HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-01-17, Page 1PUIU$HNr *i warsow. OMme°
Chief Bud Hamilton retires
40 years as volunteer fireman
Following 40 yearswith the Lucknow
and District Fire Department, it Would be •
safe for, one to, say that retired Fire Chief
Bud Hamilton will still feel that rash Of
adrenaline that costes when: the siren s.
goes - off in the middle of might. He will
more than likely continue to bolt out of
bed, into Ids pants, head for the
door, topping quickly realizing he
doesn't have to do this anymore.
From that first fire on February 31960,
to the end of 1988, .Thnitilton has
responded to that eerie wailing that
alerts fire fighters and residentt so-
meone . in Lucknow,,,, Ashfield,. West
Wawanosh .or Kinloss need .the. help of
the volunteer fire fighters that make up
the Lucknow and Diatrlct Fire Depart-
ment.
epartment. These volunteers' risk their lives to
give assistance tohereinto the cernmwni-
ty and one doesn't°r ly appneciate.them :;
until you are unfortunate enough to re-
quire their help.
That first fire that. Bud recalls
destroyed the businesses of Cumriilngs
BarberShop, MacKay's Shoe Store,:
Phillip art .rotator and, the; is*
mill office. Standingon that Site today is
MacKenzie .and McCreath Funeral Home..
He was involved in :a lot of serious fires,
both m the .country and town. Hard .to
lake. were the fatalities, but he Says,
`Things must goon, till the next thane.":.
"I have worked beside several.men over
• the "years. You become accustomed •to
working with a partner;:•you always know
-,What he able to do and you •help,one
another out.",gne Mich partner was
late 'ilarold:.Austin. "I used to be at his
•
side at a fire. We Workedto�. When
he died as the result of a way acci-
dent, I missed •him very much." An un-
portant aspect of e on the fire
dot is one's abilityto get along
with his fellow man.
Over the years, .Bud's wife Josie, was
of essential support to him in many
ways. In the early ears, in addition to
cafing for a young. family, Josie would
look, after the business while. Bud was
away at fires or meetings. She is still
very iavolved in the of the fami-
ly halms, Hamilton lFuels(Lucknow)
,Inc. And more than likely Josie was
there daring those night calls helping Bud
• dress with lightening speed when the
whistle blew.:
Bud has taken a.keen interest in the
fire department, starting as a volunteer
fireman, moving up to captain, deputy
chief and chief. He was happy to have
been on the fire department when it
received the new pumper in 1989, which
was greatly, appreciated •by. all the fire
fighters.- He has never regrettedthat
decision he made 40 years ago to get In-
volved in the community by becoming . a
volunteer fireman,'howeVer , asyfhe stays,.
• ''Hearne comes a day whea everyone must
step down, whether you like it or not."
Council receives;no `
increase in honorariums
•
At the January 9 'meeting of Lucknow
Village council the reeve and all coun-
cillors were present, meeting, for: a little
over five hours. The first bylaw for 1990
was passed, being a bank borrowing,
bylaw, authorizing the village to borrow,
if necessary,sufOdent'funds required for
municipal services until. taxes are
collected. °_
Honorariums for council were approv=
ed for 1990, beingleft the same as last
year: reeve $1200, councillors $1000,
special meetings $45, mileage :28 kin.
Supplementary..taxes for 1989 in the
amount of $6,1 , and the business tax
write-offs for 1!N in the amount of
wereaccepted by council as presented..
Council voted in favour of petitioning -
Minstry of Transportation Ontario for the
annual -subsidy, on expenditures in 1989.
• The interim mill rate for 1990 was set
at 28.5 mills.
Grants were approved to the Hor-
ticultural
orticultural Society $400 and the
Agricultural Society $500; ' with payment
on request:.
Gary Auatirn, town foreman, reported
on hydro, water and village matters: It
was agreed that his assistant should go
to the Water Course : in the spring An ex-
change of procedures and ideas between
council and Mr. Austin ensued.
Council was resented with the mend-
mnennt the Zoningp bylaw, 906, ho
due to the detail involved,this was left
for discussion at a later date,
Marianne Gillian has been :hired to do
the cleaning at the Town Ballet the, pre-
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Recreation
director
honoured ..
For Bill Hunter, the local recreation
director, his years of involvement with
minor sports have brought about many
changes. For many years Bill coordinated
the hockey system in Lucknow nand in
June of 1983 he was officially hired as the
Recreation Director, for the four area
municipalities. Last week Bill was
presented with an Honour Award by the
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
for his keen interest and contribution to
minor hockey.
In the 50's Bill was involved with ball
and in the mid 60's his interest turned to
hockey as well.
What was once relatively easy to coor-
dinate has grown so much over the
years, that the bookwork now has tripl-
ed. Such things as regulations and filling
in of forms in triplicate and
quadruplicate are very time consuming.
He derives enjoyment from seeing the
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$ii1 Hunter was the recipient of the Canadlia Amateur Hockey Association "honour
award" at z meeting last week at the WOAA office in. Wingham. Bill received this
award because of his keen interest aad contrlbutloa to miiaor hockey. This award was
one of five presented in Ontario in coajtmetioa who Minor Hockey Week. Shown maid og
the presentation is Jack Taoism of Kincardine, OMHA rep for WOAA. (Marg Burkhart
photo)
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Transportation
program.
11* Lucknow and District Lions Club
has advised the Soutinel that the free
transportation system set up for
Lucknow seniors and handicapped per-
sons will continue for the winter months
as a courtesy to those using R. Unfor-
tunately, if usage does not increase the
program will be cancelled in the opting.
- Kingsbridge fire
Lucknow and Dl trlct Fire Depart-
meet
epartmust responded to a call to the home of
Douglas and Denyse Westecott of
Khwbridje on January 8, where a
chimney Bre had erupted. The fire was
contained and there was no aerfous
(Iamage.
Adjust driving,
Between Januar); 8 and 14, the Kin-
cardiae dot of the Ontario Pro-
vincial Police inveatigated 10 reportable
accidents, all , I hi property
damages in excess of II, however, no.
one was injured. The majority of them
were the result of people failing to ad=
just their driving to roadand weather
conditions
On January 12, at approximately 6:50
a.m. •a pickup truck driven by John
Carter of R. 5, Luelmaw ainmr out on the
icy road surface of county road one,
south of Kinloss concession 4, while nor-
thbound. The vehicle -slid sideways into
the west ditch and Wiled over coming
to rest- on bs roof.
On January 13, a pickup truck driven
by Donald Murray of liolyrood was in-
volved in an accident on concession 10
of Huron Township, three kilometres
east of county road 7, when it struck .a
snow drift while westbound, entered the
north ditch and rolled over.
Motorist .are reminded that winter
road information is available during the
winter months from MAO'S Road Infor-
mation Service. Up-to,date In f ormation
on wavhidal•and secondary highway
cordtions 24 hem* a day; seven days a
week, For numbers in our area code
(519) call toll free 1-800-265-5407. Please
do not call the police.
OPP report .
The Kincardine detacluneft of the On-
tario Provincial Nike investigated 26
general occurrences during the last,
week.
In Lucknow officers responded to an
assault complaint on January 13. Two
male young offenders were charged,
one with mischief to private property
and the other with assault. An argu-
ment turned into a fight after words
were exchanged on the Main Street.
The charged young offenders followed.
another youth home and punched him
near the eye and broke a mirror, on his
truck.
On the same date, police received a
report that the glass in .a door at Buf-
fy's Burger Bar in Lucknow had been.
broken. No entry was ° gained to the
restaurant
Winter's still around
Old man ,weather was simply pulling
our leg when he gave us those milder
temperatures and rain recently. Last
Thursday and Friday a stormsystem
passed through the . area bringing ap-
an or 20 inches of snow.
proximately
• thigh winds to the white fluff
and you get "winter in south-western
Ontario."
While temperatures seemed a little
mild .on Thursday, by late afternoon the
snow started and approximately 44 cm
was recorded. Windy conditions on Fri-
day and another 5 cm closed area
highways including number 4 from
Wingham to. Hensall and then to Ex-
eter;.,
xeters. number 21 from Goderich to
Amberley; number 8 Goderich to Clin-
ton. The bank in Ripley and Lucknow
closed early on Friday to allow
employees to get borne in daylight
hours. Some businesses in Wingham
closed early as well. -