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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-12-02, Page 11NirEwEsDAy, DEC, 2nd, 1959 THE LUCKNOW sENTINEL , LUCKNOW, ONTARIO providing ' teachers'salaries did, not change things. • . Cameron MaeAuley, speaking for the Ripley -Huron Sehool • Area, stated that he was drop - Ping out of the board this year after serving for ten years. Mr. • MacAuley was a valued member of the board and will be missed in, school . drags- Maple Leaf school section joined the area this past year. The mill rate was decreased by One mill this year and it is hoped that the rate can be maintained at 101/2 mills. Leonard Courtney spoke for the Huron -West School Area. He outlined work since .the esta7 blishing of the new area .and 11 events leading up to the build- EAL ' NEW ISSUE r - A111.1", • '44 , PAGE ELEVEN $550,000 County Of Huron, Ontario 6% Serial Debentures Dated December 15,1959 Maturing December 15, 19604969 PRICE THROUGH THE MATURITIES .$98.80 . • . RETURN ON INVESTMENT — 6.25% PAYABLE, IN GODERICH, TORONTO AND MONTR • •-; • • . • • • • Os This being the only outstanding issue of the County of Huron, county residents now have the first opportimity of participating in this attractive issue. You may purchase a maturity to suit your • individual requirements from one to ten years. Please send me without obligation further information On 'the above debentures. NAME . , • • . ADDRESS . . , . • . TOWN . .. • . . . . . : . . . • • • . . •. . • '• • ir ; i • .• • • • 1 1 • . , y . • • . 1 . . • , • PHONE.NO. . . NESBITT, THOMSON AND compANy, umrrED MR. J. M. GREER LUCKNOW LUCK -NOW ACCLAMATION (Continued from page 1) . • , that would .unify all. the , water sources, And. develop an equal- ized pressure on the mains throughout the ,systeth. • •• The new well which will pro- duce about 145 gallons, without dropping the 'water level to any degree, contains less iron, and * will be pumped along with the No . 3 well which has. been overworked, running almost 24 hours a 'day to supply the Vil- lage's daily consumption of froth • 115,000 to 150,000.gallons. , • , 1960 Program Reeve Reeve Joynt • said be ° would recommend to the 1960 Council that- all remaining 1streets in • the. Village be. put tinder con struction with a view .to hard surfaeing them, as finances per= milted. • • It /is :proposed • • to widen Campbell St. from Mason's. Gar- age ,to Havelock St, remoVing boulevards and trees. New side- walks on the 'mufti. 'street are also being considered, and a parking lot. is another project for Consideration. " • Town Hall improvements are being continued in providing Boy.. Scout and Girl Guide ac- comodation in .the basement, a ccimmittment assumed when the ° Recreational Centre, was turned. over to the Legion. Wash room • facilities will also be Completed this winter. : • . The tree pruning prograi•n is Paying off , with less hydro trouliole, and with. a 'sharply de- creaed annual cost frotn the first ' year this policy was put • into force. , • Mast' Stop Pollution • Reeve Joynt e mpha.sized. the effort of the Water Resources Commission to. saddle the 'Vil- lage with 'a lagoon type sewage disposal- plant The first stage alone of such a plan, would cost approitimately $200,000; He stat- ed 'emphatically that it Was the moral. responsibility of ratepay- ers to clean up 'pollution areas, and "we've got to have co-opera- tion," if we are to fight to keep Water Resources out, said Mr, Joynt. If this. sewage system is forced on us the Reeve felt it would make the village a ..••••••••• "ghost town." • , SHOW COStS Alex McLeod dealt . with last winter's snow Costs; which ran high, but a good job was done , of *keeping the main street clear- ed and side streets 'lowed with the new grader. A considerable revenue was received from grader rental during the winter, and- :during the summer .Bruce County used it to' the amount $688.00, fOr "light work' on gravel -roads, with no harm to the maehine. • -Councillor M.' L. Sanderson gave .the Hydro report, which showed a 10 months' surplus 'of $3,814, with current assets and securities, of ower $p,000. • Councillor W. A. Hamilton re- ported'for the. Water 'System which.. likewise showed an op- erating surplus of $1,149.72. He Stated his intentions of retiring. ` A . moment's silence was ob- served as a tribute to the late Harold Treleaven. .. • Omar Brooks stated he would qualify for. Council: He served five • years. on the Colbcirne Township ` School Board and 7 years on the Goderich Collegiate Board as Ashfield's representa- tive .: . ' Trustees 'Qualify William Schmid, Rev. 'Jen- nings and Carman McQuillin stated their willingness to serve on the School , Board. Charles . • Webster spoke briefly in "bow- ing out" after several years- ef- ficient service. .. Gordon °Fisher, chairman of the "High School Board, reported the school in • good repair with a, good caretaker and able sec-, retail; and a staff that received a .favorable ' inspector's rating. ' He said the percentage of stu- dent failures last year was lower than, in surrounding schools. ; A 'good education is the best " gift you can, give a child, if they have endugh sense to use it he concluded. May Need. Ad4ition The present enrollment• and the. number of pupils in neigh- boring rural 'schools, and Luck - now Public School at. the satur- ation point, indicated a possible expansion. program at the High school in the future • Donald Henderson gave perti- • nent details of the financial af- fairs of both the . public and high schools as .outlined in the financial statement High school salaries for the School' term will aggregate $47,972 °and in the Public School $25,150. - • High ' School enrolment is up this . term by • 20 to 194. In. the Publie School the enrolinent in September was 264, an in- crease of 29 from a year ago.. Reeve.. Joynt paid tribute tod the late Harol, Treleaven. • • Others called on were Mrs, Jessie Allin and' former reeves, J. W..Joynt, R Anderson and S. E. Robertson. HIJRON .ACCLAMATION , . (Continued from page 1) ". the Deputy -Reeve cbah• but de- clined. • The three councillors, all elec- • ted in last •years vote, will all be back in office by acclamation for the next year. They are Wm. R. LoWry, • completing histhird year on council, Hamilton Mac- Kinnon and Austin Martin, both completing 'their first ,year in municipal life • School Acclamation • The two retiring' members of the Huron -West School Area, John McCharles and Ralph:Hun- ter, were re-elected by acclama- tion for .a two-year term. John Elliott, Howard Hodge and Rus- sell Stanley were elected by ac- • clamation to the Ripley -Huron School' Area.. Nominations re- ceived by treasurer Earl Tout were: .. . For Reeve Chester Emmerton, John Mac- * For Deputy -Reeve Mac- Murchy. Alfred Walden, John Mac- Murchy. ' For Council • William K. Lowry, Austin Martin, Hamilton MacKinnon. Ripley -Huron School Area • John Elliott, Howard Hodge,' • Russell Stanley. . Huron -West School Area Ralph Hunter, John MCChar- les. • ' Snow and Dogs Snow and dogs .brought the most comment from the floor at the sheeting of ratepayers fol- lowing the receiving of nomina- tions. John Reid was appointed chairman •of the meeting, an honour which has fallenon him • at many nomination . meetings and of which he is very capalile. School representatives were the first to speak. Dr. John A. MacDonald spoke of ;some dif- ficulties encountered , by the High School with heavy wirter roads but felt the township had done very well to ..keep 'them in as good shape .as they had. One hundred and fifteen, are rtre- • qently. attending Ripley High 1, School with 135 regilered at night Sphool. Ire felt they be able to hold the 6 mill rate • • • GENERAL' INSURANCE • • . • 'Business, 39 •HOWARD AGNEW ; Residence 138 dt~olt~..44,10 4,....044.1.44:00-1444040.* • oe.d.;•••4.4K.4i • ing and completion Of the new • Pupils , in the: senior. room and school: Presently there are 34 37- in the junior room. He- said that the board hoped to "carry the debenture on 10 mills. ' . ' Reeve, Deptity • Speak Chester Ernmeito,n, Reeve of the township, spoke of work in his Ward 1. The widening and .building of the "River Road" from. Litman church to :the beach cost $200, In 'speaking of •the 20 mill 'rate, he said that snow removal costs hadrun the townShip about $34,000 this year. It took about 6% mills, for snow removal . and another 1% mills to take care • of a deficit of $8,000 at the start of the year, "A nor-. mal • Winter will likely bring down the rate at 'least. 5 mills;" he said.. *Mr. ' Eintherton said that Huron was the second high- est township in the county in assessment with $31,840. ' In referring • .to county, work; the. Reeve stated that farmers werereimbursed for rabies loss in the amount of $16,845, of which' the county ?only paid. 20%, The' other 80% was secured from government by the 'agricultural committeeof. which he . is a menaber.... Alfred .Walden, Deputy -Reeve; spoke ..on the highlight of the work in his ward, the paving of the Shore Road north .of .,the 10th. The council had been ad- vised .to pave this year after. a four, year "preparing" program. "We will 'have no more worries .for 20' or 25 years", Mr, Walden. said • in. quoting : a' reputable source.; Mr. Walden drew to the attention *of - the meeting that DIAL PHONES GO. INT N: The first dial phones in this, immediate area, . went into op- eration officially on Tuesday, when the Huron and ICinloss Telephone System cut in its au- tomatic dial, exchange . at /3er- vie, to make 'telephone history. The dial'system extends into. Kinloss Township in the • Kin - lough 'district . How To trse The Dial Phone Dial equipment is the 'perfect • servant. It folloWs your orders to the letter —.and to the figure. It ,doesn't question your j-udge- ment• the* good- servant at is, it assumes that your instruc- tions are correct and proceeds' to carry them. out, quickly and ef- . ficiently, This means, of. course, that you have to dial the number you Want in a ,correct manner or.you; will probably not obtain the re- sults you are elopectffig. • ., • Here 'are same pointers:about how to guard. against. errors' 1. Wait for the dial tone' Like the "number please" of the man- ual system, the dial tone is the equipment's. way of , you it is ready' to take your ,call. Normally it is heard on ,the line almost ' immediately after you lift the receiver. floweVer,. some- times when an unusual number • of calls is being placed the tone may not • be ''heard for .,several seconds. If • you begin to dial.be- fore you hear the tone, some of the signals sent out by the turn - Mg dial may not he transmitted the switching equipment and a wrong number or no connec- tion at all can. result. 2, Allow the dial to ,spin. back by itself. Don't leave your fing- er 'in the slot or attempt to hur- ray the dial back. The dial is arranged to return automatical- ly at • the speed needed to pass along the inforrnation to . the dial .equipment, properly. If the Motion is interferred .• with, you May obtain a wrong nuMber 3. Avoid causes ". mistaken identity' between the figure. • • there ,'were 552. cottages •Con the and the letter and 17. bkwz I i Huron Township shoreline and th-:. ee • • • c e andthe -letter that $29,440. 'in taxes and leases was•received this year. gl AQ6 •to oistinguis!1 be- i; paid out this year by the tween •these will obviously - township 'in livestock claims.cause trouble.- • • • Rear Council 4. Dial each 'letter and figure • William R. Lowry gave a carefully. Be especially watch= breakdown of road expenses in ful 'notto transpose figiires, If ' his ward in the toWnship. An vou O .ntertain of the num- : expenditure of t3,000 for reriair- are c ing of the grader was maid for this year. while actually occur- ring in 1958. "Dogs were one of the biggest problems this year," he said. , , Hamilton MacKinnon spoke of .'work'' at the park at the foot of the 6th oncession' where tables and ' D1CMC facilities had been • • ber look it up and jot° it floWxr where it ' will be available for • future use .;. ' • • .., Dial On The . Party Lines Under the dial. system, Party' . . inc ushers in the .Bervie Dial; Exchange Area will emPloy, a „ .different procedure for-. calling- establiShed. The hill at that the parties With whom they ' point had been widened and share their lines• than they wilt . built up at a cost of $200. • Pav- for calls to all other persons n ing •was done, in front of the the ekchange area-, ', • _, i' Cheese : Factory to alleviate a bad dust area at a ,nst af $2,700. , A rural, line customer; after, 'Austin -Martin Spoke of a wid- dialing his party line neigh., • ,:., ening and - building program at bour's number, will hear ti-: a . Herb Houston's. gate toncorrect "busy" , signal. He will then re - a flooding condition. A new place his receiver and both tele - bridge is definitely in store for ,,1,,„_„......„„,- L„,..._. • the 4th concession in front' of kilauf-1171.1:"4. caller11hhears . the .rin,.:. lot 1. It is hoped next year to finish widening of the 2nd in ing stop, he will knOw the call front of lots 1 and 2 where at has been answered and he can present two cars cannot meet- pick up his receiver and .beg'n Austin was questioned from the the conversation. ' - n sfelocotirono.n t17., school rate in his Should the called party not .. ila,i, Join MacMurchy answer, the ringing with con - John MaclVlorchy, veteran pa.' firth& To stop it, the calling' itician and 'last year's challenger party need only to remove 'his receiver, then replace it for the Beeveship snoke briefly, Mr. MacMurchy wah. nominated for both Reeve and Deputy - Reeve and declined to run an election although some had been 1 urging him to "get in and give about the dogs that' are runnii wild, ;injuring livestock anti . causing the township a heavy' better government.' .aexupense. something shouldisasebe done thindz; o „ .. . Mr. IVIaMacMurchy. said, "there and is a great deal of ineffitiency in • about it," he said. .Suggestions the present work being done in • ofaumf ticlidogs a higher ernigdhegts,i;taty, tying the township." Ife stated that up he would' appreciate a chanre to ' etc. , were all discussed. . tach • try to correct things but that he, bsteireefrtaid dra t,sionseerrittato,ksh.ayse6mitt, 'eould • not do it alone Without.' some vete an members td.. work- oferli3r felt taat ftthaect.;tnou/ r,vno'ghf ip t. hreec etiovtel . Steve Irwin, road superi41- clauiemhni s and the tsheeriutslistuathutiaon . twh:,s, tendent Said that snow removal ru , .. ' had "cost.much .....,anre than it ,relt:/iz,cied,bThy ctittagers who pay• The POint was brought should" Be did not point the out that the townshin was bay - finger at anyone hut felt that ing for damage clone by the (Mel; next year. with a plow on every .concession and one on the shore, their dcg tax elewhere:. . road front Amherlev ta Ii-crpqr.., . Other snealv.i. were • Cl•nut.. dine. a better and more lono- ncre a, frver'"' T3(""4E". ond •13:-1 tri'eal jab shoirld 1,r, fir-ne.- tfanafrl. , e candidate for court - Bill Harris loft -•,-...:•:y strong!' it la -t Year - • ,47 • • - 4°- • , • 1 S • - • :".;•.' • • • • VI) 4 • • • :•*.-1. . .' • . , „ •”, . • • ..4 • • • •