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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-04-19, Page 166 Page 16-4 - _mow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 19, 1978 74he column that's reed tor a purpose .` imPA by Snotty Hamilton Mail your problems to "Impact' ch T, 's paper. All 'letters will be answered provided a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed. Some of general interest will be published. Letters must be signed but we will NOT reveal your identity. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE "These Questions anti Answers based on Ontario Law, are published to inform and not to advise. No one should try to apply or interpret the law without the aid and advice of a trained expert who knows the facts, since the•facts of each case may change the application.of the law." A Syndicated Canadian Newspaper Feature COMJ'LETE FLOWER SERVICE rDESIGNERS TO SERVE YOU QUICKLY & EFFICIENTLY DAILY DELIVERY TO LUCKNOW, TEESWATER BRUSSELS, GORRIE '& ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN COUNT ON OUR EXPERIENCE TO SERVE YOU WITH THE VERY BEST IN FLORAL PRODUC TS LEWIS FLOWERS 357-3880 135 FRANCES WINGHAM SEPOY DRIVE-IN Restaurant • FULL COURSE MEALS • DAILY SPECIALS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK MON.-THURS. 8 a.m.-MIDNIGHT FRI. & SAT. 8 a.m.- 2 a.m. SUN. 11 a.m. - MIDNIGHT LUCKNOW 528.2034 My sister bought me a pair of earrings that 1 liked for my birthday. The fourth time 1 wore them one broke at the clasp. My sister then. returned them to the store where she had bought them only to be told that they carried no guarantee as they were originally sold as being fragile merchandise. I was proud of those earrings and took good care of them so I feel that, this earring must have been faulty to begin with, so wonder if you -people can convince the store of this? After our call the store agreed to take a look at the earring in question and came to the conclusion that the clasp had indeed been a faulty one. Hence our reader received a brand new set of earrings. A Last fall we moved from Saskatoon to Stratford and everything appeared to go smoothly until we discovered that we were missing a rug. We .wrote to inform the company about our lost article but after a period of time, when We still hadn'treceived a reply we wrote again. Still no reply so we phoned long distance and were told that a claims form had been mailed us but. here we are into Spring and we're still waiting on this "magic form." A thorough search by the moving and storage company has failed to turn up any clue as to what happened to your rug. However They have agreed to compensate you with a $75 cheque yvhich is now up tq you to either accept or reject. wfl a W a t ` §.wr The St. Augustine store is closing after the owners, Glenn and Margaret McConnell, found they can no longer compete with the supermarket chains in nearby Goderich, and Kincardine. It has been hard to get deliveries from the wholesalers because the business is small but when the milk delivery stopped and McCormack's Biscuits wanted an order of $150 before their would make delivery, the McConnells decided they could not continue. The store has been on the corner since before 1900 although the McConnels have not been able to learn when it' was built. St. Augustine Store close CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 expensive to drive into town to shop for groceries. If this should happen, people will want a store in their area but the country stores will all be gone by then, because they cannot compete now. There has been a store in St. Augustine since before the turn of the century. Brennans owned it in 1900 and there are three known previous owners, although, the McConnells have been unable to learn when they each had the business. Gus McGuire, Jim Brophy and Charlie Moss owned the store prior to the Brennans. Mike Beuniger ran a creamery in Dungannon and his wife ran the store after Brennans had it. The Post Office was in a house on the corner beside the store and later in the store. McConnell's tore down the house beside them S••••...... last year after buying it from Carolyn O'Niel, Goderich. After the Beunigers sold the store it remained in the Boyle family until McConnells bought it. John Boyle bought it from Beunigers, and then William Boyle owned it. Gus Devereaux bought the store from William Boyle. Gus and his wife, Mary Boyle Devereaux, owned the store for 24 years and they sold it to the McConnells. Like the death of the family farm, storekeepers are no longer a family profession. Several stores in the area, including the ones in St. Helens, Holyrood, Benmiller and St. Augustine, are owned by people who lived in the city and moved to the village to own and operate a small busi- ness. But the inability to compete with the buying power of the Openin new doors to small business BILL LICHTI one of our representatives will be at The Bedford Hotel, GODERICH on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month APRIL 25 AND MAY 9 If you require financing to start, modernize or expand your business and are unable to obtain it elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions or if you are interested in the FBDB management services of counselling and training or wish information on government programs available for your business, talk to our representative. FEDERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK Por prior information 'coil 211.3450 or vftits 1036 Ontario Street, Strafford [Sentinel staff photo] large food chains and the automobile society in which people drive to shop, may wipe away the country store, despite the enthusiasm of the small °businessman. Purple Grove Mr. and Mrs. Earl Elliott visited last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in St. Clair, Michigan. The regular community Bible Study group met last Tuesday at the home of Marg VanRooyan. A visitor with Teresa Farrell last Thursday was. John Paul Greenwood of Ripley. Mr. and Mrs. Garry Farrell attended the funeral of Roy MacDonald of Parkhill on Friday. Sympathy is extended to Laura on the death of her grandfather. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lawes, the former Sheila Nicholson, and Michael of Princeton, B.C. spent the last two weeks visiting at the home of her sister, Margo, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Middelcamp and family. Kathy and Vicki Dore and Janice Brown of London visited on the weekend at the Dore home. Also visiting there, was Sheila Lawes -of Princeton, B.C. Judy Thompson visited with Mae Dore last Wednesday even- ing. Wilma Sutton recently hosted a meeting to plan the coming year's program of the Purple Grove Institute. Attending were Mar- jorie Thompson, Marilyn Reid and Deanna Scott. Mrs. John T. Lynn, a mission- ary on furlough from Kenya, Africa, had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sutton and family on Sat. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nicholson on the birth of•their new grandson, John Nicholson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Woody Nicholson of Peterbor- ough. Debbie and Brenda Fair return- ed Sunday after a most enjoyable week spent at Sedgwick, Alberta as guests of students Lana Mayne and Lisa Quast. These two girls visited at Fair's the week before as part of the Kincardine. High School exchange.