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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,APRIL 12th, 1951
TEN PAGES,
icipalities First Cance
`ake Ever United rch Shed
The future . o f t h er United COOKING SCHOOL TODAY
Church shed is to be decided very x•
soon. The Church Board has pros-
pective buyers interestedin the
building •and•'has , decided .to dis-
pose of it, as 'It no longer. serves
any useful ,purpose as a 'church
shed, and is a financial liability
to the church.
Before taking action ' in this
regard the .Church Board .called
a meeting to learn the wishes of
the rural. community, and if it
is desirable to retain .the: ibuild-
ing as a .community shed, to seek
a solution to this end.
The meeting voted; unanimous
ly to approach Municipal councils
'f the Village, of Luobnow , and
'fhe Townships of Kinloss •• Ash..
The Frigidaire Cooking School
is being held 'in .the. Town Hall
this Thursday afternoon, and will
no ` doubt ` attract a capacity 'audi.
ence, "
The school is' Sponsored by the.
L'oc'al' Association of the Girl
Guides,,. and,. will. be conducted by
Miss • Iris Amundsen,: homeecon.
omist•.of .Frigidaire .Products.
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"GdlhlG 'PLACES" .BEING
CURRENTLY PRESENTED
The musical •stage'.show'.'"Going
Places' is. being currently pre
sented in the„Town Mall, and will
field•;and West•Wawanosh, to•'d'e„ concludea' tlwo-Might ,perform=
termine 'of these. municipalities' ance tonight" (Thursday)..
.• are ' interested. in buying• • the Staged•`'enitirely by a local tal-'
building , as' a community shed, , ent east, the show is under the;
professional, direction .oto ; Miss
Elizabeth Battyn of Kansas 'City,
'and is sponsored by the
Lucknow,Women'sInstitute, "
The . show, ,.which. :• feeauures
music,, mirth,, dancing and color-,•
ful ' •children's' ,numbers,.. comes
.highly rated:: The ,show was.: re -
or if any • .other solution can' be
,arrived at.'
Two representatives frcim each
.municipality were. named . to -.Con -
!tact their. respective reeves with
a view' to have all four Councils
meet on .Saturday`• night in, the
Town 'Hall at an open:: meeting.
These "`representatives • are:. Ash -'I cently resented,' in Goderich and
.pe and
field, Gordon Kirkland and Wm. Miss` Battyn .carne ' to ,L. ucknow
Helm; West Wawanosh;; 'Fred: Mc- : from. ' Mount : Fewest, wherep.
ack-•
Quillin and An drew Gaunt,' Iain- •ed halls' attended the `show for
loss,:: Ernie Ackert and Earl Hod- both performancess: .•
gins;.
Lucknow, W. B. Anderson
and: Robert Rae.
•Ernie :Ackert was chairman. of
• the 'meeting and explained that
when the shed'. was, built in 1928,
4 many outside the church con,tri
bated in : order . that it might be
>�r�d• of f e Ater; accorno
ti �,.... . .
dation than that-,` required' by get indicates' an increase. in the
:' church memibers.
'It .,has long ',since ceased `to. be.
of 'any value as' a 'church, shed
and all the United Church wish
es is to recover'..Itheir equity 'in timates':'thisyear made.. it' hope
P •.
the ' building and:if the .farmers fill' that the 'increase,Might be
• and,.municipalities are interested 'confined to .9 mills or `24'=mill.
they, are to' be given first op,
portunity Ito , retain it as a Com—
munity shed: •'
• W. B :Anderson pointed out
that 68;' percent of :the : "original:
subscribers are now "'either :dead,
'retired or removed. A few years
ago, further donations .of $5:00
were received :i toward ipayinig off
a ..$900-7debt-•ouitstanding-against.
• • the shed; which is church prop
erty and deeded to the -Church.. •
The• opinion..seemed'. toprevail
at 'the meeting, attendedby some roughly '2 Mills, plus •:9 --mills in -
fifty men,: mostly from the, rural crease: in the original estimates.
area, that !!''there was any other Over and•above'this, one mill was.
place to accginodate' horses,' they provided for contingencies, and a
would 'readily 'sa • . "sell i;t , but. _ in' 'ah
Y Y year end surplus, which,
even though'its'use is.. admitted-
ly limited, the meeting was re-
luctant
to see their only public
shelter disposed of
The ,receipts `issued at the time
-the `shed was built • read as fol
lows:
• "This it to certify. that `John
.Jones' has paid . the sum . of $10.00
.to :.assist ;the Lucknow United
al • Church to erect a shed r ''n Luck,'
h,'
1_ ,now*. and is ,therefor .entitled to
"the'• free use of the same".
HIGHERHIGHERVILLAGE.
RATE INDICATE D
:The. setting of. . ,the . Village
Council's •1951 ex:pendittre bud-
• ' Village rate this year. that may
reach four mills.' •
The 'Village rate 'last year was
23.1 -mills and initial budget : es-
However "tmforseen'- expendi-
tures"' ended.this optimism when
Council reviewed the budget last
week. Not . originally reckoned
with was the need of. a new furn-
ace ,in the Town .Hall, and. other
repairs ::that may run to $700; ` a
$120 expenditure for' a new side-
-Walk—Kid
idewaikand a a gran.. • o A e.
Arena 'Conunission. •to • pay the
current - eason's.: operating de-
ficit.
eficit. These three 'items represent
m
r.
ih
i-.
al
2,
ld.
m,
v) .
th'
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SEVERAL" WEEKS IN CAST.
1ITH BROKEN' VERTEBRAE •
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forecasts a . possible . 4 -mill hoist.
• . Councillor Crawford and Reeve
McNab : disagreed •briefly„ on.- the
budget. Councillor Crawford said
that essential . work would have•
to be,'done' regardless •of • the bud-
get' allocation
ud-get`allocation and Reeve• McNab
countered that unless they tried
d
to 'carry out :the system it might
as well be discarded. He pointed
out that- Mir. Crawf ord's commit
tee had' kept `within their quota
last year. Councillor Crawford re
plied they would certainly. try to
•do' so again, but if contingencies
'arose they would have to be met.
The Reeve replied that he was
g i for Such,
,,
allowing an extra rnrll.
Sid Gardner, has, about "halt' contingencies.,.,
his,tirne in".. He suffered•-a--brok It.was pointed out that in ad
en vertebrae:high up,in his baek ditioni to the Arena operating de -
about three weeks ago, Arid will .ficit the'1950 debenture had fall
g�-
be,in" cast for twice that long. en back on t'he•Couneil: aS well
The a
• ccidene.t happened at Tre• as $29
2.53 of the 1949'debenttire
ci:
leaven's Flour Mill, • where Sid payment making 'a total, of $1185•'
is .ein to .ed. H leaningoverthat the' Municipality was: should-
,
,Y e,was i sides.
to pick' u�a When. erin+ not taking into'con.
p bag of feed, g, , debenture . due next
another bag above. him' slipped tion ,the 1951
flora thepile ._. and struck''Sid' on Deco -Tiber,. whereas Mr. ,McNab
the' "back, f th.head and. neck, pointed out, the slogan'when the
T. , b. built. 'was it. would
he jolt cracked. a vertebrae in Arena was
e spinal column that caused "never cost ' the ratepayers a
him considerable ..distress. , cent .
Sid is inwaist I t was intimated that ,local or -
Up
. ,'.',cast from,ihs ., t: •. , Pledged
,ed•
that .runs up the back of his ganizatioris, which~ had p dg
•
neck Support at that time,
to form :a head cats Which financial s�upp . �
keeps the .spin l col n retty' would be asked to assist in'. meet-:
p a co um ,pretty
rigid while !t
the injury is healing, inghe debenture arrears. .
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INDUCTION' FRIDAY,'
Rev. Arthur i S. Mitchell, L.Th.
Will -Be • inducted" .as rector of
the 3 -point. ' parish of Lucknow,
Dungannon and Ripley at, a • ser
•vice• in St, 'Peter's. Church, Luck
now, ' on•(,Friday: night. at .'7.30,
conducted by ,Ven. J. N. H. Mills,
Archdeacon 'of Perth..
SHORT•CAUS BLACKOUT
. A short circuit. `at the hydro
transformers at the northern' .en
trance to •the. ' Village,' caused; a
Iblac'kout: of more, than t vo `hours•
on Friday' evening; A pole: was
set ral afireo
'and'With sev :f:'the
e
firemen.' at the hockey:, game;' in
Kincardine, aiid no hydro , :to
sound ' (the siren,. Alex Havens
;manned the fire truck .and Used
,tlie • truck sirens to rouse' 'some
helpers.. The -fire, however, burp-
ed itself out •:wiithout damage of
any .account, ' but , a' hydro ` , crew-
from..Wingham had to be 'called';
to restore Service/
V 1T FARM , SOLD, IN,, • .
FAMILY. FOR 106' YEARS
Gilbert Vint's farm on Conces
sion 10,.„ Ashfield; has been sold.
to Alvin 'Ritchie who gets im-
mediate possession. Alvin's par-
ents, • Mr, and Mrs: Iles: ;Ritchie,
own ,the nerby farm• to the west
of the Vint farm, +where. Mi:. Vint
is holding .a sale._ of implements
and household effects this after. -
noon:
This farm has Been in the' Vint
family for,:r10b•'years. The Crown
deed was made out. in therisme
of Gilbert's uncle, after ' whom he
.was, nanieti. , The Vints . had first.
settled in the Milton-Geoigetown
district after coming from Ire-
land and in 1845 Gilbert took;,up
land, in: Ashfield: '• On 'his ,tenpor
Ary return to Milton. he . took •ill .
and 'died soon :after. His brother
James took:. up the Ashfield farm,
where ,.Gillbert and' the other
,:members of the •'family of seven
;were, all:: ,born; • • '
Mr. ,Vint;'who is now; 750' On:
tinued .to reside •on: the homestead.
.all his life with the, exception of
a ;few, years that he farined„;near
Blyth.
.y
WON LEGION'S
ESSAY.
'CONT
EST
MaryMacMillan,daughter,
of
Mr.' and' Mrs. Ross MacMillan ' of
Kinloss; .won, first: 'prize in the,
essay. contest ; sponsored'- by ":'the
Lueknow Branch of the Canadian'.
Legion.
Mary, a`_Oracle.11. student at
'
Lucknow District -High School,
wrote an •exceptionally fine essay
on "Canadian 'Unity".
In second -and third/place were
Eleanor Murray: ,and Donald
Haldenby, both, of .Kinloss :Town-:
.ship,' -also. "Canadian Unity"' was
.Eleanor's subject, while Donald
wrote on "Canada's Influence on
the United Nations"
:All :.three essays :are 'eligible
for ' competition in 'the' Legion's
Provincial Essay Contest and are
being forwarded to t}e'` Ontario
Command: First and second
place winners in the -Ontario
finals receive.a` free trip, by : air
to O•ttanwa.
COUNCIL DEBATES
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WELL PROBLEM,
PROBLEM,
The "well question" was again
to the fore at the April meeting
of . the Village Council and oc.
cupied•a••good deal of'the se,ssion.
which lasted .until. 1.30 • a.m..
•Mr, J. Kirk of the International
Water Supply Company, was. pre-
tented_ to confer with, Council in
seeking a solution.; to obtaining a°
suitable and ample water supply.
The NO; '4 twit . , hole : on: the
Com `rions at the . flax mill has
been eliminated as a• possible.
source as the original guarantee,
of 100 gallons Per minute has
been retracted, with the Com-
pany now willing: to guarantee
only, 'half that amount;
-The:. NO. 5 test hole, • south of
the flax/n111; where a . terrific
olume .sof water was struck, 'but '
-higher in; 'iron that ;desirable,'-
could be developed to a produc-
ing . well of 200 gallons a minute
at • an estimate cosi, complete, of
some $13,000..This' plus the $5000
11nat 'was, spent for test: „drilling.
would run the .'cost of this new • '
well to about $18,000; Itwas
originally. estimated that it' might
cost''$16;000. to' obtain a well ade-
•quate::for -the needs. of the muni-
eipality.
• By continual .'pumping , of: th
No. 5 � test well, it is 'probable •
that ''`the iron content:will be
red. uced. An iron removal 'plant
, could' be installed at an addition
al cost of $7650:: IhafallatiQn : ;of
such.. a• .' plant 'would require a
more ' permanent • type , of • build- '
ing •at the well site which 'would
:possibly run, 'ta . $5,000,, ; It was
roughly estimated ,that the iron' •
removal plant;:.if ' found neces-• ..
sary;. ' would. ;double the 'cost :of •
,the well. ' .
•: It was e• s str s ed that9
the. iron
, ,
content' was , perfectly:' harmless.:
The .chief objection. was •the '•
staining of ,,'fixtures. and -the ` fact:
that you. can't 'make a1,good cup
'Of tea .:-with : Water • too' high in
iron' • The removal plant involves
no• .chemicals bu : utilizesconi
pressed air. '
Only.
•positive action:: ;taken. by
Council at this meeting . was to
.arrange to met .with Dr. Berry.
-of. the 'Provincial ' Department of
Health ''to, discuss the•. matter.
Council will go , to . Toronto ; unless .
it is convenient _ for Dr. Berry to.,
(Continued" on page 10)
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DEFERRED, ACTION
`Ashfield • Council, which met
last` Thursday, deferred a n y
action in the matter of':applica-
tions for the. ' dual :.position of
clerk • and treasurer of the Town-
ship.
1 ' SEE BY T
SENTINEL
ETHHA. T'.th`
a Westford students and
teacher, . didn't have long ..to
wait on- a ' 'visit' : from Robert
HSaundeis .chairman • of : the
•who ''cut through ,'red'
. tape to have hydro in,talled in
short order at Christmas time
in, the school'. While • in this dis-
trict
Saunders
MRS..MacCAL LUM DIES
.
The death of .Mrs. Robert Mac-
� llum, orrnerly_of_:_Lucknow.,-
occurred at Port .Alberni,';B. C.,.
on ',Sunday: " The funeral .service
will the held at Johnstone's Fun-
eral I jome. on Saturday with in-
ternient in Greenhill Cemetery.
BABIES TAKEN CARE OF
,.DURING COOKING SCHOOL
• Ladies 'with ypung
.Ch
ildren,
neednot, on this' account,
miss
the Frigidaire. Baking School ;be-
ing held in :.the Town Hall this
afternoon. Mrs. • •A. E. McKim
will act as "baby sitter", and take'.
charge, of these children in the
Council. Room of. ;the. ,Town Hall.,
called -at the school on Thurs-
day to meet the :students . and
teacher; Mrs.. Arthur Graham.'
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„THAT A. J.: Wilson has .been ap-
pointed. , locale )Massey -Harris
agent 'succee ing S. W. • Gibson:
.The appointment takes effect
next Monday and for the time
being at least, "Army" • will
• conduct the :business- from his
_re ises On Quality Hill.
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THAT . the Boy ..Scouts have : set
Thursday afternopn, April 26th.
as' the; plate for, a waste paper
collection. They will appreciate
'you) saving it for them; or de-
,Iivering'°.it •to' the, Presbyterian
1 Church shed, if you wish` to
disposeof it Sooner. r°
THAT Wrri, Armstrong of town
has, accepted a position . in
charge'Of the finishing depart
•. ment of the, former Cooke fac-
tory • in 'W'ingharn, and which,
• was recently taken over by
three Wingham ,young men.
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w
is
GEORGE. ALTON SUFFERS
BROKEN ; KNEE' CAP.
George • Alton, • of .Belfast. suf-
fered,„
uf-fered 'a fractured knee cap en
Satuday_' when he slipped while
cleaning out the stable and struck
his . knee on a". plank':,. The injury
Was both on,
and most in-
opportune, .coming at a very busy
time' on the .farm:. •
'George was removed ..to._ i • -
gng
ham Hospital where he under-
went an operation on. "Monday: to
have the :knee 'cap Pinned. The •
limb will be in a' cast' for the
next few, weeks.
A•� �hf ieId .. Sti •-� ulates . °L � cknow '`Pay -:uart ..r
s .. p 4 y .Q e
Cost• 01 Hew: School:. And 01 Maintenance •
At the `"April meeting• of the
.Lucknow Municipal; Council, held
on Tuesday of •• last ' week,; the.
Board approved the application
of the Lucknow • District High
School Board for ` the issuing" of
d,r.
ebenttures fo the erection of a
new 'district'school, in the ;sum.
of $358,000, ! over a 20 -year per-
iod. In the • resolution ...the
poration agrees to; raise its p
'portionate''share and; further un-
dertakes to.'as§uri•ie•, and raise an
additional frill '.for' debenture
purposes, in each, year during,the
term of the, said debentures.
Lucknow had originally agreed
to assume an additional one mill'
on the 1950 asses'sm`ent, but at
the request of the Ashfield Biard'
changed this to apply to . the
assessment .Of each year during
the life of 'the debentures; , •
• Stipulate t4 Cost
On Thursday Ashfield Council,.
"dealt • with a similar resolution'
pertaining: to assuming their
;share of. the 'coat of th" schooL
e
They . concluded. their ' resolu
tion` "with the added stipulation"
that Ltacknow assume not legs
than 25 percent of the .debenture
issue'the 's.._l'"
.ro_ s new school in each
Year the debentures run and also r.
'to assume. 25 percent of ,the
erating`costs.. t •
' This amount is quite in excess °
of Lucknowv's pro portionate share
on the basis of the.present assess-
Ment figures of the various Muni-
cipalities forming' ' „the district,
and poses, another problem to be
worked out, 'before the bistrict
Board can Proceed with:plans for
the construction of: the, school,
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