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'Problems With
Water System
WHITECHIJ.KR NEWS
Whitechurch really had bad
•ludk last week when the water
main broke on the North Street
in front of Arthur Burrows resid-
ence . As if one opening wasn't
enough when the Hydro crew Was
putting in a pole in front of Vic
Emerson's property the auger puts
hole in the water main. However
fortune turned and Haipld Met-
calfe came with the backhoe
and dug the Openings and Leroy
Jackson came and put in the new
'pieces of piping. Alan Falconer
got busy while the water was shut
off and had a T put in the line
in front ofwhere Wallace Milli-
gan is.building his new home,,,
The 3 openings were all sealed
next morning and ready to be
filled in.
SMITH Gerry and Ivy of
Whitechurch are happy to an-
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Christine Coy, 7 lbs. l'oz,, at
Wingham and District '
Hospital, a little sister for Tommy
and granddaughter for Mr. and
Mrs . Tom Davidson of White-
church .
those taking part in the program
as well,s.as all present. •
A . bouhtifpl smorgasbord lunch!
eon was served by the ladies of
'the parish and a. social bout
followed.
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST is, PAGE
The LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
MO Sam Town' — On the Huron-Brueo Boundary
Second Class Ma Registration Number 0847
Establbhed 1873 -- Published Each Wednesday Afternoon •
Atimbor of the C.W.N.A. and O.W.N.A.
Subsattien Eater 48.00 a year •in advance — to the 1.1.S.A.; $8.00
Donald C. Thompson, Publishex
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1973
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
'St Marys Church H04.510001 Services
To ComnientOote 75* AniiiVerSity
Trace Early History Of Pari0
The summer of 73 has seen a
,good deal of activity in the Sepoy
'Town in the construction of new
places of businets and homes. It
is encouraging to see construction
having commenced of the new
Pinecrest Manor. Nursing Home and
the new Royal Bank Building. In
addition, in recent months the
Bank of Montreal and the Liquor
Control Board have: constructed
modern new buildings, second to
none. indicating that many have
faith in the future of this commun-
ity.
There has been a continual and
steady pattern in the building of
new homes in the village over
recent years and this has contin-
ued this Summer.
The fact that this community is
a progressiVe one for its size is
an established fact. No matter
where one' goes,, comments about
the village of Lucknow usually
tend to be a very' complimentary
type with particular reference to
the fine business section for a
community this size.
The business life of any com-
munity is, of course, only as ac -
live as, the people who choose to
patronize business in their home
town. Lucknow has been fortun-
ate through the years that a large
rural area surrounding the village
choose to call this community
home and have been loyal in their
support.
However, with the automobile',
making larger shopping centres
just a few minutes away, business.
• men and women have to ' be ever
more alert to the shopping habits
of people and offer the service
and products they want, and at
competitive prices. This becom-
es increasingly difficult for the
small merchant to do and only
the most alert , hard ,working
small businessman can stay in
business today under the present
day pressures of the competitive .'
business world.
There are some people who
live in this community, enjoy the
benefits of small town living and
community activity, and yet re-
turn nothing to the business, soc-
ial. or cultural life of the area.
, However , most of the people
who count in a community are
willing to do their utmost to see
that it thrives. We are fortunate
in LucknoW and district that the
latter far outnumber the former.
visited with her uncle and aunt
Fraser and Catherine Ashton in
Ottawa last week.
Knowing the unpredictable mail
delivery of The Sentinel in many
points, and the past habits of the
Ashton paper, taking, sometimes
two weeks, to get to the nation's
capital via the Royal, Mail, Dad
decided that he would make sure
that his .11-year-old daughter re-
ceived a copy of the Sentinel.'
while she was away,
He carefully placed a copy in
a special envelope, placed the
necessary first 'class postage on
the envelope and plainly marked
it with a "first class" green
sticker.
The letter was posted Wednes- •
day morning. The regular Sentin-
el 2nd class mailings wenrout
later that afternoon and , contained
the normal paper destined for the
Ashton household.
Susan received her first class
paper alright, on Saturday. The
second class regular mailing arriv-
ed at the Ashtonhome in Ottawa
one day earlier, on -Friday.
For someone who was supposed
to have all the answers, we im-
agine the old man doesn't look
too 'bright in his daughter',s eyes.
'About the postal service, well,
we're pleased that the 2nd class ,
mail is finally getting some
attention, but watch out next
week, it might never happen
again .'
• • •
Enjoyable Tour
To Alaska
On Sunday, August 12th the con-
gregation of St. Marys Church,
Lucknow , held special services to
commemorate the 75th anniver7
sary of their church.
The service began with the cele
bration of Mass with folk music
by the MacGaire family. in his
sermon Fr. Dentinger paid tri-
bute to the pioneers, whose in-
tegrity and love of God , 'made
it possible to have a place of wor-
ship of their own.
On Sunday afternoon the con-
gregation and visitors met at the
Legion Hall to take part in a pro-
gram with talent from London,
Komoka and Toronto.
Fr. Dentinger welcomed the
visitors and extended, congratula-
tions to the descendants of the
pioneers on this occasion. ,
Mrs. J. L. MacMillan 'gave a
brief history of the Parish since
4898 . All were welcomed in
the old Scottish Custom "Ciadh
Mille Fealte" (one hundred
thousand welcomes) and partic-
ular mention to the members of
the pioneer families, who, worked
so diligently to' have a place of
worship.
The present .stone church known
as St. Andrews was built by the
Presbyterian congregation in
1873 and as their members in-
creased a need for a larger build-
ing was necessary and the present
Presbyterian Church was built in
1890. The stone church, was ac- '
quired by the' Baptist congrega-
tion and services were held for .•
about ten years. Their Member-
ship decreased later on and fin-
ally they decided to discontinue
their church services.
This' wasthe opportune time
for the Roman CatholiC group to
solicit the aid of their Bishop to
acquire this building. There
were a number of interested•fam-
ilies in the,area - namely, Cains,
MacDevitts, Hogans, Gaynors,
Gilmores, Carrots,' MacKinnon,
MacMillans and others. Permis-
sion was granted and arrangements
made 'for renovating the building
and a date set for the opening
of the church, which was held in
February 1898 and blessedthy Bish-
op. Dennis O'Connor, a former
native of St. Augustine. This
church was named St. Marys,
Lucknciur and a Mission of Kings-
bridge.
The first priest 'to celebrate
mass in the new church was Rev.
Fr. Dixon, who journeyed to St.
Marys Mission once a month.
This continued until 1911 when
Lucknow became a Mission of
St. Augustine..In 1935 Rev. Fr.
0. A. Martin became pastor and
decided that church services
would' be held. every Sunday. Dur-
ing these years 17,clergy - includ-
ing the 'Paulist Fathers from Malta,
served the needs of the parishion-
ers.
In 1972 Fr. Ed Dentinger, a
native of the Walkerton area, •
was Appointed pastor of Kings-
bridge with Lucknow as a Mission.
Donald MacKinnon extended '
thanks to FT. Dentinger and all
A steady program of municipal
improvements, community pro-
jects and improved business facil-
ities over the past years offers an
optimistic future for this village
and surrounding rural area. •
* • *
The' publisher's daughter. Susan
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ross and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dexter of
Lucknow returned Sunday evening
from an enjoyable three week con-
ducted tour. They travelled' by
train to Edmonton, by
motorcoach to the Yukon and
Alaska, by ferryliner down the
coast to British Columbia, again
by motorcoach to. Edmonton and
by' plane to Toronto.
In Edmonton they'were in
touch with Rev. John Rhoad, son
of Rev. and Mrs. W.. O. Rhoad,
formerly of Ashfield Presbyterian
Church; in Dawson City they were
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ry Campbell. Harry is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Campbell
of Lucknow. r
While enroute by ferry to
Vancouver Island they met Allan
Reed,• formerly of Lucknow , who
was conducting a tour party
from the Niagara District where
he now works,