The Lucknow Sentinel, 1971-01-27, Page 2L;UCKN;OW ;SENTIN'L4EL,,.CKNOW, ONTARIO..,, ,
The, , LUCKNOW SENTINEL
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LUCKNOW,ONTARIO
"The Sepoy Town" - On the Hnron-Bruta . Boundary
second Class Mail Registration NufnbOr 0847
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 37,,
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SOMETHIN.1NRETURN
Announcement by the . Ontario ' government ofa ; temporary
measures to provide an additional 2145 jobs for the province's unem-
ployed sounds -like: a sensible move to us.
About
$2,867,000 will winill bes pent on ' a ror am of clearing
ks-,�
an
dof dead
elm trees from 'lands near provincial highways 400and 401. 600work-
im rovements �Prvincial othe
will be employed • in improvements to the St. Lawrence parks system.
The Ontario government has also accelerated its building Pro�ram by
advancing more. than .$10,000,000 of new construction and public build-
ings. :
A-1ot-of money, w 911 -be sp nt,-but-it-i ill loe-spen
g.
constructive : and will not be handed out' in welfare and.social. *assis-
tance.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
'1971..
I` .b .Gilch rist it New -President
lent years at the Fair �,the reserve.
had been .reduced $600,, $600 and,
$469 over the past three year
period.;. 'He ,said the trendcannot
continue;. He felt that income
had increased to the, point where
paring of .expenses was the only.
way -tel. handle'the Fair in,,the
future. He said he. 'hoped the.
committee in charge would look, .
to ways,of3.paring.these expensesi.'..
This prompted a lengthy
discussion of"wa•ys and rneans of
cutting costs with the beauty -con-
test
on test the main target. After con- :
sidefable discussion, at which :•
tine a variety of opinions were
•expressed , a motion wasput forth
ey Jim Aitchison and Oliver Mc
Charles to continue with the Miss:'
Midwestern, Ontario Beauty ,Con
test, Ar amendment to .the mo-.
,tion Was to discontinue the .beauty.
contest and this was presented. by
Russel Irvin and ;Bob Struthers',
While the remainder of the •rneet.
ing ; in excess of .3;‘,0 ,, voted to
• continue with - the - beauty contest
as part of the: Fair
l •
About fifty people were on hand
for the -annual. meeting of the
Luc,know Agricultural' Socie.ty',held
at the huckriow Town Hall 9n Fri-
day evening' of last .week.
The'meeting had its beginning''
with a pot,uck•supper followed"
by reports: from various divisions
of the Fair' and the election- of •
officer's..
*Bob Campbell acted as emir,:
man, for the • meeting,. Bob has
completed two. years as president:
of the-Lu-c:know- Fair boa -rd. He
spoke of the pleasure he had in ,
heading the organization for the •
two year, period and 'thanked all
those who had assisted in many
Ways during his terin of office, :He
paid tribute, to the work of the
late .Harold Austin in the 'society
over the years.:
After 20 years of service to the '
Lucknow 4rH Calf Club, the res
ig nation was received of .Andrew
named to succeed him. ;During,
'his years as leader., the' Lucknow
Club'has, had an impressive series
of successes.
t on so npthln Mrs. 'Robert Struthers :_secretar
•o.f.the society ;'announced the
dates of.•t•he. annual convention
:of the `Ontario ••
.of iation :
as ' being in Toronto, on Februa
24 -and 25'.x. Details.on a proposed
bus td the convention• were
explained. Several names were
.P Several:
names
sed.as delegates and
P Po g .
Mrs. Bob :Gilchrist, Mr. •and Mrs.
Russel Irvin, Mr. and: •Mrs : Cam-'
eron IvlacDonald Mr and. rs ,.
Glen Walden, Mr.and Mrs .;Vernr
on 'Hunter' 'Mr:' and. Mrs: Peter'
Cook, .Mr. and 'Mrs.. Robert Carnp
bell,..: Some' ex p ressed a willing,
$
' ness to go and others..dec.lined the
proposal,
These`' ro .ams could be carried down. to the county and munic-
pal level and something concrete could be 'created -by men arid,
women whon'•rmallyg o the'. route of welfare.: N , '
o
Many welfare recipients will welcome.. work, but many others
will cringe at the thought Of the possibility that the government . may
find thein a job.
By the adopting of socialist programs and thinking, all levels
of government: have contributed to the "Who, cares, the government.,
will look after us" attitude' which becomes more prevalent each year:
Able bodied hien and women seekingwelfare and's tial assistance
o tstance
shoald be required to contribute o somethin' in return: • Clearing dead
,elms sounds like an excellent-startc -
e for the men.' We've ,lots' of them in
our area. /
OOOmemo On
rngham Reeve
s Huron Worden
The 1971 Warden Of the 'County
..of Huron is Jack Alexander, reeve
o• f•the Town'of -Wrngha.m.
. •
WardenArx oder waseelected ted
on the second ballot: a 20,20 tie'
vote between h • and Reeve E '
n im e . 1
mer Ha te'r, Stanle Townshi
In theevent of, a tie', .the represen
'tative Of the municipality in,
on g
County '.:with the.hi:hest:'asses-• .
...'
sment:casts the deciding baliot a`.
Goder.ich'Reeve Paul Carroll voted
for Mr. ,Alexander' giving' him
�'t'
the one:vote e w
in
The first ballot •showed 14 in
favour -:of Alexander;; 16 for Hay
ter and •10` for ELeeveHugh*Flynn
of Hallett the:'third candidate in
the'race.•.',•
LADIES AND MENS WEAR
.r.
•
it was decided tha.t.Lucknow
Agricultural Society would, again
havean advertising -display at
the-conveion with Mrs.. Bob
t Gil-
christ, in charge of arranging it.
Mrs Oliver .McCharles, retir-.
ing district lady director.., thanked .
members of Lucknow: Agricultural '
Society,for their support dug
rin
her term of office on the provinc-
ial
rovinc ial board.; She; reported. that a'
judges school would be held in
Chesley in March ;at 'which tithe
judging. o ay grain , vegetables
fruit and .flowers would be
studied-: , • , • .flowers,
would
Mrs... Reg. Jones preser>:ted. a pro-
posal.•to' the 'Agricultural Society •
concerning the establishrnentof;a
Band Craft Shaw i_n_.Lucknow under
Agricultural Society Sponso�sht'p.
She said"it.would b'e. patterned
after the Carlow Chr'istm'as country
fair and wound 'be'he'ld in the • .
summer Gime -during the tourist.
season. She said Carlow,. are pros=
ently -not able to handle 'Many who
wish:'to show at fair because
off• -lac -k OtHspace -and1the-propos-a-i
is'niade with the cotiplete support
of.the Carlow 'executive who want
to, establish a su;rmrner show in
larger quartets':• It was:pointe'd
Out 'that the Agricultura•1 Society
cou=ld.,=Ortinl edit i ll
space to the exhibitors.. The sug;-
ge.st;ed location Was the Lucknow
arena; 'Before the 'meeting ended.
the. 'matter was further discussed
and -a- he-etitig-c•onc-err ing-the-pro
posal was called fora Monday of;
thikweek,.
The overall financial
•
statetnei t for the year showed''a
net -deficit of 6B on the• year's
operations, 'hi giving the auditor••
report ,_ van keath la d .that the_:
financial statement disturbs .hktn•.
He 'sai4 that despite'three e:xce1- •
a •
•-
a president could•not be obtained,
and, Mrs'. McCharles agreed
to continue.. The motion for •
her re-election was made' by Mrs,
Dan McInnis, and Cam .IvlacDon-
ald.
4 1st vice .president is; still to ,: •
be named: and Mrs.;. Vernon I untrt
er has consentedto take the
Office` Of second V:ice' president
Mrs: Robert Struthers is secretary:,
treasurer.
DIRECTORS .
One Year, Mrs,, Frank McQuil
lin', Mrs. Robert Campbell, Mrs.
-Roby: Gilchrist , Mrs. - Vernon
Hunter .` •,. .
Two'Year,, Mrs. Ross, Shiells
Mrs. Russell Phillips Mrs. 'Torn •
Todd , Miss Isobel Miller. g;
• Three Year, Mrs. Allan Miller,'
Mrs.' Jirn. Arnold , Mrs. Donald
Maclntyre Mrs. -Jim Aitchison.
AssOci AT E DIRECTORS .,
Mrs. Orland Richards, Mrs.,
Chris 'Cook.;; . Mrs. Da .Mc lnnis ;
I rs1. r rIes -Caul-t,;. Mts .111c x .
'Andrew',Mrs.. Wilbur`.B3rown
Alex' H s
Hackett"; Mr Walter Dex•-
ter , Mrs, `Peter Cook Mrs. Jas..
Ira rs
He:nderson ,. s. I a Di ickie, M s,
Oinar-Brooks; Mrs, Jim O'Donnell,
her.Mrs Bert -Alton., yi\1rs :Gordon
Kirkland, Mrs,.: Bryce Elliott., ' Mrs:
;Chas. Wilkins. ,
fair -board .presented pass presid
ent Donald Maclntyre.with an
agricultural service •diploma. in
r,'ec guidon-. f his service to the
society'.
President; Bob Campbell vacated
the chair and Donald''Ivlaclntyre
-presided:'for the election of offic
'Campbell is the immediate
past president. -
Bob -Gilchrist of Kinloss was
elected president on a mouon of
Frank Alton' and Jim Aitchison:'
Omar Brooks was'. elected ,ist ..
v.ice,president on a lotion of:Don
:Cameron and Cani Macponaid.
Glen Walden is second vice
president on a motion of Russel
Alton
Irvin- and Blake,
lvtrc eert Sirutler„. is
secretarytreasurer.
'New directors. named ":