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-LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
• WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15th, 1969
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RETIRES F
Dr:: James E.: Little•,a dentist:in
Lucknow for 'close°to 34' years
ceased practice, here during the
past, week:' His office in the John-
stone :block, 'where: he was located
all the years' he practiced , has,..
been closed ;and his equipment sold
.Plans. were to a•emove the: equip=
inent -last weekend but:poor•' '
weather conditions•prevented this
James Little is the son of ;he late,
Mr.•. and Mrs,. Edward Little, •nati.v-
:esof the 4th Of•Kinloss, Mr. and
became widely known and respect
ed'.by patients, from .a wide area '
The comfort of P
his atients. was.al-
ways of uppermost . importance to . ,.
him and Dr,. Little was alw'ays wi
in to "he1} soeone in need. of. den:
servicem
, day or' 'night.
During i
Veterinarian Take
�itrlll�t
Mrs ..Little resided, for`a time in
Calumet ,• Michigan where Jim
attended elementary school arid
graduated from :Calumet ••
)w
School -in June'; 1920. The'Little
family returned to Kinloss Or Feb-
ruary ruar of 1921:
•
Jin attended Stratford Normal
''',Schoolnd-graduated there in 1924
'He taught school at. the .6th of. Kin _
-4?
loss for ive years:and spent one
year teaching at the Boys':• Training
School at Bowmanville.. .
He then entered the Dental Coll-
ege,, University of Toronto .where;''
Dr: Little graduated in May 1935
One month later he. set yup pract-
ice in•Lucknow• where he hascon-
tinued to serve for 33 1/2 years.
During his practice, Dr. Little'
dental service wasrovided b
P Y ...
district.school boards, Dr.. Little
saw thousands of'children pass
through ,:his'care`Many . of these
Children,. as.'adu , is returned from
1
all ;over the province •to continue,
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alkerton Doctors
Dr: David Biesenthal• who has
been• associated 'with Dr. „Brock Cle-
land in his local' veterinary practice
will leave the latter' art•of this P
week to become associated with
Drs.' Mullin; and,Berberick: in the
Walkerton and. Hanover :Clinic..
Dave came to.Lucknow'1ast April •
after graduating from college ,and •
he and Mrs. Biesenthal have been
ple Celebrate
nth Anniversary
112 Ince
This area has, seen snow ,.. snow and
more snow in recent-w,eeks•,•,Traffic•
Was 'at .a, standst'ih the later part:
of hast' week as, high. winds: whipped.
'in drifts just about as fast•as snow;
removal crews, .could clean; them:
out. t -
School was cancelled on, Friday
last ascountry roads were dogged . •
and: visibility was reduced to nil on
any roads which were open::'.
• Besides schools being closed, the
winter'sworst extended until Sun-
day when a number of rural
'churcheswere closed .for :Sunday
.service..
Harold Greer , : who regoras, local 2.
weather records for the Meteorolog-
ical Division of the Ontario Depart-
ment of •Transport , .recorded. 112"
of,snow -locally. from' December,..;
22nd to. January,l2th
Only one day during that time ,°
December •,30,:was free•of snow and
on three+. days•ten inches of snow
fell:during the day;
The total snowfall duringNoveni=
now
ay
ber was 10 1/2" arid in December,
up to the'time mentioned above,
20"'; •This' makes a. total. snowfall
locally of 142 1/2"
The number of inches of snow
which fell from December 22nd to.
Sunday, of this: week, on a:41ay to
day basis., is listed Decenn,ler
2"; December 23; 3";: December
'24, 6";'•December 2tP., IV; Dec- •
ember. 26`, I Decerliber 27; ,‘5";1
December 28 , 5"'; December 29
15;"; Dece'mb'er 30„ 0 'December:
31,.2"; January 1,. 10"; January 2,'.
'5"; January 3',: 4",; January 4,'3"
January 5,, 2''; January 6,;6 Jan':
°uary.7• ii"; January;8, 4"; January
b", January 10, 6"; January
1(?"; January 12,•9".: •
.The coldest days this winter•, and
they really ha�en't_been_that cold:',
was on December 9th -1 degree; .
Decernber IOth -8 degrees; Dec
ember 31st,: l degree; Jarivary 1
-2' degrees. , Other temperatures'
have been fairly moderate and
average::
New Council Take Garage Rood Caves:
Oath Of Office In From Snow
the inaugural meetifng ofLuck - .
now: Village Council was lie1d on
Monday; morning. at 11 a . rrl.'
The 1968: council met and clear-
ed 1968 business and accounts.:.:
Reeve Omar Brooks thanked° the•
Clerk E. H. Agnew for .his .assistance
and co-o•eratio durin the.• ear.'as
did councillors Eldon Mann .and
Harvey Webster„ The other two •
1968 councilllors, Bob Finlay, and •
Eldon Wraith ,, were absent.• The
Reeve and: councillors wished clerk
'A new'' leasant etirement
g P :
years:.
/Reeve Brooks referred to many•ior•of man 'homes..
,pleasant years sitting with"councill y •
or Harvey Wbster. Both carne on '
Snow loads on.many district build-
ings -'have reached: tie danger point -
and; area residents; were busy' $ra'
:recent days removing the,snow from
houses and b.usiness•places.:°
,Elmer Umbaah s'garage roof
caved in -On Monday ;from the we '
garage: is located at•the ;rear of the.;
Main street. business of Mr.
Umbach, ,
'.Many, residents have been having
trouble with water backing up .In
their homes and the situation,• has.
caused :water darn. e'to the inter_-
g
the -council in 1960 ''Mr. Brooks'..,
also.spoke of.the contribution'made
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and 9, '1
On'' Wednesday , January 5th , .M'r .
and Mrs. John IvlacMuichy•of .R. R
4 , Ripley , celebrated their 50th •
Weddin Anniversar in compan
.g Y Y;.
i r--thgi-r4a-mfl-y-�of-three a. er
and their husbands Mr: and Mrs.
Wrn':° ;(Margaret). Ferguson of Amb-:
erle , Mr, and Mrs. Cecil' `•'
Y ;.
(Norma) Hurnphrey and: lvlr. and
Mrs. Lester (Audrey)' Ferguson, ,•,
• both -df R.1T. 4 , 'Ripley
aKma
Fractures T' R f Port FL .n an
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Mrs., Charles Mason: o know:.
suf ered •a. fractured hip ina t a on
f p fll,.
Sunday afternoon..,..
She was' moved by amb•Ulance that
evening: to Victoria •Hospital, •on -
don. .. .
i m S O car Q LOLL•
ery of Lucknow has received a
transfer to Nakina , Ontario::
' Jim is station agent withthe Can-
adian National Railways. He has
been in . ortg
g in .as agent or t e.
past six years.
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Others present'Were•Mr. and'Mrs:
James Farrell Mrs, Elizabeth.Mac-• ,i
Dona-ld:-ind-Mr-s John .Reid
in-laws of the bride and groom and ..I
Mr's, Reid •s'friend'; Mrs: Gohop :
'All enjoyed a dinner at• the Log
Cabin Restaurant , Lucknow •and ,then
to''the; home, 6f Mr.. and Mrs .:Lester
Ferguson fora social get-together ,
Mr. and Mrs, MacMurchy .also have
fourteen grandchildren. •
residing in the Henry, MacKenzies
house on Havelock Street South,.
known to, many as the former
'Sandy - .
Sandy Purdon home" .
Mr. and. Mrs, •Biesenthal will
tof
movemoveto Walkerton the fi ir's Feb•.
ruary It is the hometown of Mrs:
Biesenthal, the ,forier Carolyn'.;
Weiler .' .
A proposalmade by E.H. Agnew
for• his retirment as village clrkwas discussed at the inaugural
xneting'of Lucknow Village Councilon 'Monday morning: of this •
weekMr Agnew became' eligibletor
retirement allowance Novmber 1st
and officially retired then.
However, an a reement was adewith Lucknow Council at that time
ve3tionSafety O 5h��f:Ruiti.ps
•
• Councillor Harold Greer raised the
question at the inaugural meeting
of L oknow Village Council on Mon
a`lrof'the hazard which exists
,ar ' rid 'the fire ruins of thy' public
s• • .
building in in' Lucknow : ;
Mr.. Greer questioned if any liab-
ility insurance was carried by the
town on the property since acquiring
it from the,'school board some
weeksY
Labilit _."insurance is.
g
carried .He felt that No Trespassing.
g.
signs should be erected around the
proFertY and danger area on'the
•
'school grounds 'should be snow-;fenc.-
ed off,
;' Mr. 'Greer said that close neigh-
bours around thebuilding had in-
formed h-irn' of children pia ' in .in
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the structure and referred to this as
a very dan''erous practice, -He said
dangerous
lie had.beelt•told that water had
recently been turned on iii,the cell-
ar of the building and about four
feet of water .was there at one tirn•e
Any child falling; through the
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RETI
'new stated•that.he had. become
eligible for retirement some tithe.
ago and had `felt that_ it was iniper_
`ve.t t t.:
•ati ha, he take i Ike, .:
'said that the tesponsibilities. of the
clerk's office bad -greatly increased'
and that he wolild•like.to retire
March 1st after an audit had been
completed' and: other business clear
' ed up. •
Asked' by councilif he would stay
•
that'he. would`con tmue` 911 as acting patM:arc h lst if difficult ywase
clerk on a month to month basis.'" per,ienced in replacing. him,'Mr -,;
As acting clerk, Mr, Agnew tookAgnew stated that he did not,feel
a lesser salary from the village so'' that a replacernent would cause L
that his pension and-salary,as clerk them any difficulties, He suggested
combined equalled his 'former that the deputy clerk insight:' be
salary as clerk:. willing to accept, more responsib- -
A t Monday's meetings Mr. Ag- flit ies .
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