HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-04-20, Page 4Page 4 —Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 20, 1988
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Rob Bundy -Editor
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A unique brotherhood
The business men and women of small communities such as Lucknow
have something very special. It is something that is the envy of
business communities in the Targe centres across Ontario.
This elusive spirit that you would be hard pressed to find in, say,
Toronto or London is loyalty. A sincere loyalty from the friends and
neighbours who support them everyday, 365 days a year.
The reason for this loyalty is well founded. It is based on the
knowledge that a small businessman has an integrity that is above
reproach. If such is not the case, the business will simply falter and
cease to existuntil this dedication to the service of the community is
established.
The residents of rural communities such as.Lucknow know the people
they do business with and know that they, like themselves, are doing
their very best to make a living in an increasingly complex society.
Specifically, the beysiness Community of Lucknow also enjoys a unique
"brotherhood" amongst themselves. While they may be in direct com-
petition with each other, they also band together to survive garnering
strength in fellowship.
It is this fellowship, coupled with a love for the community as a
whole, that makes them deserving of the loyalty they enjoy from their
customers.
It is the consumer himself that sets the standards, price and selection
that a business must reflect. If these standards are not met by the
market place, the entire community suffers. These standards are more
evident in the small communities due to the fact there will .always be
the. draw to shop in a larger centre.
The small businessmen in a small community must therefore have a
"sharper pencil" if he is to. survive. .
Lucknow, and other communities like it, have survived for a long
time on this loyalty and will, without a doubt, continue to achieve the
high standards their customers demand.
Life in a rural community has many benefits and the loyalty and
fellowship between shop and shopper is at the top of the list. R.B.
By Rob Bundy
I'll have to write this for you very fast this
week. I have an appointment in about ten
minutes for a "pied -ectomy" to get my foot
out of my mouth.
It happens to all of us at sometime. You
know what I mean...you say something and
the moment the words leave your mouthyou
wish you hadn't said a thing.
How does that old saying go...something
like, "It's better to stay silent and be
thought a fool than to open your mouth and
remove all doubt". No doubt each one of us
is living proof of this little gem.of wisdom.
Yes, sometimes what we say gets us in hot
water. It seems we are always quick to be
thrown in the soup but rarely invited over
for a bowl at dinner time.
Anyway, it's not the first time and certain-
ly not the last I suppose. I once wrote a col-
, umn questioning why some women enjoy
shopping so much while most men seem to
hate it. The day after this light-hearted at-
tempt at humour appeared in print, I had a
lady at my door accusing me of being an
alcoholic and beating,my wife.
As public outcry defended me, this lady
lessened her attack and even sent me a
bunch of roses with a nice card saying hos,‘
much she enjoyed my writing even though
she didn't always agreee with it.
I went to my "Mind over Mouth`' file this
week and came up with this list of things you
should never say without—thinking twice
about:
"For a fat person you sure don't sweat
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very much." If you do happen to say this,
even by mistake, never ever laugh
afterwards.
"Call me anytime."
"Sure, we have plenty of room."
"Is there anything I can do."
"My husband is a doctor."
"I'll try anything once." This is a good one
to point out to teenagers as something they
should consider carefully before saying in
public.
"Of course you can bring the kids, we'd
love to have them."
"Why don't you stay for dinner."
How many times have you stopped
yourself short just before proclaiming, "If
worst comes to worst,.you canuse mine".
This simple phrase has resulted in the loss
of more tools and lawn equipment than you
could imagine.
"Don't worry about it - there's plenty
more where that came from."
"Over my dead body, you will."
I have lots more of these little sentences
that you should really think about before
saying, but I've decided to think about them
a bit more before printing them.
Have a good week!.
c/w\J 1 O'A
70 years ago
April 21, 1918
Closing at seven - The blowing of the fire
alarm whistle promptly at seven o'clock
Monday evening announced the introduction
of "early closing" in the village of Lucknow.
Of course, everyone fell in line and presto!
You couldn't buy a toothpick or a chew of
gum from that minute on.
Efforts of early closing by agreement had
been made before in Lucknow but as
elsewhere there were always a few who
would not fall in line and the agreements did
not hold very well.
With this by-law in force a better observa-
tion is assured.
The fall wheat - The condition of fall wheat
in this part of Ontario is still in doubt at this
time. Seeding was somewhat late last fall
and the crop was not well advanced when
the snow fell.
Now it appears to have come from under
the snow in relatively fair condition, but the
weather since has not been favorable, Good
growing weather is now necessary to make
even a fair crop for our local farmers.
SENTINEL
MEMOIRS
50 years ago
April 18. 1938
Businessmen's Club organized - Lucknow
will continue to observe the weekly half holi-
day on Thursday afternoon. This was decid-
ed at a businessmen's meeting held Monday
night with an attendance of 23 members.
A vote at that time revealed those present
almost unanimous in continuing the Thurs-
day half day and the open Wednesday night
custom, which will commence the first
Thursday in May and continue until the end
of October.
The matter was brought up when some ex-
pressed a preference for the half holiday on
Wednesday as it is in a majority of centres
in this district.
Horticultural Society gathers again - At a
not largely attended, but nevertheless en-
thusiastic meeting of those interested in the
Lucknow Horticultural Society on Tuesday
night, it was unanimously decided to con-
tinue the society for another season.
The membership of $1.00 including a
premium in goods at a 40 cents value. The
membership drive is now underway and the
objective is at least fifty members.
25 years ago
April 24, 1963
Details of arena renovations - A proposed
arena renovation plan was explained in
some detail to the Lucknow and District
Lions Club on Monday evening by Lion
George Joynt, reeve of this municipality.
Architects plans for a new structure at the
west end of the present building and
changes proposed for the east ,end of the
building, where hockey and skating rooms
are now located, were available for viewing
and study.
For some time arena renovation has been
held in abeyance until after installation of
artificial ice.
School addition completed - The addition
to the Lucknow District High School is now
completed and about ready for occupancy.
In fact, the cafeteria is now in use. The
auditorium had previously been used as a
cafeteria.
A few fine details have to be attended to
before the architect officially "turns over"
the addition to the Board.
The Board currently has applications
under consideration for a principal, a
French teacher and a commercial teacher.
10 years ago
April 19, 1978
Resignation not accepted - The Lucknow
Village Council decided at their regular
monthly meeting last week that they would
not accept the resignation of Councillor Bud
Hamilton until he had missed three con-
secutive council meetings.
Council is not obligated to fill the vacancy
left by Hamilton, since; according to the
Municipal Act, a council can continue with
only three councillors and a reeve until the
next election.
Council decided to proceed with three
councillors until the municipal elections this
fall