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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-11-22, Page 41re �w ;4.0. A: Year lis A raww -- il,M llxlra Ti U.S.A. 1 LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24704 1%7 :MSia copy lie 26 Pages 1111 IIRIIEl1 MIIMM 1P iMOIMIS CLARENCE RITCHIE NEW MAN; ■ter..; Long Mari C• yer Is New Bald Manager For Mc A period of service which stretch • es over 50 years was;terminated on October .1st when Herb McQuillan :Of Kinloss Township. retired from. •operating his ruralmail route,, R.R. 6 Lucknow madthe route was taken over by Clarence Ritchie of the 2nd of Kinloss: Herb's service goes back many,,,, Many years. His father, the late .. Richard McQuillan, was the first • driver on R.R. ? Lucknow and as a young' man;wHerb asisied on this route and later drove it. • Milton Naylor .took over No.7 from the 'McQnillia family. , When Wilson. Hamilton gave ..up R. R 5 Lucknow . Herb took it .over and operated this route ;until going overseas., Following the war, in 1950,.be took over No. `6 route from Donald '_ • d continued to operate this route, Un -- til officiallyretiring a few weeks ago. Throughout the years, Herb has. been faithfully: assisted on'the' mail by Mrs. McQuillin and we know that mail driving will now '.be the farthest g thin •from their' minds as . they enjoy • their regular winter ".. vacation in Lakeland. Florida . , Mr and Mrs...McQu illin will; leave for the south on Friday of this week. III IIusalsRI ISISISI ISI I IUl{IR: former Lucknow 'resident R. E. "Ted" Collyer has been appointed. manager. of the Bank of Montreal's Thorold Branch:. He was.previously accountant at the bank's Chatham office, Mr. Collyer •graduated from Luck - now High School and joined the B of M here in ;1959.. He served at: • Norwich and• at two,: branches in Toronto before being appointed asslstant accountant at a Kitchener branch' in 1964. He went to Chatham in 1966. Ted is 27 years old arid' the son•of Mr:and Mrs. Stuart Collyer of •• Lucknow.. He is married to the for- mer Sandra. Edgar of Gorrie. Ted assumed his new duties last week. :Thirteen Years Municipal Service George W.:'Joynt, Reeve of the Village of Lucknow for the pasta' eleven years and a councillor for two years before.becorning Reeve; will retire from municipal service the end of this year. Reeve Joynt made this announcement, a sur- prising one to many. at the nom- ination meeting on Monday night in the town hall. Reeve Joynt has served his comm unity will in his eleven years as Reeve, during which time the • ,village, of Lucknow: has become a ;municipality` which is the envy of many larger municipalities throu- Ighout'•the area. George has a long list of civic limprovements to his credit includ- ing the nclude-ingthe re -opening of the local•, factory a, numberof years_ago. • Road work: storm sewer work, 'bridge work. two new wells. and • a new :• "broadwatype n. y mai . street are all'Projects: which have •become a reality during. Mr, 'Joynt's':Reeveship•,A town hall • With office -and meeting facilities second to none came into being :during his tenure' in office These are only a few of the prog- ressive improvements which Luck now has enjoyed during the past eleven years George had• the privilege of serv- ing as warden of Bruce County while in the :Reeve's chair ,: a post previouslyheld by his father:. Filling the Reeveship by acclam- ation will be Omar Brooks. Omar has been closely associated witji the steady progress in the village and as a councillorfor eight years, - can also take credit for :Lucknow's progressive steps.. ' As this, is written on Tuesday:. the Inew council is a bit of an uncert ty. HaryW.A. . . Iain ' . Harvey Webster, . W. A. "Bud Hamilton and Eldon Wraith,' all councillors on the present board were nominated as were Harold Ritchie:. Roy Havens, Harold Austin and Murvin Solomon_ ` Bud Hamilton indicated at Mon- day's nomination that he would retire...''It'. was expected that Harvey Webster and Eldon Wraith would continue in office • but this would mean two more councillors were needed Candidates have until .9 p.m. Tuesday night to qualify., The Sentinel is'usally,, completed, by this time but we will leave:.; , room elsewhere in this issue for the .final tabulationtobe published Jim Henderson was nominated for another two:year. terrn on'the Y. S nominated for the position•. A detailed report on ,Monday's nomination meeting will appear in next week's issue. • The` following nominations were received by clerk -treasurer E. H.: Agnew. REEVE George W Joynt.by Alex Hackett and. S.O. . Stothers. Omar, Erooks by Harold Austin and., .Dan Nicholson, ' COUNCIL (4 ne ededj:. Eldon Wraith by George Joynt and Omar Brooks. .• Harvey Webster by George'Joynt and; Eldon Wraith:' W. A. Bud" Hamilton by George Joynt and Eldon Wraith: , Harold Ritchie/by.W.A' Hamilton and. H. W. " Webster.,• Roy Havens by Harold Ritchie and; Jack Fisher Harold Austin by Murvin Solomon and Roy Havens 'Murvin Solomon by Roy Havens and Al Baker.;"- •.TOWNSHIP SCHOOL AREA OF KINLOSS AND LUCKNOW (i needed). Township School Area of Kinloss Jam es Henderson byDonald Mac - and Lucknow: He was Kinnon and Jack Fisher. .owry_versus Needham For Reeve 'Hard work, always keeping busy, is a.recia Mr.' and Mrs: lra Cam P P. bell give for their .70'years of happy married.life. Mr ' and Mrs. Campbell will celebrate their. 70th anniversary this Friday, December'"' 1st. Both are enjoying good health ..: and are alert and active. -Wingham Advance -Times Photo.. Couple 1 rave. In .y. moved'1958 the � froma k • L e , now and had a new home built in Belgrave. Untita .Couple of years ago; neitherhad' been in.the hospit- al.. Mrs. Campbell .was confined to hospital for a few days . Mr. Campbell it a son of the late James Campbell and Sarah Ann Wilson and was born at Belfast' on the farm in Ashfield which, until recently;. was owned by Dynes • Campbell. The family moved to Thessalon about 75 years -•ago,: before the advent Of the railroad. There Mr 'Campbell was raised and spen`r. much of his life: His .is the eldest and ttie ,last survivor of the Campbell family of four, Mrs. Campbell is the former Gertrude, Garniss, daughter of the late John Garniss. and Annie .Coultes Garniss of Bluevale, where she was born. The .Garniss family moved to Thessalon district a year after the Campbells. and it was there that Ira,Campb'ell and Gertrude Garniss were married on December 1, 1897 by • Rev ./W : R. Sealy of 'the Meth - 'Witt church.. Mrs: Campbell is the last member of a ',family of six': Mr.. Campbell was woods Manager for the Spruce Path Power and Paper Company at Kapuskasing when he retired several years .ago and returned to:his home in Luck - now where Mrs.. Campbell had been residing:. Before long, he was called back into service in, an ad- visory capacity at sthe Long Lac development of the'Kimberly'Clark. enterprises. • Fifteen years ago, Mr. ; Campbell bought a farm near.Purves Lake,., CONTINUED ON PAGE 2.: r Next Monday,' December 4th ratepayers in' Huron Township will go to the polls to .elect a Reeve and three Councillors': Huron has just changed to a two year term and.the successful candidates. will serve in office for 1968 and 1969. Battling for the Reeveship will be the present: Reeve William R. Lowry and, the 9resent Deputy- ,Reeve Russel Needham,, Mr.; Lowry 1is completing his -third term as 'Reeve of Huron having served: as Deputy for three years arid. Coin chlorfor five years prior.. to: that Mr. Needham is • completing his third year as Deputy -Reeve .after a three year stint as councillor Melville Pollock, a present mem- ber of,G,cuncil, will fill' the Deputy. Reeve:chair by acclamation:,. Four: men will contest three Coun- cil seats. Russell Stanley" and John Ferguson present Members .of Cohn cil, will seek re-election: •Two newcomers, Robert Emerson and Elmer Srneltzer', will also •seek (seats on council 1 John K. Elliott, Leonard Courtney rand Perrin Lowry were all, re-elect- ed by acclamation to the Township School Area'Board. Clerk Earl Tout of Huron received the following nominations; REEVE t. William R Lowry, Russel Needham ' DEPUTY - REEVE Melville Pollock; Russet • Needham. COUNCIL ,(3 needed) John Ferguson, Russell Stanley, Robert Emerson, 'Elmer Smeltzer. Melville Pollock. main f enc 'uncillon TOWNSHIP SCHOOL AREA BOARD (3 needed) ohn H. Elliott , Leonard. Courtney, Perrin Lowry 'CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 Gordon and Ruth Montgomery Plan, Hawaiian Trip Mr.: and Mrs- .Gordon Montgomery • of Lucknow will leave December • 8th on a ten day trip to the Hawaiian Islands. The trip is an. award for sales for Montgomery • Motors Tractor Division, Lucknow. The only other district dealership on the trip will be from Exeter. Gordon and Ruth will fly December 8th from Toronto to Hawaii where they will spend. two' • days: They will -then go on to,. Maui, another of the Hawaiian Islands where they will spend eight. days, returning December 18th.. IIr!*ia1 RH1 f 11II11Ulli!IIIIIIIUII I IIUIf• Santa Coining, Free Skating• -Too • Santa Claus will visit.Lucknow- this Saturday and every Saturday for the next three Weeks • Free Skating will also :be'held in the Lucknow Arena for the next four weeks.• Both Santa's visits 'arid the Free' Skating will be'4sponsored by the Lucknow Business Men's' Association. See the ,advertisement is this issue. 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