The Lucknow Sentinel, 1975-04-30, Page 18pleasant and appealing personality
in' the concert hall. He is assisted
at the piano by 'Miss Ada B. Eby,
who-has beett with_the- choir-since
its very early days. She is very well
known 'in south-west Ontario as 'a
very capable and a delightful
aecompanyist.
The choir has always had a policy
of presenting a variety of different
musical styles in, its concerts,
interspersed with some solo rendi-
tions, and it is felt -that this is one of
the chief factors contributing to its
unbroken success over a twenty-
five year period.
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1975
Kinloss Native
Died At Listowel
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MRS. FREDERICK JOHNSTON "
Mrs. .Frederick Johnston of
Listowel passed away, on Friday,
April 25th at Listowel Memorial
Hospital in her 89th year.
She was the former Ida Elizabeth
Conley, daughter of James Conley
and Ann Jane Lochart and was
born in Kinloss Township on
August 13, 1886.
On March 6, 1907 she married
Frederick Johnston *of Kinloss
Township. They resided in
Holyrood -until moving to Listowel
in 1928. "
,Mrs. Johnston is survived by
three sons and two daughters,
Cecil of Woodstock, Orland of
Clinton, Lionel of Gorrie, Mrs.
Elwood (Laverne) Matthews of_
Listowel, Mrs. Oliver (Lida) John-
stone of Stratfo 'two sisters Mrs.
Mark (Mary) Johnstonh of Lucknow
and Mrs. Annie Wall of Teeswater;
eleven grandchildren and fourteen
great granchildren.
She was predeceased 'by her
husband, two sons, two daughters'
and one brother.
Mrs. Johnston was a member of
Knox Presbyterian Church, Listdw-
el.
The funeral service was held on
Sunday, April 27 at the Robert .
Trench Funeral Home, Listowel.
Rev. Wesley Ball of Gorrie United
Church was minister.
Burial was at Greenhill Cemet-
ery, Lucknow on Monday, April
28th. r?
Dominion Life
Choir To lucknow,
Huron Co. Board Of Education Present
Budget, Up 17.9% From Previous Year
The Busy Buddies, a local young
women's group, will sponsor a visit
to' Lucknow of the Dominion Life
Choir on Tuesday, May 13th.
The Dominion Life Choir was
sponsored in 1948 as a staff
recreational' activity 'by the Domin-
ion Life Assuranee Company: It
qui0jy, developed into a travelling
group which was and-has ever since'
remained devoted to servingworth-
while charitable organizations.
Concerts aye presented free of
charge, and ticked, 'posters and
programs are also provided free.
The only requests that the choir
make's are first that a good effort be
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The . Huron County Board of
Education has approved a budget
totalling $15,783,772. The new
budget is an increase of $2,396,233
or 17.9 per cent over the previous
years expenditures.
The budget presented to the
board by budget committee chair-
man Marion Zinn represents a mill
rate increase of 5.95 bringing the
total mill rate assessment to 47.08.
In her presentation to board
members Mrs. Zinn stated that the
bUdget was a realistic appraisal of
the board's needs for the year
1975:
The budget total is comprised, of
$7,814,356 in elementary school
expenditures and $7,969,416 in
secondary school expenditures.
Provincial grants totalling
$11,529,314 make up 73,05 per cent
of the total while municipality and
township assessment totalling
$3,554,761 will make up 22.52 per
cent of the total. The remaining
4.43 per cent or 699,697 will be
made up from tuitions of noncounty
resident students and miscellan-
eous revenues.
In the elementary panel of the
budget $4,787,164 of the expend-
itures are paid ' for labor and
benefits and office supplies.
Capital building expenditures tran-
sportation, bus purchases, deben-
ture costs and other non-operating
costs will total $1,399,446. The
remainder of the elementary school
expenditures is comprised of
books, supplies, custodial main-
tenance costs and special transpor-
tation expenses.
In secondary school expenditures
a total of $5,036,136 has been
budgeted for salary and benefits
and office supplies.. Extra ordinary
expenditures which include capital
building projects, transportation,
debenture ,costs and non-operating
expenses total $1,061,663. The
remainder of the secondary School
expenditures is comprised of
library books and supplies, cafet-
eria and custodial maintenance,
contractual maintenance and spec-
ial transportation expenses.
The budget committee also made
additional provisions of $22,000 in
the budget for the institution of a
preventative maintenance pro-
/gram. The program would call for
the hiring of three skilled trades-
men to service school equipment
in an effort to expand the . life
expectancy of both buildings and
equipment.
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The assessment breakdown for
the five towns and six villages the
county is as follows: Clinton,
$157',510; Exeter, $217,115; God
erich, $530,085; Seaforth, $97,512;
and Wingham, $187,762; Bayfield,
$50,983; Blyth, $32,924; Brussels,
$40,631; Hensall, $71,913; Zurich,
$29,015:
The assessment breakdown for
the 16 townships is: Ashfield,
$157,600; Colborne $1.07,006; God-
erich , $153,206; Grey, $129, '282;
Hay 5193,219; Howick, $167,650;
Hullett, $116,594; McKillop,
$106,145; Morris, $97,069; Stanley,
$146,873; Stephen, $246,405; Tuck-
ersmith, $171,597; Turnberry,
$77,977; Usborne, $122,988; East
Wawanosh, $79,445; and West
Wawanosh, $66,255.
The total county contribution to
the $15 Million plus, education
budget is $3,554,761 or 22.5 per
cent' of the total cost.
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made to secure a fair-sized
audience;, and second that the choir
members be treated to a supper if -
they have had to -travel: far from
home.
The choir presents approximat-
ely 12 to 15 concerts 'per year,
within a range of 125 miles from
Waterloo. It has also from time to
time competed very successfully in
several musical festivals' and has
also been 'televised on occasion. It
has presented over 300 Concerts
and travelled over 25,000' miles
since it started.
The choir has had three direct-
ors, each being very capable men
in that field. The present director
is Mr. Don Landry, Music 'Consult-
ant to the Waterloo County School
Board. He has held office since'
1959 and is becoming quite famous
not only for a very high degree of
technical ability but also 'for a very
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