HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-08-15, Page 9• TESDAY, AUGt7ST 15',.1956
THE; LUCKNCW SENTINELr• LVCi,Now, cxvTAxIo,
olyroo, Post. Office 1.00 Y ..!gars
Purves, family hi Charqe 43 Years
A hundred years' .of. postal ser-
vice at the hamlet • of I1olyrood,
w.as officially marked on . Friday.
evening when members of the
Holyrood Institute, under the
presidency :of Mrs. James .Smith,
organized a* historical; night' • to
mark the centennial. •
It was. on August 1st, 1856, that
the • .first post ' pffit e; was estab-
lished 'at. Holyrood, : with.' Mur..
doch MacKenzie as ,postmaster.
It is interesting tq note that
the HQlyrood • post officewas es.
tablished before LL}Ck.now.Mal-
celnfCamPbe11 .vitas .first postmast-
er •n. Lucknow the, post`' office
here (being ,established •: in ,the
winter :of: 1858-59. •
'Served From' Kinloss
The Holyrood office', was first
served from Kinloss, and orig-.
.finally was a weeklyservice' each
Saturday: Thomas Hodgins' was
the first contractor tO 'deliver. the
mail between, these two 'points.
He .was given a four-year c
.tract which specified that
vice could he either by hor
back, wagon,•, cutter or; Sleigh.
'Four. , years later, on November.
lst,' 1860, Tlwmas'.Harris receiv-
ed a ,contract for.Mail delivery
Otter and. Mud Lakes were t
• Indian names of the: two laic
at Kinloss now generally ref
red"�to. as Silver Lake:
A footnote in Air. k3.obertso
'book refers to Samuel Colw
Eli ' Stauffer, John: Smith • a
�/Iankin Meridith, as having be
given contracts in . 1851 to ch
out a 'road; and do cause
work where required 'along 't
Durham 'Road;.. Opening o#' t
"10th siiieroad from •Blackhor
to Lucknow took . place in 18
The. histories of Lucknow a
Kinloss are • •insepara'bly inte
woven. Ifiinloss became a ,; septi
ate•. municipality in' 1855: Loc
now :was•.tinder the administr
tion of Kinloss until some;
later.'In 1863 Lucknow bee some..Yea
police' village, and not until 10
years • latefr was a 'move made
for incorporation. This. 'sparked
the Controversy; and bitter battle.
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a's . to. whether Lucknow •.woul
on- be anneked to Huron or Bru
ser_ County. Robert Purvis, 'reeve.
$e' 'Kinloss . for . man '
y'y.ears.a
• warden of the County for mor
than: one term, was delegated t
go to Toronto : to' • represen
,Bruce's••. interests in this matter.
It wa's January • •.6f 1874 before
.Luckriow's.'.first =council took of
'lice, and was comprised of .Mal -
Colin. Campbell,. reeve • and Thos.
Lawrence, Charles .Mooney, Alex
Maclntyre and Walter. Treleaven:
councillors. , ' • .
Long Journeys . TO 6rmd Whea
But, let .us, hark. 'back to ,th
early „pioneers .of Kinloss. whos`
privatin '..arid hardships • were
added'to by: their' isolation. Ther
'were 'few sources' of water Powe
sufficien:tx:tio drive -.-a;- �o.,Qd - ri -
g., �' s
mill,; and • prior to the buildin
of •a` i7•�ill in Lucknow, Yong tri
41 were . 'necessary to'' Kincardine,
46 Walkerton or Dungannon ;to: have
Some . wheat ground. . •
It.. was .Eli :Stauffer .who built
the first , mill `in Lucknow, , on
the Nine Mile 'River,.: an obliga
tion ' connected with : a ` grant: he
received of 200. .acres of . land
However, it was not .a. first-class
'Mill, and it was .bought' and
proved, in 1858 by James'. Somer-
ville who is regarded ,. as th
founder of the village. '
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.Sawmrh' In Kurloss;In 1:854
Meantime Mr. Stauffer . had
built ,a :sawmill at illlackhorse • in
.854 and -'.a village was fast tak-
ing shape' there.'. The first post
office . was esta'blishe4 in 1853-4
With Thomas Hodgins. as,: post-
master, 'and who also .opened` the
first' store: It. was from there.
hat the .Holyrood mail service
was .inaugurated. `: •
Kinlough, begat' to take form
n 1857 w_ hen Jahn Scott .opened.
store, and. Simon Corrigan
tasted ,a sawmill and `hotel. The
post 'office, was nota: established
ntii 1864, eight years :after the
pening of the Holyroo d office.
11Zaiil By Stage Coach
A.t Friday's ,gathering the his-
ory of• the Holyrood Post Office
as reviewed by the present,
ostrnaster; Sainuel Farmer. Much
f the information was gleaned
from articles written by the late
ohn . Elliott . whose father.. was,
postmaster fqr a .brief period in
1868 before his. death,.:
The post office had 'been closed
for; almost four years when Mr:
n seri -• h stcise belong-'
wing to 'Archibald .'Cochrane, which-
had been vacant, With the re-.
opening of this store;a Success-
ful agitation was commenced for
the "re-esta�blis�hrnent of the post
office. Mr, Cochrane is said to
have given Holyrood its. name.
Memories' of ".the oldest ' resi
dents of the `community don't go
:back ' beyond , the postmastcrbshrp
of Andrew. T. Campbell, ,wh.o re-
ceived • the 'a'ppointrnent in 1863
arid a%' is d:�itti war sulucci etlt.
by his widow' Mrs. Agnes Camp-.
bell,'who carried on until 1807
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R I N LOSS$ .PROTESTS1
CNR SERVICE CURB •
Kinloss Council met • in the
Township Hall on August 7th as
per adjournment; and with' all.
members present.
The minutes of the last regu-
lar meeting of ;July 3rd were apr.
proved and signed.
' The road liability policy was
renewed with, ' the' General Acci-
dent Assurance Company,.
The Treasurer, was, instructed',
to cash the deposit ` cheque • on
the Kaake drain and pay the: out-'
standing :accounts thereon,
Mr. Ben Scott Was given the
contract of cutting all trees fit
for wood on th.e; Kincardine -Kin -
kiss •boundary, from Highway No,
9 south to Huron Boundary; 'he
to have the wood• for his work;
The Clerk was instructed to
notify .all parties concerned that
the assessments . on the Wraith;
and Taylor -Tiffin -Scott drains,
are cine arid payable on or before
September, 4th,.' 195.6; and also to
d notify all parties' concerned that
ce the:Engineer'sreport on 'the Sut•-
of 'ton :drain will be read on : Mon
an day evening,;August 20th .'at 9.00'
e' o'clock. .
o:: By-law No. ;9. 1'956,; ,was pre -
t pared and finally passed, ,setting
the rates of taxation for .the year •
1956 as, follows:- County` rate .12
mills; ;
Township 'rate ;I6 °Milis;
Township' grant to schools 3.3
mills, Federation' 'of Agriculture'
.4 mills,' Trustees' levies . as Per
requisition, :High School levies
bet'iveen:. Holyrood • and Ripley.
Purves •Iia Charge 43 Years
Abe `'Post 'Office .department at,
Ottawa is authority. 'for the fol-
lowing list of ...postmasters. who
have served during the• century
and their period . of Service.
Murdoch :MacKenzie 1856-1857
John ..Anderson • 1857-1864
Office closed, ,Nov..1, 1864 - Apr.'
1, ' 1868
Wm. Elliott, April to July 1.808
Andrew T. • Campbell; 1868-1888':
Mrs.,Andrew Campbell e11 1888-1897
John Purvis • 1897-1917
• Susan 'Purvis • • 19.17=1940
Peter Johnston; (acting) :1940-19
'Mrs. Geo: ,CoIwell .:1941-19
George Percy.. • 1946-1953
Morley .Hobbs ..,...: 1953-1954..
Sarnueh:.'armer• • 1954'
• :Incidentally :post.'office revenue.
in 1875 was. $109;, in 1900; " $1.06;.
in 1917, $488; in • 1955; ' $850.
also as per requisition
t; The . Road `Superintendent was
e instructed to"erect Signs at each
e end of curve :on. Con. 2, .east of
Na. 9 school.,
e The .Reeve, Was. instructed . to
r notify the' • Storm Disaster . Com -
t. , mr ttee. � xliat.- -w_e- ar-e : w -i11 -ting- : to-
g Contribute 'Iz mill. On our. assess-.
rent provided the Other muni
ps
cipalities• in the County ,do`• like
wise. •
A resolution :was passed to' be
.forwarded by.: the ...Clerk to the
C.N.R. protesting against. the .cur:
_' tailment of service •from Palmer,
Ston to. Kincardine.
Council • then. adjourned to meet
again on. Tuesday, Septemiber 4
or at• the call of the Reeve.
• Cheques issued: M. A. • Mac
e Donald; repai�rs'to.sprayer, $59.51;
.Harold Austin, labor and, mater-
-.
• ial, 21.74; Walter Breclt;les, labor,
and gas, .1730; Lucknow Co-op,
balance' of account, 4.00; Village'.
Of Lucknow, : Button's fire, 10:0.00
relief,. 7,5,00;, J. R. Lane, postage
$5.00, unemployment stamps 1.92
-6.92; Henry faec'hler,. work on.
Kaake drain, 91.00'; George W.
Hurd, loan: ' to `contractor. "': on,
Kaake . ;.drain, 10.00; .Lucknow
Sentinel, account; 121.69. •
Got Name . From Tavern ,-
The north end of Kinloss.Tw,p.
through• which the. Durham road'
runs wa rst located in with
the' (Post llage of Kinloss ; hay-
ing 'been settled 'as early as the .
•autumin : of 1850.
Within 25. years Kinloss; as the'
Post 'Office •was called, boasted
a hotel, school; . church, steam
shingle mill, wolf rni11;..' 'two
s'team.sawnaills, :twa tor^es,. me
anics shop, telegraph. office..:
Daily' mail service by that time ` f
was well established .,east, west'. t
and south by ; 'stage coach to
Walkerton, Kincardine and Luck-
now. Kinloss./was,_ acid still is, r
locally . known • as black Horse a
named after a tavern.established s
by Wm.Shelton;'
. The 'first . municipal, organiza-. 'u
• tion '' in . Kinloss' took place in o
1855, the .township having been,
previously united with the Twp.
of Kincardine. The first n election t
resulted in ,Boyer Paul ' being .w
named' reeve. Cou'nc'ilors were. P
•. Murdoch MacKenzie, Murdoch 0
acPonalcl, Thomas Harris and
Wrn. Shelton. Wm._ ._ !!Herndon. J
,served as clerk for one year be,-
fore being succeeded 'by ' • Peter
Reid who held the office for. 44
years.
The name.;f4i♦1L,Joel Stauffer
a rman from' Waterloo, figures
Prominently in the founding of
both Lucknow and Kinloss, '
e. took up part of what is
rr Lucknow, in the winter of
4849-1850 and is credited with
being' the first white man to 'cross
the township, •
111.1850 he was' arse of the fir5•t
settlers to take up the ".F;ree
Grants" land adjacent to the
lour am Road. Others listed as
the -friss' settlers ` ixz thatu`sectiOn,
in Norman ,Robertson's history 'of
Bruce Co., were John• and Wm,
Shelton, Thrn
Thomas }lodging
:Rankin Meridith. '
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Te Townsl�,jp'deriired its name
fio
m Lord Elgin, the. Governor-
General at that time, . who had
among, other titles that of Baron
Bruce of K%nlass;'
for a combined period of • 20
years
With ,the: opening- of roads
north and south, nail 'service
between .Goderich, Lucknow and
Kinloss .was' bystage coach until
the advent of rural mail in 1.915
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highway Cheques •'
Pay' roll No. 8, ; $469.90, 'Armco,.
Drainage, `culverts, • 486.48; .Rob
ertson-Irwin, . `culverts, . • 303.00
Bosco: Products, 253.35; Corrugat-
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•Telephone, ` moving poles, 64:12;
Wm:; Maclntyre, telephone,. . -12.25;.
Dominion Road ' Machine ; Co.,.
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FROM SPINAL FRACTURE
<Hugh Simpson, . R.R: 5, Luck-:
now,:is convalescing .at his 'home
in Kinloss: from a` spirar rf�'a. cture
sufferedin' a fall from • a load of
hay.
Hugh ha'd a_ cast ,applied at
Wingham arid after a few days.
in the 'hospital Was permitted to
return home, ,• . .
`Mrs. ;Simipson was the. former.
Mary Struthers of Lucknow Mrs.
Jinn Henderson_ of town. is a sister
of Hugh.:
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