The Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-11-28, Page 1E
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LlJC ‹. ow. ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,
OV. 28th, 1962.
gl Copy 10c
'24: ra*
Reeve Devoling His Efforts Trying To
s� the Bet ;Plant Stated To Close'.
At the nomination ation .rneeting uo
Ilton,d`ay,, eve George W. ,Toynt.G d f
'e• it u�bliin • t The Beatty u ua. es From
' rrlatl A
Ladder ,Factory is' t0° erase' aut.'T �/'
its: operations here before the : ! ear • •
Course
year e &
•
ial
Donald Kirkland of St, 'rho- I
.faYni said,. that whether mai%
son of 1�I.r,. and Mrs. Gord•-
or not he again accepted:, th.e' on Kirkland of Ashfield Town -
h
ship., . graduated as a ra�diq�logi
reeveshi r Wau114 devote ev...
� ca. technician at aceremony a:t:
'cry effort to trig to sell the •plant, I Victoria. Hos ital Lo d
He. said that„t ' was in .ani:- I «' p , n. on, on ,
Sa.0 relay. ' Donarl�d was one 'of
T9'58;.
tlir•a 6h 4iiim, th.aat the sixteen Lc'idon • and area persons!
;plant was purihased by Beatty., receiving diplomas upon ' gradua-
. • ffxothers,• 'who maned •their 1'ad- tion from 'the two year"" cowl"e
p
renovate the MWWilcling ;and install; opened auditorium ''the aur-.•
der nal irig apera�tian. ,here af+'ok i The '• cerernany • was .the first i
sperrdvng; $6 000 ,900j to rewire and ; formal funct'•ori •ixi the recently
•m :n
newrnar_.hxrrerg, ; ses' resid;eri:ce .at Victoria. P1 rt-:'
Beatty i8rathers changed ',hands :' tending .from. Lacknova were Mr.•1
a year or as ago 'and the ' neva !. andMrs. Gordon'.. .Kirkland, Keri t•
company • has since disposed
g diplotheir
Elgin Memoriat'; Hospital,
.a. posi
StteeL. Wares. tion he has. had. since September.
They • are offerin, the• Luck- --T
;rrcxw' p1a4I't fgr chile? s. as �
Artificial IceAvaikible ..
the ptesent` . enttt�> pt?rrg is ems- Sdiedu!'j
SPECIAL "BELL" ISSUE
LISTS BUSINESS PHONES .. 4 Personnel' and Growth Local' Bell:
In story
of ,13e.11e�ll Tele and picture 'farm,
, quer '70 System Is Interesting Historical Record,:
..
phone development and p•r0-, .. '
• grecs in this . community is
recorded in . this issue,
the "eve" of cutover -to dial
system. Service.
• Many business places have.
.co-operated • in making this.
is.su.e, possible,. by listing
their neW; ; dial number
• which. will be•in. effect after
2:00� • a•.m • .Sunday morning.' Keep. this. iss�;e for' chick
reference. to the bold' --type
number`s and also, we think,
kt is of historical. value that
merits preservation,
Twenty pages . was origin74
any planned for this issue:
but when it became neces•-'
sary to run - 24 24. pages,.scale,'
page .nu tiering had• to be
.mprovised .as. You may, note
-from. 'pages. ' to 2: '
•
hausted 'thy rigid? -:l ecerxuber:.ox. no
later than. the .latter- part Of Dem
els!}:'.r.
:..,foy t calci he •had.., been.
negotiating with Albert. 1VLenzies,..
vadevpresrdent. of ..thy' Carr any.
far a safe price an
•liad' received an attractive: fig-
ure:'
:/ •
Need For .*,,eoungeilatiotir
Orr. the =Wet' o ixiith stry,.
Reeve Jo.ii~ Said'that.' ' three.
• daS •'hefo ;the . liquor vote,...he
hadt an. mdiasrt l` that vraS.
estedl ur Z O Wr which woul:'d
,eimpla tar' 80 xnen,. but., with-
out aecorim atlattc' here ..it. was:
trtpluedi l Irny' 'virererirt interested
ested:
:and if they had too drive . else-'
where 'far OLT.041,TooO iaxn Might
as well. &kid t lice,: e
j
ids
•a Hold F•
irst
Ztv:-tal Cation• ' of: artificial, ice i"
equip ent • was comp'_ete 'a re-
cently, ,and cemakxng:'operations `.
:have . f .L1towed,:'So ' that the De=
`cember• ' 1st, openimng date will be
gh t on schedule.
In: .. fact ,the ice •.,icltness is
being checked; and, • when. .• this
was written: it looked as • if the
ice 'wat ,-1d: be. ready fora tyout
on . cdne. •day, November ; 2ath: `
•
Saturday.. morning December..
Int•, • Pee Wees, Squirts arid Fleas
Will hold: their'. first practice 'for
periods ' of an: hour each, com-
menting at 9-.08 assn:. `' ,
. The Fleas `. are ,from ages 6 to
8; and 'can register at. the Mux
:cipal Office between . now < and'
Practice ` SOIUr4
'$at;ircl ay'T pr a ct_ce session,. Ther'
is a $2.00 ,entry .fee. •
• hie Fleas. were . notlisted in.
last 'week'g, .re istrattioi advE: 8&'.
as a consequence -only 7 signed
• 'twenty-seven . •Soar its,. ages, 8
.to 10, registered' on',Saturday,,'&
24 Pee WeeS, ' ages 18 to I2 and
they are not alI. in yet:. '
The registration;. fee helps to.
cover accident insurance on. 'each
boy • and'. at least. 200 weeks ' of.
hockey This amounts' to only
IOc a week land' somewhat re
i ev'ea . sponsoring organizations
of what • collectively aix>aunts to
a • c'onsiderable ;sura:: • .
Night • telephone . operating in
the early days was not always, I
zcnsidered a bed of roses, but for
Norman Paterson, operator• at
the. Lucknow exchange in 1916,
these.a;1-night shiftscameclose
to'• i;t,
"We used to. take a mattress
and a spring,. "recaIl11d Mr. Pat -
1
erson,,. "and - place them . ,on a!
table., which we wheeled over j
to the switchboard to make_ us '
level With it,. and in this way I
we could. ,.answer calls ' with a
minia-nun-I: of• effort ' We . got a
far' amount of 'sleep from mid-;
night „until' , aim. when. the '¢
rural lines became • biiyy and
then' the witchboard required.
constant vigilance:'”
24 -Hour ' Service• In 1911
Et was on ,June 1, 1911, when
telephone 'service .,here: waspro-
vided 24 hours a day,• but' Com
mimics"a.ng ' by, ' telephone, had
be coma a pa -.t : of Lucknow''s way
.of life snare 1888 . when '.this
ccunrriun ty;' Was first caught up.
E e'_ i Telephone Company's.
rapidly • growing w•eo. •. of tele
phone' connections. • ' •
That year, 37 miles .of " long
'dsstan e..wire was 'erected' f om
f
Winghan to . Lucknoiw by, •vay
of Kmcard ie., The Wingha;rn.
A 3'vance recorded the event an
an October 1888 issue when it
informed its rftaders that "eon
n£etinn, is norw open. with. Luck
nc.w acid " T incar.dine to . the •
' • Otte :Phone In. 1888
Shortly . afterwards • ,a tele
phone,: ready to Carry, callsto.
pc snits. scattered throughout. :On--
to ria . and '' Quebec; was installed'
•in.Arttiur 'Con.graum's:drugstore
on Campbell' street Until . the.
fc.cdowmg year• Mr: Congram's
te`ephone; re .rnained'; the only one
in the village and the one' vil
lagers used: when they anted:.
to make a
Resi.dentt , of Lueknow • how-
ever, were quick to .zealie rte, '
value of ' • the rtelephone • and
especially • the ease and' conveib-
ience Of .having one • in their
own home or M
ace of business,•
,.sy the end; of • 1888, a $all-
switehboard vvas installed in the
(Continued on Page '2).
Tractor, Shed Bum
Ia 'Farm Fire
„,
Harry Girvi :• .esca cl serirau,s
burns • last Thursday just before . .
noon 'pvhen a flash fire broke
• out while ' he was putting, •gas
in ;his tractor.' • The, Giro; in• . farm
is located • .between: Dungannon
and Nileion the east aide of •.the
'road. •
• Harry.:. was fining • the tractor
wwhieh lad not been runningfor
a period of t m,e Tlie t fire set
his' clothes on , r•e and. he was
able to',shed his.co'at ,and gloves
in an : instant ' and •by • doing • this
probably saved serious: burns: •
..Lucknow Fire Depa hent re-
,sponded • to the 'alarm:. When, ai
short • distance .'from.' ''the scene
:Of '1/4 t.11 fire,, a gas drum explod-•
ed, -giving the appearance of
mushrcom type atomic bomb ex= y
plosion,,.. ti ding . to one- fare-
man.•
The :tractor', 'shed, libols ., and
w-inte:r .wood an rhe shed ;wet: •
a ' complete loss: Fireme ' stood.,
by.. for. well over Three. hours as
a: protective'measure..
dozer levelled, the .piffle of rubb?e...,
in an effort to , completely •ex
turguish the life.
Te CampheUstreet Heart .l
Lucknow's dell Telephone Dial System
he
tt
• .
l of Lucknow s 'telisphonk) dial ;ry; tem is this new
'buil:di oil Campbell' o
C � 11 ate:et. ; ittYrtrng.. earl�� �un.rlay� morning the
equipm T installed in. this ,model's: and attractive new buxlding
during the past few months, s,. will go into .operation automatically
connecting ,telephone' cabs,, ,and bringing tc an end . the era„ of
� \ruxulier; pleats p
. o eratofrsy x '