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xblteation% m ' reggstratiou no, 0847 held at. Luclenoww. Ontario
started 50 years ago
70 years ago
Jan. 14, 19426
et rich quick - Seems that even back 70'years you
had to beware, of get rich quick. schernes: From that
year we found the following: From away down- in
Houston, Texas State carnea communication offering a
chance to make a small fortune by the .investment of a $10
bill "if .you think the Germanpeeple can stage, a come -back
from the ruin .caused by the war. ...The likelihood is .that
thousands ofpo ple will be cheated out of`"'their hard wef.
cash, through this German Bond fraud in the coming years.
In this waythey will pay for bein • , or greedy."
pY g stupid
-Clean-up mouth - Looking at, the advertisements back
70 years ago, it appears that retailers promoted, sales as
'Clean-up month' rather than January sales, inventory .clear-
ance etc.
Program to be broadcast - Invitations have been issued
for the annual At Home of. the Huron' Old Boy's
Association of Toronto on Jan. 2l The program consisting
of 'addresses, quartettes, solos and other musical numbers
Will be broadcast by • CPCA, asalso will the dance ,program
`for which music, will be. supplied .by Burton°."Till's
Orchestra. The proceeds will ;be u contrihution to: a 'fund
created by the Association last' ear rn'aid of Huron�Coun`-Y
hosprtaals.
Closes fruit store'- Donald McCharles has closed his
fruit store, and hastaken charge of his sisters grocery store,.
Mrs. MacKenzie has not beenin good health for some time
and on Christmas. Eve suffered a severe heart'. attack. `..
15 Years ago'
Jan. 14,1981
ee 'Wes are .tournament runnersup. -• There was
,pty t
' lenty of aacionaround the Lucknow net duringthe
,
°thirdperiod of Lucknow's game with Bi''uussels for the
B championship at the Legion Pee Wee hockey tourna-
°menta Dean Lindsay, in net, made some excellent saves
during;the.period, assisting the Lucknow team in holding
onto their lead. Lucknow won the -game 6 to 3. and took
home the B division trophy.
*ming Pee " tees for townyle ue.- A. inch'0 lads=
12' and .under a �curre'y tl bona 't . ti to l'
. Y g' g e up Pay
!awn ,le ' e' Pee wee hockey It.:
„0.g"
so ted = a t at
l ast, three teams: can'i organized"'ancd that;., as soon ."as
Weather Hermits the,yoefgsters will get into action..°
'w
The Clat schen have undertaken tees onsor thisseries,
and when it is known hbw . Many teams will compete, an
effort will be made to obtain distinctive outfits
Optimists judge
decorated hones
Dear editor:
Once again the Christinas season is over and the New
°Year>u n. uXs» ,
The vtllage'.was alight with the* Holiday Spirit and.
bringingwarmth to the: hearts of oung and old.
,�
his year, the- tew'Optimist; tub of Luc ow a d
Districtgyrus given the prikvilege' of cbo sing3the decorated
home that best caught'the eye. In first place was the Roy'.
Robson home, Lucknow;- second,* Bob`.McCor ick,
Dungannon; and third, Tony Schlosser,
Lucknow.-
Honorable mention goesto Allan Hackett, Gattutble.
Y 4A„
_.,and•Larry Ntchofs�on,;arfl'�ofIueknow. _ - ,�
We
hope everyonehada holiday season of peace and
.,happiness. Wishing the best to all in the new year, ,
& District.
Optimist
Club of Lucknow ttr ct.
•from page 3
ONE wanted to help - newspapers, TV, Canada,. USA, the
general public. My husband and I were flown to London so
° often we almost lost track of time,
1 made appeals around, the world on local and national
television, in America' ort coast-to-coast network, wrote
millions of, letters, ptosed for photos until forgot to be
camera -shy. Cars arrived at the gate to whiz my husband
and me to local TV centres or the airport, to appear on early
morning and late night TV in tonden, • And at last, through
the Register of GI brides in Ohio,. USA, we found her!
Though her husband was a GI, his parents were divorced
and he decided to claim his father's nationality which was
Canadian, Terry, British and an only child, had seven chil-
dren, '10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren;
moved many, many times, had `gout and was in a Wheel-
chair,. living in Surrey, north of Vancouver,
After, that, everything got going, Arnercan-radio set up a
: fine' so we could have a nice hong public chat, then from
London,. ITV joined us by satellite ,television. It wag all ,
absolutely .Marvellous; the most tnarvellous.bit being when
a national newspaper flew herand he, husband over toujoin
Me and my husband in London, wined, ditia and ferried us
• about like royalty, even asked for our -autographs.
We ,.. are oil . celebrating apps ; d� ,all �.c►rls��of'�rogr�trrls,. o+elebrarttttg •the
50th annivers' 'af �theseid of the 1939-45 war;
erg
long lost'
Then Terry flew back to,C`anada for a cancer operation
•`she •had' deferred, a very., big operation»,'She 'cane, ,though
!;well but then:she died quite suddenly of cardiac arrest. On
lune 16 1995, I :lost the (friend=1'd tried' so. hard to 'find.1
miss her yet.
I'm still getting letters from all over the world and
through all the publicity have rediscovered many old
friends, comrades who served "with . me in the WAAF back
in 1940, m'y brother's co-pilot last met in 1943,and,
strangest of all, through publicity in America, a pen pal 1
wrote to back 19 7, until her headm stress asked if she
could write to Me instead and all my letters were published
n their local paper. This fadyrmarried a GI "who„ like my
husband, served with the armed forces in•India. They now
have three children and six .grandchildren. And again, My
'letters are being published in their local paper.
1 m. also still in touch with an American pen -pal. since
1937 who ' flew up to Canada in 1980 for our one and only.'
meeting, staying with me at the home of Mr:;and Mrs. John
Spivak. Her ex -Gr husband wag with her but has since died
So you'll see what a marvellous ,year it's been for me,
%ll of,alt°sons of excitements. You can be sure we'll never ;
forget VE 1945 or VE 1995, either. We felt very honored to.
be spared to celebrate both.
I think ofyou all lots ' and tuts and send' you my best.
wishes for a" very happy Christmas and, a bright and.:peace-
flit new year. With, love from me,
Mollie:�
'V�`httesrde�
Editor's nett: Mollie Whiteside Csale :ts: #fie: ladyf`atorir.
Dungannon, a ,
g Vin, i`reiand, who.w�::her country's Aiirbassador m
Flungannon, Ontario, when, that village celebrated its 125th '
anniversary in 1980. Moftie made .friends
• �' many hereand.
had • as.
h continued to correspond annually throat h the
Sen incl.
Her a
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ss is 59 k' 1
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ar'Rcad, Dt1gannnr+.
Co'. 'crone, N. Ireland,WI7i 6.►
Steckle reviews '95
• by Paul Steck*, MP
The year of/1995 will be
remembered for its excep-
tional impact on the history
of Canada. The 50th
Anniversary of the endTM of
World 'War 11 was celebrat-
ed.. in May. Hundreds of
commemorative activities
were held in, communities
large and small - across
Canada.' was proud to par-
ticipate in these services
throughout Huron -Bruce.
The Canada Remembers
program, in commemora-
tionof the 50th Anniversary
was designed to pay, tribute
to those Canadian soldiers,
sailors; airmen, merchant
mariners, doctors, purses
and countl othersth
homefront who eont.*ibuted-
`to the victory overseas.
National Unity was also
an important issue which
was addressed ` in 1995. 1
would like to acknowledge
and thank all those from
Huron-Bruce who partici-
)
pated in the Oct. 27th' Rally
in Montreal. 1 believe ,that
the Unity Rally ::and its
overwhelming attendance
had a pivotal impact on the
Referendum vote,
The Prime Minister has
acted quickly to fulfill the
promises made during the
Referendum campaign. The
Prime Minister has the duty
and responsibility to govern
in the interests of all
ass On a
'turn to page 5.
Johns' viewpoint on
bett.ering province
the focus action for the
government'S first six
Months --,.
�
r
uaclude�d. ,:
i core v `e.
�'� rlt 11e� ',Oven**
spending, exceeding' rev-,
enues :by $1 million .an
hour, and• endangering
ndan•gerng
essentialgovernment overnment ser-
s,»
•lt,e tat , And gu o legislative
barriers to job creation,
• such as-the'.Bill ,40, labor
d ati
`e is
t 1 ton quota ltirig
t►•Y
law, a debt -plagued WCB,
spiralling. Hydro rates ,and, a
proliferation -of red tape fac-
ing small employers;;
+A lack of -confidence in the..'
o +turn to, page 5
The first six months of
action by •the Harris
. .go
vern-
mientsawmajorStestaken
toward ,building„ U. better -
Ontario, Helen Johns, MPP
said as December came to a
dose.
To reach our
r goal of
w
veno � ed prusper3ty attic, job
creation, we .hard to start. at
.the foundations," "Johns
said.
. "In the New Year, we.
will continueto build a bet-
ter, more competitive 'and
stronger Ontario."
'Problems at the root of
the province's struggling
economy - which have been
11ollle 'Whiteside (right) 1 t ht and al bride, Terry
Trace, met again. hi London, England, on May 8o
1995, to celebrate the „5Oth anniversary of VE
Day and thelefirst Meeting` since` 4945. Terry.
dl's at tern home north. of Vancouverr, on June
16, after a cancer operation. she had deferred so
that she could make a krait tri ' home to
England.
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