The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-11-25, Page 13WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25th,19711
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TOWLUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
• ELECTION: FOR SCHOOL'
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Following the nomination period
at which time nominations were
'.received by clerk -treasurer Earl.
flout, Francis -Boyle was .named
chairman fora ratepayers Meet-
ing.
•
The deputy -reeve stated that the.
cost of paving was about $5000
per, mile as compared ,with $1000
per, mile for maintaining.
gravelled roads.. On this basis,
Mr. Emerson:felt that.a planned
program of :paving would see the
same dollar expenditure over a
five year period.
Councillors Bert Elliott, John
Reeve Russell 'Stanley. was the
first called on and he gave a Ferguson and Elmer Smeltzer all.
breakdown of committees on spoke briefly of their work on
Brucc•County Council -stating th -t council during the_year John •
in,the future the county would Ferguson outlined improvements.
'operate on twelve committees. •to the Reids'Corners Hall and the
with each member serving on only. offer of council to match every
one committee. He• made refer-..' dollar raised by the community to
once to the county weed inspect- a .:maximum of $750.: He also.
o___ rem ort which stated that Hier- explained the installation of a•
on 'Township had set a good • new furnace at the Township Hall:
Elmer.nae tier mentioned- the
roadwork from the 4th to the '10th
.concession on the, Lakeshore *road.
He .cited -possibitTe •u, snow :
plow problems this year because
Of the manner which the' bus
routes •were set up.
Donald MacTavish, the .other
nominee for council, said that
had- ne-bee-i-w-i-tlr-the-present
ministration and felt they were
doing a good job. He supported
Bob Emerson's opinions on hard -
.topping township roads.and felt.
the. future .should include
1a plan
ou -
'
ned program of hardtopping. Mr.
av-sh fe t tht t
KINLOUGH
Mr. ,and Mrs. David Oliver and
fainily of Preston were recent
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Leon-
ard Stanley and family.
Mr. and Mrs.•George Gilbert
of Stratford visited on Thursday
with relatives and friends here..
We extend sympathy to Mr,
and. Mrs. Don Donaldson and.
family of Teeswater in the passing
of her mother the late Mrs. Earle
;Hodgins:, formerly of Concession
10, andalso to Mrs..William . .
Alton (the former Grace Thomp-
son) and family in the passing of
-the---late Wlamltan,
INJURED LEG '
Cathy 'Stanley , daughter of Mr•.
and, Mrs. Leonard Stanley, suffer -
•cxarnple for all. by spraying and
• cutting•the,entire roadside. Reeve.
Stanley' said that the=Bounty
horrme• at Warton had 86 residents
.with:.only 12 vacancies: at the •
present time'.., The comparatively
new'home is filling up fast. Br,uce-
lea Haven in Walkerton is full to
.Capacity with a waiting la of
six.: / .
• .Mr., Stanley made reference to
. Y i highway work in Bruce .which was
considered' as .'priority" ;by the
county: .The roads included the
highway r,unning north through :
Ripley., commonly known as the
Luckinow
I`4r. Stanley thanked council; •
for their co-operation during
the •Reeve's . chair.
his first year in _ - __- _,
• Referring -to the a.njouni, of time
spent on.council business , he
stated 'that'their'suminer meet- •
ings had commenced at 7 p. m.
and_ was'common to adjourn
about .1 a . hi. with one meeting.
ending at 2.45 a.,n)
Bob Emerson; ;deputy -reeve ,
said that he' had enjoyed his
first year representing Huron on,
county council. He said that
he has increasing: ciptiniism •about
the: esta:blishme:nt of regional•
governrrment:. ' One, year. ago ; most
people'thought it inevitable ,' he:
said -;-but a-f-ee g-ef--re-w-hop
b z: has developed among county
council Members. ' He .said that •
the next two or three years will
lay the groundwork for the next'
twenty years and he hoped that
the future .would not see' local
government go out of their hands.
He commended ,Reeve Stanley:,
t3`s•-1eadershi- and_the. meth.od.,
.� p
of conducti -'the council•aneet-'
ing
ings.. • •
Mr. Emerson has previously
advocated the benefits of paving
and had felt that Huron were be-
hind in this manner in maintajn-
ing their roads. He said that the
next years planning will include
five miles of paving and'he ex-
pressed hope that the future would
see much snore of this in Huron.
*.4
ing was not as efficient and effective as it should be' and suggested
that the grader -operators should
spend more time on the job.,
Is�v 1Vluure, rtiad Slit/till' 11 '=
gent, gave a detailed breakdown'
on -the financial side of the road
work. He mentioned ,problems
which increase year by year. where,
workers, male and female, ex •
-
pect.the roads; to.•be plowed very
early for thein to get to work
also the fact that prow's must be •
to...n the r.oa:ds
all•school busses. ' He said that
increased interest by contractors
in the gravel contract for the
"roads had resulted in their costfor.
gravel coming down from $1.45•
'to $1.18' this year. He made ref
erence to the 'high loss of •road
signs and'blinker equipment stolen
andals
and damaged.by vandals.
the,meeting took on a lively
discussion on:the manner in.
which the graders' were being oper-
ated.
penated.. Some were unhappy with
winter work onthe lower end of.
Alie,..2nd-conce,ssiowas,
not moved as .quickly,'as expected.
Others were unhappy with the
grading and dust control during
the summer. Mr. Moore fielded
a series of complaints until one
I. :ratepayer came to his rescue
stating that Mr.Moore was was being
blamed for all the problerris •wh•ich
were in 'effect, the problem of
the council who direct his work.
Reeve lussell Stanley said that
magi
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OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY 9 4,M. TO 6 P.M.
In The Former.' Aalders Fruit Market ' '
DRY CI EANI.NG 1
-SHIRT •SERVICE
IN BY 101A.M.
OUT BY 6 P.M.
PHONE 528+2335 , • '
ed a leg injury in a fall which re-
.quired .several stitches. Wd wish
her 4 speedy recovery.
The December meeting of the •
H. W.I."•'will'be held on Decem
ber Srd-w- th MLS Jim Srnith-host ;.
ess. Roll call - A. Christmas Cus,-
tom special to my family. Topic-.
They err who think <Santa. Claus
enters down the chimney, 'when
he enters through the heart. 'Mot= -
to - Tips on Christmas buying. ' •
Demons tration, on Christmas ideas
Mrs.. P. A. Murray. Contest -
shprtbread. .Directors -' Mrs.' Glen
Hodgins.' and-Mrs---'-loward--Hams- �- ---
Among the sick in this area are
David Robb and Gerald Murray. •
both of Concession 10. .We wish
them a good recovery.
...with a
long distance call!
Birthdays, anniversaries,
promotions -to show
how much you.care, dial
yourself in on the fun. And
remember, -when -yo -u -dial
station -to -station within
Ontario and/Quebec, .you
save up. t625% after 6 p.m:
—up to 50°/o after 8 p.m.
• d_all day_S.un •
T picas low rates are shown
in your phone book..
council 'always welcome •sugges-
tions•of improvement from rate-
payers.. • 1-e felt the best way was
o.
tgo officially through council
by letter or personal visit; rather
t an spea mg o •
ees directly. . He assured those
present that their problems would
be fully discussed at the council •
table
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°:Leonard Courtney; representa-
tive from. Huron Township and
Ripley on the Bruce County .School
Board,. mentioned that Huron and
Ripleywere now. receiving kinder-
garten instruction and that Wing -
ham students were being drawn. on
a separate bus •which eliminated
very early pick up for some stud-'
-ents-in: the'"a recta--Freneh-ii--new
being taught' to grades 7''and: 8.'
Mr Courtney has just completed
a two, ye_a`r term" on'the. board
having been elected when',the•
county school boards'were organ-
ized two. years ago.
: Jack Elliott, the other' nominee.
,for the county school',board, said.
that taxpayers are paying over
60 °%o in education costs and he
didn't feel they were getting_
'justice for this" expenditure,. He
said "I'll leave the rest to you" .
e Stanle said that
Reeve Russ 11 y
representatives from rise pravnc-
sal governMent planning board
had Met with council recently
and that considerable pressure
was being put forth to have Huron
adopt planning and Zoning. Mr.
Stanley spoke of the area below
the base line between Highway
86 and the Kincardine boundary
BIe, said•that most are summer
cottages, but that many are being
•
winterized and that some people
are making them their .permanent
homes. This means 'increased
services•year round: He said
that the domplete answer will
'tr-
some official plan will have to be
established
A question from' the floor con-'
cerned the .possibility that the, .•
Lrs. Lorne Webb
las W.I. Speaker.
7 yr4
The. losers , captained by Mrs.
;Allan Miller of an attendance
and roll .call contest held, by the
W.: l:. ladies of. St. Helens, enter -
'mined the winners, captained by
lake area would require sewers .in ;Mrs.` Ross Gammie at. a very
the future. ' It was explaiined that ;pleasant afternoon party, Thurs-
if sewers -ever became' a necessity, ,day, November 19 in the St.`
the cost -would be absorbed by Helens Halls
The•,afternoon opened with the
'Institute Grace after which each • ;
'lady was invited to choose :one. of
the many delicious desserts;
r
.�;rhich=,_we P. displayed on.a deso_ra : _
ted table inwthe •centre •of'the hall.
Coffer •was also served. •
flit of re ional.•overnment', int
y g.Iwrs. Allan Miller presided at
,erest charges' in financing"the the piano for a short sing son
once -a -year tax payment system; iconducte1'by Mrs: James
etC. hi�cnn and kArc Rnec' Frrin
Both the reeve and deputy -reeve iton.
said that they would welcome 41‘
opinions from taxpayers on the Contests and games were splay,
merits or not of tax collections on ed.
a more frequent basis: School _Mrs . Lorne Webb of •Goderich ,
taxes now have to 'be transferred d' `guest speaker for the afternoon •
four times a year with the interest was!introduced by Mrs. Harvey
for financing these coming out of Webb': Mrs. Webb spoke on
tow;nsht enetal�re_vff! lew_nox _Winter Birds and FeedingStations
:school revenue When asked' the for Birds..
percentage of taxes/coming from
cottage property , one ratepayer
was' advised •that 20 °fo of the total
taxes were from ,cottages.
_the -.peop.le_ who-- are._. 'served by such
an installation. • '
A variety of subjects came up.
concerning the capability,of the
:engineer con'cerned with work on
w the farm of Stain Blackwell , sw it
rhes to four,times a year or twice
a-yeartax collection, the possib-
v y*1fie* ike9
g 'e
t
y /NO
This• is the pictureTE in Huron'
`Township at 4 p.m. Tuesday
afternoon;.. Ca-ndidates have until
9*p.m. Tuesday to make their
final decisions
Mrs. Jas. "Aitchison thanked
Mrs. Webb for her interesting
talk. Mrs. Win. Rutherford
played a :piano instrumental.
-•••On•behalf -of. the winners Mrs..,
,Ernest Gaunt th'anked,theLosers ,
for such ah enjoyable afternoon .
Everyone joined in singing 0 •
Canada... '