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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-05-13, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 13, 1987 7:0: .f; :?Jr • rr j . 'iii :: rf: J%li;!/iii �J %ice/ l�. P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Established 1873 528-2822 Q'1 BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1986 VC QI1 ICO CIA CUL AT 10N Pima Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Alan Rivett -Editor '17.00 Outsiae Canada $60.00 Pat Livingston General Manager $14.00 Outside Canada $68.00 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged • for, but the balance of the :advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. Renovations- look super! A big vote of appreciation is due to Lucknow Village Council and Clerk -Treasurer Bertha Whitcroft for all their hard work in seeing the renovations project at the Lucknow Town Hall (Carnegie Hall) to it's conclusion. As everyone who attended the open house at the town hall on May 7 will attest, the transformation of the downstairs portion of the town hall was indeed a terrific sight. The work or the town hall started in February after council's grant application from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture for a Community Facilities Improvement Grant was approved. The total cost of the project was 542,000, with the government grant accounting for 50 per cent of the total. Using local contractors, the renovations were finished in time for the May open house. The bulk of the renovation work was done on the room which former- ly housed the furnace. Anyone who had seen this room prior to the renovation will know that a tremendous amount of work went into re- making it into present state. According to Mrs. Whitcroft, this area hadn't been renovated since the building was originally built in 1910. Now, it's completely re -modelled and will serve as the meeting place for the 145 -member Drop -In Centre. In addition, new washroom facilities have been included which are suitable for use by the handicapped, as well as a completely new kit- chen area and cupboard space. A town hall is the central focal point of• any small community. The new -look downstairs will no doubt be a source of community pride for many year's to come. A.R. write a letter to the Editor Bands and big bucks Has it been one busy week in Lucknow during the past seven days. What a crowd at the community cen- tre for the Brian Costello financial seminar last Thursday night. And, everyone who attended (I figured in the 700 to 800 range) got their money's worth ( the seminar was free !) . But seriously, it was a very entertain- • ing evening with Brian Costello, an ex- pert of the money markets, a first class public speaker as well as a noted TV and radio personality and author. What were his expert prognostica- tions of the money markets? In a nut- shell, he said, interest rates are headed lower than present levels; stock markets are headed to higher heights over the next two years; loves the in- vestment opportunities offered by mutual funds, stocks ("Go for quality stocks which have a track record" ), rental real estate and Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) ; and hates Canada Savings Bond, Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs) as investment opportunities. However, he warned that investors that if they are going to invest, they should do it before June 18, the date Federal Finance Minister Michael Wilson brings in the sweeping tax reform for the country. Congratulations to Mrs. Dorothy Far- rish of RR 3 Lucknow who won the $1,000 draw at the seminar. ALAN Band Concert Last Friday night, a similarly large crowd enjoyed the annual band concert put on by the junior and senior bands. With Bandleader Mr. Gorden Cayley as the emcee, the bands were put through their musical paces, as well as allowing for a little audience participation dur- ing the evening. During the evening, some fitting presentations and tributes were made. Lucknow Central Public School Prin- cipal William Pike presented, on behalf of the school and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Owen, a silver flute to the band in memory of Kristen Owen, a student and former band member at the school. Also, Band President Heather Mac- Dougall, along with graduating band members Donalda Thompson and Dianne Wilson, presented Mr. Cayley with a gift ' for all his dedicated work with the band this year. Good work, band! It was an enter- taining evening through and through. And have a lot of fun on your upcoming band trip! Lucknow Central Public School had a number of winners in the annual Walkerton Rotary Music Festival recently. The winners were, back row, from left, Tanya Sutherland, first place; Dean Tiffin, fourth place; Katrina Abbott, third place. Front row, Doug Johnston, third place; Shawn Bellmore, first place and Mark Anderson, first place. (Alan Rivett photo) 70 years ago May 17,1917 (Letter, From The Front) C.A. Spence writes home of his duties on the firing line in France - Dear Folk : This is Sunday p.m. We are just wating for our tea, after which follows a working party. So I`ve only a few minutes only. Conditions have been rather quiet here the last few days. They brightened up somewhat while I was up with the infantry. I enjoyed my four days there, tho my work kept me busy all the time. I was doing liason work between by battery and the infantry battalion, to ob-, tain for them artillery fire when needed, and to obtain as much information as possible re the Boche lines, either by means of a periscope or by diplomatically extracting information from the infantry themselves. It's a responsible job and re- quires considerable common sense. ... The English Tommies are most delightful persons to talk to or live with, easy-going, scarcely ever in a hurry and never worried about anything. While up with the infantry, I had a group about me almost always begging me for a look through my periscope, and they were greatly tickled if they saw a Boche. No one ever looks over the parapet here except at night or through a periscope, as No Man's Land averages only about 50 yards in width. 50 years ago May 13, 1937 F.T. Armstrong Sells His Jewellery Business - Mr. F.T. Armstrong has dispos- ed of his jewellery business, which he has personally conducted for about the past twenty-five years. Mr. Armstrong plans to devote his full time to his optical business, which he will carry on here for the time be- ing at least. On pagefive of this issue is a half page advertisement crammed full of excep- tional values of all lines of Mr. Arm- strong's stock. His successor is Mr. William Schmid of Hanover, who takes possession on Monday, May 24th, and Mr. Armstrong has only eight days in which to drastically reduce his large and up-to-date stock. Local Pipers Invited to Summer Camp - Members of the Lucknow Pipe Band were in Kitchener last Thursday evening taking part in a drill with the Scots Fusiliers of Canada. This week Mr. G.H. Smith receiv- ed a letter from R.E. Bricker, band major in expressing pleasure in having "the boys" and which also outlined a couple of interesting propositions for the local bands consideration. 25 years ago May 16, 1962 Tossed by bull, not seriously hurt - John. Scott of Concession 2, Huron Township, is hobbling about on crutches from a leg in- jury, as well as suffered considerably from bruises and superficial injuries, resulting from an encounter with a bull on Friday morning. John had entered the bull's pen momen- tarily to remove a window, and his eye was off the animal for a minute, it "lifted" him one. Fortunately the hoist threw Mr. Scott out the pen door, and the bull didn't follow. Mr. Scott's son was nearby and the pen was quickly closed John's leg was bdly torn and some deep stitching was necessary to close the wound. Ready to install ice machinery - Canada Ice Machinery Company is ready to place the artificial ice making machinery, it was reported at last Monday night's meeting of the Lucknow and District Lions Club, Morgan Henderson said everything was in readiness. The foundation and floor of the machinery building has been poured at the south-west corner of the arena and the machinery will be placed before construc- tion of the cement block building is completed. 10 years ago May 18, 1977 Lions announce interest in building new community hall - Presidetn Stuart Reavie of the Lucknow Lions Club, Lions Art Helm and Walter Arnold met with Lucknow SENTINEL ' Village Council on Tuesday evening last week, at the regular May meeting. Stuart Reavie stated that the Lucknow Lions Club fell the need for a Community Centre to serve Lucknow and district and have been investigating the possibility of such a facility. While the project is still strictly in the discussion and planning stages, the Lions Club realized that the matter was receiv- ing considerable discussion and felt it was time to make their opinion and ideas public. The Lions have a site at the northwest corner of Caladonian Park in mind, on the hill park, which would take considerable levelling. This site is town property and the Lions were looking for approval, in principle, by council to continue further study of a building in this area. Frank Hawthorne named clerk of Kinloss Township - Frank Hawthorne of Lucknow has been named clerk -treasurer of Kinloss Township. Frank was employed by Silverwood's Dairies Ltd. for many years in accounting and office work.