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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-12-04, Page 19IN 0h..1fE7 .! • tt= ov.incial d with 'trent District t 'ate • iowc Karen id Donna • WEDNESDAY, DEC. Oh, 1147 AV' THE: LUCKNOW SENTINEL, 'LUCKNOW, ONTARIO PAGE NINETEEN; INi,.. lION • Steve'•Stothers was appointed chairman of the ratepayers meeting • which- followed the nomination period at the town hall in Lucknow on Monday of last week.. Nominations were received from 7;30-to.-$..344m..:by clerk E-.11. • Agnew followed by the meeting. Reeve, George Joynt, was the first' to` speakand commented .on the 'improved: attendance at the:meet•- ing, At least the back` rows. are .full" , said the Reeve who was quick to praise the: excellent work' beingcarried on by the village works department. "Cliff is''on the job.' nearly 24 hour's a day" ,• coma''- '. oma''-•' tinted the, Reeve., " an s -r g on his'tail" . Reeve Joynt was ,ref- erring to,the work of Cliff Craw' ford, town'forernan and: his assist-: ant Bili Ross.. The Reeve said: that thefinances of the village are .in A -1 shape:.1i said that two particular items'had. put the:mill rate up this Year. ,.Two :mills were ,spent onambulance costs for Wingham Hospital and m-il lto=finatee-th e -intermit. charges ,on the connecting HO' agreement which handled the work , ' ,thissummer on main street. 'He went. on to explain that while the main street' work was practically 100%0 paid for.;. by go. ernment, it was the municipal responsibility, to carry'and pay for the interest 'charges on the project•during:the • time it was in, progress, and until .thetiine thegrant was:paid. Mr., Joynt said that he. felt that next year about 7 mills could be removed from the tax statement., the five. mentioned . and •about two Mere.41e spoke of a light debent-. . ure debt in.. the municipality of about •R'.25paid-interest_and--T 'principal.. He said that a ,contin- •uous road and public works improve Ment prograrn.over the past ten :years had been carried out. and that • balks 300 'Lob€IS $1.75 Put Your printed. personal labels' on all easy to los' • f inns• • • items such as 'stationer.y, cheques, catnieras, toy', You'll find a thousand uses _ for .these pumn.d labels praserws • packed in a handy plastic ''rausaabli box. • • ORDER .NOW Ar h phonogrop' records THE LUCKNOW $ENTINEL; • 1968. would see the start of debentures retiring. Many of these' debentures are for work carried out: during these. 10 years, • commented the Reeve. "We have been working on peak loads" , sa1d Mr; J:oynt-F-a ut-I-see a. great deal of relief in the near future He said that within five or Six 'years', . 6 or 7' mills of deben- tures should retire • Reeve Joynt,' listed a group of com pleted or .partially completed) . projects during the past year, an! arenaproject .with•a net cost of. ' about $10,000, the -bulk of the road work a.n ctnrm. eimr•...wOr , cOr pleted, contract for six foot flourescent lights let for Stauffer. and . Ross Streets,, ,north and south,: a new well at •the High School'' which has a .'527' gallon per minute pumping capacity and which will be developed this winter.- The Reeve said that„4000 people' could be served from the new well 'and. the well earlier installed' by this same council on Havelock Street at the Bowling Green..:.` ' Mr. Joynt..saidthat 'property valu- ation had tripled in. the past ten years' in the village -and -that. many of thevillage imptoVement pro-: jects have contributed. towards this.. He spoke of a complete overhaul of the hydro system since he took• office as. ;Reeve,, with $2500 being spent on.pruningthe first• year he took office. ;The .hydro, system showed. a. profit, of $15,000 this past 'year:. The, Reeve also spoke of soaring welfare and Indigent patient 'costs,.. Speaking of his work in county council , : Mr. Joy*. said that he had served as chairman of the. County.' hcme conpmittee'at the time of • the' construction of .Brucelea. Haven in. Walkerton:. He said that':the first, stage of construction had called, for 92 beds with an additional: 60 beds When needed The original building had all the facilities for., expansion, but when approval for the addition was sought from county council, it was:turned down. "I have never, been'so•embarassed. in my life as when county.council turned down this expansion. program with 40 people waiting; for acconi odation • • Now they are building a:100: bed home at `Wiarton which there is no need of,commented. the Reeve, and: proposing to move Brucelea residents .:to . Wia rton. He felt the new home would be a burden to the • county ,for some time. Reeve Joynt then dropped a •bit of. a bombslrell•on-the meeting. He announced his' retirement from 'off- ice, after thirteen years serVice, twc as councillor and eleven as ,Reeve. He said there'comes a time when you have to decide whether to' make.'a full. time career' of munic- munic- ipal service or get out, in consider- 'atiori of your family. He said that- some of his friends and best support ers had urged him to continue in 'office., but that he had made the decision which would be final, Mr. Joynt thanked his fellow councillors numerous village organizations, the ,press, and all who had worked'with him . and 6o -operated in Various _.ways during his time in office. He, said•that having. been born and, raised in Lucknow, he had a keen interest in the. betterment of the village and hoped, that he had con tribu*ed in sorne'way. He pled$ed his support td th rncortt-rrigy-Reev Councillor Omar Brooks stated that he 'had. sat on council. for'eight years='with very few changes of 11 council members. He said that he had considered the Reeveship for two or three' years but had decided 'to wait until.several projects had beencompleted ,before .announcing his. candidacy. Mr. Brooks was not -nominated-for-council-this time” and said he had decided to; contest, the Reeveship this year. ,Speaking. of Reeve Joynt's retirement,, he said "I'll have large shoes to fill but will do the best I can". Mr. Brooks spoke of various road projects which, hadbeen carried. on. and of the. Ludgard and Gough Street bridges', Councillor Brooks is chairman of roads and bridges He spoke of the busy agenda ahead for 196.8, the arena project,:` the new. w ell to be completed., bridge approaches, a traffic bylaw, traffic signs and parking facilities as .soon, as possible. He congratulated Reeve George Joynt on his past work as, did all • councillors speaking. • Councillor Eldon 'Wraith `spoke of • the experienceyea ained'in. a r as;. g year' a council member, Eldon is;;chair-, man of sanitation and he Outlined' briefly some of the work done. in this department.: As well as. thanking the outgoing . Reeve, he extended best wisherto Omar. Brooks who would be. filling the 'post Councillor'Harvey Webster, chair- man of hydro, spoke. of`the new i lighting contract which had been let for Ross and Stauffer Streets. He also told' of the strides the hydro system,had •rnade in the past few. years:'; He said he had enjoyed his: years as •councillor under : Reeve • Joynt.• Councillor W'. A. •"Bud" ,Hamilton, _spoke as chairman of the water system and:commendedthe works department for their help and - interest. He apologized for several. water interruptions which were necessary when construction was'in' progress on the :main street .this ' summer. He said that he had • served on councilfor about '10• years and did not intend'' to stand again. • He:paid'tribute for the service of Reeve Joynt.. . • Others nominated for, council were asked to speak 'briefly, Harold' Ritchie, Roy Havens,. MurVirt Solomon and Harold Austin.: , James Henderson; who was elected• by 'acclamation to ,the., Township School Area of Kinloss . and Lucknow:,. said the. had come'to • the meeting 'prepared to step ,down,: but' in .view • of the single nomin,- ation , he would continue in office He spoke of the' change . in the future in education 'recently announced with disclosure that county boards would takeover the governing oteducation ' • . Donald.MacKinnon, chairman of the Township School Area of Kin - lois and 'Lucknow, spoke of the rapidly changing' education picture He said that a •couple of years ago,. six trustees from Lucknow sat on the Lucknow Public + School Board. Presently two Luck now. representatives are parr of five which govern Lucknow, Kin- loss and part of.Greenock and he said that, in the future'it would appear that Lucknow would be. ato hive even one° re fortunate. Y p resentative on 'a county school board He felt this was makilg• it increasingly difficult to secure trustees who would be willing to P! set •• Mr 'MacKinnon. sard.that__, in the past year the board had closed No, 1 Kinloss but that they had not disposed of itas the comm. TO THE RATEPAYERS OF HURON TOWNSHIP sincere thanit you. for returning; me to the :.office; •of Reeve of Huron, As before, I' will continue to work for'thebetterment of the townshipat all times. Season's greetings to all. SINCERELY,, WILLIAM R.' LOWRY TO. THE RATEPAYERS OF ;HURON ,TOWNSHIP; 1Ky tlianks' for the support given ,me 'at the polls " on Monday. Congratulations tothe successful Reeve and Councillors and: best wishes for -the future. in: Huron. SINCERELY,. RUSSEL NEEDHAM. • • TO THE RATEPAYERS OF HURON TOWNSHIP My sincere thanks and appreciation for '.yoursuport. I shall' endeavour to fulfill the** you haveplaced in me. • ' • NCERELY,-E LMER: SMELTZER x�.• • TO. THE ELECTORS OF HURON TOWNSHIP' I wish to express my thanks to 'the residents. of Huron Town- ship for the fine support given, me at the polls (will endeavour. `to. serve ,you well. Season's Greetings to 'all. SINCERELY; sop EMERSON .: TO THE RATEPAYERS OF HURON •TOWNSHIP: Many: thanks' to those who supported.me in Monday's election..' Best wishes to the successful. "candidates and all the best for .' . Huron : in the future: SINCERELY, JOHN PERGUSON': Lady (to neighbor's four-year-old) "Johnny, •I've seen you walk' around .the block at least' ten times .Why are you doing that?" a Johnny: "I'm running away :from home and I'm not allowed to cross the `street." ' ,unity had'shown' interest in the est `ablishment of a community centre there. The original deed., which left the property for education purposes only, p po o ly, ma;ny years ago; ,has 'created. some pt!ob1erris. • He. said. that with the moving td the high ,school building in the near future, it would not seem' feasible to establish shop and home.. economies.classes for Kinloss and Lucknow alone,. and that, accord- ing to the inspector,"'Teeswater and Ripley school might be: interested.. in buying this type of education from therri. Mr. MacKinnon said the area had a good staff of fifteen teat>hers and Should have one ' ore Not' a single question 'was asked frorn' the audience at this quiet' nomination meeting.. W • Mrs. Joe Kurtz Died,A# Galt °' WHITECHURCH 'NEWS Mrs.'Joe•Kurtz of •Galt passed away on Tuesday; November 28. in Galt Hospital. She was. forrnerly Hilda May, Boyle , . daughter of the • late Jarnes Boyle and' Mary Jane , '' Y Redmond of 9th Concession West Wawanosh She washer79th year. ..• , She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband and two daughters: Mrs. Roy Montgor'nery (Helen) and Mrs. .George Egoss (Luella') both of Galt and three grandchildren; also two; brothers John and Gus of Wingham and four' sisters' Mrs. 'Eleanor. Kelly, Mrs; Michael .Cummings (Irene) Of ,Wingham , Mrs, Walter Lettmer" (Eva): Scarboro and Mrs. Gus • Devereau (Mary) .6 fSt. Augustine, ' funeral held at St. All attended the ,Ambrose church Galt on Friday ' . , moaning. '3'