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The Reeve of Amalie! Town-
ship, Gary Harron, was appointed
warden of Bruce County at the
preliminary meeting of the Inaug-
ural Session for 1978, on Monday,
January 16th.
Harron was elected over Alvin
Thomspon, Reeve ,of Kincardine
Township, the other contender for
the position.
Reeve of Paisley, Andy Corm-
ack, last year's warden invested
his successor with the Chain of
Office:
In - • his inaugural address,
Warden Harron said that the,
residents. of : the county feel that
`,`we have one of the top counties
in Ontario,"
"A couple of years ago, ' the
International Plowing Match pro-
ved what Bruce County. can do
when we go all out, and really
work together."
A top priority for the County
• Council in the coming year will be
planning said Harron. He wants
to see the county confer with.
those municipalities affected by
construction projects to avoid
misunderstanding. A letter has
been sent out to the various
planning boards in Bruce, tug,
Besting that they amalgamate.
"At the present time we have a
planning board in the, north part
of the ,county and one in the
south," said Harron., "My own
personal opinion is that perhaps
there should be three such areas
in the county. Perhaps the
Douglas Point area, with the
extreme amount of growth at the
present time, should have a
south."
planning area separatefrom the.
The warden also mentioned the
overcrowded. conditions in the
County Building -and -said he feels
that the finance cont mittee will'be
making a requisition to County
Council for an addition to . the
County Council Chambers in the
near future.
Harron said that he has. found
County Council: to be very
• "intriguing" find he said that ,he
was sure he would receive the
co-operation of the council
through. the coming year.
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Reeve Michael Snobelen of
Huron Townshippwas elected to a ,
three year term ; on the ..Bruce
County Highways Committee at
the inaugural session of the Bruce
County Council on .January 15.
Snobelen who -operates , the
Ali.t•soniax Products its Luck
nor edged 'the second contender,
Ivan Meilhausen, of Eastnor
Township by one vote.,,
an fall
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A.Holyrood man was seriously
injured on Friday afternoon when
he fell about 35 . feet down a silo
chute where he was working.
Donald Murray was working in -
the" silo on a farm owned by
Ernest Ackert, Holyrood, when.
the : accident oceurred.
Murray's left leg was broken
and will be in a cast for about 1,2
weeks. His right heel was also
badly broken and he will be.
moved from Wingham . and Dist-
rict Hospital to London to have
the heel set in a cast.
Organize
Commun ity
Centre
campaign
A meeting to organize the fund
raising campaign for the new
Lucknow District Community . .
Centre will beheld on Friday,
'January 27, at 8.00 p.m. in the
Lucknow Town 'Hall. The Luck-
now
uck now District Kinsmen, the Luck -
now Agricultural Society, the
Lucknow District Lions Club afid.
the Lucknow' C.13, Club will be
represented at the meeting and
any other organization wishing to
assist in the campaign is invited
to attend. 4e '
An official number for the
lottery has been received -and
neat week's Sentinel; will give full
details ofthe lottery which will
assist in raising funds to finance
the. new community
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Lucknow Brownie, Heather. MacIntyre, R. R.-5 ' Lucknow, and an Thompson, . Lucknow, Elaine Steer, Lucknow and Katherine
unidentified masked Brownie take .a run down the hill at the back of McKim, Lucknow enjoyed the sunny afternoon in the snow and then
Archie MacMillan's farm Lucknow, where the Lucknow Brownies returned to the home of their hostess, Susan Thompson for a hot
held a toboggan party last Wednesday afternoon. The 'girls and —home-made spaghetti dinner.
their leaders, . Brown, Owl, Lloya Nicholson, Lucknow, . Susan' ... , - •
Nominees decline to stand
Irvin agrees to head Society
for a third term
• Russel Irvin, R, R. 7 Lucknow,
was returned as president of the
Lucknow .Agricultural ;Society at
the annual dinnermeeting held in
the Lu cknow 'United Church on
Friday evening, January 20th.
Irvin, who had Tanned to retire
at the end df h second terns,
agreed to take th position for .a
third term when the Society was
unable to fid anyone to stand for
the presidency .when several.
nominations: were declined::
Irwin said in his remarks to the
members that ,the position as
president of the Society is a
"burden and frustrating'' at
times but that he has, enjoyed his
two years in the office... He said it
is a challenge which one wonders
if one can 'meet, and when one
rises up to meet 'that, challenge,
one is content tb allow, someone
else to take the president's chair,•
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He said that it had. ,been. tt ;
•a
privilege- to work with, the
members of the board and ' he
thanked the directors for their
support • over the past year.
Irvin observed that the Society
had made an effort to find lady
directors .but they were unable to
"break the ice", He, said that the.
wives of the .directors on the
board work well but the . wotnen
prefer to keep their division and
stand for office in the ladies'
dlyis ioPFI insteittl of sitting as
directors on the board . of the
men's division.
He congratulated the members
on the success of the fall fair
remarking that "it takes everyone
to make a fair."
-lune .dilchrist, R. R. 5 Luck -
now, gave the remarks- on behalf
of the ladies' division of the
Society and offered her support to
the incoming president, Marie
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