, JUNE .30th 1.965: •," •
THE LUCK,NOW SENTINEL,• LUCKNOW," ONTARIO
Georgi Gear Rep -ts
Ori �ver�eas; Trip •With• ,;Juniors. • • .
most readers, :alreadyknew, merit. ,They were discuss' Fr the
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I ' was selected; • to accompany the tax on•, liquor,:.; The opposition sta
Ontario • Junior Partner- • Delega- ted that •it would hinder trade
tion from Ontario to Great Brit- In, . essence. it resembled County
alit on .an . exchange visit This Council; .in . session except t .h e
has received• so much publicity members were more relaxed, Ty
and .I received- .so many ' expres- pical of the discussion was, by
signs, of good wishes that:- it seems . the opposition "Scotchmen like
that all of Bruce County •and Scotch on the Rocks and if Gov -
many friends, outside the County ernment don't mend; their ways
coming with ..me. The least • they will soon ` be on the rocks"
1 can do is• to report and 'share We head the opportunity .to: at
some 'of my "experiences,.n,as nl go .tend a,.reception by Ontario House
• along, perhaps a 'letter . once a . and met' representatives of all our
week. If this is possible, so much., mayor; banks and' trade" represen
activity and hospitality may inter- •tatives from both . Great .Britain
vene, I 'will write to the Depart- and Canada.. Ontario House. seems
ment in Walkerton where,, the• sec- to be quite active :in :promoting
retarieS. are adept at interpreting Ontario products. Ted Marrit who
.my writing. This .will' be made looks ' after farm •produce states
available to • all publications wish- that to break into this ' trade we
ing to use it all or in part; need to produce in larger ' quan-
The four : Junior Farmers, two
-boys 'and two girls, Barbara Mac-
Rae, Sarnia - Lambton County;
Patricia Knox, Hampton, Durham
County; . `James Moore, Belmont,.
Elgin .County; and .Barton. •Mac
Lean, Napanee,. !Lennox :and' Ad-
dington County, a: r e all smart
personable young people: and will
make 'worthy representatives in
.Great -Britain.. ;.They , spend, most
of .: the . time visiting farm fam-
ilies
a 'n-ilies 'in : England,. - Ireland, and.
Scotland: Other than arranging
for meals, 'hotel bills,. etc.,• going
from one place to another for the
group, I.:am .free to go anywhere
to see what , is interesting.,
We'. left Malton, • Airport. : at 8:15
p.m .on,, Friday,. `May 14th., After
taxiing : around, this montrous
plane of : well- over 100 ° passen-
gers: took off into the wild blue
yonder:. Climbing at a: steep angle.
to about .6 '• mileshigh, we crossed
the Atlantic and ' didn't <see it; : we•
flew over the *clouds., Darkness
took over as soon as we left and
• it became daylight at ' 2:00 Lin..
by • our . tim'e.. We .'arrived in - Lon-
don: 'at 8:30 London time and . I.
had to change my. watch 5 hrs.
,0n the lane, they feed 'you at
P, Y.
1400 p.m. and served breakfast
at 2:30 a.m. The ,difficulty . ever,
since is:.:that they feed youtoo
often', • and.. don't let- , you sleep
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en h ` Too ' ch to see nd . do
enough..�mu , •a
and eating .. is always, a pleasant
pastime.
We explored, London -with Miss
Jenny Hinson, a. :young farmer .re
presentative from Devon, . Many
places -are familiar from hearing
of 'them so :often and seeing .them.
on television, ete: • For 'example,
Buckingham: Palace, The Mall,
Trafalgar Square, Westminster
Abbey, 'l'he Tower built by. Wm.
the .Conqueror, and • where • Henry
VIII beheaded his wives, boating
on. the Thames. River,. London
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Bridge,. Tower Bridge.'On Sunday,'
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attended .: worship . at ;St. M
. tit's` in' the Field.' The Queen at-
tends this ' ebureb, but she was
at 'her: summer 'residence` and we
did not see .her: •
Ontario House arranged an in-
teresting program on 'Monday
which •included a visit .to Parlia-
tity. The market is there . if we
produce .large quantities of qual-
ity products. .
Tuesday we flew to ,Belfast,
missed the first plane and caught
the next oiie two hrs. later, air
traffic is such to allow this. Tref,
fic -- London traffic, was the
main cause of missing the plane.
After .a° •pleasant . meal. 'at • Drum-
kin House, we went home to our•
host families in various parts of
Northern Ireland
Oh yes, the : grass is very green
but contrary : to previous reports
the ' sun. has ,hone for two days
and believe it or not I' got ..sun-
burned at .a grass : silage denlon-
stration • yesterday.
The season is .late here They
are just starting to. put up grass
silage. They are expert: in grass
.silage.. The :farmers: name to the.
demonstration' at Greenmount'"Ag
ricultural School in large: • num-
bers;. approximately 2,000 attend-
ed. I.. am staying with Eric . Croz
ier, Lurgan, juste beside • the town.:
His wife, son John who.: runs. the
farm,' daughter • Dianne .:studying.
the equivalent of Grade XIII ex-'
ams, • and , James, • 5. , They are a'
wonderful. family. They . have- a
new house 'with all. modern con-
veniences _which would.. fit in. well
in any locality .in Bruce Cdunty.•
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.Eric is Group Secretary S c
Y of the
Farmers Union of . the, County, the
equivalent of . Fieldman, of,: Feder
ation ° of Agriculture -' : the. job
Ronald. Slade _,does in Bruce Coun-
ty,..
At the Lurgan. Streamline. Milk
Depot, farmers : bring • ' in their
•. rnilk in cans in ;trailers.. Trucks
bring • some and, some comes in•
tank tik cks,.. The Milk. Marketing
Board here buys : all lst. grade
'milk at the :. same• price. and ' a
lesser price is paid for 2nd. grade.
Bottled •milk , is the main outlet
and 2nd • grade is. ,manufactured
:into butter. • The ,price, is 50c, per -
100 higher.than: our ,manufactur•.
-ed . milk price and there are no
quotas as yet'.
I • visited .a Community , Sales
Barn :selling;'. feeder pigs, 75 lb..
. b ringing `• $23.00:.• The Feeder
Pig:• Au 'et Port,
pigs bringing
.adpwn ,:sells
1,000. -to 2,000 pigs a week. ,90%
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Kiiiiiss Purchase:
'actor. A:fldM�w�r
(Kinloss Council .Minutes).:"'
Kinloss Council met in. regular
session Monday, June ,7th, 1955
with Reeve F '• A.:' Murray and
Councillors Conn, Evans, Elliott
and Haldenby, present.
The following motions •were• pas-
sed and bills :. authorized paid.
That , the minutes of the . reg-
iller .meeting "of May 3rd and sne
cial meeting of May 28th be adop-
ted as read:; • •
That we pay 'Mrs•Mary Button;.`
:•fence_, bonus on Lot- 1, 'Con54,
•where fence was removed for
road construction, 140 rods @. $1;-
per rod.
That we return t h e - .deposit;
cheque -of Durham Stone •and Pav-
ing Limited for gravel tender,
That we pay Wm. Eadie fence.,
bonus on EH Lot 2 and.3 where
fence was . removed for ,construc-
tion .purposes, .120. rods @ $1.00
per. rod. ' •
That we pay the balance of'.In-
specter's. warrant of 1962° .trustees
levy due to:S.S. No. 1 ' Kinloss
in `,the amount of $199.84 to the.
Township -School Area ,
That 'the Kinloss Council accept
the report ,of the Bruce County,
Library Board.
That the••Kinloss 'Council assures;.
the Walkerton and District Assoc-
iation for retarded :children of our'
grant of $399.00.
That .we pay John' Inglis $2855.00
being contract in full for2nd con=
cession "drain. • ••
That we accept the application
of Claude Dore for grader ''oper-
ator Tor, the 'Township of Kinloss.
That we pay the allowances :to
owners under Section 8 of the
Municipal Drainage . Act 1962-1963
on; 2nd . Con.., drain —.Pearl Car
Iter $135:00; Jack. Ackert $942.00;
Allan Macintyre $123.00. .
That we pay Willex; King. $75.-
00 as : per.. Section .:8 ' of Drainage
Act, 1962-63 for . land.' taken for.
drain: on Sterling Drain.: Improve -
That . we `accept : the . tender of
'Thomas : •- Hackett.' Jr.. for tractor
and mower as'' per specifications
with. tir s 14.9. x 24. six .ply., at'" $28-
-70.00. S •ect to D.H.O.•' approval.
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That wead"o rn
J, u • .. to ' meet July.
5th. or, at the call .of the reeve:
General Accopnts: Carruthers
Nursing, Home, $122.25; Perry Ho-
dgiins, •Warble Fly Inspector, -$400
.60; ' Garnet Farrier, tuning piano,
$13.50; Dr. , Bruee, dental', care.;
$35.00; Anderson Flak Products,
,warbicide, $53.25; 'Lloyd Johnston,
work at twp.-; hall, $39.76;• Village
of :Lucknow, fire. 'call,.' $75.00; Fra-
ser McKinnon, .hydro at twp. been -
ties,
•$10.12 : 'Robert . •Orr, 2 fox boen-
ties, $8:00;; Leonard 1VIeFarlari. 4.
Mx bounties, $16.00;, Gloria . 'Gil
lespie, ,1 fox bounty, $4.00, Luck-.
neW, Sentinel, supplies, $21.46:, • Ed.
Thompson, repair 3'ohnston Drain,'
'$4.80 Prov Treas., insulin, $2.19;
'G. H. Wall,part' salary and tele-
phone .$:71.70; Kinloss Twp. School
Area;, .balance 1962 trustees levy,
$199.84; John Inglis,. :2nd Con.
drain • contract, $2855.00; ., Harold
Stanley, C min: fees on 2nd Con,
drain $ 5 -1 0.0
0, • Culross Mutual Ms..'
Co., insurance en twp.° hall,. $54.00;
Skelton, Gibson and Associates,
superintendence" 2nd Con: . drain;
$150.00; ' Pearl Carter,' allowance•;
on, 2nd Con, drain, $135.00: Jack•
Ackert, 'allowance on 2nd Con,
drain, $942.00; Allan Macintyre,
allowance 2nd Con. dram, •$123:00;
of the: pigs ;fed in Northern" Ire-
land
are: produced' by • sow farrow-
ing units and sold to pig feeders
through such auctions. • Finished
Steers are sold through a Fat
Steer Auction at Lurgan. They
a r e rougher, cross -bred. . steers
Mostly, not carrying.' as much fin-
ish as ours) selling for .; ,only a
slightly higher price .than burs.'
' Fa; mens have the same' :prob-
lems
problems as at home high taxes;
low prices, • land ekpropriation for
new • town , sites and highways,
faring too small, etc.„ However,
they have 2 months longer to do
their snit mer work. Presently the
surf gets up over one hour earlier
and it :doesn't 'get dark until 10:00
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• WHY YOU'
SHOULD CONVERT.
' YOUR. PRESENT:
EQUIPMENT TO
SAFE, ECONOMICAL
••• OIL. HEAT
It's easy to convert to oil: We have a complete,.
line of top quality Esso Heating Equipment to
choose from + Esso burner -$1.85 a month •
Complete Esso oil . furnace unit- $4.95* a
month. And now, with Esso heating equipment,'
we can arrange for you to get Esso Home. Heat
Service, at no cost. Your best guarantee for
continued home heating comfort. `
*installedw your a hti►u duet molt
ROY .HAVENS
:Plumbing :and Keating, Phone., 528-3012. 'Lucknow
ESSO OIL" BURNER SALES and SERVICE
HOME 'HEAT SERVICE
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Willex' King, allowance Stirling
drain . improvement, $75:00..
Ei hwa . Accounts: Lorne Ivers :
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supply. grader operator, $84.09; El -
I den Welsh, labour,. $133:20; . Ed
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Thompson, : labour; 21.60 • , A, .. u
p. b � $ � H
ghes, road. superintendent, $115:00.;
Wingham- Advance Times, adver-
tiling,.. $4.05; Ray Stanley,truck-
ing gravel,. $73.35; Lucknow: Sen-
tinel, advertising, • $4.00;• .Kincar-
dine
Kincardine Mews, ` advertising, $5.00; Mc-
Donagh Agency, ,Ins.: twp. :truck,:
$60.90; S. J.. Fader,: supplies,
wire, posts, ;$81:70; Montgomery
Motors, .fan. belt, ;$3.25; Corruga-
ted •Pipe Co., culvert, $9.4.30; .Onto
Culvert Products; culverts, '$1,54.-
59; Valley Blades Ltd:, ,$12.54; A.
Hughes,' •.supplies, $1.39;
Ra9nraid
.A.ckert, ..snow blowing and bulldoz-
ing, $47:75.. .
G. ; H. Wall, .clerk
In one week's rim* ' we tra'vel
to • Scotland for a whole new set
of : experienceS, and. if • this' has,
been any indication so far, AboSe
experience's' Will be pleasant and
• profitable.
$T PETER'S LADIE'S GUILD
'WELCOME . REV. and MRS. JAY.
The June meeting of, $t.. Peters
Ladle's ' Guild was • held : on. June
17 in the Parish, Hall.
Hall:
' Mrs.. E. Gaunt opened the meet-
ing . with , the • Guild Prayer and
the Lord's Prayer: The Roll ,Call
was answered by 14. • members
and 6 visitors with a, verse from
the Bible.. A ;hymn- was sung: The
,Secretary -Treasurer read the min-
utes and• the. Treasurer's Report.
Thank -you notes were acknow-
edged. •
The ' Business wasas follows:
Plans were made for the Sunday
School picnic which will, be held
on July. 4th at the home of . Mr.
and Mrs. Elmo Pritchard, weath-
er permitting; Plans were'.made
to take .. order for Turkey Pies,.
to be Made within- the ;next; couple:
of weeks. ..
Mrs. . Elmo Pritchard read the
Scripture. ' Mrs. F Connon, fav- •
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oared � us with a :lovely :solo "The ,
Sound of Music." Mrs,. If . 'Cooper
gave. . a reading. "Two. Magic •
Words." ; Committtees were., form-
ed
for =next' .meeting,
Mrs.. E. . . Gaunt .:wel Lomed`: Rev.
and Mrs..S:. Jay to our meeting;
and. our . Parish. Rev. Jay • replied..
Rev. S. :ay closed our . meeting
with • Prayer, . and a social periodl
followed with lunch served :by the
hostesses:
`Daughter �f Aria
pioneer is i 00
(Whitechurch News)
Mrs, Edward St. -John of Kan-
sas City recently celebrated. her
:100th birthday.: with her., daughter
Mrs. -Gladys Kelmwhere; 'many.:
friends gathered . for, the- special
:occasion. Mrs St.. John was for-
merly Mary' Robinson, daughter
of the late Mr. and ;Mrs., Ed. Rob-
in'son who . pioneered in this
country on the - 9th con, East
Wawanosh. •
Her • sisters the late. Mrs. Wil -
nein Beecroft (Agnes) and, Mrs.
Joseph Cuinberland ' (Nell) of
Manitou, Manitoba, and brothers.
William;. -and Tom. of ,East Waw-.
ahosh and James of Wingham'`
passed away . many ' years• ago:
Mrs., St. John has many. nieces
and nephews in this community.
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RIPLEY MEAT MARKET
Gusto .Butcherhij\
Mondays — Hogs, in by 4:00' p,m.
CATTLE, . CALVES and LAMES EVERY PAY,
EXCEPT SATURDAY
We •do Curing `and Smoking •.. . Beef, Pork ,an d Lamb.
Sold Whole, Half or • Quarter . . For' Better Service,
And 'Lower Prices - Call t Ripley .100.
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