The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-04-01, Page 17Official
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Ludmow, Fowl and Billiard Academy
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 19,64
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, • ONTARIO
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A father and son team, Lammert 1 to Canada from Holland 14 years,
and John. Van Der Veen of Loch-
alsh, will next .Monday see the. of,
' f ficial tepening of their new business
venture, Lucknow Bowl ,and po-
llard Academy ideated on Luck
now's main street,kitty-corner
from the Lucknow United Church.
A. $42,000.: renovation .program has
been in progress since the 3rd of
February. of 'what was 4formerlY
the Lucknow United Church Shed.
The interior of the shed has been
transformed. into a modern attrac-
tive building that will handle bowl-
ing on its. six lanes, ' billiards at'
the north end. of the building and a
snack bar to service' both.:If drain-
age ' :cart be arranged, the new
building will ..eventually have a
modern laundromat also. but 'work
• these' past weeks has been geared
to ready the bowling and billiards
for use. .
' Owner..of the new' Lucknow bus
iness venture is Lammert Van
Der Veen. His • son' John,, who has
worked closely with , his father
throughout the . construction, will
act . as manager of 'the business
assisted by Osinga of Listowel.
Nine pin boys have been engaged,
and snack bar help will consist
of. Mrs.' Betty Gannon, Mrs. Karen
Gardner; Sharyn Whitby; . Brenda
Haldenby and . Carol Maclntyre.
The bowling alleys:havee' been de.
signed to handle either five or ten
pia bowling and the proprietors.
plan to have ten pin equipment
available 'for those. who . wish to'
w game. It is their ho
bowl this �s pe
that the billiard room. will be :suit=
able for family' participation and
they hope that . both •wome•n : and
•men_wiil-participate-in- this game.
The. Van. Der 'Veen; :family came
ago and first located at Port Elgin:
They later moved to Sarnia :where
they farmed. ' Lammert also' work-
ed there for Dow Chemical ' while
John was ' assistant manager. for
Loblaws and later manager of. a
private food market. While in Hol-
land, .Lammert
ol-land,.Lammert ' was; superintendent
of road work for; the Dutch .govern--
ment,;
They presently operate a dairy
farm and' hog raising business at
their Lochalsh'` farm, and plan. to
continue. farming . as well as the.
operation of the Lucknow Bowl and.
Billiard Academy.
The Van Der Veens 'purchased.
the building on the corner of 'Have-
lock and Campbell. Streets from . the
village of Lucknow. The village,
under the authority of the original
shareholders of the church shed
...or .their descendants, were author-
ized to turn over theproceeds of.
the sale to the Lucknow Lions Club
earmarked for the . artificial ice
fund. Sale price of the building
was $3,500.
The building will .' be officially
opened nett:Monday, April 6th.
at 7 p.m. with George Joynt,-reeve:
of . Lucknow, and Murray Gaunt,
M.P.P:for Huron -Bruce officiating
at the, ribbon' cutting ceremonies.
There will.. be free pop and ice
cream for everyone the first even-
ing. All: in the community are in-
vited to drop in at sometime during''
the: first night or the first week.
Adequate provision is made for
spectators who do not wish to bowl.'.
The building will be. Oen from 9:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. daily .except
Sunday. The highest score of .any
bowler_durifg the -•opening week`
will receive '. a pair of bowling;
Built 36 Years Ago As church Shed,
Now Transformed Into BowlingAtley
One ` must "step inside" to ap- The proprietors have futureplans
preciate the transformation that for "painting""the foundation, and
has taken place in converting the metal sheeting and landscaping the
former community shed on the cor- . surroundings as far as :possible.
ner of Campbell and Havelock Sts, History Of Building ,
into modern .bowling alley and . oil- ' The new . church shed was built.
Bard hall with snack bar and in 1928, with many district farmers
lounge. outside the . United ' Church Mem-
Those who, prompted the building bership contributing to the building
of this church and community shed fund so ..that the shed might be en-
in
almost 36 years ago — larged to offer greater accomod–
could1928 i byan .tion - than that . required by the
could not have envisioned y, a q
stretch of theimagination what - use church. +
the shed would be put to, when the "..Decided Future
day . of. the . horse-drawn vehicles By1951,the shed -had had longsince
came to an end •-- and come., it ceased to be of any service to, the
must. ' church anda public meeting was purchase the shed from the United
It remained'with natives of Hol- called to discuss . its , future, at. Church, which sum was regarded,
land, who have made Canada their .Which it was voted unanimouslyasthe• equity they had ..in . the
ho
meland•bY adoption, to have suf; to contact the' councils. of : Luck-. g.:
P � buildin
f icient faith in ' the future of this now, Ashfield, Kinloss and West Rural canvassers named at that
community and sufficient confid- Wawanosh to'determine if the mun Meeting were: Kinloss, Dave Car.-
ence inthe potential" patronage; to icip: lities were " interested in tak- ruthers, Ernie Ackert, Harry Lave . .
launch this major project. in _over the . shed. is, George Lockhart, Douglas Gra-, -
They are . Lammert Van Der Delegates to make' ,these con- ham; Ashfield, . -.Fred • Anderson,
yGrant acDiarmid' Wm. G. Hurn-
Veen & his son. John, who.conduct tacts were: Ashfield, :Gordon Kirk M
a successful farm operation at land and Wm.. Helm; West Wawan- •ter, Elmer Alton, Wilfred Hackett;
Loch lsh. osh, Fred :McQuiilin and Andrew west Wawanosh; `Gordon Struthers,
a Andrew .Gaunt,, Bob L ons,. Clar-
Next. Monday, '
April 6th: has: been Gaunt; Kinloss, °Ernie. Ackert and
fi i P Earle Hodgins; Lucknow, W. B. ence Greer.
set for � the official opening.. of. the ., , .
Anderson : and Robert Rae. _ • By the .'fall of 1951 the : required
Those who had contributed to the amount had been oversubscribed
building . of . the shed ` in '1928had and the shed Was' transferred to the
been issued receipts reading: "This. Village of Lucknow under certain..
At `the time of . the disposal meet-
ing
eeting in 1951, . 68% ' of the original
subscribers were either dead, re --
tired or . removed.".
Incidentally, `.`policing" of the
shed so that subscribers could find
accommodation for their horses on
busy days , in the village, was
quite a problem at one tune;
Held ;Canvass To Buy ,Shed'
Action. came fast in regards to
the shed, with a ' second meeting
being held within a week when it
was decided to make an urban-
rural ' canvass to raise . $1,600 to
bowling - lanes, and . the :public is
invited to• attend the opening or
to visit the premises at„ any time.
duringthe week, andsee the fac-
ilities offered . the public. with ' no
obligation to participate.
The transformation,_-.as–we said-
-isa t apparent until you step inside.
Outwardly, as yet, it still has some -
is to certify that "John tones” has stipulations.
aid the sum of $10.00 to assist the
�... _..An- ; `. --ove r600rwas-tr–�be . • �
Lucknow United Church to, erect a used to set : up a building rep, air
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shed in Lucknow and is Cher re fund, with . the Villae:. assuming
entitled to the . free : `use . ofcaretaking
cost; of ordinary ...taking
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shoes,
. .. , .what . of ' ,the ."shed" appearance: same.....
Ribbon
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Cutting Ceremonies ,
Reeve George W. Jayne"
Murray Gaut; Hiiion4)ruco.. •
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Grand
F -R -E -E
'epsi Coda and Silverwoods
Ice Cream'
Far.... Everyone
F -R.
A Pair .Of; Bowling Sho�s:,
for. Highest :Score In . F�r�st Week's'
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bowling, a snack or if you wish just to look' around,' you will be welcome at our
. ' Whetheryou fancy
pening Monday:. If you can't make k Monday, drop in at any time.
Lots of seats available and we will offer, a complete family recreation centre.•
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Closed All Day Sunday
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