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...-.TAJ,PKNOW„;_,ONTAAT(:),•• 'W,E3)NESDAY,-
LEGION PRSIDENT
-motootro-i
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Friday, Saturday, Sunday and
„ onday, August „I,. 2,, 4, we
Officially ,set as the dates ;of .th
.14tieknOW .and District tenten
/1141; at a well. attended .Publ
-meeting on, , night.
Committees ha , een very
active- during 'the • revious
• days, . and at Friday's ineetin
• committee chairmen gave prog
ress reports that shoWed, consid
erable 1anzlinx.W.:42,Kgadx,bge,
.00ne and a' good deal 'accomplish
•
ed in ladhching the 'big 'project
George JOynt gave the open
g. .remarks and then • turne
,the ; meeting , over to the chair
man: H. D. Ttioni Psom. • with
• Stuart 'Collyer as secretary. Ex-
• ecutive Cameron
Mac. -
Donald; . Morgan Henders.on an
Ca4ipbell.ThotnPsOn, outlined or
ganizing procedure • tb date, and
•the following Committee . Chair
incn :• gave reports:. •Milton. • Ray
• ner, :Harvey Webster, • Ken Cam-
eron, Gordon Kirkland, V1/47;' L
•"MacKenZ'ie, .Ger-
aid Rathwell, MiSs 'Ada - Web -
Webster, -Carn ThOmpson; Bob
• • MacKenzie; Lloyd AshtOri;
The Chairman stressed' the im-
portance of all cOrnmittees..work.
ing clesely, with the .Executive,
in Orderto-Co-ordinate.and, dove-.
• tail all activities.. . • • •• .
• It was alsoemphasized that.
all committees keep .keeP minutes
'and submit, resolution§ to , the
,secretary for .'recording.
Entering into the general.
cussion, sine of whom head, sub
Committees, were Broelc
Mrs. .Jessie. Allin, :• Helen
• Thompson, S. B. ;Stothers; Gar-
net Henderson, ': Rev. ' :Jennings,
Melklejohn, Mrs:. Jim Mc-
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Inner.
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Mon-
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Naughton, J. W. -Joynt.
committee :chairmen - also :took
• part in the 'discussiOns,. seeking
„guidance; and advancing sugges-
tions. It was, rated as an 'eXce17,...
1�t Meeting, 'With enthusiasm
high and a. willingness .:to work
Very evident. •
• Such events as a -Friday even-
ing garden party reception„ haek::
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to -school; Scotch
gram,'historical ';ijagearit,.
chiid-
ren?s Parade, big„,.:cal:ithunipi4n'
•.Parade, are;arnorig the- .suggest-
ed .icTograrn features, but not. by
any ineans aornPlete. Emphasis.
is being :placed on..:bands, and
on the Sunday 'services. 'Besides
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CO-OP INSTALL
NEW. BAGGER
LucknoW District PO -Op
. plant has been .0 hive of
activity *during' the month of
January. In previoiis years, pro-
• dpction at the ')Ocal'.•Plant did •not
commence until February.;RP'
.cluced • Winter prices has. been a
factor in the busy month's work
• It is hope that, this. earlier start
• Will easeup.' the last Minute,
drid'-'761S2
boost the Sales irvIertilizer••
oPerating' the 'fertiliZer
Plant in JanUary, four trien,• Pat
; Rarni4nn .4A4 Elmer MacKenzie
when the winter. wOrk slow -up
win„ Lloyd S • aunders, Alvin
have been einployeci steadilY
is ordinarily at its ./peak, '111*C/
extra men are. alsik heeded for
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n oadifig railwa3r cars ;when
theY. arrive, •
;A; new lagger, has teen instail-
ed •
this weelc which ,will increase
production 2,§ percent..
The do -op has' been; consistent-
;adverti,ing .the 'sa,vings ',that
l'eSttli. from winter purehaSing' Pt
foiltlizor,-,and it i that this
hag. had an *ifyilrat and hat,b6"
quite a factor in titni.i14fing
sales to .d clagro:e' thft has‘'
rt
clitired'thry onening of the' Plaht
alnotith
MORE SCOTCH HERE
': THAN' IN SCOTLAND
They talk about the Scots
,: reputation for ,•being canny,
but in this respect Mrs. Jas. ,
McNaughton, who* carne froin
Old. Lando since • the 'war,:
•
thinkS we're more,,Scoteh
• he than, they are in :her
- mark (Which brOught, a good
laugh)4;t: a ..Centennial
lie. meeting last Friday: • •
Ways and rijeans •of .fin..
the. Centennial were
irig diScussed. at the
• The question : of •a. guarantee,
list,, where .you go your
•• mOney. back. if you. can keep
out 'of :the:Ted: had been Sug-
gestect„, • • • ••• •
, Mrs. MeNairghtorr,Saicl that
• her home town had • recently •
Marked -it500th• . birthday,
•'and a canvass for donations
• had: been .made,::: with *
no
• thought-. of "getting'. their .
• ';incidentally, a system of
voluntary contributions has
been. adopted for the time •
being at 'least.
NAME- ENUMERATOR AS
•FEDERAL' ELECTION CALLED
Monday, March 3Ist has been,
• setas the. datc..of the Dominion
election with •Prime Ministc1:7.
johp .Diefenlbaker going, to the
people seeking a 'mandate that
would give hini a wOrking, rria-,
,jority and end. the•••;"intolerable"
situation that'had deVeroped for
his minority regime: • •
ElectiOn machinery has sWuri.'4,
into action, and.lbeally eriumer-
.ators: have been 'named as fol-
lows:. No. ,1 Poll, Mrs. Peter1VIc-
Call;, IVO. 2, Eddy' 1Vi'oore; .NO.. 3,•
Fred-AriderSon. They are, ta com
mence .compiling' the list ,vot-
ers by Monday,' :With a Week al-
lowed: to, cbmPlete. the work.
• A. MacTavish of Teeswater
is Bruce Riding returning :offi-
cer. and was in' town ori • Tues
day conferring with -the
Association .chairrnan, W.
Webster,. in regard t.$1 the .enum-
erating. ' ' . • •
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` ...GARNET IllENIII,ERSON"'„'.,
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$RS. PHILIP MaelVAILLAN
RECEIVING TREATIVIEN'T •
ON-HAN-1).AT IVIALTON.
. •
Lloyd MeNall went to Maltoni.
• last' week to:receive treatment
for a aevere 'hand injilrY he Suf-
fered 21,, months. ago at LlOyd's
Factory.in Windham. •• • • •
A. wood Splinter' pierced:the
hand last November: and:. Lloyd
.had been hospitalized at Wind-
ham since ,then. , •° • " • ,
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RECEIVE, WORD OF.'NEPIIEW'S
Pg:ATII TRAIN •
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; A level , crossing accident near'
OttavVa: has claimed 'the': life of
ocinie, Gary, waa..the hephew:.of,
Laurence Corripeati. Of .Lucknow
DIED SOON AFTER who recently assumed. the
OVERSEASNI SIT 7 •
r.,z8rhanpt: of the ,1 orrneF.Chin
Within' a .niontli after her 'sort
had flown overseas to .' visit :his
• Mother,' the death occurred. at.
•,GOole, Yorkshirer England, . of
Mrs. , J. S. Wilson.• •
•• Reuben' •'Wilson d. • Ashfield
recei,yed Word last. week, of the
death of: hia:mother,:ori Monday,
•JanUary 27th. She was laid to
rest on Thursday, January'30th.
-Mrs. Wilson vvas 77 last Aug-
ust arid had been in frail health
for some time: :.Reuben visited.
,;.hCr• •;.'a•t
•
Was ; the first 'fitrie he had aeen
hiS,.. Mother and: ; sine
:leaving England as'..a youngnian,
in 'June Of. 1924; •• -"'•
Reuben's'clacision tb,fly home
ina spontaneous one with
ten'. days ,Of deciding to go,
back he'was winging hi§ way i
over the Atlantic. He left '
mid, -' December, spell t over t
Christmas' with his aged blether,
and Was home by New Years,' ; • a
. Was, a.' visit that' brought o
in37". to his mother ' the short- g
span Of thrie left to her, and C
one 'that Reuben .is ,riovV sa, glad
that he--tiiade,
• Iletiben's father died six Y'ear,s'
ago.. Ile has three •hrotherS and
.1\4
The .driver ,.
_ver of the •car, another
• . • • .
teenager is iii*Serious• condition:
The two boys, hbekey , players.
for .Gananocitie'S::.juntor teateam,:,
had • driven . friend:, to ". Ottawa'
and. WeTe returning :to ttanan,,.
°clue when. the accident .ocCUrred.
In: rneindrY :of the...poPular ydung
man, _the 'haCke3t- team - were
biak rbou:riiind arrnrbands
th-eir next ,dame.„
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RETURN'''. FROM• • •
WORLD TRIP
Dr.:..deor°ge. W, Macdregor,;•
of
Chicago •and .a 'tratiVe of Ash
field ToWpship,; has just return-, c
ed front' a trip ',around the World
ad
arid a vi'sit to. • Iii:,, as dele-
gate •frOm. ;the Chicago Vegetal.=
an. Society of Which serv-
ng A'S •prosident. for a: fOur,year'
. ,
erin, ; •••• •••
• While in 'India. Dr. MacGregor
ttended -and Jecturedt sessions
V the World, Ve.getaPian
fn'BorribaY, Dellii,arid
aletitta. • . • ' „. •
Since returning .Di,.aeOrOgor•
Xpresscs pleasttre'in noting .that
r,e's Ar16 have :a tCenterini01 cel;
;ration• here this .year, and:
ucyieas to. ;when: ' Civicholi
rot ,.);vbciik-(,nd is,' The .C..lajes• are
(1:.1fID Ite as ;•August. 1., ;2;
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TEN, FAGES
antees New ndustry Will
t Cost Ratepayers A Penny,
'•.,Reeve George. -W-•:jot, ad
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r.essed: the. Lucknow Business
Men's• Association ast Week in
regard to the - fixed assessment
'to be granted - 'Beatty Bros
ited,. and while mentioning the
numerous benefits to the ,
.emphatically stated
• that, hp "w,ould. guarantee that
the new, industrywould not cost
the
ratepayers one penny".
The Reeve .stated that County
NATIVIE, OF KINTAIL:
AGE OF 100
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Funeral. services' were:held'
• an •°Monday, • January 27th, •
• for Donald Joseph McLean,
• 100,, • POrt Arthur's oldest
resident. He,. died Saturday,.
• Born. in Kintail., Mr: McLean
went ;to the Lakehead in
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'Gt-rrioWn at Prince's• Landing:. ..
'• He• worked as a miner, prbs-
-re-asseased r and: approved the
..assesarnent: oh this, factory. He
explained, in detail . the :break -
&Own • of the assessment for
school, county. ,and .purt•
poses: • •
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In "dollar talk" it Means that
:fel° .five-year. 'period the ViliL
age will receive, tax revenue
• froinilris firrn .of :approximately
$1,500,Thr an, increasein' tax re-,
Ventre of about :$300 per year
over and above what is ° now
being • derived from the idle
plant.• • - •
• Reeve Joynt stressed that this
firm. . Wag' not o n qerned greatly.
• about. a• fltietuation. 'of $100 or
$200• a year in 'their tax 'bill; but
asked. for the fixed ; assessment
for the •5=year :period so: they
• would know' approximately what
.the ti• annual tax bill' would be
for that -period of, time.' •
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Reeve Joynt said that the
Council ' forsees no tax increase System in a better potion
tiT
for 'Village • purposes .this year .••go, after lower • hydro rates, for
eVen.. though they had backed ' as , a result of •being; at "the end
the -Centennial Committee with of the • line", we • have, one :.of • •
a One -mill levy 'if ,needed. The the poorest rates.. • ' • „:.
Board'a aim is to • hold the rate :The meeting Set up: Ward .
and stili 'carry Out an .improve- Committees to go over - the list
merit program: of ratepayers entitled to Vote on. .. •
Mr. Joynt 'added; that apart this fixed assesament
froth the: general benefit to the .Vvith a'. vieW 'to: informing' anY
Village, -the .:neW industry would' of . the electorate': Who: may not
add: to the„local consurription of be fully informed on; the, cities -
hydro, and put the local Hydro' tion. :
ipector, arid railway
• ALBERT 'LITTLE PASSES
Albert Little . passed away .
his home in; Lucknow on Mon-
day. evening in.. his • 77th :Year.
The ;funeral service will be held
On Thursday "ai. 2:30. o'clock at
•the McLennan-MaeKenzie, mem,
orial. Chapel With interment • in •
Greenhill 'CerneterY.:
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.JOSEPHJulINSTON PASSES
.The death • of Joseph Henry
Johnston,'age 87, occurred at the
Lticknow PriVate:,'. Hospital on
Friday., The funeral, service was' ;•
held; at the: 'NIcLennan-lVfacKentl•
•
zie Memcirial: Chapel OD; Monday
with interment .in South Kinloss ' •
Cemetery: • . r'
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iscusses ut
Whether: we Use it or not, no,
one wants to give up our • rai
.
Way service, was about all ..th
.Was definite at, a. meeting la
Wednesday morning at the CN
depot •• ' '
CNR officiala. eoriferted wit
• Municipal. officials::and idea
business men and _farmer§
hour s discussion of ways' . and
means of increasing • traffic or
solving the, Railway's problem of
what to • do with an improfitabi
business --,---the passenger Service.
Adinittedly the', .branch lin
trona Kincardine to ',Palrnerstah
is paying p"ropositiori •frorni.
r rvic
no one cared to hazard a guess,
1- It was pointed out that improv -
at :ed service would involve huge
st• exPerichtttres out of all ,.propor---1
R tionto the return that could be._
hoped ,for, • :
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h, pointed' Out that was
• not the• bus, but the Protor car,
that- ;was -the' train's passenger
. . •
service opposition.. The conven-
ierxce of going :and cOrning as- it, .
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suited one; . being able , to .take
e a •'carload, :/and to make a min-
e chiefstop reason°urhey forthewas speedierth
;trip) were factors that train 'ser -e
'Vice could: not compete with' on •
branch lines. The CNR officials, ••
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,
incidentally, travelled by .car on
fat -finding ,misaion:
.freight and • .express. angle, but
ZJ-iere's nd' doubt. that 'the CR
•oUld be ' happY, to be rid of the
Itvapassenger?. service': •: . •
beinted out that.on the
four traintwo up 'and two
down,:dailY". between -Kincardinl
and airnei:*on az..tota
avelage Of 25..p., passengers per.
day, 'Or ''eVer •Sik per train,
and an not through passengers
by. ,any means: The eost. Of the
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throe sisters, :all living. in' Eng, q
landi and- within' a .comparafive,:. „r•I'14
ly short ,distaricc,of. p6rentat • fl
.of 8-611061We; - •
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rew,4,, alone 'on: straight passen-
ger runs .iS over: 000.00: •
•Railway officials Present.
this Meeting' were, J.; A. Br ail,
l'bronto; special assistant to the
passenger „traffic in 'Anager: A. L
Craig), Toronte,' superintendent'
express' department; T. E. •Car,
lin,. Stratford, CN*13, superintend
•ellt; Eugene. CatnetOti, Strat-:.
.o c o division troight'agent; John
Neel, Toronto, regional man-
• ng -of,, Public -re I •Ition't4.
the rife rrn0 1 . 'ftir tit.) di nk
discussion it • 'was, Sp,,,,:,geSlecl th
.thp representati.As • that
male ..trrOdorri • equipment • and
sppedier tb TaitontO
would inci,oaso traf-•
fie When aslc'cl "by how iuhn,
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IF4rsees increased Use
•. •Reeve George.Joyfit was, the
spokeamari for the,. local delegaL
11.90-nbc -Walntdh'
offering suggstions:
,The ReeVe '-pointed to the extent
that this. area was eXPanding
• • Jil
dustrially and fbresaW a 't ontib-
tied " •'
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'The CNR is in a 'favorable
p6 tioh ‘..,,to benefit hy this de--;
• yelopment,: which as Weil a8 •
bringing iiiCreased freight sand,
ekpresS business, Would result'
in • a • •propertionate increase in,
passnger traffic, even 'as it new
is. 9f the4novs out
they'll be SOry",•7cetended Mk.
Joynt. • • • ••
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' Mr." ,1:byrit suggested that the
gut andcjium 1.•tp
buSiness, the same .as att,y other •
enterprise does . that has •sore
thing to sell, and :by..4ivin.
Vide anc St.PepPlItk good publk
) the reSuts culd be•
en
• 8 to more than offset. any'
miier -deficit,
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