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X56 A Year.. In Advance. $1.00; Extra, To
Kinloss .Returns:
Kinloss Township elect o r,S
wentto the polls on Monday
're-elected Reeve Harold
1 ercy, ' in a," three-way contest
for the ree'veship. His opponent%
were Sta. veteran' councillors, P.
A., Murray and Farish Moffat,
who have 'givenfaiithful muni
cipal service..
Mr, Percy polled- '254 votes,
Mr. Murray 181 and . Mr. Moffat
63;, giving the :reeve -elect .a 73.
vote :'margin over ,,Mr. Murray
'and' a ten -vote edge in, the total.
.
Vote. Reeve Percy was top man,
at every polling' subdivision ex-
kept the , Second .Concession
where Mr._ Murray had a • 33 -vote.
lead:
Reeve Percy's 'election returns
him to the Kinloss• Council, for
his'' : tenth .. term: He . Was • serving
11S7th term hs -councillor; at -the'
time of the death of ,Reeve David'
Carruthers.
The reeveship was thea: „icon-
tested by .'Councillors' Percy 4n41°
Dan, T. McKinnon, in 'late ,March
of .1955, with Mr. Percy elected
in a 'dote ..contest, . polling •'236'
votes" to. 'Mr. MoKinnon's 222 for
a 14-vote.'margin:
„°There were 40'.moree„votes ;cast
on.; Monday :than: in the 'previous”.
reeveship��-coritest
voting. , subdivisions
'was as :'follows;; .No.1; black-
horse, •Ne..2,. Kinlough; . No. 3,
• Holy1°ood, .:No: :4, Second :Cons;
No..5, Langsidei, No. 6, - White-
church
Fere`
)li y Murray ; Mofat
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NTARI4
RE-ELECTED. MONDAY.
REEVE HAROLD PERCY
TO SAIL SOON' TO JOIN
HUSBAND IN `GERMANY
-._1i7rs -A ,Lemoine--and . children
will sail next Tuesda Decent
Y,
ber' 10th 1 or Germany' to join
her ,''husband,. :Who wasp osted
overseas-
w th :the:.Ca dart
na
Army a short time ago. They
.expect to be : settled on the con-
tinent .before <• Christmas.
It is Mr. Lemoine's ,second
overseas' posting Dun lei first
•stint overseas, Mrs Lemoine
0 8 `and'' children made their 'home
2$4 -. 181 63
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COME TO' UCKNOVN.
•TWo of three scholarships
-awarded to -high--sehool-studen
in:Bruce , •C'ounty, have come :to
lgraduates df iLucknow . District
High:. School.' •
The awards are known . as the
Carter scholarships, and have
been' awarded for many years. -to.
the :top three. students an each
of several Western Ontario :'conn
•
To be el i _'ible the ' student
must have nine' subjects, ..with•'
matheinatics specified.',
• The awards were :as follows:
1st, '' -Eleanor ,Gateman ofChes-
ley, 4$100; 2nd; Arch e . G ui'1=
'Ian, ; Lucknow, $60; 3rd, Gerhard
(Gary) Suter Lucknow, $40 •
, ,. , 0 ++
r • •
posting,; they ' •have, been ' residing
at Pembroke
HAD 'HEAD GASHED. IN:.0
FOURTEEN-J'O•OT FALL :, The, death ,'af Mr s Hedley'.
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WBDNESIDAY, DEC, 4th, 1957
URGE` PUPILS USE
'BACK' STREET
• Meeting o, n Monday night,
LucknowY District, 'High School
Board- • expressed =--concern- about
students walking to :and from
'school on Highway • 86, •..
The Board ,.decided toissue an
appeal to • parents to urge 'their
children to ,use Willoughby, St.;
a block south 'of Highway 86, in
going' to and bComing .from school;
As :an added safety precaution
they request that students walk
not more . than.. two abreast:' .'
A letter • from, the' County
-Clerk-,advise-dthat Gerald 'Rath
well was .the; County 'Council' ap
pointe to "the .Board for 1958:
In 'reply to a query. at 'the
West: Wawanosh nomination the
Board is• seeking information as.
to• the insurance ' : coverage on.
students at times when. they :may
be , tem, oraril trans- orted
p Y P , , by
car ,rather than by bus.' •
It was :decided to -equip the.
telesco •e so that it can be easil
moved as required; •
MRS . HEDLEYBURDEN
PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY
Robert. Rae suffered .•a':.badly
gashed head on Fridayin a ,14-
foot fall m it
a 1 at "the .co xn�,n y •shed.
He waseavetroughing over the
shed • by 'Gordon :Brooks; vvho
converting .a section. of the shed
into a transport garage.:
The ladder, slipped on the
frozen ground...and Mr. -Rae stay
ed,
with it'as 't• crashed to :the
ground, His forehead ' str'uck, :the
extension iron inflicting a •gash
that 'required twenty-two stitch-
es; 'Mr. Rae was knocked out ,by
the blow. ,
.;Mr: Rae suffered no serious
after" affects and was soon able
•to be around.. again. He and his
daughter, . Mai garret, plan :to'
leave for. the :South the first ;of
the ' week.
BuyNursjng
eslam1 _ •aving_Thrs
G
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Jones Streetsville•
for a time, but • the
have purchased -the - Queenswa:y-
Nursing. Home ,at. ...Hensall.... and,
are a5suniing op erations • of the
homy tif7s 'Thursday;, necessitat-
frig a'hurried departure from the
village, and 'a, departure that is
regretted by a wide circle of
friends-
Jones,
riends. .
�1VIrs Jone e r .
s, a -graduate-
use;:
/has 'been' employed at' the Luck
now, Private. Hospital for the.
past' four years and. is 'quite'
qualified• for, and',fanniliar ith
the duties of 'a nursing home;
go
Best wishes, for success gwith
Mr. and. Mrs. Jones` liv-
ed in Lucknow for severalhave v
years.
Orville was employed, here in
uel
� x
eavet�•�s�-�YViill�whetr"tYYe�'n "Mee'
married. Following their :mar=•
riage• the'' re
the'' resided at Brantford
orabout three years, before re-
turning' 'th' .;Lucknow�': yrhere.. Or-
ville ville resumed his duties at 'Ire
leaen's mill where
ne • he Contin-
.
da , , _.
e'
sw_miller, • until the plant
eased its flour mil O
a -
tions, °He;, Was milling
y rat
fami.l-y, -Continued-.•:to2 reside -here
The Jones, family, and Mrs_.N.
Scott, an aunt of Mrs Jones,
and -who .makes 1'ier `hoine with
them, have ' been active: and
faithful members of the United
Church. Mrs. Jones has been ,a.
faithful choir merri:ber; and
currently serving --=as president
of the Evening Auxiliary.
Kenneth, .a Grade 9 student,
will accompany his pa'r..ents ;to;
Hensall, while . Louise, a' Grade
7 ,student, and: a membeer` of the
Girl Guides, will.' remain here
1
They purchased the Queens-
way Home from Earl -D. -Burtt,
who has been forced; 'to dispose,
ause-of- �p oor heal
--of �t'� bec .. •
Mr. and Mrs. Jones purchased
the Wm. Fisher home- a> few
years ago, and later built a new
home on an, adjoining. lot. They
have sold the new home to Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Donais, ,,and the
other. •• residence 'is tenanted by
Mr. and Mrs. Ross • Cuinrhings.
den occurred, in ' :Chatham : on
Monday afternoon,' a eouple of
hours' after :being.stricken ;with
a heay.y stroke. She :was 51 years
of .age
The Burden +farnily "lived < in
Lucknow for. ` a time when ' her.
husband was a. 'member • of the
1gh ,':School teaching : staff Be=
sides her husbandshe• is survived
by - '-four_ children,. -,Mrs. Murray'
McDonagh (,Shirley) of Goder
ich Lester, Karen and"Myrna' of
Chatham..•. Mrs: Burden was a
native:: of .Carbonaar, _ Newfound
The funeral :service. will :be in
Chatharn on'TI ursday afternoon..
CH'R I STM•A•S-SE-
FUND ROLLING
The • annual 'Christmas seal-'
campaign of the, Bruce County
:T-uberculos%s .: - Ass'isointi : s
-launched. a • couple of weeks ago;
andthe returns are starting.',to
-coni
Locally contributions . are ar.-
ceived, at the Bank of .Mantre.,al,.
and ,if you are one, like our
s ..
selves, who 'la.neglected• .� t''o
sert'dd iii your- seal money, better
de so now, and save the necessity
of sending out a , follow-up let-
ter.'
•These second notices will be
-going:.put :.shortly. .from . the -home
o+f
the, ' Association 'Secretary,
Mrs. + Norma MacKay of Ripley
Mrs+ . MacKay • reported that
receipts at the first of the week
totalled•. $1,409. The County total
in last' year's sealsales was
•-long--wa-y--to-
go' yet.
:Ultring the s trnni'er a Countyt
wide chest k -ray survey was'con-=
-. ducted, d•tit ing-y Which L•app,roxi-
mately 6 000ersons were- x-ra:
pY.
This represented 53 percent
of the, adultpopulation pop lation of• the
County. '•
In support of this and other
projects aimed ' at stamping out'
tuberculosis, buy and use :.Christ-
Inas,seals your m
ail and par-
cels.:this month.
•
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TWELVE PAGEs.
rclamation �n Ashfie
.. ;. ..._ :.. T1e,Reeve and Council df.Asr,.
GIVEN' •ACCAMATION�t field ,Townahip were returned to
office for another year by ac=
iir/Hli • ���oY?' i.+/r' Y/ry' 9117'
'' i :i i/ ss �. err
�% f;r7 clamation at +he no' nation
/‘,2,%4011110:!:�"-c.. .. h _ .��i
on Friday. Reeve Cecil• • Blake
and Councillors, .Andrew Ritchie,
John Bradley, Tom Howard and
:Donald MacKenzie arae serving'
their, fifth 'term since•elected, to;
M
office in 1953,
Clerk -treasurer. Donald $imp-
y son w4s appointed chairman of.
the meeting and briefly outlined
Line financial statement,
Reeve • Speaks
In ' .commenting on the town.
ship road; program Reeve Cecil:,.
Blake said that they had • exper-
ienced . a better : year this. year.
than, the year before . •and' that -
weather conditions had ,'permit-
ted them to .get more a:ccoinplish
ed. Five.. to six miles of road
widening was done in the town
ship :with "a small 'piece of .hard,:-
top
hard-top applied?, Six small bridges
were Quilt::: Mr., 'Blake ,'mention- •
(Continued on page 9).
REEVE CECIL BLAKE
TRANSFERRED FROM
TORONTO TO 'ALBANY'
J. . L. (Lavergne) MacMillan
has • been 'transferred from <the
Toronto off ice of Standardt,,
Chemical.: Ltd., and is nowem
ployed at Albany,
.' �N.Y.N.' for : Co1
Y
ombia Southern Chemical '"Cor
poratian, 'which is the. parent
company.
Mr. and Mrs MacMillan.mov
ed ' to. Albany over two ----,weeks
ago, and • have : secured • a home
rn. su o ur o an , ", es. mere.
:. Lavergne is .a son of; the late
Mr. and a Mrs Jack. MacMillan"
'of Lucknow
•
WARM ':OF CHILt1 N
GREETED; SANTA ' SATURDAY
SantaClaus arrived` in—town
on ,e'aturday .with •between 700
and 600 stockings of ' candy and
sortiebas1'el hamrers• of apples, ,
courtes 'of u_ �now`.mer• 'a
Y l.• k ch tits;•� •.. .
v •.
yet tile supp.l- •was . not sufficient
to go .around.
.'n'here was a eal.
children followed. Santa to the .,;
Arena," where `" the treats .` were: •
passed out., S'everal: boxes :of
chocolate bars were' also distrib-
u ut t ese c short. toe',of --
filling the need. •
•Santa, bore'a striking resem-
Iblance.to Glen 'Walden.
,ele rate
►, nn .. r^ers:ar
MR. AND MRS. HRA CAMPBELL.
Mr. and Mrs• Ira Campbell ob-, socially extend `the'i'r best wishes.
diamond wedding Tea` waspoured. ,•by• Mrs. Jake
served their •
y,. . Hunter, Mrs, Foyd Campbell,
anniversaryon Sunday, Decent-
- Mr
ber 1st, and to celebrate the Mrs. Burt Roach and Mrs. Glen
-notew rthy"--eve =heid' 0-ntery tnpbei •Servnrg arid -receiving -7
•
•
;p.
4.
!k"
t!
{
house on Saturday are
d.
tie
their
r=
a
Were'
day held. a family gathering.
Mr and ' Mrs. Carripbell '
-enjoying- :ery.-good health�,a.an
are 'alert and•: active to: a. degree
,that belies they are'both in the
$0th year,' and are 60 years mar-
ried. Neither has everbeen in
hospital.
This esteemable couple we"
shower :, , wi ` .
edw w th gifts, cards. an
congratulations on their:afiriiVe
eery• and, ,'many called,' tory per- ' • (Continued roll' s' l )''
the guests were ' three granddau •
ghters, .Mrs." Gladys van Camp,,.
Mrs. Shirley Straughaf and Miss
Gertrude Campbell. .
Mr.. Campbell is a •son•, of the •
late James Campbell and .Sarah
Ann Wilson and was born at •
Belfast on the 'farm now owned;
byDynes Campbell The, family '
moved • to Thessalon about Sev-
enty. y'ears,.;:ago, and •before 'the
advent of the trailiroadt. 'where tra -