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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-04-15, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 15, 1987 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Established 1873 Thomas Thompson Alan Rivett Pat Livingston 528-2822 Q'1 BLUE RIBBON AWARD A CCNA -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: 517.00 Outsiae Canada s60.00 514.00 Outside Canada 558.00 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 -Editor -General Manager vi RIF ILO C1RCIJ L ATION PAID 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.. Laws lenient on drunk drivers Are Ontario police and the courts too easy on those who drinkand drive? After a series of reports about how the courts are dealing with drunk drivers, there is definite cause for concern. A recent survey carried out on drunk drivers by the Ontario Provin- cial Police shows drinking and driving points out that a third of im- paired drivers polled during the survey had been repeat offenders. In a Toronto Star article, a police seargent in charge of the successful RIDE program, says the law enforcers are doing their job to curb drink- ing and driving, but the courts are not doing enough to back them up - by giving out stiff fines and even jail sentences to repeat offenders. Now, it seems, the laws which aimed to deter drinking and driving, buy giving out automatic jail sentences to second time offenders, have all but underminded the massive public outrage towards impaired driving. Following a Supreme Court of Canada, the teeth that the drinking and driving laws had is now gone as the mandatory jail sentence for the second drinking and driving offence has now been abolished. In- stead, a second offender can be discharged on the condition that he participates in an alcoholism program. Also, as another strike against the anti -drunk driving forces, police can no longer arbitrarily pull over a vehicle on the suspicion of the driver being intoxicated. This, too, will be one more deterrance which no longer exists for police to use against drinking and driving. Ontario has learned that the only way to deal with drinking and driv- ing is to have stiffer penalties which not only act as a deterrant to drunk driving; but gives police a sound foundation on which to wage an anti -drunk driving campaign. The recent decisions by the courts are a regressivestep in keeping drunk drivers off the roads. A.R. Write a letter.. to the Editor Nephews: a study in mischief ALAN Anyone who has a little neice or nephew will know exactly what I'm talking about. His name is Ryan and, being the first grandson in the family, he's heaped with attention and praise by parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts alike. He's coming up on two -years -old and is entering that strange "Twilight Zone" period often referred to in mater- nal circles as "the terrible twos". It's that period when mothers (or grand- mothers) are busy dashing from one situation to the next, making sure junior doesn't get into trouble. On his occasional visits to our happy humble hubble, everything is in its place when he arrives. But, within a few short hours, the house is suddenly transformed into a war zone, terrorized by a force of one mischievous little tot. There's books strewn over the liv- ingroom, pot and pans and canned goods all over the kitchen. It's one big general mess. Although he's not yet learned to read or even talk for that matter, he's a big encyclopedia buff. He'll sit and rustle through the pages, looking for his favorite barnyard animal - the cow. Upon coming across anything that even remotely resembles a cow, he'll burst into "moo" (he's firmly convinced a platypus says "moo" ). He also knows the sounds of other barnyard animals as well (What does a chicken say, Ryan? Bock! Bock! ) He's a photo album fanatic, too. He will drag out all the photo albums onto the carpet and, while flipping the pages, he'll chuckle to himself at all the funny people in the pictures. He likes to have someone else looking at the book along with him to point out the people in the pictures. Our little dog is a great fan of Ryan's visits. It's a good opportunity for him to have some good, rough and tumble play with someone his own age. He and the dog race around the livingroom into the kitchen, pausing every so often for the dog to lick his face. This ritual goes on until they're too tuckered out to chase one another. In the midst of all the confusion, you wonder to yourself, "how can one kid get into so much mischief so fast". i the same breath, you ask the harried grandmother of the child: "Was I that bad when I was little?" She will always confirm that yes, you were not only THAT bad, but you were twice as unruly when you were a mere child. Somehow. I can't believe that I got in- to all that mischief as a youngster. It's tiresome just watching my little nephew go about his capers on his visits. The Lucknow Presbyterian Church's Palm Sunday service on April 12 was extra special as the new church choir gowns were dedicated by Rev. Allison Ramsay during the service. The new gowns were purchased through donations. (Alan Rivett photo) 70 years ago April 19, 1917 The high cost of living - Will not bother you a particle, for some time to come, when you take advantage of the many staple and toilet articles, household needs and many other things which are offered by the Rexall Store advertised in their One Cent Sale advertised for Friday and Satur- day, April 27 and 28. Think of buying, especially now when almost everything is extremely high pric- ed owing to the war conditions, such things as 50cent bathtowels at two for 51 cents, 65 cent towels at two for 66 cents, 75 cent towels at two for 76 cents and others at similar prices; regular 10 cent and 15 cent wash cloths are offered at two for 11 cents and two for 16 cents; also 15 cent bibs for baby at two for 16 cents. Pioneer builder died after brief illness - A few minutes after he returned home from attending the morning service at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday, April 9, Mr. Steel C. Murdoch suffered a paralytic stroke which completely disabled him and from the effects of which he did not rally, but passed quietly away without gaining consciousness early on Thursday morning. He had been poorly for ' more'than two years, but until he suffered the stroke, there was nothing to indicate that the end was near. Had he lived until the 21st of June, he would have been 70 years of age. In the passing of Mr. Murdoch, Lucknow and vicinity lost one of its best known citizens. A native of Cumnock, Scotland, he, with other members of the family, came to Ashfield Township when he was but eighteen years of age. That was 61 years ago when there was yet no Lucknow and roads in Huron and Bruce were represented by blazed trails. 50 years ago April 15, 1937 Missed Traffic fine by proverbial eyelash - When George Kennedy drove into town last Friday, he made straight for the license issuer's office to get a marker for his trailer, and in so doing, missed a traffic infraction fine by the proverbial eyelash. For not many minutes later, County Con- stable Ferguson and a member of the RCMP drove along. They inquired in a business place as to who owned the vehicle and while the party couldn't tell them for sure who it was, informed the officer that from the parking position it might be that the owner was securing a license at that time. "If he is, it's all right," said the cop good naturedly, and proceeded to find out that, that was just what was being done, other- wise George might have had a job convinc- ing him , that the purchase was one of his missions in town that day. 25gears ago y April 18, 1962 Lions buy outfits for LDHS Band • The Lucknow District High School Band is to be outfitted with capes and caps by the Lucknow and District Lions Club. This was decided at the regular meeting on Monday night. The gold and purple outfits were the pro- perty of the Listowel Band, no longer ac- tive, and were purchased for $4.00 an out- fit. there are close to 40 sets and the Lions will purchase them and dryclean them for the school band, on the understanding that if the band ever disbands, the regalia is returned to the Lions. Lion Elwin Hall, leader of the school band, had one of the outfits on display, 10 years ago April 20, 1977 Silverwoods Dairies close Lucknow Plant - Silverwood Dairies Ltd. has an- nounced the closing of their Lucknow but- ter making and ice cream distribution plant effective Monday of this week on April 18th. SENTINEL Il _ 11 • ill Q{%::r::. S.}�'•i::;';i:��'.•��. M:?{S�}lr4.i''•'q..{.i.i �:?r %i }�:r{} ri:, While rumor of the closing has been cir- culating for many weeks and months, the hope was always held by this community that alternative measures would be work- ed out. A company spokesman provided the Sentinel with a prepared statement on Monday noon of this week. It reads as follows. Quote: Silverwoods Dairies has announced the phase out of their butter manufacturing in Lucknow effective Monday, April 18th. The decision was made on the bagis that the plant is uneconomical in today's market. Unfortunately, approximately nine people will be affected by the closing. The dairy business has been in a state of change over the past few years because of the extremely small profit margin it works on. During this period a number of plants, in addition to Lucknow, have been closed and it is believed this trend will continue.