HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-01-21, Page 1$2:50 A Year. In Advance --$1;00 Extr"a *To U.S.A.,
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Reeve^ George W.oynt off.
•Lucknow • was elected warden ,of
Bruce ''C o uV.n't y when 'County
Council- : convened 'in , Walkerton.
on Monday night: George polled
twenty-two of a possible thirty. -
six votes:to4ive him the 'Warden -
ship quite, tiecasiv;ely ori the first.
ballot. 'His opponents, iteeve • Ted
Dietz ;:of Mildmay. ` polled nine
votes .and Reeve Harvey. Palma
teem of Kincardine, five. •
The .forty-one year old warden
is serving his third term as Reeve
of Lucknow. Prior to that ) he
'served for 1Wo years on council:
,George is the son 'of Mr. and
---Mr-s — Wesley-:•�Joyn -his •-Mother�-
beir}g. the former Edith Freeman, •
and is;maried'tthe former Jes='
sie $earson of Ethel. They hav
two .daughters, 'Jane, age 10, and
Kathy;, age 3.
George's 'nomination for • 'war
den was. - Proposed .' by 'Gordon"
Galloway of A11 emarle arid
fred Vanee. of ,Chesley. Following.
the election . county clerk W. S.
Forester of !Paisley.: vacated the
chair yin favour of 'the new war
den: George • was carried to the:
chair by.; Mr:' Galloway sand Mr
Tance, and • was presented with
the. gavel, •'symbolic of the hon-
our:
. Extends Gratitude
The new warden 'spoke' to the.
group; "It is with a great deal*
of .humility that ' I accept this
gavel symbolic of the 'horiour
conferred upon, me and .I would
like to express my sincere' grafi-
,to- you
l'ati-to-you for givingme this
mandate : ^
LUCKY,
W, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2'lst, 1959
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Mr. Joynt .Spoke. of the great..
strides'that the county of 'Bruce
• had taken in: the past one h nd-
-red years, until presently it was
one of^ tilelbanner • countries in
Ontario.: He' pledged to work'. sin-
cerely. in the interest: of the coun-
ty and to give the,'ratepayers
good value. ;lie spoke• of . the pos-.
sibilities of ththetourists arid in
dustrial boom in Bruce with 'the
completion of.the St. Lawrence
Seaway. "Development of 'the
`.ports, from Kincardine to Tober=•
may would attain greater things,
. for Bruce,” he said.
In' concluding his remarks .the:,
'new warden 'stated that it would
Abe his earnest endeavour°to work
,with council for a• • better county
in a greater, Canada, "•
Many. ex wardens, county, and
municipal. officials were -called on
to,say •a few words,` Among them
was :Wm. Oswald Oswald of Chesley'
Ross Whither,' MLA for .Bruce;
Donald' Blue of. Ripley;• William
Walsh of Kincardine;: Win. Win
ter,` 'Walkerton; peter Lismer,
• Mildmay;'•Bill Shewfelt, Kincar-•
dine,•• Kenzie Foster; Don Lamont,
[ME'S ' GROWING SHOR
Sates -day, January -31st, is,
the deadline for paying Sen•
tinel arrears,. ' or-,- `renewing
subscriptions at .",the $2.50
rate ($3.50 •to. United States).
-Effective. Monday, Febru
ary:2nd..the rate�'will .b'e• $3.00 .:
and .$4.00 to the States. :There
will be ..no exceptions, and:
these reminders are -repeated
so that all will have 'theop-
• portunity to save 50c by .pay
ing .up not later -than a week
• . from. Saturday.,
AM U B � LA .WC_E •
CERVI .E A .M. ST ..
S C U
Wm: bunter;° operator of :the.
' Lucknow •Ambularice Service, at
tended the inaugural. meeting of
the,. Lucknow-•Village Council, in
support' of 'a .written request for
a•rant in ,. PP su p -ort of this ser-
vice.
vice ' .
Mr. Hunter purchased, an am-.
bulance, when the s e r. v i ,c ,e
was discontinued, last fall by:'Mc-
Lerman: and 'McKenzie and John-
stone and Son.. •
This, service will not be. self
.supporting, for the. ,line'. being • at
least, and Mr,`Hunter has asked
for. a $100. grant from Ashfield,
West Wawanosh and Kinloss and
$200, 'from. 'Lucknow, to aid: fin
ancially while ' the service ;is be-
:ing : established: •
Council .,agreed that .the ser
vice ,was, more, or less of a• "must"
:and expressed concern. of the
reaction if; without. such a ser-
vice locally, 'it• became a matter
Of '.life or death. ' . Council, Council, however, .felt they, pos-
sibly should be on the same basis
as the other ' municipalities: 1t
•wase' pointed. put 'that many mun
sr •'':e
(Continued 'on: page. '11)'
HOME BINGO .IS
NOW RESUMED.
icipa 1iti'es now su b ,diz arn a bu 1-
ance - service, with provisions .for
such support. being , covered' in
the municipal statutes: •-
Ambulance .operators and dri-.
vers are.. required to take special
The first round of home,;,bingo, training, 'and ,"Buster" Whitby
sponsored by the Legion, •was who 'is employed by Mr. Hunter
concluded last week, with . four has completed his St. • Johns
winners . for the full card on course.
, •Monday's • number: • / • The matter was laid over for
The four, Who split the ` $50.00 ' further consideration..
prize, are; Mrs. Ted Collyer, R, 5 ,
Lucknow Mrs.,.Wn'►". Eadie. Holy- •
rood; .George .Cranston (Trelea-
ven's Mill) Miss Willa = Aiken,
Port •Colborne,,
The winning cards were check
ed by Bob Finlay. • .
• The next home bingo series
corrlinences *^.at once, with four
Prizes totalling $95.00. The rules
• and prizes are the same as'.the
first games, and will be found
in an advertisement in this Issue.
Cards are $1.00 each and can
be obtained at variotis places .in`
town:
• ,The'
first week's numbers ap-
pear in, this issue,, but as there
will 'not, likely be ah •immediate
winder, cards can be purchased
at any ' time and 'numbers filled
.LADIES, DO `i'OU READ
ROSEMARY'S ''COLUMN'' ;
• 'Froin time - to -time for the
past few years we have pub-
. ,lisheci articles ,primarily• .for •
` the ladies under the caption.',
`.`This ` `n'. That.'"
The author "Rosemary •
'Thyme" would like "to; 'know
if its., of sufficient,� interest „
to continue: it, By fiord, - or
letter let us know if you 'read
`• it, andif you don't. We
:would' appreciateyour. corgi..
' merits as to its dintents, • pro'
orcop, and an suggestions'•
as' -'to subjects which might
bo dealt with: ' .
FORMER HOLYROOD . FAMILY.
MOVING TO LUCKNOW •
Mr. and .Mrs. • "Bud" Orr ,and
family.:Will move to Belgrave on
Thursday, and .on, • Friday, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert MacDonald arid
family' will•• move from' Walker, -
'Ion . to :the : Orr -residence.
The-MacDonald.family are not
strangers here, , having formerly'
lived: 'at Holyrood..Their son Ken
is of. High School age, and they,
have. a daughter Peggy; age 10,
who ' will ,be ':, attending public
school; `. Another daughter Mary
I ou, is employed in -Campbell
Grant's office in Walkerton.
CAN'T. BE. •FAR.; - OFF'
This Thursday night ^ :•the • Le
gion's cash bingo' jackpot will be
up to:, $115:00; and• a winner' can't
be too far away; as 58 numbers
Will' be, called this week...
ORGANIZE: YOUNG
LIBERALS GROUP:
A young Liberal Association
for ••the riding. of :Huron' -Bruce.
carne 'into being at two separate
meetings last week. The •flew as-,
,sociation will ; work in ' support
`of Rae J.` Watson of Lucknow;
Liberal• candidate inthe ne, t•
• provincial election ''
Meetings. were' held on Tues-:
day and Wednesday rights 'at the
Watson, home in West Wawanosh
township.: Organizing, and speak
ing .to the ,group On' both nights`
wase David Greenspan :.of Toron-
to.; ,assistant .'secretary of:the.-61-
trio . Liberal Association.
Tl e:first -Meeting Was for. those
from the. Bruce, side : of .the rid
•A ' committee ortwo, Jack
Blue and John :'D. 'MacKay of
Iiipley, was •set °up. An organiza-
tion. and membership . drive.. is•
planned for the near future.,
The 'following night -Jim Blake
of ' Dunig'annon arid' John (Ruther,
ford of West Wawanosh were ap-
poiited to organize . the Huron
portion of the riding in`the same.
manner.
TWF,LVE PAGES':
MISSION GIVINGS ..
SET. A,L.L TIME HIGH
_(By'
Rev. . G.• :Geiger).
Approxi innately ; 95 members
and. adherents' enjoyed, a •' buffet"
dinner ' planned Vy members:, of
the Women's . Association in ..:the
Fellowship • Room of the, church
on Thursday, January :1.5th,' :on:
the occasion„of the annual meet- •
ing of L. ucknow United Church; •'
'Following a short worship .ser- •
Vice : conducted by the, minister,
reports for 1958 were received
`from -all Organizations
-g .
:Statistically . at ,least,. the year
1958 was an. advance over many
years past; Total' meinbersliip to
the end 'of December 1958 is. 443
(of . *horn 64f are non-resident)...
-Resident' . membership is Up. 30
over last, year, ,. Non-
Resident.
Membership .is down 10• from
last ::year.' ‘There, ; were 16 bap-.
tisms,.l wedding, and 15 funerals. ••'
The .Financial reports of ;the •
'church likewise indicate advance
over past years,' The churchtrea7. •
Surer stated that the balance at
the end of the year -1958 • was the::
largest'in his 'memory, but .indi-
cated that expenses had likewise.;
•
risen. ' .
Missionary givings are: at
all-time,; high. • Givvings to.,the .
M. & M:. Fund of the' church
totalled • $2,800:00. • -arid increase -
of. .$100.00 oyetthe previous year.:
This `amount, together with $430.x..
given . to missions by 'the after -7- =
noon W.M S.:: missions
. and $420.; bey
group
the evening' W:MS.-: oti M eafis*'
that .over $3,650.00' was.' given:•' to
mission work by the :church as' •
a: whole: 'This does not ` include
^an additional $68:00 rased by : ;
the ':flourishing ,mission band,'
whose average ' attendance ,
26. '
Average attendance in the S; S. .
increased in two years from 104..3 • ,
to` `1i',/.7` At present there. are. 84•
children 4 years and tin'der' who'
.(Continued s. on .page 11)
wa
A 'late • model pickup truck dri-
ven by. Bob Hamilton, 60, of R.R.
3, Lucknow,: and "'a car driven by
William• Harris, 39, :of Ripley
were corhpletely wrecked when
they ,collided on Highway.,86 last
Thursday about; three miles west
of Lucknow.,
:Bill'," was: , proceeding ••' east to.
.wards Lucknow..an+d .Bob. was.
coming onto the highway from
his farm when,"they, were in col.
lision. Both' Thenwere seriously
injured and 'removed to hospital
at once by 'passing motorists; Bill
Carter of Teeswater 'removed Mr:
Hamilton to•;Lucknow for medi-
cal., attention 'and. then 'proceeded
ta'Winghain .Hospital, Bill Irwin
'of Kin;cardine . took Mr, Harris
to Kincardine Hospital,
When the'extent.of Bi11,Harris'
injuries Was realized, he was'
rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital,
London, He is .suffering ' from :a
hip dislocation and chipped soo-
ket, -a broken vertebrae in his
neck. three broken ribs and. a
punctured lung. Itis ' expected
that an' operation. will be necess-
ary . to remove the pone ohips
from th'e hip.
At, time •of Writing, •the extent
Of, Bob Hathilton's injuries was.
not known although he was lace
rated about the , head, an ' ear
being, badly gashed. He has ' a
fractured Wrist and ribs,, and a
possible, neck., fracture,'
Among those first on the scene
were Jack .England and Angus
MaoDon'ald' of the ,Department of
Highways Who were just ahead
of the accident and noticed it in,
the' .k7eNv
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ed• Bill Harris .out - of the window ' P,iatured are the Harris: car
of his car after finding Bob• Hai and. Hamilton truck; ,as they were
milton on 'the north bank• of the ,snapped by The Sentinel photo
road, apparently thrown ;from grapher• before. being towed froin
u k the Highway:. ..