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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-11-27, Page 6ort .rnence ' .ti t. .y� un 'rt j o. ar i' ro eP ron. Huron Picks , Slate By Acclamation What looked like a quiet meet- ingwith; minimum nominations. for offices; swelled into a snappy question ,and answer period to- wards the end of the Huron Town- ship nomination meeting held in the Township. Hall, Ripley, last Friday afternoon. • Chester . ;Emmerton, who has his eye on the Bruce County Wardenship in '1964, got the "green light" to the' campaign trail as he , was returned by ac- clamation to the position of Reeve THE; 14t NOW SENTINEL,- LUCKNOW, ONTARIO Year Municipal Service See.ks Wardenship.. School Pupils: •can, be drawn to. Ripley together. • William Harris, chairman of the Ripley District High School Board, reported their mill rate up . but felt it was. not too bad in com- parison with other schools in the district and in • view ofthe iii- proved facilities now available: The new addition . is complete with the exception of levelling and landscaping and some decorating. Huron Township Council have put in a drive way extending around. the west side of the township hall and easterly to the school. The new drive way will eliminate bus loading on the street: Council paid for the construction of the road- way .and thea school board are:: to, of . Huron. Chester ' has logged maintain', the road. ' Salaries for seven years as Reeve of the. the six teachers at the Ripley township; and , received ' the ge school total $40,900. Five pupils ahead for his eighth on Friday.. Prior to his Reeveship, Chester served as . a councillor from 1949 to 1954, six years. He was Reeve in 1955 and 1956, was out for two .years, and has. been. Reeve from 1959 to date. He is starting his fourteenth year in Huron 'muni- cipal service. William° R. Lowry was returned to the office of. Deputy -Reeve He is commencing his third//termin: this office and was a councillor for ` five years .prior. to moving up -the -ladder. BM was ..also nom- inated ominated for Reeve, but' did. not qualify ' ' for the position. Hamil- ton MacKinnon, a . former coun- cillor, ouncillor,; was nominated for the Deputy Reeve position. Russell Needham,- John . Fergus- on and 'Russell` Stanley were the. three councillors returned by ac- clamation. cclamation Only the bare slate was nominated ,All three men. are :commencing their third term on council. . Members of the r two school boards were also retuned by acclamation. Ralph Hunter and John McCharles were ; acclaimed `'members 'of the Huron-Westschool area. Other 'members are Reg Golfrey, Leonard Reid and -Leon- ard : Irwin. Howard . Hodge and John Elliott were returned to the, Ripley -Huron school board : to sit with members William McCreath, Mrs . Donnie MacDonald and Al- lister MacKay.::,, Appoint. Chairman On a ' motion by Fred Brooks and Donnie MacDonald, John Mc- Murchy : was appointed ,chairman of the ratepayersmeeting that followed the nomination period. "Co '' ' : ctive criticism is good for any r cil," said Mr. McMurchy, "near y ratepayers think that council could do better with the taxpayers money and should give'. suggestions." The chairman ..called ' on school representatives first. Leonard Ir- win, chairman of the Huron -West school area board, said the 13.5 mill levyis down a : little from last year . and should carry them through. • the board is making. the third payment on their deben- tore this year. He regretted the fact that more questions about school matters were not asked at are being transported to Wingham to the vocational training course and , likely` . more .will go to Wing - ham next year. The . contract for hauling these pupils provides for pickup by carand joining the bus at Lucknow: If numbers warrant it, a bus from Ripley would be arranged . 'tin ' future. Mr. Harris spoke of the fine relations enjoyed between ., teachers and board at. the Ripley school. Hear Reeve In his remarks, Reeve Chester Emmerton cited reasons for the tax increase this year. One ..of the things mentionedwas the Bell bridge construction. The:. Reeve explained that the .plans ,;for the bridge were ' all ready at ' the first of this year, and while there iwas' some discussion about whether or not to go ahead . with it, it was decided to build the bridge this year. He said it was felt by coun- cil that postponingthe construc- tion might •only add to the even- tual cost. Total cost ' of • the Bell bridge'. was $110. to , $112,000. : Of this, the, township pays about $28,- 000 and the province the remain- der. It : is the ,intention of the Huronboard to pay this amount off in two years. : An increase of about 10% , in the : amount of road subsidy payed by the . province to Huron Township will amount to between. $8000 and $9000 dollars rdmg to Reeve . Emmerton. oun ent will help the ►wdshp han the bridge expen- diture easier than ''anticipated. The Reeve outlined the work of celea Haven, .the county, home for o.'e : aged , at " Walkerton. In January of this ,,year, the home served about 76 ,,idents, while in November of • this year, the number has increased to 90 with a waiting 'list : A building program in the future is anticipated. Hopes For Tourist . Route the nomination meeting: New School Complete ;Bill McCreath, chairman; of the Ripley Huron board, reported their new school was complete with , t}e exception 'of a few odds and ends' to be done. The a mill- rate, 15.2, is higher than the 13 to 131 pre- dicted, but Mr. McCreath attrib-. uted this to the several "odds and ends;" which caused $1100 more, in . extras than planned. This, he said, will not, be a recurring thing in 'next years expenditures Mr. McCreath paid tribute to the fine work of the snow plow. drivers and bus drivers and stated that the average attendance' of the ' Ripley- Huron school was one of the high- est in the county during ' thewin- ter months Comparing cost of bus transportation of the Ripl y • 11 snow trouble. He congratulated many ratepayers who have ' taken steps to improve snow trouble areas. Mr. Stanley referred to the old cemetery near the Scott farms between • the 6th and 8th conces- sions where "something would have to be. done." • ' Will Not Cause Election' Hamilton MacKinnon, who sere ed as councillor and was defeated in an attempt to - • gain the office • . • of deputy- reeve two - years ago, was again nominated for this pos- ition. He said . he would .not; cause an election but said, "would there be, any difference in ' having an election now for deputy -reeve than in having an election 'for the • arena recently , and then doing nothing, about it." By the lack of nominations for { the offices in the township, and l the lack of questions . fired at the speakers, one wouldassume that all .was quiet on the Huron poli- tical olitical scene. But following' the comments ,by all members of ' the board, the . questions ' started to come. • A few of the pointed com- ments ' were: .. Alf . 'Walden, a former deputy reeve, accepted the work of the present council and the : increased taxes. He had .noobjection to: the raise in pay for 'council members from . $7 to $10' per meeting but he strongly questioned the raise from $35 to $50 per person for attend- ing the_ Good Roads Convention. "I have attended. the Good Roads convention and it never cost me a cockle;" commented Mr. Wal- den. ' al -den... Councillor Stanley F: said it had been his /wish that represen- tatives at the ' convention. be . lim- ited imited to two.' • Lester Osborne questioned, "can anyone 'give reports •of anything. that is accomplished at the Good Roads." Reeve-Emmerton ' was quick to reply that the recent increased road subsidy from the province was a result of the con- vention. • "Send someone d o w n there that can hold their head," Osborne blasted. "I think • I can hold my head," the Reeve ans- ' wered • 1 Mr. Osborne also questioned, the costof opening the Bell Bridge and the banquet that followed.1 Reeve Emmerton said it cost. $150 of. which they receive a 50% grant. : Additional , expenses were covered by the council, contrac- tors etc. "kicking in." • William Arnold of Huron thought •nominations'' should be held twice I a year because the dump near' nim was • "cleaned ' up .nice and 1 clean yesterday." A visitor from Kincardine. Town- I: 'ship, Eldrid Reid the deputy -reeve, was called on for a few words. To Do Arena : Work Reeve Emmerton . stated that the township had made an agree- mentwith Ripley: to dig out, ditch and drain• the arena in the. village. The agreement is that not over $2000 will be spent and will be I paid 60% by the township and I 40% by the village ,of Ripley. i Receive . Nominations '1 Clerk Earl Tout received the I following, nominations from one to' two p.m- Reeve Emmerton expressed' the. hope that the ; county . road • from Teeswater through to Pine River will see -"'construction start..next year. This "beach route" is'a necessity . for the area and for Huron Township: In closing, Ches- ter—stated his intentions of' seek ing the Bruce'Wardenship if ` re- turned 'to office, • and if success= fid it would be • the first .such honour for Huron since 1928. when W. • J. MacKay brought this. hon- our. to Huron , Township. ` Hear Remaining Members Deputy -Reeve William R. Low- ry touched. on road work in the township and stated. that`: he would not 'oppose, Chester for reeve. - "I'm going to sit where I,. am and give Chester a , try for the warden ship," wase the comment of the Deputy Reeve. Councillor John Ferguson spoke of ; the huge cost of, snowplowing last year, $33,000, • of which the township receives a' 50%' grant. Councillor Russell Needham stressed ;the need to do something about fences in, the ' township. ' Re- ferring to the incased tax rate e he termed it under the head of Huron Central School with the I "progress" and said that; there is ' Kinl _ School, the chair- little theycan do about.it: man said they were fortunate to Councillor' Russell Stanley wel bring the pupils by bus for 69c corned constructive criticism from pupil per p pil to the K � School. 0 P t problems, the ratepayers. Referring to snow � Stanley stated • of this saving is attributed., to the as long as the . ditches contain fact that'High .School . and Public grass and fences, there would,' be i ID that WEDNESDAY,, . NOV. 27th, 1963 SHED STORE Tb STORE DOESN'T SHE'NOW HAS TimE TO GET THINGSME AND SHOPPING- IDONE. LO.TOFFUN. IrpAy,TO5 �p • RIPLEY MEAT. MARKET Custom Butchering Mondays Hogs, . $2.00 in by 4?00 p.m... Cutting and Wrapping, 2c pound CALVES and 3S. EVERY'' DAY;,.: CATTLE. EXCEPT SATURDAY • We Do Curing and Smoking . .' .:Beef, Pork and Lamb. Sold. Whole, Half or .Quarter .. For Better: Service, And Lower Prices — Call. Ripley 100, Chas. Hooisma, Prop. Reeve Chester Emmerton by . Reg God- fret' and Leonard Reid; William R. Lowry ,by Bob Harris and I. Stewart Aitken. Deputy -Reeve Hamilton MacKinnon by John McMurchy and ' Donnie MacDon- ald; William R. Lowry by How- ard :Harrison and.. Herb Emmer- ton. ' • Council mmerton- Council Russell Needham by Fred. Craig - ie and William Farrell; John Fer- guson by Leonard Reid and James Nesbitt; Russell Stanley by Wil- liam il liam Arnold and Lester Osborne. Huron -West School Area Ralph Hunter. by Reg Godfrey and Leonard Reid; John McChar- les by Leonard Reid and Reg Godfrey. 'Ripley -Huron School Area, Howard Hodge by•William Mc Crean' and Russell Needham; John Elliott by William McCreath and Russell Needham, tunes lire:t BLACK LABEL! " 4 :