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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, DIC.;'
At.efl.d�n.e:At 1i... te.restifl. Ana
In#o�mafrve Ana
s I Nomination
:. (by` Norman: Taylor),
Harold Ritchie was. appointed; 1 ' • PLAN ROAD WORK
.chairma of the sparsely attended
Nomination Meeting in the village
hall on. Monday night of last week.
The first nominee for the office
of reeve.. Geo-ee 'Jnvnt. was called
on to speak. He stated it had been
1964 marks the first year in
which the road, program .of . im-
provement w a s not completed.
This was . attributed to. .the fact
the engineer who was hired to
lay out .the work had too many
,a pleasure to serve the: community other obligations, Plans still call
;past year, indeed for the for a :new bridge on Willoughby.
for
• eight years. • While the job Street at Jack MacDonald's gar-
was not easy, and with ' lots of age'' and ' the , widening of this..
hard work involved, he hued :his, street between Ross and. Have -
efforts to get the extras from the lock. Streets. Also, Stauffer Street,
senior governments: had brought is to be widened just' north. ,of In referring back to mdustry,
betterment to the village, • . Silverwood's downtown store, with: he .. stated' that while . those who
In stating his intention to be. a .the high hill to be cut back and. owned , the local factory were fin -
candidate for office in 1965,.George sodded, . The home of Mr, and Mrs: ancially sound, they were having
informed the meeting that works Sandy Hackett will. be , moved to difficulty. in ,hiring competent
were already being ,ne;otiatedfor a more suitable location. . This management. As. a .result, the fac-
the coming yes" He regretted; work is being undertaken with tory is up ' for sale 'at 'a much
there was not more interest in, The cost to the village will be. The County
Bruce .'Cour and the Province: too high rice,
' between $300; and $400: Parking 'all . responsibility essuming
stated great ' Strndes had .been y for' assessing of
civic affairs in the village andwill
made hi' bettering the . village in on highway 86 (Campbell St.) is property through an Assessment.
the past;. several years, The vii .a problem and has not been dealt Commission: There have been too .
lege,' he • felt,. had a good future with sooner. because . the . entire. t
and the- trend toward deeentrat. street surface must be removed,
ization: of, industry will eventually :' a new road bed prepared; ' and a
help Lucknow. There has been ap- ; new surface. 'relaid, The Province
proximately Sono,o 10 {increase in, 'wail,; in this instance, assumeall
assessment since 1955 with the the cost: ' since this is . 'a provin-
heaters. As these were replaced;
then the odour .cleared up.
There are still, sidewalks to be
replaced, but at 56c per sq. ft:
this; is a costly business. The new.
sidewalks laid on the . mainstreet.
a few years. ago had probably
cast as much as all the oriel;
walks did together.
There are 'still around 100 rate-
payers who have not . indicated
whether or not they are in fav-
our of the arena renovations.
Policing the . village is costing.
$5;000 per year and the ' reeve
feels it .is money well spent. He
felt •constable 'Balzer was' doing
a good job. •
FACTORY FOR SALE
many descrepancies , throughout
the County and very little equaliz-
ation' as such.. Assessors ' with the
necessary training have been hard.
to come by. Mr. Joynt felt .Luck -
now had been fortunate to ' .have
total being around; tl+e million i tial highway. , ' an assessor of the calibre of Stu -
lar mark at. present.: , Hydro is showing a small pro- art' Collyer.
The
debenture 'position of Luck- fzt.r. Exact figures were not .given • PLAN MONTHLY CLINIC .:
now is quite sound, being' some- since the hydro, auditor had not ' If `. he is reeve , in Lucgnow. in
what . below other -centres' of com- made his report to : date, More 1965, he' will set'up an • Economic
parable size and is satisfactoryto' hydro is `. beingused . which de-' 'Clinic ' wherepeopleo'; who have
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t ' Ontario Municipal ' Board. Be-mands larger transformers.. trouble obtaining birth certificates,-
' ferring to the MO .Sc'hool deben- WATER ODOUR CORRECTED pensions and related problems can
tures in particular,'it was pointed. Mr. Joyat mentioned there had' come and. 'discuss their problems;
out that 38.2% of the . residential ' been some trouble with bad • smell= and. receive help..' The :clinic ' will.
and 33.5%• of the carnine* cial' tax Ing water as the result of faulty ;meet monthly.
dollar is 'set aside for ;education, magnesium rods, in ` the water M. L. (Mike) Sanderson,second
�; ,i�'- d;'��: 3� ��' �'� 1 '$ 'ja • •• j
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iscount Prices
on Diamond :'Rings
Ladies' and Men's
Wrist Wt�ch�s �
Special discount prices
ilver Tea Services
Discount
Samsonite Luggage
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Discount i4
r1Sterling Silver Flahvarez
t Patterns
20% Discount
ALL 4 .
China Breakfast
aod
Dinnerware : Sets
Discount . Prices
Ladies' and : Men's Expansion
Watch Bracelets
Brand Hanes
20% Dscoiuit
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a h, ham, -. h n, i using ronintionxithin
; ” ' + " thenvillage end would appreciate
hear ng from anyone . who can
.;,rive. help. it this •regard.
nominee ' for the office of reeve, l
spoke on. hydro as it pertains to
the village It will be necessary
to install • five new transformers
at a cost `of .$1;500 because of
the increased use ' of electrical.
power. New lights and steel stan-
dards are being set up at the east
end ' of .Campbell street. This will
entail ' an expenditure of $3,380.
Hydro will show a profit this year
and there is ' still $9,500 in the
reserve.' fund, Mike thanked his
mover and seconder' but declined.
v
to run for the reehiHe
was. es p,
also nominated for council.
Third nominee for reeve, ()mar
Brooks, also declined to run for
that -office and he also. Was nom.-.
Mated for council, Omar. spoke
on roads and: bridges, stating that
$3,160 had been spent this year,
all - on general maintenance. Build-
ing new roads and . bridges had
been 'set back a whole year be-
cause the engineer had been too
busy elsewhere. He stated . it woild
be foolish not to continue to im-
prove the roads .and bridges : of
the village when 'the Province al-
lows 'an 80%a grant on this work,
Mr. Brooks : found it rather dis-
couraging that .there • wasn't" a • big-
ger audience at the nomination
meeting, since this .:is; your bus-
iness as well as the councils, a,
point . which was well taken. {
W. A. (Bud) Hamilton t reported
that operating the dump had ;cost
$1,540 this year, $300 of ' which
was. for an .'adequate fence.Due
to: the complaints of the , residents
in the area of the ` dump;,' the
council felt they had no other re
course • but ` to. ' fence it ;' in and
lock the : gate.; . This ' has proven .:
to have been . a good move with
a couple : of minor exceptions. Bud
stated : he would be a candidate
;rearcn
Building Set
There's no
Unlit to what you
cant:wild with
LEGO, the: play sensation: of Europe,
is :now produced in. Canada by Sam-
sonite. The LEGO System is composed
of . various . sized coloured plastic
building blockswhich lack together
and'stay locked until they afe taken
.for council.' apart
The Water .:system wasdiscuss-
ed by Harvey • Webster, candidate
for council. Revenue , exceeded ex-
'
penditures by $630 m . this.. depart-
mert: ' The council:. are . endeavour
Ing to bring the ` best water at ,
the lowest cost to ; the ' village but
there will be a small increase in
the .'water rates in the future,to
allow' . a build up of .funds for:
-capital : `expenditure:
ACCLAMATION FOR SCHOOL
Three : vacancies; on the : Board
of the 'Public . School were filled
by 'acclamation ' when the: three
retiring members were .returned.:
Robert. C. MacKenzie, James :Hen-
demonand. •..Wm Schmid were i.
l$2eviask 50
'Set ostl .
SCHMID'S
Jewelry and Chi a
LUCKNOW; ONTARIO.
the only, . ones nominated.. Robert
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MacKenzie reported for the ,Board, ; le.
stating there had been' no large • •
expenditure ' other 'than. for gen-
I eral operation ' of the' school. The addition becoming a reality. He
l whole ,school is now equipped With congratulated the reeve and coun-
new type seating.. Teachers'.. sal cil , on the affairs of, the town.
,ries: account ;for , a large portion Joyot was asked • to give
of . the school. expenditures and
more' details about. , the. . . arena,
: also for ' the increase in cost this vs• eh was :built in 1937 .and is
' year. Each teacher was eligible in need of.. in inside and
for the regular . 5200. am
'annual - „Out. 'Mere /painting.
gout. ere iss also . a traffic hoz='
ard'' with children coming 'out of
the arena `directly on ..to , a busy
street: The council hired' an arch-
itect who prepared plans for a
west end ' addition. • to incorporate
a', great •many ':facilities on 'a. split
level plan. The existing . • east end
of the ` arena would also' be ren—
ovated 'with a concrete floor, large
service doors,' and bleacher 'seat-
ing. The total dost will' be around
$82,000; but . after taking 'advan
.tage of the several grants avail-
able: from the senior governments
it will ' mean debenturing some
$35.000 overa period of twenty
years. This means $2,900 .per :year
.or 3 mills which ..can be reduced .
to 1.5 mills when the arena op-
erating . res'enues' are considered.
The. council. realizes this is a
. iu tiry item and they do ' not feel
it is then` duty .to have' to sell
it too the ratepayers The local
Lions Club' have .conducted ' a put -
lic. opinion poll in order to deter
mine the feeling of the ratepay-
ers and of the 300 "votes returned
there ` was a heavy majority in '
its, . favour... There are 'still 100
totes . not heard from to date.
The courted will not act until
suith time as ,.they+ are assured
Of the ,people's wishes. In. , airy
event • appr. nximately 612.000 will
have to be spent on the building
if it is' to be maintained and this
.will m be debentured..
The meeting was a small. quiet
aid -sober 'affair. Pew questions.
were asked o it would seertt to
indicate there is .eornplete 'satin:
faction with the municipal ,affairsd
the . Village Lucknow.
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crement and „one teacher had .be-
come eligible -fora $600: increase
because o f ;category• upgrading.
.Mr. Henderson and Mr. Schmid
did./ not attend: . the . meeting but
were 1, vouched for' by : Mr. 'Mac -
High School. business :was pre- ,
served • by Charles Webster, Vil�
lage representative. He 'stated'. the
mill rate had been held this year
but costs are on the increase.
pupils are, attending classes' and
"20 ' are being •.transported to the
vocational school. at Vitii gham. Ac-
tually it would 'be. more econom-'
ical to have upwards ' to 27n0 ,More
pupils attending ' our : school. The
cost per pupil can be held : down
when • classes are 'filledto max-,
irtium. Mr. Webster remarked
that ,good harmony existed. :be-
' tween the Luck-iiow and VfE Ingham
Boards. Luclmow pat's •on a per
pupil basis for those attending the
Wingharty school and We ate ' net
committed in any way to the
cost of the upkeep of the school.
The principal and staff of 'me
.Lucknow school :were highly, corn-
mended and it 'was further paint.,
'ed out that the principal. L.- E.
GoYetie .is in need ofmore spat -
s Jewelry
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Ot1TLtt' ES ARENA . PROJECT
The Chairman called en Carn-
eron MacDonald to speak: 'Ile op-
ened updismission on the arena
pro)ect by sayiizg he was • deeply
• interestedin .. 'the arena• situation
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�` ,�-�, And looked fotwi'ard to the.. new