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13 0Q:'A Year iln Advance, 61:00" Extra To
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUG, 15th, 1962
,Single Copy 10c
12 Pages.
ASks. "Increase..Ili • illage _Hourly Rate
For Rural . fire Protection Service•
•
The fire • protection Service be-
ing supplied by the . Village • of
Lucknow,; through. the Lucknaw
Won 2 $500B'n o
Fire Department has'. come toucknt.
fore•.again Prize .. T�......:�..�.,...�.
Reeve Harvey Culbert of West
•
Wawano.sihN, discussed :the. matter
with' the Village Council last
week, so he could give 'his. coun-
cil first hand information when
• .they met on, Tuesday eventing.
An hourly fee of $5�0a ha
ill effect—Since the rural agree-
reent•. was entered ° into until this
year when ,the fee'.was .increased
to $75, ` •• •
A nitazimlum of eight fireinen:.
are • . paid for. rural., calls. They
have beeen receiving $1.50 • an
hour, w'h'ich took• $1.2.00 out of
each $50 charged by the Village.
Firemen who have AA) respond.
calls at ail .times of . day er nigih.t
even in; their "good" c•othes,
or .taking time from their- work,
are asking $3.00 each: for. the first
. hour and: $2.00 each thereafter.
This will dip even /deeper into
the' $715 an hour ch'ar'ge; •
Council has a detailed break=
down .cif fire :protection • , costs to
village ratepayers, which has run
from .$4,000 to• $6,004 per year
during/ 1959, 1060 and 1961.
This / does not• take into Con-
sideration depreciation costs, of
muck & •equipment;'which Goon-
, til considers equals' or . exceeds
the fire .protection revenue 're-
ceived from the rural rriunici-
palities serviced, _• ' ' ' •
In . 19164. Kinloss' paid. $206: for
fire calls, Ashfield $'840 and West:
•Wawanosh $106.: ' -
In 1961 Kinloss had 5 calls
lotallin,g $300, A'shfie•ld • 5 calls
totalling $500, . West• Wawanosh.
• 4; calls''totalliinig. $254
(Continued on Page' 2)
:Disctiss. Major
Sklewalk
At Program
the . Auguingofth
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'kbout-60attendand Many Village Council: a sidewalk re-: others w:ere , imalble to be, pre-
lacemen.t prOgrarri, was ,.discus- sent, during the holiday, Season.
,Mrs. Anne Wheat of Daytona ac-
companied; her friend Mrs De
-
Coo, it: being: Mrs. Wheat's first
visit north . of . the iU.S..A border.
Manynephews and nieces at-
tended: 'from; the :area on both
sides 'of'th.e, funnies. The, young-:
est attending was: the two Week
old; balby, of Mr. :and Mrs::. Bob
Courtney • (Joyce • 'Campbell) of
AAmberl'ey. The 'oldest attending
was one. of. the :seven , sisters, Mrs.
Isobel: MacDonald,. Lucknow, in
'her eighty-fourth year:
Family get-tcHgethers were en-
joyed for the first time in many,
years, and the . sevensisters were
able to have a chit chat over the.
memories of childhood days.
' Mrs, Robert Hamilton of,
Lucknow is proving 'to be quite
lucky at :.,bingo. For the second.
time in little more thana month
'she has won X500 prize;
O`n riday ` evening, August
3rd at Teeswater, Sadie, as ev
eryone calls. ,her, won the $500
super, prize'. at the Teeswater
Lions bingo. I.n: addition she was'
in on
.,a6-
wa
y split 4:3f
one
p
f
the re ular games, ,Mrs. George
Tiffin of town
was also a re-
gular game winner, • •
It was on]y' a few weeks ago—
in Tate June -- that Mrs. Hamil-
ton won another $50Q, ' when she
was in on. a two-way split • of the
$1,OO -bingo jackpot at Durham.
PROTEST SONIC BOOM
CREATED BY PLANES
The Municipal Council of
the Village .qf Lucknow ha$ .
protested the breaking of the
sound barrier by high:flying
planes, and has requested
that this practice be discos -
firmed in the future..
.Councillor 1VI, L. Sanderson.
proposed the: motion 'at the
August meeting and a . pro-:•
test to this effect has been
lodged with the Department
of Nationa Defe
It was pointed out that
verbal complaints have been
received locally of damage
to commercial: roofs, win-
ts,•etc.
The sonic .boom which re-
sults from breaking the.
"sound •barrier • • shakes
buildings, and startles and.•:•
frightens adults'and children.
It is believed that the boom.
iscaused by planes of the. •
U.S.A. Air Force, :but. the
protest. •has. • ,beenlodged
the ough Canadian .authorities:
8O%. Ic.:pIy By Village Ratepayers •
Rejects Police Officer By 159, to 111
A majority of the ratepayers of lige of Lucknow hiring a towrt
Lucknow do n
uco
'f favor a five constable ata �! cost of five mills
L '
mills tax levy to. provide an ex -.per annum?
• p•erienced, • full time policeof-
ficer for the • municipality.
Eighty percent of the property.
owners..-- 7'9.7% to be. exact --
returned' the questionnaire +bal
lots on .this..gtiestion, 'wShich ask-
f.A
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Seven Sisters At .Kinloss Youths
Afield Reunion FIew. To Wiarton
• A 'uniq•ue family' gathering;
knoiwn `. as .the. Seven ' Sister. Re-
union was held at. the Ashfield
Park' at the 'loot of the twelfth
concession" on Sunday, August
5th. .
Although the two. brothers.. 'are
Predeceased, , the seven .daughters
of the late ' 'John and Sarah
Johnstone of • Ashfield:. Township
were able to be present. •• They
were M'rs, Isobel MacDonald of
Lucknow, Mrs •Ella DeCou, Day
tong Beach, .Florida; 'Mrs..Annie'
MacDonald of •Ashfield,' Mrs:'Ef-`
.fie Culbert; . Arnberley., Mrs. Har-
ry Fowler, Clinton, Mrs. 'Albert
Cam•pbell, Lucknow:; Mrs. Frank
Griffin, Detroit. All of the seven
sisters were, "Ashfield 'born" . on
the 'farm now . owned by Donald
Fairish. All ;the ; ladies : are in
excellent health.) •
sed, but.. nothing definite :was :de-
cided upon. Councillor M . L.
Sanderson questioned. f the `,pro
1ect. 'might not better be left •over
O ''. until next year; and,declined •to
! take an.y.
y: definite action. ` :vtrithout.
• 0 a full` meeting of 'the Board,
a" " Cou cillors • Webster • and Broe s
k
being absent. • ,
Cost of the ,sidewalk : program
' will have to' be . financed .:by' a.
debenture issue, and the • deben-
ture debt was 'studied bringing
the' Board ..up to date on recent
debt retirement and other . issues
• to retire soon, 'so that , the. overall
indebtedness, .:would be kept on
a fairly even keel.
a The sidewalk_ replacement pro-
m gram is., so extensive that it is,
A not considered' feasible or. eco
o nomical.. to. do it.in bits '$i pieces'
a .. out of 'current revenue.
1 A rough estLmate,, of ,bhe • cost of
the program, being.ourrently pro-.
posed would be between $12,006.
and $14;900. .
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Anderson Family
Feld: Reunion
A family gathering was held
at the 'home of Mr. and- Mrs..
�0 Charlie A •-
M nderson (Which , is the
0 , Anderson homestead) on. Sunday,
M •' Augusta 12th ,,
About sixty-three three descendants
0• of the late • Mr. and Mrs. David
0 Anderson attended this • reunion.:
' . Guests •Werere est from L -
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'don, Taiontop s, r°m pn
, Ottawa Pinkerton
Lucknow and surroundingdis
r, trict.
a .The only survivors of the Da-•
tie, r. "via Anderson famriil are Fred
a Anderson of Y
: S : Lucknow and, Mrs.
3. Kilpatrick . • p trick who gas a patient
at pinecrest Manor in, (:;Lucknow,
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Artificial Ice: :
Fund;Over $20y000
:Donations to the Lucknow and.
District Lions CluJ,b Artificial Ice
Fund.Continue to trickle in, Since
the last list .of acknowledgements
.was published donations :have
been received totalling $79.35,
'This raises' the', fund. total to
$20,0.77,129. , •
Dr, A. E. Barnby. . • ' $ 7.00
Hamilton
Dungannon United Church
Women 10,00
Helen Brisbin, Pickering .. '5:00
Joe Connelly , ......., . 20;00
Msi. & Mrs. Melvin O.rr ...10.00
C'hesley ;
John McInnes. .... .a.... aa..•,.ra• .. ,2 .00
R. 1, ilolyrood
VO
• �na�ld Henderson,. 5.00
'1 �'v11.Y.%YF...
Eurlingtoi • :
Fred Pierce .... i,.riYa...a. 1000
A'/�Fornier Resident ,.....i.i,.. 55� 35
Jack acintyr e v .e visa♦ •. yr 5.00
W nghatt
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For Week-EndVisif
The trend iri travel was effec-
tively illustrated a few days
ago. `when two Kinloss teenagers
took charge• of a *plane 'to fly
from • Goderich to :.Wiarton for.
a week -end ' visit. .
They were Ernest Ackert, •son
Of Mr, and Mrs: Rayn'ard• Ackert
of. •} olyrood. and Denver. Dickie,
son of Mr and Mrs. Ira Dickie•
of ' Con 4, Kinloss. Froin;, Wiar-
ton airport • they went on •to
Hope Bay to visit with Denver's
relatives. • '
Ernest, .who•,is 1.8, received his
pilot's licence about three weeks
•ago. ' Be , has always been inter-
ested in flying and. about a year
ago commenced training at night
school at Sky .Hanbor-,Air S.erivi-
ccs atGod`er:.ich;...About Ch-rrstrrias��s
he -soloed, " and. recently was,
qualified:' to receive his licence:;'
His dad Was • up with him ' the
night he received his licence.
-Last week -end he. 'rented a
plane at Goderic:h: -and •he and
Denver took. off ::for Wiarton.'
Investigate Fire
The control • tower •offic'ials ' at.
Wiarton had received .word from
a' TCA plane of a "bush fire"
north of • Wiarton. Provinc%al•
Police were alerted, but the loco-.
:tion was .rnaccessible..by road,
Ernest and Denver landed. at the
opportune • moment, . and the
Police, Officer. commandeered the
.plane and had Ernest fljrr•him
over the area. It . was discovered
it was 'a fire ,in an Unauthorized
dump, and did 'not pose a threat
to' the tiinlbered . area. However,
it did provide 'an , extra thrill
to an exciting week -end
The plane which" Ernest piloted'
; a
was, a srngIe enginePiper Colt
with tricycle 'landing oar.
'Bach' property owner,, regard-
less of the number of, properties
assessed, had only one vote. The.,
total cost in. dollars and cents on
the present assessment, was made'
known ,on the questionnaire to ;
-each indwi.dual.
There were 340 questionnaires
' mailed on July 3Oth, with Mon.=
Hand day, August 13th,.- latter set as •
Badl
• y Injured the deadline for the return of •
thedetachalble ballot,
211 replies were receaved, .• an
1
were counted on Tuesday morn -
Bill Button is a patient in Vic- ing at the 'Municipal .Office by ' •
torte Hospital, London, with a Clerk E. R.. Agnew, Wim,
severely injured right 'hand, as. a ,Porteous and L:. C. Thompson,
result of being caught in the . V- The "official' count which was
belt of the swather,' certified to by the three "gcruti-
The accident happened on neeeers," was 159 "no hlrl "yes"
Wednesday afternoon' of'•last and one unmarked_ blank ballot,
Week. Bill • was. ; Working alone - for- a total of 271.•
at the time, . an : the farm of ' his
brother, Russ Button...•
'The hand was badly burned,
rather than cut, by the belt and
in, yanking it free. Bill lost part
of ; the first 'fingernext to the
thumb, but itis hopeful that the
other fingers can be ,; saved,,. If,
so, skin grafting will be neces-
sary and ' it will be some time l stairs loft of. the 'barn • of 'Bryce
'before: Bill regains the use of ` the Elliott. just to th+e `south of • the
hand. Lucknow Sawmill, was .cause for
The cast which. *as 'put on a. fire alarm last Thursday `even -
following the' accident,was ex- frig about &S310.p.m.
pected to be :removed yesterday :Bryce noticed the fire from
an;d:. •the injury • examined •and: his home and with the use of ' a
further 'treated, forkand garden. . hose, thought
She • had' the blaze under control.
But the fire had .'apparently
worked• its way into ' the bale's of •
straw • and: soon got ;away ' on
him....
Firemen were at the scene for
a
-couple . of hours and; poured
gallons . and gallons of,water into
the loft of the ' barn. Much of the..
hay ' •was • , pitched outside, the
building 'by firemen with ; Tom
Pritchard and !Bryce, .continuing
this job after ..: the firemen left.
ryc• ' ep an eye on the ;barn,:
age in May arid on
June 2nd•I about4 a.m.. Sunday, the
quietlY Observed their.65th wed- hbaarrYn.habdetaouAsbe.'toefkenhaotuitngoi•atonde
ding anniversary. Theirhome,
where theyhave spent all their threatening to (break .:out again,
married life,..• and, where Mr.. 'Mrs. Elliott was at a Blyth
horticultural meeting in Btlyth;`at
being offered for 'sale. • the time•of the fire and an oblige, ;
• Mr. and Mrs, Borns are Mak.- {,rig telephone' operator walked a
ing this move because they re- d.i fisc°' to `the meeting hall to
alize' that their 'age and health
is • such that =, it . would ..not be
'wise . for them to ,'attempt to
spend. another winter alone,
Mr. and Mr.s, Burns have 'en-
deared • themselves to the res
idents of this community; and
are beloved by,many old friends,
who ,'wish them continued .hap-
piness in.. their home.
By Swathes Belt
Barn Fire Makes
Stubhorn. Blaze•
A stubborn Ere, starting in
straw and 'baled hay in . the•up-
.N:ona. enarians
g
Le�vmgLucknow:;
• Mr. .and ' .Mrs: T. H.•, Burns,'
esteemed Lucknow residents, will
take tip residence at. •.Brucelea
H'ave'n . in Walkerton : this. week:`
On Saturday there' :will be ,a sale
of • • household 'effects ' after ".Mr,.!
and Mrs. Burns have
d left.
They . were `• 'bot rte. '99rs, of
Burns has . lived 'since a lad, is
tell Mrs: Elliott of ::the ,phone, call
for her. • . •''
A couple of calv'es and. ,goats,
which, go in and out -of the barn;
-were not in.• danger. The dense
smoke, sifting south over high-
way 86, brought many people to.
the scene. Of the fire. The actual
fire d'arnage to the - barn
extepsive., •
va.
Depariment Of . Edu�a�wn Approves
Grants On $1`5 f040i To*Cost $84000
Final approval for general" 1e
gislative grant, purposes'has been
, received for the proposed" adds
tion to the Lucknow District
• CI ace Vines. High School from the'Department
T� Leave Bakery
Wallace Vines, who has operat-
ed • the 'Carnation Bakery in
Lucknow for .the past year, will
*leave here the endof.this month.
Although his 'plans are not 'de-
finite,' he intends to • go to Kit-
chener.
Wally his '.wife and daughter,
Karen. came here from Lond.dn,
Since moving here. another
'daughter, Gail Elizabeth was
born.
'Karen is 51/2 years .of age
and •Gail Elizalbeth is six months.
'The (bakery was leased 'from
Stewart Mullin. and; `the Vines
'family have been living in the
Mull"in,home on Ludgard Street,
;formerly owned by Tom Purdon.
Mr, .and Mrs, Vines are both
natives of Kincardine,
of •
Grants will ti .
be paid on an
amount up to, but not in excess
of $75,000. The ,bui'lding contract
price Was.•$7
8 116.00 which'a
so,
includesmajor repairs to
the
glass :front entrance on the
north side of the nine -.year-old
building, ' •
The Board is obtaining a .break-.
dlow•n of the neW construction
and repair ''costs The • municipal,
councils within the ,school area
Will have to .again give their
approval Of' the project, and in
turn the local council will be
asked to authorize the under-
taking and, apply to the •Munici-
pal Board for approval .of the
ibut alight vary by` 'the grant
regulations from .year to year,;
tr ion i io.
The brick cons uct o add tin ,;
which• has been approved .:in-
cludes two classrooms, a cafeteria
and .a kitchen, which will pro'-
vide accornmcdation,.for 60''ad-
ditional stridents:
The present, secondary school.
enrolment is 220 Which has over-
taxed , the existing . acconimod-
tion.• rt is expected • to Increase
to 269 Students', during the.. next '
five years., .. .
Enrolment in the•area :eleven- •
tary schools 'at present is 673.
Work cannot be come enced on •
the addition, until final details
and approvals' are . received.
Total cost of . the ,project is
figured at. $8.4,009. ,.with : grants
'applicable on all but $9,000 of the •
amount, In addition to the con-
tract. price of $78.1'16.00, other
debenture issue involved, expenditures, .involved are archi-
On the pp
$75 000.figgu re approved tects' fee $4.755.06: ,,furniture &
by the Department, grants of equipment. $1,1110,04; other ex-
8O% of the cost are applicable, • pries. $18,00,