The Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-11-30, Page 13v.1
I Y
es
IY
B OF M
Sof my,.
.lontreo:
in .1966.
it. 1966,
yourself
losits Of
)rd high •
of. oper
i loan to
•!n
;5,c9
hh-
-dits te.
„
04:
by
tn. ass:s!
'AWAY. NOV. ?O. 1,,
KINWSS ELECy .
ONT1NUFD. FROM PAGE 1
oss School Boad, Leo Murray.,
also nominated for the schOol
non, but Leo qualified for a
— • '
•
oil seat after a number Of
S school service. So, in the
1 eleCtion, it will be two men
ted and two men left at home.
had Elliott, a former Reeve
inloss, was nominated chairm-
I last Friday's nomination
ing Clerk Gordon Wall re-
ed thetollowing nominatons,
• KEINE .. • .
lace, Conn by JarnieSon Petta •
e and .Russell Ross. , •
• Murray by Wallace .conn.incl
• E. Haldenby. .
, Murray by Walter Breckles',
Ronald Thacker. • ,
lath Evans by Jack Ackert and.
ald McFarlan. • •
. E. Haldenby by A. Murray
Frank Mauden. •
cpuN cm, . • ,
Murray by Ronald Thacker
Wm. E.' Haldenby.
ace COnn by Wm, E., lialden-
d Ronald Thacker: , ,
E. Haldenby by Lyman Sutton
onald McFarlan.
le Elliott by Jack Ackert and
an Campbell. . •
an Campbell by Orville
ti and Ronald -Thacker.
Evans by Frank Maulden and
11 Bushell. . ;
cHool. TRUSTEE
o to he elected)
1 Ross by Jamieson Petta
and WallaceConn .
r Breckles by P. A . !Murray;
arlie Murray.'
urray. by Russell Ross and •
er Hughes.
Thacker by Leo Murray. anti
1 Ross. ,
Keith by Leo Murray and
ie Murray.,
EETINd OF RATEPAYERS
e of Kinloss and Warden of
County, P.A. Murray; was
_THE LUCKNOW SENT1410IN ONTARIO
the first speaker of the afternoon
and outlined work`that had 'been
carded Out in the county during
the year, "
Mr, Murray stated that Bruce
County had a total revenue in 1966
of $2 1/2 million, In the •expend-
iture departrnent, highways, prot-
ection to persons and property and
welfare are the three main items.'
He spoke of the highway work done
within the'past year speaking of the
$150,000 HolyrOod to Ripley pro-
ject•which will be hard -topped
next year. The county engineer •
had commented that this piece of
road was the best built in the
County, 'there are 2251ni1es.of
county road in Bruce. $1,400,900,
was spent on county roads this year
approximately. •
The Warden spoke of the •
$300,000 addition to the county
buildings which will be .opened
early in the year.. He said they s
were ready to call tenders for the
$2 1/2 million,loc-bed county .
home at Wiarton. He said there is.
a present continual waiting list ,
fix Brucelea Haven at Walkerton
of about, 25 ; /-
Mr. Murray said he had no notion.
of staying on as Reeve if the other.
boys were interested in stepping pp
. CouncillOr Wallace Conn:gave .a
breakdown' of 'expenditures in var-
ious locations in the township dur-
ing. the year. Work in Whitechurch
hardtopPing the' street. cost $3,400.
.10;000 yards,of gravel went on
township roads and about $1.800
was spent on Calcium. 'Snowplowing
.in 1965-66 cost the township
$2,600: which does not include the
workdone by the township equip-.
ment Considerable discussion
centred arOund the Use of rhulene
as. an effective.control of warbles .
and lice. ,•
• Mr. •Conn said if Reeve and War-. •
den Murray was retiring, he .would
like the opporttinity of serving as
• Reeve befOre retiring from.munic-
ipal affairs. • '
touncillor Wliliam Evans sugg-
ested advantages in having the
roads well graded and in good con-
,.
1966 -
are stead.
milding .1
y towards
CHRISTMAS CARDS
050-0106
WRAC)
mew,*
air/
cAatos.
• Ribbon'.
• Christmas Wrap • • •
• . .Af. . .
.11CKNOW: SENTINEL
ditiOn before winter came to preg•
vent unnecessary problems with
toads in the winter. Mr. Evans
said .he had served on council. for
six years and announced his inten. •
tions of seeking the Reeveship.
Councillor William E, Haldenby
mentioned the work in Whitechurch
and on the 4th concession center as
great improvements. Mr. Haldenby
forsees in the years to come that
Kinloss will have one olthe most
progressive tourist areas in and• , •
around the Claviand Silverloake .
vicinitylie also stressed the nat-
Ural, beauty of the 4th concession
which is taken for granted by local
residents but which will-141-.Ature ,
see more development and use of
this area. by. out'of township resid-
ents, Speaking of the postpone
-
merit of the building of the tOwnitt
ip garage,• Mr. lialdenby felt it'
was 'a necessity and thought that
future council should proceed:
,with the project, He saicl the norn•-
'nation as Reeve was a surprise and
he .would have to think about it.
Before' the meeting ended; he
announced that he wouldnot con-
test the Reeveship but would re-
,
main on in council. • . ,•
Councillor Orville Elliott said
•that when tenders were, called for
the township garage,.'only one was
received at $45;000. He said „
council .had ceriginally feltthat, it
could be' built for $35,090 or : • .
$36•,000. Itswas decided,to call ,
tenders again and the second Call.
produced two tenders at' $44,000. .
and $43,009: It was decided to
hold up the projectin view of the '
•
cost. The lotlor the garage was
purchased from Lorne Eadie for
:$700; Mr. Elliott referred to the.
township durnp:as'a disgrace and !.
felt that corrective measures would
have to be 'taken to preientim-••
proper use of the dump area. He •
said.only one tender was received
on.municipaldrains..arid that this
work, which was supposed to have •
been completed in August, has "only
just started: He said he had
intended to quit but 'that he ,under-
stood 'he was still eligible to sit ; ..•
on council and would continue on
rather than call another nonlinat7
iOn,, *Mr.Elliott now resides in .
Lucknow but has property in Kin!.
.
The, .two other nor/due for
escs
copricil spoke. buncan.0 mpbell,
said he had net made up h . mind
Whether to stand .a not. and 'Leo
Murray saichhat he 'would stand,
kir tilt, council sear. ', ' •
Treasurer Ns'. 'MacKinnon
spoke of the financial business of,
the.township referring to some tax
arrears which would have to be
•acted on and which have become
a problem. He felt.the year would
end with a snrplus'Iri view of the
fact that. the building.of the town•
ship garage'had been provided for,
but had been postponed. He paid
tribute to the retiring township
clerk; Gordon' Wall and hoped :
that he would be able to sadsfact-.
ally fill the, office 'of clerk -yeas-
dor/don Wall, who retires at the
end of the year as clerk of the
township, said he had found serv-
ing as clerk a .rewarding and en-
joyable experience but regretted
that his Work in Wingharn now
madelt impossible for him to
carry on.. He stressed the import-
ance of 'keeping the ratepayers of
the township well informed. Mr.
Wall heartily recominended his
Successor. Fraser Mackinnon and
felt the combining of the clerk
and treasurer position was essent-
ial now With the new inethod of '
assessment. Mr. Wall paid tri-
bute to a number of officials who
he had served with in his years '
as clerk and mentioned the assist-
ance given. him by his wife,.
Many of the speakers throughout
the afternoon were highly
• complimentary of Mt. Wall!s
service and also of the honour
brought to Kinloss by Warden •
v
*
4
TtHATIEIEN
Murray'intis being elected WE
den. •
Road Superintendent Frank San.,
rnacher outlined work done by »is
department in the township and
answered several questions. fror,n
the audience. RAssell Ross of
Whitechurch wondered if anything
could be done to alleviate a
serious summer dust problem in
his area from trucks hauling gravel
from the Joynt pit to the Maitland t
Redi-Mix plant at Teeswater.
Frank Maulden also said that the.
same prOblern existed•in the
north of the township where heavy
trucks were hauling pavel,from
Ment in, the application And tim-
ing of calcium was suggested..
Schumacher said the'towriship ?
grader cost $6,614 in fuel. wages':
and repairs and he noted that the'
machine now had 460 hours on it;
Evan Keith chairman of the
Kinloss Township School Area,
said the past year had been a busy
and trying one on many occasions.
'He stated that Mts., Isabel, Mac Ken
zie of Lucknow. had taken over the
duties of secretary -treasure of the
.area On April 1st following the
resignation of Allister Hughes be7.
cause of ill health; ii said the
board had to 'make the decision
OA whether or not Kinloss would
become, part ,of a larger school area
with LucknOW and make use Of the I
facilities of the.Lucknow District
High School building which be-
• came availai)le. He felt the de-
.•-.' HEATING EQUIPMENT. ••
4011.4%.10110thild.OtOr,O)- •
tt.
HOME NEAT 4
••SERVICE
AT NO COST TO YOU
cision of the board would prove a •
•
•
ROT' HAVENS
Plumbing and Heating
OF:SalesiiirutT
°11111741BServi7VICE
•
„
completed two yettrs.pn the aria
.board• and ,had.SerVed Oil their
1 section board pia tkith.at,
1thaihe•would let his name kaki
for office,. •
The final trustee to speak was.
Whad
terarecmaldoogood
pesstogress
id he
they In
bus touting'in his area of the town-
ship and thaetlie 4 - class idtools.
.at the ncath were'woikint satis-
factorily. He said he Wield stand
for school trustee:
Other speakers were Jamieson:.
,Pettsipie,ce Kinloss representative
to die Wingham and' District iligh
School' and Allister Hughes, "
• representative to the Lucknow
• District High Scheel, The two
men outlined steps taken in' the
formation of the new
Bruce -School Area which will.;
comprise the Winghun and .Luck -
now High School Districts.
bon Thompson Of The Lucknow • "
8entinel was called on for a few •
words.. ' •
• •
In his closing remarks; Reeve , •
PA.Miniay, said he had beep
More pleased for Kinloss than for
himself in bringing the Warden -
ship' to .the county for the first
time in 54 years. •
Discussion frequently changed'.
Wlseone ' iii -years to eorne, and that
the education -opportunities offered
the pupils within'the area *ietad,.:
be comparable:to that ofia city
school. He said .that additianal,
,bus.service for. the north end of the
area was workiagnut well and
said thatiit had been felt that if ,
-some of the pupils were offered -the
facilities of bus transportation.,
all should be. He said no teacher
now has more than four grades by •
the juggling of classes in'the two.
rernainingsone room schools in
the township at, the north. end.
Mr...Keith said he would let his
naineitand foroffice on the new
board, and as there was.going to
• be an election for Reeve, • •
.felt it'a good tittle for the rate,
payers to express their vilifies in
regard to school matterl is Well.
Jack Ackert iinestiOned the school
board chairman onthe method of...
tendering for Caretakers at Kinloss
Central, and of raises in pay given
after the tender had been let.
Leo Murray, A board member fOr.
six years, stated he would not:
contest the.school positions and
was letting his name stand for
council; Mr. Murray said .that it is
unfortunate that the new Kinloss-
Lucknow hoard'will only have two'
representatives from Kinloss and
two from LucialoW. The other Me-
mber is from Greenock. Leo said
it had been the understanding. of -
both 'the, boards up until a few days
ago that both Kinloss 'and Lucknow
would-haVe three members. He
said that a Misinterpretation by •
the inspector had caused the. pro-. •
blem and felt that in view of '
thil, three Members should still
be allowed from each municipality as well as the one from Greeri-
ock. He referred ,to the new TV
piirchased by the area board at the
tender. price:of $250, 'which was
covered by a 100% grant. • .
Russell Ross, • member from the
Whitechurch ffrea, stated that he
had suffered severe criticism from
'some circles regarding the closing
Of the Whitechurch school and the
letting of bus contract's. He said
he had been accused Of Single
handedly dosing the school and '
expressed the wish that some of
the beefers would show their face
auttomination meeting where they
could. learn the truth much better
than talking on street ;Oilers. He
said he would stand for trustee
Ronald Thacker saidhe had
. . •1
. • —
•
• r
•. it • •
..t
•
•
„,,,„.• •
° back to. rhulene treatment .of• •
cattle for warbles, the availability •
• and price of It. The Township .
subsidize purchase i .wherfpreserit-
,• ed with a rieeeipted bill. It was
agreed that ,the treasurer order ,108
cans to get in on the $13., per can
prices It Was suggested that the
.cans'be made available at, a •cent-
.
nal location. and:Raynard Ackerti•
offered the use of his storage facil7
ities 'for nOthin.g if.the township
wished to use, them. It was also,
suggested that the township ertgagte•
sOrpeone to:go from farm to fawn •
sefllng thulene in the hope that it
will he more widelyuied..
•
It's a real friend ;wit° likes you in
spite of all he knows about yOU: •
..r
•
4