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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."
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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,
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