The Lucknow Sentinel, 1953-11-18, Page 9WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18th, 1953
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Bruce County Council Wound
Up Year's Business Last Week
-The County Council of.the Co.
of Bryce convened at Walkerton,
for its final session of the year
on ’ Monday evening, November
9th, with Warden Gordon Stan
ley of Ripley, presiding.
Road Report
County Engineer George Ste-
-phenson,--repor-ting-on-bthe^yeai^-
work, stated that * the County
roads from- Ghesley to; Scone,
from Buygoyne west to Stirton’s
Bridge, and fyoms Mildmay . west
to the Carrick-Culross^ boundary,
had been rebuilt and widened to
100 feet. The hills have been cut
and good.__ vision provided on
curves and hills. Two new brid
ges are being built, one 24 foot
spbri. on the boundary between
Elderslie and Brant townships
and another 10 foot, span about
a mile .west of Armow. A new
concrete floor is being constructs
ed on Stirton’s Bridge about 2 Va
•miles west of Burgoyrie. A tem-
. porary bridge will shortly be
.. . erected to replace the 90 ft/span
which ^recently' went down at
Pinkerton. The hard top between.
Glamis arid Pinkerton has been-
completed arid a new mulch top
‘ on the road between Kinloss and
Holyrood. The roads between Oli-
. phant "anda Wiart.on, two miles
east of Port Elgin, and. between
. « Ripley and. Pine River, have been
• primed. Next year it is hoped
that all roads which have been
thoroughly constructed and con
solidated will receive at least a
■ prime coat. /The Old crushing
•'« plant has .been rebuilt at a cost
9 of $21,209. A new crusher would
-----have- cost—abeu4-$457000r-^——
3880 Children Inspected
The report of Dr. D. R. Allen,
director of the County Health
, 'Unit, disclosed that; sipcer Janu^
ary 1st, 3880 children have been
inspected in schools and 20$ 1
vision tests have been made. To
date 1082 children ha ye, received
a medical examination by the
Medical Officer of Health.
As in former years, the School
Health program includes inspec
tion of the individual child by a
nurse, as well as vision testing.
> All children entering school, and
•newcomers, receive a complete
physical examination.by thp Med
ical Officer of Health. • Re also
ie-exarnin.es any child having, a
questionable.'defect from a pre-
ious examination.'
.Home visits by the nurses this
year number 6128. This figure
-represents visitno mothers 7arid
new babies/presehoorchildren, as
well, as other blatters concerning
the various othdr parts ^of the
Health IJnit program". The Child'
Health coriferences or Baby Clin--
ics still ' maintain! a consistently
high' attendance. Attendance' to
date- has been 2304 infants and
preschool children.
Give Tuberculin Test
Following the mass chest- x-ray
survey in the county this year,
approximately 450 chests had . to
be re-screened .through the Unit
Chest Clinics. The Unit held clin-
-ics throughout the county, with
an attendance of 933. All prev
iously negative reactors and- all
new entries to the county high
schools were skin tested for. tu
berculosis. Reactors, with- other
members..of the household, re
ceived a chest x-ray. The nun>
ber of tuberculin, tests performed
was 143.4. > • ■■ •' . . .. .
. County treasurer T. H. .Alton,
reported that .costs of Child Wel
fare are running ahead' of last
year, reflecting the fact that'more
children, have been made wards
of the County, -‘it also appears
that highways expenditures will
exceed the 5 mills appropriated
• for this purpose;. Howevfer, there :
is a total of $80,000 in the High-1
ways reserve account and some of"
the reserve: monies will be used
to make up any deficit., On the
whole, the County will apparent-,
ly finish- the. year^ within- its esti
mates* . • ■ - ' ; " ■■
Dealing with a resolution of
the- Greenock Township council-! requesting that the portion. of |
Greenock south of Concession 12
be not included in the Walkerton
High School District, the Consul
tative Committee reported that no
action could be taken one way or
the other Until the January Ses
sion. The High Schools Act pro-
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vides that boundaries of high
school districts can only «be
■ changed on or before July 1st
in any year.
The Reforestation Committee
repdftpd the purchase of Lots 34
and 35, Con. 1, Culross and also
recommended the purchase of Lot
24, Con. 13, Culross, and .part of
Lot 33, Con, 1,'Culross, these to
augment the present county foiv
. est holdings in Culross township,
Consider Grant In January
Dealing with a request from
.the municipalities of Lucknow,
Culrpss, Kinloss' arid Teeswater,
for assistance towards the bqikL
ing of an addition .to the Wing
ham hospital? the Finance" Com
mittee recommended that, at ■ the
January Session 1954,’ consider
ation be given to a grant of
$25,000 to the Wingham hospital,
the sarhe as given to other hos
pitals in the county.
The following High School
trustees were appointed far 1954:
Arthur Doubt for the Chesley
high school district; ■ Clifford
Hewitt for ’ the Kincardine high
school district; A. E. McKim for
the Lucknow high school district;
Robert Lamont for the Saugeen
high school district; William Ar
nold for the Ripley high school
district; —Jacob . Fischer for the
Walkerton high school district;
Allan'. Whicher for the , Wiarton
high schopr district.
Dr. J. T. H. Robinson of Walk
erton, was appointed .County
Horne physician to fill the vacan
cy created by the death of .Dr. T.
Resolutions Adopted
The following resolutions were
adopted by Council : during, the
Session: , ■ 1. ■ ‘
That the Minister of. Reform
Institutions be requested to es-,-
tablish a/separate Institution as
| a Female’Refuge (Protestant) so.
-rthafr^omen-’v^o^rempt-convicty-
ed of any crime will no longer be
committed to the Andrew Mercer
Reformatory for Women.
That, the Veterans’ Land Act
be .amended so . as to redbee to
riot less than two-fifths of an
• acre the acreage riow required for
any veteran purchasing land un
der this Act. " ...
That the Provincial Govern-
rrient be petitioned to repeal sub
sec. 2 of Sec. 59 of The Mental
Hospitals; Act, which requires all
munipipalitft^ to pay to the On-1
tar io Hospital, Woodstock, fifty
cents per day for all local indig
ent residents therein.
That the Provincial Govern-'
rrientbe petitioned to increase the.
grant on county highway expen
diture to 65“percent.
Endorsing the efforts of the
Ontario .Dept, of Highways in its
attempts to reduce the number of
highway accidents. . \
Council adjourned on Saturday
morning to meet for the January
Session in Walkerton as per sta
tute;
Lucknow — Joseph Agnew
Head Office — Lpndon7"0ntarior^
.J..-.'• / : - *j. '■Mr; .and Mrs. Ted McClenag-
han ,and Tamily visited Sunday
in Fergus. . /■'' ■■■■■:
Mr. and. Mrs. E. Scholtz visited
on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Ryan at Goderich. .
? Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moss and
family bf Bright spent the week
end at her parents here, Mr, and
Mrs. Harry Moss and family and
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. McClehaghan
and Carl motpred to St. Thomas
bn Sunday to visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Irwin McClenaghan.
We are pleased to hear that
Miss. Margaret Taylor has return
ed home from Wingham Hospital.
| Mr. Earl Caslick motored to
i Malton on Monday with his son
I Wilfred to haye a treatment on
. hiis arm that was hurt early last
! I summer- causing-a torn, muscle -in -
rr the upper part of his left arm.
! There was a large crowd at the
| dance , in the Whitechurch Hall
i for the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs.
j Lome. Wall. After lunch Mr. and
front. Walter Bell read the ad-
' dress and Jack Gillies presented
| them with a purse of money.
a" ] Lome replied with a few fitting
words of thanks. Everybody sarig.
“For they are jolly good fellows”.
. i Frank MacKenzie favored With
■' some bagpipe; music. Music for
Wingham Hospital ■ dancing, was.by Tiffins orchestra.
tn Mr and Mrs >. -------------:---------?---- ----------
WHITECHURCH
BORN—in ’
on Nov. 11th, to Mr. and Mrs.! --------------- -----------
Alex Robertson (nee Jean For- ? KAIRSHEA W. I. MEETING .
ster), a.daughter, Margaret Eliz- HELD IN LUCKNOW
abeth, a sister for Jimmie. . —---- . ,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas.-McDonald . Mrs.. Alex MacLeod and Mrs.
and family .of St. Helens' visited Lawrence MacLeod were hostess-
on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.' G-. es' for the November meeting of
Farrier. | the Kairshea W.I. held . at the
“ Mr; and Mrs. Jack Gillespie & home of Mrs. MacLeod in Luck
family of Wingham spent Sunday, now.. There was a large attend-
with her parents, Mr. arid Mrs.1 ance. Mrs. D. H. Carruthers pre-1
W. R. Farrier.- ' ’ •. ■' ■, ’ sided. ' ’ .
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Plans were made for the Froz
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rood, for _theJbus:Jj^
Andrew’s Ball to be held in the
Town Hall, < Lucknow, on Nov
ember 27th; A vote of thanks was■
given to the directors who made
theTXt HomeTsuch"a' success. "Mrs.
Hughes, the leader for the Jun
ior project “What shall I wear’’,
reported bn its progress. $10 was
I Voted to the Children’s War
Memorial Hospital in London.
The roll call “Don’ts for the sick
room.” brought a variety of ans
wers. The motto, “Good health
must be lost to be appreciated”,
was taken by Mrs. E. Purves. The
topic, “Mental Health” was giv
en by Mrs. Hughes who gave
much information on the subject.
-Miss-Dean -McLeod,- in a suitable-
costume, gave a splendid reading,
“Great Grandmother Ann”. A
piano solo ' “The Fawn” by Mrs.
Allin, was much enjoyed. Mrs.
Farish Moffat gave an interesting ‘
-summary—Tif—“The Federated--
News”. Mrs. Chadwick sang a
j old “Give to us peace in our
time, O Lord”. <
A report on the meeting spon
sored by the Holyrood W.I. ^at
which Mrs. Hamilton was guest
speaker was given by Mrs. Hous
ton for the morrij,ng session and
Mrs. Dickie , reported on the af
ternoon. . Both had much helpful •
information. -Mrs. Clarence Irwin
was' in charge of a contest on
different parts of the body. ;■
The December meeting is to,
be held on December-. 10th Mrs.
Dickie arid Mrs.' D. L. MacKin
non are. hostesses. The , place is ,
to (be announced later. The dir
ectors are Mrs. L. MacLeod, Mrs.
E.‘ Purves, Mrs. D. H. Carruthers
and Mrs, Clarence Irwin.
Donald Thompson, Lucknow
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