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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-11-24, Page 1township representative , on the Saugeen Valley Conservation Auth- ority. He referred to the Saugeen Bluffs, north of Paisley, and urged all township residents to view this area at some 'time., and takp advantage of the facilities offered. An anonymous donor. contributed 25% of the cost of this project and the province paid 75%, made possible under the. charitable foundations act. He cited figures of attendance at the international ploWing match tiro 'YValiterton this Fall' and said what a benefit it had been to. Bruce County. After expenses, One-third of the proceeds Of the match will come back to CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 • Business Assoc. Plan For Santa, Christmas Hours Lucknow Business Association met at Lucknow Town Hall on Wednesday of last week to make plans for. Christmas hours and ,‘ Santa's visit. Tom Andrew of the . Kingnien Club attended the meeting "and explained the plans of the Kinsmen ' in organizing, the Santa visit and parade, as well as free films for the children. The date of Santa Claus visit was set for.. 1 p.m. on' Saturday, December '11th. Following the parade down town, treats and gifts will be passed out to the small children at the school. Films. Will follow the parade and will be shown at the school. , Last year's parade was, rained out. It is hoped to have 'a number of floats in the parade and possibly some cartoon characters. , The school band will be asked to participate in the parade, It was decided to again sponsor free, skating at the arena on Saturday afternoOns, December 4, 11 and 18 and on Friday, December 24th. Christmas shopping hours were CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Died. Suddenly James Durnin , of Lucknow pas- sed away suddenly at Witigham and District Hospital on Tuesday, November 16th. He was 76. • The funeral service was held at MacKenzie , Memorial Chapel, Lucknow on Thursday, November 18th. Interment . was / in Kincardine Cemetery. IA ER'S tkCKED R011 1111111.111111•111111111Mill NINE II ime ern LNG OIL PKG. 11111111111111111111=1 "NW ore tg for a week, ,eral Store at ye winnerl of casserole dish thirley Hunter, lernice Kemp, id Bob Man• ms winners! Lucknow is a' n and. District ?ABER 1/, 1976 WOO A Year In AdvanCe $740 Extra To U,S.A. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1976 Singh) Copy 20c "" 24 Pages • Nolyrood..'Hollfilled For Lively RitepoVers. Mfetip.g. On a motion of Leonard Clarke and Gerald Murray, William Evans of VVhitechurch; a former Reeve of Kinloss; was. named chairman for the evening.' First to be called on was Reeve Leo Murray; completing four years in the Reeve's chair. Mr. Murray, as a member of the county roads committee, outlined work complet- ed in the county during the year including the $100,000 2.3 mile rebuilding job on county road 1 from the 4th concession of Kinloss to Holyrood. He' stated that the ARDA farm 'in Bruce continues to be popular with a' total of 1500 head of cattle pastured there this year, plus another 200 head of short keep stock. , • He referred to the mill rate increase in the township' last year which allowed payment of one third, of a new fire tanker truck; 1st payment on the new road grader plus the township share in the new fire hall to' serve the area. A 1.43 mill rate increase this year will allow the grader to be paid off, plus' participation in the • new area medical centre in LucknoW. Mr. Murray explained the share programs with adjacent municipal- ities in. Recreation, Fire, Medical and Senior Citizens housing, and stated that there were no deben- tures sold in the township since the arena project in Lucknow. • , He indicated. hig intention of seeking the Reeveship again and asked for the support of 'the ratepayers. Members of the sitting Council were called on to speak. Duncan Campbell explained the township's involvement in the conservation work, he being the Kauai. When they returned to Toronto they visited Mr. and Mrs. Carman ' Farrier and family and Miss Winnifred Farrier. Carman . is making a remarkable recovery after a fall• off a ladder to the cem nt sidewalk about 2 months age 81 McCharles of 'Lochalsh 'recently Amount Of $ 5 enjoyed a two week vacation to the • r 0 iian s I lands of Oahu 'and Hawa Visit Hawaii Ashfield To. Get Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cook of, Planning Grant In Lucknow and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver • The Township Hall at Holyrood was filled to capacity for the ratepayers meeting on Thursday evening of last week. With an election for Reeve and Council slated for December 6th,. candidates had an opportunity to state their platform, make them- selves known and members of the present council had an opportunity to elaborate on business carriednut during their term Of office. 409' H01111 SPAN WILL IKAKE STEER A WALL TROPHY What a wall' trophy this animal will make. Vince Austin of Ashfield Township is pictured with the head of a 1400 lb. steer which will be mounted by Joe Martin of Hamilton, a tatidertnist, and a native of the. Kingsbridge commun.' ity. The horns measured 40" from ,,Glenndale Drive -In Sold To Brusselt Area Couple Oliver and Lenore Glenn of Lucknow have sold their Glenndale Drive-In Restaurant at the east end of town to Jghn and Mary MacKinnon of the Bfussels area. The business is closed for the winter months and will be opening about March 1st. The sale was completed by Wm. Adamson of Lticknow, salesman for Dim Hoist Real Estate., Died In 95th Year Mrs. Edward Thom of Lucknow passed away in Wingham and District Hospital on Thursday, November 18th in' her 95th year. The funeral service' was conduct- ed at MacKenzie Memorial Chapel, Lucknow on Saturday, November 20th, Interment was in Greenhill Cemetery. Robert Meyer of Teeswater and Clare Kraemer of R. R. 3' Walkerton have been elected by acclimation as members of the , Bruce-Grey County ' Separate School Board. They represent the municiptilit- ROBERT MOFFAT, A tragic, accident abouti p.m. on Wednesday of last week took the life 'of Robert ,Moffat of Lucknow. Mr. Moffat, who was 87 years of age,' was struck by their car while standing on the street in front of their Ross • Street home: Mrs. Moffat was backing the car out of driveway at the time when Mr. Moffat was struck by the rear of the car, falling under the 'rear wheel. He died in hospital 'a few hours later. .Mr. and Mrs. .Moffat were summer residents of Point Clark, residing in the winter months in Lucknow. The late Mr. Moffat was born in Kinloss TownshiLY on September 19, 1889, a son of George Moffat and Jane Thomson. He is survived by his wife, the former 'Margaret Laureen Wells, , ies of .Bruce Township, Tiverton, P.ncardine, Ripley, ,Kincardine Township; Lucknow, Teeswater, . Culrogs, • Huron, Kinloss, West Wawitnosh, Turnberry and Ash- field townships. Martin of Goderich and Clarence Doherty of Ashfield. Now about the wolf in the picture. Enroute , to having the steer slaughtered at Holyrood, Vince Austin spotted the wolf at the Grey Ox, the 4th of Kinloss, east of the roadway on the river flats. Vince shot the wolf, adding a bounty of $55 to his morning's work. whom he married 'in Goderich on March 9, 1927; two daughters,, Mrs. George (Shirley) • Forler of Barrie and Mrs.' Wayne (Joyce) Woods • of Pembroke; four grand- children, Mark, Julie Wand Eric Forler and Shelley, Woods; also one sister, Mrs. • Robert (Bessie) Craik of Hamilton. . He was predeceased•, by six brothers and two sisters, Foster of Langside. Wm. John of Hamilton, Maggie of Langside,• Peter. Graham CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 Reeds Rromi,nent On. Air Waves Last week, Jim and Eleanor, son and daughter of Allan and Frances Reed, :formerly of Dungannon, were much in evidence on the air Waves. • Jim was on the CTV network program "W 5" interviewing on the Quebec ' election.' Jim is a regular on W5. Eleanor and Graham Townsend, both champion fiddlers_in Canada, were interviewed on the CBC pro- gram "Morning Side". They told of their trip to Ireland, to dig into Irish folk fiddle music and to compare it to Canada's folk fiddle music. • Community • planning study grants totalling $117,177 have been alloCated to 17 Ontarib municipalit- ies and planning boards, Housing Minister John Rhodes announced. Ashfield . Township will receive $5,810. The grants are designed to assist municipalities and planning boards in preparing, official plans and zoning bylaws or in bringing these up to an acceptable level. , The funds can , also be used 'to prepare . zoning by-laws to replace minister's zoning orders, to finance Planning programs for unorganized municipalities or for other relevent planning studies. These grants are allocated as part of the . Ministry of Housing 'objective of helping municipalities and planning boards prepare sound planning programs. tip to tip. Joe and Vince were out hunting , recently whenJoe spotted the huge steer belonging. to Bob Howard of Ashfield. He expreised an interest in having the, head .to mount ,and arrangements were made with Bob Howard to purchase the steer at shipping time. The meat will be shared by Joe Martin, his brother Ted Martin of Hamilton, another brother Jim Acclamations To School Positions Tragic Accident Takes Life Of Lucknow Man, Robert Moffat