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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-02-21, Page 2•••••••••••••••••••01. NNAN".•00.10.•161. 1,•••••••••• • HOME DESTROYED • •CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 plumber Lyle -Youngblut were present when the fire broke out , and with the assistance of others; removed, much of the furnithingS from .the home. The family moved some, of, the furniture they saved into a vacant home where they will 'stay until their home is rebuilt. Irvine 13owes, chief of the Blyth volunteer fire department , Said the blaze broke out about 11.30 a.m. and spread rapidly through the walls to the attic. • He Said firemen had to use torPhes and crowbars on some of heir equipment, frozen by the cold temperatures in an attempt to loosen valvei. The Lucknow volunteer fire, department was called to assist a short time later when.. all but 650 gallons, of the Blyth depart-1 ment's 1,700 gallon water tank. Capacity was used up. Lucknow: fed the Blyth truck with the 750 gallons on the LucluiOw truck and spelled off Blyth firemen. The temperatures and high winds were bitterly cold that day. Lucknow was on-the scene about two hours: Blyth firemen were pulled bkk temporarily from the. fire by their chief after a 'wall of the. burning structure collapsed. NO one was injured. / Chief Bowes said Bakker and the serviceman had used the' torch to thaw the pipes, then left• the basement for a coffee.. They smelled s,,moke a. few moments later. 4 Mr. and ulross and anley of . o weeks h friend Ed Black tried fron t Hospits dliee eks. Mr. and Julie sited Sun" and mi know, and three ch f North B tors with . Fred 'Ej ny kft.i rs ago ha the Canal that time Radian M years and in July Ember] pe in Qu1 Lower yOUT taxes ROise .your savings Your deposit at Victoria and Grey of up to $4,000 in a Registered. Retirement Plan before March 1st will be deducted from your 1972 taxable income and will raise your retirement income. Start retiring today -- at Victoria and Grey. VG RM and GREY TRUSI1 COMPANY 'SINCE 1889 FEAT Lyle, IL Zurbrigg Manager Elgin and Kingston Streets Goderich 524-7381 FEATI fan HALDENBY - Barry and Marie lialdenby of R. R. 5 Lucknbw • are pleased to announce the arriv• al of their daughter , Allyson Dawn, in Wingham and District Hospital on Monday, February 12th , 1973. 'FULTS - in Wingham, and Dist- rict Hospital On Friday",, Febrpary 16,1973to Mr. and. Mrs. Austin Fults of R. R. 2 Auburn, a daughter. PARK - in Wingham, and District Hospital on' Saturday., February 17, 1973 to Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Park 'of Dungannon, a son. PI PI Joynt; Pres.., A. E, McKim; :Vice-. , Rev. 'J.-W. Ponaldson; Sec -TreaS: ; Gordon Taylor; mem. bership and games committee, Rev Donaldson, Jlin Smith, Dr. W. V. Johnston, Wellington Mc- Coy. . 50 Years Ago FEBRUARY 1923 The Bell Telephone Company accepted the offer-of $9000 for.its plants at Mildrriay and Teeswater made by the South BruCe Rural. Telephone, Co. with the transfer to take place April 1st. Durnin Phillips of St. Helens received the appointment of clerk, for the Township of West WaWa- nosh. A school report for S. S.'-No. • 11 Huron named the following pupils:. Winnifred Copgram, Wil- lie McGuire , Wilmer' Hamilton, Marion. McGuire , 'Florence' Ham- ilton , Catherine McGuire, Annie Congram, Marie MacChar- les , Emma Hamilton,' Mary E. Hamilton, Isobel MacCharles, • Sadie MacCharles, Archie. Hamil- ton, Omar Brooks, Mary Jane Irwin; Myrtle Hamilton, Andrew Hamilton,. Harvey Brooks, Arthur Congram. No. on roll 20: Teacher, Margaret MacLennan, More Donations *To Pool Fund' Murray Gaunt, Win‘Sham, $20; James McCallum, St. Clair Shores, Mich.., $100, in' memory Of a good friend and fornier em- ployer Jack MacDonald; Lucknow Flie Department, $500; K. C. Bridges, Exeter, $5; Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Rulton, London, $4;' Anonymous, $10; Wm. F. Thomp , son, Toronto, $10; Ron Irwin,. R. R. #.,1, Ripley, -'$5; 'Anonymous $33; Bob Jefferson, R. R. 2, LuCk4 now , $10; Greg Welch', London, $25; Mrs. Maude Sherwood , Luck. now , $5; Mrs. R. D. MacDonald, Sarnia , .$5; 'Ruby, (Irwin)'Riach, Woodstock, $8; Cecil Johnston., Sarnia, $25. THE RED CROSS IS PEOPLE LIKE YOU HELPING PEOPLE LIKE, you , • • • • Playlions Radio Bin• ON CKNX Still time to purchase cards 'at the following locations as the numbers are recalled on CKNX every Saturday ttp , KINTAIL GENERAL -STORE MARTIN'S 'GENERAL STORE MAYFAIR RESTAURANT C. E. MacTAVISH LTD. , MAXWELL'S GENERAL STORE MONTGOMERY MOTORS McDONAGH INS. & REAL ESTATE TH,E VILLAGE SHOP -JAMIesows GENERAL STORE SCHMID'S JEWELLRY & CHINA THE LUCKNOW SEN1INEI4 LUCKNOW ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY .210,, 1973. ••••••••••0„, • 1Q0KINO BAcKIAGA DS -THROVOH_THE .$ENTIN FILES , WITH MARGARET THOMPSON on•••••4•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The LUCKNOW SENTINEL LUCKNOW,. ONTARIO "TM UM Town" — On the ,Huron-Bruce Boundary Second Class. Mail Registration Numbei 0847 Established I.873 .- Published Each Wednesday Afternoon Mombir of Abe C.W.N.A. and 0.W.N.A. St biaription Bate, $6.00 a year in advance — to the U.S.A., WOO • Donald • C. ThompSon, Publisher WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 210, 1973 10 Years Ago,. • :FEBRUARY 190$ . Piro' of unknown 'origin levelled a large barn on the farm of Murd- ock McDonald and his son Grant, concession 2 Huron Township._ The barn, stock, feed and impler_ merits destroyed 'was estimated. at The Beast}- Ladder Factory. was sold to Torotito interests who would obtain pizmeion March 1st . and planned to mahUfacttire'a line . of' furniture. and wood prodnCts,-. and- operated under the name of Luc know ..Wood Products Came parry.•,They' were advertising. for 60 to 70 emplOyees, male or fe- male. 'This industry had its ginning about .S5 years priviotisly. when John Ackert .and Tom Hoe), established a small wood-working shop. It later su`ccess- fully yeari as the Luck- 'now Table,Company and; was •. clOsd folloWing.a depressed per- iod in the fu•rniture•busins. The factory had been clOsed for . ten years when Beatty .Bros.. of • • Fergus acquired it in .195'8 for the manufacturing of ladders. .:.BRUCE ..A. TESTING 'AREA The new "market value" assessment notices hit the mails.. in Bruce County 'last week, a year' ahead of the plan to implement the system all across Ontario. It seems that Bruce has been designated as a testing area. Purpose of the new assessment, according to officials of the • Grey - Bruce Regional Assessment office, is to achieve equity and fairness in all assessments. The assessment office states that there Were serious inequities' in previous assessments. These.coniments sound like an echo of years gone by. Remember the days when a local assessor did the assessing of each municipality. This system had distinct advantages if the ass- essor took his work seriously, made calls at each property and wasn't swayed in his thinking by his friends. However, there were many, abuses of this system and an eventual change to county assessment tied up 'many of the loose ends. Bruce County wai one of the early municipalities to adopt county assessment and ran an efficient county assessment program. But the province, in its determination to • make everything "bigger and more efficient," wiped out the county assessment in fav- our of regional assessment' and Bruce County came under the Grey- Bruce Region with offices at Owen Sound. POr' pose of the new assessment is to list all properties at market value (what they would sell at on the open market). Naturally, with,„the increase in assessment 'to the suggested selling price, there will be a corresponding decrease in the• local mill rate to raise the same amount of money„ We like the idea of assessing a. property,• at' market value. It gives much more information to the property' owner than the meaning- . less assessment figures used previously. But we are not optimistic about the regional assessment offiCe coming up withrealistic figures on what area properties are worth..' How an, assessor working out of Owen Sound or some other far-removed place could accurately assess the value of a property in this community is beyond our understanding. We think • that the "early returns" received on the new 'assess- ment notices would' substantiate this opinion. It seems to us that the local assessor of past Years, the man who lived in the community and had an intimate knowledge of its day to day business, rents, etc., would presently 'be in a much better position to determine the market value of local properties than the present crew in Owen Sound. But forget about this. We're in regional assessment for better or. worse. Judging from our perSonal experience to, date it will be worse before it becomes better. BUTTON'S MEAT MARKET ARNOLD'S GENERAL STORE ASHTON'S DEPT. 'STORE BANK OF MONTREAL EEDY'S BAKERY „J.-4 FINLAY DECORATORS 30 Years. Ago FEBRUARY 1943 This district had it's custOrnery week end storm, featured by an extremely cold wave, that sent the mercury zooming to 30 below zero. New gasoline 'ration books, vest pocket size, were, available from license issuer Garfield MaC- 'Donald with each issue of a 1943 ' motor vehicle permit and Jic- ense plate. The book was a 40 unit allotment, which represent- ed 120 gallons for a 12 month period, unless special category application was approved. A porcupine stowaway was dis-. covered in a car of British Colum- bia lumber when workmen open- ed•the car 'to unload it in Wing.- • Butter rationing went into effect on toe bails of a half pound per person per week. After a lapse of five years the Lucknow.Ctirling'Club held a re- organization Meeting.. Officers elected Were; Hon. Pres. , J. W. CAMERON to Doug and Dixie (Motley) Cameron of. Guelph' on February 13, 197.3 in Q'uelph. Gen, eral Hospital,' a son; Jason AleX-, ander: LANE in. Witigha,m and District Hospital on Sunday , February 18, 1973 to Mr. and. Mrs. Stewart Lane of R. R. 1 Holyrood a daughter.