The Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-04-16, Page 1I b
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.The peOple of Lucknow paid
deserved tribute to former long-time
reeve' George Joynt and his wife Jesse
• the evening of April 12 for the Years of
dedication and hard work on behalf of
• the municipality.
Joynt, who was reeve for .28 years,
was gitien urAtchfriim the village and
gifts from the neighbouring townsilips,,-,,,
but perhaps the greatest, gift was the
, standing ovation and, a chorus.of For.
•He's a jollrGoed PelloW-frotneresidentt
of Lucknow.
, Joynt started his Career in timaidiPal many accomplishments, JoYnt also saw the , completion of
politics in 1955, following in his father's "George has Witnessed And helped seven Much needed' bridges in a period
and grandfather's footsteps. His grand, make possible many of the changes to between 1960.75 and in 1.975 the former
father; John Joynt„ was reeve in „1:909, the village in the 30 years he served at MacDonald Garage was .purchased and
1910%anif1915.', Wesley, - his father, was - one'of the T9W11 Fathers,' said Murray. • turned' into the new it brat,
also reeve: from 1941.47. In 19,47 he.was Joynt instigated the move of the town Joynt- proud of the agreement
Warden -of truce County. ; office front the Johnson Block tri the Urnt pge 3
In the 1955 election, •Joynt offered • former Carnegie Hall in 1961, was one -
hiniself for the position "of councillor of the main movers' behind the construe-
corning in "third or:fourth, he :said. don of the Village's medical center in
'Two years later in 1957, he, decided to 1975 and saw the completion of a 20 unit
run for reeve, edging his apponentb3r a senior citizen_ apartment complex open-
slim 12 vote margin. He remained reeve
ed in
Ail 1977.
for 28 years; • • , "Village streets, reported to have
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In 1959 he became warden of Bruce teen cow paths a few years age are now
County. "thus joining .the .few municip.. far superior to those in surro.unding
alities who can boast of having a father towns. Ninety five per cent of the
and son both hold this position," said streets have been rebuilt, resurfaced
Councillor Ab Murray, who was, given • and. had storm sewers installed,"
the job of outtining"the former • reeve's , rePerted Murray.
Township man
pulled fre m blaze
A bit of West Wawanosh history was
severely damaged in a- fire that forced the
Lucknow and area Fire Department to
rescue a man from a burning trailer.
Alex Tilbrook was pulled from the April
1 blaze ,that destroyed the trailer and two
• , West Wawanosh municipal buildings.
The trailer started first, then it spread to
the school and the hall. The vault filled
with old township records, that was pretty
well fried too," said George Humphrey,
the township's roads supervisor.
Assessment and collector's roils were
damaged in the blaze, some of which may
have dated back before 1860. •
"The safe wasn't too fireproof," said
Humphrey. "The fire burned about two
inches off the edges of the books.
"It _was quite a blaze," he added.
Humphrey said a loud bang could be
heard and suspected it may have been the
propane tank attached to the trailer.
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• • president of the Christian -Far; e era-
- tion of Ontario, feels there are trends in
farming that can be seen, to be positive in
the next 10 years. Oegema, speaking to a
• dozen members of the assoeiatiOU and
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.other interested people at the Lucknow and
District Community Center April 2,
• outlined some of the trends, negative and
positive, in a look at farming to 1996.
"1996 sounds futuristic but so did 1984
• when George Orwell wrote his book: There, •
is' uncertainty about the future but it is
„built on the past," he said. ,
• Oegeina can discern seven basic trend's
, presently developing. According to beg-
• ema, the„ face of farming should be
be
changed by the trends he perceives by
•1996. The seven are often interdependent.
• "Unless the government Aims Canada
.to become a dumping ground for other
countries, we should be ok. We won't see
• the boom years .of the late '70s, but more
-,;hidanced growth is possible."
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Higher capital costs in the future. will
:.restlin fewerfarmers and increased
• acreage to "make a 'farm pay. Young
\ farmers 'won't be able .to arrange -the fin.
arieing• to buy successful operations and
• those managing the investment may find
• difficulty in getting a return with farming
so capital intensive.
Oegema suggested that those* in the
industry deciding to sell out will likely rent
, land 'to already established farmers.
the same time though, more farms
• are supporting two or more families or a
hired hand. Farms operated in this manner
• are less vulnerable to sickness.
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Many of the farms supporting more than
one family are the result of parents selling
their children interest in the operation.
Oegema feels this and increased size can
• put a farm on a more businesslike footing.
The second trend is the increase of
part-time farmers. There are two types of
part-time farmer, said Oegema.
"Some work off the farm and have 40
intention of becoming full-time farmers,
Others want to be farmers but need an
Off-fartn job," Many of the latter farmers
' are trying to build equity before going
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