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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-02-18, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 18, 1987 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Established 1873 Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Alan Rivett -Editor Pat Livingston -General Manager 528-2822 A CCNA BLUE RIBBON AWARD VC RIFICO C1 cLILATION PAID Subscription rates in advance: 17.00 Outsiae. Canada $60.00 s14.00 Outside Canada S58.00 Senior Citizen 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, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates.' Ontario lottery. revenues staggering for this year Provincial Treasurer Robert Nixon has been able to announce that Ontario has piled up a sustantial surplus over the past year - which should be good news for taxpayers. Whether or not profits from provin- cial lotteries ore included inhis figures we do not know, but obviously funds from those draws are available for various public needs which would otherwise have to be a drain on *he general treasury. The. profit from lotteries amount to pretty staggering totals. Income from the six .lotteries directed by the Ontario Lottery Corporation amounts to approximately $3.3 million for each day of the year. A year ago that figure was a mere 51.2 million. Total income for the year, which ends March 31. is expected to be about 51.2 billion. Of course there are some costs involved in this gigantic operation. the corporation 'employes about 240 people. It spends $20 million on advertising and another $11 million on printing the tickets, but ob- viously there is plenty let over. Clear profit is expected to amount to some $400 million for the current year. In a province which only 35 to 40 years ago prosecuted sometimes jailed vendors of Irish sweepstakes tickets, we seem to have undergone a serious change of heart.. Whether or not our presnet stan- dards ore morally acceptable is a moot question. For a generation rais- ed in the firm belief that gambling is a sin, financing such as con- siderable portion of the province's needs by lotteries is indeed reprehensible. Now, however, a majority of citizens view the lottereis as nothing more than an innocent way of having some fun. Fun it may be to those who can afford it, but a survey of those who pay out all these millions might well disclose that the bulk of the money is provided by those who cannot really afford it. Wingham Advance Times Remember 1972? Every hockey nut should have had their desire for International hockey saited this past week with the Rendez Vous '87 series between the NHL All - Stars and the best of the comrades. All the good old boys from Mother Russia were there with all their best, taken mostly from their Red Army team, which would be akin to an NHL team like the Edmonton Oilers. The series, thankfully, was all hockey with very few penalties and nary a punch was -thrown throughout the whole series. And, the NHLers staved off na- tional embarrasment once again, pull- ing off a much deserved spit with the Soviets. However, with all the hype ani' hoopla which went into the series, Rendez Vous or any other series involv- ing the NHL and Russians will live up to the mythical proportions of the BIG series - the Canada -Russia series of 1972. No hockey series past or present will likely ever be as exciting, as thrilling, or have as mpch effect on the Canadian consciousness as that series. in 1972. The picture of Lucknow's own Paul Henderson slamming the puck between the pads of Vladislav Tretiak and the jubilation of Team Canada and the en- tire nation after downing the Russian in Game 8 of the series, will never be re- captured. It is simply thegreatest mo- ment in Canadian hockey history. When talking to people, perhaps over a beer, about where they were at the ALAN r.; moment Henderson score the much fabled goal, a smile will come on the person's face as he recounts where he was and the emotional high of Canadat's win. For me, I can remember the last game in the series as if it was yester- day, although it'was 15 years ago. I was still in public school at the time, and the interest was so high throughout the school that our class got to watch it for most of the afternoon. • Upon getting off the bus, I rushed through the door and to the television to catch the last half of the final, perioth Just minutes before the fateful goal by Henderson, the bread delivery man ar- rived to deliver the weekly ration of bread. When he heard the screams and yells of excitement inside the house after the big goal, he came rusing into the livingroom. Upon hearing that Canada had one, he started in with the screaming and yelling as well. The bread man was not usually noted for his outbursts of emotion, so we were all kind of surprised. Rendev Vous was good hockey, all right. But it just wasn't the same as in 1972. Lucknow Tyke Nathan Ferguson gets set to take the puck from Ripley's Tyson Devitt dur- ing a Tyke game in Ripley on February 14. Lucknow won the match 8-1. (Alan Rivett photo) 70 years ago February 22, 1917 Bruce Battalion - Col. Weir, who is in command of the 160th (Bruce) Battalion, has received instruction. that the battalion • is to go to the front as a, unit, says a Walkerton paper, and in a letter received by Mr. John Rowland yesterday says that "Probably before this letter reaches you we will part of the much -talked -of 5th Canadian Division." As this Division is now forming in England for the front, and will have to do a lot of field practise and manoeuvering together, it is not likely to rech France for several weeks yet. In his letter Col. Weir further says: "In spite of •so many • reports to the contrary which have come to my notice through the dif- ferent county papers, we have not yet been Called on fdr a draft. Our only contribution so far has been two NCO's who were very anxious to go and 'went in a draft. Uncle Rube caught the crowd - "Uncle Rube" proved a good drawing card last Thursday evening, and there were few va- cant seats in the Hall. There was no disap- pointment either. The large crowd was well entertained from start to finish. As the title suggests, the play is humorous, but there are other features as well. It is no exaggeration to say that every character was well, even spendidly, taken. 50 years ago February 18, 1937 February 1905 and 1937 differ widely - it is doubtful if even old timers can remember a January and February to date, marked by such a complete absence of snow as this period of the winter of 1937. Not only has the ground been almost con- tinualy bear, but the temperature has been exceedlingly moderate, and numberous days very springlike. In direct contrast is a period from February llth to February 20th in 1905 when snow was piled high, trains, blocked, and mail service disrupted. A calendar in the possession of Mr. W.J. Little, Lucknow's veteran shoe merchant, tells an interesting story of this period. Recording the daily weather conditions on a calendar, with notations of interesting occurrence being recorded onthe back of the sheet, has long been a hobby with Mr. Little and the result is that much in- teresting and valuable data can be secured from these old calendars. . During this period back in 1905, there were "piles of snow everywhere" roads were drifted full and finally the elements blockaded the` railroads. 'The vlockade started when the morning train on February 11th couldn't get through and it was the sixteenth before the first train reached the local station. The roads bleak - ed up again that day and it was the 20th before another train reached the village and the regular service resumed. . • 25 years ago February 21, 1962 12th farm in same family name since 1849 In a recent issue we referred to the Emerson farm on the 12th concession of West Wawanosh as being in the same fami- ly name for 100 years. There are one or two others farms which can exceed this record. The Gaunt farm on the 12th Concession was taken up in 1849 by Joseph Gaunt, and the fourth and fifth generations of this family are still on the home farm. The fifve generations include Joseph, Edwin, Joseph, Ernest and Donnie Joe Gaunt. It was in 1849 that John and William Gor- don settled in the St. Helens area, and Joseph Gaunt and sons took up land a little farther on the 12 Concession of what was then Wawanosh. 10 years ago February 23, 1977 London Taxi driver murdered - This area was shocked and saddened on Friday when word was received of the tragic death of Ivan Lawrence Wheeler, age 27, of London. Ivan is the son of Ken 'and Mabel SENTINEL Wheeler of the Belgrave area. His mother has been a teacher at Lucknow Central Public School for a number of years. Ivan's body was found in a taxi cab, where he was employed as a driver, about 5:a.m. Friday by a patrolling police of- ficer. He had a small calibre bullet wound in his head and was a murder victim. The cab was parked on the parking lot at the Racquet's Club. Highbury Ave., London. Clarence Greer retires as treasurer of West Wawanosh - Clarence Greer of Lucknow, treasurer of the Township of West Wawanosh for the past 28 years, will retire from this position, following comple- tion of the 1976 audit. Mr. Greer succeeded the late Wm. J. Boyle in 1949. Prior to Mr. Boyles service, the treasurer's position was held by the late Wm. Webster. Following a practise of other municipalities over the years, the work of treasurer wll be combined with the clerk's duties and Mrs. • Tom ( Joan) Armstrong has been named clerk -treasurer, expan- ding the duties as clerk which she has fulfilled for the past 10 years.