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R.R. 4 Lucknow became R.R. 3 Holyrood
70 years ago
Jan. 31, 1924
hange in mail route - The mail route known
as Lucknow R.R. 4 or Holyrood No. A has
been renamed by the post office and is now
Rural Mail Route Holyrood No. 3..
This will be an advantage when we get used to it,
as there always was a measure of confusion under the
old form. Though numbered as Lucknow route, it has
always been served from'Holyrood.
Repeat performance - Owing to the sell-out of
seats for the Feb. 2 performance of 'What
Happened to Jones', it has been decided to
repeat the play on Feb. 5.
St. Helen's news Folk in the neighborhood of
School No. 4, West Wawanosh, are preparing
for an Old Home Week, for the ex -teachers
and pupils of the school.
The principal day of the homegathering will be July
24.
William McQuillin is Secretary and- he'will be -glad
to hear from anyone interested in promoting .the
erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not enterprise.
be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the
applicable rates.. •
Ontarioschool boards
have tough future
Ontario Education Minister Dave Cooke has warned that If
the provinclal school boards don't start dwindling soon, he'll
do It himself:
Strong words, but words which have meaning.
"I' don't care which political party Is in power In Ontario.
The writing Is on the wall: there will be fewer school boards .
In Ontario," he said.
"1f It can't happen at the local level, then It will have to
happen at the direction of the provinclal government."
Ontario currently has 170 public school boards and more
than 2,100 trustees. Cooke commented that some boards
should start to share even more services' In areas such as'
transportation, curriculum 'development, payroll, purchasing
and technology; and If nothing Is done In the next few years,
- the government willstart to make reductions and amal-
gamation. •
It's not as if Cooke doesn't have any precedents, because
Alberta's government announced last week that they are
reducing their school boards from 142 to 60:
It can be done. 'However, tet's just watt and see If Cooke's ..
threats -will fail on deaf ears, or If the government will carry
Out their tough words.
Either way, chan9es are In the wind. Changes which are
hopefully 'for the better of us all. (Mitchell Advocate).. .:
A laughable. response
. No matter what your feelings. on state-run gambling, it's
hard not to find Ontario Finance Minister Floyd Laughren's
response to criticism of the easy access minors are finding
to provinclal government lotteries laughable. Introduction of
the province's Pro -Line sports lottery have prompted concern
that under -age teens are betting heavily on sports events.
"if they're underage, they're not betting legally, but they're
buying ' a' legal product," said Laughren In response to
opposition criticism of the government's failure to enforce a •
law forbidding vendors from selling lottery tickets to anyone
under 18.
• The same, of course, could be sald of minors buying liquor,
beer,and tobacco. Would that be okay too Floyd? (Lakeshore
Advance).
50 years ago
Feb. 3, 1944
ssessment to be raised - At the regular
Ameeting of council, the board recommended
that the assessor R.T. Douglas proceed to
increase the assessment on village property by 15 per
cent.
It was pointed out that this action was necessary if
the village was to meet its current expenditures and it
was intimated that there had been a deficit each year.
during the past three years or so that had been taken
care of by thereceipt of arrears of taxes.
tickers on left side - The Ontario department
of highways has completed arrangements for
licensing motor yehicles for 1944 and licenses
became available last week from license issuer
Garfield MacDonald. .
Instead of metal plates for the year, the motorist
will retain the 1943 marker and will receive a 'stic-
ker' which is to be placed on the lower Left' hand
corner of the windshield.
Brotifersmeet on ship - Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Chin of town received word simultaneously
from their sons, Jim and Harry, announcing
their arrival overseas.
Jim is in the army and Harry in the air force.
Neither one knew the other was enroute` overseas, and
one can imagine the happy surprise when .the two
boys met on the same troop transport, their first day
at sea.
"D" preserves coupon have double value - The
Prices Board announced that "D" preserves ration
coupons will be, worth twice as much for most items
when the next air become valid.
• In preserves, honey and molasses, the board said
provision is being made . for quantity purchase of
maple syrup this spring production season. Although
the "D" coupon values generally increase, the alter-
native
lternative of one-half pound of sugar in place of preser-
ves remains the same.
25 years ago
Feb: 5, 1969
edy heads Legion - At the regular monthly
meeting of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch
,309, Irvine Eedy was elected for his third year
as president. Other executive members included Bruce
Wamsley, Tom Morrison, Harold Ritchie, Ed Black-
well, Ken Cameron, Noble Johnston, Charles Robin-
son, Art Ernewein, Angus MacDonald, Norman
McKee,
Takes over Supertest - Mel Stanley has taken
over the operation of the Supertest Garage as
of last Saturday.
The garage has been operated by Omar Brooks for
the past year and before that John Gammie was in
business there for a number of years.
Mel will be assisted by Allan Gardner.
Heads Royal Arch - Fraser MacKinnon . will
head the Lucknow Chapter of the Royal Arch
Masons for the coming year, succeeding
William Evans of Whitechurch, who has completed
his term.
Other officers include Bob MacKenzie, Lawrence
Salkeld, • Gordon Montgomery, Kenneth Cameron,
Cameron MacDonald, James Mathers, Jack .Ackert,
Frank Maulden, Lawrence MacLeod, Elwin 1-iall, Jack
Fisher, Clarence Bell and.Gordon Fisher.
Awarded Co-op tour - Grant. MacDonald,
Huron Township farmer and a member of the
board of directors of Lucknow District Co-
operative, has been awarded the , Hugh Bailey
memorial tour of the province and will spend a week
touring Co=op facilities across Ontario as .represen-
tative of Zone 5. . .
John McGarry was a genial Irishman
1910 - Here is a genial Irish face •
that will be quickly recognized.
Who is there, indeed, that does not
know John McGarry, one of the
most popular men, both ' in a
business and private capacity; ' in
two counties?
The McGarry House ' (located
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across from C.E. MacTavish, corner
of Campbell and Outram), which
John has owned and conducted. for
22 years, is one of the landmarks of
Lucknow. It was built about 1860
by John McKenzie, who is still
aliveand now a resident of Ripley.
He was succeeded, as proprietor, by
The McGarry House
Dan McDonagh, he by Robert
Copeland, and he again in 1878, by
Robert Whitely, under whose name
the House was conducted for 10
years. Then came John McGarry,
from Berlin; 'and so long as he' is
willing to remain no one is likely to
desire any further change.
John McGarry
When Vikings sang lullabies in Newfoundland
by Marsha Boulton •
NEWFOUNDLAND, 1000 AD -
Who was "Snorri"?
If you knew that a Norse baby
with the sleepy -sounding name of
Snorri was born around 1000 AD in
Newfoundland, you may also know
that he is believed to be the first
European child born in North
America.
The name Viking actually hails
from the Norse word for raiding,
and the pillage and plunder of these
fierce Scandinavian pirates was felt
from the stone chapels of Ireland to
the Byzantine cathedrals of
Constantinople between .800 and
1000 Ad.
At a time when moot European
sailors scarcely dared to go beyond
their own shores, the Norsemen had
settled Iceland and the infamous
outlaw Erik the Red had discovered
Greenland.
It was Erik's son, Leif, 'who
explored the seas even further west
and brought his long, wave -skim-
ming ships called '`knon•s" to the
"Land of the Flat Stones," which
may be Baffin island, and to the
"Land of the . Woods" possibly
Labrador, and finally to the
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mysterious place called "Vinland:"
According to the sagas, Leif and
his men stayed for the winter in
Vinlandrwhere there was little frost
and the salmon were Larger and
more plentiful than they had seen
before.
Commercial grapes as we know
them would not have been in
evidence, but the Norse words vin
and vinber may be translated to
include the multitude of wild berry
species that still grow in the shel-
tered coastal bays.
Leif s Greenlander brother, Thor-
vald and the respected Icelandic
trader Thorfinn Karlsefni Whowas
descended from the Legendary
Ragnor Shaggypants, made the first
attempts to inhabit Vinland. They
set out with four ships, 160 settlers,
livestock and personal effects to
colonize Viland the Good.
They may have spent their first
winter near pave Bay, much
further north than . the more
temperate • climate described by
Leif. In the spring, several parties
set out to explore the coastline. A
saga tells the story of a chance
encounter in which Thorvald was
,struck by the arrow of a Skraeling,
the norse name for the native in-
habitants. His dying words now
seem prophetic: "It seems we have
found a good land, but are not
likely to get much profit from it."
Confrontations between the Norse
settlers and the Skraelings appear to
have evolved from great confusion,
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