The Lucknow Sentinel, 1958-06-25, Page 7•
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SEVEN.
NEW4 AND. VIEWS
CALLS one block west of the.old..Sentinel
Office was. the Cain House which
bund down after I left for the
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:BOYHOOD_HERE
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Pe,ar Sir:
Ivly schoolmate,George Arm -
Strong; ,now living in this city,
• brought in two or three Luck-
• now,' .Sentinels for me • to glance
through. He told. me of, the Cen
. tennial te be celebrated' in Aug-
; USt. SUPPO§ it. is tocelebrate
•- 109 years .sin,ce the got*
• , name,' .of LucknoW after the
eitY made famous in' :the • Indian
• Mutiny of 1457: • .
' I believe that the first I:lame,
• of the .community was Stauffer's
COrnerand then ,during. the Rus...
sian War 1854 it was. called, 1
famous battles •inthe ,CriMpa.
• I am told that ,LiicknOW in
(India is pronounced luck -now by
the natives • while we always
:called theCanodian viflae ludk-
west Young Prank Cain ,Was one
of •the' StUdents when I'went to
school. So. were Wallace and Billy'
'Corrigan whose father had :a
grocery store diagonally across,
the :street from the- Cain House.
•This' was, about' 1.898,., It was that
Year I left,Lucknow. to :come to.
„Vancouver, • I. had gone there .in
1889 --after•-•:mrother died in
Japan: and 'rny iather, 'Prof. Ed -
Ward Odium, :brought four boys
back to -Canada. Three were left
W ith Maternal grandParegt8,
while I was' left with My patern-
al, grandParPnts: n.1.,ucknoiv. I
Was about 10 • years old -then. 'M
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livedwith my
grandparent*Mr. and Mrs.. ,Johri
A. Odluin, ton Wheeler Street, one
.blocic down the •hill `from. the
School The Armstrong*, lived On
the same: Street • closer: to. the
School. •• '• • • • • ,
• . We both attended, .the Lucknow
public School when D.: D. ).(file.
was principsil. Mr. Yule had three
sons attending school, • Jimmy,
• Billie and Stewart. .
'At. the Corner of Campbell Ave.
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• TOoled••Iltepair All.. Makes •01
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:Tractors, Machines 84 Shop Work
ACETYLENE & ARC WELDING
KINLOUGH-GARAGE
W. BRECKLES
Phone 18-r-20,. Ripley
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and Genuine JOHN DEERE PARTS
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upg, Kt 1‘4..T.Q.NE ,. and :KEM-..P10.
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6 and. Joseph, a .little Over one.
Victor and Garnet later ,served
• in • the South African or Boer
War. carnet•died in '.Africa,.but
Victor was in . command Of -.the.
,Brigade in the Great War
of • 191448. He also served in
the. World War. of 1939 •as Major.
General -in cornmand of the 2nd
Canadian DiVisiOn. Later lie..*as
Canadiao• representative in Aus-
tralia, .ambassador tc china and
for. seVeral • years ambassador to
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.w44s the • only: on' ' attending
the Luoknow School. Mr. Smith
was, one of -my teachers,then
Mr. 'Middleton; whose roomwas
upstairand then Mr. Yule. While
attendiig Mr. Smith's rooth I
saw •the Prsbyteriwhurch: be-
ing built.... •• . . • •
In 1892 my. grandmother died
While"' on ..".a . visit toher son
Toronto.: I 'continued to live on
With grandather till 1898.. For
theiast. three 'years of that. time
I worked :a. bookkeeper. in the
furniture factory: 'First it . was
known .:a' Cliff and Forster arid
then as ,LucknoW Central Ptirn-
iture• Co...Ltdwith D. "B; Forster
as manager. He Was aftr*Ords
succeeded • by Mr: •GeO. -W. Berry• ..
Many Luekno-'-witeS 'of 'my day
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YES, We'll 11..enci You Tlie Color 'Harmony Pool{:—FREE'
on some years ago,
Jack • SteWartof the ' planing
Mill •near the furniture fatory
, often dropped; in: my. office. He
• was faothyes. inspector here. lie
too has long 'since :passed on.... •
• A. cousin *of Mine Ad .ti
ess; . married Jack Gillis of • Kin-
loss and .ihrea, here for • some
years bu 4 is now a 'widow- and
living at: ComrOse, Alta. ' • • .
•Qarge Armstrong, then print.,
r's devil. in the Sentinel Office
for . Many year, published papers'
in this provinee., He is now ' re-
tired and living ,..in : Vancouver,
His mother taughtmusic and he
hid. two sisters, Lottie and Irene
ad two brothers, Herson and
IReg, .each one of the five having
four' given nrnes.I. used to won-
der'. where their mother got all
the4iarriesl• * ' •, * : ••
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I was back • in •LuckoW in :1919
for the • LUOknow 'plc! Boys • and
Orris .Reunion,' It was well Man-
aged and a 'credit; to the Com-
mittee that arranged it.
I.sincerely hope :that Your. Cell-
tennial CelebratiOnwill be equal-
ly: well managed -and. attended
by :as many 'fbrrrierLticknoWites,.
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I am, enclosing; a moneyorder
for :$5.06 being , $2,50 for sub-
scription to.' The Sentinel': : and
$2$0 as a •donation to the Cen-
tennial' Committee., •
rnoved.th the Wst: D.: B. Foi-ster
lived .: Vancouver, Fred'
Hamilton 1•who Worked in'.D e.
Taylor's 'hardware :Store
lives • here ;and • has done.. Very
well. Jack A.' Robinson, born in
LucknOw, also made • a :financial
success here:: 'He died 0.v�.or
three-yeArs agoA1ec gicDougall
butilt up ;a big contracting bU*i-
ns; Was president of _the Bruce
Old Boys Association and passed'
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1958 Pontiac gtrato Chief Sedan, atifomatic transmission,
• ftillY equipped' ' ; , ... , ..... .. . . .... S2,895
1957 ' Pontiac. 'Hardtop, automatic; "111Y equipped .. ..$2,595
4957 -Pontiac -Deltige-.-S-e-dan;TAutOniatic-teansmission,--
fully• equipped ' •• • 0 •
9.57 CheV." Station WagQ.n * • ' 52,450'
957 Four -door Pontiac Sedan.with radio $2,195
1956 Ford . C4stoin1ine aufornatic; fully equipped 51,995
'54DodgeSedan ..,•51)395
1954 Meteor Hardtop, Automatic, fulls, equipped 51,450
• 954 Chev. Standard gedan, fully equipped
-19$.3 Dodge Sedan ; $1450
153 Meteor 'Coach "...; . • ••$1,0$0
1952 Chev.,Deluxe Sedan ... .... ... 1395*
191' Dodge Custom • Sedan . . 695
951PlYmOuth gedan, loW Mileage: . .$ 695
• 1951 VOrd Coach
1950. IA)dge ()each ..... ....... ... . . , • At", e...$ '575
number of .1952, 1951 and Older •MOdels
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Hurori County's' FOreinost Ilsed Car licaters
CASH,. TRADErt."711(6
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°ties Serviee Dealer '-- , Phone 173, ,Brussels
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Incidentally, the Province . of
B'ritish' Columbia :is Celebrating,
its Centennial this.: Year. .So .is
• theState ofMinnesota. This year
, is also the 200th anniversary of
the. capture of Louisburg
Lbelieve Quebec is celebrating
this year the 850t ithiversary
Of its• founding by hamplain.•
.861 for us; cdurse,• Lnek-:
noW's: Centennial i, the most im-
portant:
Yur, 'Very trly, •'.
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1880 Grant St: • .
Vane:diver6, acz.
RECEIVE DONATION.
TROlitgANFRANCI'SVO
A. S.„ NicioI, president' ,of the,
Bank of Montreal (San:•Pranii-
c)•SendS% a dcitition tothCili"•
iennialfUnd arid an order f0'
the .historical -book. •
• In' doing So he' ockowledgeS,
th' Centennial letter' but • ex.;
presses regrets that he is too, •fr.
away to make .the trip: , • •
!Sandy" Nioholson �f
StUrgis, Saakb SO; :"1 hope we
Will be able :to see' you ' ttio en0,
of July as We have been plan,
ting on going hon e for the cele-
bration'!„ ;•••
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gfWrt Alarm Of ,rie.•
troit -Wants 'bumer stiekers to
adVertise. the Centennial in the
MOtor City, • and at the • same
time pladed an, order fOr a hiS-
•toriaal book. •
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• iVIrs. 'George FiSher of .Lachine,
Quebec, Says: :forward
to.a• good time this Summer at
the. Centennial.'•GoOd luck!"
Flinn Detroit :conies. letter
from: Carman and ,Jessie teafOrt
Ordering a .couple of Centennial,
bumper stickers. They e4resS-
ed regret in learning of the death
Of Webster, and• had' theYe
known, Wold• have been Up, fori
theysaid, he never forgot "Moth-
er Beaton" when she was sea long
in the hospital.'
•• -MAY • MAKE IT BACK
O George W. Armstrong of Van-.
cOuver, Who has previously, writ-
ten reminiscently of his boyhood
in LacknoW, 'sends" along a note,
which says he may be here:
Here's :hew he put it: ' •
. ,Hot• diggity dog (or 'Words . to
that: effect), I may make it ,back
to: the Celebratio4' after .all. ••• .
Saw' Ed Oolluintheother day
and gve him copies, of. The • ..
Sentinel hoping lie might be in- ,. • "
terested. '.• • . • : -. •
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Please' send program When: , • .2.... • ,•
sued so- Can arrange my time - as •••:: • --"1, -
I Will also be visiting folks in
London,. • • 1., •••
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Mr; • and Mrs. • Qletni. •Moore
(Gladys HOolgiS) of • Hamilton;• • •
are taking a -trip West .in July,
and "wrote for a. couple,..of bump-
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er stickers so • they could: pub- • • 0, •
lkize the Centennial in Manitoba.
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name? ' • '
• . Bobby: Daddy. • , • •
Teacher:No I Men, - What • .
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name does your mother tall
• Bobby: She ...dosn't, call .him
names. She likes him.
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