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LUCKNQ.W
ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AY',, JAN, ' 14th, 1959
TWELVE PAGES.
AtAhe�' concIusion ;of, the. Maug'
.ural meeting .of °Lucknow Muni-
• cipal. Council :,on Monday even.
ing, Reeve George " Joynt , razsum
recomrnendatons for
zna � .; . .
a planned" works' program in 1959..
Some items are definite action
• Projects, others are . matters' for
consideration, and . action If and
When feasible, ,
•
A continued . progrart►� of road
Paving and . preparations for pav
ingagenda. a. 1VIr •> is on the. agecl Joynt
'Outlined work . to , be done ° on;
Lug
d and : St:, • East, . Rase 'Harlin;
ton; Gough, Clyde, .Ford Garage
Hill and .Palmerston. Sts.:;
.Methods" of• santitation.•.at' the
Municipal'D'ump to eliminate, the
•,rat" nuisance' '*ill be considered~
The Hydro tree pruning pro-
gra m .will: be continued, with
work ; in this respect being cur-
rently. 'underway.
A
few extra street lights will
' be installed to complete the work
+done last year and eliminate a
'low : °dark"''spots.'
A .parking lot :is.; a matter that
will be " up ,for discussion, and
along :which. fines :.Reeves •Joyit
,,felt "something should be done".
Rental fron : the Community
shed, is eai(iarked for • shed• up-
keep, and. it ; was felt an . anti-
corrode:.base and ' a coat of `paint.
• was in order:
Main Street' 'sidewalks need,
- attention, and Mr .'•.• Joynt" said : a
-new. ` asphalt mix. is .now• being
!used for sueh,. work. Re had been.
it touch' with a - constructtion
. Company, and felt the Werk •could
u
'be done for a ,teas,amount.nab e
indedi' . this matter to
He r.ecom ..ne
be looked into.
Another • project due, for con
`sideration is. 'a municipal` build-
ing in to house municipal. •equip,;
• meet 'such as;, the. grader, road
' patching ,machine, etc
Forsees' Industrial: Expansion
...Reeve : Joynt stated: that we
couldn''t hope .to acquire more
industry .until we can. gethous
ing. He . •said he "felt : sure" we
'can ' : get another '. industry with
suitable -'10 g,
in and le -this end
he recommended looking. into -•the
matter of a .government low ren-
tal housing • development,'` which
is jointly sponsored by. the Dorni-.
nion . and Provincial Govern-•
•merits: , .
But, he added•, we can't let the
Village look '`like a hick .town..
We ,must continue.". to improve
.our roads and clean up,, level
and seed the: ditches. •
• Pass By -Laws
'At :'the beginning of ' the; meet-
ing. Council passed a transient
traders' by=-law,. setting a $.150:,
• fee. , for opening up' a business,
•• which will b'e' applied On bust-,
. • ness tax,• until the ;fee is recov--
ered. '
•A . pedlars' by-law • to restrict
.and license door-to-door pedlars
was passed, the • fee being $25.00.
Council ;authorized borrowing
.KINLOSS "COW ,PRQDUVES
TIIIEtp SET' OF TWINS
Perry Hodgins of the`Kin-'
lough, district has a prolific
Holstein ;cow . by the .name
' of '.'Margaret". She's. 10 years
old ,and :hast week gave birth:;
tea. her, third setof twins,.
Margaret's mriother;,•
• sy probably a little jealous'.
of her daughter's`record, pro
vided'h•er owner with twin r.
calves last August.
• Perry. :purchased "Betsy"'.
14 ' years ago from E w a r•t '
Taylor .He: bought the ''calf
for $10.00 and took her home
in the'back seat of a Model
.A Ford.
Margaret.' has produced her
three sets -of twins in ;conse-
'cutive order.'She is• bred .by
artificial insemination by the,
Waterloo`.Catt'le BreedingUn-
it:
DESTROYS "DOG AFTER
SEEN W:ITI•I•W,O FOXES
Roy Gibson: of 'the ;Aniberley
district in Ashfield destroyed, the
family '• .dog, a' few daysago as a
precautionary measure; after it.
had been seen, with: two foxes:
.Mrs. Gibson. saw the threesome
at sctnie distance before the two
reynards disappeared, When Roy
returned home it. was :decided' as
'a ' safety measure with , small
children, : the dog, would have to
be 'destroyed in case the foxes.,
were diseased.'
Reports of rabid foxes. are .not
so . numerous at present. At . the
-last meeting of. .Kinloss Council,
the. $5.00 bounty .(was paid .on, 12,
foites, a decrease from•..the' pre:-
vious month...
With.: unusual snowfall, and an
evident : scarcity of •rabbits, there
has been Some concern that food •
!foralging • • rabid : foxes may • ap-
proach closer and .closer, to.farm
homes,:
�Qnatrons:
Jp Perpetual Care
During the past summer a pro=
feet to. restore and` improve the
north side• of.;. the Lochalsh Ce
rnetei y was "• promoted by -Rev,.
Duncan McTavish 'oL London..
Dohations;'• exiceeded .$1.000.
.plus the Huron Township grant,
which . 'provides `a • perpetual • care;
fund; that: permits arrangements
in ` this respect .`with 'the* Ashfield
Cemetery Board: '
'A work ' bee accomplished a-
good deal and a f and . was 'start-
ed to : provide' a for perpetual •care.
Huron Township Council promis
ed $500: it. individual' ,donations
Were,.: such as • tow:ar%ant this
grant•The, north `side of the ce-
metery has not been.' under ' the
administration of the ;Ashfield'
,Board:
Rev. .McTavish: writes as fol-
lows to 'The..Sentinel,
r'Mr.: Editor:
Dea, �
This , letter is to express 'my
deep appreciation to you for the
,publicity you gave to. the work
undertaken by me, in the matter
of the old Lochalsh 'Cemetery. ' stet, reported on 'welfare k,
You will' be happy ao , knolk `a.nd :asked the.,anembers' to ;report
TO' SETY' U P L. P,S.
PATROL
SAFETY A
At the: Lions:meeting on Mon
day evening :.Stuart •-Collyer' re-
ported: that' Murray K. , Rowe,
Safety Co-ordinator for. the.. De
partment of.Transport,'would'be
in • Lucknow on January 26th,;' to
Organize .and .explain• a', student -
operated ,safety ;patrol.
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•
L. S. ATTENDANCE
KEEPS GOING:' UP
• . At the.- inaugural meeting of.
the Luc k 'n o w Public School
Board, -Principal ,' Stuart • Collyer
reported a further increase in •at-
'tendance Enrolment' at the. start
of the New Year.. was. 243,'. -an.
increase of . eight over •the • Sep-
tember' ,figure of..235..
With. use of the school being:;
sought':; for various purposes dur-
ing' 'the year, the Board. had to
draw' the line 'and' decided that
in future the building': be rear -fe-
ted to educational'purpose ..only.;
A total of 58 students have
beenreceivinng, . soup ..:or; a . hot
ura h
drink with. their noon ho uric
at • the` school.
Mention 'of the school fire in
Chicago, -.caused " ' the Board to
discuss 'fire `prevention. measures
and precautions. .The local school
.,is of construction to, minimize
the fire ,hazard and • certainly;, to
`prevent the possibility `of" a"flash
fire".Fir e: extinguishers: are
strategically located in• the buil-
® _ d
The 'appointment of Committees'
was' 'hick,over to the February
meeting. ,.
Lucknow Public :.-School .pio=:
The Lions Club had`previously ' n:eered in providing free dental
approved of financing ' the pur- service for. 'students, and Doctor
chase bf patrol equipment to, the James 'E.:Little was : re engaged
amount of $40.00:.' ; ` to continue:' this. service` during
meeting:: • were the curtent year...
. Guests at the'g •
Kenzie 'Webb• :of Varicouver and
Jack .Fa .. .
-tell �•oi;:Ripley;' �. AT; BEAST :T'WO WINNERS'
K. C. Murdie `gave the treasur. ON MONDAY'S .NUMBER
en`s ' report, : and• E.. H: Agnew reg`
plied that ..inforanation.•. received' The Legion's home bingo full
•fro ii the Province was to the ef- •card winners have been : decided:
feet that the arena' 'floor • grant .'this week. There were at least
.would be forthcoming in about two winners on Monday's num-
three weeks. ber, --I 26`, and there' could ,be
The president, ;Charles. Web -others: The' $50.00' prize will be
Mor' split among, the winners...;
The .fu11-• week's list' -'.of num-
that the financial appeal has been
completed successfully, Coritribu
tions from private individuals,
in Canada and°the United States
have ; corns- in •amounting • to.
06We wish ato publicly
$1;062.00.: is •a ._ unt
acknowledge this � . and
say that. each donor has been
given a ...receipt and: Complete
statement of all monies received
and disbursed. ••
'We should li{e ;to publicly
thank the 1-iar ole• \Council for its
�f
generous donation: of $500.00•
This•. has made possible
a :•
a
rr.
a
ng-
e
•p• to $25,000to fanatce: current -Heats with the Ashfi ldBoarC
expenditures.
• '. to undertake perpetual .care, and
W. B. o amed as .left sufficient• balance •to complete
. Andersonwas.n ca_
Ltteknow's representative on the • the , work of further 'b'eautifi
Wingham :,Hoital Board. Other tion in the spring. •
Board a ointrrle ts'were'left to- Our; thanks also to those who
the next
. w,assisted is in the Fall' bees, and
. ext meeting:.. •. • :-
.Council C ` ees remain un- especially to My. Dan.. R. Mac:
Committees
chged from last
year.
an•Kenzie for. furnishing. us •names
:
. of many interested parties. With -
Clerk,
increases of, $100.00• to ; ;� � �,isrtion we would.
Clerk, E. H. Agnew and $300,00 out this ea op
oh'1�c1.151G4s to achieve
. t .,VilIage Foreman, A. Mave beeir . Hay.
ens, " were ` a� roved.• Norman such i�c:stiits and
pP Again • thanking ,you° .one
Stua'rt's 'hourly wage rate was ' • 4g , . , •• � � tlye •Com li-':
set'.at $'1,00 'an inerease of"•pIOc all and wishing you p
i e t •. - r, ll . :.- 'merits .of' the sc'aSOti.y
(• auntil set.the Member's ` c41 .
once at $100.00' each, an 'increase Y �trr5 intra ,
'any• needy cases. . •
' •Llo •Yd •Ash4ton, Milton : • Rayner
and:.: Brock. Cleland reported on
hockey 'and, skating activities . at
the Arena: Lien Bieck asked for
volunteers to' supervise the week-
ly free' skating :Periods.
Gordon Montgomery stated, that
some peanut money was still out-
standing
La, lies' night will be observed
at the next meeting, marking the_
second anniversary.
W. L. MacKenzie N introduced"
his •nephew; District Deputy G•ov
einor Rae.' J. Watson, who was
the .guest; speaker. 'He •referred
to him as a "big" . man" in -every
way..ltae••;was•"'thanked by vice
president, 'Cecil Blake, who pre-
sented Rae with a gift on this
,his official visit.• •
The District Governor. • sum-
marized the , Lucknow Club's acti-
vities
vities and referred to their ret
port as the best ofw the` 41••elubs
in the district. •
There • is. room for improve-
ment in some of 'the individual
money raising efforts,, but he pre-
dicted ilii
• is would improve with
experience . and With .the .hall
froththe~ revious figure of $5,00 °1)tmcan Me ave.; realization, of what was being ac -
Per p figure ,. of•
meeting for a maxinntri
1'? meetings, The Reeve prefer- - '
s by, th
.e Vxilagr
red the' same, basis Of 'rerounei'a-
.tion as Council rriembers.•
Satisfaction was',,t kpressed with
the vi rk being done, .and what
had -been acccs.rn
the 'past two year
Vereinanland hi:
a pl,u nopd rcfrl
plrs �r
eomp'lished in the Cotnmunity by
Lionism
: Referring to his experience in
r.f the recent London fire, he rec
ass;t:estant unde.i f
progr�arrr� I > CContinued on, page 1.1')
bers are published, but the win-
ners were - de id d b onda y's
ci e Y M y
number, so anyone'. with a full
card 'after that date is :notin the
money. -
'It is planned to. hold 'another
home:. bingo, as soon as :it can
be organized,. so watch • for •the
,announcement of 'cards' .going•. on
sale,
PERE •NI PIPED LN
SMALL BARN
'A fire call 'to the home of Dan
Thomson at ."Rapid City", . the
2nd'concession of Kinloss, could
hive been .a serious one had it .nod'
been for the .Thomson 'children.
The children went to the barn
to feed the kittens at the noon
hour on Monday and found the
small `.barn:. filled with ° smoke.
A heat lamp . had been played
in a pen in the'barn with a litter,
Of pigs, The heat' had apparently'
ignited: part of the framework of
• the pen and created a smoulder-
ing fire:' Help was immediately
sunnoned from the Lucknow
Fire' Department and •neighbenrs.
A little water did the trick,but
if the+.fire had burned for 'anoth-
er few' minutes and burst into
flames, the small barn and coni.
siderable' stock would likely. have
'Oben . destroyed,' -
HUGE. VOLUME
THOU SALE BARN .
In• • the six months that ..Bob
MacIiatosh's .new .Com unity Sale
Barn has been in oper ion, 10,000:
head' of livestock have passed •
through• the auction ring. •
'1 his big volume included 6,540
.hogs, 3,275 cattle, .55. sheep and
lambs' andmany miscellaneous
ite ins. •. 4
Under the miscellaneous• . nate-`
gory, was everything from 'coats
to cars, and ,skates' to poultry.
Emile, `MaoI;;ennan and,, Allan
MacIntyre share ' the . hammer- .•
wielding. duties.:' "•
The capacity of` the huge new
sale barn has been.. Qyertaxed on
numerous occasions,. as this week-
ly Wedirsday . auction grows ' in
popularity,
WAS HOSPITALIZED
MONTH • ON TUESDAY' ' '
• It was four weeks ago • Tues-
day that Peter Carter,' Con 6;.'
Kinloss was admitted- to ` the hos
pital :in London :for treatment of
a serious reaction to anti -rabies
serum.
Pete-r•is getting along satisfac
torily •.and has . regained full use
of his feet arid': hand which were.
affected by a- type of paralysis. .
•
`He is: able ,to *be ' up,- but is 'still
receiving treatment . for.• another.
complication which. prevents his..
return home.'
None ofthe Carter
N ne •. d n
reacted to' the serum. Their cattle
have been under quarantine for
si, ty days,' Which period' will: be
up = iri aboirt `ten, p days, :without
any 'othersin; the•. herd •showing
;any symptoms . • pf the=.. disease : to
date.
TOP STUDENTS
•A•,
T' WESTERN
.ST ER
W N
Two Luc/know District High
S c h'o'o 1 aduates•- are, Bruce
County scholarship winners • at
•Western' University, London, as `.
the 'top lady stuadents' from Bruce ''>'
County-
: They are 'Inge Suter, daughter
of -Mrs. 'Elizabeth: Suter. of the
,L cknow District ' High • 'School
staff, and;Ruth Treleaven, daugh
ter .of Mr:• and Mrs. • Harold Tre-
leaven.
Inge was in first .'place, but is
still holding a' major scholarship•
of. 1958,` and „the "$100:00' award
reverts to Ruth.'who • was next
in Ine.: ; ,
Inge is taking . honouiklanguage
in ` English and 'French, arid Ruth•
Is. studyi•' g' secretarial" science
B.A. PLOWRIGHT' NAMED
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
13.A..Plowright of Toronto has
been' named general• sales mana-
ger of Fiberglas Canada Limited..
He ; joined the sales ' department' `
in,..1946; '.became merchandising
manager ing' 1952, and for the past
two years has served . as •assistant.
general, sales manager. ,
Mr. Plowright •is the .son of
Mr.nd -Mrs.Sidney,
aSid y, Plowright'•
(Ruby Nixon)
of • Oshawa and
former Lucknow residents.
BADLY 1.NJ.UREQ`
*HEN HIT: BY' 'CAR
Mrs. Noble Johnston received
word Saturday night that. her
sister,' Sadie, Mrs: George Blue,
of Detroit had been severely in-'
jured "when. struck by a 'car in
front of her home at . St. Clair
Shores.
Herinjuries included. • :
a badly
fractured; arm, head lacerations; •
and a severely injured hip. Mrs.
Blue is, in' Saratoga Hospital in •
Detroit.
The • mishap occurred about
5:30 Saturday` afternoon while
Mrs. Blue . was : obtaining some
bakery products, • from . d bake
Matron in frnnt of their residence. •