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ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22nd, 1058.
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Liieknow is to mark its*one,'
hundredth" birthday, With a. Cen,'
• tennial. °celebration. ,-embodying
Lucknow and district, over !Civic
• Holiday week=end;11'his was as,
• sured at, . public' meeting• ,on
Friday 'night '
There was a gpodlyerosaisec-
• tion of Vill4ge..residents. at Fri,
• day night's meeting and.sparked
' by the announcement earlier in
the week that the 'factory, /is to,
•Operate again, :enthusiasm. *as
-highto, get the Centennial bell
•. er a -1'7116i a dissen
ing yoice to the rresolution to
bold the event. . • .
. At least . a .three day home,
coming celebration ' is planned; -
and there appears to ,ber' general -
'favor to have. ,registretion..open..
•- .Pn Friday°.afternoon, August...1st,
•iwith :;an opening evenirig, enter-
• tainment f011oWed iby three fhll
days of activities 'deSignedchief
to '':apPeal • to "old boks end
girls'/;:as they return to the old
home town to , renew; friendships
and rekindle fond memories
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the "good old dayS" • .. •
Such -suggestions as An histor-
:ical 7pageant,. cleY,
special Sunday' SerViees,. back -to=
sc 09 cereirionies, -,:calithumpian
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parad,e, *and the *like haVe been
talkedabout, enthusia.srii
snowballs here,s. ° ' • --'
.•Program -wise- there is noenng
definite as •yet: HoweVer,, one
hingis
ePrtain-of-which-every----,
one`.seerna to fieve, an awareness*
-that it .is• going to involve' a -
tremendous 'amount af• •work
during the next six months. -But,
• With proper organization and
co-operation the 'problems: that
now loom' 'large, can be ,taken -
care of
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• eighborly Help
Reeve George Joynt preside
et: Friday • night's„ meeting an
Stuart .collyer acted • as secret
Mr.. Hervey Linklater. of Kin
cardine who has- been through
fpur:retiniona in that town, ad
dreSsed the- meeting end .gave
invalhable inforination as, to pro-
cedure, committee appoitments,
entertejrinent,•decorating;.
ing arid A sore of important.
phases of such an undertaking
f Mr. Gorge Morrison, retired
Kincardine postmaster, . a is o
spoke i?berri6eflit:an'thkeectSeiircereo gentle
fntioe
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their advice and interest and as-
sured the •Lticknowites t he Y
would' do anything they' �pplcLt
help. - *-
Nine Striking Committee'
ET' °ITT EXTRA BEDDING,
914D BOYS 'COMING 'HOME"
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Dppnville Sentinel r.eaci-
•• er, writes to her brother
here; saying "If.• the cen-
tennial • materializes t h is
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o shah -her, get out the extra.
• sheets and pow eases for
• ;the old boys ' .are 'coming
'horrie"
t arn.eron MacDonal Camp
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bell ThorripSon and IVforgan Hen
clerson, along °With ,the Ohairma
antsecretark Were 'named
triking' 'committee and 'hay
held an initial meeting to • con
skler key Men arid fo
the varlets Committees. Reev
Joynt IS •absent ;this. week a
County Council, -, but there wil
clyetom-
Jn---thiltter she also
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a .mented en. the bpoining
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e Lions, Club, ,Praised" The
- SentineLtill.we blushed and
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r • then cominented. that Reeve •
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• Yoynt seems to have e way
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of getting •things' done.
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stock .have what it takes,
eh", • she. chuckled in con -
eluding the :letter.
enlarge comrnittees -And. get. tn
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d derwak. •
d • Among- ethrs: Who spoke
- Friday niglit'S Meeting were. W.."
L.' -MacKenzie; W, W. Hill, S.. E:
Robertson, Helen ThOmpsOri;:. Dr.
W. V. Johnston who ,was Visit-
ing here, Alex,' MacLeod, D.
Thompson, Ken Cameron, L. C.
Thompson.' .„ •
Last In 1910. •
Not since 1910. has there been
ap. "Old Boys" celebration that
will..COMpare with this A' few.
years ;back, LucknoW:participat-.,
ed in. the Bruce ' COnnty home,
Corning; but 'this - -summers re -,71,
union. and 7 ceritennial- enivere
Sary- *111. 'far surpass it -from a
NEW INDUSTRY. ,COULD
MEAN LOWER. HYDRO RATES
, In his introductory . remarks at
the Centennial Meeting on •Friday
might, 'Reeve Qeorge • Joynt re-
ferred 'biefly to the sale of the
Lucknow Industries plant and
touched on the lbenefitt that the
Village will derive.
He repeated -the fact that the
fixed assessment was to asure
Beatty Bros., 1LiznitecL approxi-
pately what taxes they 'would
pay annually for the next five
years.- The tax revenue under
the fixed assessment, As has
'been frequently stated; will be
a131:9--quinatey° -$1,500 a year or
$300 more annually than is now
being received froth, this prop-
erty. • •
Public utility• services and the
whole. town will 'benefit, the
Reeve Said, and .added that it
was possibk that a new indus-
trial user of hydro, could event-
ually mean .lower hydro`rates lo-
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ANDREW STEIN DIES
The death of Andrew. Stein
lifelong esident of the 'distri
died in Wingharn Hosigt "1
• Sunday in his 84th .year'
funeral service Was held a 'the
Johnstone Funeral' Home,'
Luck -
now, on. Wednesday afternoon'At
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2.30, with interxnent in 'keen -
hill Cemtery.' •
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REPORTSSHW
YEAR OF SUCCESS.
The annual meeting' 'Of the
eongregatiOn Of Lucknow res--
ipyterian Church was held Jan
,,ilarY-16tryflleWing SUPPer a
• 6.30, With' Cameron MacDonald
as chirxnan: Rev. Wallace •Mc-
Clean presided for the opening
• worship, srvice.
The reports of the varions. or-
Vinizations of the ehurch Were
presented and ailshowed A very
• suceessfiii year.
Jaels„4Fiher, 'as chairman of
the board Of Ivlanaes Outlined
. the work done during the year.
...:Le_94r4 MacDonald arid It. C.
aviacKenzie were retappointed as
inncial. seCretary and treasurer
for the &ming year. Lloyd Clie,
• aordon Fisher, Wan' Houston
and M6rgan Henderson we,re ap-
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Pd'inted as "neW. mentbers to the
130,414:, Of Managers.
•1eY; McClean eleecl.thernet-'
With rirayer; ,•
local standpoint.
PHONE RATES UP •
END OF MONTH
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, Increases of 20cper month,
fo two-party residence tele
on serviCe. in LueknOw and
per imintli for One-party
residence lines Will go into ,:ef-
feet On January 31./
• The new rateS were authOriz-,
ed in an order 'issued by the
Board of Transprt.COMinission-
ers leSt Friday. -, • •
The increase -or one-party
flat rate business se ice ,is 75e
•montiiiY and for tWo-pr1y
husi-
ness.service' '65c inonthl .
:comparison of the present
rates and the new ;rates for typ-
ical classes; :of service in Luck-:
now folloWs.
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Residence Pies. New Incr.
1partk „line .;.,..33.15 $3.45'$ .30
..cpaty, line ...:.... 2.65 2.85 .20
Extension 1.00 1.00
'MILL• WANT NAMES' FOR
INVITATION LISTS
While no clefinite action has
yet been •taken, . residents of
Lucknow and district shoUld
•start compiling a list of names
and addresses of cKu'nr
resi-
dents Of this district.
They' will • be • invited "beek
borne" far the Centennial, ,and invitation committee will
have a, big task on its handS.
Their job will be simplified by
co -Operation oi every house
old in the community and only
b such co-operaton can a list
be anywherenear accurate' or.
complet. • •
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•BURIED IN CORN
HAD CLOSE CALL
Business • • , Kenneth MacDonald, son of
1 -party line : 4.50. 5 55 75 rr. and, Mrs. Wm. D
• ,M. Maeon-
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2 -party line 3.85-- 4.50 " .65
PBX Trunk • 7.20 8.35, •115
Extension • 1.25 1.5 nil
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APPOINTED AS
VICE PRESiDENT
Ur. Steele° C. MacKenzie :Of
Kitchener, Who has held' an:
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portant eXectitiy.e peistion„. With
the .Dominion Life Insurance 'CO..'
for several Years,:has been pro,
moted to the position of :vide-
Preident and. director of agen-
cies Of this company. .
MacKenzie has • been as-'
sistantgeneral manager' and
suPerintenderit of agencies since
'1951. Hit latestappoinitnent
tame effectiye at
of the 7:"•• .
Mr MacKenzie is a son of Mrs,'
R. V. •kacKenie of faieknow •
andothe late .1VIri MacKenzie -and
a brother of judgeP. S. yr4c-
' ICerizie Of .Walkerton.
Baii.A.TO :MEET TUESDAY •
RE FAciroitY VOTE , •
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.'.A*speCial meeting of the
• ,LticknoW Business Men's M,
has been st for
"I'lisday eVening of nekt •
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Purpoie: of the Meeting is •
to hear details, of the
assessment being 'granted
• Beatty 'BrOS., t and to discus
ways and means of support-'
aid of- town had °a, close call- on
• Saturda, when; he was buried ij
a load of corn that 'Was -bein
dumped at ,Treleaverea.: 1V1111..
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When Kenny climbed into the
34-foot trailer, that . was carry=
'a load of.,28 . tons of'.erri
he 'wasn't aware of -the,- danger,.
He was carried clown by the
shdmg :corn that funnelled out
the rear of the hoisted truck in-
to the Underground bin • •
at the
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Tom Rathwell was With 1en-
netly. And bis Shout. for help,
alerted the trnek driver. Bill'
Hunter an d /ooky . jOhnston
were on a towing job "nearhy,
and ,thedriver Called to theinfor
help; George Cranston also gave
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time Kenneth's feet
were through the 4ute on the
truck and caught, and he-, was
buried under .the ,coin with only
his 'hands- shewin. While' Bill
Hunter was pleasing hiS feet
the • others 'tried to elearSonie
of .the ,eorri ,from :around Ken-
neh" And the driver' dropped the
hosted truck- to. take .off. .4soine:
of the,' presStire of the' grai4i.
Working frantia1l3r tO release
Kenneth, ,they.also tried to con -
le• him se that •he wouldnt.
nhaie the'eorri, .crying and
aspihg. It tobk ll-feur, to re
oOe him, and aart, 'froth a bad,
right .Ahe lad Was. little the
otso of the experience; • .,
In the mill the3t were unaware
the1 dranatio recue.. that was
aking pla ee Outside, •
•-hag the vote, and infrming, • 0
• * the electorate of the facts,
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TWF,I9Vg. PAGES
STARTS' SOON ..'FOR: •
--'MIDDL.E''EAST'' •
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Pte. J. C, Cooke of the Royal
• Canadian , Ordnance corps, •• and.
a son of Mr. And Mrs. Chris
Cooke' "of.., West Wewanosh, ' will
leave Edmonton neXt -week oh'
the first leg Of; a jOnfriey to the •
IVfiddle East. ••
,They Will be ,in Montrealthe
latter-vait-"-of-t-lie--week-and• on
Friday; ,Tannery '31st, .expect to
take off by air from Dorval
An -
port for Naples, Italy. They will
have a • -refueling • stopover • at
Gander' and another two-hour
stop in the AzOres. At Naples
they.- will board. a. ship; for the
Mediterr▪ neanCrui
TY1.13itUbetion, • to report
at 'headquarters for duty' With.
the 25th Canadian Infantry Bri-
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Irript•overr)ent Program Outline
By Reeve- At inaugural Meeting
• At the. inaugural meeting of
the Village' Council Reeve Gee
jOynt outlined , some Of the pro-
posed undeitakingi im-
.prOvements , planned 'for 1958:
tiThheis program reiterated the
Reeve at the nomination. meet-.
ing.: . . • •
kjeontinuaRce of the. read
building program rates high,on
the agenda; :Village roads under
construction last year are like-
ly: to be payed by :Tithe; and
more - preparatory "'s!epriitructiOri
work undertaken.. The-. Reeve
forapes tlie 4ar when practically
aij villegeroads. will have a .29.7
foot harertop, ..; •
. clean-up and grading of
roadside ditches is :also being
Considered in order to facilitate
Weed cutting With Power Mach-
inery' and thus- reduce ..the an-
111161.;,ecit of this Work.
Start 'Hall. •Redetorating,
• The, anditorium of the;Town
Hall is 'If? be.. redecorated thi$
year, in keeping with a. planned,
program of . renoVating th i s'
building, The library, cotincil
room exitranoe have been
greatly improved in thepest and
the: upstairs job,: wh'ch: has :al-
ready .been started will attract-
ively restore -the entire "Carn
egie ' L
ImproVe ``Bach $t." Lighting •
Improved lighting of. "back .
•streets", and -.a systernetic tree
• pruning prograin is also to be
proceeded. With. A. survey is to
be made to Sep that street lights
are -located' to the . best advan-4 u
tage., The tree pruning will .136!
carried • out 'Out by the Forestry. De,' . '
Pertinent of the ..1LE.P.C, who - -.
have skilled crews 'to do ' such'' •
work..i....„pReneYtryinge..'
.Joynt,:.ssaeildh
i industry
heut•si';'rt hfac)-ci ',..' . .
, two years- and had, driven hun- •
dreds of miles in 'this connectiOri,',
only to have more -than one deal,.
fall .through; Finally. good foi-
. une cani0 his Way,ad he:bad
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been able to sell LueknoW In-
dustries to Beatty Bros.
It will' bea' great been to.
start , the: centennial year roll,' .
ing,and he looked' .forward to
a banner year- • in :1958 for the
Sephy, Village. •
Mr. .Toyt thanked Council for
their fme co-operation during
the• past year and:called on/the . • '
Boardto strive for improvenient
and progress in the Village •
ing the current term.. •
It was at this session that
Council gave approval of a
fix-
ed to Beatty
an assessment by which the Vill-
age /will gain $300 merein taxes
froth this plant, than is now be-
ihg received. Sole purpose Qf•• '
the fixed -assessment is that the
Company I Will ' knew approxi-- . •
Mately What ther* tax -; bill will • .
ybeeaiasn. noel ly for the next five
Steps were taken ,at this meet-
ing e to have e,by-law submittd'
to. the 'ratepayers of the Village
for their endorsement ptf the fix-
ed' Assessment. •• . :
Committee :appointments:•Were
nchanged froth. last year. ' '•
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FORMER RESIDENT DIES -
The death.'0,mis..R. J. -Ander-
son occurred in Drigara.
Suridey. She w the former
Jean - Eliabeth' McClure, daugh-
ter of the -late •Mr. and Mrs. Berl
;McClure :of. LticknoW.:
The funeral service was held
Wenesday afterneon at the
Johnstone. Funeral 7Home With'
interment in', Greenhill Cemet-'
ROYAL. ARC
Officers of the Ltickiow- Chap -
'ter "of. the' Royal . Arch Masons'
Yvere installed en Tuesday night
of last week by J. W. Joynt,
Kenneth Cameron is first
eipak sueeeeding • Kilpat
*iek. 'Othr officers .are,
pineiPal, Robert MaIntesh;, 3rd
principal, Raht...8iMion; .Seribe
, A. C. Agnew; Scribe N., V.
MOwbray; P,S.; "Ted' Collyer,.
S.S, Reelvers JohnsonJ.S..- Gor.:
doh Fisher;:' :M of,4th Viol; Cecil'
Fakorier; M. 'of -3rd :Via Max'
VI, of -2nd Viel„ 'Gordon
MontgomerY; • ist
Stuart. Coilyer;
dn; Tiea„ W. W.B1141), tirC7
W„. A, Porteou, •
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NEW 1413ERAL LEADER
• National leadership Of theLib-
•eral; party -Was conferred' 4011.,
Hon. • Lester • B. Pearson last
Thursday night -in "Ottawa, when •
the Liberal. nomineting conven-
tient those hirn over the Hon:
Paul Martin by A Vote of 1,074,
to 305.
•,MAN'S LEG BROIcE
• Allan MacIver, 81 -year-old • " • ' . I
hipleSr resdent, is a patint in
St Joseph's Hospital, London,
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with a .badly shatteed left knee.- •
The Aged gentleman Was
his.. Way horrie froth toWn in 0
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Ripley last Wednesdayafternoon •
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when •be Was -in 1 cQPiS16
.4 car • driven by David Moore'. �f. •
the Pine River district&
M1;4 Maciver Was admitted to. ..
kineardind Hospital and • when
the ,8etiotisnesg: of the fracture : 7,
Wag determined he .ws taken to ,' .•
Lehdon on Thti‘tday •
The •leg is shatteted. jtist .above. :" "
the ,knee, With: the breakS';ex- • 4 ; 7.
A611Cill'ig, • down, into ;the' knee
Mr, Mdryer Will be '81
February, lie IS the: Ifather of
Mrs. nave Cairuthef,
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