The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-11-09, Page 1a.
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LUCKNOW,•ONTARIOWEDN.`SDAY, NOV 9th, 1960
FOURTEEN PAGES;
One of the
highlights of a'
busy and momentous; Year. was
the Huron: 'County Warden's
banquet held. in North Street
United Church; Goderich ' last
Thursday evening, ' with a large
•
attendance: . • • '
During the evening. a chest of.
silver -was • presented to Warden
John Durnin and Mrs. Durnin,
the' former: Violet Errington of
West, Wawanosh .
Mr.. Durnin is ' the .third. West
Wawanosh ; (reeve to attain' the
Wardenship. The . honor: first
went to Charles Girvin in 1878,,
and it was. 69 years later;, in
1947, that Brown Smyth was
elected to this; .office:. Mr. Srnyth
nually by Old Light Lodge AS,
and A.M. was held in :the Legion.
Hall on -Friday .providing a very;
pleasant evening featuring a-
turkey , ' banquet, variety ' .prwog
ram . and: dancing to. Tiffin's Or-
chestra..
quctpand.spoke .on behalf of the,
ex -wardens.'
• Last January Mr. Durnin was
a first, ballot winner" in a three-
way contest : for the,: warden-
ship. While only " 46 • at the
,time Mr,' Durnin is a veteran in
municipal affairs. He served' 6 •
years on West •Wawanosh Coun-
• cil .•and• is now concluding his
7th termas reeve; ,
Other former West 'Wawanosh
reeves in attendance at ' the • ban-
quet were Everett • Finnigan,
Bruce County assessor, and.
Thomas •Webster..
The guest speaker was Dr.
`G. E. Hall; presidentof the. Uni-.
'versity of Western. Ontario
was present at last week's ban-
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car
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The ' student . selling` the Most
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runner-up a $5.00 prize. "
TO • HOLD OPEN , HOUSE AT
PUBLIC SCHOOL THURSDAY
•
Education='key to the 'future,
is the theme of : Ontario Educa-
tion. Week: being ,currently mark=
ed this week throughout 'Ontario:
In observance of the•: occasion
open house will be held':' this
Thursday evening, November 10
from 7:30 to 10 :o'clock. A cordial
invitation is extended to all whe
are interested' in' education to vis
it the school at .this . time;
•
SWITCH BOARD
ADDED AT BELL
An increase: in telephone , in-
stallations' and greater Use of
telephone communication • has
resulted in the installation of'
,an.
additional' switchboard at. • the
local Bell Telephone Office.
Thisis referred to in telephone
circles as "another position" &
means that during the busy'
hours, if it is , warranted, three
operators can now .work-simal
• taneously in placing calls..
And it, will be ' news to most
People that there, are pow 'nine
' operators at ' the local office on
,full time, part time or •occa's-
tonal basis., ;
The chiefiperator is ' Miss
Catherine • • (Kay) MacIntosh..
F
'11 time . employees are Miss
Dorothy Gammie, Mrs. Don
('Marilyn). 'Reed 'and Mrs. Eileen
'white, the latter being. the night
operator. On part time 'basis are
Mrs. Donald (~Marion) Ma'cKin..
Mrs. Harold (Muriel)' Rit-
chie, Miss Margaret Ann Mut-
lin and Mrs.A G. (Mary)' Mac-
Leod. Mrs, H `M '(Min). Mac-'
Lennari's services are available'
a'
TAX .TIME NEARS
BILLS ARE HIGHER ..
That inevitable tax` time dead-
hne approaches:. In fact, it is 'just
five ' weeks ,away and of
course there • is no relief in. this
.regard, with • tax. bills generally
a; bit higher in the municipalities
in this area. Increasing school
costs have been the biggest f•ac-
for . generally. . •
In West Wawanosh Township
general, county -arid other ann*
levies remain unchanged ' with
the.,:exception 'of schools. code-
rich Collegiate is up sharply for.
ratepayers 'in: the south ':from 8.7
mills to 13 2 Ltiti now District
High School is up from 6:2: to
7.5 mills. : Those assessed. in the
Lucknow Public School in the
north :will pay two mills more
from : 1 The West.Waw-
• 13 .to 5.Wawa-
nosh
nosh n School.. Area` trustees levy
remains' unchanged at. 7:1 mills
Up •In• Kinloss • •
In . Kinloss Township the com
mercia1 township rate, is up from
18 to 20 :Mills and farm and re-
sidential rate from " 16 • to • 18
mills; High . School' levies'are' up
as follows:. Lucknow -6 to 7:5
mi1:1s. Wingham 8:1 to, 10.4 mills;
Ripley •6 to 7:5 mills:
For public schools the. Town-
ship .grant to' ..scho ols has. ' been
eliminated this year, with each
schools ' financial ' requirements
covered :;by: the trustees' .levy,
which naturally increases this
levy in most cases.' There are ex-
ceptions `.however, ' notably ..S.S.
No. 5 (6th Concession section) in,
which."the school: has been .clog-
ed for several years; and the sec-
tion Will •'go. into the proposed
Holyreed School Area next year.
No' levy . .is necessary • this year.
• Other, levies • com?aaring 1959
Mand .1960 in ,that order are: No.
1,'7.4 to '14, 1 mills; .No.,2,' 9.4 •to
10 +iris No . '3, 6.6 to '11.8 +hill's;