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2500 invitations mailed for 1958 reunion
(from the 1958 Centennial minute book, as. compiled
by the late Stuart E. Collyer, who was secretary..) •
By Febmary 15 of the Centennial .celebration year,
2,000 names had been received by the invitation.
committee. Twenty-five hundred invitations were to
be sent out immediately, -
The program committee was making progress. The
Toronto Police Association was to send 12 men, for
travelling expenses, to stage a demonstration of toss-
ing the cabre, discus throwing, etc'. A letter was to be
sent to the Detroit Police commission regarding the
possibilityof a team from there to provide competi-
tion for the Toronto team. . .
The Toronto Girls' Pipe Band would `send 10 to 12
girls for $110 per girl and transportation. ,
The Toronto Scottish would bring 20 members and
a leader for a fee. of $15 per member and $30 for a
leader, phis .transportation.
A $500 program was being. booked with afire-
works company.
From the Feb.• 26 meeting we found, this comment.
"It was reported that at Embro the Toronto and
Detroit police force teams got out of . band after too
much refreshment" After discussion: on the merits of
staging a Scottish competition or hiring some bands
for the day, a showing of hands proved the meetingto
be in favor of hiring, bands.
The historical committee reported attempts were
being made to rent part,of the Hedley building -on
main street to be used as a picture gallery. •
John Brent wasto meet with the program commit=.
tee to discuss the program in general and to provide
information regarding musicians' unions, fees etc.
The St. Anlrew's band of Detroit was eager to
,attend thereunion- 18 members plus 6 dancers for a
fee :;$.350 plus about $125 in transportations.
The Toronto 48th Highlanders could supply a band
of 20 to 25. members at $12• each, $24 for' a leader and
$175 for transportation.
Icy resurfa.cer
is not a.
am
Dear editor, •
It- has been brought to
our attention recently that
in a recent edition .of.. the
Lucknow Sentinel, there
was. an -item, "The Club
spearheaded the Novice
hockey. tournament, the
Zamnboni' for the• arena,..."
.(Sentinel . May 28 40
years of Lionises):
We note the promi•
nent
mention of our .trademark
"Zamboni" and . its..'proper
capitalization. However,
we would liketo point out
that the unit that , was pur-
chased is .not a Zarnboni
Ice Resurfacer and was',
produced by a different
manufacturer.
We introduced the, first•;
Sentine
Memoirs
70'yens ago
:
July. 7, 1927
ood slogan - : Sometimes'
�Lucknow-seems`a-bit slow in
getting a thing done, but it
rarely fails to make a good job of.
what it ttmdertakes.`•
The town .signWarns for which
civic patriots have been looking at for
sometime; were set upintime for the
Dominion Day; celebration. •
• The incoming traveller is wel-
comed
with "You: are iii. Lucknow-
now
ucknow now ' Drive canny," over a , large
horseshoe:4 the time-honored emblem
ofluck.
The slogan was submitted by. Mrs.
Dr: Connell and she won, the prize Of
$10.'
Tire departing • traveller . sees:
"Always welcome to our Sepoy
Town."a
_
The painting was .done by Mr.
Ernest Scott, sign painter, and
line piece of workmanship;
50 Years ago
MOO, 10,1947
err main street lighting - A
new street light setup prcr
vides. for 23 , lights 'from
Finlayson's corner to the Supertest
garage. They will be in staggered for-
mation, on six-foot brackets 'at a
height of 20 to 22 feet The fixtures,
for .a .new reflector. 'design; Will con=
tarn: 500 'hundred watt lamps. East
.and west of this section, 11 lights are
-proposed on a-ninefoot bracket ,with
lamps of lower wattage either 200 or
300. •
Train derailed : - Derailment of a
freight train, south of 'Ripley, caused a
34;. hour traffic disruption before
repairs were. Made to tie hne
Resigns ' post here ,• -'Alex
MacLeod, who has for.1.7 years effi_
ciently fulfilled the duties of ` Kinloss,
township roadsuperintendent' has.'
resigned.
25 years ago
July 12,1972
wimnung .pool gets approval -
Lucltnowand District Lions
Club has agreed to spearhead a
drive F to raise, funds by public dona, -
tion , to install a. swimming' pool in'
• Lucknbw to serve the... surrounding
area,
Purchasee bowling alley -. Mr. and
Mrs. David Sproul of Nile area have
purchased the Lucknow Bowling •
Alley from W. and Mrs. Bob Fairish:
Sells main .street block. � ,Art
Breckles has sold his apartment block
on; Campbell Street to .Mr. and Mrs.
(Sharon Stanley) Tony Bedard of
Toronto.
•
•
1 .i
ice resurfacer'to .the sports
-?world ahnost 50 years ago
and it has been .copied but
never duplicated., We've
invested much money,
effort andh pride, to make
'and' keep Z'annboni prod-
.
ucts ,the best available. As
'ya result, for many people -
the. Zamboni name lxas
become synonymous with
ire a iefs.
alt anal:
peareditor;
has Come <to. join, attention that if the,
latest (county) amlgamation proposal is
approved we will be forced to become
one department with Kincardine We'
have been informed that plans have.
already`been=initiated- to 'take over control
of th'e'notal departments •(Luckpow acrd
Ripley): by centralizing management and
operations 'in Kincardine. -
As chiefs of . Ripley and Lucknow, we
attended a fire department amalgamation
meeting in Markdale put on by the. fire
Marshal's office. One question .: asked
point blank was' `what, savings have been
seen by departments forced to. amalga-
mate'"...
The answer was "absolutely none. and
in fact; costs .have risen significantly in
every case. Some departments have also
lost trained, dedicated volunteers due:to,
this restructuring process." •
Rip ley • and Lucknow departments -
operate. mainly as lural departments With
no full tune. employees: This keeps costs
very low without loosing ,our, effective-
ness ;.
• 'Speaking on,behalt of Lucknow and
District Fire' Department, our budget has
been less 'than $58;000 • per year for many
.years. This ;represents a. cost to„each, of
the four municipalities of less than
$15,000 per year - something we should
all be proud of as rani sure there are.:not
many _departments that can make similar
statements.. : .
,On behalf of the Ripley -Huron Fire
:Department, with Operating costs of less
than $65,000 per year, we feel that our
cornnitunity has been served with well-
trained and dedicated firefighters.
Amalgamation that will put unwarranted
rules, tegulalions and costs upon us ;will
s ,
•
ice resurfacing machines.
Please remember that our
trademark isalways 'ail`
adjective (...Zambon i Ice
Resurfacer) and .never as
('noun (...a zamboni).;
If we can. ;provide any
additional explanation.., or
information please lets.
u
know.
Frank Zamboni:
Executive Vice -President:
•
conce ne
amation
tot increase or itnprove the' serviceto the.
community.
We may be 'volunteers but we take
great pride in the job we do to serve our
:communities. ,
Lncltnow'and Ripley Fite ,Departments
have an excellent working 'an'angement 5
and are both: operated ;sensibly and pro-
fessionelly'and at very low costs...
M chiefs, we suggest to councils: that ,.
if this amalgamation plan gods through
that fire departments. should remain as
'separate entities' and retain our own bud-
gets as:,per our':individual needs. We do
• not want to absorb any `costs from a large
er departments '
'Another concern: we4 as fire ehiefs,
- have is -the lack ''of information that the
county has given us (mainly, none).
This letter has the support of the 43
firefighters of Lucknow and .Ripley.
"Districts; '
Peter S teer,: Chief,
Lucknow & District Fire Department.:
Doug Martyn, Chief, ,
Ripley -Huron District Fire Department. •
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