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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-10-20, Page 1Single Copy 35e • , Lucknow /-4"- • . ' • ' 44:70..:74.. • amboree '83 Ti . Published in Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, October 20, 1982 24 Poxes In the news Garden sale The Ludmow and District Horticultural SocietY held a very successful Surplus Garden Produce Sale at their regular ,meeting on Wednesday, October 13 with • Joan Robinson as llie auctioneer. Plans for tlie Jamboree '83 were discussed by the members, with Delores Cross • representing the Lucknow Business • Association. The Horticultural Society mutual banquet will be held at the Legion Hall on November 10. Car accident • The three-year-old son of Marilyn and Jeff Fraser (nee Marilyn Colwell) was injured in a car accident recently. He is a patient in • Sarnia General Hospital where his condition _ is serious but impkoving. Hallowe'en Lucknow Village Council passed a by-law at their October 12 meeting stipulating that Hallowe'en will be, held on Saturday, October 30 in the village this year. The request to change the date of the annual trick or treat came from the Lucknow District Fire Department which Sends out patrols to cruise the neighbourhoods while children are going door to door. . Reeve George Joynt asked the Lucknow clerk -treasurer to inform the four municipalities represented on the Lucknow District Recreation Conunittee that a meeting of all council representatives to the— recreation committee will be held in January after the November municipal • elections. Joynt said the council appointees to the committee have not been attending the conunittee's meetings to discuss the • organization and funding of the swimming, hockey and skating programs which, are • operated by the committee. The reeve said it is necessary, for the • council appointees to attend the meetings to be infonned about the operation of these programs as well asthe public appointees to the committee. Joynt pointed out .that Lucknow council's representative on the board, Herb Clark has been attending .all • meetings., Mill rate up The Lucknow general mill rate has in- creased for the first thne in three years. The general mill rate went from 13.4 to 14.1 An increase of .046 percent. Reeve George Joynt said the Menage was due to the purchase of the house and property' from Jim Huston on Willoughby • Street. The village has purchased the property for• $10,000. with the intention of holding it for future business development • The property sits next to the Liquor Store • and the Royal Bank of Canada in the business area of the vffiage. The total mill rate for public school • supporters is 35.5 nulls for residential and 41.7 for commercial._ The following is a ' breakdowri of the total rate for residential public school supporters: general, 14.1; county, 4.38; public, 9.84 and secondary, 7.20. The rate for separate school residential • is 10.94 and the totzd is 36.6. • Commercial ratepayers will see an in- crease in their general mill rate. Com- mercial public school supporters will pay 16.5 mills on the general rate and 5.15 on the county rate. The public school rate is 11.5 and the secondary is 8.47 for a total of 41.7. Commercial separate school supporters will pay 12.8 mills and their total rate will be 43.0. • The total public school residential rate reflects a .072 percent increase while the total public school commercial rate has increased the same The total separate school rate will increase .062 and the total eommercial separaterate is up .063 percent Celebrates birthday Friends, neighbors and relatives gathered for afternoon tea with Jean Hughes of Lucknow on the occasion of her 90th birth- day, at the Lucknow United Church, Sunday afternoon. Over 280 persons attended the open house to show their esteem. A very special surprise guest was Jean's niece, Dorothy (Webb) Coulter' of: Arni- strong, B.C. Other visitors attended from Mississauga, London, Hamilton, 1Burl- ington, Guelph, Stayner, Markdale and • Goderich. • Jean lives on her own at the Sepoy Apart- ments and with company coming and going, one almost needs an appointment to meet her sometimes. ' • She still keeps up her membership in the South Kinloss Presbyterian W.M.S. and the Kinloss-Kairshea Women's Institute. For a number of years she was Curator of the Kairshea W.I. Tweedsmuir History Book. Jean was born October 17, 1892 to W. C. • Webb and Isobel MacKenzie 'in the St. Helen's district, Huron County. As she was growing up she had an interest • in nursing, graduating •as a Registered, Nurse from Victoria• Hospital, London, in 1917.• She went to High River, Alberta, and nursed there for two years, returning to On- tario at the illness of her mother. There are many tales she can tell of the developing west. The High; River Hospital ' has rebuilt, recently, and have Jean to thank for supplying some history and snap- shots of the original hospital.. Upon i earning to h .er eel tve Ontario, she • married Allister Hughes in June; 1922. They • took up farming on the 6th Concession of Kinloss Township, Bruce County. In June, 1972 they celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Allister passed away December, 1980. Jean has used her nursing skills around • the neighborhood for many years, from minor accidents to midwifery. A Jean and Allister retired from the farm in, 1973, moving to Wingham. In 1977, they mov, • ed back to Lucknow to' the new senior citizens apartment, where Jean still resides." Jean linghes Lucknow and Kinloss councils acclaimed There will be elections in West Wawanosh, Ashfield and Huron townships this year but the village of Lucknow has acclaimed its reeve and camel • George Joynt was acclaimed to yet another term as reeve of the village of Lucknow. Joynt has served 25 years in the position. Councillors Herb •Clark, Ab Murray, Eldon Mann and Russell Whitby were acclaimed to their positions on council. In Ashfield Township things are shaping up for a lively election. Allan Gibson has challenged John Austin for reeve in the wake of Warren Zion's retirement. Gibson has also placed nomination papers for the deputy reeve position as have Cletus Dalton and Grant Farrah. Farrish has also been • nominated for a position on council. Gibson and Farrish had until 5 p.m. Tuesday to withdraw their names to decide which position they will seek, Grant Curran, William. Andrew and Elmer Draper were also running for council. • Three candidates appeared on the ticket for the position as trustee on the Huron County Board of Education to replace Marian' Zinn who retired. Patricia Haskell, Marybelle Cranston and Tony McQuail are seeking the opportunity to represent West McQuail named president Tony McQuail of RR 1, Lucktovi was ac claimed as president of the. Huron County Federation. of Agriculture' at its annual meeting on Oct. 8. Mr. McQuail takes over from Gerry For- tune of RR 1, Wingham who served a 'two- year term as president. The new president requested those pre- sent to become active members in the federation and also stressed co-operation betweenvarious farm organizations. Jim McIntosh of RR 4, Seaforth was nam- ed as first vice-president and Doug Garniss of RR 4, Wingham was acclaimed second, vice-president The federation's constitution was changed at the annual meeting to allow seven direc- tors at large on the executive when there is a tie for sixth place. The directors are Art Bolton of RR 1, Dublin; Walter Elliott of RR 1, Lucknow; Propose new bail park Cliff Mann' and Rod McDonagh of the Lucknow District Kinsmen Club attended the October 12 meeting of Lucknow Village Council to discuss the proposal of a new ball diamond for the village. The club is investigating the possibility of building the diamond south of Willoughby Street in an area bound by Elgin Street west on the north and Outram Street south on the' Tivest. The access road to the diamond would be the r4ad allowance for Outram Street south off Willoughby Street Reeve George Joynt and councillor Tarn to page 20 Bob Colema i of RR 4, Seaforth; Doug For - time of RR 1, Winghain; Brenda McIntosh of RR 4, Seaforth; Les Caldwell of RR 3, Blyth and Garry Baker of 2, Dashwood. Phillip Durand of RR 1, Zurich was named as the Huron Farmer of the Year. In the federation since he started farming, • Mr. Durand helped to organize various com- • modity boards, such as a hog board, wheat board, white bean producers marketing agency, chicken and broiler boards. He has filled a number of executive posi- tions in the organizations and was active in a committee to stop a power plant being built in Huron Comty. He also served as a delegate to the Porter Hydro Commission hearings. A former school board trustee, Mr. Durand is also a menthe!' of the Knights of Columbus. During the evening, the federation's past presidents received pins. Past presidents are, Jadc Stafford, Mason Bailey, Doug For- tune, Adrian Yos, Allen Wolper, Merle Gun - by and GerryFortune. Wawanosh and Ashfield Townships op the board. '• The separate. school board trustee, William Kinahan was .acclaimed to the Huron -Perth Separate School board to represent East and WestlVawartosh, Ash- field and Myth. In West Wawanosh township; reeve J.D. Durnin is being challenged by Joe Hickey and Jim Aitchison. Hickey is running • against Gordon Brindley for deputy reeve, the position he lost to Brindley in the last municipal election. Hickey has also placed his name on the nomination list for council Tani to page 2* Tony Mequon West Wawanosh questions cost sharing on medical centre West Wawanosh council has questioned its share of the capital cost of purchasing property to build a new parking lat at the Lucknov Medical Centre. Under an agreement with the four municipalities which support the Medical Centre, Lucknow pays 40 percent of operating costs, and each of .the other numicipalities„ Ashfield, Killion and West Wawanosh pay 20 percent. But 'capital costs have been shared 25 percent each, since the completion of the new dental suite in 1978. Prior to that time, capital costs were split according to the smile formula as the operating costs. Reeve J.D. Durnin of West Wawanosh has notified the clerk -treasurer of Lucknow, Bertha Whitcroft, that while he supports the purchase of the property for the new Tarn to pas. 2.