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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-06-18, Page 11.• 47111F.4104. w • 5.00 A Year In Advance $2.00 Extra To U.S.A.; LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18th,, 1969 A; ROY BUTTON, Douglas Roy•But:ton' son of Mr. and Mrs .. Ernest Button,, Blyth, graduated with his' Bachelor of'Arts; degree from the university of West- ern Ontario in London on May_ 29th: Roy is a graduate of Lucknow Public School and Lucknow District. High School Churches Extend. r • Ca•ll To Minister.; The three congregations of Luck- now :Presbyterian Church ; •South • • . Kinloss Presbyterian' Church and Dungannon Presbyterian Church met .at •Lucknow' on ,Monday evening : of this -week and; decided to extend a call to Rev.. Glenn. Noble. Of Kitimat, 'British:Col:umbiatolbe their minister.. Rev. Noble, visited this corrimun.- ...Rel.,: on June lst and conducted. wor .ship service that. Sunday At the :time, he •was' attending :General council at St.; Andrews .Church and. Knox •Co le_ge'in :Toronto as a coni rnssioner Object To Financial Operation of County Board N:. ::COST; COUNCIL: SUGGESTS CREASE Huron Township Council has taken a 'standthat it .will not collect any increasein°educational tax levies' this year and on .Thursday, at the June' session of Bruce; County Council at Tobermoryother Bruce County municipalities were asked to adhere to the same policy, Huron •Reeve William. Lowry said • that educationcosts for: his township are'up 47 per cent over, last year:, "We are asking our fellow. 'munic ipa ties itiBruce. County to 'join • with us in forming a. united front'::.. against••this. sta.ggering education burden We take strong exception: to the way/these new county boards are being operated financially "All of us understand costs .are in creasing at every:level but this rxJess�- botti financ_ialL} and�adm n.-:.. , istrativelY that the. board is in 'leaves, much to be desired..`''.,; 'RAMMED DOWN THROATS' • " Whenthis new system was.; ram,-,' : med .down our throats,last':year•by; • Single Cgpy .15c • 24 . Pages r Education Minister William ,Davis and his departn5ent, we.had no choice •but to take it.," Reeve Lowry said. The municipalities•did not ask for r thenew boards, so the increased costs should ,be borne by those res' ponsible-.the,provincial> '. government , he said. • „ • The reeve quoted Ontario Re'ven- ' ue Minister John White as saying;;. "If municipalities can't find 'ways of cutting spending the provincial government will have to do it for them." •say.'to, you Mr. White, tidy' up. your own .house before 'you start. me.asing u•p :ours , " Reeve 'LowY r • said. • • Huron. Township Council reC-. vently sent a. letter to the Bruce County Board of. Education ' 'suggesting that, the .47/0 increase in • the cost of education, in Huron :be sought from the Provincial Govern- ment overn ment who initiated the county ri school: board system.. The/'letter readas follows:; • June 10-, 1969 Bruce County Board' of 'Education,, • Chesley, ` Ontario. . Dear Sirs: 1• • In reply' to your requisition for • funds • for',S'chool purposes the Town ship of Huron takes;;strong exception What these extra funds amount.to is in -the nei h ou rhood of a 47 0, ., g b u °1 increase-. over 1968. Now we ask`.Y ou Gentle- men men is .this .type'•of skyrocketing' spending: necessary ..:, • We do P not . lan or intend to tell. . ou how oto. ci tr ut our Y y oy Educati anal duties with the exception of • one area, Finance the ratepayers of =Huron. Township arebecoming. increasingly alarmed: over. reports of `how Your Board is. operating fin- ancrally, The largest increased,expendit- 'ures seems to be Teachers salaries and Administrative expenses: "We ask you Sirs, how much is the quality of our.education. being 111- creased by paying astronorniczl sal- aries In, a celebrated speech in London, Ontario"on May 31st the Hon ,Johri White; Revenue Minister ,of Ontario stated; :and we quote:;• •"If municipalities cnn'.t find ways of cutting spending ,the Provincial Government Will have to' do' It for them unquote O, stlrel •Gentlemen ou'c n take heeCd as well as us. •Therefore in reply toyour''requsit• ion for funds we Say g o ahead and.;A collect your increase.' from the Provincial Government instead of us Yours very ;truly; • Earl Tout; Clerk.,. Visits With Auntsf, In.England '` M Miss Winnie Stewart of 'London • spent the week end at the home o:; her parents, Mr,. and ',Mrs. Philip •. Stewart. Wirinie''and .her friend.; , Miss Yvonne Gillies, also'of London have Justreturned, from a holiday trip in England and S:eotland Winnie visited a few days with her father's two sisters in'Ipswick, Eng- land. Phili'p's only living brother .•' passed away just before her arrival there .' • In Scotland the girls visited Edin burgh payed=g1#tet Teri=Mage COUNrILBRIEFSH:. „Wanda HUnter of Ashfield apd Miss boree. Campbell. of West . :.playground supervisors for .the Lut k - Schaal. which has: been:operating far. • Mrs.. Min MacLennan. of London ,granted permission to locate a •pet:•.: Manent trailer' hothe on lot 13:, •County, .ompetition. cisiughte and MrS: jack Treleaven,of ,Lucknow ,,Was ,the recent ,Winner 'of. a trophy. for the best fire preVentian •A grade fiVe studenr,at ,Lucknow PUblic School", -Kathy was present-. ed with the:trophy. recently. in Kin-. Cardine: The .cantest was sponsored by ihe Blute 'County Mutual Aid: :The winner intlie boys"„division'- in the cotrnty was Kenneth Mackay Son of Mr: and Mrs:John D. Mac- Kay,of Ripley who also receiVed his 'trophy at Kincardine. Kenneth is• a - Central 5.cliaol five students in Btute:County.., Reit. Nobleis a 71.arried. man•aPd 'golf course and Spent a few" days at . • • • • graclUated from Knox: CollPge -in' • Loth. Lamond. They ViSited 'Many histotic sites in Londoitand return- ed after the three week vacation.. : Londoti..Qtdd0ajse 1965'. His first charge has' been in • the miisian. field, of the church at now early`in..§.0t,ember. Completes ears As Farms Sold ' ideal Of this 'area foe a 'number" of ,years, has‘Completed fifteen years in the employ of Ringwood Farms at .1via 'worked in this area fot •wood.Farins in 1954. For n:iost of the the Spring and on Monday, lune. 'Oth, At. the Hays Sales:Arena at Hereford: cattle Went on :the anetion block Mao will' stay, in that area And fia8 I. breeder there . .He'ls.a..brOther .of,Evan Keith of the, 2nd of kinloss and Mrs, Austin Loree af.tucknow. ' Sheila McQuillan daughter of " Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Western Ontario in LOndon., .Thetday; May 27th; Members of the'family.were or the-Gradtktlitittegereit— es held at Aluirmi Sheila plans to attend Althause .College of Education in the Fall, h 6:.:1 before council,ta diseuss the recent transient sales of frUft and merchant whp set up at•LuCknow Gainthunity 5ale on Wednesday. The man ip questiOn had been aPp7 officer and•had paid the reqtrired peddler's licence',as. required hy.. village.bylawsi As the, transienv nOrnber of yeats aid, ••• Alaie town soliCitor.: Council had, : Atefla.: App*O1 atcoin.p4-nie'cl-ipy village solicitor, 'with the Ontario 'Munitinal,13bard ' in toronto,on Tuesday oflaSt week ovationaf the lucknow. arena,. order with the.exCeption of a ., couple Of 'forrifs PeceSsary froth die tpWnships involved.. The local. tepresentativeS. were assured by the hoard that ontejthes.e forms were ' filed, 'an early approval WoUld he §Oon 'as ,approval:is received ommence Ministr skfield -- elens United Church Charge ly minister of 'the Drayton .Phited the:first of July..: ; 'Of the new charge"of Ashfield and other business plates in' LUalloW whith.were•affected arid invited irig t&distuss the matter'. NGAGEMENTS Mr. anci'Mrs. Lorne Bean , Tort Ha.cketts and Zion„ presently be- ing ministered to by ReV". Gatclon- ation the first of the month and 'Rev. B.F. Green., will corne Under the pastoral care of Mr. iltriptnel. , Rev'. Humm I received. his elem- entary and secondary schobl He is a graduate of,HamiltOn Bacheldr of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, His Emmanuel College , .Univer'Sity the engageMent of their daUgh,-: ter, Colleen Patricia,,,t6 Doktglas. John MacKinnon , 'of Mr. and Mrs.- Ponald MacKinnon, Liicknow Place .on. Sa turd ay..• July, 5th At 2:80 p. in. in 5t Paul's Church , Lorne