The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-12-30, Page 1Single copy, 35e.
"Pubdsbed In Ludt) w,
ednesdty, December 30, 1981
16 Pages
January
Record low temperatures.
were reported January 3 and
4 when existing records were
broken by the cold weather.
A record low of 45.0 C.
recorded in 1918 was broken
when the thermometer dip-
ped to -28.0 C for r January 3.
Another 'record was broken
January 4 when the low
recorded was -32.0 C break-
ing the previous record low
of -24.4 C; set in 1958. The
highest the, temperature
reached over the two day
period was -19.2 C.
Lucknow's Noisy Lady
placed first in the 7;000 and
9,000 pound modified classes
in the LL1980 Great Lakes
Tractor Pullers' Association
standings. The .pulling team
of Art Helm and: Glen Porter
were presented :with- their
first place trophies ` at the
associations'. banquet in A1=
vinston on, January 11.
Lucknow Pee Wees placed
second, in the Lucknow Leg-
ion Pee Wee Tournament
held at the Lucknow Arena
January 13. - 14.
A Dungannon area man,
Glenn Anderson, 21, of Ash-
field Township died. January
18, when the snowmibile he
was driving slammed into the
back of a pickup truck parked
on -the side of Huron County
Road. 1, 1.2 kilometres north
of Dungannon.
Charles Webster of Luck-
i now received a plaque in ap-
preciation for his work as co-
ordinator . of the Miss Mid-
western Ontario pageant
held at the Lucknow Fall
Fair. The plaque was pres-
ented by the Lucknow Agri-
cultural Society which spbn-
sors the contest.
Lucknow Village Council
supportedresolutions from
the regional municipality of
Haldimand-Norfolk .objecting
to the location of a toxic
liquid waste disposal site for
the province in South Cayuga
at their January. meeting.
The cost of operrting the
Lucknow District Fire : De-
partment was down by 10.9
per cent in 1980. The depart-
ment's loss was $13,776.76
down from S15,456.79 • in
1979.. .
A well respected Lucknow
businessman, Gordon Fish-
er, 72, , died at University
Hospital, London on .January
24 following an illness of
several months. Mr. Fisher
had . been : a barber in the
village for 54 years:
The Lucknow District Co-
operative's board of directors
reported a'slight loss - of the
year 1980 when theymet
with the Co-operative's
members' at the annual meet -
year 1981 in retros
ing; January 21.. in spite of
increased salesand gross
margin, interest rates re
mained high during the year
and the slight loss 'of $7,874
was recorded.
February
' Murray Gaunt, Liberal
MPP for Huron -Bruce an-
nounced he will not ,seek re-
election in the March elec-
tion. Ater 18' years as the
provincial member .for the
riding, Gaunt decided he
wished to spend more time
with - his family. . Michael
Snobelen, former reeve of
Huron Township .announced
e would run for the Progres-
ive Conservative party in
the' riding and Tony Mc -
Quail, a West Wawanosh
farmer said he would seek
NDP nomination.
Huron County Council was
told the county's . Highways
Department accumulated a
deficit on a cash basis of
$201,068 for the year 1980,.
when two projects accrued
substantial overruns.
Fire destroyed the home of
Paul Gorel, Ashfield Town-
ship February 1. No one was
home at the time of the, fire.
Former Bruce County war-
den, Gary Harron of Amabel
Townshi
p was.cbosen as the
HuronBruce Progressive
Conservative candidate.
' . The riding's New
Democrats acclaimed Tony
McQuail, a West Wawanosh
• farmer, to run for their party.
The Eedy family of Dun-
gannon decided to close the
baker part of their well
established business. 'The
family continues to operate a
grocery store from the lora
tion and Irvine Eedy is the
village's postmaster.
Huron -Bruce Liberals met
at the Lucknow District Com-
munity Centre to select their
candidate in the March :elec-
tion. Provincial Liberal lead-
er Stuart Smith told the
I gathering that the .economy
was the election issue,, not
leadership which was rather
"the election problem".
Huron -Bruce Liberals elect-
ed Murray Elston to carry
their banner in the election.
llilu�c6
The president of the West
Wawanosh. Mutual Fire In-
surance Company told the
annual meeting that net
losses have increased. over -
100 per cent over the ' past
two , years. Eldon Bradley
said net losses increased. 75
per cent in 1979 and a further
35 per cent in 1980.
High water damaged the
Crozier bridge on concession
9 of Ashfield -Township and -
the bridge was closed.
A fine at the home of Allan
Miller, Kinloss Township
3':
Grade 4 students at Kinloss Central School presented The Santa's computer, 1Vfichael Stanleyi and back left, elves
Merry 1Vtetrie Mess at their ChrlatmM Concert, December Amle. Moulton and Joanne Murray. [Sentinel Staff Photo]
18. Shown from the left are front, 'elf, Debbie Morrison and
caused about ` S1,000 dam-
age, .'when -the fire escaped
the chimney flue setting the
walls on fire.
Lucknow Village Council
deferred a decision, regard-
ing their .contribution to the
Wingham and District; Hos-
pital building project, until a
later date when they met
March 11. Chairman of the
hospital board, Jack Kopas.
and the village's representa-
tive ` on the board;'': Frank
MacKenzie, met with council
to show them the plans for
the rennovation • and the
reason for the project.
The , Village of Lucknow
milt rate remained the same
in 1980 but the individual tax
- bill increased because of a
four per cent hikein the
public school mill rate.
Harvey Webster of Luck -
now was presented with a
Life Membership in the
Wingham and District Assoc-
iation for the Mentally Re-
tarded,' He has been an
active member of the assoc-
iation since it formation in
1957.
Murray . Elston, Liberal
candidate for ,Huron, Bruce,
squeaked past Gary Harron,
the PC candidate in ' the
March 19 provincial election.
Elston won the seat by 224
votes to fill the vacancy left,
when long 'standing MPP
• Murray Gaunt announced he
would be leaving provincial
politics. •
Olive Phillips of Pinecrest
Manor, Lucknow, celebrated
her 100th birthday on March
17. Born in Mornington
Township, Perth. County,
Mrs. Phillips and her late.
husband, Elmer, farmed in
Michigan before moving. to
Pompano Beach. Florida.
Mrs. Phillips moved to .Kit-
chener to live with her sister
and then lived with her niece
in Wingham before becom-
ing a resident at Pinecrest.
Two Lucknow men receiv-
ed minor injuries when their
vehicles struck head on dur-
ing a snow storm March 17.
David Finnigan and Leonard
MacDonald, both of Luck -
now, were involved in the
accident on Huron County
Road 1 just south of Luck -
now.
Four Lucknow area men
were charged with several
counts of break and enter,
possession of weapons and
three ' charges of possession
of drugs, following simultan-
eous raids on their resident-
es, March 26. Police recov-
ered $75,000 worth of stolen
goods, taken in over 50
breakins. The raids followed
a month long investigation
by the Goderich. Kincardine.
Exeter, Wingham; Mount
Forest, Kitchener and List-
owel OPP departments.
April
An Ashfield Township
man. Maurice Miltenburg.
20 received critical head in-
juries in a motorbike accident
March 29. He remained in
critical condition in London's
University Hospital, for sev-
eral months.
Every other province in
Canada -has better agricul-
ect
tural , programs for young
, farmers ,. than Ontario, said
Bob: Coleman of . the Huron
County Federation of Agri-
culture's young farmers'
committee, when he present-
ed the committee's brief to
Huron -Brice members of
parliament at " the annual
members of parliament din-
ner. At the Bruce .County'
Meet the Members of Parlia-
ment night, the ' members
were told high 'interest rates
are the greatest challenge to
the : farmer today, especially
the young fanner.
The second phase of the
Rural Development Outreach
Project survey, being .com-
pleted for the Huron Feder-
ation of Agriculture, shows
while the portion of Huron
County land under foreign
absenteeownership has
doubled in five years, the
land is still being farmed.
The study's report was deliv-
ered to the federation at their
April meeting.
A Brights Grove man
drowned April 4, when high
winds tipped over a canoe on
Lake Huron near the mouth
of the Nine. Mile River at Port
Albert. Paul Chapman, . 31,
drowned in the incident and
James. Traxler, 27, also of
Brights Grove was able to
swim to shore.
The Lucknow Juvenile
hockey teamwon the OMHA
Juvenile . DD Championship
April 10,. by defeating South
River 9' -1 to sweep their best
of five series, three straight.
Lucknow Village. Council
requested a copy of the
Wingham and District Hos-"�"
pital's financial statement,
which they intended to look
overbefore committing any
village money to the hospit-
al's building fund.
Employees at Wingham
and: District Hospital were
awarded a nine per cent
increase in wages and salar-
ies, effective April 14. This is
an interim settlement and
the final settlement will
probably be higher. Finance
committee chairman Dr. Al
Williams noted that as a
result of protracted negotia-
tions with the Canadian
Union of Public Employees
and a -number of other unions
representing nurses and hos-
pital employees, the hospital
staff had not had a -pay raise
for '18 months.
May
The year 1981 marks the
75th year that . Wingham and -
District Hospital has provid-
ed continuous service to the
people of Wingham and sur-
rohtiding communities. The
hospital has grown insize,
the staff has increased and
equipment improved. but
one thing has not changed:.
the hospital's philosophy of
Service above Self. •
A West Wawanosh farmer
won the right to farm his land
as he sees fit. in a confron-
tation with the Ministry of
Natural Resources. Jim Moss
was acquitted on a charge.
under a seldom -laid section
of the federal fisheries act, of
doing work resulting in "the
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