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ARTIFICIAL , , ICE FUND,
Damon sn , atc.' es: VOIUed „At
ofEv e LucknOw and District
before
'the -Executive
Lions Club has had time' to
,$3'000 an DaringMain St.Robbery
lay plans for a; canvass, `dopa- •.
Over `
tions .are in the offing, ; or
have been made toward :the
Diamond rings, and, .watches,
valued at' .$3,000 o $ , , were
snatched from the show window
of Schmid's 'Jewellery and China
early Sunday' ' morning • in.. a
"smash and grab,," robbery which
• was one of the most brazen:
break-ins hi., the village's history..
Mr. and Mrs., William Sghmid
and son, Douglas;:, reside over' the
jewellery store and were awaken-
ed shortly after:'. 4 a.m.. 'by the
sinashing, of. glass. •In; the . short.
time 'it: took the : Schrnid's to : get
up and .check, • thieves helped
themselves to• the jewellery• and
were •on their :way,
A short piece of board is. ' be-
lieved to ' be' :the weapon ' that
was used to smash the glass. Jag-
ged edges left in the window pre-'
vented the, lifting of other valu-'
able, watches:. as they were ` too.
far out; of reach.. ,
The • speed with which 'they
worked probably accounted: for
the fact that two diam'ond' rings.
were .,. found. lying • On the street
among the broken.glass. The force
of the smash.` sent glass ,splinters
de the store,with'glass
' flying inside g
being found at• the very rear of
the •building. "
The window brokenwas . the
smaller .front pane in the,•• east
side show. window ,to the left:; of
the store, entrance.
Out of their upstairs 'window;
Scl rnids were unable • to see 'be-'
!;, tow.as the thieve:; were close to•
the building: • Mrs, Schmid did
hear voices which . gave the im-
pression. ,that • there wasmore'
• than: One in'volvedLA .ear ..was
heard taking off ..,at a high • rate
of speed in a westerly cfrection,,
•
but,it could' -not 'be determined if
it turned north'' or: south.. Tire
Lucknow main Street, with -its:
Broadway type street lighting,. of-
feted no protection for a start.
of- this 'type, and it was a., bo:ct
piece or,work on the part of the
thieves. ' .
Ashfield iuwusuip..
The obtained. immediate o ses-
slon and moved in Saturday.
qys, ages 8 and 5. years
PURCHASES JAMIESON
04R14. , IN• A;1IFIELD
Mr. and Mrs, David L. ,Fortin'
of:. Hamilton • have .':purchased
Ewart Jamieson's far.'rn� on Con
cession :11, Ashfield :Township;
They obtained vrnrnediate o ses-
Lon and moved in Saturday,
Mr, and Mrs, iForten ,have;, two Q
oys, ages 9' 5: years, • • H
Gq
artificial, ice fundi . •
.. On Monday; Lions Club .
Treasurer, Gerald Rathwell
received ;a cheque for $25.00
'from the St. Mary's Catholic
Women's League of Luclnow,.
The canvass being planned
will incorporate a .. letter, to
former residents inviting
them to • participate • in this.
"old home town"'' project-:
Donald Mackenzie
Tom Howard Gets
Donald H.MacKenzie of • the
Dungannon district in Ashfield,
Township was . elected •reeve ' of
the'. municipality. on Monday with.
a 30 -vote majority: over: Reeve
Andrew' Ritchie who has held
the office for two, years. Mr.
'MacKenzie polled 369, votes. and
• New Deputy
Tom Howard will be Ashfield's
first deputy reeve since ' 194445.
' He was elected with a 3,8.=vote
margin over Marshall Gibson: Mr.
Howard polled 3.66 votes and Mr.
Gibson .328. ,
• Oddly enough , there was a' .to=
•., tal of 748'votes cast: in the reeve
"ship contest, 694 for . the office
• of deputy, a differenceyof 54 .votes.
Lon . posses- To Undergo Maior
•
r � a bagger vote than, 4M1vo years ago
• Monday's• election brought oust
a ,big bigger vote than tw►io year's. ago
Sur`�r � Y g.
6east • u gery
Mr. FnHwn '��hnfin:��.v formerly fn...._. .. r when 'Andrew •R�M)r.0 •edged ....�
1VIr. Forten, Who formerly farm ',: when Andrew •Ritchie.. edged oiut
ed,:, has for some .time been ern- Mrs Jessie Al'lin, who•has been Reeve, Cecil'. Blake by 3 votes .:,.
ployed at the steel .pi'ant in Ham- ,a patient in Victoria Hospital, 336 to 333; for a total vote east' of
ilton. London, for :'the past few • Weeks?, 669,, which Was 54 leis than; On
Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson' just re- isfrprepar•ing to 'undergo a major. Monday, • ,
•cently moved' ;from ...the farm 'to heart operation within';the' next • In neither elections was there
take '-up • ;resid'ence , in Lucknow, :• two weeks: a contest . for councillors, •
` Jessie was •a patient in 'Wing '1962' Ashfield Council will be
.ham hospital. for a..tirne thisfall coniPri ed of Reeve ''.Donald
• and was .about • to : return home
when an . embolism developed, , •
1 that made , it. necessary '•'to take For Reeve:.
her ; to . London.,, The amputation MacKenzie, Donald H
PASSES FRCS
EXAMINATIO
. .Dr,':Alex'.1VfaeIiit re
'.f Oxfo`• rd of her leg 'at the' knee was: event- .Ritchie, Andrew- ,
y , ually necgessary to save . her fife 1
England,: las.: been. successful in That'o eriati n 'was 'erfr' �` "For 1 Deputy -Reeve .`
Writing his, FRCS (Fellow of the.p ° h o mill .on
Royal.' College, of lir eon's ,era November. 4th, arid' her.ability to Howard; Tom' :......
• g Surgeon's) g withstand , the. ordeal and show Gibson,.` Marshall
nlinations in Edinburgh and Lon.remarkable .
progress -was most.
began
encouraging.. ;'
• On Novemberbe
27th, he. g• About two weeks ago another
his, anpointinent as first assist- embolism developed and another
ant in . neurosur er at :Walton P a Fall Scale Sidewalk Replatement.
g y operation - was necessary.. follow
General Hospital in Liverpool. • e
a ing; Which she .: has. agaii shown'
Before beginning' this. appoint- , Program Is Under Considerationmint, lar: Maelntyre 'plannedto
Heart surgery is im • imperative .if •
•
I!I:41,shfie1d. ;Reeve
Newr dost As Deputy
H. MacKenzie , '• Deputy -Reeve
Torn: I3oward' and Counc 1lors;.
Gordon Boyd, Howard Barger &
Girvin Reed.. The l�at>ter two are
,new'' members,, Mr. Boyd came
on the Board early last year 'as
successor to Councillor' ' Jack
Bradley.,vaho . retired. due to poor
health: . ' •
For• the ' reeve -elect, he, will
assume . the new . office after 8
years' service as councillor. He
chose ' to contest the reeveship
and by=pass the: new deputy post,
which was contested by two
other councillors, Howard and;
‘Gi:bson: •
• Mr. Ritchie served 11 years :as
councillor 'before winning.the
reeveship. two years; ago. In los--'
ing out on Monday there is the
personal ' disappointment of 'being
unable to. . complete' his::two-year
term on the Huron' County High
way. Committee.
The .voting by polling sub 'div
•isions" is as. follows:' No. ,1, Dun-
gannon,. No. 2,. S;S: ' No...9, 9th
Con.; No. 3, Zion; : No... • 4, Port.
.Albert; No.. 5, •Kingsbridge; ..No.
6,. Farrish home; 'NO., 7, Laurier..
1 ..: 2.• 3 4' 5 6' 7' Total
86 •64 . • 56 .55 ' 5944 25; 389
,. 27 5.8 93 42 `,40 38:::61 • 359
' ... 71 •5'9. :42' ' 53 .'80•-•.46 . ':35 366
37, '.59 106 .28.: 19 35 . 44. 328•"*.,
p•
spend a week's
,vacation on the a 'recurrence of these' embolism At the Village nomination meet='
continent:
was hopeful of- having .the opera- Joynt briefly reviewed a five -
Dr. Maclntyre:.is the son of the
skid marks '.were, visible in trent
et Hall's. Red and White Store -as
if.a ear had backed in 'for
a quick getaway *been � . .
Cheaper costume jewellery
was ignored.,1VIr.: Schmid had the
Window boarded up, early,•Sunday
ProvincialPolice from
Kincardine �investiga:ted the' main
street robbery.
morning.
blockages is to be avoided; Jessie 'Ing last: week' Reeve George W,..
• late: Mr. f
way. Ccivicimprove-
High: Alex attended
eel ' here, and his ' meth `Pond. Lucknow,.'w'ill be formed
: Scheel h. e, tem for nil roads; .brill e' .:and . culvert con-:
p , a y to condition her. for g
cal' and'pos't'gra�duate;studics, in :' st`rizct n':new ma ' •stn t',' i in' January 1962. Ali' girls Who' .
the :'urger y:• o , n ee, . s de
terested him •the': brain., and will be; or are, eight ,,years.
ening,, town hall .: improvements;,`
derstand it has been delayed merit, that includes, .hard topped
TO FORM THE SECQND
LUCKNOW BROWNIE PACK •
A new. 'Brownie.pack; The Se -
'brain sur,,=fiery in which :h;ehas;'
specialized•.
QualifYing for- Membership
• the' F.R.C.S: is a most noteworthy. •
.achiievernent•;
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Em�mert�n �Ret�rner
owry1s Deputy,
Chester Emmierton was re-el-
ected rogue of Huron Township i. 293. and Norval Nesbitt polled' 203.
in a three-way contest on Mon. votes. '
day.. lie polled :316 votes for a
'For Reeve Emine'rton it' will
Obtained
walks,.. pew. fighting, street,:'
Leader With the goad program oflhard
• . ' ; ; ::surfa :surfacing , :fleeting- ;'com:pletion,
i Reeve.'Joynt, aid that there was'
. a need for better 'sidewalks. in
j .: ,.The Lucknow• Boy. Scout Troop
is still without .a. leader and a
As: •Huron' Reeve,s
a result' the troop has been ' in_'
active for .the, ,past. few 'months.
New _Councilors . Scoutts have. mper-
active
-
� ode some per
•32 -vote
'edge ;over John • MaIc •�
be his sixth term • in: : office al
,
Vurchy vho ranp�84bthough
,not.. eariseeutvely. `. ,I.1e.
third lace•was 'depputy-reeve, Al-"� served a two -.Y. ear term, before
.re
d. Walden n wiah:.183, . • being defeated by Claude , Dere.
:Two councilors, Wm: ti:.•Lowry
in
; 1958, ;whenMDore retired,
and Hamilton MacKinnon• con Chester' again contested the:, of.:
•tested..theoffice ,of deputy -reeve
flee 'with' John MacJlurchy;, thiel
with Lowry ge�t+ rng "443 votes todeputy-reeve. It was a close con-
. win' the seat •by a rajortiy: of test with:.Ernmerton the victor
136 over Mr. ;Mackinnon Who
379'to. 34.0: •
polled 3.07 vote's. .*At• that time Alfred Walden was
T •
elected, Russell . Stan'ley • headed :bell,
and Harni�lton • MacKinnon, �
hree new' , colincillor,s were elected deputy over Jack Camp=
I: sonal : contacts ., to seek ' a leader
I without success. There are, how
ever,' those who would servei as'
an assistan�Q."'
It `was intended to have another
public meeting:' this'week, but,
'the cornmunity is, :.so'' occupied.
Ione
meetings and gatherings of
kind and another that nei-
ther,tite nor lace`was ava:ilalble.
I p.
With Christmas at hand,. it has.
been decide to defer, -
I d the mat
1
' ter until 'the New Year, when ,a;
"show down" meeting 'will ''be
i called on Which which will hinge, . the
fu+fore of Scouting in Lucknow.
the poll '.with 405' .votes. Russell WmR..Lowry'•: and ;Austin Mar. -
Needham' Was close, behind With were elected councillors. vl: I S - Claus
ssDV
e
'390 and John Ferguson received
, .Others • in: the six- man contest.
were' Bert ,:Elliott,' 294, Austin
' iVlattin' who has served for three
Lowry .had 'previously served 2
years ono council. ' ` 1.
Bal•loting.• •by subdivisions on llArA,
'Monday was as follows No. 1,,I
Reids : Corners;. No, 2, Bethel;
yea%s. was one vote behind with N°o: 3,, S.S. No; '.3`;', No, 4, Ripley
No, 5,•• Hei b Claytoff s, Con,"
1 2 3. 4 ''5' Total
trnnierton he er' ,......,.., .:..,,�, 112: 51 44' 43 66'.• 316
._ Chester
:h-,. ,_. ; �5 71 51 33 • 284
acMurchy, John ��.,. •
,...,.:. •74 •�i .
' Walden, Alfred _; 29` ' 80'. 32'' 16 26` 183
For Reeve:
, For ' Deputy -Reeve•
1 , Z 8 4 - .'5.
Lo14°Z0 ' 37 6
wry, Wrri. ..at..irtw.rrtiissi9✓i`ipYw:.r 101 1
MacKinrion' Harmilton =,..wi iP;t ii;P 55 72 ' 24 84/
. 'For OIi CiOLIt`1Cil 1 2 3
Staple . Rus 1 :, ,t�,,,,i:.,r 83` 't0'S'G • 84 : 72
y> Sol ................�
3, 41 46'
guson : Joh'µ t, i, t.,Y,iii 144' 84
Eilib ....1 , I -,O, 58"
51 3
Martin, Austin ..,�, .,::,1,PYiiYOti,YiP„Yii;,.y, 09`” 8...� 52` 5'g 82:
yj��, n �y
''isbitl, Norval Y,"iY'#:1:14 104 ,89 . 18 13 32•
Total
443
30r
Total
405'
Bob`
338
294
y13:
' 208.
On Saturday
Santa Claus has scheduled his
annual visit:to. L'ucknow,/ for this'
Saturday afternoon, December 9,
With . his animated reindeers.
hes due to .arrive here at ` 2':30`•
sharp: . The Lucknow' , District
High 'School Band, .assisted by the
•Atwood Rand will. be out about
• 0".strotig .to ser^nade Santa, and.
the parade: of children who Will
be in tbwrt to greet• hirci, and tell
hilt; "what they want' for Chi ist ••
n`r'as," .
His visit is -sponsored by the
Lucknow 'Ensiness Men's' Assticin
'tion, who will be assisted by
mei:11,)0s of local organizations .in
hand'•<ing the parade ..and passing..
Out the .treats, .
the, residential' area, some • of
which dated back to 1900.'He said
, he would recommend to the 1962
Board a full'scale sidewalk im=
•
prove •
ment programs • '
Mr., Joynt said •they had :tried
to; give progress:. with 'economy
and '.had, succeeded in, .holdingg
the Village rate,, while `financing
over ,the . five-year period' With
a 'deficit''of little'•mere than $400:
Mr: Joynit• forsees the need : of
,a 'town manager' • in the , future,
due: to .the 'demands of conduct-
ing 'municipal 'r business.
til h 'tension lines to Treleav-
,g ,
1 en's Mill' have. " been taken a
block •back from Campbell • St,
'
and the pole line w:i11 be remov-
ed to ' the ' East of the United
Church' on 'Highway 86' to' be
repl•„.ced with metal 'standards &•
fluo•escent, lihts, •that will :com-
plefe this installation from. the
east to -west village limits Have.,
lock' St. lighting will also 'be
imoved; '.
1Vlprr; Joyn't ` stated that 58,700
had been spent • on ' the Town
Heti under the' winter works pro=
grata, with a $5,500 debenture isµ,
sate that would'. be covered by
the' mental saving in establishing
the Municipal Office in the hall.
• • Fights. Sewage
Mr. ',Toynt said that Lucknovtr
is one of themunicipalities where
the Water Resources Commission
is .concerned Nor t'h water ;pollu-
tion. ry '
A lagoon' -tyle sewage disposal
rystern might run to• an estimated
8300,000 or an ;annual , pay': Sent
for 30 years of principal and in-
terest , amounting to a,^ o ,.}i t
000,' Ile, said he • would' ooppse
leoritinuect; on Page 4)
before April 1st; , 1962, will be''
eligible' to join. Further`'" notice
Will ; :be in She paper ;when. ,the
first meeting will be:
►alible` `Insurance
On Public :School
At • the ' nomination , 'meeting ..
R. C. MacKenzie reportedfor.
the Lucknow: •'Public School `.
Board on behalf of Mrs: 'Jessie
Alla, who, is chairman of the' •
;Board, and has been setiously •
`ill: ,Regret. was expressed:Mrs:
Al in's illness and best wishes •for
her• recovery . expressed.
Mr, 'MacKenzie. referred to the
insurance :on ` the school being
almost double, having been. in.-
ceased
n=ceased from $85,000 to $160,0000,•,•
This, iii 1tides liability.. insurance'
which 'also covers the teachers:'
The sneaker, ,mentioned t'h'e an-
nuai program of renovation, • re-
decorating ..
e -decorating.• and desk 'replaceme at
which was• being carried out in '.
one .room each/ year:
The window replaeernent 'un-
dertaking which has :been under
consideration for. ' the past few
years wa•scoming 'to, a head. The
Board planned to visit other.
schools before deciding definite=
lyon the 'type of window. to in-
stalk , • •
I -e said' that. the attendance
drop from 273 to 240, because' of,
school. Withdrawals, had!rural
eased the badly overerewded cnn-
dition This. year's. average' ,is
a3otit 34 .pupils per classrooin,
• There' will; be ' an additional
grana this .,year of.85;00 per pts"
pil which. will assist ,.n choir
frnan'cing •
. R
I Regret was expressed
. , i� . in the
,
retremen't :from the Board of
'":11'iar'n Schmid ai'ter" several.
'years valt ed ' sery i„ e,
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