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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-06-21, Page 1e A special meeting of Kinloss Township Council recently was called to set the 1972 mill rate. The general rate, the only • one governed by the policies of the local township council, is -reducedirom 28.53 mills for residential last year to 25..17 in- tr. Commercial rate is also reduced froni 31.91 to 28.55. The county rate this year is up Om 14.17 to 15.09. The school rates, with their adjustments and re-adjustments in recent years , take a sizeable jump this year in some cases , some held steady and one took a drop. If you area public school fractured Hand Injury, bierited-Atilospital Lions Club Install New Slate of Officers $6.00 A Year In. Advance --$2.00 Extra To U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21st, 1972 Single Copy 15c 20 Pages lc KINLOSS TAX RATE SET Chairman Charlie Websiter of the Lions Variety Night next Monday , June 26th at the Lucknow arena , reports that a fun filled evening can be expected for all members of the family. Lions Clubs froirn Lucknow , Ripley , Goderich, Blyth, Bayfield. Howick, Teeswater, Clinton, Brussels, Wingham and Seaforth will all contribute in some way to present a number at the show. Proceeds of the evening 'will go for the usual -Lions community work and to help put a public CONT IN.LIED_ON P AG E,2,0 Oi-e-tO-A.M-MelEIbers_of4h Town and Country Club, the local senior citizens group, at- ten-ded sernce ar-Lucknow es byterian Church on Sunday. TwO .mernbers of the group participated in the service. Wal- ter Dexter sang, "How Great Thou Art" , and P. A. Murray read the New 'Testament lesson. A men's choir from the church, keeping,in line with Father's Day , provided special music Ron Machan and Cyril Brown were ordained as elders of the' church. Following the-Service, the--con- gregation and members of the sen- ior citizens group' enjoyed a social time and lunch. • " '• a ffie-ers for---t-he-immediate , also Lion Tamer,. A-171-bialtonrDirec-- is leaving the village to accept a new pb sition at 'Lindsay. The complete slate of officers is; past president , Bill Nelson;' president., Gerry Priestap; 1st vice , Gordon Brooks;'2nd vice , parry Mc-Do-14i; 3rcL.„vice, Art, Helm;,_ secretary , Bob Collins; treasurer, pro tern, Allan Johnson; tail twis- s , Joe Agnew , Harvey „Houston; -trit-Of the Teeswater Chib; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Whicher; Mr. and Mrs. Norm Coghlin of Atwood, district governor; Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Burnett; Mr. arid Ivirs. Charlie Shaw, Blyth, deptity governor elect; Mr. and Mrs., The head table included Mr. sand Mrs. Murray Gaunt; Mr: and Mrs. Clayton Nicholson; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bissonnette; Mr. and Mrs. Orval McNabb, presid- Kinloss To Aga in by Leonard times and formerly owned by the late Sam Nesbitt. The brick house was.situated ponsor Swi ming at the "top of the hill" on the Second Concession of :Huron , Friday' night was Charter Night for the new Ripley and District Lions Club. Work to organize a new clubjorAiple y a nd_Distr:ct been going On for some time and Friday was a successful climax when 36 members were installed,. Teeswater Lions Club 'is the spon soring club. Clayton Nicholson is the' first president of the Ripley and !Dist- rict Lions Club, Dr. Peter, Bisson- 36 Charter Members In New Ripley Arthur Clark, age 8, R. R. 5,, , Lucknow, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1-Irtry-ela:tit-,--fell-whtle using-a-- lawn mower June 16 and his hand went under the machine causing multi-lacerations and fractures 'to his right hand ;' He was treated and later released. , Lou Ann Brooks., age 16, R. R., 3, Teeswater, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Brooks, was admitted to Wingham hospital June 16 with a fracture to her pelvis. She was working in the barn and was kicked by a horse. Her condition is. satisfactory Ivan. Metcalfe; age 18, Wing-' ham, lacerated his -right wrist after diving off the bridge at the Howsbn Darn at Wingham. Brian. Lennox , age 17, Gorrie, was a passenger in,a car which went out of control•and struck a. bridge on County Road 30 in. Fordwich. He had injuries to•the left cheek and abrasions to the face. He was treated and releas- ed. The mishap was investigated by Wingham Foulon. verfa Again this yeat, Kinloss Recrea- tion Committee will sponsor a Red Cross.Swimming Course. This is. the third year of operation at Silver Lake at facilities donated by Ernie King. The boat house is used for life saying lessons on Wet days. Last year 140 students and 20 adults took part in the course. Registration is to be held on Thursday, June 22 from 7 to 9.30 P.m. at the Scout HalLin_liol rood-. Classes .are to. be held from July 3 to July 21. Instructors for this year are Bruce and Betty Colwell, Ann Ackert, Gail McPherson and Bern. adette Kieffer. See the advertisement in this issue. • - • the, Lucknow arid District Lions Club was installed at the regular meeting, on Monday of last week at the Mayfair Restaurant., • Some of the 'new and outgoing officers are pictured from the eftrSTirling ThZek"-Zeran, treas- urer, who has given up this post because of his transfer to Eastern Ontario with the' Bank of Montreal; Gerald Priestap, the new presid- ent; Charlie Shaw, district gover- nor , Blyth , the installing officer; Bill Nelsoh, president of the club for the past year; Bob Collins, secretary of the Lucknow Lions. Bob will have' to be replaced in Two Car Collison On Main Street • A two car collision at the corn- er of Campbell and-Inglis Streets in Lucknow, the post office Corn- er On Thursda at noon resulted in property damage 'to both vehic- les , but only minor injuries. Keith Reid, 20, of Lucknow, driving a vehicle owned by Ardon- na MacIntyre of Kinloss, was in collision with a car driven by Susan Walden, 16, R. 1 Kincar- dine and containing several girl friends from F. E. Madill Second difig Lome with her. Damage' was estimated at $290 to the MacIntyre car's left front fender and grill and the Walden car received 'damages to about Police investigated. nette is secretary, Reuben Burnett is. treasurer, Alan McLean is 1st vice president. The evening commenced with a social hour at the' Huron•Town- trip Halt at 6.30 p.m. oh owe by dinner at the Ripley District High School at 7.30. About 225 attended. Dr. Peter Bissonnette, a Lion for many years. and the charter secretary of the club, was chair. man for the evening. tors:, Don Me/Kenzie , Stu Reavie, Bob: MacKenzie, Bob McIntosh.. . The annual ladies' night was held at the Lucknow Legion Hall on Saturday, "Bill Nelson, the outgoing pres- ident acted as chairman for the early part of the evening and then RAGE 2 • was responsible for the, burning ibf his barn.. He said that he hadq„ some insurance on the property,, but not endugh to replace'the. barn and that 7sotrieone was • going to have to come gOod". Mr. Flowald presented, council with a' sheet of paper with a' heading "petition to close town 6 ii p" which_wassigjnedb group of residents in the general area of the dump property. He stated that the area around the dump is not a fit place to live CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 Frank Schumacher road super- intendent of the Township of Kinloss attended a course sponsor- ed 'by the Ontario Good Roads Association and held at'pe Uni- "ty_of_Guelph. Va rinug cours - es are given each year and are designed to assist municipal road liemployees in their every day operations. Elwood Tucker, Kitchener, gov-t ernor elect; Mr. and'Mrs. Frank Field, Teeswater , zone chairman elect; Mr. and Mrs. Orval Oake, Seaford', deputy governor; Mr. and Mrs. Alan Mcl,ean, Both Murray Gaunt and Ross Whicher extended greetings to the new club and those in attendance. A toast to the ,ladies by Reuben. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 01 3420 "sr visit- in the al. h. supporterin the Huron Bruce Dist- rict High School area your tax CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 Lions Variety_ Nite Next Week Vacant House Destroyed By Fire AMBERLEY NEWS Fire of unknown origin this • past week, completely destroyed Senior Citizens At Sunday Service Harold. Howald , who restdes on the Lucknow to ,South Kinloss road at the, northern outskirts of the village , appeared before Lucknow Village Council on'Tues- daY of last week at their regular meeting. Mr. Howald had lost his barn by fire a'couple of days before. He resides on the former "Emer- son Irwin place" as it is known to many older and former residents. He told council that the vil- lage dump, located to the west of his property, had been on fire Sunday afternoon and that he had advised the Lucknow Fire Depart- ment of this. He said that fire chief George Whitby had made an inspection of the dump and had stated that the wind was blowing away from the barn and did not present a hazard 'to any.area properties. "He was wrong", commented Mr. Howald, "We live on a hill and the wind can change in a few minutes". Mr. Howald indicated that .he felt the fire in the 'village dump Miss Elizabeth Jordon, Luck- now, was admitted to hospital with a fractured pelvis June ,16 after a fall at her home. Her . condition is satisfactory. a 0 S. " ,overlooking-Point-Clark;-and-has--$325-to-the left front fender been vacant now for several years. hood and grill. The last occupants would be Constable Andy Burgess of the Mr. and Mrs. Bern Fler&rson and Kincardine Ontario Provincial family. Claims Dump Fire Caused: SOrti, To Burn Lions Clu Road Course •