The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-12-02, Page 19!, 1971 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER °2nd, 1970
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'ROSS DURNIN by Leo Foran and.
Frank McQuillin,
JOHN RUTHERFORD.by Wm,
Webster and Gordon McPherson.
FRANK McQUILLIN by Lorne .
Durnin a d,Omar Brooks..
DONALDTHOMPSON by Leo.
Foran and'Ross Durnin.
DONALD MURRA,Y by Ross Dianin.andLeo Foran.
OMAR BROOKS by Lorne Durnin
a d:• Wm..Webster. ` •
JOHN. D. DURNIN, by Leo Doran
an d. Frank McQuillin. ••
A-ROL-D-» ERP l NG T ON by -Omar -
rooks
rooks .a. nd Lorne Durnin.
WM, 'McPHERSON'by John Ruth•
e rford 'and J,: Durnin.
Frank.McQui•llin was appointed
chairman forthe ratepayers meet-.
in g which followed; the nornina -
t'oii period.' He said .he had
THE :LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUC,KNOW, OHTA,RIO
,attendeenom nations forthe past
25. years. but that this was the first
time he had attempted to act as
chairman:
• Reeve Robert Lyons was .the first
called on. He spoke mainly of
county council work. He spoke of
the county planning board working
on. a document .which will be very
important to the future of Huron
County and stated, that this report
would probably be ready about the
end of the year. He spoke of the..
attempt tokeep the •Canadian.
Forces Base at Clinton operating
and said that while no definite.
developments had come as yet , •
every possible lead was •being fol-
lowed. up.. He -said Huron County .
had. joined Midwestern Ontario
velopment Association' who' •
were also attempting, to promote;
the base` at Clinton; He statedf •
that he has been on•the Huron
County Children's aid board this .
past year and had also sat on this
board the first year he was in
county council. Mr. Lyons spoke
of Huronview with its 3/4 million
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dollar budget. He said he had
been on, the management board
during the past year. Mr. Lyons
said that the $27,000 county.
school board salary seems to be
attracting county employees now
as well. He stated that last .'
year the county medical officer
of'h:ealth received a $3000 raise"
and 'that,he had asked for a $4000
raise for next year bringing him
to the $27 ,0Q0 figurey. He said
that the county engineer had als0.
requested' a substantial raise in
salary for next year, Mr. Lyons •
indicated that he would not .be
supporting 'a raise.•of such an am-
ount. He said that he had enjoy-
ed his four years as reeve and
would be seeking office .again.
Leo Foran, a councillor for the
past four years, stated his, idten
'tion of seeking .the 'reeveship.this,
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•year. He said .he would be'pleas-
ed to answer any questions put '
forth by the ratepayers: '
James Aitchison, the other nom
inee for the reeveship ; stated •
that 'he was not interested in the
reeveship.a't this time but that he
would, again seek his council
position. He said, ;'Bob has been
reeve for four years_: and has done
a good job". Jim spoke of various.
work projects in the township and
stated that they tried. to do a nor-
mal amount of construction qn' the
roads each year. He spoke of the
good work the snowplow operators
had dorie and of the favourable
price they had 'received. on gravel
with several bids for the contract.
He' said he is 'not completely 'satis-
fied with 'the weed problem in the
township but that they had been . .
unable to get someone to cut the
weeds. Discussion Centred on
buying their ownequipment in the
;tQwnsh"ip but this was not acted .on
at that tithe.. He said that dog
claims in the, township have been
almost raid.
Councillor Charles McDonald
spoke of the good job being done
by the road superintendent';and
grader operator..
Councillor' John Rutherford said
that. he' had learned a .lot about
municipal business in the two
years on council. andthat, he would
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seek another two year term where
there "will be a lot more for me
to learn". •
Others nominated for council,
were called on.
Lawrence Salkeld said that this
had been the first nomination
Meeting . he had ever attended
and while not interested in stand-
ing, expressed thanks: for the con .
fidence'placed in him by the
meeting. He said, "I. find, it dif-
ficult to run my own business, let
alone the township, but I feel the
municipality has been in good
hands".. .
Joseph. Hie -key stated that he
was the only one at.the meeting
south of the 6th concession .and he •
felt he would like tostand for
office. tie said he felt the south
should have a' representative on '.:
council and he solicited the sup-
port
up port of the meeting. •
Ross Durnin expressed his thanks
'for the nomination but said he did
not think he would •stand .
Donald Thompson stated, thathe.
did, not intend• to•'stand for council.
Donald Murray said that he was
not 'interested in standing for
office'. ' •
Omar Broo•ks_said',that he didn'__
corne to the meeting with: the •
,intentionof being nominated. He
said he was interested in municip=
:al work and while he would not
cause an :election "he certainly
would be in there with the rest of
,Brooks said that' if he was .fortun- •
'' ate ;enough to be on the new coun-
cil, he would, keep: a sharp eye on
the tax dollarfor ratepayers, of,
the'.township.
J D. llurnin said that. rhe
.might•throw•his hat in the ring,
but hadn'tdecided as yet"
Harold Errington; said that he
t 'commit •hiirrse
t•irne •'but that he had fivegood
years oh council previously. He.
spoke•of his work ori the East and .
West Wawanosh Township Park
:board and suggested it might be
wise to turn this project' over to.
the Maitland. Valley Conservation
Authority.. He also talked about
the', work of the Maitland ,Author-
ity,,.' Harold 'suggested' that anoth-
er year it might be wiseto have
the :warble_ spray done "by the
head". .
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William McPherson said that '.
'he had`,rot-deciile"d-whether-h .
would .stand for council or not.
Frank McQuillin'said.that he
had 'been disa.•oirited at the;wa
the council .had 'administered the
drains in the towriship'•and felt,- .
that a commissioner should hae
.been. appointed to supervise
and inspectdrainage_ work.__ He
said that he -had requestedthis
from council but that nothing had
been done.'.' He said he liked to ,
work. along with,council and had
meant-.th.era_n _grief; but felt that
this was a place where:the town:-
ship
ownship work could be administered,
more satisfactorily. He said he
was not decided as to what he.
would do in•regard ;to•his nomina-
tion for council.
)ntaro. '
ou�d r�
s.. -there.
any p1a�e
ntarians are t• , e -in. o pee - ' who wouldn't'be.
here if there ,was any place better.. We are people
who came from a hundred lands and stayed to build.
People' with backbone and brawn and.a .hunger to
_ succeed. Men and women' who've created a stan-
dard 'of living in decades,that order ;lands worked
centuries to build..If we have a;flaw it's our chronic
modesty.'.Ontarians may be proud to be Ontarians
and Canadians .... they just -'seldom tell anyone
point that's wrong. The
From an economic of
more • people ; we . have . boosting Ontario and
Canada the better it is. And we've got a lot to '
boost with. At a time when the dollar is having •
•man demands -made -on it, Ontarans can note that
provincial taxes have Field the line, in 1970.0 And
Everytime you boost Ontario '. On
Government of Ontario O`r
'we l ail
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have not been neglected. The Ontario Housing •
corporation for example; has housed 120,000
people to date and currently has almost a ,billion
' dollars worth of .programs. active in nearly 200
Ontario Communities. We need am.. vigorous _
economy- of course, to. 'support these important
programs. And,: that's where you come in. Though
our productivity has doubled inten •ye ..ars, and our
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indomes, in twelve, Ontarians don't it on their
successes. There's, a demanding decade ahead full.
of challenges and opportunities to make the, quality
of our lives better 'yet. To meet these, challenges
we've. of to believe in . ourselves. Which,' when.
you.think about it, isn't such a bad idea. ;
tario'and`C'arada.get a little stronger. '
ohn Robarts, Prime' Minister.
o . owing t e comments, o
those nominated for -council.. .
Vernon Hunter- questioned council
about their intentions in forming
a recreation committee' andof
providing some assistance 'to the ---
Lucknow minor sport. program • •
'where township boys were,.partici- •
gating.. Reeve Lyons said this was
-a matter which had been discussed
and 'would again be on the agenda
of the new council. .
Ross Durnin questioned council
about work ori a sideroad which
had not been completed. The
reeve said"the--sideroad was defin-
itely on the township work list,
Harvey Culbert , township road
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