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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-02-23, Page 1ra In Truck Fall Bruce ~1ac:01i Ilan .; R. R. '1 Luek- jiow, fell ona truel . floor while tltrowiing' fertilizer off the truck on the farm of Alex Fairish , R. R. accident occur- cted Farnary 14th. .11e receiVed:,, !a fractured riglit.hip, was treated and transferred to St. Joseph's 'Hospital, London ,via ambulance. $6,00 A yfar. $n Advarict $1,00 Extra To 10.4,A, WEDNESDAY,, "FEBRUARY Single Copy !Sc 20 Pags4 irec .tor Duties To Be Separated Fire Insuralice Co. rain Snowplow Derailed Monday In Kinioss A Canadian. National 'Railways ngine and snow plow ran into ifficulty on Monday about tfic. Lipp' et boor Hord) -west of Lucknow ear the farin,of llerb The plow had crossed the 4th f Kinloss and became derailed ust to the north of the crossing., 'Six men on the plow crew spent he night at the home of Mr.. and qrs. Bob Gilchrist:: A seventh iantpent the'ilight in the caboose p the engines, ' • • The men *received help from the other members of their totriPany work crew a nd-had--thesplows-back_ on the tracks by i>>id morning Tuesday.. A section of track was twisted and.will have to be repaired. Died In Hospital Stewart'of Ashfield I Township passed aWay. on ,Thuts- day, -February. 17th at Wingham and District Hospital. He was 67. • The funeral service 'Was held at McCreath Funeral Home; Ripley-, on Monday, February 21..' Selling A►.ent and: Recent changes in the lnstirance Corporations ACt will see a num - ber of administrative changes in the West Wawanosh Mutual. Fire Insurance Company before the end of this year. Some of these chan- ges were explained and discussed at the annual meeting of the com- pany held at Dungannon last Fri- day. Policyholders were asked' to ,endorse a number of bylaw, chang- -es— Sorne_of these_ha.:A. c !r! made law a number of months ago by• . the prbvincial government and the endorsation at the company level was merely-a formality. New regulations indicate that in order to vote on company business, a policyholder must pay an annual premium of at least $25.. If he • ' meets this premium level, and a high percentage of company policyholders will, he receives one vote in company decisions and elections. If he is under this premium level, he does not get .vote. Formerly all policyhold7 ers had at least one vote 'and most -had up to Jhree votes depending on the coverage held. Institute colours by beth Robinson. At each plate was a' piece of birthday. Cake .whiCh was Made, by Mrs. P.'S.. Stewart. and Mrs.. Armstrong Wil- son. Mrs-. AleorMac-Nay .presid-ent . of the Lucknow branch , welcom ed the memberS.and,gtiests.an& the singing of the Institute, Grace and the...Queen, followed by the. toast 'to the Queen, preceded the dinner. • Following the dinner,' Nliss.. -Elizab,eth Robinson called on Stewart and Mrs. kfseorge Whitby :who r'e both past 'DiStrict Presidents, and past - presidents of the. Lucknow branch, a ncl'iclist , Alex MaeNay., presid- Qualifications for directors in- dicate-that to be eligible to hOld_ office, a director must pay an annual premium to the company of not, less than $25 and that he must be a company policyholder. 'for at least three years.' A.nornin- ation for director must be filed with a mover and seconder at least .five days prior to the annual gen- eral meeting. , The biggest change in the com- pany administration will be in the _qualifications., for directors. Pres7 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 ent , for the cutting of the cake. Mrs. AleX,Ma.cNay presided for. theprOgram , introducing those at the head table which: we're past president§ of the .Luc know Worn - en's Institute , Mrs. Ander- CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 Avery successful year. for West Wawanosh Mutual fire a.nce Company was reported A, Happy Birthday Leap Year Babies 1972 is Leap Year,,,and a. happy time for those people who were born on February 29. •This is the one time in every four years that ' they can rightfully Observe their birthday. Some time ago,,, in the Sentinel columns; we asked for informa- tion about those who observe their birthday on February .29; next Tuesday. Only three -dames came to our 'attention and so to these three people we extend birthday greet-, ings. MisS Mary Laidlaw of R. R. 1 1 Lucknow will be h er.-17.th birthday on February 29th. Mrs. Ernest (Caroline • Humphrey)• Snowden of R. R. 2 Lucknow will 'be observing her 12th birthday. oe mark his 22nd birthday party next Tuesday. Actually, Joe claims he was cheated on one of these parties as there -was a leap year earlier in the century which did:- .n't have 29 days in February. We have heard Of this before but do not knoW the details on why this occurred. (1111 111111111 Ili! 1111~1111i11►i,11i1~111i 1111 iui /a The 75th anniversary of the founding of the. Women's Institute was celebrated by ,the Lucknow Women's Institute' ladies and guests, with a delicious turkey dinner on February 19th in the 'Anglican Para Hall, LucknOw • prepared and served by the:ladies of the •AngliCa n church. The tables were decorated with cand- les and flowers in the Women's . Institute colours of royal blue and lovely-flower arrange'. • merit of royal blue and- yellow: mums; which were donated. by MrS. liattie. Van. Armand of God-. erich; 'a. past president of the.. Lucknow Branch 'who was unable to attend, .was on the head table4 alsoa __75th anniversary cake made and decorated in the • Wawanosh Mutual Major Change in Operation Of West LucknO*. Women's Institute-. • Obsetve,..-75th Anniversary CHARLES ANDERSON NAMED PRESIDENT. FOR SECOND YEAR ' West VVawanosh Mutual Fire Insurance Compa•ny Has Very Successful Year, Net Gain For The Year Was $48,225 the. .president Charles Anderson 'of Insur- Lucknow at the 93rd annual meet• by ing held at the Dungannon cultural.hfall on Friday afternoon.. Joan Courtney Valentine Queen At Ripley High The Valentine Queen and her ,Princesses were ehosen,at the annual Valentine Dance at Ripley f,bistrietl-lic,011 School. Prom left to right are Li2, MacKay 2rid princess; Joan Courtney, Queen; Kathy Farrell, Is princess, •L.iz is the 'daughter of Mr. ak1C1 Mrs. Allister Mackay, Joan is `the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elsner Courtney and Kathy is the (lauh-. ter of the Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart :Farrell. all of Huron TownShiP. ADDED FIRE PROTECTION Three Townships Consider Auxilia Tanker Truck Ashfield, Rinlo§s and West Wawanosh Townships have been investigAting the possibility of purchasing an auxiliary .water t-aiikc-r--t-racwhic=h=.wo-uts-ld,se=-pk_e—as an added source of fire protection for the three municipalities. Reeve Girvin Reed of Ashfield,, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Nins District ,c. • Legion Speaking Jamie ..Lizmori; 15, son. :and Mrs:. Edward Liznibre of •Kin- loSs, 'added to his public speaking' credits On Sunday in Clinton when he won the. junior secondary school division of the Distrid Legion Public Speaking 'Contest , Jamie represented the Kincar- dine !Legion . He. was the local,: winner , the zone. winner at Co- derich., the •district 'w inner. at, Clinton and now advances to. the area finals.at Hanover in early March. The district win in Clinton in- eluded entries froth an area from Exeter tO Tobermory "and - from Lake Huron The surplus in 1971 increased by $48 ,22.5 to a total of $469,254 , At year end the 'investments of' the.e.compiny exceeded i/2 million dollars. Volume of insur ance in force increased by $4,160,000. to a total of. $70 ,181, 246 Although the sur CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 AID CYSTIC FIBROSIS (uses 521 Snormobile 99/ Mile Marathon An Aihtield township resident, Marvin Scott of R. R. 7 Lucknow, -raised over $500 'in a recent God- erich kinsmen snowniabile mara - 'thorn which was held to raise money in support of cystic fibros- is. : Marathon "99", as it was nam- ed was a 99 mile course set up at the area around the, Sunset Golf and. Country' Club, nortlrof .Goderieh. • Seventeen started the event abd sixteen completed to raise over $1640. Matvirr-Scott—alon a i ed $521 on pledges. The event was originally sched- uled for January 30th:and had to e postponed until February 13 becauie of Weather conditions Which aain were not the best on the day of the marathon.