The Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-01-11, Page 1•
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ECONOM ,M , OF
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VILLAGE; COUNCIL
At ,the : inaugural meting, of
the .I.ueknow Municipal, : Council
ori Monday evening, Reeve J; C.
McNab: called ,for . economy in all
departinents in. 1951,, and recom-
mended only essential spending:
to •keep:.up;to. date
'ebriefly rex _met.: , on M'on
r.'nin"g and a '
• ,�`day:rno , adjournedF until
that evening to ` commence the
business: •of,?the..new term. Coun
cillor Button 'Was ' absent as lie
is sholidnying; in the South...
• - In his inaugural address to the
. Board,: Reeve:McNab congratula
• ted'the^ members on their acclam
aitioris` to' f office, and reviewed,
briefly the accomplishments 'of
1;950; ;before touching on the out–
look for 1951. -
r.•Mcab • inted to the su
••M. N pointed ..;G
• cess last year • of the . budget sys-'
tern. of -financing financing : and asked . alt
department chairmen • te adhere
closely,the!' this .year,`
which' should;, be easier tofollow
with the experience' ;.gained
1950. It w.t acknowledged" that
it might: be: , e iffic'
ult t:o keep
expenditures`within their
al.ot
merit, particularly in the 'Road
' and Bridge Deparment, which al
read has .a: snowplo vingi bili . s
$200, whereas at ,this: time ':last
year; these., costs were. about nil.
A • higher : y
gher �hool rate. was; fore-,
seen by 'Reeve' McNaib, 'due to
.funder.' estimating. in 1950...
In conclusion: he asked Comte,
mittee chairmen to assume • the
responsibilities of their ' depart; •
:orient, -lint to 'bring' all :major ex
penditures :'before the. Board for
decision.
Colnnt ttees: Struck
Committee'' appointments.. were
as follows, with the first member
named' as" chairman
Hydro IVIcNa:b,• Crawford,
Button, I.
Finance Mchiab, i'' Crawford:
Robertson.
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Roads ,arid :Bridges -Crawford,
Button, '• Robertson.;
Petitions and By rL'aws-•=Rob-
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Extra;
ertson, MacSween, Button. '
Health and Sanitation. —.
,Sween, : Button, McNab.
Property ,and Supplies But
ton, Crawford; MacSween '
;Waterworks and. ,Fire "Dept.
Robertson :_Button Crawford Mc=
Nab,-MacSween . ,
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Arena • „: Crawford', Button .•
• Recreational Centre Mac
...Sweeny Ro>aertson . -
Robert Rae Resigns
Council' received the resigna-
tion of Robert Rae, 'who has cur
rently. been serving •as:: chairman.
of
the =Arena , Committee,.
.which was received with ,regret.
An expression Of thanks,.w:as:ten-
tiered Mr, Rae for' his :long ser,.
vice :ori this"Conimittee.of' which
^he has . been. a :merrrb er, .during'
and, . since . the „building of,;.the
Arena..
Reeve McNab, explained that as
chairmanof the; District High
SchoolBoard, • Mr Rae• would
have little time for other civic
duties.:
Mr. C L' 'Smith 'Was appointed',
o., , tlae'Vacancy ion . the :Arena
- Coirimittee, and asked : Coun:ciller'
Crawfords to arrange .to have the'
,(''btYirriittee meet 's with ''Council,
;Pointing • out that. he -.arena was
the only depar-tment hat was, not
'on a paying' basis" -and ,,it . would:
bo•well to 'd scuss�'thpe matter..'.
eft was, also recommended that
-the Arena .and'Recreztional Cen--
••tro committees, ,,rrieet officially
• (Continued `on Mage .8) i • ,
MARRIAGE 'A'NNOIJNCEMENT'
11:IC ed-
B'A DSS-�--GR,.EFR;-=-•CSri
nesday,' December, 20th 1950, 'in
, LU CKNOW, ONTARIO, T1=TU1 SDA ;JANUARY 11, ..1.951
TOM; TODD DOMINION ' CHILDREN'' STORY•. HOUR
ASSOCIATION `DIRECTOR, •� t ,
SAM ALTON.. OLD . SATURDAY
T ,
f LIGHT
MASTER . •
' Word from Calgary is to the ,
effect that Tom Todd of St. 1-1eIr Sant Alton of Belfast is, wor
ens has ,been elected as 'One of she ful. roaster of OldLight
QIP t. g
three' Ontario'`Directors of the Lod e for. .1951°` succeeding Dr.
Dominion AAber'deen-An us A- , Jaines.' Little.. The new 'slate , of
sociation. The other .two are Ma officers was installed" by George
corn'': ;Bailey: of . U brid g e. and, Stuart ,of .St. ' Helens, who has
g conducted this• . a'nnual ceremony
Tom Henderson,of> GuelPh.'
• for„.the past ,twenty 'years' 'with
Toiti has : b 'en > • b
... , ee on the. 'Ontario. 'but •:one:. exee� tion 'Mr.' Stuart.
Board. of •Director . for six ix years 'succeeded the,, bate;” D :•Paterson, as
but' this is '.the first time he ha ... • , D. •
P s irl�talling ol£ileer • o f Old .Light
been elected' o, tle Dominion}' As , Lodge. '
sociation. His father 'Fr ' k" o The1951 'o ices are; Sam Al-
Served
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.arl Todd, officers •
served for•several•• .ears on the ton,, W.M,.; James E. Little, I.P.M.;.
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Dominion Board, and 'rose to. the Fred •Newman, S.W. 'Leonard.
presidency • •of the ,Associati'on;:Nt
acDanal, , � J:'W. Innes 1VIac-
. Sween; Chap.; : W. W. Hill, trees.;
T,' J. 'SaliCeld, see.; Wm Evans,
S.D„ Harvey Webster, ::J.D.; Ed
PUBLIC SCHOOL gar Watson, S.S.; 'George Wraith,
��. s � � g i
J.S, Flo y d: 'Wilson: 7A.; Hugh
BO RD Co . ,, , �': g
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. � MPLETE ' Cumrn�g, - -0:% , ° W. '•.A.: Porteous,,'
D. rof .C. Trustee' A. Port-'
s,• W. .
Fohovving last Thursday night's : eous, .._. Anderson Cameron
nomination meet'ing "'Chas. Web= • MacDonald:' ti •
ster' and Lloyd Ashton qualified
as meni'bers At. the 'Lucknow'Pub . • . `
..:... ... BUYS' ASHFII�LFARM
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lic School Board to corrrplete the , . • . •
six=member.•.Board, which 'came ' s"'as :.
Ro�s Henry•Hf Belfast
into 'being at":the beginning .:of',J n
the year, when, the Board .of .Ed
Chased the-; ...John 'Johnston farm:.
. on Con. 2 : •Ashfield miles
'ucation was(' dissolved to .make west of the Dungannon Road; The'•
way.. for a District • High School -
.. Tarin` was• bought,�froi>�N. B. �Mc
Board; •. , o ° ' it for.` 'a
'Coleman 'who. has weed
Personnel' of the Public School o'
few year ., but'plaha to return:ti
$oard•-•-is Gerald-Rath�wel1 Drr e ro"sid a
James '• Little, K.'. C. 1Ylurdie, . H.: •esit
posssionto : in rethe 'SpringRos. 'obtains
M. :MacLennan; Lloyd Ashtonand , = •
Charles Webster.;..The. first four
nainecl'were previously members
of the Board. of Education and
qualified "as, Public School trus . ;'..
tees' .after the December '22nd ,
nomination .4:fleeting.; ,' Two • vac-
ancieson this..Boardrequired. the !.`
holding '.of a , second meeting .last:
Thursday. , .• „
':>• The .attendance at this meeting
wasfive ratepayers and the`, pre-
siding . officer, 'E. . H.. ' Agnew.
;Messrs: Webster and Ashton': were:
;the only. 'two ,nominees:
NORMALYTES TEACHING`i
IN DISTRICT, SCHOOLS "` : 'I.
Several Normalites' have been
practise teaching ,at rural schools
in this. district since the opening
sof the • •New Year term. 'Among
thein are: Peter Clark of Toronto
Normal 'with; Stuart Collyer, at
the Second.: Concession; Jimmy
Brown:: of Toronto 'Nonoral with
Miss: Beatrice *Quinn.' at. St.
'Helens Marilyn• .Moffat of -Tor-:
'onto:Normal witl Miss Catherine
Gibson .at Kinlaugh; Jim .Blue of
Stratford ' Normal ' with, Miss
Joyce : Armstrong, . Sixth .Conces
°•sioi Roddy ,Martin: of .Toronto
:Normal mal with • Mrs. Roy :MacKen-
'zie• at. Lochalsh:•`
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IFE•
OF FORMER
R :. R.
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MINISTER DIES
'AKES,'OFFICE.
F.
TME • GBtA
Aslifiel Vis " newreeve, •Itime
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Graham 'tf`hon Albert, officially
:took, office on . Monday,.; succeed.-
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ucceed=.' ing Reeve, Cecil Johnston, the reg:
tiring;:warden of Huron- County.,
Reeve Graham served as Conn -
chlor ofor five years and •'at` the
ioinination meeting 'in November.
ste; �"'ed .'.up :.tor e r'eea'eshi' •by`
Iip _ „ � ,�',•y'
acclamm„tion.
A story hour for children from
4 ta 11 years will be held each
Saturday ' morning in the Ile -
creational Centre
Re-creationalCentre from 10 to 11'..
The series: commences this Sat-
urday..
at
urday. •
.' .,ored by
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Thee stogyis . hour SI?aps the
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the` Local ' Associatibn, of the Girl
4Guides, with Mrs Clark Finlay.
`son 'as convener...
Assistalie - need d
con-.
ducting these prograns, and any
:_
one, • who will volunteer to help
is asked. to •notify. Mrs. Finlayson.
ANGLICAN MINISTER
ARRIVES THIS WEEK
Rev. , A.S. Mitchell has been
appointed rector of the:. Anglican
ris wi c arges a uc now,..
'Dungannon and Ripley and., will:
:assuriie.his :new duties on Sunday.
'Rev. and Mrs. Mitchell come
from ' Temi'skaming in Northern
Quebec; and took up residence ire
St.. Peter's `rectory ;yesterda:y:
• Rev. Mitchell succeeds f iev •A:
E, i.Tavener who . terminated his
pastorate here early in December.
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Y.
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HOL S
t M PCRTA
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LE- PC
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The ; ` fi rm -of ' C, and B. • Everett.
;.:
Limited . ' of • - Saint - . John, t New
unsrwick, recently adiied a lad-, les'` �accessoriea .•.•department to
their .storQis •with: Mrs. M. L.: San:.
•der'son as manager, ofthe depart:
l en"t. ' ' .:'
• Mrs: Sanderson, who was'- born
and ,•raised •at. 'Paramount, was
forilerly. ,Anne .MacDonald,': dau
ghter: of Mrs:. 'James* MacDonald
of la cknow and • the. late" 1Vir.
MacDonald. `
The •.Everett firm `has been in.,.
the merchandising. business since
the ..Indians first paddled' their:
canoes down the St. ' John River..
to sell. their ,furs tothe founder
'of the business. A grandson and
igreatgrandson ,a;retoday the ,exp••
ecuti 'e ,heads ' of the•' firm.
The addition of the ladies•..wear
department followed t'he'•enlarg-'
ing..and ,'modernizing of the store
which previously featured..ladies
furs: arid men's`: wear.,. • :.
. Mrs' Sanderson is no stranger
.'Saint John' and has • had wade•
merchandising experience ,in this
field.: For `h1 years she was
:sociated • with the F.. W. !. Daniel
Co: '.of• Saint..John and made fr.'e
•. • ent .buying tri s to'Montreal
arid 'Toronto fortthis firm; ,Prior
T
to.. that •I Irs: ''Sanderson was: with
the Robert SiM - s.on' Company in
p
Toronto.
Mr. Sa°iiderso ;Mike to his
'friends :here, is a •native of :God-
-erich, and holds, an executive
;position at . Saint John with ' a
flour .?riilling company.
:.'HEADS LADIES' DEPARTMENT
The death of Mrs. Myrtle Coch
> ane Stewart, wife of Rev. J. W.
Stewart, forner• ';pastor•. of Luck -
now. Unated:•hui'ch,, occurredlslid-;',
derrly ; at The Parsonage , at 'Fra-'
' falgar .ozi 'Monday Morning.. Mrs. ,
'Stewart ',stiffered heart:
attack
'
about7 00 •oc:lock•that morning,:f
and succession .of'•seizures d ur-
e et
our 47, suited irr,her 1.Y
cleat`h ooeut`ring'` about i-dz ck
Word was>receivtchere•by•Mr
and M,ISYW1aie llan aboUt..
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8,30;i1VIon"dav morning; when."their
son-in-law, Nlelv�iii Stewarts tele
phoned rein• Guelph '
"The funeral service is 1.;—being'!
heldi a'ftern'oon (.. Thurschiy )
.th s
in, St. John's United church; Oak!
villa: at 2.30. o'clock. The Basketi
Will be'open. at the church' from
1',30 until the tirnc.of the seriVic;;
Burial ii11'tin Oakville Cern-
tell. ,..
•Ste art. •..lett .
Itev. and Mrs. �
.. • . • . L; AN R:SOl�f'.
M M I) •
-� '. ow,'"in late June of .10:49 , its, .. . �
uckr,
a o has .heed a7nainte atiag,ei of
i i,
rtment of
i�, fel b�
the Lad.. � • � . ,:. - p.
the C: & . . ` Everett •.I incited in.
-Saint :John, , Rrs. Sander-o'r� wzs
formerly Anne. M'acDotiald,, ,dau-
•ghter of Mrs. , Jan;ie. MiicDonald,
oC , Lucknf \ , ;land the' tate Mr'
'Duffs • Presbyterian Chtirch,' Pus-' afteii ap ", ei'g�ht-year :, Pa t rate
'Surviving .. besidcs h
err''bereaved
husband ,are twti,,„daughter s,
E. •Key ll ,. -1anche of Toronto;
($ �
Mrs. T,
I,1VIcl inn (joy)'',Of Oak.
•R, (' `�
vine tend one soil, Melvin R. Ste,
'wart of' Guelph,
li
nob -`Ontario by. Rev,. •T',`rcG;• M:•.
'lit yden Mary Kather ire daugh-1
ter•
of Mi. and. Mrs :• Lestiie D.
'Career• 'of P s j .. o ,Norval
Y u finch, •. t
Richard Richard., soz of 1VIr."' And
Mrs, R. A. Richards,„Ltickno cr,
;Ontario,
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acljon ald,•.
FORM BUSI NESS
TNERSH:IP HE.RE:.
• EIGHT PAGES
►BT ,: IZAE • H E,�D�S
STRICT ; BOARD.
" Rae t Robe .rhas beeni td
.appoe
n
chairman of the Lucknow Dis.
trict' High School Area Board,
whichcame into being at the -first
of the year... Donald Henderson
has . been.' appointed" secretary-`,
treasurer, a position he had ef-
fi ientl filled; for some .time on.
•,
'the, • former Board of.'Education..<.
,. ,
The; regular meeting: of the new
Board 'will, be' held tle.first Mon-
day •of the month, : ^but 'frequent
special' meetings will:. no., 'doubt
be required.
Tlie. District Board,, dthe; .new,:
Public School Board rtlet oan.Mo.n.;. .
day night to` • discuss financial
and other:details which have.;to'
be worked out between the two
Boards; - ••-
. ' The inaugural meeting.,, of the
Public School Board has been set
for •; Mon day night' ' next.
Require New Teacher
The a High . •,School Board • re-
quires a new :teacher to succeed
-Miss 'Isobel;- McLellan who re-
signed at .New Years. '• Miss,' Mc -
Le lap's resignation- carne; unex-
pectedly by wire. at' 'thee' end of
'the holida� 'with •the :'ex .lanatiol
Sia • ,P,.
that '.because. • of illness she e was ..
lafting on the doctor's.order
1�r John fiiinnhrey .of the : -:
lege of ; Education is supplying
Obtain- until a successor can' be abtai
ed.
Bob Ia:cK.ei ie has 'returned to •
home town to enter •partner-
ship with Neil MacLennan in the,
MacLennan MacKenzie ' Under;
liaav r iaa Vninit e 4Buit of
formerly ownetr• by Davison.,_
and ;.Mrs: :i1VIcKenzie an•d'
.twb 'daughters,,;; Wendy 3, and
Jon 1, arrived here • last week,
froni ''Coburg where Bob has •Been
ernplo,Yed for the pest yearin
the undertaking: :bu'siness. P'rior•r
to that he +vas with -the firm of
;Harris:. and ' .Skinner ,'iii London
for two years
'rhe •MacKenzie familyhh t` t-
-en; un '"residence' in, iMrs.
Altanrs home ;which IA being used
a a funeral lac'nie ° for the .tii:c ”
being.at least:
-retains
,eral btisiness .in. Ripley and is
'continuing •t( .reside there; but.
comi utr bet�t'ee•7 . ,lee.
and Lueknow in-1o131;ilige after. his
pal tneiship: interests; here.' •
1 tees' Sentinel renewal timet
KINLOSS BOARD' STARTS
'YEAR -WITH; .DEFICIT
Kinloss. Township Council was'
sworn into 'office ori, Monday, and '-
start out the 'year -heed.' with a
:considerable. deficit.: which.:'it is .
estimated will:. be :''about $3,000• --
when
3,000 -when, all subsidiesare ., ec'eived:':on •
last`' year's . operations. '
.This `d:efict is much. less than
was forecast .ly :some, , and in
taxation:, tears 'represents - about
two' mills e.
The new Board,
oard is ' comprised of
'Reeve David ; 'Carruthers and'
•ACouncillors •Harold • Percy,. P. A.
Murray, garish :Moffat 'anad Dart:
T. McKinnon • ' Reeve ,CarrUthers
is reported to •the Township's •
youngest: reeve,.. and 'assumes of-
fice under a financial handid''ap.••
.that ..the: Board' will have to cope,
ith during the year, in: its' bid•
to give the service.demanded to-
e the ' x : rate, , ..:.
day, and stilh kep. to r ,
froni soarin
RAYNARD ACK'ERT WINNER
OF.DEKALB CORN' CONTEST
•Ra_ ynard Ackert °of Holyrood.
has ibeen' named. winner , of theme:
1950 DeKalb 5 -acre corn -growing •
contest for Bruce,County, accord-
,.xig,;.'to Albert Hewitt;••of : Kincar-:
dine,• locale dealer of DeKalb 'Hy ,,'
bricl Seed,. Corn Co.
Mr. Ackert used DeKalb var-
iety '56,,,-vvitlk.
ar-iety'56,,,wit1, a •yield of 78.25 bus.
This.::, is, given .On'..the " basis of
shelled *corn and. 15. •percent.mois
tire: This '• is a very good •yield.
for.: the ' district, considering the-.
cool: wet- growing season and, the ;
backward fall.
','Other. County: *inners were J.
b. Hughes•: of :Culross Twp.. Glen
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.�it�iaay�nvf�,,�,o:n-�-�1 J.�-.. r
Kenzie'' of: Culross. , . .
- The Dominion • 'champion' was.•
Ralph Brown :of Kent County'
With is yield , of'' 122.54 bus. '.
BORN
PHILLIPS -In W ngham','
S'--ospi
tal on Monday, January 2th, td •
1Vf'z:. ,anti ' `Mrs. James E. Phillips`,
cf ,Kitchener a ,son.
Brother' Dies •q ..
,y.
the death "'occurred 'An Wing- ° Y ,' • •',
}i' . (n, 1Vlonclq of Ro ert . Vint, f r
i X84.
He; was '•a 'native b -Ashfield,
' ,n, . G
ilber - Vint.
and d a br�other
r.
EAT' ro ri.et' t
B Cid'. p o
of 'th•2.East •St, Bakery in • .God-
ci tch • • liaci 'his right' hand pa nair-,' •
fully mangled early ,last ''hies-
.... ri ing While.,ccra �"ing. down
clay morning �, l^ � -�.
the :bread'. inixer,
ro