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Tlae Whitechurch Village Store will close and the stock and
building,. are to be sold by auction on August 5.
Margaret Moore who has operated the store she owns with
her husband, John, says it has become impossible to keep the
business viable. `.`People want a convenience store," says
Margaret, "but then they 'expect you to have everything."
She says that it is just not paying to manage the store for
four hours and only sell a pack of cigarettes. "By the time you
figure it out, you're working six days a welt *for 4c an hour."
About 23 families _did a week=s grocery shopping at the
store through the winter, but in the summer there are only
three families who do all their shopping there.
The wholesalers started to tell the Moores they would not
deliver unless their orders were larger and there was no way
they had the business to sell ,larger orders.
A small local dairy didn't want to deliver ,milk tathb village
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any longer, so when the store closes, the village will . be
without milk. Gay Lea wants a minimum $75 order and
Schneiders want a minimum order of 300 pounds of meat
when Moores can only possibly sell 100 pounds.
One of the features the store had, vias 30 varieties of penny
candy for children, but this is -the second time in a year that
the candy man has gone out of business and. left Margaret
without a supplier.' 71A•
Their situation between Wingham and Lucknow makes it
easy for people to go into town to shop and pass right by the
store on their way: They are not as isolated as stores in
Lanesville or Hoiyrood
"Highway $6 in front of our place is like the 401 on a Friday
night," says John. "Everybody's going into Wingham to buy
their groceries," quips1VLargaret, with a laugh.
John and Margaret and their children, Lynda and Chris,
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have likedi the village.. At fust it was hard to get to know
people, but they have made friends, they enjoy the people
and they like it here. Chris, especially does not want to move
to Ottawa.
Margaret and John considered selling the store earlier this
year, because business hadnot grown to the point where John
could leave his job in Toronto .and move to Whitechurch with
his family. The store could not support the family without the
income from John's position in Toronto.
If they were `willing to wait another three or four years the
business may have built up to the point where they could
make a living from the store alone, but they have been
married 26 years, and Margaret and John do not like living
apart. "Our phone bills have been $50 in Toronto and another
$50 in Whitechurch," says Margaret, "We're like a pair of
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST .2, 1978
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Linda Plant#
ints Londa>ti' formerly of LuclmowI.. spins at her
spinning wheel at the Lucknow Craft Festival which was held
Friday and Saturday In' the Lucknow arena. Linda weaves
shawls, similar .to the bine she wears, makes the apple head
Valhi, shown On tbe hutch :Iiiathe backgroaund, and *presses
&were for framing. She has a walking wheel which her
grandfather had an the (mini and she hopes to get It in
running oi:devv
Virus infection
a minor epidemic
The Lucknow Medical Centre confirmed on Monday that
there is a minor epidemic of a virus infection in Lucknow and
the surrounding area., Although children have •been the most
susceptible . to the infection, there is no clear evidence to
connect it to the Lucknow Swimming Pool.
The infection is not being passed in thepool but around the
pool from ,child tochild said, the medical ,spokesman.
Virus swabs have -been sent to. St. Joseph's Hospital in
London, which does, the virus studies for the city of London,
and the virus has been isolated but the name has not yet been
determined.
Isolation of the virus will not lead to a treatment of the
infection, because it is like measles, there is no treatment.
You. can only watcc for complications and give, supportive
treatment. Isolating the virus is of academic interest to learn
what kind of virus is causing the infection.
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Hydro power
out three times
A severe rain and wind storm on Wednesday evening, July
26, caused damage in the Lucknow area and a five hour power
failure.
Lightning came in along . a wire at the home of Gerald
Murray, R. R. 1 Holyrood, causing a fire in the ceiling of the
utility room. Stephen Murray, Gerald's son, noticed the fire
and went to the barn to get his father and their hired man,
Doug : Fogal who managed to put out the fire with a: pail of
water, a pail of milk and water from the eavestrough.
The hydro went out about 6.30 p.m. said Mrs. Murray and
they noticed the fire about five minutes later.
The Lucknow Fire Department answered a call to the fire
and Gerald went to meet them to tell them it was out.
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3,000 attend
Craft Festival
Approximately 3,000 people attended the Lucknow Craft
Festival at the Lucknow arena on Friday and Saturday,
according to Ross Errington, secretary of the Lucknow
Agricultural Society which sponsors the Festival.
Of the 65 exhibitors at the show, about one-third were local
crafters.
Out of town crafters came to the two day show from
London, Guelph and Toronto,
Many of the crafters worked at their craft during the show
including Linda Plant, London, who brought her spinning
wheel and Martha Hoey, Guelph, who demonstrated unspun
weaving.
Pour people were winners of one-half a ,market pig which
was donated by Russel Irvin, /president of the Lucknow
Agriculturalicultural Society. They included Keith Raymond, R,
R.
Lcknow; Arnold Mothers, Exeter: Gerry Priestap, 1
Lucknow,
and Bob McMurray, London.