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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-10-27, Page 21 OF WHAT A POWER OUTAGE COULD COST YOU! PROTECT Your FARM WITH A /NCO TRACTOR ALTERNATOR FOR STANDBY POWER GLENN SCHWARTZENTRUBER R.R. 4 Wingham 357-2608 ORVILLE 'ELLIOTT Lucknow 528-3409 "Weangd litter ayOrages.Ot 9.35 from 296 farrowing witkNO40.pig start... .,..Performance 'like.this',hel0 make hag reining profitable:. Bob Robson "Our swine nutrition tests include many formulations for starting pigs," reports Bob Robson, Assistant Manager, Shur-Gain Research Farm, "but we find our No. 10 Starter remains a winner for general use. It consistently turns out healthy, growthy litters of pigs averaging about 50 lbs. at nine weeks. "Pig Starter No.10 is introduced as soon as '5 lbs. per pig. of Shur-Gain Creep Feed, is consumed. Creep Feed iS vital to high performance !but of course it's the. 40-50 lbs. of No. 10 Starter that produced the 9.35 weaned litter average:' . Why don't, you choose Shur-Gain Pig Starter No.10? LSHURGAIN pig starter No.10... ANDERM 'FLAX PRODUCTS WAITED CKNOW PHONE 528-2026. 1.976 'WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER .271. 197.6 THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO PAGE. TWENTY-ON MURRAY GAUNT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 however, since 1974 the year in which all of the accounts were tented over to Victoria' and 'Grey Trust Company. Since that time,. the Public Trustee has not acted in any fashion other than.an oversee- ing funetion, whiCh they do in all of these circumstances, and which is part of their public respOnsibility.• I suppose if one wanted to go right back to the origin of the problem, it started with the creation of the County School Board system, and the question then arose as to who would be eligible fora assistance under' the terms of the MacKenzie Endow- ment Fund, since the Lucknow High School no longer existed. The Trustees continued to make loans, based on their best judgement as to who should qualify and who shouldn't, The local Trustees were very dedicated and sincere people, highly motivated 'by a-public sense of duty, all of whom were certainly well', acquainted with the needs of the individuals they were serving. I believe in 1971 the Public Trustee closed the fund because of the legal questions involved, which were created by the County 'School Board system. To make a very long story short, Victoria and Grey Trust Company has been appointed as trustee, and the accounts were turned over to the firm at that pant. Victoria and Grey has refused to make any loank until a reference is made to the court to determine who are the proper beneficiaries to the trust, and what . are the. terms of repayment. There are several other minor issues whiph they feel must be resolved by the 'court, but those two are the main ones. Victoria and Grey feel that until the c?inI gives a decision on these matters the company could be open to a charge of mismanagement, .At the moment, the entire matter is awaiting the final preparation of the case before it, goes to court, This is being handled by Mr. Alan Mill of Wingham. Mr. Mill tells me that this is a very time-consum- ing tendious exercise, because he has ,to, trace the school boundaries from 1947 to the present time and indicate any year-by-year changes. At first glance this may seem like a rather routine matter to handle, but I gather from Mr. Mill that it is far from that. He, feels 'that he has to he adequately prepared before he, goes 'to court, because, if he isn't the court may very well turn the whole matter ,back until the preparation is done. I believe Mill has made contact with both the . Huron County Board of Education and the Bruce County Board of Education to seek out their assistance in the matter. School boundaries have always been a complicated matter for Years, .because one can point to examples where a student on one side of a concession line would go to one school and the student on the other side of the road would go somewhere else. All of *these boundaries have to be determined on a year-to-year basis, and the changes indicated for the last thirty years. Under the terms of the Ombuds- man legislation, that office has no jurisdiction until it has been dealt with by the courts. I believe it was mentioned in your editorial that the public has the right to an audited statement showing where the funds stand at the present time and where the funds stood when the freeze was established four years ago. There should be no difficulty in getting that - either the lawyer or Victoria and Grey should be able to provide that very readily. There is no question. of misuse of the fund, because there hasn't been any money paid out other . than for administration over that time, The fund has been accumulating, with the point' of contention being the fact. that this money is accumulat- ing and no student is getting any benefit from it, which is certainly in violation of the terms and spirit of the endowment fund. No one would be any happier than I if this matter could be cleared up 'immediately,. which would once again make the fund available to eligible and deservipg students. The fact that this matter has dragged on so long has certainly been frustrating front my point of view, and I am sure that frustration has been shared by the trustees, the community in gener- al, and perhaps most of all 'by the students who were eligible and deserving but couldn't get any of the funds because .of the freeze. You can be assured that I will continue to do what I can to assist and facilitate this matter. Patience may be a virtue, but to those of us who have been involved with this problem over the years it is rapidly running out. In any ,event, this is an up-to-date account of how the matter stands at the moment. Sincerely, Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. Huron-Bruce p.s. I have been talking with the Director of the Public Trustee's Office, as well as the Ombudsman investigator about this matter. EDITOR'S NOTE: We appreciate the effort of Mr. Gaunt in pursuing this matter once again. The former trustees have been : frustrated to no end by this matter, but they haven't given up, despite many attempts. to resolve it. The Sentinel has tried, through its -columns, on several ;occasions, to stir up some action at the top, but this has been largely unsucc- ,essful. We are not prepared to stop pushing until this messy piece of work is cleared up once and for all. We feel the public, at large, local Organizations and individuals could help put pressure on the powers that be by writing letters to the editor, the Public Trustee, the members of parliaments etc., • The Sentinel made one mistake in our original editorial. We stated that the Public Trustee had frozen the endowment fund over 4 years ago, actually it was over S years ago. This only adds to the disgrace of the matter. The 'Public Trustee initiated this problem. It. is' up to him to see that the matter is resolved. If a matter of boundaries can't be resolved in several years work, it can never be resolved. The whole problem needs a 'new broom". In the tneantime, the youth of this community go without the financial assistance that is rightful- ly theirs while the fund lies tied up for over five years in an entangle- ment. of "red tape". The public trustee is, in theory, the mechanism whereby "right will be done for the estates of deceased person's. One lo6I resident, who was' close to the late Mr. MacKenzie and who feels enraged at the way the .fund has been handled, said "Alex would, turn over in his grave if he knew 'what had• happened to his endow- ment". Residents of Lucknow and sur- rounding rural area, let's, hear from you. Show us that you care about this bureaucratic bungling. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Spry, Niagara Palls, N.Y., visited with Mrs. Lorne livers and went to see Mr. Ivers in hospital last Sunday. Mrs. Spry . remained to spend the week with Mrs. Ivers. Sytnpathy is extended to the family and friends "of Mrs. Edna Black of Goderich, whose funeral took place on Thursday from Stiles Funeral Home. Miss Debbie Vella left from TorontO Airport on Saturday to fly to her home in Nova Scotia for two weeks holidays. ' Mrs. Mary Bere and Jamie accompanied Earl McNee, when he took her to the airport and then they went into Toronto to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Austin (nee ,Ruth Bere). Remember the Blood Donor Clinic on Wednesday, November 3 from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 6 - 8 p.m. in Goderich Collegiate. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Schofield and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolliston, all of London,• visited Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sheltoe last week. The ladies are' sisters of Mrs. Shelton. Mr. and Mrs. Allan McNee, Edward and Pahl of London visited Mr. and Mrs. Graham McNee on Sunday.. Eric Wiggins • and friend of Vancouver are spending a couple of weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wiggins. Mr. and 'Mrs. Cecil Orser of Detroit spent a few days with Amy and Bill last' week. Mrs. Grate Gibson is visiting with them and with her, mother, Mrs.. John Young and Art. Miss Beryl Elliott, New Liskeard is visiting relatiVes in this area. . Mrs. Cecil Blake visited with her cousin, Mrs. Lorne Woods, in Lucknow on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Irvin, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Irvin and family were guests at:the wedding of Dan Curran and Susan Pother' in Stratford 'on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Curran will make their home in London, where Dan is employed with electrical applianceSe; Mrs. Irvine Eedy accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Henderson of';'- Goderich to Millbank on Sunday to Open House held in honour of their uncle, Mr. Scott Coulter on his 90th birthday. It was held at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Coulter. Thornton Eedy was also among , those wha,4e4ded the Open House'. Sympathy is- extended to family and friends of the late Mi. Ernest Bogie, who' passed away on Thursday. The funeral service was' - on Sunday afternoon from 'McCal- lum Funeral Home with interment in Colborne Cemetery. Rev. H. G. Dobson spoke on "The Whole Man for God", in Sunday service at Dungannon United Church. The Dungannon Explorers will hold their opening meeting on TuesdaY, October 26th at 7 p.m. All girls 9.11 years of age before December 31, 1976 are invited. The leader is 'Mrs. Donna Snyder. On. Sunday, student pastor Doug Zehr spoke on "Receiving a Blessing" from Rev. 1, verses 1-8 at Christian Fellowship Chureh. Pastor Zehr will meet with the New Believer's Class on Saturday after- noen at 3 p.m. All new 'believers are welcome. On Saturday evening the Young People from Christian Fellowship Church met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Martin. It was announced that all the' potatoes grown in the summer project have been sold. The .Young People are discussing sponsoring a child Overseas in the coming year. The new study series called "Lucifer on the Loose", was begun. The first study ' was. "Wiped-Out . People", dealing with the ,destruction Satan causes in people's lives.