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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-11-29, Page 1,„,,,,,_ ,....,- '•••••••••••-'" • . . , . • . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . • • t - r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r . , •, . ! ' U . . . . OA A Tear 14 •Advance.u,••••.;•• *IA Park To: ILS,04.0, : LUCTC140W., ONTARIO WB13.14BSDAY, NOV. . . , .. .. , Lions Accept Artificial. Ice 'Ten er, ri=1:1:"Ts • ,• Now P anmng Fund. Raising Campaign PIUdO 1 ., • . The death . of ' Mrs. Jolm,, S.' . . . - , , • • Sunday, November 26th, at the Winter Works. Grants ..... ,Ai .. roiect age of 86. Will d P ... The remains will ar- . ' - -,' •. rive at the MacKenzie Memorial • Positive action was taken on ' • Monday night by • the Lucknow and District Lions Club to pro-, • ` cee.d With the. artiicial ice prop- • ject. •• .The meeting supported the 'Executive's recommendation to accept the tender of the Canadian • . Ice Machine CO. Which . was slightly under .$21,000. " • • • Savings of roughly $2,000 can •be pared from this price, but the. Club has otherLexpendittlres, • including the engine 'room •build. ing with the total ircost estixnated •• at $22,000. • • This does: not include a1 con- crete floor which would be laid • over the• •pipmg following .one• • • winter's Operation of the system. , • Cominunity Centre and Winter • • ',Works • grants will reduce, the • . cost by $6,000 Or more: The Cen- • , ten ial fund contribution. Will be $1,800 and the Club, •presently; has close to $1,099 in the artifice •• cial ice fund and could3 increase 'this to about $1,500 from , their • •• adrninistratiye. account, Which is • entirely separate from the Wel- . fare funds, • • • • ,.• ' Thee thre.e items' dornhine to reduce the. funds to be ;raised to ' roughly 113,000,. Some place it at $15,000. It seems quite within • •• 'the' ability of the Club to raise • • • • • • 'it with the co-operation of the - Various orgirazations in the corn- ' Munity and the generosity of in- ' • dividuar contributors'. Already the Legion. has under- • taking to boost• the. fund• y . holding a Stag Night on Wednes- •day. •• Plan Canvass ' On, MOridiy night it was left k • t. with the Executive to set up the Hill. P., • • . • , • -•-• • - • • Chapel at 11:00 a.m. on ThUrS- necessary committees .: tq. "get cracking." A personal canvass is Planned and fanner residents will be contacted inviting them to contribute to this project,' which Many feel is quite :important if The Sepoy Village is to continue ista • program of • progressiveness and improvements. The objective is • to raise the clay, 'with service following at 1:00 Pam, • conducted by • Rey. 711, W. Strapp. Inthrment will be in Greenhill Cemetery. • Mrs: Pickering, • the former Elizabeth Beaton, was • born in Ashfield on October 22nd, 1875. Mrs.: Thomas I-1„ Burns of town is a,! sister, • necessary fund by mid -winter O • that the project can •be carried out in: •late Winter or early •spring under. the Federal-Provin- • cial .Winter Works program, with the .1961-62 deadline for siich31, work being mid-May, • ••••• • 1 •• • r • • Receives 50- ar Certificate • The annual,•meetin g . and 'turkey supper of L.O.L: 1328 •was' held in the. orange; Hall at ,Ambefley. A..fifty-Year member certificate was 'presented to •,Sam• Courtney. The officers'•for 1962 were in- stalled by" County Master, •ence MacLennan as follows: W.M. Reuben Wilson; D.M., Del- bert Wilson; Chaplain,' Ron. Ir- Avin,;_ttec.:=Sec...,_Genr.ge....Moncrief.;.. Fin. -Sec., Murray Walden; Treas., Art • Smeltzer;• Marshal, Elmer. Smeltzerz Lecturers, Kelvin Hen- derson, Harry Robb; Cornniittee, David Jcih st n Leonard Co t , . ,. ney, ,John CaMpbell,. Robert • 'Courtney, 'Reg. Godfrey, • . *. A' collection was-Jaken for the True 'Blue home at ,Riclimond Acclamation For Reeve Council An • • • Schoill:. Board:. 'Members:. In 'Kinloss •‘; . . • . On •Saturday,NOVeiriber •.2 th; the, • Were,. guests .at a"; •Wedding • 'dinner • at Mr. and Mrs. Rayriard Ackertis,'• to mark:'the • ore un a ism At CNIt. Station •• . • For.the secOnd time in about a. month a window has been smash- ed with. 'a beer bottle at the ONR depot. '• ' . The Second occasion was early last Sunday morning. This time the vandalism ,was more serious. Two bottles were hurled through the' main office •window • and reaching into the telegraph desk, just .inside the window, the tele- graph. equipment was tern, from its connections,-• • • ' There was evidence of a ."party" 29th, 1961 •„ Single• copy •10e„ 14 Pages Acclamation cil Tru New Faces, Reeve Joynti Term Reeve George W. 40'4 •was re-elected by acclaMation-aflVlon- day night's nomination meeting and wag the only- nominee •for the office. He°will return for his' 0th term. • • . • . An acclamation was also given three of the :four sitting council- lors, Omar Brooks, M, San, • derson and Harvey Webster. Jim • Boyleretired after a year on the Board; and W. A. "Bud" landi- ton was prevailed upon to re- -turn to the Board. . He qUalifiecl• late. Tuesday ;afternoon. • "Bud" previously,. served. on •Council, retiring, two • years ago. cil were Elmer Umbach and El- den 'Miller. • • • , New trustees .• Retiring Public School trustees this year were Leonard MacDon- ald, Wm. A. Schmid and Les Bal- lentine.. The latter. two did not stand for re-election, ,and four. were 'nominated for the three • seats:— Elmer Umbach,. Donald MacKinnon, Leonard MacDonald and John K.reutzweiser. •• Mr. Umbacli and • Mr. Kreutz- weiser qualified on Tuesday morning, and the third seat was filled Tuesday evening when Donald MacKinnon qualified. Only other nominees for Conn- - (Continued on Page 4) • Election In Ashfield Monday For Offices f Reeve and Deputy Reeve •• ;Electors in Ashfield Township • Will •go to the polls. on, Monday ' to elect a reeve and :a deputy - reeve. There are. two candidates, • flit' each office,. representing tour. Local provincial ..and railway Tractor' Itolls, in the station yard. . • police were tailed in on this ' ' .., • . . • lates,t escapade. • Of. the •five Men on this years' Council.. • Reeve Andrew Ritchie •• 'and Councillor Donald MacKenzie will battle. it_eut for the reeveship' . • and CoUncillors•Tom Howard and • 1Vlarshali Gibson' are in the field nn. for the deputy, reeveship. •;winner will be the first' deputy ' reeve to represent •Ashfield since scape n Re•eve,Gilbert Frayne last held the of- . , Ross Irwin escaped serious or Birth ys . inr-3tiast' Saturday when the die- sel tractorhe was coperating' with. a back hoe on, tipped into a hole . about seven feet deep.' . . • • • Ross, Who ,works with "Ma dad, Spence' Irwin in thecontracting . business; was digging a cesspool at the rear of Johnstone and Son Furniture. on " Lticknow'S main street. The bank •caved in tipping the tractor into, •the .hole. • The .front shovel 1.iit• a hydro- pole fortn4ately preventing the tractor from rolling. Ross stayed with the machine when it tipped and shut the. motOr off • when it. came to re,s.t. wrecking crane froth Ripley • an .• town celebrated both their. wed- ding and •birthday •anniversaries last. week: •• • ' . Their birthdays' "both fall, on the _22nd of November. and on. this ••occasion ' they, were enter- tained , at a •birthday dinne,r at th, • e . gran . n, on- ald Ackert „Of 'Kincardine, on Thursday. • ••• . , ' .- • Kinloss Township Council' and tWO inembers of the:Bgbool Area acclamation at rriday's nomina-. • • : Reeve -Harold Percy, who ,•- . toria Hospital,. 'London, is hope un- derwent surgery and has since: •; , office, 'and, if his health. Permits,. • - , ., would be a caildidate.for the 1962. .. ' Boardwere rettirned-te Office bY , '.'• ' lion meeting in •HOlyrood Town, •' • ship Hall. ' ' • , .. Bruce County wardenship.• 1 This in effect was' the informa- • tion received from Reeve Harold been:receiving treatment at Vic- • ful• of being able t� cOntinue in , • / • e . Percy in a pre -nomination letter to Clerk, 3. R., Lane and whieh. Mr. Lane read to Frida?s, met- _ . • - 4- ing., In extending an acclamation . • • • to Harold the best''wishes of the • meeting were exPressed for. his • ", • '. . . • . • ••1 • - • ••••••-•,.• ••• • • 'Reeve •,Percy . has • served,. the, Township for 13 years H 6 years a,' councillor and 'seven .as reeve. It will be fifty years next year sinde. Kinloss :Township had the wardenship. D. A. • MacDonald held the office in :1912. Only •other ,nominee for the reeveship on Friday was P. A. Murray; Whib did' not qualify. He versary of .their, marriage • Awarded Frize• ' • Mr. and Mrs: Ernest Ackert at- tended the' Winghain Sportsmen's banquet held in the Legion •hall • in Wingh•arn ,on govember 22nd. On that occasion, Mr, Ackert was, awarded a trophy for the largest pike. caught fast 'summer which Weighed.? lbs, 9 oz. and ineasur- was a candidate for the office, a ed 32 inches : -• • • year ago., • , , • • The bare slate of councillors • • ., was nominated. All qualified for a second tetin acclamation: The, foursome includes Allan Matin - tyre, • William Evans, jack' Ac- kert, Ebert Bushell; who were. elected by balled a • year ago: •Prior to that election, Edbert Bushell had one year's experience (Continued on Page. 12) ,• . • ••• with the At ood Band, evening D Band At Seaforth.saturday MerriberS Of Lucknqw District High 'School .,Band will hold a practice at Atwood on .Thtirsday Aeciamation, . West Virawahoih, But ' . ' . • • • • Nomination, Provided Lively.. Discussions West Wawanosh reeve, cbuneillors, and school area Chairman of the ratepoers' trustees were re...elected by a9. meeting waS a veteran in muni, ' Township, • clarnation on Friday,but not etpal service, Mr. BrOWn Smyth, cause of any lack of nominees. mattendance was better than • There were fourteen candidates usual and the dismission was proposed fo On The two • bands will join ,forces tostake part in the /Santa Claus Seeforth merchants. are) ing $25 to,participating bands and. $100.00 to "the best band:in the The AtwOod band will return to LUCknow-the-f011owing Satur-° day to jbin the. Ducknow Band parade at.Seaf6rth Saturday. offer - flee. in 1944-45..- • •• mAshfreld lost, their deputy When. the' number of owners • or joint owners on the' assessrnehT. roll 'd pd bl h' d thousandvoters., The steadily increasing number • (Continued . on Page ,11) . • . . TIME PREVENTS PAINTING • OF SOME REPORTS . •• •Time ran out 'on Us .this Week and' made it impossible t� write.. or type set some timely stories • Which, will haveto be held over • until next, week. ' • „ Included is 'a. report of the ith the aid. of Howard Hodge's ratepayers!”. meeting on Monday. d evening• and the, Horticultural • Irwin'S bulldozer, the traetot was Society annual 'meeting •raised • ith little. • name a. eouple. •• Spirited Contest For Huron Township Council Seats, Three Seek Reeveship • ith an election. in •uron ..., Township on Monday •for reeve, deputy -reeve and thethree coun- cil seats, an energetic campaign is underway ' this Week,and the outcome will be watched with interest. • Reeve Chester Eminetion,seekS re-eiection• in a three-way fiht •Deputy ,Reeve Alfred Walden & former deputy,reeve,'"•• ,John MaeMurchy ate the .other . eon- tp t • • Councillors Win. R. Lowry and. Hamilton MacKinnon are &At- testing the office of deputy -reeve. Six candidates are ,contesting, the three co nc ses. Councillor, Atistin. Martin is seeking re- election and the five new aspir- ants are Norval Nesbit, John Ferguson, Russell ,Needliain, Rus-. five r the seats. rather lively at times.' Mast -of • , • the ratepayers present were from ine amation returned Har- the north hall of.; the towns ip , • -. Yet Culbert as reeve for his se- •and almost all the new candi- ' • - tond ' terrri, after serving :nine, dates proposed for offito ' Were YeatS•at cOuneillor. Council mem- from that , area. • ` berg are Lorne, Durnin, Orville lieeVe'HatVey Culbert was the 11 ''r.' '• 'tPhee, Hilliard Jefferson and first speaker and at this, time 'Gordon ' 'Ctealt largely With County Conn - the Council: ,I sell Stanley, •Ber,i George Emerson was nominat- ed but, did not qualify. • ' • • 'John McCharles • and .‘ Ralph Hunter. *ere re-elected by acz• • claination astruteesof the Hui . rOn West School 'Area, and an acclamation was also given in returning • .Howard Hodge and Jelin • Elliott: as trustees" of the, Ripley-illuron Area. At the close:cif the nominating • . hotir,, clerk, Earl, Tout, ealled• , for:the. appointment of a chair- • , man for the ratepayers' meeting • and Archie •Courtney ' was named. • First 'speaker was John Reid,: • the Ripley District ifigh. School • , board chairman. He stated that • the atendance was now 134, an (Continued on Page. 13), ''" rn al, • • , •4 • ' • '• • k• • " , %.• • • .• "•••• •-, • " . 1 . • . • ..,/r 'for Santa's visit to ''he Sepoy Town. • ,Centennitil. Executive Proposes $1 800 ElWin Hall, .leader of the Luck- , • now Band, was the organizer of• • the Atwood Band which is ' a Be Given - To Artificial Ice Fund dames Curran, Wallace Wilson cil matters. He said that whill • • • aad Edwin Mills were returned a'S the Court House at Goderich is Se1-1(!i 0 area trustees. Win.• Mc- 'Only a few. years old, crowded kff rterson was the Other nominee conditions are already being ex2 PrOPosed. Other ,Board Meinberk ,perienced and County • Council are Charlea MacDonald' arid WM, has 'definitely decided that more !Are.bster, (C6ntinued on Page 11) • factor in their fraternizing. • Jrs. Practice Monday Mr. Hall has set Monday • after school for the weekly prac- tices of the junior Band which is being organized. Students of the Public'sch.661 who can supply a horn are' welcome and invited to these piatites.- A feW neW horns re,, available at school priceS. Mr,, Hall points but that public, scheOl Students from 10 •years• and up are of a practical Age to join the band. - . - . • • • • ., • • The Executive � the Centen- nial Committee met the first .of the week and were imaniniqus ' proposing that $1,800 of the Centennial hind§ be turned over to the Lions Club Artificial lee fund.'" ThiS recomtneridation is subject to the approval of Centennial Committee ph airmen, • There is $1,959 in the Centen- nial fund and the: tRe&itive prb- pOtes keeping a small "riest egg" - , . -•• " • to underwrite the initial costs of launching Lucknow's next re.• union in 1968 •or possibly .1967; the year of the Dominion Centen-, aty. • • The executive acted" upon an official 'request..from the Lions. Club, and the tecqmniendation, was . read at the regular Lions Club Meeting on Monday night, when the Club apnroved accep- .tance cf the artiflcial ice •tender. • • • . . • • ..• ' ,0 " • • ' • ,,, , • . I • / • • q' • 0. •