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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-10-08, Page 4Page 4 Lucknow Sentinel; Wednesday, October S, 1997. A 1313o Publishers C naa aunity Newspaper 619 Cannirbeli: St., Lucknow. Orntaa't 1 .O..lfiox 400, Daelmotv, Oantarno NOG 2110 phone: (519) 52„ -' a22 fax: (519) 5 ' = -3529 -- Established 1873 — Tom Thompson — ,Advertising Man_ er t Livingston — General Manager 11 "tor ebnc ` . Phyllis Matthews Helm — Office Administrator sr Joan Courtney a Typesetter Subscription :1.: to s advance: Regular $25.66 (unci. postage and G.S.'JI .) . Senior $23.52 (incl. postage and G . g'.) Foreign & USA - $98.00. Publications Mail Registration No. 07656 held at Groderich. Ontario. Published 52 times a year. Cl ages of address, orders for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies iueturn postage guaranteed) are to be sent to The Lnclm►ow Sentinel at the address indicated here. Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, t ie por- tion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged. for, but the balance of the advertisement wnitbe paid at the aiip➢kabbe rates. -gnnali luck.sent@inuronteLo1L a Internet add : late://co w.baavesnet..e nin/lucknaw/ We think we've something to brag about After reading the above headline, • you're probably thinking we havea lot of nerve 'blowing our own horns'. Well, it's National. Newspaper Week and 'we thought for just .this one issue we'd bra aboutourselves the Staff -that put this newspaper together for you - our dedicat- ed readers, We think 'we are a prime example of a true community newspaper. Where else. can you find local births, graduations, mar- riages, deaths; your child's sports report, your UCW, WI, WMS report. Where do you turn toread about new businesses in this community Where do you: turn to find out about'upcoming events in ent tidies this community?, Where do you read about the com- ings and goings of members of your community? Where do. you look to check out specials . at local businesses? Well it's not the Toronto Star or the London Free Press! No, your venue for all of the above is The • Lucknow th#f Sentinel. You may be familiar with. the staff in thisoffice, but behind the scenes a large num- ber of people are ,responsible for the, production of this paper. They get the words, pic- tures and ads on film and; nel Memoirs plates and the paper you hold, they get your label on the paper, and they get it to the post office to be delivered to you. Then there's our country correspon- dents, free- lancers : to cover stories we can't, and store. . owners • who help us sell the finished product Within our office, four peo- ple - two full-time and two part-time ': put this paper together for you Joan Courtney our , typeset- ter is .themost proficient typist' I've ever seen. Joan types all the classified word ads and a large amount- of submitted edi- torial di-torial news. Tom Thompson, our .adver tising manager, is responsible for those display ads you see in the paper. He takes those lit- tle , notes brought in and turns them into a piece of art. Phyllis Helm is `.our designated office 'adminis- trator a title that covers a wide host of responsibilities - from office to ;proofread- ing to typeset- ting to, backing- up Tom and 'Myself. And I'm the editor, photog- rapher, general manager and the' sometimes voice who • greets you at: thefront or on. the phone in the absence of Phyl. . We are all proud to bein this newspaper • business. This . week' we'll blow'our . own horns, but we'll also tip- our ip-our hats to the thousands of other coinmuni. ty newspapers who . every'. week strive to keep' the' mem- bersof their small comma- nities'informed. _. \11///,/ to Toronto for steno course in .70.years.ago Oct... b, 1927 Deal and general -; Misses Winnifred Webster and Grace MacIntosh have gone to Toronto to take a course in stenogra- phy.. At the Lucknow Fair, three schools Lucknow, Whitechurch and Paramount took part in the. school children's 'parade and drill, a feature which proved very attractive. The Whitechurch School,',, prettily. uniformed and skilful in drill won' first. prize, .Luchnow coming second: Junior Farmers to stage plowing match - The local Junior Farmers have become 'quite an active organi- zation in and around. Lucknow during the past a two years.. This year they have undertaken the •task of operating a plowing match on Oct. 17. at the farm of Jacob Hunter, ,12th concession, second -corner west from gravel road. .50 years ago. Oct. 9, 1947 noculation clinics In Lucknow on Oct. 17 a clinic for the inocu- lation of children with diphtheria toxoid and :whopping cough vaccine., Forchildren from pe -school age Up to 10 years old. This if the first of three clinics, with the. others on Nov. .14 and Dec.' 12. Also on Nov.. 14, smallpox vaccine will be available for any child whose' parents wish it.. In Ashfield Township, a clinic was planned for inoculation with scarlet fever toxoid. 53 years in 'hardware - It was 53 years ago that Wllhiam 1Vlurdie started in the hardware • business in . the employ of Johnston Bros. of Seaforth. . Next month . he will be in business, •here for 43 years. 25 years' ago Oct. 11, 1972 ockey school dropped - joint meeting of recreation committees of Ashfield, West Wawanosh, Kinloss and Lucknow was held to outline the hockey pro- gram for the'coming winter. Considerable discussion was given to the formation of a new controlled formm of house league hockey for all boys of public school age. Although everyone did not agree to house league hockey, : it was voted that school hockey would be dropped and house league, consisting of all .boys not making organized Flea, Novice and : Pee Wee teams, would have an opportunity to play: on a team. One of the Sentinel's readers"dropped by the office recently to bring in. some old receipts he had in his possession. On May 14, 1915, 20 head of cattie sold for $1498. Do you remember. ",.the. Bank of Hamilton being in Lucknow9 Well : it was that's the bank the cheque was drawn upon. On Oct. 23, :1933, a receipt from Rice Whaley Ltd.,, livestock. commission merchants selling cattle, hogs, sheep and, calves, shows that ,8 cattle weighing 9520 lbs. sold' for a net of $169.69. Deductions.included $4.38 for market fees and feed, $4.85 for commis- sion, 'and. $19.50paid to the UFO. .• On Oct. 10, 1933, 70 hogssold' through the United Farms Co. Limited for $764.13.* The total weight was 13,870 lbs. Deductions on this invoice included $10 com- mission and 60 stamp tax. On June 6, 1934, a.let- ter from W.J. Neely '8t Black Bros. Limited, live- stock Commission sales- men, reads: "We' are at a loss to know just how to report this week's market as, prices have been very irregular and about 1500 cattle left tonight unsold, also quite a number. of sheep and calves . that are not sold." Examples from the let= ter included: Butcher cat- tle choice handyweight ' sold from $5.25 to $5.50 per cwt; baby beef choice ' ... $6 : to $6.50; cows choice:. heifery. type $4 to $4.25, • bulls export $3 to $3.25 springers an, d milkers best. ' $35 to' $45; calves: a few extra choice sold at $5.50 to .$6;' lambs - choice $9.50 to $10 per +cwt, sheep best light $2,. to $2.50 percwt; hogs advanced Monday selling at $8.50 'fob, $8.8&5 off trucks and $9.25 wog. The receipts were, .r issued' to the Thomas' Harris of Ripley.