HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-04-03, Page 1// single copy 35c
Published in Ludmow, Ontario, Wednesday, April 3, 1985
24 Pages
No trick to staying married says couple wed 65 years
Herb, and Myrtle McQuillin of Lucmow
Celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary
at an open house and dance held at the
Lucknow.Legion Hall on Saturday,..March
30.
Married in West Wawanosh Township
on March 31, 1920, they have a family of
two Sons, Sam and Carmen and: daughters-
in-law, Marion and Mary, 10 grandchildren
and 11, great grandchildren. •
Family and friends from as far away as
Jamestown, New York and British Colum-
. bia attended the open house and dance
including all of Herb and Myrtle'sfamily,
their grandchildren and great grandchild-
ren.
It's not hard to stay married 65 years
when you have a good person to live with,
. says Herb. When you are good to. one
',another, it's no trick at all, he says.
Energetic and spry at the age of 85, Herb
and Myrtle go bicycling 'in the :summer
months on theirbicys,les which Herb joined
together to enable • Myrtle tocontinue
biking when a problem. with her inner ear
caused her .tohave trouble balancing a
bicycle on her own. Both 'stayed for the
dance .• following their anniversary open
• house and Herb says they, didn't get home
until after. three a.m:
Interviewed on radio last week, Herb
'joked that he and Myrtle couldn't afford to
go on a honeymoon so they took a train ride
to Whitechurch and • when the conductor
asked themto pay for their tickets and they
' had no money, he put thein off in White-
church and me
ey. had to walk ho: Two
ladies slippedHerb a quarter for the train
fare when - they clasped his hand to
congratulate him at the' open house on
Saturday, he laughs.
Herb and Myrtle farmed for.21l2 years in
West W awanosh Township following their
marriage until Herb decided to buy the
blacksmith shop on Campbell . Street . in
Lucknow. He also delivered a mail route.
They lived on Ross Street ,just south 'of
Campbell Street, later moving to the large
brick house now converted to apartments
owned by Bill Adamson • on Ross • Street
south. Herb continued to operate his
blacksmith shop from a shed behind the
house and he also had a barn with cows and
horses;
In the spring of 1940. he enlisted in the
service • and ' spent five years and- four
months overseas serving with the .Royal
Canadian Engineers 7th Field Company as
•a blacksmith. • During Herb's time over-
seas; Myrtle sold the property • on Ross
Street and spent three years in Toronto
where she and Marion worked whiletheir
men served in the war. Sam went overseas
•
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Myrtle and Herb McQuillin have been married 65 years and Herb says it's no trick to
stay married that:long, when you have a'good .person to live with and you treateach
other well. Both 85, the McQuillins celebrated their anniversary at an open house and
dance on Saturday attended by their two sons and their families and their 11 great
grandchildren: • (Photo by Sharon Dietz)
Damage is estimated at $75,040 in a fire that destroyed a large barn on the farm of Stuart
Alton of West Wawanosh Township, March 27. The fire started when a tractor battery
exploded as Aitori tried to start the. tractor, knocking him to the ground. He was 'treated at
Wingharn and District Hospital for cuts and bruises. Lutknow fire department answered the
call about 8.45 p.m. and remained on the scene for five hours to prevent the fire from
spreading to buildings. nearby. The tanker truck of the Ripley Fire Department was called in
to assist the Lucknow department hi hauling water to the fire. • (Photo by Sharon Dietz)
Collect $ 14,000to stop hydro
corridors'on local farm land
By Henry Hess
Facing the prospect of new high voltage
. hydro transmission corridors on or near
their properties, a large group of farmers
and other land owners in Huron, Perth and
Bruce counties has decided to revive an
organization which proved to be an
excellent tool during the last round of
hearings with Ontario Hydro.. • '
During meetings two weeks age at
Exeter and W ingham the farmers voted to
re-establish the Foodland Hydro Commit-
tee-- an organization'dedicated' to keeping
power corridors off prime farm land --
though with a slightly different structure
than before.
This time; instead of being supported by
existing farm groups, the committee will
he ba8ed,on individual memberships, with
nembers paying a suggested contribution .
of $1 for each acre of, land in the route of a
proposed transmission corridor or $50 for a
• residential of other property. •
Support for the organization appears
strong, with more than $14,000 collected.
during the first two'days of its existencefiIt
hopes to. raise between $75,000 and
$100,000 to pay legal and other expenses
connected with the upcoming hearings,
expected to be held late this year or early
next year.
An estimated 650 people turned out last
Thursday night at Exeter for the first of two
scheduled organization meetings and Tony
McQuail, acting chairman of the committee
until a new board of directors can be
chosen, reported the response to the
proposal was very good.
McQuail had chaired the 'committee
during its previous successful battle at the
hydro • hearings in 1982 to keep power
corridors off prime agricultural land.
Turnout at the W ingtiam meeting on
Friday night was more modest, with about
250 attending, however the group voted
unanimously -- though not all voted -- to
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Nurses receive 5 percent
By Henry Hess
The Wirtgham and District Hospital has
settled the salaries and wages of its
nursing, paramedical and administrative
staff for 1984-85, giving registered nurses
a five per cent inc ease in pay while
members of the other groups received an
across the board increase of 4.9 per cent,
with incremental increases bringing the
total for the group sto five per cent.
The settlement was approved by the
hospital board at its March meeting,
Following the meeting Gordon Baxter,
hospital finance director, explained that
since this a "control" year under the
Inflation Review Board, raises had to be
held to a five per cent maximum.
He added that the settlement is in line
with that agreed to by ONA, The Ontario
Nurses' Association, which also settled for
five per cent.
The raises, which are retroactive to
October, 1984, bring the salary range for
registered nurses from $2,283 to $2,601 per
month. There are 69 members• in the
registered nursing group at the hospital,
however, 45 of these are part time. �.
There also are 19 administrative staff
and 15 paramedical staff, which includes
laboratory, radiology, physiotherapy and
occupational therapy.
In other business at the meeting, during •
which the board spent 40 minutes in open
session followed by an hour in committee
of the whole in -camera to discuss a letter
from its lawyer, the board approved
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