The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-12-23, Page 8'!Alt; .MIT
ThI LV1.NQW- VON `y1 10, LUCKNOW (*TAM
LOOKING BACKWARDS
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
WITH MARGARET THOMPSON
10 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 1960
The LOcknow District High.
School Band had as their new• lead
r.
e , Rev, Howard W. Strapp min-
ister of Lucknow United Church.
The group was 'organized by ex
principal P. W. Hoag and upon
his •retirement band members
themselves petitioned the 'School•
Board to ohtain a_successor,_._
A shipmetit of eye glasses 'and
, lens, totalling some 700 pair was
sent by the Lion's Club •to the
"Bank of Light" in India.
An increase in telephone instal,-
lations resulted in the installation
of an,additional switch board.at
the local Bell Telephone Office:
There were nine operators at the.
local office. The chief operator
was Miss Kay. Maclntosh with full.
time employees Miss Dorothy
'Gammie , Mrs. Don Reid and
Mts .. Eileen White. On part time
•basis:were Mrs. Donald. MacKin-
non, Mrs . 'Harold . Ritchie , Miss
Margaret Ann Mullin, Mrs. A.G.
MacLeod.and Mrs. H. K. •Mac-
'Lerman.
Ernest Lewis built 'an addition '
to his Lucknow residence .on .Ing- .
alis Street and .opened a florist
'service business.
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30'` YEARS AGO..
NOVEMBER 1940
A business transaction was
completed whereby W E ' Bend-
ersonof Lucknow purchased the.
:local furniture factory.sawmill. .
The Munin.ipaJ/Councils of :the
Townships of Kifiloss';. Ashfield,
ands West .Wawanos i were all re-'
turned. by acclamation'. .
A..meeting was held of the
veterans Of the„first war for the
purpose of organiz.ing':a local
branch of the Canadian Legion..'•
The following oe'
Officers were '.
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elected; President , 'Allister':
Hughes; Vice Presidents George
4V-•-Murr-a ab1-".
Johnston;,.. Secretary, . Clyde Reid;
'Treasurer, Dic.k"IvlacQuaig; 'Serg-
eant At Arms, Peter Carter.
50 :YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 19.20,
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-The office. and plant of The
Lucknow Sentinel was moved to ,
the Joy,nt Block to the', building
used until then by Silverwoods..
The Sentinel office had been in
the. Allin building onthe corner
of Campbell and Inglis. Streets,.....
`Mr, L, Cousins with. his family
moved to Lucknow from. Galt
going into partnership with
Drinkwater in the plumbing and,
tinsmithing business. They,.
were occupying the old. Sentinel
stand.
TALES THAT
HAVE. BEEN TOLD
By Rev. Duncan McTavish
EUSINESS HAD FALLEN OFF
When I' was a. mere lad my
father with others carried a pet'i-'
tion.asking fora local option: vote"
on the liquor problem in thea Muni.
cipality. ' The vote was overwhel-
mingly in, favor of the "drys
and three licensed• bars.in the vil-
lage were closed. .'
A couple of years later an
adjoining town decided to hold a
similar vote. They decided on a
visit-t-o-the-dryar a .ee-what=
effect local option had had on. the
business of the. village.. A •
petition was circulated among the
business men asking them whether
WE.DNESDAY,. 'DECEMBER• 23rd, 19;
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sleigh f ul 'o of
greetings is coming your
wdy With 'wishes for a merry
Christmas day.. May candles
shine brightly and each heart'' -
be filled ,with j oy, ,peace
and good will. W e take this.
opportunity -to thank you. for
beingan
honored customer all year..
DISCOU
!`.their business hadbeen adversely
affected by this liquor legislation.
'Only one man signed that 'his
ness h4d'fallen off and he was•the
local Funeral Director; in'those
days they were called. Undertakers.
and like most men in that business
in a small place,, in those days.,
he operated a furniture store as
well.
I. recall quite vividly the reper
cussions .from his admission. The
"drys" made a lot .of capital out
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Character is'kevealed by what '
we fall for,:as well 'as'what.we
stand fora
We take' this day
to, express fondest
wishes, and :a
cheerful "Thank you.'
JACK' A. HEWITT
CARPET 'INSTALLATION
LUCKNOW'
suggest that life was being pro- •
longed `because of more sobriety.
.The :whole petition', sponsored by
men who "opposed local option
proved abortive, 'The-y.-feated' •
their business would be ruined
whereas everything poihted to the
contrary. Their strategy had
backfired ; and ended like' a
'boomerang.
• ,Despite this: the 'first vote 'in the.
town was" not. successful. ' The .
town stayed wet. ' Someone' from
the, opposition_ phOned._the_y.:i.11age:ii
Doctor in. the areaThe old
man was •a staunch. temperance
man., and had :taken an active
part in the campaign by, going
Over to speak at a public meeting.
feral phones had' not yet `made.
their advent; but a long .distance
'booth in the Drug Store connect-
ed, the little village with the
outside worldThe Doctor"•owned
and operated the Drug Store.
�Ietice fie wa.s `vulherable to
attack and a logical” target' of
anyone wishing to get back'at.
him for his 'part in the.
campaign w.W
The phone rang in the booth.
The healer of the sick answered ••
it. Over the wire camea jubi-
lant voice. . "Well Doc we won
it. Thank God we won it,": `
Quick as,a flash came the old
man's .reply. "No , ,no , don't
thank the lord, He had nothing
to do'with•your winning it, Thank
the other fellow ," and 'hung 'up.
•The doctor was right;
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`LD=P SHIONE=I " ,
Times change,but the
ld-.fashioned
Anderson.'
•LUCKOV
spirit of
Christmas goes
on Forever, and
so do our.. heart'
wishesfor your
ippness slid -our-=
•earnest thanks' for
your friendly` good. will.
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