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Remembrance
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Lucknow ratepayers had an
Opportunity to meet with Reeve
George W. Joynt on Monday
evening Of last week to discuss
village business, past, present and
future. '
Reeve Joynt chaired the meeting
. and was assisted. by Village
Clerk-Treasurer A. E. Herbert.
" The ratepayers meeting was
rather unique in' that, at the
October meeting. of Lucknow Vil-
lage Council, ' the need, for a
ratepayers meeting was discussed.
Councillors Murvin Solomon,
Oliver 'Glenn, Gordon Maize, and
Gary Ritchie all voted against the
holding of a ratepayers meeting,
citing as thdr reason that ratepay-
ers, in the past, haN;e turned out in
so few numbers, that they felt the
meeting was unnecessary. They
voted not to have a public meeting,
breaking a long .tradition of such a
meeting held every election year.
Reeve George Joynt opposed the
decision .of the. four Councillors,
and announced shortly after the
meeting, that he would hold a
meeting of his own at which
ratepayers . were -invited' for 'a.
question .and answer period and
discussion of village municipal
business.
About 20 ratepayers attended,
all, male, and several at the meeting
praised' Mr. -Joynt for his action in
calling the meeting and were
critical of the action of council in
trying to eliminate the traditional
public meeting at election time.
Reeve • Joynt expressed his
thanks to various groups and
individuals including the village
clerk, A. E. Herbert; the town
foreman and works department,
Cliff,Crawford and Doug Haldenby;
Recreation Chairman, Bill Hunter;
the Fire Depaitment; the various
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CONTINUOUS LEGION..
MEMBERSHIP PINS
Four members of the Lucknow
Branch of the" Royal Canadian
Legion 309 received pins in
530 Head At Sale
It was a full house and more at
the Lucknow Community
`Stocker cattle Sate on"
530 ,head went through the
auction ring.
12 heifer calves, averaging 385
lbs., were sold by Barry MacDon-
ald of Ripley to Jim Coultes of
Belgrave at 37.60.
22 steer calves, averaging 370
lbs., were sold by Lorne MacDon-
ald, R. 3. Lucknow, to Ross Taylor,
Belgrave at 43.75. •
12 heifers averaging 740 lbs.
were sold by Allan Halliday, R. 2
A number' of the pupils of the
Grey., Ox School, dismantled some
20 years ago, met at the home of
Jack and. Blanche Needham 'on
Saturday afternoon, October 23. It
was a time to reminisce and talk
about preserving history.
In the early days of settlement a
man on foot or with his oxen could
go north from Lucknow and stop for
food and drink for himself and'
fodder for his animals , every two
and a half miles. This was often far
enough to travel, when the trail
wound between stumps and around
bogs. He could stop at the Grey Ox'
hotel,, long since gone, before
Lucknow, Agricultural Society
has spent a considerable amount of
money in"making improvements to'
,the arena and Caledonian Park - grounds.
$1 659.53; the entire proceeds ,of the 'Lucknow Cra ft Festival, was
spent on several imprOvements to
the arena; additional hydro outlets
above the seating area and drop
cords for convenience at Craft
Festival time and for concessions' at the t:„11 a large extension cord
recognition of continuous member-
ship, in the Legion.
Left to right, Ronald Thacker of
Kitiloss . and Clarence Greer 'of
Lucknow each received 30 year
Tracy Webster, a former Luck-
.p(rAr r xeside,nt, passed „Away at
Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital on
Friday,• November 5th.' He was 69.
The fuileral was held at MacKen-
zie Memorial Chapel, Lucknow on
Sunday, November 7. Rev.e Doug
Kaufman was minister.
Interment 'was in Greenhill
Cemetery.
Teeswater, to Gordon. Struthers,.
Lucknow at 33.25.
11 steers averaging 700lbs. were
sold by Gordon Brooks, Lucknow to
Don Bean, Carlow at 41c.
going on to Holyrood, Kinlough
and, Black Horse. Of all these
stopping places, only the naine
Grey Ox is in, danger of being lost.
Interest in saving the name, was,
rekindled lately when Graham
MacDonald wrote the Sentinel
about a project he and his wife had
set up to send school ' books and
other reading materials to, schools
in, the Virgin Islands in the West
'Indies. They called their project
"Operation Grey Ox". 1
So it was that the group gathered
at the Needhams. Among.the older ,
ones present were Annie (Ross)
MacIntyre, George lyckhart and
with many outlets to take hydro to
the centre aisles; a large fan' at the
east end of the arena to improve
ventilation.
• On the. grounds, $1,445.76 was
spent for gravel and fill to the
parking lot south 'of the arena and
barn.
$240 was spent on bleachers fOr
the ball park. -
The' total expenditure!, of $3345
will assist greatly in arena and park
improvements.
pins; brothers Ted Collyer of
Kinloss and Stuart Collyer of
Lucknow were presented with 20
year pins. • -
Presentations were made at the
Legion Remembrance banquet.
$351.68 Raised
For Unicef
Lucknow and Kinloss Central
Public School children collected
$357.68 for the 'United Nations
Children's Fund While. out 'calling
on Hallowe'en. This' money will
help the "qttiet emergency" of
starving, children in many countries
today.
The Lucknow Canadian Girls 'In
Training organizes and promotes
the collection. This amount is an,
increase from $312.20 laSt year.
W. F. MacDonald,the, latter, nearly
'90.
Harvey MacDougall chaired the
discussion. Grahame MacDonald
was recording secretary. Sandy
Nicholson was a welcome and able
advisor, • -
The groUp Suggested doing
several things. First, they would
like to have a perinanent Grey Ox ,
marker set •up .by next summer.
Sandy Nicholson • has worked
with the archives bOth Saskat-
chewan and Ontario in recording
oral history. He strongly recom-
mended getting on tape as quickly
as possible the memories of older
people in the coinmunity.• The
group felt this • should ,be their
second priority. •
The meeting recognized the very
fine work done by the Kairshea •
Women's Institute in preserving'
local history through their Tweeds-
mUir books. The group went on
record as favouring helping the
Institute, in this work in every way
possible, They also felt they should
help Graham and MrS. 'MacDonald
in their "Operation Grey .0x" in
the Virgin Islands.
Those at the meeting felt they
should get written down the human
interest stories of the comMunity.
With this done, it might be possible
to set' up a historical information
board, But setting up'a marker and
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service clubs and organizatkons in
the vill ge; The 1,,ucknow Sentinel.
Ree Joynt spoke of the fine
co-opeiation, between the village
and the townships of Ashfield,
Kinloss and . West Wawanosh and
the many cost sharing projects
which had been undertaken 'in
recent years., arena, recreation,
swimming pool, medical centre and
senior citizens apartment building.
Speaking on . restructuring in
Bruce County, Mr. Joynt said that
there was not another municipality
in miles around that had cost
'sharing agreements wit% other
municipalities like Lucicnow has,
and that .restructuring could , only
set Lucknow backwards, after
many years Of progressive steps
with the rural municpalities.
Reeve. Joynt said that he had,
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Remembrance
Banquet Held °
By Legion
Remembrance Day will be mark-
ed in Lucknow on Thursday,
November 11th. A parade of
Veterans, Ladies' Auxiliary and
other area organizations will march
to the Cenotaph Jot service at 11
a.m. The parade will leave the
Legion. Hall at 10.45 a.m.
Citizens Of the pommonity are
asked to join 'in `tile service of
remembrance.
First Steps To Retain Irlistory.lho:Maine. ”Gtqy OX":' In
Agricultural Society. Spend $3345
In Improvements To Arena. And Park
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The annual Remembrance Night
Banquet; marked by LucknoW
Branch 309 of the Royal 'Canadian
Legion, was held on Saturday
evening at* the Legion Hall.
H. D. "Bud" Thompson, branch
president, chaired the meeting and
welcomed those in attendance.
Following 0 Canada and the Grace
by Rev. Geoige . Garratt, branch
padre, a toast to the Queen' was
proposed by Russel Whitby, '1st
vice president.
Following the banquet the chair-
man introduced the head table.
guests, Russel Whitby, 1st vice
president; Mts. Whitby was unable,
to be present because of illness;
Rev. George Garratt, Legion Padre,
and 'Mrs. Garratt.; George Camp-
bell, Deputy Zone Commander,
Zone Cl and Mrs. Campbell; Mrs.
Bud Thompson; Angus MacDon-
ald, past president of the branch
and Mrs. MacDonald; Joan Robin-
Son, Ladies' Auxiliary president
and Art Ernewein.
Special recognition was given to
the 1st world war veterans and
their wives who were present:
Alphonse Murray' and Mrs. Mur
ray, . Allister Hughes and Mrs. •
Hughes, Thomas Salkeld, Robert
Fisher and Dan Nicholson.
Mr. Murray was asked to speak
on behalf of the 1st world war
veterans.'
George Campbell, Deputy Zone
Commander, brought greetings
from the zone and indicated his
intentions of seeking the Zone
Commander officer.
Special guests were introduced,
they being Reeve George Joynt of
Lucknow and Mrs. Joynt, Reeve
Robert Lyons of West Wawanosh
and Bea Carter; Reeve Warren •
Zinn of Ashfield and Mrs. Zinn;
Reeve Leo Murray of Kinloss and
Mrs. Murray. ,Each was called on
to speak as was Don Thompson of
The LucknOW Sentinel. •
George Campbell presented An-
gus MacDonald with his ' past
president's 'pin in recognition of
service to the Lucknow Branch.
Pins for 30 years of continuous
Legion membership were present-
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