The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-03-26, Page 18as
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THE ;LUCKNOW .SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26th, 1969
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'resent Pin To Mrs. George'
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yrs. Harvey Houston Speak At
WH.ITECHURCII NEWS April' 25.
.Whitechurch •Womens'lnstitute On March.26th'the branch con
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held their nieetinr Wednesday , vener.s of standing committees
March 12 at '2 p.m.. at the home will meet at 12'o'.clock at the.
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of Mrs,, ,Garnet farrier, and Mrs', home:ofwCtictor.Emerson .for •
• Eunice Gillespie a pot• luck dinner 'and to prepare
T. president.l'1`rs Victor „ • ;their reports.
Emerson extended a warm welcome The'April meeting will be held'::
_iso e g ' trt7i lnnty N1em rraFilali whi•
to \ i,itors and members The Tuesda , April 8 in Whitechurch..
`Tn"����i�J o n d'wi�t�h -snin�-the C� e
Institute Ode and repeat nt'the a pot luck dinner, will:beheld' at
Collect. in unison; 12 o'clock with a meeting.after
''• A' letter 'was. read from Lucknow Mrs, McGuire gave the financial .` .
Agricultural Society requesting report.
;Whitechurc `1N I: to enter the The Roll Call was answered
•:croup Display at_ aLcknow. Fail d with •a oke: There were 30
Fair September 19 and 20 , . Thank. present ` C'ommunity Singing
you notes •for Valentine ,boxes .sent, Irish Eyes and -Put On Your Old
w•ere.. ived frim r . 4 J: .GLey Bonnet was enjoyed,
Coulter ,''TOM 1\lorrison •
The guestespeaker, Mrs., Harvey
Elizabeth Campbell , Alex . 1. Houston , was introduced by Mrs
Coulter; Laurie da Sanburn, Mrs: Bill• Evans. Mrs Houston snowed.
' D M'acDonald,•Mrs ,. F.. Coulter, the badge she wore, at 'A.0 W. W.
Mary E Chapman tr:.'and Mrs. meeting Lansing. She showed
Wm Brown ,p Lee McGuire, Anne Many things she had got at the
and Mary Laidlaw, Tom tagoffin, 'meetings and explained' the:
Stella .Beecroft , Mrs; Mabel. • different day'sprograrris: She
-Stapelton , Eunice Gillespie R. told of 'being billetted but with a
Reavie„ MA, E. Pardon , and ,lady,, horn Pakistan for. Sunday
dinner and the trip to Detroit.
She conducted a contest on the
hand book.. Mrs; Houston wa
. Mrs . G . Cou.ltes
It was decided to btiy 8 dozen
`cups tor use at the 1fal1-arid to
donate $25.00 to the Winghain
Council for the Best Roorri in
LOOKiNG.-BA€K.ARDS
THRO1JGH1HESENTINE.L FILES
WITH MARGARET THOMPSON
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10 YEARS: A.GO
MARCH 159
•ivlcKim•, who;.was in his 38th
year in the drug ;busi,Iess in Luck -
now., 'sold his business, and property.
to Elmer Umbaeh. Mr. and' Mrs:,
.McKim purchased the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. Ira Campbell ,at. the south-
ern, outskirts of the village , obtain
ing possession in mid April.
.Mrs.. Margaret Sproul,.sold her
home at the east end'' of the village
Bob Currie. She had recently ;-
ought a. ho,rne on Wheeler Street
across from the public school.'
The Lucknow Juveniles won the
W. Q. A. A. Juvenile."D" Champ-
ionship The lineup. for Luc know
was: goal, Jerry Mowbray; -defense,
Tont Collyer, Bill -Robinson centre,
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Fraser. Ashton; wings, •Jim Pedersen
P,aui Henderson alternates, Bob'
Andrew , ' Bruce. Baker,.Gary Ritchie;,
Floyd Stanley..
Taxpa.y�rsWiiI,"Dig Deeper" In �
i1s County Rate Increases �'/� Mills
Lucknow .taxpayers will 'be' faced
with a 2 1,2'rrrills increase on the
county rate this year. ' .
County council endorsed the re-:
commend_ations.of the finance
committee which asked 12 mills
for.genel account purposes Last
year's figure was. -9'1/2 mills. It
also recommended •.that the
highways ;rate remain at 9 1/2
mills , so the total will. be 211/2.
mills
Finance: Chairman George.
Grant of'aPai.sley indicated the
ratepayers May look, for some relief!
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next year. He'said,1969 will; be; -a .'
peak year for general accounts with
first: payments for the new ,county
home at Wiarton coming 111 along. `
with the first .costs of the newly'est-
ablished county welfare •unit , Next
year thereshould bei a'substantial
decrease as payment's for the
county Tome at ;Walkerton will be
finished and the °province will
assume costs of assessment.'.
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that -the half mill which "council
has been ,levying for hospital capit
al costs be repealed after•this
year's` obligations are .fulfilled.
A
mill in Bruce brings in about
$60';000. •
Thecounty ended 1968 with a
deficit. of $21,035. Of this.,,
$20 ,035 was in the highway -
account.' • •
The county should give consider
e . d` le. di .. t. Doti las
Point,' Engineer' Eldon Yundt said,' '.
He rnade particular reference to'
County• Road 15 frorn Eden Grove.
through Glamis, 'to Tiverton, which
Cie said w,-ould.b-ear-the brunt -of •
traffic .froan the Walkerton -Hanover
Durham 'area
The road's will be subjected to '
much heaver than averagetraffic',
Ivor- Y-und said :and -1 ng rang,
road construction programs.of the
county should be` formed -with this
in Mind,
Bruce roads have been rapidly ,
improved with the he1p of•develop-
ment roads, he said...........,
"While we are ahead we should
keep. it that way. This can;only be
accomplished"with more Mone " for
your road system. It Ws:30d be
nwise to sit back now and start•ta,.
fall .behind, " the engineer said.
Mr: Yrindt'said .the,county has'.
been told that'during construction
at Douglas.Point, 35 heavy trucks
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Frank Rose. :
Mrs. Ezra Scholtz read an
addtess to Mrs.: George Walker and
presented her with an :Ontario W
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will be travelling.from Toronto to
ii uglas Point daily..•
The county road "system ,/
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underwent change when Road 15 .
from Elmwood.to Eden Grove was
deleted .from the county network
and goad 19, was extended from its
present' northern extremity to the
Brant-Elderslie Township Line and
then east,. to`Chesley;
There w as opposition to the
change , but council approved.
the.:
move by a 25 .to 15 :vote ., •The: new
road will.: rovide a : more direct'
link between Chesley ;and Walker-
ton.
Councillors upped their own daily
fee for session attendance to $25•.
from $20 a day and: the annual :pay
•for.. the. warden was.• dcreased by.•' '.
$70'•to $1,070',
A special county committee on
regional development will meet: • ,:
with local councils ;: with ar•view .
to amalgamation of smaller muni-
cipairties
0- YEARS A00
ate-
-..-..die- Luckn
Stix-ute-
sponsored a 'Quick' -Wit (quiz)
contest, with Dr. W.V. Johnston;
acting as "Professor Quiz". •The.
event was, reported ,as a unique and;•
entectainrng, evening,
At the winter ice carnival an"add-
ed attraction was .an•exhibition.
hockey game b ete/cen the .Lucknow
and. Ripley. girls.; The Lucknow line. •
up was Louise Greer,` Mildred
Ritchie, Audrey Campti'ell., Anna
Finlayson,; Etta Belle MacDonald',;
Islay Campbell.; Eileen Hall and
Kathleen Carruthers. The score
ended 3 -' 1 for ,the""local lassies" ,
with Anna Finlayson getting one ,of
the goals .and Audrey Campbelt
scoring the other two,,
50 YEARS AGO
MARCH 1919
Mr, and Mrs ; . D. K. Webster 'and,
family, who resided just west of
Lucknow. , moved to Nevin,
Alberta •
• Mi. and: Mrs, G.S. , Free left
Lucknow for Medford, where ' he
opened•a:photo-studio..
D A. Andv.w bought the brick
residence of ;Thos: Webster on, Ross.-
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,Street,. Lucknow
Malcolm Beaton., just west of
Town.; sold his 'farm of 150 acres to
mes Stanley of Purple Grove
r, Beaton bought a 200 acre farm'
near Seaforth'.
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.,Albert Towle sold•his 50 ' ace farm- ..
to :Robert` putton
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