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' SERVING THE LORD AND CAST
1NG OUT DEVILS •
THE. I.UCKNOW: SENTINEL., 1-UcI.N9W,.. ONTARIO
RIBRUARY 3, 1171
Long before the days of charter-.
ed bahks, there, lived it the, com
mu,nity where 1 was„reared., .a .very
'peculiar„man, He had money in
ithose days when most..people w ere
poor., Consequentlyit happened
, .
'that: certain folk, caught 'in: un-
fortunate circumstances,. were
forced to borrow froth this -man;
to .their own undoing, later on.. •
• There 'Were n¢ Taws: governing. the
rate of interest •charged on loans..
.Thus, it often happened -that the
• 1 der took his interest int advance
era.te :sometimes as•high as for
y percent:
Like .most, people. this:'irian had'
his goad points. There . w,ere tim -
es. when;,he was known to be kind
'and dharita-tile to'`the poor His
hired'rnen liked him , though they
found shim difficult to understand_.•1
",at'tirries. It is reportedthat on
oneT occasion some sickness had ,
overtaken a herd ofcattle One
heifer had.
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LQO.KINE. BACKWARDS
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FJLES
WITH. MARGARET THOMPSON
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lQ YEARS.AGC ,
JANUARY 1861
An.accumu,lation Of -06W ,ori
the local arena , which .proved.
difficult to dislodge •,_ resulted in
activities. being 'cancelled at .the
arena at,Chrisrrnas time.,
The, Silco .stoic: in Lucknow',
better known AS The. Market Store,
was closed with the cessation of
business taking place on Christmas
Eve.: Nathan Silver of Toronto ; '
had bought the business froth
Norm .Weiwood' and; renamed it
the-Silco•-Store r --Mrs . =-Wm:--Froin
ell continued. to'own,the Building,
Cyril Brown, , owner Of .the;Luck-
now Fruit Market , :later ,purcha s-
edathe store building. front .Mrs.
Hornell and was having the up-
-d
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were tyrn R 'Murdre ,,; Harold Trel-'
ea;ven, Dan Ferguson, .Harry Mc-
Quihin•with:the schooli'board T:..
,W,„ Smiths' Dr, W. V. Johnston;
A.: -E. MO15,i n.,, Tern le Clark, .
Wm, MacKenzie', Harold Allin
and J. L. MacMillan..
Lucknow was .reported to be the
only village in Ontario giving free
dental care to school students,
• A Military •funeral: was`conduct-
ed b.y .Rev . A. A. Maloney for' .
L.A.C. John, Spencer Debenhain;
one of two airmen from Port Al-
bert, who were drowned in La:k•e•.
Huron when they. broke through.
the c'e while'toki pictures_tc
send ,to their homes in England..
The body.of Bert George, who •
lost his life trying •to' save Deben-
ham, had not.'then;,been: recover-
ed.:
ecover
ed'. :
nearing . the end .A' hired; rnan
'had been dispatched to remove
tthe•hide•from the::dead carcass,
BY 'and had finished. his task: He ': •
reported to the boss :what he had'
.done and inquired. what :he h•
-do about the dying
animal.•
T
he:
'eld-m n -never iiitedtriiiea
fromhis Paper which'he was
as he replied Kee' :•` •
. reading., _.� P•on
�skrmm�g ; there s cash fof ;;the”
hides; ” ; •
He married a.1o_vel.y4ii , • : •
,daughter of a fine, home : For a.
time ,her parents objected to
their• daughter's ittairiage' and the
Wedding was called off. Finally,
` y warred" their objection,;
and 'the bridegroorr elect wrote.a
letter, to the. minister :requesting
his services on a certain day He
also wrote his, sweetheart at the
• sarhe• .time;..• Unfortunately he got
• the ietters placed ;in'the wron
envelopes.: The result; the
.ister got ,a very, warm and Riving:
missile:' , The bride -elect receiv-
ed the' following: note :"Dear
Sirii.I.Ou :can. come along on such
y'.O1e'`uf,., meaning t e
bride's father) as ready now:."
He.claimed to be atheist:.
'..though he knew the' bible- as few :
menr,did He.,usec h sop dge.::
• for argument's• sake and. did not ,
hesitate to'expound his views. '
Death.,was the end of everything
so far: as he was 'concerned and
he road
thousand' dollars to his wife
she married within a ea;r or his
decease On one occasion
a friendc.omplime"iter re: oh he:
good health despite advanc '
years,, the old rrian rocGri t`,r
Due tC'
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erich or
/Friday. nt
;.. gtatefui
shown to
Many
were bit`
homes, .:
in their
served tc
-'-blankets- -
brought,1;..
: Wednesd
her title
:cornbina•
cutter:gc
•H y . dro
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severe in
:telephoni.
However •
' 6th cone: :
ship'>for` c`
owl,' n
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YEARS
JANUARY 1941
Lucknow's Reeve ,: Council. and •
7School :Board ;were returned'to: of-:
fice'by acclamation. 'Reeve N:
E Bushell
shell was, te,`u•rned.for%is ,:
'third term as reeve. • Councillors
DERS . WRITE ,.:.
1015' N Louise
Glendale,'..California
August 15,, 1970,,
TheLucknow _Sentinel.,
Lucknow , On.t
Dear Mrs. Thom •psora ,'
•Enclosed is .m renewal for•the
.y.
Sentinel... My• wife'and` have hae:
a long vacation with ‘rn ,wife's'.
sister and her husband in their
travelling trailer. It is. full:
hower.an• tot ea equip
''meet, a furnace. .heater and. bed`
'.rootn for six,. We left Glendale
July ist and went to.4fellok'stone
Park; staved thereks
two •days f shin ,and en jo)'in€.•
the Park, It took sdme
learn how .to cast 'in fishing he
gas id'eaj �o. isl-i•r.K,and the
, ark 'as•crohd - •L-
lnc glace to
kisr all.the, ;,pot.- ;ry c•he co zc
'`t€,: .-Ly'. ..p_ L}. _ -
�a.� i 11.. 4 ,121
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KI CAR[ INE
= On Ivl.'onday,, January lg , 'during
the n oo hour. ur. Constable White -
law investigated a: 'two. car colli
sign in Tiverton 'in front of the
Texaco Service,Station. Cars
'driven byPhyllis Bujoid of Tiver-
ton and James To of Willowdale
were involved and:. damaged 'Lb
the_ extent of abput,j$60Q,.60..,
A combination: of freezing
rain and icy roads on Thursday,.
January 21,-,caused'a minor col=
lisiori on #2m1htghn'ay, .a.t.:the south
Pine, River bridge. A car driven.
by :Peter Salmon of Mississauga, .,
struck a •farm truck driven by, Wil-
son .Farrell' of R.. 12,4 4 ,`-Ripley.
No one was. ihjured and the Ve-
hicles had only, minor damage:
Later the same day 'Constable.
JANUARY 1921,
After :more' than :a year of, wand
ering inthe darkness., `relieved''
•�y .y t e: im lig t of lanterns,
_arid flash._ligi is lue-know--reside---
exits , or January lith , 1921; . were ;
again .privileged' to 'enjoy the
advantagesof,;a„rnodernt-li hting'
system Hydro current was turned
on Lucknow By way of celeb-,
rating the historic event the fire'
bell was'set aringing and; the vat
S.
:nous, steam whistles sounded The
Town• Band was•out too Underthe:
leadersf of Mr. McMorran
'Only a small nurnber of :stores:
and 'houses were -ready. Quite a'.'
number' had been wired biit many
•of them lacked fixtures'
Disabled adults *ant a helping
hand,. • not 'a handout, :The: I,ehabili-
tation Foundation for the Disabled
„�(( M'arch.., of Dunes) . provides . that
helping:hand-pnth•'publie-support
forthe'
it , annual. campaign : 2n1.
January...
Why go :on,plani'ljng
for the future.,when it '''
can be
Yours today?
Get that dream home.
.iso '---with. the help of
aVictoria and .Grey
Trust mortgage -L. -and
pay for it as you livetin':
it. ,gn oy it' today - at.
Victoria and Qrey.
McPhail investigated a ,single,
car mishap on #86 highway east
Of Lucknow.. This was the result
of.a car being driveri,byJohn
en' erson leavingthe highway •
and -down -a -steep entbankme-nr'-on-
the' outhside of the w
., s t h. high, ay. The
car was damaged extensivelyand'
was .remove'd'from the ditch: uric
,n
easily with•..the •use of Montgoaneiy
Motors' : wrec:ker
On Friday evening, January-
#.21
anuary# 21 highway, itn Tiverton was -
blocked off"for about three hours.__
'and traffic' detoured -around the
back streets while.:a tractor -trail•
Y
r was>being removed frorn the. •
east•drtch in front :of the'Cotta �ge
Motel. This truck. was loaded
with 40Ur . 24`
tans of commercial
salt and became stuck in. the snow:
when!the driveP
rulled off the:.
highway to make some necessary
Y
.g, Y
engine'repairs. ; The• truck Is own
ed :by' LeClair Trucking 'from Wind
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TRUST COMP* aY: SINCE .1049
/Leatand Hill, Manager
Elgin and Kingston Streets
'We sure like to. get'the•pa the -paper . P p•
sent to :us:. up here. at the ,9a.
keepingus in touch with•�the ..
goings-on around our stamping
grounds,," coinrnents ' Mrs : Bob :
Smith (Sheila Haldenby) of .North.
Bay in .renewing theirsubscription
sor and',MountBrydges.. :
: Towing services ,were.:;provided
by 'Eric;.Harris of Kincardine and
two other large trucks at the scene
A:ll hi$Y
shwa 'traffic.was• detoured
and re-routed around the side
streets b ,, Consta•.bae Wiwciar k'.
Y y, Y
and cover.
K, R, CULVER, • .
Provincial Constable:.
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over. 5c a'.
Dr -Cr
orr riff fiats"�i
drove:ari.old black horse hitched
.10 a light wagon a black snake
:Whip waving in:the :sti'angeSt.fath7
fon,- Early One;morning he 'was- •
'doming down a 66ncessioh.wavin
was Met by A neighbor Whd..:.
inquired,conterning*his Welfare.
"Oh Pm, fine teplied.
• out, de HeltadliiSrSiVer r7 -
notice on two then that trutirning
to vacate •thgt- tiOrneS They
►
cou.ld'get another :al i
had: me planted .' „e, a
,He ;had•,farms all over theco'
tryside, which he'•acq,i;ee
C t i
foreclosing on poor amen „
found thernselves. catight in his E; jc `e '
economic clutches, He wore his'
hair long in a way that leave
a :r
r :� r_i�.-�
ASK FOR.
$t ANNOUNCEMENTS'
ACCES' O:RIES
t"�e s i tche� r
kansai :Papers from' our' hohhe
yeste:
day, One,for. june•and one for
lt sety hot here, .over the 10u
posted on LtidknoW,, As well as the
aulden family.
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