The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-01-11, Page 1MI A Ytar In Advanc
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• $i.K Extra'. To U.S.A.
atujra
Wawanosh
Gas and .oil !`.fever has,agaitt,bit,
this area; . with drilling presently•
being carried out in the St. 'Helens
area of West Wawanos1 Township.
Drilling has been underway on the
"farm of Piper, Foran of the 9th of
West Wawanosh; and late last week",
a vein of natural gas was struck
which showed indications;of prod;-
uction possibilities', A drilling out-
fit from the, Ailsa 'Craig area is.
continuing on in the drill hole with
"hope of possibly striking oil at a
lower level.
There has been oil and gas talk in
this area for Many: years andback"
in 1958. a gas supply was struck on
the . farm of Mrs. Josephine •
.Augustine
Iect New
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UC..KN
OW
MacTavish of the '9th concession,
the farm east, of the Foran farm.
At thattime,.' the well was capped
and has- remained capped. in the
intervening years We understand'
that a',well on the farm of William
Webster on the 10th: of West Wa:wa-
nosh was also capped at that time,
`Most of the farmsin the area
around the 'Foran property have
been leased in recent years and no.
doubt there are many buoyant`
hopes among land owners in•.the
area
The Foran well and the MacTav-
ish well are about 500 feet apart .,.
on theadjacent farms, '
,.
ESTABLISHED IN 1U!
Ross Martyn Sells
Legal Portion Of
Ripley Business
The law firm of 'Crawford,' Shep
.herd and Mill.of'Wingham have;.
purchased the legal kortion of the
business ;of. Ross' Martyn of Ripley
with the:change-over. becoming-
effective on, January;lst,
Mr. Martyn will retain and con—
tinue to operate the general insur-
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ance •bonds and irvestrnentP.- ort-
ion•of the business with 'th'e Win
ham firm handling the estate
/real estate part:. N. A'. Shepherd
'will be in. Ripley :every Friday. in
• this regard.presently He . spends • `:
_
Wednesdays•in Lucknow in the ,
'Breckles 'block, in connection with
their, law practice. .
It was:seveni -ei. ht years ago in
8u Y
18.89' that 'An s Mat n,•father..of
Ross, established the. family
business in Ripley , Ross took over.
in 1925 :following the death of his
father and has continued since
then. Through the years, Mr.
Martyn's service to Ripley andthe
surroundingarea, as a notary pub
lirand conveyancer. has been'
widelyacceted., Mr. Martynhas
. P .
.' been i11 since Mid November and.:
Y
Monda of this week made his first
.
visit back to the Office in that
time.
';In his absence, the business was
;capably handled by Mr John C
MacDonald of Ripley who has been.
in the: employ' of Mr. Martyn for ' .
the past thirteen years.. Mrs. Mac-
Donald will continue on, under the
new agreement in the employ of
both 'Mr. Martyn and the firm. of
Crawford , Shepherd', and- Mill . •
ONE NEW: ,MEMBER
Lbcknow Council
Take. Office. dor
Centennial Year
L,ucknow Village:Council met
'for a short tlnie on Monday at
.11 a.m. for their inaugural session.,.
at ;which time the: Reeve: and
councillors: signed. their oath of
office.
Reeve George Joynt was in the:
chair with the council ,made up
of veteran'meMbers Omar. Brooks,
Harvey .Webster and W.A. Bud
Hamilton along.wit . the' newest
member ofthe board, . Eldon
..Wraith: r..
Much of tie inaugural session
was 'deferred. until the evening
meeting the 'following night Tues1
day, January .IOth .
'Charles Webster was appointed
as the, village"representative on
the new Huron -Bruce District High;•
School' Board
Clerk Agnew -advised coun-
cil ontax arrears as of De'cernt er
31, 1966; 1966 total taxes were
$89,374'with $5,124 outstanding
representing 5:5%; 1965 taxes were
$82,851 with',$1,938 outstanding •
for a percentage::of 2.40/9 as of the
end of this, past.Y
. ear; total taxes
'1114964 were $78,109 with $216. d:
unpaid', as` of the end of 1966 re
��resentin$� '.024%..: Total:un aid
P P,.
taxes at;the'end of 1966 amounted
to $7',280,
A year agog at the:end of Dec
ember 1965,"total unpaid taxes,.
were $10,537 as follows; $8,276
.for 1965., $1,368 ford 1964.
and
$892 for 1963,
By-law Na;`1, 1967.'was approved
authorizing the borrowing of up to.,
Bank
$60;040. from the Bnk of Mont-
real to "meet current expenses in'
196.7.' o •- ,
A payment of $1,967,27 for
ONTAR I0
WEDNESDAY,. .JAN.. 11th, 1967
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Single Copy 1 ,c
16 Pages..
1966 was an eventful;year in the
P
municipal' circles of: the'Townshi
of Kinloss: 'P A. Murray was elec.- •
ted Warden of Bruce County ,and
after numerous years of municipal.
Y
service, retired as`Reeve., William
Evans, a councillor ,,was elected
Reeve of Kinlpss in a December
election..Frank Schumacher was
appointednew road superintend-
ent of .the'township, Gordon Wall
retired as clerk of the township
and:the''officl
s'of c exk.and treas-
urer
urer were: combined .with ; Fraser' •
MacKinnon, 'the treasurer,, assum
ing this new post_. Kinloss became,
part, of the .new Huron,- Bruce Dist-
rict High School atVingham and
Kinloss Public School Area joined
.with Lucknow , under' a new joint
board;.
@y•
These were a. few of the things=
which kept the above men quite
busy during the past year. The
group,pictured at the, last meet-
ing of ,1966, are front row, deft to
right, Fraser MacKinnon, former
treasurer•, and the new 'clerk -treas-
urer; ' ,Frank Schumacher, road
superintendent; P.A. Murray. 1966
Bruce Warden and Reeve of'Kinloss:'
and now retired from municipal:
life; Gordon Wall, clerk of Kin
loss who retired the end of . the " .
'year,
Second row, left to 'right, are
Kinloss councillors of 1966, Wall-
ace Conn, William E. Haldenby,
'William Evans who it now serving
as Reeve' .of Kinloss and Orville
Elliott.
Lucknow's share in'the new ambuld
ance service being operated by:.
the Wingham and.District•Hospital.'
• Was. passed . Lucknow's: share. is
8.8% of the total costs being arri-",
wed' at jby the number of admiss- •
ions from this municipality to, the"',.
hospital. This arrmounts..to $1';936
with the additional • $31.27 being" •
an equal division among those in'
volved of admissionsfromrnunic-
ipalities outside•the area, The
costs' involved are capital ,costs
including purchase' of' equipment
Future 'charges will be for main-
tenance only.'
•
1961 accounts authorized paid
were a $1,000 grant to the a Luck
re renewing now arena as well s n w� g a.
membership ;in• the. Ontario Good
Roads Association and' su' script -
ions to the Municipal W.lit
`a.
rid.
p
t�e
The 1966 Combined Ro. man:Cath-
• otic Separate School Board of• West':
Wawatnosh recently' made arrange-
`mentswith the London Diocese to
sell the St . Augustine. school and
property: back to the church for: the
initial price of one dollar. Arrange.
ments'have .now bee` . completed',
Thechildren from that school,
pp
numbering 28, are pupils of'St,
. p �.
Jose h's school, Kin'.gsbridga . and
.., •
have been attending ` there sinoe. -
Se pteuber of 1066 Theyare: Anne
�
yt�ii �r44
eparate School Sold;
awanosh, Ashfield Board
-,ren of Cyril Boyle; Mary Anne and,
`'Ber.nard'lioyle,' children of
Raymond Boyle; .Alex, Colin and
g
Vir "inia Chisholm, children of
Leonard Chisholm; John Joanne and
George. Hickey, children of Joe
g ,
1-lickey; .Cathy, Terry ,.Janice, i
Donna, Rosemary, Maryellen and !
r
Margaret Foan oehildren of John
g .a a
Foran; Flarry , Margaret,,John and,
Eddie"Franken, children of John,,
Franken LucyDelores" and Luis, „,
Ncvcs,'children of Luis Neves,
o Redmond son of .Theodore"
Redmond and Wilma and Frank:
Van A;aken, children ofJerry ‘Van
Aaken�;
On January' 1; 1067. West Wawan=
osh Combined' It;C. Separate
School officially combined with
Ashfield C.R.,C.S.,S. forming one
Board. The trustees, elected Deec-
ember 28th are, Frank `Doherty,
Chairrhan, John Howard, •Johtj.
Austin, Martin ilendriks and Mrs.'
Leonard Ch isholt t M , The Se.`re tarn ,
tow. wIttlyeedoex3t,WW-4,07,w,
'd"reasrircr i'� '11C,l1`,11d. i•r'.tvhe
Passes Sunday
Mrs,: Alexander :Walker, the••
:former Edith Mae Cottrill passed;
awy in Kincardine General'Hospit•
al, on Sunday January 8, Funeral
service was conducted at MacKen-
zie Memorial Chapel, lucknow on
Tuesday,'January 10th.•'
Leonard Courtney,
Is Appointed
Board Chairman
• Leonard Courtney'was appointed„
chairmanfor. the Ripley -Huron,
Township. School'.Are`a Board for 'Hallowe'en prank last Fall Means
the coming' year at their inaugural a loss. of about $408,. to Mr; and
meeting. -Howard I -lodge. was Mrs, Walter Forster of the' Ripley
R�ssMacMiUan
Buys Local Home
Mr.• and Mrs. Ross MacMillan of
the 6th . of Kinloss p
Townshi have
purchased the; home of the late
Mrs, R. V. `MacKenzie 'on
Havelock Street in Lucknow..
It will be several weeks before
the MacMillan "move to town.
Their farm was sold some --time'
ago to Lorne Eadie' of Holyrood
and
they have 'continuedtolive in
the farm .house ,iince then,'.
NO 'INSURANCE • PAID '
Halloween Prank
About 400Csts
The final outcome of an idiotic.
named vice-chairman, area in Huron Township. The
'. 'Other appointmehts,wee Mrs, $400 does not include the hard
John C, MacDonald; secretary—work involved or the ` '
,:treasurer; Lloyd Wylds, attendance :inconvenience,, but merely the
officer;- teacher committee, John replacement cost of their winter
H ; . Elliott, Howard' Hodge; trans- hay supply
ortation Ivan Cook• • Perrin Lowr
P Y • ..in.
e Saturday previous; to Hallow,,
property',' Howard Hodge, Ivan e'e so eo a or ones, set fire
t.
Cook; p n rn n
to a hay stack belonging to the
Dr. Tindall was appointed tepres Forsters and a roximatel 1000
entative to the Ripley District PP
bales wre destroyed. The' Forster
•.High School Board, Mrs. Joe Scott family were awakend e !),y mei$n=
was 'appointed ointed to' the Library Board '., ' a
PP hourssabout .1 :'n :and told of the
for a three ear term
-� .. r .. : .fire, but nothzng,cotild�be done by
Three educational television: sets . stack. '
. then to save,. the s ark,
have .recently been installed fot c,
Fin l blow came recently when'
Else in`Ripley aid.Pine•liver. advised
-.1r, ani lvtrs, Forster were..
Sch ols :'l. new bicycle rack and, ; ,. ew i
by theYr insurance conypany that
slide. destr y"ed at Hallowe'en are .i ..,1,. -,
�, • w .: destroy"ed ., .' .no xnsttrance wou..d be pard .oft. the
l ' itl, rt. planed at a cost of $125 ,. loss:.;
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