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' 58,00 A Year in Advance $2.00 Ex!ra To U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1975
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Fire Destroys Kinloss Home vvvyvvyvvvv/
Wins $1,000 In
Olympic Lottery
Charles McQuillin, of West
Wawanosh Township was' a--$1000
winner in the Olympic Lottery on
Sunday.
There are a number of $100
winners in the area but, at writing
time the only ones we' are aware
of are Ross MacKenzie of Ashfield
Township, Don Dore of Purple
Grove, < Mrs. Harvey Culbert of
Dungannon.
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94 Year Old.
Locknow Lady
Has Hip Fracture'
Mrs. Charlotte Weatherhead,
94-year-old resident of Lucknow,
suffered a fracttired hip in a fall at
her home 'on' Tuesday of last week.
As Mrs. Weatherhead was start-
ing up the stairs to bed that
evening, she somehow turned
'falling from the fikt step to the
floor. She continued up the stairs
and did not realize her hip was
injured until morning. •
Wednesday morning Mrs.
Weatherhead was 'taken by am-
bulance to Wingham Hospital and
when an x-ray disclosed • the hip
fracture, she was taken on to
University Hospital, London,
where she' underwent hip surgery
on Monday. "
Legion Award
Prizes For Essays
And Poetry
Winners in the annual Essay and
Poetry competition held in connec-
tion with Remembrance Day by, the.
Royal Canadian Legion, and spon-
sored, locally by Branch "309,
Lucknow, were recently awarded
their prize money.
First place in the Essay contest
was won by Etta Belle MacDonald,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
MacDonald; 2nd Sandra Gardner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Gardner; 3rd Cathy Bannerman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Bannerman; 4th Julie Vogt, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vogt; 5th
Leola Chisholm, daughter of • Mr.
and 'Mrs. Leonard Chisholm.
Poetry winners were: 1st Bob
Tigert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Tiger;. 2nd Sherri Jerome, daughter
Fire Chief George Whitby acting
on behalf of the Lucknow Fire
• Department members, presented a
proposal to Lucknow Council at
their last meeting which had been
decided On at the last meeting of
, the department. Firemen are
seeking increased remuneration for
their services.
The present honorarium is $3000
per year which is divided among all
firemen according to the number of
village fires, practices, meetings,
etc. they attend in a year. In
addition, there is an extra honorar-
ium of $150 for the Fire' Chief and
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Scott of
Ripley marked their 50th wedding
anniversary On Valentines Day, Fri-
day, February 14th. Relatives and
neighbours arranged a special
evening for them on Friday at.
Ripley Legion when • friends called
to extend congratulations and best
wishtes..
The wedding of 50 years ago took
place at the home of the bride,
concession 6, Kinloss Township.
Mrs. Scott is the former Vera Hill,
daughter of Thomas Hill . and •
Elizabeth McBurney.
Gordon is the son of Walter Scott
and Alice Wraith and is a native of
Langside in Kinloss Township. His/
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Jerome;
3rd Mike Dennis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Dennis; 4th Anne
Colwell, daughter of Currie Col-
well; 5th Kathryn McKim, daugh-
ter of Dr. and' Mrs.' Jack' McKim.
Prize money was awarded as'
follows: $10.00; $8.00; $7.00;
$5.00; and $2.00 each.
$75 for the Deputy-Chief. This is •
for firefighting within the village
only.
Firemen attending rural fires
presently receive an additional $5
per hour from 'the Village, which
money comes out of the hourly rate
charged to the townships by the
village for fighting the fire.
The new proposal to council
would increase the annual honor-
arium to the department by $1000
to $4000, plus an additional $50
each" for the Chief and Deputy-
chief. In addition, a request was
father was a blacksmith and
Gordon is the last of a family of 7
sons, all of whom followed this
trade.
Mk. Scott has two sisters, Mrs.
Emerson (Ida) Morris' of Vero
Beach, Florida and Mrs. Earl
(Mamie) Caslick of Whitechurch.
A brother John died in 1928.
Following their marriage on
February 14, 1925 by Rev. James
Stobie of Whitechurch and Lang-
side Presbyterian Churches, they
took up residence in. Ripley.
Gordon had purchased the black-
smith shop of the late Charles
Chappel in Ripley in January of
1925. He operated this business
until retiring in 1958.
Gordon Scott has a long record of
community service 'in Ripley. He
was a member of the Ripley Fire
Department for 49% years
serving as Fire Chief for 22 of
these.
He was a member of council for
over' 10 years and served as Reeve
of Ripley in 1944, 1945 and 1946.
put forth for an extra $50 each for 3
Fire Captains and the secretary.
Total increase in the request was
$13po.•
Firemen have also asked that,
when the new contract is negotiat-
ed with the townships for the
fighting of rural fires, that the
hourly rate paid firemen for rural
fires be increased to $6.00.
The proposal did not come up for
discussion by council' in last week's
council meeting because of other
business being dealt with that
evening.
•
About • 2:15 on Sunday afternoon.'
the fire alarm •sounded in Ripley •
and Lucknow. The farm home of
Roger Cuillerier, located midway
between Ripley and •Holyrood, was
on fire.
. The home is located in Kinloss
Township, just east of Cecil
Congram's place and west of the
farm of Mrs. Howard Harris and
Earl Harris near the Kinloss-Huron
boundary, on the south side of the
8th concession.
Despite the efforts of the Luck-
now Fire Department, with Chief
George Whitby and Ripley Fire
Department, with Chief Ivan. Cook,
the brick home was gutted and the
contents lost. •
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cuillerier,
daughter. Cheryl and baby escaped
without injury., Mr. euillerier, who
is employed at the Bruce Nuclear
plant, had moved to 'the farm this
past summer and had made a
The firm of M. M. Dillon,
recently engaged by .the village to
draft an official plan for the
municipality, presented' their pre-
liminary report to Lucknow Village
Council at last week's meeting. A
representative of the Bruce South
Planning Board was also present at
the meeting. - -
Council listened to the prelimini
ary proposal and will further
discuss and •possibly alter certain
areas of the • plan befOre it is'
accepted.
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Reeve George Joynt welcomed a
group of about a dozen Girl Guides
from the Lucknow Company who
sat in on council meeting for about
an hour. The girls are working on
their 'Citizen badge in Guiding.
By Alan MacLean
The February 12th dinner meet-
ing of the Ripley and District Lions
Club was held at the Ripley Legion
Hall.
The meeting was conducted by
3rd vice president Lion Bob Fair.
Following the, dinner Lion Jene
Seller was the speaker for the
evening, speaking on Bank Life.
A. thank-you note was received
and read from the Ripley and
District Medical committee' thank-
ing the Lions for the $400 donation
given to furnish the teception area
of the new medical centre.
The annual $1000 donation was
given to the Ripley and District
Recreation Complex' committee.
Club support was given to. Alan
McLean to. r'un' for the position •of
Zone Chairman for 1975-76 for
Zone Three North Lions. The,
election for this office to be held at
the A-9' convention in April in
Stratford.
It was reported that the bi-
monthly bingos are being well
attended.
Lion Joe Hodgins reported that
another Zone three Radio Bingo
will soon be starting and the cards,
number of renovations to the home.
The fire in 'the interior lower part
Of the house hid knocked •out the
telephone even at the neighbours -
the'Mrs. Marion Harris place and
the Richard and Elwood Elliott
farms nearby. Finally they got
word to Ripley by phoning from
Donald Hodgins' home.
Mrs. Cuillerier drives a school
bug on the 8th of Ripley and Roger
is a brother of Mrs. Robert Hickey
of Ripley. Their' daughter Cheryl
has attended the. Kinloss Central
School at Holyrood since last
September., This is an unfortunate
and unexpected toss to this family,
new to this district.
Fire is believed to have started
from the furnace. The family were
outside at the time. The phone
lines were burned off, putting
neighbouring phones out .of order
as well.
Mr. Cuillerier owns 6 acres of
land, the house and the biggest
barn. It was part of the farm Owned.
by Barry Johnston and formerly
known as the Homer Harris place.
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An extension of use of the
Lucknow Waste Disposal Site,
more commonly known as "The
Dump'', was received until March
31, 1975 by the Ministry of the
Environment. Other earlier exten-•
sions had previously been received.
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A request for land severance on
the property of Oscar HOdgins of
Lucknow was turned down by the
land division court. Reason cited,
was that the property in question is
'on the flood plain , of the .Lucknow
River.
were distributed for sale.
The meeting closed with :the
traditional Chinese auction con-
ducted by Lion Grant MacDonald
with the prize being won by Lion
secretary' Charles Liddle. . •
•
Seriously Injured
In Motor Accident
Gordon Ellis of the Havelock
area, near Peterborough, 19-year-
old nephew of Bob Symes of
Lucknow, was seriously injured last
Friday morning, in a truck-car
accident near his home.
The truck, in which Gordon was a
passenger, was in collision with 'a
car. In the impact the -youth was
thrown out of the vehicle and a pick
up truck, which was following, ran,
over him.. His injuries included one
leg fractured in four places, his
other leg in three places, a hip „
injury and possible concussion.
Gordon lived in Lucknow from
October to December last year
When he worked with Bob Symes in
his business.
Firemen Propose Increase In Honorarium
And Hourly Rate For Rural Fires
'BY ABNyyms
Lucknow Council Priefs....
A favourable report on the
Lucknow Water System haS been
received from the Department of .
Health.
Ripley Lions Furnish Reception Area
Of Medical Centre, Contribute $1,000
To Support District Recreation Complex