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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-05-08, Page 2WED.NESDA!V USINESS PLACES NOV EN FRIDAY : EVENINGS UNTIL 9 .p LUCKNOW-SEirlittai,-L-UCICNOX2ORTARIO PAGE TWO •••••••••••••• ••••••••••••• The LUCKNOW SENTINEL LUCKNOW, ONTARIO • "The Sepoy Town" — On the Huron.Bruce Boundary Second Class Mail Registration Number 0847 Established 1873 PUblished Wednesday Member of. the C.C.N.A. and 0.W.N.A. Subscription Rate, $8.00 a year in advance $2 extra to U.S.A. and Foreign Donald C. Thompson, Publisher ••••••••••***•••••t•••••••••••••••••••••• TO THE RATEPAYERS AND RESI- DENTS OF WEST WAWANOSH Approximately 50 residents on the Belfast/St. Helens Road :and. the, Village of St. Helens were canvassed to support a Petition which is detailed below. We ob- tained 45 signatures, which is roughly. 9070 of the Ming popula- tion of this area.. The signed Peti- tion in the, following terms was read and presented to Council at its meeting on May 2., 1974: "In your letter dated March 12. 1974 to Mrs. Dorothy McKenzie you stated' that 'more atiequate dust con trol methods would be studied and considered by Council'. As the time for dust treatment of the roads is approaching and no report has been received on what was decided'by, Council as a result of its.'studies and consideration' , WE, the undersigned', petition Council as follows: (1) THAT the St. Helens/Belfast • portion of` Concession 10/11 be fully treated for dust control in- stead of Spot Treatment. (2) THAT the quantity per mile and frequency oftreatment be equal to that of County Road on Concession 8/9. (3) THAT St. Helens be included in above, requests #(1) and (2).," Without any discussion. by Coun- cil in my presence, the Reeve re- plied to the Petition in decided tones "the answer is no" ,. on the • grounds that if Council complied' with this Petition it would be forc- ed to treat all of the Township roads in the same manner, and this would necessitate a plebiscite (vote of the whole Township). To put a minor undertaking such as proper dust control to a plebiscite would seem to be a contradiction of former policy as , without a • plebiscite , Council took the re- sponsibility of a major undertaking upon their own shoulders and spent thousands of dollars on the .erecr tion of a Township Garage and on a tremendous amount of gravel and fill on the access roa dc thereto, which road, incidentally has had very little traffic'. I can only LOVE'S LAST 4:16.16c.k4. GIFT _;_REMEMBRANCE. Whether It's a • • MONUMEMT • MARKER * 111.SCRIPTIO'N Ypti ate rairnarnbernaa a loved one. tat T. PRYDE, at SON LTD. Halo you dicta, on your mernorta4 rao4ainunlants • kn GOdiatidi get Don ,me 77 marniton. 52.44761 dellelatInemeoweeesomm entelnewfteeamannomma It is difficult, for us in North America 'to comprehend starvation on such a Massive scale, but .na tons are, becoming increasingly aware that desperation in 'food' short areas can generate massive political explosions and, this in turn can affect our way of lifer; Bailey criticizes India for irs sacred cows while some people r.hatTcountry are hungry. We. probably don't have hungry -ieci.-.1e here yet', but we do have 11,:ittitiOn in areas and we do our Pets. More pet food baby food is sold in both ' • and U.S. The dog popti7 Canada is somewhere ▪ five million. Pets are a rr,illion dollar industry. In .za a:eas dogs running loose livestock'and poultry and the owner cannot be found, .axpayer pays the bill. • is estimated that there are acres of farm Dear Editor: . In last week's paper , Mason Bailey stated that there was no shortage of food. He probably was speaking of Ontario only where we are rich in Agricultural products: Predictions last November were that 150,000 people would die of starvation in Ethiopia. These figures came frOm the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) when they mei in Rome. The world carry- over of grain is the lowest the world has seen in many decades, only a Z months supply. This year's crop then, is critical to world food supplies according to FAO. 30 vehicles per 'day. Mr. B lives 200 feet from road B. where traffic is approximately 60 vehicles per day.' For. Mr. B dust control last only , one-half the time it,does for ,Mr. Is this Council's definition of . equal treatment to 'all Township residents? May I say that I was overwhelm- ed by the almost total response of all residents upon whom I called for signatures to the Petition, as I had felt I was alone, in the :•trug- gle , and I wish to express my sin-- cere appreciation for such support. I feel sure that your strong response to the Petition will be recognized by Council as some- thing to' be considered in its future deliberations. Letter To The -Editor Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario. Dear Don, Members of the Kairshea. Wom- en• 's Institute wish to thank the Lucknow Sentinel for publishing minutes of their meetings each • month, throughout the year. We appreciate your interest in our organization. Mrs. Harry Layis, Public Relations Officer , Kairshea W.I. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Questions Remarks On Food Shortage Dorothy McKenzie, Concession 11, Lot 14, West Wawanosh. Some confusion has ekisted a's to the meaning of the notice in last week's and this week's paper concerning the Lucknow Agricul- tural Society. • The Sentinel has been advised by officials of the society-that the purpose of the meeting is for the board to get permission from the members to set 'up a constitution and bylaws to be ratified by mem- bers at the next annual meeting. The society has been operating under a provincial constitution. land In Canada , and the, best 100 Million is now in use.., PrOfeSsor Norman Pearson, a along advo- date of land use planning claims Canada has only 24 million acres in' climatically favored areas: As this number is reduced we will be left with lqWer•classed land requir- ing More investment to,produce. Mr. Bailey asks whose respon- sibility 'it is to maintain this land resource for future. generations. Land use planners agree that farm- land must be saved. Land' speau- lation benefits only the selfish interests of a few. "The members of the generation which are in power must not treat the earth as, something.given by their parents, but rather as something borrowed from their children." This quo- tation was used in the Land Use Policy statement in December at the Convention of the Nationai Farmers Union. Sincerely, Mrs. John Austin Clarify Ad 5-20-20 8-20-24 5-20-10 10-10-10 15-15-15 16-8-8 Everything available except nitrogens Wcsra/m."""Ns5MiNtomms,:tiNvomovvito Lucknow- District NOW IN STOCV FERTILIZER NOTICE Later a draw was made anti fish, being won by Elizabeth Ritchie . Mrs. Bill-Arnold of Ripley of her trip to Banff whereshe attended a convention for Women's. Institutes across Ca ada Also present was Bruce Home Economist, Miss Barb Vissc her to give helpful kill ideas for other meetings. A lunch was served, durin "which the girls wrote down own ideas for other meeting Many good ideas were fecal which will make meetings interesting for anyone,whow like to attend, Mrs. Jim patrick of Ripley gave a few of encouragement to the gt The next meeting is sch for May 21st at the Town 8.00 Na 'p.m. Anyone interest coming , may contact a nit on the executive for morel tion. It's going to be fun n educational, so all you gilt on out to the next meeting! CALICO SCHOOLHOUSE CO NT INOED,FROM PAGE ing auctions in this mak time and have secured much their merchandise in this'll The Calico Schoothopseis ated in the former Kintailse which they have rented for 1974 season from the pintail munity committee in charge the property. CONTINUED FROM PAGE Petition Presented To Council Concerning Dust Control On Township Road assume, therefore, that Council has' used a flimsy excuse to thwart the inipledientation of the request:. of 900/0 of the area voters involved in the Petition. Asa result of Council's refusal first', of the Petitioners' requests and Second, of our earlier person- al request for, treatment of the.. road area to the West of 'our resid- ence at our own expense, we ar- ranged privately on May ,•1974 •with a contractor to supply and • spread 2500-lbs of bulk calcium chloride on the road fronting and Nest of our property.: This ex - pensive treatment will benefit us 'only a short time and "Will need to be repeated because of the heavy traffic but there is no other course to us. .• Council's refusal includes the renting of Traffic Counters, bin the variance in the amount of traffic .on roadst.can be easily de- termined by the frequency of the need to regravel. The Belfast/ St. Helens:Road and the toad be- tween. St. Helens and Highway 86 are high on the priority list for need of frequent gravelling. Pav- ing would eliminate costly repeat. ed 'gravelling', grading and cal., cium chloride treatment. This , . suggestion to COuncil was received by, our Reeve with "horror" be- cause of cost. Ontario is progress- ing , buthaVe the roads 'in this area improved very much since pioneers laid the first corduroy roads? Timbers are still being heaved out by the frost. However, the Petition has.not been in, vain. I have been infOrm ed by one of the Councillors that, after I left the meeting ,'Council decided to increase the order for calcium chloride and to extend the length of the spot treatment. I-feel sure that this was as a result of the petitioners' support. It would appear that Council is determined to give all Town- ship residents equal calcium chloride spot treatment. On the surface, this appears to be a just decision, but let me give an ex- ample of how this.1,;,o:ks Mr. A lives feet fro::: road A. where traffic is approximately