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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-06-04, Page 34"The Sepoy Town" Eatehlished1873 On the illron-Brupe Boundary Published Wednesday SHARON. J. DIETZ Editor ANTHONY N. JOHNSTONE - Advertising and General Matiager PAT LIVINGSTON - Office Manager MERLE ELLIOTT - Typesetter MARY McMURRAY ...Ad Composition MEMBER Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2H0 Second class mail registration !timber -0847 ubscrlpiipu rate,B12 per year In advance Senior Citizens rate, SO per year In advance U.S.A. arid Foreign, S21.50 per year In advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign' $19.50 per year in advance They did Luatio*. proud The Lucknow School Concert Band, under the capable direction of band leader, Gord Cayley, has just returned from a' very successful tour to Toronto and, the Lions convention in Ottawa. The band played • at schools in both Cities, performed a concert, at Ontario' Place and marched 'in the. Lions convenr tion parade. In' the parade's band competition, the Lucknow band placed second in the brass Marching band category. , The opprortunity to go on a tour such as this, is an exceptional experience for the young people in the band as it is for those members who are not as young as some. It is a time they will all remember. Froth all reports, whether it be the remarks Made by band instructor, Gord Cayley, or the comments of LucknoW Lions members who attended the Ottawa conventicn, the band members did a fine job of representing Lucknew and they performed with their usual high standard of musical excellenCe. As Mr. Cayley said, they may have taken second place in the parade compe- tition, but they are still number one with Congratulations Lucknow band mem- bets and Mr, Cayley." You've done us , proud. LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE SENTINEL Home Economics students at Lucknow Central Public. School presented a fashion show at the assembly Thursday:morning. flelen_Macfntyre, left, modelled the jogging shorts she had made and Tracey McHonagh, right, wore the velour jacket and shorts set. she had sewn. All the fashions presented ire the show had been created by the girls, students of Mrs. June Gilchrfst. [Sentinel Staff Photo] Langside sink-hole .d..,:ettii0$ity 75 YEARS AGO Readers have requested the paper give some information as to the rules of the road in Ontario, and to say. whether they are merely fixed by custom or are prescribed by law. They are regulated by Statute chapter 236 R.S.O. which deals with the 'matter and gives, legal effect to what has long been the general practice. Section 1 provides that when vehicles meet, each shall turn to the right giving up one half of, the road. If a person driving a vehicle meets a person travelling upon a bicycle or tricycle, he shall where practic- able, allow the person travelling on the bicycle or tricycle sufficient room on the travelled portion of the highway.' Section 2 provides that a person in charge of a vehicle or on horseback shall, when overtaken by a vehicle or' person on horse- back, "quietly turn out to the right and allow the said vehicle or horseman, to pass." The person so overtaking another vehicle or horseman is required to turn out to• the left, "as far as may be necessary to avoid a 'collision". The person overtaken shall not be required to leave more than one half the road free. Wheelmen overtaken must turn out to the right; wheelmen overtaking a vehicle or horseman must give audible notice before attempting to pass and then pass to the left. Section three provides that when, by reason of extreme load, one of meeting shall be the-duty. of-the other to stop, if necessary, to safety anti assist the person in charge to pass without damage. Drunkeness on the part of the driver, racing on the highways, shouting, swearing ,lind blasphemous language are forbidden. 50 YEARS AGO SELL FARMS TO GERMAN A deal in real estate, which has caused a good deal of local comment, was put through with a couple of Kinloss farmers last week. Archie Maclntyre sold his 200 acre •farm including the Maclntyre homestead of the fifth concession to Max Boekum of Germany. J. S. MacKenzie sold his 200 acre farm to Mr. Boekum as well. The MacKenzie property is „ across the road from the Maclntyre farm. Mr. Boekum has set out on the return trip to Germany. 'He is sending Out a man and wile to occupy' the residence on the MacKenzi; farm and he hopes to be back himself with wife and family and, some livestock which he will 'import by September 1. Mr. MacKenzie who has resided in town for the past few years had his farm largely in grass. For some weeks he has been busy converting the "Old Town Hall" into a modern garage and gasoline supply station. Mr. Maclntyre will remain on the farm until fall, looking after the crops and stock until Mr. Boekum returns. LANGSIDE SINK-HOLE About a month ago our Langside corms-. pondent reported the development of what is familiarly known as a sink-hole on the road about a mile east of the Langside. store. Those who have travelled the road will-recall _a—stnall swamp just__ beyond_ Tiffies_. Cemetery. Well, that modest little swamp has developed into quite a curiosity and quite an attraction. In fact, it is about the most noteworthy development to occurr in the quiet Langside district Since the white man displaced' the Indian in the great Queen's Bush. Originally a corduroy road, it was occasionally noticed this swamp road was found to be down a foot or so, but this was easily remedied by hauling earth from the , neighbouring banks. But this season, the bit of road was to be brought op to county road standards. Quite a lot of earth had, been dumped on the road and the .grade was 'nearly ready. for the finishing coats of gray& when one morning the swamp section of the road was found to have disappeared and the travelled part of the road was occupied by several feet of water. Not only had the road gone down, but the surface between the road and the fences had bulged up'so that instead of being below the road, it was several feet above it. The water hole was filled with logs and brush and one more load of earth over it made it look as though the road, would be permanent. But the next morning the road had sunk again. This has kept on and despite efforts,to rebuild the road, the road is no higher than it was at the beginning. The road-sides,' once below the travelled road, are now six to eight feet above the roadway. By Saturday the road had been built up but by Sunday it had sunk three feet. Sink holes are not uncommon arid the township of Culross has been contending withAhem otuthe_10th_and 12th concessions. . They appear to be due to what was originally a deep lake having become filledtVith much andlthen overgrown with shrubs and willows and sometimes carrying trees of consider- able size. This surface will carry a road for a number of years until the tree roots and shrubs decay; when the heavy material of the road sinks into the soft mud below. 25 YEARS AGO A sale of Hereford cattle was held at the farm of George Kennedy, four miles east of Lucknow on highway 86. The sale has been termed the 35th 'anniversary sale as it marks 35 years in; the purebred Hereford business for. Mr. Kennedy, who is a veteran in the field in Huron CountV. George started inthe Hereford business in 1920. At, the regular meeting" of the Lucknow Fire Company on Monday- evening, . the purchase of a resuscitator was discussed and approved and plans outlined for staging a campaign in the area served by the Fire Company to finance the 'cost of the equipment. Two Silverwoocis employees, were honour- ed on their retirement at theintnial banquet held by the firm last week. Burt Roach and Charles Steward were presented with smoking stands by Bill Webster. Prompt 'action 'by the Lucknow Fire Brigade saved a house from destruction by fire after a spark from a brush fife ignited the roof. Leo Beauchamp, John Dahmer and Oscar Hodgins were cleaning up along the river behind the house and were burning some brush close to the riveif "when a spark lit on the tinder dry shingle roof of the Beauchamp house. It was smouldering quite briskly when noticed and the then succeeded in controling the blaze with a garden hose and buckets until the firemen arrived.