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LUCKN, OW .ONTARIO,
: Y,. NOV. 9th, 1955.
Business Bloc( In Ashes When Bank: Opened,
Branch Atom..biOnowi:Fifty.
��fi�e Ir�� Years;•Ag
The 5Oth• .anniversaryr of the
establishment of:One . of
now -'1 'best 'best known institutions,."
,the Bank • pf Montreal, will , pe
• .marked • next • Tuesday,:` November
.• 15th:. It • was on, this, day,,. 19054
that ; the Molson "s' ; Bank,. ;long
since a part of 'the Bank 4 Mon-
'areal, opened , for businessori
Campbellstreet in••premises oc-
cupied by G. A. Siddall, a priv-
ate' banker who .moved" to other'
quarters
'When th? Bank opened in.
Lucknow: most of the 'downtow'n
area was in ruins from a major
fire Which wiped out the Malcolm:
Campbell block in 1904.. This
block was re-established in 1906,.
when the, Joynt block was. erect-.
ed. Many ' progressive changes
"'. have been ' made since that time
in ,this thriving agricultural
trey
Bank .also:: made' changes:..
In .1912, a: new ',brick • front was
constructed and, four years ' later,;
interior `,. arrangements w .e r e
changed and new equipment in=
stalled.: Other improvements took
place Over the . years with the
• latest ., change 'effected in 1953,
When. a complex.. ledger -keeping
Machine.Was installed to provi:de
formuch faster and . more .conte
veni'ent s
__- ervice for: Bank custom-•
George . SmFir
ith st ,Manager`
,The first: manage?;; at Lucknow.
was George. "H.,.Smith, • who• re-.
mained'• here /until 1913.: Ile was.
succeeded by T.' S. ' Reid • who
:Served • here for ,16 years' and was
well known for cOonri unity, act-
ivities; particularly in connection
with the local school 'board.
Other local: managers included R:
, M. McPherson, C. ` ... ;Oberle; S.
• D. Whaley, ' V.•`. N:��' rest, J. A.
Thompson and .Cha es. L.`Smit h.
The 'present .manager, iS M'ur•-
ray Couse, -who became manager,
in: 1952, after .a:.number, of years
service in other branches through -
e Ioine. ;t e Bank,
of Montreal': at his native. St.
Thomas in: •1924, and, ' :ail '1940
was appointed' accountan'at.
at
Leamington. • He , transferred . 'to
4.75
3.95
3.25
2.65
2.39
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THE BANK... -FIFTY YEARS ;,4tGO
a
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I ucknow's first, banking office as it : appeared in. 1905. Thou
still ' on- the same ` site after 50 Though
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years, the''appearance i<s., vvastlychanged, and the interior modernized' The B of .114 has since : be -
'come : one of the:community's :best-knowh institutions:
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.REMEMBRANCE
SERVI,
, CE :' pRIDAY
Friday, ,November 11th, marks
the: 37th`• anniversary of the ,Arm-
ist;ce ,that ended, World '• War
and is the occasion .of the annual
Remembrance' Day service : that
pays, tribute 'to. the ;:mernory of.
those who laid down .their li
in wo world::wars.
•Frid•ay's: service wil.l be held ,in
the United Chure.h, coinnieneing
at 10.15 a m. Legion : and Aub il-
iary Mernbera,''and other 'organ-
I• . • • ' • • a a named -i i -r ns joining -i-ning i-�he-pa-r
assistant manager there„ two Yeara. the , church, .;will' meet at the .Re=
later.. . Prior to' his appointment creation Hall.. at p.50: a"m,
Si :`manager ` in Lucknow; Mr., Following -the ;church , service
Couse 'served,. three years •with .there • will be a ceremony at : the
the assistant en' r:. •• anagpr's- Ceno.taph,, and the': placing..:Qf
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department, in Toronto.
ione:
1? eer Banking •
The forward-looking spiriti'jof
the local B of
M stems � from.the
earliest traditions .of ; the parent
bank, 'which was-formrded n -1817,
.Within a fortnight. ,of. its'estab=.'
g.
:lish'ment, `Canada's first` bank'in-
•troduced `the branch -banking sys-
tern This flexible and trust
'Worthy type of.drganization has:
long. since pr' ven a 'mainstay .of
the 'na to relative stability in,
economic affairs. In its first year;
the bank' also . issued Canada's
earliest native'' Curren -Cy and be
cause the, colonial 'government's
dorhestic bank=e
In the 'o penin upof the West,
' Ban . .: opening .h
Bank of Montreal branches }lion-
eered in . marry frontier Settle;:
}rents. The; bank also. played 'an
rn
por
to
n t part in fir
ricing
Can-
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YOUNGEST SUPERVISO. •
OF': LQBLAW COMPANY • '
MI"• and Mrs. Lloyd •Stewart.
1ve soli: their hie ITriC tc.
• ener and :have moved 'to their
pew' home`' which they recently
purchased, in the: University Gar-
-1- .wsleii _ .w. ..•_..: ; , as.
s •survey atL. .DuiTdas,-• peal
RaMilton.
Yd, son of Mr, and Mrs.
Philip Stewart of ..tot!vn :is
eight
visor of ' s
•Loblaw store in
"Hamilton .,and •l rantford. At the
age of 30' he .is the youngest sup-
ervisor izr' 'Canada of the ' Lob-
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rnemor•.ial wreaths.
A'
ICE; CREAM :DLVISION
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'Floyd Wilson. was: recently ap.-
pointed manager of the ice cream
division of- the Toronto Branch
of .Silverwood ;Dairies Ltd.,.. and`
has 'assumed; his' new :duties:
Mr..' and Mrs: Wilson and,• two
children, .Max and. MQa.a,, have
new .home in Islington.. :
Floyd, .v ho was ;accountant at
the... locaLbr-an. h for. -sever -al ---yea
has been -employed at:'Kitchener
''l,1oron:to and •.Brac.ebridge, since'
PPOANTED, 11ZA
NAGER OF
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SMITH PAMYLV.° HAVE •
tETURNED TO ATWOOD
Mr, and Mrs, Archie Smith
have returned to Atwood to make
their `Borrie,' where Archie
sQciated" with • his brother Oliver:
•Since disposing or the -grocery
business• to'` Charles- Short, the
Smith' family have tenanted.. the
South Kinloss Manse. They
came to 'Luckrigw from Atwood
r% September 1.949, when Archie
bought • Mr. W . W. Hill's grocery
busine. '
Mr,,. and Mrs. • Smith were' re=
.cently honored' by :members of
their .Shoot Club, • who dropped
in for aKsurprise• party, and :dur-
ing the evening presented Mrs.:
Smith with "'a silver tray' .and
.Archie. -with cuff links.
KINLOSS LADY .IS.
NOUN ::NI N:ETX-ONE
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Mrs.: Thomas ' Henry of the
Secohd Concession, Kinloss, ob-
served her. --91st birthday -on -B -un
day, •November 6th, She is still
hale and hearty and •performs
the' household duties at her farm
ho7r e.
• Notonly ' is .• her'•health ;good,
but Mrs. Henry has retained her
faculties: to , a remarkable -degr-ee
Her memory is. good, as is 'her.
TWELVE PAGES
PROCLAIMED A .
HOLIDAY FRIDAY
The' Village 'Council held :then
Novembgr. session :a• week early,
'as 1,eeve. A. ,W; Hamilton is this
'week in attendance at. the, , No
•verribex' S scion of Bruce ,County
Council. Little but routine busi-
riess• was dealt with, in . a., conn.
paratively short'• session, A
thKenneth:. Cameron, president of `
e L. ucknow Branch of the' Can-
adian ;Legion, conferred. with.' the
Board on the matter of Re nem
,brance lay observance,, At the.
request of the. Legion, Council' '
authorized. Reeve Hamilton to
proclaim . Eriday,' November 11th,,
a civic holiday ..m Lucknow,' and
to call upon, all 'citizenS' to', . 0b -
.serve
it as , su'eh.. '
The Lucknow Business. 1VIen's
Association..has' followed by . i su
ing a notice that stores in Luck
now • will be,open all day • Th:urc-'•
day and will , be closed . all day.
`Friday.,,
-•-- Tu
Council-set-esday,' November: '
22nd, ` at 8.09 o'clock, :.as the ••date •
• : for dealing with ' appeals against
the assessment roll.,' '
A grant: of $50.00 was made to
the Caledonian Parks Committee
to assist. ,.with • the' park ' imp rove
merit :program that was' cavi::ed
• out. . this year.:•
eyesight . and she. spends -a good --
deal of her spare :moments in
reading:.. .
Her. many" 'friends' extend con=.
ratulatio:ns and (best wishes.
Mrs. 'Henry was formerly
bella Johnston; : daughter -of Jas.:
.'ohnston' and.' Mary An Marsh=
all: She:. was born in .' Goderich
Township but' came. to . Kinross ..as,
the• bride of George Irwin:: His
_:cath 'occurred a good manyyears
ago, and She later: married' Thos,
:Henry who has also •passed. on.
Mrs.. Henry has; ; three ' sons,
James, William and Clarence Ir-
('vin, all.'of the Second Concession..
Wi1L-*'. resideswith his , moth
or'. A son :Melvin died .some years
ago, and a daughter, Mary Jane,
died in infancy.
and .Mrs, . Simon•. de 'Boer,•
R.R. 1, Lucknow,_ "ann-ounce-the-
engagement' of. their daughter,
Fietie,' to Mr, :Renk Kragt, Holy
rood, son nf' anr9 Mrs-kj�n'
Kragt, 'Harlingen, Holland. The
marriage .will' take place in. St
Helens 'United • Church on Satur-
day,• November 26th at, 12 o'clock
noon.,
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C K N TV START
LATE: NEXT WEE
The . c ,I''
ew television .station
'At the, request':of the Lucknow Wingham . is nearing the fin
Branch of th3 Canadian Legion, ;stages of completion and has s
p
Friday ':has been :.proclaimed 'a. the • opening ':broadcast' date ';fo
Civic'. holiday •in� the Village;
--Stores•s es-11-remain-,ope.n-ail clay:
Thursday and will close on Fri-
claY
POSTAL :SERVICE._
PIN "PRESENTED
Friday, ,November. 18th...
We are hop dg .io initia£e •test
at -•'Paramount Women's `Institute
a1 meeting will
held art• '
he. home
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m
et of Mrs.• D. ` Nicholson on ' Tues -
r' day, November 15th. Roll_call,
• Why *I should. make,. •will".
Craftwork by •Mrs.: H'. Thom,p-
P
pattern by the end of: this week'
,m'vented station manager G
W..:Cruickshank. '"Our engineer.
•ng staff : is rushing'; the cornplet
ion of the; installation with al
'i,ossi,ble speed. 1ah'eret,are still
EVANGELIST WAS,
HERE.ON
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SUNDAY • , .
.• .Rev. Wesley ..Aarum, ` a mem-.
•ber of: the 'evangelistic team c' ir=
rently. .conducting the Crusade
for .Christ. in Wingham' United
`Church, was the . guest speaker
:in the Lucknow '• Presbyterian '.
Church on Sunday,morning and
delivered an,• arousing: address.
The service. was conducted by..
the pastor,. ` Rev. Wallace Lic-
Clean.'
• Rev. Aarum is'•• song leader 'and
choir ` director 'of the Wingham .
crusade, in associatio'l-'with :Rev.
Leighton ; Ford, associate: evang-
,eliat' of the • Billy Graham •team
and a brother -i
Graham:,
•Rett. Aarurn is from Buffalo
New`. York, and is a , former all--
star athlete: He is a graduate"of
Buffalo Bible Institute and rob
Jones .• • ' y_..
dained in 1952, at the ,age-' of 25.:
He 'is a !brilliant pianist. and .has`
had considerable experience . i'n .;•
directing• choirs ,and other .vocal
and instrumental groups.
But apart ...from his musical
direction association with . the
Crusade; Rev. Aarum • is : the new- • ,
est figure on the • horizon• of
Christian . E•vangelish .'and
ing •his short ministry `the
field of 'youth'. evangelism his
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'; s'on. Current events by Mrs. e
1`
a.
fforts haV e, •been. blest.
Kingsbury..' Program ,and; Munch,.
Mrs.• R. Campbell, Mrs. K. Mac -
Nay,
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: You've ' reached )middle age
when all you -exercise • is: caution:
t
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few. pieces of . equipment,. how- Improve Rural Fire Protection .
In recognition of, more. than' ,A ever, hick have not arrived :arid
quarter of . a 'century of ..costal maintaining our schedule is ••de=
service; .hl)�� .�•e;1l�e- �en:r��r�g �of--�- . ,
the Luckne Post .Office fit.aEf • MI Cruickshank Sala
pe?rdcnt -upon . their I cc(,Ipfi
was• `)re,sez7cc•d with her , service I• ,' is program
.:' �, . '�•`,'"y.g.exu•ente-�-fi).i�ali•zed
F'ric'aN;• • i ,for November 18th and 'the onl
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1 he Info„mial 151 c: e o I o::i])ie. Bold -u,1 would he: , cc! uio=
made- at ilio' P'o:t Office 'b' 'Mr. t')ent failure. •Test n'14tern
.ds
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t.}iat t • n 3 � d21d •• evening dui iia•7 the first
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chntinued+ s u.(3 (•. o ., :� slid good :.!est ., pattern broadcast , which
health, fI ore, p) Sams' il`�' usefu'l' for • tele-
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ultttil eoThi :E) lea-krro�r _...I)._1.1 3
to as,,,)s,t fht' l tie! Harvey Lind Thele will be" a fieesY7i�atrnee
fitly. S'he eal�erte,•1 to,tie.' .
. " 'his . Saturday afternoon at The
a short aim& but •a cnaafnco sti bile ria shouse Theatre for children .
Mr:. Li.tadsil , ;was Postmaster and y
..;� 1 of nu'blic' school tie. The picture
Fac coiztznuc'd , a�member of 4 til ed with hu-rraor .7
"raft' under postmaster Tien- a l < h rid• stars
tl tis r: ry Grant acid BetsV Drake''in•
I'rc'il]. tr"amel'on Who tririlrNo".ger rho. �,..
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Purchase ,a# Portable P
Ashfield, Kinloss and West
Wawankish` Townships!have '•' de-
cided' ori .the joint purdigtse of a
new Marlow ' pump fo.r fire pro
lection in the three.'p
'munici: al'i=
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ties: The decision of Ashfield: and
Kinloss'.was reached at the reg-
ular meeting on Mon ay. Wt t
y
Wawa'i'iosh . had apjy1 ovoa, the
buying of ,the pump some time
ago, i
Reeve 'Cecil $lake and
_c,il1or An'd.r
ew R:I-ich.e--iuf _ ash -field -
and Reeve' Ilarold. ,.Percy and
Councillor Wallace Conn 'of in-
loss, . attended a• demo,nstra ion.
organized b the LucKnow, organized e. .... .. _� k�a w_ I' a c
Brigade in Lucknow last Thurs...
:day;_ .
Representatives -from' thr
Wawanosh Council had attended
• a prey iotas ••demonstration,
The purpose of. the sew pump
is to provide auxiliary equipinei t;,.
drsigbe'd to give the rural...-rnutni
t i ptc►:a d tr e , iteation
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In,the e ent .of „the T ,:c:C o : Fire -
•Bri jade: being *tailed from a b.
country. fir('; , t;fey' *mild have` to
return .to :%'i ;village
imme
diat
e
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YWeth the'new pump, the rural
ririktnacipality would not . be ]eft
•;without fire • fighting ecluimerit
in' any event,. The pump can be
carried quite :easily by two .Men; •,
arid' • wau1d thus . be accessible ' tb,
a • water st ppl; 'that ,the `truck.
could . not reach •.
due to Muddy •
f ierl ' t
dss--cie p--daaches.-ai=rd-,-o:1truotz--_--
irig buildings. •
Thursday's clemonstratitsn prov-
ed that the new pump, was bcap-
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a .,. :good.
when used Individually;, cal `v hen'
puiri•ping: to the'..truck; It will be
carried at all tants on thel.tf .akw
now fire truck. '•' Approximate
purchase price of the i'ic:4 piste
Of equipment, with •necessary . hdse
attachment, is $600, . or' roughly
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