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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-09-25, Page 4Page 4 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, September 25 191M Chines o'address. ° i as subsuipttons•, and Blit iible copies (return postw guaranteed) ate to be st-ot to ilielaicknow Ci til at the address indicated li .ii i` ample(' on tY condition that in the emit of tt; a al extol; the por- tion ores t,ionof'the a, rtL we occupied l the errs item toget with area al allowance for signature, will not be chi; for. but the balance tithe advertisement er-nt w lk paid at the applicable rata t o 1'tthIisiE�ei-s ( 7miu %�yiYcyw�a;pew e� rC'�NOG ibeJi[`,i -,YLti Iowa Orta o W 1 Box 400 Luckuo , Ontario t•�w0 21 0 p1io>trlt'o (61f.-4) 528-2822 fax,-; (5I9) . 28 r'29 Esiablished 1873 Tom 1hho ii —Advertising' meager lop Pat Livingston. Genu Manager / motor Phyllis Matthews Helm — Office Administrator Joan Courtney — Typeset—ter Subscription Rates advance: Local Regular S25.66 tuadl, postage and 0 ST 1 within 40 nit radius: Hal .Senior $23.52 (Wel. postage and 0 SaT) within 40 ad. radius. Out -of-area (40 'Titles) $25a (incl. postage and 0 T,)a Foreign ez US $99.00. Publications snail registxation no. 0847 geld at. Ludo -tow. Ontario. • If you could As I was away on holidays When the last Cheque to pay off the Sports Complex was presented, I wasn't able to get up oil my bandstand andspout off. So, you get to • read itthis week or put this page under your bird. Wow! What an accomplishment for our community. . Four: municipalities service clubs, and individuals giving support .to a, mammoth project - work- ing together to accomplish what other larger communities are unable to do. Of course, we were fortunate in geg the funding' at the right time, but it4 r took the yv efforts of the}<>; eo'rl�rlinuatty to s bring $r y f about raising al most $662,000 in just two and a half years, The first report we carried in .this newspaper, regarding the go ahead with, the project, was ia the, April 1; 1994 issue. Many more . stories and 'venires followed. The pride I have in this community runneth aver. However, I almost' feel cheated too. I wanted a mammoth; com- munity party; wanted to. burn ; some- thing like -people do when their 'mort gage is paid. off, ti see us now! I guess I'm feeling a sense• of com- ing down- and I wonder how all those volunteers in the service clubs and building and finance: committees are feeling, No doubt they are breathing a sight of relief, as are their families who had to -persevere through many nights when their loved one• was attending :eetirigsorsetting up and doming up' from the *many fund-raising projects that took place, It is ironic that while compiling the • Memoirs froi'n SO years agog I : found yy qqyyyy^^�� this W. +'4 .� .%'•K.,._:}L }'}' Ji .'�{'�:•:$}•'r ♦ : ortll res detit recent fit=Y•.•..�Jt'tS--.��''':�}:{�R:, ., J} t::\,�'i '1},'+�'7C'+.:};} },v-�:'•:. ....• v:%::1..3.;1R ;.};��?` } ave J� ��iIs nr JjY3rj:;�.�•�,•;?-1v };:L ;�• tij3:}° } kY} J{ {• �. }v G ' a 4i�. sy o }< �.i J,. { } ,�:}+a' .,� •c h:;}yJ .t i ris t hand impression of Lucknow. `Frankly, I like the people, but 1 ":don't like Lucknow,' the party •said. Asked to explain the rather puzzling statement; the answer was to'the effect that the loge was dead, desperately dead. 'No tennis court, `no swimming` pool, no amateur dramatic society... in short lit- erally nothing for'the young people to do', was the reply, but plenty of peo- pie to . criticize - them'; this party : hastily added. Well baby, you should see us now!! tt i'?.??{:: ir.::tii{:`-f%i�� :{:'i-�jr:� }:YYi::,. :}:;:.y,.:{•: ,`:L:•:{•}w. •; ,i,;:; <.t+'t:::::i:;+moi: {�::k;:.:'.::sd;�:;i:>+:::r'i.{:2$:i:•:{}.::. .:{i{rr: /•i,v •: rn:::: :: v.: r. �: {r:: r.r,•}:{+•�:4,v: '•:i: $: J:':>:._' ":. $''::::i{:?� •.v:. � ... -:.::-.:::i•}}:{•:a\:.. :... ..v.... ..:::: }... h ...::.:.::: ::.. �:. by::.}:::..::{:::: >.....v.�.. }Y.:::{n:.:::i:•r :.:: ::: :: � { {•:{.}:.}:{::iii{{{.}:i:;.;.:.i;.: 4•::;;{:J:yi. . A, .birds eye view � • of 'the Sixzler in action at the Lucknow Fall Fair. (Livingston photo)' Ys'�i•:{y ae..:tiwGv �:: IG F`YS....: 0 yoars,ago September 30,.192f au in spoiled fall farm- To m oke a really s u c- cessful fall fair, one thing you must have is a me day. Everything else may be inapple pie; order, but if the weatherman doesn't. doshareo � � ,i. � �` ..,,. you • can't get the crowd- and the crowd is very necessary, It says a good deal for thepopularity of the annual exhibition at Lucknow that there was a crowd of an size out last Friday. Rain, which has - been doing a great deal of mischief the past two Months, 'came. down in torrents the first night of she fah- and the next morning was anything but bright and promising. Sly years ago Oct 2 1946 oftball opens Thursday night The' fall indoor softball 'league gets underway this Thursday night with a double-header. The High School and Factory hook up�irtha first t a. Ye with the second bringing together Mobil and acketts: ;There are now nine teams in the league and will play a single schedule' for a total. of 36 games. Ire. Y� order to work:in'.this heavy schedule the games will be, played three nights hts a week with double-headers hy g played each night. Admission price is .10. Local teams are the High School, Factory and g three teams managed byJack Campbell, .amnernn MacDonald and Gordon Fisher. The rural teams are represented .... b Zion,, l3acloutts,, I�rtrntail: and Lng.a aon. It ooks like some mighty ightyrnterestttg sport in ,the arena for the next few weeks. 15 years ago September 3001981, ngl can Chtireb'miinister retires - Rev. JGcorgc r arrratt of t. Peter's Anglican Church, Lucknow, was honored at a>farewell s'Tice held. at the church, Stina4 evening , on thea ,occasion of his retirement from the ministry, Locals -;FttyBruer .ofPoint Clark has been natned principal of Lucknow District Christian School. She will -be to aching grades 6 to 8 part time. Rynie Bakela<ar will assist, as vice-principal also teaching half. days, Customers with individual-' - .,:,,,. sto r or two-party service in the Lucknow telephone :exchangewill no iongerr.~be :required: to give their number to the oprratorr on direct dialed long distance calls. New equipment will auto- matically register the callers: numbers, Donna. Greer of London spent a few days with .her parents before. leaving on an extended' trip to New Zetdartd and Australia, Neighbors surprised Ira :and, Elizabeth Dickie for a house warming and to welcome back to the 4th:conc. Letters to the editor it ?..... .y The - e� aw Sentinel welcomes letters to the editor, They Inuit be signed, with the writer's telephone number and address for coufir motion: No pseudonym are allowed. All letters are subject tett editing as well as spelling and grammatical corrections. We also reserve, the right to refuse letters altogether. 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