Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-02-28, Page 15nd Bruce throws an interesting. 4 on the prevailing drinking oms. • - The Board of Education To J. Rattenbury 4 1850 Wrette&if , ,Ymmi.vion4 SUBSCRIPTIO TO THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL -When you. Purchase your weddinginvitationi `Worn The . Lucknow Sentinel you will receive one year's' free subscription (value $6.00) to The Luclmow Sentinel 'Payment of the above was refused by the Council. MONUMENTS For sound counsel and a' fair' price on a monument correctly designed from qality material, rely on SKELTON MEMORIALS Pat O'Hagan, Prop. . ESTABLISHED OVER SIXTY YEARS WALKERTON PHONE 881-0234 ONTARIO CONTAC Wm. J. Kinahan R.R. 2 Lucknow Phone Wingliam 3574W SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF •CANADA ••• ONEspAY, FEBRUARY Whf.1971 THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL,. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO .PAO0 FIFTEEN. Ripley Liquor Vole Brings. To tight Interesting hook At Drinking 110bits'OrThe Area Since Founding RIPLEY HURON NEWS ' BY NORVAL STEWART • A. professor at the University [Western Ontario has said that thought this, part of the count- was settled by a bunch of irnirs, judging ,by the number of t'els and taverns Scattered , ..,, Ound the area. ., F The first man to settle in iron Township, was-Louis Belle- Ore when he squatted on lot' 19, Ire Range and built a tavern in '48. The next year he sold his 6perty to David Walden and pved north to lot 36 and built Other tavern. The first build - erected at the mouth of the , netangore River was a tavern lilt by Wm. Withers in 1848. ere were now three taverns and . pbably not more than ten times t many dwelling along the lake nt. In 1857 there was ,a distil- y and two brewerys in'' `ncardine and many other vil- 1r, es similarly served. In 1874 re 'were issued, in the county, tavern and 20 shop licences. those early days the price of skey was so low that its cost not considered, being twenty- to thirty cents a gallon. Sc versal was the use of whiskey t no social gathering would e been complete without it. was passed around as a neces- and, expected thing 'at every lk bee and where ever strenus [effort was to be put forth. It I looked upon as the elixer of lintollej R4 tu, 4 winter 1 one 44' . and in esuwirini 1r TO' 1 off. he following account present- ,o the United Council 'of Hur- In the 1870s things began to change and the electors, of Bruce were called upon to ex- press their views on the question, .Which they did On September 18, 1877,, appGing the Dunkin Act; with a Majority of 1,142. Jan. 21,, 1879 the act was repealed with a majority of 1,345 against'. On Oct. 30, 1884 the Canada Temperance Act, or Scott Act was approved with a majority of 1,321. March 2, 1888 a major- ity of 1,392 voted against the Scott Act and it was repealed. On Jan. 1, 1894 the Provincial Prohibition Plebiscite was held and approved by Bruce with' 3,735 majority. . On Sept. 29, 1898 the. Dominion Plebescite resulted in 4,86.2 voting for and 2,697 against. Then on Dec., 4, 1992 the Provincial Referendum in favor, of putting 'in force the Liquor Contrgl. Act of 1902 •(practically Prohibition) was approved 6,357 for 2,545 against. The first evidence of local concern in this matter appears in.a Jan. issue of The Ripley Express 1896, in the minutes of council. Humphrey-Smith, that sum of $130 be charged for each tavern and Shop licence to be issued in the towtlship of Huron for the ensuing year. Lost. McCharles-Smith, in amend- ment, that the sum of $120 be charged for such licence. Car- ried. • Among the .by-laws passed was No. 193, to limit the number of tavern,and.shoprlicences to• be iv, sued in the township of Huron /for the ensuing licence year. An- other item which probably re- flects the same concern, is found in the Dec. 30 1897 issue of the Express, (The Ripley , . WIPCIPCSICSICIPMSVCSWIC council should take immediate steps to have the young men dis- persed from the street corners!) Wehave-no way of knowing how much enthusiasm was gener- ated by earlier referendums .but the Dominion Plebiscite of 1898 did stir things up. The Sept. 9 issue tells us, (A monster temp- erance,,rally Will be held in the , village in ,the near future, when Dr. Murray of.-Kincardine, Dr. McDonald M.F. of Wingham, and Mr. E. Dawson will.be , among the speakers..) in the same issue, is the account of commit- tees appointed in Ashfield and Huron as follows; ASHFIELD This northwestern polling sub- division of Ashfield has lately been organized in the interest of the.coming plebiscite. Commit- tees for the distribution of liter- ature and the furtherance of temperance have been set to work on the 9th, 10th, 12th, and 14th concessions. It is the intention of the committees to have lectur es delivered' in the sub-division, and the Rev. Messrs. Millar , Oliphont , and Whaley, together with R. D. Cameron, Lucknow , and Mr. Boyd, Belfast, have been mentioned as lectUrers. • Messrs. I. Andrew, R. E. Brown, R. Lane, D. Agnevi, Jas. Hack- ett, and two or three others,are taking a leading part in this labor of love. HOT `SHOT The Plebescite campaign was, opened in-Ripley, by holding a rally in Knox Church iast Thurs- day evening,. The audience was not as large as was expected probably due to the.meeting not being advertised.. .The speakers were Revs.. R. McLeod, C. Sin- daft, F. Swann, and Dr. Cook, R.' Montgomery and WT . Mc.- Phee addressed the meet- ing. The following were appoint ed to arrange for meetings in. the township and conduct the husiness of, the party. R. McLeod ,.Pres.; G. H. Mooney, Sec.; A, Munn, 'Treas.; Commit- tee, Rev. C. Sinclair Rev. R. Swann, Mrs. Robertson, Graham, Gordon, Mr. J. Kennedy, C. E. Marquis, Angus Martyn, S. • Whicidon, J. B. Ivartyn and J. M, Ritchie. In the 1890s Ripley was served by three hotels and. a liquor store, also a hotel at Amberley and Pine River, and probably 'one or two liquor stores in the.town-. The 'Royal Hotel, built and, oper- ated by Robert Morgan. in 1892; the Hodgins House built arid,oper- ated by Mr. Ed, Hodgiris , till 1897, when it was purchased by C. H. Smith and re-named the ,Commercial Hotel; The Queens Hotel, owned and operated by Mrs. S. A. Irwin situated on the•east side of Huron St. at Taint This was a frame building s later divided to form the two houses which Still stand at this location when Mrs. Irwin bought the Comthercial Hotel from Mr. Smith. A' few years later Ed :Hodginsbought the Royal Hotel, operated it for a few years and' sold out to Mr. John Putland , 'Mr. Hodgins going to Winnipeg, where he opened a new hotel. • The liquor store was located in the' building that was later to .be the office of the Ripley,Ex- pressthroughout the rest of its indepCndent life, on the corner where the Shell gag' pumps now stand,. It was owned 'by Mrs. Sadie Lamont, whose son John was repotted, in thejune 1st , 1894 issue, of the ,,Ripleyy Enquirer, as ' having arrived home from. Trinity JUNIOR SKATING PARTY The• primary Grades enjoyed their annual skating party at the ,Ripley Arena last Wednesday Morning. Time was spent in free skating and then each age group took part• in the races. • DUNGANNON Mr. and Mrs, Leonard Chisholm and family. visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. 'J. F. Payne of Walton who are celebrating 'their 50th wedding anniversary on. February. 28,. The. Lucknow "Fleas", the team on ;which SCott Riven plays, won the consolation trophy in the tournament at• Blyth on Sunday. _Congratulations. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Neil Stapleton on the birth of a baby girl on Sunday, February 25, at Wingham and District Hospital, and to Mr. anti Mts. Tim Hunter on the birth of a 'baby boy. in Goderich Hospital on Sunday. • Mr. and Mrs. Allan McNee, Eddie and Paul, of Ajax ;. visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Graham McNee, and with Mr. and Mrs. Kitchener Finnigan, Goderich. It. was Paul's first visit to his, relatives. Mr. and Mrs. George Rihey and girls from Seaforth visited on Sunday with, Mr. and. Mrs. Bill Wiggins.. ' Girvin Reed , Reeve of Ashfield township, is attending the Good 'Roads' Convention in Tor- onto. . .• The C.G.I.T. group sponsor- ed a croidnole party and box sOc Lal Monday evening and teport an enjoyable time. ' ' Mr. and Mrs. Marc Berger returned February 18'after holiday ing about two months sonth,of Daytona Beach; Florida. Wel- come home! Mr. and Mrs.. Jack Eedy, Michael.and Laurel, of Strathroy ; were hoine for the week end. Medical College. Dr. Lamont later went to Grafton N. Dakota, where he became head of a large sanitarium called San Haven. His eldest daughter is married to The Very Reverend Chilton Pow- ell, Episcopalian Bishop of Oklahoma; The liquor issue came up again twice more on a provincial basis, the introduction of the, Ontario Temperance Act, and the 'introduction of the Liquor Control Act, under Hon, G. kloward Fer- guson, about 1928. Two local votes have, been held ; August of 1938, and Dec. 23, 1958. 'In all these votes the electors have stuck to their conviction,' bred •inta-therp by a 'muncipality, , having within its boundaries, at least twelve churChes, six Meth- odist, three Presbyterian, two Anglican and one Baptist. Winners in the 5 year old class• were Theresa Cote and. Douglas Harris, with Mitchell Twolan going completely around the ' arena to come in a close second. Six year olds. Paul Harris and Lisa Farrell, Seven and Eight year olds, Paul Irwin and Julie. :Farrell.- Nine and ten year olds, Brian Gamble and Sandra Reid: Couple's race - Brian ,Gamble and 'Shelley Farrell. Then each class participated in a race. Kindergarten• winner - Todd Wal--• den. Grade 1 - Paul Harris. - Grade II - Gary Rutledge, Grade III - Jeff Stanley, Grade IV - Brian Gamble.. Refreshments were served when we arrived back at school, weary but happy that we had all enjoyed ourselves again this year. KINDERGARTEN NEWS; The 'Afternoon Kindergarten. Class enjoyed a skating party this Wednesday at the arena. The pre school children were in- attend- ance to make it an enjoyable afternoon. ' GIRLS' HOCKEY; by Karen Mc- Garvey and Dawna Rutledge On Monday, February 19,' the Ripley Girls played Belgrave. Ripley, beat them3 to '1. The goals were scored by Connie Irwin, Laurie Coiling and Jane'• Anil Coiling. On Friday, February 23, they are playing Brookside and on Tuesday, February 27, , they are playing Belgrave. Keep up the good work, girls. RETIREMENT INCOME THROUGH LIFE ./INSURANCE„ s. r Dec. .9 To 3 Glasses of hot brandy... , 1' • 9 , 4 Dinners, including beer ........... 6' .9 2 Bottles of brandy 6 10 4 Lunches 2 10 2 Bottles of Porter Is. 6d. 3 TO 2 Glasses brandy, 1 hot do. , 2 lunches `... .... d. 6 0 3 6 0 ••