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LUCKNOW
ONTARIO -
WEDNESDAY, JAN, 19th, 190'
Singh. Copy 1kc
Paws •
'The wardenshipof the County 'of !
Bruce, the highest honour in coup-
.ty government, has come to Kin"`
loss Township for the .first. time in
54 years Reeve- P.A. Murray • •
took the honours at the' opening of
County coup t1 on Monday night
• of this week..
Five men were'noininated'for
the position with three withdrawing
Nominated were Wallice Wilton -of
Carrick, 'Frank Field of Teeswater, ,
Robert:Craig: ofWiarton, Roswell •
Smith of Amabel''and P.A. Mur,
ray: of Kinloss.
• Mr Smith and Mr, .Murray were
the' only two to let their.. name
stand:•and in `the ballot, Mr. Mur'
ray ?lolled '23 votes to defeat Mr., •
Smith who had 17 votes,
A.. new regulation in• county :cou.-
ncil this year stated that the can
didates for the wardenship did
receive a vote on the •wardenship •
ballot because•t e pos''t was re-.'
garded as salaries
The successful Candidate was
nominated by William R. Lowry, .:
Huron Township: Reeve., His.•opp-
onent, 'Mr. 'Smith, was nominated
by Douglas Kreutzweiser.
Phonse Was piped to. the chair
of ;honour by Frank MacKenzie; of
Kinloss in the arms. of his'over `�
m
and seconder, 'W,` Lowry and Mr.
Lemke. -He was presented with
.the chain of 'office by last years
warden'Mrs. Tessie Greig.
• For the first time, the location
of the wardenship contest was
switched to the Walkerton Town
Nall in order to accomodate-the.'
crowd in attendance. A good •
crowd did attend the colourful.
evening.
It was in' 1912 that the late Dan
MacDonald last brought the war
• den_ ship to Kinloss Township,• and•
in his acceptance speech, Mr. •
Murray stated that he was more
pleased for Kinloss • than for him-
self in 'acquiring the•.wardenship
He paid 'tribute to•his wife and
family and -said, "I' couldn't have .
done it without -their help"; He
introduced his'wife to the meeting,
Parking
Bylaw •� Is
Pbssed By Council;
'By-law No. 1, 1966 of the Vill-
age of Lucknow is published in
this issue and is a by-law to regu-, •
late parking -in the village.
The by-law states 'that no per
son shall leave their vehicle on
any street within the village from.
the hours of 3 a.m.• to 6.30 a.m:
.:from •November lit to April 30.of.
any year,•.
The by-law authorizesa con-
stable to have the vehicle removed
and the owner charged. It also
provides -for a fine of not less than.
$5 and riot more than $50 for a
first .offence and not less than $10
and not more than $100 :for subsea
quent offences along with a license
suspension.
The by-law provides no hardship
to anyone. Every village residen
can keep a parking area free of
snow either by himself, or.by' other
commercial methods which are
available
De'
i sp to this, many
Wore
g problems that are encounter..
ed by snow plow' equipment in en-
deavotiring to keep the roads clear.
• MR. AND MRS. P.A•;MURRAY:
his "baby girl"., Elaine, the••young-
est of a family; of eleven, and his
sons who were present.
Mr. and Mrs: Murray's'. family..
andgrandchildren includes Mr.
and Mrs. Keith McCarter (Veron-
ica) of Wallaceburg, Peter, Mark
and Cynthia; Mr., and Mrs. Frank .
Murray, .Kinloss, Rene and Paula;
Mr..and Mrs. Leo Murray of Kirl-
loss, Jimmy, .Kevin,, Marilyn and
Theresa; Mr, and Mrs: Lorne Kra-
emer (Eleanor) of Rexdale, Larry., ,
• Murray, Kent and Tanya; Mr.and
Mrs..' Robert Dales (Margaret Anne)
of St; Thomas, Wendy, Timmy,
Robbie,\. Mary Lue, Veronica and
Christa; Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse
"Murray, Bervie, Paddy and Jill;
Mr, and. Mrs. `Charlie 4Murtiy Kin-
loss, Paul, Brian. and Wayne; Mr.
and Mrs.' John Iviurray, Kinloss,
ESTHER•GIBSON AWARDED
$350.00 FOR .SCHOOL' WORK
Miss. Esther Gibson, student at
Western University, 'London, has
received two awards for her. Grade
thirteen results. A County of Hur-
on scholarship valued at $100...00
and the Maude Gordon Educational
Bursary for $250:00:
Esthey (Cookie) is the'daughter
of Mr'. and Mrs. Sam Gibson of
Amberley. a .
Mrs. James
Wraith
.0n 'Florida -Trip
'Mrs James Wraith of Lucknow . is Florida- bound having left last
`weekend for a holiday in the south.
She accompanied her sister; , `
Mrs. Dunc Keith of Teeswater and
the ladies were being driven by
Mrs. Keith's son, 'David Keith of
'Teeswater.
She planned to be away about a
month and while in Florida will
stay with another. sister, Mrs.,
Elizabeth Keith: of Wingharn who
winters in Florida at. -126 South
Waterloo Ave. -in Lakeland.
•
beak, David, • Dianne andNancy;
' Gerald Murray of Kinloss Miss:
Barbara Murray of Windsor and
Miss Elaine Murray at home:
• ..With 11 of a family and 28
grandchildren, it would seem to ,
.us that the.wardenship'is a second-
ary accomplishment in the lives
of Mr.. and. Mrs::' Murray.. How •
ever, residents of Kinloss and sur,
rounding area are proud of the
most' recent honour that Phonse
has brought to the Township.
;His municipal service' in Kinloss'
• has.a •record,of councillor from
1943.to 1946 and again from 1951 •
to 1957. He became Reeve. in
,1962 and is • starting his fifth term.
(Continued oh Page 2)
Elgin Keith Is New
Board' Chairman
Evan Keith was named chairman
of the Kinloss Township School,
Area Board at their inaugural meet-
ing. ' Russel.Ross was appnted
vice-chairman.
.. Other members of the board are,
Walter. Breckles,. Leo Murray' , 'Ron-
old Thacker with Allister Hughes'
continuing in the office of secret-
ary'. -treasurer„, •°
WALLACE MILLER PASSES
:AT' WINGHAM HOSPITAL
Alexander Wallace Miller, 'a
.life: long resident of the pt. Hel-
ens district of West „Wawanosh
Township; died at Wingham-Hosp-
ital on Monday of'this.week. He
would have observed his 82nd bir-
thday. on Friday. •
The funeral service Will be con-
ducted on Thursday at 2..30 p, m :.
from the MacKenzie Memorial
Chapel witli temporary entomb
Ment in South. Kinloss. Mausoleuiti.
Donpld Mdclntyre
Heads Old tight
Donald' Maclntyre .will head Old
Light Lodge, No. 184, for the •
.next year as Worshipful Master
Other officers include L: A Sal-
keld, I.i M:.; Francis Boyle, S.W.
Jack' Fisher,, J. W.. H. W::Snapp ,.
Chaplain; W. B. Anderson,, treas-
urer; T :. J.: Salkeld, secretary;
Ken MacDonald., S s :,, Girvin
Reed, J: D .; Donald Simpson, I. G
Elwin Hall.. . 0 ;G . ; Frank -Haw=
thorne,S.S ; Frank Maulden,JS.
Jack
Trustees are James Little, Ja k
,MacDonald, 'Kenneth Cameron,
` NEW, MEMBERS SESSION AT"
' : LUCKNOW UNITED "CHURCH
Eleven new • members of session
were recommended and accepted
by the congregation of Lucknow -
United Church on Sunday morning.
They are Baynard Ackert, Roy.
Havens; Elwin Hall,,Mrs. Wtelling!
ton Henderson, EldonHenderson,
Hendrick Kragt ,, •Pharis Matheis,
Dr. J.• C. McKim, John Pritchard,
Mrs, Ross Shiells, Vernon Hunter.'.
Correct Leaking Water Main
Losing, 40,000 Gallons Daily .
'A leaking water main in -the
village, which was losing between
30,A00,and 40,000 gallons of wat-
er a day 'andwas gettingprogress-
ively worse,' was discovered Sun-
day on ftoss•Street, in the area of •
the bridge at the ,foot of "Qualiy
Hill"., • • .
Town officials had been aware
of the lossof water for several
days'but a;tnorough search had •
failed to pin -point the cause and •
location. Sunday morning `an area
of moisture was noticed in tike
bank on the east side ;of Ross Street
near the bridge- and after digging
some of the bank away, the water
began to gush out.
In additfon to the extremeloss
of water over a four day ,period,
it was believed that theMain had
been leaking on a gradual basis •
fora period of time before :this.
Water pressure had dropped consid-
erably in village services and diff-
iculty was being experienced in --
keeping the stand -.pipe up to its
.
proper.level,.•
The stand- pipe.,holds' about •
160,000 gallons.: This time of .. .
.year daily consumption is about
115,000 gallons. As, we previous-'
ly.mentioned,• the loss from the
leak was between 30 and 40,000
gallons daily: In conversation
with Reeve George Joynt over the,
weekend,: we learned of the mea=
sures that had been tak`n'over the.
few days that the leak was being.
searched and 'it appears that town
officials did a lot of "tramping the
town" in ,their search, 'It is doubly,
hard to find a Teak of this'. type -in
the village'because of the swamps
and rivers where the water service
passes through and, under, At the
location of the Teak, the main is
about 10 feet under the sidewalk:
• Mowbray Construc.tionto, was
engaged to repair themain and.
workst as started rted .Monday. '.Water
service was interrupted in that
area while the repair was in pro-
gress.
Ordained At
London. Ceremony
REV. GUEST MITCHELL "'•:
Five candidates for the Priest-
hood of die Anglican Church were
ordained at Huron College Chapel,
London, .on St. 'Thomas! `.Day, '.Tu-
esday,
u-esday, Decembers 2lst' At the
same service, one man was'` ordered
to the Diaconate Rt. Rev. G.N.
Luxton, Bishop of Huron, was irk
charge of the Ordination.` Service.
The candidates for -the Priest
hood were Williarn McNeil Benm-'
ett ofthe Parish of Trinity Church
Port Burwell and St. Luke's, View!
pa; George Herbertson Boyce, Asst; .'
• istant Curate to the Rev'. Canon
•Zimmerman: at Her Ma jes-
ty's Chapel'of the Mohawks, Brant -
'ford, since ordination ' Arthur
Guest Mitchell of, the Parish of St,'
Peter's, Tyrconnell and Si •Steph-
en's, Burwell .Park; since .ordtn
ation, Edgar John Insley of St:. Geo
rages, Thorndale and Grace Church
West Nissouri; andHenry Allan
Norman Tilford of the Parish of
Si, John's; • Alvinstort, Church of
the' Epiphany, lnwoodiand St.. Pet-
er's, Moraviantown. • :
• ' `Charles Emerson Cook was the
candidate for the Diaconate...
Of interest here is the ordina=.
tion of Guest Mitchell. Mr: Mh
cheil was born and educated -in •
Montreal.: Prior, to entering Seager
Hall he was engaged in the carpen•
-
try trade in the; Lucknow4rea He
was ordained Deacon in 1964•by,
Bishop Luxton.., He married the
former Joan Mildred Johnson of,
Lucknow. ;They have 3 children,
Pamela 11, Phoebe 10 and Steven •
$,
Guest .is the son.of,Reti. and
Mrs. A. S. Mitchell who was min-
ister at St: Peter's in tucknow a
number of years ago. Joanis the •
daughter of Mr..'and Mrs. Redvers.
"Meff" Johnston. of Ripley and for
rnerly of 'Lucknow.
Flew To Indialo
Assist Government
. (Olivet News) • •
James McNairn of Seaford] flew
on Tuesday from ivlalton Internat-
ional 'Airport to India where he
will train crews to'operate aper- •
cussion type well drilling rig. The
job .wJll take three to fur months.
He will, work in central India •
where severe drought condition$
exist. The Indian government own
two drills but lacked trained per-
sonrfel to operate them. The Un-'.
ited Church of Canada, through
its board of overseas missions, sent •
out a callforhelp and Mr. Mc --
Nairn offered -to go..
Mrs. McNairn, the former Mary
White, will stay with her. parents,
Mr. and Mrs: ,Oscar White of
Olivet whale Jim is away,,
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