The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-04-29, Page 1*n•
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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29th, 1964 Single Copy, 10c..
16 Pages,
Replies Indicate Housing Interest
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Replies' to the 'Twin ' Pines Apart-
meiits advertisement, indicate 'suf-.
ficient interest for follow-up steps.
to be taken loftily.. Selection of
a building" site,. which will have
to ' be approved ` by . Central Mort-
gage
and Housing- .Corporation.
'will precede a survey 'of. pros-'
pective applicants. It. is . expected
a : representative. of CMHC will be
in the•: Village.:within. .the : next
• week to confer with Reeve, G. W.
Joynt and the , Lions Committee
regarding prospective , sites`
The. project -= still in ' . the. in-
vestigation • and ` ' discussion stage
is promoted by the Lucknow
and:. District Lions Club . which
named • a 5 -man .comrnittee to. ob-
tain details, . and assess interest
in this senior, citizens apartment.
housing plan.'
At Mondaynight's meeting E.
H..Agnew, :chairman of the in-
vestigating committee reported on
the, results of ' assessing local in-
tereSt: r
The.. 'eleven'replies were from
nine :individual, 'persons . and two
couples. Five of these ."applicants
were home owners.
It has. been'stressed , that there
��is no'obligati•
on in. ; these replies
nor. •will .;there beany obligation.
in` a, follow-up : survey that will.
be—taken.' This : will be in the, form
of. an application which '"does not
bind any Of the.parties" &
.any
information requested will .be."kept
confidential, , and known only to
the Twin " Pines Apartments ; Lim.
,Require 16 Applications
A,
minimum of 16 of these ap-
plications are required' which will.
be presented to Central Mortgage
and Housing Corporation officials
for .evaluation .before the 'project
' would be .approved. •
Government. Finan:>ced,
Twin Pines is chartered ' under
the National Housing ' Act and
sponsored'. by United Co-operatives
of ,Ontario' 'in conjunction with .a
local organization •in this. case,
-- -the 'Lions -Club.
Mr. Art • Haas • of United Co-op-
eratives ' is in ,chargeof pro-
motion of this senior citizens .-lows.
rental modern, apartment accom-
odation. ' He' spoke to : the Lions
about 'a years ago. and again on
Monday night when he • was In-
troduced by Fred Pierce, man-:
. ager :of • Lucknow District 'Co-op,
• Many of the details of this
housing plan have previously been.
Publicized. Mr.- Haas stated that
• ten apartments are now operat-
ing' in "various smaller centres and
six .more are underway. Kincar-
dine..'and Chesley are currently
promoting the project.. Qne is in
operation . in Wingham.'
The response. here warrants
more effort, • he ' said .for 'iii'' only
. one other. instance had more re'-
plies, been received than by the.
• local committee;
The public.'. has now come to
realize that there is no ' gimmick
Jin this plan. It is , a combined
part
uitable :Site .Approve
Federal, Provincial and Municipal.
effort.Central Mortgage and Hou
sing Corporation provides 90%* of
the capital cost; .Thereis a
straight ; provincial gift from the
Department of Welfare of ' some
$4,000, The local sponsoring' body
provides the site of the • building
and this generally represents, ac-
cording to Ideation, a major share
of the local organiza:Lon's :equity.
Fixed Rental
A:. tax rebate arrangement is
made with the `municipality to as-
sure a fixed rental for a '50 -year.
period. Rentals will . roughl be
.000 " for single y
$45... units and $55
for double units.
Eligibility regulations are' very_
elastic. Thereare • 7� single units
an 4 double . units • in `the
f1, apart-
ment 'building of . fire -proof con-
struction apart from . doors, . • cup-
boards and roof.
Tenants a r e selected by a
screening ..committee, and upon.
being accepted their' occupancy is
secure, if they ,are of good Char-
acter. Leasescan beterminated
by either party within thirty ,days,"
but • in 'the case of the • tenant,
only if of undesirable character.
.The maintenace and operation
of the 'apartment' building is solely
the responsibility of Twin Pines
Apartments Limited. 'There is no.
obligation locally whatsoever other
than : to screen theapplications
with a three man committee rep-
resenting Council, ,Lions and Min-
isterial Association, ':. named for
this . purpose, which Mr. Haas said
One- Vacancy To
Fill . On. H. S. Staff
Two appointments were recently •
made to .the.. Lucknow Distr"ict;
High .School staff. One vacancy
remains to be filled,, . resulting,
from the'resignation of 'Miss A.
'Gall, which was _received on=.Mon
day. '
• Miss Gall ' will teach in Hamil-
ton next. ,term and :,the . local
'Board is presently advertising for
a
math : and science • teacher to,
succeed her,. •
�
.Staff, Members recentlyengageded
are MissBetty Anne=McCall
and
Mr. Thomas (Tom) .Rai nautar-
singh, (pronounced. Ram -o -tar-
sing ). •
Miss McCall will teach all' the
French at L,DHS and some girls'
physical education, She *graduat-
ed
graduated from Orangeville District 'High
School " where: she was a member
of the : military band, .She has.
taken 'eight honour courses. in
French and will graduate from
Waterloo University .College. ' in
May with an honours: degree in
English and French. She has sung
in the •A Capella Choir.
Mss McCall will succeed Mr.
T. M. Pettit who resigned ;to ac
cept a . position, in Lorne Park
Collegiate, Toronto, ..commencing
in . September, . •
12 Member . Staff
..,, __ Mr. Rantautarsingh is ' an• ad-
e of the staff,
' ' nal. member ditto
oung PeopIe Wash the fall 'will number
which hi
` � .. twelve including the principal,
Carsgtte. t,. 11. ��For.. Mr. y .
' itarsingh : will teach
Four itribe 'f " th Y ° . Wis. Ft:iinar
People'sme rs o e oung
. ,group of the Lucknow
Christian Reformed rmed Church had
a busy afternoon on
SaturdaY
.They promoteda car washing
project at the Finis' Service Sta-
tion, and were kept on the lump
Washinand twen-
ty cleaning some
ty cars inside and out. • : .
Ther o
p oceeds. of the hard-earned
money are for_ i .. n Work,
of then.. the misiso
r. church
The foursome were Diane 'Van
beeen, Elizabeth Kloostra, ..Dick
Askes and Sipke Bakker
history throughout the school, He
has been; on .the 1incardine high
School staff for the past two
years. • He is a graduate' with a
general Bachelor of' Arts degree'
from Waterloo university College,
Among Past .activities he was
a delegate„ to• the Cornmonwealth
Youth Conference in London, Eng-
land
the World
land and: �a of
to ,.
Assembly of Youth in Berlins Ger--
many, He -was a, tneinbci' and
player la,., er With K.W. Little Theatre, ['and Trinity Players.
•
was customary - procedure.
A ' resident janitor receives a
$10:00 reduction in rent for very
light duties and ..reporting; func-
tional defects which need repairs.
A n "outside caretaker," pos-
sibly a youth, is engaged for grass
cutting and snow shovelling. All
services ' are included in -the ren-
tal fee.
WARBLE SPRAYED SOME 6000
CATTLE .IN 'WEST WAWANOSH;
Victor Errington, Warble ° fly in-
spector in West 'Wawanosh Town-
ship, reports . ;some 6000 cattle
sprayed . in the Township this
spring, which' : is about 50 -less
than the . :number treated last,
year.
The second spray will start this
• Friday, May 1st > .at. Tom and Alex
Inglis; and proceed westward along
Highway 86.
Actively Fanning
StillSfit At Age Qf 85
Peter ..Moffat of Kinloss Town-
ship,' a lifelong., resident of the
municipality was - 85 years of age
last week, and is still actively.
engaged • in the operation of° his
farm . on Concession 8, three miles
east `of Holyrood.
A family' gathering was - held on
d :