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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO
Ashfield Council Returned..1y
Acclumation, Bare Slate Nominated
Despite pre -nomination rumours,
all was
quiet, on the Ashfield
Township political ' scene at the
nomination • last Friday afternoon.
. A fewschool problems were voic-
, ed by some ratepayers at the
meeting which was not largely
attended. "
Just a bare slate of municipal
and, school officials was nomin-
ated, and all former representa-
tives were returned by; acclaim-
tion. Rumours of an election for
Reeve, Deputy and Council were
quickly disproven when the sit-
ting members were the only . ones.
nominated., Clerk Donald Simp-
nen: received . the following nom-
inations from one to two o'clock.
REEVE
Donald MacKenzie by Ross
Eedy and Harbourn Adams. .,,,
DEPUTY -REEVE.
Tom, Howard by. Cecil Blake
and Girvin Reed.
• COUNCIL ,
Gordon Boyd by Howard Robb
and. Bob McIntosh Foster
Girvin Reed by. Ralph
and Cecil . Blake., •
Howard Barger by Tom How-
ard and Gordon Boyd.
SCHOOL AREA No. :1
Marvin . Durnin, by Eldon Cul-
bert ' and John Graham.
Carmen Hayden by John Gra
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barn and Eldon Culbert.
John Graham by Bert Dough-
erty and George Dougherty.
SCHOOL . AREA No. 2
Bob Simpson by Robert Mac-
intosh and Howard ''Robb.
Bob Helm ' by J. Roy MacKay
and Gordon ' Finlayson:
Reeve MacKenzie commences
bis third term in that office. • He
served as councillor' for eight
years before being elected ' to
the top office Tom Howard is
commencing' his : third term : as
Deputy -Reeve ' and served a num-
ber . of years as councillor before
that. Tom was elected deputy • in
December, 1961, the first : deputy
in Ashfield since ' 1945. Increased.
lake front owners made Ashfield
eligible again at that time to
elect, a deputy -reeve.
Councillors Howard Barger and
Girvin Reed are each . commen-
ding their third term of office be-
ing elected by acclamation in
1961. The other councillor, Gordon
Boyd, has served about 2% years
being elected early in 1961 follow-
ing the resignation of Jack Brad-
ley.
APPOINTED CHAIRMAN
Cecil Blake, a former Reeve of
thetownship, acted as chairman
of the ratepayers meeting on a
motion of Ralph Foster and ' Tom
Howard. First : to speak was
Reeve Donald MacKenzie.
HIGHEST . IN DIVISION
Referring to thecost of snow
removal last winter, Reeve Mac-
Kenzie said that Ashfield was the
highest municipality in the . Strat-
ford
trat-ford .division It cost the town-
ship a .:•whopping $37,000. . Or-
dinarily $7 to $$11,000 .handles the
snow for a winter. 'Sonne roads
were blocked for 'three weeks last
winter, but fortunately they had
no ,serious . sickness occur while
they were isolated, was the com-
ment of the Reeve. The only sav-
ing :for the township by the heavy
snow, • was the cost of :. sanding.
"We never got the snow off clean
enough to do much', sanding,"
said ,Mr. MacKenzie. ;
Cost of bulldozing the snow last
winter was about , $10,000. ' 'The;
question of "where to start first"
with the bulldozers was a bit of
a problem but council felt that
the school children should ;come'
first in a case . of this type.
PURCHASE : NEW GRADER
Referring, to the purchase of a
new grader by the township, : Don
said that ' it had always been the
Policy of the township to .pay for
the grader ' in one year. This time
he said, it. ,.had ;.been. decided to
finance the machine in .two pays.
$7,880 will, be paid in December
of this year. An extra mill on
the tax rate will take care of
about half of this. The remain-
ing $10,000. will be paid in Jan-
uary of 1964. The cost of bull-
dozing snow last year was about.
$10,000, and if council have a
reasonable winter this conning
year, the grader will be paid for
out of the amount : needed for.
bulldozing last winter.
WILL ILLNOTBENEFIT "
A ew systemsubsidizing.
rural municipalities for road work•
by ' the Ontario Government was
announced recently. Reeve Mac-
Kenzie stated . that from infor-
mation he could gather, , he did
not feel that this would mean
anything to Ashfield.
Touching on county work,. Don-
ald said that the county ' home,
Huronview, in now filled to ca-
pacity_ of 205 with some on the
waiting list. The cost per patient
of $110 hz.,sbeen slightly reduced
because of the home operating
to full: capacity. Eighty of the
residents are paying their way.
OTHER MEMBERS SPEAK .
Deputy -Reeve T o m ' Howard
spoke briefly on Huronview. Coun-
cillor
ouncillor Gordon . Boyd outlined the'.
work on six municipal drains
counting extension work. He .spoke.
of improvements ' at 'the Ashfield
Public Park at :the 12th concession
on
on the' lake. A new table and
bench ' were placed during ' the
year, : Consideration is being given
to widening the turning area at
the bottom ..of the hill. " Mr. Boyd
spoke of a meeting with the min-
ister of Highways . at Amberley
regarding the creating of, a .devel'-
opment road from Amberley to
the lake. This, story ' is found else-
where in this issue.
Councillor Girvin Reed explain-
ed the decision ' in buying the
new grader. Ashfield paid $17,808
and trade for the Goderich grad-
er. ' All Adams grader would have
cost of difference.' of $21,347. This
resulted in a saving to the town-
ship of about $3500. Grants are
based on the lowest tender. A.
caterpillar grader . would have
cost the township '$26A78 and
trade. Sandy contracting were
awarded the gravel contract at
the lowest tender. of 84c.
Councillor Howard Barger spoke
ontownship drainage work out-
liningthe accomplishments made
in this direction.
ROAD .SUPERINTENDENT
REPORTS
Road Superintendent Richard
West described several areas and
roads that had been "cleaned up"
during the summer months, and.
he outlined -dome of the read
work done in the township. Earl
Swan suggested the sides of the
roads were too high and low in
the centre throwing gravel to .the
ditch when snowplowed. William
Hunter asked the road superin-
tendent
uperin tendent :ifthe township planned
to do work on the hill in front
of his farm at the east end of
the 12th . concession this year; ' "It's:
one of the worst places on ' the
12th, Mr. Hunter commented.
Mr. West said it ' `was their plan
that this, along with other', areas.
in need of,.repair, would be looked
after as quickly . as possible. He
said that another piece of road
in needof attention was on Frank'
Hamilton's ' sideroad. ' Mr. West
thanked the ratepayers for . their
co-operation and understanding.
throughout the year.
• SCHOOL" REPS SPEAK.`
Robert Simpson was re-elected
by acclamation to the Ashfield
School area No. 2 as was 'Robert
Helm. The. ' other . members with s
year . to run on their term : are
Sam . Gibson, Leo Courtney ' and
Gordon Finlayson. Mr. Simpson
cited . a "couple of problems"
within the area. The furnace' had'
been giving thema little, trouble
and ,they were having difficulty
getting t h e Paramount school
"straightened out." Bob' said they.
hoped : by another year to be able
to cut :the . mill rate . a point.
Things are goingwell with a good
report from the inspector was the
comment of Robert ` Helm. He
said they had kept the . mill rate.
where it was and hoped it might
be lowered in the ' future.
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4th,1963.
POSSIBLE SOUTH :SCHOOL
Marvin Durnin, commencing his •
13th year with the Ashfield School
Area No. 1, said "probably some
school we
in
day
he south. An eight -room school.
has been suggested in. serving the
needs of the area," Mr. Durnin
said Dungannon presently had an
enrolment of 70 pupils and Port
Albert 30. "We can push on for
a certain length N of time unless
we get overloaded," commented
Mr, Durnin.
Board member John° Graham
said that they were running the
area" ' nearly to capacity in both
schools." He stated that : they
were weathering satisfactorily but
that he did not know for how
Tong.. He as well: as Mr. Durnin
spoke on the new . water : instal-
lation ' in the. Dungannon school.
The other . member returned by •
acclamation, Carmen Hayden, was
not present. Sitting 'members with
another •year to run are ; Eldon •
Culbert. and Rod MacKenzie.
At the close of the meeting,
clerk Donald Simpson explained
that the $55,000 expense for drain-
age shown 'in the financial state-
ment will. for the most part, be
recovered by the end of the year.
THAT Girvin Reed of Dungannon
cut twofingers on his left hand
`,'badly while using a power saw
in' building.' a manger. Girvin.
drove. himself . to Lucknow and
on to : Wingham . Hospital. He
was in hospital a few days and
. has his hand and arm . in ' ' a
cast now..
THAT Herbie Hunter, age 17, of
West Wawanosh Township re-
turned to his Grade 12 :.studies
at Lucknow District High School
on Monday. Herbie suffered a
slipped disc while . playing. •foot-
ball thisfall at the school. He
washospitalized in Wingham
for, overthree weeks, before . re-
turning home Iast Wednesday.
THAT Mr. and Mrs. Art .Bred-
ties left on Monday by motor
for . Florida: where . they will
spend the winter. They will lo-
cate in the Brandon area in
the sunny south.
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ROADS LEAD
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We ; have a wide selection .of 'Gifts' arid. Toys to meet the r+
keep' you, within that 'Christians Budget. Management and •CIE
Lucknow
Phone 528-2129
cements of the most exacting taste and priced to
will be happy to help you : in your selections.
:for the Whole Family
HERE; ARE SOME OF THE, MANY. SUGGESTIONS..
Toys
' Electric Trains
(Lionel)
Holster Sets
Trucks, Dolls
Stuffed. Animals
Tea .Sets
Puzzles, Games Sewing Baskets
Cement Minters .Jewel Cases
Cranes, Rifles Fitted .Travelling ' Cases •
Books,' Reading Cosmetic Sets:
and Colouring Shaving Lotion
Service Stations'- . Soaps and Creams
Razors
Doll Houses Perfumes
Barns Gillette .R
Nurses Kits Atomizers
Doctors Kits Fancy Boxed Soap
Tops • Manicure Sets
Jack `n' Box Lipstick; Powder
Mtisic Boxes. . /. Rouge, Nail Polish, etc.
• 17 Shopping Days to Christmas
Other'.. Items
Notions
oo Numerous To Mention
AGENTS FOR CARSON . DRY CLEANERS
Christmas Decorations
Tree Lights, indoor and outdoor, Tinsel, Icicles, Bells, Balls,
Corsages, Table Centres, Table. Cloths,
Serviettes, Styrgfoatin,.
Flowers, Wrapping Paper, Seals, Ribbon, Bows, Scotch Tape,
Snow, Cards.
EIectricaI,GooiIs
J Ladies
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'Sweaters, Bulky, Shaggy,
Banhon, Orlon
Blouses. • Scarves
Handkerchiefs
Purses
' Slims
a' Gloves ..
Wallets
' Pillow uses
Bed Spreads
• FRY r PANS, PERCOLATORS, 'TOASTERS; STEAM IRONS, II
LAMPS, CORDS, :PLUGS, °FUSES, CORN POPPERS ''
Table Cloths
Place Mats
Towels .and. ToweI :Sets
1/21. , Lingerie
$roaches
Slips '
Pyjamas.
Seatnless • Nylons
Full Fashioned Nylons.
TRAVELLING CASES and LUGGAGE
CHRISTMAS DRAW •1
In conjunction with the Lucknow Com-'
munity Draw, there will be 'an additional
€! chance towing
LARGE PANDORA BEAR
With Five $1.00 Bills Attached
If any .one of the three Community Draw .
S ' tickets,drawn on • Monday, December 2 3rd.
irepresents a purchase at Bennetts Sepoy Store,
t the first Bennett ticket bearing the Sepoy im-
print will, win the Pandora prize -- one winner S
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China
Cups . and Saucers
.Cake. Plates '
Tea. Pots.
Carafes
Chaffing Dishes
Chip and Dips •
Cream and Sugar
Bon Bon Dishes
Hostess Tray
Vases .
Blue Mountain. Pottery
Glasses.
Plaques.
Pepper and Salt
Fig i,reines
Slippers 40
Necklaces act
Nighties
Panties. Qy
Men's and
Boys`
ear.
'Shirts .
Socks
Scaryes:
1-landkerchief1s`
Underwear
Gloves Slippers.
Mitts 13;'
Cuff Liriks
Wallets
Jack Knives
:;titers
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Ties
Pyiamas
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