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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, . ONTARI
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SEITINEL FILES
Forty, Yews Ago
Lower school examinations
were passed by the following
Lucknow. ` students;,, with Miss
E. M;. Ranson as principal; Percy
Agar, Flora Andrew,. Robert Ari-
drew, Jean Gollan, Kathleen. Hill,`
Gladys Hodgins, Annie Johnston,
Jean ;Long, !Evelyn Lockhart, .Ver-
na,
Verna Duncan MacRae,
Margaret, MacCallum, Florence-
McDiarmid, Muth McIntosh, Mary
1VIcLean, Dora .Mitchell, Alex.
Murdie, Irene• ' Rathwell, Mary
Ross, .Rebecca Thompsoan, ;Helen.
Thompson, Wm. Thompson, Myrt-
le,
yrtle• Webster, Elizabeth Wilson.,
Charles Stewart of Ashfield`
had what wase. claimed, to be the
biggest steer •'in the world. .It
weighed 3,570 pounds and had a
girth • of almost 11, feet .
: A. E. McKim .;Purchased the
J. G. Armstrong drug business in
mid -summer.
Alexander MacGregor, a na-
tive of Cape Breton,: who settled
at Kintail ' ;in 1,869, died at . his
home ,in his. 84th. 'year.
Lucknow's` streets were • dusty'
asa result of the 15 -year-old
Water wagon collapsing `beyond
repair.
' Edgar Hollyman .and: his bro
• ther, Frank Hollyman, purchased
the bakery: business: of W.. J.
Spindler:.
'Lucknovv ,Fire Company, was
s'ponsoring the Chautauqua series
of five concerts.
The Lucknow Hardware and
Coal • Co. announced ; they had;
again opened; their tinshop. with.
;VIr: Solomon ..in.• charge. •
ev. R. C Copeland of Ash-
eld Methodist Church. Married
innie Laurel' Nixon;, 'daughter.
Of Mr, and Mrs ;Ralph Nixon,,
Con: 10,• Ashfield and John B.
Emerson, Con. 12, IKinloss: •
..Campbell. Thompson was 'recpv
ering froth. diptheria which de-
'velop.ed following' a .mastoid op
eration • at Victoria' Hospital, Ion-,
doh. . . .. •
• Rev. ` John Cumming ' Was. in-
ducted as minister at St Helens
Presbyterian Church;
Jake Libel was notifying the
public not to patronize a 'dunk
' dealer who; claimed to be'Work-.
ing kir him, as it' Was hot true'...
Officers of the Lucknow Bowl-
ing.•. Club were J: McQuaig,' Fred
Eaton, •F. T, Armstrong, W A,
Solomon,: • J: H. 'Cantelon, • J E':
.Agnew, T. 'Watson, Robert John=
'stop, T. S. Reid,.
Drinkwalter and Cousins were
awarded the tender for installing
electric wiring in ;the ,.Carnegie
Hall.
Lucknow, whieh at one time
supported seven. bar : rooms " and
three liquor stores voted very;
• "dry". in a local' option referen_.
dum.' The question, voted on .was
"Shill ` the: importation and' the
bringing of intoxicating . liquors
into the Province .be, forbidden?":
450 'Lucknow voters ', said "yes"
with 51 'votes' against' the prohibi
tion law: St. Helens voted 109 dry
.and 2•wet, while at Formosa there
wasn't a dry ballot cast.
Fifty Years Ago
There were 200 'communicants•
on the roll at Calvin Church, St.
Helens. Receipts for the : year,
were over $1,300 and the minister
received $6.13.40, Members of the
board .were: James Aitchison,
W
C;' Webb, W,.. E. MacPherson,
W. Webb,,T. B. Taylor, Robinson
Woods,; D: C. McLeod, W:, Taylor,'
John Webster,`. George . Webb,,
Miller, J. B, Rutherford,
Miss M, 'C. Rutherford was secre-
tart and Peter Clark was clerk
of the session.
Eldon Siddall, son • of Mr: and.
Mrs. G, A. Siddall. of Lucknow,'
had completed his fourth year at
Manit:oba College with such dis-
tinction as to receive a Il.hodes
Scholarship at• Oxford, England.
Robert • Douglas establiShed• a.
general delivery business' which•
was welcomed. by a 'nurhber of
mer`6ants as it saved 'them from
maintaining,. there own horse and
lig service, •
The death of the year old son
of Mr. and MrS,, Thomas. Pierce'
of Reston,, Man.. occurred, , heret.
while they were visiting big; par
ents at Holyrood..
T, •S. Reid, accountant- at the',
Mo1s944; $ank in Lucknow, ,W44
appointed manager. of gra new
branch in •Teeswater.
R. J Cameron was reappointed
constable at a salary of,$225 which
.was increased from $100 to have
him accept. He was required to
be on the street in uniform each
evening, to• enforce Village by-
laws, and to see that ;the Liquor.
.License Act was strictly observed.
Producing 'Crop'
Of .. ' Farm .. Leaders
(By J.. Carl 'HemingcVay)
I
Huron County' Soil aid Crop
•Improveent Association held
ma'
well attended dinner and annual.
meeting at Belgrave,: November
28th:' / .
.President, Clarence Shawpoint
ed out the adv'antag:es that have
been. provided .by ,unproved plant
b reeding that .:has done much .to
increase our • -yields. of cereal
grains and "forage crops. However
he added that if farmers are ,,o
gain, .fd'll . advantage of the . built
in': potential. of these new seeds,
we 'must .. provide a ' correspond-
ingly'. improved environment
Through the next •'year•..the .ef-
forts of the `organization; Will :be
directed' toward soil and cultiva=.
do ethods• in order .that the.
e ">-'" of the; plant 'breeders may
be. ' ully •utilized.
It '. was a .real pleasure , for .me '
to attend this Meeting': in Which;
I , had ..no definite responsibility,
and :I wish ."to 'express My ; •ap
predation • to, the organization for
-their kind invitation... ' ••
However',it has become a� habit
with me' -•to ' try and, somehow
reach some evaluation of all' or-
ganizations.. While it . is readily
apparent 'that a '. farmer cannot'
'make a living•'unless he has pro'
duct: to.. se11' by .the• same token •
'he has no income unless there is.
Margin of' selling price Over : cost
Of •prod,•:ction. While improved
production. does increasereturns'
to certain individual: producers, it.
has resulted in decreased re-
turns to • agriculture. This , state=
menu is supported by Dr Ralph
'Campbell, Of' the Q.A.:C, ,
In'. recent years Ontario farmers
have•'enjoyed prosperity in thee.
late forties, and: early' fifties:and,
improved production. played its
part but• the basic reason' :was due
to the losses suffered • by Euro
pean countries • in a : disasterous-
war.
It appears that 1962. may also:
be a prosperous year for Ontario
farmers but again it seems to me,
that 'this prosperity will be due
to: a drought,, that was disaster.-,
'ous to. many Western farmers:
:Can Ontario farmers then•only
e,tpect to improve their position
.at the expense of some' one' else?
One might take this cynical at-
'titude except for the' rnost'* im-
portant "crop" that this and oth
er. •farm organizations is produc-:
ing, namely an 'abundant supply''
of capable, experienced and tal-
ented leaders. Never, was there a
time in' agricultural ' when need
was. greater for outstanding farm'
'leadership. We, ower a debt of
gratitude•to these various, organi-
zations for . providing the, op-
po•rtunity and training for these
men.
in, closing I would ektend ap-
preciation to all those responsi=•:
ble for a most successful Fed,.
enation • annual 'meeting ori Nov,
ember. 29th; to the Ladies of
1.ondesboro • for the dinner; to
tyle officers of the yederatiorr;;
theguest speaker and to Miss.,
Gilchrist and: "„finally 'to' those
who have accepted responsibility
,for the coming years. ' �
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