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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-08-02, Page 1fldtechu reh Village Store to be. sold. by' UIWI.kfl 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 e 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, LUCKNOW $10 •A Year In Advance $14 To U.S.A. and Foreign a 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 CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 1 SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST .2, 1978 Single Copy 25c 24 PAGES 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. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6' /2 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. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 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.