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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-06-04, Page 18horses, One team made the trip One way then exchanged fpr another team for return- trip. , For many years the driver was The stage was owned ).1iy the' Douglas brothers, who operated a Iiyery stable in Lucknow, In winter' time they used an open sleigh and team of horses. I can recall, when the roads were bad, they would • tome • in, ,our l'",gate ..and go ' down through the fields. I . could 'hear the thime bells • coming and hitch. a ride to • school. ••• , • $ome of the children •had • quite a long way: to 'walk to school,' The Pentlands who lived, on the 6th conceision of Ashfield and .the • ErringtOti families in West Wawanosh had quite a long, hard, hike on those cold, stormy :days in. Winter:, (To,be continued) Sue(,.essful ExectitivegInOvt:, a. meetink. 'pan be more produetve ix),.thp right atmosphere,: YVELcOMESTOU!. it olf For zt clutnge: koltat• PP'. ' 1f.opI0 in. OUP l''SO!') l'un11/10X, rcii• groups ortip to all ituqucting: nl( illy, ry'ret.sitliwtitt4. iitrio I faiiiitios ovromnitklat.i. if' i'pfluirol. A vviy PrPthictivo . otroPsplu.ro Inc' 1.1 ,r clotuih rm ;I pilcklIgVdeSigned t() ynur spNiFitations 524-2191, 10* • ,11% .6 6 .***441•6 a 1116 a 11 bit ro• 0. 11,k, pl. Fashions at Fabrics Lucknow Phone 528.2126 11 411110,104 4,00:00 ••••0 00,0•1000,000,1„:, • 4,0014,4410, . , . s•••••••,• ••• rage 18-1144eknow; Sentinel,. WellneOkyi Jyae 4,. 1980' ng r•ies „inAttdersoo BY MARIE PARK The bake shop in Dungan- • non, was for, the most part, sa one man operation, operated by- Sam-Reach v--He- -would bake bread at night, and peddle it with horse and wagon or sleigh in day time., Many' times we had. M dig him out of the snowdrift's, in the stormy winter.days when . roads were most impassible. Bread was baked in 'a brick oven. A'wood fire was put, in oven, to heat the oven, then taken out and pans of bread, put in to bake. Bread sold , for five cents a loaf at that time. We had•a two room school, which is still standing and in very good • shape. Privately owned, it has had 'a base- ment' added,., 'and changed somewhat. It was heated by wood stoves in my day,* gOod well seasoned beech, and maple body wood was used. • The winters were quite severe, with' lets 'of snow. Glenn's Hill. The • snow There were board fences and would fill in, the 'CM on the , hedge fences which held the road up level or higher thap snow Q11 the road, and. some the top of the fence. winters it would get so b ••ad Bill "Caesar Sr. told Me -=•--the-sleighs:'antl cutters wouldd-L-they7rrieasurecrthe depth" Of* take to the fields and abitiA 'snow in the tilt one winter, It den the road until they could was 24 feet deep. No attempt get a read over the,top of the was Made to plough a 'ioad snow. • throagh fbo snow, just Make The' roads might haVe a road aver the top, seven or:. eight' feet of snow The old stage ran from • where the;hoard fences, were, 'Lucknow to Goderich•, and and the sleighs would start a w 'A return •five days eekt - dip between drifts, and every approximately 22 Miles One time •a sleigh went through, way. Summer and Winter •• they woald dip deeper, They. 'they Weald 'haul mail • and Called thein Pitch holes. They passengers and some would dip so deep a team of freight. It was quite a heavy horses would almost disap- vehicle in' summer; dosed in pear from sight, After big passenger compartMent with • storm the farmers would get two. wide seats facing each • out with horses and try 'to other, and a seat, Op front for break a road over the NM. the driver: It had a rack on It was hard on the horses, the back end for freight,.,. they Wotild be plunging* in suSpended on two •chains, It the. deep snow with only their.. .was drawn by as, team o heads protruding. There .was a real high board fence at sn 4t. * .#0,0 .1 •••••00! ••••••,:-.7 BY MAY BOYLE Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Nielson (nee Janet Bushell) who were married-on-Sat urday-even ing at the Presbyterian Church here. Friends here were _sorry to learn' of the death of Joe Hassall of London in his 73rd year. The Hassall family came to Canada from Eng- land in 1910' and lived on concession 12 where Mr. and Mrs. Kurt now reside. Joe attended Kinlough School and Later Lucknow Continua- tion School and began his banking career in Lucknow, later moving to London. His wife was the former Verne Caslick of Culross. They have one son s Bill and four grand- children. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery. Sym- pathy is extended to the bereaved. Mrs. John Barr of here and Mr. and Mrs. Morley Bushell of Wingham returned home after visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Barr and family at Thunder Bay. St. Catharines newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Bevan Hodgins were honoured on Saturday when relatives gathered at the home of Mrs. Marretta itodgins for a smorgasbord 'meal and social evening. The , bride and groom received many useful gifts. We extend congratulations. Bevan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hodgins. Mrs. Audrey Borthwick Of St. Catharines and Mrs. Lenore Sutherland of Toronto spent the Weekend' with rela- tives here. • Mrs. Elizabeth Fair and Mrs. Mary MacDonald of Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott and Edna and May 'Boyle visited with Mrs. Mary Boyle at her home in London on Sunday. Her sister-in-law. Mrs. Pearl Lloyd "is with her. Mary returned home froM St: Joseph's Hospital after un- dergoing major surgery. The Lucknow Sehool band members -front . our area returned home after their bus trip to Ottawa. We hope all-ha d--an--erijoyable--t nie7- Jason Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Wall, was baptized at the 'Anglican service on . Sunday morning. Sunday visitors With Mt% and Mrs. Jack Barr, Susan and Murray weie, Mrs. John Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Fair of Tiverton, and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hamilton and family of. Lucknow. Word was received here of the death, of Mrs. Roy Mc- Kenzie (the former Eunice Purves of concession 2). She was a niece of Mrs. John Barr. - Mr. and Mrs. Burt Nichol- son and Lois spent the weekend With Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Langford and family at Woodstock and attended the funeral of Mrs. Kenneth Langford at St. Marys. Lois Nicholson stayed for a holi- day with the Langfords at Woodstock. Mrs. Vera Hodgins of Lon- don visited on Sunday with Mrs. George Graham. Relatives from a distance who were here for the Nielson-Bushell wedding on Saturday, May 31 were Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Turner, Ot- tawa; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nielson, Georgetown; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bushell, Toronto; Mrs. Audrey Borth- wick,.St. Catharines and Mr. and Mrs. • Bob Willitson, Stoney Creek. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bill MacPherson tif Holyrood were Mr. and Mrs, Bob Watt, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Priestap and Mrs. Olive Moore, all of Mitchell. tes..•.. 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