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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-04-16, Page 6cause our 19th Century down- town core was built on a flood plain. The loss in terms of human suffering and heri- tage architecture can' 'never - be-compensated. The 10,000 citizens of Port Hope are pulling together to save our downtown, but we need help. We are asking your readerS to understand our difficulties and contrib ute to our disaster :.relief fund. Every dollar we receive from private sources Will be matched by, the Optario Goy- erntrient.- Donations May be sent to The Port Hope Disaster Relief Fund. Box 117-,-. Port - Hope, ,Ontaria- --or- _ branch of major, banks tifroughoUt the cpUntry. Tax receipts. will be issued for donations. Yours very truly, Anthony Beauchamps, Chairman. LOOKING. BACK :THROVOli. rrti.:.SENTML "The SepoyTowte, EStahlahed 1873 On the Iltu:on-Bruce •Botindag Business and Editorial •Office Telephone 528.2822 Mailing Address. P.O. Box 400, Luelmow,'NOO 2H0 SecOnd claSS mail registration number ;1047 SHARON J. DIETZ Editor ANTHONY N. JOHNSTON AtWertising and general Manager PAT LIVINSTON offiCe 'Manager MERLE ,ELLIOTT Typesetter MAIM McMURRAY Ad Composition Subseriptjon rate, S12 per year in advance Senior Citizens rate, $10 per year in advance U.S.A. and Foreign, S21.50 per year in advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A.and'Fareigh, $19.50 per year in OvaneO. Juveniles are winners MEMIIER The Lucknow Juveniles gave their best effort in their bid to win the Western . Ontario Grand Championship and their loss to Walkerton only attests ;to the capability of the chaMpions. It was an evenly matched series which might. have gone either way, proven by the fact that the wins were decided in overtime and 'one game remained a tie. The final game went into the dying minutes 5 - 4 for. Walkerton and ended 6 - 4, when Lucknovv pulled their goalie in :a. last ditch effOrt to tie the game and, force overtime. The Lucknow team and their manage- . tnent proVided some exciting ' hockey action during the playoffs. Their all Ontario playoff series with PaisleY. was a nailbiter, Mo. 'After trailing in.the series '2 0, they rallied to tie the series• forcing a fifth and deciding game, which they lost in overtime. Hindered by, injuries which plaguedthe team' into the playoffs and.the loss of one of their goalies for part Of the season, the• Juveniles.fought hard and did well to reach the •Western Ontario finals. They are a credit to minor hockey in Lacknow and, fine sports. Lucknow is proudiof you, boys: You are-all winners!' Should duke action Lotet to the...edittor. Farmers demonstrated this past week at Queen's Park because they are caught in a vice, squeezed between low prices for beef and pigs and high interest rates. The . combination of the two threatens to drive many from the farm. Other provinces already have programs in place to help their farmers stay competitive. Ontario' farmers- want-the '- same opportunity. They do not want handouts, only the chance to keep their share of the Canadian market. Ontario's share of the production of the main staples has gradually decreased over the past 10 years and, if Ontario farmers are not given the chance to remain competi- tive, the farmers of other provinces will move in quickly. MPP Bob McKessock, whose private member's resolution' asking the govern- 75 YEARS AGO Owners of bees have removed the hives from their winter quarters and 'the honey gatherers will soon be busy. We regret to learn that Mrs. William Henderson had a couple of ribs broken and was otherwise badly injured by falling from the hayloft of her barn last week. There has been no better investment ever made by our village than the building of the granolithic sidewalks,: and as there are several other streets that are badly in need of good sidewalks, we think the. council should have them built as soon as possible. At the council meeting on Tuesday evening, a largely _signed petition from the ,property owners on Inglis and Ludgard Streets was presented by Moorehouse Mitchell, asking that the walk be built from the corner of Campbell Street at MCGarry's hotel along the east side of Inglis to .Ludgard Street, then east to join with the walk on Havelock Street. This includes six blocks and there is not a decent foot of walk the whole distance. 50 YEARS AGO . 1-, The little Princess Elizabeth has been keeping' things lively around. Backinghana Palace."Atecently, she discovered that every tune she-passed the guaidsman on' sentry-go in Buddnghatn Palace yard, th e presented arms to her. And before the nursemaid discovered the situation, the ment totake immediate steps to help our farmerS stay tompetitive, was passed in the legislature on Thursday, hopes the government will outline their program in the budget to be handed down next week. In the meantime, grasS roots organizer, Tom Clark, 'a Bruce County farmer; is meeting with''the Liberal caucus in :TaroirtiiatidhOpes to meet with agricul ture Minister Lorne Henderson,, He Wants to keep the: issue before the Ontario government in the •hope they will' take action. The Conservative government in Ont- ario only allots 11 per cent of its budget to the agriculture industry. It is time they see the emergency and realize •something has to be done. If they do not, Ontario's farmers won't be the only losers,-- little princesS, by trotting back and for- wards in front of the sentry, had run the poor fellow nearly ragged. A vote was taken on April 7, as to' the installation of ' a fire protection system and water supply for Lucknovv, was defeated by the ratepayers of the village. PasSing of the by-law would have meant spending a large sum of money by council, but it also would have meant the installation of an -improved fire protection water works and an up-to-date domestic water supply. Tests conducted by the fire company concluded the water force was greatly reduced as the line of hose was leng- thened. Test runs -were made to Silver- wood's Creamery, the Table Factory, Stewares Mill and at John Joynt's residence. Chief Moore said that sort of force was no use at all once a fire got underway and fire will always get (lithe a Start before water can be brought to an . outlying place. Members of the fire company, in a letter to the editor, pointed out that some who worked in opposition to the by-law submitted April. 7, made certain false statements resardieg the Lucknow Fire Company, which they -much resent. _One falsehood was that there was not more than 40 pounds pressure on the day of the Cain House fire, and also on' 'the following day when the test of the fire To The Editor: The people of Port Hope have . suffered irreversible losses when- the7-Ganaraska - River ran wild through our town on March 21st, 1980. The town- has been declared a disaster area. The monet- ary loss to private individuals and Small businesses has been estimated at' over $5 million dollars. Flood insur- ance was unavailable, be- protection system was' made, Another falsehood was that the hydrant at the corner of Campbell • and Outram • Streets was kept closed during the Cain HouSe fire, deliberately for the purpose of influencing the vote on the water by-law. Another falsehood, was that during the test given by the fire company on the day after the Cain House fire, the hydrant on Havelock Street was kept half closed for the purpose of keeping dewn the pressure.. and 'for the purpose of influencing the vote on the by-law. The fire company for years past have urged the several councils to give them adequate fire protection, simply because the' firemen know the present system is out of date and inefficient. They particularly resent the campaign of slanderous falsehoods, purposed to discredit and condemn the firemen as a fire company, and they request that in future these parties play the game, act fairly and acquit themselves as men. The Council had studied the water problem, got 'the best available advice, and submitted the, best plan, in their " opinion. This plan was defeated and the . • - has.- no- other plan-which - it-can recommend to the ratepayers. Shall it therefore submit a plan of which if does not approve - like' the man who will bat crow when he can't get chicken? 25 YEARS AGO Wallace Conn and Elliott Carruthers were elected on. Tuesday to fill the two vacancies on the Kinioss Township Council, resulting when Dan T. MacKin- non and Harold Perey resigned their seats to contest the reeveship, made vacant by the death of David CarrutherS. Harold Percy was elected reeve and the councillors include P. A. Murray, Parish Moffat, Wallace Conn and Elliott Car- ' ruthers. Elliott is a brother of the late reeve. Katherine 'MacKenzie and her friend, Norma Bruce are spending, the Easter vacation in London, England. They are spending two years in Germany as teachers in a school established for the education of children of Canadian serv- icemen. Katherine spent the Christmas Vacation in Spain and the. Mediterranean .area. Her mother, Mrs. William Mac- Kenzie, plans to Visit her in the Summer holklayS, A new business is scheduled to open in Lucknow in May. It will be a branch of Ron Westman's' Sports and Auto Supply, of Exeter, Mr. Westman has leased the premises in the leytti Block,. to be vacated by Greer Radio and Electric, as this business is being moved to the Co-op Grocery Building, recently purchased by Harold Greer. -