HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1957-11-27, Page 1A
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1(inloss Nay
Reeve,C0UflC11 Gets, Acclamatioi
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, TOVa.. '2.7tht, 1'957'
Si,
TEEN ^P.APES'
ay trection
Three .men, with a : total muni;
•cipal service 'record of" 27 years,
will contest the Reeveship o#.
Kinloss •when the electors go to
-the polis next Monday, 'Decem-
. bei 2nd.- -Polls are : open fror_n::
9.00 a.m. to 5.00
The slate is as follows:
MOFFAT, FARAISH
• MURRAY,' P. A.
.. PERCY, HAROLD"
Harold .Percy;: the •: present
reeve, has served over two.. and-
one-half' Years, havingbeen el
ected. as ' successor to Reeve
David• •Carruthers who died sud
'denly..in March ,of 1955, while in
-1410,4.i-the ae' of Mr, Percy''s
election to the reeveship he had
commenced his '7th, terin • as
councillor; •.
p, A. Mur ray has been• in
municipal life in'`K,oss for • 11
C SH'.
AIMILIART MEMBERS :
VISIT WESTMINSTER VETS
Eighteen members of the Lad-
ies Auxiliary. to the Canadian
Legion made a bus -trip to West-'
m•inster .Hospital, London, to
visit 'and. distr bute•:treats of cig-
arettes; candy and apples' to 'hos-.
.pitalized veterans.
'For several years the ;Auxil-
iary ' has Especially retnerribered„
Hill, their, ".adopted", 'vet-
eran.
eteran. /Mrs. Alex Purvis had a
Christmas cake made for: him.
with his name enscribed, : when
they •learned a;•few days ,ago ',of
his death.. They have "adopted"
1'O WiR PUBi< 1t ,•.HEAR i
COURSE ,A'I' UJ. OF gr.„
M1
reeve Wil
�ntestWardenship
ASTRONOMY SPEC
ALIST
TO 'GIVE LECTV ' '; HERE
e name ' of
Capt. R Caldwell 'and the -cake
• was .presented to+ him: on Sunday.
,Long:', with 'other gifts.,
years having serve • as 'counc11
lor; two • different terms
Farish Moffat, the third band
idate` for the post, ' has been a
• servant' of the' Township as:,coun -
cillor• for seven years.
All-tlrr.:ee :-rnewhave-sat
many on the Kinloss ::Board and
the election rs. not being :fought
on: any specific" issue.'
Council , by, Acclamation
With Mr. Murray;, :and, Mr:
..Moffat stepping . up to contest,
.the office 'of Reeve,•'this' heft .a
two man :vacancy' on; the •Council
Board.' Wallace :Conn and Elliott.
Carruthers; 'the two :other court,.
cil members, have qualified.
A ` lecture • and a emonstra,tion
off the telescope ' • the . LuGknow
District High chool will, be
given on Friday' night.. of, :next
week, December; 6th, .by Gordon.
• Graham , of the Department of
Astronomy and ,Mathematics,
With • the current interest. in'
.the • Russian' satellites, Mr. Gra-
•ham's lecture'.' is most' timely. He
is president of the London Cen-
tre of the Royal- Astronomical
Society and president of- the
:Amateur Telescope :Makers . As-
sociation.
• There willbe a nominal charge'
of 35c and 'thy cCure' .wild -corn-
hence .at. 8.15.. '
A FIELD TOWNSHIP:.
.
TO., NOMINATE' FRIDAY..
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Ashiield Township nomination'
meeting will be 'held op Friday;
tailW-raeriii.nationgs -.Over
, • The. fact that theY have been
"staggered" this year is apprec-
iated at The, Sentinel Office, at
•for it permits rnore ;time
for • the printing 'of financial
it. pdssible \ to cover :all these
Meetings ler : publication. pur-
MISS HELEN <WEIIER 'REOr•
Miss Helen'•Weiler, RegN ; has
successsfLrily' written her -nurses
registration examinations:' She `is
a 'graduate of St. Michael's dos-
pital, Toronto, ;where she; was'• a
scholarsY ip _iim_er'`„ in Public:
Health Nursing Helen plans to
take this . scholarship course:ate
the University' of Toronto.
She is a daughter .of Mr and
IV rs. .Joe „Weiler,: formerly. of
Lucknow and':',a' • sister off•. ,Mrs..
Grant Gallan `of, town.
WILL BE TOO LATE IF
FATALITY HAPPENS
•' West ,. Wawanosh Township's..
Reeve, Councillors anhool
Trustees . were returned ac-
clamation last week. The Couri-.
•Board is comprised of Reeve
John Durnin and Councillors
Harvey Culbert, Lorne Ll!urnin,
;11,don Killerand Orval. McPhee. -
School Trustees: returned 'were
Harvey Anderson,; Ted Mills and
Jim Curran. The 'other two
members with a year.. to run• of
their two, -year .term, are- Wal-
lace -Miller and Wm. Webster,
Reeve TO. Contest Wardenship
Reeve Durnin had stated his
intention of • standing. for warden
• if r returned,' and after the vari
ous nominees'•had •.spoken and an
a, rg1arnation.,_. as. assured, .Chair -
Man
Chair -Aman Brown Smyth said that an
acclamation '' was ,-the- greatest '`
•
boost Reeve- ,Durnin. could get in
'Seeking ' .the wardenship. .Speak-
ing from personal ,exiper"ience • ,he
said he knew. there was' a hard`
fight' ahead,; but the acclamation'
relieved hin ' of any pressure in
the municipality :and 'asured. the
Re rve;; that the Board • and • the
penile; were behind him
M-7re ehairmaoteded,` his
beat. ' vv ishes, air `expression •that '
We w.ere told of .'an instance
last 'week, where .a •motoriit had'
td apply_ his brakes se sharply
;tdoasahv,07.77..appr,oalchin.g.High.Sc. h. eel.
students, that" he threw his' lit-
tle .girl off' the seat 'against the:
---7ProCeeding Eist, this driver
*as 'proceeding at a Very mod-
erate Speed. He was meeting
some_i:spread out!' studehts and
AT 87, MULL' INTERESTED
IN MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
;A figtire at West ,
ings:' oVer: the' years -has been'
'Thonias McCann of St: Au- •
,gustine, On' November
4th,. observed his 87th .birtfi,
Ave . and-keeri; of mind and
ih municipal
affairs. .11e recalls , attending
sq 7 years. ago; .4.and while
never-choosirig to 'Stand for
office was, nerninated many
Peter .McCarin, natives. • Of
Ireland, Tom Was born on'
Con. West ,Wawahesh.
%GAiit'ApE BROKEN INTO
The Supertest Garage Was
:broken, intei'last Week, , but
"thee.: Entran0 was •gained ,by
slipping the looking:bay on the
big. doos. on the east: side, and
then breaking through': a .WindOW'
into :the leffice...'
a few Months ago,
WORKERS SCARE.
or.ali Instant- on Tuesday afterd
'explainable way.
A• large tank that Sits at the
-piffle& 'through the roof, into.
the air, lighting on the. roof over
mg A hole, through it:
r,Ortunately,, no' one. Was stand,:.
the most anyone 'got Odin, the
PRESENT GIFT TO
RETIRING CHURCH ORGASIST
following- choir- practice —on
Friday h'ight at. the Presbyterian
Church, a Social time was enjoY-
eel when Norman .Taylor was
Presehted with a Schaeffer
-snorkel pen, and. pencil, Set in
l'eFognition' , eight 'years. of
ist. The address was read. by Mrs.
'llobert Reed.,and Philip Stewart
made the presentation, ••,
,has.suceeed'ed -Norman. She was
formerly the organist at St. ,An'
drew's United Church, RipleY,
'es.,there, was honored at a choir
8klal When Mrs, Wm. Grahani
mhos. Gemmel' presented her
Harvey Ackert :of 'the Tiyer.-
ton district, and a son of, Mr.
and ,Mrs.. Ernest Ackert: of. HOly,7
being :fatally, irijprecl on Satur-
themselves and upended the
plow :to strike Harvey. a blow on
the back ,and• head whiCh
onse, and repeated the horn.
blowing again, when it was ap-
parent that the students and the
were .oin to "be
time.. Even•Ahe second. blast was
disregarded by • the 'highway
walkers And_the rriOtOrist had to
tramp on• his brakeS. to Come .to.
'Thirii pot' written in era-.
leak. vein, •but rather in the in-
terests. of pUblic , safety. 'It will
be 'too late. if,a tragedy. happens.
.was. rePeated by• each speaker,
during the 'afternoon. ,,
..ty• matters ant _eye, detailed re.-
Mittee, the .Zon'e Forester;'
PrOperty ' Committee arid the
Children's Aid Society: .,
, Durnin Stated there were
• (Continued. on page 6)
How Often do we a* thiS, but .
still . these f rePorts ,'keep corning '
in :at. the..'last .rhintite, arid not
infrequentlY, •a Week late at that.'
This issue had to , increas-
SANT
.Santa 'Claus will be' in Luckr•
He's. a .bit earlier- than. uiugl'
is ear but t'' 'e's fleetin :arid
Santa's arrival sheuld 'spark the
.made te . have.: Santa* 'tour
the Main Street in 'a vehicle he -
fitting,; the distinction this Old
es. He is scheduled to arrive at
which will give MoM 'and
'kiddies iritO toWn tea' greet him,'
all the children,
Arrangements are aOtig made
to* have the'. I'Aicknow District
cePtiOn for Santa, and it is e
ChristrnaS -tree will ,be ereete
by. theh.
,tunned by; the .blovi, Harvey
1ractor to: the,' house •and was
for 'treatment. 'He was diseharg-.
ed• the' heit day, He escaped. by.
a blow that could have been
made it pretty' teugh trying to
catch :that mail -.truck oh Weth
riesday afternoon:
their. copy in by not' later:Ahari
.Saturday if at 'all
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I Round A c
Countillors Alex MacLeed; 0, G,
Webster, Sam' Sherwood ,and
Monday night,
; ,Retiring school triistoes Chas,
Sehmid,s received an a"e7r5Titalca'
to the Schobl.Board.'Mr;
to retire, and 'being absent his
a
Wai the. only hew. nominee for
the School 13pard apart from, the
board E,m,erribers,
-Thus during the nemihating
ed only nine noininations
for tho• 'eight se,ats.
teridancei, apart froM office
holders and efficials. L. .C.
Thompson WaS chairman,
End Year' With ,Surplud
'Peeve joynt touthed' briefly
on the road Program wine was
I N CORN PICKER
• Dimald Murray; .:25 -Year-old
'er. had• his right hind , severely
picker. on 'their farin near St.
HelenS on Tuesday. merning.
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*clotheS stripped off. in Ahe *Power
Wihgharn' Hospital; and then 16
extent of the injury ,Was not
)tnoWn at the time of :Writing.
would .erld the year With .a sur-
plus of • about, $600, and while
were, endegyeuring to .held the;
line on the Village• rater and stip.
..At the outset he, stated his in -
shim and. outlined. 'sotne of - the
1958' Plans; whieh irieliides im-
proved lighting - of the" "baek"
str6ets, in association with' a 'tree
pruning' program performed. by
the forestry dePartment of the
'WEST .WAWANOSII HAS ,HAD
neeve John Durniti of West
-Wa-ViabbaSh is one- ef about six
candidates who will contest the
.1958. •
only twice .i,rf the history
Huron County Cohncil has this
honbur come to West_Wawariosh.
The first,warden frorn the Town -
'shit) was Charles GirVin, who
held *the office in 1878, It .'cas
liZtY-yine years later. before
held the WardenShilS, He lea
Brown Srnyth' wile was elected to '
Reeve Durnin be a strong
contender' to , bring the henottif
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