The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-01-13, Page 1$3.00 A Year In Advance
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• A progressive program' .of
municipalimprovements was re/ -1
commended by ` ReeveGeorge
Joynt. in'his opening remarks at
the inaugural meeting of • the
Village' Council... on i Monday'
•;no>~nrng.` •
W. A. :(Bud) Hamilton con,
'eluded three years of municipal
'service which Was recognizedby
the reeve. Two vacancies, re
salting from ;Mr: Hamilton's re-.
tirement and the death of Harold
• Treleaven, were filled' .by 'Omar
Brooks •''and Harvey Webster
who took their places at the
Board as the Council, was sworn
in by Clerk E. H Agnew.'
Alex. MacLeod . and M. L. San-
derson. are
anderson..are the • other two coun-
cillors -and
oun-cillors=and. Reeve Joynt .expres-
sed
expressed` appreciatior of the co -opera-.
tiop of . all members during .his
reeveship and to Clerk E. .H.
Agnew, who according to the,
auditor., is one of the most • cap-
able of; clerks. He :also ' expressed
• • appreciation' of .press coverage.
Rev. H. L. Jennings was pre;-
• "sent to . conduct' • devotions, and
was introduced as one .interested
in municipal'affairs.'
Rev. Jennings commended the
Council for; `'their fine work' in
1959 and, on 'behalf ofthe citi=.
zens sai4,\"thank you" • for gen-'
eral government'. .well. 'done. He
commended the` Board -for :anvt
• frig' . the clergy to their first
meeting ;/of the year, giving the
seal of Divine :approval to. their
undertakings;--- and, that they
' might be conducted ' with dig-
• nity, and solemnity ; ,: .
A moment of silence was .ob-
served for . 'deceased :members,
with reference to`'. ` , Councillor
Harold Treleaveri whose` death
•'occurred'; while gin' office; last
year. • Ind. conclusion: Rev. 'Jen-
nings invoked a blessing.' On 'their
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REEVE 'SWORN
IN :AT.- HIS. HOME
Reeve Andrew 'Ritchie •of Ash-
field Township took •.over the.
duties of his new office on Mon-
day, under unusual • circum-
stances.
ircumstances. ;Mr ' Ritchie is convales-
cing from pneumonia: He re-
.turned': from' the .hospital, . on
Sunday,'°and the; inaugural; meet
-
...ink of • the Ashfield. Board was
held. at .his : horne on Monday,
The Ashfield 'Council, is .corn
prised ' of Reeve Ritchie and
Councillor's' ;John Bradley,• Don-'
ald MaeKeriz'ie, Tom : Howard
and Marshall Gibson who• filled.
the vacancy caused . when Coun-;
calor Ritchie contested the
• reeveship. Donald Simpson: is;
clerk.
During the past . ten days
augural ; `' meetings have been
held• in all adjacent municpali-
ties with few changes ' in Board`.
personnel.
The West Wawanosh Board 1s'
unchanged 'Reeve John. Dur-
nin• who`'is ins the field for. the
Huron • County wardenahip, and
Councillor's Harvey Culbert,
Lorne 'Durnin, Eldon Miller. and,
Orval McPhee, with John Foran
the clerk. ,
Kinloss -Reeve Harold ' Percy
and .Councillors, Wallace: Conn,,
Stewart MacDonald, Eugene
:Conley and Ted Burt, the latter
being a new 'rri'ember, J. R. Lane
clerk for some three: decades.
Huron =. Re'eve Chester/' Elm
menton,, Deputy Reeve,Alfred
Wal n_ and ,Councillors,: WAL
R. wstHanvil
Hamilton M
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inn
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and "Austin
Martin, 'unchanged
from 1,a'st year. • Earl Tout, clerk.
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LOCAL; ASSEMBLY POINT
HAD: HOG HOLDOVER
:The flood of hogs to marke t
last week to 'beat the deadline:
for the introduction of the de-
ficiency payment plan, caused
a glut that the processors Gould
n't immed iately handle,,
.There, were about • 550 hogs.
received., :last Tuesday at the
Lucknow 'Assembly'. yards to set
.an ; all time high: for One week's
marketing. Only" a portion • of
these .could. be directed for
shipment.' that, day, and had ;to
be held•, over until ' Wednesday,
for shipment;.
W. Ri HOWEY.H'EADS`
LDHS: ':BOARD`'
The inaug e b, ural e me tin of the
Lucknow District. High. 'School
Board, was held on' Monday' ev
ening of . last week.
Howey,; was appointed
chairman .for' 1960 &• Arthur Hod-
gins,
the.. Culross Township ''re-'
presentative, was , appointed:
vice-chairman.
Committees were • appointed . as
follows:_ Trans `portation —' A.
Hodgins,. D Lindsay, J. R. Mur-
ray; II. MacKenzie and A.
Hu hes; Property, Grounds' and
g ,
Caretaking - A. Hughes,. A.
Hodgins, J. R. Mu.nray, and H.
MacKenzie; Purchasing --'. Gerald
Rathwell, A. Hughes; Kitchen..—
Gorden
itchen•--Gordon • Fisher;' ' Chairman . W. R.
Howey to be :a member -of' each.
of the above committees. . '
The Library' Board appoint -
merit' is Mr.: Stuart: Robertson,
to succeed Mr. A:..E: McKim.
The. appointment of Cadet. in-
structor is to be dealt with .-at
February... meeting
School Attendance`' Officer is
W. R. Howey..
gooks as required • :by the;
High School Principal are :to .be
ordered.
•IN HOSPITAL wITH
CRACKED HIP BONE •
James ' ;McLeod of ` Kinloss, is
in Wingham 'Hospital as a re-
sult of • a cracked ,hip: bone,
which gave ' way, under his
weight ' last week. He was; taken
to. the hospital on Saturday..
Jim is 'in his 90th . year, but
has been: enjoying ' good health,
and is
.in •his usual good spirits
despite the hip coiditio'n.. He
is 'a Kinloss Township native,
and: for, some time has.'made his
headquarters at the Carruthers
Home in Kinloss...
DISCUSS:, NEW.
FFI .E
MU N IC.I'PAIL ,O . C
The Luckn.onn Municipal Coun
'cil inaugural' -meeting, ' held nen,
Monday morning was ' adjourned-
until that'.' evening, : when.' • the
Board transacted 'considerable
•
business, 'and lay: future' .plans
in a brisk .session lasting less
than two .hours..
• Municipal employees were re -
•hired; E. H. ;Agnew, - elerk-treas.:
urer;;: Alex. Havens, town fore
man.,•and.' S E. `Collyer, assessor.
• Mr. 'Havens received' a • • 5%
salary ',increase .; ;••to ` $2,835, , and
Floyd Milne' -was :'granted- a
$3.00• increase : to $20..00 weekly
for garbage collection, services. •'
A': by-law was'. %passed to bor-
row:
bor
row ` up to • $4�0,000''for 'rriuii it%pal'
financing in. 1960.
Chas.:Bristow appeared before
Council :