HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1971-03-17, Page 11WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17th,
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THE LUCKNOW SEMTINE1-4 LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Name �Imwoo
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gen.cyFederation of Agriculture
ASA-RegionalOffice
Murray Fraser of Dundalk and •
Burton Hodginsof. Kincardine,
Presidents,of the Grey and Bruce.
County• federation of Agriculture
have jointly:announced that
agreement has'been reached•with.
,the•"Ontario, Federation of Agricul
'ture to transfer the operation.of
the Ontario Farm. Machinery Agere
Cy to Elmwood:., Bob Misch, Sec
retary-Manager for the twocounty
federations will be assuming the
• tnanagement• of the Machinery
Agency witchhas, beern import-
ing farm.equipment and tractors.
froth, England on behalf of Federa -
tion members.
Kn 'At the same time the,
• Federations`announce that the .Ont -
arid. Federation of _Agriculture will
be establishing; the Grey -Bruce.
office'at •Ellmwood!'as 'a. regional
of C.P.A.' Jim Shiirreff
offiice
of Allenford, ford who•has been ,
Frel
' dma.n for the " P ast.15. months ir
a, full time, ,Fi, eldinan;for the two
counes:with•r Mischbeing
•
retained as office .niana er, . Ken
retai g
Graham;of Hillsburs, regional
•Fieldmart•for •Q: F. A•. ,,.wilf also'.'
he area..Ad`di's
tiotial se retarial staff'w
q
that the involvement' of OFA will
'not change their programs nor the
direction. of..managernent.of the ;r
Elmwood: office . Management of
they office will still rest primarily
with the.two county federations;•.•
'Mr. Hodgins stated that'by
ing OFA back to the people in 'the
country ; our growing membership
will have a mti'ch more easily
accessible contact with the provin:•
,cial organization:.. He said , "In
the past our members have come'
to_think.of OFA as being centred
in Toronto. This we hope to
change by'providing.a direct link.
between Grey -Bruce and Toronto;
through additional informatiori:a
services out of the office
Mr., Fraser said he saw the move
as a' big step in .enabling the 'two.
counties to provide. more services
,to their individual, service mem
bers , • on• a, group basis and ,to the
affiliated' member bodies. ;'In
ave e
Staff and time. to orgaiize• as many
as we'would have liked",.
programs
He •also stated' that with/QFA's .
financial participation the move .:
will relieve to, a slight' degree
s. •
•
ill be has hampered the two. fedet___Lations
hired to compensate :for addition;-
al, functions to be carried out '•
'he regional .office will cow'
true io service the two counties
and will be financed equally
tw;§.en;the three bodies' Bruce''.
Federation , .grey, Federation. and.o. F:A.. • The change.:will take
.effect March.,22nd. O.F.A..
'sees this as a pilot project as It •
P P
,does not have .any other regional
•
:offices inthe,province;.• Grey
••'•and Bruce Federations were the
.first .in. the province to establish
an of fice;with full time.staff
so
me 15 .years 'agog Agreement
to eb ta
s . lrsh the Elmwood. office
as a re ional`offic.e follow's sever-
g.
'a,
'al weeks ofd`c'
, eks rls ,usson with. 'the ,
decision 'reached at' a 'Board'of
a
�
Directos meeting ' ,ting 'of the•''Gre;y
'Courit . e. '
t•. de ation of Agt iculture
y r
in Markdale.
The two pr_esidents in making
the announcement emphasized
'ax .R�liefls:
Good news was 'brought to Bruce
County taxpayers when Alan,
Whtcher; Chatrrian of the Bruce %
County Board of Education':s 'Fin
ance Con i ittee presented the
1;371 budget ;ata: special'board
nieeting":held •in Chesley and'
announced a• '15 C/ reduction in the
.educational tax requisition for
Bruce County this year:
E lind-ie-at-edl-h'oweve"r; 't1it
• changes iri`1ocal assessment and
,prrovincial••equalization factors
will vary the it pact,..of this -re
dt-Ftiotm--on-indi`vidiaal'
"ntu ri%cpalW=
hies:
He brought further good news for
Ilrtrcc County taxpayers when he
stat"ed'that surpluses brought into
C:out._ �orr�rer spool
bo,i rcls the•county would be •
credited 'back to the municipal-
ities concerned in 1971, further
'reducing: the educational tax ,re
_clttircniej s ie. also -stated-that
one-third_ of the 'deficits brought
into -County Board will be .assum—
ed by theprovince in 1971, and'
that indications are that further'
provincial assistance will be tavai�l�
able in 16'12•and•197 to retire the
rr•einaxtitng• t'wo=t:'hirds t:4 the
e
in the past,.
Wiwafl�sh Native
i In $0�� Year
,ELLI•
, Cailed ,home to rest by his.
• Lord and Master after arlengthy,
illness Mr. Elliott Taylor, former,
ly of, Ripley , passed away in ,his
80th year. on Saturday, March 13,
;1971. He .was a "sdri of the late
William Taylor and -Annie,
1Gicutre •of West Wawanosh.
• : Ivir Taylor attended school in
.West Wawanosh-and later farmed'
with: his father Until 1933: He
.was married 'to the former. Annie
:Mae Havens of Waw:ota Saskat-
chewan on, December 16, 1911.
In 1934 .he and his 'fa:rnily'
moved to Ripley where he becarma
an active member of the com'
munity,, member of the 'United
Church,. served_on: the Ripley
Town Council and as well' served
as ,Police ofthe village for. a,
:number of,years.
After the sudden death ofh its
wife in 1961, he, moved` t'o Listow
eI and spent his retirement ears,
living with his:'daughters,; Mrs..
Eimer (Etta) Morgan of Listowel'
'and: Mrs. Donald (Annie) Mason
of Kincardine.
•
In 1967 Mr :Tayl'o&bec;ame :ser
. .
con ine,
to his -bed -most 'of the past -three=—
years”
A 'shining light hasgone. out •
OIyrood Institute
lake Presentation.:
KINLOUGH. NEWS
The 'H. W I. met :on:Tuesday,''
'a fternoon; at the home. of Mrs.
Lorne Eadie.:; Mrs Morgan john-,
stonpresided and the.me:etiing
opened with the 'Ode and the:
Mary Stewart. Collett;' ' The; finan
tial staternent was given; 'also the
correspondence from: the,recrea
tiorial group the folk school,',
Bruce•lea Have.n•:Auxiliary; ..Sr;
training school:.Bruce Hi -t r
Society' and a short course'which.
will be held 'on 'March 31st`.,•
The District Directors Meeting.
for: _th.is_larea will be-he•'ld;-i-n-`
Bervie The roll 'call was a•'•story
from horse and buggy days. .
Judgesi for the tea biscuit con-.
.test were 'visitors , ..Mrs : Blake and
but only.,:to rest and await the day
•when he will ".once again be•re. -
united with his family and" loved.
ones
Left to. mourn his passing are his
two, daughters;,, Etta of Listowel: ".
and :A:nnie of Kincardine four
randchildren and :font' great
g g,..
grandchildren... Two sons 'Willis n
g
and. Victor and one grandson re-
8 P.
deceased shim..
Funeral' ser..vices were :held at
the 'MacLennan -McCreath Funeral
Horne in' Ripley on Tuesday,
'March 16th:at.2.30 p.m: conduct
ed.'b the Rev . George N. Ball• of ,
Y g.
Ripley .United-Chu�rch.
'cal Temporary internrnent'was
som
in- Ripley Cemetery Mausoleum ,
later to be. bured"i::n Greenhill
.Ce:rnetery , Lucknow.
lie was carriecil to. his final;
�rest,inf; place by 1l er it�Iargan;---
'Doiiald•`Mason, ;Robert Mason, •
William Nelson;,. Roy Ira.vens and
1.3111 Taylor•
•
Sadly missed and ,always rent
bcred s-farrri an i`loved—
ones,'
-
prizes. were Mrs.. Parte McInnes
and k1rs Frank la.ulden The
person,— e -a -r t -P c t•h e*r 4o&t ge e -n waS,
Nlrs.' 1loward iarris. It was dec
ided to•.entertain the resideiits of
I3rucelea Haven t
year.... Mrs..P.. A. Murray., \1rs:
Data .McInnes are: the iionririat ink;
committee.
N on by the Agricultural:-
Society in the Brookside School.
t icedurin the Mrs.. iMn 'Mclnnes reported' on.
Miss Edna i3cyle was program •
:n en.er-�l-tae r�rotco Nia otle
is rich enough io do without
neighbours." was given by 'Mrs,x
John' Frook, •T.lii,s was followed..
Miiulden, '..' •
Mrs. William •i'adie., a former.y
t olyrood meth her., irit?oduc..ed the
guest Mrs. A,. Orvis of'Wing•hain ,
wio- vem most =
onstration or making flower A rrat-
getiients from chettii'le and erolottr-
ed`yarn, I\irs,• Lyrmmtat Sutton
thanked. Mrs, Orvis and presented
her with:a gift . M-i-ss'�1ary ladies
favoured with a piailo nu.n ber and
this was' followed by :a Sliarmmrocic
Contest.
The C nittiral Activities report
was given•liy Mrs. Crank ;Aiaulden,
She ttietitiotied the C'tthlic �Spcalt-
ing-CO nt-ct't arid, 2 lso- Ile concert
Agriculture arid 'Ca nadtia1i lndus 7.T..
tries'speaking about the 71st Con-
vention of the Agricultural Societ=
ies
Mrs. •hloward l.fartis 'read an
address and presented' !Aril.. Eric
Parson with a''gift. Mrs.
Parsons .,..who. .w lLle ve Soon.-foL
E grai d fitting reply.
Ellwood -Elliottread, an
address and made a presentation
'tQ' 1\irs, John Crook who leaves
•th'is.week. for F1anover
_iro lso,.thaiiked everon.e..ftiir
retiiemRmbering her.; These t'wo •
nmernbers;will be gteat'ly missed
and we wish. then the best,..
0 Canada and Grace were'_sung
livid: delicious refreshments, served.
Thee April .Meeting wi11 be held'.
in the hall wirh Mrs,, Lyman •
;stilton and Mrs .'• 1)an 'IvIciriney
hostesses. 'i'his will be the alt'trtia
Meet ing. aiyd the election` `ofOffxc�
gyp,.
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OPEN-•-MOIL;;--T[JE$;--V�1EED;Fir „SAT. _
:cm) THUR$ AYS ALL DAY
IN BY 10 A.M..1'
LOUT BY 6• P.M.,
DRY. CLEANING
SHIRT SERVICE
DAWSON'S GENERAL„STO
RE
• DUNG-ANNON'
Are now agents for our cleaning service.
PICKUP TUESDAY 'dr Ff U AY'AT 2 P.M.
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PICKUP AND DELIVERY
N • LUCKNOW: STARTS • MONDAY
JUST PHONE 528.2335 /
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BY -MR$. C. A BELL
So rnany.things one could say •
about Out town paper the Sentinel.
!Every week there it who i's,
oing w at,, .etc • T ey start tell-
ing you things; about allages:from
Senior :cit'izens to baby showers, fi)<
Weddings , snowstorms ; . it is all'.
'th'ere in our town paper; skiing•;
who won., Ms•
inister's column,
i ' ee i<ng. ,on to s'.us:a.
the thin -as ha_natjsur--
p-eni°nbz�, -
rounding countryside too.' Out
paper has• pictures of' ladies 9'8 .`on'
our , front page, - W e eek in-ett
Town Paper .to see'.how. deep the.. '
storm's.'left the snow in places.
How' :would we know• when, school
busses :are '.ca ripened busses
going• on special trips, people
going .away , ,people corning`..back
'The weekly paper tells us where
'things are happening •and When,
we even -know where our.Editor
and his. family .have been on'
'their vacation. Our,P.P.�a p er is
full of all .kinds of thin gs;
.e
dur Senior; Citizens never
would'
know .what is''happening• but
our town paper tells them:. Our
little town paper tells usall the,
things each week wewould not
know if. we .had no .rowrn sent a
•Now would:• we know, Mr..so and
so hads•his• Operation. read--
ing it in the' town paper; Many
.more, things' '.• are there for all the
,country and town .ped 'le to .read.
Keep telling -us> Don'where it is
happening and. when. ' Many: new
improvements have; been Made, by
•'our' Editor , Fall for the better.
•
• MRS. w. A. CAMPBELL'
',Word, has;: been received: of the,
death of Mrs. W A (Laura) .l'
Campbell of Kingsville. She.
.passed away in `hospital'on
Februar 15th, following a: short
Y g .
illness. Mi.',Campbell.died sud
denly following, a, coronary, in
1964.. They were, •r"esidents ,of
Dttawa at that time
Mrs. `Campbell is survived by
:a dau ,ter Mrs.' M ('Eu ice) .
'' o ett ' of Kin v nd' a ` 'on
G y . 1� Kingsille 'and.. .. s ,
f
.Billo Alberta;' .
.Mrs: Campbell resided. in Ludic-.
:now, whe•nher: son-in-law 'Mel
pt....•
4•
now .District High Schoo.1,and
where:she urriade.many. friends;.
Cheque out
a cripple! child
tod_
See what your dollars can do.
Support Easter Seals.
IE' LOCAL er'Atir1Gi
tUCKI
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iS SPON.SiOR D'lilr'� �.
DISTRICT
CAMPAIGN ;CHAIRMAN, AN": IS CA.1 110N WIacDONALI