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P.0„,Box 400, tuck:low, Ontaro NOG MO
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by Pat Livingston
*LacINA pl.The Ram bieris no Mrs. Fixit
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Pat Livingston — General Mar ager'
r --- Editor°.
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There is only one "Fixit" in ever
houesbald and it isf�ed by
""lips" so I have out! After
mowing into the lnetsse, I w'aas like a
kid with new toys - I had a<
jack is every room!
Thanice to Mr. F1xit's pro-
wess, I had a an md
ro-
w ,Ihadaanexf phew
planned on installing in our
as bu) p�,The phone
didn't have one of those fiches on
the end that are neeeseary to plug
Advertising : is ` accepted oee til 'condition that in the event of a into a jack. On the day the
' typographical error, the portion 01 the advertising space occupied by 1'e/than came to hookup
the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for tures our near number,, i hratly prtll�
Will notbe charged ed out this woe phoonene sod wood
ialanice of the advertisement be if he could put as thing on the end
paid at the app viable rates,
Ii of it. Stupid insi! He looked at ane
as if 1 lead asked for the world.
' Really, all I wanted was one of
those little plastic things stuck on
prongvoishd tshfoa ttiande' oZ wweH
ng
to pay for the little thing. No
such luck, he informed me he .
couldn't (or wouldn't) do -it and '
suggested that perhaps I could get
e isle
Well, as theca in no Hell Phone
Centre la dna Ltaelatesw, I
ebbe the alert hest piece, "Home
of the HandymanNow before I
go seer further, it wee not air lead
"Home of the Handyman." store I
visited. I k now I deserve a whipp-
ing with three wet noodles for sot
wlocally! Well, to get on
h story, I visited the
�",a�
'rues-
day, o
Poem
on anteingate I found the
appropriate aisle; but was unable to
determine 'which package to bring
home. A young man came along
and offered his ambiance and after
bearing My predicament plucked package off the shelf and me Lorwould do the hick. I d
plained to him, I only wanted that
little cthbg to go' on the end
of the wire, whole length of
wire. •'1 could see his eyes glitter
with glee, when .he realised he bad ,
a novice on his hands. He asly
• explained why 1 needed thefull
piece of wire and the little -thing on
the end and even gave me instruc-
•tions on hors :even I could make the
I# ,wasun't jreolly to 111 4014 that Huron 14MPP JOek 'Riddell wind i needed from a PI, .
k.
de�dde►d t+n'..call ii' ,gitlts hitt ws.- Cent .Tinaka a -"atm'
ot budl
hos dial. d► good should b ee qulde thhnking ,. de►# xseiCnsrd, -.
#Iaailbla +earl: at tit .Pam tial, si t elf qualithe which
Mr. Rlddsll: ,;wsaee►d,
In a lltks, he was .tie tapopolitcian who "'shot
tiefrom
'type of
sty, ie;,pot Maim In trouble, but; mostly !t was for eh . batter.'
•Istecaim, you Mkn.w whsree the sae stood on :0 porticalar
i oe... Mayta r tile;' Is what l ±d, in part, iso° hid belnR drop;
ped from Cabbnst' ;
Today's apaelltics regal >lre that tel.sted er.prasr ntativ.s b. °
on#rent*Iy irsrttsitivr tar' o nuebeir. orf groups and isms. It ,
wrong) word'. or a-.stro
0ot006n0 can''b. 10000 044
embarrassing to the gov rinnitent sand It can ,+fuercrtticlun
from the opposltlbn, .the .public;. and tial 00.11a, • D+dsions
and -!atatomsnts era► tniorlk.d out behind' closed doors and
released only': When, tolly pwllshud, r Mr. , Rlddelre strong
volce' 'will 4s. rrtlss.d by ties -p.opio who shad- him.
;HO . fear;`stated that hi. le not bitter. but th ► dlsappolnt '
me'l't, must **or. !noire Mr..P' Riddell, regarding tiro lots of
his, position as Miniadir of Agr•icultustl► andFooel. Yeo' aft•
year, he law stir party t+ `uolce In the: lsiatarrie whin -
the Liberals were but'.o nelriortty.- And .then is Is let, go,
while attending,, a , fider'ol.provinclal. , conferenso o f . ;:'
agrlcuituro `ntinistiers, !ut politics :kW* about. nieotlos: and
ek.ryone ss;"reitial oabilp aielir. ,Riddell ktisrer this. but It trtill
Nati; whlren. you aro no . longer nded, ,;.
However, despite his 'forthcontlnp retlr*sent ; ftrbor .
politics, ha sounds energetic and'reedy to;take ors':na nes"
challenge. His passion has always'. beim ' ayrfcelture; and a
Man with h!s experlenc., Insight and cr dlblllty tsar much
to offer his province. iia+r. Riddell Mere "ennobled Intarsest,.In
being an -Ontario agrietsitur• ambassador tier -the' `United
Stator. 'P.irhapseMr3.RddobI's string volci is wha#';ytt#derio
needs in 'Arnn.fried
Mr. Riddell is proud 01 his' :aiccompilislrm+snts eio*thlipast
17 y.o rs and during •his tenure ae agrlculturs rrtlnlster. HI.
conirtltuones : hoald avec proud `too. 'Hopefully, Natalia 'n•xt
MPRH inn Show ;just eels Irftsch laadnlrahlp;.:anidsfrrngtlr, jfeokn
the'Clinton "Nsrs-Rieordi ;
Not " "via ast1T years sot tlttseeo is Park 'IIko
Oa ths�s�rt e I chuckled to
=WWI vein Ing Mr, bit's sus.
prise when he realised I had
mansigedto jack s r� vision w avect the phone ll I
Despite hew easy this ta*
was puuperted to be, there was no
way I could conquer it. Oh,mameed to remove tiny screws
1
from the back of the phone, but
whet I saw inside threw me into a
dither. Accordhig to the inotructione,
1 was sir .supposed to take a
tiny screw driver, remove two
screws and attach this new piece
with the sametwo screws. I sear-
ched and searched but couldn't find
the screws, the wires were soldered
tan!! That was way beyond my
experience.
There wasto do,„ but
replace the beck of phone, and
wait until Mr. ,Fixit got home. After
hearing my predicament, he simp-
ly dismantled the phone, got.. thesoldering gun eut and in
short
time my phone was hooked au and
working! Once again, Mr. Fixit
came to myy' rescue!
Oldasebif.•;"IAp'"Doalliowias S.douiF
ou remember`h n?
neo
70 years ago
Jnne24; 1520 ..•
Another Flans )dill - J.G. ,Ander-
sen is converting ' the old' woolen
mill into a flat milt- Besides-
repairing the old building he is
erecting a large barn Which will be
used for storage purposes. Mr.
Anderson has been interested in the
figs mill at liipley for anumber of
ybusinessears and thinks it a good line of
This gives. Lucknow- two flax
mills, one at the extreme the
other at the extreme south; of the
town.
Garden Party - For an enjoyable
evening, conn to the garden party
on Joseph Taylor's Farm, just
south of Lucknow (Excellent'
grounds) Date, Friday evening,
June 25. A splendid, varied pro-
gram by local talent, assisted by
Mayor J.J. Hunter and Mr. Frank.
Sellery of Kincardine, has been ar-
ranged for you. You will enjoy
every. minute. Supper served from einialtatilleinineeminenallanietel
ane.
6• -to 11:304(0100. • . -
Lucknow:,Brass Raid; °int oaten
dance. tinder the Auspices of the
le.W.C.13.04 the Lucknow Methedist
Church
Gray -Dort Reduces Price Effec-,
tive June 15, 1920, the - price . of
Gray -Dort Motor Cars, including all
new .Excise 'Taxes, will be as
follows: Model 15 Regular $1575;
• Model 15M Special $1748; 'Madel
151) Ace $1862; Model 10 Roadster
$1575. All f.o.b. Factory, freight. OW
ly extra. Wm. Alliin, :Lucknow,
Dealer.
50 years ago
June 20, 1940
• To SpendMillion Dollars on Port.
Albert Air ,Field - An expenditure
of more than. ;$1,000,000 to establish
an air navigators' school under the
air training scheme at Port Albert,
on Lake Huron, was' announced by
• Air Minister Power .last week lits
the ileum 4 Commons.' .
•
N1INELMEMOIRS
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In addition, $42,100 has been set
aside for development of the Huron
County Airport, just north of•
Goderich, for military purposes.
It was learned that the air trait -
Jug board selected 800 acres in
.Ashfield Township, near the
lakeside village of Port Albert' as
the site of the new school, This
level: piece of property is now oc-
4 copied by eight farms and is under
option to the Government. There is
a drop of only two feet: ,m the en -
tires 800 ages, which 'is
clear of bush. •
This is part 04 a comprehensive
program under the British Com- °
monwealth air training plan, by
which it is proposed to Spend im-
mediately $52,000,000 on , training
proctn across Canada, to be Bar-
ri out this summer. '
25 years ago
June 23, 1900 -
George Gibson. Will Teach at
High=` School' George W. Gibson
graduated on June :4 'from the
University of Western Ontario in
London with a Bachelor of Arts
degree, the major ' subject being
Biology. -
George is the son, of Mr. and
Mrs.' Sam Gibson of Amberley, He
will attend. Ontario College of
Education in London this summer
and will teach in Lucknow District
High School with duties to com-
mence in September. • ,
Jack Webster Visits "Old Home
Town" - Jack Webster of Edmonton
and formerly of this community is
visiting here and made his first
visit to the .Webster family picnic
last weekend: "Big Jack", as he IS
known to many of his friends, is a
continual goodwill ambassador for
his home community and there's no
one who enjoys returning for a ?visit
more than Jack.
10 years ago
`June 25, 1980
Grace Taylor retires - Grace
Taylor retires from the"Lucknow
Central Public School teaching staff
this month and a retirement tea
was held in her honour on Friday
afternoon. Mrs. Taylor originally .
came to Lucknow for two years in
1940_ when she accepted her first
teaching position at the Lucknow
Public School, She returned to the
sehool in 1959 and haat taugleher
since then. '
Steal Tiller - A garden tiller was
stolen from the display in front of
Meehan Hardware on Friday. One
passerby noticed a man pushing
the tiller along the street and then
loading it into the back of a red
pickup. •
Weather Memoirs
June .20, 1860 - High winds and
hailstones, someas large as 5.cm,
hit Osborne in SW Ontario, flatten-
ing crops, uprooting trees, blowing
down fences and lifting roofs off
barns and houses.
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