HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-03-11, Page 8RAGE EIGHT
THE RIGIHIT OF •. `
EMINENT DOMAIN
(By . J.. Carl Hemingway)
l 'roan recent news; ' articles I
have learned that. the Post Of
fice Department needs toenlarge
fits .office in Clinton. Apparently
this could .be most economically
and conveniently done by 'ad
sing an' addition to the. back,
This . property is • ownedand
tocupied by a service station be-
longing to a large oil company.
t
hasbeen stated that this land.
;Is: not for . sale and that seems to
end the discussion.
Has the _Post Office Depart-
ment not.. Beard :.of the right of
': "eminent domain"? If they • have-
• n'rt they are• a• long. way (behind
'Hydro and Highway departments
• or .gas or telephone acompanies.
• When aur, forefathers rested
• this land from .the bush at the.
rate of a few ' acres a year they
had visions of ,owning a property
they would. be 'proud . 'to 'hand
over to a long line' of descend-
ants for time to come.Finally
they received their'deed from the
'Grown,' giving them all "rights to
the land subject to the, right of
"eminent domain".
That is, the Crown very gen-
erously, with one hand, gave a
chunk of .ground covered With
bush' .and with"' theother retain-.
ed' 'the :fright to take it back, at
any ..future,.. date, ' • regardless of
the transformation.' •your •: have
worked over many. years.
right of:• "eminent :domain"
• yours•.. property, •. which ' ' you .' say
• you--ow'nn, could' . for. •rconv'enie l'1ce
• and "necessity "` be ,expropriated
by the government and: he hand-
ed over to. any ;public, utility or
'private ;' company •or, perish the
thought, -to any party . "heeler"
without;. any obligation to com-
pensate: .
;Hydro. and, highways a:pparent-
ly have, a blanket . right to 'ex-
propriate.
ex-propriate. . Notice need . not be
given to the land: owner. .Tele-
phone
Tele -phone and Pipelines are required'
to' give 'two weeks . notice.
This is . -done by Hydro 'and
highways when they wish;.: ' to
cross . farm land. Why then is the
Post , Office Department unable
to proceedin,tthe same jrnanr er in
the case Of the service 'station?
Could .: it he that ; expropriation
isn't popular when the.victim is.
a' large Oil Company rather than
an individual farrier?
OBITUARY
JACOB McGEE'
A native of . Ashfield Townsihip.
who has lived at Windsor for the
past nearly 50 years; Jacob Mc-,
• ' Gee, 78, died at Windsor hast
week. ' The • funeral - service •was
held at the Lodge funeral home,
Goderich; on Friday,. RevR.' G.
MacMillan conducted the service.
Interment was • in Maitland Ce-
nietery. . After leaving! Ashfield
Township as 11 young 'man, .Mr.
McGee went to ',Par ll where,
he 'operated a business for sever-
• • al years. There he was quarried
to The, former Margaret 'Bucha-
nan, of. .Parkhill,. who predeceas-
ed him about. 20 years ago. Later.
he moved, to Windsor where 'he
was in the hotel business . for
more than 30' years: He has been.
living retired for about the past
ten years Surviving are four
brothers. Albert, of Ashfield
Township, Reg.,. ' of Goderich,
Thomas and Lorne; of Windsor;
also four sisters, Mrs. • William
Boyer, oaf. Windsor, Mrs. . Charles
Fleming; 'of a Amherstbung, Mrs,
Claude.; Gillespie, of Vetroit. and.
Mrs. G a r field McMichael,', , of
• Sarnia. •
.Presbyterian W.M.S."
Mrs, C. H. MacDonald was
hostess to the Afternoon Mission-
ary Society with. 21 ladies pre-
sent., •0.Vfrs. 'a Morgan Henderson
was in the chair and opened the
meeting , by Bible reading and
prayer.
•'The' purpose of the W1Vf.S. was
repeated in unison followed
the Bible Study on Herodias, the
wife. of Herod, by Mrs, Elmer
Johnston. The roll call was an-
swered by a verse fromthe chap-
ter dealing with the study.
Mrs,p
I'h;1 Stewart read an
THE LivqicNow swam, L►U KNoW, ONTAR,to
interesting letter :from Miss: Ag
nes Oollan of Nigeria,
.In dealing with the topic,• Mrs,
Rayne!' played two , records made
by Mr, Rayner's mother. The
latter and • her husband came to
Canada in. 1903 and served as
missionaries in the Western. Pro-
vinces. It helped 'to give a very
realistic picture of the hardships
endured ,in those pioneer days
anions: legging ' egPilPs- and outly•
ing churches, Mrs, J. %attl+ ;cloy,
ed the meeting with prayer,, .
United Ohurch 'V{t.M,a.
The Afternoon Auxiliary of
the W.M.S. of the United Ohurc%
held their meeting' on Tuesday,
March., 3. Twenty-nine members
•
and one guest *ere present, •
A lunch col >nuttee composed'
of Mrs, R. Robertson, Mrs.. E.
Wightman, . Mrs. A, lVXcl`Tay, was
appointed to plan for Easter
Thankofering service • on Sunday
evening, March 22nd,
The programme committee in
eluded Mrs. E. Henderson, • Mrs.
A, Breckles,. Mrs.
E. Wightman
'and. Mrs, Geiger, .
WEDNESDAY, : MAB. lith; 185%
Thehighlights of the :Study,
book chapter on.. United States.
were given by .Mrs, Getter, Other
Pleasing numbers were as read—
ing by Mrs. . Wightman and a solo:
by Mrs. H., Ilaldenby, An inter-
esting contest ' on the Books Of
the B tie was conducted tby Mrs-
Geiger ' after which lunch was.
served by the programme corn
mittee;
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