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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3rd, 1954
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Council Foots Deficits At
Arena
FARM FORUM WOULD LIKE >|
TO SEE U.S.T. ABOLISHED *
Rec Centre
The .Village Council sat until
Monday night 4qr
their regular March ; meeting,
problems, some of them of a fin
ancial nature. ..
Har 0 1 d Treleaven informed
Council that water pressure at
. the flour mill was fluctuating
and at times was so bad they
■were without water on the top
floor, of the mill. It was decided
to instal a gauge, at the mill to
determine if the trouble was in
the service to the mill.or within
the mill.
Forsee $500 Rec Centre Deficit
A communication was received
from Mr. Jack Bannister, secret.--
$ry ! of the Recreational Centre,
•. pointing out that the Centre was
.operating in the red. On behalf
of the Committee he was instruct
ed to request a grant of $200 to
pay outstanding accounts of som®
$75 arid io cpver another two
months’ operating costs.
It is estimated that running ex
penses for the year will toOil ap
proximately $800, and it was re
spectfully submitted that Council
s "ishoulid budget in 1954 for a poss
ible deficit of $500 for upkeep.
1953 revenue (apart from Pro
vincial grants for capital^ expen
ditures) totalled $904,63, of which
$510 was received^fOr~rentaT"Of’
the public school room which is
no. ldnger available.
Arena. Too!
' Council also voted; $450 to the
Arena Committee to take care of
insurance premiums, and to.cover
operating costs to the end of the
. season. There is $10,000 vzind in-
surance on the arene and $8,500
fire insurance. The . fire rate on
this type/Of risk is very high,
and coverage is hot easy to ob-
, tain.'
Receive Sanitary Reports
4 Reports on the, Recreational
Centre and Towri Hall, were re
ceived from Jack F. Wismer of
the Bruce County Health Unit,
He summarized the toilet rooms
in the Recreational Centre as be-
. ing in poor condition and in need
of painting and more, and thor-
ough cleaning.
His comments regarding the
Town Hall/were to the effect that r
facilities there are inadequate,
primitive and neglected. Exten-
’ sive renovation is indicated. Al
though cleaning is neglected*
ditions dre such that it is almost
impossible for any caretaker to:
keep these rooms in - a sanitary
. condition.
Discuss Office Quarters
Council has h^d under consid
eration the establishing of the
municipal Office in either the.
Town Hall or the Recreational,
Centre, and'plans of the layout
werq studied at Monday’s meet
ing. The pros arid cons of s the
office location were discussed, but
no official decision has yet been
reached in the; matter.
—-Closing Hours-By-Law;™—-
/Before Council adjourned
. Councillor Alex .MacLeod raised
the question of the closing hours
by-law,' which went/into; effect
that evening. Mr. McLeod’s con-
tention was that the Board had
made a mistake, as this was prim
arily a rural community, and sug
gested repealing the by-law.
.Reeve Robertson said •in' 'effect
; that regardless of one’s personal
‘ /Opinrons Council had received a
TOT HAD CAST. CHANGED,
WILL WEAR IT A YEAR YET
—Mrr andrMrsr Joe Agnew and’
Judy of Detroit spent the week
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. )H. -.Agnew, They had
brought Judy to London the lat
ter part of the week -to have her
cast changed, which she has
worn for some ten months. The
new cast ?now. permits the little
tot to sit down. Judy is 2¥» years
of age, and it is expected that
she will have to continue to wear
a cast for at least a year to cor
rect a hip defect.
. The Village Council has re
ceived the fbllbwing resolu
tion froTS- Central’ Farm
Forum-’
“We the members of Cen-^"
trar Farm Forum of ^WesV
Wawanosh Township, vealiz-
ing the inconvenience, to
.farmers of Daylight Saving
Time, would like to see same
abolished in your town”.
Dr. W. V. Johnston Ends
30 Years Medical Practice
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undertook numerous worthwhile
■projects.' ' ■■ -■ •; -
His skill as “a country doctor”
Finis, was written this week
to thirty years of medical and
civic service in this community
w^heh^^r^Wr^V^^phiistoh^Jaid;
down the little black satchel sym
bolic of the. general practitioner.
Dr. Johnston has accepted the
position of Executive Director of
the College of General Practice.
He is having a few days leisure
before assuming his new duties
yzhich will eventually take him
across, the Dominion, His head
quarters v^ili be in Toronto.
Mrs. Johnston apd Nancy will
remain, here until the. close, of
the . .school term. Dr. ■ and Mrs.
Johnston have three other child
ren, Mrs. John Mowbray ’(Cath
erine) of Stoughton, Sask.; Mrs.
Wm, McKinnon (Mary) of Ca)-
gary/and Bruce who is attending
Western University.
The Doctor’s successor here is
Dr. M. H. Corrin, who has been
associated with him for the past
few years.
Dr. Johnston is a native of
West Wawanosh Township and a
product of Lucknow High School,
Upon graduating from medical
college? he returned to his home
town to practice, taking Over
office of the late Dr, A; G.
liott in July of 1924. •
In the initerveiiirig years
;K§d^es^lblisHed7 a wide practice,
yet found time for civic and com
munity activities and interests,
He had a modern, well equipped
off ice,-and pioneered-in this part
of. Western- Ontario with the
electro cardiograph machine, and
became...an authority on heart
trouble. . .
An-active interest in the pro
gress of medical science kept
Dr. Johnston closely; associated
wiith^medical groups and confer
ences. Hiis services as a speaker
and lecturer, were in frequent de
mand, climaxed three years ago
•by his election to the presidency
of the Ontario Medical Associa
tion. \ ■; ;
Since 1932 he served on the
Lucknow School ; Board, and on
the Lucknow District High School
Board, and had an important part
in the fruition of a modernKhigh
school tin Lucknow. ■" -
, From its beginning and for
several years he was< president
of The ,Clansmen Club, which gifts.' .
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which brought; him close to /the
‘lives arid hearts of the people
of this community,- and his rnariy
community interests .arid person
al associations, result in his de
parture from, the, village being,
received with genuine regret.
As expressions of appreciation
and best wishes, Dr. Johnston f-
Was honored at. numerous func
tions during the past couple , of
• weeks.
The members of the Wingham ’
District. Medical Association pre-
■ sen ted him with a brief case. At
’ a stag bridge party at the home
of Mr. and Mrs, E. H. Agnew
he was presented with an instilr
ated silver ice-cube bowl, by the
group and as a little extra moim-
I ento, ,’W. Porteous presented
a framed perfect cribbage hand,
Which the Doctor scored a few:
months ago to gain a lot of “pub^
licity”.’ ’
Last' Thursday evening mem
bers of the High School Board
and staff. and their wives, en
joyed a turkey dinner at the.
school and during the evening-
Dr. Johnston was presented with .
a scroll of appreciation, >vhich
read in part:
“For thirty years you have
faithfully performed your duties
of a medical doctor among us.
• To us your life has always been
.-an- outstanding example of true
citizenship and of integrity and
faithfulness in your profession. -
“Lucknow is a better commune
ity because of your work here0
and as you -enter • a new sphere
1 of life take with you ithe sincere
good wishes of the entire com
munity”. . ;
On Friday evening The Clans
men and their wives held a card
party and dance at the Recrea-
tiorial Centre, when Mr. P. W.
Hoag expressed the sentiments
of the gathering in a presentation
address. -The Doctor received., en
graved cuff links, an engraved
silver dollar, and a life member
ship certificate in The Clansmen.
Mrs. Johnston was__presented—
with a bouquet of red roses.
Dr. Johnston xwas also the re
cipient of numerous . personal
LEAVES LUCKNOW
GIGANTIC SALE STARTS
THIS WEEK AT THE MARKET
We can’t remember a time
when bargain-^wise shoppers in
this district had so many oppor
tunities to “shop and save at
home”. In the past few months
a series of special sales have cov
ered a great many household
commodities, net 1
many rock-bottom prices that
prevail every day.
; Latest in this series is a gigan-
trc’store-wide^T^uctibh^re^that
is slated to start at The Market
Store on Friday. The proprietor,
Norman Welwood, has engaged h
professional sales manager to
handlethis~bargainextraVaganza“
which will be run at both, his ______ ___ ______ ______
Lucknow and Wingham store. with headquarters in Toronto. ’
tomention
DR. W. V. JOHNSTON
concluded a , thirty-year medical
practice here this week to assume
“the post of Executive Director of
the College of General Practice
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l our Mid- Week -Chuckle
Art Carr of the Palmerston Ob
server tells about the youngster
who had just learned that “from
dust we sprang, and to dust we
will; return”. Fascinatedly this
prospect, the youngster asked his
mother if it . was true, Assured
that it was true, the little one
quipped: “You’d better look un
der my bed. Someone is either
coming or'going”.
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POSTPONE KINTAIL FUNERAL
DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS
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“/petition ^hd ' hS^'acted upon- it,
thaLby^W
. Regulations were not abided by,
, a test case would have to be
wade. .
Councillor MacLeod asked if
the ratepayer^ would have to pay
costs, if any, of a court act-
1,0n< Councillor Mowbray was hot
J® was about the disturbing ef-
f*ets at the by-law.
FIREMEN GET /
SALARY BOOST-------i. ( •
., A deputation' frpm the Luck
now Fire Company headed by
Fire Chief George Whitby, at-
-tended—^h^y-CouncilHneetingon
Monday night to submit their
estimated requisitions
year.:
Long underpaid,, and
to be the lowest paid
they know of, the Lucknow Com
pany adopted a motion ’ asking
that their annual salary, be in
creased from $250 to $600. This
sum was included in the estim
ates "submitted and approved by
Council. . .: ;.
' The salary is divided, among
the twenty men of the Brigade
according to the ,number of meet
ings and fire • calls they attend
in the village. Out-of-towji fire
calls are paid for at the rate of
$1.00 per 'hour per man, with
the number limited to eight that
can'leay.^" the .corporation on a
rural call. '
The. requisition also called for
250 feet of 2J.2 TncF hose at a.
cost of $485. The Company. How
has 1600 feet of 2’2 inch hose,
which , is not regarded as suf-
iicient in case of a bad 7fire, or
■one at sorh-e distance from a hy--
drant,. They also have ,600 feet
of iJ/2 inch hose. ’ , .
Total estimates for fire , pur
poses, including the debenture op
the fire truck and 'hydrant, rent
al, arriount to $6000. A Provincial
dri approved costs. ;
Offfcfers— and». menibers of ■ the
20-4nan Brigade . are, ’ George
Whitby, Bill Johnston,* Jack Cook,
Tom Anderson, Alf Ritchie, J» L.
MacMillan, Jack MacDonald, Roy
Havens, H D. Thompson, Floyd
Milne, Jim Henderson, K. C.
Murdie; Innes MacSween, Lloyd
Hall,- Alb^-Chin,-Keith. ■KilpaU
rick,.Bud Hamilton,'Harold Greer;
Brock Cleland,' Stuart Collyer.
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for the
claimed
Brigade
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i The death of Mr. Harry Mac
Donald. of Kintail came as a
shock to many fnenas ln/tne dis
trict. Harry suffered a stroke last
Friday and passed away oh . Sun
day morning in Goderich Hospi
tal. He was 68 f years of * age. .
The funeral service which/was
set for Tuesday afternoon in Ash
field Presbyterian Church, with
interment in Kintail Cemetery,
was postponed until Wednesday
due to road conditions, and was
held at his home.
Mr. MacDonald is survived by
his 94-year-old father, Donal Jf
4Dan)-Mai^onald^-a^siste!F-Annie--
Mae and a brother, Bain Mac
Donald. • . “
DANCE FRIDAY
Lucknow Legion is sponsoring
a dance Friday night, March 5th;
in the Town Hall to music by
Carruther’s orchestra.
START RED CROSS
DRIVE NEXT WEEK
The Lucknow and District
Branch of the Red Cross Society
has' plqns complete for Commenc
ing the annual campaign for
funds to carry, on the works of.
mercy performed by Red Cross.
It is planned to carry out the
local, canvass during the week, of
March 8th. This will be the cus
tomary house-fo-house call in. the
"viTlager 7 7 ~
“Rural residents will not be can
vassed, but their support is im
perative, They may leave their,
donations at the Bank of Mon
treal, McKim’s Drug Store or at
their neighborhood ruralstore.
The- list of canvassers Tn the
Village is as follows: . , , .
Main St., south side, Albert
Chin; north side, ' Bob MacKen-
zie. ■ ,
South of Main St. and east of
;rivei<:J!,"H., b:? ■■;LK5Yd’
Ashton; West of river, Norinan
Taylor arid S. B., S'tdthers/ ;7 ,
North, of Main'S!., west .of the
River, Innes MacSween, . Elmer
Um,bach. ? , '■
. N^rth of Main St. to Rose. St.
ahd east of fiver, Fred Jackson
and Wm. Bushell..
North: of Rose St, east of
river, .
dersom , . ‘
UNDERWENT OPERATION
4 Mr. Robert J. Button who has
been poorly for some time, was
■taken to Victoria Hospital, Lon
don, last .Wednesday for obser
vation a(nd treatment and on
Tuesday morning underwent a
major, operation.
ON HIGH SCHOOL BOARD ‘
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Gordon Fisher . has been ap
pointed to the Lucknow District
High School Board to succeed
Dr. W. V. Johnston. Mr., Fisher’s
appointment is made by the
Lucknow Public. School Board,
which names a representative.
Legion Names Committee To Get
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/'Information About “The Games”
..._The-...suggestjonlto„.rav.iv.e™“The2
dairies”. in the Sepoy Town
where they flourished more than,
half/a century ago, has' created,
considerable interest in this tra
ditionally Scottish community. • (
At the tegular meeting of the
Lucknow Branch of, the Canad
ian Legion last week, the' mat
ter Was discussed, .and Was greet
ed with such favour, as to appoint
a committee to obtain what; in-
•foi’matiCn™thoy"rT-coti'l’d—regard-ing’
“The Games”/The threesome ap-
poihted1 Were President-; Kenneth’
Cameron, Bob «Macintosh and
Garnet Henderson.. We under
stand th?y plan a trip to St.
Thomas to discuss such a cele
bration with W. A. McPherson,
a professional promoter of such
Scottish events. This informationtirt. coc xwsv ouj ,t«wv ma V77 a tDonaldMaeKeah;7im’Heh;T'Wttld"^wriA^jr-be-IMBWitee
to a public meeting. •
_7^.LL.is.-suggested--t-ha-t—t-he-org-an-—:
ization of a Caledonian Society
representative of the entire dis
trict, would be the logical step .
in reviving “The ’Games”. • .
Naturally the project would'on- H
tail a major expenditure,.-and to .
have some of the “green stuff’7
with .which to operate, a small .
membership fee ill the pipposed
Society appears as . one solution.
If this plan was adopted; - a
■blitz- membership . canvas^’of the
These are soine of. the ' sug’-
gestions ’ being' mentioned^ Poss- ■ *
ibly some of our * readers and
some of the ‘‘old-timers’’ in. whom
the > Scottish blood runs Mrm,
have some ideas in the^matter.
Let’s hear from you. The Sentinel
would welcome , your comments,
and those who have started the.
W1 rolling; might
ly from them.
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