The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-04-03, Page 4//7
Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 3, 1985—Page 4
Restaurantpassed to next generation of Hamiltons
A Luck now business which has operat-
ed from the same location under the same
ownership for•20 years will change hands
this month.
The Mayfair Restaurant owned by Al
and Gladys Hamilton since 1965 will be
passed on to their son, Ken and his wife
Jennifer who 'have purchased the busi-
ness and plan a grand opening April 4, .5
and 6.
A .restaurantrat this location since 1928,
the Hamilton family has operated the
business for 15 of the past twenty years.
And a family.operation it has 'been, with
the 'Hamilton's five children .all working
' in the restaurant through 'the years they
were growing up. All agree it gave them .a
real work experience enabling them to
go out in the world to work and meet
people`. It seems only natural the
business, should be passed on to, one of'
the children.
Al and Gladys never intended to buy a
restaurant, says Gladys. But Al wanted
,ice cream one Sunday afternoon and since
there was only one restaurant in town and
it wasn't ,open on Sundays, you couldn't
buy an ,ice cream cone in ,Lucknow on a W
Sunday. By the following Wednesday'Al
and Gladys owned- a restaurant.
Gladys remembers , they were ope
from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. every day excejt
Sunday and at 10 a.m. on, Sunday when
they first owned the restaurant. Milk sold
for 28 cents a quart. Coffee was 10 cents a
cup. French fries were 15 cents a cone
and they were homemade. Butter. was 57
Hamilton's
Mayfair Restaurant will be operated under new ownership effective this week
as Al and Gladys Hamilton have the sold the business to their son, Ken and his wife,
Jennifer. The Hamilton family has operatedthe restaurant for 15 of.Ihe last twenty years
and. Ken and, Jennifer look forward to carrying on the family tradition of fine food and
(Photo by Sharon Dietz)
service.
cents a pound and ice cream cost $4.40
fora two and a half. gallon pail. It now
costs $20 a pail.
A hot beef sandwich was 95 cents and
they originated the workmen's special for
$1 which was the minimum wage; The
workmen's special, is still based on the.
.wage for one hour's work:
Through the years, there have been
many qualified people who have: worked
for the. Hamiltons., For many, students it
was their first joband their.' work
experience; learning to work with . the
public. • .
The. payroll in 1965 totalled $7,000 and
last year hhd reached the princely sum of
Gladys has operated the restaurant
most every year since they purchased it,
BUSINESS BEAT
' to permit Al to work out, to supplement
the business.
$56,000 which is an indication of how
much wages have increased in the time
period the Hamiltons have operated the
business. .
The Hamiltons have made 'changes
over the years they owned the business.
In 1967 they purchased the Henderson
Express ' office next door to the west and
added a dining room: In March. 1980, the
Mayfair became a licensed establishment
under the liquor Control Board of
Ontario, the first licensed restaurant.
since prohibition in the village.
To create jobs the Hamiltons establish-
ed Mayfair Ice Products in 1973 selling as
much as 18,000 units of ice a season from
Tiverton to Benmiller. When .their
children all had jobs of their own, they
sold the ice business to Barry Hackett in
1978.
It will be 20 years almost Co the day
when Al' and Gladys hand /Over the
business to Ken and Jennifer. Al and
Gladys purchased the restaurant on
either April 1 or the day after, Gladys'
can't remember which, saying she
remembers it was April Fool's Day with a
laugh. Their official opening was May 1,
1965. •
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