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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-05-11, Page 1$3.00 A Year In Advance — $1.00 Extra To. U S.A, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,MAY 11th,1960 • oKeepate,pa,yersVote... Second Con# Sch•oeoIA Open • RaeP.Y.rt a e s. of � . 'loss (Second Concession) voted '• on Monday " night • in favor of keeping their school open., The • .ballot was 40 in favor and 26. against. There was one spoiled ballot, and .the chairman didn't have a • vote, : making a . total of 68 ratepayers ' who attended the, 'meeting, indicating keen inter- est in school affairs. ' • A meeting was held two weeks ago with, 4:1 • ratepayers in, at- tendance,. and t=tendancei':and at that time there was ' a "lively" session resulting in a two 'week adjournment be. fore a' vote was taken. •Only _ratepayers, of the Section were present ,n Monday 'even- . ing, Chairman. of .the meeting was Currie Colwell, with Mrs. ,Jack'. England ' acting as. secre- tary. Mr. Colwell ° outlined expendi-' tures which,'; would :eventually:. be necessary, to bring the schoolup to standard. ,A new, roof is a ne- cessity. at an early date. • • Evan Keith, with reference to the school act, explained the ad- ministration of a school area, & •a discussion of•,'these matters took place. _Chief ` co tro er.sY was as • nv_ .to_ what the ratepayers' would vote 'Two' proposals:. had' previous •ly been advanced - to decide for or .against' the new Kinloss area, or coming: to : Lucknow. Finally it was decided. to vote for or against keeping the school Open,. and ' the affirmativema il:WRy on this ballot precluded the necessity . of any further balloting. • . It .is:prese tly expected there will `be° akefi`rollment 'of 41 stiff dents at the:: •Second School 'in September, an increase . over. the. NONAGENARIAN PASSES The deat 'of James. McQuillin •occurred at his, 'home : in West' Wawanosh on Monday in his 91st Year. A private funeral' service was: held at they' Johnstone Fun- eral Home oh' Wednesday with. interment in ,South Kinloss Ceti-. metery.. WATER,PRESSURE NOW ,CONSTANT On Wednesday of '.last ,week' No: 4 well at the. Bowling Green Park was cut into the domestic water supply system, ,w'hioh . now has the most modern pressure control device's, to Maintain a constant volume of water in, the standpipe and consequently a constant pressure.' •Controlsat the No.. i well :pumphouse _adjacent to the-are- na, he-are- na, govern the'`standpipe volume.' From there signal: lines have been, run to the No; 3. pump house at , the Flaxmill and the No. 4 pbmphouse at the .Green. • When' water. is ' required: the. -:signal .goes' out acid either --well provides the 'necessary:.volume. The next• time.' the water signal goes out, the alternate ,pump •will operate. In 'other words, 'they take turns in providing ,the required, water volume • to keep the standpipe at • a constant height. ' • The No. ,3 well which at times has been .:pumping .at capacity to meet . , the demands of the '"'sy-.. *Olt , and consequently • stirs up a clogging 'silt, will be. "`cut back to, a more' normal pumping 'vol hme: present; enrollment .of some ' 36 • children .who are .'being • taught by Mrs.' ,Donald MacIntyre .; :: If the school. is eventually mo- dernized, including new heating and Sanitary' facilities, a major expenditure would be. involved.. • ARE FAVORABLE TO: THREE-POINT CHARGE At a •,congregational. meeting of . Lucknow • and Dungannon .Presbyterian Churches .'on' Tues- day of last week approval was given to the formation , of a three-point charge. with 'South' :Kinloss, •: should resbytery • sok decide: The South Kinloss congrega- tion previously' requested that they be ' included in this charge. They are associated with Lang- side and, Whitechurch, and have been "without a resident minister /since Rev.',.Marshall's ' departure: • However, several' district 'con- gregations are involved in any charge whichmight be made; and.:a ' Presbytery Committee is at present: studying the entire matter,, • and • conferring.• with the congregations concerned. ' The Kinlough congregation Whichis ',associated with ;Tees- ' water, is 'quite' 'satisfied we tun-. derstand, with the • existing .an: rangenent. Likewise, Ripley and Ashfield congregations . do not seek any change in their two- point pastorate; HUGE". CROWD AT ;STOCKER' SALE The :Lucknow Community Sale Barn 'was jarrimed on ;Mor day for the annual stocker cattle sp ing sale sporisored by.Robert Mcg osh. ". 412 head were auctioned off during the 'afternoon, with 290 steers, in the • eonsignrn.ent, and the balance' heifers. • .Top price of $24.10 was paid by Dan MacKenzie, of .•'Blyth for. 15 Hereford steers. The sale greased` $55400.. • • RECOVER. STOLEN CAR A 1951 Ford stolen on 'Thurs- day :.night from. Montgomery's. used car lot was abandoned .up.—.. damaged at Bayfield. There, a 1958 Plymouth was stolen and wa's' later recovered at Sarnia,. FQ TR.TEEN, PAGES'. About $8.0.0,00: in. cash was stolen from the downtown store 'of the Lucknow .District: Co -op - erative; in a robbery' early last • SundaAl H 1 PURCHASE NEW MUNICIPAL TRUCK The regular May meeting of Village Council was .devoted al- most entirely, :.to a study . of re- venue,' e . venue, expenditures . and • esti- mates. and a comparison" of the. 1960 and 1959' financial picture; The -overall result was to plan this year's progressive program. with a view. to balancing the °budget, and picking up .last year's deficit This resulted' from paying off the entire cost of the Town Hall heating system, anda considerably extended paving. program, when hot roll asphalt was . available at a price much, below the • usual cost. The• ad ditional paving was chiefly • the repaving of Havelock St. from Rose to Ludgard, and ' at the price . asphalt • could be 'secured then it was estimated° the sav- ing amounted to $1,000, • Estimates arrived at,'at."last week's ' ` . meeting indicate :.that Council. can- .hold the --line-'this year without •an increase in the general Village .rate.. • Purchase New Truck The old 1/2 -ton ' munici~pal pick-up . truck is . to be replaced by ' :1 -ton : Ford -truck purchased : from. " Montgo- mery Motors at a cost.of ` $2,500 Plus a 'steel • platform, • and front: Cost of the :vehicle will • be, ap-, portioned Hydro, 40%, ' and Vil lage and Water System, 30% each .• Council .approved ' the ,pur (Continued on :page ",3) Y .morning., ' vin ; ami - ton,, who is employed .by , the Co-op,, discovered the breakin on Sunday morning. Entry was. gained :by, breaking a heavy lock at the• rear loading area of the' building. It is be- lieved e-lieved.•thatthe lock was' sever- ed. with .heavy .bolt.- cutters.. ' In an initial survey it appears that no' merchandise was taken, • TO REGISTER FOR - KINDERGARTEN • ' At • the ..xegulan .`May ..`meeting of theLucknow Public School. Board, it was decided. to open the 8th room as a classroom for the ,fall . term :and to .advertise for a teacher. Registrations : foe' { Kindergar- ten will be'received' next Mon- day"• from 1:00 to 3;45, and child- ren' eligible for attendance next. term must be 5' as of December 31st, .1960 It was decided to renew mem- jership :: with the Bruce County • :Film Board. • :The ` initial payment of : the, Government.'education grant was received in 'the '•amount of. $6,000. The Board is arranging. for . a meeting with the Teachers' Fe deration in May. • '.Inspector :`Waldie• was`,.present; • at the meetinig to `; discuss( the matterof accomodatior and at tendance, Eruee Go -• int tz ,. y Spector is to: be invited' to at- tend the June meeting. KING and QUEEN and ::'THEIR ATTENDANTS }kit•,r• f The highlight of the Lucknow District High School's social tivities took place on . Friday night with the crowning of the School' 'King and Queen ' at the Spring. Forinal. It was 'the first time the . stu dents have chosen a "Xing and first to wear the crown was Fraser Ashton Seated' 'to the right' is the "Queen," Miss Barb- ra Murray. ' Standing, left' t'o right are Floyd Stanley;, Marion Reavie, last year's Queen; Joanne Hunter, the Queen's attendant; and Sandy MacKeniie. The, boys were the King's attendants. ' in the' robbery. The thieves ran- sacked the safe taking only the cash ;that was available and leaving cheques behind;.`. Upon- leaving ponleaving the . building, another lock w,as placed;, on the rear door• by the thieves. It had the appearance of .a professional job. Theoutside padlock • could . 'have ,been . re- placed with : the idea that it might delay discovery until Monday .morning., Another •sur- mise is that the lock. could *have been placed . there by. a "look. out", while' the burglary vyas in progress , to •prevent detection should police make a nocturnal inspection of buildings that are subject to such ,breakins. Fingerprintexperts from the Ontario Provincial Police dusted the "office'' in an ,effort,. to' obtain evidence" in : thi$' regard.'' Man. ager ;of :the .Co -Op, is Ross Rob nson. • • FINAL' RETURNS IN AID , OF CANCER FUND, '$764.61 As reported last -week, students of . the Lucknow and District High School conducted • a . door-. to=door canvass rn support;.of the •_�. Canadian Cancer Society:'; Com plete•and final :returns amount- ed.to . $764M.: These contribu tions • were received .in an area. comprising Kinloss Town- • ship, the`. Village of Lucknow & the northern 'part of •West Wa-_ wanosh. •• TRANSPORT • OPERATOR IS MOVING ..TO RIPLEY. , ,,Brooks,.local an 'tr s- o, , port : operator; . ° some time ago entered into a business transac- tion ' with "Walden .:Bros..to,'take over their Ripley shipping in terests In a few days Mr. arid Mrs. Brooks 'and' family Will move to'• Ripley,:.. for : the . time being' at least, : to direct 'the new enter - "prise. 'They have three children,. Janice; Ruth and ,Donald. Ken Mowbray, who has been associated 'with. the firm'. of An- derson Flax Products for several years, has' taken a position with Mr: Brooks Viand will• commence his new duties next week. Keri.` will be engaiged..locally at the Brooks. Transport., shippipg cent- re, which is located in a. portion; •of the : Community shed,- .which . Gordon ; leased from the - town. . . Gord started the trucking; busi- ness in 1950 and. was later .as- sociated. with his' brother Omar, until •.' 1956 when. Gordon took the businessover. APPROVE NEW ASHFIELD AREA • A� new.. Public school. area; is in. the process, of being' establish- ed in Ashfield Township, , com prising seven school sections. They ,are the four ; sections. which initially favored the area, Kintail, ''Laurier,. Lochalsh and Hemlock City:with' a; new school proposed , in the Hemlock City' vicinity. Since their Lothian, Para=. Mount . and.: S.S. 'No. 10, (Scott's School,), have favored; joining the ;group,.. ` making . a seven- school area,.. ' An official delegation request- ed Ashfield Council to .pass the necessary by-law. authorizing formation of the area. This has been done; and subject to appro- val by' the Department of Edu- cation, the •area• will officially come into *.ing at the year's! end ' when Area Board trustees will be elected. Atthat time plans will then ib doubt be _laid. for the con- struction. of • a new central. school: . • • ti. •