The Lucknow Sentinel, 1947-01-01, Page 14
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.'UCKNOW, ONTARIO, Wednesday, January lst,' 1847 "
EIGHT PAQES-
.5e. I I.ng �xtdfaithf4lly
Reeve Richard "Dick"
liott Will -retire- •this month •
after anoutstanding record..
of: service to the Township.
of Kinloss. •
For 18 years he has•serw.
ed'on the. Board and for the
past :twelve years. has been: Y
' reeve of the muincipalty,o
During the eighteen years
rr.
meeting •the reason, he:
was f 11 with„pneumonia.
At. County Council Reeve
Elliott was also a popular
.and:: influential member;
being elected to the High-,
ways Committee for three'
• consecutive terms of .-three
years, each,. and last„year'' ::.
failed by a Single'vote' • 'to
win , the -Wardership;
.Mr.' Elliott's long, faith-
• •ful and' efficient service to
• KinlOss Towni3hip 'will long
_be appreciated by. its cit-'
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CONTINUE TO. RECEE,;
SEAL ; FUNDDONATE()
Donations to The Clansmen's
.Christmas Seal fund to aid, in
waring on tuberculosis will con-,
-tinue-;to be received at the Bank
of Montreal. Donations, in 'arty
amount will. be 'appreciated.
The fund' has`now. passed” the
$1.;400 mark but, in r spite of this
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many, 'Many individuals ing the
community, who': have not yet
responded to the appeal. With .a
great number. 'ofthese it is no
c%'ubt due , to an oversight , or
neglect,. and they . will be , glad
of the opportunity to. still 'assist•
LOCAL " LADIES RECEIVED
RED CROSS: RECOGNITION
• . At:a. recent•nci.:eeting o'f the local
executive' of tiie Stied Cross Soc-
iety, service badges were present-
ed to" Mrs: A. E. McKim and Mrs..
Wm.. Hornell. These attractive
pins 'are in bangle term suspen
ded :from-; a fted Cross, and are
only. awarded upon the approval
These two award's .for long and
faithful ,service o'the Red Crass
•were well merited. '
The annual meeting of the local
Branch' will be held in January
When'" plans f,r the March rat
Tonal canvas, 'for 'funds -will` -;b
in. this 'great. cau$e; ,; - made,
• WEEK or PRAYER SERVICES
START NEXT, MONDAY • '
The GVeek of . PraYer• Services
will be field . 'next' week. from
-Mdnday to `Friday -at' eight -Veto -6k•
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.nightly.' The place and :3'speakers.
at these services: ha been ar-
,an•
r ed' b•- �' the e 1'al: •
is
g, . •, y, oc , nrsterial
..A Rgnoiatio a;.:mss
ACCLAMATION:
: LL EVE J'NT
Moving-: Tor Tillsonbur
Rgyir R: Douglas 'MacDonald ' of
Tillson:burg> spent -Christmas with
;his. fancily hero .1Wc Ma on 1d,'
who •hasmade her home in the
Reeve J. IV.' Joynt was re-elect
ed `' by acclamation,: for: his : fi,
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term at:. Monday. nig t, s. noxhiria..
d 'l ea can
tiontree
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g1 ,a ..
didate• for the 1947' wardenshi .,'of
• Bruce County. 'Only .other, nom-.
' inee for :the :reeveship was W. ' B'
Anderson, who' stated e ';had no'.
intention of qualifying.
; 'Reeve Joynt, `s'", accla. " »orasation` w
N thee' only certain deve anent:, at,
7"th ,, raneeti'ng.• Councill rs '
,Solomon and Harvey. •._.eleaven'
• indicated they ` Would;'qualify.
Councillor Clark was not' present
. • and Opuncillor, Nixon stated'. hat
he planned .to retire • .as it was:
• notC. fair - •to hold a seat„on. the
• Board, when ;he was.. nOWi em-
ployed out of town: ' '`
•Was y
Mr.Sam - Sherwood • was the
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speak.:: His
remarks' indicated
ndicated •'he•
might consider qualifying.'
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For the .Board of Edua i n
c t o one
• ofretiring
ree :th
h e '•members; Mr.
A.-E,.McKim, stated .tie. would
seek . re --election. Philip': Stewart
did not estate:' his.. intentions but
qualified -at the cl'ose,of'.the.'meet
ing. Dr: W; Y. Johnston in .conte
eluding his remarks omitted stat-
ing his intention. A fourth va-.
cony on the ' Board, due 't -o the
death ofGordon Taylor,will have
LAID ,TO REST MONDAY
The death of ,Mrs. Thomas Beg-
ley, :mother •
of Mrs. ,M Sproul ,of
town,. -Occurred in; Goderich . on
Saturday, -Formerly ::Sarah E .
•Smith, She was • in ' her •84th year,
and ` had been critically ill since
'suffering a• stroke a couple of
MADE tlEMERGE ICY'
PLANE :LANDING..
Some .excitement. was -•caused
here at : the week -end When an
airplane made an emergency
landing in a ;field. on , R. J. But, -,t
ton's farm''j•ust north of the Luck-.
.,now •Sawiriih..•
• The plane is owned"arid was
piloted by LouLane at Goclerich:
h intim was •his. wife, forme` r" y
Dorothy Paberson• ' daughter ` 'of
Mr. and Mrs Fraser •Paterson,
and ' a fr ` ' pd from Goderich,
The rio . had taken a flip over; .
this .. commun'ity.' and., with the
motor not, performing to suit him,
Lou' decided to • set the - plane ,
down .on the Button farm. He
made . a .good landing„. but the
wheels broke.' through., ,the hard •
crusted snow7 and the plane' went,:
hover dn'_her rose, causing damage
to • the pr`.opeller. • •*.:
'Repairs were made•-on._Sunday
afternoon and an effort made to•
scoop out a 'runway through' ` the
snow,. It was late in the afternoon
weeks �.nr�evious. •
Monday,.Anglican- .c 'urch,• Rev.
ilalge :since' Doug: went overseas]. w.. -Stewart o: I -
tl N
o w ckin Prior + . pa g p or to:rnoving t8'
isonbur - the'nd o the Week
g.a
to take up residence there. •.
To .Teaeh' "At 'Paraniounf
Mrs.'Alic. Atkerss
as .been' .engaged t•o •teach' ''•at°
Paramount SSchool, U.S.S: 'No.• 14 ,
With:.' duties • to : commence 'after
holidays. -A .few,' ,years . ago
Mrs. Atkens taught ,for: a number •
of, ,.years ' at. Bluevale' and. more
recentily taught; at ,Moorefield.
She succeeds. Miss' Eileen Elliott.'
OVER' 500. PAID ADMISSION.
IST UAS- ,DANCE •
Tsdaye y, iIu ;. ni
ted Church, speak
er •to bel rranged.
' • The funeral was held .on Ikon -
day from' ;Cranston's FuneralC.
Home to . Greenhill Cemetery...:
last try, but Lou • threw the' switch
before a take -off was, attempted •
but-isuffiicient speed Couldn't...be
attained- As ..dusk nearedd the
plane a "
. again 'nosed Oyer on. the
e d n e s day; • '..Presbyterian; ,VILLAGE • (RESIDENCE'
Church, Rev. C, '.B ' Woolley.. `` ON.. FIRE :TUESDAY.
Thursday, 'United Church, Revs
Friday, Presbyterian . Church,,
Rev,' R. A. Joselyn
The''Christmas : Night, dance un.=
er:' auspices .: ,up now ire
COC , •'tr- ;.::
mpan y at, • acted a near record
dance'cr4 wd.:of 528-' paid admis
53011sa . .
It . 'very
..ordorderly
dance
an : this might be attributed. in
part.to a• new• regulation, that ,.did
not allow'.'passes': out :of' the hall
until after ticket selling.wa ffin-
•ished This eliminated' the track
ing Of Snow •
'wet into, the hall
:and up, . to Ahe dance' -•floor ' and
'which would'have :"made a' mess"
of the floor.
Four Trustees Qualify'
At .presstime the'f ur seats` on
the Board of Educatio had been
(filled. three,The•:retirin'. trustees,
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rrr1 II : W. tit' John -
sten. rr
sten andu Philip Stewart had qual-
ified,: ,and Ernie' Crawford sign-
. ,ed •yup to. •fill :the.' vacancy' caused
by.. the 'death : of Gordon 'Taylor.
`' At this' time•'only two • Council-
lors had 'qualified w. A. Solomor�r•
of•:the ;bid. Board and. Sam 'Sher -
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wood, `a 'newcomer to the village
Municipal'. field,' • but a• ., former
councillor I and deputy -reeve in
Ashfield.
Nominees 'for* all Offices 'were
as follows `
For Reeve
?• W. Joynt . by AA. C Agnew`
an'd. • W'. A. Solomon, ' .
W.'11, Anderson by A :W '.Ham
iltdh and Harry • Nixon.
• 'For Councillors
R= 1'i.'MeQuillin by Philip Ste-
wart and • Wm. Stimson:
,'Harry Nixon •by' Harvey TN -
'leaven; and • S. Sherwood.:4
'Harvey Treleaven by W. A,
Solomon and A. C. Agnew..•
W, A. Solomon by A. C. Agnew
and Harvey Treleaven. •'
Temple Clark by Philip Stews`
art and, :Wm. i1.Stimson.
A; W. Hamilton by Robert Rae
and ,,..C, ,Rothwell.
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also ' -us
under: FireCom an . a-
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pices, as is Burris Ball on 'Janu-
ary .25th. It is from:tills trio of
big dances that• the `'Company
realizes the most.'_ of its finances;
:for the :carrying on of'its:benev-
'olent, work • duffing . the ,-yeai
'Sam °,Sherwood; , by Well. Hen
derson.:andi'A: J. McLennan.'`.
Harvey Treleaven' by,. A:.•
E 'Me
Kim and 'J': lI.:Mehia.b
Clair' Ileal b A. W. Hamilton
:and. J.. R. McNab.
Roy Finlayson `.by, ' S.' C.
well.. and ,,Robert Rae”:
Elmer ,.Johnston by Harry.
Nixon .and A. W. Hamilton.
Virden , Mowbray , by, A W,
Hamilton and Harry Nixon:.
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• Morgan 'I.lerlderson by 4:. W.
Hamilton and, Carry
For, -Board of Education
' Phili;p Stewart by Harvey Tre-
leaven. and W. Ai Solb%non,'
McKim •by Well. 'Hendee
so`n. and 'A,�J, McLennan
.Dr. J. ,E ittle by -Philip Ste--
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wart and .:Well. Henderson.
• b.t, W. V,; Johnston by W, A...
Solomon: and Philip Stewart. ,
ti nie' cra\vford by `,k E` Mc -4
Kiln anal J'. it ,M'c ab•
Iterin e Murdie Eby A C.. Agnew
and Harvey`',Treleaven, :
.tamp fell l'hompson .by W. V...
Conducted Church 001
.,The Air` Service• `
The MacDonald Family • ; con
ducted the -• "Chturch of a the'' Air"
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service on CKNX font Thursday.:
morning. `Rev. C. H. MacDongld.
;gave the . address;. Rev. Wm. A.:.
Henderson led; in. prayer, `Rev R.
Douglas MacDonald -,'read the
scripture and vocal• numbers,. were
y e; t ree SIs ers,' rs. ' ' ender -
son (Peggy), Helen and: Marion,
One of• the numbers,. sung: was
composed 'by Mrs: ; R ' D: MacDoh•
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•GOMhNG 'EVENTS
DAistege AT St' HELENS
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iii: St Helen's Community'. Halt
on ridgy, ' :January.': 3rd under'
auspibesi of the Women's" Institute:.
M tsie'.by, Taylor and; McGee. or,
- chestra:1 % Admissloil 35,c. -. Ladies
Sb S. ,D CE
. „Alv
the
S.O: • Club: • is holding T ..o din . a
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' dance :in. the Town Hall L
d e uck-
now, ons Friday, January loth.
Farrier's, orchestra: Lunch '':cquri-
.r..� 'dmissi n 5-: ;
to A i o .. Oc
.. {y� �.yy.�. �.y„�l►�.I'..p,� bhp �.yp ,g•
. I.w �Fa'• !iF4�,V FMrYFw 4Tai-, V iW+ �TW� R��T1+r,l��TaSR ..
vit
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4jeatid.
a el e4eace4
Considerable' : fire
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and • water
damage' was ' done ;to the village
residence of Harvey Webster..on`
Tuesday" •The house his across the
road from ,Mr: C. Orr' home
Harve :y was down town••and-.on
,
returning 'home at.the noon hour
discovered the kitchen ablaze and.
the place, filled.with sWtoke..'T ee
'fire: app - red to, start in the w
box :.behind the stove.;
'Due to:. icing 'conditions' the
siren - failed to :work and. ; on lay-
ing 'a line : of hose it was , discov.
in` time 'to; prevent the. prop...for '
again being dam gecf:
It was, reported that evening
that an- effort Would be made• to
r.btai rmi a ;take'' -o:•
pe
Lou operates a i i'iotor',taxi'busi-
ness ` in Goderich, and a fetir, . „
months •ago • purchased : the •p. lane
to:' offer ths added service'to.:his::''
•patrons..: Hi • � areata
s P 1. home is:
near, Seaforth•and 10
• . minutes will'
,near •�
take. .: '
e m 'from Goderich . to �t e.
F.: G h..
oac •oor a o a ,m:c'e>,an•
cod • ; �}
:Mrs: Lane and their•.: young
C datk.
ghter are quite air -minded and .dc
a ,'good deal of flying. Lou held.
a.'co :riimission in 'the R. CG. A F.
re' e ' _. •
the: .,couplings, and another hne
had• to be.laid. However,' a gar-
den.:
hose. rP.oved.,: more, effective
in 'getting• into they partitions arid°
attic to finally: drown out the
the 7,stubborri. blaze. •
Suffered '`
.Arm :Fractare •
Mr W, I '-'Todd- ;suffered`
broken bone in .;his right, are,. as :
the result of a recent fall at his
home
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the main 'subject of discussion, at
Monday night's nomination meet-
ing. ' Thee general conclusion...4r-,
e
that : is• .was a : Matter
riv�� at was
44 . tot, bIg to exP'ct .Council tO deal'
with' alone and • the Business.
Men's Association should be con-'
ferred` with, the different .•plans
'studied and 'discussed Tn this..
connection- the;.incclriing' Council
plans . to interview Mr. • Williarh—
-'Renaud, head •;o f Lucknow Indus=
tries . Limited, at: the., earliest poss
ible date in the New: Year.
• To hear a discussion of', town
and ,school affairs, 'Clerk •Joseph
Agnew was , appointed chairman
pf :the 'meeting..
Explains' Bus Service
Dr.' W. V. 'Johnston stated' that
the cost; of • the school bug this'
term. would be ; between' $2,500°
and; . $3,000'. It had: been'' found
necessary to inaugurate this ser-'
vice because. of the ,. threatened
inroads of the Goderich .High.
School •Area, • which' had once
:been ^proporsed as• extending to
, •Belfast. We had to; protect 'our':
selves until we find: out the
future of this -school."., he. said.
,In • conclusion Dr. Johnston said
we ,were- going to find it hard to
keep: our• school as the Province
is out to build larger and fewer
high schools,
• "" Why Rate Is tp
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7s.i afr_s�C• l rwl.l 4er Wl� 1, r 114 lei 41111.:40 41114.1t11110
ed the. 'fluetuatron in::the school
rate.: from 6.3 mills in 1945 to 12.6
in 1946 <which however
,. ,tvas�'a
2 -year average,of approximately
nine mills, and'.a. reasonably'. low
rate.
•.The chief of fa tor
c in raising 'the
rate was` due to .the ' fac ,that'
when the rate;,was struck in July,
grants received. were over .$4,000
bless `than �•h '
adbeen.received at
the eorres 'ond'in period the year
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P gY a
before,.: and'"•therefore the • rate '
w9s estimated on the prospect•of
lower, grants, These were' stepped
up before -'.'the end' of :.the year
and the Board' ended..the ear
y
with a surplus of about $2,100.."
Reeve Joynt . extended a wel
"coine to • the nei roomers to • town •
anniong ,whom • are a number of' • '.
war brides; • and with: the boys
all home again remarked that
Christmas 1946* was the happiest •
since the outbreak• of war.,
Fin aneial Condition' Healthy
In reviewing the debenture
debt of the ' Village,. • Mr, Joynt
pointed out' that this had 'been;'
reduced to •a „total of $11,700,• ex--
clusive: of the Nater System de-
be,ntUre of $454791* but which, was
n'ow Self supporting in . •�meetit g
annual''pay zxent of principal 'arid
• amount of $4,472., •
ante est in the
The system, , which he praised .
Highly, is •showing : a' nice'. rafit`
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„ Donald ,'Henderson;. secretary of . (Continued on page 8')•
Jaliri;�ton and A. W. Hamilton., �aC�,�I;kl>�to>r' - ` �,�;
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