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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-02-24, Page 1$3.00 A Year In Advance $1.00 Extra To U:S:A, LUCKNOW,' W ONTARIO W ED'N.... . ESDAX, • ': 24th, 1:9.60. TWELVE' PAGES New Bridge. And Program Receives A new bridge n : Wheeler St.,. 'over the Nine Mile River, a block north. of Camypbell St., and, a' -main street sidewalk replace- ment program, Were. matters that • received ,the endsoration ,of' the • Village council at a .special meeting last Wednesday • night. Provincial departmental . „ap- proval will be required before proceeding with these projects which were. among: Reeve Joynt's municipal 'improvement propos- als. outlined: at the inaugural. meeting. Cost of the bridge may be in the • neighbourhood • of $7,000, of which the .Province. 'bears 80% of the : cost, The Village's: share of : the bridge will .be ' financed out of the general rate this year, and Council. is -confident , they , can include this job in- the road ap-. ;propriation and still hold • the Village` portion -of' tle• tax "rate:. ta, LADIES ATTEND FAIRS ASSOCIATION' CONVENTION Sid€,°W&k Rep Council's, Endorsation t `Mrs. Fred Mcguillin and Mrs, Gordon Kirkland are in. Toronto this ' week,, . .representing : the Lucknow Agricultural .Society' at the Fairs Association 'convention being held . on Wednesday '' and. Thursday • This, isa new departure, and we believe it • is. ,the first, time that lady •members have• been delegated to represent the `local Society. Mrs..' McQuilln is the secretary -treasurer and Mrs. Kirkland a lady director, who takes the place of her husband who was one of the .canvassers last year, and as such, normally • is delegated. Rae Watson, the other can vasser ,:last year, is in the South.. HONOUR MEMORY ..OF. COMPLETES WORK. FOR GRADE VIII, CERTIFICATE' Eleanor Reed, ;daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Allan Reed, received. word ,on Thursday that she had passed. her -Grade II Theory • R11QUIRE HELP'TO `MAKE RED CROS DRESSINGS Qn Thursdaafternoon at 2. 'o'clock the Red' Cross rooms will, be open for: a work meeting,. 'he . •,Lucknow. and Vicinity Branch. have promised to make SCOUT, • GVIDE FOUNDER from the Toronto Conservatory a' large ' number , of dressings for —_ . ' • of •Music with first class' honours; the Red Cross . Blood Donor D • About . fifty members . of the' Having earned 93%. ' Her ''teacher Clinics. . It is a. some years since. local Brownie, Girl Guide and .was Mrs: Gordon Montgomery:: there has-been a clime in Luck - Boy Scout troops, their. leaders This completes Eleanor',s work •now,,. but the making of. 'these` and .merribers of the local . Asso- for her Grade .VIII certificate ;in; dressings is 'one way in which, ciation attended, service in • a - piano, as she `had successfully I our women can;' help. body at the United Church on passed; the practical . portion of Everyone is 'welcome •'and . it is ; Sunday morning: ' The . occasion the examination last June' as a .hoped that• a good number', of wasto commemorate the name pupil of Mr. A. E. Cook,.' Blyth: workers. will turn " out. of the founder of theorganiza- tions Lord Baden Powell. = i The Brownies were in charge of • . Mrs. Gordon Montgomery' and Mrs..Bertha • Lougheed; the Guides in' charge .of Mrs. A. E. 'McKim and Mrs. ,Harvey Irwin and the , Scouts' in charge of. Stuart Collyer and H. b. Thomp- son:Committee . members present were Gerald Rathwell, Donald vacationing ,MacKinnon, Bob MacKenzie, Alex Andrew, Ernest Button.• ' In welcoming the assembly, Rev.. Geiger said in effect ` that Sidewalks By Debenture The sidewalk replacement pro- • gram wcn l.d' have to be financed YOUNG NOT AS by . a. debenture issue. The cost AS H' E THOUGHT .is estiated`. at abut. 000: :• So.' long . as °William Stimson of ,.. Lucknow ,feels•. like 65, it doesn't matter . if he's, 69.' He recently. learned. his -true. age+ after .con- siderable . corresondence with different sources in England. The ' birth registration. •indicate's Bill is four years ,older than' he thought. Bill and. Mrs. Bert (Ethel) Ward' are,. brothers . and, sister.; Over a, long' perioci'"'they; ,.av'ee: been trying to obtain .proof of their date', of birth, which 'recent-, ly wasreceived.,Mrs..,Ward' is, a 'year and `a half. 'older than Bill. She formerly celebrated her birthday in September, but now finds that March is the month. Bill _has been observing ' his birthday on November 5th, just two days off • the ..actual date November 7th — but four years out. , Bill. and Ethel. never knew their parents, Henry William and Mary Anne Stimson, . nor did they ; ever learn whatever hap pened them. .They were raised. as small childrenby• a Mrs. Bright, in Surrey, England, and were; then transferred to West ham Union Orphanage.: A ' review. of , • the debenture picture showed that ` the fire equipment • final. ` debenture of $961.93. had been: paid off'. this year; the last Payment: on the original street ;re—Surfacing de •• benture of :'. $11,000 would be made in ` 1661,.... and the grade,; debentureretires in 1963: 1961:. is; forseen as.a light year • on 'roadwork, • with paving near ing Completion, sand generally; the financial picture is regarded' to. warrant The sidewalk project. The' Reeve pointed out that it. ''is . not ' a matter of wiping .: out. -the debenture' debt, but ,in keep- ing"' eep=ing' it :: down, and ' carrying' out municipal improvements . as re- tiring .d eentures permit. Would ` Narrow Walks ,The: program provides for the replacement of'. the sidewalks • on both sides .of. main street to Outram St. ' (Hunter's Service Station).- The new walks would � be narrowed : by a foot .' and a half or •more to provide • an .ad- ditional highway' width of some three feet, and ' in : `the ;main busi- ' ness Section • would be close to the 58 feet required by. the De-; partment• of Highways for angle parking New walks would have • to be of washed stone, . ready mix,; with a sealer and such specifi- cations as to assure�;a: job that would Stand up:, ; "Coal grate" hazards as in. the present . walks wouid. be eliminated., Members of Council who' are attending, the Good Roads and. Hydro conventions 'in Toronto have been '.authorized •' at that time to contact the Department of Highways :in this •matter, which will „p `rove, :beneficial to through trade; and also to ap preach the Municipal . Board, in regard to the issuing of deben- tures for this project. PICTURE. SERVICE' BAD . THIS'. WEEK Plans for a couple of local pictures in this • issue were • badly upset this week: On• Tuesday we . received deliv- ery of the pictures - so' we Y thought until opening the parcel ' and , found • •only the negatives of the pictures,' in place of the plastic plates' necessary for printing. The negative has to be en- larged and developed into a glossy print, from which the • plastic cut ' is made on an electronic engraving mach- • •• ane, Provoking,, indeed! Although ,Mrs. Bright has long since passed on, •Bill and. Ethel have corresponded;' over the years with a daughter. of Mrs. Bright, who.. has been very. helpful in . obtaining for them. their. birth • registrations in ,,the. Old; Country: •Bill ''came; to Canada as a lad in 1903 .from the orphanage and• was placed by the Children's' Aid Society ',in Canada, on the Malcolm McKenzie farm on Con. 4, 'Kinloss. In , that. family were four sons and. three daughters, now all deceased Jack, Dan, Neil, Gilbert, Flora, • Annie, and Sadie. The latter, Mrs: • Jones made . her hoine for a time be fore her death at Mrs. 'Ward's: The first break in the McKenzie family was Neil's death: He was killed', Under • the wheels of a threshing engine. Bill came: to Canada directly frons the orphanage but Ethel had left"it ,at that time to ,make her.• way in the World'. She re- mained in England for ten • years longer, and came to • Canada in 1913 when. she was first reunit- ed with her •brother, Soon after Bill. again Saw his homeland when he ',went over-: •seas in "World War L He ; again saw' military service -in World War .II, when he served for four years With the Vererans' Guard of .Canada. ' it was• good to see what isbe- ing . done in ' the .community in this respect, and • to become aware of leadership which often goes unrecognized. TO HCL SCHOOL Achievement ' Night of the Ripley , Community .Night School' will be held at: Ripley on Wed- ' nesday •evening.,of next : week, as a`w j}:max to a ;%twelve week course,, inc1'udiffg` `nf `b' clalsses ` There was a recordenrolment this year ••of 140, the highest yet of the :five years the Night School has operated.' Displays , of work will be shown '..next ,Wednesday in the / various . classes which .included Next' Mondays ; February sewing, with Mrs. May Mac- .29th, there will no: doubt be Donald, instructor; : Woodwork-' . a number inthis community ing, Mr. Roy Graham; Oil paint-: who will be 'observing their • ing, : Mr. Bert Henderson Folk first birthday in four years. dancing, Mrs: Ronald Ke ddy; • The -Sentinei`. would very Ceramics, 'Mrs. " Ken McFarlan, much appreciate being Needlecraft, Mrs. Betty *McLeod; advised of everyone in the, Weaving, 'Mrs. Finlay McLeod; Community who ' was ' a Leather carving, Mrs. a : Frank "Leap Year Baby, and thus. Fair; . Typewriting, Mr. Warren has an "official" :birthday Brown. only. onin four. 1' 1GHT Effect iggins Insurance I�irecl vo Ieeting Discuss.d PrQ • Last Friday , afternoon's Snow- benefit to the company. He storm did not • 'affect the atten spoke on fire: . prevention , and dance in . any way 'at the 81st. 'suggested that ,with ;the utmost' annual meeting of the West;Wa-.; in care by all; 'the fire losses' Of ' 'wanosh Mutual ' Fire Insurance the comp an might be reduc d. . P Y . e•., Company, held in • •the' Parish Providing Service Hall',,Dunganron 'Every, -chair in-- . Ther`presidentpreardene-teilifireff,ded the, the hall was occupied,: and' many 'surrounding -> urban n centres for policyholders had the unhappy providinga "fireprotection ser task' of standing through the'en-;ice tothe' •• rural . t'ownsh ps. tire. `meeting. "This ` is a 'service he said' ' " Abe, • The West Wawanosh Company ' cause • if the , .rural n• unic�ipalrties, policyholders; usually ;attend Thad to :buy fire fighting e,- uip-: their t. q annual. meeting in goodly ment"..such'' urban. centres it numbers, '; particularly when an. :would cost the taxpayers a lot of election for director is in the money air,as it was.at. Frida 's°''. meet= • Mr. Thompson' • drew � attention • , Friday 'S'. - . oto ,the compan`.. surplus .:of. Frank •Thompson, a director 5 ;coo. Direc losses amounted and president of • the , :comipany,,, t 42' 000 25 :000 of` which was very~capa'bly, acted: as chairman due. to'lightning- A 'considerab e` for the. meeting.reinsurance loss was • He has another reins a ., ':reported,: butwithjoining the' .; o f the Mut- . tial , Reinsurance; :Plan ,this�� end of the' Company's- business looked more • secure: A minute's silence was observ- ed in memory of Lorne •John'- ston,. a respected -:and'devoted director of the:: company: Durnin Phillips, secretary treasurer • of the company, gave • the minutes of the Eastannual meeting arid'. . summarized ` the auditor's report. by • Ross Touche and Co. ; who were're-appointed" to this :position. 'Appreciation was expressed of the most cap- able workdone by 'secretary treasurer, Phillips arid . Mrs. • Phillips: (Continued On page 11) year to serve. as. ,president; Mr. on . L t ho d o .c� ers -to express any ideas • or suggestions that might be of WHO°H9VE.:LEAP YEAR; BIRTHDAYS "Maintenance` of Artrfcia� Ice W11 Not Effect General Tax Rate" Reeve Told tions At the regular Lions . meeting on Monday night, the • Club . was brought . up-to-date" briefly on developments in the artificial ice proposal. At a Lions `Executive meeting g ion Wednesday: 'of, `last week a Committee was names , to snake some of. tie` preliminary moves that are required 'before the pro- ject, could ',advance. The :Execu- tive set up this committee. 'to meet with the Village Council andArena Committee to request permission " to install artificial ice; • to-' confer with the reeves of Lucknow, Ashfield, Kinloss and West Wawanosh, regarding .sug- gested disposal of `the Conn:inun- ity shed;' and with the 'Centen- nial , Committee in connection with the disposition of this 'fund. Council Drafts Agreement. Council held a special meeting on Friday night in connection with the above. It was'the se. Gond special Meeting 'held by the Board that week, although . the press was not aware of the Fri- day session. At this • meeting Council auth- orized' the Reeve and Clerk to enter into an agreement with' the''Lucknow and District'' Lions Club, Which was drafted as fol- lows: • • "And Whereas 'the .Corporation of the Village of Lucknow, does center . into Agreement with: the Lucknow ° and .District Lions Club, giving the 'said Lucknow and District Lions.- Club full authority to install new artificial ice egiuipment in the 'Commun- ity Centre known as the arena. "And that the •L'ucknow' and District •Lions Club, does agree to lay a. . .satisfactory ' concrete floor over the installed brine pipes. • • "And • whereby this present Municipal Council .of the Muni- cipality of the Corporation of the Village- of Lucknow, does not take any, responsibility for fu ture mai • tenance of same." ' At Mciday night's meeting 'Lion George , Joynt, as • reeve, spoke , of the agreement, and stated: „that Council.was ',.not in' a. position to' advise . the Lions Club what to: do. • " • Won't Increase Rate • Asked, • as to .what effect, pos sitble maintenance costs 'might have on the tax rate, the Reeve , stated that • based on ,the comple- tion' 'of the , road . paving program in 1961, be felt they could fins ante the' maintenance of the ice plant ;without 'increasing the nnill rate. Schools 'pose the 'big question ,;regarding the mill rate; he . felt. The Lions Committee met of ter. the' meeting to. discuss the next' steps,' .• including meetings with• the shed trustees arid cen 9tennial committee. Means Hard Work • Lion President Cecil Blake. (Continued'. on page :11) . . REV. WILSON •LODER HAS' SPECIAL WINGHAM. MISSION A special mission; which start- ed a 'week ago,, will be conduc- ted at Evangelistic Centre, Wing- hatn, for about three weeks. Rev. Wilson Loderof Lucknow is minister of the, , Wingham, Church. Services' are held nightly,. ex- cept Monday and Saturday, at 8.00, Am. On Sun ay ,,there are ,•• two; services at Il Nan, and 7.30 p.m. Evangelist ; and.. Mrs. Wayne Myhre of B.0 are.'"'eonducting .the services. Mr. and Mrs, .Myhre' are a son and a daughter of Pentecostal ministers. They sing together, do • solos, 1VIr. Myhre plays • the trumpet, and Mrs. Myhre plays the piano, accord- ion' and electric' organ.