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L'UCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,
28th, ' 1959
Ty1ELA* P4GES'
Sewage
;reatrneh.t. F!.flt Sean
Answ - r to 'Deplorable" :Loca.I
The problem of -sewage dispos-
al in. certain '.10 -lying an• •oor
drainage areas in he age, ha
reached : a, point where County
',and Provincial .: authorities • are.
pressinng the Municipal •, Council
• for action in the matter.
Early
last month a comrnuni-
cation. was' received : from ID, R.
• Allen; M.D.,; D.P.H., , of the Bruce
County 'Health Unit at. Walker-
ton, after his division ' had` re-
cently' "investigated yet another
.. complaint .•.regarding • sewage dis-
pesal on . the south • side of the
'Main Street in Lucknow'
This area is roughly fr* Ross
Street to the Nine Mile River,
• flgwing midway,. through : the
town.
Dr. Allen pointed' out,
that it.
'is illegal to dump' sewage , in a
stream or : on 'the' ,banks' thereof,
the owner , of each premise being
;. required to dispose of, -his wastes
In . a sanittary.•manner approved
of by' the M.O.H.• which' is a con -
mete septic • tank and tilebed,
' Such a privatesewage disposal
system requires a certain: mini -
..mum. area ofground . which
,should be above the ground-wat
'• er-table and of a porous nature
;'such as gravel or loam.:
Almost every property, in this.
..., xy y.
area is, built up 'so there ;is •no
:room, :.for. an-.- adequate;: septic'
•:'::tank system. The `Sanitary. inspec-•
for has reported that this. 'area
• is subject to :' flooding,. • is criss
crossed •byexisting and abandon-,
ed lines; and that the, best. of
the beds could not have any, eek --I:
/�t S
Condition
taint) of long life •LORNE HODGINS PASSES
Dr. Allen stated that- there t,
gems ••to be only one 'answer to.
the problems in this area,:, and in
other areas ins Lucknoww .where
there,, are, non -,functioning "septic
tanks and sewage outlets to 'the
river.
This answer he states is -the
construction of :a rrUnicipal: sewe-
rage system:
The Ontario .Water. ,Resources`
is directly.,, responsible for super-
vision ' of sewerage projects, ,in
"the"Province-----They-are;=able to
provide preliminaryengineering.
reports; draw up. plans, arrange
'finances • and supervise• installs-
• tion. Sewerage systems today are
not necessarily financially . cripp-
•
ling: due to .new methods of fin-
ancing and spreading of taxation:
• In .conclusion, Dr. Allen point-
edd.out' that his .:letter is• Meant
to outline a deplorable: situation
to which Municipal • • sewerage:
seems :,to^ be the'only: satisfactory.
,answer, and, `to urge • the 'Council
'to give the . matter' : its deepest
consideratio - •
Query From Dr. Berry •
Since then there . has been ' a
provincial query about this mat-
ter of "strewn ..pollution".
Dr. A.. E. ;Berry, general Mana-
ger of the . Ontario Water Resour-
ces ` Commission, in : a ,.letter .:of;
December•. 30th, enquired 'as! to
what plans the Municipality has
for dealing With the pollution of
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ONS STAGE..
:DIES' NIGH'
• The second anniversary of,:the
formation' of the Lucknow, and
District •,Lions, "Club .was marked
at the regular meeting on 'Mon
.day, which -,was featured as Lad-
ies' Night The Women's. Institute
served a delicious turkey dinner
.'to 172 people, including visitors,
from •: Howick, Teeswater and
Winghan. Clu++lis',
President Chas: Webster, pre
sided. District Governor, , Rae
Watson, welcomed the ladies and
Deputy District Governor,' Har-
vey We b •s t e r introduced the
• guests,
Warden George Joynt brought
greetings from the Village and
County, and was given the Lions
: (Roar is . a recognition df ° the .'
achievement.'
• The program incllxded Scotch
dancing by Sandra 'Brooks,: Joan
• -MacKenzie,. Barbara and Jean
:Finlayson; vocal: duets by Karen'
,Csarruthers 'and -June: Ackert with
accompaniment by. Mrs. ''. Ross
Curhzn ng; • and a skit ' 'iby the
• `.`Little • Theatre Group," starring.
Howard Agnew,, Jan. Little, Don-
ald
McKinnon,' Harvey Webster
with Brock Cleland as the narr-
ator df the "outer ` space spect-
acle." •
•During" the business period,
K. C.. Murdie gave the .treasur-
er's report, Leonard. MacDonald,
the secretary's report and Lloyd
Ashton reported on the "Little
Squirts," "f?ee Woes", and Ban-
tam. activities •
&le' passed on Bill Porteous'
congratulations from the sunny'
south. • •
•
Guest speaker was Prof. Jarnes•
Archibald of the.Ontario-Veterin-
ary
Ontario-Veterin-ary College, and- a classmate. of
Brock Cleland, . who: introduced
• him, Mr.,. Archibald had taken
post graduate work in Germany,
and spoke of their travels: in
Scotland) Germany,., Austria ,and
Yugoslavia: :He spiked
iked an inter
8ueh
esting. travelogue Consider-
able .humour.',thanked
by W;13, Anderson and ..presented,
With a gift.
Lucky ticket prize „ winners
were Bob McIntosh 'Mrs: Wan.
Corrron;Toin Hackett and a.Tees-
water guest.
MRS `JOHN PURVES PASSES
The death of Mrs. John Pui+
ves, the former Eliza: Barr, oc-
curred at tiler 'home in Kin"foss
Township on Saturday. The fun-
eral service was held on Tuesday
Tuesday
'at the McLennan and MacKenzie:
Memorial 'Chapel with interment
in South ,Kinloss Cemetery;
•
18 BELOW MONDAY, ° HAVE -
'HAD TEN FEET ; OF SNOW
This., will. 'be a winter to re's
member' featuring unusual ;snow'
fall,• regular end -of the week
storms,; and frequent. changes' in
the weather diet. '
Last ' Wednesday ' `brought rain,
and the .expectation of a January
thaw to ,settle the huge accumu-
lation of snow. But before much
was achieved in' this respect, the
temperature . drol3ped, causing, a
temporary . fog blackout early,
Wednesday evening and Thursday,
morning reads and , streets were
• a .glare of ice, so that pnsanded
country roads were all but • im-
passible for a time. .:
. Then it ., started snowing • and
blowing again- and. kept at it in-
-termittently . on, Thursday even-
ing, Friday .and Saturday. After
a ;heavy snowfall late Sunday
morning' the weather cleared •and
the mercury, "started .to 'sag, It
dropped to 18- below ' Sunday
night and and was still 13 below,
at 8;15` Monday' morning.. ,
Snowfall to : date this' winter
has totalled approximately ten
feet:.. . •
A G•AU NT HEADS
SHORTHORN 'CLUB
•
Andrew C. Gaunt prominent'
West. Wawanosh, Township Short
horn +breeder,was elected pre-
sident of 'the Ontario Shorthorn
Association at their annual meet-•
ing held in London, on Saturday.
Andy, 'as be is 'popularly.
known, has ,been a director 'of
the Association for tweltre•••years.
About 120 representatives of
the 16 .county clubs in the ,pro,-
vince, .attended the luncheon and
. meeting, • 4!
Mr. daunt is also' a' director of
the Beef' Breeders'• IMprovement
'A.ssr nation, an office he has held
for • .+veal's • "
The death of. Lorne Hodgins;
a 'Salver. Lake resort ....:operator
occured Kincardine on ,Sun
Y
da. in his, 75th' year,. The funeral
service .'Was ' conducted .by. ' Rev.
George Sach, at. the .McLennan
and 1VlaoKenzie Memorial Chapel
ori Wednesday with interment in
Greenhill 'Cemetery..'
S.. E. ' ROBERTSON.
FAIR ,i'RESIDENT•
...
Stuart E. -Robertson 'has --been
appointed• president'..of the Luck-
now Agriculture Society,,.succeed-
•ing Gordon.: Kirkland. who :com-
-pleted a two-year term.- The' • ap-'
pointment' was 'made at.; .the 'ann-
ual
annual meeting ' held on' Monday
afternoon: • ••
,Mr: Robertson was •"high pres-
sured" into:' assuming the office,
after ` first vice-president . Allan
Macintyre expressed the wwi s h
notto step-up.
• Other officers' are lst Vice=Pres:
Evan .Keith 2nd Vice Pres., Torn.
Todd; Secretary -treasurer, , Mrs,
Fred. McQuillin,
' Brussels Fair ' officials will: be
contacted to see if an exchange
of dates can be arranged,. as both
fairs fall, on community sale . days
in their reapective Ycentre's: If the
change' is arranged, Liicknow: fair
would be• the ,last Friday:'in Sep-
tember, as it was for many years
before being changed to Wednes-
day...'
The Society was informed that
'the P 'Eaton '"Bacon Hog -contest
has been •discontinued ;,province=.
wide. •
The . financial report . ,showed
increased prize money .'paid and
higher costs in some cases, which
resulted in a deficit on , the year's
operation, but the : Society is "-still
in • the black, and . the.:treastry
'should get a boost by the Earn
,Dance to be staged here on Sat
urday. •
A 4H Calf club will again be
sponsored the .leaders:. being Geo.
Kennedy Toin Todd, 'Andrew and
Murray Gaunt •
A new regulation requires that
all cheques issuedmust: be cashed
by, December 31st. of that year.
Collectors for 1959 areGordon
Kirkland and Rae Watson. M: Z:
Sanderson and Charles Webster
were 're -appointed auditors:
Directors, Fare: Kinloss, Allan
Macintyre, Harry Lavis)•
field, Jake Hunter,' Oliver '•'Mc-
Charles; West • Wawanosh, Tom
Todd, George Kennedy; Huron,
Austin • Martin, Lucknow, S. • B.
Stothers.
Associate Directors: Kinloss,
Harold Austin., Gib Hamilton,
"P: A. Murray; 'Huron, Fred Mar„
Norval Stewart; West, 'Wa
wanosh, Wallace Miller, Andrew'
:Gaunt,. Allan: Miller,, !Frank Mc
Quilling,. Fred :McQuillan, Rae 'Wat-
song MurrayGaunt; Ashfield,
Arnold Alton, Glen Walden, Lor-
ne Hackett, • Gordon' •Kirkland;•.
Lucknow, °'Alex: Andrew, L. C.
Thompson, Wrri., A. Schm"id, Warr.
Houston, W F. MacDonald, Lorne
Farrish, Bert• Ward., - •.
Associate lady directors were
all re -appointed.
BROTHER -TN: -LAW OF •
LOCAL LADY PASSES
The death of • Fred• Small oc
carred at Kincardine • last week;
following: a heart attack.:: ire .was
65 and •had been an :employee at
the Malcolm Furniture factory.
for 50 years, being , a skilled
cabinet maker. '
His wife was .the former Eva
Osborne,, a sister of Mrs. Redvers
Johnson, of Lucknow„•�Mr.,and
Mrs, Jphnson attended 't'h'e fun-
eral on Wednesday .last,
LAST CHANCE FOR
• • SUBSCIPTION SAVING,
Saturday of this=week,+Jan
nary 31st,, is the last chance
••'to• save 50c a year ori pay ''•
meat ' of Sentinel sub'scrip
tions-^riew, " renewal or ar-
rears.
r rears.
•To take care of "lith: ;hour"
payments The, Sentinel office,.
will be open Saturday, ..even-
ing until 9:00 p.m. Mail sub-,
.scriptions •at' the• bid rate
must • be postmarked not later
• than January .31st.
• • Effective next Monday;
February 2nd, the new . rate:
:will be $3,00 in Canada and
$4,00 to the States. •
HOME ,BINGO NOW
AIN• FULL SWING
' The' Second home bingo series
is ` now underway, with the ' se7.
cond' week's numbers listed m'
this issue.' A ' list of places wher'.e
cards`. can be purchased at $1.00
each was advertised • last week:.
Cards. jean • be purchased any
time and -back 'numbers filled in
The first prize is $10. for • a one -
line bingo, •410., for four corners,
p5. for a two-line bingo. (4 cor•i
ners to, count as one) and• the
$50..full card .prize,
'BUSINESS DEAL. COMPLETED,
Final; details of . a•;• local :busi-
nes's transaction have 'b'een corn-
pleted,. whereby . M. " A. , (kel)
Bennett of :Kincardine has pur-
chased • the Sepoy 5c to '$1:00
Store from . Mrs. 'R:.' D. Trench
'(Audrey Henderson), .o f Listowel;,
Mrs, Trench's mother.; Mrs. W.
Henderson Will c t i n; u e in
charge of the .business' for the
-time' being, :• assisted ' by ; other
members •of', the. regular staff.
TOOK BULLDOZER "CAT" TO•
DELI VER DAY-OLD CHICKS
Anice-coated' hill and a
„blinding snow storm Produc-
ed a Condition last week that.
•required • the service's •` of a
Caterpillar traction" .bulldozer.
r .to get 7,000 ' day-old chicks
safely ; to their .destination:•
A panel truck loaded with
70 boxes of 100 c icks each,
couldn't make the ice -coated •
"MacKay" 'hill on the 2nd
Concession to ; •:get to ' Herb
+McQuillin's farm Storm con
,ditions also ,foiled anattempt
to reach the farm from .the •'
.: 15th Sideroad.
As a last .• resort, : Spence
Irwin's bulldozer was press-
ed into service • to push;• the;
truck to: its .destination.
DOG SAIPES .PI P5
•,KILL'S RABID{OX
A Mother dog, fought ff and.
killed a presumably rab, d• fox
in; protectng her litter . of four
:little
pups. But it was: ironic that
forsuch. courage, she and 'the
pups she se: bravely , defended,.
were' all destroyed°,,as• a •irieasure, dagprau- • ,
,tionar.yainst . this •
measure; g
feared infection, • - •
The. incident 'occurred on, the
MacCrostie: farm, . Con. '10, • West .
Wawanosh, last. Sunday morning.
The fox. 'gained entrance td the,.
barn,' where themother dog kill-
ed it ini protecting her Pups.. When
the discovery was made the fox
lay dead nearby the pups.
The MacCrostie cattle had for-
tunately, all been sold about two.
weeks_ ago.
The, fox head was sent to the.
laboratory at Hull ' for . analysis
.but; by its' actions it is 'safe to
presume the animal was 'rabid:'
One. Seen On•Main St.
A fox was seen one night,
cently on Lucknow's•Main Street
near •the 'United . ,Churcli ' corner,
but ,disappeared , to ' the South.. `
' On: the 'farm of Frank Graham'
,east of town, three .of the rey-
nards were' recently engaged in •
battle, with one; 'of , them being'
killed 'n. the fight; BY : the : time '
a un Gould � : obtained the other
g be ,
two'had'' 'made off and it was .• . .
impossible.:: to 'follow . them. due,
• to :the ' -depth ; of snow ..on : the'.'
fields..
Cattle Beast Dies,' `-
A cattle; beast on -.Virden Mow-
bray's farm in .Kinloss,• died last
week. ' from • r a b ie s:, Veterinary
authorities state that the animal
would be. .:pasture, , infected'" early'
in No3embej; These cattle were
stabled 'about raid -November.
'Such incidents are quite Com
mon• through, > Grey: 'and. truce
where upwards to 300 cattle have
died from rabies infection About
• the ` middle of. February should'''
see the end of deaths from pas;
ture .,infection as some ' three
months' will have elapsed since
all cattle Were stabled.
Alex.. MacKenzie, of, Langside
found a dead fox in his barn re-
cently
BAD. SHOPPING . WEATHER
•
During January a number of
local Stores Have been 'offering
many money saving merchandise
,values_ Invariably the week end;
has brought• stormy weather
which prevented shoppers from,
taking. full 'advantage of the sales.
In 'view' of this some sales are
being continued.
Luckno�r_Public °"School Safety
Patrol is Now �n Qpera#ion
A: student :safety patrol organi-
zed at the Lucknow Public School'
on Monday, .went into .action • at
once and on Tuesday patrol Mem-
bers Were to be seen_ at .highway
'intersections.' and other hazard -
.ons points at and near the :school.
Mr: Murray K. Rowe, safety
co-ordinator for the Highway'
Safety ,Brarich of the Ontario
Department of Transport spent
Monday and part , of Tuesday at
the school instructing • students
and teachers in this .traffic safe-
ty' project, and assisting with its
:operational organization.
The patrol -members are equip-
ped With conspicuous white Shoul-
der sashes and ,belts. The .,Lions
Club Previously voted op • to $40,00.
for this equipment, and at Mon-
day nights meeting of members
and their ladies, Mr, Rowe' out-
lined the main features of this
Safety ' Pgtrol, • stressing that..
where they are in operation they
have acident-free records.
Mr. Rowe was introduced by
Public School Principal, Stuart
Collyer and thanked by M.. L.
Sanderson.
7n his remarks he comment-
ed that there 'have •`been. sever-
al accidents, involving school
:chi idren, but fortunately. none
had been • serious to date. •He
urged. all . drivers to. "remember
when "it's school• time and 'gov-
ern one's speed accordingly, for
it may mean • ,a life:" With 'child-
ren engaged: in the, interests of
safety, it behooves adults to co-.
operate. '
• • From "Higher Grades.
'Students chosen for safety pat-
rol duties are front • Grades 6; 7, 8
and according to Departrnent re-
quirements are students w!i t h
75% or better on . their previous
year marks. This is ';because, the
speaker' said, they. are, generally
more alert, keen, and` can better
afford to take, 5` Minutes •out of
•a class to be atthe patrol point
before school is dismissed ,
No Traffic Interference .
The. patrol in no way interferes
with:•traffic, which is to. keeps on
the. move, but Certainty with can: •
tion: Nor .lo . they . regulate. ped-..
estrians •
The• patrol members with out
stretched arms, stop.studcntss Yn•'-,.
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