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Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 24, 1979—Page 5
Homecoming issue traces Sentinel history
The following article was taken from the
Great Home -Gathering Issue of the Lucknow
Sentinel, dated Thursday, August 11, 1910.
The paper was brought in to the office by
Mr. Bill Robertson of Scarboro, formerly of
Ripley.
The Sentinel - Its Life History in Brief
With 1874 The Sentinel was born, an
initial number having been issued the first
week in January of that year. The founders
were two enterprising young men, them-
selves practical printers, who came to
Lucknow from Kincardine ,Messrs. Bowers
and Hunt. The office was first located in Mr.
Grahams Block on Campbell St. The new
enterprise appears to have met with a
favorable reception, Mr. Robert Graham and
others taking an active part in promoting a
circulation,In its first form The Sentinel was
a modest five column, four page sheet, and
like all beginners of that day was printed on
a Washington press:
The founders did not long remain in
possession, the business passing, after a
year or more, into the hands of Mr. D. B.
Boyd. Mr. Boyd moved' the plant across the
street into a frame building which it was
destined to occupy for three decades. In the
third year after taking possession Mr. Boyd
died. His widow however, continued the
business until her marriage to Mr. James
Bryan who had been in charge of the
mechanical department. Mr, Bryan's con-
nection with The Sentinel, as editor and
” proprietor, lasted about a quarter of a
century, until October of 1906.when he sold
out to the late Mr. J. Albert MacGregor. He
had enlarged the paper to eight pages with
six columns to the page, and improved the
plant by the addition of a Campbell Cylinder
press. Mr, MacGregor moved the plant to
the premises which it now occupies on the
corner of Campbell and Wheelock streets. In
the summer of 190$ Mr. J. L. Naylor, B.A.
became proprietor. Not being a practical
printer, Mr. Naylor gave more attention to
the literary side of the business than had any
of his predecessors and a marked improve-
ment was the result. He also enlarged the
page to seven columns;. But Mr. Naylor did
not take kindly to the various vexations and
worries of a newspaper publisher and with
the close of 1909 terminated his journalistic
career, by selling the paper to the present
publisher who is also proprietor of The
Teeswater News. Being occupied with. the
Teeswater business, Mr. McKenzie has
delegated in large measure the editing of the
Sentineland the conducting of the business
generally to Mr. W. J. Wraith.
Sharp farm tax
increase expected
Ontario farmers can expect
their local taxes to rise -by up
to 50% next year, Peter
Hannam, president, Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
(OFA).,' warned local farmers
today.
Hannam said Peterbor-
ough County farmers. could
see their taxes go up
10 - 40%. Taxes in urban
areas of thecounty are
expected to drop. Similar
rural increases are expected
throughout the rest of. Ont-
ario.
The larger increases . for
rural residents are due to the
provincial government lifting
the freeze on equalization
factors which have been un-
changed since 1970.
Hannam_ said that since
the -freeze in 1970, pressures
have forced up the value of..
farm properties much faster
than, urban properties. As a
result, farmers would be
forced to bear a larger share
of county and regional costs.
"The shift of costs from
urban to rural areas is unac-
ceptable”, said Hannam..
"Taxes should be based on
the ability to pay and not on
inflation -inflated land valu- '
es".
Hannam said the provin-
cial government had already
recognized the injustice of
the present tax system when
they introduced a farm tax
reduction program. This
shifting of costs to rural
municipalities will make an
unjust "system worse.
Hannam concluded that if
the provincial . government
insists , upon this readjust-
ment of county costs,- the
OFA will demand a compen-
sating adjustment be made
immediately in the farm tax
reduction program;.
... this Hallowe'en, remember, it's the
International Year of the Child.
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Announcement.
a
Lucknow District Co-op
Wishes to announce
FRANK WEISHAR
R. ' R 2, TEESWATER
Will be servicing and installing oil furnaces
Frank has 13 years experience and is fully licensed
During Store Hours Call S29-7953
After Hours Call Collect 392-6670 or if no answer
call collect 357-3608 or 357-1SS8
Contact
Lucknow: District Co-op.
REMODEL
NOW
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John W. Henderson Lumber Ltd., have all the
materials you will need to complete the project....
COLONIAL PINE WALL PANELS'
(overlay panels)
810.79. ea.
Weiser Locks
Passage Sets
Bathroom Locks
Key in. Knob Sets
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John W. Henderson
lumber Ltd. \'
Phone 528-3118 Lucknow
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