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THE, LUCKNOW. SENTINE4,, LUCKNOW, oNTARK),' 'WEDNESDAY:e FEBRUARY 28th, 194.
The LUCKNOW SENTINEL.
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
°MI SolioY Town" -- On the.Huron-Bruce Boundary
Second •Class MU Registration. Number 6847
Established 18/3 — Published Each WednesdaY Afternoon
hiominer , of the `C.W,N.A. and 0.W.N.A.
Subscription Rate, $6.00 a year in advance -- to th.S.A., $8.00
Donald ,C, Thompson, Publisher
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 28th, 073
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BUTTON'S MEAT MARKET
,ARNOLD'S GENERAL STORE
ASHTON'S DEPT. -STORE
BANK OF MONTREAL.
EEDY'S BAKERY
FINLAY DECORATORS
Still tirae to pUrchase cards at the following locations as the nt fibers
are recalled "on CKNX every Saturday
KINTAIL GENERAL STORE
MARTIN'S GENERAL STORE
MAYFAIR RESTAURANT
C. E. MacTAVISH LTD.
MAXWELL'S GENERAL
STORE
MONTGOMERY MOTORS
.McDONAGH INS. &
REAL ESTATE
THE VILLAGE SHOP
JAMIESON'S GENERAL
STORE
"The Fans Go Wild, Paul Hend-
,erson's Miracle" went on sale last
week and the Sentinel has exper-
ienced a brisk demand for the
book to date.
Reaction to th,e book has. varied,
Personally, we found the book
very 'interesting and once we pick=
ed it up,, found it difficult to
quit until we had read every ehap-
ter .
But like many good books, it
is controVersial. The references
-by. author John Gault to the vil-
lage of Lucknow would arouse the
ire of any Lucknowite or one who
once claimed himself to be a.
LucknoWite. It is very plain that
author Gatilt just doesn't know
what he is. talking about' when
referring to small towns and par-
ticularly Lucknow.
In case you haVen't read the
book, the author starts his descrip-
tion of Paul Henderson's home
town in this fashion., "Lucknow
is one of those little farm coni-
inunities that don't belong to the
second half bf the 20th century ,
a town that's old and tired and
ready to die, a town that has liter-
ally and metaphoricallY shrunk
with age. 'It lingers in' twilight,
almost inert , etc. etc.".
It is quite apparent that Mr.
Gault has not done his home work.,
Had he really been interested in
researching his book,, he would
have talked, to people in Lucknow
Who would have made it clear to
him that Luelmow is very, Much
alive. But Mr. Gault was appar-
ently satisfied with a quickly fOrm
ed impression of The Sepoy Town.
heatW about the new swimminz
poor in the park, the medical
centre that is in the planning
stages, the newly opened bank
and liquor store and the many
other forward steps in this com-
munity over the past few years.
Perhaps he should have talkecl.to
.the local newspaper publisher who
has seen the subscription lilt in-
crease about 50%' in a' little over
ten 'years to an all time high of ,
2550 weekly:
I Does this sound like a commun-
ity that is "dying"
But once again we would like
to repeat that we enjoyed the
bbok despite Mi..Gault's illusions
about ‘Lucknoi. We do hop:e that
he researched the other informa-
tion in the:hook more accurately
and thoroughly than she, did about,
Lucknow.
One of the first.reactions we
received locally about the book
Was• from a gentleman, who has'
been a reSident of •Lucknow for a
little over a .year,, coining froth
*a much larger centre. "Sure en-
joyed the 'book he said, but his
comments about LucknoW are un-
true and unfair. This might be
true-of many, small• towns , but
not Lucknow", he 'said.
The sad part of it is,that this
favoutable comment will be read
by Sentinel readers, most of
Whom already knoW this fact.
Mr,' Ganit's illusions will be, read
internationally and accepted as
fact.
- Ripley turned down both liquor.
questions last week. Past habits
of the voters on these questions ,
*ally show a higher percentage
of people favouring a dining •
lounge where liquor can be sery.
ed with meals than a Straight
liquOr lounge for the serving ,of
drinks only.' •
It is interesting to note that
Ripley reversed this trend by
shoWing two more votes in favour
of a Straight drinking lounge •than
the drinks with 'meals proposal. •
Honoured On
80th Birthday
Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson of'
Lucknow celebrated her 80th birth
day on 'February 26th.
On Saturday Mrs. Clarence
(Marie) Greer of Lucknow and
Mrs~. Bill (Wanda) Harris of
London entertained their mother
Mrs. Ferguson and her neighbours
at a noon luncheon at the Greer
home.
Visiting for the Weei< end with-
Mrs Ferguson and M , and Mrs,
Clarence Greer, add family were
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harris of
London anc: DonaiL Ferguson c:
Toronto,
10 YfARSAGO
FEBRUARY 1953
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Trees from the woodlot of Henry
Gardnefat Zion provided mater-
ial for ship-building. Sortie
fire timber was selected and cut
at the Gardner farm. by the ring
growth on one tree it was known
to be two centuries old and the
timber in its bottom log measured
almost '1200 feet. •
lease had previously been held by
Joe Wasney,
The Lucknow Water System
hadn't a -Water user .in arrears. It '
was reported "that-this was. the
first time in many years that the
System had been free Of arrears"'.
Dale Congram, 7-year-old son
of Mr.' and Mrs. Cliff Congram of
LucknOw, was seriously injured,
when in collision With a truck.
In'the accident Dale suffered a
fractured pelvis, hip injury, in-
ternal and head injuries. The '
accident happened on Stauffer
Street near his, home, a, half
block north of Main Street.
40 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 1933
60 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 1913
A .movement was started to
secure mail boxes for the Town of
%'''Valkerton. The paper read
"Many citizens have to walk over
half a mile to post'a letter, twhich
is an inconvenience that the un-
complaining people have been
enduring for more than half a
century".
A 'school report for Lucknow
nell, W. McLeod, W. Robb, J.
Cook, E. Cameron, L:-Blake.,
J. King, H. MacMillan, F.. Fitz-
gerald, E. Hall, M. McMorran,
A. •Mitchell, E. Mathers,
Irwin, H. Gordon, E. McQuaig,
L. Mitchell, D. McKinley, I.
Switzer, R. McIntosh.
Form II - N. Nicholson, H.
Sutherland, A-. Cameron, D.
McKenzie, L. Agnew , Gard-
ner , V. Johnston, E. • Woods, N.
Woods, M. McDiarmid, A.
Rathwell. • •
Form I - M. McKenzie, J.
Spence, C. McKinley, F. Web-
ster , P. Irving, D. Douglas, M,
Duran, M. Miller , F. Ferguson,.
E. Geddes, J. McKenzie, H.
Alton, C. Woods, E.
Spindler, E. Twamley, -T. Aitch-
ison, M. Pickering, N. Pater-
son, M. McQuillin, I. Hackett,
N. Brooks.'
Teacher, F. E. McLean.
Honoured On
83rd Birthday
HOLYROOD NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood Elliott,
Bruce and David entertained at a,
lovely dinner on Wednesday
evening at 'their Home marking
Mr. Richard Elliott's 83rd birth-
day., During the dinner a prettily
decorated and lighted birthday
cake was placed bef6re the guest
of honour and all joined 'in sing-
ing Happy •Birthday.
FelloWing the delicious meal
the evening Was spent in cards
and dominos and a social chat.
Present for the party besides
the Elliott household were Mr.
and, Mrs. Harold Ellibtt, Linda,
Debbie,. Wayne, Brian 'and Ron
and Misses Edna and slay' Boyle,
Pictures were taken to mark
the event. Many friends extend
best wishes at this time'.
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LOOKING. BACKWARDS
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
WITH MARGARET THOMPSON.'
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The assessment notices receiv-
ed recently from the Giey Bruce
Asiessment office in Owen Sound
were of no help to' the people
with commercial assessments.
The assessment office provided
'approximate figures-on what tax
es would have been in 1972 if the
new market value assessinent
had been in effect. But they
only gave residential figures and
the guy with the commercial
and business assessment was com-
pletely "irithe dark" until the
Lucknow Reeve, George Joynt
- did some calculating of his own
and gave local comrnercial,fig-
ures in last week's issue.
Without Reeve Joynri local
calculations, the commercial
property owners would haVe been.
given a pretty good "snow job"
by Owen Sound and`the last date
for appeal , March 15.
.would have passed with them
still gazing at their assessment
notices in bewilderment. It
would have been too late, by
this time, to appeal.
Titleaven's Mill pond was a
bee-hive: of activity where the
cutting and hauling of ice was
being .rtished at full speed. Silv-
erW oods 'completed 'their storing
requirements of twenty-five tons.
The local High School hockey
team named the following players'
Goal., Clark Finlayson; Defense ,
Fia.rold Greer, Alex MacKenzie;
Defense alternates , Finla y
MacDonald , Jim HendersOn; 1st
line, DOug Clarke, Leonard Mac-
. Donald, Stewart Cameron; 2nd
line , pong MacDonald, Bill'Helw,-;
at ; Jack Fisher. • ,
A School report for Lucknow
Public School named the follow-
ing students' in the senior class of
Room 1 - Norma Ritchie , Ross
Henderion, Alfreda Mortis, Russel'
Armstrong, Raymond. Bultitude ,
Lloyo Stewart., Doris Wylds, Tom`
my Traelin, Billie button , Carrn-
ten McQuillii., Donate Johnstoi.
rothy Paterson, Or:,
lAnnc Parker , Jimmie Hamilton.
Teacher, I. Murdie, '
'SCHMID'S JEWELLRY
& CHINA
Bill Hunter and Bud Hamilton High School reported the follow-
took over the' lease on Cam Mac ing students - -
Tavish's B.A. service station. The Form III - E. Wilson, W. Con-
iilekno#. DiStrict. Co op
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