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-
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$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
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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.
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MR. J. M. GREER LUCKNOW
LUCK -NOW ACCLAMATION
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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
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"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.
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-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
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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.
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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
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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,'
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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
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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.
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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.
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there ,'were 552. cottages •Con the and the letter and 17. bkwz
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Huron Township shoreline and th-:. ee
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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-
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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
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where it ' will be available for
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future use .;. ' • • ..,
Dial On The . Party Lines
Under the dial. system, Party'
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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-, ', • _,
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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
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Steve Irwin, road superi41- clauiemhni
s and the tsheeriutslistuathutiaon . twh:,s,
tendent Said that snow removal ru
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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 -
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