HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-12-19, Page 2• .... .
Young Farmer
Died At, Age 43
LAURENCE SALKELD
The community was shocked
and saddened to learn of the sud-
den passing on Tuesday , Decem-
ber 11th of Laurence (Larry) Salk-
eld, a young , farmer of West
Wa'wanosh Township. His death
occurred in Victoria Hospital,
London and was caused from a
blood clot in the heart.
Laurence Allan Wark Salkeld,
who was 43 , was born in Wingham
and District Hospital on March"
29, 1930. He was a son of Thom-
as J, Salkeld and the former Amy
L. Wark.
On May 15 , 1965 in Mariotick,
Ontario, Larry married Marguer-
ite (Meg) Tyler. They farmed
in West Wawanosh some two mil-
es east of Lucknow , on the Salk-
eld farm, where Larry spent his
entire life. Along with his fath-
er , he was active in the apple and
honey business.
Besides his wife Meg, he is
survived by a young son Blaine •
Allan, who will be three in Feb 1/
ruary;s his parents Mr. 'and Mrs.
Thomas J. Salkeld of Lucknow;
and three sisters Mrs. John (Marg-
aret) Schmidt of Calgary, Mrs.
James (Mary) Boyle of Lucknow
and Dr. Helen Salkeld of Ottawa .
A private funeral service was
held at MacKenzie Memorial
Chapel, Wallow on Thursday,
December 13th. 'Clergymen were
Rev. Robert Nicholls and Rev.
George Garratt.
Temporary entombment was at
South Kinloss Mausoleum.
Pallbearers were. Alan Barger ,
sack McKim, Gordon Struthers,
Lane Gardner , John Pritchard ,
Vernon Hunter.'
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER PAGE. 'IVO)
Trustee Leonard Courtney last week
submitted his. resignation to the Bruce
Qounty Board of Education. The board
has formed a committee to find a
replacement for Mr. Courtney who
represimted the village of Ripley and, the
Township of Huron.
This will be the third time in less than
a year that the board has filled a
vacancy by appointment. Mrs. Pearl
Whitehead replaced Ross McRae in the,
LucknoiN Teeswater area and Albert Doll
replaced Art Davies - in Port Elgin.
The board had the alternative to ask
the municipalities involved to hold an
election but it felt the cost of a
plebiscite ,was unfair to the taxpayers.
How do the representatives (two of
them appointed) of other parts of the
county know what is or is not fair to the
residents of Ripley and Huron 'Town-
ship?
If anything is unfair, it is the board's
decision to deprive the residents of this
and/ the other two areas mentioned the
right to exercise their vote.
The chances of an appointed member
being a , "boat rocker" are much less
thanthat of an elected member,. Appoint-
ments just re-inforces the opinion held by
number of people in this area that the
board is nothing but a "rubber stamp." -
'It isn't just, unfair to the voters. It gives'
the appointed trustee an unfair advan-
tage over any candidate who wishes to
run against him during the next election.
It could be argued by the board that •
no one would run for office if there were
an election called and in some respects
this is a valid argument.
However, it is a decision for the
voters, not the board. Elections, should
have 'been called. The citizens would
quickly have, shown whether they wan-
ted an' election or someone put into of-
fice by acclamation.
-Whatever the case, with a year before
the next election, the decision should
have been in the hands of the citizens:
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
Electiiin shank! have been called
Reprinted From The 'Kincardine News
e•ty •
PETER VAN DIEPEN, 5-year-
old son, of Mr. and. Mrs. Theodore
Van Diepen Ashfield Township,
was one of the children who visit-
ed with Santa Claus at the e
opening of the Royal Bank in
now last Thursday. Santa ha
candy and a gift for. all the c
ren.
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COUNCIL BRIEFS'
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the lights at front entrance .of the
park to village street lights so
that they will come on at same,
time? The letter stated that the
village had 'agreed to maintain
these lights when the gates were '
built and that some members of
council had promised the group ,
this past year that this matter
would be taken care of some time
ago.
Council were in agreement
that this matter should be attend-
ed to and this was approved.
The second question asked if
the Agricultural Society would
receive the annual grant Of $400
for 1973 and council were not
nearly as agreeable on this topic.
The answer Was no and council
members appear to have one rea-
son for refusing the grant this
year. They were unhappy, and
still are, about a letter to the
editor' which appeared in-the
Sentinel following the Lucknow
Craft Festival which they, claim
was critical of the facilities sup,
plied at the arena for the event,
and which they claim was unwar-
ranted. The letter was written by
the chairman of the Festival com-
mittee. A, letter of reply was
written by the chairman of the
Lucknow arena committee and
appeared in the following issue.
Reeve Joynt commented , "We
shouldn't have to take that abuse,
and then turn around and pass out
money".
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SOL-
VED "Before the Age. of
Miracles", a best selling Can-
adian book by Dr. W. Victor
Johnston, Lucknow general
practitioner for 30 years, is
available from the Lucknow
Sentinel, phone 528-2822 for
.$6.95. Also, Paul Henderson's
bOok "The Fans Go Wild" at
$5.95. Mailed anywhere in Can-
ada or United States at no ad-
ditional charge.
0+04444+0,
NEW STOCK of portable type-
writers just arrived, Smith
. Corona Corsair, $64.95, an ideal
Christmas gift. The Lucknow
Sentinel.
Flower bearer was Donald Gaunt.
Larry was a member of St. Pet-
er's Anglican 'Church, Lucknow
and a Member of the Lucknow
Horticulture Societ.
Old Light Lodge, Lucknow , of
which the deceased was Master in
l965, conducted a largely attend-
ed masonic service 'on Wednesdily
evening at the funeral chapel.