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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-04-09, Page 6SHARON J. DIETZ Editor ANTHONY N. JOHNSTONE - Advertising and General Manager PAT LIVINGSTON - Office Manager MERLE ELLIOTT Ty-pe`Setter MARY McMURRAY Ad. Composition Subscription rate, $12 per year in advUnce Senior Citizens rate, $10 per year in advance U.S.A. and Foreign, $21.50 per year in advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign, $19.50 per year.in advance iLoo*ing Bach:. KNOVIr'SENTINEL "The Sepoy Town" Established 1873 On the Huron-Bruce Boundary published Wednesday years Business and. Editorial Office '4lephone 528.2822 Mailing Address Box 400, Lucknovv-;*NOG 21-10 Second class mail registration number :0847 Tressure.--were-playing7en---the-builcling: Mr. Bell had a good head of steam up, it was a and .at hcleor ew nW. r 1 nhywdi h rantti.irei ghh9ts ea tr,7tehles burning building,, MI this made for the very best the water Works Could do and on the whole the fire brigade put up a good Farmers should act Today's high interest rates are outrageous, disgusting and ridiculous. Designed to curb inflation by halting consumer spending, they are bringing Canada's economy to a standstill and threaten to destroy our,economy entire- ly. Perhaps no one segment of our popidation, is more drastically affected by these crippling interest rates than our farmers, especially young farmers. They have borrowed money to buy land at. high prices andfor operating caPital. They cannot absorb the increased rates and many Will have to give up their farms if something is not done to assist them. These rates will weed out the poor business managers who are not capable of operating a suCcessful farm, but it is also destroying those who have the potential to be progressive farmers who will contribute to the farming industry Of the future. And Where will our farming industry be in the future if we haVe no young men and women com- mitted to farming who are getting started now? - it is long overdue for the government of Ontario to act. All other provinces in the country have programs in place to subsidize farmers to offSet the drastie effect of these high rates. In British Coluriabia, farmers receive reimbursements on the interest , they pay geared to the minister of agricul- ture's discretion in each year. Between 1977 and 1919, B.C. farmers paid 9 per cent. This year the reimbursement will be attached to the average bank prime rate less 2 per cent to a maximum of $10,000. In Alberta a farmer is permit- ted to borrow up to $200,000 at 6 per cent for the purchase of additional farm land.,In Manitoba long term loans up to $150,000 over a 25 year period are available and young- -farmerS-get--a. rebate on interest payments of 4, per cent during the first five years. - In 'the United States banks are not allowed to charge farmers more than 2 per cent under the prime rate. In Ontario farmers are paying 19 and 20 per cent on every dollar they borrow. It is time the Ontario government takes .steps to insure that Ontario will have a healthy progressive farm indust- ry in the months ahead. Farmers are in a desperate situation and their supply businesses are in the same situation. Farm machinery dealers and farm supPly businesses cannot sell their 7$ YEARS A00 -7"-"7- Pharoh Hedley left last MondaY for Brandon. He WAS a great help to the hockey team during the past winter and 'hppes he Will again be in the game next season. • John., Buchanan of Colborne TOwnshiP has taken up the challenge for writing and spelling Made by Jacob McGee, Lucknow. The two will meet,'.. nut in deadly '--combat-, but- - with—pen": - and`-- dictionary. e , The follOwing may provuseful to give -., the approximate: capacity of cisterns, For a square or rectangular cistern multiply the length,. breadth, And depth together; then multiply this by:19 and divide by 80, If it is a cfrcular. cistern;;square the diameter and multiply this by depth; then divide by five. The answer in either case will be the number of barrels.the cistern will contain, 50 YEARS AGO The Cain House, Lucknow's last hotel, was completely destroyed by fire April 4, 1930: The fire started about 11 a.m. when an oil-burner exploded filling the house • with smoke. Kenneth Macintosh, mech- anic of Kemp FttrnaCe Co;; of Stratford and Jack Haworth, porter at the Cain House; suffered painful burns about the head and hands. The proprietor, Mr. Stubbert, his wife and their assistants and a -few-guests got -out with:Only the clothes they had on. Mr. Stubbert has operated the- hotel since Mr. T. F. Cain left. The building and furnishings, which . belong to Mrs. Cain, now of Montreal; are covered by insurance. • - Mr, Macintosh- had just Made adjust- ments to the Oil-burner which had, been installed last fall and was not giving entire satisfaction. -He concluded all was well after he had made the necessary adjuStments and started the fire. The oil-burner exploded shortly' after he Ms-roomreturned to on the second floor. A minute after the explosion, the fire alarm was blowing and in a very short time_two' streams of water under fair • . • products and, equipment to farmers who Cannot afford to buy. The tractor demonstrationat Queen's Park tomorrow deserves the support of every farmer who believes high interest rates are crippling their industry, It is a chance for farmers to show they are desperate and to become involved in action which will dramatize the serious- ness of their situation... If farmers do not support this grass •, roots movement, they have no one to blame but theinselyeS for sifting around complaining, when they had the oppor- tunity to do something. This is a chance to support a member of the legislature' who is trying to do something to assist , farmers in Ontario. One of the drawbacks to the farming industry is the lack of Co-operation among farmers, their refusal to organ- ize and work together toward a common objective' which' could benefit them all. If farmers are not spurred' to 'action by 20 per cent interest rates, they never will be. fight. Kinloss posse rescues gir t 25 YEARS AGO The alterfiess of two Holyrood distriet men in the spotting of an automobile at Holyrood corner on Monday night, resulted in the rescue of Agnes Sittler; nine-year-old daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Ezra Skier Jr., of Kinloss ToWnshiPi more three hours after, she had been reported, missing from the farm of her grandfather, Ezra Sittler Sr.; of dulross. Raynard Ackert along with his, Ernest, and his, hired man, p Spitzig, had stopped. at the Holyrood store on their way for an evening of smelt fishing. It was here they. learned of. the radio appeal to be on the lookout for the child and her alleged, abductor. A two-tone late model Buick, fitting the deScription of the wanted car, was noticed proceeding west on • the eighth concession of Kinloss and making a right turn at Holyrood. -- Raynard gave chase and was joined at Blackhorse by Harold and Douglas Ban nerman. There they dropped off young Ernest Ackert to get someone to call the police but;: the lad had little auceess convincing anyone of what was trarispir ing literally under their, noses. The three cars succeeded in overtaking and blocking the pursued in the Rivers "dale area on the. Durham Road. The driver Offered no resistance' as the girl was removed -from-the car. Police arrested Dennis Desmond, 39, a well dressed, unmarried insurance sales- man from the PirifterriOff district and charged him with unlawfully taking from custody a girl under 14 years Of age. Do you have an opinion? Why not write us a letter to the editor, and let everyone know. All letters are published, providing they can be authentica'ted, and pseudonyms are allowed. All letters, however, are subject to editing for length or libel. A set of quadruplet,goats have been making things lively on the Norm Bolt farm in Kinloss these days. The kids were born to nanny, Baby Brown, on. March 31. She has been mother to four sets of triplets and now the set of quads. Agatha Dueck, Mr; Bolt's sist:er4n7lawf who Is the primary caretaker of the goats on the farm, shows off the new family. [Sentinel Staff Photo).