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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-08-24, Page 21.4c44 Two THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,' ONnRIQ. `livionotaimyt AUG. 2't1. 1964;, .. THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL. LUCKNOW,- ONTARIO "The `Sepoy Town" . the., Huron -Bruce Boundary . A, ithorized as second class :'ma i',. Post Office Department,, Ottawa Established j 1873 -Published Each , Wednesday Afternoon, Member of the C.W.N.A and the O.W.N.A." Subscription Rate, $3.00 a year, in advance '--.. to the U,S.A♦, $4.00 L, Campbell Thoxnpsrn and Donald C Thompson, Publishers ,. WEDNESDAY, 24th,, 1960 WHAT JUSTICE, , IS . THIS? Who was it who said the .law is an ass? There are times when the quotation is 'fitting, and when'. the administration of the law' :appears most asinine. Such . wasthe case in the Manitoba . ' judgment which:. requires that a couple MI -1St give up ;an eight-year-old boy, ' whom they have. raised since 'the . age of three,' and were prevented from adopting on re Ii lois grounds as: stipulatedin the Mani- toba Welfare Act, This couple ; have had : the 'child 'dur ing . its formative 'years whenthe bonds of love, devotion and dependency :are' most strongly' forged and ,,demonstrated; in ,the • parent-child' relationship •s To severe these Monds in wha seems m nothing ,.short of .one : ,brutal wrench ' has , no religious, : moral or humanitarian justi- fication. •r . COMPLEX' BUSINESS• Farthing has becoiilie quite., a complex '' . ,a i.g ,, 9u P. ss: . Time was and not so ', longago;,*. busine . o,, g when with some cultivation ''tools, a seed drill, mower, rake, binder, .and 'a. team of horses, the farmer was in business ,' Today ,there is such a ` muitiphcity of .. plower machinery on the. farm, that 'ohe; can cruise along'' the:' highway, and be `.a bit: con- fused -as lo onfused-as:to what's ;going an, over the fence We. must admitour uncertainty, about some of the :mechanical devices, ;and at ' times • feel almost like . ; a `city slicker by .cur: ignorance, despite the .fact we've •pleasur- • ably- rubbed shoulders with . farm folk all our life,. • And methods continue to. `chan e: A • • comparatively new harvest . procedure' is being tried out onvarious farins• ' The grain • is swathed,' then .' gathered ; and` baled with hay.The bales go to the threshing.., machine at the barn, where -the bale eleva- tor leva •tor'hoists them to the separator (no more forking sheaves), and the . straw is 'then" blown into the barn as desired.. ' • 'This' is getting back : to the "old" method of threshing . at 'the barn:- •tut cuts. .. down ' the' manpower required arid "back- breaking , work. • And'.• peaking of threshing - a' boun- tiful crop, generally, is .being harvested in direct 'contrast to the gloomy' prospects this spring during' a :very wetseeding'sea-• son. There ,has been 'almost:• a complete ab- sence of , storms :• this' 'summer and grain fields 'never stood better. The harvest wea-; ther to:'; date has been excellent, and. the. ..farmer •who '"is in frequent "combat"" with the elements, hasbeen. getting "the breaks" from the weatherman. Truly, in ' thindistrict, the ' promise of seedtime and harvest never' faileth, . MORE. INFLATION The Bank of Montreal Business Re- view for June; is a timely and informative article . on "Canadian Dollar Decline." Point of the comment "is t the high. pre- miuin..on the Canadian dollar, which •has prevailed until recently, 'reflects the growth of debt by provincial and municipal gov ernments — • debt that, in very large• amount, is held in the U°S: A premium' on the• Canadian' dollar is no occasion'' for. pride. Rather, it reflects ..the fact that thiscountry is living beyond its income .and; going into debt abroad. Effect of too `match .government debt abroad is to worsen, the competitive' position . of Canadian' • exports in foreign markets,• to encourage • imports to the point of excess," to the • detriment of eir ploy nerit opportun. ities in Canada, and to injure • seriously the Canadian tourist trade..." • • `FARM . MISHAPS. COSTLY . A. 12 -months'. farm accident survey has brought the unenviable distinction to. Bruce County. of having more farm fatali ties. than all other surrounding . counties, 'The 'Bruce County Farm Ae`cident survey which,: 'ended 'last February, reveals. that seventeen rural ' people lost their lives dur-. • •' ing. the . preceding year Compilation of statistics 'reveals': several •hundred of acci- dents, high :property damage and /medical . . bills;. and: as ;well pinpointed: '.where ` . and • how accidents happened, ,In co-operation' with . the Bruce Fed..-. eration. .of Agriculture ' and the Ontario Department of Agriculture at 'Walkerton, more than 140 reporters . recorded the , 342 accidents,,,, to farmeo le of the County P p � last year, .Permanent injuries resulted-fror"n ' 1.2 . of the accidents, and .temporary from' 248. ;Days lost frotr ;work As a result are.., listed;' as 7,054 . and 'medical bills- resulting: were .$40,890. Property damage was. $17.1,423.:' S It would take 22. risen working .:six clay': weeks, a whole 'Year.: ' to compensate 'for:the work . the inured . Were . "unable:. to. attend to.: If their' time was, worth but *. 50: cents an. hour, the 'loss 'would be $35,270. Estimated total financial loss ' to far- mershcounty .. e of t.'$247,853.',this: re- presents presents ;1,239 . head. of .cattle at 20• ",cents a pound ,or. 6,196. market weight .pigs('. It.`. represents .$66:00 which could :.be paid on` the taxes of :each farm in'.:Brucel • •••• The 1.7 farm fatalities in . Bruce is, a greater. number • of deaths than :the 'total: which . happened. 'to non-farm.' folk in: traf fic and • drowning' accidents,' yet . farmers' make', 'up • only ` 4'4 % of . the population of Bruce, . Nine of the fatalities; to farmers.: oc cubed' on. highways:;:; Working 'in tle`bush' and ' working with a farm ' .tractor each claimed three lives.'; One :farm . person was drowned, and .One . list his life. when 'struck b. a train..'• Throughout hout the Province 7,835 . ?:.a .cident's were reported: Laves lost' as a' result were, 293, Permanent 'injuries were sus tained;' by .336. rural':persons and to 54368 the' injuries were regarded as em oras •�l' Y There were 1 12,493_ days lost from /11work ivaing the:year and hospital bills:. "were' '$300,977. Property •damage was es-. timated at • $5,2:53; 799. ' y .One in: every eleven Bruce farm . fami- lies. had a 'Member involved ✓ in a farm ac, cident last year: Farm buildings other than the farm home,: led all •other places. as. site for ' the 342 accidents reported to: the Bruce:County Farm..Safety Council. ',Here, '31.6 per cent of the. accidents : occurred. Accidents ' off the. farm ;such. as `traffic accidents, etc, were responsible: for 28.4 per. cent of the total. ' Next came.'the':fields, lanes and•., bush - lots which accounted for 17..3 per cent closely~ followed by_ the farm l omen itself where' 15;2 per cent occurred.'"'.Mier shop, garage or implement shed saw .2.7 per cent of: accidents and '.2 per- cent, occurred, ,to fano '.youngsters .:while they were . at ' school. . But 1 '1 of . these 1.7 rural deaths result' ed from : accidents off the, farm. Nine 'of.. the I. 1 deaths occurred on , roads,' one" of a ' r il' a lway track and one by drowning.. Motor vehicles. retrain . the most serious ,threat; to farm life and limb. • • Complete statistics and information on `the survey are available at the Agricul- tural Representatives -office 'at Walkerton. • Teeswater' Chief of. Police has con. menced laying' charges ` against those who persist in tire -screeching and other types of Moronic car driving: It•, is a crack down which '• will :meet. with . hearty approval and' it is hoped it sets. a pattern for • all munici- palities similarly afflicted.. Lucknow is no exception., Lo"OK`I .E. ,'BAC#C; IAIA'RDS' THROUGH THE SEN"NE 'F'..ES. Sixty Yearn Ago Jaynes Gaunt ' of Whitechurch and, an. ex -warden of Bruce, commenced the . extensive ••breed- ing of a Polled Angus herd. IRev: F A.: ' ,MacLennan of South Kinloss . church, performed the marriage of Bell MacKenzie of Con. 2', Kinloss ` and David Thornpson of Luckr,ow; Prize .withers at an ice.. carni- val staged by .Mr. 'Gay, manager of- Larne 'rink 'were .as follows: Ernie Murchison, Bertha ,Allin, May ,Lyons; Ethel . McLaren, George Berry,. Millie Murchison, Eldon 'Siddall, Alvie Fleming.. P. H. MacKenzie: was president of the Kinloss' Branch Fall tural Society, (as theFall Fair was, then. called) and had a .sue-, cessful year which enabled 'a payment of ,$525: to the 'new fair grounds. . • Mary . Christena Watson and Neil. Campbell of West Wawa - nosh •were married by Rev. A. MacKay. of Luoknow. Rev. • Father . Dixon parish Priest- of the • K.ingsbrudge rand Lneknaw " carigregations died., at the age of 41. • , .• Amusing. ,articles appeared' in the. early • files of the . Weekly press, and in 'those days • they called '"a .spade,. ` a 'spade." The dangers. of cigarette :smoking,: are very : controversial' today., Sixty • years:. ,ago this ;item of "fact" • was going the rounds "David: Hurley a 19 -year-old Paris, Ontario : boy died ,from : the effects of eigaretite .smoking• : Iis• Mather :said the; boy smoked $5:00 worth of cigarettes_ _a week ..He. had. shrivelled up until • he look ed :.like an , old 'man: his Lungs were in bad 'shape and he was very thin♦". The father ' requested; the ease •ibe made public. as a warning to other., boys: Forty: Year Ago Charles:, and Victor ` Durniu, rented the bld Town Half. and equipped it as a machine • shop, 'Twenty-si,e . merchants coin, bined to stage., their, second an nual dollar 4 day. ;Participating .were Cameron, Murdoch 3z A,:. R. Finlayson,, Wm. 'Connell,, W. J. Little,. McLeod and •Joynt, W.. W. Hill, J, • G. Armstrong;, Ackert' and, Rathwell, Peter Graf,, T.• W. Smith, R. J. Button; Alex lion,' Wm. • A1lin, ' F`, T. Armstrong, ; D. R. McIntosh, Mrs, N. L• CaniPbell, • Mrs. M. A., Tre- leaven; Lucknow Hardware, and: Coal Co.,, A. Blitzstei), A Davison, A. M. Spenee, Con. Dec- aker,' N. D. MacKenzie, Johnston: Brothers, ...Thomas E. Smith, D. Mallough, , . Wm: 1Vturdie bought the Camp-, P bell •Block, occupied by the Post Office and Johnston's • furniture Store. J. J. Smith 'sold. his ' farm o> the 6th of Kinloss to 'MacKinnon .Brothers, and bought ' the John, IL tt'I<e farm,., east • of'• Luoknow, 'from Andrew Kirk. A: E Mortis' was appointed section foreman at Dray ' ton, and. sold his Lucknow resi- dence to Jake. Miller ,of Kinloss, W, lyl.. Moise who` was• at the time acdountant, at Delhi was' appointed manager of the Coats- worth 'branch :of ' the . 1Violsons, Bank. The death • Of . Alexander. Mac-. Millan ,occurred at Teeswater; in his 101st year. 'Milas . MacMillan, who. • fanned east ; :of Lucknoir was the .only son of a family. of seven:. • • At 'the 'home. .of Mrs. ; James Irwin in Lucknow, her eldest daughter, Margaret became the bride of Kenneth Agnew of Mil- ton.• WEST WAWANOSH NATIVE,` •• LAST OF FAMII.Y;: PASSES " 'The • death of George: Cameron Who,, was . born on. •October 2nd,, 1872, in..West 'Wawa: osh -on the. ,farm: on 'the Boundary ' now own- ed by Gordon Morrison, ' occur- red 'in Toronto : General.. Hospital -ori .Wednesday, August 17th. was in 'his . •88th year, Mr. Cameron was the " last mernber of the : `family. of ` Alex- ander Cameron and Kenatha -MacKenzie, • who `lie in South Kiril ss; 'CemeterlWhere George was( buried in . the 'family . plot on ,Saturday: Service was can-. • ducted: at " the. MacKenzie • Mem orial Chapel by Rev. Howard W. Strapp. .George was a bricklayer by, trade and .had lived in Detroit DAWSON :CITY CONNECTED. WITH',REST OF. THE WORLD. For :the first tithe in it's his ,tory,'. Dawson` City has direct telephone and• telegraph "service with the rest. • of . the, world. A' new 35G mile long-distance tele- phone: and' telegraph' line now connects ..Dawson city with Whitehorse. • • 1 • Prior :• •to ':the .. construction : o£` the ' line -by Canadian . National Telegraphs, , the only, .'comniuni- • Cations 'service into. Dawson City was" by, wireless telegraph The' `opening!: of the Erie coincides' with Dawson' ;City's "Founders Day" . celebration: Exactly` 62 `years ago, :gold was discovered at Dawson City,,•the,'birth . of one of the • Yukon's' fastest=growing centres. for, many years: • For the . past 'several years. he : had; been .in:'a Musing home in . Toronto, .ucknow t, and 0 SUPPLIES . for'... !Strict. 1960 - 6 ih School :ists will'be completed and,posted in the store this week YOU MAY VIEW THEM AT YOUR LEISURE Zie }j r Cases Three -Ring Binders Iaidex For Same' Loose' Leaf 'Fillers Pencil Pouches' Crayon's 0.. What We Haven't Eft, i ' • '. • '1Y.' '.. $.95.-' $12.00' P Fountain �. ens Ball Point Pens Typewriter 'Pads. Mathematical Sets • ' Pencils n Stock We Will .Gladlyt Procure. EI,�rUrrjbach Pharmac; lieadquarterrs Por .School Su' lies pp'