HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-02-06, Page 4Page 4 — Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, Fobruaury 6, 1991
r r
v 1S4
`P.O. Sex 410, Luckneve OfitaFO NOG 2H0 Lj28-2822; Fag PG) 0284520 •
Established 1873
Part of Rambler's dream comes true
Thomas Thompson o Advertisng Manager
Pat Livingston General Manager
Editor
ems.
Subscription rates advance:
$1790 plus G.S.T. Outside Canada $6090 plus GSA'.
'.
14.9,0 plus G. .T. Senior Citizen $5990 plusG.S.T. Outside Canada
Second class mailing reg. no. 0847
Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a
typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by
the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature,
'V111 I IVs 1J ,l argOd./ for, but the IJ III ' of the advertisement x11111 be
paid at the applicable rates.
If you don't give,
research could stop
"Two-thirds of all heart and stroke research In Ontario
would likely stop if donations to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Ontario began to dwindle," says D. Jack Hirsh,
the Foundation's Dlstingulshedd R°search Profeser at
McMaster University, Hamilton. "The Implications would be
devastating if the Foundation could not afford to continue
funding heart and stroke research in the province."
Explains D. Hirsh, "We would see a decline not only in the
research area, but also the academic environment. Without
research funding. we wouldn't get the class of teaci18 or
consultants that we flhd In Ontario. It would have a tremen
dous domino effect on teaching in the medical schools.
Patient care, teaching and good research are Inextricably
bound."
Research helps millions of peopie, including many
residents in Lucknow and area. The lives of many men,
woman and children In our community are saved each year,
thanks to research.
February is Heart and Stroke Month. The .majority of the
Foundation's money is raised through the personal donations
of individual Canadians - please give what you can your
canvasser comes calling.
HAVE AN OPINION?
You may recall, back in August
I wrote about a "'dream" vacation.
Well, in January, a wee part of
that dream carne true - I travelled
to Puerto Plata in the Dominican
Republic where, along with
another ,couple, Mr. Fixit and I
spent seven glorious days and
nights.
We left Lucknow the evening
war broke out in the Persian Gulf
and as we travelled to Toronto
going on vacation was really not
uppermost in our minds. The four
of us, on an individual basis,
seemed to make a silent pact that
as there was nothing we could
personally do about this war, we
would try to make the most of our
holiday. For Mr. Fixit and myself
it was the first Major vacation° we
had taken since being wed over 22
years ago.
I was apprehensive about flying
and my sweaty palms and
numerous trips to the ladies room,
prion to boarding our Transat
flight, made it obvious to my
travelling companions that the
Rambler wasn't quite as calm as
she was letting on: I popped a
Gravel at the appropriate, time,
having fears of embarrassing
gassing
myself by making use of those
little white bags that are placed
strategically in front of each pas-
senger.
as-senge. I was thankful we,were
cleared for immediate takeoff*. and
as the plane loaded with 400 pas-
sengers gained speed and altitude,
I kept -chunking positive thoughts
the plane wouldn't. erashp I
wouldn't be sick, I would have a
good nine! Positive °thinking does
pay off - all thoughts carne true!
We were scheduled for a three
and one half hour flight and I was
astonished at how quickly the time
went by. Following emergency
instructions, we were given ear-
phones to watch a movie or listen
to music. Next came a full course
hot dinner, complete with wine..
Once the dishes were cleared, the
duty free cart travelled the plane
and lastly the bar. Providing all of
the above services to 400 people
kept the stewards and stewardesses
moving. The bar had just arrived
at our seats when it was an-
nounced it would have to be
closed as we were landing! Our
foursome managed to obtain one
drink each, which had to be
downed in a hurry as they don't
like anything loose around when
the plane lands.
As you are aware, smoking is
prohibited on all flights now. We
were informed of this rule and it
was pointed out that ali the h-
rooms were equipped with smoke
detect, One man, who had
apparently been bathing out or
ha .own bottle during :the flight,
decklei to have a smoke in the
washroom Silly boy, the smoke
detector went off and he was.
caught .red-handed. If he had kept
his mouth shut, he would have
only been fined. He apparently
became rather abusive and upon
arriving in Puerto Plata -was taken
off to the stone building. We
never did find out if he spent his
holiday interned.
Landing in the Dominican in
the late afternoon, we were
greeted by 30 degreetemperatures.
The heat assailed the body, despite
the fact we had dressed in summer
clothes. Landing at the Puerto
Plata airport - one of four on the
island - is a little different than
landing at Pearson in Toronto. -The
runway is relatively short and .as.
the plane touched down, the pilot
was immediately on the brakes, as
were Mr. Fixit and I.
When you disembark you are on
the tarmac and simply proceed a
few hundred feet to the terminal -
a little different than Toronto,
Turn to page 5• v
4-H orf':° ;great
start i 1991
17--"------111 NEWS
Express it by sending a letter to the editor of the
Lucknow Sentinel. It must be signed and accompanied
by a telephone number, should we need to clarify any
information.
The Sentinel also reserves the right to edit letters.
January Super Star winners at Lucknow Central Public School were
Chris Gibbons (lent) and Taylor Mali. January's theme was Show
Respect. Students will work in February on Solving Problems by
Talking. (Pat Livingston photo)
70 years ago
February 10, 1921
Painful accident - Mr. George
Dawson, who for some weeks has
been engaged with Drinkwalter and
Cousins doing electrical wiring,
suffered a painful accident on Mon-
day afternoon while at work on Mr.
Allin's building. Dawson is a
returned soldier, and while at the
Front had one of his legs so
damaged that it had to be am-
putated below the knee. He has an
artificial limb, and this, perhaps was
the cause of his falling from the
ladder. He fell on the injured leg
and then a board came down on his
knee. The injuries are very painful
but no seriousresults are looked
for. His condition had improved a
good deal by Wednesday but it will
be sometime before he can resume
work. Mr. Dawson came from
Toronto, and is staying here with
Miss C. Graham and her brother.
Public Notice - Any person
having a weapon other than a shot
gun must at once obtain a permit to
keep it or othenviso hand it over to
me or to the local constables. per
, mit form may be obtained from me
or the Crown Attorney. (signed)
Ezra Briggs, High Constable Co. of
Bruce, Walkerton, Feb. 7th, 1921.
Attention readers
Do you know where Courey's
Corners or Westford communities
were located? Call Pat at the Sen-
tinel at 528-2822.
50 years ago
February 6, 1941
Shipped over 8,000 items last
year - During the past nor (1940),
the Lucknow and Vicinity Branch
of the Canadian Red Cross made
and shipped a total of 8,356 ar-
ticles,
rticles, all of which were accepted
without a single article being
rejected.
And the good work continues, for
the January shipment, made a few
days ago, was the largest shipment
yet made.
New training plan affects only
21 -year-old class - Replacing the
present thirty -day training period, a
new four months plan of training
will go into affect on March 15.
Under the new air ngemcnt only
SENTINEL MEMOIRS
those of'the 21 -year-old class will
be required for this compulsory
training. That is, unless circumstan-
ces change of the numbers in this
age group are lesser than expected.
It has been recognized that the
30 -day period is not sufficiently
long to fit a man for service and as
a result has been scrapped in favour
of the longer period.
In the fust draft on March 15th
some 6,000 young men will enter
camp and additional groups of the
same number will be called up
monthly thereafter. Young men, as
they reach the age of 21, will be
called up and it is expected that 11
the men required, presently at least,
can be secured in this group.
There will be no exemptions but
postponements may be allowed.
25 years ago
February 9. 1966
New Ashfield° iudusfry - A new
and valuable industry to the farm
people of the area has sprung up in
Ashfield Township over the past
few months. Hallowen Farms is
owned by London and Chatham
interests and is operated locally by
Claire Hodges of Dungannon and
Rod MacKenzie of Port Albert.
Two steel silos have a capacity
for 47,000 bushels each with a
smaller one holding about 10,000
bushels. This means an overall
capacity of over 100,000 bushels.
Corn was first received about Oc-
tober and the new business has
been going steadily since then. It is
located near Port Albert, where the
Dungannon road intersects with
highway21, just north of the old
airport site.
New $89,875 Kingsbridge
School - close to 100 pupils from
Ashfield Township are now en-
joying the facilities offered by the
new St. Joseph's Separate School at
Kingsbridge. Moving day was Tues-
day of last week from the old to the
new building which is a modem,
bright four classroom building.
Miss Barbara Winter of Goderich ns
the principal of the eight grade
school, with other teachers being
An enthusiastic crowd laughed
and cried with Rev. Roger
McComb, guest speaker at the 4-H
leaders' annual meeting in Auburn.
His message involved another set of
4 -H's - humanity, humour, hugs
and happiness and he took those
present on a roller coaster of
emotions.
The new executive for the year is:
president, Dave Townsend; first
vice, Isobel Campbell; second vice,
Don Alton; secretary -treasurer,
Janet Webster, directors, Sandra
Turner, Pat Saundercock, Doug
Miller, Lavern Clark, Barry Cleave,
Kay Ryan; regional directors, Les
Falconer, Donna Hayden and Tom
Hern.
For more information on 4-h
activities in Huron in the coming
year, contact any of the above.
Mrs. Myra Adkin of R. 3, Goderich
and Mrs. Rosemary Horner of R. 1,
Goderich.
10 years ago
February 11, 1981
Country store closes - Another
country general store has closed in
this area. St Helens General Store,
owned and operated by John and
Hannie Siecker,closed January 17.
Sieckers say their business was
doing well until the Zehr's Super-
market
upermarket opened in Wingham last
simmer. Business has fallen off
since then and Sieckers were losing
money.
"We decided to close the business
before we couldn't hang on any
longer," said Mrs, Siecker. "After
all we don't owe anybody a
N
hThp has been a general store in
the village for more than 100 years.
The gene' dl store m St. Helens was
built by John Gordon, who roll it
to R.K. Miller in 1874. Mr. Miller's
son, Isaac, took over the business
and sold it to Donald Pannabecker
in 1961. Sheldon Martin bought the
store in 1969 and John Sleeker
bought it in 1973.
11.
•