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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-03-04, Page 1id 4,4 $i 4 c • • .$3.60 A Year In Advance - $1.00 Extra To U.S.A. • LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, .MARCH .4th, 1959 TWBI TE • PAGES.. rsOffered .. tejectng B All . members oftheteaching stat of the; Lucknow . District High School,;'texclusive of 'Priv opal P. W Hoag, have been off- ered. salary ' increases of $800:00 per year. This appliesto seven full• time teachers and .one part, time •teacher-, whose :' increase. would . be proportionate; This represents •a ;blanket in;- crease of $6,090, ..apart from the increase which' will..be.' offered the `principal The increase will exceed one, mill, whidh .raises. $5,200. '. Che Offer was made at Monday night's ',Board meeting after an increase of '$600 had '•neer, tern.. ed• "completely. unsatisfactory,'' by Keith. C.Laur, salary commi- ttee; chairman for the `teachers, and who :. acted as spokesman he entire staff 'met ,with..the Board in a round. table discuss- ion ; which ;'comanernced' at ;9.00► p,m., after both' groups had': con- ferred separately. The Board's or- iginal offer *as a $300:"general raise plus,, the annual increment. which was raised":' from $2Q0' tq $300:. This made: a package offer of $600`each, but which was 're-. jected. After amicably discuss; ing :,the problem: for an: hour. or more, the '' teachers withdrew,; and the Board, decided .to raise the 'offer to '$800. • Advised of theincreased offer there.was no definite,: indication. ..of whether ,or not:: it Was accept able..'The ,Board was asked if ""fringe .benefits" had been con- sidered in the . new: offer, ' They had not: : The salary schedule -two years P was Type .3, .$3;600; Type A, $3,800. Last year it was increas- ed to $4,000 and :4,200 with the ,--$200, annual increment ; unchang- ed..The -Board's 'latest offer, ..ef-, fective next September sets the basic or starting salaries :at $4,-: 500 . arid' $4,700' plus the incre- ment which has been raised • to $300. -I,f ` . the Madini m• is : raised accordingly it .would ,gio to'$7,500 nd $7,700:.: • Teachers!: Letter • A••month ago ! the Board chair ran, Gordon • Fisher, received he following letter.: Increase First thethekeeping,bethe$300.• present• andone • village,.at'Wingham,R.R.isbeenthe tobeno.jackpotawarded,prizein thethese that • roy Bill wonandThere26ofboardthe thewasfeaturebetweenaHendersonscoredHarveywasofMacKenzie,fancy,SusanGradesMacLennan, SENTINEL MAILING LIST . . HAS BEEN REVISED The Sentinel mailing list was. revised last week, and the label on this • •issue of your paper' will tell the expiry date of your sub- „scription.. "59" 'means it is paid to the end of 1959. If the month is ,given 'payment .is to •tihe "'end to ,theuntil• Allanyoungat 's fa thehaveupget thestaking SNOWLOAD CA(/VES '. LOCAL BUILDINGS Two buildings in ' ,Lucknow came crashing in on ;Monday af- ternoon with the : weight of snow that• 'was on thhem.Fortunately no one was injured ' although ¢Donald MacKinnon,' Chas:" Web- ster and . Larry.' Salkeld. had, •• a' close call, The .men were removing now from the roof. of the warehouse• located' behind` their store when it suddenly collapsed., .Donald MacKinnon fell through with the roof and was • buried up to his arms in snow. He had to be shoe- ,. ellld out.. Larry • Salkeld vias at the edge of the eave and did not fall when the building collapsed.. Charlie Webster; Who was half way, down a ladder to, the ground' '. was thrown from the.ladder into' • the .snow. •• Considerable hardware supp-• •lies are stored in the warehouse and' the extent of the damage was not : immediately. known: the building is owned by J: W.• Joynt and Son. use • rme M n.d behind ntr Jac hat withonheard •'eight feet separated the, building . frotn the garage,' hut, With the collapse 'a. certient wall s pushed up ' against;: the ,wall`of ':the • garage shattering the windows and'gav- :ing the owners quite •a scare: for a' few m.inutes.' The shed was .be. Inc used mostly for storage..: • A couple ofweeks ago, a Por- • ••tion of the roo f the' ,building adjoining:••Btid • ,ompson's resi- dence, 'and own •;by him,. caved in just as snow emoval :.opera - tons opera tions .•were being planned. Call For :Fwther.. :Study Of CA. dome ,Million Dollar Expenditure At. -least two centres ,are pro-. testing any immediate. action on. the; new addition' to the Bruce County home • until further study is given•':to the ,project that will. involve an expenditure of over $900,000,.although. the Provincial Governmentwill participate gen- erously, • In 'this regard The ' Chesley Enterprise carried the following article in part :last week: . "Possibly. for the first time in history, two :Bruce county towns have taken :action to demand further• study before:' the• Bruce County Council proceeds with one of its projects. "Chesley Council, at its meet- ing Monday night, supported 'a resolution by the Wiarton Coun- cil, asking the Ontario Municipa Board to demand further study before granting approval to Bruce County, Council to build an addition to the County 'Mime at Walkerton that' may cost as much as a' million dollars. •"The resolution • of Wiarton Council' said that the tax rate of Bruce County has been• increas ing 'at all • alarming rate', that the move. to spend $900,000 or more on ,a`' new County Home :Was opposed by 14 of'.the county Councillors; and that the Muni- cipal .Board ask that, the County Council give further considera- tion to `such a 'heavy expenditure' that would further increase the county rate. • • "After a' full discussion, . Cour- cillers Loucks and Rier : moved that Wiarton resolution „be sup- ported, and .the motion carried:" The Wiarton resolution is be- ing submitted to all municipali- ties ' in truce,' it appears, for their endorsement or otherwise. Cop- ies of the ,.resolution have.. been received ,.by. Lucknow.: and loss, although as : this :was writt= • en they had not been' dealt with.. Kinloss Reeve.. Heads Committee Reeve Harold Percy .of Kin- loss is chairman of the County . Home is mmittee Plans fo-r. the. building are -in . Governmen ahands for approval, before tend= ers will be 'called: The Govern- ment will pay 50% of Construe - tion 'costs, onstruetion.'costs, and 70% of mainten- ance. costs. - ' The addition has been approv- ed „ by ` County; Council, and the Committee authorized to,proceed. Two plans : 'aive being consider- • ' ed.- One, the building of an ad- dition so that m the future the old building could be replaced. Theoother, .the Construction of an entire new building, with the ad- dition being built '.first, and ' on completion and . , occupied, the main, building as it ` now stands being replaced.• • Comparative costs will be ob- tained and submitted to County Council for ` a final decision in the matter. . " • Reeve . Percy feels t•h e 1 e is little opposition generally to the y. project, but rather a question of .what' course to- pursue. •Reeve' Joynt,• and Warden of • Bruce, questions . why this oppo, ;sition was - not voiced by, .the newspapers of the County before , tie new home plans reached . their present stage. Warden Jo int. says there is a "waiting list": for accomodation in the Home For The Aged, with these .institutions playing an in- creasingly important role •under, the Province'•s new welfareplan `...- ning.. , { ;;_ .41 • d.