The Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-03-29, Page 1. 'Many thouSands.of dollars Of
damage was clone to the, Luc know •
District' Co;-ope rat ive .fertilizer
warehouse and manufacturing
plant locale(' at the .northern vil-
lage limits near the railway prop-7
erty.. Fir.ewas discOvered early .
Saturday mot:ping and had gain9d
cOnsiderable.headway be/fore •
LuCknow Fire Department arrived.
•
at the scene.
Jack Henderson of Lucknow not-.
icedsnioke corning from the ,
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MERCHANTS
Lucknow Co-op Suffers Heavy Fire Loss
At Fertilizer Plant and Warehouse
It's likelhe lady said "Isn't it a glorious feeling to be
among people you know and trust!"
This was overheard when a customer returned from a
city shopping trip where she encountered the hustle and
hustle and "don't care" attitude of big city clerks.
Recognition, fellowship and -trust are basic needs, and
ou'll find all these attributes right here in LuCknow. Here
you can shop with confidence, with—friends who will help
you find exactly what you need at the price you want to
wing BARGAIN WORLD weeks, specials are fea-
tured in participating stores, and as' an added bonus,
• vouchers-to-a total-value be_ given_ away, .
The first week's winner can be found on the Bargain
World page.
Progressive Lucknow merchants joining to 'Present
Bargain World include: Lucknow Dry Cleaners; Schinid's
Jewellery and China. Greer. T.V. and Electric, Jdhn W.
HendersokLumher. Ltd., AshtOn's Lucknow' Ltd., W. A.
IBtdrllar-tPltott --Jch-nstone---and—Son--FurnitureT-Sepoy---
Store, C. E. McTavish Fina, Lucknow Fruit Market, Luck-
now Pro Hardware and Village Shop, H. and B. DisCount,
elltanley's-Sunoco;—Finlay-Decoratort, 'Johnston's Suv-
ertest, Montgomery Motnis, Luckncnv District CO-op, Mar-
hill Shoes.
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Bertha Barger . Crowned Queen
Bertha (Herb). Barger proved to
the prettiest of,thernall at the
knoiN United Church family
allight. Bertha, representing
field Township` wen the
uty 'Contest which featured six
the are's leveliest., Sh.e was
picked by an applause meter
which indicates the general approy
of those in attendance.
'In'alinduncing the winner , it
was stated than she would be crown
ed by last year's queen, Bob Fish-
er of Lucknow
LOCATED SIDE BY SIDE
Two Farms In
Gaunt Family
Fed 91 Years
'Russell! Gaunt of Kinloss Town-
ship b'as sold two family 'farms
and ended what must•be a record
fora family. farmingoperation: 1.
:Russell has sold his hothe ,place ,
lot 29, concession 2, Kinioss
Township , to Williaiii llarmari
'of .Windsor. The' sale was: made
Wilfred Maine( Real, Estate. •
The 100'acre• farm was taken
up in 187.1 •fro'lli the crown by his
great ..uncle .George Gaunt who.
sold it in 1917 to ,'Anthony Mc
GI nn of BeIntore., Russell bought
the farm in 1931 from Mr.. Mc-
Glynn. . '
ThiS put tins farm in, the Gaunt
na me for 64 -y ears,'„,
Lbt.30,, coneession'2, which'is
beside the home place , is 'also •
100•acres', It, was sold to Johnde
Boer", who resides across the, road.
The sale was Completed by John
Jamieson, ,representing II. D. •
Purdon Real Estate. , • •
This farm was taken up. from
the crown 'by RossclI'S grandfather
James Gaunt in 1666. Russell's
fa titer; Torfreiaunt -had- the farm.
and. Russell late3 obtained it. It
was in the. fa mfly 1'01..107 years.
The two farms, side by side
have been in the Gaunt 11.1.nic for
a total of .101, years. •
Mr. Harman obtains possession
the 1st of May The Gaunts.can,
reside in the, house until the end
of June. .`
John Loney To
Seek Nomination
John Loney , 43,, of Tiverton.
will seek the, Progressive Consery -
o444,,nal.4,ou,,1,1 .1„BOW_.ikng
'Mr. Loney 'was unseated b' ;the
present 'member of 'Parlia ment
Ross Whither in the 1068. election.
Loney Was elected to the.
liou.k of 'Corinnons in 196'3 and
returned to office in '1965. Before
then he had been active in the
riding association.
Following up a public meeting
in 'the Lucknow ToWn la 11. on
Wednesday. night of last week,. a
committee has been named to
invest' c,a swiffitning pool pro-
osal for the area.' • • .
T1 c comMitteeis made - up of
.131 1;1 inter.df •Lucknow, Donald
Kinnoiiof Luc know , Barry
Ialmstorrof Kin-loss , plia-AuStin
of AslifieId.
The group of men were away
on Tuesday of this week to view
pbols and plans, talk to Manufac-
turers and,the recreation depart-
ment of the Ontario goVernment
in 'Toronto.
Marks 96th
Birthday, Favours
Swimming Pool
First Trip Home
In 21 Years
Mr. and Mrs., Henry Jurjens of
R. R. 7 Lucknow left on Friday ,
of \last week from Toronto airport
for a three week visit to Holland,
their former homeland, whe're
they will visit brothers and sisters
Tvtx. and Mrs. Jurjens were mar
vied' in Holland and came to
Candda 21 yearS ago tilts spring.
This is their. visit trip back in
that time. Their family of sev-
en boys and one little girl, who
was a year old in February, were
all born in Canada.
The Jurjen's Fimily live on the
former Arnold Alton farm be-
tween the 9th and 10th comes-
Jion Ashfield Township.
—Mrs. William (Annie) MacKen -
zie of 65.'KeeWatin Ave. , Toron;
to 12, formerly of. Lucknbw , 'mark•
ed her 96th birthday.on March 12.
Mrs. MacKenzie is enthusiastic
'about ,a swimming pool for Luck-
now, She says "The paper is a
source of real interest to us here
and I do look forward to its arriv.;
al. I am delighted —th-li that
there may be a•gwimming pool ,
installed. What shoUld have
been done years ago. 'It will
'mean much to the children who
cannot get away for the, summer:"
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