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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-08-16, Page 19THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL; 4KM)% ONTARIO PAGE NINISTUN 1,72 tC, • • !. :int :se ••• rand nds ek, . Raul. Ifff - st:f , Cain the acticed ecl the ' eld and . t..ed en R.R. 7 Lucknow Lanes Phone 529-7248 FolE 401 S LIBBY'S CATSUP' 11 oz. — 2 for 45c LIDO SPAGH ETTI OR MACARONI Suppliets of local firms will also be receiving a letter in the mail asking for their support.' All donations of $5 or over will receive an official receipt valid as a charitable donation for in- come tax purposes. • "Get In The •Swim" , welcome the .canvasser when he calls on you and remember that it is' in the interest of the entire community that he iscalling.. It is hoped that the canvass will be complet-. ed as quickly 'as •possible and ,your assistance will be appreciated. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1601, Relates Interesting Events Of First . Year In Ghana Rose Family an To Visit Great Britain and Europe This Summer heat down piece con. r. Re' , oven revent -71*- 3112 Canadian High Commission. p.o..Box 1639 Accra , Ghana , West Africa June 14, 1972. Dear Don, It is almost a year since we left Canada to come to Ghana and Ifelt that our friends in the Luck- now-Ripley area might. be interest ed in some of our activities and ur life in Ghana during the past • ear. To date our stay in Ghana has been very pleasant. Perhaps the eatest frustration that we. have is hat--a ,large-amount-of-our-mail oes not arrive from Canada and e often wonder how many' of our tters'fail to arrive in Canada, • Fortunately the Sentinel arrives egularly within a week. 'We have even had it arrive on the Monday following the week of being published and this is faster ban we used to receive it' in ' Rainy River. (Editor's note: Dan's , aper is sent air mail now. Regiil- r surface mail proved useless). can assure that every issue is , eally appre-c-iated. We en-joy b Wylds' colurn on Ripley as it eepsus up-to-date on that corn- unity as well. Somehow Can- ada does not seem so far away hen you get the local news from ome regularly. In addition we e always interested in 'the • ' citiVites of people and organiza- ions in the district. We certain- y look forward to the time when e will return to Can4da to take rain those activities. Despite the fact that we look rward to returning to Canada we re enjoying our life in Ghana' and n many occasions we have been age to realize just, how small ead thoroughly ; When you're--Pialed-'-anid-as-ther"trici-+e— inany modern city while outside his far away news from home is My work since our arrival has volved teaching at the Univer- y as well •a.s assisting with the velopment of extension work in e Faculty of Agriculture. There e eight of here-from-the Limy - sity of Guelph working 'in Food fence and Nutrition , Home Ec- ,ornics and Agriculture, The ograrn is sponsored by"the Can- ian International Development ency (c D. A ) and pur - e is to assist the development the various departments by allowing them to send faculty and graduate students to Guelph for further training, On their return to Ghana they will take, over the _positions of the staff members from Guelph who will then return to Canada. Since our arrival we have been able to take a number of short' trips to neighbouring countries. Namely Togo, Dahomey, Niger- ia and Ivory Coast. We are also planning a short trip to Northern Ghana and Upper - Volta. All of these trips have been most interest- ing and have included visits to the Universities of Ibadan and_Ifeja_L. Nigeria, to Ganvie (a stilt village out in a lagoon) in Dahomey and to Abidjan a very modern city in Ivory Coast. • :the sidewalks are crowded with members of the Lucknow may not receive a letter , will be that are being,taken to get the The contrasts in these 'develop- ing countries are tremendous. Its not .unusual to meet a new M.F. 165 tractor on the highway and in a field alongside see a al farmer working his plot, with a short handled hoe and cutlass. In the cities are modern depart- ment stores where goods are dis- is that imported goods are becom- ing extremely scarce and we ex- pect that in the future all but the rnost-most -krnported goods will be unavailable. The reason 'for this situation is 'the country's foreign exchange has been depleted and the govern- ment is attempting to build up, reserves and strell•gthen the econ- omy. In conjunction with ithis there. is .a great drive on to in- crease the production of food locally. I'm sure that there will. be plenty of food produced but there .may be prohlemi of distri- bution and storage at harvest tim e ~.D~pi.te,.this._orle~mus recognize the value of the steps, Out in support -of the campaign • Any, donations from :others ,.who are .KINLOSS. - Barry Johnston, G. W. VanderKlippe, Don Bushell, Gordon MacDonald, Ken Houston, John Hodgrtil;a'Led-Miiifay;Grant Eckenswiller, Dunc Campbell, Ernie King. • 'DUNGANNON - Mrs. Cecil Blake. Fotmer residents at a distance, Who are .on The Sentinel mailing list, will be receiving a letter . , from the committee inviting them to be part of the project. "It is felt that many, who retain an interest in their. home community, will be willing to assist. • III " countr yts-eLTonermy-bac-k-orr-a sound basis. Also since the coup there has been a.great campaign 'against tax evasion and corruption in general. The army seems very efficient at tax collecting and there have been great line-ups - of people waiting to pay their leyy. •The army has also been active in getting more product- ivity out of government operated enterprises. Shortly after the Coup_, army officer_s_started visiting government, offices and "baskets of falm produce and a mattress to wheel barrows, tubs of water , tools, chainsaws, huge ed to Aliattarydrilling-irt-pirb- • anyone not at work on time , was locked out. Thoie who came late were assembled and subject- , and given lectures on the import- ance of disCipline. The methods may seem harsh by our standards but they were effective and in a country where there is much un- employment I a.m sure 'the drilling was much more acceptable to those affected than outright dis- missal. • At present here at the Univerr sitY we are busy marking papers And preparing the_ final reports of the academic year. Examina- tions are over and the'long vaca- tio_a_will start . t the end' of June. We plan to visit Great Britain and Europe this summer with a'rented camper. We are all looking forward to the holiday, particu- larly the phange_in climate._ We are always pleased to hear of our friends in Canada both in personal mail and through the -local papers. Please note that Since January 13 , 1972 Ghana our address has been changed and ,h as been under the corkol of all mail should be sent to D. I. Military government. T coup. RoSe c/o Canadian High Commis- was bloodless and aside from ar,Tri- skin, Box 1639, Accra , Ghana. ed soldiers -gtrarding s rategit Hopefully this will-result in more buildings such as the airport , consistant rimail delivery. radio stations, telegraph offices and Manning roadside check points things went on quite norm- ally. In recent weeks the army personnel have disappeared from the cheek points and everything • is normal. The one big change • . • • • Many others have volunteered ' Died InHospital their services as canvassers and, as of Saturday of last week,' they Mrs. William T. ROulston, a were: resident at Pinecrest Manor, Luck-, now , passed away at Wingham WEST WAWANOSH t Harold Fzrington, Bill. MacPherson, Keith and District Hospital on Monday, August .14th in her 87th. year. Kilpatrick, Vern Hunter, Frank The funeral service will be. IyIcQuillin, Joe Hickey. held on. Wednesday, August 16th SWIMMING ,POOL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 • club members were present. These 25. men personally pledged $2500 from their own pockets, as well as agreeing to canvass in support of the project. It-is 'assumed that the other 15 club members who were unable to be present that evening will also be willing to assist financially, • making quite a sizeable base•to start the campaign on. • • I- ally-is-gettingl—For great bundles of firewood are car , xample, the week that we arriv- ried in this manner. Small child' in Ghana. we had to visit a ten are as proficient. as adults and octor (Ghanaian) and found that it is rare to see .a headload had practised in Seaforth. Later .fall even when the person is running en visiting some friends I met to avoid traffic.• Needlets to school teacher from Hamilton say the posture of the people is o had worked in the Rainy excellent ,. • ver District with people we ow. A few weeks ago, Sheila , he wt fe6-1 a doctor om California , told us, that her other from Winnipeg had inqUir-. d about us. It Wins out that she related to pep* in Rainy er by the name of Smith that e-know-quite well. I believe s lady's mother and also the miths or their ancestors , riginally came from Ripley. st recently we met Jane.(Stein- rg) a girl from North Bay who related.to Mrs. Jadk Farrell 'at pley and who has vadationed in e Ri pley -Kincardine area. The Ghanaian people are gen- erally very'happy and friendly. They respond to a wave or a greeting with great smiles and Waves in return. The children are beautiful and when they dress for church or .some 'special occa- sion are a sight to behold-.---0-f course as in any society there. are those who spoil'it. Here in Ghana petty thievery is a.problem that one must always guard again -st but-on the other hand violent crimes seem to be declin- ing, particularly armed robbery. Perhaps the recently instituted • sentence of death for,this crime is serving as a deterrent. ' petty , traders selling an endless array of goodS from trays carried on their heads or from small stands. Most farm produce moves froin the farm by headload. There are •no beasts Aburden in these countries. The women '•• carry almost 'everything to. market Headloading may seem very inefficient but I have seen people' carrying loads on their heads that could not possibly be carried by a single person in any other way for any appreciable distance. Everything from a' bed, including Sincerely, 'Dan. Ruth, Dan, David, Allison and Sheila Rose. We all send our best wishes. 309. The 'Legion have earmark- ed proceeds4rom their weekly' bingos in August and September towards the pool fund, as well as proceeds from.two dances in Aug- ust and September and any rent money for the. hall received from groups raising 'money for the pools fund. A thermometer, located at the post office, will chart the progress of the campaign as it progresses. All donations will be acknowledg- ed in The Lucknow Sentinel. Bob Finlay, campaign chair- man, reports that in addition to err f ub li eu • 111 at 2 p.m. at Memor- vF ASHFIELD.- John Austin, Jim ial Chapel, Lucknow. Bradley , Warren Zinn, Ernie Gib- Interment will be in Greenhill son, Grant Farrish, Ross Eedy• Cemetery, WAGSTAFFE'S JAMS 24 Oz. jars 59c We have Grain Guard in stock • GENERAL__ R NOLTY y STORE 4 ,