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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-01-17, Page 1Lucknow Village Council gave salary increases to the town employees ranging from 5 81/2 per. cent, in acommittee of the wholesession at the regular council meeting, January .9: Clerk Alf Herbert received a 5 per cent increase taking him from a salary of $16,846 to $17,688; Town foreman Cliff Cra'Jvford will be paid $6.24 and hour, an increase of 8'/z per cent over last year's wage'of $5.75. Town •employeeiary. Austin will receive a 7 per cent hike from $5.57 to .$5.96 an hour: Council received proposals from the town employees at an in camera ,session at: the `December council .meeting and took the month., since that meeting, to consider the ' increases,✓ They . discussed the . increases further at last Tuesday's .meeting and made their decision, which was then presented to - the town 'employees, .and the press. AWAIT SUBSIDY' In further council, business, Reeve George Joynt told council he is still awaiting word from the Ministry of Transportation and Communication; as to anadditional subsidy :of $10,000 for the village to put towards their roads program. in : 1979,, The village has applied for a construction subsidy of $25,200 which is the sum they have received in -past years. Retiring debentures and payments that. cease. in,1979 has prompted council to apply for an 'addttional.$10,000• bringing the total, subsidy to ' $35,000.. If the subsidy is . approved, the total amount to be spent on road construction in thea village in 1979 would he $70,000 which includes the ,village's -share of $35,000. FIRE COO DOWN Reeve Joynt . said . at the meeting that Lucknow's fire cost: has gone down since the village entered into' a fire agreement with the townships of Kinloss, West Wawanosh and Ashfield. The net cost to the village for fire protection in 1977 was $5,700. Luck- now's cost.. for fire protection in 1978 was: $11 A Year In Advance $21.50 To U.S..A(. and Foreign reducedMMNTENA,i,Ito $3,888 underCE theIN,nCREASEew agreement. Superior Maintenance, who .do the. care- taking at the town hall, requested,and were granted *increase of $15 a month, bringing their rate from 5135 to $150 a month. This is the first increase in .two years and increased cost of materials was cited as the reason for the increase. ' HONORARIUMS Council decided to keep their honorariums in 1979 at the same level aslast year. The reeve will receive, 5715and councillors will d receive 5660, Councillors and the reeve will; receive 522 for each special meeting they are required to attend. ,te • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1979 Single Copy 25c 24 PAGES' A second house fire in th&Lucknow area- in the .past two : weeks has'• left.. three people homeless. • • The home of Art 'Woodcock in St. Helens and its 'contents -were completely .destroyed early Friday : mornurg Awby fife which is thought to havekstartedin the cornerof the house by a ,`.Quebec -.cook'. stove., Mr. ' Woodcock burned coal ,in the ••:stove•- to help : . heat the. house. Mr ,Woodcock, his housekeeper, Laurette Ross and her 16 -year-old son., Chuck, nar- rowly escaped `injury wh.en•they were awak .ened':.by their cats meowing around 3 a.m- Mrs: ::. R.ess ,:Jieard - the cats and . went downstairs to see ,why they. Were making a:: fuss, . and discovered the main floor of the house full of smoke. 'Her: screams:awakened Mr W odcoek, and her:' son TheyY' called the Lucknow District- Fire Department. batt were forced from the bouse by the intense smoke before they,could give the location of 'the'fire .to Fire Chief ',George Whitby: The three fled to Allan Cranston's• home next door .where they :Woke -the 'Cranstons . and tiled :to call:the the fire department.. The Cranston's phone was.,dead, becausethey are on the same party line as Mr. Woodcock • rder .tool s ,Lucknow Village Councildecided at.their January meeting to put up school zone signs in the area ; of Lucknow : Central Public School. ' The Lucknow Women's Institute received a letter which was brought. to, Council, from .Jack ;Bowers, Bruce' CCounty Board of Education drector of education, stating that. the responsibility of placing school signs in a `school zone was not the board's but the municipal or provincial government's obliga tion.: After •a' brief discussion, as to where the signs were necessary, council decided that school zone signs would be placed on Highway 86 at the foot'of'Bob Street to warn motorists coming into town that they are in a school zone. Two signs• will, also be placed on Rob Street, where it crosses Willoughby Street, because the children are directed to stake Willoughby Street,,: rather than. High- way 86; tci `Havelock. to cross thehighway where the crossing guard is stationed. A dead end' sign will be placed at the end of Bob Street to warn visitors to the Pinecrest Nursing -Hoene that Bob Street is not a through street. • • and the fire had put out his phone., .." Mr. Woodcock then went to the•`home of Ross Errington, a block away, where he was able to tarn in'the fire alarm. When the fire department arrived, the fire:: was so far advanced that , nothing could by done. - Ttie ftre`. department' remained `on`•the scene to•watch that the;fire did not Spread to nearby buildings and they ;hosed down the near side, of the :Cranston house. The Lucknow District Christian School Society decide to. begin 'construction of a Christian School in Lucknow, in the spring of 1979 at a meeting on January 5, Fund raising drives and a door to, door canvass will raise: money for the school . • Ruth • Geertsma of the Board- of the Lucknow and ' .District Christian School - Society told the Sentinel in a letter, ,that the school is not to be aschool'open to only a few. families. "' We heartily welcomeanyone to join our society •who feels ,Christ= centred education is *the best way to train a child,` "'. said 'Mrs. Geertsma. ' Religious instruction not something. that should.be•added to the\curriculum said Mrs. Geertsma in the letter: "We want it to be an integral part of the curriculum," The Lucknow District Christian School Society was formed as the result of a congregational meeting of the Lucknow Christian Rerorrhed, Church in 1966. It was decidedto establish a society .for Christian education anda board of five members was elected:'Since 1970 the Society,has purcfias•- ,ed i% acres Of land.east , of Lucknow on highway 86, where the new school will be built. It is projected that classes will begin at the new school id September, 1980: • Lncknowws New:•Years baby` arrived. at Wingbam and District Hospital, at 7.35 p.m.. :on :o Monday; January. 8, 1979. Weighing 8. lbs.' 4 .oz:,, he is Matthew David Eadie,. the son of David and Connie Eadie, R. '5, Lucknow. [Sentinel; Staff Photo], o !ipiey loses two The R-ipley Ladies Curling rink had lost two games and won one in cdinpetition at the Southern Ontario Ladies Curling Finals in Peterborough at press time Tuesday after- noon. The Ripley rink of Diane Brooks, Hilda Andrew, Dianne Farrell and June Paquette, left Sunday to compete in the three .day event; which will decide the three teams .who will advance to the all Ontario finals. The Ripley rink is playing a round robin • .series with eight teams. On Monday -morning they .defeated Stayner 9 5 and in the afternoon lost to Orillia, 10 - 2. They were defeated: again on Tuesday morning 10 -.4 by Oshawa. They were playing -Boulevard Tuesday afternoon. • The rink ' advanced to the finals after defeating last year's Ontario champs, the London rink, at the Division 1 Ladies Curling Finals in Kincard4ie two \ve\eks ago,