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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-03-04, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 4, 1987 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Established 1873 j 528-2822 BLUE RIBBON AWARD Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Alan Rivett Editor 5i7.00 Outside Canada s60.00 Pat Livingston -General Manager g 14.oo $ Outside Canada 5$.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. $2,370 donated in area to March of Dimes campaign TO THE EDITOR To the editor: To date $2,370 has been donated for the 1987 Ontario March of Dimes campaign in Lucknow, Dungannon and rural areas. Replies from rural residents are still most welcome. Donations received fromour com- munities will help physically disabled adults develop their abilities through a variety of services. Those helped by the Ontario March of Dimes thank all who gave so generously this year. We would like to thank the dedicated canvassers: In Lucknow, Jane Treleaven, Sara Ritchie, Lloyd Moffat, Margie Lougheed, Kay Crawford, Tena Gardner, Jean Conley, • Norma Weatherhead, Mildred Cameron, Anna MacDougall, Ella Hackett, Ruth Thompson, Ross Cumming, Elaine Steer, Shirley Bolt, Blanche Mac - Callum, Gloria Ritchie, Marg Wilson,. Mary Boyle, Lynne Mann, Lois Farrish, Fern MacDonald, George Anderson, Hilda Andrew, Merle Elliott, Mary Belle Peddle, Marion MacKinnon, Laura Hare, Joanne Weber, Marion Cook and Marie Scott. In Dungannon, Lynda McNee, Penny Hodges and Mary Ann Brindley: Sincerely, Laura Lee Cayley Anne Anderson Camp looking for alumni To the editor: Camp Kitchikewana has been in opera- tion on the shores of Ontario's Georgian Bay since 1919. Sirice that time, there have been thousands of young men and women who have attended "Kitchi" as campers, counsellors, or staff people, and who are now successful adults located in every cor- ner of this vast country. The' camp is now on a much-needed redevelopment program to upgrade the facilities and equipment in order to enhance the camping experience for young people of the next generation. Through the kind co-operation of your newspaper, we hope a to expand our alumni mailing list by reaching Camp Kit- chikewana graduates in your readership area. We are convinced that the "spirit of Kitchikewana", imbued through camp values and friendships, will now be return- ed to us in our time of need. All Kitchi Alumni please contact: C.K. Alumni Campaign, Camp Kitchikewana, Y.M.C.A., Box 488, Midland, Ontario, L4R 4L3. Thank you for your valued co-operation. Yours sincerely, Austin Matthews Camp Director i TheGreat Coolie Caper One thing you perhaps didn't know about the mad, mad world of the editor of a community weekly newspaper is the huge pile of mail that lands on your desk every weekday morning. You name it; we get it! Everything from the Hansard reports of the Senate and ' louse of Commons to recipes for corn and spinach squares end up on my desktop, waiting to be opened by the curious editor. Most of the correspondence comes direct frorp the government offices in Toronto 'here Hogtown bureaucrats automatically, and quite , arrogantly assume, that every little scrap of news which they send to the smalltown newspapers will be front page news. I have my own rule of thumb for deal- ing with the letters and press releases I receive. If it doesn't pertain to Lucknow, it goes in File 13 as it surely won't be of interest to the area readers. However, this leads me to tell the readers about a bizarre piece of mail I received recently. Two weeks ago, sitting on my desk, was a small, green box with a silver handle on it. Inside the box, covered in a paper wrapper was - of all things - a fortune cookie. "Now, why would anybody be sen- ding me a fortune cookie?" I pondered as I broke the cookie in half to see what message would be forthcoming inside. What did it say? Well, it Was nothing very prophetic or earth -shattering, but here's what it said, anyways: "Person who watches mailbox in Year of the Rabbit receives ALAN many good things from FOODLAND ONTARIO." The message made me stop and think. "What does this mean," I thought. "First fortune cookies, next a pot of rabbit stew perchance? Or maybe they'll be sending me a live bunny!" While I found the cookie incident as a humorous and original attempt to peak the interest of the media, other col- leagues of the profession were a little miffed at receiving the package. Editors at both the Teeswater and Walkerton papers proclaimed OMAF was going just a little too far in giving out fortune cookies to the Ontario Media at the expense of taxpayers with one of the papers calling the cookie - giving "OMAF foolishness". Lighten up, , fellas ! One, solitary cookie does not a scandal make. And, certainly, governments are reknown for spending money in far more gran- diose and frivolous ways. But, as a note to the OMAF people, I would have much father preferred a chocolate chip cookie than the fortune cookie. Maybe, you fellows can take that into account the next time you send me a cookie! 00.0 .44 Lucknow Bantam. captain Charles Murray takes a hit from a Wainfleet player during the first game of the OMHA quarter -finals against Wainfleet on February 28. Wainfleet won the game 13-6 in overtime. (Alan Rivett photo) 70 years ago March 8, 1917 • Village Council had Interesting Session - The appointment of a village constable easily had the place of first interest at the council meeting Tuesday evening. The clerk's minutes of the February meeting showed that J. Cameron, who had been. constable for a number of years, had tendered his resignation. The resignation was not formally accepted by the council, nor was another appointment made. In- stead, the matter was laid over for a month and Cameron was asked. to recon- sider his resignation. When the matter came up Tuesday even- ing, Cameron, who was present, was asked by Reeve Johnston if he would tender for the office. Cameron replied that he would take the office at $20 per month for the re- mainder of the year, and he put in a tender in writing to that effect. As the year for village offices ends Jan. 31st, that would mean $220, or a rate of $240 for 12 months. The clerk read another tender for the of- fice of constable by W.J. Douglas. He of- fered to perform the duties of constable for $150 for the present year. 50 years ago March 4, 1937 Local boy off to unexplored north - "With good luck we should make it," is the sim- ple statement of Finlay McInnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil McInnes of Lucknow, as he prepares to set out for a point at the top of the world - Pond's Inlet, at the northern extremity of Baffin Island. That there is no boastfulness or bravado in this casual statement contained in a letter to his peo- ple here, his Lucknow friends well know. Finlay, who lay in a German present camp for the better part of the World War, and returned to Canada to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is starting out on "what will be my last adventure." Slot machine removed and license cancelled - - Slot machines and the passing of a grist of accounts was foremost business at the March meeting of the village council, with Councillor McNab ab- sent on account of illness. Council took steps that resulted in Mr. Dorner of Port Elgin being refunded a por- tion of the $75 license he had taken out for a slot machine, which he placed in Lem's Restaurant. He agreed to remove the machine and have the license cancelled. 25 years ago March 7, 1962 To start work soon on new Bell dial office - The contract for the construction of a new Bell telephone building in Lucknow has been let to Wilfred G. White of Wingham, and who is no stranger here, having been raised on the parental farm near Holyrood, now owned by Harvey Houston. Mr.' White expects to start work on the building next month, with• the completion set for July when technicians will take over on the next stage of conversion to the dial system. The cut over is tentatively set for early December of this year. Dedication of the Lucknow Christian Reformed Church - The dedication service of the Lucknow Christian Reformed Church will be held on Friday evening of this week, March 9, in charge of the minister, Rev. S. Terpstra, AB., Th. B. For the past few weeks members of the congregation under the direction of Harry Burgsma, have been transforming the former Johnstone Funeral Home on Ross St. into their new church building. When the Christian Reformed Congrega- tion was first formed in Lucknow a few years ago, they worshipped on Sunday afternoon in the Presbyterian Church. For the past couple of years Sunday services have been held in the Legion Hall, and weekly young people's activities have been centred in the Town Hall. Mr. Davies has been teaching for fifteen SENTINEL 10 years ago • March 9, 1977 Named new principal - Charles Davies of Shallow Lake will be the new principal of Lucknow Central Public School when Stuart Collyer retires in June after serving as principal of this school for twenty-six years. years with experience in Ajax, Shallow Lake, Owen Sound and Bruce County. He has been vice-principal of the Amabel- Hepworth Central School for eight years and was acting principal of the same school for one year when the principal was On a sabbatical leave. Bob hall to present recital - The choir of Division Street United Church in Owen Sound is sponsoring Robert Hall in a music recital at the church on Saturday, march 12 at 8 p.m. Bob is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Hall of Owen Sound and formerly of Lucknow.