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.
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Sharon J. Dietz - Editor
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Anthony N. Johnstone - Advertising and
General Manager
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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
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