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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-08-29, Page 1, REV. T. J "MoldNNEY 00 A Yaar In. Advarboo -- $2.00 Extra To U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1973 Singlo Copy 154 .16 Pages amed.Manager Sarnia Store An important business transac- tion will take Place in Lucknow• next week, September 7, when Ashton' Luc know Ltd in the clothing business in Lucknow 'for the past 26 years ,•will be sold to Jim and Syke Sutherland of Lon- don.. The Ashton business was estab- lished by Lloyd and Janet Ashton in 1947 as a, children's wear store , later including ladies' wear , and Was lOcated in the Johnstone - Block, adjacent to the Beauty Boutique now operated by Barb Whitby'. Ashton's- tuckpow Ltd Sold To London. -Couple . Templeton and Co. , operated by Miss Emma McCluskey. Lloyd and Janet Ashton made many im- provement to the store over the years and•the late Mrs. Ashton was actively involved in the busi- ness until her death. During those years, the store expanded to add a -basement department and a men's .wear in the adjacent store at one time the location of. Schmid's Jewellery. ' Mrs.' Eileen Ashton, the former Eileen Lavis, has been associated with the store ,fOr the past twen- ty years. Lucknow .Couple.Maric.50th .Anniversaryi Family Dinner. Marks Occtision, Established Here 26 Years Ago CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 TERRY MAIZE ry,Maize, son of Mr. and. Harold' Maize of •Dungannon, ecently named .manager of ew WOolco catalogue store at and,Plaza in. Sarnia. • try started with ,Woolworths years ago and has served 'tthener, Toronto, Wood - and•Galt before receiving arnia appointment. Official opening of the store was on Wednesday, t 22. Woolco has 10 such gi gue stores in Canada,,,,stlit- being in Toronto and Mont- s. Irvine Henry, formerly he Belfast area, passed away oderith HOSpital on Sunday, • st 26th in her 78th year. he funeral .service will be at 2p.m. on Wednesday, t 29th at MacKenzie Mem. - !Chapel, Lucknew erment will be in Greenhill tery, . know. Lions Win thtub Race Pool Opening eknow District Lions Club war of six clubs, participating in Downhill Bathtub Race" at pening of the new Howick community swimming pool trie Sunday. .. eknow, showing superior th in both vehicle and crew , ged as champions in a final ffwith Tiverton Lions Club. e Bathtub was equipped with Is and a, steering mechanism a bicycle and was engineer- hop Art Helm. McDonagh vice presid 7 the Lions, was driver and • 'kooks, club president, was vigator. Pushers were gnew, Art Helm and Don enzie. abs from Wingli'arn, Howick, water, Tiverton, Brussels itleknow competed.. eLucknow Bathtub. was the Of all clubs, and we under. it was stolen after the race e enVious TiVerton losers, ied In Hospital In 1952, the store moved to its present location as successor to "Why Blame Gaunt, Why Blame Conservative Reeves, Why Blame Conservative Government For An Internal Drainage Problem In Blyth" To honour .the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Hairv• ey Maize of Lucknow , the happy couple were' feted by kelatives and family on their special day. Replying to an article in The Lucknow Sentinel last week, in which the editor of the Blyth Standard<fuesticned whether Blythe was getting fair treatment con- cerning the establishment Of sen- ler citizen rent -geared -to -in - come housing in that community, Reeve G,eorge Joynt of Lucknow commented "Why .blame"Murray Gaunt , Why , blame the.Conserva - tive Reeves, Why blame the Con-, servative government in Queens Park and suggest political patron- age in a situation which appears to be an internal drainage prob- lem in' Blyth' itself." In the earlier article, Blyth . editor Keith.Roulston had suggest- ed that some area municipalities, namely Lucknow, Teeswater, Bru's- sels and Hayfield, had possibly received preferential treatment because the Reeves of at least two of these municipalities are local Rev. T. J. McKinney of Tees-. water has accepted a call to St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Port Hope, where he will begin his ministry to that congregation in the /near future, after serving, the Teeswater Presbyterian congrega- tion for almost 19 years.. • Mr. and Mrs. McKinney came to Teeswater in December , 1954 from. Northern Ireland,where he had served as minister at 'the Salt- ersland Presbyterian Church' for 13 1/2 years. In October of 1955 , the Kinlough charge was added to his.duties .ancl he, has served both Charges until the• present time. Their family of three, who were very small Children when they came to Canada , are now all CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 Conservative party organizers while Murray Gaunt., local Mem- ber of parliament -„ and an opp,osi- tion lAbefal,,Vas. workiliv on the: project for Blyth. Blyth had been told that sewers were necessary be- fore the housing project could be approved , while thee other towns mentioned by the Blyth editor do CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 Died In 55th Year The death of Mrs. Lloyd Hunter of Luckhow occurred in Wingham and. District Hospital on Monday, August 27th in her 55th year.. Her death followed a lengthy ill- ness.' The funeral service will be, held on Thursday, August 30th at 2 p.m. at MacKenzie Memorial Chapel, Lucknow with interment in Greenhill Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Maize were mar • - ried August 30, 19.23, at Victoria, ,Street United Church, Goderich by Rev. John Hedley. Mrs. Maize was the former Ida Glazier, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John GlaZier of Ashfield Township:. Mr. Maize's parents' were the late Mr. and. Mrs. Albert Maize, also of Ashfield. Following a wedding trip to Toronto and Guelph, they resided on the groem's farm in Ashfield until-1961, then moved to Luck- now where they now reside. They have a daughter, Mrs. Glenn (Ellen) Springer of Tillson-' burg, three Sons John and Harold of Dungannon and Gordon of Luck• now, also twenty-one grandchild- • ren. WILL GO TO, OHIO Jacob Rohrer Sells Stort.On Hwy. 86 East Of Lucknow., Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rohrer and family, who operate a retail general store on Highway 36, 4 miles east of Lucknow, have sold the business and property to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Cayley of Kinloss Township. The transaction will become effective in• mid Septem- ber or early October. Mx. and Mrs. Rohrer, natives .of Pennsylvania , came to the .Ripley area about ten years ago .and About five years ago establish. ed their business on Highway 86' 'where they built the store. They had earlier purchased 60 'acres of property from Stan Kay on what .was known as the Gillies farm. ,As well as the store ,"they Carried on a farming operation with the emphasis on market gardening and became well known over, a *wide area for. their produce. Mr. and Mrs. Rohrer have a family of 16 and all but 4, mem- bers of the family will go with them to Eastern Ohio where they CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Present for the occasion were Mrs. Maize's sister Esther, Mrs. Stanley Dennis of Goderich, a brother Peter of London, a sister- in-law „Jean, Mrs. William , Glazier of Guelph. Mary, Mrs. Roland Grain, another sister; was, unable to attend. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 IN BUSINESS 18% 'YEARS Mrs. Doris Willis Sell General Store AtiNhitechurch Mrs. Doris Willis of,White- church has' sold her general store business there with' the transaction to become effective on October Mrs. Willis'has operated the store for the last 18 1/2 years when she dame from the Gowanstown area 'and purchased the•business • from. Leslie Burnett wholad oper- .ated it for two years. Fred New- .man had operated the business be fore Mr. • Burnett. . Mrs. Willis, a widow for the past 25 years, operated the store 'herself and also served ,as post- 'master at Whitechurch until the .. 'post office was closed over 4' years ago. s ,She has three sons, Bill of ,Whiteehurch, Garry of Newry and .John of Hanover. The' new owners are Mr. and . .Mrs. Dave Farrish of. Listowel where Mr. Farrish operates' Dave's 'Electrical business. Masonic Service For Member John Kilpatrick, a former Luck. now resident who has been liVing 'in Arkona for some time,- died last Friday after a lengthy illness. He was in his 71st year. A bus load of about 25 mem- bers of Old. Light Lodge' in Luck-' .now, with several visitors, went to the Gilpin Funeral Home in *Thedford on Sunday where a' Mas.- 'onic Memorial Service was con- ducted. Mr. Kilpatrick was a member of Old. Light Lodge here; Burial was in Greenhill Cemet- ,ery, Luoknow on Monday. Rev. T. J. McKinney Of Teeswater Accepts Call To Minister At Port Hope, Came From Ireland 19 Years Ago r•