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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-05-27, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 27, 1987 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Established 1873 Thomas Thompson Alan Rivett Pat Livingston -Advertising Manager -Edi.tor -General Manager 528-2822 A CCNA BLUE RIBBON AWARD VERIFIED CIRCULATION PAID Subscription rates in advance: '17.00 Outsiae Canada s60.00 514.00 Outside Canada 5558.00 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. Budget "good news" for farmers The Ontario budget, released by provincial treasurer Robert Nixon May 20, while it didn't add to the burden of the Ontario taxpayers, it will definitely be welcome "good news" to the farming community. The budget, which offered no new tax programs while actually cut- ting taxes by $246 million, has prompted more spending in the area of agriculture. In 1987, five new initiative have been set up to aid the depressed farming industry with $563 million, up from $475 million in 1986, being set aside for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in the new budget. A Farm Management Safety and Repairs program will provide $50 million to assist farmers with farm analysis and planning, farm safety, machinery repairs and shop equipment, and on -form feed and storage. Under this program, the government will pay up to $2,500 per farmer with a gross farm income of at least $ 12,000 per year. Another program, the Land Stewardship Program, will provide $40 million over the next three years to encourage sound land manage- ment practices. The program will provide money to farmers for restor- ing soil productivity and reducing environmental damage on produc- tive and marginal lands. The Ontario Family Farm Interest Rate Reduction (OFFIRR) program which provides interest rebates for long-term and operating farm debt, will be continued with 100 per cent rebates. However, the program will be geared down to 70 per cent support level in September, 1987. An amendment to the Farm Tax Rebate Program was also included in this year's budget which will increase the level of farm tax rebate on agricultural lands buildings from 60 to 100 per cent. The budget also makes a commitment to extend the Beginning Farmers Assistance Program for five years. Most importantly, the budget has met with the approval of the On- tario Federation .of Agriculture which has brought a number of the im- plemented agricultural programs in this budget to the attention of the government. "No doubt about it. With this provincial budget, farmers have definitely made some headway in getting relief from tough times. We're very pleased," said Brigid" Pike, president of the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture in a recent press retease. It's Safari Mania It has been Safari Mania at the Sen- tinel office this week! No. Pat, Tom and I have not departed to deepest, darkest Africa on an elephant hunting excursion, nor have we taken to wearing khaki bush -type at- tire or toting large machete knives around the office, reminiscent of In- diana Jones and the Temple of Doom. No - nothing as adventurous as that. What we have been doing is keeping a keen ear to the radio listening intently for clues in the CKNX-FM Safari Con- . test. The big prize in the contest is the use of a van for the summer. " At this minute, we're on the verge of cracking the most elusive, most brain - wracking, most bizarre puzzle in the game thus far. Let me tell you the events so far: The current game started with the clue, "I was disassembled piece by piece". The clue was not much to go on, and when the 528 phone exchange was announced on the radio, Pat was the first to ring into the radio station. Pat hazarded a guess - "Castle Loma" in Toronto. "That's incorrect," said the an- nouncer, leaving us even more in the dark. Soon after, another local person keen- ly interested in the game,, Joan Liv- ingstoli, ( who, I might add, has already won a "key" to unlock the van) and Brenda Masson of the Bank of Montreal phoned over and said the answer ( usually a well-known landmark) was "London Bridge" It sounded reasonable to us. If one of ALAN Igoon v --- INN our phone exchanges came up again, that's what we would say. Sure enough it did. The 529 l Dungan- non) exchange was announced and I called in. And, amazingly enough, I was the first caller. I gave my answer, but again we were shot down in flames. With two more clues given we now think we've got the answer and at the writing of this column we're waiting for our exchanges to be called again. While contracting the help of Peter and Sally Edisbury of RR 5 Lucknow, and Brock, Mary, and Maggie Cleland of Lucknow, we've come up with the answer of "Tower Bridge". However, they're also convinced the correct answer IS "London Bridge" an answer which was previously said to be wrong ! We'll let you know if we've got the correct answer - if we get another shot on the radio! Addendum to column Only a mere hour after the writing of this column, the DJ on CKNX says that they had, in fact, been given the WRONG answer of "Tower Bridge", and the CORRECT answer was "Lon- don Bridge"! ! ! . We WON the key. Whether or not we win the use of the van is another matter. STAY TUNED! ! .30 ;. 4,4 44i 0) $M s� . C4aki ((Mg ti 4.47q Ar4 Mrs. Kathy Knechtel of the Village Market intut r Whitechurch with a cheque for $1,000 in Knechtel's Mrs. Tiffin collected the bottom portion of her contest 1,000 to win the prize money. (Alan Rivett photo) 4 ow presents Mrs. Anne Marie Tiffin of ee Cash and Food Lottery Contest. pickets which totalled up to exactly 70 years ago May 31, 1917 Appreciated in France - In reply to a note she had pinned in the pocket of a shirt made for the Red Cross Society, a Lucknow lady received a letter which is worthy of publication, as it shows how grateful are the boys in the trenches for this work. The letter reads as follows: France, April 30th, 1917. Dear Friend: In addressing you in this form I beg to be excused. I do so to thank you most heartily for the most acceptable gift of shirt made by yourself and presented to me by the medical officers of the unit to which I belong, namely, HQS, 5th brigade, CFA. It is impossible to convey in writing to what extent these gifts are appreciated by the boys at the front and how they add to our comfort. As I expect you know, we are able to partake of a bath and at the same time receive clean but not new underclothing. In a way that is a really good thing, but there are reasons why some of us, myself included, object to taking these clothes. Knowing this, you will be able to form some idea of how thankful we are to you and the ladies of Canada for the trouble, expense and time that you are so willing to give for the comfort of the boys at the front. I am Yours sincerely, Driver C.H. Mount, 86230 50 years ago May 27, 1937 Mr. J.S. MacKenzie sells to Supertest Corporation - A business deal of con- siderable interest, that has been underway for a time, was concluded last week when Mr. J.S. MacKenzie disposed of his service station and garage to the Supertest Corporation. For the past seven years, Mr. MacKen- zie has conducted this business, and during that time has featured Supertest products, and has been one of the corporations best customers in this district. Mr. MacKenzie is still in charge, but will retire from the business shortly when Mr. Clair Agnew will take charge. "Stowaway" is week -end attraction at Lyceum -Shirley Temple in "Stowaway" is the week -end attraction at the Lyceum Theatre. It's a story of far-off Shanghai and Shirley even talks and sings in Chinese. 25 years ago May 30, 1962 Move landmark from Amberley - The Courtney store at Amberley, a familiar landmark over the years, was moved from its site on the northwest corner of Highway 21 and 86 this week. The building which was a duel residence and store, was moved about three miles to the east, to the farm of Eldon MacLennan on Highway 86 in Ashfield. A part of the building was purchased by Mrs. Herb Far- rell and moved to Bruce Beach. Over 1000 receive oral polio vaccine at Holyrood and Ripley - 1058 adults and children received the Sabin vaccine for protection against Poliomyelitis at clinics at Ripley and Holyrood last week. There . were 644 at Ripley clinic on Wednesday evening and 414 at the Holyrood clinic on Thursday evening, some of them from Lucknow, evidently having neglected or forgotten to attend the local clinic the previous Tuesday evening which had an attendance of 616. 10 years ago June 1, 1977 Name school after Graham MacDonald - An event of considerable importance in the educational field in the Strathroy area recently saw the opening of the new addi- tion to the Adelaide-W.G. MacDonald Public School. The school, located at Adelaide Village near Strathroy, is believed to be the only one of its kind on the continent, designed specifically to provide integrated facilities for the trainable retarded and students without disabilities. There are no visible divisions within the classrooms to in - SENTINEL dicated which type of pupils in .which classroom. The area superintendent, W. Graham MacDonald, was honored by having the school named after him in recognition of his years of work with the trainable retard- ed. Mr. MacDonald is a native of the 4th of Kinloss and the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. MacDonald of Willoughby Street, Lucknow. Couple 50 years married - Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Tiffin of Whitechurch marked their 50th wedding anniversary in Whitechurch Community Hall on Saturday, May 21. Friends and relatives joined them to mark the occasion with visiting and dancing. Jean and Wes were married on May 24, 1927 at the family home on the second of Kinloss. Mrs. Tiffin is the former Jean Dawson. The couple farmed for many years on the 4th of Kinloss, just east of Langside. Since 1961 they have lived at Whitechurch. Their home is on Highway 86 at the eastern outskirts of the village.•