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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-01-31, Page 28Page 4--Lgcknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 7, 1979 The Lucknow Sentinel LUCKNOW, ONTARIO ..'The Sepoy. Town" On the Huron -Bruce Boundary Established 1873 - Published Wednesday. Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. •� Sharon J. Dietz - Editor �. • Anthony N. Johnstone - Advertising and General Manager Subscription rate,. $11 per year in advance Senior Citizens rate, S9 per year in advance U.S.A. and Foreign, $21.50 per year in advance Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Adress P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2H0 Second class mail registration number - 0847 Conieto. the carnival We- have some fine young skaters in our Lucknow Figure Skating -Club and this Sunday they will be presenting a'show of their talent and athletic. exper- tise. Skatingis a sport and like , • hockey or football or baseball . requires training, physical stam- ina and commitment. Like bal- let, it, is, sometimes regarded as being: Fess than a sport. But anyone who kk�9t}wwsanything about sportkno`Gvs the ballet .dancer is probably in..' better physical, shape than the football or .hockey player.. Our town is a hockey town and. eart parents as well as the general public turn out every week to support our minor 'hockey teams. Our skating club_ works hard all winter too, but usually' it is only parents •and grandparents who come out to see their progress during 'their weekly Lessons. And only :a 'few friends• join -parents and -grandparents at the carni- val The skaters in our town deserve some of the support the hockey .teams: get every week. This is the one day in• the year" we have'. to show our skaters we think they're doing fine. Let's see a full arena on Sunday after:.-, noon. We promise you'.il enjoy the show. Members of the . Lucknow District Kinette Club will be knocking on doors during Heart Week, February 11 17 to receive heart fund' contributions. February is Heart Month in Canada and during the month a campaign by thousands of volun- teer canvassers going house -to h'ouse, ' contacting businesses and individuals, by mail and special events ,conducted by supporting groups, hope to raise a 1979 national objective of $11,000,000. Great strides are made through small steps. When the canvasser walks up to. your door she will be right in step with thousands of other volunteers throughout Canada, , who are calling bn their ' neighbours • to enlist their support in the fight against heart disease and stroke Heart disease is :everyone's problem, research should be everyone's 'reponsibility. Give so more."will l,ive.. Hudson Bay Junction BY SANDY NICHOLSON A previous article mentioned that Marian Massey and I were married in Wadens in August 1928. We left at once to study for a year at the University of Edinburgh. We enjoyed our work so much that we decided to remain an extra term required for the Ph.D. degree. This work, except the comple- tion of a thesis, was completed by the ,fid of December, 1929. On January 28, 1930, we received a cable from my sister, Dr. Anna, advising" that our father had been admitted to the Toronto General Hospital, and had surgery for cancer. 1 went at once to consult Dr. Jason Hannah, a Rouleau boy, who with his bride had come to Edinburgh for graduate work. When he heard that my father was 72, he suggested, that if we wished to see him again, we should`.{ cancel our planned tripzto the Holy LaIid and get home as soon as possible. He and his wife, Ruth, offered to help in any way.' It so happened that Rev. Bob Non, who visited Lucknow the. year Bi -and Jennie Porteous were married, was also . back in Edinburgh with ' his wife and baby Bob. They "lived in the same building as the Hannahs. Patons also offered to help. As Bob had been born in Edinburgh we accepted his offer: to book: a passage onthe first boat while I returned home to start packing. Very soon he reported that the only boat for the next ten days was the Aquitania for New York leaving Southampton the next day. We could catch it if wecould leave Edinburgh at 8 p.m. -that -day, and make connection in. London " with the boat train the next morning. We gave Bob a cheque to get the tickets, closed out our account at the I bank, and advised the Hannahs of our change of plans. a We cabled Dr. Anna advising we were leaving on the first possible boat. Apparently when our cable arrived, his I response was that be would try to hold on 'till we arrived, .,Since' moving to Toronto in 1973, Dr. Hannah read an entry he made after we. left on the train. He wrote that he and Marian had our two trunks and six other , pieces' of luggage packed and ready to. • have supper at the Hannah home with them. and,the Patons. He noted that Dr. Stewart -Thompson, Minister : of St. Stephen's and others from the Church. were at the station. They hada copy of Edinburgh 1329-1929 and a cheque. It so happened that there was a new edition of the Encylopedia Britannica that year. Our cheque was sufficient to buy the set and stand. It happened to be the only set at Hudson Bay Junction and Canora when we lived there. We had a very rough crossing, taking two' extra days to reach New York. Marian, the Captain and I were the only three in the dining room one morning. I had to leave so Marian and the Captain shared the prize for not missing a meal. We were in Toronto a week before the end came. We had a good visit, Papa was we always called him, did not like the Toronto water. He was very proud of the running well at the Second School. Someone brought a jug of the water. He appreciated -the gesture. Alexander Nicholson died on February 13, 1930 and was buried in the family plot M the South Kinloss Cemetery. We were not in Lucknow very long after the funeral when a letter came from Dr. John L. Nicol, 'Superintendent of Missions for the United Church for Northern Saskatchewan. He was to be in Toronto intetviewing students . for Mission Fieldsin the West. He had an important proposal and would like to see both Marian and me in Toronto. We name to the city, as suggested.: Dr. Nicol had a large map showing 'Hudson Bay Junction in the centre of an area of more than 150 miles without any United Church. New branch railway lines were being built, Sturgis,- Hudson Bay, Reserve Junction to Crooked River and Arborfield, from The Pas to Flirt. Flon and Churchill. The United Church would like Marian and me to go to.. Hudson Bay Junction. There was no church nor congregation..I would be ' expected to travel a good deal to have services, in the camps and new settle- ments in the area. +c I' responded that IIhad not finished my thesis in Edinburgh, and would like to clear that assignment first. His reply was to "say that .if we. spent 5 years in - Hudson Bay, Junction that :would be, soon enough to, go backftir more study. "' 'Marian and I were young and, in good health. I _am sure Marian did.not realize that it would be necessary for me to be away from home so much. We did agree to go: as soon as possible. Dr. Nicol was the third person to sign our guest bookin''Hudson Bay Junction on July 9, 1930. He . had been there shortly -after: we arrived when- arranged hen arranged to buy the lots for the church' :. and our.. house. We never regretted the decision to go to Hudson Bay Junction. LOOKING BCKTHROUGIM1 75 YEARS AGO One of the worst blockades that, has ever occurred since thedays of railways in this section, took place last week and for five days no trains Or mails reached the Lucknow , station. On Saturday afternoon, a snow plow and three engines cleared the track to Kincardine andtwo mail trains came up during the night. The railway men who are suffering much inconvenience by the deep snow, feel like apologizing for the hard things said about Kipling. He may recite 'Our Lady of the Snows". when ever he likes now. At a meeting of the village council on Tuesday evening last, P. A. Malcomson was appointed clerk of the villagd. The retiring clerk, Hugh• Morrison has held the office for nearly 15 years and he has been appointed the village solicitor. D. C, Taylor, hardware merchant, of Lucknow, has ntade application to the Grand Trunk for a coal wareroom building space 30 x 100 feet with a capacity to hold 350 tons of coal. It is evident that our coal dealers are receiv- ing some lessons by the continuedsnow blockade which threatens us with a coal famine at the present time. ' Messers. Lees and Douglas of the Lucknow Woollen Mills have• had the chopping department of their mill overhauled and put in operation this week. • At a meeting of the Maitland Presbytery on Thursdaylast in the Presbyterian Church, the resignation of the Rev. A. McKay as pastor of the Lucknow . Presbytefian Church was accepted. The Rev.: McKay has been pastor of the church for over 16 years and on Sunday last preached his fare- well sermon. Notwithstanding the bad roads and very .stor' ny- w gther the church was filled for both morning and evening services. 50 YEARS AGO Judging by the spirit of the public meeting held Thursday night with a view tb..planning to have an up-to-date arena ' erected in Lucknow, such a building should be an accomplished fact before the present year passes out. George Smith who has given the matter a good. deal of attention addressed the meeting. He said a suitablearena would cost about 10,000 and the best way to finance it would be to form a company an'd sell shares. An option has been secured on the southwest corner of Campbell and Ross Streets at $700, - good until the end of May,. Reference was made to the Ripley arena which is very popular with , the village and, surrounding country and largely patron- ized. It•cost $800 and was financed by a local company. It more than pays its way. Those who happened to be outside about 11.00 a.m. Tuesday of this week observed an aeroplane passing over town. Judging by its actions the .occup- ants wereh endeavouring to get their bearingsand may have strayed from their set course. After .making a survey of the 'town, the plane sped eastward towards Wingham. Lucknow is not in the regular course of flight and although a few planes pass during summer this is the first to pay a winter visit. 25 YEARS AGO After al o t half . a century in the butcher. trade .i Teeswater and Luck - now, R. J. Button has retired from the business which has been taken over by his son, Russell. Russell has been with his father for the past nine years and of late has been in charge of the shop. Bob, as he is familiarly' and popularly known, holds the distinction of having been in business here continuously for 45 years, a record we believe, surpasse I by no other retail merchant. The death of William George Andrew occurred suddenly • in St. Joseph's Hospital, London on Monday, Febrivary 1. He had entered the hospital to undergo an operation but was stricken with a -severe stroke which he did not long survive. Mr. Andrew, 81, had been quite active and at his place of business daily until entering the hospital. He entered partnership with Thos. Webster as dealers for the Frost and Wood line of harvesting machinery in 1894. Ten years later that partnership dissolved CONTINUED ON PAGE 5