The Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-02-13, Page 17WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 20, .1974 .Stinglip_Cppy Peed
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talgic Visit For
Old St. Augustine
West Wawanosh Mutual
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In Company :History
Webster To
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Tom Webster of Dungannon,
well known to Sentinel readers in *
a wide area , took a tfostalgic trip
with members of his family at
Christmas tithe':
Tom didn't travel far , only a
few miles from his Dungannon
home and just up the road from •
his former farm on the 6th of West
Wawanosh.
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The •annual meeting of the West
Wawanosh• Mutual Fire Insurance
Company attracted about •75
policyholders to the Dungannon
Agricultural Hall on Friday , Feb-
ruary 15th. President Gerald Kerr
of• R. R. 6 , Goderich, chaired 'the
meeting.
The company had a very succ-
essful year with a net gain of
$161,933 , the highest ,in the
history of the company. Last
year's net gain was $58,559.
With the risk of the company
increasing from ' year to year, it
is more important that larger
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Ontario Noosing Purchase Property In
Ripley For Senior Citiz0t...Re*idente.
A survey was, recently conducted
in Ripley and results of the survey
indicated a need for the 25 unit
building. It is expected that an
architect will shortly be engaged
to draw plans for the structure.
The Ontario Housing Corporat-
ion has purchased property ,
in the village of Ripley for a 25-.
unit senior citizens residence.
The Sentinel talked with Murray
Gaunt , M. P. P. for Huron -Bruce ,
who confirmed the purchase on.
Monday of this week. The• prop-
erty purchase was made from
Murray Pollock in the south-east•
corner of the village, sotith-east
of the residence of Don McLay:
It is a 4 1/2 ,acre parcel. ,
ctive on. Monday , Match
Stuart Reavie of Lucknow
become the owner of
gomery. MotOrs Tractor Div-
. He has 'purchased the
ess from Gordon Montgomery
know who has operated the
equipment business for the
25 years. The business
ated on Inglis Street , north
post office. Gordon Mont-
y will continue to operate
tomobile dealership and
on the main street.
Stuart Reavie has, been an em-
ployee of Mr. Montgomery since
1964 and has been manager of the
Tractor Division since 1969. The
new dealership mill• continue to
feature Ford , New Idea and Farm-
hand machinery and will be
known as Reavie Farm. Equipment.
Employees in the business Jim
Morrison , Bob Cranston, Doug
Martyn and Wayne Elliott will
continue under the new owner-
ship. Mrs. Alan Barger will con-
tinue as bookkeeper.
Reunion Committee •Issues
Proclaniation That Beardi Are
`'The In Thin •g" For Celebration
beards 'are "the in thing" for all
reunion and has proclaimed that .
has' decided that beards:would be •
successful July 1st weekend
gentlemen of the area.
by the committee that all men
Ist to July 1st of 1974.
must cease shaving from March
the order of the day for a
lucknow Reunion Committee
A local bylaw has been passed
sum of $1.
heart..
times and the carrier must be in
a position to produce the card
solved the problem and will have
Which gives the holder permiss-
ion to shave for that period for the
ittee member Jim Peterson has,
for sale at an early date a card
in this awkward situation, comm-
The card !must be carried at all
For those who find themselves
•
when requested by a committee
member. Of course, there will be
solutions to the problem of those
who' may not find it convenient
to carry their card. They will be,
allowed to buy another for a
further $1 if they happen to leave
theirs at home.
Council
Briefs
Lucknow Village Council met
on Tuesday of last week for their
regular meeting. In the absence
of Reeve George Joynt - WhO was
vacationing in Florida , senior
councillor Murvin Solomon was
in the chair.
• * • •
A. W. Clark, who has been
teaching 'at F.E. Madill Sec,onda-
ry School in Wingham , appeared
before council to adviie of his
services as an engineer. He has
opened a new office in Wingham.
• • * •
The tender of the Wingham
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Stuart Reavie Purchases
Montgomery .Motors, Tractor '
Division, Takes Over March 4
• •
Of course they realize that
there must be exceptions to the
rule for some men who find that
beards do not conform with their
style of life , or who might find
that their love life might be ,
Severely restricted for that period
by a tender faced wife or sweet-
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Two-Housing Subdititision,
Afrot.1.04130i.icting Lots,
Approved ay RiFiley.'Cciuncil
nocked Unconscious And Injured
n Fall Down Basement Stairway
. Walter Forster, who
es in Huron Township about
le south-east of Ripley, suff-
severe head injuries in a fall
the basement steps at her
9n Saturday ; February 2nd.
-motion stipulated that no capital
outlay was to be included.
Members of the Lucknow Arena
Committee , Murvin Solomon of
Lucknow , Don Bell of Kinloss and"
Grant Eckenswiller of kinloss
attended the meeting to discuss
Prelithinary approval has been
given to two housing subdivisions
in the village Of 'Ripley. Ripley
village council has given its
approval and the plans have been
forwarded to the Provincial
planning department in Toronto.
What, has been proposed for the
village of Ripley is two separate
developzents,of about 50 servic-
ed. lots each. They are located
tlio matter with West ,Wawanosh
Council,
After their departure the propos-
al was discussed at length and on
a motion of Joe Hickey •and Leo
Eoran the lO% contribution was
approved.
in the north 'end of the village on
farm property of the late Bert _
MacTavish and more recently Mrs
MacTavish'. The property is just
north of the' Curling Rink in Rit7,1ey
on both sides of the highway. /
Two subdivisions are being prop-
osed.
MacTavish Place , of about 20
tcres , is located on the west side
61 the county road., The developer
Arena Costs
Up until this me , the contrib-
uting municipalities to the Luck-
now, arena operational committee
were Lucknow Midas and
Ashfield. Lucknow assumed 50%'
of the annual operating
expenses Kinloss and Ashfitld
each picking up 250/o. .
who recently purchased the
property and who is seeking \appli-
cation to proceed with the
'development is Taurum Invest-
ments Ltd. of Kitchener. They
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Jack. Wilson
Remains In A
Critical Condition
Jack Wilson of Hamilton, a
native of this community, whO,
was very seriously injured in a
car accident in that city on Janu-
ary 2, retnains in critical condit-
ionln Hamilton General Hospital.
Jack underwent further surgery
on Tuesday of Vitt week and is
still in the intensive care unit.
Mrs. Forster can recall nothing
from around 10:30 that morning,
when she was sewing at her sew-
ing-machine,, until around one
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t Wawanosh'Township
cil, at their February
ing, agreed to become part
Lucknow Arena Operation
ittee and voted to contrib-
Ookof the annual operating
es of the arena. The
ost Wawa-nosh To Assume Shoe. Of
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