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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-12-22, Page 8NIECARTHrt SERVICE STATION Berrie. Ontario. Highway 9 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8 a.m. to 10 Pan, Sunday included • FREE GIFTS WITH. COUPONS ERRY CHRIST AND PPY NE JOE and DEAN AGNEW SCHMID'S JEWELRY and CHINA 11.4.‘1111:RAFT.4 NI) FLOWER SHOPPE 30b JuNephine Stmt Winghant 357-2023 Would You Believe b y H1\.t A 'STATUE ERECTED : Y THE EARLY SETTLERS OF UTAH DEDICATED TO SEA-GULLS... Yes; the settlers were thankful to the gulls as, the birds devoured swarms of crickets that had been de- stroying all the crops,. WOULD YOU ALSO BELIEVE ....that we do like nature; but we revere customers even more than sea gulls. Visit us soon -- our cour- teous staff will do everything pcs- .Sible to make,you happy , WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1976 PAOH Ei61 T THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW. ONTARIO 10 YEARS AGC . DECEMBER 1966 Robert Lyons of West Wawanosh was the new Reeve of that municipality, elected from three candidates for the office. The four council seats were filled by acclamation, Harold En-ington, Leo Foran, James Aitchison and Leon- ard Chisholm, • For the two vacancies ,on the Huron County School Area No. 2 only one nominee signed up, Wallace Wilson. , A second nomination meeting was called when Wm. Webster was pressured into 'returning to the School Area board for his 49th year as a school trustee. Two sitting councilors in Kinloss Township waged a, dose battle for the Reeveship .with William Evans edging Wallace Conn by 36 votes to take the honours. The new Reeve was a veteran of six years on the Kinloss Council. His opponent had served the township for eleven years on the council board. The four, council members received an acclamation as William E. Halden- by and. Orville • Elliott again qualified with two new men Leo Murray and Duncan Cimpbell. The new reeve Mr. Evans was a resident of Whitechurch. The village was around 125 years old and it was believed to be the first time they had been privileged to have the honour of the Reeve' of Kinloss Township 'as a resident of the village. Gary Suter was awarded a National Council Scholarship for post-doctoral studies at the Otto Graf Institute in Stuttgart, Germ- any. 30 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 1946 Alex MacKenzie of Langside was elected reeve of Kinloss Township. Mr. MacKenzie's selection climaxed fifteen years of service as a , councillor. Elected to council were George Tiffin, David H. Carruth- ers, Russell, Gaunt, John Colwell. The second timber wolf pelt in a month was received at the county treasurer's office at Goderich. This wolf was shot near Amberley by Bert Johnston of Ashfield Town- ship. A new hold-up alarm system, which had ' been devised by the Bank of Montreal in conjunetion with a protection agency, was being installed in all the bank's branches across the country and the bank's local office hete had been provided with this added protection. The first to use a system of this type, the Bank .of Montreal was meeting with fullest co-operation of police departments. across ,he country. 50 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 1926 Rev. John Pollock of higersoll accepted a call to the Whitechurch Presbyterian Church'. The Lucknow Dramatic Company scored a fine success in the presentation of the humorous play "Welcome Home Jimmy". Th'ose who took part were: Mrs. J. W. Joynt. Mary Aitchison, Rena MacDonald, Mrs. Helena Sherriff, ,Lorna Campbell, Joe Hassan, T. S. Reid, W. B. Anderson, Torn Watson. Roy MacKenzie's Orches- tra, Ripley, entertained the crowd before the start and between acts of the play. A report of the Lucknow nomina- tion meeting for 1926 read in part: There was a crowd that packed the council chamber to overflowing, with many candidates nominated, good speeches, some fireworks and some fun. -The* finances and hydro department were 'reported in good cdhdition. The new council received an acclamation. Robert Johnston who had served as reeve for ten years 'was succeeded: by D., M. Johnstone. Councillors hidud- ed Robert Rae, Alfred Buswell. Robert Mullin and a newcomer to the board, Wm. Spindler. • Let Us. Know! \ • Away for Christmas or New Years. Have some visitors? Call us at The Lucknow Sentinel 528-2822, and tell us about them. We'd like to hear from you. If you have a 'rural' correspondent in your area, give her 'a call. 0••••••••••••••••••••••••*••••••••••••••••••••• LOOKING BACKWARDS THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES WITH MARGARET. THOMPSON ..••••••••••••••41.40*********4944~~~~tiomp ICE SKATES stro:varatArairtioralitto-va By Bauer FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY) ' MISSES' AND LADIES' FIGURE SKATES BOYS', GIRLS' AND MEN'S SKATES 1 001000010*/#10 0 4(4 If you don't know the size, style or colour or don't know what to Ove GRUM LES. PATTER SHOES LUCKNOW PHONE 529.2011