HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-11-17, Page 2WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17th, 1954
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ASHFIELD
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Under Auspices 0f
Kairshea Women’s Institute
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FAdE TWO THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
HOOT MON! ITS THE ANNUAL '
ST: ANDREWS BALL
JOOgtipn. -Mts* McDonagh took
the offering. Rey, Dickinson pre
sided for the: election of officers;
pres., Mrs. Geo. Twamley; treas.,
Mrs; Cliff Kilpatrick; rec. and
press sec., Mrs. Chris Cook; cor
responding sec., Mrs. Living-?
stone Menary; associate members
sec., Mrs. Jerry Cranston; Com
munity Friendship sec., Mrs. W.
G. Hunter; Christian Steward
ship see., Mrs. Bert Alton; Liter
ature, sec., Mrs. Alex Hackett;
^Missionary Monthly and World.
Friends sec., Mrs. Nelson Ray-
’hard; Temperance and Christian
Citizenship! sec., Mrs. Blake Al
ton. At, the close of the meeting
alovelylunch was served by/ihe
Zion ladies,
Boutte County Turns Down Museum
/’ * ' Report of November Session,
formerly, ®<ore m.Qh^y is being
spent' on the bases and by add
ing to the base and cutting down
on the expense of the top it, is.
believed that much better re?
suits are being* obtained. In ad
dition to cutting, down the cost
of the top, a tighter finish is be
ing obtained on the road, which
should reduce ihaintenance costs.
New top was laid between Port
Elgin and Burgoyne, Chesley to
Scone and about two miles west
ofRipley.Fbradistanceof^
hailf a mile' in Ripley and about
3 miles morth Of Chesley, a very
light top was laid, improving the
surface and riding qualities
the road,
The County Home Committee
reported that it has installed a
new propane gas water heater
in the laundry this year. New
electrical, fixtures have been in
stalled in all the bedrooms re
placing bare blubs, A new linol
eum tile floor? was laid in the
men’s dining room and greatly
improves the appearance of this
^room,
Bruce County Council convert-?
ed for its final session of the
year at Walkerton, with Warden
Wm. P. Oswald in the chair and
all members present.
As usual, the wind-up session
dealt' mainly with routine mat
ters,, one item of unusual inter
est being the defeat of the pro-?
posed County Museum by, a vote
of 19 to 15. The cjiief stumbling
Block- appeared to be the $4,000
capital grant required to set the
project in motion.
The Bruce County Museum re
port had asked council for a cap
ital grartt of $4,000 in 1955 an^
a $600 a year, maintenance, grant
which would be matched dollar,
for dollar by the .province. Plans
for .a museum were first under
taken in the. fall, of 1952 when
the first committee was formed.
Since that time Women’s Insti
tute branches ■ throughout the
i County have promoted the idea. >
No Deer Season ,
■?.' The Warden’s Committee re
ported that the matter of an open
jeefsea^^
fall had been given careful con
sideration. It was disclosed that
the Huron and Grey. County
Councils had passed resolutions,
requesting a closed season in
their counties and it was decide
ed that if Grey County would
rescind their motion and permit,
an open season, that the Commit
tee would -recommend an open
season for Bruce County■. Grey
County-,-however, did not take-
any action and there is no open
deer season ihthis area this fall.
Keep Within Estimates
Treasurer T. H. Alton reported;
that- the Committees with- con
trollable accounts" appear to be
keeping their expenditures with
in their estimates. The oyer-all
picture at this time would indi
cate that Council will end; the,
year within its total estimates:
During the year he was able to
purchase $2,000 Dominion of Can
ada Bonds for the Highways Re
serve Account, from accumulated
interest. This, makes a total of
$72,000 invested in Dominion of
Can ada Bonds in this Reserve. f
Highways Report -
; County Engineer G; E. Steph
enson reported that heavy gradT
ing and hill cutting had’ been
done west of Paisley on North
St., ■ 1V2 miles; east of Armow
mile; between Holyrood? and
Tees water mile, and west ofArkwright T'j& miles. Owing to
limited funds, he. said, it has
-been-found—necessary-™to—put—on-
thinner -hard -top surfaces, both
on new work and for levelling
and maintenance of old surfaces.
Formerly, for renewing old sur
faces the procedure has been td
surface treat with chips and a
heavy asphalt or put on a new
top about 1^2 inches thick. Where
pavement was rough it was found
with surface treatinent that the
completed work was. almost as
rough as before, it yias surface
treated. By crushing the material
much finer . than heretofore, it
was fojund possible to use only
half the material
formerly used in x___„
seepnd top, with corresponding
savings,. and from ‘ ‘
cations the results
be as good.,Oh new" .work now'
only one-quarter to one third as
much material is being used as
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IN THE TOWN HALL, LUCKNOW
Ken Wilhees Orchestra,
SCOTCH ENTERTAINMENT
; Lunch Counter featuring those
delicious home-made pies;
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Admission 75c
Ashfield United Church W.M.S.
. The annual meeting of Ash
field W.M.S. and W.A. was held,
in Zion United Church on Thurs
day, November 11th. The presi
dent, Mrs. Frank 'Ritchie, was in
Ahe chair. TO
with hymn 662 with Mrs. Jack
Gardner at the organ. This was
followed by the Lord’s prayer in
unison and the scripture reading
by Mrs. Gqrdon Kirkland. After
the responsive reading of hymn-
174, Mrs. Frank Ritchie led in
Sprayer. , Mrs. George Saunders
gave a reading followed by a
solo by Mrs. Peter .Cooke ac
companied by Mrs. Gardner. Mrs.
Livingstone Menary .gave the
corresponding secretary’s report.
Mrs. W. Q. Hunter gave the sup
ply- secret ary reports
Hunter gave the treasurer’s re
port for Zi^n. Mrs. Herb Curran
gave the treasurer’s report for Biakes.Mrs. Bert Alton gave the
treasurer’s report for Hacketts’.
All reports Were quite encourag
ing and showed that' the Society
should be abld to meet the al-
Miss Mabel MacDonald of
Windsor spent the week-end
with her father and mother, Mr,
and Mrs. Alex MacDonald.
Miss Maud MacKenzie of Dear
born is visiting, with- relatives
here."'
Mr. Ray MacKenzie of Wind
sor visited at his home here over
the week-end.
Mr.—and^-Mrs^r—Jim-^BIue-^of-
Windsor , were week-end callers
here. '.. '■ ’ •
The Presbyterian W/M.S. will
hold their November meeting at
the home of Mrs. W- Farrish.
Mrs. R. BiSsett will be the lead
er. The roll call is tp be answerr
ed with a verse on faith.
Wke* yraVe feeling the dng’t wear and tear
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Wial’t the drink that’e begand all compare?
or. less than
putting On a
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County’s representatives on the
various High School Boards for.
1955 were appointed; including
A. E. McKim, for the Lucknow
High School District, v
Resolutions Adopted
The following resolutions were,
adopted by Council, On recom
mendation . of the Legislative
Cpmmiijtee.f v •
Tha t ” the“l)bmihiori and Pro
vincial. governments establish a
f und “to pay necessafy'\hosprtalT
ization costs of needy persons in
the Province of Ontario; ■
That more rigid inspection of
school buses and drivers be made
bytheOntariOG^ 7“
That the Ontario Government
enact legislation to provide sub
sidies to urban municipalities uh-:
_der~ the MunicipaL Drsdnagei-Act
similar to those now paid to rural
municipalities;
7 That the; Federal Government
assume, a larger share of relief
responsibilities, since immigra
tion contributes to our unemploy
ment problems;
That the Provincial ^Govern
ment establish a policy" whereby
no municipality would have edu
cational grants decreased because
of County re-assessment;
That the Provincial Govern
ment amend the. Homes for the
Aged Act to provide that where
an inmate has or acquired assets
out of which the cost of his main
tenance can be paid, a Judge of
the County Court may make an
-order—vesting“such—assets—in—t-he-
County for the purpose of secur
ing payment of such mainten
ance; ’
That the Municipal Act be
amended to provide that the fol
lowing shall,’ be ^disqualified from
holding office on a municipal
council:
(i) any, person who has been
the recipient of Relief during the
12 months preceding the nominal
tion;
. (ii) any person for whom, for
any member of whose family, the
municipality has paid hospitaliz
ation as an. indigent patient and
has not reimbursed the munici
pality therefor.
That the Dominion and Provin
cial governments take steps, to
see' that November 11th is ob-.
served throughout the Dominion
as a public holiday.
present indi-
will probably
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MRS. ROACH REPORTS ON
institute convention
The November meeting of the
Women’s Institute^ was held in
the Recreation Centre with Mrs.
Chas. Cook, the president, in the
chair. Following the opening ex
ercises, the minutes and the
treasurer’s report were given.
During the business, at was de
cided that the Lucknow Insti-
^ut&™would-mOt=ask-fdr-theT£rmitF
gate to the Women’s Institute
Convention in Guelph, gave an
interesting report of her trip,
Following “The Queen’’, the hos
tesses in charge served lunch. s
Group HI Women’s Association
The Hunter-Kilpatrick Group
of the W.A., -met on, Wednesday
evening in the basement of the
church, .with an attendance of 2^.
Mr^H^rlnatr i ck'1 pr^i^^MTs?;Gf;;
Authorized bottler of Coca-Cola under contract with Coca-Cola Ltd.
GODERICH BOTTLING WORKS
Goderich, Ont — Phone: 489
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"Coke" It a registered trade-mark. . . ■ *
Mrs. N., J. MacKenzie gave ai S; Baulch gave a very interesting
talk ,on “Agriculture and Can-«talk oh eight famous women of
adian Industry’,’ and Nancy Web-1 the Bible, four from the OlcT and
ster and Joan Crawford satlg a
lovely duet. Margaret Rae- pre
sented the motto, Mrs,. “ William
Douglas gave the current events
and Mrs. , Salkeld, had charge of
the topic, “Handicrafts which
may add to the Homemaker’s
Income”. /' • •
Mrs. Roach, who was a dele- T ' v r * '
'ty
four from the New Testament.
Mrs. Robert Campbell favored,
' With a solo., Mrs, Collins and -Mrs
Webster gave a musical selection
oh, the' mouth organ and auto
harp. The meeting closed with jr
hymn and mizpah benediction aL
ter„ which, lunch was... served Jv:_
the committee in charge, .*
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