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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-04-17, Page 2• s Subscription Rate, $8.00 a year in advance extra to U.S.A. and Foreign Donald C. Thompson, Publisher • The LUCKNOW SENTINEL LUCKNOW, ONTARIO "The $ooy Town" ® On the Huron-Bruce Boundary Second Class Mail Registration Number 0847 Established 1873 — Published Wednesday Member of the C.C.N.A. and 0.W.N.A. • 10 YEARS AGO APRIL 1964 The official opening of the Lucknow Bowl and Billiard Acad- emy, located on the corner of Campbell and Havelock Streets, took place on April 6th., This new business venture was undertaken by.a father and son team, Lam- mert and John VanDerVeen of Lochalih. The building, the form- er Lucknow United Church shed bi.tilt 36 years previously, under- went a $42,000 renovation pro- . gram which had been in progress - since February 1st. . The April 1st issue of the Luck- now Sentinel included a special 8-page section announcing the official opening of the new busi- ness, which carried congratulatory advertising and stories. Lucknow's first and only other bowling alley venture dated back over fifty years previously. The alleys, 2 lanes, were located in the building , adjoining Finlayson's store and owned by the Hughes family. It was the late George Douglas who installed, the bowling alleys and did acxushing business in the winter, of 1910-1911. Their operation was short-lived however and the alleys were eventually sold . 30 YEARS AGO APRIL 1944 LUCKNOW CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL Friday, April 19th 8:00 to 9:30 P.M. 8:00 • 9:00 Classroom Visitation Industrial Arts and Home Ec. (Pupil display)' Library - Video Tapes (Pupils) Slides (Pupil activities) \ 9:00 - 9:30 j Gymnastics Display EVERYONE WELCOME- S. E. COLLYER, Principal Available only. frohl your CoctijetiatiVe. Strong, knotfree, 549 to ven hto 119r % 11, Made from pure, smooth 100% Sisalana "fibre. • • • • • • • • • • -••••••••••••••••••••* •••••••••••••••••••• 1010••••••••••••4•••••*••••••••••••••••••••••••••4 - ThE ILYCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO Charles Alton of Dungannon, who had disposed of his general store business, was appointed agent for the Massey-Harris Comp- any at Tilbury. ' An appeal was made to magaz.- ine readers to pass..these along. • TOM Henderson, who for a number of years had conducted the General Store at Whitechurch, sold the business to Mr. Radford of Sea forth . • IRWIN - CRANSTON Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Cran - ston of St. Helens announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Corinne Donna to Mr. Thomas Peter Irwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Irwin of Wing - ham. The wedding will take place on Saturday , May 11 at 3.30 p.m'. in Calvin United Church, St. Helens. CRANSTON - JAMIESON Mr. and Mr's. Stuart Jamieson and Mr. and. Mrs. Jerry Cranston are pleased to announce the en- gagement of their children Gail Isobel and Ivan Jeremiah. The wedding will take place on Satur- day, May 11th at 3.30 p.m.. in Lficknow Presbyterian Church, Lucknow. ARMSTRONG .- CONN Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Conn of Whitechurch are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter 0. Alma. Ileen , to Mr. A. MacDonald (Mac) Armstrong, son of Mr. and 'Mrs. Hugh Armstrong of R. R. 2 Teeswater, The mar- riage,will take place in,Chal- mer's Presbyterian Church, White- church on. May 18th at 4.30 p.m.. Honoured On 35th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thompson of Holyrood celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on Friday, April 12th when a social evening was held at the Holyrood Hall in honour of the occasion. Around one hundred relatives and friends of the community attended. Gifts were presented and best wishes extended to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson'on this happy occasion. Mrs. Thompso'n is the former' Violet Saunders, daughter of George Saunders of BrUcelea Hav- en, WalkertonR formerly of Lucknow and the late Mrs. Saund- ers. They have one daughter , Marjorie. DEATH NOTICE IRWIN - at University Hospital, London on Tuesday, April 16, 1974, Emerson Irwin of 39 1/2 Springbank Drive, London and formerly of Lucknow, in his 79th year. Beloved husband of Marie (Witmer) Irwin; dear father of Mrs. John (Shirley) Stewart and Carman L. Irwin, both of London; dear brother of Mrs. Margaret Agnew of Milton, Mrs. Wm. (Pearl) Young of Clearwater Beach. Florida and Alvin Irwin of London; de,ar grandfather of Joyce, Wendy and Ann Louise. Funeral service will be conducted at the A. Mil- lard George Funeral Home, 60 Ridout St, S, , London, on Thursday ,'April 18 at 1.30 p.m-. with Rev. John F, McKay of Riv- erside United Church officiating. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cem- etery , London. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made to the Chest Diseas-. es Unit c/o University Hospital, 339 Windermere Rd. London. SOUTH AFRICAN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 nesburg in South Africa. On the flight when going they were in London, England, and had time for a tour of the city. This was especially interesting to Alvin, who had spent five year in the service. In Africa Sunday they travelled 400 miles through Krug7 er Park to Satara seeing _many wild animals, huts, etc,. The season was Autumn so the scenery through the Mountains and flowers was beautiful. The conference sessions were held in Johannesburg. The following Friday they left , South Africa and flew to New York and"on Sunday toured some of New York and then flew to Toronto., motoring home from there. Alto- gether this was a very interesting and educational trip. - wEDNEsDAy,-AiRiLim,:, ,Honoured on , 25th Anniverso Mr. and Mrs'. Tom Youngai Dungannon were honoured Oil occasion of their 25th 1 wedding anniversary at a fa dinner on April 6th at.theho of Mr. and Mrs. George Marl of R. R. and Mrs; Mr. d .g haves. family family of four, Mrs. AMC Of R. R. 1 Dungannon, 110, Peggy and Philip at home. Present for the dinner .wit, honoured couple and their and Mr. and Mrs. george Ads' were Mr. and Mrs. Charles A and boys of-Goderich; Mrs. Harold Adams and family and Harbourne Adams of R; God exich; Mrs. Margaret Etb, Doug Eib and Mrs. Eleanot of Kuttzville. It was also the, occasion of Mrs. Rising'i b' PAGE TWO LOOKING BACKWARDS THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES WITH MARGARET THOMPSON ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••ii . while 'they were new, to men and women of.Canada's fighting serv- ices. All that was needed was to hand them in at the Post, Office, from where they were dispatched to authorized depots for distribu- tion. Unpaid balances on income tax , which fell due on. April 30, was postponed until August 31 without payment of interest. income tax returns still had to be 'filed by April 30. Seventy-three donors, including sixty-five men and eight ladies, attended the tenth Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic in Lucknow. There were eighty-seven donors at the first Blood Donor Clinic held in Ripley. 50 YEARS AGO APRIL 1924 The two printing offices, the Winghani Times and the Advance, amalgamated under the ownership of A. G. Smith who had run the Advance 'for the previous nine years. The new business was l'ulown as The Advance Times. A notice was given 'to 'thee resid- ents that read - "The Boaid of Health recommended and urged all .persons residing.in the Village of LUcknow to be vaccinated". It had been arranged by the Board that the Medical officer's fee for each person would be twenty-five cents. Lucknow District Cad Make sure you're ready to tie into your hay — see us now. El full 10,000 ft. per bale [-.3 average tensile strength, exc-eeds 300 lbs; Li treated to repel insects, rodents and rot BOOKING ORDERS ACCEPTED TILL APRIL 19, 1974 19.9 Phone 528-3024 .