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R TIM LUCKNOW S&NTI".14 blUC.K:hiOW. ONTAitO
THE CHANGING TIMES
Dialtelephones < � s have: snow been in
'operation in Lucknow . and' district for
three months, arid .already have become
quite matter. , of fact, even: 'with older •`'
folk, .whohad. a fear 'theymight • have
difficulty operating the. "new • .tangled"
devices. .•
The age of ' automation has urian � y
marvels, and in the field of automatic
telephoning,.: that . personal "touch" of the
number please . girls is very •noticably
lost.
One often thinks of the "good old
days" of switchboard "operations, but,, :
when one starts , reminiscing' it is definitely
a • atgn of growing older, to use a re-
fined" term.
However,• in more recent 'years, ' Bell
Telephone ; regulations. ; were rigidly en-
forced, and rightly; so. ,resulting . in "swit-
chboard" service ' being strictly business.
Itwas, not' idways:• thus. Our recol
lections of telephone operations locally go
back . as far as the days of Dr. • A. M.
Spence when • the switchboard was in• a ..
corner. of the' dispensary;in his Campbell'
St. drug .Store in; the Joynt Block.
Those were . the . whenyou 'call-
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ed to ask.for•the;time, or 'any such: per
sonal serviceor information that.. the op=
erator could or cared to, give.. You could
• even get ; favorite . recipe if. -the : "board
wasn't • too busy, and anyone closeto
the operators ' couild often : get, an advance
earful. of what was new,: •'or maybe Win-
'. dalous, in the community
When Mrs...So and So was expecting,
an urgent •call to :the doctor:s 'ofice was...
the giveaway. /As :a result some diverse
schemes were dreamed, up . 'to tryand. out-
Wit the. "hello. girls:"•
'Night operating at :one time was done
by high school students, who managed to.
.pick up a few;valuable dollars, and still
• catch enough sleep: 'during the night (which.
was relatively free of calls after midnight)
'Many tales could . ibe told.' of thego-
ings '; on asthe boys .gathered ,in ' the back
shop in the evenings They, were out of'.
bounds as far as the. Doctor and the Bell
'Telephone' was concerned,' but they'' .'fre-
quently. .congregated, and . could make , a
,hurried exit down the basement; stairs or
jump out the back`: door if need be. ,.
Card games . for penny stakes were
featured ...and when' the game grew dull
some other devilment 'might .be'dreamed
Vividly ;''we',recall ; one April
night, when the ':late Dr. ' Grant '•MacKen-
-zee; did ° some clever .impersonation ';by.
phone, and after each .call,. the one, he
had hoaxed'' was '•invited • to ' stay. "tuned
irt" • for: 'the.,. next ,performance.'
The , . writer ,was: : contactedabout
playing Junior hockey and goingto school.
in . Kitchener: Grant then ' impersonated,,:
and . well, A..•Blitzstein as he tried to buy
some muskrat .pelts from ; Bill' Henderson,
now Rev. Bill . of Woodstock, who Was
quite a trapper and .outdoors-- .enthusiast.
MalcZZlm Armstrong was ,science and math
'teacher at Ltcknow ::High school. Grant,
brought him to the 'phoneto try to : sell '
hum ' the' latest ' in. mathematics instruments.,
The ' final' call of. the evening, • as . we re-
member it, was to the Cain 'House where.
he brought Dunc . McCharl.esto,' the phone
to "sell" `him a bargain° in malt • and, •hops.
• Those were'the days when. youmade'
your own fun° and • a lot of it. was good
and` wholesome.; . ,
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F T' o: end _ thisTrambling_ ,hit . of semina
iscing. we 'might point out • that those - dwere
the days when a doctor's prescription for
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six ounces of ` liquor for medicinal •purposes,.
wad .- the: only • legal way, to • get.' a drop..
• Dr.' Spence had'a supply in the' drug
store', basement for. filling. . such prescrip-
tions, and. .there were. • times when • the
"keg" lost some. of- its ,potency, It wasn't
unheard of to have. some of 7 the - boys_,
,drain off a . wee drop", and replace it
with a' like quantity of water., ' .
But lest this article torn out 'to be
a :telltale' or' confessional squib; we had
best end its `right,' here
GIVING WORTHWHILE SERVICE
This .Village 'and rural area has been
fortunate in the calibre 'and devotion of
its leaders in many phases of c,o'u'nmunity:
life: There. are many people , Who, work
faithfully and' unceasingly, ' often 'at per-
sonal sacrifice, to ,give leadership , and
servicein civic religious, welfare and . cul -
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tural activities.
Too often ' their :efforts. may appar-
eritlygo' unrecogiiized. ' Too often there is ;
never a word of thanks; or appreciation.
We • could cite untold instances . of
meritorious service,. given :without :fuss, .or. ;.
fanfare, ' but nonetheless' . quietly essential'
One instance. came to .' min this ':past
week :when . Boy Scout.' Week` rand .'Think
iri Day wasobserved by the Boy Scouts,
'Girl ides and Brownies.. Th'ese;
Cuubs,: ..:Gurt .
groups, attended : divineservice .ori Sunday
in:, a body with their leaders, • and 'here..:
was 'evidenceof what'.as tieing done for
• our .young' people,' in giving * valued .. direc- '.
tion during a ; most impressionable %age
The ' church ; service.. ' as a clm'ax, 'to.
Scout WeeI gives. reason; , t'o dao some
thinking. about Scouting and Guiding.: Fri-
day, February 22nd was 'officially known
as "Thinking Day". It is so chosen be-'
cause the •date marks the birthdays ot`
the founder of Scouting andGuiding, the •
late Lord . Baden-Povfell, and .the World.
Chief Guide, Lady 'Baden-Powell.: "Think
ing Day" is: occasion.._for ''special ceremon-
ies stressing., the . Guide ideal ' of interna',
tional' friendship: dirls the world over
give "Thinking Day Pennies which'. are.
: used oto .promote' Guiding ;throughout the
world:.
Scout Week marked the :1.06th an
niversar r of ''the:': birth of the founder,"
Lord Baden-Powell of . Gilwell
It was after .'returning'. from the South'
African. ' campaign, where he distinguished
himself as an army scout, that ''.'B P" dis
covered that his` pamphlets on army scou-
ting had been eagerly , picked up , by :young'
boys Jr) • England and leaders. of 'youth .
organizations were using them for , train-
ing purposes:, •
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An' ' experimental ''camp was' ,'held to
test the, theory he' had regarding the :train- `
ing' of . boys and "that proved . so success- •
ful that he' wrote • on an • installment basis;'.
..his best seller: ' ,"Scouting . For I `oys." •
The value of . the Scout training„ afid
learning program has. been ,very evident
over :the years, varying or1y as . does the.
leadership,' and the encouragement• an`d.. co-
operation the ' leaders ' receive from the'
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'home and Community,
Scouting .and Guiding ' has much to
offer in character building, . to make for
better citizens • 'and leaders: of ''tomorrow.
DUNtANNON
Mr. Richard. Park, Sr., who
was seriously ill withpneumon-
is was '.taken to: Wingham
hos-
pital •,on Tuesday of . mast week
for hreatrnent, and. has :since
made, a marvellous recovery. lie
was able to ober brought to the
home, of his daughter Mrs, Ar
,thu-r Stewart ' on Monday,
Mel' Reid of the RCAF, Clin-
ton, returned home 'after spen-
ding' a few- days last, week In
• Winnipeg:, '
Mr; and' Mrs • Htar'irey Culbert
are on Alit, avail delivery be,.
' 1tween` Dungannon and Goderich
for Mr, and Mrs Frank •'Glenn
who with their son Harold
(Bud) • Glenn are on a motor
trip ,to Brownsville,' Texas.
Mrs, Harvey Culbert's parents,
M.T. and' Mrs. James :Beaton of
Luck/low, are ,observing their
5ath wedding anniversary . Oii.
Wednesday:
Mr. ,Robert Durnin spent 4
few days last week ' with his
daughter Miss Flora""Duriin a•t
Markdale, .'returning home .on
Friday,
Mr. and 'Mrs; Thomas Webetor
visited last Sa.timday evening
Waite Mr. and Mrs; aite Alton
of, .Belfast and Mrs. ':Albert Al*
ton of Luck/low Who was vi$
sting there. '
Mr. and Mrs. Torn, Parks ` ,is-
ited her sister Mrs. C4orge Law-
lor„
aw-lor of Auburn on Tuesday of
last :week,
` LAC. fohn Dahvier and' Mrs:.
Dahmer 'and family had planned
to• leave for Chatham, New
Brunswick, liat their 'departure
was delayed when; their 'son
Shawn ,developed' , the mumps,
The Dahmer. faintly ' recently iv
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/turned ,from ,overseas and John
Posted to N,B, where he was
scheduled• to report ' the' end of
February.'''
W,E,Das1'ESDAY, FD$ ZT 1.883
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Local Interest. 'In
Grey -Bruce - Riding
• a�,oGa'1 inheres: has been added
to ,tie f cktlhcoming federal‘,
exec
.kion' in Giey4Ouce riding by the
nomination of Duncan ,McCa1=
Wm 'as the I ibet+a'l candidate.
Mr•.w McCa�il&um is maied : a
well know Huron Towrrn: h1)ore-
sident, the :former ' Lillian . ass'
borne, sister sof Ms. 'Bob Came-:
bels :of Lut,know;,
Mr, 1y!'oCablurn is ',the clerk-
treasurer of Hanover;• and •has
been, granted leave of absence by
Council for the du •axion .`of .the
campaign. '
Mr. McCallum, who is 30, won
the nomination on. Friday night
at' Dunham, ,in a 'close contest
with :Ernest ' Vanslyke. ,
Eric ' ' "Winkler; •P►rogressiMe-
Conservative• of Hanover has re-
presented ' :Ole riding • for some
time..
Ms. McCallum is, a, 'native :of
Brant Township, His father,
Malcolm A,' McCallum Was clerk
of Brant Township, for 40' ,yeast
and, upon his . death ;some ten
years ,ago' ilus son . Duncan suc-
ceeded him, and filled the. mice
until his :Hanover . appointment
two years ago.
LastOf .: Ash efield
Pas esFarnilys
WaS :born in .Asl>freld Township. •
Ile had. reser 'kr Chicago for
many years , where he and his.,
wife, ,Elfle,,1were the only
ter members 'of their chureh •
which 'they saw grow from `four
couples to nearly six hundred -
mbers •
M r. MacLennan. ls. survived b�Y;
'bis widow and, , two .daughters.
Mrs, Katherine Barry onct Airs,
Marjory Ciinkrn+an. .. .
Mr. Maclennan was+ ithe last
member of his 'family, having •ng .
been, predeceased by Duncan,
Annie, Alex, I(enny, Iisabe+i, Jack
and Roadie;, Jim was the- your-
,gest
JIM MaeLENNAN,,
James MacLennan. ',the, Mast
member ` One of ' Ashfield
Township's most popular' fami-
lies, died in Ch•irago on' Thum- •
day,' rdbrury bath.• Death cane
suddenly; -from a heart' attack:
The 'funeral: was on Monday,
February 18, with burial in
Ohapel' Hill Garden South Cern-:
etery 'in Chicago. '.A. nephew;
Malcolm' MacLennan of Barrie,
flew to Ohicag6• to attend .the.
funeral,
.')Jizn was .a '.son.'of .Malcolm'
MacLennan and Mary. Boyd,, anti.
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Parties-Last:.Week�
•Lucknow 'Women's snstatute
field successful acrd ' parties
last week 'despite stormy, sub-
zero weather. A euchre party
wadesss'eJhert l:don Won utiseThdnesday :daya'ndaf.: a
tbHd-
ternoon, ''. '
Wednesday edening's . eucltbre
Prize winners were: 'high Iaedy;
Mrs.. M'; Sproule. Miss ;S. ' Gibson
tied with :Mrs. Sproule' who ,won
.the:` draw Low' lady,. Mrs. B,
'Garimi ie; , 'high: ' men, . Mr. Cam
MacDonald,. whO 'donated
Prize ' back -oto the institute. for
'their next • eard .'panty; . ?low ,man,
1Vtr, O: Hodgins. ,
Special',,prizes, donated by. Mr,
$dhn d', for those ,fhavuig,
birthday close ::to r 'ebruary '20th
went oto;PATS.. S. ';$tothers ianc
J. L. MacMiL1an: '
• Thursday afternoon prize 'win,
net* were: Mrs A. E McKim a
Mrs:..J: W,. Joynit
The:Institute exttends. sincere
thanks to fall w:ho>:endured the
cold Weather.sand helped to inalo
their 'card .panttl s a 'success.•'
Shoat Party pis 'planned '.for• -vex
Wedne y night. ,
Vietim: "What
stick 'em ,up :or
Holdup main
me; this. is .My
do you meat
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"Dort - Coatis
first :job;"
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