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OA A Tear 14 •Advance.u,••••.;•• *IA Park To: ILS,04.0, : LUCTC140W., ONTARIO WB13.14BSDAY, NOV.
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Lions Accept Artificial. Ice 'Ten er, ri=1:1:"Ts •
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Now P anmng Fund. Raising Campaign PIUdO
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The death . of ' Mrs. Jolm,, S.'
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• • Sunday, November 26th, at the
Winter Works. Grants ..... ,Ai .. roiect age of 86.
Will d P ... The remains will ar-
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• Positive action was taken on
' • Monday night by • the Lucknow
and District Lions Club to pro-,
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cee.d With the. artiicial ice prop-
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•• .The meeting supported the
'Executive's recommendation to
accept the tender of the Canadian
• . Ice Machine CO. Which . was
slightly under .$21,000. " •
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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
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over the• •pipmg following .one•
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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
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fare funds, • • • •
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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
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'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
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holding a Stag Night on Wednes-
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Plan Canvass
' On, MOridiy night it was left
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t. with the Executive to set up the Hill.
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• -•-• • - • • 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,
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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
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ney, ,John CaMpbell,. Robert
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'Courtney, 'Reg. Godfrey, • .
*. A' collection was-Jaken for the
True 'Blue home at ,Riclimond
Acclamation For Reeve Council An
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• • Schoill:. Board:. 'Members:. In 'Kinloss •‘;
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. • . On •Saturday,NOVeiriber •.2 th;
the, • Were,. guests .at a"; •Wedding •
'dinner • at Mr. and Mrs. Rayriard
Ackertis,'• to mark:'the
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ore un a ism
At CNIt. Station
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• 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. •
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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)
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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 ' ' .., • . .
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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'
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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-
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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.'
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• • • Ross, Who ,works with "Ma dad,
Spence' Irwin in thecontracting
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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
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e . gran . n, on-
ald Ackert „Of 'Kincardine, on
Thursday. • ••• . ,
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Kinloss Township Council' and
tWO inembers of the:Bgbool Area
acclamation at rriday's nomina-.
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• : Reeve -Harold Percy, who ,•- . toria Hospital,. 'London, is hope
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derwent surgery and has since:
•; , office, 'and, if his health. Permits,.
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.. ' 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
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/ • e . Percy in a pre -nomination letter
to Clerk, 3. R., Lane and whieh.
Mr. Lane read to Frida?s, met-
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• to Harold the best''wishes of the
• meeting were exPressed for. his
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'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•
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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 : -• •
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year ago., • , , •
• The bare slate of councillors •
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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
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. • ••• 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
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• • • 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,
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clarnation on Friday,but not etpal service, Mr. BrOWn Smyth,
cause of any lack of nominees. mattendance was better than
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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
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TIME PREVENTS PAINTING
• OF SOME REPORTS
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•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. ' •
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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
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ith an election. in •uron
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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-
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• 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
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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
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'for Santa's visit to ''he Sepoy
Town. • ,Centennitil. Executive Proposes $1 800
ElWin Hall, .leader of the Luck- ,
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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
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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
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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. -
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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"
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to underwrite the initial costs of
launching Lucknow's next re.•
union in 1968 •or possibly .1967;
the year of the Dominion Centen-,
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• 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.
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