HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-03-05, Page 6George A Greer; 4. Alex liedleyf S. Nelson ILONA O.
Nicholas' Hedley,; 7. Hector. McKay, Whitechurch and 8.
'Henry Mothers. Others are unidentified but are believed to
be from Whitecliarth. 'The picture was brought to the
Sentinel by Harold Greer, Luclmow.
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Stauffer Street, back of the old tannery
site. The inieting was of the opinion one,
well would be sufficient. The second well
was not' suggested,to make sure of
ample supply-of-water, hut nansparantee
against accident.
. The view taken by the meeting was
that, as we don't do things:that way in our
own private affairs, we need not do it for
the village, It is something like a than
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75 FEARS` AGO .
The sliver medal, contest Was,,heitt' in
Lucknow Thursday' night. at the Town;
Hall, Shr ,contestants Misses Macintosh,'
Wiit-7•47711enderseti, MaVI;eudi— Moody
and Graham showed 'they possess con-
siderable elecutibnary talent and their
respective' Selections 'reflect Much credit
not only 'on; themselves but also on Miss
La Campbell who so kindly 'assisted thefil
in their preparation, The judges .decided
that Miss Moody should receive ..the'
mectal and the presentation was made by
Rev. Millyard.
From the war reports now dribbling in,
it is abundantly evident that the Russian
army has met With another &feat, The
news is all from. Russian sources; and to it
the standard:set by-past fights and former
RusSian reports we incline to look for
news of great importance. The .despat-
ches, tell of desperate fighting, bayonet
charges, pyrcpsyliti (gun cotton) explo-
sionS, grenade fighting and great loss' to
the Japanese, but, they all concede defeat
in the end. large numbers of wounded
are in, and there are many indications
that the battle was a sanguinary .one.
Iteeping two cars so that if one won't start,
he can. fall back , on the other. ,A
consideration which carried much weight
with council was that Winghain, a town
twice the size of Lucknow, has gotten ,
-.along with'only one well,for 199.years 'and
neVer 'had need Of a second well and
puniP. •
The outcome of the meeting 'was that it'
advised. council to proceed with a one well
' scheme costing $65,000. An electric
booster pump, which was proposed in the
plan to be installed along with a gasoline
booster pump was regarded as unnec-
essarY and was eliminated.
The estimate of $65,000 will meet every
contingency and is not likely to be
reached.
The invasion of Afghanistan by the' there is little Consolation in the assurance
Russians has: renewed the cold war that no one will be stupid enOugh to push
between the Americans and the Russians the button and start a nuclear 'war:
and brought about a step up in militarism Non.lviolent resistance. was used by
in the United .States, Ghandi in India and by the Civil. rights
There is an increased awareness of movement in the United States as the
military capabilities with the resulting letter to the editor points out.
review of Canada's defence strength. Instead of spending more money on
Facing a third world, war is a different military weaponry that is outdated as
situation , that the preface to A first or soon..- as :.it-is_put into_use.„ Canada should
second world war. A third world war establish a peace budget.
would mean certain atinihiliation of •the . Canada should use het resources to
world. ;promote peace .and bring peace around
We need to rethink our attitude they world and to establish a non-violent
towardS defence in the face of aggression defence system'to protect the country of
from outside our bordrs. Canada from an invader.
. A form of passive resistance is worth It requires the involvement of the
considering because it is doubtful :that civilian population and it is a"new"
Canada's military strength could ever - concept which will 'require some rethink-
exceed that of either the Russians or the ing by many Canadians especially those
spending can make us stronger than our just global economy. 'The—thirear -orthe
,aggressors for very long.
A letter to the editor from the Religious
Society of 'Friends (Quakers) in last
week's Sentinel., makes a valid point.
There is another option to resist
agression if -YOU dO not , want to' risk
nuclear war, non-violent resistance.
Overcoming a superidr physical force
by building Up a military force superior to
that threat is no longer practical., It is no
longer realistic to be 10 times stronger
than Russia. They will only become
eleven 'times stronger than we are. A
nuclear war would destroy the planet and
Americans, An increase in our defence who fought in the .previous world. wars.
forcesind weaponry can never insure we We cannot risk another world war if we
could fend off ,aggressors, should Another want to continue life on this pionet, We
country decide to invade Canada. Milit- can however, work for world peace and
ary technology is outdated as soon as it is build up our own national defense at the
available, and no • amount of defense same time, by=working to develop a more
future may not be the Russians and the
Ameridans who are 'world powers today,
but the poor countries .of the Third World
Nations: By working for a just world
economy, we can support the alignment
of Third World nations with free world
deinocracies, such as Canada,
It ts in Canada's own best interests to
work for peace, to mike peace rather than
war: A third world war, is a horrifying
prospect and it could well be that Canada
would be the battleground. Geograph-
ically, we stand between Russia and the
United States..
So YEARS AGO:.
The Village Council, and the Water:
works AdVisory Board held a meeting
With the consulting engineer, Mr. Stacie
to.discuss the plan and' estimated cost for
4omestic and fire protection waterworkS
for, Lucknow.
The engineers' estirnat
providing_ two. fully• equippe
the payments, of a qualified
took after the plant. Mr. Stogie said this
plan was from tpe engineering viewpoint
and was as nearly perfect as conditions
. would perinit.' It was what the engineers
would advise, but the council were. the
men who knew the local conditions„ what
could be paid for and so forth.
Mr Storie's suggestion is to have a
well and storage tank on the hill, west of
otters to the editor
25 TEARS 'AGO -
candlemaS -Day was a Month ago Lbut
there's' oneT groundhog who was. running
behind schedule in taking a peak to see,
or not fo'sce his. shadow, This fellow had
burrow through three feet of snow.
which may have - discouraged an earlier
appearance. Rbss Henderson spotted him .
was $71,000, last Wednesday.
wells' and The crows are back,, which is further
ngineer to evidence that spring "s "just around the
corner'''. .
Charles Short is in charge of 'the
Lucknow IGA Market which he purchased
front. Archie Smith. The :store was closed
on Monday for stock taking'and Mr., Short
assumed Ownership on Tuesday,: March
I. Mr. Short is a native. of ,:Brantford
where he, had operated the IGA store in
that city.
May we take this oppor-
tunity to thank Doug Cam-
eron ; of 'Whighath who has
donated a thermal Copier to
the 'aSsociation. Our thanks
also goes out to the Wing,
ham . Try Hards for their
benefit hockey game on Feb-
ruary 23 and to those from
our area and from Durham
Who supported the game and
the 'dance. which followed.
Parents and friends of the
...Amen tally retarded ate invited_ __Sentinel . The paper arrives
to attend an open meeting on regularly every Thursday or
Monday, March 10 at 8 p.m, Friday and we look forward
at the Winghain United to receiving it each week.
Church.
To the Editor:
I am enclosing' ..a cheque Write a letter
for 1980 subscription for the
The Wingham and District
Association for the
Mentally. Retarded.
Yours truly,
Gladys Moore.
(Mrs. Glenn Moore)
Hamilton,
etitting ice for storage and' subsequent signifier use on the
pond of. George A., Greer, highway 86, east of LucknOw on
the farm now•owned bybr. R. B. Treleaven. Note the
on the road In the background which Indicates a lack of tooti
sleighing. Shown are t. George Greer Sr.; 2. J. M. Greer; 3.
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